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MOTORING NEWS
GENERAL NEWS
VOLUME XXVIII
LA GRANDE, OREGON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1929
NUMBER 107
WARNS AGAINST
GAS IN GARAGE
fScvcral Deaths Reported
Annually in btate trom
Carbon Monoxide.
Ily Ii. Frederick Klrirkcr I
I'tRTlV-Nl. Dec. 21 hvory '
year wo issue a bulletin warning
tlio people against running l heir
automobile engines in closed git
riiKt'!'. .Several deaths nr yet re
ported unnuully to LIiIh ofrieo from
tliis cause. With the udvent of
cold wcuther cornea the need of
warning ugainst closed garages
when Idling un engine to heat It
for the morning exit, or tinkering
with tho automobile while the en
gine in running. Running an cn- :
gine lor a short lime in a closed
garage produces enough carbon
monoxide lo make, it extremely
dangerous. This Is especially true
when tho motor is cold and as a
result the cofnbustlou of the fuel is
incomplete. It is never advisable,
to run an automobile engine in a
closed garage. When it, is neces
sary to work In a room where mot
if oi-s are running, an adequate sys-
irm of ventilation should be In- :
stalled.
Could this gas give warning of
jWjits presence uy some oiionmve or
I I even characteristic odor the danger
I I.I lu lOMNt'tieil. Hilt till! LTltH lH
oiloi less 'and colorless and so one
in defenseless against it unless one
has taken the recaution to open
guru go doors and windows while
the engine Is running.
Atlneki! of hcudache nnd dizzi
ness also occur In a closed car. if
there bo leaky joints with a grad
ual leakage of carbon monoxide
gas from the exhaust. Children
juc particularly susceptible to this
gas and on a long trip in cold
weather one should have some ven
tilation In the car.
Carbon monoxide has the power
of very quickly combining with the
hemoglobin of tho blood, three
hundred times more so readily than
owgen. That is why it Is so dis
astrous. It shuts off from the
blood the needed oxygen and as
phyxiation follows, The air of a
closed garage is so quickly filled
with this gus one cannot escape,
wiconsciousucsM and death ensuing
before any noticeable symptoms
appear, such as headache, drowsi
ness or dizziness, symptoms which
mark the poisoning when only
minute quantities of this gas arc
present. :" "
Recovery from exposure to car
bon monoxide depend upon Im
mediate removal to fresh air. This
K suits in beginning Immediately
INCASE
YOU'RE LOOKING
you will find the
Willard Service Station Sign
Only at 213 Greenwood
Around the corner from Adams
Willard Batteries
Auto Electric Service
Light Testing
Automotive Electric Co.
Curtis W. Sine, Mgr.
213 Greenwood Phone M. 520
Across from L. V. Weeks, Chrysler dealer.
WW
Our modern equipped paint
shop offers you a fine paint
job at a price that every car
owner can afford. Now is
the time to paint your car
for protection against the
Winter. Let us restore the
new car look and give the
surface a durable, laslinjr,
first-class protection. Ask
us for an estimate today.
BUNCH
the (.diminution of tho gas. Oxy
gen with H small percentage of car
bon dioxide has been found to
hasten the recovery.
Always open wido the garage
door when you wurm up the engine.
Chrysler Stripes
Bodies With Guns
For years, thero has boen one
man along an automobile assembly
lino whose Job was not affected by
tho development of machinery
the man who striped the engine
hoods by hand by deftly wlalding
a narrow brush. Idvcn In tho old
days, he was regarded by his fel
low workers as a gifted individual
with a marvelous eye and steady
hand.
l'rogross, however, held no brief
for the striper.
J n tho hood finishing depart
ment of the Chrysler plants where
tho "77," "70" and "GG" models
recelvo their finishing touches,
girls equipped with paint guns
have taken tho place of the old
fashioned hand painter. "Mom
and better stripes" is their slogan
uk their highly-trained hands di
rect the guns across (ho beading
on the hoods.
Now the striper has a new job.
In many cases, he has become an
Inspector whose educated' eye ap
preciates the superiority of "gun
lines" compared to those of the
brush in tho most skilled hand of
the old school. Stripes are now
uniform, straight and clean.
The striper held a unique place
years after the automobile had re
placed the carriage. When tho
sprit y booth and bake oven re
placed the brush, a ml drying room,
when lacquer rudely displaced
paint and varnish In Die big pro
duction plant, hi still held his own.
This was one Job, factory heads
said, that had to be done by hand.
The guns used in this .striping
upeitition resemble the ordinary
heud spray, with a nozzle designed
to feed a thin paint line as re
quired in the stripe. A guide at
tached to its side fits over the bead
of the hood, holding it in line so
the si ripe is the result of one con
tinuous molion. . A finer, cleaner
plceo of workmanship is effected
compared to former methods.
It Is another step In the present
era of closed car production.
MAlilO CHOCK KITTED
KAN QUKNTIX, Cal., Dec. 20
(AP) Mario Croce, 40. of Uklah,
Mendocino county, was dropped
through the gallows trap here tills
morning at 10:05 o'clock and
pronounced dead at 10:1 7 4. He
had been convicted of slaying his
wife.
GARAGE
CHRISTMAS THEN AND NOW
Motorists Warned of Danger of
Skidding Following First Rains
"Mewarc of t lie 'Skid Demon' af
ter I he first rains."
This warning Ik being broadcast
by the public safety department of
the Oregon State Motor association
to motorists and pedestrians alike.
Tho danger of accidents on slip
pery street and roadway surfaces 1
Immeasurably greater during and
after the first rains, the association
points out. than later In the sea
son of wet weather.
Already hundreds of calls from
members have been answered by
the association free- emergency
road service department as the re
sult of the first rains. Accidents
ra.ige from minor mishaps to seri
ous ones and on clly streets many
skids resit t in wheels being crump
led against curbs.
In explanation of the greater
skidding danger from first rains
than Inter in the rainy season, an
automobile association bulletin
reads as follows:
"There Is a slime which collects
un street and roadway surfaces
throughout . tho summer which
makes the danger from skidding
far groat er" after-' ihe first rains
than (luring wet weather later in
the season.
"J-'or close to eight months past,
oil drip from cars, rubber worn
from tires and natural deposits
have been coaled on street sur
t'acea. Ordtnury sweeping and
WARN DRIVERS
AGAINST PLEA
OF ROAD HOBO
Ulighway holioes, tho "thumher"
or "hitch-hiker" are as active, if
not us numerous at tills lime of the
year, us during the summer, warns
the Oregon State Motor association,
and tho motorist would do well to
Ignore their picas. Many of the
rlde-beggnra at this season are
southward-hound and some, ar; not
without criminal Intentions, says a
warning issued by the motorists'
organization; ' . d .
"While a largo ..porllonof these
wayfarers have good intentions and
appreciate a lift, it Is also true that
thero are others who havo crim
inal intentions. Ah tho motorist
can not distinguish between the t,wo
1ho safe plan is to ignore all hitch
hikers and decline to pick them up.
"Tho practice of soliciting rides
along tho waysido is now unlawful
I in four state, namely, Wisconsin,
Minntsota, New Jersey and Maine,
while other states nro considering
enacting similar legislation.
"Crime records of tho nation arc
replete with instances where mo
torists have been nssn tilted und in
some cases murdered by those 1
whom they sought, to befriend by i The government !'' a bounty
giving a lift. Tho annual properly I of "Hi cents for ea(h fish caughl of
loss from this courcu Is tremendous limy species which preys upon inl
and thieves havo a splendid chance ' mon iit certain dlstrleis of Alaska.
Un "Old Oregon Trial" and La
The La Grande Hotel
at m Gniiide, Oregon.
"Your Homo While Here"
One or I tin finest SIM liotH-, in luiateui Orcguu.
Billing Itunm CoKcc SliopjKj
V. C. Uecktcll, Owner and Operator.
V. U, Dcvlnc, AL Mgr. Carl V. Hcjl, A.tt. Mr.
cleaning does "not remove this slip
pery con ttng and the first rains
produce a eoiiling as slick as glass,
letter heavy rains remove much of
this slimy surface. Motorists are
advised to use every precaution in
driving and pedestrians should
watch carefully fur oncoming cars.
.Motor vehicles will have difficulty
stopping In ordinary distances and
pedestrians should not 'argue' the
right of way with vehicular traf
fic." In the interest of public safety,
t he a ulomohlle association makes
these suggestions to motorists:
Ite sure your brakes are in good
condition.
Don't stop loo quickly. Apply
ing brakes or stepping on, gas sud
denly Is dangerous.
Use both brakes and gear in de
scending hills. Shirt to low gear
for hills.
In coming to a stop, let your
engine act us a brnke also: leavo
tho clutch In until the brakes have
brought the car almost to a stop.
Keep off street car tracks.
Taktt.cm-ves slowly.;
Tie extremely cautious in passing
schools, playgrounds or streets
where children arc present. Ap
proach pedestrian cross-walks, or
street cars stopping for passengers
slowly and with your automobile
under control.
to operate while their host Is busy
operating tho car."
Logic Misplaced
"Here, hoy," said the wealthy
motorist, "I want some gasoline,
and please get a move on! You'll
lienor get anywhere In the world
unless you push. I'ush Is essential.
When I was young I pushed und
that got mo where I am."
"Well, guv'nor," replied the hoy,
"I reckon you'll havo to push again,
'causo we ain't got a drop of gaa In
the place." Midwest Motorist.'
Imposed at Just
"I am satisfied on one thing al
last; l found where my husband
spends his evenings," remarked
Mrs. Gadabout.
"Vou don't sny so, dear; how did
you find out?" imcslioucd tho ex
cited Mrs. Gossip.
"I stayed at home una evening
last week, and found him there,"
answered tho satisfied lady. To
ledo Blade.
Liberty
Liberty Is n slnto of rnirid. Sonic
men would be free in chains; sonic
would be enslaved on a throne.
Los Angeles Times,
Grande-Wullowu Luku Hiyliuay
hotel:
Highways Will
Remain Open To
Winter Travel
Orogon's highway department
croww havo done tho usual seasonal
work of putting Oregon's motor
roads In shape for winter travel,
reports tho Oregon State Motor ua
soclation. On sections where slopes were
unstable, tho sliding of material
onto tho highway has been antici
pated und through tho summer and
r.ill , tm,. Ar i- i i
been taken out so ns to render this
danger less eminent. -The tor
rential rains of tho past week havo
loosened some material but lu no
cases have slides occurred which
wmitd cause trouble. Individual
rocks loosened by the rain have
rolled down on tlio highways but I
maintenance crews have removed J
these obstructions before damage
resulted.
u , , .
Snow removal equipment
mm r.u..KU)e,u
tlcally every highway of tho state.
The slnto highway department
plans to rotivive snow and keep
upon to travel all state highways
now constructed except In three
places tho Mount Hood loop from
Swim to Cooper's Spur, the Wapi
nitia cut-off and the McKenzle
highway from Belknap Springs to
Sisters. All other state highways
will be kept open except where
heavy blizzards mako it impossible
In which event tho highways, will
bo open to travel as quickly as
equipment und men can accom
plish it.
The Problem
Every Utile shl goes through a
spell ot plnyiiic house. Tho prob
lem is to kcop her Mint way after I
tho wedding. Rutland Herald,
Steady Decline
In Repair Sales
The nchlevement'of tho automo
bile Industry In offering cars which
not only provide a constantly high
er standard of performance, but
which cost their owners less and
less to maintain Is emphasized in
recently compiled figures showing
1 1xi steady decline In th' sale of re
pair parts per automobile in uso.
A concrete example of this prog
ress Is the statement that sales of
Studebaker repair parts have
shrunk from; $12.41 per car In op
eration in lUUH to J7.41I last year.,
Itesearch laboratory find proving
ground have contributed much to
this decline- lu repair parts stiles
through tho development of finer
design, tiio discovery and uso of
better materials, and improvements
in manufacturing methods.
But another and en, mi Ily Inter
esling phase of tho Industry's con
stant search for Improvement Is re
vealed in a recent article In "Auto
mobile Topics," which goes behind
tho scenes in Studcbaker's grent
South Bend plants to disclose Die
ingenious system by which tills
manufacturer uses tho whole of
America us a second lino of labora
tory defense against Imperfections
I in lis cars.
j Studobjikor's syslem is an luvalu-
j fihlo aid to the skilled research and
j design engineers and clinicians
who are striving to achieve the Im
possible task of building ait auto
1 mobile- so soundly designed, so ac
curately manufactured and assem
bled that its pints will never need
j repair or replacement. Tho selenco
land skill of these engineers mlifht
j vrri design the perfect automobile.
I But they can never eliminate that
one human quality which nuikes a
j skilled workman supervised though
j h nwjy bo by the most diligent and
exacting type of tnspcetion, pcr
I form his task a thousand times per
fctly, und once Imperfectly,
Hence the exlutenco of thoiiHiindu
' nf a iiimiioltl If wi'ili'ii MliilloriH and
j repair shops and Ktiidebukvr'tt
1 "(toy, you must bo an optimist!"
"Naw pub! Nolhlti' like dat, l'so
ia. Methodist I'm lu do Army ot
I the Luwd."
i "I'm glad to hear dat; I'm In
i uo Army ioo i in a uainiBi.
j "Nigger, you ain't In do Army
you're in do Navy." Carolina Mo-
luriot. ,
SALES INCREASE
DURING MONTH
General Motors Delivers
90,871 Cars to Consum
ers in November.
JiKTKOIT. Dec. 21 During tho
month of November Qoneral Mot
lira dealers delivered to consumers
90.S7 1 enra, according to an an
nouncement by Alfred P. Sloan Jr.,
president. This compares with
01,410 for the corresponding month
u year ago. Sales by General Mot
ors manufacturing divisions to
dealers amounted to 60.9 7 1 cars,
us compared with 47,687 for tho
corresponding month last year.
Tho following tabulation shows
monthly sales of General Motors
cars by dealers to ultimate con
sumers nnd sales by tho manufact
uring divisions of Gonoral. Motors
to. their dealers:
Dealers Sales to Vsors
vn'j uf'x j 7
Jim.
l''ol.
Mar.
A..r.
May
J u tin
July
Auk.
Hopl.
JU4.4KK ,107, 278 ft 1,010
.... 3 i! K,fi70
SOB.
as3,an
.....214,870
....194.7(15
.... i s i ,k i
....m,Rx4
...,i4fi,m
.... lsn.sia
.... UII.S7I
102,025
.1 s:s . 7 ((
S09, 367
224.WH
2D6.259
177.72S
1S7.4G3
14S.7S4
14o.kk;i
14(1,276
1811,100
171,304
159,701
134,749
16S.019
132.590
153,833
Nov.
91,410
80,539
Divislons Sales Ui Dealers
0 929
...127,580
...175,14 8
...220.391.
...227,718
....220,277
...200,754
...189,428
..108,185
...140,483.
....122,101 ,
1928
126,181 :
109,232
197,821
'197,697
207,325
180.101)
1.09,473
180,063
107,4(10
120. 87U
47.587
Include
1927
99,307
124,420
101,910
109,007
173,182
156,525
130,909
156.004
1 4U.0UT
128,450
67.021
United
Jan.
I'VI).
Mar.
Apr.
May
June
July
Aug.
i .Sept.
Oct
I
Nov 00,977
Tlieso figures
States, Canadian and overseas sales
of Chevrolet, Pontine, Olds. Mar
quette, Oakland, Viking, itulck, j,a
Snllo and Cadillac passenger curs
and trucks,
Police! Police!
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t D-udy: Officer, officer, can't you
Uo something?
officor; Why, whafs wrong?
Lfidy: Oh,' dear. Tho mechanic t mediately. If a person's clothing' Haughty Customer: No, I want
said my engine was missing. catches flro cover him with a rug something that just sneers. Lack
Ijickawanna Motorist. im blanket and roll him in It. iiwanna Motorist: '
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Rules Given For
Safe Observance
Of Christmas
llere nro a few of tho "dont'a"
which flro prevention englneem of
the Ntttlonul Board recommend for
tho Christinas season:
Don't trim trees with lnflam-
mamu uecorations. Blow burning
aim nro proor prouucis, suoii as vuton and ro-forestrutlon program
metal tinsel, flnko asbostos and j )B bei,lg pushed with nil posnlblo
powdorcd mica may now bo pur- j enBriyi iB this tendency In automo
ohascd, with tho safoty feature , bUo manufacturing attracting
mmmi io uioir Doauiuying enooi.
Tho saiuo rule should be obsorvod
in tho docorutlon of rooms.
Don't sot up the Christmas troo
without taking euro to fasten it
securely so that thero will bo no
danger of it toppling over.
Don't play lively gumcs during
the festivities In tho room whore
tho Christinas treo is locutod.
Don't use electric light Bots thai
urn not Hlaudurdixcd cqulnmout.
.Don't hang eloclrlo bulbs on tho
troo In conluot with unvthing Unit "voc to tho Uraborlunds. Tho in
coulil bo Ignited by tholr heat. Al- slllllt success of this typo of con
lliough eloclrlo troo lights nro us- I structlon, und tho steadily Increiis
uaily snfo If properly instullod, a i lB popularity of metal bodies
colored Hiiolllulit focused on tho among uutomobllo drivers Is r-
treo Is tho sufest of all and pro
duces a very beautiful effect.
Don't attempt any special wir
ing for Christmas unless tho na
tional codo is followed. .
Don't use electric toys and ap
pliances carelessly.
Don't uso lighted candles on tho
Christmas treo or anywhoro olso.
Don't let Santa Cluus hlmsolf bo
a flro hazard. Oftentimes his cos
tume would burn furiously, If ac
cidentally ignited. H can bo ren
dered safer it sprayed with a solu
tion of water glass which ia obtain-
able at all drug stores.
Don't givo children dangerous
toys such as thoso requiring gaso
line, keroHo.no or alcohol.
Don't glvo them tho motion pic
tu ro machines that usq Inflam
nuiblo film. In addition to Its
quick-burning features this film,
gives off deadly fumes when burn
ing. (Don't smoke or uso n witches near
flimsy decorulluns.
Abovo all don't lose your hoad If
an accidental flro should occur. A
flro extinguisher or a pall of wator
kept In renditions may bo tho
means of quickly putting out u
mimiiII flrn hut if 11 will nnl iln un
i
Instantly, turn In a fire alarm lo
summon tho flro department im-
YOUR
CHRISTMAS
CHEER "ROLLS
THROUGH
THE YEAR
when you give this most
practical gift of super-comfortable
and trouble - free
riding.
Dclijfht "him" or "hor" or the whole
family, with a set of these superbly
handsome artel supeivsafe tires.
Tn every particular they are the finest
tires which tho world's largest rubber
company can produce irrespective of
cost. Goodyear builds nearly a third of
all tires sold today this explains our
surprisingly moderate prices.
Liberal deductions in price will be al
lowed for the unused miles in your
present tires. Appraisals made with
out obligation.
A complete range of sizes
and prices in Goodyear
Heavy Duty and Standard
All - Weathers and Pathfinders.
ALL-METAL CAR
HELD AID TO
CONSERVATION
The ndvent of tho Mono-pleco
steel automobile body, ns ploneorod
In the Industry by Dodgo Brothmn,
Is hailed by conservationists us a
trcmondously Important stop in
preserving tho natural tlmbor ro '
sources of tho country. Parttcu-
1(u.y Michigan, where a consnr
( wiaCsproad attention,
Predictions by eminent con
sulting engineers that tho motul
body 1b "the uutomobllo body of
tho future" nro being greeted with
enthusiusm by 'those interested in.
protecting America's forests as
hopefully slgniricunt.
Biuco tho introduction of Mono
ploco bodies on Dodge Brothers
curs, hundreds of thousands of feet
of hardwood .lumber havo been
gardod by forestry officials an tho
best assurance of more widespread
adoption of tho principle, and con
sequent lessening of the drain ott
lumber resources. '
Tho era of tho metal automobile,
It 1b pointed out, promises to' oclipne
In lmportanco to conservation of
j fort, tho now almost universal use
1 of steel railroad coaches. Progroan
In this respoct lu looked upon, ns
ono of tho most far-reaching devel
opments in "Tho Ago of Steel."
Tlio specific ; advantages of
Mono-ploco body construction.
Dodge Brothers engineers state,
have been proven in every conceiv
able kind of an oxperimontal test
and on cars In tho hands of all
kinds of drivers In every part of
tho country. They are: groatnr
strength and rigidity; .elimination
of squeaks and rattles; lower cen
ter of gravity; greater all-round
safety ; more room nnd comfort for
passengers; a larger area of vision
for tho driver, and a higher ratio
of power per pound of weight.
1'nrl teniae
Salesman: And what kind of a
motor-car horn would you llko, sir?
Do you carofor a good, loud blast?
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