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HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOV. 29, 1928. PAGE FIVE I Models and Features of New Chevrolet' 'Six9 9 Line Four model of "the outstanding Chevrolet of Chevrolet History A Six In the Price Range of the Four" which were announced this week by the Chevrolet Motor Company. The new 6 cylinder valve-ln-head motor develops 32 per cent more power than its famous predecessor and all bodies this year bear the famous Fisher stamp of craftsmanship. The driver1 eat of all closed models is adjust, able. Prices remain approximately the same throughout the line of seven passenger type. Left to right, top, the phaeton and tho 4-door sedan. Center, the new motor and a close-up of the carburetor showing the new accelerating pump. Lower, the convertible lan dau sedan on which the top rear quarter may be completely folded down, and the roadster with It stylish Fisher Body. The announcement of a new six cylinder Chevrolet replacing the former four-cylinder car with prices pactically unchanged has created something of a sensation through the entire country. In connection with this announce ment the statement was made that the new car would sell at prlceB ap proximately $200.00 less than any other six on the market and with no raise at all In price over the for mer four-cylinder Chevrolet except in tha case of the two-door sedan which has been raised $10.00 and the convertable landau, which replaces the Imperial landau and will sell for $30.00 more than the former sport job. There have been rumors of Chev rolet coming out with a six cylinder car for several months but the an nouncement by W. S. Knudscn, president and general manager of the Chevrolet Motor company, made In Detroit on Novmeber 16, was rendered spectacular by the fact that this new car was to be sold at practically no raise In price. Equipped with a six-cylinder valve-in-head motor, fully enclosed, and with a high-compression non detonating head, the car is said to have done better than 70 miles an hour in tests at the General Mo tors Proving Ground in Milford, Michigan, and yet, at ordinary speeds is reported to have given an economy of better than twenty miles to the gallon. Because of the ample power provided in the new six-cylinder motor, in addition to its flexibility, it has been posible to equip the rear axle with a compara tively high gear ratfo of 3.19 to 1, which reduces the turn-over of the motor In comparison to road speeds without lessening the car's ability to climb hills and make a quick get away in trafllc. The mtoor has a bore of 3 5-16 inches and a stroke of 3 3-4 inches. The piston displacement is 194 cu bic niches. On accurate tests In the General Motors laboratories, this motor has developed 46 horsepower at low engine speeds and Is of par ticularly rugged construction with a crank shaft weighing 46 pounds. The car is equipped with an A-C air cleaner, an automatic fuel pump which replaces the former vacuum tank feed, a corbureter with auto matic accelerating pump and a special system of automatic lubri cation for the entire rocker-arm mechanism and for all valve oper ating parts. The lines of the new car are par ticularly attractive with flat hood and stream-line effect, making the car oomparable In appearance with many cars costing more than twice as much money. All bodies for the new Chevrolet Six are of Fisher craftsmanship and are being finish ed in most attractive Duco color schemes. The upholstery on the enclosed models is particularly at tractive and of long life. A feature which will be of special interest to the driver of the car is the fact that in all closed models the front seat Is adjustable, render ing It possible, to fit the driving po sition to either tall or short operat ors. The Instrument board and dash arrangement is particularly attract ive and Is of the indirectly-lighted type, equipped with ammeter, oil pressure gauge, speedometer, spark throttle and choke controls and a motor temperature indicator. While the wheel base of the car remains the same as in the former model, 107 inches, the bodies have more room on the interior and are more convertible and more elaborately finished. The line consists of a roadster, a phaeton which replaces the former touring car, the coach or two-door sedan, the coupe, four-door sedan, sport cabriolet, convertable landau which replaces the former Imperial landau and Includes three commer cial types in a light delivery chassis, a one and one-half ton utility truck and a sedan delivery. Production of the new car proba bly will not begin on the Pacific Coast until about December 10th, i I m sunny i although preparations are now un der way through the readjustment of machinery and the making of necessary changes In the production line made necessary . by the com plete change In models. The new cars will be shown on a progressive basis throughout the United States between the 24th of November and the 22nd of Decem ber in the principal cities of the United States. Shipments to deal ers will be made bteween the middle of December and the first of the year in such a way that cars will be in the hands of dealers for dis play and delivery on or after Janu ary 1. President Knudsen stated in his announcement that no cars would be delivered at retail prior to January 1. ' ' . . Dealers who are familiar with the details of the new car and of its performance are highly enthused and predict a volume of sales dur ing 1929 in excess of the' minimum estimated production volume sug gested by Mr. Knudsen in his an nouncement of a million and one quarter units during the calendar year. Ambulance Chasing Will Be Eliminated (From Oregon State Motor Association) Reports to the Oregon State Mo tor Association from national head quarters of the American Automo bile Association, with which the lo cal motoring organization is affil iated, Indicate clearly that a nation wide campaign is under way to clean out the vicious practice of ambulance chasing, now virulent In many cities and towns throughout the United States. Commenting upon the crusade which the American Automobile Association has launched to drive out the scavenging ambulance chas ers, W. R. McDonald, director of the local club, declares that "this is a campaign in which every right thinking motorist will 'want to join with all the vigor at his command." "The Oregon State Motor Asso ciation stands firmly with national headquarters of the American Auto mobile Association in this very righteous battle against an evil which has settled Itself upon the ranks of motordom and which for years has exacted its heavy toll. "The ambulance chaser lives off the misfortune of motorists, and preys upon their lack of informa tion or their feeling of helplessness in time of trouble. A survey by the A. A. A. has showed, sadly enough, that there is a lecherous circle made up of shady lawyers, physicians, hospital attendants, and even mor tuary assistants. It is true that their number is small in comparison to the great number of honorable practitioners of these professions, but the moral of the one rotten ap ple holds true here as well as any where else. Organized motordom, realizing the extent of the ambulance chas er's operations, is fighting him tooth and nail, and late reports from na- Winter la Sunny r California Take the Union Pacific sunshine circle trip to delightful California where winter means summer and count less pleasures await y One way via Salt Lake City; the other via Portland. scenes, new places all the way. Pine, fast trains. Stopovers going and returning. f MAKK RESnVATIONt MOWI UNION PACIFIC on evuuAMU iwn ' CHESTEB BARBED Agent Heppnar, Oregon fsSJt Everything Except the Turkey Choicest vegetables, cranberries, mince meat, pumpkin, squash, grapes, apples, nuts, oranges, bananas , canned and glassed preserves, relishes, pickles everything. PHELPS Grocery Co. THE HOME OF GOOD EATS Phone Main 53 We Deliver tional headquarters of the A. A. A. indicate that progress ts being made. "In several large cities active campaigns are under way, and the ambulance chaser is giving ground. iusewhere. public opinion is being stimulated to an understanding of the gravity of the present situation. But the drive really has just begun. What we need is full co-operation of every motor car owner to the end that his enemy, the ambulance chaser, may go down to an igno minious defeat" Oregon Turkey Growers Get Radio Market News The most up-to-the-minute mar ket Information ever offered turkey raisers in this state is being broad cast daily from KOAC, the radio station of the Oregon State Agri cultural college at Corvallis. This daily service will continue until the Oregon holiday turkey crop ts mar keted. KOAC is now on 535 meters. This phase of a comprehensive market information servtce being developed by the extension service at the college, is obtained daily by wire direct from the San Francisco office of the federal bureau of agri cultural economics. Received at) the college late In the afternoon as a summary of supplies and prices in the leading markets, the reports are put on the air at 7 o'clock each evening and again the following noon. Oregon county agents are also supplying local market infor mation for this service. Other market news and economic information for farmers is put on each day except Sunday as a part of the air through this station at 12:45 the noon broadcast, and again in tne evening at 7 o ciock. i ne rast est service now available is being used to gather these reports, though it is hoped to have the government extend a full loop wire service to the college which would enable the extension service to give Oregon farmers equal service with that en joyed by any in the country. At present radio telegrams trans mitted from Washington, D. C. over signal corps sets to Vancouver, Wash., are being retransmitted to Corvallis by the Portland office of the federal bureau of agricultural economics. 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