Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 9, 1925, Page 11

VOL. 35 SECOND NEWS SECTION Che Casper CASPER, WYOMING, SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 1925 Theaters---Advance Notes On Amusement Offerings For Coming Week WYOMING MOTOR CLUB CONVENTION MEETS THIS WEEK ee FATALITIES ON INCREASE FROM ‘AUTO CRASHES WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 8.— The Department of Commerce an- nounces that reports of automobile fatalities in 1925 have been received | from 77 cities of 100,000 population or more. ‘Thirty-six of these cities show more automobile fatalities in the four-week period ending July 18 than in the previous four-week per- az ~UNFORMITY IN RAIL SIGNALS FOR CROSSINGS National Association Favors Movement When the Street Floated Away rain in Detroit—almost a cloudburst—and it flooded ed with wood or composition as the blocks floated away and were scattered Another Sunday and another day of turmoil for the sons and daugh- ters of sage. It is estimated th more than 1,000 hunters left Casper for hill and draw country last and this week is ex- pect t still a greater record. The Paige Detroit Motor Car com- pany has announced a new Paige De Luxe Sedan. You can gee their announcement by perusing this of the Tribune. issu They're still cutting prices. Watch for more startling announcements. A hand on the wheel is worth two around the girl—in an emergency. to, mechanic at the Big Six Motor company, came very near losing his hand last Sunday when he filled his right hand with shot at the explosion of his trusty 12 guage. He was taken to the hospital where it is said that he will recover the use of his hand Pete | 'The Big Six Motor company has a | pledge to make regarding their used iod. The following seven citles show for Safety. no fatalities fer the last four weeks: fy nae Bridgeport, Norfolk, Oakland, Okla- homa City, Spokane, Springfield, WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 8.—| Mass., and Tacoma. New Bedford, Nation-wide adoption of uniform and| with two deaths still holds the rec- standard signals for highway traffic | ord for 1925, i control at railroad grade crossings} or 57 citles with an aggregate | were urged by the American Auto-| population of 27 million, there were mobile association today as one of| 2,511 automobile fatalities reported the practical means of reducing the| in the period January 1 to July 18, toll of death and injury at these | 1925, as contrasted with 2,438 such virtually unguarded death-traps. fatalities in the period January 1 to “Thos. P. Henry, president of the| July 31, 1923. Of these 2,511 deaths, association, has called upon the Hoo-| 418, or 17 per cent, were reported in ver conference on Street and High-| the four-week period ending July 18, ‘ way Safety, of which the A. A. A. | 1925. lozens of s is an organibation member, to put| Of the 65 cities for which compart- | blocks suffered heavil tho question of protecting grade|sons are possible for the early-|all over the cliy when the waters subsided. crossings on primary highways in|/months of 1923 and 1925, 33 show the forefront of the program of the| more automobile fatalittes reported “conference. in the period January 1 to July 18, During 1924, {t was pointed out, there were in the United States 246, 161 grade crossings used by auto- mobiles and of these 208,688 were wholly unprotected by signals, auto- matic gates or gatemen. For this period the casualty list at crossings was 2,149 killed, and 6,525 injured, and eighty per cent of the total in- volved automobiles. “No attempt has ever been made to secure standardization of grade croesing signals, and yet here is a practical field where little effort on the part of safety forces will save (Continued on Page Three) 1925, than occurred in the first sev- en months of 1923. So far this year New York City has reported 501 automobile fatali- ties, Chicago 299, Philadelphia 149, Detroit and Los Angeles 122, while for the last four-week period the figures are New York City 76, Chicago 45, Philadelphia 33, Detroit 25, and Los Angeles 14. Suggestion Revived as Practically all of the Latin-Ameri- can countries will have displays at the International Trade Exposition which will be held in’ New Orleans in September. ® By OY (Copyright, 1 NL. SCOTT. , Consolidated’ Press Association) CHICAGO, Aug. 8.—Double-decked streets are turning out to have practical appeal an additional means of solving city traffic prob- lems. The Chicago plan commission is giving its sanction to the new method of relieving street conges- tion by backing up a project of prop- erty owners to double-deck a | stretch of downtown thordughfa | Under the plan already being giv | trial here along the famous South Water street, where a two-level road- vay is under construction the upper yad is to be used exclusively for fast passenger cars, while-the lower road wll be turned over entirely to heavy truck and delivery traffic. Although the South Water street project is scarcely more than started, property owners in other congested districts are seeing the beneficial as pects of the plan. Market street prop: erty holders, situated in another This is a MICHELIN year crowded downtown district, are latest to request the city plan ¢ | mission to cutline and co “One good turn He ene deserves another” li | To double-deck street ts not | part of the Chicago plan,” the | uesion chairman explained be the, property owners | We are confident that the tire with the most good turns in it is the Michelin. Haven’t you noticed the proof of this in the rapidly increasing number of Michelinusers? This turning to Michelins {s more than a vogue—it’s wisdom. ‘Used Cars R.M. MOSHER | The Michelin Man | 317 W. Yellowstone Phone 309 OLDSMOBILE | Ford Sedan, || 1925 25 Essex Coach — Ess Cabriolet , Essex Roadster — Chevrolet ; || Touring, 24 9OOO Greater Beauty Sa 4 § a Finer Performance Orerind _.. 9150 Lower Price Coach, 26-- 9.000 ‘ NOT ONE—BUT ALL THREE ~ Totring ts $225 We have the best buys in the city and will stand back of them: sj UN YanSand | 1 Mitte tt “NS CAH Ru cASPER, WYONING = NATRONA MOTOR CO. 550 East Yellowstone Phone 236 | ernment ‘Means of Solving Big Traffic Problem That Is Steadily Getting More Complicated. are in earnest'and the project is se sible and beneficlal, we are working out the details.” The vision cf the elty planners {s that one day all downtown arterial streets will have an upper deck for peedy travel and a lower deck to » for the slow heavy traffic. Chicago is going ahead vigorously with its schemes for solving her perplexing traffic problem, This week ground was broken for the {n- tricate system of control lights which are to supplant policemen with whistles as directors of traffic In the entire downtown district. Policemen hav en directing traffic since 19) Architects planning new skyscrap- ers for the loon are also giving con- sideration to the plan advanced b: designers of the projected jewelers’ building here which will have an in side garage large enough to care for all tenants’ cars, Skyscraper garages may gon be a new city wrinkle, DOUBLE-DECKED STREETS HOLD PRACTICAL APPEAL IN CHICAGO NEW AGENCY OF CHEVROLET ATGLENROCK The Nolan Chevrolet company an- nounces the establishment of a new Chevrolet agency at Glenrock under the same name as the local and La- voye establishments. The new dealer | at the Mutual refinery city will be W. L. Creswell, who formerly had | charge of the branch agency of the Doud Motor company at old La- | well is an automobile man of considerable experience and in addi- ton is an excellent and proven sales- man. Hoe has already assumed charge of the Glenrock branch and already Chevrolet cars are appearing before many Glenrock houses, The Nolan Cheyrolet ‘company 1s showing un- precedented expansion and will soon control the entire central Wyoming | territory. STANDARDIZED MARKINGS FOR | NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM TO MEAN BOON TO MOTOR PUBLIC By SPARK PLUG. nt trunk highways of the ates are to be united into t national highway system, nd. Tmpo! United one gr marked, partially maintained, ponsored by the United States g nent, according to a recent order h the department of the interio’ charge of highways and fede roads, on the part of the gov- standardize markings. and general in aid work on state This m to construction, road conditions fn all parts of the highway country 1s one of the most important of its kind in the history of motor travel. It means that all United States highways, as they are to be call will be uniformly marked, uniformly good, and will be a true pleasure to travel upon. As we understand jt all’federal aid roads, or te highways ‘thift have been built by help’ from the gove ment at Wasbingfon, aré to be {n- cluded jn this mammoth program, The government will not attempt to lay out. transcontinental or through roads. This work has been left to the various highway as#ocia- tions. The plan now being carried out is similar to that under xhich state highway departments operate only {t is on a much larger scale, Uniform marking will greatly facfl- itate travel in land forelgn to the motorist, for upon finding a United States highway marking, he may. feel certain that he {a traveling upon the best highway to be found tn that region, and is therefore not lost in the “sticks” as 1s too often the case in poorly marked territory, Then. too, the combination of highways under one name and one marking will make map making a great deal easier and will enable chart companies to market ma,s of the -United States highway system ‘alone which will serve to guide the average tourist for his entire trip, be it from coast to const or only within the confines of a single state. All in all thie mew move on the part of the federal government is the first step toward complete stand- lization of traffic signals, high- way signs, and touring. indications in geenral, upon which there has been considerable 4 ussion during the past two years in all sections of the country. The time is coming when the laws the states regarding automobile traffic both in the cities and on the highways will be as At pres ent each commonwealth holds to tts own pecullarities, The establishment of s one. of the United States highways ‘by the federal government marks the first mile post in that longed for reign of standardization. Phone 1692 for Oscar Redenbo General Automobile Repairing Motors Cleaned by Steam Specialist on Paige-Jewett Service 430 W. Yellowstone Absolutely The Best Buy for the Money! An Essex Coach—$1,025. 6-Cylinder and a Closed Car ay Crime THE AUTOMOTIVE MELTING POT Conducted by “SPARK PLUG” SECOND NEWS SECTION Advance Notes On Industry Es} GASPER ENTHUSIASTS WILL’ JOWN IN GATHERING AT YELLOWSTONE col, ee ae ee Mobilization at Lander on Wednesday to Precede a reason, : | Journey to Mammoth Hot Springs Where This is the time Meeting Is Scheduled. cars. Have you read it? If not, drop in and ask them about it. It protects you when you buy a second hand machine. of year when competition among manufacturers of automobiles is the keenest. Hence inticohawiabisuvtert: | By SPARK PLUG, Baifying addresses by prominent ; s All Wyoming is looking to Casper | Wyoming bu and professional re la cooked,” said the | ‘2 furnish to bulk of the rep- | men will be the order of the day. Your goose is cooked,” said the} resentation at the great mass meet-| The program is to be. plentiully chef tothe, customer ing and organization gathering of | sprinkled with music, song, and % re x the motorists of Wyoming at Lan dance 0 it is easy to gee that a real | Used Ce are qesiines alee not ‘on August 12 and later at Mamm good time } been planned for cokes atiship ease she Nae iseum | Hot Spring hotel in Yellowstone your id old alike and tt will be Motor Scrapanys j te : sales rene onal park, If: Wyoming's largest | well th four or five days of eeat Lagtileal be belles rm i] ing, | Clty fails to support the organiza- | anyor time to make arrangements used car department to advertising. | tion of her own state motor elub it | to attend sR is not to be expected that the other Casper must be well repr c: ‘ Fcaplvlred . cowboy. ‘asper must be well represented. Casper's newly acquired “cowboy | and smaller communities can under-| Dozens of local folie have alresdy preacher” would look a lot better she ready take the work and su Here's the dope. nktride’albad lin) signified thelr intention of attending All motorists of | and it is believed that a number of The new Cadillac models are on| this state and their families are| motorists of this city who plan to display in the.salesroom of the Wyo- | cordially invited to a mble ¢ make a trip through the Park this ming Cadillac company at 223 North | Lander on Wednesday, August 1 car 1 range ther {tinerary so Durbin. Here they will be entertained by | that Mammoth Hot Springs may be rs service organizations of that city ited m at the time of the BE. Mf. Johnson of the Casper | M4 will move off in a body Thurs: | conventions Motor company, {s absent for a pair | 4#¥ Morning for the park where the Entertainments have been ar- of weeks on a trip back to the | @nnual conventions of the Wyoming | ranged for a i Vander and Goan Chrysler factory, to Jog up deliveries | Press association and the newly or-| upon entering and leaving the park atinew CY Valentin calber’ ganized Wyoming Motor club will/and the entire gathering should be be conducted at Mammoth Hot|one round of pleasure and profit Yes. The Overland has followed | SPrings hotel. from first to 1 It is expected that many thousand Wyoming people from every nook and corner of the state will unswer the call to arms and participate in the organization and first annual convention of their club, The Wyoming Motor club is an the lead of the other light cars and has announced a price cut this Sun day. Some of thi st known and most influential of Wyoming's business men have accepted positions as di- rectors of the newly formed motor club. Thi are: L. L. Newton, Lander, president; W. Wilkerson, Casper, vice president; A. J. Hazlett, In Casper, the fellow without a car is “out”, & clean shiny car’¥eems to run’ infant *organization, growing fast | Casper, secretary-treasurer; D. W. better, and embracing every Wyoming com-| Greenburg, Casper, chairman pub- munity and {ts motorists. You do | licity committee. Tires are still on the upgrade.| not have to be a member of the The Wyoming Motor club prom- Better buy enough now to last you for a year or more. England ts call- (Continued on Page Three) motor club to attend the great mass meeting and celebration in the park on August 14 and 15 ises to become one of the outstand ing organizations of the nation if (Continued on Page Three) New Metropolitan Sedan *2195 fe. d. Cleveland “This is my idea of a fine motor car” All talk about the new 1926 Chandler reveals a warmth of enthusiasm seldom encoun- tered in discussions of auto- mobiles, The public is impressed with Chandler’s new beauty—won to admiration by the style and good taste of its design. People who previously owned higher priced cars— people who previously owned lower priced cars—people who perhaps never before con- sidered Chandler are today swelling Chandler sales. The fine ease of handling— quiet, effortless shifting of gears — smoothness —the great mountain-taming power of its Pikes Peak Motor—everything about the car makes the owner glad he owns it! New 1926 CHANDLER THE CHANDLER MOTOR CAR COMPANY CLEVELANT People are singling it out on the streets with admiring eyes —recognizing and remember- ing it by its distinctive new radiator design. John M. Whisenhunt and Co. First and Park Phone 79