The Fresno Bee from Fresno, California • 6

ifttt UtMi Tase A THE FRESNO BEE AUTOMOTIVE AND OUTING NEWS WEDNESDAY JULY 20 193S DUNKER'S DELIGHT ON THE HINTERLAND TRAIL 9 'w Coast Rates High In 1 Car Ownership A study hy the department of agriculture of motor ear ownership in villages shows that the highest per eenlage of ownership is on the Pacific Coast where 85 per rent of all families were found to have cars Nation's Yearly Motoring Bill Is fVVVf Towns Of West Coast Lead In Auto Ownership of the Nisqually Glacier tn Rainier National Park Horseback riding is one of the most popular pastimes of those who visit the national parks Here is a party riding along the rim 5 POINTS to Remember WIIEN TOU BUT Automobile Insurance Service Protection Economy Safety Stability1 II A JACOBSEN Diat Mgr 521 Mattel Bldg Thone S-7S34 on Giant Tiies Smiles of pleasant anticipation light the faces of this couple as they take the golden brown doughnuts from the kettle at their camp in Richardson's Grove a link of the state park system in the Redwoods ten miles south of Garbcrville Such scenes are common In California's myriad of public campgrounds Mexico City Highway Nearing Completion Valley Nash Dealers Hold Meeting Here The Pacific Nash Motor Company through its district representative Thomas Hunt last week sponsored meeting of Ssn Joaquin Valley Nash dealers and their employes at 1861 Broadway with A Tllden Fresno Nash and Willys dealer as host Hunt spoke on the recent salesman's crusade conducted in Fresno and White of the Fresno Goodyear Tire and Rubber Store exhibited moving pictures Others who took part in the program were Tait General Petroleum Products representative who spoke on sales and Harry Creasey Fresno manager for the I Corporation and I Edmondson local manager for the Pacific Finance Corporation who dis-cussed credit matters Refreshments were served at the close of the meeting Among the out of town visitors present at the meeting were Ray Adams Msdera Headley Porterville: Heintz Sanger and Dobson Visalia Low Tire Pressure Rapid tire wear la raused hy Insufficient inflation The emergency road service of the California State Automobile Association points out tires should be kept inflated to the pressure recommended hy the factory and should be checked at least once a week BUY YOUR AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE ON EASY PAYMENTS Leo Jarvis SAVE MORE TIRES- BATTERIES-and SEAT COVERS WASHINGTON July 1-y the Bureau of )h (ivi'rf iv fjvrt fvVi-vvv-i-ve V' per or rt of no r-a: si earj on ihnr 'i I Ti-f SvWOlXAV fv rcrfhasc pcrfwofio arse? There uric more thar 1X1V iiv kjioi1 1 fiery ino In the tried State on January 11 of lit: year laoline the second largest expense totaling approximately $3-irtirtifl0O of which nearly SLOW-400000 went to stale and the federal gr eminent in gasoline taxes Slate tae amounted to $761998-000 and federal taxes to 92181210 Registration and Inspeellon lee totaled apvoximatety $T0 000000 all of which was collected by stales and elites Personal property taxes probably added $50 000000 to the total cost although no exact data I available on that l'eea lilt Illh Mark Insurance another item on which no data was it believed in have cost motorists an additional $150000000 Traffic fines probably added $25000000 to J5n0no0tKl to the total cost of automobile opera lion Assuming an average of sixteen Mile per gallon of gasoline motorists drove nearly 2001X0000000 mile last year That estimate did not include 6500000(0 gallons used In farm tractors and stationary engine and exempt from state taxes Travel by automobile is iniireas-log the bureau report showed Consumption of gasoline last year was 1401000000 gallons greater than in 3076 an increase of 76 per cent Gasoline Taxes Mount Stale gasoline taxes in 1037 were 570576000 greater and federal taxes inn-rased $14605000 over 1976 During the year four statrs increased ihr tax rate hy 1 rent a gallon bringing the average rate for the United States from 3X5 to 391 cents a gallon Rates of the tsx ranged from 2 rents a gallon in the District of Columbia to 7 rents in Florida Louisiana and Tennessee Only two states showed decreases in gasoline tax income last year They were Nebraska and Tennessee State reporting the largest incomes' from gasoline taxes were: New York $61915000 Pennsylvania $55720000 California $46624 ono Ohio $46576000: Texas $41-676000 Illinois $76266000: Michigan $29430000 Indiana $23497-000 North Carolina $23X93000 Florida 32246600a Ball Flayers' Suits Aid Safety Campaign BUFFALO IN Yl July This city's police department loses no chance to Its traffic safety campaign which ha cut the rate in half thi year If softball team ha mottoe sowed on the hacks of the players' s'ti's One infielder's hark bore the sign speeding allowed' Another your tail light on SAVE $100 To $200 ON Ifttf MODFX Kvrlt rtimamfli Vtadf Airirtf Mm and: Elimi SLAVH II RfKi4tfrM and Htn4M Itralrr 93 lull Cor Mmift a jT c- vrt A 9 ifc-v: rst -TV-h- va- fV Is I anikrt1 a Aflv Th types lor Powetinl SMI Seal WASHINGTON July 20-Amer-Icsn village life definitely Include the automobile In 140 villngr picked a representative more than 60 per rent of the native white families studied reported car ownership and about 20 per cent bought car during 1935-36 which was taken as the basis for a family living survey More new cars than used cars were purchased In three of the five regions studied Good prices were paid for used cars These findings were announced hy Dr Louise Stanley chief of the Bureau of Home Kcpnomlcs of the Department of Agriculture under whoso direction the survey waa made Highest percentage of car own-ship waa in twenty four villages on the Pacific Coast a region of good roads many parks pleasure resorts and recreational facilities and in many sections comparative scarcity of public conveyances There 85 per cent of the families more than four out of five reported owning automobiles Seventy five per cent of the families in twenty two Mountain and Plains villages in Kansas North Dakota South Dakota Colorado and Montana were auto owners These are the open spaces' where covering long distances in the course of the day's activities is commonplace In forty six villages of Pennsylvania Ohio Michigan Wisconsin Illinois and Iowa 69 per cent of the families owned cars in fourteen villages of Vermont and Massachusetts 67 per cent in thirty three villages in the Carolina Georgia and Mississippi 62 per cent A special study nude of Negro families in thirty four Southeastern village showed 17 per rent owning automobiles Many Buy New Cara Pacific Coast villages led in percentage of ran purchases for the year aa well as in car ownership with other regions following closely hchlnd Twenty six per cent ol the families in the Pacific villages bought cars during the year 24 per cent in the Mountain and Plains villages 21 per cent in the North Central and Middle Atlantic 18 percent in New England In the Southeast this percentage was 23 for the white families and 6 per cent for Negro Although farm families bought more used than new cars the village families showed no such uniformity in their purchasing habits the regions showing considerable variation More new than used car were bought in the New England villages in those of Ihe Mountain and Plains region and among the white families of the Southeast More used than new cars were bought in the North Central and Middle Atlantic villages and in the Pacific Coast villages Negro families bought more than ten times as many used cars as new cars the special Negro study showed The average price paid for new cars ranged from $738 in New England to $880 on the West Coast where freight charges were undoubtedly a factor Average prices of used cars ranged from $247 in the North Central and Middle Atlantic villages to $334 among the white families of the Southeast The special Negro family study showed that the small per cent of families buying new cars averaged paying a gross price of $841 the average gross price of used cars was $207 Only nonrelief fa-dlg having both husband and wit born in this country were included in this study of consumer purchases a Works Progress Administration project conducted by the Bureau of Home Economics of the Department of Agriculture in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor the National Resources Committee and the Central Statistical Board El Camlno Real Is Designated As Highway No 101 30 CHICAGO July The execute committee of the American Association of Highway Engineers today designated El Camino Real from San Jose to San Francisco as Highway 101 and also designated the Bayshore Highway as 101 Bypass Charles Purcell California highway engineer announced the action of the committee July Worst Month For Auto Accidents July is the worst month of the jyear for accidents The safety department of the National Automobile Club reports last July 10200 people were killed in accidents more than a third of them in traf- fic Drivers are urged to exercise extra caution this month and re- member the golden -rule of driving on the highways and city streets! Motorists should always be sure they ran stop within the assured I clear distance ahead NVHITTEAKER mf WHITTEAKER'S SERVICE STATION EASTON femiurinm HANCOCK Hitch Beard Causes Trouble For Friendly Motorist KANSAS CITY July Deputy S' Marshal Harry McDonald has definite ideas about men with beards Henceforth he will have nothing to do with them because he is convinced that beards and modern contrivances such as motor cars and cigarets do not mix Enroute from Joplin McDonald picked up a bearded hitchhiker The officer gave hia guest a ciga-ret The next thing McDonald knew the hitchhiker waa furiously battling a blaze in his ample beard During that struggle the cigaret fell behind the upholstery of the automobile Soon the scat was afire Motorist Pays $1 Gas Bill After 12 Years PAXIMOS (Pa) July UT) A motorist whom Garage Owner Nathan Adams for two gallons of gasoline "twelve or thirteen years ago" has paid his-hill Adams received an anonymous letter saying "Several lime I wanted to aend the money but it slipped my mind or something else had to ho done at the moment" -Enclosed waa $1 and this apology: I'm awfully sorry for the long delay By going over the surface of your new car every few days with a chemically treated cloth the original paint job will last about as long aa the car fe-TON 116 Extra quality priced with the lowest! Ilk-TON 133 Body and 1S9" Blf Bodjr in MAZING to are coeit to Dodge budget TMg pi Mrysfer pi PgwrfiMs Many Ussa or upholstery lO'N prices LOWESTPRICES HIGHESTQUALITY! Comfortable Folding Cots All New White Material -5 reinforced hardwood frame white duck cover Very folds compactly ext Motor travel ever the Nogalea-Mexico City section of the projected international highway route eventually to link Alaska with South America will he possible within a year during the dry season and within five yenrs an all weather road should become a reality This is the substance of a report received by the California State Automobile Association from Don Cayetano Blanco Vigil chairman of the central committee of the Nogales-Mazatlan-Guadalajare highway Vigil said Mexican officials already are planning a good will motor caravan over the west coast route to Los Angeles after the first of next year The project involves modernization of existing roads from the border at Nogales Arizona down through the scenic west roastal section of Mexico to Gadalajara Thence good highways already extend to Mexico City A new western highway together with the existing new highway from Laredo Texas through eastern Mexico to Mexico' City thus will enable motorists from the United States to make a circle tour deep into Mexico and hack again Construction and financing programs for the new western highway were launched last year at a rnnferenee at Mazatian attended by i'w- Or- a- jW- A As 1 i ii CHRYSLER CUSTOM IMPERIAL Wpoer 144-inch heel base body type representatives of the automobile association and the California Division of Highways at the invitation of Mexican authorities Word has also been received by the automobile association that actual construction has begun on the section of the international highway lying within Coata Rica A twenty aix mile section linking Cartoga with San Marcos is being graded and activities will be increased upon arrival of additional construction equipment from the United States Costa Rica Is supplying manual workers on the project and the United States is furnishing technical assistance and materials Exhausted Oil Should the engine oil supply become exhausted (usually indicated by knocking in the motor followed by an abrupt slop) do not attempt to start again after replenishing oil until the motor has had time to cool off The emergency road service of the California State Automobile Association reports injecting kerosene -through the spark plug holes will help to free up pistons and other parts but it is safer to have the motor checked thoroughly by a competent mechanic before it is placed In service again lat lour cars have been Chrysicr-buiit The Imperial is i the greatest of ail for the woman driver roomv comfortable easy for her to see over (he steering wheel Safest car 1 know" Mas iOVO ABM Km CHRYSLER IMPERIAL S-PASSENGK SEDAN WITH TRUNK RIADY TO DIIVI IN DETROIT 110 Three 98 i 69 Ve-Pint nick DryieS (eeimt 14 Pint Pint Quart Metal 10-oz strong Dependable Dodge 'Trucks Lowest Price Field big savings on gan oil and tires duo Super-quality quick drying velvel luatr Many popular colorn Sets dust -he in bail hour Dries hard in four hours th many Dodge truck extra-quality feature reported by new Dodge owner from coast Before you boy any truck se- your dealer for low prices and liberal terms Get your Dodge truck right now I advertisement emdrrt4 ftp Fm fb DiMHiK pMiM CprpmrmOmn Cant amd Tracks Feather Dtistr X170 X162 Extra Qualto -ricatl Soiteat genome Alncan ostrich ieoOjert metal ferrule Extra Quality Gold Modal Ehald Covered Cot aa shown $J39 C26S Per Gallon in Can De-Waxed Double Distilled Specially Filtered Refined by most modem methods from Pennsylvania crudes Equal to S140 per Gallon Oils Wear-well Gallon In Four Dm Thoroughly proven 100 puro PennaylvaniaoiL of Gallon in Your Cen 34c Can LMaad an Small Depaait Slightly Higher in tom toeulitiae becauaa of irsight at Strong Enameled Luggage RacU CAB-OVER-EN6INE-lK-toa taka-W Blf Mans oew featureal 1-TON 1" Unmatched for hauling balk loada 60 4 ponneuvaeae TTrCRAL budget terms LIBERAL dOak car Strong yacc enam- Trc Fcirral tar chargr and J'-cai tax if any extra I For price nii all model ee jnnr Chrysler dealer CHRYSLER ROYSL hnrcpoer I i'M-Kh Ten M-iy pc CHRYSLER IMPERIAL rt r- 113 body 4 7 5 -rpwrjfds Mae Mnd1 ef Lm aACALl hne-SiX Tuaia Major SewsCekiwbia Network very Thursday 9 ts 19 gwom -Moreitnan FPE5NO AND STREETS JAMES McALISTER InC PHONE 3-51941 2125 FRKSXO STKFKT FBKSXO I IX Trfore Ave la Mala Kl 31 1 C-nti-r PI il I fo-t-r PI IIS Priralh St rafter IIS Malax GASOLINE coca mt anu YMirq iq SRN9 IhjMI CROYi TAYLOR UOTnmm- PmomcIIIII rxMi riiimK MKTIN rtrK wkt 4wr iw riiik wnroit in LhlMPtSl1 I I rnr (4K4U IhmtM llf bkclHb (iNltlN i FRANK BECKETT CO Too 5 an 5 Dudge-riymoulh Distrlbutoe Kirp-EKXTXIR MOTOR ro Mnvd M3FNSHH a laa1 7-l v'V1 Thono 3-6161 ML A £aWMO adMn udwiiAnMi Ml.