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Page Ten LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE. Saturday, July 13, 1929 Are You Putting It Off? That's a habit with most of us and when it comes to insurance too many people put it off until the accident hap pens. The old saying goes "No use locking the door after the horse is gone." An ounce of Auto Insurance be fore the accident is worth a pound after you are in the hospital and your car is smashed up. Figure the cost of insurance against the worth of your car, the other fel low's property and any judgment for personal injury. You will readily see that the small cost of Auto Insurance is neglible when compared with the large sums at stake. There is no need to put it off now. Our installment plan opens the way for all the payments are extended over a period of months come in let us ex plain and by all means DO IT NOW! UNITED STATES INVESTMENT CO. ,0. W. Warnock, Mgr. 113 Depot St. .New One-Ton Truck Built By Chrysler Here ore four body mylcn of the "Freighter", new product of the Fargo Motor Corporation, truck ilivixion of ChryHli r. The Freighter has a wheelbane of 13S Inches and i powered by a 55 h. p. Chrya ler i-i yllrulrr engine. Fargo has been building H nd tun delivery equipment or eiht months. The "Freighter" has just been added to the line. FORD CAR WINS 1400-MILE RACE Demonstrates Endurance, Speed and Durability to Europeans. WinninB first anil second place in the recent Copcnhagen-Paris-Copenhagen, 1440-nille race, the Model A Kord car has again dem onstrated to Europe its endurance, speed and durability. Details of the performance of the two carB have Just reached here. l-Voin those accounts it was learned that the car winning first place a Tudor Bedan not in any way out fitted for racing already had been driven 23,000 miles by the owner NEW AIR COMPANY USES STUDEBAKER Twelve Cars Purchased by Line Inaugurated by Colonel Lindbergh. A fleet of Studebukcr President eights forma the link uniting pi lines and pullinuns In tho alilunco of the i'ennsylvunla und Hunta Ko rail road h with the Transcontinental Air Transport, which Introduced a AH hour uuuflt to coast passenger Hurvlco, July 8. Colonel Charles A. .Lindbergh Inaugurated tho system when ho left hoa Angeles on tho first eustbound flight. Kleven President cabriolets und one President state sedan have ul roudy been purchased by the Transcontinental ' Air Transport. Tli cabriolets wilt bo used with a special ly built aero-car to carry piiMHcngerH between airports und downtown sections ut "ports to cull" for the planer. Ono of tho President cabriolets, with ucro-cur trailer will be sla tioned In each of the following cllb-s: I,os Angeles, Kingman, Arizona; Wtnslow, Arizona; Albu iiuentue, New Mexico; Clovis, New Mexico; Wuynoka, Oklahoma; Wichita Kuiisub; Kuiihuh City; Ht. I ,ou Is; Jndiunapolis und Colli in bus, Ohio. lilght Aero-(Tars. Tim imro-enrs urn light and vom fnrtuble with u seating capacity of 12 passengers. They ure uMached to the cabriolet h by u flexible coupling. The cubrlolelu tiro strict ly stock models,' t-xcept that tho ousanas more NOW ENJOY SLEEVE-VALVE SMOOTHNESS COACH 1045 it: faft mthtr than tllinJ.irJt .v a. In a setting that rivals custom-car beauty.... The Willys-Knight "70-B" is bringing a new and higher order of pleasurable, carefree motoring to added thousands of enthusiastic The simplicity of the fatcntcd Knight double sleeve-valve engine results in remarkable smoothness and efficiency, sturdy endurance and sustained speed. An unusual degree of freedom from adjust ments, carbon troubles and repairs makes the Knight engine decided ly economical to operate. The new style Willys-Knight "70 IV is the largest, most beau tiful and most powerful Knight cn gincd car ever ottered at such a low price. In smartness of design, the "70 H'' finds adequate comparison only among more expensive cars. W1LLYS-OVKRLAND, INC TOLBUO, OHIO luggage grid and bumpers ure re moved from the rear to facilitate the trailer hook-up. The President stato sedan is be ing used for official business of the Transcontinental Air Transport executives In tit. Louis, the head quarters of that organization. The benefits of -the alr-rall ser vice in which Sludcbaker will play a part are appurent, A business mun of New York finds It Im mediately necessary to seo an as sociate In Los Angeics, to discuss pro and con the terms of a con tract which Is pructicully impos siblo to negotiate by telcphono or telegraph. On tho other hand, he finds It necessary to be in New Yoi'k to handle unother matter which comes up for decision in six days. IJy using the fastest ull-rail schedules, ho flndH that ho can not make the ti-ip by truin in time. Hut by using tho air-rult service he can cover both situations as he wishes, ho back in New York after a loss of only five business days und at tho samo time travel lu comfort and luxury othorwlso Im possible. How it Works. Hero Is how the service operates. A I'ennsyivunia limited train truv ls overnight from New York Columbus, Ohio. Thero passeng ers bourd a multi-inotorcd plane, and make 11 duy-llght flight to Waynoka, Oklahoma, stopping cn raute at Indianapolis, ' tit. Louis, Kaunas t'lly und Wichita. At all of thoso points the Studebakcrs curry passengers to and from the ulr ports. At Waynoka unother transfer Is made, this tlmo to a special pull man attached to tho Santa Vn "Missionary'' for a night Journey to Clovis, New Mexico, where early next morning another Htlldebuker lakes passengers to a piano waiting to complete tho trip to Los Angeles across the continent in 4S hours. Tho service will be de luxe throughout. Luncheons aio to be served aloft. IMunes are comfor table and luxurious. Thus Is progress wiping out time and space und knitting the nation even closer. This union of the three most modern nioiln of trans portation railroad, motor car and alrpluue will ultimately go down In history as far reaching a step forward as the first trains which replaced tile old covered wagon. boforo the race. ,. . . . nn nnmi ns ever. My car is now un h - said the owner, Paul Tholstrup, of Koskilde, Denmark, at me elusion of the race. "I urn ready to drive to Paris again without even giving it a once-over." Eleven cars started the race. Six finished. The most formidable dif ficulties were encountered. Great stretches of road were deeply rut ted and for many miles Impassable. Kor hours the cars hud to bo driven through fields. Dense fogs made tho night driving extremely haz ardous. Many detours added to the difficulties. "We just went, that was all,' Mr. Tholstrup said. "No matter how deep the ruts, or whether, as In one instance, we had to go Into tho fields, in fact, we just flew over everything. And we did not havo one single mishap, aside from a couple of punctures, on tho entire trip." The contest was sponsored by the Danish Motor Union and the well known Danish newspaper "Polltl. ken." fii:RIAX FLIIiR HIJUT KL PASO, Tex., July 13 (AP)- Huron Friedrich Karl Von Wurt hausen. around the world filer, was seriously Injured Friday when a taxicub In which he was riding collided with another car. Ho was taken to a hospital with his face severely cut, his nose almost severed and deep gashes In both hips. The baron was en route to the Municipal airport whero he plann ed to resume his eastern trip, de layed when ho broko a spring In his tiny plane In landing from Tuc. son, Ariz., Tuesday. A gold clock, reputed to havn been given by Napoleon to a mar shal, and worth $40,000, wus found In the possession of Dr. William Baumann of Shreveport, who was unaware of its wealth. i Hudson Company Building Demand In South Africa style WILLYS-KNIGHT Gettings & Hanks Jefferson Ave. J. It. llorrirn, zone wiles tun nagyr fur tho H.hI.hoii Motor (.'fir comhiny jnwl known throughout tho Pacific count nioloriloni, Iiuh hhIUmI for Quo-hoc from London enroutc to South Africa whero ho will start a tour of tho civilized parts of the "dark" cont luont In tho Interests of tho Hudson company. Mr. Hordcn ha boon In tho utitu mohtlo business for many ycum and Ih thoroughly oxpei loncc-d In both retail and w holesale Helling. Ho has ) noon zone miles manager for the HiaLson company for thrive years, most recently in UiIh section with headquarters In San Francisco and Portland. The Hudson company, manufac turers of tho greater Hudson and losses the challenger cars, has made great progress In tho export field and already has wide and suc cessful distribution In South Af rica, whore sales have Increased gre.itly during the past three years. The Hudson company has en joyed great prosperity In Great Mrllaln, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and tho cnl tret l''ar Kast. Reports make It clear that, during l!:'S, more than half of tho Am erieall automobiles Imported by Great Ut Haiti bote the Hildson Kssex trademarks. As a matter of fact, Hudson-Kssox has, during tho year tuns, shipped more six cylin der ears to Kuiope and (he iltlllsh Isles than any other manufacturer. The company has uftlllulnl assem bly plants In KtiKbttid. tbusseJs nil1' Germany, Old e.slabllshed distribu tors have assembly plants ill tho Ai'KvnUuo a nil Urazil. To dale export vales have kopt paeo with recoul breaking domes tic, sales v hlch am i uniting al most ;t0 per cent higher than the best previous ear. resulting In an till -tlmo record tor t he greater Hudson and Kssex the challenger. tthereer automobiles are lisd. Mr. Uordeii will endeavor to ob tain even wider dlst i -.button In Africa. Durant Six 66 Sedan Travels Rough Country In tho high Sierras where wild erness areas abound und few mo torists ever appear, there occurred recently an event notable in the history of mechanical and elec trical achievement. It was the dedication and beginning of opera tion of an olectrtc railway carrier over steel cables extending across 3,000 feet of canyon of the Ameri can river, 1,200 feet above the buses and over rocks and steep waste lands Impossible to human navi gation. Tho Michigan-California Lumber company operating mills at t'uin ino, Calif., in Kldorado county na tional forest, and logging camps at I'ino Grande, In the mountains ten miles away, invested $250,000 in tho electric cublo railway crossing. According to officials of tho com pany, the operation of tho cable bridge Is a matter of special im portance to all lumber companies of the forest regions of 4hc United 'States. It solves the probletn of linking tho producing areas In pine logs with the industrial ureas where mills opera to under commercial advantages. A new Durant six sixly-slx sedan, recently announced us "tho world's lowest priced automobile with four forward speeds," was sent out by tho Durant factory to convey In terest od wrttors and photograph ers to tho scene of the dedication. Nino miles of sleep and rough mountain roadway from Cumlno to ho crest of the canyon was nego tiated by the car with amazing ease the new silent third gear he-i lag used throughout tho mountain trip, according to word received hero by C, A. Peterson, local Dur ant dealer. Reaching tho cable house In time for the dedication ceremony, the Durant party wil n .sed the "break" Ing of the chain" and saw the giant electric cage glide out of ll slip, coast down tho sag two hun dred foot, and, just one and ono quarter minutes later, arrive ut tho crest of tho canyon on tho opposite side. On the return trip, just as tho cage reached center, the cables of tho old system wore cut ami tho long tit eel lines, together with tho old cage, dropped down into the Wvor bed below. Tho new steel carrier now in operation on regular schedule, lias a capacity of luft.OOO pounds, and tho average load of green lumbor carried is 4", (mm) plus the weight of the flat earn and men. The steel cables, four In lino, are two Inches in diameter und tho pull lino is ono and one half Indies. The mo tors operate in the wheels of tho cage above tho load and ply di rect. Kuril cable Is 3.4m. feet long making a totat of more than 17,oou feet of stool ilno used to guido the mammolh currier. Travelling from many directions (J5 of the United States to witness tho new installation, engineers and lumber mill owners took part lu the ceremony, as did representa tives of motion picture companies and newspapermen. I.KNINGKAD, (AP)-More than a third of the 2,'UtO victims of street car and automobile accidents In this city last year wore Intoxi cated at the time they were killed, hurt or crippled. Street cars ac counted for l.5no victims, and 6 00 persons wore injured ar mot death in automobile smashes. YOt NG MOTHl.lt AHUIM I D TOrh'KA. Kan., July 13 (AIM--A com ley young trunette, mother of u 7-vir.old daughter, and two others wore in jail Krlday (otlowing her alleged confession that nho committed tho U.tmn daylight holdup of two employes of t he Security Hoiiefit association here Juotl L'S. Th w omun. Mi V i j,i Si r.i p er. und Cecil Sttvit, cm- plote of (he noi'tutbMl. Were ar reeled yoslerday in an apartment whore they were tnlng 'wether. We Can Touch-Up The Appearance of Your Car. Bodies Repaired Fenders Straichtened LACQUER WORK Bunch Garage ritoDUCT or GENERAL MOTORS I J&.lAW9rm- -K3l3WJK!f, v fifth wheel," an occu7nto Bpeed measuring device, has proved that Tontiuc has the highest top speed und the fastest accelera tion available in any low-priced six. As for power, Pontiac is the most powerful of all low-priced sixes, a fact which can he proved by the dynamometer, a scientist's measur ing stick for brake horsepower. Try to mateh these Big Car features offered ut no increase in price DIG CAIl ENGINE . . . 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Enterprise A FACT FIVE YEARS AGO AND STILL A FACT TODAY A A AVI "Out of a clear sky, the Chrysler has brought the motor car 7 2233 industry to the point invariably reached in any industry of economic importance. That is the point where revolutionary improvements and advancements begin to render the original invention obsolete when previous practice is brought to a full stop. That never happens until the newest product proves its right to precedence, by reason of greatly simplified design, greater efficiency and operating results that are radically different." Advertisement Saturday Evening Post May 17, 1924 05515 TT- WHAT CHRYSLER HAS DONE It is hard to recall the day when there were ho Chrysler cars; difficult to re member a time when the flashing Chrysler wings had not yet appeared on the world's highways. And yet, that was not so long ago only five years, in fact. Where it has taken the average automo bile ten to twenty-five years of gradual, plodding growth to achieve public acclaim, Chrysler has risen swiftly to a foremost and topmost place in the industry in less than five short years! What Chrysler has done is without parallel. Overnight, a name became a symbol of speed, quality, beauty and safety. At Christmas, 1923, the Chrysler emblem meant nothing in the public mind. By Easter, 1924, it had come to stand for leadership a claim undenied to this day. Fads come and go. Some motor cars have their brief hour of popularity and then are forgotten. Chrysler's unprec edented leap into a position in the van of the industry was neither forced nor accidental. That place was won by inherent worth and undeniable value. Today, Chrysler is firmly entrenched at the top, offering the finest performance in its history. A ride is a revelation. CHRYSLER "75"-$ISJ5 to$1795-E:.i;ht rVxtr Srylcv CHRYSLER "S5"-$ 1040 to !HV Six I)ody Styles. All prka . . A. fcttery. Chrysltr dtaltn exlmj toamient thne ptjmewn. ' 2 5 5 CHRYSLER CHlrtLII MOTOIJ PtOOUCT L W. WEEKS Greenwood and Jefferson OMMEVCIAL Cu and Tmjc K. S
