HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JAN. 21, 1932.
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Mr. and Mrs. Vawter Crawford
departed yesterday for Eugene to
be in attendance at the annual
press conference held on the Uni
versity of Oregon campus. At the
annual banquet tomorrow evening,
ye editor will receive a certificate
of merit on behalf of the Gazette
Times in lieu of the loving cup held
by this paper the past year. The
cup was awarded by Oregon chpa
ter Sigma Delta Chi, national hon
orary journalism fraternity, for the
best all-round weekly newspaper in
the state. The Gazette Times was
not eligible to compete this year.
Clarence Bauman, sheriff, and S.
E. Notson, district attorney, de
parted last night for Portland to
be in attendance at the state con
vention of peace officers and dis
trict attorneys in session there this
week end. Mr. Notson Is vice-president
of the association.
Mrs. Daisy Hall has as her guest
this week, her sister, Mrs. William
Swick of Bend. Mrs. Swick ar
rived here Sunday to spend a few
days with her sister and other rel
atives, and will also make a visit
in Portland before returning home.
The Methodist ladies will give
an apron social on Friday, January
29th, at 7:30 p. m., in the basement
of the church. A good program
has been arranged. A luncheon
will be served after the program.
Harold Dobyns, assistant preda
tory animal control leader for Ore
gon, was in Morrow county several
days this week, going from here to
Pendleton where he attended the
Oregon Woolgrowers convention.
Gene Ferguson and D. A. Wilson
departed for Portland yesterday.
Mr. Ferguson to attend a Chevrolet
dealers meeting, and Mr. Wilson to
transact business for his men's fur-
nishing store.
Roy Fugate, rodent control man
with the U. S. Biological survey,
was in the city yesterday working
with County Agent Smith in pre
paring for a squirrel poisoning
campaign.
Lawrence Redding was in town
Tuesday from his Eight Mile farm
home. His broad smile denoted sat
isfaction with the fine lot of mois
ture that has been received In his
section.
For Sale 132 acres on Birch
creek, fenced woven wire, 18 acres
alfalfa, fair house and barn, school
on place. Price $3000. Some terms.
Write Wells & Keithley, Pendleton,
Ore. 45
Pete Gilliland, who has been
nursing a large boil on his wrist
and undergoing much misery there
from, is reported by his physician
to be recovering from the affliction.
Harley Adkins, employed by the
O.-W. R. & N. as traveling freight
agent, arrived in the city yesterday
in answer to news of the illness of
his mother, Mrs. Alice Adkins.
J. D. Cash, manager J. C. Penney
company store, is in Portland this
week attending the company's an
nual spring buyers' conference. He
is expected home Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Gorley were
in town yesterday from their farm
home, Mr. Gorley receiving treat
ment for a finger which was severe
ly cut by a saw last week.
Norman Everson of lone broke
his nose Tuesday night while play
ing basketball in a game with the
town team. He was brought to
Heppner for treatment
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ross
yesterday morning at the home of
Mrs. Fred Ritchie in Heppner, a
seven-pound daughter.
Paul Marble, manager of the lo
cal P. P. & L. office, is absent from
the city attending a meeting of
company employees.
Mrs. Ed Chinn has recovered suf
ficiently from her recent illness to
again be out of the house.
Mrs. Mohl, Heppner hospital
nurse, left Tuesday night for Port
land for an extended visit.
Wanted Cooking in sheep camp
or farm by middle aged, experienc
ed woman. Call this office. 45-8p
Thousands of garments were do
nated to unemployed people by more
fortunate New York workers.' A
workman ii shown fumigating th
clothes before giving them out
Clothes for N. Y. Jobless
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AUTOMOBILES
GREATLY
MPRQVED
By CALEB JOHNSON.
Even in times like these every
body is interested in the new auto
biles. Perhaps the automobile peo
ple are going to sell more of them
in 1932 than they did in 1931. At
any rate, there is a wider variety
of good automobiles to chose from
than ever before, and at lower
prices.
Even though automobile sales fell
off in 1931 by more than one half
from 1929, and only about 2,450,000
cars were built last year, there was
more automobile travel than ever
before. That is proved by th,e fact
that five hundred million more
gallons of gasoline were consumed
in 1931 than in 1930. And that, in
turn, means that the old cars were
driven harder and are nearer the
stage where they must be replaced
by new ones. Automobile manu
facturers figure that there are six
million cars that ought to go to the
Junk heap this year. And if they
can sell that many they would be
doing twice as much business as
they did last year.
I went to the first automobile
show of the season at Grand Cen
tral Palace, New York, on the open
ing day, January 9. This is the
first place where the makers all
show their new 1932 models, and I
found a great many things to in
terest me which will, I believe? in
terest everybody who has a car or
who hopes to have a car.
First, and most important, prices
all along the line are way down.
bix years ago I paid $3,750 for a
car. At this year's show the same
makers are offering a car of the
same size, but with a more power
ful engine and a better car in ev
ery way, for a hundred dollars less
than half that figure. There are
better cars selling between $500 and
$1000 than could have been bought
two years ago from $1,000 to $2,000.
In tune with the times, the largest
offerings of new cars are In the less
than $1,000 class, and the very high
quality big cars are selling at from
$1,000 to $3,000 less than similar
models sold last year.
And I think I am perfectly safe
In saying that without exception
they are all better cars.
I was surprised to find how uni
formly the manufacturers have
adopted all of the very latest im
provements. For one thing, they
are all showing smaller wheels and
larger tires some of the tires
have almost the proportion of
doughnuts. One of the biggest im
provements in the whole automo
tive field in recent years has been
in the quality of tires. I can re
member when three thousand miles
was a lot of service to get out of
a set of tires, while today it is or
dinary experience to . get twenty
thousand miles and over.
The smaller wheels help brine
the car closer to the ground, and
by thus lowering the center of grav
ity make high speeds safer and
lessen the danger of an upset on
curves. Last year's cars seemed
low, but this year's are still lower
from ground to top. Several mak
ers have found new ways of bring
ing the body down below the chas
sis frame. Head room is less, but
people don't wear plug hats while
motoring!
There were few four cylinder sn-
glnes In any of the cars at the show.
Even very low-priced cars have six
cylinders, and many of those un
der $1,000 are eights. Several mak
ers are showing twelves who never
made anything bigger than eights
before. All of that Is in line with
the Increased speed which modern
motorists, with plenty of good roads
to drive on, are calling for. A few
years ago a forty-horse-power en
gine was considered very powerful;
I should say that half the cars in
the show have engines above one
hundred horsepower, and are so
designed that they can be driven
with safety at speeds up to seventy
or eighty miles an hour.
In almost every car I saw, some
special effort has been made to sus
pend the engine in such a way as
to minimize engine vibration. Light
er weight pistons and crankshafts
are the rule, and I saw numerous
minor improvements In methods of
Insuring equal distribution of gas to
all cylinders, on the eights and
twelves. There seems to be a ten
dency to do away with the vacuum
tank and provide pressure feed
from the main tank.
I don't think there was a single
car at the show which did not have
the new so-called "synchro-mesh"
gears, In one form or another. I
think that In many respects this Is
the most Important improvement
in cars that has been made. It
eliminates all trouble in shifting
gears, making that operation en
tirely noiseless and eliminating all
danger of stripping the gear teeth.
And, In connection with this syncro-mesh
transmission, every car
that I examined, from the $500 ones
to the $10,000 ones, has some system
of free wheeling, usually in con
nection with an automatic clutch.
Some have a button to press with
your foot, to put the free wheeling
and automatic clutch system into
operation, some have the button on
the dash board, some have a lever
on the steering wheel, but In prac
tically all of the now cars It Is pos
sible to drive over almost any kind
of country without ever having to
use the loft foot for the clutch
lever. On steep down grades where
the braking power of the engine Is
required, the throwing of a switch
or the pressure of a button cuts out
the free wheeling feature and the
engine is directly geared to the
drive shaft. On a good many of
the new cars you can stnnd still In
trafllo with the engine Idling, and
When the
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by opening the gas throttle, by
means of the 'foot accelerator, it
will start off in first speed, auto
matically shift to second when it
gets up to four or five miles an
hour, and then automatically shift
into third when the ten mile speed
has been reached, and this process
is reversed whenever the car slows
down. On a great many, if not
most, of the new cars, the self
starter is also automatic, so that
the engine can never stall so long
as the switch is on. All it takes to
start the engine is to throw the ig
nition switch. This device was used
nearly twenty years ago by one
maker that I know of and it has
amazed me for years that nobody
else had taken it up. Now they are
all doing it, or most of them.
Hydraulic shock absorbers are
now regular equipment on every
thing from Fords to Cadillacs,
where only the last year or two
they were expensive extras. And
many of the new cars have what
they call a "ride control" device
whereby the tension on the shock
absorbers can be altered to suit the
load in the car and the character
of the road. Everybody knows that
a heavily loaded car holds the road
better than a light one, or at least
shakes up the passengers less. With
the "ride control," which operates
by opening or closing the oil valves
in the shock absorbers, the same
riding comfort is promised with
only one passenger that ordinarily
results from having five In the car,
while rough roads are smoothed out
by a similar application of the "ride
control" adjustment.
None of the cars at the show was
equipped with the new low pres
sure tires. From twenty-five to
tnirty-nve pounds pressure is stan
dard for balloon tires. One tire
maker has brought out, and I was
told that others will soon bring
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out, a tire which requires only
twelve pounds of air pressure. It
has a triangular cross section, a
very broad base on a wide wheel
rim and about four inches of sur
face contact with the road. Friends
of mine who have driven in light
cars equipped with these twelve
pound tires say that they behave
wonderfully.
I noticed a decided tendency tow
ard longer wheel base in the low
est priced cars. That, of course,
makes riding easier. It also gives
a longer hood under which to put
an eight-cylinder engine, and per
mits longer bodies, with more leg
room, in the smaller types of closed
cars. I saw a smaller proportion
of cars of the rumble seat type,
however, and more having a close
coupled body, with rear seats for
two or three, and a removable can
vas top over all. They are very
sporty looking affairs, many of
these and doubtless will be popular
with the type of young folks who
have been such eager buyers of
two-seaters with rumble.
Bigger and more powerful head
lights, two horns instead of one I
cannot quite see the use of that
much more chromium plate and
stainless steel, a greater variety of
more brilliant body colors, deeper
and more impressive-looking ra
diator fronts, and more complete
streamlining to prevent wind re
sistance, are among the other mi
nor improvements which almost all
the new cars show. Of course, they
all have four-wheel brakes, most
of them mechanical brakes, with
the exception of one very popular
line which has used hydraulic
brakes for several years and still
applies them on all of its cars. And
almost every one of the new cars
has sun shields inside which can
be pulled down and set at any an
gle by the driver, instead of the
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were never completely satisfactory.
I should say that a majority of the
cars have some form of shatter
proof glass as standard equipment
for windshields and windows, and
some of the new ones have got the
front seat floor boards and cover
ings so fitted that there will no
longer be a cold draft on the driv
er's feet in winter.
I should say that perhaps half
the cars in the show are wired for
radio as standard equipment, and
every one of these has some kind of
a radio receiving set especially de
signed to go under the dashboard,
which is sold as an extra, at a cost
from $100 to $150.
Nobody has seen the new Ford
yet Nobody but a few insiders
in the Ford organization know
what it is going to be. Mr. Ford
never exhibits at the national show,
but usually shows his new models
at the same time. The rumor is
widespread that the new Ford will
have eight cylinders and many oth
er radical changes from the pres
ent model AA type. But we will
know a lot more about that when
Mr. Ford tells us.
IN OREGON HOMES
Gresham More than 425 men
and women of Multnomah county
have participated in an entertain
ing, eductaional program planned
to arouse Intetrest in improving
kitchens and the manner of per
forming work in them, according
to t ranees Clinton, home demon
stration agent This program is
titled "Come Into the Kitchen" and
includes snappy roll call responses
a demonstration on "The Secret fo
the Great Arch" (caused by too
low work surfaces), a talk on kit-
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CONUCTtOUCft.'S
I Kid iht
chen furnishings and their arrange
ment original kitchen songs, and
the "Kitchen Klangers," an orches
tra or band made up of kitchen im
plements. Copies of this program
may be obtained free from any
home demonstration agent or from
the home economics extension ser
vice at Corvallis.
Grants Pass Six different organ
izations In Josephine county were
aided by the Josephine County Rec
reation Study group during the
month of December.- The mem
bership of this recreation group of
30 is divided into four committees
songs, stunts, games, one -act
plays. Committees respond to re
quests of rural community groups
for assistance with the entertain
ment features of their programs.
A. G. Jackson of Grants Pass is
president of the organization, which
is one phase of the extension ser-
When
BABIES
are Upset
BABY ills and ailments seem twice
as serious at night. A sudden cry
may mean colic. Or a sudden attack
of diarrhea. How would yon meet
this emergency tomght? Have you a
bottle of Castoria ready?
For the protection of your wee
one for your own peace of mind
keep this old, reliable preparation
always on hand. But don't keep it
just for emergencies; let it be an
everyday aid. Ifs gentle influence
will ease and soothe the infant who
cannot sleep. Its mild regulation will
help an older child whose tongue is
coated because of sluggish bowels.
All druggists have Castoria.
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Lexington Farmers
Warehouse Company
Dealers in Flour, Poultry and Dairy Feeds
OIL MASH and SCRATCH FEED For Tour Winter Layers.
ALSO ALL STOCK FEEDS.
General Warehouse Storage and Custom Grinding.
LEXINGTON, OREGON
Heppner Gazette Times,
LOW-COST TRANSPORTATION
coupled with fast and efficient delivery
service direct to your door at no addi
tional cost should be considered in plac
ing your freight oders.
$10,000 Cargo Insurance
for your protection.
John Day Valley Freight Line
(Incorporated)
M. VENABLE, Manager. Office S E. May St Phone 1363
THEY MUST BE
I When you consider that E
MONARCH CANNED FOODS
have been favorites of the American public S
for more than 60 years you can come to but H
one conclusion "THEY MUST BE GOOD" j
QUALITY FOODS ALWAYS AT
Hustons
vice carried on under the direction
of Mrs. Cara H. Wertz, home dem
onstration agent
Eugene Eighty-six Oregon Prod
ucts were listed by the prize win
ner of a contest conducted at the
Beaver Party for chairmen of
Home Extension Units in Lane
county, according to Gertrude
Skow, home demonstration agent
The 30 unit chairmen were invited
to this party by the county com
mittee of seven which Is headed by
Mrs. Ralph Laird of Pleasant Hill.
Woolgrowers Auxilary will give a
dinner at the parish house at 6:30
o'clock Tuesday, Jan. 26, followed
by old-fashioned dancing. Dinner
and dance, 50c. Dancing only, 25c
For Sale Bourbon Red Turkey
toms, from blue ribbon stock, $6.
Daisy Butler, Willows, Ore. 42-45
Gilliam & Bisbee's
VARNISH DEAL '
Saves You Money
With every quart of
QUICK-STEP VAR
NISH at the regular
price of $1.25 per qt.
you get a 3-inch bris
tle Varnish Brush
that sells at 60 cents.
This Quick-Step sale
continues for 30 days
only and will close on
the evening of Decem
ber 17th.
QUICK-STEP is the
ideal varnish for
floors as well as for
all kinds of wood
work. In addition to the
above we will be glad
to furnish you any
thing in the Paint and
Varnish line.
GILLIAM &BISBEE
Only $2.00 Per Year
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