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."
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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."
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"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
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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
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