Saturday. December 7, 1929
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE.
Page Nine
MILLIONS SAVED
FOR CAR BUYERS
Automotive Research
Work Reduces Cost to .
Buying Public.
tempt ttt determine thy center of
tlo (llKluiiutm-e.
If t-erluin Ilium tlii'oUKh thn illn-ll-let
lire, founil inOKt freiiuemly
milijeet to trenioi-B, It In immihlo
Unit linen of eonereio jiostM inny ho
erected to murk them, nnil In iwe
Reodetle cheeks on horizontal
anil vertical land movement.
Tho survey IneludeH porlluiw of
IHIniilx, Aljhuurl, Kentucky, Ten-
neNsee and ArkansaK.
Car Engines Are
Inclined to Loaf
In Humid Weather
T)iyrnoiT (aim -t- Automobile
buyer! -of -tho country are being
s;;ved niJUfoiif dollars annually
in Hit' cost of their ears through
research.' ami HUindardl.ation .of
parts ami practices In Ihe automo
tive linlust ry.
Through standardisation of min
or purls and fitting "d other J
million of tho automobile, which , ' WASHINGTON' (AP) Uke hu
in no way affects thn originality j man beings, automobile engines are
of . design, Hip Society 'f Automo- ', Inclined to loaf on the job when
live Engineers estimates that thn the weather Ik humid or "iniwiiy."
saving to buyer.- Ik $&4O,OO0,oortn Tho bureau of standards has
year. Tho calculation As posed on j completed humidity testa with a
the total valuation of $-t,7flu.OflO,H!n ; well known type of automobile on-
of nil cara nd parts produced but j Kino. The Ions of power the bureau
wir. ; ' '- Jound to bp directly proportional to
In cooperation with the automo- the amount of moisture contained
bile Industry, niulpment manurae
turern and others, . the engineers'
sorVM' :Mi;t ho I'nltjd Hiatus
bureau U' .J,;n)i:rdw have brought
.boat n rv;a ; ' Onctioii In tho mul
'iir. iy .r -nines and si'es of
: i iits, couplings, and
M'-tV iium-h- iiiiings. ' .
( Vi li e I. ; . this might seem
;!: in .'.i-nrrta achievement, hut
!i tu.y ),- rcspwable In large part
tut' t!- viiuciNin in the price of
bis ear .-i'Hl in m-king it possible
iui i y i ii much belter ear
for the name money he paid few
years ago. Standardization, to a
certain extent, also has-been ef
fected in tins manufacture of atito
nt)bllo tires, but further reduction
in the.- :num.hor of .. sles Is .'hoped
fur.
Work In. the automotive labora
tories has resulted tn far more
powerful engines without Increase
in size or cost, engines which will
W-tand the punishment of hard use
Inns after those of a few years ago
would have none to (he Junk heap.
UodJes. springs, headlights, fan
belts, , ignition systems, ' virlually
every .part of the automobile has
been improved at. no Increase in
cost, oi' at less cost, through re
search and standardization. ,
Standardization has been a two
bladed knife in cutting niunufnetur-'
lug costs. Multiple operation ma
chine! which do the work formcly
performed by crews of men and
turn out a inn ro uniform Ki'ade of
work have greatly reduced the cost
of labor, while at the same time re
ducing expenses by speeding up
production.
in tho air.
"This does not necessarily moan
that the engine 1ms less power
when it is ruining." the bureau ex
plulned, "as iL Is rpiito possible to
have more moisture in tho at-
i mosphere on a hot 'muggy day
j with no rain than on a cooler rainy
; day. In other words, the loss of
j power is proportional, not to the
relative but to tho absolute huniid-
I ay.-
Power losses: between a very dry
day and a very humid day, it was
said, may be as lart:o as 10 per
cent. -
Other effects of hitch humidity
noted by the bureau aro decreased
detonation, enriched mixture, and,
Ju. effect, retarded spark. These
effects, It was pointed out, tend to
mako the automobile operate more
smoothly.
- ' Two Cars Keeping Peace in Family r
I m!WlillllllM?MinTM
GARAGE
GOSSIP
TIMBER WORK
THIS YEAR IS
ON DECREASE
I'ltv llntiery Tiliir
j lYriodlc. battery lesthm U one of
) the fifi service providcil hy ih
; Willartl Mattery Kiatlon at !I3
Greenwood Htifet. Itallery Usetv
I are aluaytt welcome to this ncrvii
! 1'. W, Nine, manager tif tin utatlop
t announced today. r , I
i I'l-om I'oitlaad j
I . A'.d Kno.v, from the Koward Auto i
j cotniany In Portland, and I'!. W, ;
lb uiubatiKli. Ilwbei body rcpretfeu j
tative,' whose heatbiuiirterti are lit I
1'orlland, wort callers at the Jen
iiiiiKs Motor company thlM week, ;
4-SPEED GEARS
ARE STRESSED
11 Y EUROPEANS
K I, A 11 ATM I'WI.I.H. Ore. (AC)
Analysis of timber production In
the Klamath halit no, far this year
shows a decrease of ti n per cent
over that ttf the ha me period last
year, and Hie total production wll
i how the Kiiiiu decrease, tlniber-
mcii say.
Working time was cut from a
HW-day, clKht-hour'shtft to a five-day-day,
til iie-hour shift in most
of Hie mills, with all plants run
Jilntf double shifts throaKhotit tho
season. A poor timber market was suppleness.
jflven as the reason.
Tho total out so far tilts year In
the district is about four hundred
WASHINGTON' ( Al') Nuropenn
manufacturers are hard t work to
nvatch the performance of Ameri
ca a nuluiuohllcH,
Such was indlealrd by tho twenty-third
Annual Internatlon salon
al 1'arU. I'hivope's most hnpoitaut
automobile show, aecordtiu,' to a
review received by the department
of commerce,
Kpeelal attention has hoon kIvmi
by foreign manufacturers to obtain
power and silonco .
characteristic of the American cars.
Suppleness Is tho ability of a
car lo run slowly or rapidly under
million board feet, while In the u considerable pull without shlftlnu'
mine period last year 4.10,000,000
; board feet were cut.
It was expected that tho 1020
jpayroll would not exceed $S,000,-
Kears. .Much pear shifting has been
necessary with most European cars
in traffic and on hilts.
There was Utile in the salon
Flood Study Spurs
Search For Quakes
Jewelry Tinted By
Electric Process
NKW YOItlC (Al') Tungsten,
familiar in electric light filaments,
now furnhhes beads of rare colors
In a development uf the jewelry in
dustry. Tlu process resembles dipping
Hie drah metal In a rainbow and
withdrawing It coated with perma
nent color.
This is illustrated in a glass tank
yi'i up at liie Museum of the Peace
ful Arts here. Immersed in liquid
In the tank, a piece of the metal
becomes encircled with u ring of
glowing -color when an.elcctrie cur
rent is turned on. The colors pass
successively through every shade.
They are due to a film forming
rapidly over tho tungsten surface,
an oxide, made o.f oxygen combined
with thn metal. It is like rust on
iron, except that it Is Intensely
hard.
Tho film is semi-transparent, no
-5M a. ..".wsi Kftvwc? t -z-ssri3-wun.K. war ww
i cocono mmmn
- tn&xxs'acii-x six
BCWMIE.
1RICK '!!
George Herriman, famous
cartoonist, originator of
"Krazy Kat," likes harmony
in his family, so he pur
chased two cars both 1930
Buicks. Pictured here is
the satisfied couple in front
of their attractive Holly
wood home. At the left is
the artist's impression of
just what is going to hap
pen on his first trip to the
cactus land the hoire of
his picture folk, '
lll,4lillltor 111',-). . ,
S. K. KnvreH. of. J'emlletnn. riU-
triliutor for the Chrysler motor )
eaiH Western Oregon, waH In l.u
if!...H.i 'ei.iia.u.l.... r..illltiw ..I. lm
Cl.ryi.ler KtmtKe." lr. Lot. fromf"00 1"H """I"'"'? U" lS.onf..on to l,e eon.sUlere.l revoltttlonury., ef.
I .,... ... .. . fur l"t year. No derreano In tho fort iilmarently havlnit heen eon-
rolor comiiany In rortl ind m- ! r men employed liaa lieen eentnited on Improved iierforiiymeo
eompahled him. ' and more eomforl.
speed car with a silent third gear 1
wiifi one of Hie most marked fea
tures of the show. Several Kuro
pcaii m"nuCacturrs have had four
speeds forward for ome time, but
It wan only this year that they
! llmiKht TriH'k
TO l.ft Orando bakery has pur
chased a ton' and one half truck
from" the Larteon Chevrolet gar
age. '
Sweet Corn Patch
Nets Large Profit
YAKIMA. Wash. (AIM Ite-
- inn rkiitiln i-omiiUm u-oi-n ihrnltuxl .... ..n....t 4 1. 1 ...
I.'liystom; ItepH'M'mniKo .r wjlh HWf,(.t 0(irn- th,H m.nlMln -,lv
Nonm.l Woo, representative or j 1rummom,H- of thll TlWonvl(.w oo hmfdrcd and sixteen makes
tho KIrestono l Ire and Itubber ; (,UIr,,.t ., n lhlw ,, . ... n(l
nne-hatf acreii hu produced six American, were shown at tho
tons and' H pound k. . The corn Salon, liight natloiiH were repro
was given the best of care and seiped by exhibitors,
yielded at the rftfo of five to seven j . r-
cars to the hill, while., on . most
tracts tho nVerago wns three ears
to tho hill. '
Tho crop at five cents n. pound
returned the grower $37 or $li2 '
an acre.
coiniauy,' was hi I. a tlrande ihlrt i
week on business, calling at the;
l'erkln's Molar company. '
t'nrlomi ir oil
A carloail of Quaker State oil
has been unloaded, the l'erkln's
Motor compauy. announced yesterday.
m:akx xi:w wor.n
concert and
ST. LOl'IS (AIM St. Louis uni
versity this fall began search for
in the nrea that om-o was visited!""1': Klt refleetH both from its
by the worst earthouake ever re
corded on the Xonh American
continent.
This search, strangely enough. Is
not so much concerned with earth
quakes as with flood control.
' If the location and the causes
of the tremors can be ,'iscerlnlned
accurately, the Ilov. Kat her .lames
11. Macehvane, S. .1.. head of the
university geophysics department,
s:lys the findings are likely to in
fluence the placing of earthworks
for Mississippi flood control.
The studies are mnde In the
"Xew Madrid" district, comprising
a territory 130 miles long and 50
wide froni southern Illinois well
down Into Tennessee in the river
valley.
..In- 1811 and 1N12 there were
disastrous rpiakos which opened
huge fissures near New Madrid,
Mo., and to which the formation
of tho Ilcelfoot lakes in Tennesee
urn attributed.
' About 2,000 lesser quakes fol
lowed. The tremors now occurring
in this area are unnoticoable ex
cept on seismographs. They occur
a)ont once a nronth,
: Kalher Mticehvano will use two
seismographs set up at widely sep
arated points in the district to at-
surface and from the metal under
ncath, and the reflected light waves
ovarian and break up into colors. ,
I he color depends on thickness
of the oxide coat. The electricity
can be snapped off at any desired
color, which remains permanent,
unless washed with a caustic solu
tini. Tantalum, and columbium, a still
rarer metal, are said to take ex
quisite color effects. Tantalum is
used for making necklaces, brace
lets nnd other Jewelry.
to'Takk si;nati: SKAT
n-lKYKXNK, Wyo.. Dec. C (A
IM ratrick J. Sullivan, appointed
to the I'liitcd States senate to tem
pt1nrily fill the vacancy caused by
the dea-ili of the kite Francis K.
Warren, left for Washington today.
i:r;i:.i; .motohikt kiixi:i
NI XDAY JMtOCSHAMK
Tho National Jtroadcastlng inn
pany program for Sunday ftllows:
1 L M to I, Youth conference: I to
2. Cathedral hour; 2 : S o to 3:3n,
music: A, concert; f, nlebulles; 5,
concert; 5:15, novelty hour: t!:l"'.
concert; 7:15, popular music.
The Columbia ilroadcasling sys
tem, program for Sunday follows:
fi to 7, Theater of Air; 7, Jesse
Crawford, poet of organ: 0 to !i:30,
and 10:30 to 12,, dime music. ,
Tacnhia
IfVr (7(!4kc) (i:l(i to 0, silent;
0, (MIS; !! :30, Sicilians; ti):30, CI'.S.
Spokane j
KI1Q (TiiKike), 12, NIK"; 8, nuis
leal programs.
Portland
KOW (f.20kc) 12. NI1C; S, mus-
' ical programs; 10. little symphony.;
, . . Oakland '
; K I ,X (RSnkO Silent night.
; K.f i O ( 7 !i 0 k e ) 5:1 5 , X IK ' ; "i . :
! news; 15:15, XISC; 8:15, pilgrims;-;
' i, reader's guide; !:3o to 10. little
symphony. '
j I, oh Angidcs !
I KXX (inriiikc) it, talks; 7, fen-
tures; 8. Presbyterian church : !t.
records; f):15, l.uboviskl trio,
j K11J (iiftokc) G, CHS; S, musical
. features.
j KKI totfikc) 5:15, NliC; 8, Sun-
; day program.
Kan Francisco
j Kmc onnkc) t;. CHS: 8. mus
ical program: 0, dance music.
i KI'O (tiSOkc) 5:15, X1IC; 8, mus
ic and word.
i Salt Lake City
KSI. (113okc) 5:15, X11C; 8, T..
, 1). S. church -services.
sym)honists; 8:30, Amos and Andy.
CHS: 8 to 10, KKlt( Illue Mon
day jamboree.
Portland
KOW S, NHC ami features; 0,
concert. .
Tacoma
KV1 4:lfi to ll, silent; . CHS;
I 0, orchestra : 11. Serena dors. .
Spokane
KIIQ 8, NI!C and features; !),
concert. ,
Suit JjikoClt.v J. Watbly Tate, mayor of Dallas.
Krth (i. NHC; 8:15, features. i favors a calendar of 13 months "if - scribed ll
l.os Angeles hill holidays would fall on Monday, j ;
KXX 0. organ: 7, features; 10 church services were held once a The Tunneys have set satl
1. dance music. 'month and workers received an home. It Is reported;
KKI t:. XHC: It. musical nro- extra month's nay for that extra you know, Is
grams; 11, news. I month."
Seattle
KOMO (5. XHC; !l
musical programs.
. San Francisco
KI'MIC (i, features; 8. CI1S; 10
to 1 , dance music.
KI'O fi, Nltc; H, concert; 10,
dance music.
Oakland
KOO ll, XltC; 8:15, studio program.
A. A. A.
) 'Mrs. Charles Devlne went to, .
Pemlletim yesterday afternoon on ! A rtlCtl0ke8 OrOWfl
i business trip concerning A. A. A
matters.
Imperial Sedan
Krank Jones. of Illlgard, has
purchased an Imperial sedan front
tho Larhon Chevrolet garage.
Some of the writers cnverlng
the stock market recently seem to
have seen things differently. Home
called it a debacle and others de-
is a readjustment.-
LOS AXOMLKS, Deo. 5 (AIM
"Maggie." Mrs. Mildred Human n's
parrot, 1ms learned, a new word.
Mrs. Ilumann ran the needle of
her sewing machine through her ,
bund, and unable to extricate her
Hilf utleinotod to call for belli.
A t Hermikton. Or p.. i "miwi" bi her head on one
' ul.l
i
PKNMMJOTOrV, Ore., (AIM
Handlers In Uie lleriulsloli section
of Cmatlllu county next year will
devote u large area to the raising
of Jerusalem artichokes. The land
In that ' particular territory was
found suitable for growth of tho
tubers. Hanchet-H have contracted
fi.lfi acres' and will receive 115 a
ton.
side, digested the new syllable and
I went Into uctlon.
i Help immediately wan plentiful,
Including the fire department. Mrs.
Humana was extricated and lu ken
to a hospital for treatment. '
Scientists still reek film posit iv
"An 10ra. of Cluiiwe,";1 trnyiH a
headline over a story describing
nettles in Wall street, Tho
word left, out was "fat.";
Henry Kord has bought n west-
i sued.
for !
Mr. Tunney, ; stero. our Men of that would be tr, ern gidd mine, says a. newspaper
the man who was : copy of Xenophon's Anabasis In n. dispatch. That mukes two he. has
i : football dressing room, ' now, Including the one In Detroit.
LET CHRISTMAS
BRING TO YOUR
FAMILY --
he Key
AMlANY, Ore., Dee. C (AIM -When
his automobile skidded on a
fog-slickeiicd highway near here:,
11. I.. Spencer. Co, Eugene. Ore.,
was killed yesterday and Mrs. Ad-
MONDAV PlIOOItAMS
NliC: 8 a. m.. Happy time; 10.
"Woman's magazine; 1 Vaga
bonds; 3. 1,. p. S. tabernacle
die Goddard, also of Eugene, who Hack of Xews in Washington;
was riding with Spencer, suffered j musical pnfgrain; ti:3i. Family
a wrenched back and broken nose, party; 7:30, Empire Ituilders: S,
GIVE YOURSELF
THIS
CHRISTMAS PRESENT
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