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ftTEDFORI? " fXITJ TKIBUNE,-- MEPFOHDr OREGON,; STtyPXY, r3RCH 10," 1929.'
Bridge to Be Opened to Traffic in 3Iarch
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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
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i You fire in vited to
M.V y . ".'? !'( 'J-
participate
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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'.
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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. .
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'-""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
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Armstrong Motors, Inc.
101 So. Riverside
Phone 18
rsplleVst' 6Hr,"-Tr)eJr'ar tlrttf
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