La Grande evening observer., August 25, 1928, Image 7

Ua (granite Owning (Shwtmv
MOTORING NEWS
WANT ADS
VOLUME XVII
LA GRANDE. OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST &r), lt)2S
NUMBER
MOTOR CARD MAY
BE USED AS BAIL
Attorney General of Ore
gon Interprets the Law
v fur Secretary Kozer
Her 'Three Ages9 Of Motoring
f Wtf
ji.M.K.M. On-., Aug. -" AP
nt otn ' H associations iucot por
ale, uihIit ll) Imus of other slate
it 11 as those incorporated under
I in yon laws may, under an
ninfiuliiK'iit to the t iregnn Motor
Vcjilclf law, mako deposits wit h
On-won state treasurer ami give
Ihpir members the privilege lit this
rtaif of uslin; their membership
ranis in lieu of bail fur violation
of traffic laws.
This in the Interpretation placed
i,n tli-1 tuw in an opinion from Out
Httornr-y general's office in reply
loan inquiry by secretary of state
Koznf relative to the rights of the
union auto club of I .oh Auk lea.
Tin- opinion attempts to straight-j-n
out a conflict betw -r two pro
Hixieim uf tin" act.
The amendment passed in 1
lirevlded that in case of arrest for
traffic kiw violation the person ar
rested might put up cash bail, or:
f li-i) of cash leave with the ar-
resting officer or the magistrate (
lil.i unexpired membership ran! in '
tin automobile association author- j
to do busine.ss in Oregon, pro- j
ih the amount of bail would not!
exceed $"ft. !
Another provision of the net is
tlut any automobile association
rorpurated muter the laws may
nosito witii the state treasurer the'
Kum of Jloou in cash or up proved (
honds, and that the unexpired J
membership cards of Its ineinhersi
ntuy be received in lieu of bail. If
tho person depositing the card falls
tu redeem It or pay his flue it Is
provided that the fine Khali be paid
tnjt of the tH'iiii deposit in the
Mate treasurer, ihe association to
replace, the amount.
Since the provision refer ins to
association tiiat operatu in Oregon
includes those of other states lic
ensed in Oregon and since tin pro
vision doe.i not mention the de
posit of any sum in rash or bonds
with the Mate treasurer, the ques
tion arose whether the outside ns-
Mteiations have the privilege of
making these deposits as security
for their membership cards when
given as bail.
The attorney general holds that
all parts of th
r
'Bottle Neck' In ;40 YEARS HIGHWAY
Lpper l.'ft Miss Nina l.;:-- r, an intiructor anJ writer of S.iwtrll
Cal., tlrcsscJ i thp sivlc of thr e.T"!y nineteen hunJrcJ anil tan ding by
the replica of the 10 J OlJsmo'.iilc in v.hkh she roJc to scUooI when a pirl.
Upper riht Mis Hum and th OltUmobile she drove more than 40,000
miles in four years. 13c (ow. Mi: j Hurst and the 1928 OUsmobilc the now
driv
Auto Industry Is Becoming As
American As Chewing Gum Making
WASH I N (i TO N (AIM Tins ficliz.d liv thi' Jnunneaa unnv. '
vorhr.1 iUltonuiblli' hull.s(ry has he-t liu.sHlii's motor vi'hli'lo iittlttHtry
cumi' almost as Atin-rk-ait aMc!h'v-has ticcn limited to the tnanufun
in yum. itiirii of trllcKs, altout &"0 httvln:;
Tin- l"i-.ai-lini nt of ( -tiiiiiaruo lM'L'n I'roUiirrd last yi-ar. A ln-w
i stimat. s Dial this )nir lh- United .Kh ar tor miantlty production
Ktatis will iirodu.-!- ni-arly SO per- '1 'wins dCTclopi-ii, liowrvi-r,
c-i-nt of tin- total world output of I " '
motor v. liii lix. I jit yi-ar thi I l'flt) CuslnillPr TlVP
Sale To Be Ifeld
A "new customer lire talf. a
eint-annual feature .tt thu Wcstet-n
country built Mi per cent. Prelim
inary figures place tin? lSS crop
at 4,it(Hi,(iim passenger ears ami
trucks compared to S-lo.oon tor all
rest of the uorld. Iist yetir
American factories put :t.4uo,otni
vehicles on the highways, while .Auto Supidy Company, will be held
others built To.ii((M. jnt nil storeM operated by that emu-
' The majority of foreign makers, j puny from Aug. L'a to Sept. S, ur-
produee in a ye;i r about as many j cord Ing to the local manager. In
, vehicles as leading American fac- J making this annouucemenl, he
toiie.s turn out in a day. Total .staled that the, present tire prices
act .should construe 0t,iiit of the leading foreign inrw the lowest in the history of th
,torrrther, nnd that the legislature ni;i n i ifactun-r, I'ltroi-n of Krance, comiany and offer the gruutest
...... .... -i Mini .iiii. i.'t.si year was oniy i.i.wihi cars, oi jinr xiioe, umiur iur uunii r, ui any
7l cMcnded both to Oregon asso- ,,!,,,( 5 ,M.,c,-nt of tlie production ttn ever sold by tint Western Auto
chilloiiKund lho.se liimi ot h-r slates tll- )jte Ceiieial .Motors corporation, j stolen.
licensed in this state and complying j i proportion to pnpulatton. ('an- .
witii t no Oregon laws. ;iUn i-;inks with the I nited States
The otjestion asked bv Secn-tary as a motor vehicle builder, t'ana-
Kozer was whether slab- traffic of- dlan production in ll'L'S is cxpeciel j tM
licer.s should iK-cepl in I ) ti of Itail to eipjal that of 1'ranee and be
the cards of members of lh" l,os about percent that of Kniiland.
Ani'les club, which fins made its Japan abide of the leading na-
i. . .: . :,;.,,.:,:: ':,, .. ,:; ,- ,.,t ,i. rii Eranmc. .n.o
J.os Angeles club acceptable. ' e pi-rnm-ii t ;t 1 basl-. heavily sub- ainl Minlir all the spring ll litirts:
Newport. K.
eled the he.H .
al t he c lu.se. of
j bruvl usually
eliy is lost.
I., woman fliseov
' a diamond p!;upie
a socii-ty ball. The
ome.s after tint jow-
SAUKM. Ore., Aug. 35. (At')
Kilruinution of the "bottle neck" lu
the heavily tru veiled Portland -Sa-tem
pectlon of the Pacific highway
will ha VP been accomplished with
completion of Komething over four
and a half miles of new grade just
4Uth of Oregon City about Nov
ember 1, according to Hoy A. Klein
state highway engineer.
Ity that time. Kh ln estimates,
work on tho new 82 foot grade, will
huX m been completed except, per-
'h-'tp.i, for Home of the heavier rock
excurvattoii Included in the rea
lignment of the road just north
and south of the Parrot Creek
bridge at the new era. and the de
tour for north bound traffic into
Oregon City. In use slnco last
rtp ring, will be eliminated before
the rainy season sets in.
Curves A Mourns
Kliiiilnating all of the bad cur
ves which have become a serious
menace to the heavy traffic along
this .section of the highway, and
reducing most of t he existing
grades materially-' tho new grade
will provide adequate width for
three lanes of traffic even on the
I'arrot Creek bridge, which has a
J7-foot roadway flanked on either
side by 4-foot sidewalks. The grade
will have a minimum width of ll'i
feet, providing for a "0-foot width
of pavement and nix -foot shoulders.
Hecaitse of tho rocky nature of
the cuts and lilts along the new
route it is anticipated that it will be
settled .sufficiently to warrant pav
ing next year.
Kxccpt for elimination of heavy
rock shoulders which gives the road
an almost blind curve just north of
the Parrot Creek bridge, and thn
widening and real inn men t of the
gj-aiht from the bridge to the lop
of the hill about 300 yards south,
most of the work embracsed In the
grading contract has been finished,
and the imposition of controlled
traffic through these short sections
will enable Use of the new grade
by both north and south bound
Vehicles hy November Klein be
ll ves.
INipirf ;inflliug
As rapidly as they are completed
the new fills ami grades an- beipg
gravelled for use during Ihe win
ter, except where portions of old
pavement are left undisturbed in
establishing the old grade ami a'v
available for use.
In the completed project all of
the old pavement which has deterio
rated rapidly under traffic pound
ing it was never dcHiirned to with
stand and which has been an ever
increasing Item of maintenance ex
pense, ulll be scrapped and lu Its
place will be laid a 20-foot heavy j
duty concrete surfacing.
i:clusive of tin" paving rontem-1
plated the project will represent
and aggregate cost of approxima
tely J 1 i",:,,imhp or which (lio.oou In
for widening
Ihe right-of-way. and $3(1. hull tor
the lirrnt Creek bridge.
Survey lleveals Inequality
of States in Con
etmcting .Roads
HIGHWAY
NEWS
Till; WORLD HAS A NEW AND FINER MOTOR CAR
it
is a fact that the Steering ease and Riding
comfort of the Nash "400" are so far
superior to anything you have ev6r '
experienced that, once you drive
the new Nash, you will never, webe
lieve,be satisfied with any other can
Sales of Cars For
Export Runs High
DKTIEOIT. Aug. Inning tho
first half or IPCS (ieneral Motors
cars sold to overseas dealers lo
taled 137.470, according to an an
nouncement made by Alfred P.
Sloan, Jr., president of (ieneral Mo
tors Corporation. This compares
wit h i2 cars and I rucl; sold
lo oversells dealers III the fiiwl
half of PiL". an increase of 4.".ois
ouits or 4s pi-r cent. The figme
of 137,470 units for the Mrst half
of I his year repn senl s a record
half for overseas sales, the best
previous record hsvlng been lol.-
a 1 1 cars in i ne Keenni nan oi i : . ; -
and Is greater than the volume for ' U 11 eVQl UVeHS Ot
the entire year of when lis,
7tl cars were sold.
!t I Vank I. Wcller
(Associated Press Kami Kditor)
WASIIJNliTON (Ai' Stale a'ud
local roads, heterogeneous links in
the nation's chain of hlghwuya, are
but IS. 3 per cent surfaced.
That figure la reached by tho
federal bureau of public roads in
summarizing data compiled on rond
improvement in each of the 4
states. Taken individually. th
states reveal a wide variance of
percentages. Indiana, as the high
cnt In the list, has G7.2 per cent
of her stutj and local roads sur
faced. North Dakota is lowest,
with 1.7 per cent.
Indiana Is first again In surfaced
local roads, showing fir,. 3 percent.
Her i7.4 per cent of state roads,
however, is eclipsed by Pelawan
and Maryland, each of which claim
loo per cent. Only JO per cent of
tho Delaware local roads are sur
laccd. and but IS.J percent of the
Maryland local roads.
Surfaced roads do not necessari
ly mean roads covered with cement
or brick or asphalt. In Indiuna tho
majority of surfaced roads are cov
ered with gravel or crushed stone.
.A number of other slates showing
less surfaced mileage have more
roads covered with cement und the
commonly accepted "had" mate
rials than has Indiana.
Some of the inequalities in per
ceulagcs may be lessened by the
I ni'K road-building campaign. In
its plans for Ihe present year the
federal bureau of public roads ex
pect h mora than llo.ooo miles to be
surfaced and about K.ooo miles !
graded and drained. At least, offi-
cials exited the program to equal,
and probably slightly exceed, the
highest mark recorded in any pre
ceding year, lu additon, Mate re
ports Indicate that al least 240,000
miles of Ihe total JHS.Ooo hi the
slate highway systems will be
maintained this year under super
vision of the various Male highway,
depart men ts. That, officials, say,
should Insure the traveling public
a high degree of road service.
Surfacing of highways received
one of its greatest encouragements
ip 1X!H, when New- Jersey, the first
'state to depart from the prevailing
custom, passed a law providing for
in, certain measure ot the state
participation in road building,
j Prior to that time full jurisdiction
over the highways of all slates had
been lodged in the counties, or
equivalent units of government.
Tho New Kn gland stales and
Middle Atlantic stales, with Cali
fornia, Delaware, Maryland nnd
North Carolina, were tpitek to fol
low New .Ie-NeyH lead. Hy l!10 t he
lieW policy had be.-n adopted by
nearly a H-orc ofslalew in the west,
middle west and south, and year by
year it was accepted hy the others.
The movement for good roads was
aceelerateil when, July II, pi I tl.
President Wilson signed the federal-aid
road act.
In the Sphere of usefulness, slate
and local roads ordinarily are of
the greatest soctal and economic
I ni porl a nee. As national highways
are the arteries, they urr the veins
of traffic -pulsating with the dally
llTc uf the country folk. They are
the avenues to market, to school,
nnd to cultural Improvement, It Is
nntoclpated thai this year's work
under state supervision will result
in the construction of fl.ooa miles
of ha id -surfaced pavements and
about I ',ooo mi lis uf l ss expen
sive surfaced roads.
crankcase on the rocks. J l.u titande) Hlilt a little rough nt
Iteginning August 2oth. and con- Bummit of tho Hluo Mountains
tinuing in effect for approximately , , , , ,, ,
two month the Pacific highway I bm of 3u nillcs can ho main,
will be closed between nine in theltained all the way through,
evening and seven In the morning, j John Day highway flood condl
The closed section will be six miles Uion throughout. Macadamised
,, , , . , ,,,, ... in length nnd will extend from tho; road.
lioad and touring condition,! n ((f i;Mlinil , U) nnrlh t(( j ,
Hunietlmes ehunge very quickly, '(j,,, 0(i HOuthern hotel at SiniH tfi
Ths Information given below was the south. SC0UtS TO Mark
correct tin of dale of Issue, but thoj Let It bo clearly understood that I r . - ... .
motorist starling on a trip will do It w ill he impossible for any vehi- j lAllCOlll Si lJllU. Uy
well to Inquire at the neat-cut office 'cl to go through Ihctte hours. j
of the ul or Association or the state Tillamook district Some kme j
highwbny department in order to gravel between Harview and lb igh-
get up-to-the minute data.
Ni;V YnlilC.
Pacific highway Detour still In
effect between New Hra and Ore
gon City lu Oregon for northbound
traffic. Southbound traffic uses
the paved highway. Detour good
gravel road. About & miles.
Reprint California state automo
bile association.
Starting at once. I would suggest,
in routing motorists over the Pac
ific highway, that yiu impress up
on them that they will find stretch
es of road between Sims and Cas- (
Aug. 25. Hoy
ton on the Itoosevdt highway. No, Scouts In twelve state along the
difficulty, howver. Const ruction route of the Lincoln Highway will
between Wheeler and Mohler. Nu'nmrk that famous automobile road
delay to motorists.
Tillamook to Net art a and Ocean
side Cood gravel to Nctarts.
Good dirt Neturts to Oeeanslde.
Tillamook to Newport - Pave
ment and excellent macadam.
Kugeno district- Junction City,
Florence Oood gravel surfaced
road to Mapleton . Maplcton to
Kloretice Pair, dry weather road.
Mc Ken nie highway tiood oiled
from the Atlantic to the Pacific on
Se it em her 1. The day has been
fixed by the National officials of
Die Hoy Scouts of America for &
simultaneous setting of the more
than S.oon new, uniform, four-foot
high concrete markers, provided
by the Lincoln highway association
at a cost of several thousand dol
lars. The markers will be net by local
:ltoy Scouts under the auspices of
imilHMUIII I 1'IJIII illllllKI lem Ul YIU- .i , m. n...
lot In whore lher urn four Kt o in 1 ......... ... ... ........... .. vt . . ooi i unu:iin niuim im i"KU
siiovoiN it i nnrK oniin rouf oiu o - 1
somewhat chuppv and rough. Nim-
fering no serious difficulty. Al dan-! ru,i U) ,in, heyond the pass, good
ger points, flagmen are situated ! ineadam road.
and If motorists comply with their, wtllameite valley highway Ku
instructlons they will only hnvn R(,n t0 (loshen. paved, (loshen to
short delays. Just north of Cas- j ij(,well -good gravel, oiled. Lowell
tella. the roughest piece of con- to oakridge and MeCrcady Springs,
struct ton Is found due to the fact j nurrovv. mountain road steep and
that at this polut ll is necessary to 'rough.
-oujikuoj oqj .mao s)J.!.ioioiu uinojj .a C.rande district La Oraiule
tton. j t o Wallowa Lake Good macadam.
When a blHst is net off nuiner- (taker to I'nity I miles of con
ous large rocks arc thrown Into the st ruction work but road In fairly
road anl, due to the thickness of good condition. No difficulty lu
the dust, they must be extremely motorists.
careful or they will strike their1 Old Oregon Trail ( Pendleton lo
way. In Indiana, one of tho slates
through which the Lincoln high
way passes, u dale for the setting
of the markers will he fixed later,
since the officials of the Lincoln
highway association liavo not yet
arrived al an arrangement for tho
location of tho markers.
There was much excitement when
the first cable of the new Ambas
sador bridge, connecting Detroit
and Ontario, was sot in place. Polks
jusl can't get over it u tit 1 1 It's
finished.
A
FIRTRUiv
Don"! Mart trouble it never b
eqtiipped with four-wheel brakes,
Lven the old lady who lived in a
shoe now live: in a dancing slipper,
One of Six
Kings Now Stops
Your Automobile
NAN H 4
Leads the World in Motor Car Value
OTHER IMPORTANT I H ATURI-S-AO OTHER CAR HAS THEM ALL
Twin Ignition motor
I- Aircraft tvpe pifk plu
Mijh eempreMion
New dreihle drop (ramn
IIonrfidl inri !vejo ihreV
Farlmsir Sttk crMr)
Aluminum Pnv pitrmi
Torvenl vibration dtipef
5Irvn Mnd.f
H i-tr enrrbr.ed chum
tuhricition
Tifctrir clncki
Fiort njrnio rd'et
Nh-Speril Pfidn frowt
and rer hum pert
It' ' '
' Si
iMcKcnuoii Nash Motor Co.
S()(i Adams Avenue
for
of
hnk 'purbi' I..
n e.. e aw oto- oi
the n.itivo to b-ihl-
i iitup.itiioii'
Kielt.lld L. I'.vid
flight. lie Wf
wouLlng. InteHlgenee and
que. A acout from l-Iric, i'
SeOUtS "f
-I .11 l,l,.
i his South Pole
picked on his
phl-
The same material that once was
Used to Speed Nliclcnf rUlefS 10 M
lillMful i;ternlty is now ued l o
.spare the A im.-rica n car owner a
premature visit to this .Maine place.
Time has evolved this curious
n! in the iim of asbestos, ac-
otding to hlstoihat Hala. being
I Ki liei eu oy UlC UUSSell .MllllUlac-
I I ii ri n g con i pa ny which uses thia
jinei'til funeral dress for khtKs"
lor the hitest types of brake lining.
Asbestos. sr I he data disclos'-K,
once expedited the jouimy to lit "f -uily
whereas today Us fum'lion i-
Sxaclly the reverse, thus proving
Itvelf servlcejihi.; alike lo the ijuiek
and the dead.
Among -Die aneleuts. it was th"
ciihlom to Wiap the bodies ol I Iff r
d. ad rulers in asl.estos befo-o t he
funeral pyre w as lurhted In ouPr
lo ti-tin Ihe rojal asiics. The sup
ulv of ul;"tos le lng hiolted. I h cc
w an honor aeeord' ij only lo roy
ally. Today life h prfdontr'd Ihrrmuli
Ihe Use of HsbesloH, Sieetal gC.ld'S
of it, chemically Ir-ale.J, being
used in Itu.To brake linhit: in order
10 K-tard rallp r than to sp-ed Ihe
way to Ihe hereafter.
tirskine Chairman j
Of New Comiany
PI PPALO. N. Y . Aug. A P ) j
l loal -te(is in lite, formation of
i he new I "h fee A rrw Motor Cm r
i o. in w hieJi Ht ipI' linker eorpors - j
lion of America recently acquired j
a 1 J.'MM'.tff'O inlnst have been tak-!
II. J. P. i;,rkllie. Of Soutll K'-tl'l I
was named, ehainiian of the Ito.iid t
of iho new company wilh M. L.I
l-'oilea of Ituffuio, pi. -ul. m. II. If.
Warm r of Mouth Iteml wan naiiM d I
vice presidf.nt in cluiiii' of luunu-J
But costs you money if you don't use it!
Air is the only thing that doesn't cost ;i cent to put
into tires. Yet it is the most expensive thing that
you can leave out!
More miles arc thrown away through the under or
over use of air in tires than from any other cause.
Too much air mis-shapes a balloon tire, ."humps"
it up, narrows that part of the tread which touches
the road and rapidly wears thin the center. .
Too little air permits jolts and blows to crush a '
tire between the obstacle and the rime, which cracks
or breaks the inner fabric.
No, frequently you do not get a "flat" at once. The
tough tread and sidewall rubber may not even show
an outside mark. But as the tire continues to bend,
in cushioning your riding, the tube works into the
break, is pinched thru, and either a slow leak or blow
out follows.
Often a soft tire is injured against a curb the
sidewall fabric is caught, pinched and cracked be
tween curb and rim, later resulting in trouble.
Stop and change a soft or flat tire immediately.
You can completely ruin a good balloon tire by run
ning on it flat for only two or three blocks.
Don't let the pressure in your tires drop more than
.'' pounds below the proper figure. Tests show that
tires G pounds under-inflated average 2."'( less mile
age. Make it a habit once a week to check the air in your
tires with a reliable gauge.
The extra elasticity of the Supcrlwisl cord fabric
used in Goodyear tires enables them to stand more
under-inflation abuse, but there's a limit to every
thing and it pays to keep even a Goodyear properly
inflated.
Bohnenkamp's