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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.
Colonial Theatre
Tuesday Evening Sept. 3rd
At S:15 o'clock.
The Public is cordially invited to attend
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A Chance To
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Send your family wash Ruff Dry flat pieces
ironed garments ready to dampen. Any and
eveiy garment 7c. You can't do them at home
for that price.
MODERN LAUNDRY
Phone Main 77.
y . ' r-,:
Thcri''-t oul one reason feir
ciilci-tnlnhiu at dinner - to en
'' ,wuir jnc-V coninany and
10 let tbciit enjo) uur bo-pllal-Hy.
When ou lire la a he red with
(lie iri-ifiriill4.;i and serfii( nt
11 bin diiiiUT, lotti- (hue Is (no
1111M-I1 titken with nt her Kiln!;
an I loo Huh- K left r ir jtour
fctic-t-. ot w In n on Im w 11
sn ( iat dinner ror theut at I he
Sncii)aHca. .(on him free rintu
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Package of 5 blades 50c 12 for $1.00
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THE L & L DRUG CO.
Why-
Quality car
buyers choose
oldsmobile
'""1 ldft&'Kk?
tii
prn.
Al UVH tor
MlclllK.'l. '
There arc very definite reasons why
0 many quality car buyers arc turn
ing to OliUmobile for motoring satis
faction reasons that arc apparent
when you consider
Oltiacnobile's typi
cal fine car per
formance, comfort,
and dependability,
combined with its
low price.
Discriminating
buyers find in Olds-
mobile an engine
at once responsive, 611100th, and de
pendablegiving them everything
they want in acceleration, spec J, and
power with characteristic fine car
features to assure the permanence
of these qualities.
Buyers who look not only at the sur
face but beneath as well, diacovcr in
Oldsmobile's chassis the balanced de
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long life and quiet operation. They
note the strength revealed by in hi;;
frame. They know that excellent
riding qualities are assured by long,
flexible springs and four Lovejoy hy
draulic shock absorbers. They find
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And in addition to
The VIKING
v li-.lffr.e V-rvp I'.titlit at mrtllum
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il iiuki.U. I 11 li Urlnry. Litiiti,
iiutti.iM'ltiiit In vjluc lit it. tirld
p.ilMil.1- UUmiujUI.! .Si, tin titic crul low
such characteristic
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these buyers dis
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through crowded
traffic or to park
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You, too. will find it a genuine revel
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Come in today and compare its value
with that of other cars of the same or
higher price. You will know then
why Oldsmobile appeals so definitely
to motorists, who are accustomed to
high quality in the cars they drive.
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Consider th '
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pi m wall the lift
hpi)i when Miprii(
rai.tomohil values,
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