Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 21, 1924, Page 17

VOLUME 34 : SECOND NEWS SECTION REMEMBER THE CAR THIS CHRISTMAS ; CASPER, WYOMING, SUNDAY, ‘DECEMBER 21, 1924 SECOND NEWS SECTION Che Casper Sunday Trine _ Don’t Fail to Visit Showrooms Theaters-~Advance Notes On Amusement Offerings For Coming Week WORLD FLIERS MEET GEISHA GIRLS ONJAPAN VISIT DOUBLE DEGKED SUBWAY CARS HELD POSSIBLE New York Hears Many Suggestions for Its Traffic Relief By EDNA MARSHALL. (Copyright, 1924, Casper Tribune) subways. run- second story seats for passengers; a wholesale return to the omnibus, the first transit system, or the disintegration of New York—any or all of these may .be the result of the hearing now in pro- ss to determine the nature of the tng that keeps from New York- facilities for getting to and from their jobs on time. So intimated a group of legal lights and interested listeners who “wagged their heads sadly at -the close of Tuesday's session and mur- mured something about “What's. a hearing for? What we want is ac- uo: ; 3 Ever since John F. Hylan became mayor of New York there has been much to do about the city traffic conveyances—too infrequent trains, with too infrequent cars running over Iines too widely sepatated. Now New York is in the midst of its mid-winter subway madness. ‘With weather too cold for comfort- able walking and Christmas shop- ping to be done by all and work that even around the holidays, must be approached with certain promptness by the majority, there seems to be one big idea spurring the subway voyagers—get there and see how arge a crowd you cfn push through, People who want to get.on or off Put any subway station and those who would like to stay on, main- tain an upright standing or sitting sition only through rare gymnas- tic dexterity in duck’ng. This was the: psychological time to do- something about the’ thorn which had pricked the side of the clty for so many years. Hence the hearing and a long drawn out dis- cussion of the possiblity of opening three new lines at some date in the indefinitely distant future. But no! We need something now, the wrought-up group agreed. Subway tunnels could be deepen- ed to allow of taller cars with attics for the late-coming passengers. Or the elty could initiate a tremendous line of auto busses and revamp its traffic regulations to make the'r journey up or down or across town possible in no more time than a sub- way now requires, Or, if worst es to worst—and developments long this line have already begun— New York could be made into a busi- city with almost all its present ning cars with residents living in the suburbs -and (Continued on Page ‘Laree) MORE CAREFUL DRIVERS GET FREE TICKETS TO THE RIALTO By SPARK PLUG. 35707, T1132, 34867, 38763, 20082, 36338, 16911, 16843, 17634. Here’s the list for this week. Hope you enjoy the show. Look these li- cepse numbers over carefully for théy belong on the.cars of Casper’s ten most careful drivers during the past week and entitle their ownérs to free passes to the Rialto theater. Picking the ten carefullest in Cas- per during the week of the “great freeze" proved an easy task for the Tribune observers, for most of Cas- per’s automotive world snuggled warmly up to heaters in home gar- ages or reposed peacefully in live storage. Only a few cars roamed the deserted streets, and from this number the Tribune's choice for this week was made. THE AUTOMOTIVE MELTING POT Conducted by “SPARKPLUG” Foie everything! Pray for a short extension of the cold .wave, that Santa Claus may be greeted in Cas- per with a carpet of white instead of a landing field of dirt dust and asphalt. ‘There's plenty of Christmas cheer in auto salesrooms as the great day approaches. Sales have picked up amazingly during the.past week in practically every sanctum. Did you stand in line with an arm full of bundles Saturday night? We suggest that sometime in the near future, someone have a look at the. internal working of the clock on the Townsend Bldg. The lubri- cating oil must®have frozen, Several lady drivers piled into sturdy sedans during the extreme cold and after vainly trying to put her in low for half an hour, gave the ghost and caught the next Casper Motor bus into town. None rejoiced at Casper’s weather conditions during the past week, save plumbers and radiator repair men. Give them their day boys. It comes seldom enough. Many of our local instruments of mercury and glass reported 40 be’ow zero last Thursday morning. Why make it any worse Watch for the result of the im: portant meeting of the Casper Auto- motive Dealers association sometime during the next week. It will give you the éxact dates upon which the 1925. automobile show will be con- ducted. Spinning wheels cost real money, you At the Brodie Rubber Co., in the Turner-Cottman B'dg., a_concentrat- This is the Law —and Nature made it 1. The life of a storage battery starts when the acid solution is put into it. 2. Storage Battery life cannot start as long as the battery is kept bone dry. Read what Little Ampere says: “Willard builds his Threaded Ri Battery, Charged adda the acid after you buy'the that’s how you get all the life.”” ‘Dry, and my boss battery — Auto Electrical Co. 136 East Midwest Phone 948-3 \jarivers to win prizes, but through The Tribune-Rialto careful driving contest is making itself felt in this city, not through the endeavor of the thought which the campaign stirs up, upon the real need of greater care while operating a ve- hicle within the limits of the city. Loak the above list over. Your li- cense number may be one of those chosen. If it appears in this issue just cut the story from this Sun- day's automobile section and present either your license plate or your registration card at the Rialto box office and claim your pass, which will be good any afternoon or even- ing this week. The ten most care- ful drivers in ling for next week's prizes will be chosen by the Tribune staff of, observers on Christmas day so be on your guard while taking | the gifts next Thursday. the family for a spin after opening |: | ed effort is being made to sxow local | folks just why a gift for the asto (Continued on Page Two) \ Holiday week will see an automobile show. form of a luncheon at one of venience of the majority of the deal- ers interested. General dealer opinion at the pres- ent time seems to point to the latter patt.of February or the forepart of March as the time at which the spow dates are likely to be set. This will place the Carper exhibition of 1925 motor talent between the Chi- cago and Denver shows and. will dis- play to the public while automotive topics are being discussed nationa'ly. The Denver show is usually con- ducted about the middle of March and a number of the Casper exhibits are greatly enhanced by the presence of displays that have done their part in the Denver fracas, Holding the Look Look Look Jewett Sedan, Like new. Gray Coupe, Like new. Ford Coupe, Per- fect shape ick Touring, new ae ges “Oakland Touring, Real buy Good car Oakland Roadster Buy --- Ford Roadster, Good car -- Now is ‘the time to buy. a good used or new. car for Christmas. Easy terms. We trade. See us. Patterson-Oakland : Company 438 E. YELLOWSTONE. Get WORLD FLYERS GREETED IN TOKIO After many weeks of battling storms, cold, and ice, the United States world flyers finally arrived in the land of mobile for Christmas occasions mor¢ , Jotus blossoms and civilization again, Photograph shows part of the reception crowd which greeted the their arrival in DATES FOR ANNUAL AUTO SHOW TOBE SET BY CASPER DEALERS Luncheon Gathering to be Scheduled for Holiday | Week; Last of February Is Favored | By Many Here By SPARK. PLUG important gathering of the Casper Automotive Dealers association, called by President Joe E. Mansfield to definitely set the date of the local 1925 The meeting will probably take the the local hotels and will be held sometime between Christmas and New Years, the exact date depending upon the con- Casper show ahead of that in our Colorado neighbor may force some dealers to do without the Denver assistance they have been in the habit of receiving. Several dealers in Casper fayor & fall show instead of one held in the spring of the year. This sugge ton, however, was voted down by n overwhelming majority by a meeting of the association held scmetime in October, and is not likely to come up for discussion aghin. Thore jvho favor the presentation of the new models in the ‘atter part of February explain their belief by cal'ing attention to the fact that in February and March interest in au- tomobiles is undergoing a revival in the people's minds and that a situ- ation of ‘that kind makes it logica! to display new models. They argue that February will give each dealer ample time to get a line on his new prospects and to work each of them careful'y selling of May and June. It, will provide ample time for prospecti new car owners to place th ders and be asrured of deliv the time désired. ccncentrated also before the Therefore, as near as it is possib’e to estimate at the present time, the Casper 1925 probably be conducted someti tween The Tribune automobile Chevrolet Touring, tion which will appear the d K fore the opening night wil’ be a plete catalogue of the dealers who will display them, and will be well worth reading by any man, woman, or child who in- ten ehiny contestants. will automobile show 20 Mare show February nd edi be ‘om: and the models is to spend a night among the BAK-A-TONE || Your Car IT LASTS Wide Variety of Colors CASPER AUTO TOP SHOP 633 S. Center Phone 1084R flyers on Of Cold in Learning By LOWE! (Copyright, By the Chicago Tribune from an airplan Tokio is far from monotonous. dotted with dozens of little right we watched the rice field mountains, forests, and towns slip by. Whenever we passed over | village, and we often did at the r of two a minute, we could see pe scurrying out of their thatched houses to see us, Off to our left were countless thousands of sam- pans, fishing smacks and junks bob- bing up and down on the Pacific. “One of the Americans who had come out with a sampan load of gas for-us at Minato told us to be on the lookout for Matsushima, one of the ‘three principal sights’ of UNIFORMITY IN TRAFFIC RULES - URGED AS BIG AID TO SAFETY Hoover’s Safety Conference Decides That Wide Diversity in Regulations Over Country is Menace.to Public (Copyright, 1924. Casper Tribune) WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—How to make the city streets and country roads safer allke for the man who walks an e man who rides is about the biggest problem that has come to Washington lately, Dele gates to Secretary Hoover's tional safety conference, turning homeward after a two-day meeting here, measured the dimensions of their task in terms somewhat lke | | | | these: There are 48 states, 3,000. counties and 13,00 cities, towns and villages throughout the United States. Near ly every one of these units has its own ideas about regulating traffic That leads to endless confusion to the man driving a car away from his home town. It also leads to ac cidents. To prevent confusion, avold acct dents and reduce the automobile's death toll, th confl'cting laws and regulations should be made more uniform. But the power to do this rests in the hands of state leg: islatures, county supervisors, city councilmen and town and village A rough estimate of the of these local law makers places the total at more than}100,- 000, ‘These are the men who must be brought into line for uniform regulations. And getting a new, law through congress js like child”play as compared with getting a uniform safety co in 16000 communities Nevertheless, the de conferencs are going tc They will have to make a tart soewhere, of course, and for a°time the work will be slow. After the rt is made, it may be more rapid how the delegates are comin next to another confer- ‘and report. results. Here are some of the things the delegates ar going back home to work for: Uniform speed regulations of not less than 15, miles an streets nor more than 35 miles an hour on the open road. Parking spaces on country ways every 300 feet where a car can stop entirely off the main road. .The elimination of sharp curyes on main highways and the banking of: all curves on the open road. Guard railings on embankments. The one way bridge must go, the conference decreed, and signs should be placed along all high indicating the lInwful_ speed ates to the attempt tt. year high: na-& » enacted by 100,000 men | | earnest hour on city; three signal system now used in » citfes, including Washington, arded as confusing and should 1 by a single signal—the driver simply extending his arm when he is about to stop or turn right or left. PROSPERITY T0 ~ VISIT DEALERS Prosperity 1s in store for the au- tomobile dealers who are will ng to work and who adopt establ’shed business principles, A. B. C. Hardy president and general manage? of Olds Motor Works Lansing, Mich., told 275 motor car dealers at the De cember meeting of the Michigan Automotive ‘Trade association held in Kalamazoo, Good advice and an optimistic outlook were conta ned in his address on “The Dealer of the Future,” In closing Mr. Hardy said, “An enormous market is ahead of us and the dealer of the future who quail fies will have a substantial business in the most interesting industry I have ever known. If he qualifies, his stand ng a8 a merchant will con- tinue to rise. Transportation will continue to advance. I am for him and you.and I will go to the Mmit to make the automobile business a cleaner, fairer and safer ‘business and more profitable to the flealer of the future; and I-belfeve this is the ambition of every. real in the manufacturing end. ecut’ ve Had Any-Trouble Ask the Man who uses Glycerine ‘in His Radiator. “The Co'd Snap Left Him Smiling.” ‘ 106 S. DURBIN ST. Transport Council Formed at Meet Decision to set up a New England Transportation council was made by the 400 or more delegates attending the New England Motor Transport conference at Boston on December 8 and 9. Th’s new council will in- clude representation of raflroads, trolley lines, motor truck and motor bus interests, and the public, fol- lowing the precedent set in forming the resolutions committee for the New England conference. RADIATOR REPAIRING Wyoming Radiator 316 W. Yellowstone lar dealer. them from Vholesale Distributors. At Novel Fete. Japan, on our way south. WONDERS OF ISLAND EMPIRE ARE UNFOLDED TO YANKEE AVIATORS Visitors Also Leam to Drink Wine Hot Instead Customs of Orient el A THOMAS Newspaper Syndicate and the Mc- Clure Newspaper Syndicate.) | _., There:is something exotic and Alice in Wonderland like about the appearance of Japan, even when you see it ys Lieut. Ogden. along the eastern edge of which we-flew from Minato to “The main island The coast line under us was fishing villages, and on our Matsu- shima turned out to be an archi- pelago of forest covered islands about midway down the east coast of “Hondo from Minato to Tokio, and we dove down for a neare> view. There are nearly a thousand of them, all mide of soft, porus vol- canic rock. The waves of the Pa- cific have worn them into the wierd- est fantastic shapes, each with @ plouresque name such as the ‘Sun,’ ‘Moon,’ and ‘Never Growing Old Island.’ From where we were in the sky they looked like ‘green cameos set in an opalescent sea,’ “It was sin ideal afternoon in May. The ghostly shadows of our aerial cruisers blended in the water below with the shadows of the white and yellow sailed junks. The waters of the shining sea under us were so smooth that the freakish shaped rocky islands covered with grotesque dwarf pines looked as though paint- ed on a mirror. Here and there w saw tiny tile roofed tea houses and rustic bridges. These Japanese aro so quaint about nearly everythin they do that they remind one of elves. “A few miles south of Matsushima we passed near Sendai, one of tho largest cities in northern Japan. Although larger even than Baton Rouge or Natchez back: home, I frankly admit that I'd never heard of it until Jack read me something about it in a book he picked up on the captain's desk aboard the U. S S. Pope the other night. It said something about Sendai bel ig. city where foreigners were still regarded (Continued on Page Three: RADIATOR DOCTORS Bring That Sick Radiator to Us and Be Assured of Satisfaction. WELDING and Welding Shop Phone 1826W Spinning Wheels Cost ‘You Real Money ‘ Gasoline that spins the wheels with- out moving your car is just so much gas wasted. Further, every time those rear wheels spin on any type of road the resulting friction takes away a part of your tire. Too, when those wheels spin you are standing still when you should be getting some place. That takes time. Gas, tires and time cost money. Eliminate the waste of spinning wheels by putting on WEED CHAINS when traction is uncertain. WEED CHAINS lay their own traction. Ay ike isa NEED CHAIN ‘ize ‘0 fit every type of tire, Ball Cord and Fabric. Wesell them. | Purchase your Weed chains from your regu- If he hasn't them he can get WYOMING AUTOMOTIVE CO. HAVE YOU TRIED OUR COLD WEATHER SERVICE? Were You Satisfied? PHONE 2610 WARNE & CROSBY MOTOR CO. 436 Ww. Yellowstone - a