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.-13. THE OREGON STATCSHAN; SALE2J, OREGON SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER SO, 1027. Hi STATES CBE GOLOR OF LICENSE Next Year's Plate 'Parade Will Include 23 Distinct -r Combinations WASHINGTON, D. C.. Oct. 2S. --With thousands ot factories go ing fall tilt on the production or license plates for America's 25.- 000,098 Kotor yehWer in 132S, ' th American Automobile Associa tion announced today that forty- two states hare adopted a new col or Combination scheme, : nis decided' preference for change, whether to Monde; bras ett& or the manifold shades be- SXJtt.. between and beyond.X is snwn by an examination of 1918 licfhse plates received at AA. A. headquarters and now on parade , there.-.- --..vt; " . -: K11 told there will be "twenty three different color combinations. six states and the District of fin- lurabia retaining last year's ; col ors; Dut reversing them as to back gronnd and. letter numerals. ' -r i No single color motif can be said to prevail., butl whether by preferment or accident two com binations tied for; first place in popularity, six stages selecting a dark blue background with white letter numerals and six selecting green background" with white let ter numerals. . . ' : -, . I Five states selected white back ground with black letter numer als; four selected ; ? yellow 'and black, and four, - orange and black. The ( ition of orange and black - 1 1 , " : a popu lar tor many yea: - -oant of the claims of visibility 'made for It. has apparently suffered a sharp diminution la popularity, accord ing to A. A. A. , t . WHIPPET ROADSTER : - . WIKALL OFRACES ..,( Con tinned from " Page One necessity of adjustments' of any kind.'. . . , , Entered against the Whippet were ears of so-called ; greater power and speed, selling In a higher priced field. The -Whip however, due to its unusually fast pick-up and getaway was able to get off to a leading position and stay- there, every challenge be-in t met by a burst of speed on '.the part of the Whippet whici .could not be met Thy the competition.: ' At the conclusion of the races, the winning- pilot declared that the Instantaneous response o the Whippet's four-wheel brakes en abled him to safely maintain, a high rate of speed right up to the dangerous ' curves. ' f The Whippet" which, won these race erents at Harlingen la - thh same car that maintained an aver age speed of 66 2-3 miles an hour a few weeks ago In a 100-mile race at San Antonio. ROCK FOUND IM BED LEADS TO FORTUNE ; (Continued from Page One) country Geologists of International re pute Informed him that there .was just enough silllmanltei In. the world- to show Ltfta such- crystals actually ..i'did iexist.- -Playing, a "hunch" he ' explored regions where great natural convulsions had occurred, where hot gasses and- solutions of ' minerals - had been most active. A number pX exploration trips to the rugged sections of eastern California- brought nothing but a lew. earn plea until he shifted oper ations to the White Mountain near the Nevada line..- i Here with a hired companion he j-i : 1 .IMS ESSEX COACH. . WOXDERTUIi value, flaiia lias . nw, km4 th be of car. let of extras, bamp.ra, trunk. te., balloon lira. - H2 flTTAR COACH. LA ROE BODY. - leather ' apaolstorr. iota of ejnip- ballooa Una, good finish. Jiii- ' lie dollar motor. ! 12 STAR TOCEIXO, XgW PAINT, ' bow rabbor. motor raas like -watch. Priced low for quick tale. 120 OVERLAND COUPE. - WIRE wbeola, priced ao low yea will want It, good tires. .i-;". ; - 1925 OVERLAND TOCRIICQ. SEATS are eat dowa. ao yoa eaa make a bed. Better aeo thla ear before 7m make 'op year miad. Oaa taak on rear. There's avuthir: we-caa do to this as. .'.. EASY MONTHLY TERMS 1828 TOBT - TOCRIlta TH THE belt of tonditioa, sew paint, good top. snap bay. -,!,; t 192S CHEVROLET COACH. " SOKE extraa. dnoo finish. A snappy per-; foMmng car. It ia year loss if yoa doa't see it before yoa bay. , , ; J023 rORI POUR . DOOR gEDlH, completely rebuilt, iaaide and oat.' The price ia ao- low yoa eaa't afford to walk. 2 new tire a, aew paint, ; ;-f 18.23 8TUDEBAKER COUPE, LEA ther. upholstery, grey, doc finiih, good rubber, lota of tterafe apace in " ar - otx eyiiader ear atith . lots- of apeod and aaappy appearance.- - . ; 1824 FORD COUPE HOST EVERT' thing oa it, am diae wbeola. Has boea kept la. good repair by former ewner. Price ia right, AU sew tirea. Wonderful values, every car in excellent condition and ready to" drive away. This is a real opportunity to buy a good car at a very low price.- It's a real sale. NEWTON MOTOR CO. prnier Chemeketa & High Opposite City Hall SHIPPERS OWN 82 OF TRUCKS? COMMON CARRIERS, ONLY, "Kg 1oUl ' 1 Tracks W I muss - 1 " - CbnmWdai Carriers Gav&radL OuTier Cbatmie Carrier 97 1 aot.l I 193 Qeneral F.Totors Planning - -Extensive Radio Program - General Motors ts going on the aif jind thna radio again demon startea Iti avaraa-an"importnt factor Sn the econbmic and social life of the nation. ' Over the larg est single hook-up f broad-casting stations used In. any regular series of weekly. cbncertsGeneral Motors -will present an hour's pro- gram. of V"good music and other entertainment' every llonday eve ning fro ar'a : 3 ta' 1 0 : 0- Eaetern Standard time V - The opening ' program will i be broadcast, on. November '7. -'At that time and each Monday r eve nlag thereafter, concert will be glTen .over 2 S stations extending 41 Comnacot. - Carrier Transportation by motor truck is shown clearly to be an unorganizad snterpiia of about two million in OJvlduals and buslnsss eoncerns, ao obrding to eatimates now mads pub lie by the - National Automobiie cuiaber of Comtnercs. and based I , upon tramo surrey studies by the , United State Bureau ot Publlo Roads. ' --- -Oaly 497.000. or 18 pereeat of the S.7M.0O0 motor .trucks now In um are classified as commercial carriers are in the business of hauliug for .hire. ' r -, - , . . . . Of the 497,000 trucks 'engaged In hauling for hire 04,000. or ll per cent ot the entire truck registration la the -United States ars- classified as contract carriers. Trucks In this group are ownsd by Individuals and concerns who make on or several .definite contracts to haul goods bo twee 11 specified points at predeter mined rate. - - ?:-...-:-.: - f 6om 1IS.000 trucks, or 7 percent of the aaUoa's registration ars listed as common carriers. These trucks are owned and operated by almost 100.000 individuals and"' companies to haul goods for the general publlo. Lees than half of them are used ever regular route between fixed ' ter mini and at regularly established tariffs. . . . . s ' ' About .41.000. or 1H percent of the .national truck registration are clas sified as Interstate common carrier trucks. . . . , ' Transportation by motor truck In the United 8tates, . existing as a local distribution system unparal leled in history ever more than 1.000.000 miles of highway, thus differs- materially from other trans portation Industries. In the early days of canals, river, lake and ocean v-ne. steam railroads and electric some 1J0T.00O trucks, or SI percent of the entire' y shippers them. the It percent remain railways, many Individual transpor tation compsAies were formed. 1 every case. however. eonsolklatkMis cam early In the history of the in dustry and while a few smart com panies remain, the bulk of the bust aess gradually fait into the- hands of comparatively few stronar com panics. . ,-, . . 4 The use of trucks, on the contrary, has been almost completely con trolled by shippers who own their own trucks or contract for track service with competent truck company . or individual. - After . IK years of development of the truck uoustry. w find number owned b selves. Of ing, only T percent, or 191.000. are in us bv transportation concerss which hold. out to the publlo a gen oral trucking serrico. There were I7S.000 owners of two or more trucks la th United Eta tea on January 1. 1997. The National Automobile Chamber -of ; Commerce estimate that this group, ot fleet owners owned slightly less than 1,000.000 truck. This leaves more than 1,704,000 'owners ot on truck and Indicates that more than 2.000. 000 Individual or business concerns are engaged In truck transportation, at least to th extent f owning on or more trucks. " " Whether trucking service .fcy transportation companies will ever be developed to a point of efficiency sufficient to induce shippers to aban don their own trucks in Its favor is a problem ot keen interest to trans portation economists. Th great popularity of the truck has been due largely to Its flexibility and speed1 advantages which are lost when cod troi of th tranaportatioa medium) through ownership 1 give up. ! i 3T A Vtes nowet cm$m& it 1 I THEN tfaa task to be accomplished is dLfficuJtw i '"' Vvr wka tztzlaa : dcpcadabtlity and XinfaiUxi'T pwrer xre , cswcanai -cac acmctt Ot tncs Who -caow las lajr BuickT la Cuk roc 1P20 rcMtef pcrcrcr cad greater " away ore isicrced curiae loptOTCSxcnxs ; ; jreatct gracs csd bcaurr xsz provMed la hi next Tncvrpvt5 hf nicf vracatcr xoadabillty iOci bcirbcTw sad ts2crd ; .. Cr3W a c2t iSt todlod ad out x&j h j7Crc!tf rbcro poTrcf cotsts raosto : r,.ia Ii v-fv. '. i' - .. s ev .' -;. m-av -eT - ;. w . MMiKl As MS ' -k.tUJ J- tsctt I hlSS to 1S25 rrail.jr,-a ! ri i jajl "' . - spent many: days crawling up the face of cliffs and zlg-sagging up mountain walls. One night seek ing to level a bed of pine needles his hand bumped against a sharp rock the size of the crown of a man's "hat." . ?A- he dug out 1 the rock preparing to hurl it into the canyon below : her wjasi impressed with its unusual weight," -Vl, - ; Dr. 'Jeffery put 'aside the 'rock for daylight inspection and upon examination believed it to : be "the aillimanite" he " was seeklflgT" .To reach the . ledge ' from -where he thought the rock had fallen, neces sitated sealing the '- mountain. There, - about 1 0.0 00" feet above sea level sillimanite roqks were fonnd . available' In- great Quanti ties. 1 Millions of years ago. ter rific I heat . and pressure of the mountain had produced the silli manite. Earth Quakes and erosion had laid bare the deposit making it accessible to find and to' minev -'Mining machinery was dlsman-! tlld and raised to the ledge piece by I piece. Burrps ; brought the rock? down t the mountain . to the railroad where It was shipped to the Champion Porcelain company. According to the Western Anto Supply company, ; one of the world's largest retail . distributors of Champion spark plugs, the rock found on White Mountain is to day-being 1 used In more than six of I every ten " plugs made. ' The Champion 'f organization through its discovery owns this entire Bup- ply the, only: one . known In the world. ; vkU-sb . Although sillimanite Is heavy and .hard, it possesses' proprieties much appreciated in the manufac ture of spark "plugs. No refining is necessary and the finished core is almost impossible to 4reak ei ther by heat or hard usage. a complete' cost reeord system which tells at any time how much money the truck Is making. Con cise, instructions tell the proper methods of entering depreciation and reserves for repairs. TAXICAB OPERATORS KNOW RELIABLE CAR (Con tinned from Page One) ent or prospectlver, A. H. Sarvla, assistant general sales manager of the Buick Motor Company, pointed out. It is proof,"- said Mr. Sarvis, "that Buick not only offers, in an outstanding degree, those refinements of perform ance and comfort which th public demands today, but that It pro vides 1 these at remarkably low maintenance cost. Like the data Buick gathers at' the General Mo tors Proving Ground, the experi ence of oab companies- using Buicks is a safe guide to the mo tor ear buyer, for it is based on more intensive test than the av erage private owner ever can give his car." . from New . York in the : east" to Omaha, in the j west, rand from Portland, Maine, In the north, o Jacksonville, Florida, In the south. The broadcasting will later be ex-l tended to the Pacific coast. The character of programs : to - "be pre sented -will be announced later: ba$ the promise la given that they; willlbe'the best that can be pro- VidedV''':?'V.iri-;-7. .. - . .a Wet SummJ Welcom ?1 Cy AH Umbrelia - Makers those who, make and sell nmSrell-" as-. Neverl hey4 say, hs businebe been stf' tjoomfiig In ' what ts Etl!l academicaUyj fcrwTf n as summer- climatic - PARIS, (AP) Amid all the complaining abdut poor business that has gone'onr in ' France this rear, one class of men have been singularly prosperous. ; They mreeambre. thei(ri'e4h weather man. - " ' - "- ' , 1 - , tj-.i. - ' -' " .' . .. . tlmeL 'Xi r I r Th la - Vear : from a standpoint, France had almost no summer.at all.' May was fine, but May is spring., )Aer that It be gan to rain and It kept On rain ing all through June, July and August. ; . . ' - i Being ; .unusually in . demand, umbrellas went up in price. Evei an unpretentious one cost five doi- laJs.or-tnerev-ai-" t While -enriching themselves, th . umbrella merr kept their sense o humor -and gratitude. Their syn f dicate had printed and distribute 1,200 lithographa-of General De - J DC js.-.-'.'V. - ';.:-j1fi;j;:;:; - f '- '- -I r mm 1 1 H.' I 7 J 1 1 i.vV 4-lSJB .-""y5: '. ' Chrysler "62" Feature of: Performance, Q and hong JJfe- rC s id e.-ji- is -1. &3aCvlinder Engine; 54 Horsepbv 4 2. 74ering Crankshatt, with Inter , - clvangeabl shlmless bearings I "J -3. 62sjadnoKeaxepdonaIhtllesanHour ' 4. Typical CKryalcr Acceleration j. ::" --' f 5. Impulse Neurraliier ; - " tf i CW vv CODCB vnoacaw vwnmawa Ventilated Crankcue - i ; - t 8. Invar Steel Strut Pistons " la Exclusive Type o Cylinder Head and Comboadon Chamber tl. SUchrocne Valves " s; 12. Oil. Filter Ly - -,: 13. Air Cleaner : - ' ' j 14. TKertnootmtlc Heat Control j .: . 15. Manifold Heat ConrroL . 16. CeUalar Type Radiator - ? . i 17. Full Preoaure Oiling System Is. KuDeer ttngin Motmnnew 19. 184nch-Baac Road Wheels 20. Balanced Front Wheels ; x A. i n '18. Rubber Engine Kfotmnng. -t ll 21 Pivotal Stearins , Z2. 4-wheel Hydraulic Brakes, V . , 23. High Carbon Steel Springs , : . 24. Specially-designed Rear Axle foe ( Balloon Tires r; ""."' - j , 25. Levelixers en Front and Rear Spf . 26 Indirectly Lighted Instrument Panel " f 27. FedcoTheft-prcwf NambcringSyatena I 28. Electric Gasoline Gauge ' i i 29. HeavdUsnp Control on Steering Wheal i 3& Karrow Corner Pillar -t" " V 31. AdjwtabU Steering Wheel t ':32..Cedet Visor. '"-,- y .i-n;-. , I 33. Saddle Spring Seat Cushions-., j ;u . 1 34. Fine Figured Mohair Upholstery . 35. Rigid Type Curtains on Touring Car . 36. Adjustable Front Seat in Touring Car v, 37. Low Center of Gravity ."!r-r-v , 38. Double Beaded Body Conatructioej : 39. Oarraler Smartness of Line,y . 4CL Attractive Color Combinations in . Great Variety Greet New Cbrrslerff62Z at 1095 givea you more in perfonnance, beauty, com fort, safety and long Titlethan ' cars of other makes costing many hundreds of. dollars more. - . ' . v I v :?'v.'. . , ' Through Standardized Quality CKrysIer engineering offers you in .the "62" a combination of fine-car, features, which -previously cost several, 'hundred dollars more even, in a Chrysler and which are still not available in any other make un less you pay very much more than 1095. See the Great New Chrysler "62.- Ride in it. Test it in' ahy y'you choose. Yoa will then readily iiAderstand the! reason; for its most sensational pubic preference.TV r. .:- ; Eio w t . Treat New "62 Prices ToW6.g CW, $lG9t Dsnlncss Coae, $1125i 2deer SedM,'ri45r Roadster vi$h rumbU Mat), $117 St Ceep (eaim-ewasMe seat), S1245 4'door Sedan, $1243f ldm. Sedan 41295 f . o. j. Detroit, swbfect to current Federal xcie tax. Cnryalcr dealer are in a position to extend the comnicnc of time payment. - .,7 - ' f . ':. "- .i,uut 'veJtT" ; ; . ;f Rd-Hed- I-UgiiCenrdcr EArM- specially designed for um unth kiehncompresaiom gas, is uamdard equipment en the Roadster 1 ana ,1s aeaileot at slight extra cost en ail other piodtlt, ; ' it . ' ,' .... : .... ' -V ... tfI-py fj Fitzgerald-Sherwin Motor Co. , "The House of Courteous Service. : Corner Chemeketa and liberty Streets. ;" Telephone 1132. Bathtubs Increase While " - Trees Are Dying Out PARIS, (AP) The Frenchman who remarked that he preferred Paris to New York because he loved trees better than bath-tabs is now witnessing the slow death et many of the trees that are so much a part of the charm of the French capital. Bath-tabs, meanwhile. are increasing, here as elsewhere. Factory, smoke is. partly respons ible for killing the trees of Paris, bat the blight is. blamed more up on the automobile - exhaust than anything else. ; : . The Bois remains its green and glorious self, but the boulevards are. no longer, so shaded - as they were. : Horse chestnut trees, once so corhmon, have died by the hun dreds since taxis took the Disc nf that should yield handsome divl- cabs3 Most of the new trees plant-! dends to their owners as well as ed to replace them are acacias, but : - j - . s . - . they seem none too healthy. Plane, trees: are hardier than any others ': In . fighting the - internal combos-. tion era. : On -the left side of the Seine are . many maples, butP to' one who has seen New England. they have - a Jean and hungry look. Aid To Truck Profits ? :; Presented By Grahams uooa motor tructa are money makers--they are Investments pay back In full the capital put. In to . them. - -.-di'J-i & VThia Is the fundamental atti tude ; of . Graham Brothers, the truck division of Dodge', Brothers, Inc.; as demonstrated by an oper ating record 'service' now in Its fifth year and ' available without charge to all operators of trucks. "The basis of this service is the Operating Record Book, which can be secured gratis from any Dodge; Brothers dealer. '.Ingenious tabu lar forms which - require only few: simple entries daily provide ji . .. ' - iiffT? . President von Hlnderburg . de clares that Germany Is prepared to prove tnat, she was not respon sible for the great war. Perhaps he holds that like Topsey, it "Jest growetL'WBoston Transcript. ; 'X7XXT'J32TO21t AUTOIXOBIIXS :AUB BUILT .'A I 1 U . r .- II: Mr 1 Tcrlli Ccmmcrci.il A CACTaaCXaO 2aw0 t V f " lVw -t : V"1" ""eaqaaaa- tr3i-U iiisSssTW- - . :o Good WIH of The good w3 of our used assured the most eonr car customers is just as teoua treatment. imporUTit to us as the ... -.-. a- rood will of those who This policy has proved to W ew cars here and U valuable for u-- we Btrive Just as arnestly iar y1 to merit iil , . - tWends who became c- Evferyone who deals with quainted with us through our ussdear division is Ci purchase of a used car. t-OUrLAS BIcKAY CHEVROLET CO. . - Temporary Addrrns 4S7 Center 8tM Tel 745 . ASSOCIATI3 DIULEIW " Chevrolet Co.. Dalles Geo. Dorr, TToodfcuro T Graham Brothers new Vfe'Ton' Panel Delivery Car cfTcrs business " a deluxe light delivery imiL di. tinctly new. Beaiity, speed and util ity are merged in a car of w"""l economy and dependajlity. Beet his c . . . Trim lines... Low Compact. A tisht and sntxs ' fining rear' door . . Roomy inte rior with a tlntle seat for the driv er... Spare tire holder on recessed front tinder ... 103 Inch wheel base Short tum'nT radius.,. Pit metal sides r : -! outside for rigidity and hl CaLi backed by a compcoition tsZ eHtiinatrs - rumble... . - ' - w.-. . - ' -. ' - -v : - - Delivery of yotar cootfs In Graham Brothers -Toa or -Ton Com 'mercial Cars leaves a lasting im pression with the customer of the hish type of your establishment and of the sottndness of your busi ness judgments --rm0ar-x-; ; wnaaimiua ...row VtoM Bcahao tl nrfc ha.a H-rA aic It brioas so ta luaavr oat kaaUai 6aia aaoro bow or. . .Vrieai faxl a tower: jte.?ig95 ChMI f vaoai .tmk. Loca aMad Hr4ntalic . . . To aa 4 rvimeie oia Uodae Lrohoraowaaa...Fowo, seood aoxl oeoaoaav . bawt SKi "1-Ton EEir aa spooe 1 Dilfcri fort ... slaMetteeallT leer "A4-cvlial oos(a arte Ch I Low 00 ar atlas aa saaleeaaaaoo UILT. 'MLL UILD Mjtatiar IJoese Y'S"';e fco Tgi with looo t act . alTO tV't Xa a ao il lip 4 w&t lav eopwawLiTJa Itm aj . , . I-nc low bo v-aoaaao fn'oiloi ikia. . , 0124 BOIESTEELE MOTOR S.. Comiriercial Tao ataaaUaat eaae .. . Chassis 8QOC Cavb. Dims , Ckaaaio f670 1 Telephorie.41; 1 . tM and P-vle.J tv Xoa-ata aiarrwawa - j'iV i f ,.i..n a 1 r 'Z 1 i . V BaSt bv Ynatk rTiioR of Doim Urottfcara, liar.