Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 28, 1924, Page 9

VOLUME 34.. Che Cas Theaters---Advance . Notes On Amuseme 7,552,000 MOTOR CARS:IN USE ON NEW LIGENGE PLATES ARE WHITE, | THE WITHLETTERING OF JET BLACK} Secretary of. State Receives Auto Tags for Coming Year; Cost of Plates to State Is Less Than Last Year. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Sept. 25.—From rose red to snow white will be the change in complexion of Wyoming motor vehicle license plates January 1, 1925. The secretary of state’s office has received the 1925 plates. They are white | along auto row. Don't tet knockers with the numerals and lettering in jet black. They will|‘*! you anything else. be almost as conspicuous as the rose red plates of 1924. The 1925 supply of plates consists of 40,000 passenger vehicle plates in duplicate 5,000 truck plates in dup- e, 200 motoreycle plates in dupli- cate, 00 motorcycle plates in dupli- cate and 10 motorcycle dealer's plates in triplicate. These plates cost the state 12.73 cents per “pair, which is less than:the 1924 contract price, 13.17 cents per pair, but more than the 1923 contract price, | cents per pair. The 1925 plates re supplied by the Western Display nd Manufacturing company of St. Waul, Minn. ¢ The estimate of the number of | plates that will be required in 1925 was predicated on. the number re- quired for 1924 as compared with the number required for 1923, this comparisons giving. the foundation for an estimate of the rate of in- crease. ‘To date there have been issued 1924 licenses for 33,700 pas- senger cars and 4,700 trucks. The secretary of state's office this year will follow its custom of reserv- ing for 1926 licenses the numbers of their. 1924 licenses, providing their applications for 1925 licenses, with the pequired fee, are Feceived before December 15th. Should the holder of a 1924 number not apply for that number in 1925 prior to December 15th, then that number will be allot- ted to any other person who may apply for it prior to December 15th. If ‘there are more than two appli- cants prior to December 15th for a specific number, and™ the 1924 hold- er of that number does not apply it for 1925, then the number will he allotted to the applicant whose application is first received. — Burns’ clubs, in ali parts of the English-speaking © world, number over 300. jincreased nitmber BALLOON SNUBBERS. WIN ENTHUSIASTIC OKEH OF TIRE MANUFACTURERS The new balloon type Gabriel Snubber has met with the most en- thusiastlc approyal of motor cer and tire manufacturers, as well as their dealers, according to Mr. Eamshaw, local Gabriel distributor. New and extreme advantages— luxurfoys: riding comfort—the great- er driving ease—increased economy of car operation—are everywhere as- sociated with the new Balloon-type Gabriel Snubbers, Car and tire dealers in all parts of the country“ate. now,-selling-Gab- rlel Balloon-type Snubbers, while an of outstanding manufacturers are equipping their cars with balloon tires and Balloon Snubbers.at the factory. According to Mr. Eamshaw, bal- loon tires are here to stay, and bal- loon Subbers are already recognized as an ‘bsolutely necessary factor in balloon tire: performance, This {s becayse the Gabried Bal- loon Snubbers alone provide the free play and increased snubber brake action “which balloon and low pres- sure tires demand—without which the full*benefit of balloon tires can- not possibly be realized. —_——_—— The boundary between the United States and Canada is 3,898 miles long. Winter Car Storage IN STRICTLY FIREPROOF BUILDING We Have Room for 50 Cars at the Following Low PASSENGER CARS Dead Storage --_--_-_ u---------48 7.00 Live Storage -.--__------------$10.00 Storage, including delivery__-_---§12.50 TRUCK STORAGE AT RATES IN ACCORDANCE WITH The-Lee Doud Motor Co. 424 W. Yellowstone SIZE Phone 1700 ECONOMICAL TRANSPORTATION FOR DUCK HUNTING ~ OR ANY WHERE RENT-A-NEW-FORD Don’t Miss the Sport Because of Lack of Transportation THINK OF IT 100 MILES $10.00 Or 12%%c Per Mile on Week Days JUST CA LL 2370 The Auto Service Co. 133. N. Wolcott Phone 2370 CASPER, WYO., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1924. er Sunday Tri hiunte SECOND NEWS SECTION. _ Down into the old skirt box, scat- er the moth balls, out with the old last year's overcoat and consider the -possibilities of making it last another season, That hits some of you, doesn’t it? “Only the brave deserve ‘the fair.” But some few automobile drivers mistake bravado and lack of caution for bravery, and never live to even have a Chinaman’s chance with the said fair. Depression is a thing of the past Let's see If we can't stir up a lit: tle interest in a few good old time winter sports in Casper this season. Our usual winter program consists ofa squishing and squashing back and forth mid sleet, snow, rain, and ice to work or school as the case tay be and then home again. Plen. ty of opportunity for skiing and skating not far from here. Casper {s reported to be solidly behind the "Gump for — president’ move, Until the used car problem is sat- isfactorily solved, automobile deal- ers in Casper can never be positive of the necessary bread, butter and molasses. It is the spectre which arises whenever a new car sale looms upon the horizon. ©. Trading with you for your used car is a thoroughly uncertain gamble for the man who represents the machine. He places his faith and his money jin his ability to sell your «car to some one who feels.that--he cannot. affofd/a new machine. If he fails, he not only makes nothing, but he loses: dollar after dollar. The Tribune's classified and dis- play advertising columns are filled with used car bargains every day in the Year. The dealer is “doing his darndest” to tell the public of the many delightful surprises he has awaiting them -in his showroom, Read them. They're interesting, and you may be interested. Tt is estimated by competent au- thorities that more ducks were solid- ly hit, and still managed to fly to safety during the past week, than in any other time in Casper's his. tory. It's about time for the “bear” stories and the tale of the errific snowstorm in Jackson Hole. Skid chains under the seat are extra weight and make your car ride easier, and skid chains on the wheels are pretty comfortable things to ride on in weather such as we have been treated to during the past few days. So you see that no matter how you take them they're a defi- nite asset. “Steve” Brodie, of the Brodie Rub- ber Co., will return next Tuesday from Jackson Hole and will un: doubtedly bring a long strip of jerk. ed elk meat for company. “Murder” will out and the Lee Doud Motor Co., is “no. exception, Fred Morrow, bookkeeper can tell you all about this one. Joking to one side, however, the sales of new cars at the Paige and Jewett agen- ty have been brisk during the past Week, and to use the diction of the Small weeklies a “good time was had by all” | ‘ Don’t drain your radiator. Have a Uttle shot of alcohol. “I don’t mean what you mean.” Bert Wellington has taken over wv AUTOMOTIVE MELTING POT Conducted by “SPARKPLUG” the repair end of his establishment, and will conduct an up to date gen eral automobile repair shop there in the future. “Walter P. Chrysler says" — Oh! Well read the ads. All models of the new Good Max- well are on display at the Casper Mo- tor Co, You can bank on a sight for sore eyes. Gouging time is here at the var!- ous colleges and high schools throughout the country. It's a case f—"I'l gouge out your eyes, then you can tear off my ear." But, at (Continued on Page Four) sting a choice leg‘of lamb on haust manifold of their auto- ile or frying a juicy steak for @ evening meal while the car was on the fly in the course of a trans- continental tour, are experiences en- joyed by Miss Mabel McClelland Sny- der and her parents, Mr. ‘and Mrs. Plymouth W. Snyder of Hallidays- burg, Pa. Miss Snyder and her parents, in their Nash Six touring car, passed through Kenosha, Wis., last week, their speedometer regis- tering 10,106 miles for the tour thus far and having still better than 1,000 miles to travel before “Old Faithful" as they call the car, is back home again in its own garage. The Snyder car is equipped with J CARI BY TOURING PARTY CROSSING CONTINENT Practically every conceivable con- venience for long-distance touring. The cooker, under the hood on the exhaust manifold bas four metal containers, so'that while a ham or beef is roasting, potatoes and* other tables undergoing a similar proce On the opposite side of the hood a refrigerator assures a con- stant supply of fresh milk, tomatoes, fruits and other edibles. The equipment of the car includes also a radio set, containers for fresh tank and a larg 1 in which are stored clothing complete camping outfit, including tent, table, folding chairs, table linen Plates and table silv CASPER AUTO DEALERS PLEASED WITHSUMMER’S NEW BUSINESS) Optimism Felt for Winter and Spring Season Along “Auto Row” Here as Result of Good Trade of Recent Months. By SPARK PLUG “Look for the silver lining.” Local automobile dealers, that is; the majority of them are asking themselves an all important ques- dion. The arriva! of semi-winter con- titions has reduced the new, car les not only in Casper, but in the tire United States. Sales of. used rs have not been brisk in Casper ven throughout the past summer md so cannot be sald to have de- reased greatly with the arrival of she “dark aud dreary days.” Will the arrival of spring find a depressed automotive Casper and will that depression last through che spring and summer of next year? The answer is emphatically —No! The past summer has been an unusually snappy one among local jealers, New cars have been intro- {uced, new agencies have been es cablished, and new ideals have been incorporated into the local assccla tion. With the arrival of the season in which there is litte to Induce the auto 6wner to venture forth into the ccuntry, is there any wonder that new cap sales have taken a tum. ble. a The real fly in the ointment ap- pears in the feeling which seems to prevail in some camps that the auto- motive depression is here to stay and will be carried forward into the summer season of next year. Every ndication leads close observers of focal condition to believe that the opposite will prove to be the rule. 1925 should be the greatest auto- mobile year from every standpoint that per has ever known. Dur: ing the past four years dealers have established their particular product pretty definitely in a large num- ber of Casper families. These cars have grown old. A family, once In possession of an automobile, wil: invest again unless adverse finan- cial straits force them to forgo the pleasure. For this reason a numbe of trade-ins in the coming year are assured, Slowly and surely by dint of a nat- fonal campaign of education, the American people have been taught that the automobile is more of a ne- cestity than a luxury, and that it really: pays dividends in hea'th and time saving. This new feeling to rd the motor car will spring into General Automobile Repairing OF THE BETTER KIND Greve Motor Company East Second and Park Phone 632 Be your own judge If you are not. sure of your brakes every traffic officer that you approach is a hazard. and fine yourself now; fine feet of Johns-Manville Brake Lining. Beat the judge to it yourself the cost of a few Casper Brake Service. Station 106 S. Durbin Phone 2940 A SET PRICE FOR EVERY J! flame in 1925, and will be felt strong. ly in Casper as well as in other parts of the country. Careful studied display advertis- ing, not only from national manu- facturing “headquarters, but from local dealers as well, has exp oited the “motor car in Carper and leaves focal residents asking not— Shall we buy a car?” but— What car shall we buy?” According to reports from the headquarters of the Casper Automo- uve Dealers association, the spring automobile show will eclipse any- thing in that line ever conducted here and will go far toward paving the way for greatly increased sales during the spring and summer fol- owing. With anticipation of an in- creased number of trade-ins in the year approaching, dealers are “get- ing their head together” to find some feasible plan of meeting the used car problem. It is generall believed that the question will take ame of itself. Increased new car es "means more used cars of course, but! it also means that peo- ple are more interested in owning a car, It is equally certain that many of them cannot afford a new car and the second handed ‘‘boats" should move about on aa even plane with the increase in new sales. There is no pessimism abroad. On'y a general feeling that a per- jod of relaxation has arrived, which will be followed by a pericd of in- sreased business and general pros- perity in the industry. The Tribune s obtained short quotations from a representative number of local deaters to show the general feeling which ex Joe Mansfield—' With a number of Packard cars already establishe4 in Casper, I am confident that thé arrival of spring in 1 will break the so-called slack period in Casper nd the entire United States, and that my own agency and every other local motor car establishment wil: nter the greatest season in our liis- Lee Doud—‘“Of course new car tales. have fallen off. Why shou!d- n't they? But they say its always larkest, Just before the dain, and faith in the approaching season 5 so strong that I am preparing the Paige-and Jewett agencies in Cas per and Salt Creek for thelr biggest years. Watch us step next season." Jack Nolan—We notice no per lod of rélaxation, and Chevrolets ar continuing to come in freight o: and go out on four wheels. My faith in 1925 as the biggest automo: bile years Casper has ever known by the establishment of a modern branch agency in Layoye, and by the continued addition of improve- ments to the home office and shop.” w. Yeilding, Van Sant com- pany—"We accept that fall slacken ing of business as inevitable, but I do w to make clear that 1925 is going to find the Hudson and Essex firmly @ntrenched in the minds of local folks, and I firmly believe that if local dealers all pull together presenting the spring show, and in intelligently advertising themselve the approaching season © will find everyone of us up to our necks in work. The used car problem will be stiff one, but will be conquered le introduction of une devoting all of their time to. the sale of the second hand busses.'’ — LONDON.—Har.d-painted powder puffs are finding their way today Into modish wrist bags These casos are of soft leather, painted with pastel tinted flowers or a shepherdess, NEW STUDEBAKER SIX ULTRA-GMART; DUPLEX FEATURE 1S EXPLAINED SOUTH BEND, ‘Ind., Sept. 27. — The Standard Six; new six in the Studebaker lne, of its three six- cylinder cars, has features which make it unlike any other automo- bile seen on Amerigan thorough- fares, automotive engineers declar- ed. w body lines developed er two years of secret study behind closed doors by Studebaker body en- gine suggest the latest refine- menta of designing, yet are wholly original in effect. The two standard six duplex models are a revolutionary step in automotive design. There is a du- plex phaeton, seating five passen- gers, and the three passenger du- plex roadster, They are cars of the most original and striking beauty. These new duplex models—which are also offered on the newly de- signed special and big ‘sixes—solve the open-closed car problem it’ is widely agreed by motorists and en- Bineers. For they combin, it is pointed out, the advantages of old- type open cars-with the comfort and snug protection of the- closed car, a This new principle in design ts an upperstructure of steel—light ~but very strong, which is an integral unit of the body. This upper struc- ture has three plate glass windows, and side enclosing curtains that op erate on powerful spring-rollers, all concealed inside the upper section. By this novel side enclosure, wind- tight, rain-proof protection is in stantly provided when need arises pate cae — M. B. Robertson, of the Coliseum Motor Co., is spending a few days in other parts. You Pavement Pounders WE’RE TALKING T: YOU . Just answer this: Is there any good reason for wear- ing out the soles of your shoes and your temper this winter when you can ride just as cheaply as you can walk in one of our thoroughly re-conditioned —good used cars? Here's the List Come and Pick One Out AT ALMOST YOUR OWN PRICE 1928 Chevrolet Tour- ing _-$325 1923 Chevrolet Coupe At $325 1924 Overland Tour ing _- --=~--$450 1921 Ford Sedan ~__$225 1920 Ford Coupe $225 1919 Ford Tourin 125 1919 Dodge Touring_$80 Palmer Johnson 442 East Yellowstone Phone 1963 nt Offerings For Coming Week WLY FIN U-:S. MEALS COOKED ON EXHAUST MANIFOLD OF NASH INCREASE OF 18 MILLION AUTOS SEEN BEFORE Wyoming Registration END OF THE YEAR Placed at 38,200, or Increase of 9 Per Cent, Since First of Year; License Receipts Large. WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 27.—Automobiles regis- tered in the various states duri amounted to 15,552,077, an i the same period for last yea: ng the first 6 months of 1924 ncrease of 20 per cent over r, according to figures just received from the National Headquarters of the American Automobile Association at Washington. the result of the seml-annual count made by the U, 8. bureau of Public Roads, There were registered during. the months of the year 13,645,- nger ; 1,831,405 motor trucks and 74,946 taxis, busses and irs for hire. It is estimated that before the. end of the year the total number of all classes of cars in usa on the streets and highways of this country will exceed 18,000,000. Wyoming on July 1 of this year showed a fotal registration of 38,200 automobiles of which 34,000 were pri- vate passenger cars and 4,200 were motor trucks. ‘Two hundred and ten motorcycles were listed. Total gross receipts from registered fees and licenses were $402,832.01 and from gasoline tax $76,643.62 had been derived, All of this sum is appli- cable to highway work. The per- centage of increase in motor cars for Wyoming up to July 1 1s placed at-9 per-cent. ‘These figures have been increased materially in the last two months.. In each of four states there were over a million motor vehicles regis- tered from January 1 to July 1, 1924, New York leads with 1,233,362; Cal ifornia comes second with 1,184,015; Ohio third with 1,160,000, and Penn- sylvania fourth with 1,085,285. Till. nois will no doubt pass into the mil- lion“class for the first time before the end of the year, During the first 6 months of this year there were registered in that state a total of 986 480 cars. The total receipts from registra: tion fees, licenses and permits amounted to $199,472,682, and from the gasoline tax in thirty-six states $32,430,410. It 1s expected that the receipts from . registration, license fees, etc., will exceed $225,000,000 These figures are before the end of the year and that the receipts from the gasoline tax will more than double, thus making a grand total of about $290.000,000, or an increase over last year of ap- proximately $65,000,000, These funds do not include per- sonal property taxes on automobiles, which are levied in 36 states, the receipts from which are generally used for local purposes. The large bulk of the receipts from motor ve- hicle registration fees and taxes is expended under the direction of the State highway departments, and in most of the states the money ts uti- lized for maintenance. Out of the total amount received from registration fees, licenses and permits $163,011,584 is available for state highway work, while $20,065.- 581 derived from the gasoline tax is available for the same purpose, thus indicating’that about $49,000,000 collected by the states from motor vehicle taxes and fees is turned back to the cities, counties*and townships for local use, In the amount of motor vehicle registration fees and taxes collected froni motorists, Pennsylvania heads the st with $23,086,413; New York comes second with $20,197,362; Cal- ffornia th'rd with $11 igan fourth with $10,950,393; Tllinots fifth with $10,696,508; and Ohio sixth with $10,509,916. Filling Station for Sale or , Trade—Well Located Write Box B-898, Tribune Automobile Woodworking ) When you damage the wood construction on your car KEMMER can fix it up again for he has recently installed necessary machinery for wood repairing and installing. A WOODWORKING EXPERT Has Been Added to the Staff The Same Quality of Body and Fender Work Still Prevails Kemmer Body and Fender Shop 425 W. Yellowstone Phone 1920-W WATCH YOUR OIL! THIS TIME OF THE YEAR Most Cars Require a Different Grade in Winter Than in Summer We Are Glad to Give Accurate Information Regarding the Proper Grade Free Crank Case Service Washing and Greasing FREE WASH RACK You'll Find a Personal Inter Problem Automobile t In Your at WOODS Filling Station East A and Yellowstone Phone 1920-W