Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 2, 1923, Page 13

Che Casper VOLUME 33. SECOND NEWS SECTION. Se TET And WYOMING WEEKLY REVIEW Srnwlary Crihiune CASPER, WYO., SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1923 SECOND NEWS SECTION. NUMBER 19 Editorial Future Is Bright, Says Manufacturer in Discussion Showing Safe and Sound Basis With Public Confidence Assured. BY WALTER P. CHRYSLER, Chairman, Board of Directors, Maxwell-Chalmers Motor Corporation. Bankers are watching with interest business tenden- cies in the automotive industry. Of the 112 companies manufacturing motor cars today Henry Ford is doing 55 per cery of the total gross business. General Motors, Dodge, Studebaker, Willy-Overland and Hudson-Essex are doing 30 per cent. These six companies have 85 per cent. of the business and 106 compantesfhas the largest number of farm: are dividing 15 per cent. What J] with Georgia second, Kentucky third to bo the next development? and North Carolina fourth——there In 1895 the total production of | are 40 per cent of the cars on farms. motor cars in the United States was Only 9 per cent of all the regis. but 300. Today at Columbus Circle. | tered cars are in cities of more than in New York City, 50,000 cars pass | 500,000. every twenty-four hours. In 1905] In our great cities. the country the total production of motor cars| visitor is so impressed by the num- was 25,000. Last year the produc-|ber of high-priced cars on the uon was 2.659.064. In the first six| streets that he gets the impression months of 1923 there were registered | there must be moro better cars pe- more motor cars than in the entire | ing manufactured than he imagined. year of 1922. But the truth is that the fifty Not until 1913 were thera more] four companies manufacturing cars than 1,000,000 registered cars| which sell for $1,500 or less are throughout the United States. To-| doing 94 per cent of the business éay there are more than 13,000,000. | the forty-six companies making cars In the last ten years the number | which sell from $1,500 to $3,500 have of registercd cars in the Unitv1/5 per cent of #he business, and to States has incrcase? at an avcrage| twelve manufacturers who produce rate greater than 1,000,000 a year | cars which sell for more than $3,500 The city dweller has the idea that | are competing for just 1 per cent of most of the automobiles manufac-| the business. tured throughout the United States} One of the best answers to the must be shipped to his particular] question whether or not the auto- city. But what are the facte?| motive industry is building soundly Seventy-five per cent of all th=| 1s to study income fax returns and motor cars registered are in citics| car ownership, all the time keeping and towns of less than 60,00.|in mind that it 1s cheap and me- Thirty per cent are in towns of less| dium-priced cars, selling for less than 1,000, than $1,500 which are being pur- In the North 30 per cent are on| chased principally today. the farms. In the South, where] ‘The States with the highest in- there are the most farms—Texas] comes have the m cars. There as shown above. are particularly desirable. Here is a tip for el viding she marries come and the motor vehicles. largest Nevada est number of automobiles. car ownership ownership. Those States which have the most automobiles in proportion promotes (Con ied on Page Two) Automobile News WHAT Io AREAD FOR AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY IN UNITED STATES? is a relationship between the two. New York has the greatest total in- number of has the smallest income and also the smat! Facts are available to show that home to population also have the highest percentage of homes owned by their Now GENERAL MOTORS Presents an Amazing Achievement a SIX Sedan at OLDS MOBILE’ SIX Now you can enjoy closed-car hixury and six-cylinder performance at a price never before approached. The new Oldsmobile-Six Sedan with its Mic tel aop bend Fisher-built body provides all the comforts Touring - + -$ 750 of a fine closed car—beautiful velure Roadster «+ + 750 upholstery, deeply cushioned seats, heater, pcre Se cesees dome lights, etc. And mechanitally this Coupe - + + + 1035 sedan is a revelation: of smooth, flexible Sedan - © + » 1095 and reliable performance. The G. M. A°C. extended pay See this car and you will marvel at its low price. Wyoming Oldsmobile Co. 454 E. Yellowstone Phone 1963 Theater News Gloria Foy Selects New Buick if Gtorla Foy, the clever little singer and Cancer whose hit in “Up She Goes” has been of stellar propor tions has inherited a fortune estimated at move than a milion. One of the first purchases Miss Foy made following the good news was a 1924 Buick Brougham sedan, The little lady expresses delight with the appointments of her new car and is very audibly appreciative of its mechanical points. She can tell just why the Buick valve-in-head motor and Buick fvur-whee! brakes gible swains; Gloria has collected one-third of her million. She gets another third pro within three years and the final inrtalment if she lives with her husband ten years. THE AUTOMOTIVE MELTING POT Conducted by “SPARKPLUG” Purpose—To “‘Wise-up" the automobile owner. More Purpose—To put the Tribune Sunday Automobile Section before the public of Casper w'th a roar like a. giant fire-cracker exploding in the Court House at midnight. Source of Info—The general public—Likewise the automobile dealers. Now and then, the police department. . Forewarming—What you read and don't like—pass over. Alas! ‘Tis true. _On'y nineteen} A new Studebaker Light Six five more shopp'ng days until Christmas.’ passenger coupe is enroute to the You tender folks who hate the, Studebaker Sales and Service Co., thought of crowds, better get busy. {of this city, and should arrive in ——. {ten days. Any chem!st will tell you that Casper moonshine and gasoline will} They've lost count at the Coliseum not mix. The coroner can supply Motor Co., between ten and fifteen you with like Information. Dodge cars were delivered in Casper during the past week. We call that Shouts of joy and signs of galety | se'ling ‘em during the winter months. in the vicinity of Second and Wo'cott ——. streets last Wednesday even'ng was Merchants, Don't shout “wolf” only the merry Tribune family giv- to the autoist with unnecessary ing thanks for innumerable bless- “stop” signs along the public high ings. (A good time was had by all.) way. Don’t sacrifice safety for ad. | Vertising. They're giving away Ford Radia-| tors at the Auto Radiator Service Still waiting for action on the Ar. Co., this week. Ask Bert Wel'ing- terial Highway system. ton ta tell you all about it. He's bubbling over with information. Six new Graham Brothers trucks were delivered by the Coliseum Mo- The ear'y completion of the Wyatt tor Co., during the past week. sround floor garage is in sight. —_— Above the garage itself, the largest! The sa’es office of the Coliseum apartment house in Wyom'ng is Co., has brightened noticeably. Miss being built. Margaret Dodd, of the wel’ known iesgues of typewriter pounder was Through the medium of this tot- engaged by the management last ally silly column, Sparky w'shes to week. express his s'ncere appreciation to Mr. and Mrs. Lee W. Doud for the No, Junfor, that’s not the f're de return to youth afforded him ‘ast partment. It is only: Wayne and Thursday evening at a Thanksgiving Crosby's latest aquisition, a fiery red banquet and party given at the service car. Doud res‘dence. Three sixteen| pour.d turkeys and a barrel of cran- berry sauce are not to be sneezed at. The Auto Service Co 133 North Wolcott street prides self upon is |being able to give every.kind of ser- The insta’lation of safety devices vice upon an automobi'e with the at the Northwestern crossings in exception of the general repa‘ring. Sasper will do away to a certa‘n ex- tent with the “stopping, looking, and Ustening” now necessary. Bill Noonan head of the Casper , Buick Co., fasted all day Friday. “Them Thanksgiving turkeys sure last a spell,” says Walt. The score {s even. A rubber = necessary to pay off the t’e. Sparky! defeated Salesman Boos of the Lee Doud Motor Co., by half a piece of pie in the second battle between the two for eating honors, at the Thanks- giving banquet of the company. It Sh sest will be remembered that at a pre-| Can a car run on three wheels? vious affair, Mr. Boos emerged the; A8k Sweeney of the Van Sant Mo- winner by a goodly bowl of soup. | tor Co. R. L. Mosher, of the Mosher Tire and Service Co., ts bo!'ing these days. That's a private joke. you aren't supposed to understand it, The new building now under con- struction for the Van Sant Motor Co., promises to be one of Casper's thoroughly modern automobile agen- 6x20 feet in sixe. “ain’t been xround much,” the new building 1s located on East A and Yellowstone. ————..7. Harvey Perkins and Fred Fulton be even more! of a joke in the than the aforesaid Harvey and ‘T:ny Herman. Size accounts for it, “Don't messaround with me.” sald the Rayfield carburetor to the cur- fous motorist. iMPORTANT IN DRIVING AUTO By SPARK PLUG. Why not pay a little more atten- tion to the al! important question of using the proper hand signals when turning or stopping. Many a serious accident has been averted because “the man in front” knew how to signal properly with his left hand. An automatic stop light is not enough. Many of them are so delicately constructed that the s‘ightest pressure of the foot upon the brake flashes a warning signal to the car behind and creates a false alarm in the mind of the driver folowing. There can be nothing false about a plain left hand signal. Let these three elementary signals sink in! In stopping, hold the left hand in a hor'zontal position straight out from the car. In turning to the left hold the left hand out from the car and raise it to an angle of 45 degrees with the horizonta! position. In turning to the right, hold the left hand out from the car, and lower it to an angle of 45 degrees with the horizontal, Remember the welfare of the man behind you, as well as the condition of your own machine depends upon your degree of thought in putting these s'gnals into quick and positive execution. Many a police court case has been settled upon the basis of hand signals. TIPS FOR MOTORIST Never use the spare tire on the should be eradicated. This m side. True enough. many are exceedingly helpful. We will not touch upon that variety Rather we shal! turn to the men: ing variety, analyze them, and see just what makes their abolishment a necessity. Many business houses, tn quest of the best in advert'sing, are prone to be a bit thoughtless in the placing of their seemingly beneficial warn- ing signs at railroad and highway crossings. From all parts of the country we hear of instances in which electric warning s'gns for rail road crossings have been piaced 300 to 400 feet in advance of tracks which are probab'y not used more than once or twice a month, simply because that particular point seemed advantageous from an advertising standpoint. At points where such a sign really is needed, it is’ unfor- tunately often found lacking. In New Jersey at a cut out place ‘n the road a startling figure rep- resenting a traffic officer and sema- Phone has caused considerable com- ment, among the states’ motorists. On the semaphone the word STOP appears in large illuminated letters. Underneath, and harm’'ess enough, the sign goes on to beg of the tourist rear for a bumper. Ignition cables can be ideally pro- tected with garden hose. Loose battery terminals may he tightened by using a thin sheet of tinfoil. The best way to keep the car lool:- ng new is to have it varnished every six months. When a shor’ circuit occurs, heat will always generate at the point of trouble. A cotter pin can be worked into a hole much easier if one end of the vin is shortened. Brass polish should never te used mn nickel trimmings, as abrasive particles in the polish scratch the urface. A painrer’s brush that fs thick and soft is preferable tu waste for use n removing dust from the engine. Too much oi] on the clutch re- duces the co-efficient of friction, and ronsequently the ability of the clutch to transmit power. Loads on the running boards of cars should not extend beyond the hub caps on the left side, nor more than six inches on the right side. The riunger inside the tire vaive $ responsible for the well-being of he tlre and 1 never be re moyed unless lutely necessary. When driving on wet streets never release the clutch except “at the last moment” to prevent the en gine from stalling. Always app'y brakes gradually. ABANDONED RAILROAD GIVEN AUTO SERVICE An enterprising native of the te of Maine has solved the prob- lem of what to do with an aban- doned railway. Some months ago the Bangor and Aroostook Raitway discontinued service over its 12 mile branch running from Browns ville to Katahdin Iron Works. Henry Green saw his opportunity. He started with a small automobile and an idea. The idea was to fit the car with flange wheels and make it run on the unused rails. He rented the whole branch line from Bells to Warn Motorist To call attention to a safety can | paign conducted by the police 4 { partment, of New York, whisties and bells were sounded throughont the city at 2:59 p.m. The signa! was a warning to motorists that The Liberty Garage Annex sports a new s‘gn, electrically lighted and 6x20 feet in size. There is a perfectly good show going to waste at the Liberty Gar- age Annex. See Mr. Thomas. more than a million school children were about to be turned loose In th The Packard Straight Hight is| Streets. still a great little drawing card in| GT Ee the salesroom of the Joe E. Mans-| The World on Wheels. field Co. By January 1, it is estimated that there be in operation 17,000.00: Henry Davis and Mr. Cavanaugh, both of the Clayton tank farm, re- turned to work in new Jewetts last week, thereby swelling the sa’es to- tal of the Lee Doud Motor Co, by a considerable amount, motor vehicles. Of this total 14.- 000,000 will be in the United States. about one to every eight persons. whereas in the of the worlt the proportion will be about one t 112 persons. the railroad company at $100 a month and started business. Now traffic is so brisk he is using a trailer behind his car. | —————_—__ An Oddity of the Motor Law. Any motorist, who is caught driv- ng a motor vehicle through any cemetery or burial ground in Penn: sylvania at a rate of speed exceed ng one mile in six minutes, may be fined $100. ‘The offender's license r be revoked for a period of onc year. ————».—_—_. “OTHERS” to stop at some particular tea room or hotel in the nearby city. A motorist, unused to’ that Particular road will instinctively obey the warning, perhaps to his sorrow, for a startled and puzzled driver is apt to make every move but the right one, Use of warning signs or stop sig- nals where they are not required makes the motorist who has been “fooled” very similar to the Shep- herds in the story of the boy who shouted “Wolf, Wolf? when no wolf was about. They are apt to become very caretess in approaching points where stop signs have been Put for a reason. TIRES RUN OVER 17,000 MILES ON JEWETT CAR When Mrs. H. W. Davis went into the Lee Doud Motor company last Tuesday with her Jewett that she puchased last February, it was with a big broad smile that she reminded Mr. Doud that the car still had on the original tire equipment. A glance at the speedometer showed that the car had been driven exactly 17,453 miles, and the tires still look good for three or four thousand mies more. Mrs. Davis d'd not come In for the sole purpose of showing off her Jewett, but to buy a closed car. It did not take her long to decide on the latest of the Jewett models, which 1s the five-passenger Broug. ham, ———— A Novelty in Sports. The Dowager Duchess -d'Uzes, Paris. recently set a fashion of stax hunting by automobile. She used a car fitted with caterpiiler wheels, such as are used in crossing the Sahara Desert, and for cross country excursions up the slopes of the Alps and the Pyrenees. 220 South David Street ment to many of you, who can very likel ger in a sign which may be standing placidly by the road- All signs are not dangerous, and po Seb aia hee ai vaca a oat _———— || Advance Notes On Industry HAND SIGNALS | MANY CORRECTIONS ARE NEEDED AN SIGNS USED ALONG HIGHWAYS Significance of Danger Signals Minimized by Il Advised Use; “Stop” Signs Should Not Be Erected Unless Necessary. BY SPARK PLUG Many of our highway signs, while harmless enough in the light of day, are actually a menace to life at night and ay come as a surprising state- see no real dan- PAIGE-JEWETT GIVEN PRAISE London Times Speaks Of New Models in the Highest Terms. PAIGE JEWETT heren.ony com 0 The London Times, of October 23, 1923 in a column article written by its motoring correspondent took oo- casion to commend the !mprove ment in American motor cars dur- ing the past few years. This marks a changed attitude on the part of one of England's great- est newspapers. Not only the per- fodicals but the automobile frater- nity gf that country as well have selzed every opportunity during past years to ridicule American manufacturers, Detroit, the center of the industry has shown consider- able interest in the article which fol lows in part: “American cars have improved most of all during the !ast few years in smoothness of running, partich- larly in the engine. Not so very long ago most engines had distinct per- fods vibration at rome speed or oth- er, when the brake lever trembled violently, the driver felt an unpleas ant shake in his arms, and his feet and those of his passenger began a St. Vitus’ dance on the floorboards. “Ths Paige-Jewett {s a good ex- ample of the standard of smooth» ness attained by the latest Amer!- can cars. The model is by no means immune from criticism but {t runs with delic’htful ease and gentlences, and fs distinctly pleas'ng to handle. The chassis 1s of the type so popu- lar in) America— a six cylinder en+ gine, sing’e-plate dry clutch, three- speed gearbox and bevel-driven rear live axle and the general de- sign has nothing very rtrange or unorthodox about {t. The cylinders —3%-inch by 6-inch are cast mono- bloc and with the crank chamber. The head is detachable, and, as the nuts are very access ble, there is no needless obstructian to its quick removal except for the horn, There are lips at each side of the casting. Cooling {s by radiator, fan, and pump. The radiator is held to the main frame, but the casing {s made neparately as a shell. Drainage is by a tap at the lowest point of the connection between the pump and Hator, and there is also « » to empty the jackets. The tan belt is ly adjusted, the water pump gear driven from the timing, anc the glands can be repacked without Cismant'ing the pump. Inlet and ex- haust manifolds, which are cast in ons are held by four nuts only, and the exhaust pipe {s carried down from the center. This plan makes the engine accessible and at the same time raves the floorboards EXTRA SPECIAL GOOD NEWS FOR FORD OWNERS For This Week Only We Will Sell FREEZE PROOF FORD RADIATOR $15-00 THIS OFFER CAN’T BE BEATEN We Will Repair Your Old Radiator We Will Vulcanize and Repair Your Tires Casper Tire and Radiator Shop under the driver's feet from undue heating.” Phone 685-J