La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 21, 1928, Image 9

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Newspaper Page Text7 MOTORING NEWS 10a drank letting temr AUTO SECTION VOLUME XXV. LA GRANDEToREON; SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1028. NUMBER 136 FORD DEALERS OF 2 STATES GATHER Twenty-Seven Meet in La Grande Hotel Wednes day to Discuss Plans Th i-nly-seven Kord dealers from South' unrrn Washington ami KaHtiTiv Ui-t'Bon fillt-H. with four -BIG BOUNCING BABY BALLOON L r, ,i'('HCllltlVl'S the i'orttund hraiH'h offirea in chuigo, nii-t hurt at the I .u GrnmU- hotrl Yliu-s-day in nil lmoivHlinj? session diir inc which the ytnr8 phins wen! discussed. Tho primary purpose of tins meeting, nt'cordinp to W. C. ivr-lifna, local dealer, yus to pre pare the l!i2S car and truck estim ates. t A. -HullwlnUel, head ot the Portland Itruneli, pi-OHidiM, and addressed the dealers, telling llH-ni tliat while thlH year's pro duction would not ?et heavily un viii v until iihotit March 1. h could n.sauro. them that there would ho us many cars delivered In tho remaining mouths of lliifi us there were In any other full year. (Hi this basis, Mr. Terkins Klit ted today, the l.a (Srundo gar- age should receive some 3u.or curs per month IteginnlnK Mar. 1. A. Ii. Itoscow. of the Portland branch, head of the Lincoln de partment, talked to the dealers on the Lincoln car.- Oscar Ijipham, head of the truck and tractor de partment was ft third representa tive from the l'ortlund branch, ami addressed the dealers on tlm tractor business. The fourth member of the party from Port land was J. K. Island. special truck representative, who discuss ed the truck prospects and the new Kord truck. Mr. Island will be in La Grande on Wednesday. Jan. 25. and, will show one of the new trucks, according: to Mr. ivrkins. "The truck will be avail able for demonstration Wednes day and we want everyone to take advantage of the opportunity to see tills remarkable truck," said Mr. I'erklns. The year's estimate for the Per kins Motor company, announced in connection with Wednesday's meeting follows: 30 pussenger curs, J trucks and 84 tractors. Among the Kord dealers who were hem were It. C. Krishy. of linker. M. Mug. of Klgin. Mr. Maughan. of Knterprise, Mr. Write and Mr. Wade, of Wallowu, Glenn Stater, of Pendleton:. Mr. Uryun. of I'Veewnter. and other dealers of the section. , I i- . : . ) Sk ft - 1 ; - ,..?- I Discusses Tillage Tools in the Northwest at Agricultural Meet . The following speech was given by J. y. McDonald, American Ko etety of Agricultural Kngimers be- i foii: the annual meeting of Paci fic section A. S. A. K.. 1'nlversliy Karm, luvis, California, Jun. 13, 132S. And its biMiiuii-. urn, fur uh die firsi lire ever nuide frmii riibbt r grown commercially in these I'nited Stales. It was manufactured from "guayule," the rubber-producing shrub, which has been suc cessfully grown In the Salinas valley, California. The 8 (Ml acres now' planted 'will soon be doubled, according to" Miss Winifred Teeple, who Has a reason 4n smile she's assistant farm adviser of .Monterey county and, as such, giving the new Industry every encouragement. lil.VV !ih;ht ox goixg "Papa." cried little Kthel. run ning into the living room in tears, "a man knocked my cundy out of my hand." "Where is he?" demanded her father angrily. "I'll fix the brute!" "I don't know, but his'autdmo blle Is up on Maybell Johnson's porch' nnd. halfway through the front of the house." i A in erlcan Legion. A FOIIWAKI) PASS Little Snifflcbllstcr Say, t'ncle, when are you 'going to play foot ball again? The Hieh t'ncle Why. T don't playv football. What makes you ask me that question? Little Hnifl'lebllstei Well. Pop says that when you kick off we arc going to get a brand-new automo bile and u house. Stevens Stone Mill. 'uys true Bmck.'fualip' and all the famous Silicic features You probably never think of Duick as selling for only 1195 and yet you can buy a Buick of true Buick quality at this extremely law price. You have your choice of three popular Buick models the roomy Sedan, the trim Coupe or the smart Sport Roadstcrr t And you can have it on terms so liberal that you heed not deprive yourself of the joys of Buick ownership. Luxurious bodies by Fiahcr in distinctive Duco colors . . . flashing getaway and the virile power of Buick's famous valvc-in-hcad engine . . . supreme riding comfort resulting from. Buick's Lovejoy hydraulic shock absorber and Buick's cantilever springs. Only Buick offers these fine car features r.t such moderate prices. See and drive a Buick. V7e will be glad to demonstrate at any time. ' SEDANS $1195 to 51995 COUPES $1 195 to 51C50 SPORT MODELS $1195 to $1525 AH prienf. ff. h. Flint. AUsh- fnrrrnmmt tax tn bt ctM 7. if C. M. A. C. fnncr plan, t'nt moH desirable, it atcifaMr. Study this list of un rivaled Quality Features jvt joy Hydraulic Shock Ab sorbers, front and rear Smart, low-swung bodias Form-fitting tailored seat cushions Rich color liar-monies, inside and out Bullet-type headlamps Adjustable steering column The Buick Doublr-Lock (One turn of the k?y locks both ig nition and steering wheel; The lamouit Buick SealedChas-Ms-with every operating pail scaled inside a dirt-proot. dust proof, water-tight housing Triple-scaled engine Vacuum cleaned crankcan -One universal joint, in ft rati of two or three and a uionm li cit y lubricated Buirk mechanical 4-whreI brakes Torque-t-.tbe drive ( Five btarinjj surface steering Controll.ible-bcam headlights l.aijuced v. Iiecla Air filter .Gil filter Gasoline filter i Thermostatic circuUtion con trol Automatic heat control Vacuum ventilator 1 .10 oil di lution; Spark plug wl'd against fcn-rne monjiitng f reiHrnl rubber both trout and . ex M.- J. GOSS Adams and Fir THEN VIM. BUILD Tho Intcn-Ht nrousrd among furnit-rs In dcrri'nslntf tlu-lr- costs por unit butt ulso tnuilo many cf Ihcm piius- ami Vonsidiir 1. 'Why should 1 use this par ticular tool?" 2. "Will somo other tool do this particular operation cluaper'.'" j A ffreut deal of the northwest wuh settled by eastern nnd middle went fanners. who naturally ; liroiitfht aluiifr the tools they were loiur familiar with Usually u plow, Bliih'lu disk und peg-tooth harrow. The new settler soon found that his tools were not getting- results, lie found the single disk and har row did not give good weed con trol oh summer, fallow, und that they had a tendency to leave the soil In -a highly pulverized state, which wuh a disadvantage in a country with high winds which blew tho pulverized soil away, cut ting off or injuring tin tender grain, aa it swept across the prairie. Another disadvantago of this pulverization was that tho summer rains baked the soil and made a hard crust, us well us al lowing the water to run off and lw lost. ' I These are a few of the reasons j why the farmers begun looking anoui lor oiuer toots, ami is ny the . duck-foot cultivator, rod weedcr. goose-neck slicker, and similar tools wens developed. Itod-weeders are made in sev eral ways, the principle bclnf? the pulling of a rod horizontally Inches below the surface of the soil. This typo of machine Is best adapted to medium nnd light soils, where rocks nnd gravel are not a problem, ut where the soil is not too hard. The rod loosens the sur face soil, shaking the" clods to tho surface, and silting the fine dirt down Into the seed bed. If the top inch or so of soil is fairly dry. the rod will successfully negotiate a! surprising amount of trash or mis cellaneous growth. K was found that a stationary rod clogged rather easily, so tome one evolved the idea of revolving the rod. Now most of the rod wecders being used urn rotury. Hod weedcrs are now being us'-d quite extensively In Oregon, Washing ton, Idaho, Montana, I'tah. und parts of Canada. A 15 draw-bar tractor. wilLiiahtUlOrf f rod-wei-drrs; they are made in sizes ti'-yti'. ' (iiMiso-Ncck Slicker This is a straight blade wceder which is of lighl draft., low cost, and has the ability to pein4rat" the heavier soils. U Is widely us-I as a summer tillage tool In Kast (.rii Oreirnn and Washington. This wcdcr Is made In varying widths U with a horizontal blade attached 1o curved goose-neck slu.nKs. A 1 5 draw-bar tractor will handle in-ffi feet of goose-net k clicker, depend ing on soli conditions. 'Chief advantages of these two types of weeders: 1 Will not pulverize soil. 2 Will cover big urea. 3 Light In draft. . Disadvantages of these two types of weeders: 1 J ot not work well among rocks. ' 2 I o not negotiate land un less It Is level. :i Will clogr I'roltuhly the disadvanlageH con nected w lh these weeders account of the popularity of the duek-fOut cultivator In many sections. The duck-foot Is adapted to most soils and predictions arc be- I Ing made by prominent agrlcultur- j Isls In Montana that It will be us d j in Montana, more than any oilier type. The glacial soils of the Northwest with tlndr rock residue have not been satisfactorily bund led In many instances with any of the rod or blade weedi-rs. The duck-foot apparently handles Ihrw soils satisfactorily. The shovHs on a duck-foot cultivator operate under the soil surface without pulverization, and the cultivator I wllf not clog to any -r-xlt-nt and will work In hard, rocky, or gravelly soils. Another fader which bus con tributed to the popularity of the duck-foot has been tin- Increased Interest In 'plowb'Hs summer till age" which bleu is growing In a great many wheat growing sec tions. Very good results have hern .ajtulm d using (he duck-foot Instead of the plow In Montana: I believe t hat this has also been done in parts or f'anada. The stubble Is usually worked several limes, the deepest to a depth of 4"-'r However. the prmlepal use f the duck-foot remains sum- ! met- tillage. Iniek-fiiol cultivators inre made In sizes from 6'-12". A 1 r-draw-bar tractor will handle a 1 1 2" il tick-fool und.r ordinary I condition. j Other tools which are creating I runsMerubl- luv-icsl either as I plow Huhstlluieit or as siipph )iien lary tools, an- tn n-oy 'lu'inir disk, the chia- l. and oile-;iy disk plow of the Angi-lf type. The" tools wv all bing tried out tn the northw-eKt iit tin: piesent time, and Vh'ir rcfpecllve boosters an- ex pecting big things In the way of decreasing (OMs and increasing yields. The chisel, with which we are familiar here In California, is be ing tried out as a plow aubsiltute in prt paring grutn land In I "tub. Oregon. Washington. Idaho and .Uuntuua this y.ur. It ia usually LAUNCH ASSAULT ON SPEED RECORD used in the full llltllt nftir lliir vcM: IIh' lunil In li-ri o.. n ilurlnn llu winter: tho Ktulililc Ih (linked in tho snrlmr. uml then for nuinimr tllliiKi', thu duck-root or other weoder i used. The disk hus been tried In some sections us r plow substitute, with vuiylnu results. The Multiloba cx lierlment station reports sllk'htly lariter yields from sprlnit-dlsked bind than from that which was sprlnK-plowed. One trouble with disklnK has been that thu disks soon were down' and ' did a poor job. Now that the Ueuvy heat treated disks have been developed, there Is Increased Interest In dlslt Iiik. ni'd no doubt these tools will provo udvuntuKcouHln many see- llltenllt lions. Then we have also the one-way disk plow, which hus become so popular In the middle west. All uio lor- 4:.0-h(irsepover Napier endue, the1 power the J100.000 creation would ld. Tho Rlnnt leaped 10 nnd 15 feet . . , lie ciiec(H id (icienp England and America to. power ami to i the Ronnw RattlR for Auto !ful ov,r '"" Supremacy' Shortly ' PAYTONA IlKACII, l'la. AP) On Ihe sanie wide bench where "vV. K. Vanrterbllt, ltalney Oldfleld.l Henry Kord und other raring plo-1 l.m.nnil new records over Lite I tuii'd-iiiicke'il sand. Knulnnd and recall Ainerleu soon will renew their bat- j ences. tic for iiutolnobllo speed iiuprem secret British Admiralty tlevelop meiil with which lrielulid won the last Schneider cun seaplane race ns it struck sllifht undulations ' in Uio white silica sand. In tno unnn of an eyelash, it had gone 300 feet. Newspapermen reported th. y could not turn their heads fast enoiiKh to follow thu car. Af ter HcKruvM had taken four miles to slow down, ho found his hands blistered by tho heut of tho 24 cylinders. In addition to tho International trials, special races for stock cars have been arranged. fanners are milling und wontu ing ubout this plow. Mo fur they are not very common In tho north west, till hough several have been sold, und many more will be sold this spring. A I !i draw-bar tractor will handle C-S feet of one-way disk plow. What Is the best lool for Ihe Bruin grower? So fur. 1 have not found anyone who can answer this question definitely und absolute ly. However, we have one well established fact, which every suc cessful groin rarmrr acknow leilBes. That Is. regardless of w hut tool Is Mised, the work must be done on time. Thai is all-Important .and If there Is u serret for success for the gruln farmer, this is it. sis- A I'AMII.Y t'Alt Salesman Just how large your family'.' Man Wile, mother-in-law, ler-ln-law and brother-ln-laiv. Salesman Wu havo Just the car for you. sir. A fine racing car. You can get away much fas ter In this car. iii:yi iii.yi Chauffeur , (to slightly deaf farmer) Cun' yon tell )ne where 1 can get some gas? s Kurmer Hey? (iliiniri ur No. gas! This ufn'l the u horse. It's an uulomohilc. Motor Land uey; The trinls hero February 15 to 23 will murk the 25th anniversary of nulomoblle ritelng nnd the first by the Uulled Stntes to regain the world's speed record. which MnjoY II. O. I). Segravo took to England last year utter shooting his giant machine over tho beach at 203.711 miles per hour. Kniuk ,ockhnrt. velenin of American tracks, and .1. M. While, rhiludvlphlu manufacturer, -in specially constructed racers will seek the now world's record for this country whllo Captain Mal 1 colm Campbell will attempt to up hold thu honor uf Ureal lliituln by breuklng the mark set by his coun tryman. In addition, .M. Depen din,' French driver who recently :won the llriind liix in Spain, is reported planning tu enter tho In . ternnttonal events. One of the problems which tuny bo solved Is whether the highest I speed can be attained by a huge car of enormous power built to 'overcome wind resistance by sheer Irnree, or by the smaller car de Istgned with it minimum of wind resistance and calculated lo gain Us speed by a high per minute rev olution. . .Major Segrnvc's "Mystery S," which weighed three tons, and While's "Triplex," which will reg ister four ions, represent thu first typo while l.ockliurt'u new car, Captain Campbell's "lllueblrd" and .M. Dependln's iniichliio typify the second. With his "lllueblrd," Captain Campbell held thu world's record I g at 1K7 miles per hour until ScgruvuJj established the liew mark. For O Uiiyloun neuell trials Captain IS Campbell's infer will be equipped with a new body iuid u special j ul a flvc-inile-n-ininute clip. White Is completing a 30-ryUn-dered. three-motored engine which he expects lo develop 1500 borse- niost power- 'Ockhurt's car has been under conseruction al most a year, but lit t lo Is known of it. llescrlbed us small and light, it is Ktiid to huvc a minimum of wind resistance and a high revo lution per mlnuto motor. To gain u picture uf what will be enacted here, one only has lo Major Segrnvc's expeii He registered 73 miles per hour In low gear, throw the car I Into second until 1-12 miles per I Imiif u-jih readied find then inlo high gear. At 170 m. p. h., ho alin ed tho machine us one would u gun und releused every ounce of THi: .MONTH'S ItKST AL1I1I . Officer l'ull over to the curb! You were doing thlrty-fivo in a. twenly-mllo zone. What's your hurry? ' Motorist 1-1-1 have an appoint ment with tho dentist. Motor Land, If You Use One You'll Like The Other Many experienced car owners have used Vel tex Gasoline for years and liked its. perform ance. They arc using Veltex Motor Oil, toe, be : cause, after a trial, they found it give perfect lubrication. ; ' . Let us drain and refill your crankcase today. i LA GRANDE FILLING STATION ! KUIIN & ZWEIFEL Corner Jefferson and Hemlock on Wallowa Highway S ' t s AS ALSO PROVED EELF Tunc in for Dodge Brothers' Radio Program every Thursday night, 9 to 9:30 (Pacific time) NBC Pacific Coast Network. tme finest V 2 PL r Six months on the highways of the world have estab lished this car's right, beyond dispute, to' the title "America's Fastest and Finest Four". ' If milc-a-minute performance, lightning acceleration, custom beauty, and limousine comfort, were all it pos sessed, the story would not be half so impressive. In Dodge Brothers Four these arc simply the outward expression of exceptional inward fineness. No Dodge Brothers Four in thirteen years of quality building has been built so well. . , Traditional Dodge Brothers standards of inspection and workmanship have been more than adhered to they have been advanced to even higher levels. Materials that go into the building of this car are select ed witii every advantage of Dodge Brothers vast pur chasing resources, and fabiitated with minute precision. livery point that sustains excessive stress is fortified by the finest metals that the world's markets afford. The pcrform.ir.ee, comfort ar.d style you gr.t in Doi!: Brothers Four are not therefore the tlcrting attribute. of newness. They arc deep-rooted in the car's strtx tural quality the surest guarantee cf long and depei. able service at low cost. Now equipped with Stcclilraulic 4-whccl bril.es at . 1 wt rZt i r 'Sow 3 wmy 4 WsiS&sriiF&fij 4-Doer -SetUn, f. o. b. DctrU f ull l aciorx liquipnsal L. C. SMITH 5th and Depot Phone 175-J ALSO GUILDERS OF TWO LINES OF SIXES-THE VICTORY AND THE SENIOR