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Motoring News ICh Sntttite SlUMttttg (bVtM Auto Section
VOLUME XXV.
STAR CAR USED
BY MR. STEELE
LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 80, 1927.
"NCTiBErrsoo"
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CAR KILLS MORE
.THAN GREAT WAR
. HUDSON DEVELOPS REMARKABLE NEW MOTOR
Endurance Drive Made in
Four Coach Machine
Once Carried 30
Eight-Year Death Toll in
This Country 137:017,
Figtires Reveal
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After a gruelling endurance test,
which continued for 146 hours -breaking
IiIk previous world record.
Klmr Steele stopped his Star four
conch In front of the Star Kuril up
, Wednesday at U';HI o'clock. Po-0-
lice Chief (Mini HayiieH unlocked
tho luindcuffa tluit had hold him
chained to the Hteerlng wheel slneo
Thursday, July I'l, at 1:10 u. ni.
Mr. Steele, who did not sleep
during the eiulurance run, Inimo-
i .'linti'Iy went to lied in a bed pluced
in the window of the Ptar garage
'and wiiii not awakened for four
bourn, when lie was (riven no mo
nourishment and permitted to
slet p another six hours under the
supervision of a nurse. Three
nurse worked eight -hour Hhifts
each during his endurance run. one
always remaining with hint in his
machine.
Utile Oil I mI
When the rar was stopped, it
Wiis found tliat of tho Texaco
(lolden nil used, not more titan a
M'mrt had been used. I .cms thun
half a jlnt of water was needed
to fill tho radiator.
Texaco gasoline and Vhiyle ser
vinclng was used by Mr. Steele
d u ring tlie drive and his car was
equipped with I'Twk tires. A Cole
stir ra d lo. from the J esse Uoseii -hnum
store, furnished htm with
music In conjunction with u Bruns
wick phonograph, furnished by
filass lirugs. The total u mount of
gasoline used was 4 '.fj gallons.
Mr. Steele lived on milk HUpplled
by the lilue Mountain Creamery
company.
Jim Morcloek. of the Rtar gar
age, considers tho run as ample
lrno;i of the strength, economy,
and endurance of the car. At ono
time, during tho American Legion
parade Saturday, the ear wim car
rying a total of :Ut persons, inside,
on the running boards and wherc
ev'er a hand or too hold could bo
lnalntahied.
VMts Nearby Count ios
Mr. Steeh-Vlrovc to Itakcr Mon
day and Tuesday and made two
round .trip to Pendleton und also
two round trips to Immigrant
Springs. He drove to Imbler and
Klgln twice and one day drove to
"Wallowa lake, visiting at all towns
along the branehllne en route to
(Above) New Hudton M -v'JSS -sa M
Super Six Standard Sedan. f ,f L ffc.-iti?, ? H
(Right) Hudson's nsw
motor now affording high
compression advantages on
ordinary gasoline.
and from "Wonderland.
Mr. Steele wishes to thank both
the police and the public here for
tho cooperation extended him dur
ing tils difficult drive.
WASIIIXCTON', July 3U f Al ;
M4ire people have been kllleil by j
automobiles in the I'nited Htatei '
(luring the past eihl years than 1
the Anici'li'iiM soldier dead In the
world war, according tu the nation-;
;tl automobile chamber of nun-'
IHei'ce. ' j
From Jan. I. I!H!I to lee. III.
liiH. 1 37.ni 7 persons were killed'
by automobiles while the total cas
ualties of the wur in the American
army forces was I'0,m;,if. The in
jured in automobile accidents, how
ver, was 3,aMU.lHM since Hie armis
tice. Twenty-six per cent of tho killed
and Injured were children under
the age of I . years, according to
the figures. Last year It win es
timated L'H.Otm persons were killed,
an increase (lf hum, over IfCTi and
the largest death toll ever recorded
by automobiles for a year.
rN- Great new'62" astounds
with quality and value never
iKIEli licretoforedreamedofinitsfieM
Motorists Carry
Insect Epidemics
W A S II I N (! T O N (AD Tli o
ATiiiTk-iin nioturist hjis Momrthin.T
fist' to worry nliout. Jlis autttnui
bilf Ih :t putt-ntliil currii r i)f in-
'riniUi'Klionalily," !-li-ral Bcit'n-
ti.sls Hay. "ma'iy Kurou-an " c-j-ii .
borers -ain from 'anala hymo-'. - r .
ir. (ini. r pisis, lmzziiiu ai.oui Oregon btate Juotor Asso
uuaranlliiiil iii'm, haw fallen Inr.i pinHnn T)pflnrp .
WARN MOTORISTS
AGAINST THE GYP
passing automobiles and be -ji
tratisportod miles away to propa
gate their breed.
"We can keep motorists f rom
carrying Infected produce, but w
cannot search their cars for stow
away bugs!"
Solicitors Prevalent
Boy Scouts Buy
Graham Brothers
Truck For Trips
Tlie vocal corns of women being
shorter than those of men less
energy is required for a woman to
talk than for a mnn.
The boy wonts of America not
only are developing a healthy,
clear-thinking organization of tlie
count i-y's youth but a group of
! Helf.i'.-lisml vi.nni- lnmlnmx m.. m
Local car owner were stfonglv " T,,,-s hilH 1 " 'i'-inonst rated
warned today lo be on their guard l,v '. " Washington, l. l.
against fake sollcliors of .Mj-called M 1,11 ar' "wn of a (iraham
"Cyp" motoring urfcmtlxntlnnri who brother truck purchuse.l through
lean their bluest hmvest of m- own efforts and now
t ovists' money during the
Fort Wayne Has
No Fatalities In
Last Five Months
I'OltT WAYNK. Ind.. July 30
TliiH city has the distinction of hav.
ing gone thrnugli more than five
months of this year without a
single motor fatality.
This record is attributed' to a
concerted safety campaign by the
local chapter of the National Safe
ty Council In eo-opcral Ion with the
police and fire departments.
Tlie courts a lso have been co
opernting by Inflicting severe pen
allies for traffic offenses, even to
revoking drivers' licenses when
necessary.
-lZZ -
new chrysler
rj:dhead" engine
ThcChr)'slcr"RedlIcaI''
high-tomprt'ssion Ingine
is sundar J equipment on
roadster and aUo avail
able for all other body
types of the new "62".
Today the public ij aware that
the great, new "62" Chrysler's
newest creation achieves
new triumphs for Standard
ized Quality, resulting in a
new kind and degree of per
formance, handling ease, read
ability, luxury.comfort and safe
ty fur beyond the reach of any
other Six in this price-class.
Riding and driving this great
new "62", people are positively
amazed at its unique combina
tion of so many ultra-modern
features -previously found only
in the famous Chrysler"70" and
the most expensive sixes.
Come and inspect it, test it, see
for yourself howcompletely the
great new Chrysler "62" dom
inates by virtue of new quality
and new value.
horn
Sensational Features of Quality and Value
ihaftbi and more.miles mn hour.
to 1295
T. O. B. DETROIT
.f"". l y (uthions
Six tytiudtr meters 7-hearing cank-
miles to the salonImar-strut his tons
07 titter Air Cleaner Impulse
netttralizer Thermostatic heat con
ro Cellular type radiator- Crank
case ventilatiou Engine mounted in
rubber" Lone, roomy bodtesMaxi
mum driving vision Saddle-spring scat
(Nihionsl ine mohair upholstering
instrument panel, indirectly
Light control on steering wheel t
Hydraulic 4 wheel brakes Road
leveliztrs front and rear, etc,, etc,
Great New Chrysler M62" prices
Touring car, $10911 3-door Sedan,
$1141; Hoadster (with rumble seat),
$ 1 1 7 5; Coupe (with rumble seat), $134 v
4-door Sedan, $12411 landau Sedan,
$12911 0. b. Detroit, subject to current
Vederal excise tax Chrysler dealers art
in a position to extend the convenience
of time payments, Ask about Chrysler's
attractive plan
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Drive Your Car in For a
COMPLETE
GREASING JOB
do
It's dirty work but we. a re equipped to
thorough jolx You'll save yourself time and
. worry and your car will be ready for a
drive. " ,
long
GOLDEN
MOTOR OIL
TEXACO
NEW
GASOLINE
Heasty & George
Corner Adams and Second
toitrlnj:
season.
The warning was Issued by
( icofKO O. l'.nindcnburtf. secret nry
if the Oreu'un Statu Motor nsmielu
tlnn. on the basis of reports from
the Aniertean .MilninoliHc aswnctu
tlon. with widen the local club Is
affiliated, and which is. hroadrast
Int; the Information 111. -it the Iriu-h
pressure m, lesiucn of "Jyi" chilis
are unusually aclivr throughout the truer
country at the present moment.
"This is the harvest time of tin
fnke solicitor." declared- Jlr. Ilran
dtMihut'K. "As eonerote proof of
their seasonal activity. 'the A. A. A.
and Its nCniiatfd dubs are receiv
ing dally ti heavy q 110(41 "f letters'
from people who claim that they
have paid our representatives sums
cldr that the (.ralmm Urol hern
truck ottered the best value. The
hoys are paying hack the stock
A prnlVsHor I el Is us that u II hiu
t hree of four Kenerattnn thcro
will be a couple of billion more
J people in the world than the num.
dune spheroid can support. Then
lour experience in street cars will
I come in handy palm leaf
fan naves a ureal deal of calamity.
... Anvhow the surnlns would
used almost constantly In curryinK bu Ut(.' Qf by the number
the entire troop to distant polnijof ,.,,), Clylnc over and hack by
01 intcrcM. I that time. . . Seven billion people
I he truck was bought on tlx
regular payment plan I h rough a
stock company organ t.cd hy (he
hoys' father mid friend. Includ
ing William .1. Showalter. tin edi
tor of National Ceorgriiphlc Maga
zinc. The first ambition or th
troop was to get any kind o
the least possible cost
Their older li-h-nds, however, ad
vised them to study every truck on
the market with a view to getting
om: that, would give them maxi
mum service over n long period
of yeniM.
On'y after much advertising lit
erature had been read and several
dealers for different make fitter-
is no -crowd nl all to a man who
luis tried to take an automobile,
ride of a Sunday ufteinuon.
WEEKS & BUCHANAN
Jefferson Ave. Telephone I80-J
k C M n Y 9 L.
jtoflafcaS'tiriMM flbr
MODEL
N U M 0 K R 8
gHMpgffy "f 111 iiiaTirwiirmnTg i
j,i
ful-
sometlmes more for this, that, or
the other service wljicii they were
promised, such as membership
.,l.,l,1..t.U l.l-.t.U U(.'. 1
time,1 " ' " ' , ,
luise Willi money eni-ncu ai ouu
j job.
i The (iraham Hruthers truck has
already, carried the w hole troop
almost the entire eastern sec
tion or Hie 1'ni led States and has
traveb-d as far an (purine In Can
ada. The boys have rewarded ItM
dependable and economiejtl servlci-
books, and slaiiim at the same
that (he contract was never
filled.
Victims of Faker
"About all we can do in each :
rase is to Inform these people that !
they were apparently the victims of
fakers and to call attention to the'
fact that neither the A. A. A. nor;
its member clubs cidiect money in:
TIRE
VALUE
Vice
r m ' . - -Ark
urn-
SEE,
lBln
DALE COX
for Battery
Service
As a means of reducing surplus :
.stock, cooperative stores of l.ukoy-
iiiiirk by using u combination '"imvwk. Unsstu. hav.- introduced a '
salcly-pin currency. returning j
Hinall change In safely pins, om
for every every kopeck.
fair-sized enmmunity i 1 he I'nitecl
States, and the total collected by
the "( : " amounts (t, pr ba by
more thun $ 'J .1 , MM O.iMMl u year.'
w- I .. in
si. ;M
r m.-, BitllciT A Klr.:(ri.ul t - f JTT
advance for advertising
of a similar character.
"(Hi the other hand. vc feid n
part icuhif responsibility in the
matter, for the reason that many of
tlTf fake organizations deliberately
Imitate- t he well-k now 11 A. A. A.
(radi
of letters bearing a suffh-ietii re
semblance to the Throe A. "letters
to take the unwary ca r ow net" off
his guard.
! "It is the easiest thing In the
! world to identify the reprsciiti
!ti...lt, ..f n. 1...... 1 . Ti.iu ..u ..
appllcH to I .he roireseiitat Ives of
the A. A. A. ami all its affiliated
(dubs. They invariably carry suf
ficient credentials to establish their
bona fid. Representatives from A.
A. A. national headquarters never
collect money In advance 011 any
of the contract that they take.
Xot. only that, but they work in
close cooperation with the local
club, and It is an asy, matter I'm
t he local business man, when In
doubt, to gM in touch with the
local unit.
1 .MUickllig ih
j "The JHis motor clulis In tin- A.
;A. A. chain are making every of
;foit to drive th'- "Cyps" under cov
; it, The opyruloin of nceral of
j Tlie most notorious of these or
1 ga nizations have been prosecuted
and a considerable number of them
pnt In Jail. The post-office do.
Ipartment and the department of
'justice are hot on their trail, but
, they "fly -by night" from place to
j place and no sootier Is one uim-.:
put behind ' bnra. thun a not her
gang gtJts on the Jul..
"If the car owners would remem
ber that, all A. A. A. clubs, vhich
Ho rt constitute I. pec cent of the
functioning motor -clubs ir Ann r
Ica, are in variably goverfed a nd
conducted s service and civic
agencies under tlie Miipervlsloo of
prom Incut loca I, profc.dotia I and
Im-incff leaders, I h y would not
f:ill Mich r;iy victims t tlie lure of
the fike soli'-fior. and the fike
s-i lcsmti of f.i ke mot or log nr;in
iratloiis. .Motorisr gulllblliiy in
ThN resicct is costing thousand of
dullard ihe '-;ir o'-i-r- -if i-tiv
with the praise In keeping
i the best traditions of tlie
ScouI.h of Aluerii
prepared.
wit h 1 I
I Soy I
It Is always
means
ILES
Texaco Gas
Fisk Tires
Accessories
Clay's Place
East Adams
Thai's why Goodyear today is the standard of value. The new
style all weather tread gives better traction and longer wear, and
the prices are no higher than you pay for ordinary tires. No
wonder then '
More People Ride On Goodyears
Than Any Other Kind Of Tires
Look over the cars you see parked on the streets of La Grande
count the Goodyears.
PATHFINDERS, TOO-MADE HY GOODYEAR
If you want a lot for your money in a lower priced tire, let us
show you Pathfinders made in the large Goodyear factories.
W. H. Bohnenkamp Co.
Superior Hardware
f.'j"aar- -atrial ,,-tnfe
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