Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 21, 1920, Page 8

SACE FIGHT TEDUCTION OF MOTOR CAR WEIGHT COMING. | Inthe February number of MoToR is ‘2 contribution to automotive literature jon the possibility of the futurecar being [considerably jighter than -any of the }present ones. The author, M. C. Norine, |M. S.A. Predicts a gradual lower- ‘ing of weight so that the average car} | will weigh around 200-250 pounds per} passenger carried instead of from 4100 to 1,000 pounds as at present. He shoWs how other vehicles of. transpor-, tation carry muéh more load per unit of vehicle weight and why it must come m automdbiles; ‘When it does come, he | states, the mileage per gallon of gaso- HIGHWAYS. SAVE STORM TIE-UPS Trucks Take up Transportation] Work When Rail Lines R Are Interrupted Hundreds of important highways are open this winter for motor truck ‘and passenger car traffic for the first time in history reports. the /‘Travél and Transport bureau of the B. F. Good- rich Rubber company, which is con- ducting a nation-wide “campaign highway snow removal. The almost -continuous round of} snowstorms that have swept the*north:| ern states this winter have worked re-| vere hardships on railroad and interur- ban.lines. Thus the demands on inter city motoring trucking companies have multiplied at an unusual rate. In many sect‘ons the traffic on highways was practically uninterrupted. State and county highway of| {will last longer and there will he more nera of cars. He goes on to say that a light car is not necessarily a cheap or diminutive car, and that | light weight car, must. be dignified’ and sommodions. ? Cy YY, emi Gl Ula lh, % = Casper BATTERY. CO. offictals are to be commended for their prompt a a . e ee % y agate) ni efficient snow removal methods! ait Lop etait ih Zs says the Goodrich bureau. Notewor.hy UNSINKABLE SAFE TO CARRY DUTCH ' MAIL, AT SEA—A floating safe, an th, sxamples of splendid co-operation from Ingenfous invention for use aboard ships has just been adopted by The Nether- tifitn authorities are, cited in the lands Government for use on steamers carrying Dutch mail. Should the ships be ENGLISH EMPLOVERS TO Well SEES ee pI h iN cH Al i £ ) HRE CERTAIN PERGENT HARD ON TIRES oiaaucn senuee NEN lave greatly relieyed craffic tie-ups. Roads in the vicinity of Minneapolis ave been cleared of heavy snowfalls by*the use of county-owned trucks equipped with snow plows. Willian Palmer, highway official who bad SE charge of the work, states that one truck can keep 80 miles of road clear ed of snow. County roa’s in the vicinity of Mil- te Phone 907 waukes are Kept open by a program P ° ‘LONDON (By Mail).—Since the inau-| «ft. Earnshaw, Prop. asreed on by town boards and county Should Be Loose Enough so Cross guration of the national scheme’for the 375 E. Yellowstone highway officials. Motor truck piows Chains Won't Wear on employment of disabled men list: Sep. | Avenue. and horse teams are“employed and the heen readily accessible for ® greater part of the winter. Mill: anies have been hauling milk on sleighs on the country lanes to the 1: roads, where they transfer the to trucks and proceed to the citi Single Spot tember, 9,500 fitms have given néces- sary undertaking to employ an agreed hercentage of disabled men on_ their Ptaffs. The quota is generally 5 per cent and employment has been guar- | anteéd for 97,000., There are still 40,- | Storage batter- | es charged, repair- ed and rented. Complete stock How do you apply your tire chains? This question is perhaps \more, im- ;Portant this winter than ever before | | Interest in snow removal has in history, because of the unprecedented 000 disabled men waiting for work and | of Vesta Batteries Overt 466) Ghtire’ Gountre).. dhe number of motorists utilizing their cars the hospitals have many more ‘to dis: | for all ef Washington is planning to opcrate| ducing the cold months and because of Charge. ale da or all cars. — rotary snow plows over famous Sno-|the severity of the weather. Men who jhave, lost. @ leg ‘dre. work- Call and give us qualmie pass portions of the National) Bumping along in ice and dirt ruts poe ree pene abinet-makers, toy mak | trial. We ar- Park highway, thereby encouraging ;4nd pounding against the .pavement ers, watchmen, postmen, inspectors and a tal. We -gu Winter tourist travel, according to re: with Aa equinged As Fils “ilar tenphers. antee satisfaction. | sorts from § sity from a safety and traction stand- bey ay cas Pe N port SEGUE REL A pode: but you can quickly min a good |, The American College for Girls at Free Testing Constantinople will celebrate its semi- | and_ Distilled centennial next year, having been | = founded in 1871 as a high school for | % rls Of every nationality, In 1890 it was incorporated as }u college. + The student anroliment of the sy gna this’ year numbers upward of 600 an both departments, collegiate and pre- paratory. |set of tires by improper application of |chains.” Thousands of tires will be junduly punished this winter because \of carelessness. Chains should be left loose enough so that every time the wheel turns the cross chains will not strike the same spot in the tire. The rigid, tight ad- justment tears chunks of rubber from SONG COMPOSERS WIL BE GREENWOOD, Ina. (By Mafl)—with “ection OF Hono cae Ghee eee the dedication of the Polk Community) “"¥¢ (an auestion or wearing out. elth. House here recently, announcement Was! a. Your tires or the otoel or ote hee made that it was to be the home of the TOON C nay wane out the decal tion annual national convention and con." Lowe chains Wear out test of song composers, the first of| which will be held here next June. The | contestants will be selected each year in au tsate contests, when the com-; posers will compete for the best Amex fcan Folk song and the best American Art song. Prizes will be offered from a fund provided by e Porterfield Polk, an Indiana song writer. The first state competition takes place in Florida this month. The Indiana contest will ie held here in March. The community house, which was erected at a cost of $75,000, donated by Jumes T. Polk, contains a large} Kymnasium, swimming pool, showers, | reading room, room for games and an | wuditiorium with a seating capacity of 1000. The donor of the Community House fs the father of Grace Porterfield Polk, who originated ‘the idea of the song contest, NATIONAL CONVENTION OF WEQOORNr Nearly New 5-Passenger Moon Automobile—At Great Sacrifice. You-Must See It to Appreciate It. Phone 908 or Call 165 South Ash. Phone or Call Between 6 and-9 Tonight or 10 and 4 Tomorrow. ——— — Among the Turks bath money forms an item in every marriage contract, the husband engaging to allow his wife a certain sum for bathing purposes. If it be withheld, she has- only to go pofore the cadi and turn her slipper up- side down, If the complaint’ be not then redressed, it is sufficient ground fae Alone, | y Uraadl iB a After years.of agitation the Univer- | (sity of Virginia is about to open its | sraduate and professional schools to women students. Roads: Seem Pressed Flat By Wonderful New Triplex Springs Te wonderful Triplex Springs of Overland 4 ef- fect such a change in riding comfort that bad roads now seem to ride like good roads. Overland 4 has the steadiness ‘ of larger cars of long wheel- (base, with: the light weight, ease of control and low fuel and tire expense of 100-inch wheelbase. * Equipment, including Auto- : Lite starting and lighting and three-speed transmission, is high class, in keeping with the i general. character-of the car. VERY battery hus w stand more or Icss Ppouhding every day of its life, for even the best Springs in the world can't absorb all the jolts. The effect of big and little bumps will be greatly Icssened if you sce to it that the battery is clamped tightly in place. Or ask us to see to it nest time you come in. "Auto Electrical Company 111 East First St Phone 968-3 a i Moulton Motor Co. Phone 988 246 East Third St. line will be twice what it is now, tires |” he future! ‘The legal position of a married wom- ages, The wife cannot enter business Jett to. him 40 decide, what constitutes an in Spain is today so low that her| without her husband's consent. He j Wrons. ‘husband has absolute control over her has the legal right to shut her up in r bareheaded in z ehit OF abe dese twrolig, aba it is were of rank go person ‘and property, as in the middle bs . : Mexico. : ANY automobile will give a good demonstration when new. If you want to learn what “‘per- manence of value” means, take - a ride in some Cadillac here- — abouts that has covered 25,000 : miles or so. COLISEUM GARAGE. ; , 127 East Linden Phone 724 OIL FIELD SPECIAL The new Federal “Oil Fields Special” is now immediate delivery. ready for Into this new Federal tr that we believe will make it ming has ever known. uck has been built the qualities the most successful truck Wyo- The big, heavy duty motor is built to stand the “gaff.” It has an extra heavy crank shaft with 4 bolts on each main \ and: connecting rod bearing. i . The massive 4-speed amidship transmission is geared for the sand hills, ‘ The rear axle is the new 214-ton Timkin, the heaviest used in a 2-ton truck. \ ¢ ‘ Radius rods of new design’ hold the rear axle in proper alignment. The tire equipment is for Wyoming toads. Pneumati¢ cords front and Kelly-Springfield Caterpillar solids rear, | A steel-tool tank on the running’ board is regular equipment. <Thé cab’is well built and properly braced’ for h work. Electric or gas lights optional, ~ bate 5 PRICE COMPLETE IN CASPER $3750 ae It will pay you to examine this new Federal Truck the Wyatt-Welf Motor{Co. e Temporary Office, ‘Wyatt Hotel