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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (May 19, 1928)
4. it ' I- i Saturday, May 19, 1928 1 LA GRANDE EVENING OEgSRVEB Crosses Desert For New Record Alone, and ' almost ' noiselessly through, a starry night, on the des-lusuge. twee T-esj Angeles and- Amutttter" fiuv, Uism-w ,vi , ai miles un altarage ot a fraction leas than 41 mile n hour nor the entire, trin. Prior to setting out, he had driven hk car over US.OCs miles, Mlnke declared.,- stoat of these hove been tracking the mountains of Calif ornia, calle oy him "pretty: rough ere and a blading day following over the Notional Old WraJla-rouwU, JJ0'U grueilhV 'runTha earn from- twos Angelee,-, August J.l- . ) laeciareo, or. tn hlgn , average ) would not have been nonUhle. The 'puituf aTerageVspetf k parked at iiu.i mueit per Hour for the dls r(anc, although the speedometer I ww registering about CO miles per evening In April.. , ; - -: "QUT mo" " " apeods The new reoord, - as Officially f u " v nines per nourwere MlnKe, Jr.,. an amateur end ,prl. yaie pwner qi t;nrysr. roaqster, avoweo-iy "our ior.-tn rme,'- put reeded In setting a new time rec ord to Alliunuerque, N.' M..- whe be arrived In that city-one Sunday ; Th car-1 performed perfectly cheeked and certifted ny.tne west ern1 tlhlnn Telegraph company.. Is ""fyy 33, ,hn"rs ' mlnut h.- touched frequently. ' Mlnke! 8et hi prellmlnnr sched ule at ft, hou'r.H-aH agalnnt iht tirm- er; record ot S J Honrs, ! minutes. Trior o the .last established time, l-ouls B. Millar, on ha now hlu toric Chrysler Jraiierlal ."80' round trip transcontinental run had aet a mark ot t hours, j minutes, be tween tn two cities. ,. The sched ule waa maintained; most.' of the way, detours encountered cutlng the time slightly. ''', v ' " j Mink ,hnd! nd trouble on the road, according to .Information b brought, back to thVcrer-Itnbblns Company,1 , Houthrn . California Chrysler distributors. 'The car. he drove was fully equipped and com plete with many- accessories.' ' The entire; trip vni made, with the top upland Mlnke saya. he was Com fortable all rhe way, even If It was a. little lonesome In'the middle of the desert reaches and- with noth ing ahead but the blJick night; sky. .-V ,M? BODY. 'V'- - " t; THAT STANDS UP .f; .' ' ... r.:;;;.;-y?- , . :. . . :; - r r : :. . . V: ' . i L ::.: i t . ; : , ; ....' - " - i. t' .. . . 1 .. -' ' under intense heat ' . , ' 5 under the hard pounding of the motor under all conditions GOLDEN MOTOR OIL THE TEXAS CO. " Audmkt Playle, Agent ? Twenty Yeairt AfcsAnd Tcday M:-:r ' .'kV... b ; i v lfi 1 'X' " Vv. I 1 .miiw , : imp'- ;...tii ' :i eoi-- r..toy rrei put1'. WHAT a difference twenty year has-made In oda of Honry Ford a products! Hera't lttt Ford, roadster that sold for 335; K.O.B. Detroit,, whed there were no such things a demountable rltus and the cowl lamps burned kerosene 6 And below Is the 192 Ford roadster that sella for S8t F.O.B. petrolt end has Wllbon tires and rumble seat! 1 ,V?' -'v:;-' ' Once Called Nuisance; Toll Bridge Returns to U. S. As Investntent NEW YORK (AP) The tool brldiro in staging' a comeback.,- ; ' ' " Travelers who once complained at- the delay and expense occasion ed by pnylng tolls are not only pay ing It glridiy now to save touring 'time and distance; hut In the last four years have Invested - nearly 1 100,000,000 In toll bridge bonds: Although since the advent of the motor oar there has been onpnsl--tlon . to the operation-' of -toil bridges by-state or .'lowl govern ments, private corporations' appar ently havft had little: difficulty In Interesting : Investors or In obtaln- i lng permission to build 'structures I which would save travelers miles I and hours. Incidentally this con struction by private' Interests ap pears! to have relieved , govern- aeasaetsSi ithey inch have .-- - c . i -.-',1 - y ..-; :, i .:) - v i ', -v ' - ments ahd tax payers of heavy fi nancial .burdens... j ; : . i A review of toll bridges "com pleteu fn the past few years Indi cates that the earning power of al-; most alb have exceeded expecta tions. Possibly i the outstanding success is the Bear. Mountain bricTge spanning the; Hudson river rtorlh of reekHklll, N. Y. it cost approximately (4,500,000 and when blinkers' first were asked.to finance the project they refused In the to ilet that It never ould pay. To-, day the etructure Is In constaiit use, dnd 1 traffic ' acrOBS lr 6ffeni'ap proachea congestion, ; V . : ; . Aho'ther notably - su'ecessful toll bridge Is that across the bay be tween St. Petersburg and. Tnmpa, Fla.i saving 20 miles of travel. The suspension bridge between Phila delphia. and Camden, N. -J .longest In the world, attracted tolls ag gregating l,7,&4 in the first six months, of' op'atlon, .. ftarly. last , yr r,yenr ..the,.. 12,010,000 Dttmbarton Bridge, unnncea by private capital, was , opened -Vaoross .San. Francisco bRy'.. ; A concrete bridge now under construction across Lake Ponchnr traln, near, New Orleana, will save six miles and eliminate two ferry j crossings, - - i c ' , i Toll: bridges date-hack, at least to 2,000 B. C. and were quite high ly developed during the mediaeval dayH when fortified bridges foruse of which toll were charged, chiipel bridges1 Which attracted votive of ferings- and: trade; bridges , with houses And shopsj. abutting their roadway and paying rent were In common use. The ., Old London bridge,- a combination- of the three types, charged tolls until 17A2. ' The ' first toll bridge In : the United Rtates is believed to hre heeh that , built across, the' New bury river nt Rowley, Mass., in 16G4. Few of the bridges built In this country were - financial suc cesses, and with the-advent of the automohlle-.mpst' 'of,., them passed into discard. Increased motor ravel, however, . and" the growing 'dMIre'o'ri the- part of the frttvellng public to reach . destinations with little delay nnd mileage created a new demand for such 'bridges, Pri vate eaplln'l has been employed" for their .-construction, - first because government funds were not avail able, and more recently because the financial success of toll bridges generally has established them ns a paying Investment. '. , ir ' Durant Strives To Improve Car Service Record TVffcW petformnnce values - came into existence! whea - -a-l the first Chrysler wa created four years ago. The industry since has gone 6ver en nussd to die effort to pattern after henr. But? the retflarfctble thing is that ' Chryslec "72" i just as much alone today as when it - was the one and only exponent of its type.' C Alone in a theoretical, sense otiry? Emphatically no. Alone j - - . i . .i e l..u:-t- w sua actual sense uic pcriwnuHH.c sense suiui t,7 . singles it out ana sets a span m competition oi ine , ' street and road and hill as much as its brilliant beauty sets it apart in the eye of' the onlooker.'; t 2.pas.Coun (with nmtktetl), fii4i; Koyal Sedan, 159; Sport Roadster (with rumble mi), 1595; 4-pau. Coupe, fli95; Town Sedan, 169J Convertible Coupe (with rumhtt These things could not be said if they were not true ' and especially if the truth were not quickly provable. ((Chrysler "72'' actually begs for tots , arid compari sons it is eager to be checked not only on one, but ' on all phases of performance, with its- most ambitious emul;:ors. r It- has not only not yielded fraction of ' an inch'of its leadership of four years ago it has ' widened the gap and lengthened the distance.' - C Chrysler "72" is indeed Illustrious because it is ' beyond doubt the one great engineering, perform ance, and beauty value in the motor-car market today. . ; tea), fl745; Crown Sedan; 1795. All prices f. a. b. Detroit, -$ubjtel to current Federal excise tax. Chrysler dealer! art in at position to extend the convenience of time paymtwtt. , tan LER 72 'v : ' ' ' ' ' ' " - Weeks & Buchanan low-: oi rv-: . rri tit 4 '-. or tit' , -., v, -r i j eye w . ',':a "V '-' -: .: , ..::.'.: '' ..'i :jiaA.-"J (.'." " . ' ' - - 'v ''' - ' - t.-ui it 1 ...1., ' ; ' : ,-..,.,, i.'.ii .1 - " 'I'''.'-' ",-' ''V"-f .' '. -'."v1; .ifi"V,:J;"'-'. '"'''l !". "'-;' .'iV' ( i-''..''''.-;.v' ''.i;,:;!,; :;;i? ii"- a , ,l ,v . I j::'';I,' lnt4 'M't ' t'N I TtH ' il 1 '',-; 'l i, XuM'JM'Witi Hi hi i'i ; A. r' , ' m ' " ' ' ' 4 'A Pew things Irritate an owner more than to have his enr returned to him In a- greasy, filthy condi tion, after a repair Job1, believe J. II. .Conway, manager of the parts And service division Of the Pnclflc Coast Durant faotory. - Conwny la great . advocate . of scrupulous cleanliness In repair work. In a bulletin to Burant dealers he writes, "'Cleanliness In making repairs to liustohters cars 1 some thing that is of great concern- to every dealer, but too often" In the past cars have been turned over to the owners In o greasy and filthy condition, -with grease, marks all over the upholstery, doors, win dows and fenders. Every Durant dealer should have A complete set of fender, dor. seat, cowl and latering wheel protectors." Durant officials believe that an efficient, painstaking service de partment la the soles department's greatest business; getter, and that rleantlneits Is a mark of efficiency. To Increase the effectiveness of But-ant dealer's service depart ments, Conwfa and severol of his s'ides. during Fehniary dnd MaVrh conducted mechanical clinics for dealers and mechanics In a num ber nt key cities thrdugbout the territory supplied by the l'acltlc Coast Durant factory. 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