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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (April 20, 1929)
Pare Six LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE. Saturday, April 20, 1929 ft K CHASES HIS FIFTH NASH CAR Mr. Scriber Likes Model Because of Its - Driving Ease III rhonnlnff a La GrunrtV man to Interview roncrrnlnv hi thotiKhtH Hnd opinion of the N.-inh car It whb ilwldfa that no better .owner could bft found than Loyl Hcrllei the Modern Liuimlry, for .Mr wrlw-p lift owned four Nash ciiim anil Ib : on Mh fifth one now. li bought It iv few months nco from It. 1. , McKennon, Nunh dealer In Lu flrnndo. ... k Thn Nnwh Mr. Sorlher deeldod on thin time Ik n four door five pan wnfor blue nedan. The Herlbem hftvo driven It 8000 mill's already. 'It' JiMt n Kod rur," Air, Kerlber nintrs n u matter of fuct whnn nuked for tin -explanation of JiIh conniHtent fnvorliifc of the NuhM. 'H'h eaHy to drive," ho continues, referring to the nnifuinKly effort lend BteeiinfT which tho factory denier my In tho muni l-enuirkuble ever developed In the InduMry. It Ih thn roHUlt of a new, Hpeeiully delKiied steei'intf mechanism, . "At tho lower end of the nteer- . Inir column, under the hood. In the! nector, or worm renr. When you I ilurn the Htet-rlnK wluel, this worm Kar also turn. If llil worm tcenr 'turned hnrd' the uttering wheel would iiIko turn liard. eon rue of' hard nteerlnK the frlc ttloit between tooth and itenr. Nuh ellntinuteH thin by middii the tooth u roller-tooih, which rolnU-tt with the Keur lit the twine time that it travels a Ionic the worm, J 11 the t Htnndard Hlx n ullRhtly dirfernt itieohttnlKiii tla 'cum and lever ThiSt tyie' ia uitU fa'rtimt'd to elini.- , I Inula fthlloii. ' "Jn mill u third wuy, Naah ellm- inateM effort. The front end of the car must rHt on the mirlnic knucklcM. At these points Nah uses ball bearlnics, transmlttlntc tho weight of the cur to the wheels with the minimum of friction. And to nmko control of tho car Ktlll earl ier, Nash has designed the frame and steering niirchunlmti In such a way that the turulmr radius of each model Is 20 per eent shorter', 'the factory denlKiters say. ' WILLYS-KNIGHT CAR IS PRAISED Seeks Patent On New Type Garage COUVVH CHItlS'lT, TV. (AP) A former Htnnmn has devised a "Ferris wheel" garaffo lis a possible solmlon to tho metropolitan hind-. lubber'M parking; problem. Hans HorenHon'H contrivance, pat terned after Die amusement device with compartments for ears In Hon of seats, would accommodate 60 automobile In 10 pqr cent of the K row ml space ordinarily used for parklnif. , ; . ' ; . The Idea struck Sorenson during an illness In which his feverish brain projected Itself Into traffic tansies of New. York. OnruffcB built like Kerrls wheels, he Iiiihk- J. M. Deloney Driving a New 5-Passenger Sedan, Tells Good Points tncfl, would end the niotorlsts' Ho In the jsearch for parklnir splice. ITpon tils new Nash mechanlHin this srear Is 1 recovei-y he inndo blueprints and mounted In either roller or bull - now seeeks patent rlKhts. hearings, Tho turnliiK motion of j The Iron structure would bo op the worm gear must bo trans- crated by a motor and housed In a formed into n transverse 'motion j trench In a hotel, RtiniRe and out to movo the front wheels. This is . door nreu.j Hdrensou plans con done by means of thn tooth which creio "dunimles" for compartments travels In spiral grooves of ho not occupied, to malntfiln balance worm, Here again many como a in the wheel. ' The two types of w hich ure sutd by the CV't tings und Har.liM garag, the Willys Knight and the Whippet, have pleased a large1, number of Im Grande buy ers und the sales, continue to in crease and muny La Urundo car owliei-H are numbered among that automobile army In the I'nlted Htutes who drive one of theso two makes of cars, J. "Mi'f J'e Lbney. of this city, speakings of the Willys-Knight five passenger sedan- which he bought several months ago, suys, "This Is tho best car I've ever bad. Jt's a very, very nice car. I've owned 'four different makes but the Wil lys is more wonderful than nny of them. - i "Why she's as smooth as a dime. All the same as riding In a 1'ull tnun car. Knot is. I'd prettty near as soon be without my wife us that Car," Mr. J'o Koney continues. It" Ints been driven 180 miles so far itnd.thcdongoi' the Do Loncy rnmily. Including the llttht duugh ,tef, (lenevleve, drives It, tho better they, like It. I-ust month Mrs. Do I.oney drove: It to Portland and she too was loud . in her praises, of Its smoothness, 'j Its speed, its comfort. ' The Wlllys-K'nlght which Mr. Pe I.oney purchased from iho (Jot tings anf- Hanks garage is green. The Je J.oneys have lived In Im (Iran il- fur the last nine months. They came here from Ogden, Utah. ; J'asior tilvm Oulnloa ''The Whippet car is the poorest In the world for the repair man's business, w suys the Iter. K, O. Hess, recent purchaser of a Whippet four, "it never seems to got out of commission, which Is fine for the owner but hard on the repair men. "Jt Js a smooth running ma chine, uses almost no oil, no wuter and Just a little gas. Jt is roomy and handles easy Jn traffic. The brakes are exceptional. The tines are perfect." itr. Hess recently drove to Tilla. automobiles; mook In his new cur which he has so far driven 135 in lies. May ti he expects to drive in It to itose burg to the state convention of tho llaptlst church. NEW WILLYS-KNIGHT COUPE Wfm'll IIKIIKKW Able; Vot'H th' Idea of iullll(t th prion of KOHOllne ull ilo lime? (Ibi-hrr Jinn: Whiu do you rare? You don't drive a cur. Alilo: No, lut I Kl n Pliiar HkIii pr. Hconlo MotorlHt. . I 'I . ' A - ' f - " " -- TI10 now . H'lllvK-Kiiiulil ,ix itmte linmiUm In Iip-uhp of Iho Kl)lilnr niixlrls f Ihls Plilln'lj- m-ir lino of KiiIkIii oiikIihiI curM. Tlio ilrnlor fur IIiomo mrlll ml lorrllorj ix llio iolihtM unil HnnkH ofinipiiiiy. ' . Rocky, Mountain Roads Clogged Up ?Th- various routes across tho Hooky Mountains east or Halt lAko rtiy und Wpokiine are still closed by mud and snow and will not bo dry enough to carry traffic until Ihe first of May, according to the Oregon fUaie -Motor association. Motorists who plan to "drive east must .travel by way of the National old Trails route or southern mute.. . Tills route has its western terminus ut ltakersfield or 1.oh Angeles but a great muny motorists,. during the past winter, have travelled east over the Old Oregon Trail to Bait Luke, and then south Intersect Itivr with the National Old Trulls at The Needles, Arizona. PluHer; Your wire has run owny with the cliuuneur. Husband: ' Oh. well, I was going to fire -htm unyvvuy.- I.Ife. 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