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MOTORING NEWS
VOLUME XXVIII
LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1930
NUMBER 226
GENERAL NEWS
CYCLE THEORY
IS DISCREDITED
Walter P. Chrysler Holds
Regular Periods of De- ;
pression Unnecessary.
JKTKOIT, May Hi The law of
Hupply and demand always has
heen and always will bo the de
termining factor in business sta
bility and prosperity.
' In these few worda. Walter I.
Chrysler, president and chairman
of tho board of the Chrysler cor
poration, discredited tho theory
that depression periods mpvo In
v cycles, or that depressions art! in-.
" cvltable because, of one, two or
even ten years of prosperity.
"While there are bound to be
fluctuations causing peaks and .val
leys In business, I see no reason
for definite periodical cycles of
depression. ' said Mr. Chrysler In
a Jreeeift interview. , "I can fore
see nothing In the next decade that
will n- tieHsltnte any radical adjust
ments hi our business or financial
set-up. ' 1
Can Ho Convrtetl
"The mythical codes of depres-
'tsion are caused by two factors
ovor-producUon and abatement of
denumd. Uoth causes can and are
ucttig corrected by a closer study
of public tieeda on tho part of In
duHlry, liberal credits and public
Confidence. . .
In the automobile Industry, with
which I tun -most, familiar, we do
not anticipate any, so called 'cycle
of depression' over the next five
years. Reliable estimates antici
pate the production during this
period to b; 2 6,uUo,ouo automobiles
or an average of S.auo.oon vehicles
year. If these estimates are
realized, and they aro a conserva
tive anil reasonable expectancy.
It will actually constitute an in
crease of 14 per cent from 1 U li 0 -3 4
as iigiiinst the period of 1 Hl'ii-IiW.
"Conceding that will show
a decrease over l29, It Is still gen
erally believed that l'U3 will equal
or surpass the production records
of any year previous to I'J'l'J. .Tho
foregoing figures are not merely
guess-worh, but rather represent
the cons-nsus of opinion of motor
car manufacturers, economists and
statistical orgauiwitions.
IJsLs IUislc iivin
"The basic facts of what may
appear ito be an opllmilstlc fore
cast are as follows:
1. "That only a small percent
age of our population was affect
ed In the recent stock market re
cession. . '
2. "That "our national wealth
wnx in no wlKo-Imimht-d uxcopL.iii
paper value, or securities. .
. 3. "That wealth is more widely
distributed than ever before in
this country.
4. "That the banking situation
throughout the country . has been
niteriii lly strengthened by the
withdrawal of large. blocks of
i money from tho call market, thus
easing bank credits and making
plenty of money available for local
enterprise and improvements.
Ti. "Thai saving bank deposits are
on the inereiisc, February showing
a d eiued gain over January, I!HW.
"I a m not a t tempting to pro
duce a panacea for economic ills.
1 do nut propose to ((uarrel with
'the iifce of the word 'cycle' If that
tipp. ars to be an accepted word
for business fluctuations. How
ever, I do protest the interpreta
tion that cycles much be recurrent
In any definite period.
Two Main Causes
"There are just two principal
causes, barring acts of God, for
these fluetiiatkins or cycles. They
aru optimistic error and pessimis
tic oi ror.
"Our Industry has made sub
stantial Inroads In reducing op
timistic error to a minimum, and
1 ;t:iO more thn n ever finds us
' striving to put production on a
basis with current demand with a
surplus to meet what we believe
to be a reasonable expectation.
"The pessimjslie error Is a, lit
tle harder to analyze and still
harder to correct, lieing purely il
psychological influence, It Is far
reaching in effect. So far. us In
dustry Is concerned, pessimism Is
A v:ithor easily dispelled by calm.
OFTEN TIMES
When a storage battery doesn't
operate it may be merely run down
not worn out.
It will pay you to see a reliable bat
tery man before you trade in your
old battery.
da)
T KADC
AUTOMOTIVE
ELECTRIC CO.
1 1') fl,.n,
It
Across from L. W.
patient analysis, but it Is a long,
tedious process to convince the
public that a crisis has been safe
ly passed.
"The comparatively mild' depres
sion of the past few months is
readily accounted for both by the
aforementioned errors the pessi
mistic error being tho chief stumbl- I
ing block to an Immediate return
to normalcy.
"The cure for the present pes
simistic error Is'a candid summary
of the business outlook today.
"With business, agriculture and
labor working shoulder to shoul
der wltli calm, patient and intel
ligent leadership in government
and industry with practically the
whole world at peace and with
promise of better International un
derstanding, 1 am at a loss to com
prehend by what process of cal
culation the economist can look
forward to our next 'cycle of de
pression." "I am supremely confident of
our continued national prosperity.
In spite of the recent shrinkage in
puper value of corporation stocks,
our national wealth is unimpaired
and in fact, Is more widely dis
tributed than' ever. We have an
abundance of raw materials, we
have unlimited power, -wo have a
favorable climat", just laws and a
population disposed to work and
be proud of its work. To all these
elements, add good transportation,
and I submit that what happened
in tho stock market a few months
ago painful as it was to Individuals,
Is an inconsiderable incident in our
national economy."
"Caterpillar's"
Rolled Shoe Is
Great Advance
Success has finally crowned sev
eral years efforts of Caterpillar
Tractor Co., engineers to get a
superior track shoe in answer to
demands of contractors and log
gers for something that would
.stand brutal punishment beyon the
'expected. Patent number 1,705,802,
granted March 19,-102!), is it.
A statement from "Caterpillar"
engineers says:
I "For a number of years, tho
p'Caterpillar" has sought to develop
a track shoe that would have all
I' tho fjualiticH looked for in shoes
for track type tractors. Practically
all materials and methods have
been tried out, with varying de-
grees of success. Originally, cast
'steel sections were used as cast.
"Jater, additional heat treat
ment was given and this form
gave better results than cast iron
and various alloys. After many
experiments and discouraging ex
1 periences,. Ave . douelopcd- a "drop
forged shoe thai inoro nearly ap-
proacneu tno lueai man anyintng
attained tip to that time. 'The
particular section was difficult to
produco on account of enormous
I breakago and wear of tho forging
! die, but the product lent; itself
'much better to tho application,
both on account of the response
to heat treatment and the greater
wealing qualities. It was possible
also to lighten the section and
thereby produce it as less cost.
"Mere, recently, aCter several
years of constant contact with
producers of steel, it has been pos
sible to get a rolled steel shoe sec
tion." Racing Classic Is
Endurance Test
IWUIK ( AJ') The I.e Mans
aiilo race, to be run June 21-22 this
year, is regarded as liurope's big
gest" competitive event for auto
mobiles. It attracts a large number of
foreign cars, and the fight by
American cars for a good showing
Ia keen because of its advertising
value.
In the l.e Mans event the com
peting machines must maintain
certain minimum, speeds for 24
hours. Two drivers are permitted
to change off In what is really an
endurance test of the cars.
JONUON" Kuropcun women
and children .evacuate Sholapur,
j India; riot quelled with arrival of
troops.
MARK ACQiJTCRO
Phone M-S20
Weeks, Chrysler Dealer
AMERICA'S BEST
"
America's greatest active drivers are among thope nominated to drive cars In the annual 500 mile
race in Indianapolis, May 30. They include: Louie S;l.nelder, who Is shown sending his car over the
speedway,' Phil Shafer (left), Louie Meyer (center), racing champion in 1928 and 1929, and Pete Do
Paolov(right), 1925 and 1927 champion.
TOURISTS COME
FROM THE WEST
Ninety Per Cent of 'Ore
gon's "Crop" Live in
Eleven Nearby States
1 '0 1 LTI j. N H, May 10 "Ninety
per cent of Oregon's tourists come
from the eleven -western stales,"
stated lr. K. It. iUcDiantet, presi
dent of the Oregon Stale Motor as
sochition In an article, published
in the M;ay issue of the Oregon
Motorist. 1 - -
Dr. Mic-ftinicl then submitted the
following table of the: origin of
tourist traffic in the state of Ore
gon: .
Western States .... ' !,742-rIiO.O
Kaslern Slates .... . J.iiftfl
.Middle V. Slates 'J, Ml K.iiVo
-Foreign ' ...... J J U-.
KnsL of Mississippi
AVcst of Mississippi
.Korcign
u.fton r.3
07.0G0 VH.hrc
no .2
103,008
"Iii analyzing traffic figures for
Oregon and California," continued
the doctor, "one is struck by the
fact that the California miolor vis
itors dining t ho year 1 31!l prac
tically all .came from two geogra
phical sections. The jl .western
stales, with a -very sparse popula- purposes other tlinir transporta
tion, furnished 47.7 per. cent or j t.ion on the highways were $Hi5,
California's non-resident registra- j iPia.'GQ. and the adininistralive ex
lion, while the Middle Western ; -pen so 1 deducted was . $3.1 S3. (15,
states furnished 4 1,8 per cent, the ; leaving a net of ? 1 ,42fi,Stir. I r trans
two sections together furnishing ' rerred to tho. statu highway fund.
SB.H per cent. Net re.-elpis for the 12 months of
"Attention is directed to tho fact W('r'' -1 7.0&S.2B. the indl-
that California's major advertis- cation. i being thai reeeipts for the
ing expenditure is In national whole of this year will exceed
magazines, the majority clrcula-j thosrf of last year. Net receipts
tlon of which (for which the ai- i hIiico tho first motor vehicle fuel
vertiser pays) is In the densely! tax heraum effective in 1 1 1) are
populated l'istern states. Only 1 0 $-1 -r.
per cent of California's autumn-j
bile tourist traffic came from Kast-i "WASHINGTON Slate dcparl
ern stales but a great part of Cali-j meat refuses to act regarding
forniu'4 national advertising hilljjuseph ;. Uaiiow's SU, 000,000
was spent for Ka stern circulation
CAN YOU AFFORD TO PAY?
ENTERED IN INDIANAPOLIS RACE
"Oregon's problem- is lehtirely
different than t 'allfornla's. Cali
fornia lias over two million auto
mobiles, lh.: majority of which are
concentrated in the southern part
of the state which Is dry and hot
during the summer months. The
green hills ami running streams of
of the Norl hwest have a strong
appeal for this section of the coun
try and as a result, sixty pr cent
of all Oregon's tourist traffic In
lyi'ii cam.e from California.
"Orrgon scenery and Oregon hos
pitality have proved themselves as
attractions for tourists. 'Our run
ning streams, forested hills and
snow-clad mountains are welcome
change to tho recreation -bound
tiiotori.U. from the drier, warmer
sectfons. Oregon's tourist problem
Vesoives Itself not in the attraction
of ji greater number of tourists but
rather In the entertainment of the
tourists we have for a longer pe
riod of time."
Motor Vehicle
Fuel Tax Money
Showing Gains
SAMOM. Ore.. May 10 IAD
Motor vehicle fuel tax receipts by
the sbito for the first three mouths
of IICIO totaled ?t,r;i.fi.:t22.4ri, says
a. statement by Secretary of Htnte
lloss. ijefunds from, this amount
on account of gasoline used for
claim against Cuban government,
Are your finances in such shape that an
unexpected call for $100 or $1000 would
not inconvenience you? Or would such
a call cmbarass you?
If you own a car such a call may come
today tomorrow it's liable to come
at any time . . . for who knows when
that auto smash-up will come. Every
day it comes to hundreds of people
some have never had an accident be
fore in 20 years of driving.
There is no need to fear financial strain
in the event of property damage, collis
ian and claims lor personal injury if
(and if is a big word) you carry Auto
Insurance with us. Act today and elim
inate that word "If." Don't put it off
but put Auto Insurance on your car to
day. Ask about our liberal Installment Plan.
UNITED STATES
INVESTMENT CO.
0 . W . W a r n o c k , Mgr.
Aixoctntett frrna f'lntto
Chevrolet Six
Wins Economy
Race In South
I .OS AN'GKIvKS, May 10 A,V)
Cniiili(lii)iF nn-jtinst n fiohl nf 41
other entrants, a 1130 Chevrolet
six cylinder coach, driven by Mrs,
INiul-rfA. l-awrenoe of los Angeles
won the sweepstakes and first
place in lis class in the annual il
umro Ulue-tireen economy run
here.
Kvery ty pi of road a mi grade
was encountered in the run that
covered 200 miles between los
Angelrii" and the Wright wood
mountains. M,rs. Lawrence's Chev
rolet demonstrated Ms economical
operation over a course that In
cluded city traffic, country roads
and mountain stretches along a
circuitous route rising from sea
level tit an elevation of fimiU feet.
-To wiir the
ceacfl traveled
epl, mi- Chevrolet
Hfi.71 tou-miics to
the ga lion of gasoline, averaging
20,5 miles to tho gallon for the
2oo miles traversed. Tho total
weight of the Chevrolet conch,
Willi Us driver and four passengers,
was ;iri80 pounds. No oil and no
water -was used during tho run.
The economy test was staged
under the supervision of the. Amer
ican Automobile association, sanc
tion nunvber .230(5 and was limited
to slock ears. Six classes of ears
were represented aimmg tho 42
entries. Tho Chevrolet coach, with
Mii-s. J,a.wrence at the wheel, not
only won first place in its class,
but In addition, won the sweep
stakes for all classes.
I-.II.OIIO .Miles I'm- Dcgrco
JiritFt.VV, Ky. AI') When
.Merle Snow. eo-ed ut Mnrruy
'I'euclMtr.s college, reccivi-s bei- d--grcc
In .May she will him- traveled
llfi.oofi miles during her college
career. She Iruvets 1'4 miles by
truin ami one by bus every day to
ami from college.
OIlMUA.MMKKOAi; IMkbIoii
play opens In cold rain hef ore
'crowd of r,e()0.
1930 TO BE BIG
YEAR FOR SALES
Dodge Brothers Official
Gives Opinion Following
Extended Journey.
lKTHOIT, MJcii. May 10 Mo
tor coach and bus sales in tho
I'nlted States during 1930 prom
ise to show substantial Increases
according to A. If. Kerrandou, di
rector of tho motor coach depart
ment of Uodgo Hrothors, who has
just returned from an extended
trip during -which ho studied at
first hand tho operation of hun
dreds of Dodgo street car, do luxe
parlor coaches an buses in many
of tho larger cities.
"The electric railway comipanies
of the country aro carrying through
their 1330 construction and main
tenance budget plans," said Mr.
Kerrandou. "Orders for many moil
ern buses to replaco equipment
I bought five or sis years ago have
already neen piaceu oy ineso com
panies and tho purchase of hun
dreds of additional motor coaches
and buses is pending. While elec
tric railway expenditures of the
first three months represent a largo
sum, it is only relatively a smjall
part, of the yenr's budget," ho
ald. "in tho next six months im
provement plans will bo pushed
more rapidly,
"Some interest! ngg figures on
bus and hus-rohto mileage jus,!,
compiled by Oodgo Brothers statis
ticians show how tho motor couch
ia forging ahead as a common car
rier. According to accurate rec
ords convnon carrier bus routo
mileage has Increased at the rato of
nearly 30,000 mjles per year for
the last four years until in lDHt)
tho total routo mileage In the
Cnltod States reuched approximate
ly L30,0))0 mil-s. This huge route
mileage is regarded as remarkable
In view of tho limited time that
! buscs huvc boon regularly In opera -
" Hon as conuiion carriers.
"Common enrtier mileage has al
so increased, at tho rata of nearly
200,000,000 bus miles per year,
for the same period. 1 Hiring the
past 1 2 m:oiiths com;moii carrier
bus operations exceeded the stag
gering total of 1 -Vi billion miles.
"From 11125 lo 1!2I the nVllenge
of sui-raced highways hi the United
States increased from 4 7 1,1567 to
6 IS, Odd. Present construction prn-
grams promise an even more rapid
Increase In tin- near future, andimakes public J 930,005,000 warship
every mile of Improved highway
is n potential miolor couch and mo-
lor, ius rom.j, iiotor couch onoru-
Hon Is fust licf-.ni lnf
ncss."
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You can put on an entire new set witli as little cash as you would
pay for one inferior tire. Conic in wc'M 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
ever.
BOHNENKAMP'S
New Studebaker
Car Is Priced
In Lower Range
Tho lowest price ever placed on
a Studebaker car $815 to $1125
at tho factory la announced by
M. J. Goss, local Studebaker dealer.
"The New Studebaker Six fa not
only a big car in value," bald Mr.
Gosh, "but big In performance, for
It Is powered by a 70 horsepower
Studelmker-huilt engine. It is nl
so a big car In size, having
whoelbase of 111 Inches.
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"Hut tho qualities which nutko The number of participants in
the car an outstanding valuo aro national change week has grown
not dimensions alone. Of greater, steadily ever sluco its Inauguration
signlieanee are its many features ' and now every year millions of car
designed to contribute brilliant, I owners aro shown by roporis as
long lasting performance. Tho en- ' having had their spark plugs re
glne, for example, has a Lanchcs-J placed.
ter vibration damiper to promote! It Is predicted that in 1930 tho
smoothness of power flow. Kur-i number of observers of national
ther aids toward smooth perform- change week will bo materially in
anco aro found in rubber englno ' excess of all previous totals. This
mountings, and tho Studebaker
precision practice of nuitching pis
tons and connecting rods in sets.
"A double drop frame contributes
low-hung appearance to tho car,
and provides an additional factor
of safety by lowering- tho center of
gravity. Tests conducted by Stu
debaker engineers show that tho
new Studebaker six nan be tilted to
au angle of &3 degrees without
toppling. Other safety features
aro, armored steel body on wood satisfactory englno performance,
base, powerful duo-servo four I Spark plug design and manufac
wheel brakes and unbreakablo i tm' havo Improved vastly In recent
steeling wheel of hard rubber with
core of steel.
"Thu New Sludebalcor Six car
lies out. tho same theme of ex
terior beauty characterising other
Studebaker models. Jit Is offered
in seven different, body typos: tour
er, coupe for two, coupo for four,
sedan, club sedan, regal sedan
(with six wire wheels and trunk
rack) with landau sedan."
2,464 New Fords
In State This Year
Thi-ro Mu 6730 new-nutonvibllos
roKlstprod a Oickuii in tin- first
Wiiirl.-i- of ihls your mid of tn
iiiiniihir img 4 or 43 pur unnt worn
Kin-flu, in'coi-dlMs; to lut-iil Konl
dt'.'i Ir-rf).
ThlH iciTonl, the- local iluiilora
point out, n-rli'ClH tho popular up-prct-lMllon
of tho now Ford body
typcH.
WASHINGTON' CMiiih-iiwi,, H.H-
j ten of hotiso naval -nnnnltt..f
construction progrum
based on
loudon niivul imct.
IlAYO.VNi:, !M. .1. Fire at liiiint
;or (!uir lli flnlng company cuuses
.1.01111,0011 loss.
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ayments
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Dealers Urging
Motorists To
Change Plugs
Local dealers in automatlve.
equipment aro uniting with their
colleagues throughout the world In
urging car owners to Join In observ
ing national change week, which
has como to be rocognlzod every
where as tho annual period when
motorists Install now sots of spark
Plugs In their engines. National
change week this year is Miay 5
to It.
forecast Is based In part on the gen
eral Increase of Interest manifested
each year about tho custom. Thero
is also a concensus of opinion
among automotive experts that
lasL Winter's severely cold weather
and the generally rough condition
of roads Imposed an unusually se
vcro strain on spark plugs, with
tho result that this spring motor
ists find new spark plugs needed
for easy starting and generally
yoara. loday, thoy uro uolually In
advanco of othor motor car design,
especially In their rapid develop
ment In relation to high compres
sion autoniubllo power plants. But
theso high compression engines
and modern fuols havo imposed
even greater strain and stress on
spark plugs than ever before. It
is, therefore, tho conviction of
automotive engineers that nnnual
replacement of spark plugs is not
only n necessity, but an actual econ
omy for tho cur owner.
"Tho monetary saving In gasoline
and oil moro than offsets the cost
of new spark plugs." says R. A.
Htrannhnn, president of tho Cham
pion Spark I'lug conrpuny. "In
addition, repairs to tho onglno are
obviated, through b-ttor perform
ance, greater efficiency and re
duced oil dilution."
MIAMI, Flu. Cupono and thrco
companions roloascd from jail on
habeas corpus writ.
WASHINGTON Chairman
Wlckorsham, of law enforcement
commission denounces nation's
.methods of holding criminals.
KANT l'MlA.XflK("rO('llvH linn.
! (llullon is OL'l.Tii'J, nn Incroase uf
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