The Sherman County Obeemr. Mor«, O nr . Mfay, January t 1W
HIGHWAY 'STOPS* BACKED
THE OLD OREGON TRAIL
b^fetor choke and dash light are also
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placed on the panel. The windshield
is of full vision, one-piece VV Fisher
The United States government has
design with automatic wiper and rear
placed its stamp of approval and has
vision mirror standard equipment on
given official recognition to the per
Extension of the “stop street“ idea
all closed model.
petuation of the memory of the Old
The sport cabriolet, added this year, to the arterial highways of the state Oregon Trail. This is as it should be.
was
favored
by
the
Oregon
Automo
has a four-passenger carrying capa
In the enactment by congress of a
city, with a spacious rumble seat. It tive conference at a meeting held in
measure authorising the minting of
has a tan whip-cord top and tan up Portland last woek. This proposal
Saturday January 8th
6,000,000 half-dollar Oregon Trail
holstery of grain leather. The body will be presented along with a num
coins, both obverse and reverse dé
is finished in royal oak green Duco. ber of other code amendments to the
suni being emblematic of the history
; Douglas Maclean in
The landau is finished in biege state motor code to the legislature
of
the Old West, it gives impetus to
brown Duco on the body, window j when it convenes at Salem next Mon
“THAT’S MY BABY”
the program of the Oregon Trail as
mouldings and wheels, with chrome' day.
sociation, headed by Ezra Meeker,'
yellow striping on the streamline
The practical effect of the amend the venerable pioneer, as president,
TWO SHOWS
Starte 7:30 SOME COMEDY
moulding. The interior is upholster ment would be to require vehicles ap
and with him on its official board
ed in brown plush. Oval plate glass proaching arterial highways from a
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some of the most noted men of Amer
Admission 10 cents and 30 cents
windows in the rear may be opened.
side road to come to a complete stop ica.
before entering the lane of travel.
Colors Matched
Every foot of that historic old trail
Two years ago a law requiring
The sedan is finished in marine vehicles to slow down to five miles an will be marked and suitable monp-
Sunday January 9th
blue Duco with gold stripings on the hour was enacfed, but its practical ments and shrines built as a tribute
body moulding. The interior is up operations‘have failed to attain the to the thousands of pioneer men,
holstered in blue conduroy. The degree of safety that had been antic women and children who trekked he
Norman Kerry in
roically to the great west and brought
two doors are unusually wide, provid ipated.
civilization
to
a
vast
wilderness.
ing for easy entrance and exit.
“UNDER WESTERN SKIES”
The state highway department thru
New Radiator Design
Banks in all parts of the country
“Fish-tail” modeling, emphasizing
The radiator of polished airplane the streamline effect, is also used on Roy Klein, highway engineer, has al have undertaken to sell the coins at
NEWS
COMEDY
WESTERN ROMANCE
ready expressed approval of the idea. one dollar each, one-half going to the
metal follows a new design. It is the two passenger coupe. The body,
Cities
through
which
arterial
high
United
States
treasury
and
the
other
longer and larger and with the cen window mouldings and stee 1 disc
ways pass have already been asked half to be used for carrying out the
Admission 10 cents and 30 cents
trifugal water pump provides for high wheels of the coupe are finished in
by the commission to make streets purposes of the association.
biege
brown
Duco
with
light
chrome
cooling efficiency. Sweeping one-
along which the roadway extends
Every true and loyal American ciV-
piece full crown fenders are topped yellow striping. Blue corduroy up
“
stop
“
streets.
*
izen
can take pride in the possession
off' by bullet-type head lamps with holstery harmonizes with the exter
of
one
.of these coins, now available
In
line
with
its
actiofi
favoring
the
ior
finish.
A
ledge
is
provided
behind
cowl to match. Steel disc wheels in
colors are standard equipment. Na the seat for carrying small parcels. principles- of the Hoover uniform to the publie, ordering through either
tural wood wheels are optional at ad The rear deck is arranged into a com safety code, the conference instructed their bank or from the Oregon Trail
Direction of Newton Crosfield
partment large enough to carry a its attorney to draft a number of memorial association, 18 Old Slip,
ditional cost.
amendments intended to make Ore New York. It is a project worthy of
full-sizel
steamer
trunk.
The motor has been improved by
ALWAYS GOOD PICTURES ”
An equally generous compartment gon motor lews conform closely to the complete support of every citizen.
the use of an improved oil pump. An
this traffic plan, which is being adop
other advance is the use of an AC air space is available on the roadster on
ted elsewhere.
which
the
“
fish-tailing
”
effect
is
also
gleaner. Greater mileage, fewer oil
SCENERY AN ASSET
According to a court ruling, motor
changes and a minimum of motor emphasized. Finished in Falmouth
ists
have
no
legal
right
upon
a
“
stop
”
gray
Duco,
with
steamline
moulding
wear is promised as a result of the
New Tuberculosis Hospital Site
adoption of an AC oil filter which re and French gray striping it discloses street unless a stop is made, before
entering
the
“
stop
”
street
After
an
interesting
advance
over
the
pre
Carefully Selected
moves impurities and dirt from the oil
THE WILL TO HELP
ceding model. The new one-piece full this stop has been made by a motor
supply
The
site
ehosen
for
the
new
east
This is the 'most important element in rendering sendee. That or
A larger steering wheel, 17 inches crown fenders and bullet head lamps ist entering a “stop” street, he has ern Oregon tuberculosis hospital is
right
of
way
over
any
motorists
com
give
the
touring
car
a
distinct
appear
ganization
which is imbued with the whole-hearted desire to help will
in diameter, provides for easier hand
unexcelled by any site in the United
perform innumerable little acts of service that are invaluable. This is
ling and adds to the appearance of the ance of newness. Like the roadster it ing from the right hand direction.
States, according to Mr. Jamieson
the spirit of our organization. Everyone in it has that ever-present
car. The new tire carrier is mounted is finished in Falmouth gray Duco.
Marshall, who left Portland last
desire to help smooth out the burdens — the heartaches — which are
The
Chevrolet
factories
are
now
in
on the frame, entirely free from the
Ninety thousand poles support the Thursday evening for Denver, Colo
the lot of the bereaved ones.
body, and is braced in a vertical posi production oh the new models, with
rado. Mr. Marshall spent nearly three
tion by heavy steel brackets. A new record shipments leaving every day new northern transcontinental tele weeks in Oregon assisting the Oregon
phone circuit of the Pacific Telephone
gasoline gauge and a combination for various parts of the country.
The Crandall Undertaking Company
A Telegraph company to be formally board of control in the choice of a
stop and tail light are standard equip
site
for
the
new
sanitarium.
The
dedicated to regular service from the
ment.
The Dalles, Oregon. Phone 35-J. Lady Assistants.
A shipment of Oregon strawberry Pacific northwest to the east some choice was left by the board of con
On closed models new and narrower plants was recently made to Cam
trol
in
the
hands
oL
Dr.
G.
C.
Bell
windshield pillars improve the vision bridge, England, which indicates that time in January about the middle of inger, superintendent of the present
permitting. Doors are equipped with the berries grown in Oregon have be the month, Tf not before. The new tuberculosis hospital at Salem, and
line crosses Idaho, Montana, North
remote control handles.
come sufficiently well-known to war Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin. At Mr. Marshall, architect and institu-
Coincidental Lock
rant production in other countries.
Chicago it connects with circuits for tionai advisor for the National Tu
Marshall's
New York. A train of 1200 ears, berculosis association.
The hew instrument panel includes
home
is
in
New
York
city.
a coincidental lock that automatically * We can be thankful shoes are not would be needed to transport the
“Not even the Cragnor Sanatorium
locks both steering gear and ignition. like auto tires so we would have to poles at one time that are used in the
in
Colorado Springs or the Trudeau
Speedometer, oil gauge, ammeter, car- sit down when we got a hole in them. construction of the line. '
Sanatorium at Saranac Lake, N. Y.
MORO, OREGON
can boast a better location from the
standpoint of sbenery, climate, or ac
HARDWARE
IMPLEMENTS
FURNITURE
cessibility,” said Marshall in an in
terview at Portland Thursday after
noon. “Every convenience is to be
— FEATURING —
had at The Dalles in the way of trans
portation, water supply, electric cur
A LARGE STOCK OF
rent, sanitary facilities, markets, la
bor supply, recreation and special
AXMINSTER RUGS
medical service? A view of unexcel
led beauty may be had of the Colum
CONGOLEUM AND LINOLEUM
bia river. It is especially necessary
LEATHER CHAIRS AND FIBER SUITES
for an Oregon hospital to be located
amid scenes of natural beauty because
CEDAR AND WALNUT CHESTS
Oregon patients are accustomed to
beautiful scenery and would not be
MAJESTIC RANGES
contented without it.”
As the time drew near for his de
parture from Oregon, Mr. Marshall
MEADOWS POWER WASHER '
admitted that the charms of Oregon
had taken a powerful hold on him.
The Machine with the Least Machinery Possible
“I hope to see the day,’r said Marshall,
to do its work well ,
“when I can come to Oregon and stay
here the rest of my life.”
SELLS ON ITS MERITS
•
ehanically finer, entirely new iq body
lines, smarter iq appearance, c.om-
plete in equipment and outstanding in
the display of colora. Some of the
standard features on the new models
are: AC air cleaner, AC oil filter,
balloon tires, bullet-type head lamps
and cowl lamps, newly designed rad
iator shell, one piece full-crown fend
ers, heavier running boards, larger
steering wheel, new instrument panel,
new tire carrier assembly and coinci-
dental ignition and steering lock. %
All closed bodies are by Fisher and'
finished in Duco. The seven models
are finished in five color combinations,
with contrasting color stripes empha
PORATED TN NEW LINE TO
sizing the body head. “Fish-tailing,”
sell at reduced price
a crowning achievement of the design
er’s art, employed on more expensive
•ars, lends a striking appearance to
The Chevrolet Motor company an .he rear deck of the coupe, sport cab
riolet and roadster. A reduction in
■Mbflgs, heralded as the most beau the “over-all” height of the cars with
tiful tn Chevrolet history. Embodied out sacrificing head room makes for
a more racy contour.
NE» M-
IFI HOBELS
I
f
UTOD Uin SIME
tn more costly cars. Economies o'
volume production have made pos
Caiwektent with the introduction of
a new Mae of cars, the compaany an
price reduction, effective
. On the closed car line,
the reductions range from 320 to 350.
The‘new open car price is 3525, with
batteoa tires end di^ wheels as stand-
ami equipment, whereas the former
open car price was 3510 without bal
loon tires and diac, wheels.
Now and old prices of Chevrolet
cars ars as follows:
-Old
New
Model -
3645
|595
Coach
645
625
Coupe
735
695
765
745
t510
•525
Toaría* òr roadster
|535
•With balloons and disc wheels.
fWithout balloons.
¿With balioona , ..... „
6715. The half-ton truck price is
new f695. Last year, without balloon
àat other improvements made
tMsjrear^ the one-half-ton truck price
was 075« The one-ton truck price
remains unchanged at 3495. All
prices are f o b. Flint, Mich. The
ss the same
ger ear line, including the addition of
an air cleaner and in oil filter.
2 Big Shows 2
WASCO THEATRE
Ginn, Coleman & Co
CHEVROLET
LOLET
olet History
volume. This, and only this, makes possiMe th*
manufacture of so fine a car to sell at Chevrolets
low prices.
We urge you to come in for a personal inspection.
A host of improvements including.
New AC Air Cleaner
New AC Oil Filter
New Coincidental Lock
New Duco Colors
New Gasoline Gauge
New Radiator "
New Bodies by Fisher
New large 17-inch
Steering Wheel
definite assurance of longer life - for all
of Chevrolet popularity
has sent Chevrolet production to tremendous
New Remote Control
New Tire Carrier
New Bullec-Typa
»595
COUPE-
»625
Former price 3645
Tearing-Car
*525
Roadster
Prie* i Includes balloon
dise wheels. '
*6535 withal
»525
Price includes balloon
tires and steel disc wheels.
Former price 3535 with
balloon tires only.
SEDAN
»695
Former price 3735
New Windshield on
The Sport
Cabriolet
Entirely new model with
rumble seat.
Balloon tire* now standard on ali modela
TIPTON AND MANCHESTER
The Dalles, Oregon
Foes and Company, Moro, Associate Dealers
Sherman Garage; Wasco, Associate Dealers
«
»745
Former price 376®
4 —
$715
All
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LANDAU
NOT
It Costs You Nothing.
SAFETY
y
-
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Has your home every modern con
AUTONA CIRCULATOR- STOVES
venience T The average home owner
would say, “Yes, we have running
WILL HEAT FOUR TO FIVE ROOMS
water, electric lights, modern plumb
ing, furnace heat, a gas or electric
stove, a washing machine, telephone,
radio,” and so on, through the list of tmmmmnmmmnmmmmtttmmmmmmumommmnnmnnnmmmmmdl
articles which make the American
home the most pleasant, comfortable
and sanitary in the world.
There is one big thing, however,
which, the average home owner over
looks. After providing for all the
GENERAL MACHINE SHOP
comforts of his family and himself,
he fails to provide safeguards against
Repairing Truck?, Tractors, Automobiles,
fire which is an ever-present menace
to life and property.
■ Caterpillars, and Combine Motors, Cylinder
The average home is not built with
Grin ‘ing, Oyx-Hcety lune and Electric Welding
any thought of fire protection. There
will be openings in the walls and be
tween the floors, which offer a perfect
draft-for a fire when it is started.
' Chimneys will be constructed in the
cheapest and most flimsy manner and
615 East Second St
Phone Main 4001
after once built, will never be inspec
ted or cleaned. Fufnace and hot wa
ter pipes will be set close to inflam
mable wooden partitions. Rubbish of
all kinds will be allowed to accumu
late in basements and attics, and
thereby form a veritable fira trap.
Fuel will be piled against a furnace
or hot steam pipes in such a way that
the marvel is that there are notvnore
O. R. Hulse, Proprietor
fires than .the^s are.,
On top of all this carelessness, very
Fresh ft ilk and Cream
few persons will ever have a faucet
at all times.
or hose so arranged that it can be
used for fire protection if occasion de
DELIVERY. TWICE DAILY
mands. The commonest kind of fire
fighting appliances and fire prevention
Leave orders at
practices are conspicuous by their ab
Moro
Pharmacy
sence, in the “model” American home
which has “every modern convelk
R ead & G alloway
The Dalles, Ore
With These Amazing Price Reductions
COACH
Ask For a Try Out
WHY
(Chassis Only)
- Ton Truck
(Chassis Only)
>395
Lone Rock
Dairy
Many lives and much property
would be saved if simple fire preven
tion measures would bo adopted by
American home owners.
Reports from Pendleton say that
grain men there are informed that
federation wheat seeded last fall has
been hurt by eold weather, particu
larly in the Prescott section, and that
mach of it will have to be replanted.
A “WANT”
ad In T he M oro
O bserver will reach more
people .in Sherman County than
by any other medium available.
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