Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 13, 1924, Page 11

The Casper VOLUME 33. AUTO CAMPING 1 ON INGREASE IN NATION, CLAIM 2,000 . Campsites Are Listed in Manual Just Issued. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 12.— Some idea of the extent and growth of automobile camping in the United States was revealed here today when the 1924-1925 official camping and campsite manual came off the press and was put into distribution by the national headquarters of the American Automobile association. The new manual lists close to 2,000 campsites, many of which are equipped with every facility for the motor tourist's comfort and conyeni- ence. California tops the list in the number of camps for a single state, while Wisconsin, Michigan, Tin and Iowa run a close race for second place. According to the touring and transportation board of the A. A. A the dévelopment of the publicly- owned motor campsite has opened an entirely new chapter in the his tory of modern motoring and the results of the new touring will be te decentralize tourist business and ‘vecreational activity. The board, for example, points to the situation in the small town as typical of this trend. ‘There are thousands of small towns which could not possible support a first class hotel and maintain it as a paying investment, but which are nevertheless able to provide suitable camping grounds and thus make a strong bid for their share of the tourist patronage which formerly escaped them altogether,” it is con- tended. Much has been learned about motor camping within the last few: seasons, and this information has been carefully compiled by the A, A. A. for incorporation in the official manual that is now going to the association's affiliated motor clubs throughout the country. With ap proximately a million more motor- ists on the rogds this year the pub- lic camp has become a necessit and It has become equally necessary yr the tourist to be posted on the focation and equipment of campsites along routes he plans to tr: By reason of the arrangement of camp lists according to anscontinental routes and “int ys the A. A. A. manual c shows the tourist ({Continved on Page Three) var > ots (Miigees © SECOND NEWS SECTION. f CASPER, WYO., SUNDAY, JULY 13, 1924. SECOND NEWS SECTION. THE AUTOMOTIVE MELTING POT AUTOMOBILE BRINGS GREATEST Conducted by “SPARKPLUG” It is surely a pleasure, and point of just. pride, for any member of our city to allude to the few number of accidents that are the result of the automobile traffic in Casper. This should reflect either on the ex- ac = and efficent system for en- forcement of the law, or the high standard of intelligence of the ay- age driver and pedestrian that uses the streets. This one feature of a city is a steat one when one stops to con- sider the worry and care that the averago mother goes through in other cities with the high per cap- ita rate of cars, Let us keep this up, and strive to improve the situa- tion until it fs absolutely safe for children on the streeys of our homes. But just the same “Sparky” feels slighted because he was not invited to be one of the candidates for judge. It's all right when a party is a small one, but it surely hurts when you are forgotten on a party like this one. We nominate Dr. D. F. 8., (Body dent, specialist.) Kemmer B. and fender The Hudson fans in the commun- ity will be filled with thrills and rithrobs to see the new Hudson. he new carload that has just ar- rived for Van Sant is filled with new features that greatly add to the appearance and operation of the car. The coach comes equip- ped with balloon tires, and trunk rack, while the new nded curves sive the car a much’ solider, and heavier appearance. Mrs. J. H, Russell of Midwos Wyoming, has already placed her order for one of these, while Ben F. Beach the proprietor of “The Picture Shop” has also boufht a new one, We are sorry, however, to say that John F. Sweeney from this company has been ill for three weeks. It is hoped that he will re turn to his post Monday morning. Mr, Stone of the Wyoming Olds- mobile is visiting friends in Den- ver. mR. W. Marshall is now with the Liberty Garage, Lee Doud had no news when last seen, except to tell the “Burling- tons" to beware on Sunday. ‘Sounds as though the blood might flow. nge phenomenon! used car “ads” ran into an agency was cryiug for used cars, but had sold everyone in the = volun: rovided from more than a hundred cities have to the umsual testified BUICK MOTOR CARS CASPER BUICK CO. 132 North Wolcott. Phone 2260 shop. But Jack Nolan s “rarin’* for more, and will probably land some the first of next week. Casper Battery Company an- nounces splendid results from their Gabriel Snubber agency. Center filling station made no comments on the Democratic nomi nation. The Auto’ Service company has been renting their “U Drive it” Fords so fast that they may have to catch the “Ten miilionth” as it comes through Casper. The new Buick seems to have met with widespread approval. 3,500 STOP AT CAMP HERE DURING MONTH Three thousand five hundred tourists took advantage of the fac- ilitles provided by Casper’s tour!st camp from June “10 to July 10. These came from practicaly every state in the union. There were 863 cars. The greatest number of tourists who have registered for the camp since the opening of the season have come from Colorado, Indiana, Tilinois, Tenessee, New Mexico, Nebraska, Michfagn, and Wyoming. 3 Shower baths were recently ih- stalled in the new bullding and these have met with genuine enthusiasm on the part of the tourists. Five New Buicks _ Sold in Casper Five residents joined the ranks of Buick ouwners during the last week. The new owners aro Max Brandt, J. W. Middleton, E. F. Lane, ¥. Harwood and John James. CHRYSLER SIX BREAKS INDUSTRIAL RECORD IN ITS FIRST SIX MONTHS The tremendous international de mand that the Chrysler Six has created has resulted in an output of this widely heralded automob‘le which has shattered all records ever made by a motor oar in its first six months of production, it is an- announced in Detroit The 10,000th Chrysler Six rolled off the final assembly line of the Chrysler Motor Corporation's De- troit plant before the middle of June. The record achieved by the or- ganization héaded by Walter P. Chrysler in producing 10,000 motor cars in less than six months follow- ing a car's first announcement {js a record unapproached by the automo- bile industry. It is believed in De- troit that industrial enterprise ever created has shown, within a similar period, a demand for a new product resulting in sales of more than $15,000,000 worth of merchan alse. “This achievement 1s eyen greate than it sounds when the unusual precautions taken to insure quality are considered,” Fred M. Zeder, vice- president in charge of engineering of the Maxwell and Chrysler motor corporations, said yesterday. Mr. Zeder and his organization spent nearly four years designing the car. “Only strict attention to every de- tail of quality has kept Chrysler pro- duction from being much larger, for the demand for cars has been over- whelming, with production still be- hind demand. But Mr. Chrysler has issued unmistakable instructions that quality must be the foremost consideration in every operation.” Chrysler production recently has averaged slightly more than 150 cars a day, Plant changes will soon en- able this to be moved upward slight- ly, it is thought. Officials now esti. mate that 15,000 cars will have been produced by or before August 1. _—— THE CAR AND VACATIONS What is there that affords more pleasure than an outing with the car, but few know the fascinations of camping and vacationing with the car as a companion. Seeing the coun- try is marvellous, but lving with mother nature is really wonderful, In the past, these pleasures have been ktiown only to those with means but the increasing facilities being provided in all localities and the smal]. cost of necessary equipment now make it possible for the motorist to enjoy a real vacation with the car and mother nature at 2 nominal expense.—Automoblle Digest. — -_— 2? ? Wyoming Motorwsy ? tT 2 4) 0 EXPANSION OF PAVING PLANS Over 48 Million Square Yards Contracted in Last Six Months, According to Figures of Portland Cement Association. By J. C, ROYLE ight, 1924 The Casper Tribune) NEW YORK, July 12.—The auto- mobile and its attendant traffic con- gestion have brought about the gteatest expansion of concrete pave- ment on record. Over 48,000,000 square yards of crete pavement was placed under contract between January 1 and July 1, according to the Portland Cement Association, That is equivalent to 4,800, miles of 18-foot pavement. The largest previous amount contracted for in a similar period was in 1922, when 45,000,000 square yards were awarded, The most notable gains were ac- counted for by city streets, as is na- tural, since it is in the cities that traffic congestion is greatest. Four- teen million square yards, equivalent to 800 miles of 30-foot wide pave- ments were contracted for up to July 1. This is more than was plac- ed in any entire year up to 1922, and two million square yards more than was awarded in the first half of 1923 the best previous year. Many lafge mid-west cities now are engaged on pretentious paving programs. On January 1, this yéar about 5,- 800 miles of concrete street averag- ing 30 feet in width were under traf- fic and contractors carried over from 1923 four hundred miles which had been contracted for but not Ipid. When all the contracts now signed have been completed there will be about 7,500 miles of city concrete streets in this country. There were 25,627 miles of con: crete streets in this country, ! 4 ‘There were 25,627 miles ~of con- crete highways ayeraging 18 feet wide at the beginning of this year and 2,500 miles which, when com- pleted, will make the grand total of concrete pavement was placed under miles, The activity which will prevail in road construction during the re: mainder of the year can only be esti- mated, but there has been some fall- ing off in building construction and this, with the reluase of labor from some other industries and its absorp- tion b¥ highway construction, is having a tendency toward lower costs. Public improvement bonds now are bringing better returns and being more readily absorbed by investors 1 r the prospect is bright for continued activity in road w Cement. pric#s hav table and the is evide of a ten dency to remain so. Since all port land cement is made under standard government regulation, demand, com: petition and supply are prime factors in fixing prices in any locality. Cement mills must dispose of their output steadily in order to operate successfully, Slacking of demand in any community has a tendency to bring cuts from those firms best able to supply that territory. ‘Their com- petitors then must meet such a cut or abandon ‘that territory, since price on a standard-made product is a controlling influence with the buy- er. A continuing demand for road- work, therefore, would haye a ten- dency toward keeping prites fairl level in most lo les, since the droy in building construction has not been mark of production in the cement in acute, August usually marks the high dustry and it is probable that over 14,500,000 barrels will be produced next month with the annual outturn for the year closely approaching, if not exceeding the 137,377,000 barrels made in’ 1923, which was valued at $207,000,000. FIRESTONE MANAGER FOR MOUNTAIN. REGION CLOSES VISIT HERE After spending a few days in Cas- per and vicinity in the interests of the Firestone Tire and Rubber ¢2o., of which concern he is manager of the Rocky Mountain Branch in Den- ven, O, EB. Hoerger, accompanied by F. KR. Fawcett, representative for the Casper territory have returned to Denver. During their stay tn the city ar- rangements were miade with H. ©. Keiser, of the H. C. Keiser Trans- portation company, to handle a com- plete retail line. Earl C. Boyle of the Ford Agency has long been a large Firestone dealer in Casper, and will continue to represent this firm. Mr. Hoerger as well as Mr. Faw- eett are arduous boosters for the bal- loon tire, and state that they be- eve the balloon ti@s with its easter riding and non-skidding features, and mechanical features of manuacturing will take its place as the leading type of tire. 4 rk. been fairly The continuation of highway and bridge construction, with attendant consumption of cement is indicated by estimates concerning the bridge over the Delaware river at Philadel- phia, which will be completed in 1926. When engineers first drew plans for the ‘bridge, they figured the struc- ture would take care of interstate ve- hicular traffic for many years to come. A recent survey of automo- bile traffic in that section, however, has shown that the bridge probably will not be able to accommodate the increasing traffic beyond 1928. | An. other bridge or a tube under the Delaware already are being dis- cussed. we oe ° CAMPING Probably the most remarkable thing about a camping trip in a mo- tor car is that althoughrsuch a trip is quite practical, there are still many motorists who do not know what camping and vacationing means. It is not a rich man’s game. Any one with a car of moderate pow er can strike out and live by the way- side absolutely independent of hotel or village. It is the best kirid of a Yacation, and the expense will be practically the cost of gasoline, ba- con, cornmeal and a few other things which includes the equipment nec- essary for cooking and sleeping. — Automobile Digest. Charge Made for Tourist Camping Proving Popular CANON CITY, Colo., (United Press)—Charging admission of 25c to the Canon City tourist camp ground has proved highly satis- factory, working out in such a way that the tourists themselves are much better satisfied than in free camp grounds Occasionally, to be sure, there is an objection to paying the fee for parking and camping space in the grounds. In a large majority of these case, however, it has been pointed out, those objecting are “motor tramps."* One of the objects in charging admission*is to get rid of this class of tourists. Testimony to the success of the “puy camp ground” is found in the record of six weeks after opening of this year’s tourist’ season. There were 50 paid admissions during this month and a half, representating an estimated population of 2,000 that had gone through the camp acs eB A SIMPLE TOOL HOLDER The av ge home has a number of discarded window shade roller brackets lying around. By atach- ing a few of these to the dash, under the hood, a convenient place 1s proé vided for carrying screw drivers or cther tools. ‘The brackets are drilled to suit the tools and should be lo- cated high enough so that the tool can not jump out while the hood is lowered. Automobile Digest. JWly 12.— mmay Crihiune NUMBER 51. TRAFFIC AND ACCIDENT PROBLEM EXAGGERATED, A. A.A. DECLARES Improvement Must Come Through Conscious- ness of Traffic User’s Responsibility, Association Statement Sets Forth WASHINGTON, D. C., July 12.—Contending that the national automobile traffic and accident problem is be- ing exaggerated for sensational effect the American Au- tomobile association has made a request to its million members to refrain from considering the matter as any- thing but a personal problem that continued conscientiousness on part of the car owner. According to the A. A. A. an- nouncement certain writers are play ing up automobile accidents in an ef fect toward sensationalism, using the term “murder” with reference to misuse of automobiles, and “‘slaugh- ter’ to describe fatalities on the streets and highwi It is pointed out by the automobile organization that this sort of thing tends to com plicate the problem, rather than solve it, by leading the public to be that the matter is something nd its control the “The seriousness in the whole ac- eldent problem,” declares President Thos. P. Henry of the A. A. A,, “is| the pseudo-seriousness of many who | are talking the loudest about it. The/| uses of accidents are no mystery to anyone who will take the trouble| to investigate them, and to feature this problem as a national myste is to defeat the purpose of sane safe- | fen ty work.” Th at all it n be solved only by ated clubs throughout the coun- try are woMking toward awakening the individ motorist to a con sciousness of the accident problem as a personal tter, Many other organizations are doing the same thing, it is stated, with resylts that are lected in the fact that the death rate per 10,000 auomobiles registered today is only about halt the 1916 death rate. to affil According wherever any pro; in traffic and coming throu traffic President Henry, is Is being made highway safety it is gh consciousness of the user's responsibility to his nd not through local or na tional discussions of traffic problems. NIGHT SERVICE Washing, Greasing, Simonizing Auto Service Co. 135 N. Wolcott Phone 2370 HUDSON-ESSEX ANNOUNCE Balloon Tires Now Standard Equipment on All M. odels HUDSON Super-Six COACH $1500 Freight and Tax Extra. ‘The outstanding buying choice this year is Closed Car Comforts at Open Car Cost. provides them. Hudson The Coach alone It is exclusive to and Essex. Everyone knows it gives highest closed car value. and no other car And now balloon tages it is the largest cylinder closed car in the world. world’s greatest value: And because no other type shares its advan- selling six tires enhance the ESSEX Six COACH $100 Freight and Tax Extra. The Coach Is Exclusive to Hudson and Essex hy Buy. an Open Car? © Phone 1406 On Display Monday MULUR TRU CASPER, WYOMING.