Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 12, 1924, Page 11

VOLUME 34. atCOND NEWS SECTiun. ee ee . Che Casper Sunday CASPER, WYO., SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1924. z Crihune SECOND NEWS SECTION Notes On Industry a Cor wei hiv LI Theaters---Advance Notes On Amusement Offerings For (= Week FROSTY NIGHTS HOLD WARNING FOR-MOTORIST: Time to Put Alcohol in Radiator Is Near At Hand. By SPARK PLUG. ‘With the approach of cold weath- er, the average motorist tyrns his thoughts to his radiator and ing system, and’ vows that this win- ter shall not see the frozen radiator which bus experienced during snap in January. here nd a wrong way to do cool- distressing last year’s that cold is a right erythini he radiator and its proper care during the winter is no exception. Many. people labor under _ the delusion tha ee: of uleohol poured into the radiator every now and then, whenever the odor -sub- sides, is sufficient to carry the ca through the coldest weather with out mishap. “2 They are wrong. Alcohol is of “course, in almost universal use for the purpose of guarding against frozen cooling systems. Its percent- age is What must be watched close For just average winter weather in Casper during the eurly part of the snowy season, one part of to three parts of water is generally considered sufficient. For cold weather or temperatures hovering about zero or below, the drive should be certain that he has least, 50 per cent aleohol in his rafiater. "To try to operate an auto: mobile in cold weather with less than this amount, is like asking your radiator to cut its own throat and only grief is the reimbursement for laxity. Alcohol may be purchased at Casper service stition. Mot ists will find loca! stations mor than glad to prescribe just the right amount for the temperature on the dy of filling. Usually a filling std tion is equipped with an alcohol chart which gives te right per- ntage as issued by (Continued on Page Four) NEW PACKARD SINGLE SIXES TOURINGS AND SEDANS Will Be Shown 328 So. David St. aleoho! | authorities | They wi!l be on display at the sales- Come on over and see the new Packards Joe E. Mansfield, Inc. } th THE AUTOMOTIVE MELTING POT Conducted by “SPARKPLUG” 2,500 Casper business men stealth- | ily turned locks in office doors Sat- urday morning and sneaked back in- to the harness. The world series was Looks as though Andy Gump will get no closer than Denver on his tour of this glorious land of ours. Casper poled the chance. its wire ahead of the Wheatland aggre- raft under the ‘The glass in your wind shield was put there to look through. gation in to stand op urday’s game of “try An excellent slogan ter: “Keep alcohol in and out of yourself,” More than three million machines use the corner of Second and Cen- ter streets every year in Casper. Astounding, isn’t it? A man in Duluth, Minn., takes off the wheels of his car each winter and replaces them with sled runners for the win your radiator Howard Warne of the Warne and Cresby Motor Co., is stil resting quietly at home and listening to the and hooks a spiked wheel onto the| WG yy Vas’ ites sult are ore power plant. With this outfit, he te] (OM. Xen He A ‘ said to be able to surmount’ unbe-| ey he ble obs les. Don't try it It" m a t's more than possible that Cas- selves, folks. There is never | . : : per will know the fate of the Olds enough snow in Casper to make It] Monte and Wills iulent care fe arb sbal gable fore the week Is ove Ask your favorite filling station PERF: > ne Two heads are usua'ly better than Pet Als J ie See Sai anta at one, but not when it comes to driv- ator from freezing up solld this win-| "6 the family , nas oe J. J. Thomas of the Liberty gar- am age has taken over a building near Cee ee eee Craeas | his presentelocation and is. fitting It i aatee. eon ny warm storage during the that’s useless advise though. Any MERE SeeTRSG) SUD Ane Casperite knows it. building, the annex, and the original Automobile dealers in Casper have | 55 npla to house 70 to 80 eetomobtles stepped to the front in the organiza- | © ®0le to hous SuLen tion of the local Retail Merchants | °°™fortably during the dreary days association. At the — preliminary os Par meeting Friday evening for the pur-| Whoop. A whole carload of the pose of organization, the automo-|eW model Studebakers arrived in tivé branch far outnumbered the| C@#Per on Thursday and C. West tthere in point. of attendance ana|and Perry McAninch pee'ed oft thelr tivity. coats and undertook the work o! un- Lares loading. They are now ready and ia (eg NTS Sep waiting for anxious eyes st the salesroom of the “Piggly Wiggly, Rastu Studee Motor Co. “What yo’ all mean Pigg'y Wis- ely Statistics show that many of our EIR ALAR ER Sm returned war veter: plying gags iP Ae apd thelr trade at the sales All of the new series Maxwell | me and are making good. Don't put off the matter of regis: tering for the general election. Only a few days left. Do it now. models have arrived in Casper and have been unloaded. The company is running a special showing of these machines during this week. Who ts the happiest man in Wash- ington right now. We'll just let ter Johnson and Bucky Harris ‘ht it out. room at 230 West Yellowston The 6 per cent purchase certifi- © on Chevrolet cars is being made ulte a sales feature at the Nblan Chévrolet Co., and ts deserving of the honor. Studee Motor Co., a new lisplay window has been added to he many recent Improvements. Ac- cessories and extra parts incidental ‘o Studebaker cars will be displayed. At the While we're speaking of display wh dows and improvements in. gen- ral, let us not forget to mention the re-modeling operations under way at the Auto Service Co., where new office fixtures have been in stalled, a new window made ready, und painting is now under way, These are the days when you “just imply can't keep that d. car lean.” The final game of the series found both smiling and scowling counten. ances along auto row Friday after- noon. Guess that indicates some- thing. The old scoreboard is in mothballs for another year, lie either, Despite in This is no clement weather; an unfavorable (Continued on Page Four) 615 E. Second Phone 346 425 W. Yellqwstone PECKINPAUGH RECEIVES GIFT OF PEERLESS over. Fred Morrow, ars em Elated over the prominent part ployed as bookkeeper ® Lee} that one of their own home towns- Local dealers oe praying that aap sp ies a pao, | men played in the winning of the j motorless mer of Casper will invest ‘o! ermopolis he w first 8 ampionship — penns the series winnings in the particu-| spend several days visiting with | Sect Cant pti Peeler ES 1 a 3 egéed” Which |friends. He will then return to-Cas-| Washington; bs 1 fans of Ctev ar brand of ¢ speed which | frien’ n return t s x or 1 é . 1 presented a Peerless Eight four represent. per and prepare rt for At : lane soaks nger touring phaeton to Rog = dt x ingpaugh, star shortstop of the The less the money, the longer | 8UMe his studies at Georgia D Nats and native son of Clevelanf Roger thus becomes the fourth Peer- less owner in the Washington club, the others being Walter Johnson, George Mogridge and Goose Goslin. ness man, made the presentation ad dress. “Your friends in Cleveland are proud of you,” said Mr. Davis, “and we know of no better way to express our pride in you and our love fdr you as a ball player, a Clevelander, and « friend, than by giving you f your constant enjoyment one of eland’s best known products, a Peerless automobile. May every mile you drive in it be full of unalloyed pleasur a See A EE A complete shipment of the new Packard Single Six models for 19 » arrived and are on display at thé Joe E. Mansfield company to- day. From reports they are true eye openers and are worth ever ne’s attention whether prospectiv Packard owners or not. The presentation was made before the opening game and L. W. (Dick) | Davis, prominent Cleveland bust- | A QUORUM ON NOVEMBER 4? It seems incredible, one-ha'f the qualitied when you stop to thin of bout it, that less their voters the franchise—that all the country’s business is carried on by less a quorum. Yet those are the astounding facts. In 1920, when the pcliti | 1 landslide made any other look like Warden Creek Falls, when Mr, Hardir m more than one rth of all the y cast, a very - less than 25 per cent of th® non-voters could have turned the eection to the Democrat The very man who kicks upon the corruption of our officials and the degeneration of the American government is oftey the one who is too busy to cast a ballot on November 4 The army of non-v can be divided into two genera! classes ade up of tho: ho don't vc use they n't inter because they don't care who wins, ause they don’t know ) andida his class is probably comparatively small. Most of us have our 4 1 convictions whether or them but those who I would say this: The biz country is too big a propostiion for us to ignore. administration of freedom and equity zens sit around can't be ca as disinterested s ied on while t! ‘ors. But, majority there is nothi of citi jar arduous about ge: re as of your own on how to vote There are two old politic both with their pecuilar faults and . ind. the records 1 past administ rms for the to inspection. It no impossible task for the average intellect to check up on the high points of their respective histori 4s well as future intentions, and form 2 real voting opinion The non-voter.of the other class is he who just can't get in the habit of voti Perhaps Jf he passes the polls on the way home, he'll Yote—if ‘he dcesn’t happen to be in a hurry. Otherwise, he doesn't:care much any We can'e seem to form much s mpathy for this passive type of patriotism, which adv neces the ancient argument of the schoo boy: “What difference will it muke if just I do it And we re y with the teacher: “If you don't ncbody ¢ It's contagious and when twenty-seven m ns of people et What goed will my little vote 4 * its too serious a matter These twenty 1 millions don't seem to realize that when makers of our ccnsiitutions said that it should perpetuate liberty and justice to all posterit didn’t intend it to be a matter of auto. matic nheritance. y don’t comprehend that the crook, the gambler, the boot legge: id all their friends, relatives and endents v because they want something, while the honest « n. just because all he wants is some vague, abstract principle called RIGHT, shows his pa- triotism and intelligence by forgetting the pols on Novem ith, PHILIP K. EDWARDS rout of Troop No. Casper, Wyo.; 15 years old, Class of munty High School. Of Policy Which - Copyright, 1924, Casper Tribune. (‘The followi gnis the first of sev: I dispatches by Mr. Royle on the ore possibilities and progress of motor 18 transports problem which y . ommuni Intimate! t The next of the at an early date.) ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Oct. 11. ~The majority of the electric street railway men of the country ave ubandoned the “bust the buses” pol- fey and decided to gain a jump on competitors by adopting the bus method of transportation to supple- ment their own systems. This fact has become evident as a result of discussions of the American Elec- trie Railway assoelation in conven- tion here. They have set down as 2 basic princip'e that the greatest thing a public service corporation has to sell the public ts service and THE VERY BEST IN ete Auto Body and Fender Work METAL AND WOOD WORKING Kemmer Body and Fender Shop y going to sell ser e, wheth er it be by bus or street car. This decision has a direct bearing on practically every American citl- zen. In the first place, every in- habitant is a user of street cars to greater or less degree. Street r companies will haye sold well over sixteen billion rides to these inhab- itants before December 31. One out of every 85 is a part owner in an electric railway, according to statis- ties of the association. Average holding of these stockholders Is! about $400. These figures do not in-} clude’ those indirectly interested through life insurance company funds invested in electric railway se- curities. As a result of the determination outlined abo’ L. D. BRANSON FOR EVERYTHING IN RADIO AND AUTO ELECTRIC REPAIRING Phone 383 War on Bus Competition Dropped in Reversal Service in Every Way Possible. By J. C. ROYLE. | Phone 1523-W ELECTRIC RAILWAY COMPANIES SUPPLEMENT SEVICE WITH BUS enough to handle all traffic would involve so many vehicles as to jam the thoroughfares from curb to ind make movement so slow impracticable, hey said; however, bus transportation cub as to Calls a Bettering that interur- ban has a pro perous future before it. In t panies are going ahead with. heavy| ands of the e'ectric railway com- programs of expansion and better-| Panies, they asserted, busses ‘vould ments. For theearly part of this|T@Place rural electric lines which year, an average of $3,400,000 a day | NOW were operated at little or 10 was invested in public utility securi-|PFofit. These lines in general wore ties. Much of this came from cus,|Dullt to develop territory and pro: tomers of the companies inyolved| Vide feeders for main lines, rather and the electric railway improve-| ‘an to carry.a heavy volume of pasengers and this work, in future, ments now in progress are being fi “apttises fits a od de aaa undoubte will He done through In southern Calffornia alone, or-| ‘he medium of bus linos, ders now placed for equipment and| Street railway men apparently riatatlale heal $18 000000, e far more concerned over the “The work must go on,” said Brit-| Promotion of bus companies than ton I. Budd, president of the associ-| ver the competition after they have been ‘put into operation. They rt that in many cases bus com- panies have been formed for purel speculative purposes or for the pur- absorb when | Pose of sale to competing street rail- way lines. The extent of the expan elon programs may be judged by the ation. “That means new capital must be found. At least a part of this new capital must come from the salt of junior securities which the public will readily it knows the proceeds are to Le ap- plied to purchase of now equipment : f at while 2,822 electric rail and improvement of service. If the that w company is really serving a com-| WY cars with value of $26,184, munity, i will find a ready re-| 713 were built in this country last sponse y this number will be greatly ex 7 ceeded the present y Mr, Budd added that 150 electric wo ee eas railway companies now were oper-| | 7“ E' ating about 2,000 busses and that] New York City ts in about. the that number probably would ~ be | 8tme latitude as Venice. greatly increased in the immediate future.’ About 25 per cent of the busses purchased this year, he add ed, had been bought by electric rail: Dr. L. D. Johnson way companies. “Where there is 2 public need for bus service,” he concluded, “we will supply it even if we must conduct | it for a time Announcing The Opening of His Office at a los use we gain in public good will by giving|] SUITE 320 MIDWEST the public the service it wants.” BLDG. Bus manufacturers who were 24 consulted today agreed with the . street car men that the electric Office Phone 113 street car was indispensable in han. dling the traffic of cities rhey Residence Phone 2136 pointed out that a bus service in congested ompr siv ENTERING WINTER WITH Plenty of Closed Cars COZY AND COMFORTABLE ANYWHERE ANYTIME RENT-A-NEW-FORD Wonderfully Reasonable Rates Ask About “NEW LIFE AUTO REFINISHER” Gives your car a lustre equal to a new car, lasts for months—is not oily or sticky, cost $5.00 to $18.00 WASHING GREASING POLISHING Auto Service Co. 133 _N. Wolcott St. RESTRICTIONS ON PARKING CARS OULD AID TRAFFIC CONDITIONS | Downtown Space Monciselirad by Those Who | Leave Cars at Curb All Day While Others Suffer Inconvenience. By SPARK PLUG. et there ull ay But in time and | Have you tried to park your car|in a very tme the real bene in the business section recently? fits of the system will be felt in Have you_ever driven miles in Asper nd the level headed motor- mest vain search for one small] ist, no matter who he is will readily ning just ugh to admit} agree with the founders of the law. hin ' moment In time, ing ordinance of \ 1 | 1 m-|this sort will bring a new sort of i 1 errand running busine nto Casper In rE I hi been a victim of “non-] cities, the parking station is a fix- ri-ity 4 can re ily appr ture in the business district. A nd realize the problem v wvkcin tation is a piece of open ts this cit present ni in the heart of a city: in me regurding the f parked hich automobiles are parked by S Well as moving cars in. the} the day, watched closely and given wntown streets. As it is never| >rotection in bad weather. An. er “i form to call attention to r pri ch 4 us can be made evil least suggestin ) pay 1 very low figure per car, plausibl here i ystem| ind gives the man who stays which 1} Ly n put into effect tr wn all day an opportunity to cities larger than our own anc is ¢ near his place of business found to solve tumper"’ dat the ne time gives him At the present time, there ts ng of security as to his “pri hazy law upon the statute booker oft elty limith parking in the & man o1 & woman |downtown section to a certain sper who has searched | period of time, and threatening of vainly for a parking fenders with dire punishy nt if the space, will not ogree with the law is not complied with How system outlined in this article It ever this * ordinanc $ not being night be well t write your city | enforesd. The city council of C ounciiman telling him ot er should, by rapid fire and direct] opinion >of the manner in which ative action, set aside certain} parking is conducted in thts cit | business district blocks o% part offfand make your suggestion for tho |the “cong ction In this} celief of the situation. section parkin: vehicles of any kind should limited to thirty }®.m. and 6 p, m. every day in the week. Officers» upon duty in the ongested district should k » close | watch of the parked machines and bould urd a traffie card to ev y Pir ning parked in one spot ‘or longer.than the tir perlod. T Th may be accomplishe satis. fxctorily by providing officers witt plenty of chalk with which’ they may make the rounds at thirty min Due:to the remarkabla.increaselit: ute intervals, In making the fir touring this year, statl: ns for round each machine may be marked] the Paige-Detrolt. Motor Car com with the chalk upon one of thef pany figure that. 250. million. milew front tires. On making the next{ have been added on the speedomet teip thirty minutes later, the officer} ors of Jewett cars in service since may feel reasonably sure that every} the “Billion. Mile Jewett” was an- cax he finds marked with chalkf nounced August. 1 from the journey before has over Although only two months have tayed the time limit and is alg’ 1 since it estimated that lrects violator of a city ordinance.} the total Jewett mileage passed the By limiting parking in the down-[ billion mark, all records for motor town section to a given length travel were broken during this pe- lime, we pave the way fre riod say reports! from leading auto- movement of traffic and © the] mobile clubs. The peak was reach motorist who desires to complete anfed Labor day, when the nation’s errand at some business house and] traffic arteries were congested as leave immec an opportunity to} never before. do so without walking several fa Cn blocks from his car to the point of It would take twenty million years transaction. The limit system does] far an aeroplane, traveling at two away with the office man who'miles a minutes tc fly from the works in a downtown building in earth to the nearest star, > he very h rt of town, and whose | ———_--____. ear occupies the city’s most valu | ble transit space all day and keeps VOTE FOR machine in action from the atral’ section Herbert L. Kennedy The enforcement of such an ordi FOR COUNTY SURVEYOR hardship to the man who is used to| Republican Ticket parkir his machine aivectly in November 4, BRAKE LINING SALE TO LAST UNTIL NOVEMBER 1 The following prices have been made to introduce The Casper Brake Service Station WE USE ONLY THE BEST Johns-Manville Brake Lining If We Reline Your Brakes You Will Be Able to Stop Your Car 106 South Durbin Phone 2940 Foot $12.50 9.00 10.00 9.00 8.50 1.00 9.50 10.00 9.00 1.00 10.00 Emerg. Both Sadi 50 Dodge 9.00 3.00 10.00 9.00 smobile Oldsmobile Oldsmobile 4 Chandler Hudson Packard ¢ Oakland Studebaker Studebaker Studebaker P: 00 8.00 10.50 11.50 50 8.50 50 8.50 Spoes 8.80 8.50 Bix > : 9.50 9.50 5.50 850 Chevrolet ‘ 6.50 6 Overland — 6.50 6. Essex 10.00 11.50 11.5) Light, 50 10.00 10.00 16.00 GIVE US A RING—WE WILL CALL FOR AND 1D BOLD - ee ee ~~ 2 ome San