Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 20, 1925, Page 23

Che Casper Sunda VOL. 35 News Of | Casper Dealers Theaters---Advance Notes On Amusement Offerings For Coming Week PUBLIC LANDS AGAIN MADE NATIONAL ISSUE. IN U. S. SECOND NEWS SECTION STATE HIGHWAY CONDITIONS. IN WYOMING 6000 Roads in Excellent Shape for Cold Weather. maintenance crews has gone! tan ward at a ra during the past two w practica every important Wyoming been put In excellent shape 1 cipation of cold weather. ence has taught our highwi neers that if they are to avoid ex- pensive construction jobs in the Spring to put the high in shape for Summer, it is well to meet the first fall of snow and the first freez ing weather with a good solid, smooth highway. Roads maintained up until No- vember by full crews are never cut and damaged by Winter travel to the same extent as those allowed to disintegrate from the forepart of September to the fi of the following year. Time was when travel by automo- bile was practically impossible in this state during the winter months. Officials have learned however, how highways may be kept !n excellent shape even during the rigors of Winter and now it {s no uncommon occurence for Casper motorists to drive through to Denver tn a single day in the middle of January. This {s possible only through all year round maintenance and the (Continued on Page Three) | leading :| morning when one Mexic t part of June/® THE AUTOMOTIVE MELTING POT| ‘ CASPER, WYOMING, SUN DAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1925 Conducted by “SPARK PLUG” It sems as though the lakes In the vicinity of Casper have been placed there for the sole purpose of keeping the duck hunters from folling into the water. Tio ‘fatal automobile accidents in two successive days last wi should teach a thorough lesson to every driver in Casper. Remember this—90 per cent of all automobile accidents are avoidgble. In. practically every erious case we find upon probing details that carele s on the of the pilot of the car played a jor part in the crash. eee The Community club swingers will close their tournament today. A healthy crowd is expected to turn out for the final events. aence seemed to play role at refinery 3 Ned another, As one per remarked when told of the urrence, “Too bad the gun didn’t shoot both ways." We'll soon gaze southward and up- ward and view the Casper range with its annual mantle of white. Our latest candidate for the hall of infamy Is the depraved driver who you like a bullet and then in front of your car that ceive the full benefit of w er dust he may be able to kick up. Small Boy catch luna Dad—"With face powder. rouge, beautiful dresses, and pretty smiles my son.” ther, how do they We note that leading national ad- vertisers are speedily dropping the highway bill boards which have come to detract so noticeably from the original and natural beauty of our motor highways. This is a thorough- ly commendable move and should earn for the companies in question the everlasting gratitude of the mo- toring public. You sometimes get more than serv- ice at a service station. The Tribune's Fashion edition has again afforded milady a good full Sunday's reading. The only duck some hunters re- turn with is a good “duck” in the lake. A big man is usually a small man who took advantage of an opportu nity, There is a sturdy Chevrolet com- mercial chassis on display in the salesroom of the Nolan Chevrolet company. Princess Wyoming has at last been chosen from among the hordes of en- tries turned in. Look for picture in this issue of the Tribune. The used car problem and the aver- age dealer recalls the old time chil- dren's story of “Jack the Giant Killer.” Out at the Van Sant Motor com- pany, Van himself is still superin- (Continued on Page four) ELEVEN WESTERN STATES AND THEIR PUBLIC LANDS Public Domain National Forests GEM National Parks indian Reservations Significance of the government's “publie in general and Wyoming in particul: ing the percentage of such lands a land policies to the west ar is shown by the above map show- nd thelr division, THREE THOUSAND TOURISTS AT ; CASPER CAMP DURING SEASON Tell the Advertiser—I saw it in The Tribune.” priced to sell. for quick sale shape. 1923 Star Touring. basis. 1924 Special Studebaker Tour- ing—In fine condition and 1923 Buick “4” Roadster—Fin- est little car in town, priced : . 1924 Chalmers Coupe—In fine 1924 Chevrolet De Luxe Sedan —You should see this car. 1921 Studebaker “Big Six” 7-Passenger Touring. Big Six Motor Co. Is Offering to the Public the GREATEST OPPORTUNITY to Buy Some of the BEST USED CARS That Have Been Shown in Casper This Fall, and Priced Far Below the Casper and Denver Used Car Prices. buy. 1923 Ford Tf a car is suitable for a mechanic who can rebuild it, or some one who only expects a few months’ rough usage on a camping trip, it must be sold on that Each car must be sold for just what it is. the Big Six Motor Company, they may be driven five days, if not satisfied, turn it back and apply money paid in on any other car in stock, new or used. BIG SIX MOTOR CO. 226 SOUTH DAVID “Just Around the Corner from the Heart of the City” 1923 Buick Touring—A good 1923 Chalmers Sedan—Seven- passenger. 1924 Chevrolet Touring—Good shape and new paint. 1922 Nash Roadster—Just re- built and a good buy. 1919 Elgin Touring. 1919 Ford Touring. 1923 Maxwell Touring. When cars are guaranteed by Touring. PHONE 1817 Record Year Nearing Close Here Shows Regis- tration of More Than 3,000 Cars From Outside the State. BY SPARK PLUG With the close of one of the great- est motor tourist seasons in the history of Casper and Wyoming, we are at Iberty to delve a bit into the records of the Casper tourist camp and bring to light’ a few really in- teresting figures regarding the pat- ronage accorded that institution. During the summer = se; 1925 more than 3000 out of town cars passed through the gates of GASOLINE TUE VOLATILES Casper Service Stations C and McKinley CY and Walnut n of|' the camp, These 8000 machines car- ried better than 10,000 dyed in the wool tourists. As a fee of 50 cents per night is charged for camping space t park, a total of ed from the Casper the months of auto- his Cigure is suffi- mp self sup- drag on the Stover in charge ap during the past season, the d yerage from the beginning of the summer until the present time has been 17 cars each day. As high as fifty machines how: ever haye been accommodated in the camp on a single night. The most popular month of the year has proved to be August, with July of course running a close second. The Casper tourist camp, of the tourist © while not favored by Nature in the same manner as other institutions of its kind In the State, 1s the best arti | ti equipped camp in all Wyo: A complete tourist house of the South is in the s equipped with h tubs, shower baths g fountains, victrola ‘There arge for the use of this complete establishment and the initial fee ts ly for the purpose of maintaining the camp house. Mr. Stover tells us that 75 differ. ent makes of machines passed thru the Casper camp this summer. Fords outnumbering the rest of motordom by approximately three to one, an clear indication that “Henry's” pro: duct is stjll in high favor degpite rumors as to Its decline. Dodgé and Buick were found have dead- lis ked for second place with Chev- let a close third. Overland, Hud on and Essex all earned places Irly near the top in the scoring with the other cars trailing about 6 order of their national popu T ists from in the Union eamy ht in led the of cars ses, wth running close lifornia tour- on Page Three ‘Ask the Man who has had his auto radiator repaired by us what he thinks of our work. radiator as good as a new one, and he has had _no trouble on his car since. Let our expert work on yours. , Welding Shop In Connection Wellington & Hogue Inc. He will tell you | that our repair work made his | f Our public lands, them that the government's The west, wher from private exploitation or of re stricting their use policy that has ruled so long to be almost sacred at Washington—Is to be in spected, ly be ni senate comr the commi Elk Hills nayal actions, hig been « 1 with the dut ing into this still larger A Wide Do: big He himself when it real estat or controls is in g comes to holding aids that he owns it impossible The vastness of these conse of his may be apprecta is said that the total is acres, or about 675,000 squ Most of it, perhaps California, Orego when it 1,000,000 re miles. per cent, is in shington, Ida- Wyomin Mexico. Cut up, thi «to Prices for Economical Transportation Touring - Roadster - «+ Coupe ° - Coach- +- - Sedan - - Commercial al hey Pepda of 9) ALL. PRICES P.O. B. FLINT, MICH. Easy to Pay fora — Chevrolet CASPER 221 W. 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