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

BG MILEAGE IN ROAD. SYSTEMS MDED BY UL § Nearly 4,000 Miles in Wyoming Receives ~ Federal Help. The. federal aid highway system in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming embraces 10,004 miles according to the Bureau of Public Roads of the United States Department of Agri- culture. The mileage by states is as follows: Idaho -. Montana -. 4,122 Wyoming 3,099 This system of highways has been designated by the states and ap- proved by the secretary of agricul- ture as provided by the Federal Highway act of 1921. According to this act the state highway depart- ments were to designate a system of roads not exceeding 7 per cent 2,783 of the total rural mileage for im-| provement with federal aid and on which the gdvernment was to pay up to 50 per cent of the cost except in the public land states where the || amount was Increased in proportion to the area of unappropriated public lands. . Appropriations for federal totaling $540,000,000 have been mi since 1916 and considerable progress has already been made on the sy tem. In this group of states the total apportionment has been as fol- $5,741,014 9,421,933 5,750,978 Although two of the ,appropria- tions were made before the Federal Highway act restricted the expendi- ture to roads of the federal aid sys- tem, by far the greatest\part of the expenditure has been on the desig- nated system. On April 30 the Bureau of Public Roads reports the status of construction as follow Idaho—Total mileage completed, 400; mileage under construction, 96; mileage’ approved for construction, 64; funds available for new projects not yet approved for construction, $505,918. ~ Montana—Total mileage com- pleted, 773; mileage under constritc- tion, "194; mileage approved for constraction, 140; funds avatlable for -néw: projects not yet approved for construction, $8,115,871, Wyoming—Total mileage com: pleted, 658; mileage under construc- tion, 273;,mileage approved for con- struction, 49; funds available for new projects not yet approved for construction, $150,719. The above figures shows that 2,737 miles of the 10,004 miles em- braced in the system in the three states is either completed, under construction or scheduled for con- struction at an early date, In addi- tion the stdtes have improved roads on the system independent of fede aid. The whole federal aid highway system embraces approximately 170,000 miles of road. A careful study is being made of its present condition of improvement. An ap- proximate estimate based upon in- complete studi¢s is that at the end of the year there were about 60,000 miles of surfaced roads and 8,700 miles of graded, which. leaves nearly 110,000 miles yet to be surfaced. To bring this system up to service- able standards, therefore, within the full decade ahead, will mean a sur- facing program of about 11,000 miles for each of the 10 years; this in addition to additions to the system, the separation of grade crossings, reconstruction, and such other work necessary. AUTO CAMPING ~— QNINGREASE (Continued from Page One.) the number, position and caliber of the public campsites which he will encounter enroute, A point that is at once apparent from a reading of the new manual is the increase in “the number of public camps over eastern routes. ‘While the west 4s) still far in the lead in motor camping a noticeable trend toward more and better camps in the east is evident. The new manual will be dis- tributed through affiliated A. A. A. motor clubs which are ndw located in nearly every important city and town in the country. pesdrer is Aa 2? Wyoming Motorway ? ? ? VAN SANT’S FILLING STATION CONOCO GASOLINE SERVICE McKinley at Yellowstone Tr? - NOLAN Keeping Cloth or. In Good Condition. How to Clean It and Remove Spots and Stains. * The length of time the upholstery in your car will remain tn good con- dition depends largely on how care- ful you are to see that dust or grease is kept off it and what method you use to: keep it clean. When you are doing any work around the car and have to wear overalls, keep off the upholstery. Sometimes adjustments have to be made that require floor boards to be taken up or perhaps you have made an adjustment\which requires a road test after to see that it is all right. In either case, cover up the uphol- stery where you sit with a cloth, When you take your car to a re- pair shop it is a good idea to cau- tion the mechanic to be sure and cover the upholstery with.a cloth when he has to work inside the car. All up-to-date avis stations have cloth covers which they use to put over the upholstery to keep it clean. COVER UPHOLSTERY |WITH CLOTH. WHEN SITTING IN CAR IN WORKING CLOTHES | guse At this time of the year the roads are dry and dusty and cloth uphol- Stery geta very dirty. The women folks can tell you just how dirty” It is after they come in from a run and have been wearing a clean, light-col- ored dress, If you are the posses- sor of a vacuum cleaner, you have available the very finest method of keping the interior of your car clean. Most vacuum cleaners have several attachments of various shapes and sizes which enable you to get into all the corners and pleats and draw out all the d'rt and dust. If a vacuum cleaner is not ayail- able, then cushions should be taken (Out)évery few weeks and beaten in the same manner as your household rugs and the backs of the cushions kept free from dust with a whisk broom. VACUUM CLEANER WILL DRAW OUT DUST ANI \MELP KEEP UPHOLSTERY IN GOOD CONDITION. After a time, however, all uphol- stery begins to lose its fresh look. If it is worn too badly, the lustre can be restored to the fabric by sponging with castile or ivory soap and luke- warm water to which a little am- monia has been added. Do not, on any account, use an ordinary com- ™mon soap or it will leave a mark. After sponging wit’ soap and am- monia water, then allow the car to. stand where there {s a good draft of air so that the upholstery can be dried quickly. Leather upholstery ts cleaned in exactly the same way as cloth up- holstery, except that it should be dried off with a clean chamois and rubbed up briskly with a dry’ cloth. It is rarely necessary to use-a dressing of any find on the leather. If you have been unfortunate enough to get a few oily marks or stains on the upholstery, they \can generally be removed with a brush and some ivory soap and luke warm water to which has been added a Uttle ammonia. If this does not re- move the stain, procure a little chloroform from the druggist. and apply with a soft cloth. Do not on any account usé gasoliné. It may appear to take out the spot, but’ it’ will leave an olly patcn behind it that collects dust and soon makes the cleaned spot look worse than {it was While on the subject of spots, it frequently happens that you get a little tar or grease on the varnish. Do not attempt to remove with gaso- line or a dry cloth. Dip a piece of chees cloth or other soft material {n water and squeeze out, then pour CHEVROLET CO. A Se) on a little olive of] and rub the spot with the tar or greast very gently in straight lines, taking care to keep as close to the spot as possible. Finish by lightly polishing with an- other piece of dry soft cloth. Few owners keep a car that they have bought new, until it is worn out. Generally’ before its useful life is finished, it is sold or traded in. It is \well to remember that ‘the condi- tion of the body finish and the up- holstery are a big factor in. deter- mining the price you will get when you want to sell. . I, 1s a good investment for the owner of a car with cloth upholstery to buy a set of seat cushions during the dusty summer months. The covers will not only keep the uphol- stery In good condition but are much cooler to sit on. “When the’ cool weather comes they can be .re- moved if necessary. In this way when the time comes to sell your car, you have vyholstery in good condition ‘and have a:car for which you can»get a higher trade in allow- ance or sell’for_a good price.as a used’ car. Next Week—Why repair bills on some cars are hig.h JEWETT PUT T0 UNIQUE TEST Thirty days and thirty - nights, covering a distance of 10,000 miles the equivalent of two years-of nor- mal driving, three relay drivers working elght hours daily are striy- ing ot set one of the most unique records known {n the automobile world under direction of the Guy A. Willey Motor compaiy of Phila- delphia. The automobile used in this new record attempt is a Jewett touring car, the hood and vital motor parts of which are sealed and. lotked by Gencral Smediey D. Butler, director of publile safety of the city of Phila- delpbia. The keys to tho locks General Butler hag:locked in a safe in his office and ‘they will not be used until the time “the’ motor is stopped. 3 Lee Doud, local“distributor for the Palge and Jewett, who has ‘been keeping in close touch with the run, stated thus far no trouble has been encountered and thirty-two citles in Pennsylvania and New Jersey have been visited in®the non-stop motor run which was started in June. The cities ‘visited so far are: Philadetphia, Jenkintow: Willow Grove, Ambler, Germantown, Doyles- town, Easton, Bethlehem, Allentown, Quakertown, Pottsville, Reading, Pottstown, Bryn Mawr, Dowing- town, Coatesville, Lancaster, Harris. burg, York, Darby, Chester, West Chester, Wilmington, Trenton, N. J. Mt. Holly, N. J.; Burlington, N. J. Camden, } Hammonaton, N. J. Atlantic City, N. J., and Ocean Ci N. J. nate OES WILLS SAYS INDUSTRY IN U.S. YEARS AHEAD QF EUROPEAN PLANTS Cc. Harold Wills, president and general manager of Wills Sainte Claire, Inc., has returned to Marys. ville after a five weeks’ business and pleasure trip to Europe. The trip was made for the pur- pose of conferring with two widely known British metallurgists, According to*Mr. Wills the con- ditions in the automotive industry in this country are years ahead of the, industry. in» both France and England. “Ten years ago American en- gineers were copying the design and engineering principles. off foreign engineers but now. the reverse is the case,” said Mr. Wills. “English and French engineers are studious- ly patterning thelr cars after the American design and giving much time to the study and research of American processes of manufacture. “The materials used tn their cars are, in no way, comparable to the materials used in American cars and their methods of heat treating are very crude compared to the highly developed processes on this side of the Atlantic. . “On the subject of balloon tires they are just about eight months behind us. . There is much discus- sion regarding them and Britishers are pretty much in the same state of mind the American public was about eight months ago before balloon tires had proven their relia- bility, usefulness and importance to the car owner from a _ comfort, safety and economical standpoint.’ parents “ential ecbarr) For results try a Tribune Clas. wified Ad S EASY TO * NEW. HOSPITAL OPEN IN PARK Yellowstone Tourists Provided, Place for Emergency Care. YELLOWSTONE PARK, Wyo. July 12.—Completion of Yellowstone park's new model hospital, the most up-to-date institution which money and scientific skill could. establish, marks another step in the effort to insure park visitors complete com- fort and care under all cireum- stances. The final touches have just been put on the institution in its new form, and it is now pro- nounced by experts the equal if not the superior of any similar institu- tion inthe states surrounding the park. Assuredly, to the layman looking in on its cool, cheerful interior, there comes the feeling that if one must be sick, Yellowstone Park hos- pital 1s about the plensantest place for it, Though this is a healthful locality, and most of those who yearly throng through the park go out in better form physically than when they come in, it would {ndeed be a miracle if there were not some sick among the great army ‘of ‘visitors. It ig to care for any such ‘that the hospital is maintained, and no mat- ter what the malady—whether some serlous disease, suddenly striking its victim; some accident, or merely the torture of sunburn or a sudden toothache—the hospital is equipped and ready to care for all. It is an amazing thing to the visitor who hag been roaming this, huge wilder- ness to. find this hospital, inspection of which shows why park officials are. so proud of it. The hospital, housed in a- hand. some big concrete building, entirely fireproof—in fact, it is probably the best building-In the park—is: ideally situated on a hillside amid green lawns and spreading trees, just where the road, curving up hill, prepared to straighten olit on the east side of the quadrangle at Mam- moth Hot Springs, the park head- quarters. PIERGE-ARROW PLANS TO ANNOUNCE ANOTHER MODEL AUGUST FIRST The date of the introduction of the new moderately priced Pierce- Arrow car has been definitely set, according to an announcement made this week by President Myron EF. Forbes of the Pierce-Arrow Motor Car company. The new Pierce-Ar- row will make its how to the public during the first week of August, and will “be on display throughout the country at that time. Since the news became known sev- eral months ago that the makers of the famous -Plerce-Arrow car were preparing to offer the public a more moderately proportioned automobile, the company’s distributors and deal- ers have been besieged with requests for detall Other than that the ca? wont@ be compatable in quality with the larg- er Pierce-Arrow model and that it would introduce a further refinement of the six-cylinder principle, . the company has not divulged any infor- mation. ‘We can promise you that when Pierce-Arrow engineers design a car and Pierce-Arrow workmen bulld it, the result is bound to be interestin, said President Forbes, “When August ist arrives, our an- nouncement will answer all questions about price, wheelbase, performance, appearance, four-wheel brakes, bal- Joon tires and other details about which our distributing organization has just ‘been asked dally for many months, , . ‘The new car-will not replace the present larger and higher-priced Dual-Valve Six, which now 1s enjoy- ing its greatest demand in the his- tory of the company. The company likewise will continue production of its complete line of trucks and busses. be Casper Sunday Cribune TIDEOF MOTORFATALITIES | CHECKED IN UNITED STATES; MANY CITIES REDUCE TOLLS Motor vehicle fatalities are reced ing. Such Is the encouraging note in the analysis of motor fatalities for May reported to the National Auto- mobile Chamber of Commerce by 19P newspapers, and other agencies, throughout the country. The total of fatalities reported for May is 430 and for five months of 1924 is 1773. The figures, though not complete, are comparable for many localities, and for the first time this year show a marked turn for the better in a number of big motoring centers. Los Angeles made the surprising drop to ten motor fatalities from its April total of thirty-one. Detroit cut from thirty-four to twenty-four, Philadelphia from thirty to twenty- one, and Buffalo from ten to seven. Although Cincinnati's fatalities were twice as large In May as in April, this city has registered a de- ellne in fatal disasters for January 1 to June 1, the record being thirty eight in 1924 asc compared with fifty two in the same period the preced ing year. 19 cities reported a clean record of no motor fatalities for May, On the darker side, the fact re- mains that in New York, Chicago, and Atlanta and many other points the toll is still climbing. Commenting on the successful re- cord of reduction by Detroit and the other citles the National Automobile 16 White Trucks In One Fleet Pile Up Enormous Mileage The A. L. Ammen Transportation company which operates a fleet of 52 White trucks and busses in the Philippine Islands, has for 14 years heen rendering a remarkable trans- portation service. Sixteen of the Ammen Whites have turned in mile- age records topping 100,000 in freight and pagsenger carrying, the six pace-making units having traveled 200,000 miles. Mr. Ammen saw the need and future for the rervice he ha§ since built up, while n the army. -In the early days he had to bulld roads in order to have them to use; so all has not been boulevards for the Whites that have passed 100,000 miles in the Ammen fleet. One Oil Company Uses Over 1,500 Big White Trucks The largest single fleet of high grade motor trucks is owned by the Gulf Refining company with head- quarters at Pittsburgh. The com any at the present is operating 1 White trucks with 10 more oa order for early delivery, The Gulf Refirling purchased its first White in 1911 and since then has steadily added from 100 to 200 trucks each year, the trucks being operated in 23 states from Maine to. Texas. The off industry uses many thou- sands of trucks, 82 companies alone operating 7,762 Whites in fleets of 10 or more. Fifteen of these com Parles operate fleets of more than 100 White trucks. In addition there are scores of oil companies operat- ing Whites in fleets of less than 10. SIMONIZE Remove all grease, dirt, scratches, etc., from the finish of your car and re- store its original lustre to a more lasting condition. ‘Auto Service Co. 135. N. Wolcott Phone 2370 DUNN’S GARAGE 1923 Hudson Touring 1924 Ford Coupe. 1923 Ford Roadster. Ford “Bug” Special. Every Car From Us Is In A-1 Condition DUNN’S GARAGE CORNER OF INDUSTRIAL AND ELM PHONE 2824 PAY FOR A CHEVROL 322 SOUTH DAVID x Chamber of Commerce points out that these communities have likewise been conspicuous for the efforts of the p . city officials, the schools, safety councils and motor clubs in safety activity. Detroit's Drive for Traffic Control Detroit, in the face of enormous inc se in motor registration and discouraging higher traffic fatalities, has been carrying on an unremittin battle which is finally showing some | results, A safety week held in that city May 18 to 24, brought the subject of ‘ontrol to the direct attention 00 persons. Seven meetings were held in front of the elty hall, there were 180 four minute speak ers at the theater: volunteer : ; on. meet- factories, 9 morning meet and other gatherings totaling here was a parade of 93 floats with 2,000 persons marching in Motion pictures were shown In 24 ¢ hibitions, and 1 ture v RAILROAD TRAFFIC 16 ALSO ON THE INCREASE: FLORENCE, Colo. July 12.— (United Press).—Thousands of p sons have shown that they wanted fo see all of Colorado on a daylight trip through the state. heavy has been the demand for reservations on the Rio Grand Panoramic special, which takes most of the scenic wonders of the road by daylight, that two diners and thirteen Pullman cars have be added to the regular equipment. Railways officials look to the pos- sibility of having to establish s the schedule during the heaviest tourist weeks in two sections, as the train is fast becoming unwieldy for the heavy grade that must be pulled. Tourist traffic by rail is reported unusually heavy this summer. NASH FINANGES SHOWN TO BE IN 6000 SHAPE BY ANNUAL STATEMENT At a meeting of the directors of the Nash Motor company at the of tices of the company, Kenosha, Presi. dent Nash reported net income of $1,501,000.35 for the three months period ending May-@1, 1924, after de. ducting manufacturing expenses in-| cluding depreciation, selling, and ad. ministrative expenses, and after further deduction for local, state, and federal taxes. Dividend action was taken in the form of a quarterly dividend of $ in | driver ish. And at the end of a long sustained high speed, your motor will be-cooler, will need less water than any similar sized poppet-valve engine;—will need no repair, no tinkering with unseated valves. This engine’s power curve keeps climbing up while the power at a poppet-valve car is dropping off. Furthermore, the Willys- Knight is entirely free from those engine repairs which make up 50% of the upkeep cost of practically all poppet-valve cars. It has no cams—no springs—to get out of order. season after season. Take a ride'today. PAGE THREE. Live News of Motordomin This Section per share on the outstanding pre ferred stock and a regular dividend of $3.50 pet share and an extra divi- dend of $1.50 per share on the out- standing common stock, payable August 1, 1924, to holders of pro- ferred and common stock of record o'cl p. m., July 1924 In jewing business done du this second quarter President N stated that both the volume and the revenue from ions could be regarded as highly satisfactory when considered in relation to general business conditions which prevailed throughout the United States during this period. sh ope — ~~ SCRATCH ON NEW CAR CAN BE OBLITERATED AND SURFACE “RESTORED A car owner naturally takes pride in the finish of a new car and en deavors to retain its unmarred, mir- roriike luster as long as posaible. But when work m be done on the finish oft Often, will or the wil) le Th conta of color varnish paint as sold in most automobile supply hous will render the scartch inconspicu ous. But as this paint can* not be purchased except in fairly high- iced the small amount re- quired stifies the expend! ture. E r owner, howev fairly frequent for sh nd a small amount is hand. A method, has often given satisfaction worthy of a trial, is to coats of thin shellac scratch has been complete When the last coat has dr 4 with crocus cloth ¢ a little just enough to rub out the here the new and old coats Crocus cloth, used extensively jewelers, polishing cloth of a much fine le than the finest cloth and will rub down a surface without the semblance of a scratch. After no signs rer in of where the two coats jo!n, a rubdown th a good body polish will render the touch-up inconspicuous and re. store the surface to its original ap pearance,—Automobile Digeat Retaiiine. Wall Is | Built On Mountain Highway, Colorado rs. an: ar has use lac kept which and pply sev. until the y filled. ed, it is on eme | ‘TES PARK, Colo., July 12. (United Press)—A aining wall fifty feet high and sixty feet long had to be built before the Fall river road could be thrown open to sum- mer's traffic. Spring snowslides ens of the had erased all ad at this plac ight thousand people traveled over the d last summer. This summer's total ts expected to reach twelve thousand. using the road a week ago found the going good, except for a few places where they were obliged to pass through cuts in twenty foot »whank FARM BUYING OF CARS (SON Summer Season Is Best Trade Period With Rural Public. July, August and September being the biggest buying months for the farmer, automobile manufacturers are laying thelr plans accordingly. Guy H. Peasley, sales manager of the Olds Motor Works, recently mailed to every dealer and distri- butor a page of data pertaining to the farmer which was compiled by the National Automobile Chamber of Commerpe. This data shows the percentage of buying the farmer does by months in all commodities and the percent- age of autom purchased farms, in towns and villag the cIties, “In the third quarter farmers will do 25.9 per cent of their buy ing, or more than they have /i¥ time before this year,” Mr. Peas- ley’s letter says. ‘The automobile has become a very definite factor in farm life—a necessity—bringing to farmers many benefits. Replace- ments have not been up to standard in the farm market for several years and after the good farm year of 1923 and the promising prospects for 1924 many farmers will replace their cars. The percentage of farm buying of all commodities by months, as shown in a chart prepared by the National Automobile Chamber of e is as follows: January, per cent; February, 6 per cent; March, 7.1 per cent; April, 8 per 8.7 per cent; June, 8.6 stober, 9.4 per cent; No per cent; Decembery on and in per cent; vember, 9 10.6 per cent. Of the automobiles owned in the United States, 55 per cent are regis+ tered from the rural communities. $< >——____ Cal! the Tribune for highway in- formation. oo ? 2? Wyoming Motorway ¢ ? ¢ WILLIS GARAGE LOW STORAGE RATES Let Us Service Your Car Over Twenty Years In Casper + 363 S. Ash Phone 1891W No Car Like It! hour—hour after _hour—without over- heating—without loss of power—without engine repair—without carbon cleaning! Ac ar you can keep Wyoming Oldsmobile Co. 442 Yell owstone PHONE 2100 Phone 1963 ET