La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, August 25, 1928, Image 9

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    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
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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,
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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"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
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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.
BUNTING TRACTOR COMPANY
La Grande, Oregon ISoise, Idaho Pocntvllo, Idaho
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