La Grande evening observer., March 10, 1928, Image 9

$ Saturday, March' 10, 1928
EX GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
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HAS VISION OF
THE YEAR 1935
vV." P. Chrysler Predicts
135,000,000 Motor Vehi
f cles; Many Changes,
. Uy Walter 1. Chrysler
: , (.'resident of the , Chrysler .
Corporation)
.' 1$ 1S3G the United Htates will
Hive n Its streets and highways
.mm 3U.0UU.U00 to 85.0U0.UU0 regls
ered motor vehicles. How can we,
ictmmmodate that great army oC
inssegcr curs, trucks mid-buses?
v In thA nmtrncu nt imp Iih-cai.
nine nf the rail truffle will he un
derground. In some cities the sur
tac8 car will give way tcj the bus.
ii oilier the street cur will he
, aken off the streets and put In
jndorground tnunels. Klevateds
Jor overhead trains will he torn
Kiwn, unwnys win tne substituted.
Jll'Antu will tin u-l.inni.,1 1d... It
iun ho done without Inconvenience
y making sidewnjks nnrrower.
More h'oulevnrd systems will he laid
"jut. Arterial highways will be
HWstructed.
J (irado Separation
i Separation of grades is another
Uep. Note how 'motor curs from
Park avenue get n round-the Grand
Contra! Htutlon in Xew York City.
An overhead motorway . extends
from Park avenue and 40th street
to Park avenue and 45th. Imagine
the congestion at Pershing Square
without such grade separation.
Detroit has a similar grade sep
aration nt Bust Grand Boulevard
ftnd Kast Jefferson avenue, San
rrancisco nos iin over?pass at the
foot of Market street and the Km
barcadero. Cincinnati has over
passes wherd nnn strnnt. ia onrrlAil
by a bridge, or viaduct, over an
other. ......
j. For yenrs we rightfully stressed
Jnore careful driving, . Today many
jigeneles are busily engaged in,
teaching the motorist to drive care
fully.
WILLYS-KNIGHT STANDARD SIX
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Drama in Bales Brings $69 a Ton
For Use in Paint for New Autos
Ily Wiulo Werner
(Motion Picture Feature Editor)
HOLLYWOOD. Cal, (AP)-liv-eryono
who hus a little 1000
uhuiige to spend on tickets to tho
movies kmiws about the sort of cel
luloid drama that Is packed In tin
cans and ship pod thousands : of
nilloH to be unwound in projection
The price fluctuates from week to
week, but tho Japanese toy manu
facturers always van bo counted on
to buy about five tons w cast-off
f.lm each month, and makers of
high-grade automobile varnish
lako about 25 tons.
Only part of tho approximately
12.000.000. feet of smiles, tears.
machine's for the entertainment of .love-scones, fights and rough-and-
dlstant audiences. tumble comedy - thus baled and
ltut millions of feet of celluloid 1 bounced out of Hollywood monthly
drama tire packed In bales hero
every month and sent to manufuc
t u rers w ho know how to t ra ns
f 01 in It Into many things Dint may
not. flicker on a screen, but that
continue to help human beings en
Joy themselves In thoir spare time.
Many a celluloid super-feature
that failed to sturtle the world on
the screen Is startling the neigh
bors, now as part of the dazzling
two-tone paint jobs on several hun
dred family automobiles. Other
d ramus that died In their original
celluloid form are living a new and
more joyful life as Christmas tree
ornaments of those little celluloid
ducks and streamers and fish which
one buys for the children to float
in the bathtub. . '
More than one gorgeous marble
bathroom scene no doubt has come
back to the but broom In the form
of -theso novelties. And nt least a
fow of those films in which .tho
hero wins tho big automobile race
are running around on automobiles
right now In the paint.
dialed, drama, no matter who di
rected It -Or how many 10,000-a-
j week -stars appear in It, is worth
; 'HARTFORD, Conn. Detours
cost money. - Connecticut spent
$129,009 to preparu and maintain
190 miles of them In JyJ7 an uv
orage of 0C79 a mile.
Georgo Washington could Ctb.
llsh a veracity record. No one ver
asked him how nmiiy in lies be fqt
to a gallon. . ( ;: .
consists of pictures which havo
come back after a brief career in
the movie theaters. Much of tho
film -was used originally in screen-,
tests of new players or represents
the odds and ends of pictures.
Roughly speaking, a piece nf
film long enough to entortuln uu
audience for throe minutes when j
shown' on the screen weighs one (
pound when It gets to the paint
Sfactory or toy plant.
Considerable cast-off film also Is
thrown In furnaces and burned for
tho silver contained In the emul
sion. This and other methods of
recovering metallic allvor from
cast-off. motion pictures brings
metal to the goVernmcnt mints,
which eventually finds its way
back' to the film fan in new dimes
and quarters and dollars. -
Bandits on ,tho outskirts of
Shadydalo held up a car filled with,
tourists and took $25.75 uwuy from
the driver.-' ;
"If I kin 'ketch 'eui, I'll send Vm
up for twenty years," ' compluined
Constable Hicks. "Thers'e a law
agin Impersonating an officer Tho
Motorist.
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WHIj.Ovcrltnd's presentation of (he new Willys-Knight Standard Six to sell In the $1,100 price raKO brings
this company into the lowest price field it hascterrcachedih the Knljhl.enjlned series. Above are shown two ol
s the Willys-Knight Standard Sixes, (he upper picture beinj IheS-passengef Coach with S-passenger Sedan model
below. ' 1 nusual lines of beauty characterize these new cars, while numerous testa hare brought about a high
' standard of performance in speed, power, stamina and economy of operation. ', ,
the number' of uccldents hy encour
ulnff pedestrliinH to obHerve slg-
But toduy there In also a ( nulH ana to Be Kumea by them. :
jmivement which encournges tho I tnicuKo uunsiiormuon execu
jiedentrlnn to walk carefully. Con-, tlve recently made the Impressive
Mdemble Impetus con be given this "ftemont that anyone alert enough
vnrk if it is consititently pointed j
to be on the streets of Chlcngo was
out thnt nearly all motorists lire."'"'1 ' " "" "
Ifremiciitly pcdeatrlnns. . . of moving vehicles. That fliny ap-
Can-fill Walking - to ,n0 Ijl' district, which has
f To walk carefully moans to' cross problems peculiar to Itself, but it
Urcols nb. crossings. It meuns to , h"""-v "I'l'llc to most cities.
Observe truffle signals und traffic. Many, pedestriuns complain that
rules. A few cities have succeeded !,hey are obliged to cut through
in keeping psdcstrlnns on the curb ! "ne" of vehicles because when they
until they are given the right of i'1 f'r, th,e "lK""1 ,? cross they
way. 'A' city like Chicago, with Its ""d, he,r ""e ut wa,,f out oft -"V
I,mn rilsii lct. mi.v rind i.ednsirinn ' vehicles coming around the corner.
truffle too muni to exnect all i1edes- iThe Pedestrian should be permit
'trlniiM on tho sidewalk until given
be signal to go. Hut most cities
are finding that they cun reduce
WARREN ivW TRIROT
v GO. J OB,
Tne. Coart Air Derby nd,Dol rUca Winner
.Writ for Caralog and Aiancy Rihu
1645 California 8traat 8a FraacUco
ted to cross before vehicles aro al
lowed to turn corners.
Tiiichlng Chilfltvu
Police officers arc going fnto the
schools , In many cities to instruct
children how to cross streets, and
when.- In those same cities police
men are assigned to Hl?et corners
children use frequently in going (to
schdoled In the ways of careful l pofnt where a, four-way highway
walking. , ' ..'. ' l is neertetl.t Thls Is bound to be true
Traffic , problems are ' usually (for eight oi ton more. years.
considered us'pollce prouiems. as ( . xne -unueu siai.es- wju
they Increased the number of po
never
complete. Its road building prograul.
New Jiighways will be needed con
stantly. Old high wuys must ,bo
kept in; repair, und many must be
widened. 1
j , , Grade Crwisliigs
' The. elimination of grado cross
ings is a ftrcmeudous job. This woi'K
sholild. continue . until every dan
lice was increased. Then came tho
introduction of the' synchronized
electric signal system-control.. This
was accepted In mnny communities
as ;a substitute for the traffic po
liceman. The truth .Is that there Is
no substitute for tho traffic officer.
At . some intersections tho . signal
light is all right. At others it isn't, j. serous. 'Crossing, is eliminated, with
Signals will work' under - certain -j an qyer-pass or underpass built In
traffic conditions, but not all'. ; its stead.. There is r also the job
K press Jiighways . of 'eliminating curves from hlgh-
Our larger cities will be, con-- ways.' lOngliicers today agree tluit
irected tby express highways. These, highways must possess .what might
will be enclosed Ulto railroad- rights- ' bo" called;1 b'ullt-ln safety Signs
of-wayV . There will boY, separato . cau't,' berelief on to tiake highways
lanes for slow moving. reliiuies and 'sale.. , ...
ing ones.. When 1 grade crossings ably bo with us always. But it will j
are encountered tho highway 'will .bo' uVet! fit partT by ' .'erecting tall 1
go overhead or underneath."" : ramp garages in areas whero rents
America today has a most ambl-,: ; aren't so highr; . ' V" ,"
tlouH road building program. Thero ; Iri, ourmost congested , centers
Is eveiy reason to believe that this istreots'Vwlll'J.be'".cleared of trucks
and from school. Usually tliosu' Mwftiw.rWiV4fcw' mw4i ri4-H--4wMfttiirT . nH iinhrndtng 'duiMtig-the
police, in esooi tlng children across this country will have a great sys-, day. : leading will be done at re-
streets, wait for signals before Lem of transcuntlnental highways mote "delivery systems. Thero Mill
and roads, extending from Canada- he underground loading platforms,
td Mexico. . Of course, as soon as and lMsnot-nt ull Impossible that
we finish a tSvo-wuy highway, tra'f- -.main levels will be used by depart
ure, on it fxeiiuently increases to u. inent s Lures to, park . cars. Uoofs
may be used also. ,.
crossing.. At least they should.
This type of eduction means
that the years to come Mill bring
us a generation of men und "women
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PENDLKTON - f LA GRANDE
La Grahe Branch cor. Adapis & Elm '
Girl Succeeds
In Selling Olds;
. Tell's 'Em How
Knjo.v meeling people.
Know vour product.
' :e of service.
U Is Inure than likely that Miss
Kdna- W. chillier has patterned
her '21 yelirs of life on llio above
maxims, for the substunce of thu
statements huvo In no small wnv
contributed to her success ns ns
Hlslnnt mapnger of the A. U. bchul
ler' Iviotor Sales establishment ut
3y4 MoiitroHo avenue, Chicago.
Miss, Bchuller enjoys meeting
people, and, therefore, a. sale is
half made when sho meets a pros
pect. Happy to meet them, his at
titude makes them happy to meet
her and thus a goodly portion of
the initial sales resistance fs abol
ished. All know how easy It Is to
say i'yes" to a pleasing person
ality. - Miss Kchullei is tire daughter of
A. 1). Mchuller, who has an Olds
mobllo sales headquarters both at
the Montrose avenue address and
St 4049 Fullenton avenue, Chicago,
lie fs'Ulso Interested in real estate.
While Miss Bchuller mtis attend
ing hhfh school and the University
of Illinois sho frequently assisted
her father in his realty transac
(Ions. ,On her graduation last
June with a It. A. degreo sho de
cided to master tho automobile
business. First she took charge of
the books and accounting Mith an
occsstonul flyer into selling and
then, curly this year, sho was made
assistant manager of tho Aiontroso
avenue store. It Mas a promotion
predicated on past performance
and ability to produce in tho fu
ture. Mis Schuller finds her youth
and sex no barrier In selling Olds
moblles. Hho has studied her M-ork
thoroughly and can discuss motor,
cars intelligently.
Men; she says, usually like to
talk In a, learned manner regard
ing the mechanics of an autontu
blle, and arp surprised to meet a
young lady who can discuss the
many merits of the new Oldsmo
blle. .
On tho other bund tho women
are Impressed with tho beauty,
style, comfort and safety -of an an
tomobllo and can be sold if these
ffatures are properly brought to
their attention, says Miss Hchuller.
! , M iss Hchu llcr's success d uri ng
the recent Chicago automobile
rtkow attracted considerable atten
tion In automobile circles,
. mow wjcinitrcri roou
J ' 8TOCKnUirGB. Mass. Gray
squirrels havo taken to nesting In
a power company's conduit boxes
here. After tho town was plunged
In darkness one night electricians
found that squirrels had eaten tho
.insulation on some of the wires,
j funding a short circuit,
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CRITICS SAY
this New Old$rnoblle is
FI NE CAR OF
rill
TH E
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IX) W PRICE
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lit;
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Tim very npponrnnoe of IhU new
and larger Oldsniobilc Six stomps
il, lit a glance, as I wo years ahead,
separate and apart from even
the best of cars at anywhere near
,,, . ,
its price. "
'Its' every feature gives evidence
that this car makes available, to
i
all, sources of thorough satisfac
tion that have heretofore identi
fied high-priced cars.
And as further conclusive recogni
tion of what Oklsmobilc has
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LANfllNO
"New in every respect . , . gives
an impression of lylouging iu a
much higher price class."
"From experience in actually driv
ing the new Old.smobile, it mny be
definitely staled that Oldsmobilo
has made an important advance in
the art of car building," gays
Walter C. Boynton of Aulomolire
Daily News. "In appearance and
achieved by its policy pMged to , Irformancc, in quietness of oper-
progress, automotive critics now
udd their praise.
"Two years ahead both in appear
ance and mechanically," sayg II.
F. Hlanchard of ilolor.
A. . Dcnhaia of Motor Age says,
ation, in comfort, convenience
and road qualities, it represents a
distinct achievement !"
Sweeping, positive expressions
based on actual fuels of design and
the actual experiences of these men
with this new Oldsmobilu.
They know, because they have
compared by their own high
standards of judgment, thnt this
enr is smart and voguish, not only
in design but in the whole spirit of
its styhng-and engineering.
They know, because they have
driven it, that if it is speed you
want, this new Oldsniobilc. will
give you speed . . . speed to spare.
T hey know, because they have en
joyed them, that this new-Olds-mobile
enilmdies qualities of rid
ing comfort, of smoothness, of
silent operation which arc a posi
tive revelation.
They know ... as you will know
when you have investigated as
they have . . thut this new Olds
mobile is indeed The Fine Car of
Low Price.
LDSMO
OLDSMOBILE SALES CO.
1428 Adams Ave.