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VOLUME XVII
LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 15)29
NUMBER 248
FRONT DRIVE TO Detroit Paints Lanes To Beat
ENTER. II 5 ElEirv Traffic Jams on Her Streets
Six Manufacturers Study-!
ing Reversal in Design !
Due in Costly Cars.
(I'idin Orison .MotoriM)
With front-wheel drive earn :
Hie experimental laboratories of nt
h'u.st six niajHifai'l urers, two of
them very laiye proil.uvi's. this
radical reversal of automotive !'
fcifru is making a Kurr.i-SNful lld
for early introduction intj the Am
erican market.
J t ia a p pa ren t , t li ere f o re. that
front-wheel drive, has virtually ar
rived in America. It no Ioiikci- is
looked upon in eiiRineeriiiK eircles
a.i an experiment. To say that ll
is an innovation applies only to its
market inj;. l'or smeral yeai-K, this
lypn of drive has heen einliollli'd In
pansciiKcr earn abroad and has
been tried out o:i the speedways of
the lulled States. Jt al.so Is in use
hi some trucks and Ikiss s. The
next step is to hesin the task of
plu-inK it in the passenger car field
in this country.
Let :io motorist, however. Ret the
idea thai its introduction will have
the effect of throwing all other
designs into Hie discard. The firm
front -wheel drive automobiles in
Ihe t'nited Stales will appear in the
liigher price ranges, and it will ro
tiire fouie time, in tlx; opinion of
tiiRineering observers, to place
these in wer types within the reach
of the bulk of motor car owners..
The motorist who usew Ihe auto
mobile which has the motive pow
er applied to the rear wheels may
ask: "Jnsl what does front -wheel
drive mean, and what p.irpose can
It serve?" The answer of this ques
lio:i should fix its place in the
automotive scheme of things In u
rather well-defined manlier.
Chrysler Tests
On New Cars Is
Very Thorough
. E. SH ELTON
NEW MANAGER
OF AUTO CLUB
Wltlll It .Meaiis.'
liriefly slated, front-drive means
Pimply that the entire transmission
units are placed between Ihe front
wheels. It has the effect of revers
ing the power plant and transmit
ting Its force frontward instead of
Inward the rear, as il now is di
rected. No eiianiie In .eiinl:ie.t will
be necessary, and the new type nl- J
so permits the installation of the
four-wheel braV.es now in use.
In the front-drive car, the elulchJ
and transmission will be set before
the engine instead of back.
There will be linkage between
Ihe gearset and beat-change lever,
but the long drlv shaft and ad
ditional gearing now :)ei:ensltnted
by the long trip the power musL
make from Ihe engine to the, rear
wheels will be -.shortened li-emon-iloiisly.
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The erfect Is plain. It Is a fun
damental fact of mechanics I hat
tra-ismlssioii of power means loss,
'(eduction of the extent of thla
trnnsmltling of power, naturally,
cuts down the loss. Proponents or
front-wheel drive, therefore, point
to a considerable reduction of pow
er lows.
They claim al.so a:i advanl age
In overcoming the inertia which
must he offset before a heavy mass,
such as an automobile, can be put.
into motion. Knginecrs who favor
front -drive declares that it will be
u matter of placing the horse be
fpre the cart and they favor it,
because they hold that pulling
easier than pushing.
Treatment lntere.tiiig
Treatment of the rear axle Is ln-ten-sting.
It will be possible rvm
to -eliminate a dead rear axle, car
rying' the wheels on arms pivoted
to the. frame. In general, the bulk
and complication of this unit will
be modified considerably.
The brakes In front will be plac
ed not within the wheels, but at
a point between the transmission
a id the wheels, removed sntneuhal
front the latter. This design, it is
In-id, will provide tooling for the
front brakes, which will be ex
posed to the oaru.ih of air ay the
car moves forward.
In the point or performance,
front-wheel drive holds much
promise. Us supporters claim that
11 will virtually eliminate ihe haz
ard of skidding, since the driving
lorce Is applied always in the plane
or direction of the front w heels
and not at a tangent (, them as
is the I'itiiu with icar-w heel de
sign. Important In 'I urn ing.
Till. change is an impoitanl eon.
sideraiion when ro. Hiding a turn.
The rear wheels of the ironl-diiw
car will lollow the Hunt ones,
w hit-h are the w heels that an
jt ed as well as those I hat move
the car.
l.'-ss toad clearance jifiollii-1
item In winch rront -drive is i
make its contribution to gieabT
safely in driving. The whole car
can be brought closer lo 1 1n
ground, with Hie drive shall, dif
ferential ii ud 1 1 au.'Uiiisxiun ui.il-
ontside the frame instead oi
beneath il. My thus Imwiliitf lie
center of gravity, overturning be.
comes mure dilfH nil.
Increased traction also isetiiiiu d
lor the design will-h appll-s He
power to the lOt ew heels. These
whir have driven Ihe ex 1 I tlie'il .1 1
front-wheel diive cms have taken
them through mid which would I"
i to passable for the eon venl lonat
lpe of car. Snow also can be
negotiated more cn.siiy.
Kllnitnaliiui of noise by ridding
the ear of body riiuibb s also is all j
advance with li ont-di ive propo-
le ills claim. !
IVotil-wheel drive is going to J
meet vvilh objections. It will'!"
The left turning motorist In Detroit will pass tin; traffic officer
on hi rigid under a new traffic plan. Tin picture, below
shows liuvv the city has established traffic Iain's on largo -thoroughfares,
ty David .1. WllUie i "slower" to a "faster"' lano and
(Associated 1'ress Correspondent) tv.ro versa will he permitted.
DHTItOlT AI' Its traffic! Weaving In and out of traffic,
problem rapidly assuming the as- j however, is not to be permitted "and
peet of n "s(uar peg in a round ( the driver who leaves u lane when
hole," Detroit Is proceeding to re-t traffic Is stopped for a traffic, light
lievo it, not by enlarging the hole and seeks lo reach the head of
but by economizing on space. line probably will receive a
The city proposes to carry the "fieket" from a nearby traffic offi-
one-way street idea a step farther
and divide Us main thoroughfares
into one-way lanes.
An experiment already tried out
on one main artery Is to he extend
ed to other avenues. Itroad yellow
stripes are painted upon the pave
ment, dividing the street into six
lanes or channels.
Tho two outside lanes are for
parking and the four inner ones
for traffle. Two are for traffic In
one direction and two for that
moving In the opposite direction.
Under certain conditions of traf
fic it Is expected motorists will be
required to remain wiimn mo iuiiu i
chosen upon entering the street, would
DKTUOIT, Aug. 17 "If tho
world's worst automobile driver
could take u Chrysler ear and drive
it for days In the worst of weather
and over the world's
the p mishment tho car
ceive would not be equal to, :ior
would It even approximate, the
punishment inflicted upon cars
under test In the engineering lab
oratories of the Chrysler Corpora
tion at Detroit." This Is the state-
! inent of J. W. Krazer. general sales
' manager of the Chrysler sales cor
poration.
"In building Chrysler caiH," he
continued, "no purt Is considered
too small nor loo Insignificant to
receive the most thorough tests
that th eengineers are able to de
vise for it.
"An example of this was brought
out recently when a certain make
of chromium-plated door handle
was considered for use on Chrysler
cars. Heforecars. Iteforu Chrysler
engineers would consent lo its be
ing placed in product loj. on the
cars, It had to pass several rigid
tents the most important of which
was the salt spray test. Those who
live near the sva shore know that
sail is o"e of the worst known cor
rosive agents and to prove the abil
ity of the chromium plate on these
dour handles to withstand corro
sion, samples of (he door handles
were lashed for hours by a strong
saline bath. It was only after they
had snrvlved this test without harm
I hat they w ere considered eligible
for use on Chrysler caivi.
"Tests given other parts of Chry
sler cars are just as rigid. A Chry
sler body, for example, Is taken
from the assembly line and placed.!
in a compartment (hat is lined with
steam pipes. The door is closid,
t he steam Is turned on and the
mercury In the thermometer,
mounts to a blistering temperature.
Ojtly the finest of finishes can
withstand the ravages of this ter
rific heat test but unless the Chry
sler body can stand it w it boat harm
to the finish, it Is not fit to be
placed upon the Chrysler chassis.
"Due of the final lesls al the
Chrysler laboratories Is the Itelgian '
Killer test. It is for the purpose of
or not I he rom-
flawlessly assembled. In this test (J
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ecentric rouers
PORTLAND, Aug. 17, (AP !
Joseph K, Shelton, of Kugeiio was'
elected secretary and general man- j
.agei of tho Oregon stato motor (
association at u meeting of the
worst roads ' ',ourt f directors here Wednesday,
ar would re-' Ht! a"1"'" Oeorge O. P.randeii-
ourg woo uicu at rmremi, i.u.,
July 'i.
Shelton has been a director of
the association for six years. IVor
eight years he was editor and pub
lisher of the Kugeue Guard! i le
now operates a printing plant In
K ii gene.
80,000 De Soto
Cars Are Sold
In First Year
where tho factory was only slightly
behind tho orders that continued to
somo in from alt pari 8 of the nation.
SMILES
Very New Driver: Do shut upf
Maggie! Your job la to keep our
smiling nt the police.
HOKTOVK TK.U'I'IC J AM
Motor Cop (lo professor of
mathematics): So you saw the ac
cident, sir. What was the number
of the car that knocked this man
down?
Professor: I'm afraid I've for
gotten It. Hut 1 remember noticing
that if it wero multiplied by fifty,
the cube root of the product would
be equal to the sum of the digits
reversed.
Tin-; di:ad i imsii
"I understand that our sou
a finished motorist?"
"Yes, he finished the day
yesterday."
"What do you mean?"
"His motor car caught lire
way possible and when it with
stands this tesl, Chrysler engin
eers know that il is properly made
and properly assembled."
DKTKOIT, Aug. 17 During the
past twelve months, tho Do Sotn
Six has broken all existing sales re
cords for any first-year car In tho
entire history of tho automobile lu
dustry.
, This statement was authorized
today by L. G. Peed, general sales
manager of the De Soto Motor Cor
poration, at Detroit.
Hiding on the crest of a wavo of
popularity that began when It was
first introduced, De Soto completi d
Us first year with sales of more
than xo.OiH) cars n new world's
record for a first-year car.
"The actual show that 81,005 Du
Soto Sixes had been shipped from
the plant since August 4. last year"
Mr. Peed declared. "All previous
records for first-year cars regard
less of class or price, havo been
broken by De Soto, evidence of tho
enthusiastic manner In which tho
new car has been accepted by tho i
automobile huving public. I
j "This first year has been a year
of achievement. When It Is taken
ijinlo consideration that threo
momus oeioro mo mai. iv -m
befo -e ! appeared, no dealer organization
l had been recruited to merchandise.
the new car, tho Do Soto record is
remarkable. Kvery effort consistent
with Chrysler Motors' high Blan
dard of manufacturing practice,
w as made to increase, production
and meet tho demand for cars.
Plant facilities wero expanded and
production soon reached a point
c Migf a 3
TflAOC MAHK RCOISTKHCD
A Master Mechanic
Said to Us Yesterday
I nave my company many dollars each month by in
specting and immediately repairing our equipment.
Save Your Dollars
Have that magneto, generator, starter or Willard
Battery inspected today and repaired if necessary.
Yc Inspect Them Free
Automotive
Electric Company
215 Greenwood Phone M-520
Willard Warehouse & Service Station
cer.
The lanes, according to Kdward
A. Mil to, director of traffic, of the
Detroit Police department, seem
automatically to separate traffic in
to various classes. The slower traf- delerming whethe
fie. automatically sems to get inlo
t ho channel farthest lo tho left
This avoids congestion to a great a car N picked at random from th
degree."
A new plan of making left turns
: final assembly line.
over a series of
is being specified by the police and there 11 .runs under Its own
At obiter times a change from a his left.
traffic division. U'ft turning traffle
under the new order will turn In
front of tho traffic officer or light
signal instead. pC behind. .Hereto
fore the driver making" a' left turn
pass the traffic officer on
power. Itoad conditions far worst
than any it will ever encounter on
the open Had are here produced, j
nil! ear bounces troin one side to
thi other, us 11 would over thn
roughest roads at high Npcedfl. '''-"j J
is t wisieu u mi si ra ineci in
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t lek'-d v tgocoiily as dangerous and j
untrustworthy. Ilttt what revolu
tionary depilate has not met!
with the 'same opposition: l''o ii -
wheel brakes and balloon tins weir i
dhteuiiiitwj as :iovc( that w r
not wirtth IheJr sail, and e ih;
bucce.-.b'd in cKpluring the Held.
UMie should not look lor I tout
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Thousands are saying
REAL
AUTOMOBILE
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Thousands of Oldfimobilc owners,
prompted by their enthusiasm for
Oldsmobilc's remarkable Ebilitics in
cverv t)hasc of performance their
enjoyment of its t. ,,.,u;jw..,j.Ii,
luxurious riding r ---
q u a 1 i t i c s t h c i r
knowledge of iti
dependability and
general thorough
bred behavior
have voluntatily
written their
appreciation to the Olds Motor Works.
Read what they fay their reasons
for buying and why they are glad
they bought Oldsmobilcs.
Prom Mi!uyiiiI(cc, 'A'l.nnmi:
"I vs fn-nt attracted hv OldMtmil Is?
cuiKe iti gcnei ni cKsrxcterifltic bppraieH to
mc, iinrl our Chief F:nK'neer a very di
rriminjting httvei drive an OM.mrtbile.
I like its pnwrrful and quiet-runnin;
motor, cfy te crinn, smooth flow of power
at atl speeds, sturdy construction Bnd
Kencral gu;d appearance.'
From SiitanfiMe. CnUftrrnia : t
"Witli the prote-tion you Rive your motor,
it looks good to me for SO,000 miles without
a major repair. When I selected my car I
The VIKING
the n" Of -drcrrr V-tvpr Ziht ? mfrlinm
pnr. 1 built in t cOl.Hf .ctotiri.bvOldrnnhde
rrtftsmrn. mr.'i mitd hro;:h OldirmoSiU Aec.
At (or alt inn-Vl. (oh. (tyt Linn,
Michij(r., it in -.in'nd'ri; in vabir tn u ftf l t
a rl.- (vpulr M'ni.ibi!c Six, thr fine car nf low
riicovcrcd that otiS'-T' cart in Oldnmohile
fricc ranee hurl some of the feature I
v'atitcH,lat01amobileld all. It look like
more value to me. It ha wide door and
plenty rf I room in front and rear of cdan.
Huch thinRR aa rwin
heam headlamr. fuel
pump, and radiator
fthuftera helped to
r.eli me. Also the fatt
that it ia made by a
rrliahlft firm. And
the way Oldamobile
Haled are jumping
nhowg that other
think well of it."
If you wish to hear thift enthusiasm
expressed at first hand, talk to Oldft
mobile owners in your own commu
nity. Then drive the car yourself . . .
put it through all it paces . . . and
you'll know why Oldsmobile owners
trc so outspoken in their praise.
TWO DOOR SEDAN rf?nide K.e
V Delivered Price
. a. h- fattort, Lantlng.
Michigan. Span lira and
hump it xlra.
Onlidfr th AtUvtrtA
pric well th liat
prit "vhn towrfin
lUtrimnbilt value.
OldimnHilt drlivrtrl
price. inrlude only ra
fonata ehtift fr de
livcty td financinf.
t m I
Oldsmobile Sidles Co
1 18 Adams Ave!
Hamilton Service Station
lmcrprlse. Ore.
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miles per hour
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Or if you take pride in having the finest of
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