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The Ogden Standard-Examiner from Ogden, Utah • 14

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THE OGDEN STA NDARD-EX AMINER SUNDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 10 1928 6RAMAM-PA1GE GATES SAFEST CROSSING DEVICE X-CYCLIST HOW TAR OFFICIAL Building Autos Faster Than floads Nation Will Have 30 Million Cars MODELS SHOWN -V i- MECHANICAL COP A new method of traffic control not unlike our traffic lights is being tried out fin Leeds England The device -consists of a signpost with four arms bearing the signal "Pass" and "Stop" On top of the post is a clock The clock Is set for a length ot time and at the end of that period the arms turn round opening traffic in the opposite direction i tion of highway accidents and William Eliot associate highway economist of the Cnited States bureau of public roads in a report to the highway research board of the national research council ext In order of effectiveness in preventing accidents they place the crossing flagman followed in order byi audible and visible signals commonly operated "automatically by train movements by cressing bells orf visible signals separately and finally by fixed signs which "give no special notice of the immediate approach of danger Four! Speeds Forward Head of Durant Coast Plant Crossed "WASHINGTON Feb (AP) Despite the Ingenuity and scientific knowledge employed by the government and railroad agencies for years In effort to make grade crossings less dangerous the gates which are operated by watchmen to fence of the tracks when trains are approaching remain the most effective This is one of the conclusions of Austin Fletcher chairman of the committee on causes and preven On Bike In '96 TJSJMJWTS! BUSES ARE BIG nXP Assisting railroads In getting people to places 80000 buses in the United States covering 270 000 miles I Idea Said To Possess 1 Advantages Four sixes and one eight-cylinder type are in the new line of Graham-Paige cars being shown at the Ford-Nelson Motor company Twenty-third street and Kiesel avenues i One of the sixes is represented as being ithe fastest six on the United States jnarket today with a guar SAN FRANCISCO Feb Early on the morning of June 1 1896 hour? before the New Yorkers of that -day were awake a tou-fsleheaded youngster mounted hie bicycle and left the eastern metropolis lie was headed west with only a few dollars in his pocket plus a world of confidence This youth carried a worn map and he had drawn a circle around the magic words San Francisco He was headed west with a vengeance! from ocean to ocean on what was destined to be the first transcontinental bicycle trip SETA RECORD Thirty-seven days 14 hourn an3 ID minutes later after pedaling around the bay that same youngster was in San FranciscSo where he He preferred New Hupmobile Six To Car Costing 1000 anteed of 85 miles an hour The snialler sixes will do 70 miles an hour The eight-cylinder Graham-Paige ind larger sixes have a transmission with four speeds forwards sald ta be the only stock car with that feature on jthe automobile market Thi3 permits of high rbad speeds in comfort with less fuel and oil consumption it was said The slower engine speed- made possible by the i high transmission is said to make cooling eaay and give linger life! to the car The fourth! speed forward give high speed! iwith' from 600 to 800 less More planned to start his future He had established a transcontinental bicycle record one that still stands after 30 years That youngster minus his few dollars but a gainer in confidence was Norman De'Vaux now active revoiuflons of the engine per min ute head of the Pacific coast factory of Durant Motors the plant where Durant and Star cars are built for the western states and export Lit tie did he realize as he waited for the ferry in 1896 that 31 years lat his previous order taking immediate delivery of a Hupmobile custom sedan Sparkling individuality of line and equipment is playing a part in the building of record sales for this new Six of the Century But still more the driving ease the remarkable Responsiveness of the new Hupmobile to every- phase of motoring is spreading the popularity of this car wth thousands of owners Before you pay more than the Hupmobile price for any car be sure you know what th Six of the Century offers in beauty and value It is everywhere proclaimed by experienced DROPS OF FUEL CAUSE 'KNOCK1 Buyer cancels order for higher priced car afler inspecting the Six of the Century DRAWING the patronage of buyers accustomed to paying far more for distinctive beauty and finished performance the new Hupmobile Six of the Century continue to win sales from a field far above its own price Among: the many instances Hupttiobile dealers report is that of the motorist who had paid a deposit on a car costing HjOOO more than the Hupmobile Six He caught his first glimpse of the new Hupmobile and promptly cancelled er was to find him the leader of an automobile organization that Is international in its scope By XEA Service CLEVELAND Feb The rapid increase in American automobile registration is confronting the country with the necessity of greatly accelerating i good roads program Unless this is dorte serious traffic congestion may develop upon a wide scale within a few years- i i' This is the conclusion of Allara Smith vice preidnt of the Union Trust company here after making a' survey of the highways situation There are now 28000000 automobiles registered in this country an average' of one car to each family Registrations will reach 30000000 In less than five years says Smith The total highway mileage of the United State8 Is 3000000 miles of which only 600000 miles is surfaced outside of city etreets It all of the 23000000 cars in use In 1923 were placed end to end on the surfaced roads It would allow each vehicle approximately 45 yards 3fIGIIT HAMPER MOTORIXQ "The situation is even more serious when it Is taken Into consideration that the 600000 miles of surfaced roads include much mileage that Is not In eatisfactory condition" Smith continues "As a matter of fact unless good highways are rapidly pushed in accordance with a comprehenorve and Intelligent plan the efficient use of automotive equipment will be severely hampered "In 1904 when the automobile was In Its Infancy expenditures for all highways outside of cities were Juxt tinder J60000QOO In 1927 fhi country's outlay for highways wan $1350000000 a 22-fold Increase "At the exlctlng rate of Increase In automotive traffic It Is reasonable to f-iy that an expenditure of $2000000000 a yrar for maintenance and nrwirvriion of highway would not be an excemly amount The larjre cum spent for improved road are partly financed by ear themMlve In 1927 registration fees and gasoline taxes for the country approximated 800009000 IMPROVES PROPERTY "Another benefit bearing on costs of highway is the enhanced value of property from the opening of new and go 3d roads throughout the country Moreover general prosperity is stimulated by the more efficient use of automobile transportation There is a direct relationship between the Increase of good roads and the increase of automobile registration "The prospects are that the government has fully realized the seriousness of the problem which faces it In the matter of highways The continuously increasing expenditures over the past few years Arriving in Ran Francisco and beinf? of a mechanical mmd Nor LONDON (AP) Motor "knck" because of'the very rapid man De Vaux naturally turned to the work that Interested him lie accepted a position as a mechanic buriiing of the tiny drops of fuel containing peroxide formed during ccimpiTMHlon believes Prof in a bicycle organization This wa hi start in the transportation fMd of whi'-h he is now a leader li A Ft HANK: 3a! Andrade whose lectures buyers the only underpriced car of the year WJth the advent of th automo bile Norman JJ Vaux caw the poe-ftibiUUM of I hi new invention and Owm New Hufmobllt On Thttt Eaty prt ri wtj ol (fa pjrotnt am mtw tfupmobil Drir toitj (ft a pprt! BUae reontbly leroa did all in powr to Jarn the prin''ij5JMf I'm and operation Iff hfntn au'rnoblM rnf-vha nit and ftiru(l thin nw o-citt'utiott hi VnowJMjr of rarn vnv him uniMiJl ability ttftn to iridicat that ftct More- Realizin-r the ISmitationi ff MOTOR TRUCKS JOIN CAVALRY on enm- rr-zcr ine uoyai institution are attracting wide atention Profehor Andrade nay there are at fourteen theories tolhe (tue I of the knock which is orrir ertlng to autornrtbiliKtK He Inr-Hnti to the on mentioned and 1hat of Ih'i ctye i fitnlh -hrnk nl arnnnj' which may nutctiX t-wt othlde and iron carboiily if put! into th petrol In fuite rnall quaftitie will utop the while ohr will cause it to occ'jr more f-asJly A the uae of the "anti-knock" substance allow the use of a higher compression Profssor Andrade beiievis there is a great future for th development of this method of inqreaping efficiency I MOTOR TAXES Special motor vehicle taxes In earnirsrs a a rnchnlc and tho prttni'1 of a fnles career he tin changed meann of liveli over the conaclou effort to Iron oat fluctuation in unemployment through th tii of public work construction in tim of relative depression promise that euch prog-res will not be interrupted by relatively -hard times In business "The present tendency is to build for permanence and with more liberal policy toward highway construction the future should eee a rapid extension of good roads throughout the country" Three heavy duty motor truck and three cross-country car will be part tf the regular equipment of each 8 'cavalry' regiment after February 1 Recording to a recent announcement by the war department This departure from custom is being madp by the department after a series of exhaustive surveys have shown that motor transportation as fan adjunct to these units will increase their efficiency 1927 amounted to $600555812 This fagure does not include gen mm aii itk a a 1 eril property taxes but only the licpnsd fees and similar special 14 Standard and Custom-equipped body ttyltt $1345 to $1625 Detroit plut revenue tax I j' TAX MILLIONS levies DEATHS INCREASE Deaths resulting from automobile accidents during totaled 20891 an increase of irtore than 5 per cent over the death rate for 1926 Gas tax ollectlons for the first eleven month 22il I KVoodrow Wllson was born In Virginia i Mf 127 in Wisconsin heariy $6000000 amounted to OfflUET- hupm TO hood and devoted hi attention to the selling: of automobiles So frreat was his success in the rales fWd that Norman De Vaux soon found himself the head of his own business In order to cut down expenses however he acte1 In the capacity of both salesman and mechanic This new venture marked the beginning- of his executive activity In the transportation field The business increased with such rapidity that he was appointed distributor for the car he was selling Although the possessor of a most remarkable business career Norman De Vaux still speaks with pride of the bicycle record he established on his transcontinental trip He relates with a sense of patiefaction the tremendous obstacles he was forced to overcome in order to complete his journey The roads he traveled although they" now comprise the Lincoln highway were at that time almost Impalpable DIFFICULT TRAVELING Pedaling Westward with the words of Horace Greeley In his ears he passed from waeon road to cow path and from cow path to same trail He declares with a smile that the heartrending" grades of the Rockies and the vast solitudes of the country required all the determination and physical ability he possessed Although he is not a young man in years Norman De Vaux made the sensational prolf score of 75 on the Sequoyah Golf club course that carries a par of 72 Only a short time latr the famous Walter Ha-gren played the course and retired with a £core of 7 7 OTieSix of the Century NAISBITT MOTOR CO 432 TWENTY-FIFTH STREET PHONE 387 Wo-IV EH ho OJ 01 D5 TaiUTJlE(iMlCAILLE JKU SCIENCE DISPLACES LIGHT KEEPER BURNHAM-ON-SEA England (AP) English lighthouse keepers may soon be lookinar for other occupations for lighthouses controlled entirely by electrical and mechanical means are belnfc put in operation around the Enerlish coast The first lighthouse to be completely mechanized is at this little Somerset seaside resort No keeper IS required Everything Is done Smartness and beauty of line and color that set the pace for the industry Dependability arid long life that result from a precision of manufacture totally unknown in the building of any otjier low-priced -''cat: Inspection and demonstration New lower prices with quality unchanged in any detail serve only to emphasize Chrysler "52V leadership in the low-priced field Only in Chrysler "52" can you buy these The comfort of fullsized roomy bodies of finest construction equipped with saddle spring seat cushions Characteristic Chrysler speed and dash usable with complete comfort because by the "robot" lighthouse The electric lamps of which there are two are said to be the largest ever made being approximately- 200 times more powerful lamp If one" lamp fails the second lamp is automatically switched on and if both lamps cease to function or the current fails an acetylene burner is automatically lighted and swung into position it if BOOK LEADS TO MUSEUM ROMANCE of unrivaled engine and riding smoothness which we will gladly afford you will prove readily why at its new lower prices public preference acclaims Chrysler "52" as more than ever the greatest value in Ease of handling unlike anything ever before experienced in cars selling at less than $1000 1 its price division These are FACTS readily -and they explain the immense popularity of Dodge Brothers Four No car at near its price offers so many advantages that car in the price class of Dodge Brothers Four is so ROOMY No car in this price class is so SWIFT No car in this price class is STURDY No car in this price class is so SMART NEW LOWER PRICES (By The Associated Press) When Miss Edna Ruth Flack a history student at King' college dropped a book on the toe of Dr John Wenley Rreadv American historian In the British museum reading room she did not realize that it was an "overt" act whlrh would lead her to the altar MJs Flack was so embarrassed over the incident that Dr Pready topped to talk to her ahout hr ttudi in an effort to put her at hf-r ease Thy mot freujently after that until In little tea room back of the museum Miss Flack her and they dfcov-frd they had quite a good deal In common They were married at the city temple Dr Pready a graduate of Columbia university and Union Theological seminary is the author of "Lord PhaftePbury and Social Industrial Progress' 670 670 670 695 720 New Ciuryslet 'Hed-HcatT give 12 per cent mmt torqtu with greater tpeedt pouter bill-climbimg ability and inert cued fuel economy It standard equipment on all models of the Imperial "tfO" and on the roadster of th "32 "62" and "72" It it aUo available at tlight extra coet for all other body types Coupe' Touring Four-door Sedan DeLuxe Coupe DcLuxc Sedan Americans value foremost class ac- And no car at ANY price 25 miles affords its owner in greater measure the satisfaction of knowing that for 720 790 1 Drit nhiti-t No car in this price celerates from 0 to 7 SECONDS No car in this price class is so COM for none has so long a springbase All price dealers 01 or fn petition to extend the convenience of time payments every dollar invested he has received a full dollar's return ia honest value $875 4-Door Sdn JL Detroit full itctoey Equip neat ROBERT HINCKLEY Inc 2810 'VTashfng'ton Ave Phons 121 NEW HOPE IS EEN FOR MARRIAGE CODE (By The Associated Press) Mrs Edward Franklin White who for the past five years has sought a constitutional amendment providing for passage of uniform marriage and divorce laws sees new hope for the proposal i A proviso has been added to the projected amendment which leaves to the etate the question of marriage between races and that Mrs White believes may help facilitate the necessary action by congress The proposal was first introduced In both branches of congress during the 1923-1924 session Mrs White is first vice president -f the General Federation of Worn- n's Clubs and a reporter for the Indiana supreme court JPEGKE JON TO GO Broth Four ALSO TWO LINES OP SIXES THB VICTORY AND TH8 SBNIOK AU Avenue 1 ::) I Phorie 140 2666 Washington.

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