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Page Six LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE- Saturday, August 16, 1930 AUTOMOBILE NEWS e WEEKj 1 , i WliPH SHE drives? tire vau foe TC ASK CONGRESS ; ; FOR LARGE SUM i :;" Three and a Half Million l Dollars Sought Annually )X. For Public Roads. '. . PORTLAND, Ore. Auff. 16 For n i the construction of more than 5000 ; ... mllea of highway necessary to close the gaps on the federal-aid system In the public land states of the west, . the next congress will bo naked to : appropriate 500.000 annually under . the provisions of the Oddle-Colton bil, it la announced by the Oregon ', (,',; Btato Motor association. The bill, which was passed at the t lost session, provides for the federal1 r . ' V government to assume tho cost or );t uulldlng roads through Indian lands and unappropriated federal lands. I ' " These routes are at present ent.rely '- . .. unimproved. '. Tho motor association, which ac- ; ' tlvely supported the bill, issued its statement following receipt or a letter Vrj lrom Senator Tusker L. Oddln, or No " ' vada, co-author of the measure with Representative Don B. Colion, of ' . 'n Utah, In which organized motordom ,,' was thanked for its activities in be ,' m half of tho western states. . ; nK "The motor association" Senator !m Oddle wrote, "took an active part in the long campaign of education which u ' t was necessary in order to obtain the muw uuupuuii ui hub new uui muni. ,(,.1 equitable principle in redistributing tue burden or road construction costs. -;;.rfl At all times It was a source of In i0t epiration and encouragement to co- 7,1' operate with your organization." Oregon to Get fin, Mm, ' , According to Die statement of the association a tentative schedule lino been worked out for the apportion ment to the states of the $3,500,000 lund annually to carry out the tenns ui tne out. thirteen states would bo allotted funds each year as follows: ArlKona 632,000 California 311.600 Colorado 1I0.C00 Idaho 1(11.000 Montana '. ....... 1 180.000 Nevada 777.000 New Mexico 308.000 Oklahoma 00.500 Oregon 217.000 South. Dakota 77.0DU Utah : 302.000 Washington - 42,00 Wyoming 308.000 Tho measure, recently signed uy Modem Highways iu The West -'O c President Hoover, authorizes the gov ernment to assume the cost or con Htructlon, reconstruction and main tenance of tno main roads traversing unappropriated public lands and lu Ulan reservations, at carncu i n. VI) fn i f U , ' " r ,, j I This Oldsmobile sedan is shown on a now stretch of highway on the route from Mexico to Canada. Note the lines which separate traffic and the width of the road, which allows three cars to be driven abreast with case and in comfort. Modern engineering facilities are doing much to improve the road system of the Pacific Coast. Millions are being spent here every month in road betterments. Motor Traveller, 63, Visits Nearly Every State In Union In Few Years This is tho saga of A. P. Holmiin, weil as his feet and lmnds ho can 03 years of confirmed motor gyp- i urlvc anywhere. I went through ay, genial adventurer and bachelor, j Chicago at five in the evening and for which he Is admittedly much . didr.'t even get a fender scraped, obliged. Gypsy Hohman has visited I Never saw so many cars at one time virtually every state In the union. ! In my life." has owned four Chevrolet euro, driven Gypsy Hohman travels light. He p. total of more than 50.000 miles in i bus a small tent, a few articles nnenn- tho piust three or four years and -nary to camplnc. his Chevrolet and has spent less than $100 for tires ' that Is nil. He ceta un eai-lv lit thn three years oeo. and motor ruunlrs In tlt time. I mornlni; and drives 100 miles be- Tno 't Id months have brought He has pitched camp In the heurM Ior" """tkfttflt. "Believe mo, a roller nnotiior decided trend this time to Hupmobile Was Among Pioneers In Eight Field DETROIT, Mich., Aug. 16 The last two years have seen some drastic changes and developments In auto mobile design. Today there Is but one large producer in the four cyl inder field. Most manufacturers imks-- his Chevrolet and j ctl to six-cylinder field two and of Terra Haute. Ind., w'hero nomo of tho main business streets converge; 1 cap. cat then. However, it is not ad Visa bit- to take on too much. Alt T propriation, however, leaving tno j chinned with the movie queens og UfiUally is a cirloln steak, fried necessary sums to be provided by . Hollywood and made them llkcif had j Ptutwn. cereal, toast, coffee and congress after a survey of highway ljB Pll. turned over by a wild motor-' il some hind of fruit," he ex- i 1st in Sweet Snrincs. Mo., nuri im pluln.t. had Innumerable other Intorestliur; Deapltn cxpcrlonccn throughout this country' L,,ie "TlKlri needs. - VKRY IHKSOMi; LONDON i A 1 eonveiEatioir be tween 'Quccri Mary and tho very Rev.; William Ralph Inge, ' "Tho aioomy Dean''of St. Paul's,' ftt the recent ro-opening br the ciithedral' after extensive repairs: MWhat a prlvllego It must' be to hear these Wonderful crvlccti." "I can assure you, tnadnnie, r find It most Irksome." the eight cylinder field. Not only has turn ul-iui ui'i'ii to ine ueui pioneered by Hupmobile, but so concentrated him eight cylinder production become that no room Is left for those sis cylinder cars priced above the SI 500 his strict adherence to llcl" trua fulfilling a prediction diet" Gypsy Hohman is ine two years ago oy Hupmobilo. wroi'K. If - ' ' l' Have You a Business Head? WHETHER you Jiiivc or nut. you tan wisily fijiuio out that you cannot afford In drive an automobile without iiusuiance. We will srladly exnlain hew l.i se. uuie vuni)ieiu Hiiieiiion inuw and spiv, over a period of months. Come in soon and worries ! id the cost forjjet your UNITED STATES INVESTMENT CO. O. W. WARMH'K, Mgr. United States National Hank Building La Grande, Oregon nlic'. Cuimrin. 1 nefc-nt nil onmclatctl. In fnct lio Is I 'lun years ago Hupmobile begun a "Tlio flrnt cur, .1 cvfcr owivil . wan 11,0 P'olura ot health nnl vigor. "My norlcxi or Intcnnlvc experimentation r. Chevrolot.' r bought 'It roV ensh In ' Chcvrojct, earn actually are keeping ln llle Held of tho straight eight eri- J Dm;." 8,-iyn uyiisy Holimim.i r t'Artpr ,n" y"'H:." 1-" says. "I like tho out- Bine, It was tlio year jollowlng the tho salesman shn'wcil' mo 'how Ui ' "rt and om all stuffed up and ''rat straight eight triumph In the work It, r bllmbeii li and drove; nomas'! '"K-f-V. 'Vhon I have to sleep In a ! (fuelling 600 mile race on tho In- tho country from Seattle to Portland, Jiodst-."' 1 dlanapolls . speedway. Curiously Me. My friends told mo It was dan- uS'lMy recently purchased a now enough. It has boon a straight eight gcrous to take such' a trip before I ', Chevrolet 6U coach and Is tnklng cl,K'"e. especially built for racing. had had some pructlc'o. .They were I tIeIIVc,1'' r l13 car ln Flint, Mach., j lhuL ,lnH eac" year won lirst place ptM-son usps V.!s head a;i "e7" tno principal Chevrolet fac-1 ,"lt- lula- '-.''.'""' "'" '' tuIJ' la located. Ho ..will drive Ills I- tor "lore than four years, cnglm- ."' " " ' :ray:bbc west over . tho Bouthcrn 1 crs vor,? building up, tearing down m?77Tn!T?nTmTnr ' route, , throurh California. He win and test driving Hupmoullc straight have iunother opportunity to make I e'Khts !ong before this company chin music with "them iriovln' pitch- announced Its I list car of this type, er-ffils" In Hollywood. ' , j I'-ew automohtles probably passec, Tiio total pnrchato pr:co of Hoh- JhUKh u:h an Intensive period of man's four now '.Chevrolet automo. le"j "Bf,t'""1mct"V , , ,,, i,. bilc vas iaoo exactly. In each 1 ''e first Hupmcbl.o straight eights nan he baa had the advanfu-e of wcre 6l"''I'etl t0 th0 dc"151' oreanlzu tho excellent trade-in value at ; chev! Uo" ' 114-,rlor. to ,thls 'e,com-' rolct and as a result has enjoyed four P""' im" , " ' ' ?.'"y , '"Vf ,JCyilUtl0r new motor cars for which he niid c,u"' Leaders ln Us prlce flcld oMour approximately are price of one car c'"ndI'r CBra- 11 wn '"y "Htural that In the medliun-pilcc class. These "'J! "cxt "tl woul" b0 to "le '8ht cars have elvrn him perfect service, cy!'m'01' BrouP- comfort and performance, ho says. Within the past two weeks, ; two They have carried him many times ' iatif manufacturers have announced across tho continent ami whole doing jeompleto lines of c'ght cylinder cars II. have lluhl.eheil Hie weight of years ! buth of which are straight eights, or. his shoulders. It Is quite probable thai, other manu- "I am 03 years young anil Chevro- ' lnct,,1'cra' adopting Ilu;imobllc's plo. lets have made me that way," ho fitiiten. Holimnn's home Is wherever night fall finds hlni. His mall cornea to Katttle. Wash. noerod principle of elgh cylinder i construction, will add still moro cars In the eight cylinder field. MOVIES snow MANY THROUGH FORD PLANT Thousands never have the f;rrat plants of of persons who mav opportunity to vist; lorn Motor Millions Spent Over Nation In Improving Roads Itoacls and more roads Iluiulreds of millions of dollars will be spent this vear on hti?hu-uvs throughout the United States and through th.. vnt " :r." . i ; wu i"-vea mj)any are belnj thKllII'Il tttn ... It r -'"-o w !(, HBIVl ami lliuif tuin- v"1 ""iuiu ui it sounu nio- 101 laoie. LmIL' !"'" ,b,;lnK l'xllll)ltl in n I "Modem development ln Rood roads set or inatl Hhmva in various pittts is an ent;inceriiiK feat flnanrcvl by far i, '10M'',y. Tliey are beim; taken I HeeiiiR Mates and communities and mu the t-oal fields where the Koiu aided by tho nation." declared P a IVlu tor compnnv ii-lnca it.s ov.-n onui iw sndm .,.,,.,..1 . . " I .vivxtiit II1UIIIIS1 UI UIU ....... 141-1 1; v Ku, im own ' Motor worKs. oidsnioblle and Viking . and thence to Dearborn on : manufacturers, in discussing highway ncd ships. ; development in its relation to auto- lulu the iron ore Fi'id-ow Kvery major stu-e In the process of miinuirtt-iuring the car is shown whl.e a vivid cxpliumtitm is given in the hound accumpanlment. The foundry. nujie stci'i niill.i, the coke ovens. me machine shops with their the mobile production "The modern road must be built to modern atandards." said Sudrow. "It must be wide and smooth with easy grades and wide gradual turns. This marhinea performing super-huinaii ! itnr miirnnri nrnotir thmn tasks all contribute to make the country. Deep cuts, fills and long movie both ent-rtulnlng and educa- ! hi-iri. mo nw hmnv onn.in.oi.ri where before roads were allowed to tional. In the production of thousand of cars in a single day. it Is necessary that every part be made to such fim. degrees m accuracy that the part!, can be assembled without delay in titling. The motion picture snows how many (if these parts are mack to within a thousandth part of an inch of absolute accuracy. Marathon Car On Road 17,255 Miles The Dodge eight mileage marathon barrjcrs. i follow each curve and dip in the con tours of the country through which i it passed. "One of the finest examples of modern road building In the west Is the Pacific highway, from Mexico to Canada. California, Oregon and , Washington, have cooperated in I building the longest paved highway j in the world, a road that is used all year round. j "The highway has wide curves and can be driven in high gear all the I way from border to border in spite of numntmn ranges, rivers and natural cur completed it !irr.t month on the r,;ad when it checked in at the West- cm Union oiflci m c.lcndive. Mon- j tuna, at 0 n'eloek Thursday evening. July 111, With a total of 17,1255 miles, registered on the speedometer. j While tlic marathon car continues on lis way indefinitely. Dodge tin- ; tional dcmoiuaratkm month, observed ': by dealers throughout the country duiiu); July, in written Into the rec ords of the company as one of th most sueceKStul events of its klnn ever -.timed. Although weekly dealer. reports are ;Ull Incomplete, it is esti mated by tiu toiy nfflctals that dur- : UK the month more than IttOOO pco- ' pie m all parts of the country too j drmoustiiiUnn rides in Dode Iho-; thcrs automobiles. The total niileuse ; driven in mvlnu these demonsirntums. : us closely as can be estimatetl at the pi'i-.'.ent time, w.w tn exco-tt of 1.500, tKt mite. The Improvement of the road3 t3 the east has been a constant source of pride to the residents of the west ern part of the United States. Only last month a celebration was held to mark the completion of the nwui link between Kly, Nevada and Wendove. whtch connects the Lincoln and Vic tory highways, U. S. routes 40 and 5b acroms the nation. "The highways north and south leading to Seattle. Portland. San Francisco and Los Angeles have been Improved until now U Is no trick at all to make the drive across ihe con tinent. In fact, several women have driven neross the country alone tins year, without trouble. Jack Sheehnn. former Brooklyn In fielder. with Atlanta of the Southern association recently went 34 days at second base without an error, handl ing UIti chances perfectly. HIGHWAY WORK AT PEAK IN OREGON Crews and Machinery Ac tive in Nearly Every Section of the State. PORTLAND. Ore.. Aug- 10 1930 will mark the peak of highway con struction and betterments ln the state of Oregon, according tto the Oregon State Motor association. In nearly every section of the . state can be heard the clink of ma- chinery in operation of building ! more roads and better roads. In 1 an effort lo keep faith with the program of tho country to relieve j the unemployed situation, the High- way Commission has crowded into its program this year, work that would normally have taken more j than two years to do. Work has been going on all the year on the Old Oregon Trail, the Burns-Canyon j City road, tho Burns -Lake view road, j and Dayville - Mitchell section of Highway No. 20, the Santicm High- j way, Roosevelt Highway, Lower Co lumbia Highway, Mount Hood Loop, and with reconstruction on the Mc- i Kenidc Highway and the Pacific High- j way in tne aicaiora district ana aiso i between Eugene and Portland of both 1 the oast and west roads. In- many places the reads are be- j ing widened and straightened with heavier lourvaatiorus tnan in. pre vious years, looking toward the In creased tourist traffic of the future. In spite of this enormous amount of work being done, new engineer ing crews are surveying on other sec tions where there will be both new construction and Improvements in the new future. . it has oeon an ex tremely busy year and although trav el has been put to soma inconven ience in certain sections, it will be r. worth while Job when these high ways are completed, according to the people who travel over these high way;:. " , Oregon will soon have an excellent system of highways although road building in Oregon Is in no way near completion according to those whoh look into the future. too gooat K2pjjgE, A IlKAL COMMITKK! DURHAM, N. H.. Aug. 14 (P) What r. commuter he would make! Clarence- Demar, veteran marathon run ner, kept a speaking engagement hero by running 38 miles ln tho mid dlo of the night after he had missed r. train. NEW LOW PRICES on Goodyear Double Eagles . New Heavy Duly . . . Standard All-Wealher , . Hcyy Duty Pathfinder (. . Regular Pathfinder bgf msr.prampta pMi service We pride ourselves upon the increasing num ber of women drivers who drive in for our service. Courlcsyj cleanliness and quickness, we know, appeals to them. Without question, also, the ladies much pre fer Goody ears they ttll'us they've 'found, them "more reliable," they "feel safer" on Gocdysars. "" Consult us, without obligation, as to the most economical type of Goodyear for YOUR; driving:. t . ' New. HEAVY- DIJFY ;-. Strikingly handsome! A big, stout lire with an extra-thick, extra-safe All-Weather Tread , over 6 plies of sturdy SUPERTWIST- Cord . selling at ordinary heavy duty prices! , ;' Phone Main 165 For Prompt Service PLAYLE OIL CO. COUNEK ADAJVIS & GREENWO0D More People Ride on Goodyear Tires ' than on Any Other Kind ' Yellowslone Nattional Park Is the I home of 700 moose. I IT'S WISE Tit CHOOSE A sax Aiiitiiffiimg si new prodncton.-:. veeov?t 2900090.0,0 .-Chevrolet Sixes now on the rontl Since January, 1929, Chevrolet has produced and sold over 2,000,000 six-cylinder automobiles nearly five times as many as any other manu facturer has ever built in an equal length of time. These 2,000,000 buyers have chosen Chevrolet because it offers many desirable qualities not ob tainable in any other car so low in price the smoothness, silence and flexibility of a mod ern six-cylinder engine the comfort and reada bility of a modern, full-length chassis and the ' style, safety and distinction of bodies by Fisher. Yet, despite these fine car advantages, the Chev rolet Six is unusually economical. Its gas, oil, tire and upkeep economy is unsurpassed. And The Coach, 1565,'J. a. b. Flint factory any model can be bought for a small down pay ment and easy monthly terms!. Come in today. Learn for yourself why two million buyers have, agreed "it's wise to choose a Six." Some Misiififiisitiltitiff Features- 50-horsepower six-cylinder motor . . . 48-pound crankshaft . . . full-length frame . . . four semi elliptic springs ... fully-enclosed four-wheel brakes . . '. four Lovejoy hydraulic shock absorb ers . . . dash gasoline gauge . . . Fisher hardwood -and-steel body , . . adjustable driver's seat . '. . safety gasoline tank in the rear . . . non-glare VV windshield . . . and, for your protection, a new and liberal service policy. V . Modern production mtthods assure hith quality Sport Roadster Coach. . ; Coupe Sport Coupe .... $i55 H65 ROADSTRR or PHAETON Sedan Delivery . . $595 114 Ton ChaMl . 52Q Sedan $6 555 Club Sedan 565 565 Special Ayts trk ibs. ',o.;r 5365 w,,hCab 4 If & un xxte,-';, on Special Sv.Usu) w (Pick-up Uox extra) equipment est -5625 factory Special extra LARISON CHEVROLET CO. G. I,. LARISON, Manager Phone MAIN 2 S I X - Y L 1 X S K il S 31 O T SI X K S S AT LO H
