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MOTORING NEWS
GENERAL NEWS
VOLUME XXVIII
LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY APRIL 19, 1930
NUMBEjR 208
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DRIVE CAREFULLY;
FEW ACCIDENTS
Y Motorist Would Follow
Simple Rules, Less Ac-,
eidents, Dreves Says.
Lot know what yon ure go
ing) to do. next
Go to the center uf tho road
just before yuii plan u left turn
Go ua far to the right as possible
before' in'aking a right turn,'.
Signal when you ure going to
turn or atop. J
All Himple rules of the road on
acted Into laws In most of the
atutoH of ,lhe United States, and
most necessary to driving safety.
"If every motorist would follo.w
tho Himple rules laid down by ex
pens for slopping; Blurting und
turning, hundreds of aecftlunts
would bo avoided every day,"
stuted h. M. Dreves. regional man
ager, Oakland ilolor Cur com
pany. Oakland V-8 and J'ontiae
dislributors in tho West, in un In-,
tervirw' on safe driving recently.
)"In the western states, the
'ilea are simple, .easy -to follow
md soon become a habit If fol
lowed for a short time. The left
tin n signal is tho urm held hori
zontally. Before turning to the
right extend the unit vertically.
Tho stop or slowing signal,- la the
arm held downward.
Snl'o Driving a Habit
"Kafu driving is more or less
habit. Tho driver is the one who
takes more and greater chances
an time goes on, .until lie comes a
cropper, and something huppeps.
"The stute highway commission
ia rapidly widening and straighten-I
ing I lie roads of the state so. that
motoring is safer than it ever vas
before. This work is going on to J
the t nun nf millions tC ilnllurx
every month in every stale. Curs ! "urson ,u welcome the planes.
capable of higher speeds, need
wider roads, better alignment of ;
routes and more room for opera-
tlou. This is the aim of the high-I
way commissions of all the states,
and the work is 'being rushed to.
completion us rapidly as money is
available.
"Naturally Hie amount of- road
improvement work that can be
done in any one year is limited,
not only by tho available funds,
but by the necessity of keeping
main routes in tru voluble condi
tion1 at all times.
"No motorist wants all the roads
torn up all the time. Necessarily
of the realignment und road
6,670 Gallons
Gas Needed For
Fokker Flight
ANGISLKS. Apr. l'j Six
thousand, six hundred and sev
enty gallons of Itlchfield gasoline
were required to bring the pair
of gigantic Kokkcr K-33 passe n
ger planes of the Western Air
Express from New 'York' to. Los
Angeles, according to figures just
released here by tlio Klchfield Oil
company.
Kach of the huge f lyinglinei s
averaged about 115 gallons of fuel
per hour and their total flying
time was approximately 2'J hours,
it was diseloaed. Tho planes muilo
an uverago speed of 1J0 miles per
hour. Their total mileuge was
2 9 SO apiece.
At the various airports whore
the. planes stopped for refueling.
Western Air Express officials es
timated, u total of yon, ooo per
sons viewed the ships und approx
imately 'iUtiO persons enjoyed short
hops.
The most interesting feature of
tho - delivery . jaunt of tho two
monster ships, according to mem
bers of the passenger list, was
the entertainment provided through
arrangements with the Fox-Kan-chon-.Mai
co theatrical organiza
tion. A (Uartct of pretty and ac
complished girl entertainers, en
route from New York to the lu
cific coast to appear in vaudeville
und pictures, entertained tho pas
sengers while flying from city to
city. It was described as the
"first flying house parly" ever
held in tlio world.
Officially representing the ltlch
field Oil company at the reception
given the planes at ' Western' Air
Express field. Alhamh'ra, was
Bradford M lMelvin, vice presi
dent and secretary of J-ticht'lcltl.
Tho famous ".Marco" and ills sls
te. "Kanohon," also appeared in
Arrested For Speeding Iii Old Car -
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MORE TOURISTS
THAN CALIFORNIA
European 0. K.
. Placed on The
New Erskine Car
! European approval of fttudc-
baker's Dynamic New Erskine is
reflected in tin: compliments paid
I it by "Motor." England's foremost
automotive trade publication, ac
cording to M. J. Goss, Wludebaker-
Ersklue dealer here.
'"Commenting on a series of road
. tests wit h tlio new Erskine, Mfj-
,l'buildfng must 'b( done in 'the tor! technical represonlulivo had
summer months, which Is- the
height of I be touring season. If
all ithe work that could be done
during the summer, was done each
year, motorists would find far
more detours than iraveluble high
ways. l''or that reason road con
struction and new alignment work
thii! to say: 'On the road the car
handles well, and can bo driven
in top gear all day long , . , the
steering is pleasant ly light and
tho car seeuiN not so, much to
travel along the road us to float
over its sin face.
" 'The Krskinc was put through
Studebaker Cars
' In Booster Trip
MOUTH U14XI, Intl., Apr. ID
One hundred "good time" boost
ers from Western Iowa and Ne
braska, most of whom hnci just
become new automobile owners left
tho Studebaker factories at South
Menu, Ind.. last week in a $iri,
000 caravan through the middle
west. " ;
The party - made short slops
along tho Lincoln hlghwuy route
to Omaha where the parade ended
at the I jo Uro wn A u to Ha les Co.,
Studebaker distributors there.
Tliis large group of new owners
consisting of lawyers, doctors,
business men and farmers planned
this caravan to become aciuaintc.d
Willi the' Slud'ebakfer "plant and
million dollar proving grounds in
addition to demonstrating to the
cities along the way that Western
Iowa and Nebraska are still en
joying u period of prosperity.
is held within reason with the pro- our usual tests on Hruoklands
vision that contractors provido 1 track. Jt covered a flying half
adequate detours.
. "And there is a bill before
congress to i ncreaso fedora I a Id
for state roads many millions fa eh
year, which moans more roads,
especially here In the west where
states wllli huge public land area,
are allowed , u greater percentugo
of govern moot money than in
mure thickly populated stalled"
iiinoitT
"Then you deny," said the magis
. Irate, "that you were rudo to, the
polieoman when lie asked to sec
your license?"
"Certainly, sir," replied the mo
torist. "All 1 said was that from
what I could sec of him 1 was
sitro ills wife would be happier
us a widow," Molup Exhaust.
THY AH MS
Tramp, at buck door; l.aily, T
don't know where juiy next meal
is coming from. -
"-"jjutij. tii uuur; wen. nils is lip.
(Formation - bureau. College
Jlitnior.
"How are you gelling along at
school, Alee?"
"Kine! We're learning words
of Tour cylinders now." Ameri
can Motorist. t
mile at 04, is miles per hour, and
louehed 0;"i miles per hour on tho
level. It accelerated from 1 0
miles per hour on top gear to :to
miles per hour in ii 4 -ft seconds
and f0 miles per hour in -4 sec
onds. "'Tho car pulled up absolutely
steadily from all speeds. . .dur
ing all ou i tests, no matter how
fast, the temperature of the en
gine always remained perfect ly
regulated. lis perforinunco Is
well above llie'uverage."
i;ri'i(iECY
1,1. teems (hat one of the em
ployes of 1 Henry Kurd dreamed
that J Tiny died. J It dreamed that
lie say Iho black, casket being
borne by six of Jlenry's oldest and
most lallhfirt employes. As the
casket canio by, Henry raised up.
looked alound, and offered the
following suggestion: '
"If you would put rollers un
der this ciisket, you would lay off
five men." .Motor Kxhaust.
Friend: Why is It that your son
rides In a ear and you always go.
on tho street car.
Father: Well, he bus a rich
father and 1 haven't.
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AUTO ELECTRIC SERVICE
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Generators
Starters
Magnetos
Ignition
Systems
, Repaired
LIGHla ADJUSTED
WILLARD BATTERIES
AUTOMOTIVE
ELECTRIC CO.
213 Greenwood Phone M-520
Across from L. W. Weeks, Chrysler Dealer
These traffic officers are having the time of their lives. One has just "tagged" the other
two for speeding in this curved dash steer with a tiller Oldsmobile. Contrast this old
car with the 1930 Oldsmobde Six coupe shown here, built nearly three decades latep- The
old car still runs, too.
"Why all the bumlngcH un Jouuu'
hi'ud?",
"Itiittcn brtiluc"
Break Ihi'oilBh?"
"No. trumped his wife's aee."
Murrain ,l..itnrist.
HUDSON FRAME
RESISTS GREAT
STRAIN, CLAIM
An interesting detail .or the
! channel-soctloli, double-drop of
tho Hudson great eiht frame is
an additional flange or Hp formed
from the lower edge of tho 7 Vi
inch fra 111.0, providing S inch
frame seel ion." This lip extends
over tho entire length of the shin
channel! and produces, without
weight addition, a f i anio of su
perior strength, which resists tor
sional and load stresses, prevents
deflection, and relieves engine and
body from twisting st rains.
.Six cross meniibcrs lie tlio two
! frame sills together, tho center
1 cross member being of a novel
brodgo typo construction ineo.rpor
. ating reinforcement flanges sini
j ilar to those that st rcngthen tho
nuiin frame sills. The principle
i of rendering parts stronger by
flanging or bending their edges is
being carried out in other units us
in the Interior slrucluro of the
steel bodies.
A special channel-section cross
member, nt tho extreme rear end
j of tho fra me. also serves as bump
er attachment.
Two Fords With
Same Number M eet
A curious meeting of two Modol
A "Fords bearing the Fame engine
numbers occurred recently in tho
Met toy Motor company garage, in
I'ratt, Kan., near Witchita.
Kach bore the same motor mi in
her, r24, but it was not an error
becauso one of tho HbdcliA'H was
built in l!H;t and tho other was
of the present Model 'Ai vintage
2fi years later. After tho 1003
car was built, mo.ro than 15,000,
000 Model T's and Model A'h bear
ing tho Kurd nanio wcro producod
before tho other ear In that strange
meeting was born.
Alplno I toad Planned
AlfCNK'll (AIM A new auto
mobile road proposed across tlio
Austriaji Alps will enable motor
ists to go from Munich to the Ad
rial it: In one day. It will be the
highest motor vehicle road in the
country, scaling SH.'iO feet ubovo
sea level t its maximum point.
Oregon Figures for 1929
Show Registration of
103,006 Automobiles
ran.TL.ANi, oro., Apr. io
"Believe It or not" Oregon ' Imd
more automobile, touvlats than
California In 1929. Kxactly 15
per cent more, according: to tho
Oregon State Mtitor association
whose investigation disclosed this
surprising condition. ;-
The official figures of registra
tion of vehicles from without tlio
slate show that Oregon registered
103,003 whllo fallfornla register
ed 90,083. a dlfferanco of 13,000
in favor of Oregon:1 -v
Oregon, moreover, lias no check-
InK stations where tourist truffle
la stopped ond requested to regis
ter while California han a number
or such stations situated on every
Important highway loadlnir into
tho state. California, however,
does not requlro a tourist to reg
ister unless ho is to bo in the
stato tan days or more but a rec
ord is kept ot thoso persons an
they pass each chocking station
and 140.000 foreign licensed calB
passed the checking stations in
California, only 9000 of which
were Issued non-rosldent .permits.
Thirty thousand - additional curs
aro estimated to havo entered
California on roads where no
checking Htutlons wcro maintain
ed making a tolal of 170.000 out-of-state
cars visiting California
last year.
Only 00 lvr Cent
1'Vom Investigations eonduoted
by Secretary of Htllto Hal K. Hoss,
Oregon's official registration of
108,008 Is estimated to bo only
00 per cent of tlio visitlhg cars in
Ibis stale. The secretary ot state
estimates that Oregon onlortuined
1H5.000 foreign licensed cars, last
year, only 103,000 of which wore
issued non-resident permits.
A study of tho statistics show
Moitio . IntqrcKlIng comparisons,
Oregon, for Inslanoo,; gets nwirc
than 80 per cent of lier tourist
traffic from tho adjoining slutefc
nf California nnd Washington,
California ulono r fui'nislilug : over,
01,000 visiting cars, approximate
ly 60 per cent o.t Oregon's motor
visitors.
Washington Curnishcd 11,313
visiting cars to California whllo
Oregon furnished only 9000 a
difference In the favor; of Wash
imrton of J 700. vehicles. Wash
Tngtoii sent" iS.lOt 'fears into 'Ore
gon and 7000 uf these were. satis
fied with tlio glories of tlio Ore
gon scenery n only 11.313 con
tinued Boutlf into Cullfornla.
Oregon's Problems
Tho motor association points
out that California's tremendous
success as a tourist center has
boon gained not merely by attract
ing the tourist but by Belling him
on California and provaillng upon
him to spend additional time in
that state. Oregon's major tourist
problem Is not tho attraction n.f
additional cars but tho keeping of
tho tourists wo havo for a longer
period of tim'e. Tho association's
Hlogau "Sell 'Bui Ono Mora Day
(Continued on Fago Elelitl
METAL USED
IN ENGINE IS
THE HARDEST
Kngineer: What do you mean
by flagging tho limited V"
"t'd Hkn to borrow a wronch.
f got tn change ii tire."
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kSmiart to
iriity
own,,
drive
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AND UP, F.O.D. FACTUnY
v
wnn tii e.sk FK.vri'ngq
Unlstrcl Confltrurliou of
Chassis anil Hoilv
Down-Drnft Cnrlmrelion
Impulftc NcntraUyrr
Full'IrcBBurcKccd I.iibnrJitton
Mcchnnical Furl Pump
Fuel Filter Air Cleaner
Thermostatic Heat Control
Hydraulic Brakes
Hydraulic Sliorlt Absorber
Rubber-Cushioned Spring
Shackle
In the Vnislrrl type of ran
Mtruetinn, the body and chnix
are flesignrd a a unit,
eliminating bndy sitlt ami
all other tvondrn part. The
body i bolted directly to
the c-hani$t to that the
two heroine mutually tuppnri
ing and mutually flexible.
r nprrlfht JlWhne Vn'"--7-i,i'
Jutlinn; ilio value of n motor oar ih jiint a
common snipe ninUrr of wrigliiirgivhat it gives you
ngaiust what it costs nnd the obvious starling point
is llie amount of money yon hnv to npend. J What
will S 1 ,000 buy in lodnv's molar ear market? A few
months ago, Mich a woitrl limit you to a six-
eylindrr ear now it will bnv a Blraigbt eight a
Chrysler-built J)c Soto ihf loweHt-prieed eight in'
tlio world, fij T5y every staniard of value, the l)e Soto
Fjght in a tnie leader. Vofl may thinlv f it in terms
of low price thiil you w ill buy it because of its high
quality. A fejv minutes Behind tho wheel will con
vince ou,bcvii!id all d.al;t.that an equal number of
dollars cannot buy its ejjiinl from any other source
si. TVifUJ
stiiak; iit
c n n v s i. e n MOTons
PRODUCT
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BUCHANAN MUNIIALL MOTOR CO.
Across From U. P. Depot
Seven Body Styles
590 to 675
Priest f. o. b. factory
sis;
SB MM h'i
$590
And up, t o, b. fsctory
Tho lnetiil in tho clylnder block
of tho lincoln engino la tho hard
est closo grained grey iron used
In the automobile industry, ac
cording to engineers of tho Lin
coln Motor company.
Hecnuso of the cxtremo hard
nenn und tho requirements for in
finite precision in tho fit of cyl
inders and piatona, tho boring and
finishing of tho cylinders aro
among tho most tedious operations
In tho entire process of manu
facturing tho car. With ordinary
Iron tho cylinders could on bored
In a single operation. Hut thrco
horlngn on as many machines aro
utilized 'by tho Lincoln sit ops.
After tho cylinders aro bored
tho blocks ure. tested on a Hpo-
clully designed .muchluo which I
forces water under it heavy prefi
Hiiio through tho jacket around
tho cylinders to nako certain it Is
water tight. Uloeks that do not
conic through this tost with a per
fect record aro rejected and sent
back to tho foundry to bo ro
melted.. Next comes the grinding ot tho
cylinder walls. This oporatlonls
accomplished to within ono-half
of one thousandth uf an inch of
absolute accuracy. s
Then the cyllndnrs aro honed
on u macliino developed by Lin
coln cnglnueiH until they havo a
mirror- like, surriico which offors
very Uttlo resistance to tho mov
ing pistons and which 1a said to
jjo euuivalnnt to tho crfect obtain
ed by approximately 5000 'in Ilea
of driving under Ideal conditions.
This Is ono of tho reasons why
tho Lincoln can bo drtvon wldo
open front tho first, mile.
In all 'tli ore aro 21) operations
In tho finishing of tho cylinder
block. Hut I hero aro 40vdnspec
llbn ItrtrtRurrf that nono ftois Into"
AUTO DEATHS ON
UPGRADE IN U.S.
Experts Are Endeavoring
to Find Kemedy For
Present Condition. -
W.VSraNQTON. Apr. ID (AP)
Death ia stalking tho : highways
with increasing cHict each year
nnd traffic experts will co.nveno
hero May 27 to 29 to study ways
of curbing automobile accidents.
Called by Secretary ot Com
merce Laniont, the : third annual
national conforenco on stroet and
highway safety will considor In
dotal! factors intensifying tho vo
lilclo accidont and traffic prob
lem. ' x
Careless driving, oxccsslvo speod
for highway conditions, and im
proper turning, passing und park
lnK, adjudged tho major menaces
to safety, may become subjects ot
conforenco . recommendation.
Growing death tolls from auto--moblio
accldonta are marked by
figures ot tho bureau of census,
which revenl an Increase of 12 por
cent in tho mortality rate ot the
yeitr ending the' third week In
ita'reh.'
With 78 largo cltlos in tho coun
try included In tho survoy, thero
wcro 8696 deaths during the pe
riod compared to 7061 deaths for
tho "previous 52-week term.
The toll for tho first throe
mouths of 1028, 1029 and 1030
has been heavier for eaoh suc
ceeding year, tho averages show.
Tho death ruto from automobile
accidents was 20.1 per 100,0(11)
population for tho 02-weok period
onding in March. . .
(iur Wood Glider Entluislast
MIAjMI, Flu. (AD Tho. "gray
fox" of tho speedboats is going.
In for gliding. Oar Wood is ono
of tho charter members ot the
Miami Glider ossoolatlon. organ
ized by n group of sportsmon in
cluding Glenn It. Curtlas.
Airmail on Night Schedule
SAIf IjAICH C1TV (AP) Air
mail planes running between I'o
uatollu. Ida., and Salt Lake Cily
havo beon placed on night schod
ules.tovspoed loltors to and fro.m.
tho I'aclfic northwest. .;
Subsidy Wuttora Air Toiirius
. 1'AIUS J AP),irrThe. JKy.noJt;jilr
liiidgot' contains'' n.'v siibsidy ;bf
a irhan-slH if it has the slightest 1 $'ou,000 Tor cncourng'.nient of
flaw. , air louring.' .
The Open Road
Good
START THE SEASON ON A NEW SET OF
years
WE HAVE THE TYPE AND SIZE YOU WANT. BUY
THEM ON CREDIT-NO DELAY-NO RED TAPE.
You can put on an entire new set with as little cash as you would
pay for one inferior tire, (,'onic in we'll arrange the down 'pay
ment .and then divide the balance in weekly or monthly payments
to suit your budget. Now more than ever you'll want Goodyears
the prices arc the lowest in history the quality is higher than
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