Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 19, 1924, Page 17

CASPER, WYO., SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1924, SECON mmMay Cribune ID NEWS SECTION. Notes On Industry CHOW [N| THE AUTOMOTIVE MELTING POT e Conducted by “SPARKPLUG” Ml PROSPECT: HERE FOR NOVEMBER Baby Peggy has come to Casper, ing wheel, and then: drive’ as you to show a few of our “would be’’} darn please by pure brute strength. flappers exactly how it’s done. —— A thoroughly unique display of winter accessori¢s may be viewed at the Brodie Rubber company. Yes, folks. There'll be an’ clec- tion this fall, Mr. Jordan, president of the Jor- Bert Wellington, who has opened dan Motor Car company, has ideas!a gener: repair department in his Casper Dealers Meet | of his own. He claims that of the| shop at 221. Wese Setlowstone, ie f 110,000,000 people in this great and specializ’ Mg in overhaul repair jobs Tuesday Noon for . | storious tand ot ours suse cnactis| tor avintes, internal repair, Jobs 4 r 109,999,999 of these folks have grown | theni too. Di ion. tired of walking. The other fellow says Mr. Jordan, still drives a horse. He means to convey that everyone is @ prospect for an automobile. The Lord is said to protect a drunk- en pedestrian, but he has been Known to allow drunken drivers to seek the very depths or the grave. Not an inviting statement, but truc. For the purpose of discussing the advisabiltty of conducting a fall automobile show in Casper sometime ‘Qing November, Jce BE. Mansy “jield, president of the Casper Auto- motive Dealers’ association has ed a meeting of that organiza ‘on for Tuesday noon at the Town- ond hetel: Luncheon will be served for one representative of cach local itomotive concern, and the subject Mil be discussed pro and con until ite conclusion has been ‘The word “‘slide" applies best on a baseball didinond not on a slippery street. ° The paint shop Motor company, larged to take care of a great in- creqge in trade. It has been made absolutely dust proof. t the Casper § Just been en- The west again triumphed over the east when Nebraska took Col- Bate to a 33 to 7 cleaning on Satur- day. The old adage nin before seven —clear before eleven" didn’t run true to form on Saturday. It Is fairly accurately reported that Andy Gump will make Casper a Speaking stop as he whirls toward 5 Washington and the president’s| As this was an electron year, the arrived chair, golf courses have been filled all It is pointed out by those who —y summer and business has suffered a favor an action of this kind, that the] To be or not to be. What? A bit accordingly fall seascn is naturaily a Wit slack for local dealers and that a show of this Kind would greatly acs‘'st in stimulgting local interés: in auto- tive topics, They hod that the spring show comes at a time when interest in motor’ cars is already high without added stimulation and that the fall spectacle would be more to the adyantage cf the trade from advertising standpoint. There is some opposition to a fall show on the grounds that the amount of money spent should be placer at a time in which some bene- fl. Is likely. to be derived. Those who opp. xe ‘the’ measure” belteve-thhit “tio "ey, no matter how well it may be présented will do a great deal to’ itise the interest in the purchase of automobiles during the fal of the (Continued on Page Three) November automobile show. We'll seo after local dealers thrash it out on Tuesday at the Townsend. * Never park on downtown streets in such a manner that the chap Fei Sv TSH who is bedded down next to you “Say, Bo. Do you know anything] cannot back away from the curb. about this car?" “Only a lot of bum jokes.” Leo Doud, president the Doud Motor company, left Frid: morning for Denver where he will transact important company ness. Earl Boyle, local Ford dealer is staging a smashing sale of used cars this week, to clean out the stock in this line before winter sets in. adoption of automobiles with stering wheels s0 that teaching wo- men to drive will hecome childs play ‘for instructors, In this ‘way the car may be controlled by the teacher at will. We.suggest this attachment for persecuted husbands afflicted with the back seat driver. Put her up in front. Let her have one steer- ‘The advertiser will thank you too. be unloaded Monday. new Landau Sedan, a (Continued on Page Three) engineers who'share credit for the advancement and perfection of: the good Maxwell—the same group that designed the Chrysler Six — has practically elim- inated all vibration. This is ble and dependable: dural are the nen ral results of mate-' rials and methods of man- ufacture usually associated with cars of far higher price. : a refinement of operation There: sec ps ea hitherto assumed to be automobiles. Irrespective of impossible with a four- price there fs nothing supe- cylinder’ car. : “ay rior to the good Maxwell at Every penny you invest in the good Maxwell will work for you overtime. It is ap- parent from the testimony of its owners that it is actu- ally a better car than any- those 38 points. . ‘ _ More expensive alloy steels are used in the good Max- well than in many cars sell- ing for twice or thrice as busi- If you haven't time to read the We note in a motor journal the! Sunday paper before going for that two} Sabbath ride, just take it with you. A complete carload of the new model Oaklands is on the track in Casper at the present time and wiil It contains a four-door ‘| now much. thing at anywhere near Furthermore, the group of _ its price. leased to extend the i of time- ¢ : pilbies Ask about Maxwell’s attractive plan. CASPER MOTOR CO. Phone 909 230 West Yellowstone DUGK HUNTERS PUTTING AUTOS TO. 6000 USE Favorite ‘Lakes Listed For Benefit of Hunters. By SPARK PLUG. In these days of whanging shot- sun and falling game, it is barely possible that a number of embryo hunters are remaining on the hame roost through lack of knowledge as to the probable whereabouts of the members of the featheted 5 asper and its vicinity offer un- limited possibilities to the man in quest of a square meal of mallard, veal, or red head, and it is only essary to hop into the car, drive 1 few miles, and land in the very thick of the great feathered pilgrim- age toward the Southland. It is not necessary to drive more than 20 miles from’ this city to bag your share providing the day is favorable for the sport and your arm is steady. Hundreds of little lakes, away from the road but accessible nevertheless afford plenty of opportunity ‘to run the eye down {Continued on Page 'Three) President of American That car owner organization most important “safety devic developed for the safeguarding of the motor highways is the opinion of President Thos. P. Henry of the American Automobile association as ‘set forth in an official statement Just issued from A. A. A. national headquarters here. According to Mr. Henry, no safety law, “drive or program of safety has, been, or can be, successful with- out the conscious co-operation of the niotoring public, and that as such this co-operation is the ground: work of all safety. This doctrine of safety, it is. said, is being spread throughout the en- tire A, A. organization which includes more than 600 affili- uted clubs. located’ in every section of the United States. *Conscious co-operation,” says Mr, Henry, “is the ¢hief contribu- tion of motor club membership to the national effort for greater safety and sanity on the highways, and membership in a motor club is such as to instiil automatically into the motorist's mind the reasons for co- the or ting with his fellows." ‘Police officials,” the Ay A. A. continu ave discovered here Cur Owners co-operate in , moves blindly, safety is not thé goal achieved. Local motoring wider such conditions merely re- solves itself into the substitution of one traffic danger for another. When the motorist is one of the 700,000 who are the moral support of the motorized nation he feels an entirely new Sense of duty, finds out what safety plans mean and learns to do what is necess: to the suc cess of these plan: he thought is rapidly gaining headway that no. legislation for safety is effective wi ut co-operation of car owners. “It requires co-operation to put safcly lwas on the statutes, and then co-operation. to effect the proper results through enforcement. Even after putting through desir- able luws motorists can, through reluctance to co-operate, defeat the purposes of such laws, “Motorists who are supporting their motor clubs are rapidly grasp- ing this idea because they cannot escape it. Membership carries with it a clearer understanding and ap- preciation df co-operation in its rela- tion to safety, and one by one they are coming to see that organization is the first step in safety. The organization of car own into one association of conscientiou drivers is the most effective ‘safety device’ yet invented for the purpc ‘s yet}, of making the streets and highways here Valuable to the nation through HAVE YOU HEARD OF THE SIX PER CENT LCHEVROLET PURCHASE CERTIFICATE: cate this to be a fact, factories during 1023] made and itself, but is doubly valuable } car market, and gives the mar an opportunity to enjoy the whi I antee upon a used ¢: is often chine. ing him. But, the real value of The benefits to be derived from healthful recreation more t the pre matter n ants all re prices in the ly Tribune. he you, and then cali for kind represented. Automobile Association Points Out Necessity of Owners Joining in Safety Campaigns WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 18.—{ making them safer for all who use motor vehicles. “Lacking owner support many good safety measures have gone wrong, and are going wrong daily. An idea put forth by an individual however, excellent it may be, not gain the attention and solicit the co-operation it needs in any- thing approximating the way an idea will be supported when con- ceived and developed by the; men and women who intend being: bene- fitted by it, , “Organization is the keynote of motor safety—hastening adoption of the most practical safety plans and pledging assurance of — success through car owner co-operation.” STREETS HIGH (N Al LIKELY IN OLD LONDON Traffic Problem Calls For Drastic Change - To Meet Crisis LONDON, Cct. 18.—(United Press.) —Overhead roads and avenues ar proposed under London's new traffic act as a relief of the ¢ stion that now clogs the traffic the world's largest city. The plan would mean, in a gen eral way, that London will be net worked with huge overhead. struc tures. carrying wide thoroughfares at the height of a five or six stc building—which would mean these sk: scraper streets would run above the roofs of most of London's houses, oi The Traffic act providing for ele vated roadways has not: been passed but is being urged by many experts, prominent among them being Lord Montague of Beaulieu, one of Eng land's foremost authorities on trans- port. Montague, and many. others, lieve that only sk per sf can solve London's perplexing tr of fic problem. It costs about 000,000 per mile-to build sub’ in London now. The cost is pro hibitive. New subways are no being built It_costs from) $25,000,000 to ACAR FOR EVERY HOME It is easily possible for every family to own a car, certain prominent authorities have declared. Present appearances indi- sent dealer policies of re-conditioning and p! r sold by them reduces the “chan id to be taking in investing in a An automobile may be the means by which a man developes his own business or increases his value to the company employ- true development of the home. The wife, the chi deed every member of the family thoroughly n make up for the small expense connected with the ownership of a c Measured by the service it render: sent time, the initial cost of a ¢ y be just what a man desires to } onditioned and re: AU A demonstration will prove the tr e seen serivec, but still have x the Tribune, make a complete list } try-out. men will put forth the same effort to ples a used automobile as when demonstrating a .new The Tribune can help you make your choice—use it. THE CASPER DAILY TRIBU Casper’s One Big Automobile Directory 4,000,000 new motor cars was the output of our hundreds of sold. A. tremendous output such as this is not only astounding in ause it creates a great used ily of moderate means nd the same profit i this ownership. the automoblie njoys the an abundance of re car is an economy. At rand final cost for that ~ but the model he y be found listed columns of the ly to go m: OMOBILEE ne value of these cars. any miles left to roll. those that interest 1 that local sales- 2 when selling you ear of the You will fi NE CAR OWNER ORGANIZATIONS ARE BEST. SAFETY ~ DEVICE, — CLAIM 000,000 per mile to widen streets now in London, dépending upon the value of the property. So, few streets are being, or can be, widened. Meanwhile the su re roads are simply tied in traffic knots during rush hours, Even if more subways for passenger trains jvere built, or if London established elevated rail roads like New York (there are none here), the problem would not be solved. Street vehicular traffic, carts, trucks itos, taxis, cause the jams. pre a simply more ve- hicles than street space to hold them.’ ‘The only answer, the experts say, is to build more roads, and the only place to build more roads is up in the ai . Nosuch is offered elsewhere, regardless of price. “Buick leads in Body Styles CASPER BUICK CO 132 N. Center St. PAVING TO SOLVE MAINTENANCE PROBLEM ON ROAD EAST OF CITY Three-Mile Stretch to Evansville Now Being Traveled With Completion of State Project; Traffic Is Heavy. Practical completion of the three stretch of pavement between nd Evansville marks the the acutal ‘construction Natrona county although road maintenance crews will be kept on the job throughout the winter months. Thix project is one of the most important construction points of the year in the entire state, ac- ding to C. district eng district the from ¢ Eagle eled high 7 the wayfarer wh Salt Creek oil in’ the the completion of foot pavement els toward field regular! announcement of 18 miles of nin upon the Salt Creek road by the Levy Construction Co The motorist may now proceed 26 miles toward Salt Creek on pave ment. although the new construction is only nine feet wide, it is satisfactory and a wonderful assist ance the motorist especially in bad weather, when the Salt Creek high becomes anything but a dream, The federal money available foy this project could best be used on the nine foot pavement, and in time when more money is available for this of work the highway will be increased in width to regu lation. Feder don state roads is limited according to Mr, Bowman to about $19,000 per mi rejoice very vy traffic highway lowstone to the Texas and White es placed the old grav thoroughly rough y state and demon the state that a permanent pay. The Warren is now practically nnounce the completion of tract and traffic is already proceeding smoothly the new surfao There is still rough graveled r tance immediate paving. This ald and unsatis ed ¢ stra ay install tc sary Construction Ce dy te O¥er Twenty-one miles south of Casper on the Alcova-Rawlins road, a new staunch concrete and iron bridge has been built over the Platte river. The st of the city] new structure which was erected by section will remain] the Missouri Vall and Iron until the city council votes to join] Go., replaces an ¢ struc hands with the ntract. Un-|ture built: many by the ortunately this part of the highway | reclamation servi fast lies within the city limits of the city] 1 ming a live ming and cannot be paved b: motorists. The hela Department. It is 1 that work will be be eity in the very n ever,. All Casper looks forward to a solid connection. Recent traffic census taken by the State Highway department for the purpose of establishing the ne- short stretch of ud for a short dis- old structure (Continued on Page Four) Presidential Worries ISIT at MY desk and WONDER AND WONDER and then cessity for paving the Casper: ville yens. road shows that there is an rage traffic between these two points of 1,774 vehicles per 24 hour day, ‘Wear and tear such as this would soon send the best gravel or dirt highway to the “bow-wows.” Hence the pavement. The asphalt used in the pavement was manufactured in the Standard Refinery at Casper and the black oll came directly from the oil fields of our own state, so we may call th ew pavement a “all Wyoming proposition and take just pride in{| L THINK and its co! ) jor The constructio: nd in one month's time 1,000 & pe bers eecaal LITTLE us POOR VOTERS KNOW about POLITICS. I THINK I’M for CAL and then I SCRATCH my head and THINK and WONDER DAVIS may be the MAN, BUTI SCRATCHED my HEAD some more and NEXT came BOB LAFOLLETTE, but after HOURS and HOURS of DEEP thought I PAUSED and INDULGED in A DEEP sigh BECAUSE I could NOT decide WHO would BE the BIGGEST, BOOSTER for the CASPER BRAKE SERVICE STATION | 1 THANK you from, variety 2260. Phone When better automobiles are bi 322 So. David NOLAN CHEVROLET COMPANY : | Buick will build them. ASK US St: Phone 2100