The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 21, 1936, Page 20

20 NATION'S PARKS ARE STEADILY ADDING 10 NETWORK OF ROADS Last Year Has Seen Completion of a Number of Roads for Tourists’ Pleasures Keeping pace with the needs of the increasing thousands of motorists who visit the national parks winter and summer, the National Park Serv- ice is steadily adding mileage to its highway system and improving exist- ing roads and trails within the parks. ‘The last year has seen the com- pletion of a number of important road projects, among them the Wal- nut Canyon Road in Carlsbad Caverns National Park, N. M., improvements on an old and somewhat dangerous road in Death Valley, Calif. and the road to the rim of the extinct volcano, Haleakala, in Hawail National Park. The Carlsbad Caverns highway ex- tends from a point half a mile east of the Carlsbad-El Paso road to the main parking terraces adjoining the entrarice to the caves. This makes the main line distance 7.073 miles, put connecting roads and parking spaces make @ total of 8.410 miles. Approximately 30,000 automobiles travel this road each year in order to reach the park, according to the of- ficial count. ‘The Carlsbad area was designated ‘as a national park in 1930, and con- tains one of the most remarkable caverns in the world. Already thirty- two miles of passages and chambers have been explored, and each year enterprising searchers discover ad- ditional points of interest. How far the caves extend under the Guada- lupe mountains is not known. Built Over Old Highway ‘The new road to the caverns, which ‘was finished only this summer, was constructed over an old highway built by the State of New Mexico in 1927, Grading and improvements on an old road in Death Valley National Monument have made accessible and safe for motorists one of the most colorful and striking areas in the southern part of the famous valley. ‘The road is known as Artists Drive, and is a one-way route containing two loops and mounting to anveleva- tion of 1,000 feet in its nine-mile course. It lies between Golden Can- yon ‘and a point opposite the Salt Pools in the foothills of the Black Range. ‘Work on the road has made acces- sible to motorists the Panamint Range, scene of feverish activity in early mining days. There visitors May see ghost towns and abandoned gold ditches. Telescope Peak and the mazes of small canyons of vivid popular in Death Valley, say those who have been over the road. All Hawaii turned out for the opening last spring of the road up the rugged slopes of Haleakala, according the National Park Serv- Had to Leave Cars ~-- Fer years those who wanted to view t tacular sunrise or sunset the brink of this dormant crater to leave their cars and go the last ten miles on horseback—a long, arduous climb. Now the trip can be made in a couple of hours, over the new hard-surfaced road. The new construction meets the erritorial Federal Aid highway at the park boundary, where the eleva- tion is 7,000 feet, and runs to White- hill at an elevation of 10,000 feet. It ds a fourteen-foot road, with a maxi- ‘mum grade of 7 per cent, and many “turnouts” are provided to permit mo- torists to stop and enjoy the breath- taking views. Construction of the road presented bome difficult engineering problems, the National Park Service says. Com- pact volcanic ash makes up the soil a@bove timberline, and going still higher the road had to be laid through hard blue basalt. National Park Service engineers and landscape architects collaborated with Bureau of Public Roads engineers in surveys of the route. From the upper end of the road tourists may go down into the crater by foot or on horseback, following the *-Bliding Hills Trail. Many of them camp for the night among the bronze- hhued cinder cones, some of which are several hundred feet high. ‘The American highway system now has more than three million miles of roads. ‘Twenty-three per cent of all metal-working equipment is used in the motor industry. ‘Twenty-six per cent of 1934 used car sales were 1929 models. Production of 4,500,000 automobiles fn the United States is being plan- ned for 1936, Eighty-five per cent of the 35 mil- Won vehicles in use throughout the world are of make. Billings, Mont., maintains its own, inspection station for automobiles, where motorists of that city are re- quired by ordinance to have their cars inspected three times yearly. i gotARCk Aen, & INSURANCE“? 111 3rd St. Phone 877 Automobile, Liability and Property Damage Insurance, W. A. Hart, Manager A more dashing design has been given the new Buick for And this tdea of speed is carried izht allov pistons. There are four new lines, the new lines effectively with its 1936 BUICK ARRAY FEATURES THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, e Flowing Lines 1936. and all AUTOMOBILES EASY TO DRIVE Power and Flexibility Are Out- standing Qualities of Ve- hicles in New Series Four outstanding new lines of auto- mobiles are being manufactured by the Buick Motor Company this year. Buick models will be exhibited at the annual Bismarck automobile and style show in the World War Mem- orial building next Thursday, Friday and Saturday by Fleck Motor Sales, Inc., Bismarck dealer. The new Buick cars represent greater changes from past models than have been made in any single year in recent Buick history. Safety of these new cars and all General Motors vehicles is dramatized at the show where a Buick Safety Car is a center of attraction. Cars Are Very Flexible That the new Buicks are fast and have great powers of maneuverabil- ity is indicated in the fact that all of the company’s longer wheelbase cars are capable of more speed and handle with as much ease as the lightest weight and therefore the lowest priced of the 1936 models. This uniform per- formance in all the four lines is an outstanding Buick feature this year. Inspection of the display reveals a complete rejuvenation and modern- ization of product by which, accord- ing to company officials, Buick aims tu capture an entirely new market, at the same time retaining its present large and loyal clientele. Results in the field since the cars first were an- nounced indicate this objective will be easily reached. Present factory schedules are said to call for the production of 135,000 cars during the model year. A large percentage of this volume already has been shipped indicating that the 135,- 000 estimate is conservative. At the same time, it is recalled that more than $15,000,000 was spent on expan- sion and rehabilitation of the Buick factories in preparation for the boost in volume expected during 1936. Structural and Safety Features Many new structural and safety features have been incorporated in the new car design. These include stream-lined bodies by Fisher with Solid steel “turret tops” and safety glass in windshields and all windows, slanting vee-type windshields afford- ing maximum visibility. Anolite pis- tons, improved knee action, center point steering and hydraulic brakes. The four series of cars range in price from $765 to $1,945 represent- ing reductions of $40 to $385 under 1935. Varying in wheelbase and weight, but otherwise identical in de- sign and construction, the Buick 1936 lines are Series 40 “Special” on @ 118-inch wheelbase chassis and powered by a 93-horsepower, valve-in- head straight eight engine; Series 60 “Century” on a 122-inch wheelbase chassis with a 120-horsepower valve- in-head straight eight engine; the Series 80 “Roadmaster,” on a 131- inch wheelbase with the same 120- horsepower engine, and the Series 90 “Limited,” having a 138-inch wheel- base and the same’ power plant as the Century and Roadmaster models. Fifteen body types are listed in- cluding five types of coupes and a& four-door sedan in the “Special”; four coupe types and a four-door sedan in the “Century”; a four-door sedan and corivertible phaeton in the Series 80 “Roadmaster” and two se- dans and a limousine in the Series 90 “Limited.” © It is estimated that motor vehicle registrations for 1931 approximate 26,150,000, a gain of 5 per cent over 1934, According to a prediction by one business organization, automobille dealers will have to dispose of 8,000,- 000 used cars in 1936. A new headlight bulb just intro- duced is said to improve visibility through fog or rain. A device for controlling the sway- ing of cars having soft springs is now on the market. Insufficient water in the battery is certain to “cause trouble during cold weather. Approximately 2,000,000 motor ve- hicles were scrapped in the United States in 1934. A gallon of gas requires 90 pounds of air for economical combustion. The four-door sedan. above. shows out in fact by the more powerful-engine, have been reduced in price. HAND SIGNALING IS. SARETY INSURANCE: Proves Most Directly Personal Way to Cooperate With Another Motorist Hand signaling is the most di- rectly personal way to co-operate with another motorist on the street and highway. Yet, despite the ease with which hand signaling can be done and the added safety it gives to driv- ing, there were 28,000 accidents caused by failure to signal or improper sig- naling in this country last reau of Casualty and Surety Under- writers. Hand signaling is a law in some states, but it is a courtesy everywhere. Too many of us who pride ourselves on good manners do not seem to. realize what bad manners we are guilty of on the road. Indicating by &@ proper gesture whether you are stopping or turning to the left or right is only the ordinary considera- tion you owe the motorist behind you. And that simple gesture may save aay ane your car from a bad acci- lent. It is true that hand signaling laws and customs vary in different states. However, you cannot go wrong by (1) extending your arm and making a forward rotary motion of the hand when you slow down to turn right; (2) extending your arm straight out and pointing with the index when you intend to turn left; (3) ex- tending your arm straight out with the palm open when you intend to stop or slow down. This will inform the driver behind you approximately what your next move will be and what his next move should be. In winter time many drivers do not. signal because their window is up. Courtesy is not a seasonal obligation, ‘These accidents killed more than 200| Nae DL Al beeches abate and injured more than 33,000 persons, according to statistics compiled by @ member company of the National Bu- ‘DRY POWDER SEAL’ IS (SECRET OF NEW PLUG Champion Spark Plug Equip- ment Assures Gas-Tight Seat Around Center Wire A new “dry powder seal” of secret formula containing crystals which in- terlock under pressure into a solid mass is employed in the new Cham- pion Spark Plug equipment for 1936 model cars to assure a permanent, gas-tight seal around the center elec- trode wire. The new material, known as “Sill- ment,” solves an ignition problem old as the motor-car industry, accord- ing to Otto C. Rhode, chief engineer of the Champion Spark Plug Com- pany. “The new sealing material possesses |some remarkable properties which we {still do not fully understand,” says Mr. Rhode. “It is applied as a dry powder’ in the form of microscopic pellets. A small pinch of the powder’ is poured into the bore of the insule- tor around the center electrode by a newly invented automatic machine. The Sillment pellets lodge against a shoulder formed in the wire about one-third of the length of the plug from the firing end, where the bore becomes slightly narrower. “An ingenious mechanism then reaches down through the bore and gently tamps the pellets around the bore. The first few blows break up the pellets and the remaining strokes cause the resulting crystaline par- ticles to interlock. This action de- only about a half inch above the shoulder of the electrode wire. “The lower third or ‘ignition end’ of the electric wire is left free in the bore, as is also a considerable part of the upper section. These free lengths of wire aid in rapid dissipation of heat. The Sillment seal has an ex- tremely low rate of expansion. Pur- thermore, since it occupies only @ short section of the bore it is free to expand lengthwise in the bore with- out creating dangerous horizontal pressure.” A total of 535,041 trucks was man- ufactured in the United States dur- ing the first eight months of 1035. and signaling is more important than ever on winter’s slippery roads. The slight effort of lowering the window enough to allow giving the proper signal is more than worth the trouble. Some 1,140,000 carloads of gasoline, intended for automobile consumption, were carried by railroads of the United .States in 1934. of America’s Great Motor Proving Grounds SAVE YOU MONEY, Leading motor car engineers do more tire testing in a single week than most men do in @ lifetime. They know tire quality. You can trust their judgment. It’s the safest guide to tire safety and economy we know of. LOOK FOR THIS MARK, : US. rine Guitar TEMPERED RUBBER Grant-Dadey Company ge mee 113 Second Street Bismarck’s Oldest and Largest Automobile Wholesale Automotive Supplies DISTRIBUTORS Bismarck, N. Dak. 5765 But this $765* b straight valve-in- This $765* buys the safety of tiptoe liydraulic eight engine in the world—the Buick SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1936 Besides getting the improvements designed for its big brother, the Hudson, the new 1936 Terraplane, / shown above, is built on a three-inch longer wheelbase, ts ro jer inside and of sturdier construction. The improved six-cylinder engine has 80 horsepower, and @ 100 horsepower plant is optional. SAFE OPERATION STRESSED IN DESIGNING OF NEW TERRAPLANE More Luxurious Style Coupled With Fundamental En- gineering Innovations Completely new and more modern than ever in appearance, more lux- urious in style and with a wealth of engineering development, the new Terraplane for 1936 will be displayed at the Bismarck auto and style show March 26, 27 and 28 by Wilde Motors, Inc,, Bismarck dealer. Not only do the new cars attain en- tirely new standards of beauty, but they incorporate safety engineering features to @ degree never before found in automopile chassis and bodies. Besides, there are a number of innovations of a fundamental na- ture which no cars have ever had before. Has Radial Safety Control Although these cars are still in the lowest price field, they are much big- ger and finer than their predecessors of the same make. Of interest from @ safety, besides a comfort stand- point, is the wholly new principle, radial safety control, which makes possible greater safety in riding, steer- ing and stopping. So marked a dif- ference does this new front-end sys- WHEN BETTER AUTOMOBILES ARE * at the factory ie the lowest liet price * ever put on a Buick. ‘ the most efficient type of comi of the solid steel “Turret Top.” This buys eohdion weigh lash and y tion 207 seconds, tacsty PI from back: from 10 to 60 in gas mileage, and a light- ness of handling that’s the answer to a woman driver's prayer. ’ ‘And this $765* buys a car engi own matchless manner, which smoothness and evenness at ered in Buick’s means not only and road-hugging the sort of tough- fibred stamina that makes cobwebs grow in the repair shops! evcereescoscsscccsessssoestoncsssecseseecsensssssooesoeseeee ? tem incorporate in the riding quali- ties of the car that the manufacturers of the Terraplane have given the name, rhythmic ride, to the result of the synchronized and unified suspen- sion system. This new front-end system also in- troduced “tru-line” steering, bringing @ new road sense to the steering wheel because of the accurate con- trol of the steering system, regard- less of road condition. Another new feature is the duo-automatic brakes, which incorporate a bid husky hy- draulic system with the double safety factor of an automatic reserve brake of the rotary-equalizer mechanical On the bodies, which have one-fifth more room inside than many larger cars, is the automatic draft elimin- ator, a feature added to Terraplane’s all-year ventilation system which au- tomatically equalizes air pressure in- side and outside the car and screens the air entering the body in connec- tion with the ventilating system. Has Room, Performance Mounted on @ full 115-inch wheel- base and equipped" with an 88-horse- power engine, and 100 horsepower available optionally, the car is not only roomier, but is capable of main- taining the reputation that Terra- Plane has established for perform- ance. This car carries on the tradi- tion of the models which have broken AAA. records for speed, economy and hill climbing, all over the coun- try. The bodies are all of steel, hav- ing @ steel floor, steel roof and a com- plete steel structure throughout. The electric hand which was introduced on the Terraplane last year for smoother, safer, faster, gear-shifting, is optional on all models. The Terra- plane is made in two series, de luxe and custom, a full line of bodies be- ing available in either series, Insulation Improved ‘The body is more completely insu- lated than any previously made. The sound insulation of the Terraplane for 1936 has been carried to an ex- tremely high standard. ‘ The Terraplane chassis for 1936 is oa wider and more rigid than in pt Illinois police officers are author- ized to warn slow drivers against delaying traffic under the new traf- fic code of that state. More than 2,250,000 automobiles were registered in New York in 1934, California’s border-checking sta- tions recovered 47 stolen automobiles in the first six months of 1935. In the last 15 years, tourist camps © in the United States have increased by approximately 1000 per cent. SEE THE NEW BUICKS AT THE AUTO SHOW MARCH 26, 27 and 28 BUILT, BUICK WILL BUILD THEM. knowing an in © "The new GMAC6% Time Payment Plan cuts ” the cost of buying a car on time. Why not use price like this is news worth ie week—but for the real you how it figures out in these savings to get the kind of car you've always wanted?’ A BETTER USED CAR A snveueseceeecesesserncesssesenees: A GENERAL MOTORS. 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