La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, August 31, 1929, Image 7

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Newspaper Page Text.1 Saturday, August 31, 1929 LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER. LA GRANDE. ORE. Page Seven OAST TO COAST 1907 BUICK. HERE ncient Machine, With 2oo,uuu mnes jseninu it, Still Operating 0. K. Two cylfnilcM'w, mi wiml.shhlil but lf-nt.v of hniHs trimming's ehiumpi! I vjnui tmvn Woiiiifsdny In the t'orm U HHi7 IlijiiU ttniriiirf vwv liom Gliv'rvl!l N. V, "I'ousl to I'l.iist" L tint owner's mititio p.tinK-.J in J.'llnw (itdiiK Ihc of lln- tar. .iny Uuvi' hi'cn i.n'iin' ro.-nl ynv July 7, iiwl nrt. on tin- u:iy to f,(;; f 'Drotfuli h.'ts llli' li".st ro;il.-i Wi 'v- AMU wnmim wsn rnoiu. wn. i' Mr. istiM-linin , own i r n Dip r C't-. "Tlipy :uv mon- litip Dip j :i I.- Jfrurk K:t. ihiin it nyl h i it;.r we've 5 cp n iti t he West." "WVvp only elm ntfed nn ' Dtp inoo we Kturipij sirwi Dim w. yhen we liii roek in Wymnhii;': 1n only oilier reil.ieonipnt u'.i.s n firm rl; pltiij," M i s. ( )sii -lnn:i ('OU- tillliei. 2.MMHIO M Men In ii 2- yours if pistinee this Ulek 1ms tmvpHetl J M-..n u.i ntjl.-s 'p' more 'mid in Mill lo M'iivi ! ftl II- speed ol :in miles nli.n Dip jiiKhw;iy. In a race with a tuw jlulek on liiversi.li' Drive, N. V. Iiis ol.l model went l but Dip Siup)id for fear It wouldn't hold ionethfr 1' Miey r;in ft any faster. I In (''lint. Mich, where Die Itnh-k fariory Is located, this Model I-' iv.'iH the liind ear of Its made. The V Orltfimil eost just for Die ha n ear ? iV h hoot top, head lights, or brass- Vork u ;ik $ I Jail. ; Tit driver's .seat is on the rljhv Of te ear. The steerlnu wheel is -i in ! position similar to the r,nes on . '-tho triieks of today. Near the driv er's neat on Dip outside is a larue nil) lifii-n and Die control levers Iff Die eai. Then also is the place Di n-ank it. hut Ixiore that is tunic 4lie spark must jie ictarded. -J The body is made of solid wood, ltd 1 he upholstery is of fceniii ne feather. I'A'erythinti' the same ru- hen it was built, even ih, uriKimit jlialnt. thoiiKh eliecked and erneked in still in pidenee. The only iii-w it hint's hi-p Die tires and spa rk pluns. I Mollis Aitm-k l ib l.inln I ?loi lis htivp paten boles in one lidc nf the bright red, felt lining in IDie top. and in another place a tern jlias been sewn tepi-t Iut. Strips of ,lhs same material bohl small i in i itoi s on each side of hi- beck sle 1 lall'w ay, lias a new 0.r ('hi' eon pp. Toni Johnson, of t'ove. is '. the ov. uer of a 75 Drown sedun. The .'.'ainuo um) received it carload of new pais, consisting of two tit; 't, ami two Tn'.x. New Iluicli -Mr. I'lizinser. a rancher, pur-! chased n Murotiette four door se-j dan from the Hoick arap tliiw 1 week. Attend neulri-s .Mediii .1. I-). Shumate and Albert 1'ur- n-y. of the Oakland-Tontine flia-. awe. spcni i uesday ol tilts week in Spokane. They attended an Dak land dealer's meeting and return ed to Dii spiiy Wcdispsday evening. At Ji'iHlin.-i' I iiclory School L. V. Weeks i: ml the .shop fore man, ildjili ('anijphpll, of the I'lnysicr uaraK-i- are spcridiOK- this week in Portland, attpndim? a fac tory Hchotd of new models. Return friJin Trip Mr. and Mrs. M. .1. flo.-'s and their daughter and son, have re-turni-d from KaIama,00 and South li'-iol. hid. They traveled :t.laa miles on their rpturn trip. Mr. C,nxs is the proprietor of Die Studehaket Karate. j From remlli'tfdi I A it foster, of 1 'end hi on, spent ' I yesterday in I .a Drnnde on a hnsl-' I m-ss trji. I!,, in Die distributor for1 the Stiuh-bakpr. Do Hn-iness j Al Worthinvton, of the Lincoln dppartuiem of Dip I'ord Motor j company of Cortland, spent l-Yhlay ! in l a (it-andf. on business with the; i'eukias Motor company. j I'l-nm The dalles W, II. Itppis. of Tlie Dallps. ter ritnry nian of the Hudson MofOi company, spirit a day in I .a (irande this w p; op business. Itef.-mi IVdin The Italics -Mr. and Mrs. v". I. lSeorshave1 recent ly returned from a t rip to -Mend and The Dalles. Mr. Bppi-s is: Dip territory man for the Hudson Mot or eonupany. Thep pin n to ma Ke their home at Mi:i Spring t avenue in La (irande. I Sales Increase ! As De. Soto Car I Starts New Year I H'lTlll HT. i;)i.itDeslilp liKhts. The Do near the! -jfront of the enr aii- carbon, while j ,thc others, which are called park I -diii.tf lights today, and thai! Iii;ht a re ketiisene. SfirtJiKS similar to wairon springs- ?eiiui Die car and. accordlnt: to 0.lrs, Dstprbo'.n make it easier i Jiiij? than some new ears. 1 j luce in a w h Me a eyli ieb mi - s j i);hut as so. mi as the cdls are ndjiif - j jed it runs all riht a;:ain. The j '.J'weHtern atmosphere seems to have fan effect on Dip cylinders and tin y ; hayc to ht- adjusted often. Tlie !. M j L'MO miles have been tie- hottest the j iowru-r. report. , ()nr Minor Aci-ldeiil I Only on- minor accident has oe- ipurod durine; Die lite of this on rfusihi I ea r. J uvt before hey inn inn 1 1 i h trip, a man in New York hacii ,ed his ear int" in and broke the ;fD:Hs In a beadliurhl. r J It has two opposed va 1 vp-i n -11 end 5 cylinders that an- on Die dash 'I hoard, and a chain-drive. A gallon (d' K;"line will dfie Die -:it a boot Jtwenty inih-s. j They left linker about ! I ::;' and j arrived in La Drande about : :i I Wednesday. I in Ausjt. :!1 A marked e in sales activity DirmiKb e courttiy was reported by lo Si dt-iDei-s since this ea. 1 its second year of existence Die first week in Annual. 1 c Soto nchievpiiint "f broken all records in the of Die industry fur a first, r by producing and selling nf these inodehs was made asinn for c-lelratton b or'i'i 11 ::;a lions all over Die Stales. As a result, elllhus- iaMii for Do- c.-ir foltowinur Die an nouncement of the new record was reflected in t lie la ii:e number of sales reported during the tirst lialf Of tllC IIIOTlDl. De Sol entere. duriiur The having history t nited BIG INCREASE IN ! CARS IN OREGON; Registrations for' First Six . Months of 1929 Show 226,293 Autos. ' SALK.M. Ore.. Aug. 31, (Special) ; .More than the usoul increase is noted in motor vehicle refM'trn t ions for th,. first six moiiths of 1HLM.t, the records of the .secretary of state showing 11. total reykstra- ' Don of L'Jti,'.:! pa sse nyiM- cars and trucks aVainst 1.47-1 for 'the first ; six months of DilIR. This is ne : doubt In part Die result of the new , amendment effective- .lone !, in:. i providinir for the issufuK of li- ; cpiisck at the threc-(uarter fee be tween April 1st and June :ioth of; the year, many inoioi- vehicle own ers taking advantage of this privi- i leii-e of putting; their ears into op- j etation a month earlier at this! small additional PNpene over Dip! usual half-year fee. The total re-; ceipts id' June IlOth of tin1 current year, from uioior vidiicle ivnistni-j tions a nd kind rod t ransuel ions. 1 a 111 oil n ted to (.(i.SS5. 4fi2.S 1 . com -paired to SiiJ,:'!i 1,1 1 7.-ti! to .June :Mtli , of the previous year. ; Not withstanding loo number ; takiriHT ad-antaKP' uf th( reduced fee in .lune, the July registration still show a substantial increase,; with 2L',0O Siassenf-er cars and trucks, and receipts for the month : amountiiur to $:i!i,.)S l .,;. This ; hriiiKs Iho total receipts for the' year up to well over $7,0011.000.00. 1 A tahulajlon covering, "new"! registrations, refei'rini,' to new cars, or cars' which have not here-; tofore been re.iifered in this stale. : includes l?S,:jN7 passenyer cars, and ' :i.:t"!) trucks fi'om January 1st to; June :!i'th. This is an increase of: fi, 7!" ."1 passenger i-a rs a nd SSft trucks over the sninc jieriod in l'.i-'S. An inleresDn1-? comparison has i also been made covering; passen-g-cr and commercial car license fees from 1 HL'H to I H-H, inclusive, showing- average license fee paid, eoni.plted op the basis of full fee collected during; Die first si montijs of each year with the ex ception of in::!", where the first fiv. months only were ns-d. The re ceipts from thin source for are double those for Dip ypa r but in addition to the increase la number of registrations from ypar lo year, the siudy disclosps that that Diore has bppn a deciled In crease in the a Venigv licens;' fee paid for passengpi- cars and a de crease in t he fee for t nicks. The average fee for passengt-r cars la 1!: was $:M,IO!i, with a gradual increase each year to $:'S.(iia for the year I!L!!i. and for Ducks, a fe, of $rt,!i:i2 in I HIM decreasing o $4S,ir.(; in l!2ii. Taking Inin con sideration the large inajoiit y id' passengvr car regist rations, it is not tin likely; K'lVirtUng- t" "Mmv whit study the statist jes, 1 ha t Dp advance in average ("pes has much to do with the yearly Increase in receipts. At Dip sa no; time, th lv tabulation also bear out the the ory that the growing' tendency t toward a larger and l-t I -t class of ear for pleasure purposes. ;nid the lighter truck for commercial use rather than Die cunibersonio, heav ily loaded vehicle of he past which has caused so much grief to in state and local ruad building: de partments. '1 he increasing; popularity of Orctfon as a vacation ground is forcibly shown by the touriwt regis tration figures In the office of the secretary of state. July, usually tie banner month of the season, closed with a registration record far b yoml att expecta t iuns, the registra tions for thai month exceeding; those for the same month in 1!N by 4,r.o-7. This brings the total re,, istraiion for the current year so far 10 5H.7MI. or f. !:?:! more than for the first seven m on t lis nf I !i 2 S. Having- in mjnd Die- w onderf u I au tumn weather still lo- he en.ioyed here in Oregon, and our splendid nerwork of improved highways. 11 is confidently expected Dial by Die end of- the year all previous re cords will he broken. Korlv-slx. id the stales of the I'niied Suites arc represented in t hose regist ra t ion so far ibis season, as well as the District of Columbia, Alaska. Ha waii. 'a nada. 1 "ana i Zone, l-hig-lanil, l-rance, (iermany. Java aim Die Philippine Islands. Our neigh boring state of l'a Ml oruia leads with :t ('.,;": li 1 iv-Kisl ratio u,s during Die year, ami (he state of Washing ton sepoud with !l,;i"I. The largest number of registrations for tho year was made at the Ashland sta tion, with i:t,'.i:N, witii drams pass second with Kl.Mfi. An outstand ing1 regisi railoii was made at dra nts I 'ass during J uly, with a record of 7, 1 2:1 ears during that mouth, compared with a total reg istration nf li,l:i cars nt Dial point during' the first six montis of (ho year. This MKirked increase is due largely to the recent, extensive- Im provements on the lledwood High, way hi So nt hern Oregon a ml Northern a lifornfa. "Stale air fs actually injurious," says a doctor. Yet the. kid next door g)( s right on practicing- it. Ford With, Road Run Record Is Displayed Here At Die 1'erkin's Motor company, lust Weil uesday wax exhibited a Model "A" Kurd that lowered tll Sliced record by nearly two hour, between Phoenix, AlU. a nd I .oh Angeler and return. It set the on prccedonted average speed 10 Phoenix of aS.i'ii miles per hour. Mr. Iteatly, the exhibitor gave an interest In; talk to about one hundred persons about Die per formance of the car ami lubrica tion and motor nils. This ear was one of Die first Model "A" Tudor sedans to ri'ine to the Pacific coast, IDs motor number is I2s:, li had been driven about 24.000 ; miles, over average road conditions j and at all turn Iikk maintained an aveiage speed of tin miles an hour. : The most re ma rkable fact about ! this car is that Diey have only had ! the valves, ground: the- car it cm present in perfect running- condi tion. In view of the fact that the pre vious record had been established by an open ear especially prepared for the run. Die .sensational dash of this strictly stack sedan Is even inoro Impressive, It was driven by amateur drivers who were none too. familiar UDi t he road and who had never had experience in fast road driving-. The entire iilti mile run was made without mechanica. repair of any description although at times Die roads w pre so rough that the occupants wore throw-. front their .seats and within a few , hours the car was subjected to more severe shocks and si runs than the average car would encounter in : its entire lifetime. After completing; the dash to ' Phoenix and return. Model "A" l-'ord No. D!S:i made a grupllhii. 500 mile speed test at Mnroe Dry Lake in ihe Mojave Desert averaging- til'.fD miles per hour. Roadsters Win Two Stock Car Races In Tulsa ; A Hudson Hlandard-, stock road j ster finished in first place, driven !"hy Matt Ward in the Hm-lap race ! at Tulsa, Okla. fairgrounds. In the ; first race Ward finished find and ! Jlmmie Davis finished hccoiid. bo:ii i driving stock H'udson roadsters, j The field was file largest ami inn' ; tcpresentnltve ever entered. ! Another stock Hudson roadster. ! owned by Kddie .Meyers, won the ' t welve-hour endurance run on I July U1I1 at Dm liohy speedway, jlammund, Jir liana. ,Mt Meyers purchased his Hudson roadster on Thursday, July 11th, and decided to enter it In the stock cur endur ance run. Time was so limited that the car went to the post with only D'S miles on the speedometer mid without a test run. The rules of (hv entry blank tvijuired that the lop, windshield, sparo tire, head llgiits, bumper, and muffler he removed. The car was prepared laic Satur day evening and was at the track Sunday morning at. 7::io a. m. 'I he race started at S:IH a. m. and Die Hudson tool;, the lead im mediately. Nine stops were made during; the twelve houi-w, all hut two being only for change of driv ers and gas. oil and water, of other two. one was change and the other the vacuum tank, no adjustments besides made during- the race. The total mileag-e 6$D find save the TludHon car first place, by a wide margin. This Is another record to be added to the: long; list hung- up by the Orcater Hudson and Kssex the I'hnllenKer Hnee their introduction at the tirst of the year. The- Increasing' jiopu lurity of these cars hus enabled the Hudson Motor far company; to break all production records, month by month for tlie first seven months of the year. There .wero liftti.tKli' Hudson and Ksscx motor cary produced In the first sovon. months of 1 nutt. This was in In crease of 4 1 ,7;ii units over the. same period in 11128, which was the largest previous seven mouths pe riod. . . 1 . for a tiro to regailuie mechanical '. this wero Krlg-htonlny or shoolinpr of pamv from an airplane is forbidden in ovpred was California by statute. 1 At Las Uniform MaammaaB 1921) Chevrolet "6" Coach, driven only 1S00 miles; licensed. 192!) Chevrolet Sedan, never, heen licensed or driven. These cars are new Liberal discount. Perkins Motor Co. 4th and Adams Phone Main 500. maansmnampmmmamm GARAGE GOSSIP rClMMrnlei Snlc I I. (1. Lantz. of Dove, has pur- chased a new 1 'hev 10 1 1 l con pe t from the l.arison Chevrolet garage., j "Walter McDrath. of North Powder ! bong-hl a truck; 1 1. J. Anders-m, a ; new sedan: A. 10. i'pehler. an Im perial sedan and II. K. Hell, a new truck. I Chryslcp Sale Ms. Claude .lofilan, of Kuier ! prise, purchased a 1;.". C),tv"L-r s. -dan fhfs we- k. D. T. Mai ley. ot ujith frank. Cleaviager It is our business to see that your automobile, truck or tractor is Electrically Correct And you can save your dollars by calling us for Complete Auto Electric Service Batteries, Starters, Lights, ' Magnetos, Generators. All Work Fully Guaranteed Automotive Electric Company 2 1 a Greenwood Phone M-520 Willnid Warehouse & Service Station FREE LECTURE on CHRISTIAN SCIENCE Paul Stark Secley, C. S. IS. - Of Portland, Oregon. Member of the Hoard of Lectureship of the Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts. 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