The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 27, 1926, Page 17

| { | [mo scm] THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE nana a ESTABLISHED 1873 : BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1926 : PRICE FIVE CENTS AUTO SALES ARE STEADILY INCREASING IN BISMARCK EADL 3040 NEW CARS ~| SOLD HERE IN THEPAST YEAR Business During the Past Two FINAL AUTO AUTO FUEL ON TEST i HEADLIGHTS c “MISTREATED BEAST OF BURDEN” | WILT BE A | exnpfiiime ——— ~\ AREAPUZZEE COMPROMISE’ TO ENGINEERS, . It Will Not Be Perfect, But} In Past Years, Gi Good Lighting oa There Will Be No Guess- and Glare Have Been | hed a i 1 a work About It Inseparable Months Has Exceeded » penis, ' All Expectations “ LOTS OF TESTS MADE 'NIGHT DRIVING JOYLES+ Pay iM : Nothing Is Left to the Imag- : ination — Everything Based on Facts NY CARS SHIPPED IN Experts Hope to Remove —-- Glare and Leave Light Enough For Safety 529 New Passenger Cars Reg- istered From This Terri- | i i \ \ | i | | \ \ | if i —| | They’ tory in January as 7 ; { j ss | y’re always deing something new with Fords. Here's one that has grown into a double- jointed beast | a ~ Engineers, having long ago given | Glorng henge have, baa of burden. It turns and everythnig in spite of the wagging heads of automotive engineers, It have tarned their attention to con: | {but they have been giving Metin | Bo ese ervice between St. Jeseph, Mich., and scme of the nearby hamlets. | ‘The city of Bismarck, central dis- a el | Ce Tee zs 4 structién of the perfect compromise. jengincers and state highway offi-! ~ os alae eeencnaeeeaeaets Ieietantite wears eens ned 4 They have come to realize that the demand of certain autoists con- | icials even more trouble. ma "The bl ee IN A * | Dakota, and even the eastern part lauesthe glare Mae a? Mone Nea: | Simple Signals lof Montana, is gaining a bigger flict with the requirements of | others and so they have to make | . the best of the conflicting demands. This they are doing in a remark- ‘+ able way. They’re far from the nS finished compromise, yet their pro- | C gress is swift. They're putting the fi cars of today under severe tests in their anxiety to learn real facts about them and plan their improve- ments on the basis of these facts. One of the greatest concessions made by automotive engineers has been the fact that they are just as fallible as the rest of us. They had; been theorizing mostly and form-| ( ing conclusions on their beliefs. | lights. tion high enough for safety on} ‘dark highways. Both propos jhave been made to reduce glare jfrom headlights, but almost invar- iably the itlumination of the road iahead suffered proportionately. | Now members of the Society of Automotive Engineers and of the jare putting their heads together in ;an effort to find some sort of com- promise. etre ish go tag the cn! WV () CTRAMING IN NEW SYSTEM This Is the Promise of Engi- neers Advocating Steam Cooling Plan ions clash, ‘Atteinpts | {Mluminating Engineering Society | 1 ezing in winter and overheat- Used by Average ;Teputation every year as the auto- mobile center of the state. During the year 1925 the automo- Motor Operator COLORS ¢ AIN 'bile dealers of Bismarck did a total | business of $2,810,032, which was SineENWe MICLLISOIERE ae: an increase of 66 per cent over age driver? It ix a very simple |the business~done in the previous code and not di year. The total figures for 1924 ieult to acquire. It follows: , were $1,118,984, To Indicate a) right durn—atiek {Figures recently compiled show out your hand. y Medels of 1926 Show That that 3,040 new automobiles were To indicate a left turn—stick tsold by Bismarck dealers during out Stl iar rere eavate uta ll Excellence in Painting Is | 1925, whereas during the previous To indicate that you are about to hack—stick out your hand. —_—— Accessory Business Boosted | acti Mail . To emphasize your conversati Bright and attractive color fin-| The automobile accessory busi- 3 Pat Autos on Test | Can't Eliminate Glare’ ing in er will no longer nphasize y ersation | Bright and attractive color he au bile accessory bus Now the engineers are coming} ; The immensity of such a task , if advocates. of | Pier eetaur Waste aig guide PUR RI Sal cleo ie $310. bidet ape Hes this duien to.easth, “They're learhing by | {may be gleaned from some of the|steam cooling have their hopes ful-|] ““rg flick the ashes off your ci- || ‘ONC effects, are more noticeable Tit0.190, | while during 1025 this rigid tests what their products ac-! difficulties in the way of headlight filled. |] garcstick out your hand. cee Ae eee ed "R oe oe ‘he tfc f tually can do under various condi-! j engineers. Steam cooling, they say, is the} his ix the generally accepted |/than perhaps has ever ese motor vil ine epuearalngd that tions, their advantages and their| One outstanding objection to the; cure-all for these ill Ih | areata pee eect treed BE during January, 1926, there were faults. f 7 {present type of non-glare head-| It’s an anomalous term; steam! it is remarkable that accidents Since the end of the war the love | Knowing these’ and setting aside| When we'want to brag abéut the efficiency of our car we tell how | lights is the fact that roads are not | cooling is, and some engineers in|] aFe not more frequent, although |/of color has been asserting itself in, 157 new passenger cars registered : n the present toll in human life ||many ways. It was an inevitable, from Burleigh county, only two personal beliefs, they expect to! many miles-it goes on’ gallon of gasoline. Not so the engineers. |!! level. Another is the springy| favor of the system say that this|] the pres is appalling and steadi- || reaction. In home decoration, inj counties in the state exceeding this 7 { ; produce cars best suited for motor-| They want actual facts, so they set an apparatus like the one shown action of cars that causes even the! name is about all that keeps it from | ty growing. | ‘ i y items bi Thi hout — thi i 4 . : ney iati hese % % » > so-called non-glare lamps ‘to ‘sttike} being ado) pted by the motorin, pubs | | : women’s clothes and in many items number. roughout the entire ying wuneee the conditions existing nea and put the engine under a strict/fuel test. theives of Saeaniing pieseed Ine, Ys thes Wee dered to wall it| lof men’s apparel bright colors have {state there were 2,532 new passen- | = e ’ registered during Jan- § F rr] fact- But with rough, hilly and curving | “evaporative cooling,” or the evapo-| become increasingly popular with| ger cars is 4 rinee, tis, Purpose a slreniy been ee 7 4 roads, and with the necessity by ration s stem of cooling. Jeach season, ‘This enthusiasm for /uary, ieee sin number of new cars if established, It’s. the “proving|| Preliminary Facts and Figures of - |springs on our cars, the non-glare| Any sa method by which | [color has extended, quite naturally,|regitvered during January, 1925, _ i ; 0 the finish of the moto: ground” of the General Motors s | Five hundred and twenty-nine : headlights of today glare despite vater in the cooling system | ithe Corporation, about 45 miles west the Automobile Industry For 1925 ithemselves. So some other means| keeps the engine at an efficient 10 HAVE A BIG This docs not mean that ves fe ietced an ten i r wi Y i est colors ar ays desir- of Detroit. 1 of headlighting is wanted. temperature summer or winter, yet [brightest colors are always d i i { le or suitable. Th are most|ed from the 15 counties in the auto- Here is a field of 1125-acres with BY ALFRED REEVES, AL 4 |. Downward tilting‘ lights have | evaporates at the boiling point, al ? about 12 miles of private highway National Actoeebile: Chamberset Ps ‘ommerce. \been suggested and have even been| cooled through the radiator and r propriate on the sport models,|mobile territory tributary to Bis- PP terri i made part equipment on some cars.| turns into the system still warm| jracing cars and the like. But there|» (Continued on Page 18) elt poien hfPooge re Tihs pa EE But a tilting light is even more|enough to keep the temperature of |are many pleasing tones which may objectionable than the straight non-| the engine even at all ti be used on the more conservative toad Se that Peace ia PRODUCTION hill sangineetines Tere cnt pense Cars and trucks ....5 0000005... eo BE 325,000 | glare light that is supposed to This, in a word, is the m—er, cars—shades of gray, beige and MOTORISTS No an Nh ae Dace Gane Cars. SRE ep eg ONE aes 3,833,000 | its beams below the horizont: ah, evaporative — cooling em) America Is Expected to Sup-| T°: 2s Well as the quieter tones y There are came etl ceuivel!| Te i Aaa ots 492,000] Tilting lights cause excessive il-|proposed for the automobile engin of purple, blue and: green. roads, representing <ibe avurage.| Percantene increase over 1924... 1. sss 19 per cent | lumination of the roadway directly | of the future. It's easy to see its, ply Billion Gallons a | ,, Fashions in Painting ; Tynes’ of ehwavie wwe meet todiy, | Production of glosed cars... 3 11 || Be. Oe 2,157,000] in front of the car, but offer in-| advantages. | % | There are fashions in the paint-| FP rice re nunter obdiee cnieapa® (oR CLCeME FIDO CAR feof ice sce sa ; 56 per cent| sufficient illumination far enough Many Benefits Claimed | Month This Year ing of motor ears,:9s dn everything find there are many other “Props | ‘Total wholesale value of cars... .......ss.cssss $2,500,000,000 | ahead to allow driving at a reason-| These are listed as follows by else. Often the season's favorite | nd Total wholesale’ value of trucks 500,000,000 | able speed. | Herbert C. i e of its! color in women’s dress becomes also | far venting 1 Oe rere x per erbert C. Harrison, one of The domestic demand for gasoline Hep ea inne Nothing Is Overlooked Total wholesale value of cars and trucks 4 fy A recent meeting of the Society | advocates: for 1926 is estimated as seprae | the popular color for cars. | Tire production Wholesale value of motor vehicle tire busine Cars are being driven over these 12 miles of road day and night at of Automotive Engineers pointed) 1. The engine comes to a con-| mately 10,547,416,000 gallons. j reen predominate out some directions that lighting| stant operating temperature in a| Roger B. Stafford of the Nation- 3 fi t Carbon Monoxide Is Color- Total wholesale value of parts and ac exclusive of experts may follow in their effort| much shorter period th nd 7 season the total for all exceeding 2 0,000 0 period than wu al Petroleum News ha: pn ha car’ filea'a taonth: No ceeding. BBO, tne tires ../. ve $1,000,000,000 | to arrive at the best form of head-|the old system, and this remains! the consumption of gasoline in’ thi ening red P seen evenyavhers, less, Odorless, Tasteless. tor about a car is taken for grant- Average retail price of car, 19 3 H a $866 lighting possible. constant despite weather conditions.! country at the first of the past} st Balt as (g h ‘un on ee le, ” id ” ed, no beliefs or theories permitted. | Average retail price of truck, 19 : neh Pelion pence Lecpiad Ways Out 2. It eliminates crankcase dilu-| three years with almost perfect ac-/ 2nd # ie eochid th aadnte ales ata | Doctor Says { Everything, even though known for | Number of persons employed in motor ve cle and allied lines 3,200,000 ractically every suggestion| tion, due to the highwall tempera-\curacy, His 1925 estimate was be rich violet, appear on innumerable pe ee | automobile: “Do not depend on your nose to Usually a blending of colors is|tell you when your garage is being a certainty, is tested for actunt | SPecial Federal excise taxes paid to U facts about tte bom otf industry in 1925 Certain facts being discoveréd about the cars on test have been'| Motor vehicles Tenistered i in U. 8. (approx.) gathered apparently with no end in | Motor cars .. : view, except that they would be on | Motor trucks ~.... : » + orecord when engineers want them. | World registration of motor vehicles . government by au- made at this meeting, however, has | ture. enths of 1 per cent too! $126,552,000 |some objectionable feature. Per-| 3. Anti-freeze solutions, even haps by study of all ideas, some}alcohol, aren’t lost in this system. 20,000,000 | efficient compromise may be ob-|' 4. Even if frozen, due to ab- 8 to a single solid tone.| filled with deadly carbon monoxide 17,500,000) ined. The suggestions, and some | sence of anti-freeze, the system will rare that ‘exvort anak wi | a palatial car will have! gas; you cannot smell this gas; 2'300,000 | Objections, are: thaw itself. require 1,500,000,000 more, making | its body painted purple, its fenders | your nose does not know,” says Dr. 24,600,000| !- Putting maximum values on) 5.. There’s greater fuel economy, | a total demand on American refin-| 424 hood black. Perhaps the win-)V. A. Chapman of Milwaukee, mem- REGISTRATI! “Then they might form the basis for | Per cent of world registration owned by United States....... 81 per cent (Continued on Page 18) Cae) on Page 18) feries of about 12,000,000,000 gal- | OW Th molding yall He auHlinad ber of the Gorgas Memorial Insti- ‘an improvement long desired in the | Motor vehicle registration on farms “Fig Gees s 4,600,000 | >> ~ ~- ~ | lons. je pan emia ve aga ka i auto world. Motor cars ; see ayes ; ae 4,160,000 | Demands Increase Rint eaeie) Mat antthons This deadly gas is manufactur-_ A list.of the tests being conduct- | Motor trucks : , Le pee 440,000 PEDESTRIAN REGULATION F ‘AVORED |. The constant jncrease in the num. |} oh "9 i i pre vi ” a villtant ed while you are warming up the ed on this proving ground reflects | Miles of improved highwag. os th 495,000 |ber of automobiles manufactured | airline stripings of brilliant) motor on a cold winter morning the innumerable avenues possible Total miles of highways in United States aan for the development of the modern -, * AUTOMOBILE’S RELATION TO OTHER BUS! auto. Here are some of the more | Number of carloads of automotive freight shipped over rail- important items being tabulated by roads. in 1925 figures and graph: Rubber, per cent of total, U. § g j makes reater demands on Amer- scare Two tones of gray or beige | before starting out for the day, or Se eee OFFICIALS HANDLING TRAFFIC Sicceceses = rites que ee iene xf ‘ | “The improvement of automobiles, | shade is used to emphasize the | doing an odd repair job while the 3,040,000 | making them more comfortable and | panel and raised molding. A deep | motor is running. It is also being pleasurable also increases the use| Dlue with striping of gray is|manufactured by gasoline motors of gasoline, as the automobile no | #nother favorite combination. so frequently used on the farms. “consumption used by auto- New York, Feb. 27.—The timejoperation at the earliest possible | Acceleration, deceleration, rollin; mobile industry ..... 84 per cent | has come in the history of traffic} moment.” i friction, riding qualities, fuel econ Plate glass, per cent of, used by automobile industry......... 50-per cent | regulatioh in the United States | De Barrigd but expresses what is longer remains idle during inclem- | eee y eae shoe paint Theiae is one of the products of omy at fixed speeds, minimum and | Copper, per cent of, used by automobile industry ............ 8 per cent | when the pedestrian who walks the|in the minds of traffic experts |@Mt weatner, but is used the year Goleta ese Ene metvine Bacon the cae on ustion ra the explosion;, and maximum speed, endurance, hill-| Iron and steel, per cent of, used by automobile industry .. 11 per cent | streets is going to: have some laws| throughout the nation, that some |*°und. . poorer the motor is running. =f or i is apt to bi it in all weath- climbing, braking, driver’s vision | Upholstery leather, per cent of, used by automobile industry.. 65 per cent | passed for his protection, traffic | means of regulation for pedestrian Weather conditions, prosperity | Me oy A Aue st traveling” ue tie ener. all Re ear pply of range, reflection, headlighting,| Gasoline consumed by motor vehicles, 1925, (gals.)........ _7,494,000,000 | officials believe. traffi be fe the con-|2%d other factors may alter the i steering effort, vibration, steed Crude rubber used in manutactaeing es, 1925 (Ibs.)..... 769,000,000 | Alarmed by the steady rise in| pian yet oe found in the ce stinnis to ome degree, but tak [country roads. But it he ches a Casfion. inonaside ts a colenes: is a whole, it is; ag brake and clutch pedal pressures, | Cotton fabric used in manufacturing tires, 1925 (Ibs.)....... 226,000,000 | the number of fatalities from auto-| “Some six years ago,” said Dr. | believed that a decline of the use of | there would be the same dread |in lies its danger. This poisonous crankcase dilution, ventilation, .ap- MOTOR BUS AND MOTOR TRUCK pearance. Museen: Gab 0. ee eek ewe i 70,000 | tion as a whole, the regulatory|tain the attitude of the pedestrian ee Abowanees Ate Made ea ne re prod deel mee ‘shi . Dhar aan powers have J begun oe canvass ihe Public in the congested areas of | e facts 9! in ere are mere-| Consolidated schools using motor ranspor ation ......3.-..6 c. situation ai are deciding ‘that | Manhattan toward controlling their | sy yy ._, car revel in bright colors. Let him| permeates ly set down in convenient form, for bs ait Bsus 261 | pedestrian traffic ‘must be regulat-| movements in connection with ve- gfunmoved spelniag” cnthedty les have his car ented a flaming fed |caneh to Spey rgilens §, Seed the guidance of the General Motors | Busses used by street railways 5,000 | ed, and regulated by law if neces-/ hicular traffic. With that in mind desire among refiners not to in-|if he wishes—a golden yellow, an | sufficient time. " engineers, in planning their new] Busses used by steam railroads . en Bian , 367) sary.. The pedestrian is to be saved|{I instituted what I called ‘pedes- crease pit of Maaliite caak a emerald green or a cornflower blue.| “'the poison action of carbon models, How w they y are compared is Steam railroads using motor busses ..... 20/ despite himself, if he will not bejtrian schools’ at the corners of] difficult to estimate the amount of | These dashes of color on a wintry | monoxide is directly due to changes mobile accidents throughout the na-| Harriss, “I made an effort to ascer- | ‘gasoline in some districts will be fer meee as if all cars were paint-|gas may be coming from the ex- |compensated for in others |ed black haust of your motor in great quan- 4 Crude Oil Let the college boy with his first | tities and vou will not know it, Tt suggested b; Kreusser, en-| Railroads using gasoline rail motor coaches on short lines... 190 | saved otherwise. Fifth avenue and Forty-second | © A H 4 landsca, V enc’ ak gineer in p RD of the proving| Railroads using motor trucks as part of shipping service ..... 51) The continuous growth of motor | street, Fifth avenue and Thirty- ae 5 st ee Mt Re copsnmed ish Meiimitt and Fara declice ot pa gettin ey prety hen ground, . EXPORTS : vehicular traffic has reached i seu street, Canal and Lafayette! However, Stafford estimates that spring nto the heart. tical time you are being poisoned ‘Here are two cars providing the | Number of motor vehicles exported .. Styne pee 550,000 | point where, in the opinion of es ;streets and several other localities. | i¢ the amount of crude oil charged| ,. Th no loss of | wit this gas from your motor, the same amount of leg room and seat-| Value of motor vehicles and parts exported .. $392,600,000 | lic authorities, ‘the rights of “I had in mind the psychological | ¢, stills in 1926 is in the same pro-|‘lignity through individualizing a|lung action increases automaticall ing comfort,” he points out. “One (Including engines and tires.) as - the motorist and the pedestrian| reaction as well as,the practical re- tportion to 1926 charges, pani motor car with color in the form of | and without your know! Rt per cen . i car can steer in a@ circle of 10 per| Per cent increase in motor Vehicle exports over 1924... must be defined, so that each may|sult of educating the pedestrian 0 iaE” It is Iuat aa cent less diameter than the other.| Per cent of motor vehicles exported . i 12.2 per cent |.not infringe on the rights of the publi: in something that directly mprely Pa pai barnels at crude iiays a atecincite the ae ey Pee eG 4 Locos a Assuming everything else being| Number of motor vehicles imported . 430 | other. nefited ‘them and also supplied . of his car as for its make. gen. The increase oma ab the equal, it can be deducted that the MOTOR VEHICLE RETAI& BUSINESS IN U. 8. Dr, John A. Harriss, father of the | the necessary means to permit of a YELLOW LIGHTS HIT Paint Your Old Car rate of saturation of the ble, ay b one steering the shorter has the ad-| Total car and truck dealers .. ‘ 47,014 | traffic Sills Se tower system and the ; smoothly running vehicular traffic.| yellow lights have no place in| Incidentally, the car which is re-| the gas. This in turn iaban nities vantage. from the customer’s point | Public garages -. 55,000 | synchron! traffic light system) “That experiment proved to be @/our traffic signaling s, stem be-| Painted when it begins to look | the damage of the oxygen short of view. Service stations and repair shops . ~ 15,105 | used throughout the world and in| success and, although there were! cause between 2 ands toe cent of |Shabby is provided with a tough| You breathe still more rapidly, un- “Here again are two ‘cars, the| Supply stores ... eens sate 1,617 | charge of the traffic regulations of | sevepal isolated cases of irritabil- our male population i color-blind, and elastic armor that _ resists | til the blood has We 2S corner |. a in rig! ‘is perso! ig! run revents moisture from seeping | tai e posts: ‘that is oe Percent greater MANY AUTOS STOLEN CHINA BUYS AUTOS are ‘80 imperiled hat laws are now/over if he pleased was being re- Hie hohe re be Ealatt eee Birvagh to the metal base. Bh serninn. al or Biya eee than the other. (gna Se one: 0- vf aa. ‘eomobil stricted, the moving of pedestrian ogy at the Johns Hopkins Uni- eliminates rust, insures less deter-|-victim of this.poisoning suffers be- viding the ree area of The present year probably will! China is buying moye autom traffic by police- met the general versity, ioration of the surface and far less| fore death is not known, a an advantage if everything else|set a record for the number of| today than ever before. The Chi- hicles has made] approval of all concerned. z depreciation of the car's resale or ——____—___— ual. aptonobiley stolen in-Los Angeles,| nese market for American mach-| it necessary to provide an equitable} “Each learned that the other had i ‘ exchange value. LICENSE LAWS DIFFER the mf tithe 3 sre Wood, teed of ines has increased so rapidly that) ‘Vision of the rights of motorists/ rights, the trian to cross the| INCREASE AUTO IMPORTS To throw an otherwise good car] Many oe) er iave whieh e lepartment e Auto- : > — ald ** (‘Jnfortunately. Out. of\nécessity | accord the automobile must be a ite ga and the rights of peur street in safety and the motorist to —_ " heap becat . , rie California, | American ‘ manufactu are e-|the public tho fares. pre:| drive say smoothly, in sontinuous move-| There perdi airy 80 posh rn i used Lei toes othe Shee eaten ona, 3 re A ginning.to wonder where all of the| sent an injustice is being bo to jis experiment bes been] in the automol in “oe to be is economic waste. ‘Few peo- : cars eas ahead Acad country go to.| the pedestrian, and any legislation, | studied, v may safe t | United Kin is ERS ca | rae tBu ras te |e ree eo ee men mi ia the Interieg the country. beaten should be Put te force and{lof yentuunetadd fees | the total jame a saan oe renee peje is) ~ 4