i Saturday, May 18, 1920
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER. LA GRANDE, ORE.
Willys-Knight,
Whippet Sales
Beat Old Mark
TOLEDO, Oo... May U Willyo
Ove'rland achieved the greatest
April sales' record In its history
With a total sale of 40.218 Whip
pets and Willya-Knleliu. This Is
a marked increase over the April,
1928, sales .which, up to the pres.
unt year, held the all-time April
record. . "v. I. . r, ;;(.
A significant fact in the April
business, which will have an Influ
ence in profits for the nftinth, was
the greatly Increased sale of the
company's higher priced models.
Kale of tho Willys-Knight "7U-B"
models and the Whippet Six line
constituted 60 per cent of the to
tal sales, tho remaining 60 per cent
covering the Whippet Four line.
Compared with March vof this year',
April Whippet Hix sales show an
increase of 30 per cent while an
increase of 1 1 per cent is shown
in Willys-Knight sales.
A conservative analysis of.Wll-.
lys-Overland profits for the month
Indicate that April, 1S29. will show
an increase of 60 per cent over the
same month of last year.
May orders, lndicute a continu
ance of' tho present big volumej
with production in alt lines at cap
pacily to meet the sales demand;
TO ENLARGE STORAGE, LOADING FACILITIES
IHtt Track Seaoiw Opens '
Along with tho budding of trued
und Hprlng blost.on.it. dirt truck rac
ing on the horse trucks and din
motordromes regulurly tukt-a Its
vutiona huvc been niude by the cun
plucti. Wore lhan 100 duto reset,
tent bourd in cimrgo 6f functioned
racing..
A 3 3 -curat diumond wuh found
lu Africa tho other day. Wonder
who will Ret It Peggy Joyce or
Tcxtus Gulnan?
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. According to Mr. A.. B. White
district manager for" tho General
1'etroleum Corporation, approxi
mately (200,000 Is to be spent dur
ing the next three months in en
larging the storage and -loading
facilities at the corporation's LUin
ton terminal., Present plans pro
vide for tlie construction of two
59.000 barrel storage tanks, addl.
tlonal spur tracks and ' loading
Smashes will happen but in this fully equip
ped shop all traces of the injuries are properly
remoyed by the highest grade auto coachwork.
r Making our injured car looklike new is OUR
BUSINESS and we know it thoroly.
Auto Body and
Fender Shop
20'J Greenwood
"P. 0. Daniels
spouts. The storage lanks will be
covered with Gnliashir ;. Floating
roOfH and will bo enclosed In a -6
foot .conortfto firewall., said: to bo
tlie highest yet to ' bo constructed
In Oregon, " w -. . .-;'-''
- Mr. White polnta out tliut to the
average motorist refterenco to stor
age tank. capacities-in terms of bar
rels may be somewhaf mlslcadlng.j v,uu of un ofrt.cUvd ttiitl-tliort lock
10 reany nuve a ciear conception
of the vast sice of the two 69,000
barret tanks now being built to
uccoininodate Violet Kay.-gaHOllno
jit is necessary. to reduce the total
j storage capacity to 'terms- of gat
Ions, the measure regularly cm
! ployed at . General Independent
. Dealers', stations. - When this is
done It Is found that caeli tank will
( accoimnoduto 247S.000 gallons of
violet uuy gusoitnu or a combined
storage just short of flvo million
gallons. Tho motorist with a .sta
tistical turn of mind might find It
Interesting to figure out )iow far
Studebaker Lock
Makes Car Safe,
. . Dealer Declares
TJie'substuntlul dotlurs und oenttt
his own car would travel if power
ed" with this quantity of Violet liuy
gusoltne. . . " , . , V- '
CHRYSLER CAR
IS POPULAR
WITH BOXERS
Chrysler .curs are increasing In
popularity with the' leading lights
of Kistlanu; Jack- Deinpsoy rc
ci iitly iLddcd un- ' ImperluL? Hpert
roadster, lo bls ts,J of.Clicysle:
curs, tiw icau wu ciuicitiy iomow
d by the purchase by William , L.
("Voting") . Strlbllug.-"..arorgla
heavyweight, of his fourth Chrys
ler,'. a. ' "767 royal-. ; sodun. . .Then
"Tommy1 Oi'ogun, cbntender' for,
the llghtvelght crown, selected a
on your motor cur Ik vmphuslsed
by a coiupurlson of 1121) theft In
surance rates In effect In several of
the: lurger cities , in the United
States.
. According to M. JxGoss, ttio co
Incidental lock pioneered by Hludc
baker In 11(24 Is responsible . for
low , theft Intiurifncu premiums
which sitvo Htudebukur owners us
much us $-4 u yeur per thousund
dollars In covcruge.
.."Theft Insiirunco rules aro busel
on what might bo culled the cumu
lative theft.oxporlcnco of any pur
tlculur muku of cur In the purlieu
lur city where tho cur Is Insured. M i
suys Mr. Ooss. "It Is Interesting to
nolo that In hurdly uny two cltliK,
rs tho rule for the same make of
cur the sume, but It Is highly sig
nificant that in city after city Stu
debaker owneru enjoy lower theft
rute& i
"In Chicago, for example, where
theft rules aro uniformly higher
than In most other cities, Ktude
baker owners pay .unywhere from
$1.00 to .$24.00 less per thoumnd
dollars eoverugu than ownurs of
coinptlltlvo curs.,. In New York
S'ludeb.ijter . owners ' save up lo
'$21.00 u thousund. in Minneapolis
the suvlngs run go from fifty cen!
to $11.60, and in Atlanta, from Hfty
cents up to $13.60.
-'"'Tho reason "for, these ' subslun-
tlul'suvlpgs lies In (ho foresight of
Dodge Senior
Blazes Trail
For Motorists
. When,, you , drlva comfortably
moils with accurate road . innpi
tnrousn siwraoly mettled country on
hurd dry roaila. the hardships aii'l
dunircra cxiwrlcnccd by men who
ulaat'd the trail In the aprlng and
mado'thoae nupn, probubly nuvor
occurs to ynu. Yot each ynr nviv
mam liuvo to be niude to Ihauic
lyotorljits' coiulort and snrHy u
new roads and new resorts aro
opened. And each year these tiiiMi
must bo tnudo Ions beforo the aver
age driver would venture far from
home, suys L. C. 8nitth, locul
dealer. ;
ItucliiB itKulnst rlslnir flood wat
ers, sweeplns over Ice covered orads
and splashing throiiKh mud an J
water that at times completely
covered the wheels, a Dodgo ltro
thors Henlor Hlx piloted by members
of the nows reuenrch division ofthu
Jletrolt Automubllo club recently
finished .such a trull-blnlilny trip
through Northern Michigan so the
hulf million sunimur tourism of th
state muy Mifely mid comfortably
follow the charted routes found by
this avout car.. Since December,
tho.. car hus - been driven 8,00.1
miles to churl roads tor tourists,
.ie continued. , ; ...
The lust trip covered 1.7U0 inllci
and roqulrod ouo week of pruiv
tically continuous night and duy
driving over every kind or high'
wuy from now concrete, pavement
to gravel roudi under water, so that
the honlw hud to bo determined by
following a ,IJne , of broken telephone-poles.
:lcpendablllty of the
car was essential In niuklng tlei
trip. , Toiuist cumps, ;new resorts
und hlstorltul duta.wero noted io
maps and touring Information
could bo ready for moturlHts.wlKt
each year spond their vacations In
Northern Allchigan,
"We wore novor halted onco in
tho entire 'trip,' suld Hurry ' N.
ltogan, . ofticiul ' road , scout who
drove tho, cur, "und luckily worn
uble to pull a few more unfoilun
nto motorists out of tho mud ulom;
tho way. On a run of flvo hours
and furty-rivo minutes In onu duy.
we mnintulned un avorugo speed of
Q7 mllcti an nour. . Perfect bruki.s
und the Senior's readability wort!
factors in sufuly keeping up thli
speed." fc ' ' '
Hfmllar cur for-Ills personal t'He-lu,,,,!,.!,,,!.,,-Mtt,,.H ...i.,, .
Not to be outdone. Hay Miller, also ! pionocl.t,d tho r0.ncldentul lock
.v ..ii.ik ,.K ii.nnii i. mm, wu.n,al, cln ( Dlnndurd eilUllllllellt Of
bought-u, t'liryslcfr "7C . roadster. I ii u,...i,.i,..i i...n. ., n-,:..
wliile'ln letroit training, for .
mutch' with Ullly" fetrolle. .
his.
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A' heatlifne ln.;a Kuusus rpnier
siiy "KlJlTOltS CAN , . -VUit
UOW ,NOW". Hut the story, wus
only ubout "conflicting dates of
two- conventions 'being Mrulght
cued out. ......
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titan any other low-priced IF013R
Greater riding and driving comfort, increased '
afctyat bigh Rpceds,inore pronounced beau
ty of lines are the important advantage made
jKusible by longer, adequate wIieclbascA Drive
this larger, roomier Durant Four ... and then
drive all other low-priced Fours. V Durant su
periority will be noticed instantly. Longer
whcclbase is a typical feature of Durant's bet
ter construction. The world-famous Red Seal
Continental Motor, Masury patented Rubber
Mounting, Nelson Itohnalite Invar-Strut Pis
- tons, Morse Silent Chain Timing Drive, Full .
Force Feed Lubrication, Dcndii Four-Wheel
Brakes and many other high-quality features.
Durant Six-Sixty
TWMMMM SEDAN
r. O. B. LAKSINC MICaiCA.1
r.,u; rim,., ia.rrw cv
DURANT FOUR
TVO-DOOR SEDAN
frl
r. O. . LAXIKG, HlcaiCAH
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PETERSON DURANT CO.
1 Jcffeiiion & Greenwood
all Studebaker built cuis. Tlie lock
controls both steering and Ignition,
uifd Is so conveniently niounU'tl on
tho steering column thut Its use be
comes u mutter of habit rulher
than u special precuinlon. Ktmply
turning off the Ignition untl re.
moving tho key leuves the cur
securely lurked. One turn of the
key und the cur is rcudy to ; bo
slurtcd uguin.'V' ;.
LONDON AI') Bir William
Joyuson-Illcks, liomu sccretury, Iium
urged muglstratiti to Impose longo
prison sentences on culprits to glvn
the slate a chunco to reform ct'lin
Inulri. Ho said short seutcnccti
bulked prison authorities' effortt
to make their institutions remedial.
Ol-:NKVA, (Al) Franco hus no
tified the International luhor office
of Its ratification of the J'J20 con
vtMitlon providing unemployment
indemnity for semmm vIioho ves
hi;Is are wrecked or founder un 1
ulso tlpa 1021 convention which
grunts to agricultural workers tho
suinu rights to organize us arc pos
sessed by industrial employes. .
Soon to Become
lVlrs. Coolidge
f MLi
lOnglUh Jrt TrtM'ks
Dirt-truck mcitig us conducted
over the American horse trottlnf
tmcks is coming Into -favor In
Knglund . One of the older Kngllsh
motoring clubs plans to run u scr
ies of such events us uro common
to American . trotting courso, but
Is preparing to start the prugium
with motorcycle events.
OavmjR 7J" RaAorm (tuifc nmblt mtt). H555. . o. b. ftdm
Wh
fit.
en you say Chrysler
you say Performance
" So marked ii the dilferepce between Chrysler
performance and all other performance that ,
in appraitinc other cart the motor-minded .
- almoit invariably uie Chrysler u the stand-
ard of comparison.
AO phatet of Cteyalar di(nln and enri
wrint f earned out with abtolote pre .
ciiion and balance wkh the incluiton of -.
new Ideas, new renoemcnta and new lim-'
' plickiea, (rowitit out of endless reiearch and V
a find habit of advanced thinking. . '
Furthermore, Chrysler durability and long
life.have been demonstrated in the handi of :
aundredt pf thousand of owners through
millioni of milei of economical operation.
And all of these thinp performance, Irmf
life' and economy of upkeep, together wh
Chrysler's individual beauty and style are
available in Chrysler "75" and "65" at
prices far lower than those of cars, which
seek to compete with Chrysler quality. : -t
CiiityiiiK !'6SV-r 11040 illlif i . i
J Eifkt BtJf Sijiit
JUtritaf. t. i. ntltry. Ciryilir ditUrt ,J-:
' utmd tmvtHUHt Hmt ftymmlt f . 1
CHRYSLER
C H R Y .I L B R MOT O R I f I O D U C T
r Greenwood and Jefferson
1 1
LULL'XL"JLB-
LOOK OVER OUR WANT ADS FOR BARGAINS
it
entv of room.
for my It
merles
On a recent visit to Washington,
Miss Florence Trumbull, fiancee
o( John Coolidge, son ot the
former president, posed (or this
striking stndio portrait. Their n
gagement has already been an
noocd. Miss Trumbull It
daughter of Covernor Trumbull
nf Oinnecticat.
WHIPPET 6 SEDAN
Down ptrment only
$333
WHIPPET 4 COACH
Down pay ment only
$246
Batfinti m 12 tarf monthly paymenlt.
Lint indudti Ccupt, Coatht Ut Lumt
Sedan Rsadiitr,
Bart in ? 'top mtmthly pymPnU. l
tttrlutitt (.'tuff. SfJitn, fffLurt Sriftim,
B.tn4iiery TwtHf, (,'tmmsraa CAaiii. Mil
Wilis t-Oirfttnrf prtrtt , . b. Tlt ,
OitOg n4 tfnfifaUont tubftttUi
chatii ivithout nana.
-AND IM
SIX-FOOT-THREE
Never before hai there been offered
tuch big car comfort at auch low
price. Longer wheelbase ind larger
bodie give the new Superior
Whippet Four and Sixei the
roominess of costlier cars. The
form-fitting seat are broader and
heavily upholstered, enabling pe
sengera to enjoy reitful, related
position at all times. Exceptionally
wide doora afford eaay entrant
and exit .
No other low-priced car baa theac
vital advantages: Full force-feed
lubrication, silent timing chain,
" Finger-Tip Control," oversize bat
loon tires, invar-strut pistons, extra
. big four-wheel brake, higher com
pression engine giving more speed,
pick-up and power and, in the
Six, a heavy seven-bearing crank
shaft. , : . .
NEW SUPERIOR
SIXES
WILLYS O V E R LAND
INC., T O L EDO , O II 1 O
Gettings & Hanks
Jefferson Ave.
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