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MOTORING NEWS GENERAL NEWS 1 VOLUME XXVIII LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1929 NUMBER 111 i EXPLAINS TREND IN AUTO OUTPUT Alfred P. Sloan Jr. Sees Nothing Surprising in Course During 1929. DUTUOIT, Ucc. 38 It Is not surprising that tho first pint of was u period of record breaking production In tho auio- .....i.lln Ii,Iiimi-v nni 1st there iinv. thing ulurmlng in tho fuct thutwl,d'; Ui,e oC molor vehicles to over production foil off more thun the normal seasonal decline during tho last uuurtcr of tho year, ac cording to Alfred 1 Kloan Jr., president of General Motors cor poration. "Our studies of the situation a year ago, as stated to the picas at that time, clearly Indicated thai sales In both 1927 and 1I)2S had been limited by an under production in the low price class during those years. Thus the in dustry entered the year 1129 with 1 a deferred demand in the low prlco class and this business,' which might normally have been enjoyed in the previous years, served to swell tho 1923 volume-. "Ah to whether the shorlage ntrnn nnw Imon nnlli'nftt inm. pen'sated for, I cannot suy, because ' the slowing down of production during the past few. months has been due, in no small measure, , iri, ,,. n,tt r.. tin, trend nf retail a les namelv I . I the growing tendency on the part uf automobile manufacturers to re vise their models and realign theli production facilities along toward in tho fall or summer. The fact' " , . , i or the electrical system of neu- in 192 has not only caused a re- ch Js doscHbcd fta oporallnff duced production for the last .,ur- the drlver of a clu. appnmchln(? lho ter but bus result vd in the with- Rarutfe wJU I)reffl ft buUon ftnd Ul0 holding of commitments for raw j almralus on hi8 luchinc will material on the part of many of omit waV0fI reuChing a radio aerial the largest producers. (affixed to the garage, top and the.se "The replacement market has , wiU start a molor whlch nul0matlc been an Important factor contri-!aIly wUl throw O1on tno doora billing to Ihe record breaking performance of 13211 and should JjAL'GHTKH AIDS CI'IIKS prove an even more Important fautor In stabilizing tho industry! sales in lltO aul the years fol lowing, v . "Motor vehicle puss out of ser vice through wear and tear and obsolescence and every timo a car Is scrapped there is afforded eases" and patients able to navigate the opportunity, 'directly or in- on crutches. "A Jump into Matri dlrectly, to sell a new car. i nony" was the farce and it caused "Tho quantity of vehicles scrap- yalcs. of merriment, many in tho ped each year is primarily de- audience having their first luughs pendent on car life and the qunn- in months. titles"' produced . ,in . prior. years, i in many.-of the ca.se s. moreover, Thus "the number of cars' being jlhe doctors found tho effects of the sold today will influenco the rato laughter of distinct therapeutic of scrappagc five, six and seven value. Consequently thero are to years hence, and the replacement be pcriodis repetitions of such per markot of today is dependent on I formancca. EXTRA GOOD Come In See Them USED CARS Priced to Clean Up 1929 Chrysler "75" Coupe 6 wire wheels and trunk rack. 1928 Olds Coupe 1928 Olds 2-Door Sedan 1927 Chevrolet Sedan 1927 Chevrolet Coach 1926 Chevrolet Sedan TERMS TRADES Olds llIB!iI5IB!5!"!I!!i!B!!!IlHB!!!iBBEEI!IBEIia tho i-uti- of pruductlun five, six unci wvon years ago. "It la only within tho lat few yeur Hint tho replaeeinent market tins beeun to reflect tho heavy up wurd tronu In production which took place In the years following the 1921 panic. "In 192'J, for the first time In the history of tho industry, the replacement market will exceed 3,000,(100. And in 1S30 our cal culations (based on nctuurial muthematics) indicate u domestic replacement renulremcnt of 3, 350,000 vehicles. 'With an Increase in tho world- thirty million,, with a growinit tendency In this country towurd i ne ownership of two or more curs and with a rapid upward trend of first time buyers In tho newer markets of tho world, our studies Indicate that, with the pnssiliR of U few morn veni'M Din t',.,.n...l- I brcuklnic production nf liisa will represent only n cotmnonplnce performance, with a stabilized up ward trend year after year in pro portion to the'crowHi of popula tion and wealth." 1 RADIO COMES TO THE AID OF MOTORIST , WASHINGTON, Jiec. 28 (Al) IV"UI neuron now promises to ! (rlolievo tho automobile driver of I le occasional awkward necessity tor welting- out to open bis guru go lo0r wnon Me "anltl to nuL hi cv to bed at night, The commerce department, from I its Heme, .Switzerland office, is re- I)'0ulllty t ,"2". of j electric waves. As tho new inven- tion, ascribed to the chief engineer IX GKIIMAX HOSPITAL LIKIUjI.V (AP) Laughter has been added to tho curative agents in the Churl to hospital here. It happened rather accidentally after a thentrlcul company bad given a performance for "chair Studebaker USED CAR LOT AUTO MARKET FAR FROM PEAK Chevrolet Vice President Says Industry Is Not Over Produced. OAICI.AJID, CM.. Dec. 2 8 "Tho nutomobilo Industry will not bo over produced until everybody that cun afford to own un automo bile has one," ncclurcd H. J. KlliiBer, vlco president and gen eral sales manager of Chovrolet Molor company here today to u Broup of I'aclfic Coast and Moun tain StateH offleinlii of his organ ization. Mr. KliiiKor la on the last l"!' r tour which carried him to ull parts Of tho United Stales, affording him an opportunity to investigate conditions in the In dustry over the country. In voicing optimism for a pros perous 11130, Mr. Kltnger con tinued, "When we consider what a basic factor the automobile has come to be In the lives of all of us, we can better appreciate tho j sound looting on which our iuuiin- try rests, uur turn neeu is some thing to eat, then something to wear, then a roof over our heads and then a means of transporting ourselves from one, point to an other. The desire to oxploro to go places bus always been with us and not until the arrival of tho automobile had this desire been gratified tp the utmost.'' Mr. KHnger does not view the airplane as u competitor of the automobile; rather he regards 11 as a valuable ally. He said, "As! a matter of fact the airplane is I no more a eompcutor oine amo- , mobile than the radio Is to the newspaper. For every plane" that I KueH imo uiu uir uki win "-. "ivjund two gangs of bad men biting need of one rnoro automobile totho (UlHl as iJUioUs wblne up and take the people tp the airport. 1 down the street! addition to motor trucks to haul . If yoll CIlll pinura this frontier supplies to the planes. The air- j ,adness, softened only by a dying plane industry will develop along yl(UnKHtor's plea that bis boots bo with the automobile Industry, not ( reIUVed because he bad promised at tho expense of-the motor car;ns mthcr he would not die with industry but as a, companion arm j uu.m on, then you may realize how of transportation. The automo-ja jjOS Angeles motorlog party in bile business is still expanding. The replacement market Is getting larger each year, and vn find a higher average of automobiles per family thun existed in previous years." Mr. K'lingor. believes that the country is exceptionally sound, that business conditions are in excellent shape and states .that "('hevrolet in thri first "six months of the new year has an excellent opportunity to equal the remark ablo record set during the first six months of this year." M "Just my size," says this Pacific Coast society girl, measuring the Oldsmobile Convertible Coupe, "And it was learned that the swanky little car and the girl are just the height of Venus dc Milo 5 feet 4 inches. The car is quickly converted from coupe to roadster,; and vice versa, by the adjustment of the glass side windows and up or down top, . ' ' Tombstone, Old Mining Town, Joins Ranks of "Ghosts" with Celebration I'ielure driving into a small western town virtually dead for 40 vein-M ii ml fimlinkr It suLldcnlV lransformed Into a seething mael- strom with saloons wide open. Klimhintf hans running full blast , n Oakland All American Six felt as they arrived recently In Tomb stone, Arizona, Tho occasion was the death rally of tho little town, for having pass ed from tho raw grandeur of a roaring mining center into four decades of comparative obscurity, it laced extermination through tho prospect of losing -iW -presllgo . as tho -seat of Cochise county. Its citizens turned back tho pages of history, garbed themselves in tho rough wear of the wild and woolly j West, ro-opened their once notori I ous resorts and lived again for four duys tho scenes of that old time whoopeo which was com prised of real whoops. Trip WortJi While Fifteen hundred miles were cov ered by . tho Oakland Six In the round trip and, from all accounts, they wore well worth while. The boys wero whooping it up in Bob Hatch's saloon, where ono of tho famous brothers WUHr killed whilo playing pool, but soft drinks wcro tho only reminder of tho bar. Then tho old Bird Cugo theatre, closed since that, day In the eighties when Tombstone saw the exodus of Its largo population, was open for inspection, with two shows daily during tho celebration. T Oakland -Kix party took in a how here, anil found that the estab lishment had been restored to its original condition, with a bar at ono end and a small slao at the other. Alczzanlno floor boxes M, housed patrons againtl just as they Mjdfd in tho old days, when after H each number tho ladies of the cn Jlsemblu daintily trod up the small H; stairways from tho wings of the H'stago and took orders for drinks on a percentage basis. The Million Dollar Kiope, the Can Can restaurant and the site of tho old Oriental saloon and gamb- 2 I ling hall also wero visited by the jAngeleno motorists, and then they dropped by tho O,, K. Corral, to IHIseo lho famous Ku rp-Claton gun gglbattlo re-enacted by Tombstone Hi men. Tho Claton faction, - hostile to H;the Harp boys, wero leading their H j horses out of tho corral und wero already to leavo town. - Johnny Bc Ihan, sheriff, attempted to prevent m ithe gun battle be knew would take place If tho Clantons und Karps nu t. Seeing the Karps with Doe llolliday, coining down the street, he tried to disarm them and pre vent the fight, but they disregard ed his pleas, and as they reached tho Clantons and Mac 1-owrys in front of tho corral, opened fire. Soveral of tho Clanlon-Mac T.owry faction were killed outright, not ull of them being armed. Reproduce un right All this action was faithfully re- B9 1 liruiliircil liy tho Tombstone imiIotk, SjaH well UH tho Hrcno In whlell JJi Ily ny " Claton. a lad still In bis teens, asked that his bools be removed as H;ho lay fatally wounded, lie had 'promised his mother that ho would QH not die with his boots on. mm In justice to Tombstone, b-t it be Sjsuid that ull of Its citizens in those 2'-''i'''y uJI'H wcrc ""t gunmen, gutn- biers, cat I to rustlers and road H ugcntH. Tho majority of its clti- 0 7.ens were of the respectable uiidjtlio restaurant tux, against which Thome-making type, but lyptcul of j they havo long complained, Is go ng alt frontier towns, It bud Its Hhare'lng to bo another ease, of jumping E'of desperados, und their bloody from the frying pun Into tho fire. 2''J"lnKH constitute the highlights For among tho suggestions that H that cmhellftdi the most interest j aro advanced for a uubstltuto H fug pages of history. ' j source of revenue Is a large lax on leaving Tombstone, the motor- spirits, Jioth domestic und foreign. H log party drove tho short distance Tho ten per cent tax which every mm on tho outskirts to the LIuut Hill diner-out lias to pay In addition to S Oruveyard, where the good and bad '. his food bill In a restaurant has Tombstone's departed folk rest in unuvirlud ravw, Timo and ua - weather played havoc with the grave markings, and today but ono of lho iwiny graves there bears a iiim-linK I.iiul v tlw nnnnln r.f Tombstone erected several metal ! crosses ut Hoot Hill in memory of the dead. Statue for lrosKKtor Then enrouto back to Tucson, the motorlog party stopped ut tho Schleffelln Monument, threo miles west of Tombstone on tho highway. This Imposing stone mnument, of tho typo used by the old-time pros pectors to mark, their claim boun daries, marks the resting place of KU Schleffelln, tho prospector who mado tho discovery in 18711 that re sulted In tho Tombstono mining boom. Dcspilo the colorful rally of Its few remaining spirited citizens, however, tho county seat was ro moved front Tombstono, und the old pioneer town bus joined tho ranks of ghost cities that typified tho departed glory of tho WOati""" Two Ford Cars Win Gruelling European Race i Tho Coupe des Alpes Is said to bo tho hardest road raco la Europe. it goes through parts of Hwitzcr- ' land, Oerniany, Austria and Italy and over some of tho highest and roughest mountain passes, includ ing tho l'asso del Stclvlo, ono of tho highest In tho world. Two j Ford cars won high honors in it ' this year. The first day was Munich to Vlllaeh in Austria and tho road passed over tho fumms Katuhborg jjl'aNH, 2,100 meters IiIkIi with 30 ' grades. The second day they went on to Merano, in Italy. Tho roads In this part wero bad, having looso stones and potholes several Inches deep. In tho aflornoon, tho cars ha d to go over l'asso del f 1 iovo, 2,000 meters high. Tho Fords ar rived at Merano In good lime. Sev eral teams had already been elim inated. On Thursday, the run was a cir cular one fronv Merano to Merano via Bclznno over some of the worst country la Kuropc. Tho Hwlrs team did well, going over the mountain passes with an approxi mate avcrugo of kilometers per hour, ono of tho best records of lho day, .When tho results wore published that evening, it was no ticed that tho Swiss Ford team and a (ierman team wero tho only complete tearnyj left in tho race. Tho fourth day's run to Igano included the famous Htclvlo pass, 2,700 meters high with 20 grades. Tho Ford cars ngaln , uveraged about 51 kilometers per hour, Tho fifth and last day was Log nno to Como, Italy. Tho Ford team of Ihrco curs left at 3;4G a. m. and successively punned over tho Cothnrd l'ass, the Furka Bass und tho Hlmplmi, everything going well until 80 kilometers from the fin ishing line when ono of tho cars tried t catch up with tho other two und us a result went off the i road. Messerll and Ilcgazzi arrived at jCoinn, having mado an average of li kilometers per hour, allhoUKh I nn average of 48 wua all that was j required. They wero presented with lw magnificent gold cups, 1 DANliS MMiK l'OOII TAX BUT 1'ACLi DUI.VK MiVV C'OI'KNHAtJK.M (AC) IJiiiiIbIi l:i.iaycr four that tlic lirtini; C represented a substuiitiul fund in the national uffuir-j. , Liborty Bell Defectiva Independence llntl says Hint the answer to tho question "What caused the Liberty bell to crack V Is purely u tnctulluiglcut one. As with many people, it disorder uiiulit be called horedltarv. dalim from I blitli, so the do fee Ik In the Lib erty hell dnted from the d'.ty of lis V"3'11 Mctnl castings are sub ject to strains duo to natural shrinkage while cooling. The orig inal cruck was probably due to cooling strains. Lightning and Swimming Tho bureau nf stnmlitrris says flint it does not consider It dan gerous to go swimming when it is lightning. This does not mean that one cannot be killed by light ning while in swimming. Tho chances, however, of ono bolug killed by lllitiiin while swim ming are comparable to tho chances ono takes while walking In n Held nnd In nn everyday working life may be considered unimportant. BruiieU Sprouts Old , It Is snld that Brussels! -sprouts Imve boon grown from time im memorial nround Brussels in Bel glum, but they wore not described by botanists until lU2.'i, when Uaiihln names Ilium nnd tells how bo in o plants hud as many as 50 bead?. ' They were first mentioned in Amerleu in 1800 by McMahon. Teit in Ordinary Dutiea All higher motives, ideals, con ceptions, sentiments In a man tire of no account If they do not come forward to strengthen hlin for the better dlscbnrge nf duties which de volve upon him In the ordinary af fairs of life, Beecher. BOHNENKAMP'S Three New Cars Are Announced By Nash Motors KKNOSHA. Wis. Dec. 28 Tliroo new and distinguished motor car models finer, more luxurious and handsomer than any similar types produced In tho past by the fam ous Nash quality and precision manufacturing plants make their Initial bow to American motorists this month, and take their places In tho brilliant ensemble of cars that muko up tho Nash Motors company's "iUO" Series for 1930. . Tho Interesting newcomors, placed in production following tho flood of orders und conse quent heavy demands mado on Nash production lines that cumo with announcement of the new Nash series In October, aro led by u new typo five-passenger Twln Jgnltlon Klght . Victoria, which promises to bo ono of tho moat popular town mJodels of tho stralKht-elght group, Tho other two new ears now In production are the flashing Single Six Road ster nnd tho unusually attractive Single Six Uindaulet both curs of pronounced charm and indivi duality. Tho now Twin-Ignition Klght Victoria answers a pressing de mand for a compuct, distinctive und easily handled stylo-car with an Intlmato but umplo capacity for five people. Built on tho long Nash Klght wheelbaso, tho now Victoria provides a full reur sent, which offers limousine comfort for threo passengers. Tho driver's seat Is deep, comortuble, form fit ling und firmly backed. Al though tho wide auxiliary scut I folds over compactly to allow easy ae.cesH 10 ino cars interior, u in an exact counterpart of tho driv er's seat und returns to its poal Hon flush with tho latter, form- lug a deep, stundurd front com partment of unmatched comfort and utility. Finished in ebony and ivory, trimmed in rich mohair and pro vlded with u roomy rear deck compartment, tho new Victoria adds u distinct uoto of passenger convenience to the many , oxclu slvo mechanical und performance features which mark ull modols of tho great now Twin-lgnltton Klght group. In It tho essentials of tho now Nush Salon body de sign amurLness without extrava gance, striking individuality, dig nity and simplicity of stylo aug ment tho essentials of comfort, for driver und passengers. Tho frame Is exceptionally wide to '-provldo ample seat width, so that every one may rldo in reluxed uncrowd cd enjoyment. Kxtra length, due to longer wheelbaso, ia another comfort fuctor. In tho two new Single Bix models individual dross, comfort nnd charm Is unescapablo, Tho new Hoadstor low, swift, grace ful und nlert Is designed for tho dollght of that wide-uwuko com pany of motorists who insist on youthful attractiveness In un automobile and who Intend to stay youthful as long us they uso motor cars. On a wheelbaso oil IM'j Inches powered with tho V We ' E thank you for the many oppor tunities given us to serve you and hope to thank you for many more. . We thank Goodyear for tires so out standingly better at prevailing low prices that the public prefers them from 2 to 30 to 1 over any other make. You'll thank us again and again this winter if you'll come in now to And out how little it costs to exchange your tires that slip for tires that GRIP new Good years which will safeguard you and your family during the dangerously slippery driving months. All tirades Doulilc Ealex, Heavy Duty AH-Wcnlh-ers, Standard All-Weulhers, Puthfiudcrs Tires aud Tubes. ' famous Nush high' compression, high turbulence seven-bearing motor, and replete with sucb costly car' features as constant, automatic chassis lubrication, automatic, thermostatically con trolled radiator shuttors, hydrau lic shock absorbers, fully ma- : chined crankshaft and drilled rods, genuine leather upholstery, folding windshield and like udf vantages, is an outstanding leader In Its prlco class. $ Tho now Single Six Landaulet is equally a puce maker In the; Nush pursuit of finer motoring efficiency and motoring luxury ut moderate cost. Big, roomy, im pressive and distinguished, it af fords fine car performunco and fine car finish in every detull. Special introduction und dis plays of the three new "400" models aro planned by Nash deal ers in all parts of the country this month. Demonstration of tho mechanical superiorities of the great new Nash Twln-Ignltion . Kight, which havo proved to be one of the most popular automo bile ovents of tho season, will continue, according to officials of tho Nash sales department. Grain in Wood and Ic . As to whether led has a grain llie snme as wood is a debutuble question, arxl would depend on whether the block of Ice wore a crystal or a group of crystals. When a sharp Instrument Is forced Into Ice nnd the block makes n clear break, us It will do, this Is . because the clenvtge will follow the line of least resistance between tho Ice crystal's, which would Indi cate Hint Ice tins no sruln. Stona-Eatlng Microboi A London botanist, Doctor Bu cluinmi, hits discovered microbes which food on stone. Tho gonna have been artificially cultured ami nro of various types. They at tack stone castlest cathedrals, nnd monuments, and Infect buildings ns other germs do the human body. Having found the disease it Is surmised t lint it may be easy to find the euro and so prevent the decay of beautiful buildings. Hare Drop! From Sky A story which rends like one of Buron Munchausen's Is published In tho Swedish papers of a farmer who, while cutting bay, saw a hare drop from the sky. This actually happened at Bocktrnesk, In the par ish of Sorselc. Looking up to see where the Imre. enmc from the farmer suw nn engle, which appar ently had found Us prey Voo henvy and dropped It. London Sunduy Observer. : . . German Hospitality In ono of tho most famous nnd most cotnfortablo hotels In Ger many guests are consulted about their beds beforo the beds are made up, says London Answers. A list of questions Is provided, and If after answering tlieso the guest docs not sleep well, It is not 'the fault of "mine host". Vint Soldier' Home Tho home In Washington, D. C, Is the oldest homo established for disabled soldiers. It was author- Ized March 3, 1801. All Prices V