Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 14, 1924, Page 17

x REMEMBER THE CAR THIS CHRISTMAS Ss ee oeeNG, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1924 Che Casper Sunday Crime SECOND NEWS SECTION Don’t Fail to Visit Showrooms Theaters--Advance Notes On Amusement Offerings For Coming Week “TUMPING OFF” POINT Bee IN DASH FOR JAPAN ‘Here’s soo s Latest et eer capt gees HERE'S LIST OF GOOD DANERS | FOR LAST WEEK Rialto Tickets Hold Re- ward If Your Num- ber Is in List. Look ‘em over, you self styled careful drivers. Here's the list 17897, 19914, 13177, 33272, 14900, 26943, 16066, 18861, 18288, 19001. Again the Tribune sends ten care- ful drivers to the Rilajt6 - theater free of charge. This week ee "ob- sere. ran up against a tough prop- as the number of careful Nant oon pilots who have not nm awarded their free admissions is di- minishing rapidly. However, after hours of careful observation the above numbers were chosen. and it only remains for their owners to present them at the Rialto box of- fice and claim their reward. ‘The Tribune-Rialto contest is al- ready making itself felt in the de- crease in ‘traffic accidents in this city. Despite slippery streets, plen- ty of snow, and’ general inclement weather conditions, the comparative number of collisions and minor ac- eidents has beon few during the past two. weeks. There is every indication that by constantly putting before the pub- lic reasons why care in operating whan automobile is an absolute necés- ‘sity, traffic disasters may be reduc- <a’to a minimum in Casper. The Tribune stands ready to do its part and this joint contest with the Rial- to theater is an excellent way of bringing the problem forcibly before the readers of a newspaper. Watch the Tribune automobile section each sunday. It will contain a Mst of Mcense numbers for several more weeks, and you may find your number among them some sunny Sabbath. It is not necessary to take your license plate to the Rialto the- ster in order to obtain your © free ticket. The registratio: which you received from the Ijéense bureau ‘will ‘be guffictent evidence that you are entitled to the awart. “ Tribune careful driving observers are posted. not only fn the. down- town section, but in quiet residence {Continued on Page Four) THE AUTOMOTIVE MELTING POT Conducted by “SPARKPLUG” ‘Yea. Verily, The Christmas spirit Pervades the air and portly matrons wait complacently all week till Sat- urday afternoon that they may be among the fortunate few who are able to crowd themselves into the age old bargain basement. There is a. distinct difference be- tween Christmas “spirit” and Christ- mas “spirit: “There goeg the guy I'm laying for,” eaid the little red hen as the farmer crossed the barnyard. ‘There will*be an important meet- ing of the Casper Automotive Deal- ers’ association sometime during this week, to set a tentative date for the: 1925 spring automobile” show. Prick up your ears, folks, and then get set. Don’t cuss the car out this winter. Think of the advantages it will af- ford you next spring. Are you among the 10 careful drivers chosen from among Casper's mad motoring men, during the past week? Better look at the list of license numbers in this Sunday's autmobile section. Hot Dog. You'll thrill when you view the Christmas window the Brodie Rubber company. A com- plete line of timely accessory sug: gestions is contained and should make the purchase of dozens of mas- culine gifts as easy as rolling oft .the proverbial log. “Never doesn’t apply to going into business in Casper just now. thirteenth prospect for that day. -January first will see a number of radical shakeups in the models and general plans of a goodly share of our. Jeading automobile companies. Nothing definite has been learned as yet, but that many of the manufac- turing companies have big things up their sleeves is almost certain. It takes nerve for an automobile salesman to get married in days like these. Why not :give ear for Christma: mething for the Sign along road: “Stay awake at the wheel or you' ‘ll finish your nap In.a hospital.” Resale value is a big factor to be byte, ae in purchasing a car in| sent sugget uncertain times. look at it next time you're down town past the Casper Motor com- pany. Lee Doud rushed out to Salt Creek Friday on urgent busintss. The branch agency of his company in the oil fields is eclipsing the local establishment in amount of, business done. Watch for the announcement of the date set for the automobile show in an éarly edition of the Tribune. If there is anyone in Casper who failed’ to seo the Thibune's full page cross wotd puzzle in last Thurs- day's edition he is asked to call at (Continued on Page Four) Henry: Fi the world: to haul freight on his D. Highland Park plant, will weigh 340 . always up to something new. Tel tons and wil ix building the taruext and most powerful electrte tecomotive in Railroud. The auperengine. which w under construction at his have mxtewn 260 horse power motors {t @will be capable of hauling « truin of 150 loud +4 cars. Ford Engineers eny PUBLIC ASKED TO ASSIST IN CASPER AUTO SHOWROOMS TAKE ON HOLIDAY DRESS LAST WEEK Salesmen' on Toes in Spirit With Season to Aid Prospective Buyers in Selection of Supreme Gift for Christmas. Total lack of snow and a southern breeze almost-akin to that known as the “chinook,” failed utterly on Friday to venture; never won"|dampen the ardor of dozens of “brownies of the showroom” who busily engaged themselves.in putting the’ holiday at- mosphere into the motor display sp “Oll Right,” said the wild cat|the automobile agencies, we find th stock salesfnan as he signed up his| the predominating feature. It makes itself felt in a number of dif- ferent ways. At many of the larger companies the careful observer finds tinsel, holly wreaths, artificial snow, and Christmas trees all doing their part to make the holiday decorations seem real. At almost every local dealer, salesmen are straining every sixth sense of salesmanship that a few more deals may be chalked up after their names before Christmas. More sales means more money and More money means more presents for the wife and kiddies. Hence this unprecedented industry upon. the part of our local knights of the prospect and closed deal. There is every indication that this Christmas will see a greater num- ber of gaudily decorated showrooms than has ever been the case in the past. Home companies have ail Jons for appropriate window displays“and most of the local dealers are following the tips. EB. M. Johnson calis attention to|Many of the designs: are original. his unique and-novel Christmas dis- play with the Good Maxwell as the | sreat success. ‘Take a good long | down auto row center for all’ Something He Really. Wants ‘A man’s present—hard to choose! Yet it need not be. Something for his car is just the answer. But let it-be something practical. He has thought of adding Gabriel Snubbers many times, cars have Many fine them. They ‘are a per- manent benefit to every car. They can be’arranged as 2 very successful gift. Give them to him for Christmas. CASPER BATTERY CO. (Authorized Distributors) 119 East Fifth St. / Phone 907 Many have been used before with At any rate a stroll sometime during the next two weeks will be'a treat to the eye of anyone with a spark of artistic temperment. Through concentrated advertising year after year automobile men have at last reached the desired point at which gifts of automobiles or something for an automobile are nsidered on an equal plane with the inevitable articles of clothing, toys, and drug sundries. The Christmas shopper has come to real- ize that a gift for a family auto- mobl'e is personal token and still is an article which may. be enjoyed by the whole family. In Casper we es of Casper. Among Christmas spirit to be by the Brodie Rubber Co., the larg- est auto accessory house'in this city doing a retail'trade exclusively. To demonstrate that they mean bus!- ness in asking folks to consider au- tomotive gifts this Christmas, the Brodie Company has given over its entire window display space to a Christmas set-up which is second to none in the city, Last year in a nationally conduct- ed contest the local establishment ranked thirteenth in window dis- Plays for Christmas in the who'e United States. This year they hope to creep still neager the coveted.top and the appearance of their window at this time gives every indication that their ambition may be realized. Dealers urge that local people planning upon buying a new car in the immediate future, make a Christ- mas gift out of it and have it ready for delivery on Christmas, morning. They are all prepared to make im- mediate or. near immediate delivery and by placing your order now there is nq reason why your king of pres- ents should not be standing in front of the house on Christmas morning. The Casper Motor Co., has what may be cal’ed the most thoroughly unique window display in the city at the present. time. “The ‘entire show room has been draped with a background of black cloth and in the center a Maxwell Club Sedan of the late series. has. been. placed. in such a position that it is easily vis- ible from every angle. To the left of the car a beautifully draped pic- ture of the three wise men who fol- lowed the star on that first Christ- mas morning has been placed. To the right of the car, the observer finds a gorgeous Christmas tree ilI- lumInated with colored lights. In find the campatzn to this end fed os on Page ‘Two. No Re-Insulation Bill to Pay replace insulation without charge igJt docenot lngt for the fe o¢ the slates ot Willard Threaded Rubber Battery. ¢ Auto Electrical Co. 136 East Midwest Phone 948-J CHOOSING DATES FOR ANNUAL AUTOMOBILE SHOW IN CASPER By SPARK PLUG. When shall Casper hold per an- nual auto show? As it is the public who attend and by their attendance either make or break an automobile display of any Kind, and as it is the public upon whom the dealer in motor vehicles depends for support through the Purchase of new and used machines, why not Iet the public’ decide just when they willbe in the right bumor to view what old man motor has to offer for the year 1925. » Among local dealers the casual questioner finds considerable differ- ence of.opinion as to just what sea- son of the year new models receive the warmest reception in the hearts and minds of local folks. So this year, through the columns of the Tribune’s' Sunday automobile ‘sec- tion they have decided to let the motoring public and potential mo- toring public dec’de the question for themselves. Without suggestions of any kind, the local dealers are asking you for a frank statement of your opinion as to just when a good show may be held in Casper. The majority will rule and the show committee of the Casper Automotive Dealers associa: tion will allow themselves to be in- fluenced in their decis'on by the popular vote. At a meeting of the local repre sentatives held about two months ago, the suggestion that a fall show might prove to be a greater drawing card than a spring attraction was consigned to the scrap heap for- ever, However, public demand for. a‘ fall show, might again raise the old question and make a reality out of what has been heretofore a flit- ting dream. At the present time, Popular deal- er op’nion points toward the middle or latter part of February as the logical time to show 1925 models. Those in favor of a-move of this \kind claim that this date is far enough into the next year to remove all doubt as to its being a bonafide 1925 show, and still it is early enough to give dealers an excellent Une upon prospects for early spring sales, However, let us see what the pub- llc has to say. Write the date upon which you would prefer to view new models on a small slip of white pa- —<$<_<______. NASH REPORTS RECORD MONTH Nash sales for November rose 66 per cent beyond ‘the greatest pre- vious November in the history of the Nash Motors company. Following close on the heels of October, the greatest month Nash ever had, and at a period of the year when dul! business isyexpected by the industry, November 30 still found dealers in all sections of the country facing an apparently unreceding demand. “The month just closed showed an increase of 122.8 per cent over No vember, 1923," said BH. H. McCarty, general sales manager of the Nash Motors company, “the shipments ex- eeding those of any, month this year with the exception of October, which itself showed an increase of 5.6 per cent over the biggest month in the history of Nash Motors.” — THE “CHRISTMAS Gift Suggeu- tions” in the Ciampificd Section cuy down the high cost of Christinas, per, drop it in an envelope and mail it to “Spark Plug” care of the Tri- bune. Each week, the number of dates received will be published in the automobile section and dealers may keep in close touch with the popular demand, Do ‘t now. Don’t put it off. It’s your show and you have a right to declare just when you would like to attend. 600 having a modern sliding L gear transmission, foot ac- celerator, speedometer, Auto-Lite starting and light- ing system and disc type clutch. The Ovesland Coupe- Sedan! Both the front and rear seats of this Overland Coupe-Sedan adjust back- and fo: for the ut- most_ comfort of all - gers. With theremovablerea: seat and upholstery taken ont you have pt feetof lear, square ig e for anything and everything. And the seats and upholstery make up into a full-length bed insite the car for camp- ing trips. A large trunk at rear at small extra cost. See this car at our Closed Car Show. Easy terms. WORLD FLYER'S DIARY TELLS OF LEAVING LAST AMERICAN LANDS Preparations for First Crossing of Pacific by Airplane and Hop-Off for Attu Hold Impressive Story. By LOWELL THOMAS, (Copyright, By the Chicago Tribune Newspapers Syndicate and the Mc- Clure Newspapers Syndicate) “During our stay on the island of Atka, the half-way stop. on our flight down the Aleutians,” says-Erik Nelson, “we made ourselves at home in the deserted store belong- ing to the trader, Mr. Goss, who spends most of his time at Dutch Harbor. We stretched some bunks across the tops of boxes, rigged up a stove, and swept the floors. Lowell Smith, to whom living in the wilds was nothing new, volunteered to act as chief cook. Jack and Hank washed the dishes most of tho time, relieved only by Arnold and Wade when the latter wanted to get ‘their hands warm. My own enthusiasm took the form of a violent passion for sweeping the floor, which I did every ten or fifteen minutes. “Smith's repertoire proved to be limited, and we usually had egge Vienna for breakfast, lunch and din- ner. This Viennese diet made some ofus desperate and we started out to forage for ourselves. In the store Were hundreds of cans of Engle brand condensed milk, which Jack and Hank devoured-lke candy, They would make a few holes in, the can and then sit around drinking it straight. Some of the rest of us in prying about the island discovered that the local Aleut chief had a flock of chickens which he was trying to keep hidden from us. He also had a motor boat, and by crossing the wires on the magneto we fixed it so it wouldn't work. The chief, knowing nothing about engines ard suspect- ing that we might, begged us to fix it for him. This we did—in return for two of his chickens, which we even made him clean. Guard Planes Against Storms. “Sunday, May 4, as usual it was raining, snowy, and windy. We kept watching the planes all the time for fear they might get adrift. At aight it was customary for us to hang lan- terns on the planes so that we could watch them from a window. But the * first night here the sea was extreme (Continued on Page Three) Pour Passen, Doors front an Closed ¢ Car "585° bee Totete es An Ideal Christmas Gift! | pt ead ned bald OVERLAND THE LEE Perse AR Co. 426 WEST YELLOWSTONE W. H. “Bill” Merrill, Manager Willys-Overland Department | SSS NN )