Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 8, 1924, Page 18

] ee Sees oe fl ee ee PAGE SIX. SHLES FIELD I SOUTH AFRIG General Motors Taking Advantage of New Market. Every year South Africa ts bo: coming a greater field for the auto- mobile business, according to .Ar- thur Williams of the General Mo- tors Export company, in a state- } ment made last week while visiting the Olds Motor works, one of the big divisions of the General Motors corporation. Mr. Williams has been actively associated with the sales end ‘of the automobile business for the past 14 years, the last 8 years as mahager of the South African branch of the General Motors Bx- port company, whose headquarters are in New York city. Erection of dams and the build. ing of frrigation systems have greatly broadened the trade field of South Africa during the pagt few years, he said. The raising of citrous fruits and cotton and’ the rapid de- velopment. of the sugar industry have added greatly to the business of the country. These new activities have resulted in an increase in popu- Jation and considerable road bulld- ing. ‘The greatest need of the coun- try at the present time is additiona: capitdl to develop its many re- sources. "The Oldsmobile Six is proving one . of the prime favorites in, South Africa due to its relatively lght weight, its extremely easy riding qualities and its powerful engine. Oldsmobile ahd automobile are sy- nonymous terms in many foreign countries, he declared, which fact is proving a big asset for Geveral Mo- tors and particularly for the Olds Motor “works Mr. Williams has headquarters at Johannesb and has charge of sales in the entire African territory south ‘of the equator. ROAD REPORT State Highway Department Reports received at the Third Dis- trict Office of the State Highway De- partment up to noon, Saturday, June 7th, indicate the following road ditions: oeptato Route Number 11—Cheyenno Casper, Thermopolis. This road is reported generally good from Chey- enne to Orin except through some construction work around Glendoe. From Orin to Casper and from Cas- per to Shoshon! the road is good and if the weather remains fair should be in excellent condition by Sunday. Free team service is pro- vided by the State Highway Depart ment between the hours 8 to 12 A. (Mh and 1 to 6 P. M. to tow cars across Bad Water at Bonneville. Bridges being built on new route should be completed in about 10 days fo that traffic can cross. The road through the Canyon is now in fair traveling condition and is being im- proved rapidly. State route Number 80—Rawlins to Dubois. Rawlins to Lander some- what rough but being improved rap idly. 5.7 inches of rain fell last week in the vicinity of Lander and consequently: roads were badly cut up. They are being dragged and if no further storms occur should be in fair to good condition Sunday. State Route Number 81—Shoshon! Lander road—generally good, some mall washouts in road bed during extremely heavy rain last week State route number 41—Orin-Lusk ‘Van Tassel—-new construction work between Orin and Shawnee. Else where the roads should be good hy Sunday. State route number 80—Lusk-New castle. Road is generally good State Route Number. 71—Caay Sheridan road—Pavement exter 12 miles north from center of Ca per, then there is a 9 mile detou around paving operations. However this detour is in ¢ ent condition this date. Two miles of this détour can be abandoned inside of ten daye and the new pavement used for that distance as the contractors are now laying the black top on the con. crete base. Work 1s proceeding rapidly on the concrete bane, three rolles having been already complet ed this season. From the end of the detour to Salt Creek, the road is somewhat rough but fair travel ing. Salt Creek to Johnson County line 1s fair, then reported rough for about 15 miles but a new road | being constructed over this stretch ‘The trall being without drainage structures. A low barometer and the weather reports indicate rain Saturday night or Sunday. sent Expert watch and fewelry repair. Jewe'ry Co, 0-8 Bldg. GREA Motor Sales AND n Sant McKinley and Yellowstone Phone 1406 of peace meets the little tools, and curses man, for the en- suing fifteen minutes. The spare doing duty, it 1s ofcourse neces. sary to call a halt at the next ham- let, for an investment in tire judg- meni, a new tube. Cars from every locality whizz by and a cheery salute is tendered Papa and family by each driver. Cars loaded with supplies and camp- ing outfits of every description are sighted every five or ten minutes. Long bearded farmers with equally long faces inform Papa at various intervals of “‘turrible’” road condl- tions not far ahead bu Papa shakes his head with a “I've heard that be- fore smile,” say ‘Yeah.’ P.. 8. Road conditions found to be far from as bad as made out by farm- ers. They like a bit pf scandal as well as the “old lady.” Time flies on the road and‘ eve- ning finds the skipper of our little party keeping a weather eye out for a town with a welcome sign, a Presbyterian church and a good tourist camp. Down country streets thick with dust’ speeds Old Betsy and out to the other side of the little town called Acorn, Perhaps they named it that in the vain hope that it might some day grow into a sturdy At a By SPARK PLUG. Pap produces ti Being further adventures of Mam-}day he was bor ma, Papa, Willie and Sister Susie, not to mention Old Betsy in their summer ramble in search of new sights and new sensations. “Who says it never gets hot in this country,” ejaculates Papa with considerable vehenvence, slightly vexed because in an hour, Old Betsy had succeeding in causing to pass away only some 15 simoleon miles. So saying, he removes his hat and proceeds to wipe the sweat band thoroughly. He then clambers from his trusty steed and plucks several strands of long green grass that the old adage “A Cool Head Gathers No Moss" might find sound backing. Kidding to. one side or the other, green grass in a cloth hat on a hot day makes for a cool’ head every time. Ham and eggs stowed hurriedly away only two hours before, Willie announces a growing’ hunger for the noon-day meal and ts ignored by fond parents. One ambitious fox terrier, almost over bold, climbs hurriedly to the back of the front seat and engages himself in the pleasant occupation - of ving a quarter section of Dog and car are round! and the merry miles keep slipping behind. Through Royal, Glenarm, Pendle ton, and Oak Crest all centers of a thriving farming population (if such a thing exists) are soon left for only the spare tire and tail light to gaze upon. On past a never chang- ing landscape of corn, oats, wheat, woodland, corn and some more corn speeds the ltte ruler of the high- way, Marnma picks out an ideal dinner spot a mile distant and dogs her better half until he finally heads the car for the picnic position upon little more than a co’ Path and a poor one at thet. ant hills mark the spot mma picked and the lunch cloth js moved to other quarter Dinne seizes a camp. meet them, much to the disgust the alr of peace and quiet. among the men of the camp. for the most unlikely story of the road. honors. ish onion. ae MOTOR CAR BUYING The steadily increasing in the production of finer types motor cars reflects a new trend Arrow Motor Car company. “The built motor than oak. 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