oc-plain-dealer 1921-08-24

HUDSON-ESSEX CUT AROUSES INTEREST That all the bombs the automobile manufacturers had up their sleeves were not exploded when automobile prices were lowered in May, June and July was in evidence when the announcement was made that the Hudson and Essex factories had again weighed the sheats and pruned off substantial amounts in making new prices on these cars. A general drop of $355 was made on all models of the Hudson and $70 in all models of the Essex, according to figures given out by Townsend & Medbury, local distributors for the two makes. "Heavy sales during the summer have exhausted oil inventories and reduced overhead costs, and the market is such that materials can be but at lower prices," was the explanation offered by Ray Townsend for the third drop in prices of the Hudson and Essex cars. The high price of the Hudson Super Six was $3170 here. Today the price is $2315, or $855 below the high peak. The Essex, at the high point, was $2293. Today it is $1690, making a decline of $603 since price cutting started. Here are new prices, the cars coming equipped with cord tires: Hudson Phaeton and speedster, $2,315; sedan $2380; coupe $3235; touring limousine $3615; limousine $4005; cabriolet $2945; chassis $1875. Essex—Phaeton and roadster, $1,600; cabriolet $2220; sedan $2610; chassis $1505. "We have been doing a good business at the former prices and believe our further declines will increase our sales very materially." declared Fred Medberry, of the firm. Both makes were good values under the old prices and the new quotations will make them more attractive than ever. "The reduced prices do not mean cheapened material and construction. On the contrary the factories are demanding and are using the very best materials possible to secure. The factories are giving the public the benefit of reduced overhead costs and lower prices on material—that it the whole story of the third decline." Drives Car Across U. S. MOTOR CAR FACTS AND TIPS Don't overlook care of the fan. Small cars will predominate at the Paris auto shows in October. A new French car is fitted with front wheel brakes. An old piston can be converted into an ash tray. Old piston rings may still be of use as curtain or portier holders. An automobile running 25 miles an hour can be stopped in 58 feet. More than 100,000 cars in this country are used by physicians. A Chicago chemist has a car with more than 40 accessories. A new American car has revived the friction drive in the transmission. Lack of lubrication is the chief cause of hard-working steering wheels. About 28 per cent of all persons killed by automobiles are children under 15. The automobile engine operates most efficiently when it is heated to about 170 degrees. When applying the emergency brake do not lock the wheels. The car might skid. Deaths from automobiles per 1000 population increased 22 fold between 1906 and 1918. The average price of the automobile manufactured in 1920 was less than $1000 each. A raging car going at 90 miles an hour exerts a pressure on the track of about 8 1-2 tons. Keep an eye on the oil guage. Racing motors turn over 4000 revolutions a minute. The Indianapolis race track is two and one-half miles around. Anti-radiator lead preparations may clog up the cooling system. Keep the spark retarded until the engine has started. Carry a spare bulb for the headlights. More than 30,000,000 automobile tires were produced in 1920. Farmers in this country own more than 90,000 trucks. Engineers estimate a racing car's rear wheels move about 40 per cent faster than the car. BIXBY SYNDICATE CONTINUES SHALE Bixby Hills Drilling on the Bixby Ranch Syndicate well has now reached 4400. Both makes were good values under the old prices and the new quotations will make them more attractive than ever. "The reduced prices do not mean cheapened material and construction. On the contrary the factories are demanding and are using the very best materials possible to secure. The factories are giving the public the benefit of reduced overhead costs and lower prices on material—that it the whole story of the third decline." Drives Car Across U. S. In 7 Days on Wager A party of Chicago business men at luncheon in their club discussed severe tests for automobiles. As a result a bet was made on the question of crossing the continent by motor car. L. B. Miller, manager, Victor X-Ray Corp., undertook to make the trip to San Francisco inside of ten days, driving his standard Elgin six coupe equipped with Goodyear cord tires, the same car he used in his business every day. The distance of 2,485 miles was made in seven days from the time he left Chicago. The trip was made without mechanical trouble of any kind, and the Chicago air was still in the tires at the end of the journey. An aid tray and match holder that can be clamped to an arm of a chair or table edge is a new convenience for smokers. Carry a spare bulb for the headlights. More than 30,000,000 automobile tires were produced in 1920. Farmers in this country own more than 90,000 trucks. Engineers estimate a racing car's rear wheels move about 40 per cent faster than the car. BIXBY SYNDICATE CONTINUES SHALE Bixby Hills Drilling on the Bixby Ranch Syndicate well has now reached 4400 feet. The brown shale formation still continues with no appreciable showings of oil. The National Exploration's Olinda No. 1 is now drilling at 3650, the formation is brown sandy shale and drilling is going good. The showing of gas struck by the National Security Co. at 2500 continues at 2700, and the well is also showing some oil colors. The Long Beach Consolidated Oil Co.'s Bixby Hills well near Olive stands cemented at 2678. With activity well under way at Signal Hill and Newport it is the intention to resume drilling here soon. WHEAT MOVEMENT AT HEIGHT NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 24 — The wheat movement to Europe thrust this port is now at its height. About 300 cars of wheat are passing through each day, or more than double the amount handled at this time last year. Featuring Closed Models at the Auto Exhibit. PAIGE "The Most Beautiful Car In America." "The Sedan" "The Sedan" The beauty of the Paige Sedan represents the finest expression of the coach maker's art. Practical utility as well as refinement is strongly exemplified in every part. For any season—for any weather, "The Brougham" Coupe "666" — is the last word in closed cars, combining economy in operation, durability and dependability with a beauty that is without doubt unsurpassed. SAM HUBBELL 252 N. Los Angeles-st. 500,000 TENANTS LAUNCH RENT WAR NEW ORLEANS Aug 24—The biggest "rent hog" hunt ever staged is promised in September by an organized army of 500,000 tenants in Louisiana. Under the leadership of the Louisiana Housing Commission, appointed last January by Gov. Parker, the army will demand remedial legislation of the legislature when that body meets Sept. 6 at Baton Rouge. Rent gouges in this state to date are estimated to total more than $400,000,000. Preparation for the "hunt" began July 4 when Morgan A. D. Hill chairman of the commission, issued a call to arms by all temple requesting those who had been gouged to file with him statements of rent raises together with copies of their leases. Thousands have replied. Hite and commission members have worked fast to get their pursuit moving day. Legislation covering these four points has been prepared and the Housing commission will endeavor to have it rushed through: 1. A permanent state housing board with supervision in housing matters and embracing a rent commission, with powers of rent adjustment. 2. Changes in eviction laws preventing eviction of families because of rent disputes. 3. Placing property values on the basis of rent returns and assessing accordingly. The Tenants' Right association has been organized to follow up and reinforce work of the housing commission. Real estate interests also have organized to fight the rent legislation. Following its fight in the legislature, the housing commission will launch an ambitious building program which members say will enable New Orleans and Louisiana to catch up with its housing shortage in three years. SAYS SEX CONTROLLED BY AUTO-SUGGESTION PARIS Aug 24—Sex control is an established fact, according to Prof. K. Couse of Nancy, called the world's foremost exponent of auto-suggestion. "Not only can parents before birth Motor Certificate Drive Starts Wed." Motorists who have not posted their registration certificates in the driving compartments of their automobiles and better give this little matter attention before Wednesday morning, unless they want to have an interview with a judge of the pence. The certificates must be signed correctly and in case of a machine being caught on contract the legal owner (the seller) and the registered owner (the buyer) must attach their signatures on lines provided for them. The legal owner's name should be written on the bottom line. Starting Wednesday, county and city motorcycle officers will halt auto owners for inspection of their machines with particular reference to the certificate. Those who do not display them or whose certificates are not signed will be liable to arrest. The state motorcycle act provides for the signatures for a purpose. The purpose is to aid officers in detecting stolen machines. It is a protection for the owner. The owner's signature on the certificate may save him embarrassment. In a strange section. Should he fall under suspicion of having a stolen machine in his possession, comparison of his handwriting, with that on the certificate will convince an officer of the innocence or guilt of the individual under suspicion. The certificate must be displayed in a position convenient for officers to find it readily. "We find that a great many motorists are careless in respect to signing their certificates and in displaying them," said C. N. Mosley, deputy district attorney today. "The matter is one of importance—far more than some people believe—and we want to know that the certificate is in every automobile." RAYMOND SMITH IS WINNER OF CONTEST Raymond Smith, Balboa yachtman, today holds sufficient points to win the Frank G. Smith trophy offered for the winner of the most points in a series of five sailing boat races at Balboa this summer. His yacht, Cynnet, has won three of the four contests already held the last being Saturday of last week. Leonard G. Swales, of Santa Ana, has been skipper on the boat in each of the races. One more is to be sailed and it is scheduled for next Saturday on Newport bay. Following its fight in the legislature, the housing commission will launch an ambitious building program, which members say, will enable New Orleans and Louisiana to catch up with its housing shortage in three years. SAYS SEX CONTROLLED BY AUTO SUGGESTION PARIS, Aug. 24—Sex control is on established fact, according to Prof. K. Cous of Nancy, called the world's foremost exponent of auto-suggestion. "Not only can parents before birth determine the sex of their children, but they can also influence his future life and career by endowing him with the qualities they would most wish him to have," Dr. Cone asserted. "To do this all that is required is the same strength of determination and will power displayed by every one in the minor matters of life—by the bank clerk, for instance, who forces himself on cold mornings to leave the comfortable warmth of his bed for the chilliness of a cold shower. As in his case the power of auto-suggestion is merely a matter of habit." If a mother wants a boy baby she must bend her will to that effect, repeating with absolute confidence 20 or 40 times a day. My child will be a boy. An inventor claims to prevent sex slickness by a belt that he has patented to hold a sheet of porous paper saturated with camphor against a person's abdomen. WINNER OF CONTEST Raymond Smith, Balboa yacht-maker, today holds sufficient points to win the Frank G. Smith trophy offered for the winner of the most points in a series of five sailing boat races at Balboa this summer. His yacht, Cygnet, has won three of the four contests already held, the last being Saturday of last week. Leonard G. Swales, of Santa Ana, had been skipped on the bont in each of the races. One more is to be sailed and it is scheduled for next Saturday on Newport bay. Saturday's race was over the inside course in the bay, the course being covered twice, making a distance of about 11 miles. Other entries were Nigger Boy Captain Sherman; Lopez, Ingle; Carpenter, and Tom; Captain Suofford. Job Printing at the Plain Dealer NASH SIX PRICES 5-passenger touring car ... $1835 2-passenger roadster ... $1815 4-passenger sport model ... $1990 7-passenger touring car ... $1990 4-passenger coupe ... $2730 7-passenger sedan ... $3045 Delivered in Orange County With Any Higher Priced Make. 5-passenger touring car ... $1835 2-passenger roadster ... $1815 4-passenger sport model ... $1990 7-passenger touring car ... $1990 4-passenger coupe ... $2730 7-passenger sedan ... $3045 Delivered in Orange County NASH FOUR PRICES 5-passenger touring car ... $1440 2-passenger roadster ... $1420 3-passenger coupe ... $2605 5-passenger sedan ... $2215 All Nash models, both open and closed, have cord tires as standard equipment. Delivered in Orange County MAY MO 211 North Main St. Telephone 1818 Santa Ana, Calif. ORANGE COUNTY FUL 126 W. Conn NASH The good Maxwell is being widely accepted as the truly economical and satisfactory mode of transportation for the average family. Turton&Lumsdon UNIVERSAL GARAGE Sole Maxwell Agents for Northern Orange County Phone 32-J 142 S. Los Angeles St. Anthelm, Cal. The Good Maxwell In the mountains and by the sea. On country try roads and in city traffic, the Nash is among the most conspicuous, and where you see a Nash note the smile of contentment on the driver's face. performance-- A Nash Sport Model nearly two years old and driven 22,000 miles covered a distance of one mile on the are factors which render the Nash unusually Anaheim people who have traveled this road know that the average car cannot cover its rough surface at a much less rate of speed and stay in the road. The perfect balance of the Nash is one of its many fea- A Nash Sport Model nearly two years old and driven 22,000 miles covered a distance of one mile on the are factors which render the Nash unusually Anaheim people who have traveled this road know that the average car cannot cover its rough surface at a much less rate of speed and stay in the road. The perfect balance of the Nash is one of its many features. Careful Construction Quality of Material and Skilled Design bumpy Brookhurst road at a speed of 62 miles an hour immune from road troubles which often mar the pleasures of long motor tours. MOTOR CO. ORANGE COUNTY DISTRIBUTORS FULLERTON 126 W. Commonwealth Ave. Phone 55 332 West Center St Anaheim, Calif. Tolopfone 870 H MOTORS