La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, November 05, 1927, Image 9

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Newspaper Page Textr MOTORING NEWS : n WANT ADS VOLUME XXV. LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1927 NUMBER 72 AUTO LICENSES IN VARIED HUES Forty-Two States to Have New Colored Plates Oregon's Black, White WASHINGTON, p. C. Nov. G. j "With thuuKiimls of factories k1"K full tilt nn the production of li cense platen " for Amerlcn'K 25,000. 0U0 motor vehicles In UlliS, the American' Automobile association announced today that 42 atate have adopted a new color combina tion Hcheme. This decided preference for change, whether to blonde, bru nette, or the manifold shades be- , twixt; between and beyond. Is. shown by an examination of 1928 1 license plates receivod ot A. A. A. j headquarterfj and now on parade there. t . ' i " 2:t Color Combinations All told, there will bo 23' differ- , erit color combinations. hJx states und the District of Columbia re taining last year's colors but re versing them, as to 4juckground . and letter numerals. No slnKlo color 1 motif cun be said to prevail, 'but vwhether by preference or accident two com binations tied for first place in popularity, six states selecting a dark blue background with white letter numerals und six selecting green background with white let ter numerals Five states selected white back ground wllh black letter numer als; four selected yellow : and black. nid four selected orungc and black. The combination of orange and black which was pop ular for many years on account 4 the claims of vlsubillty made for it, has apparently suffered a sharp diminution in popularity. Following are "the 1928 colors for all states, territories and for eign possessions: , Alabama Illack on yellow. Arizona Arermiltn red on cop per. Arkansas Black on deep orungg. California Oold on blue Colorado Maroon on French gray. . . . Connecticuf White on dark blue. Delaware Ulack on white. District of Columbia Iilack on chrome yellow. N-'lorida. Orange on maroon. Georgia White on dark blue. Illinois White on maroon. Holding Up . When you sell gas and oil to an ever-growing and enthusiastic list of motor-wis customers you are given every reason to believe that your product is holding up under every condition. A modern station plus our painstaking care to please, will -make, it a real pleasure for anyone to drive up for two products that hold ,up the country over under-one name vand one quality. You know what you are getting and we see to it ' that you get these two motor ne cessities in a way that pleases. New Texaco Gas Golden Texaco Motor Oil Heasty & George Comer-Adams and Second Oldsmobile Radiant Light' Piston RingTest ' (? 'M W w i' ' cv' RSI OBSOLETE MAPS CONFUSE DRIVERS Condition Partly Due to High Changes Making Much-Data Useless SMntnrriirlp Plimhn High Scotch Peak FOKT WIMJAMH. Hcotltuid AP)In tho Scottish Highlands whore Uob J toy und tho other kilted heroes. of thlstory leaped from crag to crag. Yh MacQueeu, of Dalkeith has ascended Hen Ne vis on a motorcycle. Men Nevis Is 4,400 feet above sea level, tho highest peak lu tho Left Only accurately flat and parallel rings pans thin test. Right This device shows If rings arc perfectly round Cfenter Checks thickness of rings to .0005 of aa Inch. . Indiana White on brown. Idaho Natural brown potato on vine green. Figures In green. Iowa Illack on wh'lte. Kansan Dark blue on white. Kentucky White on s green. Louisiana Mininyitn, blue on white. Maximum, whlto on dark blue. Trucks, red on cream. Maine Iilue on white. Maryland White on btue. Massachusetts White on forest green with fish at bdttom pf plate. Michigan White ojr green. Minnesota Passenger, btack on drab. Trucks, black on gold. Deal ers, white on maroon. Mississippi White ,on black. ' Missouri Blue on orange. Montana Rluek.on orange. Nebraska White on blue. ' Nevada White on vermilion red. New t Hampshire White- on green. . i . New Jersey White on light blue. New Mexico Passenger, gold oin light navy blue. Commercial, re verse. . ' New York Yellow on black.' North Carolimi White on green. North Dakota Passenger, white on black. Trucks, white on light green. OhioWhite on dark blue. Oklahoma Ulack on yellow; Oregon Hlack on white. 'Pennsylvania Dark blue on orange. Rhode Island White on black. Kouth Carolina Hlack on gold. South Dakota Whlto on dark red. t Tennessee White tin Maelc Texas White on dark brown."' Utah lilac k on federaj yellow. Vermont Dark green orTgold. World Doesn't Choose to Pedal; Buys American-Made Motorbikes YOU CAM ENJOY mi APRICE Body by Fisher LANDAU $1075 F.O B LANSfNG Walkuptothis smart car upon our floors . . . open a door and view its rich interior, so handsomely up holstered and appointed... set in and relax in its comfortable scats ...and you'll find your ideal of luxury strikingly fulfilled. Go for a drive with us and experi ence performance soquiet.capable Eicfoe Tax Extra and smooth that it is positively thrilling. ' Then you will really know the Oldsmobile Landau. And then, like many another, you will realize that there isn't any reason to pay more than its sur prisingly low price. OLDSMOBILE SALES CO. 1428 Adams Ave. WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 (AP The general disinclination of tho world's peoples to do themselves anything that-can be dono by ma chine is Illustrated by statistics of, th(Vcycio trade. 1 )i-pu rtinent of commerce re ports show that in August the United States exported 1.4 77 mo torcycles worth nearly $1150,000 as compared with 378 bicycles valued at less than $10,000. Soino $10. 000 worth., of parts went alonjr wlih the machines. . The Philippine Islands wus the best bicycle customer, taking 110 ut a cost of $8,209, and Cuba wa second, buying 77. Mexico bought 41" and Columbia 28. Czechoslo vakia, The Netherlands, Ruitjanio, Spain. Honduras. -Jamaica and the Itiiiish West Indies each gave a home to one lonely American bi cycle, while Russia, which cannot produce enough to supply tho de mand, bought none. Canada won the best buyer of motorcycles, paying $58,1 1.0 for 272 machines. A.UHiraua pain $44,208 for 187 and New Zealand bought I4 for $.15,646. Japan was fourth In volume of purchases, buying 142 muchinca fo1v $20.85 1 part of them for uso In Chosen (Korea). However, the figures tell only a part of the i story. Bicycles are much in demand anroau, inn me United Slates faces strong compe tition from' Kngland, Krance. Ger many and Japan. Kor instance. Turkey has 6.000 blcyclrs. but. bought most of them from France. India bought ItB.ooo bicycles last year alone, but Kngland supplied !S per cent and" the Cnlted States supplied less than $1,000 worth. There seems to be. a innrKet lor American bicycle in Russia, al- hough that country bought nono In August. Before, the World war H2.0') bicycles were sold there yearly. At the present time one factory, having a maximum o-mpui I of 10.000 a year, fails to meet the. demand. Thero Is under construc tion, however, a new factory hav ing a capacity of 120,000 a year. Trade observers HayxVmorlcan mado bicycles are respected and liked, but thut foreign riders can not, 'or do not care to, pay tho higher prices they bring in tho world market. Other -countries, especially Germany and Japan, supply bicycles at low prices, al though (hey aru admittedly infe rior. Germany lias a big export business In bicycle chains. Wo have heltrd of the wonuin who liycd in a shoe. And had- children so many she knew not what to do. Her troubles wero grlovous, but piiy those who Carr ynine or ten kids in a car built for two! ' --N. Y. State IJon. "I simply can't stand the toot pf an' auto horn." -yilow's that?" "A fellow eloped with my wife in an automobile, and every time I hear an auto toot I think he's bringing her back." Selected. WASHINGTON. I. O. Motor dom's 1927 louring senson, mark ed . by tho greatest volume of motor travel In history, was not entirely free from congestion, con fusion and other factors of a sim ilar nature that wore thought to have paused, into a ltmlo of forgotten things, says a statement Issued by national headquarters of tho American Automobilo associa tion, in which an analysis of 1U27 touring Is made. Broadly., tho situation is trnce nblo to tho fact that many ob stacles roao to confront agencies attempting to oorrelate road und other information ho imperatively essential to tho motor traveler. Iho motoring association officials point out. Klaboratlug this point, the statement declares: ' - "Never beforo havo changes in' i tho highway system been so kale idoscopic and never has it been to definitely established Mint pro viding correct, up-to-thu-minutu touring information is the function of a natton-wttlu organization. which, is concerned with no other province. Collection, correlation and dissemination of this data, In volving hundreds of thousands of miles of highway, a vast number of hotVIs and tourist homes, a host of places of eenlc or historic in terest and thousands of automo bilo service establishments, obvi ously Is so vast that It cannot bo conducted as a sideline. IMups Can so Aluch Contusion "Of greatest aignificance, of course, la the fact that road build ing has become hq general in all parla of tho country that tho map which was correct last year, or even last mouth In somo cases, Is obsolete today.' Maps of this char- i actcr exist in great number and j arc placed in the hands of motor travelers constantly. The result Is a general confusion that Is un fortunate In that It robs touring of IIh greatest pleasure." Thus, the statement points out, tho very agencies that would en courago tho growth or motor travel are defeating lhni,r av purpose in many cases. British Isles. MncQueen made tha ascent in a driving rain and 200 feet from the summit encountered, a snowstorm which hod covered, the path with two feet of snow. It took two hours and two min ulea bo make tho ascent. The last words in automobiles;: "I II walk." Minnesota 8kl-U-Mah If you worry you can always find people to help you to worry. f i im LOWEST PRICED SEDAN BODGE HISTORY : In a contem'pornry magoxino a doctor tells readers what to' do when run down. The best thing is to take the car's number If pos sible. Passing Show. Judge: Did you srmnd your horn before striking this farmer's plB? . Defendant (owner of very de crepit automobile)! No ?l .thought he'd prefer not knowing what hit lilm. 1 und here is her hero is her J - r r" . L ml I I 'I: J . 4-DOOR SEDAN (The America loves speed i fastest Four. America loves luxury and 1 finest Tout. America, when sho starts, likes t like a rocket and here Is a car thai but 7 seconds, through gears, to r 25 miles per hour. Above all. America admires smartness, when value is not sacrificed toachieve it, and here style and stamina b equally for your iith and favor. Asturdy car.commodious yet compact, built from bumper to bumper the good Dodge way. Tuno in un DodKO llnilhira Dcpondulilo Hour of Music overy l-'rliluy NiffhL ut B. ('oHniihiu Chain L.C. SMITH 5th and Depot DODGE-B ROTHeRSi I N C mm; 1 t - a Down Every Road On AH Types of jGars Pacific Highway Is Most Traveled S.VIjKM. On-.. Nov. 5 (M') Thc I'uc-llir. lilKlnray i cnjiily tlie most heavily trav.Jo.l roiul in .tho etate, ncconllnir lo Hlatlstlcs or Iho state hlKhway ih'paiUncnt. prcp;ir- i ml following a traffic cnnus tak. n on Ont. tfi. The count ivnfl nnulo between '6 o'clock n. m'. and U o'clock p. m. ' J'lont-s on -tlu Taclflc hlKhway where 1n excets or r.CKlO vehicl. M paHHid durlnij tho hoillH, or the. Count were: North or Junction , with county rofwis woutli or Oswc- bo. B.IIK7; elKlily mi'ond nlrei t, ' road north or Oreon Clly, r, , 1 7 : : I I'ark l'lacn hrldKe norlll ot Oicboii, j Clly. 7.54:.. . I Only one point on any oilier i highway cniiu.ared. This waB the ' I'olumlila Ulver hlKhway at 11. e I'olunihlu-Multnon.ali county line , where 6.3r.7 vehicle punned. j In every censtiH that haa I. ecu ta ken Ly tire (lepartnient I lie park plae hrldKe has stood lilxh"Kl. k Vlritlnln Orant'e on black. I .. WanhlllKtiill Iilack on orallKC.' ) Went Virginia White on dark Kreen. WiwcoiiHin Itlai-k im nranBe. j WyomliiK Yellow on wen:crn union blue. ; rorelvi. I'oIoiim I Alaska lied on canary yellow. ' Hawaii ( Honolulu) l)ee. oraiiKe on black. . , Puerto Itlcu (Porto Hlto) Violet oil Bray. , l'h.illiiilie iHlandn -r- Illack oil white land. i 'j.y You See More Goodyears The World Over Than Any Other Kind of Tire g 1428 Adams Ave. j jgr . & i If traffic's cliakitl (or ninny blocks, IT hornH do sou un-1 lump'r ' locks Wllh hump' T, you can h-t your nor kit A woman's ut the whcfl. When tnxi drlvcrtf doilirw ind sweat. And hi fir cops wi-tp. iiiid people p'-l All s"t t Jump. tlin you cun.het A woimiirH at tlm wh-rl. j When a car h-ops If 'twere hhot. With frears that m-narn ipilt like a lot v ; Of dylnir men. then tike nn not ; A woman's at .h wheel. i A woman's voice und a woinsin'n uiillo May eao dull care, and a wo- 1 man's (futlo May trtng us Joy, but look out wMIr i A woman's at th whftel! 1 f auintord Chaparral. The sharp-eded di.'imond liloeks of the famous , Goodyear All Weather Tread are placed in a semi-flat design. y These blocks grip the road and retain their usefulness longer' than any tread heretofore offered. Better Traction . TIIK SPEKI)WAYr C0x3i CI. Cord $5.75 Made by Goodyear Long, slow, even tread wear L? assured. "Cupping" and uneven wear, so common to many Bal loon tires, are practically elimin ated. Many users report mile age in excess of 20,000 miles for a complete set. Longer Wear i W. H. B0HNENKA MP-.CO.