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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 25, 1928)
Saturday, August 25. lfloft HA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER NEW MODELS IN Offers Number CADILLACS OUT! 0fTVaied T)es In Auto Trucks Page Nine Complete New Line in La! Salles Also fchown for 'First Time This WeoU PKTIUHT, Aug. Announce ment if niiiti- by Uiwn ncf I'. Flsh ,.r, president nnd gem-inl manager ,,f the Cadillac Motor I'm- cniniuiny, of :t complete new lino id mli!l;irji! ijiSiiHcH and special . Fleetwood ho.ths on both chassis, publicly mIiouii for the first tiiiM- Thursday. .Vcordlng to the statement. li"ii include improvements hi tfrdy construction with con.s-rva-i 1 ttvn Improvements in desin, a new iriiiisNiisslim, providing easy. ijuicU. tih nt k'H r-ihh t Ink. "security IiUlte" H':ISK in a" windows mi, windshields, ami adjustable front; Ht-.lt a. I to I" engipoK itre said to he mon- powerful, and larger in ' the l.n Wi'lle. ,Yw use of principles of pneu matics in engineering to increase ijiii. int s.s, refinement In body terlnrs. nnd interim's, i w o new iir.aking systems, ami In the j.a Mil-. lnrK'T I Mid ieK with increase of the wheelbase to l :: t inches ex- ivpiillg In three i)nil models. t iv oiler features emphasized In )u. announcement. Cadillac Is showing 1 I Fisher and I H Fleet w ood cast or n bodies. 1 and the I.nSnlle, II Fisher and two J-l.-ttwood bodies. I'todurlion program Is fi Jo per rent Increase over last year mid calln for an final number of Cadil liir.s tind l.a Sulies. Introduction nr hA t-lx-oll,,,!,,- (;niham Jlroihor li " ! anil innlor 'Oiirtii.. f,.atur-Int.- four h. hnu,.H ,1 four I 1 " "''innrnli.Klons. lui mnile li J.cisll,.. for 11,,, rmn,m,,y to t..ll.l 4'l .llll'.-nnt typ, oi trurks In In- plain. Ht IVtrolt. Kv:iiihvIIU liKluina nn.l Simla,,,,, cnlifornlii ;",V'r'"'"r ' """'V -"iil. t Thl (iB,i,(. r,a(.h,.,, ,,y rom. uiik ih.- f.ny.S(.v. ,n,r,.r,., hiissl. 1.H uvullahl,- Kin, f(.,v iifiit iliiT.ivnt mi,s or i.o.Hob. muii,b fiiiiimiiim. tvpr of ui iir'-s, I''.. on the riv,- ci,i.,ii.8 in which 1,0 l""kH iir hull,, vim rom I'any'n ni'W lines ncluil, ,ho M,.r. , t'li.-irilH K, !,., r'oniini'ivliil rrtirk I 1-4. KI-4 iiml L l.- In ii.l.lllion in tluso tiin,lunlli!.'il i-onihliiinioiu. llu, roninnny'H pi- iul iMnlim.'ni illvislon handle il.' niiin.lB fllr r ,r,.( ,in,, ,.,.,, "'II.h Inlllni; onisl.l,. ,l. r(.wul,. I Kv.ry unit hunt mil,j(.rt,., to iilniil mini icsim where i.iiMtlnif ilt reoi., ral, . rheckeil nn.l rorreeteil ,lM-fori' i ho iruek Is rwi.ly for ship-Jii-m. Wlih AiiRiist proilnetlon nt ,top peak, tin.' task or inspei'ilon !m, ,the assenihly lino nnil on the trnek eeps ninny-fiix inspeetors l.usy at the Detroit nlunt .il....A I'nlike passenger ear nssolulily, the truck assernlhy line sehlom has two Hints of the name kinil toKcthcr a recent survey showing af. ilirrer nt lypes enmins oil the line In less than two hours. GARAGE GOSSIP Cut load CoiniiiK MomUiy A. eai'loinl ot new Konl cars will he unloaded In I.ui Clrando Muriday and two rurluatls were received tin first of thin week, necordin t. W. IVrUlns, of the Srkinn Motor rmnpuny. , ! Iluys Chrysler ' .Milo Itloekliind Is drivlnir n ftliry 1 fd'-r two dimr sedan whieh he jnir li'tiaseil fniiu I,. Wi-eks. l.a j j Crande tlciiler. j lleii I'nmi HniM j K. . Jiuiuinell, territory n-pro-i senintlve of the Willys-Overland .Motor company from Hotm Hpi-nt Thursday in l.a (i ramie irntiwietlhK' I m sinews with W. l Hanks of (i't tiiiKS & latikrt, .Mr.' llmntiiell left for the district headMarteiH in his home city l-'rlduy niornliiK'. HOOVER'S MOTHER AND FATHER Li 4 I wT- IS? V A A 1 s. i-.. i 5 v -v ' v kie7 itujeks (iiininfi i A c.lrloail of lluickR Is oxpecteil Mn l.a Uranile next week, It Is re- porteil nl the M. J. Ooss Rtirilfte Hilda Mlnlhorne Hoovtr nd Jeiie Clark Hoover, mother and father ot Herbert Hoover, from an old tin type. Jeee Hoavcr died hen Herbert, wat elx and h If wife four years la'.cr. l"Mi'l (,ai's-M A carloail of W'llys-Overlantln, ineluilin two Whippet lours, two Whippet sixes ami a Willys-l.niKht is en routt from the factory to l.a tiran'le, V. I. Hanks reports. They should be here hy the first. PLN CALIFORNIA CAMPAIGN Your Battery is Not A Camel Drive up today a little distilled water might .save you a lot of money. A NEW (J-VOLT BATTERY FOR 0 TiTQ' Your old battery taken in trade. DALE COX raltcry and Electric Service. Oil Purolalors, A. ('. Speedometers, United Motors Service ' Xcw Cars Show n i A carload of HtudohnltevH and KrklneH wan received this wc-ek at ithc M. J. (loss Karate. It included a lioyal Minleha her, u Staudiivd I Htudehaker, a Hcal 'oininajider jstudeliakcr and tin Kr.skim; trtan- Idard. A ltoyu.1 KrHkine is also lic it. V displayed at the KuraKe. Oakhiiul-I'ontiai; lnti Here It. (i. lVtersone1 oakland-l'ontinc distributor from IYndleton, sp-nt Kriday in I .a ti ramie tloini; Icih iiess with J-nninKS & Shumate, (alls At Ix'ihlon's Art llienne, r.prcsentativo of the Washington machinery anil supidy company from Spokane, was in I -a Grande duriuR' the week, calling at J-rciKhton'M Wcldinpr and nmchino simp, j . Went To Kntcrprlsc? Jtoe .IMichaiian went to Enter prise Thursday on a several day's business trip. .M r. Kucha nan is sat sman for the M. J. (.Joss Karate. W Ski f in',' V s I t Si U r axe,- Car Built And Delivered In 3 ' Days by Oakland roXTIAC, Auv. :'.".- I'rom bare frame io finished mot" r car lit owner's hands in three days- niiwht be the title of this piece, it is another story with a m-w annle on the hiuh spcd methods pnpu- hlHXrd by the a Ut oilliilii e. The pi ineipal eh s racier In 1 he story is the Oakland Mo(tr Car cum puny, with several railroads and stemship lines interwoven into the theme. The nrv b i;iiiH i mi a recent Tu- sd.iy when tin1 I'ontlao division of llu Oakland company hud on hand scarcely ciioukIi car frames for a full day'K output. Charles O, Miller, supervisor of purchases, Kot in touch with the suppliers, - the A. O. Smith Company, of Milwau kee, They had the frames in stock, tt. I.. KecHo ti-Hiric director, Kot busy with the railroads. They pro mised every aid. On Tuesday moiuiiiff the framed were loaded at Milwaukee tut a. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. I'aul and 1 'iii-lt li- train. The Oram! Trunk ferry brought them to tJtiind Hav en. Mich., where the (Irand Trunk lines held up a crack train more than twti hours to get the shipment to I'ontiac. Michigan with all pos sible dispatch. Tlit frames arrived at the I'on tiac factory on Wednesday mornlnir were Immediately unloaded - and started at one end of the assembly lines where, in nu hour, they rolled off lit the other and completed cars. I The )lokunsou-Thimpsnn Com pany, Oakland and I'oniiac dealers lor Milwaukee, had sent In it hurry-up order for new Tontiaes. The cars were taken from the I'unUac production line to Octroit and there loaded on o Nicholson Steam ship company bout on Wednesday afternoon, Tho boat docked at Milwnulico on I'YIday inoinliiK, the cars im mediately were delivered to their destination, arriving in the pur chaser's bunds by Friday noon I ho cars built on the Identical frames sent from Alilw itukee on Tuesday. W !. FUfUIIOTIEID in Coler w Era Si a raced in Style and Offering Even Cireafer Performance a SuccosuJ Six Secretary Hoover and Senator Hiram Johnson at the Hoover home In Psio Alto, where plans were made for an aggressive cam paign by aunited Republican party in that state. Auto Guest Law Is Court Issue In Wallowa Co. Old-mohlle Mini Here 11. S. O'lamiwll. wholesale rep resentative for tho Oldsmobilo company of Oregon, state distribu tor! w;ih In I ;i Crande on Fridav doinK business with tho Oldsmo- bile sales company here. . f lOttirn J'rom Wallowa , I-;, J.. I.edbetter, Hudson-Kssex dealer here, ami Hal Williams, salesman, spent two days tills. week lit-Wallowa -ouuy-rtti-4isim s.s. - Ilepresentallvo Hero A St udebaker representative ( from 1'ortland was In l.a (irande. j on business this week. J J A A A A A J ? t f ? ? ? y i y f y y Ituy Voinlnc A Mr, Cieoi'Ke and a Mr. Greene, rtf Haines, this week purchased a l'ontiar. two-floor sedan from Jen nlnjfs (Vi Shumate, i Went, Tu Wallowa County lOlmer Steele, salesman for Jen nines - Shuinaic, spent a, few days In Wallowa counly on business this Itciiinis I'l-ont Klamath j Vein ,1-nninns returned Thurs dny ntht from a brief business trip to Klamath Falls, lit- is associated with Klnier Shumate as Oaklaml- . I'ontiac dealer here. Here l'roni i Jiterpri- Vern Ib-rry, manager of thft C!et tinps Ac Hanks branch station and Karage at Knterprlse, spent a few hours in l.a tirande Friday on business. y y i V ::: "At Home Or Abroad" No matter whether you take a short trip to a neighboring city, or an extend ed vacation trip through many states you are assured that wherever you go" you will find this sign which tells you that tiie dealer who displays it is ready to serve vou with the new and better Texaco " Gasoline and clean, clear Texaco Golden Motor Oil.. With the addition of 2500 new Tex aco stations and dealers recently, the Texas Company can assum you of its superior service wherever you go. Look for the familiar sign-the Tex aco Red Star with the Green T. It s on every highway. The Texas Co. AUDMER PLAYLE, Agent ,X, lirfvinst New DurantM .1. J'. Morrdock reports tlmt both Walter I.. Iarnn. of Cove, anil Fred Stone, of Island city, are tdrivinff m-w hnrant pedans. KNTKIirillSi:. Ore.. A UK. Sf The. suit uiisiliK from the accident wnich I uppem-d to a carloml of yfJUUK jteeple Kolnif to a Wallowa 1 rubier hiuh school basketball Vaiue in I'Vbriuiry may bo referred to the supreme court,, as the re sult or an order entered by Judj;; .1. W. KnowleM in the last lerin of circuit (ourt. Altuyra V, .lacobson. teacher in t he Wallow a hiKh school, in plaintiff in the suit In which she asks damages of $tir2r from Vane Morrison, hiph school boy and driver of the car, Stan ley Shell, who owned the machine and let the students lake It, and the. Lumbermen's Mutual CasuuMy compatiy. which had issued an ac cident li surance policy on the ma chine. In filing the suit. Attorney H. V. Chrisnian attacked the roust I t ut tonality of t he OreKon "KUest" law, which specifically exanipts the owner and driver of u machine t rom liability for an accident be falling a passenger who pays noth ing for his transportation but is alotif? as a Rilest. J. A. HurleKh, n presenting defendanls, filed a de murrer which, anions other thnlRs, set up that as Miss .lacobson was a K u est she could not sue or re cover for damages. Judge Knowles upheld this contention ami allow ed Mr. Chrlsinan in days In which to file a new complaint, and the lawyer says the only avenue open is an appeal to the supreme court to lest the constitutionality of the law. If tho statute should lie over thrown, any fre passenger or Ktiest would have gi-mmds for a suit in case he suffered any In-juiy. (tiiestq Hci-e I Mr. and Mrs. .1. V. Morelock (have as their guests Mrs. W. W. jw'uodbridgo and .son. Nick, of Se attle, Mrs. Mo re of k ami M rs. Woodbndije bt'ing sisters. SPJilVflFIKI.n. Mass., Aug. 2f.. f A I') I'M win Wunsch, of (ireen lield, a boxer known in the ring as Kddie I'ii.siuinifins, flied here to day of Injuries, alleged to have been received In n boxing match wit h Johnny i w yet, of At hoi. nt the west Springi'l'dd legion show Monday night. 1-H)I It IIOVS .1 All. I D SAI.FM, Ore. Aug. 2 ft. (AT) Four youths ranging In ages from 1 to If are In the city jail here suspect ed of liaving committed burglarbs in Vancouver, 1 'art hind and Salem, winning rvni ,. ..-,- twit? i P 1 S' , Ileautifnl us Pontine Six has hren in I he past ureat us its performance has proved todav's I'oniiac Six is even more beautiful, even more thrilling than ever to drive! 1 he NjNin LuntiuM SJan t Mod? b Viiher To the beauty and style of long, low bodies by Fisher, Oakland has added theswatf Cer touch of smaller, smarter wheels and larger tires. Mechanical advancements result in greater speed and power. Until you have seen and driven it you cannot realize what style, what color and what performance to day's I'ontiac Six affords. 2 Oall. Bawled out by the Cop TlIATS me of many nu liurraHiiunlhtliatliiiiug ltrake can lei vou in for, and that HI SCO Krnku 1 jniii will keep you out of. If your brakes are sliH piuff, have them relinrd todav with the wonderful halt' power of Kl'SCO. Holds as well in wet w eath er as in dry. RUSCO BRAKE That writer floes most who give his reader the most knowledge an takes fltiin him the leant time. Brandt & Jennings Elm and Jefferson Sis. La Grande, Ore. Phone Main (i!)S r V.lnn. $74V Cou(r. Sfntt Itombfrr. $74: Phttrtan. J775; CabtioUt. t?i 4-!mir Sedan, JS25: Sport Land oh Srdan, 9S7S. wJ AU AiHi'iimn ii.JtMS lo 51 iti. Ail Jtun ttt uitorv. Cwi ( htklwul I'untwi' ilrOermi fiiu-M flwjr IpivJimU Ivwwat hndtinf tJiu ttriurtul MoJuii I tmr PtijitM-iil Plun tivuttuMr ui mtntmum iuOi. JENNINGS & SHUMATE PWTiA'C "SI P It t) DUCT O F Ci I- N ! UAL MOTORS Dispels Myths villi , . I I 1 IT' I Several mythi which hiv been created eround Herbert Hoover have been dupelled by Will Irwin, noted author, college mate ot the presidential candidate. He declare! that Hoover threw away a huge lor tune by abandoning bualncia fot re'irt ,v.ork in Belgium during. the Do You Believe in IGN If you don't we want you to just try this once Look for a Veltex Gas and Oil sign. Have tho crank case cleaned and fill the tank with Vel tex Gas and wc will wager you will believe in signs. T. It. Maxwell Distributor Vcllev Products A Repeat Order is the Best Testimonial! Scores of groat corporations have tried one "Cater pillar" and have promptly ordered more. And when, finally, a "Caterpillar" ends a life of service, it is re placed by another "Caterpillar." Those companies keep careful cost records their re-orders are vivid tributes to "Caterpillar" in forest, field and factory. 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