Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, March 10, 1929, Image 10

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Newspaper Page TextI i. ill' 4 I ' iii M' - if' ; i ; I i ; ; t : H 1 ;; i ' I PXGE TWO ftTEDFORI? " fXITJ TKIBUNE,-- MEPFOHDr OREGON,; STtyPXY, r3RCH 10," 1929.' Bridge to Be Opened to Traffic in 3Iarch ''mr V 1 .. FINE PUBLICITY the paper nys eflllorlnlly: " "There hfavo b(-en GriinKOH in JackHpn county Kince the early ! 70's. but It wan not untjl 1912 that j the ', jfidfinrn Orange movefnen; ; appeared in southern Oregon and not until 1926 that this movement became in any Bentio general. During the past 12 months it haH shown .it Kroater advance and a i larger increase In mr-mbelvthln ! than ilurlnK any uii decade nf former history. Economically, pa- " lltitally and especially from the , I Klundpoint of rural development, Tho National Grouse, of Rprinp- ! tho aianjrfi In Jackson county now field. .M.ma., (ho offlolnl-Xtimice l n0"1" unquestioned nuthorlty ruid per cent over i those of last February. Last year Genernl Mo tors exported double the number of automobiles It slipped abroad .dtirlnB WW-.prf vtiwiB yar. .r i. A decided trend toward tho coupe la reported by- Oldsmoblle officials. This applies both to the standard . model with . large luc eaeo space in the. rear and the snort model with an ' additional rear seat for two, . -Prospects are , excellent for a good automotive year, say Oldsmo blle officials, basing the prediction on a' country -wide survey-which Included business trips totalling 28.000 miles. Dldmsoblle dealers throughout the country have prepared for a junterifcUy.. iatser business . than last, which was 60 per cent greater than any yenr previous, officials announce. ' WW'S ItlGilT'S KII-I-! j Vrt ,v. waiiwi lawyer Is opposing a proposed legls- j ilaliveblll. designed, to Increase j i rights of married women In Texas. So convincing were. argunjpus of) Mrs. Helen M. VIgllnl, former ns .distant district uttorneyf that thi Pall.aS Ba.r association, adopted r, resolution opposing the "fifty. fiftv bill, i It would give women rights u contract .debts without permit;,, 1 or tneir spouses. "Jt wouiu do a great day fr, house-to-houso peddlers if the hi were passed," Mrs. Vigllnl saij "W omen would buy radios brushes and dictlnnnrlr mnnner of thincs thev ilnn't The blljwoul(l Increase divorcer 1 ir i- StrlT-"'lf!'rS' Marking another gt eat engi neering achievement, the San Francisco Bay Toll Bridge will soon be opened to the public. This bridge links Northern and" Central California via Mt. Eden and San Mateo. The map illustrates the terri tory to be directly benefited. Note the distance which this bridge saves the motorist in circling San Francisco Bay. The occupants ot a new Chevrolet Six are getting a closeup view of the structure just before its completion. - - . " Amorlca has won . 3urone'jt most important tounlng fompetltl6n, tho nighth unnuitl .Monl;(;nr)n' rnlly. A four-ojioed araham-faigo ' made the best run of 64 entries In this International .'contest, received tho Australia, prize awnra una 11 special Urophy or .traversing the greatest vomanco, accorduw to word eolved last ,wk ,byi - the Crater i J-nko- Automotive, oompsnj', Jled- I ford araham-HaJge dealei-s. , t l'lie winning oar win driven by ! Jr..J. J. Spronger van Eljck, who 'left iHtoekliolni.s Sweden, and ar . nved at '.Monte Carlo,' 18iii miles .'iMnlnut, on the third day, Just 74 hnura, "H minutes after his start. Driving, conditions this were "were described us frightful, Un- eKpootedly. sevens we.Hlhor. which .converted snow drlfta.lhto liugo Ico packa.-ahd ran 'extunslvo, fog that blanketed .'KnglBjiid, Franco, and Uelglum, .delayed' the coiuitltors. Ho difficult was. this. year's test that only t4 of tho 64 ntsrters suc ceeded In reaching Monte Carlo within the time limit, the compel I tors have been required to majn- .Uin ftn average speed of not less than -to in I lea per hour from stnri W finish.' ' . v.-'-'f. ;8nvro Test for Motors Tne Wonte carlo rally Is rocog htesd s one of tlie world's sover est atitomoblle comiietltions. Con- HiHants start from tho capitals of their" spectlv cnunrles, timing themaelvea to arrive at Monte Carlo on the Mediterranean at ap proximately the same hour. They I rnust malntnln an average for the entire distance as closo to !!d mi lea an hour as possible. f " After their arrival at Monte .Carlo, tho machines are required to' tirive a difficult tnaunlalnops course .maintaining an, average of :o mlloa per .hour. Besides this, there are hlll-cllinblng and com. fort competitions.-: Points tiro fig. ured on performance, covoring length of trip, hourly average, iml number- of passengers, anil tho .final classification Is -based .on 'points. - Dr. van EIJclc, driving a six oyMnder Oraham-Palge with four, peed transmission, started from -rltookholm, and had the longest 'Course of all competitors to cover . -p, total dlstanco of 1840 miles, llet.iillo the long distance,, and ter rific weather conditions, he main tained' an average speed of 24.63' miles an hour, or Just under the maximum average permitted by tho rules. In addition to the arahnm-ralgc .three other Auiericuii ejus finished within the time limit In sixteenth, seventeenth, and twenty-t h I r U places. MiMir Trials n Hnuo Or. wan tCUck'a oxoerlencas ex plain why so ninny of the competi tors fell by the wayside, lie start ed from Htnckholm with his secre tary, mechnnlo, and a chauffeur, nlthaugh warned that snow had rnndcrrd the path Impracticable. Jle encountered snowit soon after I Jitx departuro.' Ijhter he wont over u, froxen bank Into a field, the car turning on Its sldej with the old of horses, the vehicle was righted and restored to the Toad. In Dwitnark, line tot tlie three ferries on which he had to cross was two hours late in thfr fog -which seemed to have I'Owloped all Europe. The van Kljck party slept In the car an hour or to on occasion, an alarm clock preventing their dosing too long. The day after flnlshln0th4s ter rific trip, the Graham-I'slgo wns went. or the time-keeping teal designed to equalise . tho scores made by competitors who hud rome : different distances. The course for this -eliminating test over acute tuiir-pln turns nt Intervals of a few hundred yards. The road was rough, and for many mile wss covered with snow. Competitors had to cover tho 100 mile circuit twice. Including tho aaoent to the Col do ttraime, 3ona feet above the start. - Hill Climb Is Third Test Tha third test was the Mont des Mules Mll-cllmb above Monte Carlo a three kilometer rourse of many lialr-pln (urns, covering the V'''- .'' .- -. ascent Turble. The GrahaJn-f'nlgn victory in the Monte carlo rally, which, because-of Its International aspect with competitors from nearly .every European country, Is regard ed as Europe's most Important motoring event, bos served to cen ter attention on American1, motor products.' European competitors Included such famous.inakes as the Ve!ss Manfre.d, which finished second; Lancia, Peugeot, l.icoine. Kallot, Talhou Stojr, . Sunbonm, Hnreh, Yolsln, and Dclngo. f pulilicaUon, In'lts Issue. of Febi'u-'.-iiy. 1929, under the heading I '-Leading Newspaper devotes en ! tiro-front page to Orange offalm," I says: ' . 1 ' ; - 1 . j "One of .the. best - pieces of irnngtf publicity that' has hci'ii seen in a longtime Is 'contnined in a recent issue of tho Meilfonl Mall Trlhuno. ut ' Med ford, . Oregon, which dovotes its entire front page to Craiige iiffairs under tho strlk- lug eight-column iieadlng, r"starin (li'ungo a Vital I;'actnr In Devel ! opiuunt," The pugu, is dtivoteil to a aiii'vey of Juekson county Onxngo affuli's, based-upon tlio text, "Tli Item of change and growth which stands out above J1 others In in- ; ti.-rest and significance is tho I amazing progress .made 'by' tho j Cranges of the country in mem I borslilp and In influence as a fac tor In community development" . j "Accompanying tho article Is a plctui'o of , Pomona Master :Albert j L. Strauss, who Is one oi tho j youiigeHl 1929 Pomona masters In j the country, having been born on March IS, J905, and having served ! the paHt three years as Mastet of j Sams Valley ubordlnato' tlrange. j ronturod at the top of this Inter- j I estlng Orango pnge arc the . pic-: tures of six siiboi-tlinato masters of tho county as follows: J. It. loadorshlp, and promises to occupy an even more Impormnt place In the future In the life and develop mom of southern Oregon.'" - 'Jackson ' CJounty Pomona ; wns organised in August 1925, with GO charter -members, and has had a steady aiid hoalihy growth. Its big project of 1928 was the organ ization and flnuncing of tho l'nrnn Bureau Exchange at Modford and through tho iange undertaking the Jackson county farmers will soon -be the' owners and operators of one of tho largest and most active cooperative ventures In the state of Oregon.- One of tho prln el pak ul ins of thfls Pomona has been to establish a complete nia ketlng system' between producer and consumer, and tho Medford project Is only one step In a long range program to which tho Po mona has committed Itself." BIG INCREASE JN Bt'dii noil in T.n X I'KTlHfT A Vf.vuivr crw . yypMjSi', -Autilialltt (T) The nljoi'Itflnoi. of northern nntl central wliero droufclit Iiuh por- liatod foi'.fievpn yon i'H. nre Raid to 1 I Via tltl.ilr ..nl.lie. .e I a ri'iii'j Miuvonicni nun ncv.'n Bin rtoo. ''VIENNA (A'i Aceordliiff o offi cial flKiiiDH Just ptibllxlmd the value of Auwrla'a excosa'lniportu in 198 n mounted to f 147,400,0000, Imports being S464. 400,000 nnd exports $SH,000,000. . Unfavorable rs Uuqq tguven may appear nt first sight, Austria's ex ports nevertheless show an Im provement of rt per rent, while, the total trade turnover In 8 per cent larger and tho total deficit Js.C-On,-000 smaller when compared with that of in7. - Moreover, Anslrla'a unfavorable trade halaneo Jh wiped out by her Invisible exports, hor transit trade and her Ihi'tfo Inodme from Invent- ment abroad. ' Thus altogether the' jnttde country manifests slow but steady proresH. Kverett . O! Point; C. V. Este, Talent John A Anderson. Lake Creuk; 13. T. Oal lisar. Live Oak. Other pictures are of Rt H. Nealon, deputy of Jackson . -county; and of H AW Sparks of Rogue -River, tiie 1928 Pomona master, who has been one of those moat responsible for Orange progress in Jackson coun ty. To Mr. Sparks belongs the (llsllmnion of having been mayor of a oity, j) resident of the chamber of commerce and master of a Po mona Orange all nt once, mid with apparently no mash of interest between these varied groups.. "The newspaper, nrliolo Kives n wrlteip of the various . Oranges and pUrturea some, of the exhibits by Oranges at the Jackson county fair. "Describing the Influ ence of the Orange In its locality. There was an Increase of 0G per cent' In the production and ship ment of Oldsmohlles during Pebi ruary as compared to the pa me month last year, say officials. During thf month tiie shortest In the year 10.200 .OldsmobUes were manufactured. A further, increase of more than 40 per cent over tii;& record Feb ruary production Is scheduled for March," factory officials announce, during which lime approximately 14,r.0o OldsmohHes will be pro duced. . . ;:- Retail sales are keeplnk pace with v the greatly increased produo t 1 u n. i)uring JN-bruary t h rt y showed an increase of more than flo per cent. While domestic sales regisLered the greatest gains, ex ports showed an Increase, of 40 I I i You fire in vited to M.V y . ".'? !'( 'J- participate m See Au DURANTSIX JfyfilTcb )tOl6 ' Out-spttd&Out-puUaU other juuwyrjtm jix-cywnaer cars URANT DEALERS everywhere invite ydu to Thrilling Demonstra tions and Beautiful Displays See the DURANT POUR Out -climb all other Pours & manySixes, except theDurantSix A DURANT FOUR TWO-DOOR SEDAN TAKE a demonstration. Then choose any five competitive Sixes ..absolutely no exceptions,! . . and compare the amaz ing performance of theDurant Six with their performances. Be Our Quest ..TUNE in on die coast-wide American Broadcast program direct from the VC'cstern Puiant Factory .Monday Night, March 11, 8:00 to 9:00 p.m., Pacific Stand ard Time. A splendid program of entertainment awaits you. Dtlirertit Here Fully V.qmppi DURANT SIX TWO-DOOR SEDAN COUPtsrSPORT ROADSTER 195 MtUnnd Hire Fully FuippeJ f SABIN & RINDT 32 North Riverside Open Eventoqs , Phone 3G Many s Routiih tuutduct uUl Maitdi, ttfttri.Muytartjthetpttonvofftrfnffili and beaut v. That fuir clmnn of Itur and trustvdrthinU( of con&inu'tton arc trflccted in the .''arciifd-nndoy' silhouette of the i. hrlrr toda'. KM: JJ Cflllty ages old yet newas the dawn of today , fn producing a motor car equally matchless in appearance- as it is in performance, Chrysler de Kignerii substituted basif Style- fur fleeting ttyles by eoin back to the ancients wjtio established the. changeless principle of art the age-old laws of beauty, of bal juice nd of symmetry. Such is the kinship, between the beautiful and the useful that strength and grace, power and charm, sturdiness and loveliness j," ciojnl)ined:naturallyi Scientific! engineering principles conform ing to the time-proved standards of proportion and balance1. Thus the studied canons of an- -cient art have been translated into modern terms and epitomized in the Chrysler. .Its appearance i.s now only rivaled by its per formance, and it is as pleasing to observe as it is satisfying to drive. . rOfi'Q v M - '-""New Chryslr r.'6S" Six'MyjItlrt, $lN0tt$ll-l5. NewCluyrler v "7S"we Mr ilrei, $1535 la $23-15, New Chrysler Imperial n - ir cmUm hotly ityltt, $'675 a S3S55. All prim f. c. b. factory. G H R Y S L E R ' V k S' 'CHRYS.r.nR MOTORS PRODUCT Medford Motors 128 South Riverside Phone 762 he 1929 Oldsmohile is FINER THAN EVER LOWER IN PRICE aftd now it is winning greatcrand greater public favor in'every section of the country. With all it desirable improvements! ' . . with all its additional smartness luury, comfort and performance . . . the 1929 Oldsmobile is lower than ver in price . . . now only $875. The 1929 Oldsmobile is more beauti ful than ever in appearance the re sult of new style refinements and' new color combinations now pre sented in its composite bodies by J-'ishcr. ' o . The 1929 Oldsmobile is more luxuri ous, more- comfortable and offers new conveniences for driver and passenger. Roominess is a feature. Seat cushions are deeper anj softer. Upholsteries arc richer. Aid the new,. Fisher adj y stable fron t se a t , 'C .''If NEW LOWER PRICE TWO DOOR SEDAN f.ob. Pittory. l.n(jn, Michrican OpreTircnJ Bumper. HIr combined With Oldsmobilc's adjust able steering wheel, makes the driv ing position a matter of individual choice. The 1929 Oldsmobile provides even more gratifying and dependable per formance. Its big high-compression engine now develops 62 horsepower. Typical of its fine car design, oil is forced directly to the piston pinB through rifle-drilled connecting rods a feature heretofore characteristic of high-priced cars. OWsmobilc wasli remarkable value before. Now that it is finer than ever tmd lower in price it is the outstanding value of its class. Come ana sec this finer Oldsmobile. Drive it yourself Compare it with other cars. Know why it. is winning greater and greater public favor in every section, of the country. (I)LD MOB D ELBE O '? i t Armstrong Motors, Inc. 101 So. Riverside Phone 18 rsplleVst' 6Hr,"-Tr)eJr'ar tlrttf - -- i - - i 1 ---IM '