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'. ' ....... . Motoring News i Ha (granite JEtmmtg; hwruw Want Ads VOLUME XXV. LA GRANDE. OREGON. SATURDAY. AUGUST 6, 1927 "NUMBER30(5 PARKS DOT ROAD ACROSS COUNTRY Tourists Easily View the Scenic Sections En Route East or West WASHINGTON AP)- Tins mo tori! who packs li In wife utiil chil dren into the family car fitch siun iih.t ano" sets out ulong vacation trails, will lx able it hi ti a lew years to drive from const to coast with a different state park for a campsite every night. The prospect lu ll nut by the. National Conference On fit ate. I'arkfl. which finds tliut ulreudy u t on rist starting hy motor car from Boston may journey all I ho- way to Minnesota. Iowa or Kansas with a stop almost every night in u stale park- along the way. 'Din.1; far tin east and tin- middle tvest have led in Die estuhlishniei 4 nf such parks, hut with the auto mobile contributing every day to Service- You will know the full meaning of the word "Service" when you fill up your car at Clay's. Texaco Gas Fisk Tires Clay's Place East Adams Accessories OWNERS DELIGHT in passing all other makes of cars, regardless of price, on the steep est mountain grades ON the ro'ad to Lake Tahoe and the High Sierras, over the Siskiyous, through the Cascades, along the Ridge Route, up the slopes of the Tehachapis anywhere you may go on your vacation you will see Star Cars "outperforming them all." The famous Red Seal Continental Motor gives the Star Four and Star Six power cn the hills, speed on the ' level, and flexibility in traffic. MORELOCK-SERVICE 1 11 1 ADAMS AVE. . rf f ZlmwZ ;?'' ttf . Down tin the .Mexican border photo shows II of (in iiH Star holder city of Novates. , the patronage of nue.li recreation spots, the conference foresees lii the near future a string of slate playgrounds u 1 ul beauty spots, lull to litui miles apart, from Maino to 1 'a lit orniu and from the stale of Washington lo Florida. Some of the parks set aside hy slates represent the best of the cnnuminw call h's scenic spots or the richest in hintoric interest. The heiiutlful 1'allsades Inter state park of New York, the Na tural Uridyl- of Kentucky, the 9N,. (Mill. acre northern forest park of Wisconsin, t he farplamed l.uUe , Itasca of Minnesota. the 11 lack Hills slate park in South akota 'and the chain of state parks In .Indiana, stretching from the weird , sand dunes on tin- north lo tin? bluffs of the Ohio river on the jioiith, embrace natural wonders of national note. Most of the state parks have been developed on land purchased by Hie state. Many of them, how ever, have been mnde possible hy gifts of purchase money by citizens, or by deeding of lands to the state for park, use. In that eyont the engine may be run at an average speed with the spark slightly retarded. The car should be stopped and the adjust ment, screw in t he carburetor turned until there is popping in the carburetor. The screw should he turned back slightly and the ear driven again. UNCLE SAM USES STAR CARS FOR BORDER PATROL DUTY ispwfsww mvmiitmi. vonum,? u lurge fleet of Star car is opcrnieil cars U this fleet of I nch- Sum' lined . . A , (Flora Road In Best Condition In I Its History Is Near Completion KiNTKIiritlSi;, tire. Aug, C The Flora roud Ik now ' in the best condition it has ever been since the eunty was settled, even with ten miles of unfinished grade, ISy late fall II in hoped the high way will be an accomplished fact as far as Applet on, and perhaps further. For 25 miles, from Enterprise to Red Kir, the state and forest high way is a splendid road. The lower seven mile:), surfaced last, yeafv is perfect, and, the nest seven miles is in excellent condition Then conies the forest road of more than Kl miles, which Is smoother than in any previous summer. H has gradually widened' with use but is still too narrow, especially on Snow hill and on occassional fills in the fori st. Then1 are many curves where the vision 1 is limited and drivers must use caution. Dirt Itoad is Smooth From Jted Kir north the, county has run a heavy scraper over the old dirt road, cutting off the Mips and filling the hollows und widening the traveled track. Al though the road Is dusty it Is sur prisingly smooth,'' hotter thun ever before in memory. '. At the lookout point, whero the road runs along the brink of .1o- , seph creek- canyon, with n wonder AUTO CO. mm 1 J ' B M I hy the I nltctl Mali's iiiiinlcrnlinii service border patrol. This up In front or the I. S, 1. S. border patrol headquarters ner the 1 fill view of this great cleft and o( t lie ridged and timbered hills far and near, travelers are permitted lo enter the new highway gi-adeJ I his is surprisingly smooth and free from chuck holes und rocks. Near Applet on there is a turnof f for Flora,. or the traveler can con tinue on north a few miles over a grade which is not wholly finished. Heady to Surface Highway A few 111 lies north of I ted Fir, Joslyn & McAllister, who have the contract for surfacing the la miles of new grade, have located their quarry and are about ready to go to work. They w ill begin lit t he south end at the connection with the old forest highwey. They took a huge ilesel gasoline engine to the quarry last Friday to run tim crusher. H The contractors have a big job on hand to finish the. 10 miles of grade in the three months of open' season remaining this fall. It is recognized that t hey have plenty of equipment and they can work night and day, so it is possible that they can complete the contract be fore winter comes, The Flora hlgh j way wilt be a premier scenic at I t ruction of t he Cut 11 re, wit h its t long course thru the timber and 'the varied and wonderful views jboth from the road and from points 1 t easily reached by It. L00n Lake Road Contract Is Lei nuHEIiriiU, Aug, (Al'l Tim contract tor the construe! ion of' the Loon Lake road was let by the county -court Aug. 4. to the Firm of I tost ro m and Norslrom, Port land. Ore. The bid was in the sum of $72,t:W!.Hn. The bill wan ap proximately $4. ami iowVr than 'the h":t proposal received last month when the court rejected all bids unci reudvertised the projeet. There were three very close bids. Avery. Ilrown and Avery, of Heedsport, bidding J71, !-'!. 73 and Harness and 'olby of Itoseburg $7U. I :io.K. The other bids were received one from F. .1. Kernian, Iteedsport, whese proposal was in the sum of S75.li22.3ri and the ot her from Hildehrsnd and Catching. Itos- - ! burg. $7;.:iiir..o. I The J -oon lake road is being I built up Mill creek, connecting with the 1'mpquu high way bet ween I Ueedspoi t ami Kosebin g. If serves ja lame ami prosperous agrieulttir j ;i t community which w now isolated nearly six months out or cacti year. The coolest fabrics are those which allow the mem rapid passage , of air and perspiration vapor I through them. In tests conducted by the l ulled Stale liun iiil of i Standards, a sample of the cloth is j clumped on the end of a cylinder, I into w hich air is pumped. A gas mcti'r measures the quality of nlr escaping through the fill trio In a certain lengt li of time. A i'ft b ed railroad locomni t.vi'r w 11 h its wtii-els removed, heats a Norwich, Connecticut. passenger station. It performs efficiently, supplying heat to the train yhed, slation and curs in the yard as re quired. OLDS' HEAD i manajcr, Otd Motet Wofki. 1 r 2 I , ' 1 - f & . Walla Walla To Easton Road Is To Get Oiling OI.VMI'IA. Aug. ti (AT) Ex penditure of $fn.(ma for oiling sections of the Sunset and Inland Empire, highways between the gen eral terminals of Eastern" and Walla Walla has been authorized by the slate highway committer. The oiling to he done was recom mended hy the district engineers, subject to the direction of the state highway engineer. The commit lee also approved construction of u guard rair on the canyon road between Ellens burg and Vukimu at an estimated cost, of ?l8,32ft. The work Is to be done hy force account. 'Dip improvement, declared necessary as a safety measure, will include some grading lo raise the super elevation on the curves. Signs For Tourists ,t O V I- I N H. France Luminous signs for uiitnmohlles (ire being placed ul. the principal corners here to simplify tourist truffle. The signs are electrically lighted boxen five feet long und two feet high, hung 2t feet overhead at fnlersvctions. : rriitm INCOMPARABLE Goodyear All-Weather Treads Some folks imagine Goodyear Tires are high priced-because they've never used them. Some folks go right on buying and riding on inferior tire equipment when they could be enjoying Goodyear advantages at a lower yearly tire cost than they are now paying. Goodyear Tires are nationally known for quality and dependability. The Cords and Balloons are built with SUPERTWIST, which gives them extra resilency and riding comfort. Goodyear Tires have the famous, road gripping All Weather Tread. M : Our stocks are complete. Our prices Sides, Chnchers-with lubes to match, buy Goodyears from us. 1 W. 'A li - NEW HIGHWAY. TO BE OPENED SOON Road from Wendell to Jerome, Ida., Rapidly Nearing Completion WENhEU... Ida.. Aug. 6 Tim new stretch of north side, highway bet ween Wendell and Jerome, which hiw been under construc tion since last fall by- Duffy Head, Twin Falls contractor, will be opened to traTilc the last of this week, it is reported here. Alt the syphon and culvert work Is reported to he virtually com pleted and the last major concrete bridge, w hlch w as built hear the Applet on school house, will soon have seasoned for the 28-day per iod required by law and by tho hitter part of the week he ready for public use. ti nvertwncn t engineers ure ex pected here shortly lo Inspect thft new roud before its noceptsnee by tho stale highway depurtiuent. The surface of the new road is still loose hut It is believed that thn first thorough rain will cement It Into first class condition. Opening of the new roud to the. public will eliminate the last stretch of unimproved highway on the north side between Itnlso and rorntello and ut tho same time erase a highway eye-sore of long standing in (ioodlnjr county. Tho new roud is eight and one half miles in lengt h, extending from the Hastings corner north of Wendell to the Appletou school house near the Jerome-Gooding county line. It connects with the graveled highway from (Winding on one end and with u similar highway from Jerome ut the other, and passing through one of the most productive farming areus on the north side. ' 'Therefore, shock absorbers gen erally are, designed lo chock this upward reboundi Itoth pneumatic and hydraulic , -shock absorbers cushion the downward motion by the compression, ,and then check the rebound hy the slow expansion of the air or oil, due to tho almost total exclusion of tho outer air in the first place, und kt I he viscosity of tho Qii In the ttoeond. For long, speeding ''drives the carburetor may be adjusted for o,vi.n'a.tMner . inlxjui-n than Is re quired for city driving. For- after 'the engine has heated up conslder 1 ably very little gas Is required to ikevp it KOlltfr ut lo eeo". " H. Bohnenkamp Superior Hardware Pendleton's New Traffic Lav Is Now In Effect I'KNDI.ETON, Aug. (J The new elly truffle ordinance, which paus ed two weeks ugo by the coun cil, will he. enforced starting today- Deuir Tatom, chairman of th po lice, committee, und Tom Gurdane, I chief ot police, announced, "Traffic signs und proper mark ings on the streets have been made," Mr. Tatom said "und the public has had sufficient time in . which to become fumllier with 1 the terms of the ordinance. We do not wish to work a hard sh p on anyone, but tho ordinance will be enforced." t Frank Hutton, newly appointed ' traffic officer, has been instruct ing motorists for ; , t he past two weeks, and fewer "1" turns on Main street and more parking spaces have already shown t he advantages of the new ordinance. Signs showing the parking limit arc displayed on each street coming under the ordinance and WATCH THE OIL During this extreme warm weather it will pay every motorist to keep a close, cheek on the oil in the crankcase. Naturally it will thin out more readily than in cold weather and will leak out easier. Texaco Is Golden But does stand up well, in all sorts of tempera ture changes. Many cars are driven to this station for a regular change of oil. If you are not sure don't delay but drive up we'll check up the oil and if you need a refilling we sug gest you try some of this golden motor oil that is sold the country over under one name TEXACO Heasty & George Comer Adams and Second TIRE EQUIPMENT are RIGHT. We'll save you the signs on tho pavement indl- cute angle or parallel parking. L The main provisions in the ordin ance include a one hour parking limit in the business district, no doil.: parking, except where loading or unloading is being done and a driver is at the wheel and 110 reverse or "U" turns cm Main stroet. The warm summer, long (rips and run- atmosphere w meet on a mountain voyage, require the nd-, justinent of the carburetor for a lean mixture of less fuel and more air. Tho obvious evidence of a rich mixture is black smoke issifli from the exhaust. Another Indication is the slow ing water iu the radiator and loiw throttle is wide open, and its speeding up w hon it Is partly clos ed. ' v 1 1 4 Also, If the auxiliary air valve of t he carburetor Is opened, the engine will speed up. And when idling, the, engine will gallop, rather thun run smoothly. , The rich mixture on which the car has been running over the winter, won't do for summer. -J Balloons, Straight tire money if you Co.
