I MOTORING NEWS (SlXStt:
WANT ADS
VOLUME XXV,
LA GRANDE. OREGON, .SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1928
NUMBER 214
$65,000 IN CARS
IN PARADE HERE
Last Saturday's Display'
t ol New Moueis f ollowed
by Demonstrations
When 65 now 1928 moilol uulo.
" iiiobilin iipliourcd In l.a Ci-nndo lust
Siilnriliiy mtornoon In n Ruorcssrul
nuto "wprlnff Htylo Bhow" iiarntlc,
th re was reiirvHvntod exactly $06.
4i.ri. Tills wiw revealed throuich
a cacerul cheek on uetual delivery
Jjrlces on every model dlHpluyed by
tlie l.a Orando deulcrH. The lurgo
capital represented lfl make of
iiulornomio. an or which huvo
refftilar dealers In J..a Grande.
The. latest models In many stand
ard automobiles appeared In the
interesting parado, which had as
fealiues several old-tltne models
that added to tho enjoyment of
tho dealer's affair.
lMliKHistralkin Vrk
This entire week has been de
voted to tho display of models and
special demonstration work. Tho
co'operatlvo "display idea seems to
have had a generally enthusiastic
reception from tho public, accord
ln to dealers who acrced today
that tho parado was a successful
innovation. When the check on
prices, revealing tho total flKUre
was made, a careful listlnit of the
prices, on delivery, of all models
shown was figured by Tho (Jb-
crver. 11 loilows, with tho cars
in order of their uppearanco In
tho parade, inaiio by drawing lots.
i Delivery l'ricuj
Chevrolet: coach. $734. coupe,
T44, sedan, nzii. Cabriolet, JSIU,
Imperial. S(I7, ton truck with cab,
J74S; llodge: senior sedan JlSI.ll.,
Victory sedan deluxe, J 1390, stan
dard Victory sedan. 310. Vic
tory brougham, coupe. SUUO. stan
dard sedan. 1 1 1 u. siamlard coupe,
SIOHft, Graham truck, 11300: Wll-lys-KnlRht:
stanilard sedan $1345,
special sedan I 724. Whippet l our
eoacn, um, cabriolet coupe, 71l,
Whippet six eoacN S7li: t.'hrys
ler: landeau 02 sedan 162r, 02
coupe with rumble, $1425. 62 lan
deau sedan- $101(1, f,2 coupo $SSfi.
72 crown sedan $21115: Kord: road
ster, fully equipped $540, two-door
$000, sftort coupe. $715, phaeton.
$550; Itulck: coupe $1474, standard
sedan, $15S4, master Iluick town
brougham $'J20; i'nckanl: sedan
six club sedan $3027, 1'ackard se
dan standard six $2595: Studc
baker: dictator, $15S5, commander,
Selects Spring Outfit
cleadd off
jwm.
More horsepower per pound
than any other car in its class, .
gives the Victory an advantage
which its rivals simply cannot
hope to compete with.
It leads off first and holds its .
lead and when the hills arc
reached all attempts to follow
the Victory abruptly end..
Rakish, rugged, roomy and
the fastest car in its class! Drive
it and prove it!
!095
4-DOOR SEDAN, F. O. B. DETROIT
Tune in fur Lodge lh-othcr, Itadlo . l-rou-ram every I hursd,
lat to 9:30 (I'uclrte Time) .MX' l'aciflo Com,! Network-
L. C. SMITH
Gill and Depot
BY Dodge- Brothers
ALSO THE STANDARD SIX IIT3 TO $90 AND THE SENIOR SIX $1570 TO 177
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MUST HONK HORN
IN PASSING CAR
Mln the sprinn lh uto fancy accestoriei ant. teat covers
come tnfci view, as evidenced by the above photo, showing that the
car as well as its owner may have a new Spring outfit 1 A Western
Auto uppff .Company salesman assists a fair motorist in selecting
m set of seat covers that add a touch of summer to tha car. and
protect the upholstery from the summer sun as well.
Wasl 1 i ngton Cou r t Says
Negligent Driver Is Re
sponsible for Wreck
That an iiuIoihoIjIIu lrlvr who
ftiitH to kuuiuI hiH hoiu in iiuHRhw
miutlicr i:ar i.s nt'KliKL'jil untl lialtiu
fr any accident that may be cuus-
vt by hlH act, Is u recent UvcIhIoh
by Dm tmprcnio court of the Ht.tto
Of WashliiKtuti uiul unit of ffrcaL
iuiiurtaiico lo moloiiHts all ovrlho
country, accortlinp to a report of
tho lofiral licpiit tnu'iit of I ho Orc
Kon Ktato Motor awHoclutton, '
AlttioiiKh thlK itaitlcular iU8tlon
lia not been ilcclUed In (JrcKon.
thu uouiiil prcKliclion Ik that tin;
Oregon conrls would taKo the huiiic
position. It I.s pointed out. that
tho Oregon law rcuilt; "'I'lio dtivor
of an overtaking motor vohtclo not
within a busines-s or rosUlonco dis
trict Khali Klve audiblo warning
with his horn or other warning d
vice before passing or attempting !o
nitm a vehicle proceeding in the
sanio direction.' I'mler thin law
the court would undoubtedly fol
low tho precedent of the Washing
ton cane which was decided in the
absence of a state regulation fur
giving u signal o n passing another
vehicle.
In tho Washington case the driv
er upon whom the lialhlanluhrdlu
er upon who the liability was plac
od for the accident had just started
to pass the car ahead .when It turn
ed to the center of the road.
Attention Is also called lo t he
hijihw ay regulation in Oregon to
the effect that It Is the duty of tho
overtaken car to givo way when
tho signal Is given.
NOW RUBBER SHOCK INSULATORS
ADDED TO GREAT NEW CHRYSLER'tSZ"
at New Lower Prices-Tl065 and upwards-
Same Luxury Features as. Famous' TXand lmperial'8d
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Highway Damage In Calif ornia Is
Not So Serious As Was Expected
HAl'ttA.M KNTO After passing
through one of tho heaviest spring
storms in history., northern t'ali-
foriila today finds damage to high
way" and traffic Is less than w;is
feared, state highway commission
men say. .
The greatest Interruption to mo
tor traffic affecting tho Sacramen
to district ami tho east side of the
Sacrn inento valley came whim the
American rlvor,,. flooded, tho ..sub
way between finenunento and
North Sacramento, and carried out
the small detour bridge used In en
tering North Sacramento after
crossing the (tardea highway
bridge. .
This, with the temporary clos
ing uf the U street and M street
i-ci.ids to I'lilsnni and Kairoa Us
made it necessary for min-h tr-if-fht
to detour by way of florin and
l-'olsnm.
lirtdiio Oaiitagecl
A serious Interriiplloii to (Janlen
highway traffic came with the de
Mtructioii or units of the l'iio,iim
concrete causeway over the Keath-i-r
river at Xicolaus. The wooden
bridge spanning the river proper
was weakened, stopping all l raf
fle -
The state highway s.vsleiu stlf
fertd nominal damage in the opin
ion of T. II. iJeniiis, highway engi
neer.
(mi the Truciiee river, atproaebes
lo a concrete bridge east of Truekeo
woo swept away but the bridge
stands. Tortious of the highway
fill at points on that road were
t.an'iod away.
Detour hi Forro
One hundred feet of tho- I tod
wood highway between Crescent
City and the Oregon line were
washed ' away, and travel Is being
detoiwnod by way of Mronklngs.
Tho slate highway bridge span
ning' the Alokelumno river oir Ihe
I'pper Stockton road near Jndi lost
50 feet of guard railing when tho
water swept three feel over tho
i.ir.'hway. "
State highways- at. numeroiis
places were subinbYged by high
slreani stages, but n casual survey
by OenniK showed that no material
ual i-ige has resulted.
Opening of (ho I'hicervllle-Tahno
a I'd the Auburn-Truck on stulo
high ivays will be delay oil two
weeks. This wllf result no,t so
much from additioiail snow as
from damage by slides.
Three bridges over the Moke
l.i nine river, at Iockeford, Victor
and Wood bridge, wool out.
In liko county a concrete brblgo.
over Kelsey-creek was destroyed.
Athens northward to Mucharest,
Rumania, was a f.aSttlle phaeton
piloted recently by Louis do l.u
Garde, managing director of Gen
eral Motors Near Kast, H. A,, over
highways never Intended for gaso
lluu vehicles.
Although road conditions worn
terrible "the worst for driving I
have over encountered in my life."
writes Mr. do l.a Garde 4ho ear
arrived In Itiicliarest in porfeot
condition, without one single ad
justment having had lo be made.
Tho trip was made through Greece.
Czccho-Slovakia and llulgarla n
to Unman la, passing through tho
cities of Lamia. I.urissa, Salonikt,
Strumitsn, ltadomtr. Sofia, 1'lev
na, Kustchuk and1' Guirgevo, and
most of tiio roads were morn mule,
tracks and narrow mountain
passes.
CHRYSLER nowaddf rubber shock in
' sulators to the Great New Chrysler
"62." And at no increase in Jrlce! For
the first time this great engineering fea
ture is included in a car selling at 1065.
Thus Chrysler becomes the one manu
facturer to offer a complete line of six
cylinder models-'W "72" and 112
h.p. Imperial "80" priced from I065
to 3495, giving the entirely new and
' modern conception of riding ease and
Suiet that only this specially engineered
evice can provide.
Floating in space with not the slight
est sense of mechanical effort is the
effect, to which these rubber shock in
sulators contribute. Gone are all the
road shocks and road sounds. Gone are
all $he squeaks and rattles. . Gone is 1
the need of the greater part of chassis
lubrication. ,
Weeks &
This is but one of more than 40 features'
of the three Chrysler models which
give leadership in the field of six-cylinder
engineering to Chrysler. ; ,
By making possible this greatest riding
luxury at its new low prices in the Great ,
. New "62," Chrysler again shows con
clusivcly how its Standardized Quality
of engineering and manufacturing give
extra value to Chrysler buyers. s ; .
Chrysler Prices :., .
Qreat Ne Chryikr "62" Sevtn body slyto.
$1065 lo$I235. Illustrious New Chrjuto "71"
Sown body !yleJ, 1 545 to $1 795. New 112'
h. p. Chryilcr Imwr(al "80" Fourieen Cu
tom built body tyln by Chryilcr, Dietrich, .ockt
and UBaron, $2 795 and upward. NmvChrytlcr
"52" Seven body itylei, $670 to $790. All
price . o. b. Detroit, mbject to currenT Fed
eral excite tax. Chryilcr dealer! are fci position
to extend the convenience of lime payments. .
Buchanan
il7S-". .Si udehakcr wagon truek.
$14:;:.; M.Nmobll": amh-an. 1 1 :!:..
sedan, ? I ''.;; Oakland : l our-)oor
sedan, fill 0, deluxe landeau .seflan,
$ir,:i;".; J'ontlac: cabriolet. ?C7X,
landeau sedan, ? I "S4, four-door
sedan, $HM)S; Star: coaches. 1 M;
iind sclan, ?77!t. four-door
sedan, AS x 4 t , Durant: four-door se
dan. Slr; l.a Halie: '2'.Wt; Hud
son, landeau custom -built sedan,
$liS!ia; Kssex: coupe, $!t1.r.
Woman Driver In
Oregon Cautious;
Few in Wrecks
Information on traffic aeeidi nfs
received by Ihe Oregon Klale Motor
!tssoet;ii ion indieal es that women
tlrivers have fewer accidents limn
do men drivers.
b'roni a study of (he traffic ac
cidents in the Idstrict of Colum
bia, it as found that of all tho
persons llceiisi d ,to operate auto
mobiles V per cent were men and
J " per cent women. Of the
fatal accidents in the I i.st tit t of
Columbia in !U. per rent in
volved men tlrivers and per
cent women drivers, - Th" tlrivers
in G per cent of the fatal acci
dents ere unidentified.
In California a study of V"i'f
fat.il vehicle accidents showed
that men drivers were involved in
IM'f ruses and women in 4J. Knrty
lour of tiie cases studied were hit
ami -run cases t-o I hat I lie driver
was not identified.
The California traffic ntti:iorlti.
eriiimate that J" per cent of tliosr
luddiiiK drivers IP'rnwH an wo
MK'iv On this basts, women num
berlmr only oiie-fifih t,r the auto
mobile tlrivers of th" state are in
volved in less than per cent of
the fatal accidents.
there
than
dory
Average Costs
Of Auto Parts
Are Decreasing
SiKiiifirant of the palify of init
terials a ml care of build inn that
ro into the fim r present day auto
mobiles is a statement of average
costs of parts replacements oa
Siudchakcr r.irs, made known here
yesterday by M. J. (loss, local
St adebii ker- I'rsk im d"a lr. I
According to M r. (lo.-.s.
has bet-n si reduction of mon
a a per cent in -the per car fi
paiis sales for .St udeb.i ker cars in
The past seven years. In lltl fac
tory repair Paris sales for Stude
bakers averaged only ir..72 per
car la operation. Itul in 1!7 this
jiverauo was reduced to ?7.sa jier
car in optrallon. The fi inures i v u
represent an uveragt! for Kl ude
baker repair pa lis sa les all ovty
the world.
A tabulation, showing the steady
decline of parts costs, follows:
Year Cyst per Car
I'tlM 3 I 5.72
vn-i .
1 :!'; . JL'.S
i:J4 li. ih
vi:, in. 74
I'.rjr, la.iM .
1:7
'If. is interesting lo nole," .Mr.
C.os points out, "that during )!'7.
when parts Costs were reduced to
a minimum, Hlndebaker stock cars
won world records for rpeed and
endurance. Three Studeltai:er I'om
nuinders. st rtetly stock cars ill
every n-spect. each traveled jr..no'i
mil-s In lens than 1:.."00 minutes.
Nothing etsf on earth ever ran t-o
far so fast."
For
"No More
Me"
These are the exact words of a man '
who bought two tires in our store
this week. ,This man. operates two
cars and one truck he had used
Goodyears before but had been
lured away temporarily the fancy
words and-cheaper prices found in
advertisements of off brand tires
tfot him once. This is his argument
"Why save 25 on first cost and get
only half the mileage?" And now
with our easy payment plan you can
pay a little down and the balance in
small weekly payments while you
are enjoying the satisfaction of mo
toring on '
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American Car Makes
Hard Europe Trip
I'ltANCi; MINIS 0S
!'Al;lS A l')-The KrVm li mint
struck Mj'i.auf.sx;, coins la-sl year,
not only for l-'ranc" proper but for
('rencli I ado-China, Ttmlfda,
I-'rench Kameruns. Hyria and Ivthl
opla. About a fifth Were silver
piece, but most wro bronzf- alu
minum token coins and nickel
bruiizc ikcts..
irft null t for new piotl'jeriug
jiehievementH by the motor car are
'continually bobbing up and wilh
out the necessity of passing beyond
the frontiers of civlliwitioii.
Krom the very center of ancient
'Oreek culture tomes tho story of
Jho latest conquest- The first au
jlomobile ever to be driven from
Tlie Greatest Name in Rubber"
More People Hide on Goodyears than Any Other Kind of Tire.
Easy TermsPay As You Ride
W. H. Bohnenkamp Co
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