Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 4, 1923, Page 21

” bia a3 ae a SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1923 ~ FEDERAL GASOLINE TAXMNY BE PROPOSED IN NEXT CONGRESS National Motorists Association Caution Against| Movement Until State Measures Have Been Put to More Thorough Test. With thirty-six states in the Union taxing motorists from one to three cents per gallon for gasoline it is feared that the sixty-eighth session of Congress will reveal nu- merous proposals for a Federal sales tax on gas. Rumors of this are already reaching the Washington headquarters the National Motorists association, and plans are being laid for the work of protecting the) the publicity which the N. M. A. in- interests of the nation’s motorists. | tends giving this tact will doubtless| Never before have so many pro-| encourage the idea of blocking any posals for mulcting car owners been| ‘federal tax proposals until more offered, and it is apparent that the| light is shed on what the states are adoption of the gasoline tax by doing in this Sir a 2 enteen additional states in 1923 will encourage an epidemic of federa! tax Proposa’s, The activity among state legislatures this spring was largely due to the fact that it was “legis- lation year’ generally; the coming session will find most of the activity centered at Washington. According to Fred H. Caley, secre- tary of the N. M. A., the gas tax in its present form is merely an exper- iment, and should not be further en- couraged until it has proved desir. able. “Our investigation shows that the imcrease in the number of states adopting the gas tax is not the re sult of a demand for a more equit- able form of taxation but to rivairy among states,” Mr. Caley contends, “It was a foregone conclusion that when Connecticut started co'lecting @ penny a gallon on gas sold to any- one buying fuel within its boundary, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine and Massachusetts would get on the adjacent. to the Chandler Filling d wagon. But the overanxious station. The opening Monday morn- legislators in Massachusetts made a| ing will find a salesroom that is Mistake in trying to put one over on| modern in every way, with a full Gonnecticut with a two cent tax; ;| line of accessories packed away the Bay State motorists themselves/ upon its various shelves. The rear weising an immediate objection and,|ha'f of the building will be devoted | through the efforts of the Massa-|to an auto top shop, where you may | qbusetts State Automobile associa-| jcome to have that winter top or/| tlon, affiliated with the N. M. A.,|that set of side curtains installed. g@ubjecting the law to referendum. The new firm will be known as “This will lead to a clearer def!-|The B. and D. Auto Supply com- nition of the principles involved im runy, and should enjov untold suc- the process of taxing motorists for | cexe in Casper, ss there is ample the amount of fuel they use, and|100m for retail accessory and supply| will encourage the blocking of pro-| houses. Mr. Bird and Mr. Davis| posals for a federal tax on gas. De-| have secured an agency NEW AUTO. ACCESSORY BUSINESS LAUNCHED ON, EAST SEGOND STREET By SPARK PLUG. Casper has a new auto accessory house. No, it is not under the man-! agement of strangers. One of the partners is none other than our old| friend, J. L. Bird, formerly of the! Nash-Casper Motor company. The} other party interested in the new firm, is R, C. Davis, also well known | in the Casper automobi'e field. The new establishment is sate at 619 East Second street, in the newly erected - andier building,/| for the} spite all reports the gasoline tax !* Dayton Tire from the Mosher Tire| not working as smoothly as its ex-|and Service company, state distribu- ponents would have us believe, and tors. OLDS FIGHTS WAY FROM EAST COAST TO WEST IN HIGH GEAR LOS ANGELES, Nov. 3—A yerl- |table lump of mud, the first car to ever cross the American coritinent from Atlantic to Pacific using only jhigh gear, arrived in Los Angeles Friday after driving 3,674 miles. “Cannon-Ball” Baker, noted race driver, held up traffic for five min- utes at Columbus Circle and Broad- way, New York City, October 8th, while thousands gath- ered to witness the start of the first! transcontinental high gear run. The Oldsmobile “Six” which Baker had selected to make the first coast-to-| coast run in “high” was inspected, previous to his start, by New York newspapermen who witnessed the re- moval of low, second and reverse gears and the sealing of the trans- mission box. Baker started down Broadway on a trip that held the center of atten- tion of automotive experts and car owners, On his trip to Los Angeles, Baker encountered more than usual diffi- culties, including the disasterous rains and floods that cost several mi'lions of dollars of damage in Ok- lahoma, Missourl, and Kansas. Among other hardships encountered by Baker and his newspaperman companion were famous Kansas and Missouri axlo-deep “gumbo”, days of rain, mountains, snow, washouts in roads and extreme desert heat as high as 110 degrees. Upon arriyal at San Bernardino, California, Baker was met by a dele- gation of prominent Los Angeles cit- izens who escorted him to the city hall of Los Angeles, where he was officially greeted by Mayor George E. Cryer. Baker turned over to the chief executive of the city a let- ter sent from New York City by Alfred Reeves, president of the Na- tional Automobile Chamber of Com- merce. 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Escorted by a cordon! of New York motorcycle officers] Though Baker set out to achieve one feat only, the driving of the Oldsmobile “Six” from coast to coast with but high gear, thereby accomplishing something previous!y | unheard of, he also established some remarkable economy records for other drivers to “shoot at.” It is an’ acknowledged fact that high gear starting and driving on long pulls that require much power, demand much fuel. In spite of the heavy golng that required unusual power the remarkable gasoline con- |sumption of 28.8 miles per ga'lon |was maintained for the entire trip,| | while a careful weight check re- vealed that but 10 ounces of Iubri-! jcating ofl were used during the en-| tire distance of 3674 miles, | stot neh ace Woods’ Station To Help In Solving Mixture Problem This is the season of the year when one may reasonably expect a frozen radiator at any hour, It ts absolutely essential in Wyom- ing that during the winter months alcohol be kept in the radiator at all times. Mr. Woods of the Woods Filling station at East Yellowstone and Hast -A streets, has introduced to Casper; what he terms his. “alcohol con- sultation.”” In other words he in- vites the Casper motorist to pay jhis station a visit, and allow an expert to prescribe the proper mix- ture of alcohol and water for a given temperature. 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From information given him by a taxicab driver, he discovered that the suspect was one of a gang of four men and a woman whose lair was an old deserted mansion on the outskirts of the city. Then, from a nerve shattered drug addict, the detective wrung the confession that he purchased his supply of “dope” regularly from the driver of a high-powered car that parked each night in a line of “for hire’ cars. The pur- chaser simply stepped inside the car; the driver drove the car around the block and sold the “junk” which he kept in a pocket on the car door; then he discharg- ed his passenger and drove back to his “for hire’ stand. Acting on this information, the detective donned a make-up, and assuming the role of an addict, entered the “dope” car. When he had been driven a copule of blocks he produced a roll of bills and ask- ed for a supply of drugs. 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