Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 7, 1930 Page: 3 of 4
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Old Golf Club Member—Well, what Chevrolet® Are Now
did you do it in? I t
New Member—Seventy-six. I ^QUippcd With WlFC
Old Golf Club Member—Very good Wheels if Preferred
indeed. 1
New Member-
-Yes, and tomorrow
I'm going to play the second hole.
Patronize BEACON Advertisers
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f+fORTENS
TH£ LONG-
* DRAG-'
Dallas,Tex.,1930
Further individuality in the selection
j of a car in the low priced field wrfs
I made possible today with the an-
j nouncement that wire or dies wheels
are now optional equipment, without
| extra cost, on new Chevrolet Six pas-
senger cars.
Formerly disc wheels were standard
equipment except for sport models,
on which wire wheels were mounted
at the factory. Since the latter part
of July, all passenger models are be-
ing shipped with wire wheels, while
; disc wheels are aluo being built to ac-
I commodate those purchasers who pre-
fer this type.
The new wheel equipment is finish-
! ed in a wide variety of colore to har-
monize with the body trim of the nine
different body models. The etxensive
CARANCAHUA
Willard Margerum spent Monday
and Tuesday visiting the children in
the Branum family.
Berniece Branum entertained the
Gas Used to Blow
Whistles, to Ripen
Fruit, Making Ice
A writer in a scientific magazine
children at the Branum house and ice K'ves some queer uses to which natur-
cream and cookies were served. Ia' #as now is being put, ranging all
| the way from blowing whistles where Constitution of the State of Texas be
Several from here attended the Hug- gteam jg not availab,e down to the amended
H. J. R. No. 11
PROPOSING A CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT TO BE VOTED
ON NOVEMBER 4 1930
Be it resolved by the State of Tex-
Section 1. That Article VII of the
Many Premiums Given
For First Bale Cotton
Chevrolets Are Put
Together With Hair
Breadth Accuracy
Following is a list of those con-
«ir 1 U U I . if i . i tributing- to the premiums given Roy
Hand-built throughout used to be r . . , - , . . .
, t1 , _ . . , . Linquist for bringing in the first bale
the hallmark of American industry, j «
the "Tiffany touch" to the quality out-
the-Coast Highway meeting and saw making of dry ice.
the Soldiers Review at the Camp, _ ... , ,
ground Wednesday. I Ga8'8 be,n* Used to pump water
from deep wells.
Mrs. Koetl and Mr. Sam Green of, Gag bein(f U8ed to ripen bananas.
Houston, are spending the week at the
by
put of American manufacturers ev-
adding thereto Section i erywhere.
1930 cotton:—
Palacios State Bank & Trust Co. $5.00
16. which shall read as follows:
Today, such are the precision de-
La wson & Walker
B. P. Duncan
A gas product is used in sweating
H. F. Green cottage and enjoying the 0ranRe8 and itmonB.
bathing and fishing. j Qas furnjshes carbon black, used in
Mr. and Mrs. Slaikeu and Carolyn automobile tires and printer's ink and
visited the Whyman family at Ganado dozens of other things.
Sunday. Mrs. Helmer who has spent; Natu,al gas is uscd to make accty_
the past month there returned with jene gas
them. | Dry ice is being manufactured as a
Carolyn Slaikeu, Gerald Branum by-product of natural gas,
and Sydney Green visited Marion Nes- Natural gas, highly explosive, is
ter in Palacios Tuesday evening. The ^e source 0f helium gas, a non-ex-
color combinations used on the bodies, evening was spent in bathing and pjosjve>
plus the added color harmonies avail- playing golf. I Gas 'by-products are used to pre-
i a le on the new wheels, will mean that Mrs. Bell Poe, and Mrs. Clifton went vent explosions in certain processes
, the purchaser ol a car in the low pric- Houston Sunday for a week after' of sugar refining.
, ed field will be able to obtain greater. wbjcb ]v[rs .Clifton will return to her Since gas was abandoned as an il-
I individuality in his ear than was pos- home in North' Texas and Mrs. Poe j luminant, more than 20,000 useful
- siblc heretofore. ^ I wj]j como back to Caraucahua for the
| The option of wire or disc wheels rest of the summer.
j went into effect on August 1. Dealers 1
with cars having only disc wheels,
The K. B. I). Club of Palacios, and
at that time, were supplied with sets their escorts' chaperoned by Miss Nes-
of new wire wheels to make the ''e, sPen^ an enjoyable evening as
, change-over for those purchasers de-1 cluests Carolyn Slaikeu, Friday.
{ siring it.
IO-2&4
O'CLOCK
"This wonderful speaker whom you
' have just listened to could not speak a
' word of English when he came to the
United States."
"Where did he come from?"
"He was born here."
j After bathing and boat riding, games
were enjoyed until a late hour when
refreshments of ice cream and cake
were served.
The Caraucahua Ladies Aid was
loyally entertained at the H. F. Green
cottage last Thursday afternoon.
Eighteen ladies were present and the
purposes -to which it may be put have
been developed by chemists, 'labor-
atories and experimentation.
10.00
2.00
1.00
— ---- ... iiihiiuo wi muno j/i wuu^i/iwu in wile aubu^ «* T(I q
Sections 11, 12 and 15 of Article VII, mobile and many other industries, that J r
of the Constitution of the State of to call a product hand-built would be I IV a,fware j0-
"Section 10. All land mentioned in, mands of mass production in the auto*
T. R. Brandon, mdse.
-IT'S TIME TO ADVERTISE-
afternoon spent in cutting out child-
rens garments and social intercourse.
Rev. Stearns and wife and Mrs. J. II.
Huffman were out from Palacios. Re-
freshments of ice cream and cake were
served. The next meeting will be at
Mrs. A. Frankson the last Thursday of
this month (Aug. 28th.)
CHEVROLET ANNOUNCES
DE LUXE
WIRE WHEELS
at no extra cost
xm
Chevrolet again adds extra value to the Chev-
rolet Six! Those who prefer may now have
any passenger model equipped with beautiful
de luxe wire wheels — at no additional cost!
Designed especially for Chevrolet, these wheels
incorporate many important features that
have won favor on cars much higher in price.
The ornamental hub caps are unusually
large, and are finished in sparkling chromium
plate. The bolts that hold the wheel in place
are located inside the hub—thus assuring a
smarter, more clean-cut appearance. The
spokes are short and sturdy—the wheel con-
struction is extremely rugged. Moreover,
there Is an unusually large number of spokes
— for extra strength and durability!
A variety of attractive
newv colors
In addition to this de luxe wire wheel equip-
ment, Chevrolet now makes available a wide
choice of new color combinations on all models
— colors that are rich and distinctive.
You are invited to come in—NOW—and
attend the first showing of six-cylinder
Chevrolet models with these striking new
colors and wiie wheels.
Sport Roadster . . , .$555
Coach $5;,5
Coupe $565
Sport Coupe $655
Club Sedan $(>65
Sedan $675
Special Sedan $725
(tf wire wheel.t ttanclard
on Special Sedan)
ROADSTKR or PHAUTON
495
Sedan Delivery *595
Light Delivery
Chassis $365
Roadster Delivery. .$440
(Pick-up box extra)
1V& Ton Chassis $520
With Cab $625
Prices /. o. b.
Flint. Mich. Special
equipment extra
BAY CHEVROLET COMPANY
PALACIOS, TEXAS
SIX-CYLINDER SMOOTHNESS AT LOW COST
Texas, now belonging to the Uni-
verstity of Texas shall be subject to
taxation for county purposes to the
same extent as lands privately owned;
provided they shall be rendered for
taxation upon values fixed by the
State Tax Board; and providing that
the State shall remit annually to each
of the counties in which said lands are
located an amount equal to the tax
imposed upon said land for county
purposes."
Section 2. The foregoing Constitu-
tional amendment shall be submitted
to the qualified electors of the State
at the next general election to be held
throughout the State on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in
November, 1930.
(A correct copy.)
JANE Y. McCALLUM,
Secretary of State.
Racket Store
S. J. R. No. 2
PROPOSING A CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT TO BE VOTED
ON NOVEMBER 4. 1930
Be It Resolved by the Legislature
of the State of Texas, that Art. V of
the Constitution of Texas shall be
amended by adding a new section to
be known as Section 3a, to read as
follows:
"Section 3a. The Supreme Court
may sit at any time during the year
at the seat of government for the
transaction of business and each
term thereof shall begin and end with
each calendar year."
Section 2. That Section 3 of Art.
V of the Constitution of Texas shall
be amended by repealing the sentence
of said section which reads: "Thq
Supreme Court shall sit for the tran-
saction of business from the first
Monday of October in each year un-
til the last Saturday in June of the
next year, inclusive, at the Capitol
of the State."
Section 3. If the Constitution shall
not have been previously amended so
as to provide that the Supreme Court
shall be open at all times, then, in
that event the foregoing Constitu-
tional amendment shall be submitted
to vote of the qualified electors of
this State, at an election to be held
on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in November, A. D. 1930.
(A correct copy.)
JANE Y. McCALLUM,
Secretary of State.
to brand it as a crude product indeed. ^ p gur^on £0
When parts are put together at the 1 Arnold's Bakery
assembly lino they must fit to hair-! j Koerber
breadth accuracy, else the efficiency I c. p. Douglas, 1 Gal. Lube
of the whole unit is destroyed and Bay Chevrolet Co., 10 gal. gas
delays are occasioned that are far 'pa]acjos Service Station
above the cost limit. Such a varia- Texa„ Service Station, gas & oil
ble factor as the human equation must j Nester Drug Co. mdse.
play only a minor role in measuring Tcague Cafe
variances, for research engineers have (jra^{ Lumber Co.
found the light ray infinitely morej j0jjn p Bowden
exacting than the human eye. And Kuthven Grocery Co., mdse. .... 2.50
so they have developed many won- j ^ g Cairnes 1.00
derful instruments to displace the old-; Muriel's Novelty Shoppe 1.00
time workman with his calipers in- Golden Rule Grocery, mdse, 2.00
struments tens and hundreds of times j j)r> x, ^ jskiii ' 2.50
1.00
2.50
.50
2.50
1.30
2.00
1.25
2.20
2.50
1.00
2.50
1.00
more accurate.
Palacios Toggery, mdse.
2.00
S. J. R. No. 7
PROPOSING A CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT TO BE VOTED
ON NOVEMBER 4, 1930
Be it resolved by the Legislature of
the State of Texas:
Section 1. That Section 11 of Arti-
cle VII of the Constitution of the
State of Texas be amended so as to
read as follows:
Section 11. In order to enable the
Legislature to perform the duties set
forth in the foregoing section, it is
hereby declared all lands and other
property heretofore set apart and ap-
propriated for the stablishment and
mainteance of the University of Texas,
together with all the proceeds of sales
of the same, heretofore made or here-
after to be made, and all grants, do-
nations and appropriations that may
hereafter be made by the State of
Texas, or from any other source, shall
constitute and become a permanent
universtity fund. And the same as
realized and received into the Treas-
ury of the State (together with such
sums belonging to the fund, as may
now be in the Treasury), shall be in-
vested in bonds of the United States,
the State of Texas, or counties of said
State, or in school bonds of munici-
palities, or in bonds of any city of
this State, or in obligations and
pledges issued by the Board of Re-
gents of the University of Texas, or
secured by such obligations and
pledges, for the construction of dor
mitories and other buildings for the
use of the University of Texas, or
in bonds issued under and by virtue
of the Federal Farm Loan Act ap-
proved by the President of the United
States, July 17, 1916, and amendments
thereto; and the interest accruing
thereon shall be subject to appropria-
tion by the Legislature to accomplish
the purpose declared in the forego-
ing section; provided, that the one-
tenth of the alternate sections of the
lands granted to railroads, reserved
by the State, which were set apart
and appropriated to the establishment
of the University of Texas, by an
Act of the Legislature of February
11, 1858, entitled, "An Act to estab-
lish 'the University of Texas,' shall
not be included in, or constitute a part
of, the permanent university fund."
See. 2. Said proposed amendment
shall be voted on by the electors of
this State qualified to vote on con-
stitutional amendments at an elec-
tion to be held throughout the State
on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in November, 1930.
(A correct copy.)
JANE Y. McCALLUM,
Secretary of State.
Concrete examples of the exactness I Blue Bonnet Confectionery 1.00
required in precision manufacture are Hart Cafe 1.00
provided every few steps along the Queen Theatre, 4 tickets 1.00
assembly lines of the motor plant of A. G. Smith 75
the Chevrolet Motor Company, at Qualiy Market 1.50
E. G. Frame 1.00
Palacios Feed Store 2.15
City Barber Shop 1.00
Central Power and Light Co. 7.50
Manuel Glaros 1.00
Price Lumber Co. 3.50
Curtis Auto Sales Co. 1.65
Scudder, the Jeweler 1.50
Feather & Son 1.00
N. L. Hayes 1.25
W. A. Whitney .50
Palacios Beacon, subscription 1.00
C. Luther, oil 1.50
C. L. Gass 2.50
Flint, Mich. Here every motor has to
undergo 5,162 separate precision in-
spectations, and one man in every six
is an inspector.
"Check and doublc-check" has be-
come a part of the American varnac-
ular, but in the Chevrolet plant it is
the law and the statute. Without it
the enormous volume of the company
would be impossible, for precision
is the first law of volume production.
Among the thousands of inspections
in the plant, the following prove of
unusual interest to visitors:
Cylinder bores are subjected to in-
dividual tests to determine accurate
smoothness, straightness, size and the
correct right angle of each bore to
the cylinder block, with a size toler-
ance held to less than one-half thous-
andth of an inch. The cylinder head
is hydraulically tested under high pres-
sure to make certain that all water
passages and openings are correct.
The crankshaft's bearing surfaces,
after final rolling and polishing, are
subjected to nine inspections for size.
Each Chevrolet piston is hand-fitted
to the cylinder bore with absolutely
no deviation from a standard clear-
ance permitted. It is then gauged for
size, taper, and absolute roundness
with instruments that register correct-
ly within one quarter of a thousandth
ol' an inch. Each is then weighed with
its bronze bushings and placed in sets
of six. A half-ounce variation in the
weight of any piston in a set results
in its rejection.
Perfect fit of piston rings is in-
sured by means of a special light test
inspection. Connecting rods are sub-
jected to inspections for weight,
straightness and alignment of the up-
per and lower bearings. If the align-
ment is not perfect the rod is not
used. The rods, with caps and bear-
ings in place, also are weighed and
accurately matched in sets according
to weight, which must not vary a
quarter of an ounce.
A tolerance of within two thous-
andts of an inch is the maximum for
Chevrolet camshafts which are re-
peatedly tested for weight, straight-
ness, shape of the cams and their max-
imum lift. Timing gears are matched
in sets to insure quietness, and spec-
ial dial gauges register the meshing
of every tooth on both the crankshaft
and camshaft gears to within three
thousandths of an inch of the stan-
dard. Even the Chevrolet flywheel
is balanced on machines especially
designed for the Chevrolet Motor Co.
and are gauged for mesh of starting
motor gears and the accuracy of the
clutch mounting.
"We have to demand accuracy in
every detail to build the finest power
plant ever placed in a Chevrolet," de-
clared C. F. Barth, vice-president in
charge of manufacturing.
"Secondly, did we fail we could not
achieve our high output. Mass pro-
duction is not the tyrant of present-
day manufacture. But precision is.
It comes first. Contrary to general
opinion, mass production does not pre-
vent precision, but lack of precision
prevents mass production. The fit is
the thing. When a part does not fit,
it holds up output. It will not fit if
it has been made with an indifference
to standards. Cut precision from a
factory's program and you cut its pow-
er of production. Precision is the
father, quantity production is thel
child. The reverse would be impos-
sible."
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Amateur Distiller: "Thank you."
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