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Ha (Srattite Ettaring (ixssmm AUTO SECTION MOTORING NEWS VOLUME XVII LA GRANDE. OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1929 NUMBER 243 CHEVROLET CAR AT GAME RANCH California Releases 10,000 Wild Birds Farm Four Years Old. Essex the Challenger Wins Coveted Trophy a Adiled insurance fur tin Julurc pltiry ol' thi' sportsman's pannline . tin luinlintc roirtils is evident with th news that niorP than dn thousand wild tramp hi ill -t will he rt'loastMl this year throughout tin, slate or I'lilifornln. ncconlinjr to Aupast Bade, director of the Cali fornia slate, R-amn farm. llliiHtriLtinK the manner in which tin rest of the United States looks to California In leadm'tdiip in many art ivi ties, a Chevrolet dealer in KloKitu. interested in the protec tion of wild same life In this slate, and knowing of the vast activities of (hp General .Motors research de pa rl men! , rtM nested the honie of fice nt Detroit to obtain for Iilin data on the manner i.i which the California stale fish and game com mission rocs uhout the propagation of wild hird life. ;Tle research de partment of General Motors prom ptly instructed Chevrolet head (luarlei s In-San Krancisco to, pro ceed with the collection of the reiiucHted information and a scout car was dispatched to the game farm in Napa county. Four Years Old. Kour years iijro the slate game fur in was instituted. A mere hand ful of wild birds peopled the panic fa rm In t hose days, but wcieiit i fit: breeding methods and excellent care coupled with co-operation on llie part of lln .statu-and sportsmen - has made it possible for t he K far nil n achieve an almost miraculous growth. The main output of the farm is the riiif;-necked pheasant, the most highly prized panic bird, from a sportsmun'H point of view, in tho entire west. Thousands of these vary fowl have been released and reports are that they are increas ing rapidly. While there is no open season yet, the time is not far distant when it will be possible to permit pheasant hnnlhur. The second most prolific crop of the .stale paine farm is the alley M'lail, plentiful in many sections of the west, but extremely scarce In olhers. Tlie fa nu has under! ukr-n the reui'luK- of pa real stock of the preal American national panic bird, t he wild turkey, and these won dertiil birds are jr rowing and ma tmlns at the state panic farm. The California, state pam(. farm is now the Inrpest producer of wild panic, birds in the world, and lis capacity villfe' aupmentod Soul hem California, near 'hi no, shortly by two other farms, one In and the other in (he San Joa(uiu Andre Morel, noted Krench driver, won the beautiful Ansahln trophy, most coveted prize In the French tests, when he finished with his Kssex the Challenper without penalizations. Second prize also went to an Kssex which also finished the Ion? prind und pruellinp tests without a sinple. mark apainst. it. GO.OOO.OliO.ooo pallons of water, or approximately. five years supply of water for the cities which lit will servo. Tjio mammoth dam woighH more than' a million tons and required two and u half million sacks of ce j ment to complete. It Is the- central feature of a ?3!UM0,IM0 water pro ject, the second largest water pm prum ever carried to completion iii the stato of California. Motorists can view this Brent piece of engineering work by fol lowinp signs from Valley Springs. I'ursulnp his way beyond Mokel umme Hill, the tourist In search of interesting historical material pan ses through many other small towns In which aro found Interest ing ties to California's past. In the course of a few hours. It is poss ible to drive over the "back bone" of the Hierras and down the other slope to the city of Merced In tho San Joiuiufn Valley, returning to 1 the bay district over ttho San! Francisco - Loh Angeles highway. The tour was mudp in one day In the Durant Six Sixty-Six, but tho motorist who seeks to pain the most of such a tour will do well to spend at least two days in mak ing the circle. By so doing, he will allow himself time to become moiu Intimate with tho fascinating hU torlcal utmosphero with which tltl Sierra country Is permeated. SEEK MEXICAN BORDER HIGHWAY Bi Bend Country Favors Proposed $18,000,000 Military Road. SAN ANTONIO, Tex. (AP) -The "Hig Bend" country of southwest ern Texas has organized In support of an $1S,ouu.ao military hiphway from Brownsville, Tex., to San 11 ego. Oil., the entire length of the United States-Mexico boundary. Tho Military Highway associa tion, representing 4M miles of the stretch, has been formed by four Texas border counties. Its pur pose i-j to aid a bill Introduced in congress by f?ep. Claude Hudspeth, who has nsked authority for the war department to construct Bach a road. In his bill, Hudspeth urged (hat a bonier highway would be -a means of enforcing prohibition. narcotic customs und Immigration laws. Hn characterizes it as purely military proposition of i llonal defense." adds that much of tills semi-arid border country would not otherwise be developed. Citizens living near tho border, wheel brakes, prompted tho Fire- the bill points out, have suueied stone company, the pioneer nianu "many indignities and raids by fueturer o balloon tires, to pro lawless Mexican bandits, losing duce a tiro with an extra margin much property and a number of , of safety, strength und endurance inai woiiui meet uic rcquireinema lives." TIRE INDUSTRY PROGRESS IS of tlie automobllfl of tomorrow, as well as tho automobile- ot today. "The Firestone Supremo has 44 per cent Increase In carcas u4. 1, , .-,.n no In til a WW. 1 POINTED OUT . backbone of the tiro. When It falls I tho tiro is useless, no mattor how. much wear may be left in tho Tho swift progress niado by thu tread. Tho cord used in the Su tlro industry in the perfection of prcme is made from tho very fin Its product to meet tiro changing est cotton available. Is twisted for demands dictated by the autinno- maximum strength, and is puni tive industry represents one of trio dipped for longest lifo. To increaf most brilliant chapters of achieve- the margin of safety extra plies ot ment In the manufacturing world, this superior fabric, aro used. To declares W. C. I'erkins, of Perkins Motor Co., local Firestone distribu tor. A striking example of this re markable progress is to be found In a display at tho Western l-'iro-stone factory showing a wrappeu tread fabric tire of the vintage of l!U4 nlongMide one of the massive nnu- l.'it'fwtniw. .Uiiiti-niiin Tliiltnnttn the latest and greatest achievement aw "now-crnstoU summits leaping of the Firestone organization. toward the cerulean heavens; "Tim Mnnrn.n, in.iinn.i wm "' faming lorrontH ritfflnl Hiirncl l.ntlt nnt nnlv to ,n.r ' through till! bottoms Of shadow modern ilrlvfnir enndillnns but 1 canyons; we looked down from th. anticipate the future.'" explains ' ''ectlimr crags into tho depths Mr, I'erkins. make such a sturdy carcass mora flexible and to increase its lifo ex tra rubber is placed between thu plies. Thu carcass thus constructed readily resists road shocks, heat and tremendous strains." I "We hail a wonderful trip. We "Manufacturers of j '""imi lanes powerful, high speed automobiles, "How many miles to tho gallon equipped with quick acting four- did you get?' H valley near Fresno. ) Practically all Hie modern rueiu ties of poultry aro being u-ed at the great state farm to hatch tho eggs and to rear the young of these wild birds. The eggs ar,. hatched In the most modern incubators and tin; young fowl are reared under brooders, devised on the farm by Mr. Bade. Certain aulliorll ics have claimed that wild birds reared -this way would lose their Instinctive ability to provide for Ihemselves after they were released in the wilds of tlie stale. Haphl Increase of Wild Life. The rapid increase of wild life, following the stocking of various areas from farm raised parent stoek. has proven this to be an un founded belief. Kven when they. are reared in brooders, the young birds are well able to take care of themselves, w:hen left to their own resources. "We know of ring-necked pheas ants which have been reared in captivity for one bundled genera tions without losing their instinc tive gameness ami their ability to take caro o themselves," explain ed Bade. "Parent stock of the pheasant, which we are releasing, -.- came from Asia, the. home of the pheasants The bh'dftwieicly aifapl themselves to natural conditions here and thrive in tho western cli mate." , ' Wonderland Of Calif ornials Visited By Car Motorists who love their West and wish to know more about Its early history should not let Knottier season go by without touring Cali fornia's Sierra wonderland, famed for Its association with Mark Twain and Bret Harto in tho days when gold was to bo had for the digging, one enthusiast declares, Chost cities now dot the land scape, but the old timers arc loyel to tlie scenes of former glories und towns like Mokelumme Hill still continue their active existence. j The motorist Interested In see ing this historic country can tuii back the pages of history as was done recently by a party in a iJu rant Six-Sixty-Six' sedan one, of the latest Durant creations recent ly in trod ucted with four forward , speeds. Starting from the Western Durant plant In Oakland, Cal., ttie scout party selected the Tunnel Itoad In Berkeley and the Borden highway to Stockton. i Oldest U-Story Building From Stockton the. route lies over good highway through the old town of l.ockford and Clement to Valley Springs. From Valley Springs it is only eleven miles to Mokelumme Hill, which was a roaring metropolis in tile early fit ties. Shortly after gold was dis covered in California in 1S4!, rich placer diggings were found neat Mokelumme Hill ajul here was built one of California's earliest and richest mining com m unities. The town now boasts of having tho oldest three-story building standing in California. It original ly was a Wels-Kargo express of fice and still has solid iron door.) and Iron shutters on all three floors, this precaution being neces sary in the early days to protect the gold that was stored ttioro against robbers. All around Mokelumme Hill are the remnants of tlie old ptacei workings which poured untold wealth Into the pockets of miners more than half a century ago and which helped to make prosperous the thirty-four saloons find gam bling halls which were an out standing feature of tho lifo of tho old town. On the road to the hill from Valley Springs tho motorist passes one of California's greatest watci development projects, the Pardee am, which has just been cum ploted und now Is delivering moun tain water to nine cities on til east side, pt San Francisco Hay, ninety-three miles nWijvTncrYliim is 3(J4 feet in height and creates a new artificial inoountuin lake in the Sierra Foothills, holding about aiaiaaiiiEsaxiiaiiBHiMBiBBaHiHiBBEHiHEiag' M H Ml H M m a H HI H H M M H M n M ra H H M n N M H M M Announcement. . C Willi! a p THAOC MAP.K W KOI ST in SO oanenes d H res M VI K M aa m Bj N H N H M n sa H n M M n n ervice We Have Hung Our Sign in a New Place . 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