Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 22, 1924, Page 19

OLDS MAKING SALES RECORD ~ THIS SUMMER Sales First Five Months} Are80 PerCent Above Same Period in 1923 LANSING, Michigan, June 21.— ‘The year 1923 was the greatest year the automobile industry ever experi- enced. National automobile cham ber of commerce figures, just releat ed in the annual year book, show a total of 3,694,237 passenger cars Predictions that 1924 business will not equal that of 1923 seems to be refuted when considering total cash ales volume and retail sales figures Works of Lansing, Mic the big divisions of the General/ Yards adjoining American manu- motors corporation, facturing plants when compared ‘Che Casper Sunday Cridune The Bigger They Are the Easier They Turn Ovér ~ [snr motor "wun te ‘same|10-Year-Old Girl Mr. Jerboa, of Egypt, Arrives Detroit Express of the Wabash railroad which hit a “filvver” stalled on the tracks near Nameoki, Ill., pushing the little car into a switch, The switch turned, threw the express off the track and resulted tn one of the oddest freak wreck in years, The @icture shows what became of the engine. No one was killed, oo manufactured in 1923, The total re- ‘This wide contact area aided in rid-| ment which permits ranchers ‘to kill sistration on January 1, 1924 was | CONFERRED ing over the sand with sort of 18,671,411 cars. shoe effect, just as the low pressure | harmful, tk eco the tires made it possible to Mieorb bumps and ruts in the moun- ‘was made on the trip, althou The greatest cash volume of bus!-| with those of European factories | for the people to carry. Taxes on/ trip were very much pleased in the history of the Olds Motor | tell a complete story of American automobiles and the first cost are| the conclusions to be drawn fro! forks was transacted during the| prosperity, of ti afivance this] such that even those of the smallest | test. first five months of 1924, company | country has made over European|type are hopelessly beyond the lowest priced car ft has produced in| conferred by its entire 27 years of manufacturing | dustry, experience, with the exception of the This is a famous little curved-dash “Merry| Macauley, president of the Packard Motor Car company on his return Old@smobile’” of 1900. In fact the present Oldsmobile is the lowest ‘from a combined business and pleas. — @fficials announce. This is doubly] countries in manufacturing methods|means of any but the wealthy. a outstanding inasmuch ds this year|and of the tremendous boon to the| Taxes on fuel lend a still further the Olds Motor Works is selling the | people of this country that has been} burden to the owning of a car.” the automobile in- For the Jarger motor cars built, comment of Alvan ‘The total volume of sales in dollars | turing plant in Europe,” said Mr. and cents was 80 per cent for | Macauley, “look just like the yards CHICAGO, June _ 21.—Broadside greater automobile collisions are increasing th, Rigi tive roonts at 208 tetas] Rees Aertee. | seaucetrine BALLOONS LOONS ARE in number asserted Richard B. Kropf, Supreme Regent of _ the Royal Arcanum, in a safety address it was. during the same period last year. The cash business so far this|contain pergolalike structures un- 3 year even exceeds the previous ban-| der the shelter of which, in work- D N SAND: here. ner year of 1920 by a substantial|ing hours, are long double rows of G00 “Motorists on our boulevards and Yin congested business districts are 2 coming to have their thinking done automobiles in sight] xo¢ long ago, representatives of|for them,” said Mr. Kropf who has margin. Records were also broken in| bicycles their the number of cars sold during the} racks under the center of the sheds. first five month's period in 1924 com-| There are no years ago. They all rear wheels held in pared with previous year. ‘The total |unless it be those in charge of chauf-1 110 jteo Motor car company, one of|made an intensive study of number of cars sold during January, | feurs waiting in front of the general February, March, April and May this | offices. year is 51 per cent,greater than for the game period IAst year; 158° per cent greater than In 1922; °138 pe: cent greater than in 1921 and 67 per cent greater than in 1920, the pre- ‘Vous Righ Teoprd year {'onsh sales volume. on the other rounded with for the first five month's period,| Tides in an each month’s sales exceeded those of | fortunate if he possesses a bicycle] was planned as the most strenuous him __transportation.| workout that could be ‘given the big| til! he encounters the next sign. Un he snpounieg: Sera meoees any working man in the/ tires, the route including Joose sand, furnish margins, May figures is for April by 9 per cent, for March by | United States “Every large American factory, parknig space in every available part of which are closely packed rows of motor cars, the personal property of the workers of the fac- Im addition to showing an ‘increase| tory. No working man in’ Europe the very first manufacturing com-| mobile accidents {n the inter panies to adopt genuine balloon tires,|tho Royal Arcanum’s natio: hand, is almost sur- acres and acres of just as much to riding and driving|the moving 'Go' and ‘Stop’ ways. the cruising motorcyele *eop.” A test run of 543 miles through automobile. He 45] the desert and mountains of Arizona bowls, steadily along is without an auto-| traits throush be per cent, for February by 30 por| mobile it would seem when one #ur-| and Donen atiapae ane wetrtaae GOING AWAY cent and for January by 50 per cent.| Veys the parking space about the] On this run, the drivers -pro May retail sales for 1924 also exceed-| typical large American factory. conclusively that, far from being a ed those for May 1923 by 81 per| Provision for cent. the workers is one of the real prob- ‘The above figures. pertain Jema., parking the cars of} disadvantage in loose sand, balloon . American manufac-] face contact were a real ac tual sales by dealers to customers . Tt will be many years. be- and make the Oldsmobile one of the | °'¢ European. manufacturers face the same problem. outstanding cars in the industry. “Taxes tell However, the iea, owes the portation it now possesses in both bsuiness and the pursuit of sunshine and fresh air, with the plessutee|| McKinley and Yellowstone Filled These || i». ‘metiois Days, Warning Hot weather, just like extremely @ cost which which were created and developed fully in America. Our quantity pro- duction system has made possible the building of motor cars as fine as the hand built cars of Europe at a part of the story. great public of Amer- quick personal trans- does the work Oscar Redenbo 430; W. Yellowston Phone 1692 MIDWEST AND TEXAS GAS OILS AND GREASES R. N. Van Sant Motor Sales them, very largely to hone 1406 of manufacturing makes them. available cold weather, Js a danger period in| t© nearly all people of the country-|] Motor Company this week. the life of any storage battery “European Jess the ‘proper care is given it. warns Mr. W. P. Crawford, Willard service station dealer. Summer weather is probably the Most dangerous time the battery must pass through becatse the automobile is used more during this period, This is the time when over- heating a battery is liable to hap- pen,” says Mr. W. P. Crawford “Motorists as an average are prone to forget or neglect keeping the battery filled with pure distill- ed water in hot weather, Evapora- tion of the water in the solution in the battery during hot weather is rapid. If the level of the water is permitted to reach a point below the tops of the plates, the upper portion fs left exposed and useless. The eovered portion of the plates are then obliged to assume tho extra Durden of the useless portion. This causes rapid overheating and dam- ‘Ny age not seen at the time, but re- sults in considerable expense later. “When undercharged for some time, plates become hardened and offer greater resistance to the eharging current. If therefore a ear with a starved battery is taken on « long run, the normal charging rate wil} produce intense heat in the battery to such an exter® that the plates will buckle. This staryed condiion may be due to inexperience or lack of knowledge on the part of the driver, who does not use judg- heavily burdened with taxes for countries have been Four Wheel Brakes Balloon Tires ment in operating his lights, or who The New Star Car is as great an advance in the progress ‘uses the starter oftener than neses- sary. If the battery were in a nor- mal eondition this would not occu of motor transportation as the original Star Car which it bk ne ate sae AAP dating succeeds. It is backed by more than 4,000 dealérs and tery’s condition during hot summer weather by a battery service eta- tion is about the best sort of trouble tmeurance you can carry, * eludes Mr. W, P. Crawford. a me service stations throughout the country at your command, Two new Plerce Arrow trucks ur The Star Car will give you complete satisfaction with rived at the salesroom of the Kumpf Motor Car Co,, during the past etonomy. week. They are what you'd call husky looking mogu ei Raa eee eee TT HAY—GRAIN CHIX FEEDS— SALT Casper Warehouse Co. 268 INDUSTRIAL AVE TEL. 27 STORAGE FORWARDING For the best results in raisin chickens use Victor Buttermi | ba For more ¢ feed Scratch Feed Lay cra and ying SPORE STWR TN Nl Phone 1406 See the new models at our showroom today, McKinley and Yellowstone ceptiona! trip. sock i caegerreentigre tyne se BANG---SLAM---CRASH centuries and since the great war|no time was the car driven at. ex- the load has been almost impossible! cessive speds. Men in charge of the with a view to maximum comfort x and more speedy travel Europe, safd Mr, Macauley, has definitely fixed s upon the six cylinder and the eight " | cylinder in ne motors and nearly F AST INCREASE priced six-cylinder automobile in the] ure trip to Europe, all cars, he Bos ‘aré fitted with ‘world. “The yards about every manutac-| four wheel Despre cio) decided to test out to their own satis-| safety campaign -ameng its 125,000 faction the theory that balloon tires|™members in the United Btates ard were just as serviceable and added|Canada. “Here the driver expects comfort when used in sand as they| Colored lights, the white glove’ and did on boulevards or gravel high-| Whistle of the trafijc officer, and “Consequently, on side streets not thus protected, the hans seacieety ea|| The Old Bus will serve you twice as well if BUT ‘ Van’s Filling Station ||| Be sure a good mechanic A Dodge Brothers Steel Sedan—half finished and half cutaway to show the steel construction and material used in upholstering is on display at The Coliseum PAGE FIVE, idea in mind, Result—Crash! bray city das punareas ot! Leading Member Streets are small boulevards in a way with no “boulevard stop’ pre- of Turkey Club cautions, It is speeding, reckless and unthinking driving on these See eat acer has rais-| WHEATLAND, Wyo.. June 21 jeath rate 13.4] ystue te! iat le Helen Hobson, 10 ycars old. bd cont Bd 1923 over 1922. Boule-| is peginniug her career as a poultry ‘ard accidents are decreasing while] crower at an early age. collisions elsewhere are on the 19-| Member of the Hudson bi deien ad key club and leads all the ornare! {BENER ON DECREASE. "=== ALONG GREEN RIVER ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo., June 21. Beavers are decreasing rapidly in this section of the country, accora- ? Bo oe Mengde} pa og Atl ‘Wicespread attention is being given ie Bnd porn deotruetion of | ROS ing in this section of Wyo- theso animais ts due primarily to] 72s Only recently two carloads have been shipped through the the ruling of the state game depart-| «operative agencies of the Goshen County Livestock Shipping associa- tion. This organization Is made up of those who are primarily engaged in farming in this vicinity, though me of its members are old time eos 4 Hog Raising Now Claims ‘Attention Near Torrington | "iis = wr. servos, trom the tind of King ‘Tut, who bas just tanen quarters in the Bronx Zoo, w York. There are but three of his kind in He's really quite a frenle-and thereby hangs a ta ir, thanks i, spring-like hind legs, he can stay in the air almost as |. He is commonly known as the “leaping field mouse of TORRINGTON, Wyo., June 21.— Snow-| them where they are thought to be —— the Tribune before you start Ape And Another Fender Bit the Dust ! NEVER MIND KEMMER IS ON THE JOB And Will Make It Like New At Low.Cost Without Damaging Paint or Body Kemmer Body and Fender Shop 432 West Yellowstone with m the MARSEILLES Broadway at 103d St, (Sobway Express Station at Door) NEW.YORK CITY Near Riverside Drive: Central Park, Theatres and Shopping Sections Single ae Sg $2.50 ‘Single room and bath $3 Double room, bath $5 per day Room and prec <a TRAIN SCHEDULES ——— Chicace & Nerthweastera auto- M. P. MURTHA, Mgr. Westbound as Arrives Departs ‘est of Ni 50 p. m. 2:05 p. m. n-wide No, 613 - 11:30 p. m. Eastbound— Arrives Departs No, 622 ----5:15 p, m. 6:30 p.m. sigfis, TO THE DEMOCRATS OF WYOMING As a candidate for the nomination on the Democratic ticket for the United States Senate I respectfully solicit your support at the primary election in August. SALT CREEK BUSSES 3 Busses a Day Each Way LEAVE CASPER—TOWNSEND HOTEL Laite Salt Creek ? 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Two Gallon -+--$1.17 Hees Safety Mirrors 7291.48 Carrier ~-.. $1.59 GUARANTEED SPARK PLUGS Texaco Cup Grease - fe Bagh, | Fort fimers Half inch 35c Eclipse Smoke Kits ..........8le Pliers Seven-Eighths inch —-.- 40e Ford Radiators ..-.-.---.-.$13.68 HUNDREDS OF OTHER ITEMS TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION AT PRICES IN PROPORTION PIONEER TIRE SALES CO. 221 W. First Street “Next to Columbia Theater” Phone 1726-M