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AUTO SECTION
WANT ADS
VOLUME XVII
LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1929
NUMBER 215
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TRUCK, TRAILER
OPERATORS SUE
Group Threatening Action
to Restrain State From
Enforcing Act.
SALEM Ore. July G (AP)
Operators of motor trucks, trailers
uuti semi-trailers arc tlirusitciunff a
suit to restrain the state from: en
forcing an act of the iu;i9 legisla
ture which reduces the maximum
weight of combined vehicle and
load on Oregon highways.
l'rior to the establishment of the
new regulation the maximum
weight allowed for a four-wheel
truck and trailer was 40.000 pounds
or 20,1)00 pounds for each vehicle,
und 44,000 pounds for a six-wheel
truck and six-wheel trailer, or 22,
UOu pounds for each.
Tho new law, which became ef
fective June 4, reduces the maxi
mum weight for any combination
of vehicles to 34,000 pounds.
A number of operators contend
that since, at the first of the year
and before the legislature met, they
took out their licenses on t ire
width basis with the expectation
of hauling the loads heretofore al
lowed they are now being deprived
of a privilege for which they paid.
Several have violated the new law
und have been taken into court
by the state traffic department.
Secretary of Stute Hoss aslted an
Wlnbl,, whn V.,, a i.wl llnil I ln '
state has a right to enforce the
new law under the police power,
since it is a measure for the pro
tection of highways.
Not satisfied the, operators talk
of a test, case in court. They take
the stand that because they have
equipped themselves wit h vohtclos
capable of carrying the heavier
loads tho law is confiscatory.
FRENCH AUTO
DESIGN HAS NO
FRONT AXLE
I'AKIH. July 6 (AI) Elimina
tion of the front axlt Independent
springing of each front wheel und
a dual steering control are sugges
ted as tho solution of many auto
mobile difficulties by Dr. Sonsaud
do J valid, an engineer famed for
originality in design. Several of
Ills inventions have been exhibited
ut the Paris Auto Salon.
Independent springing of front
wheels in found -on a -mini hoc of.
Krone h cars and it is churned for
the system that it avoids the twist
ing motion of tin- chassis on rough
roads. But the old steering system
is in general use.
Do I .a vaud 's ida is that dual
Fleering control of the front wheels,
properly sprung, would eliminate
"gyroscopic motion und make un
necewmry the Irreversibility of a
steering gear. The car, also, he
think would be handled better by
connecting each wheel with the
Mccring mechanism Instead of
uleerlng one wheel which controls
tho oilier through a tie-rod.
GARAGE
GOSSIP
JH-play liiteriiiitloiial Truck
Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Harrison, of
the Blue Mountain garage, spent
Thursday In Enterprise in the in
terests of the Hudson-Essex. They
displayed an International truck at
the parade there the fourth.
J'mtn the Chrysler Garage
L. P. Gray, of La Grande, bought
n new Plymouth sedan from the
Chrysler garage this week. Cal
"Wright, of Mcacham, has a new
I My mouth coupe and V. A. John
ston, of La Grande, bought a Ply
mouth sedan. A shipment of Chrys
lers were unloaded this week, coli
tdsting of two 65s and two 7fis.
Carload of Stialclmkers
A carload of 1 Ictalor eights
w pre unloaded at the Studebaker
garage this afternoon. The carload
consisted of two sport models and
ono regular.
rw Convertible j
M. J. Goss sold Kendrlrk Sie- j
giiit a Commander Studebaker
convertible coupe this week. '
Hern On lliiyliiess I
L. M. Clark, of Walla Walla, Is ;
In La Grande on business with M . j I
garage. Mr. Clark travels for the i
Tidewater OH Sales corporation. j
1 nload Trucks
The Hlue Mountain garage un- 1 1
loaded a shipment of International
trucks last week.
Two Carloads of Hints
The Perkins Motor company un
loaded two shipments of Kord
trucks and cars this morning.
TrBwIIng Mechanic
W. K. Wolf, traveling mechanic,
spent last night In La Grande. He
v as here on business at the Hlue j H
jm on n la in Ea ra ge. m r. a uu .l rs.
William HrerH. associated with
Hudson -Kssex. returned to Bend S
after visiting with Mr. Harrison. !
Tluchanan and Munhall, loral !c
Soto deslers. report the following
fates of new cars: sedan to Arnold
Gralapp. I-a Grande High school
tnachcr: coupe to Joseph Munhall.
of la Grande: wdun to Pctrua ,
Von I'eWcile. of lu Grande, and
pdan to Geurge L. Holland, of li
GiuiiJti.
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MOTORING FOR ARTS SAKE a
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Story of Self -Starter Revealed
In New Book Just Published
Tuh Ilea lion of the book, "Men,
Money and Motors," reveals for the
first time the story behind the de
velopment of the self-starter. The
authors, Theodore I- MaeMnnus,
Detroit advertising man who has
b( en intimately identified with tho
uuiomoblh; industry for nearly lifi
years, und Norman Beasley. sny
this invention, more than any other
single development in the industry
since the inception of the first car,
has been the motivating force be
hind the vast popularity the motor
car has achieved.
It is a morning early in 1M0.
The scene is in the office of Henry
M. Eeland, then president of the
Cadillac Motor Car company.
Charles F. Kettering, an electrical
engineer, and ven then a man who
had assumed a dominant role in
the inventive phase of tho automo
bile business, was telling Mr. Ice
land of his Idea for a self-starter.
Mr. Eeland, after listening, began
discussing the death of a dear
friend.
The story from the book follows;
"He wils driving across the Belle
Isle bridge, here in Detroit," Mr.
Eelnnd was saying, "and he saw a
woman trying to crank a stalled
car. Stopping his own machine li-
got out. went over1 and asked ir he
could help.
"Tho woman thanked him and
explained she did not have suffi
cient strength to spin the motor.
He grasped the crank handle. Tried
to open it. The engine kicked hack
and the handle struck him In the
jaw. t'nlhinkingly, the strange
woman had not retarded the spark.
My friend died from the injuries."
Mr. 1. eland got up from his
chair, walked over, and stood look
ing out of a wind ow. Ills lips wer
trembling. His eyes were moist.
Kettering, staling at the floor, was
silent. Klnally the manufacturer
turned back.
"you know, I loved that man. T
am glad you are going to work on
something that will do i.uay with
hand cranking."
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Kettering returned to J ayton
and thYough the hours on tho train
ho thought of little else. A self
starter for an automobile. All
through the next day it was In hi
mind. And the next day and the
next until days crept into
weeks and weeks grew Into months.
I A year later he brought what he
! had built to Detroit and demon
I si rated it to Cadi Hue engineers,
j They were skeptical.
I "It won't work," they declared,
as he concluded tho theoretical ex
I planation.
( "How do you know?" ho chal
lenged.
"Because It takes from two to
five horsepower to crank an auto
mobile.' "Does it?"
"No."
"Don't you know that it does7"
"Well. It does," they affirmed.
Tlp-n asked;
"How does this device work?"
"It operates off tho storage bat
tery." That must have sounded rhlteu-
Ions to them, for they laughed
"Don't you know that no small
I storage battery can furnish enough
; power to crank an automobile?"
J "No."
I "Well, the companies making the
! batteries will agree to that.'
i Kettering w a s unimpressed,
j "How do you know this starter
i won't work until you try it?" ho
' usked.
That sounder) reasonable as a
i suggestion so they made the test.
The self-start'T worked.
; The reason It worked was be
I cause Kettering had spent mouths
; anil montha experimenting and
perfecting its details. He knew his
: device would respond to all neces-
sitry demands placed upon it. A
year before, electrical engineers
j iuid lul'l 1 1 ! in that a small storage
battery could not furnish enough
'power to crank an automobile so
the arguments the automobile en
: gineers advanced were theories he
, had already eliminated.
From Every Angle
CARL SAM MONS Rifled nrtisl who has
won a national reputation with 1ns West
mi landscapes, attributes much of lug
success to the cflicif nry of his Duraul
ht:;ty Coupe. Ahovc.Samnions with E.S.
Jones, Assistant Salcn Manner of Duraut
Aiotor Company of California, insprcl
inpSaninions car alter an extensive tour.
Brlov ?ani:uons with hid palct.
All Resorts Open
For The Season
Oregon motorists who are plan
ing their vacations for early in
July are advised by tho Oregon '
State Motor association that alt '
mountain resorts of the Northwest !
are open and all facilities and con- j
ventences aro available. Paradise j
Valley of Mount Rainier Is open !
and the hotels and camps arc run-
ning full blast.' Although thero
are 6 feet of snow on the ground,
flowers will be at their best at j
Paradise Park between the middle 1
of July and the first of August. j
Crater Lake opened to travel the :
last week in June and all facilities
are available to visitors. Numer- ,
oils early California tourists were ,
disappointed In not. being able to 1
visit either of these resorts on ac
count of tho roads being blocked
by snow.
Larger Race Cars
May Revive Interest
WASHINGTON (AP) The In-
tcrest of American an torn obi
manufacturers in motor racing Is
expected by the American Automo
bile association to be revived next
year with the return to the truck
of cars with larger engines.
The Kuropcnn precedent was
followed when the 1 cubic inch
piston displacement limitation was
placed on American racing cars
several years ago.
In Kurope, where fuel, tax and
other co.hUh are high, the small en
gined ear was a practical thing.
The performances of tho small-en-gined
racer, however, did not par
allel those of the average American
road cap and the American manu
faeiurers began to loso Interest.
Ileginnlng with the Indianapolis
fton-mile rare next year, the cars
will be of aaft cubic inch displace
ment. Living ;n the Texas-Arkansas
line. Mrs. I' K. Phnrr of Texarkana
played In the stale golf tourna- ;
ments In both states and now has,
two titles. j
LOW-SALARIED
MEN BUY AUTOS
Ifitnrlv Mnrlp hv A. A A.
Committee Finds Many
Wage-Earners Buying.
Wage -earners and low-salaried
groups comprise ah unusually largo
proportion of automobile buyers,
according to results of a nation
wide survey reported by tho Ore
gon Ktute Motor association. This
conclusion Is based on information
gathered by the research depart
ment of tho American Automobllo
ussoclallon, with which tho motor
association la affiliated. Consider
able data on this subject was dis
closed by the committee on recent
changes of tho president's unem
ployment conference,
Jt was nhown that at Hip end of
tho 20-year period beginning with
1 1(07, the annual production of
low-priced cars had Increased well
over two hundred-fold while tho
annual production in the same per
iod Increased only nine times.
Although economists hud confi
dently expected tho saturation
point in automobiles sales us long
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amb shipments from California
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300,000, exceeding the 11)1!8 ship
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PRODUCTION HIGH
Total Number of Autos,
Including I rucks, laxi
cabs, may be six Million
DKTIICMT. July 0 (AD More
taxicabs were manufactured In
American automobile plants the
last five months than In tho entire
year of IS 2 8.
Moro than 9. "00 of them were
turned out In January. February,
March, April and May, comparod
with tl.718 In 1U28.
Automobllo production, includ
ing trucks and taxicubs, continues
to run approximately 4ft per cent
abend of last year. Indicating a
lituu output of 6,oo,oo vehicles.
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has been Incrensed to forty-flvo
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Nothing so enhances the zest of:
the motor tour as vigorous good
health. Physical well-being, pri
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these are. It demands further,
constant vigilance to determine
their presence or their absence-Tin
the environment of his travels.
Art treads strango paths these
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