Wichita Daily Times (Wichita Falls, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 124, Ed. 1 Sunday, September 14, 1924 Page: 28 of 48
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PART TWO S
WICHITA DAILY TIMES, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14,1924
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CHANGES
I The big news of ths week in ths
automobile world to Studebaker’s
announcement of new models.
. Because of the dominating posi-
tion which this manufacturer holds,
motorists throughout the city hsve
boon flocking to the Studebaker
showrooms to see these newest
achievements in metering luxuries
There are 15 entirely new Stude-
o-bakep. models and esch-model a
complete refinement of the previous
line. The designs are new—some-
thing never before coon on an
American automobile. Studebaker
has again pioneered in distinctive
vehicle building. *
■—Motorists are: now offered by
Studebaker the following new line:
An entirely new type of open and
■ closed car, a new medium weight
six, a new 4-passenger closed car,
damonnl 4-wheel brakes of remark-
ruble design, genuine balloon tires-
dhoriginal end distinctive new
Has Open and Closed Features.
■ A creation originated by Stude-
baker, which, it to believed, will
supersede the present day open oar
the new duplex body. This new
Studebaker is an open car which
Lean be converted magically In five
eacconds-intoawaterproof, snug and
dry, closed ear of unsurpassing
beauty. This nsw duplex Stude-
baker body to an outstanding sensa-
12 This car has unusually beautiful
lines, ths finest, Spanish leather up-
Chostery and an unusual number of
-equipment-features.---------—
Studebaker announces an entire-
new standard six which takes ths
"place of the former light six and
while it follow, mechanically the
general design of that car It has a
new and larger motor, the entire
lear is larger, heavier and much
more beautiful and has much more
room. Of course the. new duplex
body entirely supersedes the former
open touring car and open road-
Ker bodies, not only in the new
retandard six but in the other two
models, the special six and the big
5 The new duplex body on the stan-
dard six nt the announced price of
(81,145 for the five-passenger phae-
Ka and $1,125 for the three-passen-
wer roadster marks a real opportune
lity for ths buyer who likes an open
fear and also the comfort and pro-
Jtection of a closed car. Studebaker
selaims that it can satisfy both de-
smands end at the price of the open
Real Balloon Tires.
Steudebaker was among the very
first Of automobile manufacturers
to introduce genuine balloon tirea
to regular equipment. Instead of
the compromise on low pressure
herd tires Studebaker has gons all
the way and offered the public big
genuine balloon tires on 20-inch and
H-Ineh wheels. f
Hedges ion Fone-Wheel Brakes.
[Although the new Steudebaker*
are 1 regularly equipped with bigger
and hotter two-wheel brakes than
ever and with an entirely new
guipment offered in four-wheel
"The new Studebaker four-wheel
brakes are not only of the hydraulic
type but hydraulic power to devel-
sped by engine power and not by
the driver’s foot. Great braking
force can be aplied almost instantly
and almost without effort by opera-
ting * valve which turns on the
hydraulic power. The brakes are
unique In this respect and differ-
ent from anything on any other
American car. Inasmuch as the
braking power instantly stops when
the wheels stop turning, the rear
wheels cannot remain locked and
the front wheels cannot loch at any
time. There are no adjustments
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Appearance—New Developments In
Highway Building Worth Watching
The New Studebaker Big Six Durinx-PHAFToN
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created by the new Studebaker .7. 7—■——--A ----
"Driving Automobiles On Highways
At Night Without Lights Must Be
Stopped, Officers Warn Public
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Studebaker advises its public,
however, that two-wheel brakes are
all that to required. But in the
event that four-wheel brakes are
demanded it is able to give, so it
claims, the simplest, most effective,
and most durable and safe system
ever put on an American car.
Changes in Studebaker Wagines.
Of course Studebaker has made a
great many minor changes, better-
ments and refinements in all the
mechanical parts of its car
Notably the engine now to in unit
with the clutch and transmission,
but even more Important than that
a new force feed oiling system has
boon designed introducing an en.
tirely new feature. The returning
oR is strained before it goes back
to the crankease; thus the pump has
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possibility of clogged screens or a
lack of supply of oil for the highest
speeds.
The entire amount of oil to
pumped through the motor three
titmes for every mile of travel un-
der a varying pressure of fifteen to
twenty-five pounds, according to
the speed.
Studebaker still retains ths
medium compression low speed de-
sign the same so that employed by
practically all of the loading
makers Of this country. There has
been an increase to the weight of
crankshafts on all models. There
are bigger bearing, and longer con-
necting rode in two models. Stude-
baker to one of the very few manu-
facturers of medium priced cars
that uses the expensive system of
machining Its crankshafts on all
surfaces. By this process it secures
perfect balance and thus reduces
vibration to the lowest possible
minimum.
It le expected that the Studebaker
display rooms throughout the coun-
try will be the mecca for thousands
of people who are interested in new
and unusual designs in motor cars
for ths next several weeks.”
Without further warning, drivers
of automobiles who appear on the
public highways of Wichita county
at-night-without all lights on the
ear in operation, will be stopped
and summoned to appear to court to
answer charges. This warning has
boon issued by the traffic officers
who consulted with the county at-
torney’s department on the matter.
It has been pointed out that dur-
ing the past month nearly 26 per
cent of the automobiles which trave
el the paved highways of the county
are improperly Ughted. Either the
tail light to out of commission, or
only one, and sometimes neither of
the head lights is burning.
in view of the large number of
accidents which occur daily on the
roads and because of heavy trattie
WIDE COLOR RANGE
IN OLDSMOBILE CARS
To meet ths demands caused by
ths growing and diversified uses
which the two passenger coupe type
Lofautomobile-is successfully fill-
Ing, the Olde Motor Works. Lansing
Mich, has started to produce the
coupe in a variety of color finishes.
% At the present time the factory to
- finishing the coupes to shades, or
blue, maroon and brown, and it to
possible that other colors will be
added in the near future. In each
case Duco, chosen for Ite satin fin-
ish and durability, to ussd.
Several sound businsss reasons
have prompted the adoption of a
wide color range in the finish of
this general utility Oldsmobile
model. Investigation has shown,
factory officials report, that the
two passenger coupe is used more
universally for business purposes
than any other body type, and that
its use in this field to of the wid-
est possible rungs. A survey of
sales records shows that It to one
of the most favored models for
physician*, lawyers, clergymen,
commercial representatives, bush-
ness men who drive to their offices
from suburban homes, and wivoo
who desire the independence a ear
of their own affords them for •hop-
ping. visiting etc., * regardless of
whether husband has th* family car
down town or not. --------
so diversified a sales field as this
has created a demand for cars fine
ished in different colors. The deep,
rich blue which recently was adopt-
ed ae the standard color for prac-
tically all model Oldsmobiles, has
proven the greatest favorite, parts
the law with reference to the head
and rear lights of automobile will
be most rigidly enforced. 5
■ It has been planned to noh the
court of commissloners—to—erect,
large signs at the entrance and
exit to all towns in ths county,
warning the driver to be positive
that all lights on the car are in
working order.
According to the warning issued,
drivers who are stopped for al
leged violation of the law with ret-
erance to lights need make no ex-
planation to the arresting officers.
Officers state that the common ex:
cuse is that the lights went bad
just a few minutes before the of-
fleer stopped them. From this dats
on all excuses will be heard by the
Judge.
tiemlarly among women and protes-
sional men. . ,
Business houses, which supply
their travelers with automobile
transportation have shown a prof,
erence for cars finished An some
distinctive shade, say factory offi-
cials, and this growing field for the
sale of two passenger coupes has
eagerly taken to the new color
finishes.
The Oldsmobile business coupe to
also trimmed inside to the option of
the buyer. For those who intend
. using the ear for commercial pur-
poses. a grey Spanish Fabrikoid
upholstery is used, while for those
desiring more elegance, the car If
upholstered la velours.
Features that are reported to
have made the two passenger coupe
a favorite la business, professional
and home circles are its comfort la
all weather, and its roomy passenger
space and large luggage carrying
capacity, the locking oompartmoat
under the rear deck containing 11
cubic feet of space and that in the
back of the seat, five euble feet.
———————Last Livery Horner--------
Newton, Mass., has said farewell,
to Ito last livery horse. Taxicabs
meet ths trains now, without ercep-
tion.
By WILLIAM ULLMAN
Highways for 1935 sre making
their appearance as quickly as ths
new models that will travel over
them, and in many instances they
are just ns interesting.
Highway departments are said to
have put aside the desire, to build
for mileage in favor of building for
permanency, and a number at high-
way engineers are even questioning
many of the conventions of road-
building.
Perhaps ths most important of
these “changes in the growing he-
lief in the theory that highways
should not be too hard-surfaced.
For years the trend has been to
build roads that would resist all
weather and traffic ‘ strains, and
now it to being disooverod that
many roads would stand up better
were they not obliged —to— offer
quite so much resistance. This to
resulting in a very definite stim-
ulus for the further development
of gravel roads which as every mo-
torist knows to one of the "softest"
roads to travel. T.
When a nine-inch slab of rein-
forced concrete starts cracking en-.
gineers know that mere rigidity to
not going to solve the problem of
permanency. Thus the highway bu-
rssu of Nsw York state has reached
the conclusion that a six-inch con-
crete Is entirely adequate provided
proper attention to paid to subsoil
and drainage.—What actually hap.
pens with a large number of con-
crete roads is that the slab is lit-
erally crushed between frost un-
derneath and traffic on top. Expe-
rience has recently demonstrated
that no matter how strong ths stob
4t will not endure this double strain.
That to why a top dressing Isss
rigid will sometimes stand these
stresses. Being freer to yield up
nr down it will adjust itself to
conditions. When it goes too far
one way or the other, however, it
requires repairing, but thia to
usually a matter calling for con-
ventional patching. New York
state, however, continues to have
faith in the concrete road, heading
its energies toward supplying for
the slabs, a plan that will lessen
the subsoil stresses. In other words
since-braffic. rolls over an extremely
rigid surface various methods of”
drainage and provisions for frost
are being made to make the under
side of the road actually yielding
to natural forces.
Some highway engineers are go-
ing a bit farther by adding a lay-
er of asphalt to the top of the con-
crete slab. Thisprovides a “cush-
ton" for the traffic and renders the
concrete slab better able to stand
all types of external strains. Such
roads need occasional smoothing
out, but they do- not crack and
break up ne to the case with a
concrete slab that to merely in-
serted between two devastating
force*.
Rubber pavement* are among the
novelties for 1925. A section of
rubber blocks covering an area of
about 250 square foot was told on
ths Northern Avenue, bridge in Bos-
ton in May, a second section where
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Approximately 1,000 vehicles
pass this section each hour in each
direction.
A way has been found to toy
rubber blocks 1 A to prevent
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Abb
creeping, and these experiment* are
bound to bring about some new de-
velopments in road construction.
The value of a rubber-surfaced road
would Ito net only in minimizing
shock on the more rigid base of
the road but in saving wear on
tires. There would also be lose
noise from heavy vehicles.
One of the most interesting of
the new things in highways to a
new road now being developed In
the state of Kentucky. The road to
A patented affair known as the
“Invisible Track Highway," and to
just what the name implies, Con-
crete girders are built th resemble
tracks with crushed stone to be-
tween. When the road to then cov-
ered with asphalt it lochs from a
distance like any other modern
road but when you start driving
over it the car fits into its “track"
and almost steers itself
Since the tracks are a constant
distance apart there to very little
opportunity, for drivers to side-
swipe because it requires aner-r
inite movement of the steering
wheel to run out of the track onto
the normal surface. In night driv-
ing A-is a splendid safety device
for so long as cars keep in their
tracks their driver* do not have
to worry about _ clearance when
passing each other.
Track highway* should make for
more orderly motoring, thus cut-
ting down accidents. For some
years the Chestnut Street Bridge In
Philadelphia has used a steel track
for vehicular traffic as s means of
.keeping the street car line clear.
Without the track many motor ve-
hieles’ ‘and wagons would not sl-
tow the street cars room enough to
pass.
Almost all ths new developments
revert to the “cushioning" process.
’I t is even Hlustrated in the case bi
the trackhighway—Here a sheet
of asphalt covers ths crushed-rock
and concrete girders, not merely as
a dreasing for ths road, but as a
means of relieving the road of
traffic shocks.
Traffic shocks, however, are gen:
erally recognized as being second
ary to natural stresses which atr
tach any road from underneath.
Asphalt dressings on rood# that „
have some sort Of concrete base
are. In reality, more serviceable te
the motorist, since they permit of
a little more “give” and offer less
eye strain on a sunny day. Under- .
neath the road is where motorists
will shortly find most of the
changes.
In Msins they have had enough
experience with frost to know how
to handle the subsoil. After the
road has been dug down to a fair-
ly firm natural base large boulders
sre set in. On top of these go
smaller rocks, and finally dirt and
crushed etone. This forms a nat-
ural drainage for the road and an
outlet for frost. If the road starts
to get rough It to only a matter
of adding dirt and stone here and
there to smooth it out again. Dubt-
isss such a base could be used as
a foundation for a more permanent
"Muar seoiony win Te orctea -
through the development of some
of these new ideas in roads. A large
area of any concrete road is seldom
used by traffic, and it is on the
theory that the lessor used sec- -
tom of the highway should be
cheapened in fiver of the traveled-----
portion* that the track highway
has been developed. An additional
saving to effected in ths same In-
stance by building the road right
over roads that have been slated
for rebuilding.
(Copyright 1924 by The “Ullman — -
Feature Service.) /
Bumpers en Taxis.
Chicago is considering passage of
an ordinance compelling the attach-
ment of bumpers on nil taxis. This ‘ -
followed a recant accident to which
a child wae billed by n taxleab.
When a cylinder is missing fire,
to. eliminate any doubt about (the
spark plug, exchange it with a plus
from a cylinder that you know to
all right.
Motorist
Wichita Falls
AUTOMOTIVE
GUIDE
WHAT TO GET AND WHERE TO GET IT
WHEN YOU WANT IT
—---— no adjustments
cessary for the front wheels and
ily two points which require Ju-
ication. Undoubtedly a tremen-
RAILROAD TIME TABLE
v. w. a D. C. B.
irrivals—From-Y
•—Denver Amarillo,
Childress ...........2:45 a. m.
T—Fort Worth and all
intermediate points .. 3:00 a. m.
71—Fort Worth (to Ama-
arlilo) ..............1:25 p. m.
, 2—Amarillo and inter-
mediate points ......2.5 p. m.
I—Fort Worth and all
inermediate points ...10:55 p. m.
4—Childress and all in-
termediste points .... 8:45 a. m.
Trot worth and all
intermediate points .. 8:00 a. m.
T—Denver and interme-
77 date points.........$:20 a. m.
4—-Fort Worth and all
intermediate points .. 9:00 a. m.
1—Amarino’. .......INS a m.
g—Part Worth and in-
' termediate points .... 2:45 p. m.
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31-
and interme-
pints .......«1I a. m
ats. Kan. City
mison. “Texas
1-1:500 p. m.
and intermediate —
...........10:00 p. m.
turesToU
—Dallas and interme-
diate points ....... 7:00 a. m.
—Denison, Kansas cur
and St. Louls,” and in-
termediate p o Inta
“Texas Special’’ .....4:00 p. m
—Dallas and interme-
diate points .11:20 p. m
K. T. NORTHWESTERN LINE
rals— From-‘
—Ola boma City. Elk,
City and intermediate
points ..............6.45 a m
—Foran and interme-
diate points ......... IM p m,
andinterme- -
"a 6s,’Altus,
and interme-
TA vaiiky
7.15 a. m.
1:00 p. a.
interme-
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1 eu pm
TTuise
a
Motor Car
T3 -
Feature
Which Protects Human Life
TN THESE DAYS when there are , Side-collisions which would
I 15,000,000 motor cars upon the crush the ordinary wood run-
roads of the country, the careful, ning board seldom mean any
skilful driver is often at the mercy thing more than a little scraped
of the reckless, wanton “alley- paint to a Marmon. In no other
jumper” or inefficient driver, w
motor car are life and property
so adequately protected.
The Marmon car has been de-
signed for just such conditions. Before buying a motor car ask
It is practically surrounded by yourself if it is thoroughly safe
“armor-plate.” in the hands of your wife and
1 The steel running board* of children.
the Marmon car are hot riveted . There are other remarkable
to the frame of the car—“side- safety features of the Marmon
bumpers,”Marmon owners are which we shall be glad to ex-
proud to call them. ..--------plain to you. —- -
FRITZ MOTOR COMPANY
Wichita Falls, Texas
‘ 8th and Austin
Phone 3033
MARMO
AVA € A At AVA %
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the service they render, their phone numbers and business addresses.
LANGFORD MOTOR COMPANY
Lmeohn xoricl Fords
$00-100 moiana
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ELECTRIC
AUTO SERVICE
Authorized
C. C. Randle Auto Supply
1100 Scott
Phone 6989
GAMBLE BATTERY a
ELECTRIC CO.
Phone 5626
903 Lamar
New Batteries For all Makes of
Cars
Repairing
Recharging
Exide
BATTERIES
A Sign of Good Service
EXIDE BATTERY
STATION
Phone 6462 1106 Ninth Street
USE '
DAILY TIMES
CLASSIFIED ADS
and GET RESULTS
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STAR CAR
“Worth the Moner”
DURANT
AJust • Beat deed Case
PARMENTER
MOTOR CO.
Tenth and Burnett Phone son.
-7* ‘
Phone 4191’
OLDSMOBILE
ROOK Delivered
do Wichita Falls
Birch & Gates
in Indiana Phone 1475
AUTO TIRE COMPANY of WEST TEXAS: -
FEDERAL TIRES AND TUBES A
VESTA BATTERY SERVICE
809 Scott Street
Phone 2800
UNAUTHORIZED
SERVICE AND PARTS
FOR FORD CARS
T C AUTO
. D. SUPPLY
Pheas MU 117 Eighth Street
MASON TIRES
W. J. NOLEN & SON
Authorized Ford Service
Genuine Ford Parts
1005-1007 Scott Phone 6409
WHERE VULCANIZING IS AN ART
DURNAL TIRE & VULCANIZING CO.
New th our New Nome—su Tenth Street
NORWALK TIRES 1 Phone 2058
HUPMOBILE
SALES AND SERVICE
MOTOR SALES COMPANY
MI Ohio Avenue -: Phone MU
WILLYS-KNIGHTOVERLAND
-Improves wit Use”
“The Most Automobile in the
World fee the Money”
OVERLAND MOTORSCOMPANY
Ninth and TravisPhone 7177
MARMON
REO
ROLLIN
SALES AND SERVICE
Fritz Motor Co.
Eighth and Austin
Felta Motor Co. Ante Market
005 Ohle Avenue
. Dodge Brothers
Motor Cars
Sales and Service
Drolher
a# onto ,Phone 4144
USED CAR DEPARTMENT
as Oate Avenue €
STANDARD
STORAGE BATTERIES
Battery Repair Service
FULLER BATTERY a
ELECTRIC co.
812 Indiana
Phone T21s
AUTO SPRING.
COMPANY
Springs for all Care and
--Trucks..
STANLEY SELF-OILING
GUARANTEED SPRINGS
703 Ohio Ave.—Phone 2427
Balloon Tire
Headquarters
THE
GENERAL
CORD TIRE
Goes a Long Way to Make
Friends ...
Dixie Tire Service Co.
- Eighth and Travis Phone 64a.
NASH
“LEADS THE WORLD
IN ROTOR CAR VALUE"
NASH-KING
> moron co.
1012 Scott
Phone *101
Used Car Department
1010 Scott Street
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