La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, February 23, 1929, CITY EDITION, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextMOTORING NEWS Ha dnmite Simtroa fcwr AUTO SECTION VOLUME XVII LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1921). t NUMBER 134. FORD ASSISTED BY MR. EDISON Auto Manufacturer Be lieves Conditions at Pre sent Are Satisfactory KOUT MKYKUS. Flu.. Kb. 23 building In which tlio electric light first burned, Thomus A. KdUon will recreates. li lit hlstory-i nuking invention on the fiftieth unnivcr- ysary of its perfection. Henry Ford, tho electrical wlst urd'B close friend, hus revealed thul Mr. Kdlaon has agreed to go to Dearborn, Mich., for the anni versary celebration on October 21. In th original Menlo I'urk, N. J laboratory, now In Ford 'a museum, KUison will gather around him tho aged assistants who helped develop - the incandescent lainir, and with a brief ceremony will re-enact Its creation. The ceremony will take place In tho historical village near the main museum, for which Mr. Ford re cently made a gift of $5,uU0.0Ul on the occasion of Mr. Edison's 82nd birthday. Mr. Ford discussed a wide var iety of subjects in a two-hour In terview. Auto Outlook Hood The motor magnate believes con ditions in the automobile Industry are satisfactory and that there is little dagger of overproduction. In his own factories, he said, 7,000 . cars a day aro being turned out. During his vucation. Ford dis closed, he is working on automatic machinery for the manufacture of parts uued In his cars. Ho is be ing assisted by Kdlsun. "I am trying to make a straight lino out of a circle," he said. "We are working 8uo men making 140, , (too of these parts dally. I um trying to cut this down." ConfhK'iKt) in Edison Ford reiterated his confidence, in t'ie ability of Kdison to find a plant that can produce a rubber supply for the United States within Its borders. ' ' Expressing pleasure at learning of the engagement of Col. t'harles A. Lindbergh, the automobile mag nate said he hoped the famous flier would give up flying himself, "He Is too valuable to risk his life," Ford suid. Incidentally, the only two flights Ford lias ever made were with Col. Lindbergh. . DiscUKHlng aviation. Ford ex pressed tho belief that airplanes aro far from perfection" and that f aircraft of thu -future" wbtffd-'btr a. combination of lighter than air ships, the helicoptor and present ',- type planes. The manufacturer reiterated his previously expressed views on pro hibition, declaring that the I'nited States wouUK'sco real enforcement in the next two or three years." "The grafters," he said, "event ually will be weeded out of tho dry enforcement foj-ves." ioir Hard on Heart? '.' . Golf, Ford asserted.. Is causing more heart trouble than any other one thing. "1 own a golf course." he said, "but never play. The American peeple drag themselves over the courses at slow speed, then com pletely fatigued, ait down und eat lieurly meals. "My favorite form of exercise Is running or brisk walking, but 1 always rest before meals." Mr. Kurd said that at 65 be often runs several miles a day and exer cises vigorously upon arising or re tiring dally. He said that almost every one eats too much. "1'eaec Is a mutter of education" the magnate said In turning to an other subject, "and Americans aro t too well educated to purl Id pate in another war." Motorists Taking Advantage of "War" POIiTEANI). Ore.. Feb. 23 AI) It was "fill Vr up" rather than "gimme five" In Portland Friday as motorists took advantage of lG1 cents a gallon gasoline. All was quiet on the "gas war" front, although major oil' com panies were eyeing each other for the next, move in the prlco slash -- lug frolic. Tho General Petroleum corporation, which started the most recent "war" maintained Its 1 0 cent quotation with other concerns and the Portland Petal 1 Gasoline Dealers' association dropping into line. 240 MILES PER HOUR ? Mnjiir II. . I), fenicruve's Homier ear, "Tlio (iulilcn Arrow," In ulilili lie rJixx tH to miiko aiiproxi mull Ij 84(1 inllcx K'r hour In iui ulU'iupt to brrak tint norkl's nmcI record or 2U7.53 mikw ier hour, muilo by luiy Kewli-Wlilto's "Trlplei," In pictured above. Tlio car Is 87 feet long, weighs Hovvral tons mill will (Ivtvlop 1,000 II. 1 . Mexico Begins Great Highway Developments world's straightaway mile reoord against MaJ. H. O. D. Bugrave of Urout Britain. TIUI'LEX TO 1110 Sllll'fl'.l) . I motors and muklnir nomo roflne Tlia three-Llberty-cnglned Trl- I niouts In chassis design. The se plex, conceived and built by J, M. I lection of a driver has not been While. Philadelphia Hporlaman. I Rcttlrd. ' although White haa re- was shipped to Florida yesterday. I reived more than 60 applications..' Next to itiaking a sale the most White has four mechanics working Tho car is certain to run, however, 1 pleasant experience is collecting the and night on retiming till as Americas dofonder of the money. ' American Auto Firms Warned By , v Germans to Watch Business Ethics JiEHIJN (AP) While American automobile firms aro apt to view Germany as a market for American cars rather too optimistically, this country still offers excellent pros pects. Director Johannes Husch mann. of the Association of Gor man Automobile Dealers, declared recently. Director Huschmann described the continuous annoyance caused by the American custom of allow ing several dealers In tho saute make of car to infringe on each other's territory without granting the least redress to the suffering dealer. This, he declared. was considered a distinct violation of business ethics In Germany, where 4Utomohle manufacturers are held responsible for such infringement. 'As a further embarrassment, 'dealers object to the attitude of American firms in the matter of sample cars on which they allow only a nominal reduction or none at all. The dealers must buy a car fur demonstration purposes about once every six months, which can be dinpoucd of only at a material loss. . t? I Many misunderstandings might also be avoided If American firms made a point of sending to Ger many men who have mastered the German language sufficiently to carry on negotiations with Ger man dealers and banks. Director lluschmann was con vinced that it was due to this still spmewhat unsettled relationship between German dealers und Am erican manufacturers that in many instances the German market fail ed to come up to expectations en tertained in America. Though German dealers agree that Ameri can prices for cars are unquestion ably competitive on tho interna tional market, the last year saw be tween 250 and 300 failures of Ger man dealers, or about 10 per cent of tho dealers In Germany. . On the other hand. Director Buschmann warned against expect ing anything like American results in Germany, where economic con ditions, he said, were not such that many of the upper laboring class es or smaller business men could afford to buy cars of their own. Advertisement, 14 Years Old, Printed The Cadillac Motor Car company last week did something that come close to being unprecedented In ad vertising. Through .newspapers It broadcast once more over America the same famous advertisement it first used 14 years ago. This advert isement, now tho must widely dis- jaemlunted piece of business lltera I attire- ever written, Is called "Tho Penalty of Leadership." It was first used January , 191 G, and lias since been reprinted hundreds of thousands of times; , ' W. W. Lewis, Cadillac advertising director and assistant general sales manager, declares that thu contin ued remarkable attention that lis reprinting lways focuses on It contitlt iitcs Irrefutable argument that effective advertising Is not short lived, but can grow mightily in forco with tho lapw.uf tlmte.V Highway engineers of the United Stales set a new -mark of achievc- itnont during l'J-8 when they added I another 50.000 miles to tho sur faced highways of the country, ac cording to the Oregon btato Motor association. FLAT TIRE IS MENACE WHEN BRAKES USED Hraltes should never be suddenly applied If a flat tire occurs when traveling at a high rate of speed, advises the local manager of tho Western Auto Supply company. "High speed, balloon tires and four wheel brakes, combine to make flat tires extremely dangerous an the sudden drop of a wheel from four to seven Inches und the heavy road drag of a flat balloon Ure somotimes throws the car com pletely off the road," it is said. "There is a natural tendency on tho part of the driver to quickly apply the brakes when a flat tire occurs as he attempts to stop be fore tho tire Is ruined. Due to in creased road traction, sudden ap plication of tho binkes apparently has tho greatest effect on the wheel that carries the flat tire. Speedy application Is especially dangerous when a front tire col lapses as the steering mechanism cannot hold the car from following the low wheel and an upset In the "To reduce tho danger from flirt ditch often results, tires, the Western Auto stores have been supplying automobile owners of the west with Poison super In ner lubes. These tubes eliminate flat tires to a marked degree by self sealing ordinary punctures in stantly und permanently.' Of interest to Paclfia coast mo torists and the automotive Industry . is the word brought to Oakland last ; week that tho Mexican federal gov- I eminent has sturted the greatest highway development program In its history. Thu news was made I known to officials of tne western' Durant plant by a tourist party which has Just completed an ex-! tendod trip through Mexico In a Durant six sedan, and relayed to Jim Morelock. local Durant doul- or. The first of the new roads out lined In the program is tho exten sion of the present highway from Pueblo, to Vera Crux via the cities of Orisaba and Cordoba, a distance of about 177 miles, according to the scouts. The national highway commission has installed Its first camp and has made arrangements to locate In two other places along the contemplated route. Koud ma chines are already on the ground and federal engineers are In charge of the preliminary work, they re port. ' v 1 1 The new roud, which will be un oxtension of the present 82-mile stretch between Mexico City and 1 Puebla, will follow closely the old Spanish road connecting Vera Crux with the Mexican capital. When completed it will be one of the most Interesting, trips on the Pa- 1 cifio coast, the scouts point -out.' It will pass through a rich agri cultural district where are located : sugar mills, coffee plantations, rice i mills and other agricultural en terprises. It will also open up thousands of Bitiull farms, giving great Impetus to the agricultural ; development of a district .formerly I neglected. I Desldes the many scenic altrac-1 tions for tourists, tho new high-1 wuys now being planned will, when completed, be responsible for a marked Increase In the demand for i all classes of mlotor vehicles, us ' well as tho greater call for agri cultural machinery and implements In the opinion of tho Durunt j scouts. I si;oiu;i: sot di;us mrnuis George Sanders, fourth ranking driver in major racing circuits ir 1!(2M und winner of the Indiana polls 500 mile race in 1 12 7. wilt rttlirn from ( itv "rnuiinir rim d" to f enter business . in Columbus, U, Sonde rs was seriously Injured when lie turned over on tho fulr grounds at Detroit July A. THE. BECORD J BMKIWifi NEW NASH 4O0" m;v tiiophy The American Automobile asso ciation Is planning to post a trophy to be contested .for by fully equip ped and strictly stock cars open to manufacturers of the world for a 84 hour endurance race. The event will be awurded to the first permanent speedway that can give assurance of It a permanency and ability to organize the event suc cessfully, officials of the associa tion say. l;W t'ACICH AT INDIA.XAPOUS The Indianapolis MVtor speed way reports that entries are rapid ly coming In for the American Grand Prise, the new name for the foo.iuile Indianapolis classic Mem orial day. Milwaukee, whirh han not been represented for four years, will send two boys to the race this year Krank Ilrisko and Carl Marches. Other Dew fa era arc certain to add lest to the sport. The program of road building is increasing; four states voted $24". "00. oou In highway bonds at last election, according to the Ore gon State Motor aocution. fmmthA th place in just (8 months ! I DOLLAKS AND CtWTS )LtMI, ATTORD1NG TO tTICIAl mi'MS ON July 1, 1928, Nash stood ninth in dollars and cents volume of sales, exclusive of Ford, according to the official figures for the year ending at that date. ' On January 1, 1929, just six months later, according to the same official figures, Nash stood Jourlh. In this very brief period the new Nash "400" has completely changed the automobile picture of America. With unmistakable enthusiasm, mo torists everywhere have placed their stamp of approval upon this new Nash making it, by a tremendous margin, the outstanding motor success of mod ern automobile history. Why? Because Nash gives them the Twin-Ignition motor . . . gives them cars equipped with the Bijur central ized chassis lubrication system ... with hydraulic shock absorbers . . . with bumpers front and rear . . . spare tire lock . . . cars completely, luxuri ously equipped ... at no txtra coil. Ninth to fourth place in just six months because the new Nash "400" is thi only car of all the new cars u ilh every new and progreuive feature TV , NABH40,Q' r i,tad the Worttt in Motor Car 'nlut mroiiTAXT "too' Twin-Ignition motor 12 Aircraft-type prk plug. High compreiiioo Houdaillc and Lojof hock r.Krberi ItMemur Stt mtMnmti Salon Bodies ' FEATUKEH J'0 Aluminum altny piftons . UnmrUrmM New double drop frame Torsional vibration damper World'eatie steering 7-bearing ennkthaft Iftbyr trnk trmit OTHER CAR IM TIIE.n Al.Ij Bijur centralized cha.tia lubrication Electric clock. Exterior raetalware ' chrome plated over nickel Short turning radius Longer wheelbases One-piece Salon fenderi Clear vision front pillar pom Nash Special Deiiga front and rear bumpers The Mile Price Is What Counts When you motorists buy tires you must remem ler that you are paying for so many tire miles the price of a tire has nothing to do with it. Goodyears have been giving the many users in this vicinity a lot for their money when it comes to figuring up tire cost 15,000, 20,000, 25,000 and even up to 30,000 miles from a tire is not at all unusual. This spring you will be offered tires at bargain prices-r-cut prices sale prices and every other kind of prices anything to attract you and get you to buy a tire on price alone. Before you buy any of this "Off-Brand Stuff" let us show you the new Goodyear prices are the lowest in history the quality higher than ever. Goodyears give you the cheapest mile price. - B0I1NENK AMP'S Tribe imlly with sail ttHnese cttHy caff iraATrtiMBS World) lowest Priced Four-Door Sedan GhallllU WHIPPET 6 with 7-nrarlng CrunhtKnt Cut IMIt Coup WSt Omp with nmhU Mat) $Ttk SwJan I M Snwl P.Ijim. ftnorftNr fffM M nmUf mm 4 M. All WiUyt OmlMlprlrf. t, TmUm Ok. IMS IMiytaIWU f MOart U GMMJV MJIIWWII MM 1 Silent timing chain For quirt, nmnoth operation and long life, an adjustable silent timing chain drives the camshaft and auxiliary abaft of the new Superior Whippet. 2 Full force-feed lubrication Tho heavy, rugged crankshaft of the new Superior Whippet Is drilled for full force-feed lubrication. II Aluminum alloy Invar steel strut pisfons Tbidsign prevents pisinn distor tion and asiures faster pick-up, greater speed und Kiwer, smoother operation and longer life. 4 Big four-wheel brakes Mechanical type brakes, positive and quick-acting, afford maximum driving safety. f5 SnubberS atld oversize balloon tires Tbr features, together with Increased wherlhase and longer sprlnga both front and rear, give exceptional riding comfort. O MottO-COn trol tvitltlsll ield The windshield can be quickly and easily wound open or shut with one hand, even while tho ear Is running. 7 "FingerTip (Atnlrol" A slngln button, In I he center of (bo steering wheel, starts the motor, operates the lights and sounds the horn. Aside from its great convenience, this fundamental improvement is also an important safely fnctor. as you can keep your foot always on the brake when starting or re-starting on a bill. McKcnnon Nash Motor Co. 800 Adams Avenue, Main 650. WI LLYS - OVmi AN D J N C.Toiedo, Ohio Gettings & Hanks Jefferson Ave.