Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 21, 1922, Page 8

S PAGE TWO M 4 o — THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER o = N HomeTown Splielps & 'HAVE NO PLACE ON ROADS Gaudy Advertising Sign Boards Along The Highways Are Well Called a Menace to the Traveler, The order of the state highway com- ! mission, requiring the removal of all advertising sign bogrds from state highways by July 1, 1922, will meet with general approval. As a rule, these signs are placed with conspicu- ous disregard for the safety of mo- torists. Most of them defeat thelr own purpose. So placed as to com- pel tho attention of a motorist, they draw his interest, not to the merits of the commodity advertised, but to the folly of obstructing the view at a crossing. While there is some doubt as to the scope of the order, it will have a ben- eficlal effect upon. the campaign to eliminate slgnboards which disfigure the landscape. There is and can be no objection to neat route, detour and warning ' signs designed to promote the usefulness ot roads, but the gaudy boards which hide the view of the country, and even of the roads, from travelers, have long since sunk to the status of nuisances, In or- dering them eliminated, the highway commission is merely responding to the welght of public opinion. Many farmers have torn the signs down on their own responsibility.—Indianapo- Us News. LITTLE CHANCE FOR BURGLAR Searchlight Employed in Los Angeles Residence District Calculated to Discourage the Fraternity. In one of the exclusive residential districts of Los Angeles the private police, declding that patrolling the streets was not sufficiently distinctive, have worked out a de luxe and high- 1y effective system of catching thieve: and protecting homes. In the center of.the little com- munity, a high tower with a search- light has been erected. At night an Searchlight in Operation. operator is stationed on top of the platform. When a call for the police comes in, the home which sent the alarm is at once flooded with light from the power- ful searchlight, which also follows the burglar, it possible, when he attempts to make a getaway. Meanwhile an officer goes out in an automobile after the thief, whose chances of escaping with his loot are slim.—Popular Science Monthly. Qood In Co.operation. Flavel Shurtleff, Boston architect, emphasized the value of complete co- operation with state agencies con- cerned with public works. Through this it has been possible to develop interlinking parkway systems (n con- Junctlon with the state commission charged with the parkway work of the metropolitan district. " The effect has been to rim and interline the town with wide thoroughfaves radinting out Into surronndings of natural scenery, some of which 1s already held in reservation by the commonwealth. The water supply of Winchester weenpies 1 somewhat unique position. Natural basins were secured and de- veloped at a cost of about $700.000, and $£900,000 have been realized in revenues since its creation, Mr. Shurt- Jeff snid. There is no habitatlon near the reservoirs and no vebicles are per- mitted entrance to the by border them., Work of refores edges of the basing to preserve the | snowfall s under Sclence Monitor. way.~—Christian A Picture of Stit As part of a war display there was shown a large picture of a French peasant girl with a background of a typical poppy field, all of which had been worked on a wotor sewing ma- ¢chine. The picture represented some 2,500,000 stitches: 13,200 yards of sew- ing silk were used and 315 hours’ time were required to make the “poppy Beld” picture. Those frightfully clever Kansns %papers are our constant despatr. Here are exiracts from a couple of them: When there's nothing more to be said some fool always up and says it. Just becanse you are u judge of Tiaman nature do not be n prosecuting .attorney also—Boston Transcript. o I, Yes. Ole Batch—'Tis love that makes the svorld go round, so they say. Hen Pect—Yes, it does cause some \unpleasant revolutions. {BUICK VALUES MEETING NEEDS OF MOTORISTS {Goughnour Gives Factors to t Influence Buyers of | Automobiles | H There are five factors that should influence the buyer in the selection of his motor car, says Fred Gough- nour of the Motor Inn garage, local | distributor of Buick motor cars. i Five Factors. First, what are the manufacturer’s i facilities and policies, ‘as evidenced by the manufacturer’s standing in the industry? Second, what are the production plans and system of manufacture? These are important, for they bear on value received for money expend- ed. Third, is the chassis mechanically correct in preserving the proper re- ifort and safety, durability. . Fourth,does the manufacturer fur- nish a body type exactly suited to the buyer’s motoring requirements? Fifth, what is the extent of the manufacturer’s desire once the car is| bought, to guarantee the owner un- interrupted transportation? How to Acquire Efficiency. * One would hardly be justified, Mz. Goughnour continued, in purchasing a motor car solely on the strength of one or even several of these fac- tors. Only when the five are prop- erly co-ordinated is true motor car efficiency found. | Thorough consistency in all these performance and |factors is seen reflected in the Buick or 1922. Manufactured in the ef- ‘ficiently organized Buick factory, ac- cording to policies and principles that, have been distinctly Buick for many years, the new Buick reached the ighest! pinnacle in its devlopment. Critical and experienced motorists who have in their own way considered ithese factors, have found that the pur- chase of a Buick is an investment in and backed by authorized service. Buicks Suit Needs, . And each of the 11 models for 1922 has a particular range of use- fulness, permitting any purchaser to select a Buick car exactly suited and | equipped to serve him to the utmost limit of his demand for utility. The complete line for the season consists_of seven six cylinder models and four four-cylinder models, built to one standard of mechanical ex- cellence. The Buick principle of mo | tor design and chassis construction is embodied in three open and four closed body types on the six-cylinder chassis and in two open and two closed body types on the four-cylin- der chassis. NEW CHEVROLET PRICES ATTRACTING ATTENTION | Motor Inn Garage 14 Being Remodeled to Display Chevrolet Models | | | Workmen have been engaged to| ’commcnce work on the improvements that are to be made in the Letford i building which houses the Motor Inn, {the cold snap has set the work back slightly but it is hoped that the out- side work can be commenced this week so that it will be completed 'by the time people begin to move around in their cars. When the improvements arc fin- ished the Motor Inn will have one of the best automobile show rooms in northern Minnesota which will give them the space necessary to display both the Chevrolet cars and the Buick {ears for which Fred M. Goughnour is the local agent and distributor. Besides being a modern garage in all respects the new plate glass front, running the full width of the build- ing, will add to the eppearance of that side of Beltrami avenue; oIt is| planned to have the entrance to the garage and repair department facing the alley towards Third street, which will leave the entire front, with the exception of a small entrance, for display purposes. Mr. Goughnour just returned from the auto show held in the twin cities and reports that the Chevrolet car attracted more attention than usual| on account of the new prices and the | fine appearance of the new models. In the past six years more than half a milliod Chevrolet “Four-Ninety” models have been produced. During that time they have been contin- ually improved. Chevrolet Motor company, di- |vision of general motors corporation, (is in the vanguard of research work for the development of new and bet- ter methods of building motor cars. | It has the facilities and the resources and the organization for putting such methods into practice for the benefit| of its customers. | Eight great Chevrolet factories in| the United States and Canada are equipped to produce quality cars in quantities that insure savings and| service to customers. They employ expert engineers and skilled workmen, purchase the best materials in quantity at lowest prices, and use highly efficient machinery. Divided by hundreds of thousands of icars the cost is reduced and quality is} increased to the benefit of the owner. Fighting Fire. | | Tor rural fires, when there ix a de-| cided hendway Before the fre ap- patatus can reach them, there is noth- | ing g0 zood as water thrown by 2 pow- erful pump. Al fire-extinguishing substances act by virtue of their prop- erty of excluding air from the fify | This 1s the only thing that makes wa- ter put out a tire, and the gas blanket formed by the chemical extinguishers 19 effective for the same reason d 1 lation between power and load, coms- | 1 If hi a perfectly developed, well<enginecrv, ed motor car, precisely manufactured | SHOWED RIGHT CIVIC SPIRIT Interesting Story of How Yeungsters Brought About the Regenerstion of Thair Village. | Twelve boys who started out in a semi-playful mood under the name of “Dirty Dozen” finally were led on un- til they had cleaned up & whole com- munity of 1,500 people physically and morally. At last their name Was changed to “Diligent Dozen.” one of the twelve hidden behind the scenes, who never appeared publicly { to be connected with the affalr, but at whose house there was a mysteri- ous generator. of brillisnt ideas for such boys. The twelve “D's” met both Friday evening and Sunday af- for. Villiam There was a qulet little mother of. A, McKecver In the Chlcago American. The town cleanup of the boys was worked in accordance with the rules of what we call “good psychology.” They met with the proprietors of the main business section, two blocks in length, and agreed to clean up the streets in front of them and keep them clean for a year, provided these men would do likewise with their store fronts and interfors. The general transformation begun with a rusb. Saturday morning early the dozen were there with sweepers, shovels and wheelbarrows, and, by noon the street looked strangely new. The week following soap, water, paint and putty were brought freely into use on the old store buildings. 0ld tobacco tags, circus bills and no- tices of painkillers were raked down and_burned. About. » £ _the diEplay windows—undér tbe Influence of this “revival” were torn out and re- placed with plate glass fronts. Many interior Improvements followed. The school buildings and church structures were next attacked by the “p's.” The school officials were re- quested to clean and repair the bufld- ings, and the teacher gave a half-holi- day so that puplis might thus review the school yards. The dozen them- selves took care of the vacant lots on which the church buildings stood. Companionship. & “Don’t you feel sorry for the poor animal that was skinned for the furs you bought for your wife?” “Why should I feel sorry for the quadruped? It's true be was skinned for those furs. But so was L” Irish Settled in Iceland. It was only in: 1918 that the long constitutional controversy between Ice- land and the Danish government re- swmted in the recognition of that is- land as a free and sovereign state in association with Denmark, under one and the same king, ana once more “the hermit of 1ue Atlantic,” as it has been called, is free to pursue its way In accord with those early days when colonists from Norway and Ireland established a commonwealth ‘which lasted more tnan four centuries. ‘The Irish of the Twelfth century were not the first of their race 1o find # home In Iceland, for the first set- tlers were anchorites from Ireland who found in these remote iatitudes a place to exercise their vocatlon.— Christian Science Monitor. s all Cream will rise to the surface any where, says Mr. Bok, and the institu- tions of the big city, will reach out for their captains only - where they find quality. He suys of the aspiring youth: - “Let Nim use the grent Which is pretty good :at 1. city as a market in which to buy or sell; to see and profit; let him use it asa place to go for a good time if he chooses. Let him bring back with him the best \within it to serve his own community, but leave behind him its turmoil and restlessness that vexes the spirit and oakes the young ofd. Let him think twice and (hrice before he raises his children with the ghastly memory of .a steam radiator in a city flat.” dvice after about any point you. want it. where the fire is in a confized loca- tion, Dashing in appearance, the Buick S found on the finest cars ;tgmxsetang a}llir.oad. { f the big Buick Roadster built in prev: tS(;lrz:nwa }lnctix?eat i?ldicgate that this model cannot be bought from Sales Room floors as‘advance mbachines reach destinations. The Number of BUICKS in Use Today Is Positive Economy Is Based on Performanc All Prices Quoted Are F. O. B. Flint, Mich. Deliveries will be made in rotation as ordered. Early or- ders will assure you of getting the model you want—when you TODAY 1S NOT A MINUTE TCO SOON! Tailored Top, Maroon Body, Smartest Equipment make this Buick the Show's most startling Car New York show, is fitted with every convenience ent demand from those familiar with the per- 1 New York and Chicago orders will necessitate making deliveries as fast as $1395 _F. 0. B. FLINT, MICH. $1885 : F. O. B. FLINT, MICH. $2375 F. O. B. FLINT, MICH. AND “SIXES™ ON DISPLAY AT OUR SHOW ROOMS K WILL BUILD THEM. “FOURS” pecial 6-54 Roadster, 1 This Roadster is built | ious years, a model cheris| SEE THE NEW BUICK ROADSTEI;4SPECIAL 6- Facts You Should Know When You Surplus Power is furnished by Buick Valve-in-Head Motors. Carburetors are automatical- 'ly heated. Crankcase or Radiator drain- ed by turning a handle. Oil Pumps are self thawing. Rocker Arms automatically lubricated. Radiator easily repaired by inserting sections. Clutch positive in action, still a child can operate it. Gear Shift made by a slight § touch of the hand. Steering a Buick child’s play. Steering Rod or drag link all one piece. 7 Universal Joint automatical- ly lubricated. Frame scientifically design- ed extra strong. Third Member absorbs all driving strains, not the springs. Brakes very efficient, easily adjusted. Rear Axle special design, correctly built. Head Room plenty, much. Twelve Models of Buick cars make it possible for you to secure the type of car you desire. Ask Us to tell you more about Buick. is like not too The Buick Demo WE ARE READY NOW TO SHOW BUICKS— You put yourself under no obligation when you “kA us to show you the Buick—we want you to come in and sec it, ask you do not understand, and let us show you just why the Buick is the car for vour needs. There are 12 models to select from if you decide that a Buick is the car for exhibited for the first time at the Ne 1t in response to a consist hed by each owner to the .WHEN BETTER AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT, BUIC nstrated FIRST PLACE FOR THE FOURTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR For the fourth consecutive year, B first choice of space at the National Automob Don’t Buy Until You Have ‘Seefi uick has been awarded ile Shows. This honor is conferred each year by the automobile manufacturers who are members of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, upon the member having done the gre: of business during the previous year. That Buick has retained this p reflects convincingly the high regar: Buick policy which atest volume osition year after year in which Buick is held by the American public. Such regard is a logical outgrowth of has been rigidly maintained for twenty years—that _every car which leaves the Buick factory must first, last and all the time give that thoroughly dependable and trustworthy service which will .make every Buick-owner a Buick enthusiast. present day. $895 Proof that Buick’s Reputation for Dependability and e Extending Over a Period of Years. Buick Medel 1922 Four—34' F. O. B. FLINT, MICH. - $1295 F. O. B, FLINT, MICH. $1395 F.O.B. HE MOTOR INN F. M. GOUG Phone 78 HNOUR emidji FLINT, MICH. Ask About the G. M. A. C. Purchase Plan, Which Provides for Defer- red Payments.