Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 28, 1924, Page 3

wv be nse mnt + SUNDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1924 sto C,H? Bowman, district represen- V CONDITIONS CONTINUE GOOD DESPITE WINTRY WEATHER Excellent Time Made by Motorists in Late Trips Out of State; Drifting Confined to Few Spots, Report. By SPARK PLUG “Oh, the snow will come And the wind will blow But the roads go on forever Despite adverse weather conditions which have made driving any distance a torture because of intense cold and} snow, the highways themselves are in remarkably good con- | dition, and while they may | not be; can buck the snow with complete considered to be boulevards which | success make pleasure driving a joy, still! ‘This ig not the time of the yeur they will serve as a thoroughfare | when automobile roads really suf: | for anyone’ earnestly desiring to] fer and beco ina Bioctte reach a:most any point in Wyoming r who tl accessible to the fmorterist during the. summer. During the past week u «number of local motorists have completed tt@ run to Denver in excellent time for.this season of the year and many others ‘are contemplating the trip. he cold did little to. deter those fortunate enough to own closed cars rains come s the highways and bridges cre wash: | ed away without warning, ts the | jon 'n which most accidents oc- | and in which motorists whe | know are most skeptical about ve turing forth on a jour of trom visiting the folk earises oe: v ~ the folks on Christ- : naa day, 5 , 7 The west Yellowston highway | " provided they resided with: | a ctching “away tomend eee | in. motoring distance. There ‘has been little or no dam- ége done to the state highway sys- tem, by-the recent storms. accord'ng Riverton and Thermopolis is in ¢ cellent shape for this time of the year, and with the exception of a few small drifts may be negotiated without diffculty. The Salt Creek road js rough but hard and gafe and it is easily possible to get through toward the north to Buffalo and Cheridan. The Casper mountain road is impassible due to deep snow tative’ of that department. The snow has not drifted badly in more than-a very few spots, and in most a car in good running order 7 and probably will be for the re HOW’S THIS mainder of the winter. “However, though the roads may be in fair shape it {s unwise to start upon any sort of automob’le trip in this season with unusual prepara- tion against cold and storm. Only closed cars or cars equipped with unusually tight curtains should ever attempt to make more than 20 miles. It {s possible for a driver to freez some member almost without know ing it, and thus greatly endanger his own life and the lives of thosé rid ing with him. Amplé robes for both passengers and the car when stop- ping should be made part of the win ter preparation, - Motors Cleaned by $2.00 © Expert Automobile : ia) Repairing Oscar Redenbo 480 W. Yellowstone Phone 1692 ————Call 2008 “For a Powerful, Speedy smate“ Service Car Anywhere Any Time Kemmer Body and Fender ~ er Sho “4 425° W. Yellowstone. SE L. D. BRANSON | For EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL REMY |) Phone 383 DELCO KLAXON 615 E. Second St. our other |. tions, it is not enough. WALTER P. CHRYSLER’S TRAFFIC TALKS Ss e"S. he Casver- Sunday. Cribune — > i i -o OA __ ut mm}. |. - | EVERY CITY SHOULD HAVE A PLANNING COMMISSION ‘Lhe day has’ passed when the en en for the responsibility y's traftic conditions can be placed upon a municipality's police department. All praise to the police of Amer ica. In Working out practical means to relieve traffic congestion they have done marvelously well Imagine what New York, Chicago, Phitadelphia, Boston, St. Louis, New Orleans, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Kansas City and reat cities would be like without police traffic control. Chaos would be the result. But while one-way streets, syn- chronized confro!, elimination of left-hand turns, full-stop streets and. the other hundred and. one regulations which have been devised by the police have been remarkably effective in bettering traffic cond{: The time is here for American cities to take stock of themselves. ‘To be specific: Our American cities were de- signed in the days of horse-drawn vehicles and slowly moving horse- drawn street cars. But this is the age of motor cars WORLD FLIER FLIRTS WITH DEATH IN JUNGLE LANDING, (Continued from Page One.) tropieal heat. The lagoon was abou | ooseflesh out on-me in spite of thc f a mile y nd twice tha long, formed by the backwater fron a small river. Around the edge were long, leaning cocoanut palms, ban) palms. ing thre of the jungle. huge birds drop « had beat A.closed Car as easy “to buyas an open car pol patel cver | modate tall fab Toledo VERLAND Coupe - Sedan washab! Here is a closed car selling at prac- tically a touring car price. The Over- land Coupe-Sedan! GBoth seats ad- just forward and backward to accom- and short people. Rear seat and upholstery are removable— providing, when out, 50 cubic feet of loading space for trunks, bozes, groc- eries, anything and everything a sales- man, merchant, farmer or housewif. might wish to carry. Seats and up- holstery make into a full-length bed inside the car—for camping. Spanish long-grain upholstery—durable and le! A large trunk at rear at small extra cost. @QThe Overland Cou- pe-Sedan is, of course, completely equipped—modern sliding gear trans- mission—foot accelerator—speedo- meter, disc clutch—no extras to buy. Bring in your old car, Give your family a closed car. EASY TERMS! -».. The Lee Doud Motor Co. ' 424 W. Yellowstone Phone 1700 Lavoye Branch—Yoeman Building altogether too fact, they became chummy. ; | Wanted to Buy Cigarets. | “They: wore ‘no clothing except breech cloths, so we were not afraid to let them stand’ on ‘the pontoons | | and inspect the strange monster} | their remote lagoon. _ But they | | swarmed out from shore in suet) | numbers that ipark'ng space “for | their dugout gdhdolas was soon dW | a premium, Nor was~ there even | standing room an’ the pontoons, and i they were rapidly becoming _ subi merged. So we shoved them, off and rat had disturbed the tranquility’ ot | a PAGE THREE. Live News of Motordom in This Section cylindér rumor “undoubtedly started because his company like many oth- er manufacturers had experimented extensively with this type as well as ose developed by Paige engineérs failed to comvince the company | neads, however of the superiority of cylinder constructips * We will announce who: av six-cylinder Paige,” Mr. Jewett statement read, “in accordance with our policy of offering the public, | what {s to our minds the best type motor car construction. “This company has yet to see & better type of construction than the The Ten | Commandments | Of Motordom ~ “The nearly evening had been sultry a the afternoon thirs water outs hix later when | “In the boys had | the Boston | their throug! tor cor from one And th with dyse we got t meantime flown “on to To and New Orleans a adventures getting b: the jungie with » new mo- harrowing than dow hd ts the rest were even more { ‘then Lowell policed one side, of the} / i\ | ship and I guarded the: other. 1 if \ List “We hadn't had a thing to cat| j; since daybreak, and “we only had) | = our (To Be Continued) si that when -cylinder L-head gasoline motor as a power plant, for passenger ve hicles. The public may rest assured a better moto: than th The. automobile is today the prin- et and accepted means of trans- portation of the American people. There was a time when this state- ment could: be disputed. But ic can't be today. = It is possible to load half of the population of the United States in the registered’ motor vehicles of the country. But 8,000,000 of the nation's population could be piled into all the existing railroad day coaches and sleeping cars of the country. The city of today must be adapted to meet this new means of trans- portation. Every city should hare a city planning commission made up of men with imagination and vision. The city without such a commis- sion is lagging behind. Chambers of commerce, boards of trade, mer- three thermoa bottles partially fill: ed., There*was. no, shade oyt there | on the water, andthe, heat was: in- tense...As the hours supped: by ‘our thirst increased’ and ‘we! soon used | up what water’ we had. While .de- | vating whether it, would be safe for | one of us to get [na native dugout and do a bit of exploring ashore a boat came alongside paddled) by: a | | hollow cheeked, mélancholy~ looking | person who appeared to neither na- | tive nor European. He “had on a | white robe and a’soiled sun. heltnet | addressed us-{n French, and turned | | out to be a priest, a missionary, who | ttved ‘all alone out here inthe Jungle. | We imagined that he was a nat | from some other, section of Indo- | China. All he seemed interested in | was whether we would sell him some cigarets. He wanted them, but stipulated that he would pay 2 cents package for them, Evidently he iought we were aerial cigaret sales- nen. Or perhaps he was. a bit cracked. Who wouldn't be if he had to spend his life in this tropical | jun #7 i hen we explained + in: ‘dougli- + | boy French’ that we had no cigarets | for sale he lost-all interest in’ us, re- tice. six is demonstrated to officials of th Paige-Detro!t Motor company it w! be adopted as the power plant {n the products of this compa: ———_—— Lubricating Front Springs of the following “Ten Com-; mandments” were printed| and distributed by an en-| terprising western desler who runs m large service station, accessory PAIGE SIX TO AE SENSATION A HUNDRED thousand ponies | store and garage in connection | A simple means of lubrte with his gales rooms. Hundreds front springs 18. to Jack up frame by placing a jack under the of motorists pasted the leaflet on the inside of their windshields as a daily reminder of what co stitutes wise and good motor prac- Answ that the omy i and ra{sin, ige-Det will br 2—Thou shait not drive without = ———— ia =a lubricating every moving part Bite pay, 8—Thou shalt not drive without y (6) water in the radiator. RADIATOR DOCTOR 4—Thou shalt not drive without Bring That Sick Radiator to Us and Be Assured of Satisfaction. distilled water covering the battery Plates. 6—Thou shalt not drive without sufficient air in the tires. 6—Thou shalt not drive without | @ good spare. RADIATOR REPAIRING WELDING Wyoniing Radiator and Welding Shop 316 W. Yellowstone Phone 1826W = the car so 1—Thou shalt economize nd | Harr pour into thy gas tank a preven- | day announs n¢ hoy ick or thin plece } tive to keep out carbon from th a new cix-cylinder p Pa of steel. Automobile Di- engine. Mr. Jewett stated he gest 7—Thou shalt not drive without brakes adjusted and equalize: &—Thou shalt not leave thy inadequately locked. “MORE SERVICE” car | chants’ associations and the like, should co-operate in seeing to it that city planning’ commissions are | organized and put to work. And | they must work ont plan for the Immediate relief of the city, for Im- : ed out to ‘have a/look see.’ Back Hyena Alas Fears from now and | £0 O% ittie miseionchureh-T found Canahllh omit \ a spring, andinwspite. of the loud | protests of the priest who had want- | ed to buy the ctgarets,-I filled our | pottles. Our friend who had held | the anchor fdr us) also. brought out @ bunch of bananas, and with a heavy knife split two cocdanuts in two so that we could drink the milk. “About sundown a’ sampan arriv- ed with three.more priests, who came from.a neighboring Wage 31a miles away. They were mare friend, . ly than the ‘first’ migsionary, and Natives ‘Finally Come Out. when’ I explained in broken’ French “A half hour later «a bamboo raft that we were hungry they. said if | fused “to get food and water for us, and, mumbling to himbelf, paddled back to the shore in.his: dugout. So | I got into the bogt bélonging to the | tirst pungle dweller who had ‘ventur- mit out from shore. One man’s| [ would go. with them. they .would suriosity had overcome hiv trig! Our.conversation He was followed by another ‘one of the best com- native in a dugout who died | egy touches of the/whole trip. Smith, ongaide.° Although he had black’ whose outward evidence}of mirth ‘1s, iinky hair, bis ps were not thick! yauaily Umitéed. toa. wry smile ike a N As he looked us| jgughed -until. P thought» he would jover and he| wake up/ all, the crocodiles, tigers spat_a str © the} and rhinos Jn the jungle. *Buc' with lagoon, and we his teeth | a few words ‘of French: and) a lot were all black worn off aimost) of pantomine"I got My ideas across down to the s. Whether they | to them,-andi with a plea to Lowell Get that way from chewing betel} that ‘he absta’n from, drinking ;the nut, or whether they file them off, | dirty water which the ‘natives We, didn’t discove rate he | brought out in the bottoms ‘of the | ed nor even murdered, came out 1 | lagoon we could see a small bu'ld- | temple and a church. seemed worried ab: to.one of the kb s, T- paddled off to the villa Finally Securé Food. mboo éta tried ‘to ing, Up his ‘net “and It was dark when’ we arrived, off the rope. Jat ng, excited > waa something weird and tho ‘time. the thatch@d huts, flic “While he Lowe d naked, natives and I had getten out t rhe 3 tcok ahe to'a' spring. But and ropes s0 that we could I didn't. like the looks of st. We properiy.. To keep this native from | had been werned before leaving untying us we coaxed h'm up on| Wushington about drinking water the pontoons. He was friendly and | in the troples or eating green foods. gulliile, so-we gave him the 75-4 Finally my hostsbrought outa glass pound anchor to hold in his arms | of sacramental wine. It tasted great just, to keep him occupied so t and 1 begged thent to let me have a he couldn't urtie us. When we/ supply to take back to the lagoon, were all ready we cast off from the | They protested and explained that it temporary mooring, drifted a little | would be sacriligious to ullow any- farthér out into the lagoon and! one to drink it excepting in their |‘threw the anchor overboard. | presence while, they- went through | “Meanwhile the rest. of the na-| some sort of titdal.. We debuted tives, reassured by the fact that this | this delicate point’ for. nearly an one man. had neither been, devour J hour wtihout my winning the u | ment, But, in glancing ardund the more dugouts. Weere Mittle chapel I noticed there wasn't a came from was a mystery, because | window in it. The ,smallest) bill T we could see no huts. But from our | happened to have was $50 Yo newslocation near the middle of the | doubt a ‘tener’ would have accom plshed the same purpose. But <I Ing back fn the palms that looked | put down the fifty, told him to buy like across between an oriental | windows for his chureh, and assyr- Later we dis-| ed him that surély the Lord would covered that it was in fact a church, | now approve of his letting mo have The natives proved to bé very | the two bottles of wine. That eet: friendly when they found that no/| tiled the argument. 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