Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 15, 1920, Page 9

SATURDAY, MAY 15, 1920. — a TRAILER TAKING IMPORTANT ROL Report Show Successful and Eco- nomical Operation on Good Highways Basing his forecast on reports re- ceived from sixty-five trucking cen- ters, E. Farr, director of the Fire- stone “ship-by-truclk bureau, at Akron Ohio, predicts that the day is rapidly approaching when trains consisting of trucks and trailers will be seen on the highways as frequently as trucks are today. “We-learn,”’ says Mr. Farr, “that the trailer, given good level roads, can re- duce operation costs 20 to 40 per cent. “One readily appreciates that rail. MOTOR SPARKS AND BRIEFS OF THE INDUSTRY By attaching a bicycle motor whcel to a sled an Alaskan. voyager recently secured a speedier way of travellinz across northern ice fields. A moton drawn and operated iawn mower, which cuts a swath 97 inches wide, has been invented and found of much value on spacious grounds, Every motor truck is said to replace / three horses. | Straw gas, invented by a Caundian chemist, is the latest substitute for gasoline. The world’s record for a mile un a/ road freight rates would be many times higher than they are if each ‘reight car operated separately, since the number of railway employes and the ‘total fuel consumption would be mul tiplied many times. “As the capacity of a truck is dou- bled. and sometimes tripled when it hauls trailers, and as under so ne con- ditions it can haul two or three tranl- ers; it can be seen that to a consiiter- able extent train operation economies * that “holdgood én the railways are not impossible in operating trains of rucks and trailers on the highways. “Bad roads in many sections are the drawback today. But better roads are coming and coming rapidly. As they become more general the use of the trailer, with its attendant +concmies, is sure to become more generz!. PASSION PLAY 1 BEN UP FOR THIS YEAR WW FAGE OF FOOD SHORTAGE OBERAMERGAU, Germany. — (By Mail).—It_.will be impossible to hold the Passion Play this year. Whether it can be held in 1921 is not yet known, but Anton Lang, who Plays Christus in this world-famed Spectacle, believes its presentation . Would go far toward creation of a new world spirit. a recreation of interna- tion reconciliation. t In ‘a statement to the United Pross he declared: “Ufifortunately it is impossible to hold the 1920 Passion Play, partly be- cause of the transportation difficulc es, partly Because of the shortuke of food- stuffs. Yet, I continually have the feel- ing that’ no time would adapt itself ltke the present to holding of the Pas- sion Play as it would tend to +>:0n’ cile, and. unite peoples on a broad- gauged, Chriseian-niane and turn. their thoughts..to new tomas. Even if the attendance werd nnt.as great as in 1990 and 1910. yet a start would be ‘mad> toward’ unison of -the peoples which will ‘and must again come. “Whether it can be held in 1921 is impossible to say in view of the con- ditiona of the time. We live here peppoty: far from the driving of the hig cities; and we feel here that time will heal the wounds of war.” - Incidentally, Lang, first informe through the United Press that Amer: iedn friends were sending him foo, expressed the warmest thanks and ask- ed that the United Press bear hie “heartlest greetings to all his friends.” Lang and his family enga2 in hone industry and are now busy. This lit- tle community has lost seventy men through the war, and as a result there is a labor shortage. Likewise the. sup- ply of raw materials and of food is limited. a nage ene Secretary of - Agriculture Meredith says that business men must eliminate all useless employes. In other words they must not follow the example set hy the Washington governmental. de- partments. —<—<<——_—$ ~~, “7 ASTS a Hfctime” is sometimes an exaggeration and sometimes just a Plain lie. About straightaway course is 20.40 secunds, made by Burnham in a Blitzen-Benz at Dayton, Ohio, in 1910. Gasoline is powerful stuff, each pint representing 12,000 British thermal units. A British thermal unit means the power necessary to lft 750 pounds one foot. A pint of gasoline contains! enough power to lift a ton to a height of 3,500 feet. Pleasure cars exported to foreign countries by the United States last year totalled 67,085. The longest road in Alaska is only 394 miles in extent and stretches be- tween Fairbanks and Valdez. Coal gas is used by ‘many motor driven vehicles in England. Canada had 395,000 motor vehicles last year as compared to. 2,100 in 1907. Of nearly 2,500,000 miles of highway in the United States only about 23 per cent is hard surfaced. An automobile is used on a Moniana railroad as a laborers’ train. Flanged wheels keep the car on the track, } Over 11,000 motor vehicles recently \crossed a Lincoln highway. bridge near Jersey City, N. J., during a 14-hour pe- riod. During the same hours only 69 horse-drawn vehicles crossed" the | bridge. 5 The automobile tire business is re- Ohio, today. from 69,000 in 1910 to 230,000 Representing the National Automo- bile Chamber of Corgmerce, S. A. Miles has gone abroad to seek to improve, conditions for the shipping of Amer- ican-made cars to England, Franes and Italy. One of the things sought $4 a lower import duty rate on American machines. Nebraska, which in the spring of 1919 had the most cars per capita, is now in third place. Iowa leads with one car for every 6.09 people. Cali- fornia is second with one machine to every 6.20 people. Nebraska is third with one car to every 6.48 people, , One jes is a tire of America’s wreat tire factor- producing 85,000 tires a day— a second. One argument for good roads is that postal employes are estimated to travel 1,400,000 miles daily in delivering matt on rural routes. Sixty thousand men are employed in this service. oo WHEN GIVING YOUR MOTOR CAR 'A LAYOFF ‘When the owner finds it neces- sary to put his car out of commis- sion for a protracted period—whe- ther it be in the public garage or in his own—he should make it a point to observe a certain routine in preparing his car for its time of non-service, says a writer in the current issue of American Motor- ist. First of all, the writer contiaues, the body and running gear should be washed with water and soap and the body polished with a chum- ois skin. Then polish all bright i“ sponsible for the growth of Akron, |; metal trimmings and rub them over with an oiled or waxed rag. Drain the cooling system. Put some heavy oil into the cylinders and turn the engine over several times to distribute the heavy lubricant over the cylinder walls and into the piston ring grooves, etc. “Ite- move the storage battery and have it charged. Connect the, binding posts on the generator with u cop- per wire. Jack the car up so as to take the weight trom the tires. Release the brakes. Raise the top, if yours is an open car; this will keep the top smooth. Finally cover the entire car with sheeting. EXAMINATION OF SPRING - LIPS. SAVES TROUBLE If any proof be required of the ne. cessity of keeping spring clips tight ht all times it may be found in the fact that neither dealers nor manufactur: ers will replace a spring that is broken through the center bolt hole—the place where most springs give way, observes a contributor to American Motorist, who goes on to say: Reo Touring Car and Speedwagon LIBERTY GARAGE C. W. Gregory, Agent car built. highways. Hivvvavcrcsons CUE The fine steels in a MAXWELL stir your enthusiasm Ride in a Maxwell and your enthusiasm is stirred for this commendable car. You attempt to search for the cause and you find it in the steels used in the Maxwell. Those fine steels that give rare strength. Such steels take the burden of dragging around useless weight from the engine, providing brilliant performance. Pound for pound the steels The Maxwell construction, employing these fine steels, results in a light-weight car, that gives not only brilliant performance, but the rare combination of durability, economy and comfort. Today nearly 400,000 Maxwells may be seen on the world’s 100,000 more are in process of construction. Still this will supply but 60% of those who have set) their minds on a Maxwell for 1920. Natrona, Hot Springs and Converse Counties Temporary Quarters—511 Yellowstone Highway Wm. G. (Bill) Noonan, Service Manager in a Maxwell equal those in any , ane / Phone 1223 “Breakage of this nature is taken as evidence that the spring clips were not kept tight. The spring clips are subject to bending in two directions with the result that excessive strains are imposed at the weakest point which in this case is at the bolt hole. The spring clips should be seated perfect- ly tight by drawing the nuts up as close as possible with a wrench of such size that there is no question of their being tight. It is well also to bear in Mind that even a nut secured by a lock washer will ultimately work loose— hence the necessity for looking over your spring clips now anc then.” eingetention Some of them seem to think that “on with the dance," means “off with the clothes.” | CAA wt Cl hh nnn nnn » VALVE-IN-HEAD ° MOTOR CARS A OIL CITY SUPPLY CO 412 East Second Phone 1112 We are just in receipt of a letter from the Buick Motor Co. stating they are shipping us Several Carloads Of Buicks, Wyoming’s Favorite Motor Car After our advance orders are filled we will have A Few Five-Passenger Cars for Immediate Delivery A word to the wise is sufficient. Get your order in now and ride while the other man waits. Price, 5-passenger, Model K-45, $1,825, F. O. B. Casper. Phorie 909 Casper Motor Co. 230 W. Yellowstone. Phone 909 HS [eg = Ts Kelly-Springfield Tires —AUTOMOBILE TIRES, like eggs, are of several kinds— good, bad and indifferent. bargain egg may appear to offer a saving, but the fact remains that the man who buys the best is never sorry. The low-priced tire or the Casper Supply Co. Corner Center and Linden Sts. Phone 913 WHITE MOTOR TRUCK CO. 165 So. Ash Phone 908