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'-A-fi''w-i..vi'M"' t 8. 2 s 5J pi-- rOUETECM P40M DAILY EAST ORECrONIAN, PENDLETOW, OREGON, SATtTHDAY EVENING, JULY 10. 1020. PAGE ELEVEN 21 I MM. Were iised by the Winners at the Indi anapolis Speed Races. ' ' . They have to be good when such fa mous racers risk their lives tm them -and half of the race depends; on the PENNSYLVANIA VACUUM CUP BRUNSWICK , GOODRICH 3 J 1 2! 3 LrURi)V'WRl5T H-" few gTliliilirna r' ' j. . Th wrist foVored by artists I slender end tapering.- nut a sturdy wrist, if It be shapely and flexible, can niaka IU own ejalm to beauty. Keeplac the wrist flexible is most important atd wrist haklns;, 15 time morning and night, should follow the arm swing ing exercise. To keep the finger flexible, "flre finger' exercises such ai re used tor the piano are recommended n All backed by a mileage guarantee. 5! NEWSY BITS OF WHAT Fl ' Service Station; Oil, Gas, Air and Water at Curb. ; A atrong; Lane of Accessories. . . PENDLETON RUBBER & SUPPLY CO. .WM. DUNN, Manager : 305 East Court Street. Phone 135 I f B B ality PRINTING at Reasonable Prices- East Oregonian Printing Department. lUuurtH enanaling from many suc tlonn ot the country show various cities profiting In volume of business traits acted, in growth of population, and in the reduction of the cost of the neces saries of life by the use of motor truck transportation, according: to the Ship by Truck 1! urea u at Akron, Ohio, where data dealing with the problems of - transportation and distribution' is being compiled. A, year .ag-o, for example, business men In a Michigan city found whole salers in or Wisconsin city across XX9 luke were making substantial inroads into' tholr markets. I.ake transporta tion was making it possible for the Wisconsin" dealers to got shipments into the Michigan territory more quickly tliau could the Michigan city's dealers. These Michigan dealers turn-. I cd to the motor truck, laid great stress I on the desirability of good roads, and I Voday thcry are outdistancing their, competitors In the figiht for-buslncBS In the smaller Michigan cities and towns. ' ' ' .'; More than 250,000 pounds of freight are leaving the two loading platforms of this, city's loading plat forms of this city's Ship toy Truck ter minal daily, according to the uiost re cent reports, and 1 motor express routes ars used. They vhable the wholesalers to make deliveries the same day orders an received. - ' Two other- cities, rivals for many years, had raced heck and neck in the field of business with little percepti'ble gain on either, side until the larger of them suddenly saw tho advantages of motor express and lent Its support In' promoting terminal stations for truck lines running out Into the country, j "Jt is not quality of .goods, nor prices," reads a report recently sub mitted by an investigator of the smal ler city on the reason .why the wholesale-business of the rival had grown so rapidly. . "It simply la a matter of de liveries. They have organized Ship by Trut-k Week by establishing a union freight trucking station, X facilitating and speeding shipments to and fro." The chamber of commerce got the point. ? As a result of the report it en couraged 'the establishment of the same system for motor transportation. Today It Is gradually regaining old customers for its business houses and obtaining a substantial share of nev. business. . , . ' . TRUCK TRANSPORTATION T( lli K tl ft 1 n fi aW ? " 'I If 1 , . ' . ' We can now make delivery on two-ton' models'. Wheat hauling; will soon commence and if you are ' figuring: on a truck to do thip work come in and let us show you the White. ' ", ; - ' There are many satisfied users in Umatilla coun llh mi&LMmmaL.-m.. ...... . The White will do more work for the east money. ' THE WHITE COMPANY Cleveland Frentzel-Wailes Motor Co 722 Cottonwood St Pendleton, Ore. Phone 46 III the Stockton-Yracmlte economy and reliability iTun whiotr 'Was staged early ftt June, tht Franklin took first place on gawline "economy with an average of lf.t9 miles por gallon. Al though tho distance covered Was but 124.8 miles, the drive 'was etrenous enough, as the machines had to climb to an 'elevation of 7,300 feet In order to 'reach .Yosemite, which is istelf 4,' 000 feet above sea ' level. Only 1 miles of that distance is paVed road There-are miles of rough foothill dirt roads and then mountain roads will all their ups and downs and .very sharp ana seemingly Innumerable tarns, arid there -.are long grades requiring! sec ond gear for mUes on a stretch,, and t-hort, sharp ditches 'forcing a drop back t6 low gear. And this year there were great show banka' and mud holes, and at an-elevation of, almost a mile and a half above Stockton's sea-level - Transcontinental- motoring trips-are no-- particular novelty nowadays, but It la safe to say that few such trips are Doing; made in a,c$r which is now rounding out H ninth year of service However, Dr. t. B. iCary of Douglas, Ariz., won't admit that the trip which he and his three boys are .making In a Franklin touring car from Douglas to New York and return is anything out or tne ordinary, Dr. cary says that the old car, which, dates back to 1!12, Is loaded down with tents, cots and cooking ejuipment, Vo say nothing of its four passengers, yp to- date the doctor Shas maintained 'au average of IS miles to the gallon of gasoline, and hasn't as yet changed a tire. - In these days when the market price of gasoline is a question that strikes pretty Close to the heart and pocket- oook' OI the average motorist, the re sults obtained by sixty-four non-professional drivers, d urine the month ol i May in. an economy contest conducted In . New Haverf. Conn,, r of more than passing Interest. ; The centest was staged by Cowles Tolmah,. the iocal Franklin dealer tn Kew Haven, and prizes. .we're1 offered I for tlte nighest mtleageibtatncd with tne fanktin-car en two Quarts of ns. ollne. .In all, sixty-tour persona com l.oied pany of them with, llylo or no driving experience. One old niitnj who had never sat back of a steering .wheel before In his life, was not only able to drive satisfactorily but-"Bccuted 11.8 miles on the two quarts f 'ettsoline. Thn winner of the contest obtained miles on two quarts, or the Irate ot 63.2 miles to the gallon. The aVammlillfiatR fin lha lu-n nm Dddbe Brothers - BUSINESS CAR Perhaps the best proof of their efficiency is that the installation of one of these cars is -so frequently followed by the purchase of others. , Business men find they can "approximate in advance what their delivery will cost them. The haulage cost Is unusually ;iow. ELLIS-SCHILLER CO. PE.NDLETON', ORLGOJi. W ' IV; rirsc iort maue a perrect score, second Dort scored 997 points out of a possible 1000. Except at official controls, neither Dort stopped its wheels. contest stascd in California, with very three miles less to the gallon. hot weather prevailing and much traf fic to contend with. The route was one of 260 miles over the high Sierras with grilling' grades reaching an altitude of eight thousand feet from a start at sixtey feet. There were twenty four representa tive cam entered and twenty one made the run. First Dort averaged twenty and one half miles to the gallon of gasoline second Dort eighteen and two thirds miles.. :i The finishing third 'averaged nearly PROGRESSIVES ASSURE HARDING OF SUPPORT greseive leaders in the 191? carnr)aign were given to Senator Harding the republican presidential nominee. , yes terday by Walter P. Brown ot Toledo. Ohio, progressive. ' In a conference of nearly an hour, the senator an -Mr. Brown discussed plana for .the .cam paign and the part the progressives would take." j r , LONDON-. July . It Is the Inten- (By Associated Press.) . . ou or Poland to move , the seat of MARION. O., July 10. Assurances government from Warsaw, according that the national republican ticket j statements printed by a German would have the united support of pro- I press and quoted in a wireless message , from Berlin today. jto m, M iff M mt m w-gmpg sl o 1 'To tmrvm yoa a t would want yoa to iirvt at" averagvHiileage on the two quarts of gasoline mas 1S.T5. or at the rate' of S 7.76 miles to the. gallon, i , OORTS WINOVERSTIFF l 5TORAGE BERYli Golden Rule Service Service is the one thing that we sell , , service in line with the Golden Rule u " WE distribute this same Service to all car owners and; to all makes of batteries without discrimination. ' ' When you pay money for a new USL yoil are buying Golden Rule Service, of which the battery is but an essential part.' It't "just the same as paying your employees, "your lawyer, your doc tor, your dentist for Service. . ' Service is the most important thing in the world today. To ; all car owners, we aim to be the "greatest Servant of them all." Our Golden Rule Service, we think, makes us so. But we invite your careful co-operation in caring for your battery so as to assure you long battery-life. Si Often when a man thinks his battery is "done for" and he is ready to buy a new USL, we show how we can save him mtey by repairing his old battery f.id giving an adjustment guarantee for eight months. .- We sell only USL Batteries with the durable machineiastel plates. The factory ships them to us "Dry-Charged.' This avoids all be fore -sale deterioration so that you reaUy get a perfect, full-life battery. Dort cars won first and . second places (n their class in the Sacraiacntu Lake Tahoe Reliability and Kconomv Iri'n of June SS. Authorities state We are a USL Golden Rule Semce StaUon not a batterj-stort BROWN & SANBLOM AUTO ELECTRIC CO. ... . 718 Thompson St., Pendleton, Ore. 3 if V MM that this wu the most ttrenoua road. ii I, i '