Modesto News-Herald from Modesto, California • Page 11

generations may be whiEzing across the United States on 200-foot concrete highways, built by the government Itself without a single crossing to slow up traffic and with wide banked curveo to main cam steady speeds. The vision is based on a bill introduced In the last congress by Senator Coleman DuPont of Delaware. -DuPont has received favorable comment on his project from highway officials in all pails of tfje country and has gained the backing of many influential men. According to the bill, tha roads would be termed military high- wgys and as such would be constructed under tho supervision of the federal government The system would consist of a road running from the northernmost point of Maine to the southern tip of Florida; another road from the 1101 thwest coi ner of Washington to tho southern edge of California and a third connecting the southern border of the United States. Straight Across Country The fourth and perhaps most widely traveled highway would the 41st patallel of latitude from the Atlantic to the Pacific Coast, making as direct a cut across the country as possible, Another road would leave this central at about 100 longi- tUde and go northwest to connect with the west coast highway in Washington.

Finally there would be a road leaving the central H. Tffzy a about 95th longitude and proceeding southward to connect with the southern highway on the Tesas coast The unusual part of this scheme 1 is that none of these highways is i to pass through any town of more than 2300 population. It is to skirt such cities as New York, Philadelphia, Columbus, Indlan- apoHs, Denver, and Ban Francisco, rather than delay traffic by "i coming part of them. 3n anticipation of this vast sys: tern, the bill provides for a eral survey commission consisting of five members of the president's cabinet and Bis persons appointed by the president The commission would direct a survey and pur: chase of a oOQ-foot right of way for the roads in the system, and direct the construction of the highways. Leases To Bring Bevcnua After completion of the system, which would take many yeais and which would'lun up into tho bll- iM lions of dollars, the commission is to be conveited Into a coiporation to maintain the highways, lease fjf- sites along the right of way for gas stations, restaurants and other business and perform other activi- -f ties in the control of theso loads.

The yoads themselves are plann- ed for future speedy and heavy feet wide, are contemplated. The two outside strips would be tended for tiucKs and other traffic grolng at thirty milps an liour or less, while the two center strips would be for fast traffic. Aviation Fields Provided There is piovisioii in the bill for tourists' camps, emergency landing fields, radio and othpr electrical communication facilities and for additional structures and aids to air navigation All cais must enter the load from the left and without crossing either road. Ramps would be used. Cars might leave the outside road from the right on the road level, but no cais should be allowed to enter on the road level Federal Road Only This system would be entirely apart from the fedeial aid system of state roads now being constructed.

It would be under entire federal supervision and all ib.9 states would have to do with It would be to sell or lease the lights of way to the government Tremendous increase of transcontinental traffic In Hie labt few years lead the sponsors of this system to believe these loada will more tfian pay for themselves in a fiw years. They will follow the trend of population and will make good business spots from which considerable financial returns may be expected. ---MODESTO JTBtVS-HEK Chevrolet Imperial Landau Sedan The 1028 Chevrolet Imperial Landau Sedan is a car at beauty and leflncmeat. Tho Fisher body, with which alt Chevrolet closed models are equipped, has Ions graceful lines and tha Interior is finished in manner comparablo n((h cats selling at a much higher price. This model has proven to be one of tho most popular of the Chevrolet lino for IMS.

si mm CHEEK oiansts Tourists staying over at Potomac Park in Washington. D. get a refreshing welcome. A large portable bathing: poo! has beuu set up for their benefit. It Is built In two sections and can bn put in two A Bes Momes, la, judge ruled that bock-seat driving of ao auto mobile bv a hi'fband Is sutflrtent evidence for granting a divorce, according to information received by tlio National Automobile Club Golden State Hi way In First Class Shape The Stale Hishwav from San Fiancteco to Los Angeles is now in A-l condition, according to the touring department of the National Automobile Club.

The completion of the work fhiough Dublin Canyon has eliminated an unpleasant detour, but Ihc icsult of (he consti action work is well worth the inconvenience undergone while the work Was in progiess. Dublin Canyon Is now wide enough for four machines to pass abiea.it, the sharp turns have been eliminated as Iiava also several grades Some work is still under way just east of the San Joaquin River but the construction is on a new location and there is but minor Interference with the old road. The widening of the road between Madera and Ficsno has been completed, and thcie is no construction on this route. The balance of thhc load to Los Angeles is in exceptionally good condition and splendid time may be made over it. WILL SIAKE 'EM STOT? GUIDES FOB XOLKISTS Motorists visiting Berlin, Germany, may he guided thicugh the city and vicinity by nxpeit gimlet fuiaishcd by tho Gciman automo bilo club.

Besides giving detailed information of the city, the guide sits bosidc the driver and directs him from place to place. On June 6, 1927, a Heo Flying Cloud left the factory it Lansing, Michigan, with D. Atchison, contract driver for the U. S. Rubber Comuany, at the wheel.

In less than" a year from that time, the Flying Cloud had travelled a distance of nearly five times around the world at the equator and had equalled the distance that the aveingcj i would travel in ten years. According to tiic report, the Reo Flying Cloud was not a factory stunt car and carried a weight equal to Us five-passenger capacity during the making of this i enmrkable i ecord. It was not driven on pavement or apeed- uay, but over desei roads Arizona where a car is put to thq acid test For one stretch of three months, tho Flying Cloud was driven night and day by twp drivers, averaging sis hundred to eight hundred miles (-very twenty-four hours, with only an occasional fatop of short duration. It required steady and fast ditvlng in the bhoi period of less than a year, to attain this enormous mileage. WnHe establishing 1 this unusual recotd, the Reo Flying Cloud returned a high gasoline mileage-an unFUGual accomplishment in lew of tlie high speeds neccs- pcrformance At a hundred and twenty thousand miles the Flying Cloud still had the 01 iginal motor, chitfh, transmission, differential, main beating, wheel beatings, univorsals and brake linings 1C the front anlc is i omovcd fiom car always maik front and back to avoid installing wiong and thereby causing difficult steering.

LOS "Pullman but," with blccpinc accommo- dutiuiio foi pahat'11501 has HI- nvcd A vpiitable hotcl-on-wheels, fu-t nf iti kind rvrr built i been completed and exhibited! at tliQ Pacific-Southwest Exhibition at Long Beach, pi unto being placed in servlco between i Angeles and San Francisco I's oxvneis, the Pickwick Stages 1 Syhtcm, say that Fimilur Uncmlous bus will be built and the ser vice gradually extended over tha United The "Nitecoach," as it JS known, thiity-four feet long, eight feet -ulde, ten feet hiph, weighs 11,000 pounds and cost It is i built of iluralmm--lighter than aluminum and stronger than Convertible Berths There aie tlihteen compartments double berths, accommodating twenty-sis sleeping In day time these beiths UK? converted into eeata, just like those on a PauHmun coach. Tho beds are six feet four inches long and of aniplc width. Each compartment has a dressing space with full head room and draw curtains for privacy. Each also has fivo electric lights, a thermos for ice water, a wash basin with running water, an extia seat for conveniences In uitifcfcing, uvo Jatgu drawcia and sLorage apace for suitcases. For ventilation there are three windows and two portholes each compartment Fan ventilti- tion supplies carrn or cold air to individxiol compartments as do- sired.

lUcals Sorted For dining facilities, ilio bus carries a range, percolator, ice box and tableware for pei sons Meals will be seivcd on tables in the compartments. Tho lavatory in tho rear of the car, is equipped with flushing toilet, chemical tank for collection, of waste, waahstan.J with running- watei and full length plato glabs mh 101. The cicw consists of a steward, who cares for the car and makes up beiths, a coolt and a driver. The bus i pioppllcd by a six- cylinder engine of 110 horsepower A featuic is that the engine can be lemoved bodily merely by loosening four boita and disconnecting wins, oil and gas Reserve rnotois will be kept at terminals leady for substitution on short notice. This will avoid delays due to nfotor tiouble.

The big bus was designed by Dwlght Austin, uigincer, on d. specially constructed 30-foot di awing board. FEVnSIl FAULTY BRAKES Tlieie aie fewer cars with faulty brakes on the of the conn" try this lepoits Aabe ThP percentage has decreased from as high as flIJ per cent few years ago to only 10 to iO pei cent last yeai, I ONE IN 10 GET IT Aixuidmg to the AutomobnuCiub I i Southern Califoinla, one mobile In every sixteen id involved i an accident annually, resulting 1 in the death 01 injmy of some per- i ton. The' Clear Creek (ween Lake icuit of Glenbrgok, anil Is O.I miles long, joining the Carson City-Minden road three miles south of Carson City. It Is all easy grade, wide enough for four machines, with tuins well banked and wide.

It is graded, and the last mile oiled The tlneo mites south of Carson City have also been oiled. This gives highway the entire distance from Caison City to Lak" i Tahoc. I PAGE ELEVEN City was opened last week, the When stalled in deep sand or torn Ins bureau of the California duot, burlap bagb, a blanket, or State Automobile Association re- canvas tarpuumi placed in front of ported yesterday. This road rear wheels assist in getting thr Lake Tahoc load 34 miles out. Stanislaus County's motor vehicle registration at tho beginning of this year was 23,505, reports the California State Automobile Association.

Of this total 19,043 were passenger cars. Perhaps the 500 flashing stop lights being eredted at artei lal fatreets in San Francisco will be moio effective than the silent signs, used heietofore. At any rate, the city officials- are having them put up and waiting to see what effect they'll have. (Premier) Guaranteed 16,000 miles--and make our ovni replacements. Personal guarantee with oanh tire f-oiu.

Tirne to Re-tire? (Buy BALLOONS 29x4.40 $8.40 30x4.50 9.05 30x4.75 10.95 30x5.00 13.30 31x5.00 30x5.25 13.55 31x5.25 14.00 32x0.00 17.65 33x6.00 $18.15 now on display New Fisk Transportation Heavy Duty Cord. This is the newest thing in tire construction, carries 3 guarantee ot 30,000. miles. We have complete sizes of this tire at a fractional cost above tho standard tire. FISK TIEE DISTRIBUTOR 1018 Ninth St.

Modesto Phone 820 gain over last year Attguat bss addr? KTeeping pln- -L i rality to Willya-OTerland's impressive total for 1928. Eight conscca tire months have broke?) every record for tho corresponding mentis in all of Wlj-s-Orerland's 20-year history. Last month more people bought Whippet and Billys-Knight cars than in August, 1927-a gain of more than two-thirds Experienced motorists are quick to appreciate the superiority of the Whippet Four, with its many engineering advantages never before brought to the light car the Whippet Six, the world's lowest priced Six, with 7-bearing crankshaft and other costly car and the Willys-Knight Sir, which now, at thelowest prices in history, brings the umnatcliablc smoothness, silence, power and operating economy of the patented double slecTe-valre engine within easy reach of thousands of neir buyers. TooHnic to 9UV5. t.

n. Toledo. Obio, to change vitlintit Inc Tulcdo, Ohio. August Sales" Cats --the greatest month in Naffr History Higher and higher gae? the nationwide demand for the of.w Nash Sales returns for August are in and, by thousands ej cars, it was the biggest month in the entire 12 years of Nash history. The three great Nash factories are now producing over 1000 cars a day, to supply the avalanche of orders for this new and finer motor car.

The country has gone Nash! In thc- eigb! short weeks since its introduction. approximately 55,000 Nash 400's have been delivered--as many Nash cars as in six full moKtks of There's only one conclusion to be drawn from these facts and figures-this is the car of the year! This is the car with the new Twin-Ignition motor-- more power, more less gasoline. The easiest steering, easiest riding car the motor car industry ever has produced. And the car with exquisite new Salon Bodies ofsurpass- ing beauty. the TT'orM in Jtfotor Car Value OT1IKR SASH OTHER til 11, IS TJ8X.V Twin-Ignition motor High compression Salon Bodies Shortturmngradius 1 2 Aircraft type spark New double drop frame One-piece Salon Vanity rase and smok- Lovejorshock absorbers 1 wo Door Standard six Sedan 51,071 Four-Door Sedan $1,145 Hour-Door De Luxe Sedan 51,185 Special 0.

door Sedan $1,485 Special six door Sedan $1,570 ing leather mounted 7-bearinj; crankshaft Body, rubber insulated Nash Special Design (bellow crank pint) from frame AJuminumaltovpiMon, (tear 116-inch wneelbase Geo. Corner llth and Streets, Modesto dear sedan J1.797 Advanced six 2- door 51,730 130.in. W. Coupe 6. $1,910 130-in W.

B. $2,185 Fully equipped. Including extra tlrs. tube and cover delivered hero. woKLn'3 i.owTr.pninm six A.

W. CATHEY California Gar.igo Phone 1152SthalGSts. A. Hooker Son, Turlock Modesto We are pleased to announce the opening of our new office at MODESTO Mi-iabiMf. nrc tn no operate i i i loc-i! MI ui'kr 10 H'CPIMJ full benefits of their service, oovprint' Towing, Road Service, Legal Counsel and Advice.

Discounts on Automobiln Tires and Accessories, etc. Members Save Approximately 20 Per Cent on All Forms of Automobile Insurance FIRE THEFT PROPERTY DAMAGE PUBLIC LIABILITY COLLISION OVIK.IV of automobiles mil numbers arc i i to or a local office for fii'-lhi'r int'onnM'on regard ing our scrviee 1022 STREET MODESTO PHONE 958 A OLEARINft HOUSE FOE THE MOTORIST.