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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."
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"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
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