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MOTORING NEWS GENERAL NEWS VOLUME XXVIII LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1930 NUMBER 154 AUTO MAKERS DO MUCH FOR SPEED Demands of Age are Met by Manufacturers, Willys-Overland Head Says llv 1j. A. MIIK'r I'riHideiu W'llyH-OviTlunil Co. y This i an uifo of sprint. Today moro than over bcfoio time 1h at a premium. Wo see things do no moro HiiU-kly today than over before. ItuiUtinKH are thrown up almost overnight. Huslnom Ih transact ed rapidly. Kvery one has a grout deal to do and not enough time In i which to du it. This widespread desire for xpeed Is nou'tu're better reflected than In the milliner In which automobile manufacturer! have been forced to build speed and power Into their products to meet u pressing demand from the public. Heretofore, speed was available- in motor ears of high price. Today every automobile, re KardleyH of-price, must be able to demonstrate speed and power if it is to satisfy the public. The Wf llys-Overland company has taken heed of this nationwide demand for speed. Our new Willys six han had built Into It an excep tional power plant, lis engine has been designed by engineers who were vitally impressed with the fact that their efforts must pro duce an automobile hleh would give high speeds at low operating costs. Once it sufficed for a manufae- lurer of a ear In the price range of the new Willys six to build an automobile with u top . speed of 65 miles an hour. The new Willys Bix will do 72 miles per hour.- In tests it has gone hour after hour on all types of roads at f0 to liu miles per hour. This is what avia tion manufacturers term a cruis ing speed. It's a good term for the Willys six, loo. It cruises along tit this fast pace without laboring, without noise, and with surprising ease and comfort. . Willys-Overland engineers in turning out tho new Willys six took into nccotint 'the fact that tho mo tor buying public wanls beauty of. line,, smart finishings, adequate fittings and equipment with roomy intnri.ors, but more than anything else, ft wants a car with a power plant which will give. It. speed, real power, Instantly available, and durability. I feel that the automobile miinu l'aclurers are doing their part .fi supplying rapid transportation to tho public. 'However, sueedy 'cars will be useless if they are forced to travel great distances on badly congested highways with frequent Intersections at which they must S IT D P. I NOW you can get ALL of the Automobile Insurance You Need in one contract with one institution THE TRAVELERS HAUTFORD, CONNKCTCUT the largest multiple-life insurance organiza tion in tho world and pay for it on QJ o INVESTMENT CO. 0. W. Warnock, Mgr. slow down or stop. The next stvp and the present greatest need, therefore. Is the establishment of a comparative, nationwide Hystein of adequate express highways. These highways must have at least three lanes of traffic in each direction. They must bo, In effect, Hupor-highwayH. They must bu moro than a mere twenty or thirty or t'venNfifly miles long. Tluy must bridge states and span vast distances. If they are to be effec tive and meet modern demands. There is no reason why they cannot he built a round large centers and big titles rather than through them It really behooves our citizens, our municipal, state and federal of ficials and Interested civic aijd trade bodies to set eagerly and actively behind a movement which will have us lis primary aim the completion of such a network of super-highways. Idaho Plans To Spend a Million On Road System I tO IKK, Ida., Keb. 15 (Al) Governor I f. '. Ha Id ridge announced 1-Yiday that he will ca 11 a Hpeeia 1 session of the legislature to meet Keb, 24 to consider a proposal to increase the state gasoline lax from 4 . to u cents u gallon to provide funds for a million dol j trs highway improvement pro grain. Decision to Issue the call within the next few days was reached after a conference here with more than two score legislators. An extension of the Improve ment program, contemplating expenditure of $10,000 within six ' years from funds to be mined through sale of tax anticipation notes, will bo left to the next regular session, the governor 'said. KSL AndKEX May j Get New Channels WASHINGTON (AP) The radio commission Wednesday announced it was considering changes in the. assignment of 17 stations operat ing on cleared, channels. The pro posed change would be the most sweeping since the general real location in November MIL'S. Interference has been caused, the commission said, as a result of the close gi-orgraphical separation bet ween stations broadcasting on adjacent channels. The suggested changes Include: KSU Salt Lake City, from IIKU to iOltO kilocycles; and K KX. Portland, Oregon, from 1 IM) to- 1 170. EASY TERMS URGE MOTORISTS TO BE CAREFUL Travelers are Asked to Help in Reducing Menace of Forest Fires. POUTJiANU, Keh. 15 Knllstlng tho support of organized motordom in the government's efforts to coin- bat the growing menace of forest fires caused by lighted cigars and cigarettes thrown from vehicles, Secretary of Agriculture Arthur M. Hyde has Issued a plea to affiliated clubs of the American Automobile association 1o st ress this hazard throughout Die 11)30 travel season. In passing along this government appeal for co-operation, the Oregon State .Motor association points out that the secretary emphasizes the danger of burning tobacco tossed from, 'airplanes as well as from mfcitor vehicles. Urging that Immediate steps be taken to educate the traveling pub lie to the Importance of protect In; national resources. Secretary Ilyd addressed tho following message to the American Autont'nhile associa tion to be passed along to its 1.0H5 affiliated club's, of which the motor association Is a member. "Tho American 'Automobile as sociation and Its affiliated organ izations are taking an active and gratifying Interest In travel by air as welt as on the roads, .Mr. Hyde declared. "I am writing to you 1o request tho co-operation of. the association and Its members In re ducing fire, hazard to our forests that grows out of tho careless dls posal of burning cigars and cigar cites." Ills letter continues In part : "Tho forest service, as you prob ably know, has been striving for years to Induce motorists to make sure that cigarette butts are ex tingulshed before throwing them away. Cureless disposal of burn lug cigars and cigarettes from air planes would introduce one factor that would make forest fires from such sources worse than those that grow out of similar careless ness by motorists driving on the highways. The starting points of these latter fires ure near the l'oads and are consequently nc cessible to fire fighting crews. Kires kindled by burning objects dropped from airplanes might easily start In districts remote from highways and difficult of access by fire fighters and their equipment. "Prevention of fires In forest Is n matter of such high import mice that 4hiH . department - urges, all motorists and flyers to exercise self-control and to adopt safe prac tices which will minimize the scri mis annual losses from Circs in the forcMts." , The increase in the nuniber of airplanes now used in commercial aviation has made the fire hazard from lighted tobacco a problem affecting' not only forests but wooden structures along airways as well, it is pointed out. Secre tary 1 l.vtle said that lighted cigar ettes and cigars were dropped from altitudes of from 500 to 1.000 feel in a lest at a Spokane airport, and six cigarettes and five ciyars were recovered. Of thee. he asserted, all tho cigars and four cigarettes were still burning. Increased Riding Qualities Among Essex Features Among the many improvements in the new Kssex Challenger art great ly increased riding qualities. This Is mad"? possible by lengthen ing the wheelbase to I 1 ;i inches and by using the splayed type, palenteu. rear spring suspension, liesides making the cars ride easier, this lype spring lends a bracing effect lo the rear axle and prevents s(d HWiiy while traveling at high upeeds and rounding curves. Greater safely has been added to the new Kssex Challenger by using a special bridge type frame of inch depth. Ifesidcs making Ks.se x one of the. strongest of the Ugliest cars, the heavier frame al- un i. IU n u n vllirnt Ii.m iln in itnlli'1- nnd t his is a con I ribut lag factor ii the smoothness of Jvssex opera tion. , Always outstanding, for comfo'r table travel the new Kssex Challen ger is equipped with Improved Monroe two way hydraulic shock absorbers with a durable Iron sup porting arm instead of straits. This is another in porta at factor In smooth I'Xsex operation. One of the most powerful in I'm price class is the new Kssex Chal lenger with a new motor, super-six designed, high -com prcssioni'd and rubber-mounted. '"Tax-rated horse power Is while actual output Is GO horsepower, infinitely more than the l'S'2'J cars. Old Den of Pirate It wan from tlic katbah. ilio cltn del or the duyn, (hat the Mooriili pirate looked down to py out tht uicrchanl Mdps that called the sea. And from this tiny harbor they put out (n snare Mi prey. It was in this harbor that the Aiu'TM-nii ships finally put a Mop to the plraticd) su prtDirrv of the Mediterrnne.in. To Clean Varnished Wood Tea leaves will bo found Imnlu hlc for cleaning varnished wood tf they are saved for a few days and soaked in a piut of Lot water for half iia hvur. New peaks of power, speed and acceleration feature the new Oakland Eight. It is powered with a sturdy, compact, 90-degree V-typc eight-cylinder motor employing many new but thoroughly proved principles of design. Shown here is the New Oakland Eight 4-door sedan. AMERICA LEADS WUKLiJ iW rLYlWli Has 10,000 More Miles of Airways Than Germany, in Second Place. With 3 O.tHio miles of airways in operation in this country at the be ginning of Mittti, the United Ktates now leads the world in aviation transportation, taking first honors from Germany which has approxi mately 20,000 miles represented In such projects. Three years ago scheduled flying operations in this country toialed 4,000,000 miles during the twelve month period; during the first six mouths of l!C'!i forty-live air transport companies were credited with 8, 000, 000 miles, and at the end of last year It vu estimated that the twelve-month period saw 12,000,000 miles of scheduled fly Ing operations, --(n--- ; - Those facts are contained in W report j list prepared by The Texas company, refiners of Texaco petro leum products and which has been taking a leading role in the exploi tation of commercial aviation. Data for the report were obtained from llie department of commerce and representatives of the company in this country and many foreign countries In which it has petroleum products distribution representa tives. " More than lO.ooo miles or air way ure illuminated in this coun try," the Texaco report stales, "and transport planes are Hying approximately 7f,noo miles a day Hie equivalent of t hree tipiea around tlje world via the equator. While America's aid express service now is being operated only over certain designated airways wit h scheduled stops al eighty-two cities, it is available to all shippers. "A flat fee or $5 a package has been Introduced for thi! air express service between New York and Hus ton, the packages being called for by Western I'nion messengers for delivery at their destinations four hours later. There seems to b' tittle question i,ut what the name fixed fee policy will soon be adopt ed in other sections of the coun try." ! Ibirliig Hie last year, Die air ev press servlcl: between the Atlantic, and J'acific coasts was so extended and perfected that it is now pos sible lo ship a package fnon one sea boa rd in the morning for de livery at a point on the other coast the late afternoon of Hie next day. the Texaco report discloses. Spec ial built, planes' equipped with re frigeration facilities also aro in tw" for the delivery of fish from Gulf of Mexico ports to in Id -western i cities. "During the last Ihree years American air lines transported f, M4,S2; pounds of express," t m Texaco report continues. "M. Ih said that air wrvice Is Hirer', times as speedy as rait and In many In- stances five times as fast. There Is no question, however, but what the steamship and train wit I continue to fill a definite need In transpor tation as well as the airplane." In analyzing the various districts In this country as to their com mercial air transportation activi ties. Hie Texaco report points to the J'acific const, as a place where that development has been unusu ally rapid and has reached a high state of perfection. Hon! hern Cali fornia, ft is slated, ranks among the leaders as a district where the manufacture of airplanes arpl air plane equipment j,;ih attracted world-wide attention. Many records have been mud'. also. In the transportation of mail between the huge i;i1eH ,tf the northwest ami Hie poutlm par ticularly between ,t,s Ang-hs and Han l-'runciKco and Ism Angeles and lit tJtUr t'lty." the 'eaeo re port adds. "The air mail line be tween San Francisco and f'liicatro has been liolding the record in the transportation of mail." N;v-r nliift your mouth Into high J fftrar until yo j aro ur; your brain j U turniiii' o. vr. livdt-Jii UvaitjiOt. I Beauty, Speed and Power wt 8lfgv. UNIFORM OIL specification I'OUTLANl), Ore., Feb. 15 (Al) Uniform standard specification j Tor road oils and asphalt wero es tablished at u meeting hero of j stale highway engineers of Oregon, I Washington, Idaho, Montana and I Nevada, Tomorrow tho onglneern j will meet representatives of oil , companies to confer with them jrelalivo to the praellbllity of the 'specification from tho standpoint of tho companies supplying requir ed products. The Oregon delegation included K. A. Klein, state highway engine- er; ,. J Campbell, equipment en-, fjincer and assistant purchasing agent; It. IT. Ha block, maintenance engineer, and N. 11. Finkbelnci, material engineer. Proof of Wisdom Two fools run nwny. One soon discovered he would he bettor off nt home, and returned, liver -allien lie has been known ns n wise ninn. . . . Tim other is still running, and still called a. fool. K. , Howe's Moid lily. 2a5TO you can pay as you ride on... 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Hcliiil sales uro continuing thoir Hloadlly progressive gain uaeh woolt over tlio provlous week's perform ance, last week's sales to tile pub lio or Chrysler products being 18 per cent hlglier than tho week bu fore. JHmIbh Hi-others' passenger car shipments in January totaled 8.7'JO units; Do Soto, 4,407; Chrysler lines, Including tho Imperial, "77," "70." und "UO," 2.242; I'lymouth. I.5U6: Dodtfo. trucks, buscH and motor coaches, 1,489 and Kargo commercial vehicles, 3111. WOSIKN A HI-: KAlt MOHH UKItOIC THAN MEN AS AN V HIIOK DKAI.Klt WII.I, TKI.b YOIT. Bohnenkamp's Smaller Wheel, Larger Tire Are Aid to New Ford Whl.lo tho ohangea that glvo new beauty to tho Ford aro observed chiefly In tho bodies of tho various types that woro Introduced tho flrat of tho year, tho snmllor whoel Ih rocognl.ed as an Important con tribution to tho otiHomblo Improve ment of body linos ns woll us an additional degrco of comfort and safety. Observers havo noticed that the Improved Ford seems lo sit closer to tho road. Thin Ih correct. Tho center of gravity lias been lowered. This hH been accomplished largely through reducing tho diameter of the wheel from SI Inches to ) t inches. The difference in road clearance Is, of coarse, not corres pondingly great since a larger bal loon tire is used. Hnt, when a car's center of urav Ity Is lowered, even slightly, tho Improvement In comfortablo riding qualities und safer operation' is magnified beyond tho actual dim ensional change. There has been no chuutfc tn tho rear axle ratio, yet tho maximum speed of tho car Ih not affected by tho smaller wheels.. This Is be cause tho lesser reslstanco of tho smaller wheels permits tho engine to rotate faster, thus maintaining tho a mo muxlmum speed as with tho larger wheels. likewise, tho smaller wheels result in somewhat faster acceleration or pick-up. Kven at maximum car speed, howovb, tho engine, which has not been changed, operates at comparatively low speed. x Tho new steel spolco wheels nro of Ford design und manufacture. Kxcept. for tho smaller hIzc, they parallel tho wheel of tho earlier model A, Ford with tho additional advantage that Is gained by snort- tenlng and therefore strengthening tho triangles formed by tho pluco- 'meut of spokes from hub to rim. ,Tho steel spokes aro ono quarter of Ian Inch In diameter and aro elec trically welded with tho hub shell and rim. Tho welding produces a whool which Is ono piece, a factor that makes for additional stuvdl nens and reliability. Because of this construction, road shocks .uro not dissipated by tho single spoke cIohchI to tho ob struction but rather nro distributed equally over all of tho ono-pluco structure. Tho obvious effect of this Is an Increased rcHllloncy 'and comfort. Notm of tho oiitor spokcH of tho Ford wheel cross ouch oilier, a feature that makes for oasy cleaning. Good tire i insurance iiide delay and trouble. You can buy insurance on tune ' why not tires?But buy good insur ance Goodyear Tires. Lambing Season ' Rush Nearing In Hot Lake Area !! Sirs. G. W. Wlldo (Observer Correspondent) HOT LAKE, Ore. (Biioclalj LambH aro beginning to arrlvn among tho sheep bands along Catharine creek and bigger and bettor sheds aro being built to take caro of tho rush that la fast ap proaching in this section. Along the river In this section will bo tho scene of much activity for somo wceka, Alias Evelyn Zuugg was tukon to tho hospital for treatment ubout a wock ago. Sho hopes to bo so much Improved that sho can return to hor homo this week. Miss Alta Lund, a student at Iji Grande high school, was a guest over tho week end at tho homo of Mr. and Mrs. Grant Wlldo. Mr. and Mrs. John Peterson and daughter Vclma spent Krlday and Saturday In Rakor on a business trip. Mr. nnd Mrs. Elmer Jacobs, Cleo and -Waldo, of North I'owdor, und W. V. Hanks and son, Ilo, of I,u Grande, woro visitors ut tho John Peterson ranch Sunday. Mrs. O. W. Wlldo and Alice Wlldo woro shopping in La Grande I-'rlday of last wock. Kldon Lay spent Wodncsduy wltit his cousin 1iuirol and Dcshlcr Lay whom they aro feeding . stock at tho Sehwebko place. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Kohlcr havo instulled a now radio at tholr homo. Miss Evelyn Xaugg returned homo Monday of thlH wcok from n La Grundo hospital and Is much improved. Kenneth Kotford, iilght clerk at Hot Lake, was stricken with an attack of appendicitis Tuesday and was sont to tho hospital for treat ment. An operation wus performed Tuesday nnd ho is reported to bo recovering nlcoly. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Wlldo and Alice Wlldo woro shoppors in La Grundo Tuesday. Exception on Both Side, ! 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