oc-plain-dealer 1922-12-16

AUTOMOBILE SECTION VOL. XXVI—NO. 106 CATCH THIEF BY RADIO IS CLUB PLAN Auto thief catching is to be put on the latest and most scientific basis with the use of the radio by the Automobile Club of Southern California. The license numbers of all autos stolen in this part of the state are to be broadcasted each night by the club theft bureau over the largest radio station in the west now operated by the Los Angeles Times. Information in regard to stolen cars will then reach all parts of America in the quickest possible time. Not only will the numbers of stolen machines be broadcasted, but the club is also giving a comprehensive program daily over the radio on subjects dear to the heart of every motor car user. Information on recent road changes as affected by weather conditions, safely talks, news of duck hunting and fishing and the solving of legal questions will also be included. The information thus sent out will reach more than 600,000 listeners all over the western hemisphere nightly. This is the first time in the history of motoring that the radio has been so employed. FRANKLIN WINS BIG TOKYO RUN Economy runs are becoming all the rage in Japan and the Japan Advertiser of Toyko, a leading newspaper, sponsored the first successful event of this kind recently by profiling a motor trophy to the stock car making the highest score over a 130-mile course. The Franklin won. "Averaging 41.5 miles to the gallon of gasoline, S. Shimanuki, driving a Franklin motor car," says the Advertiser, "finished in first place and won the Japan Advertiser trophy in the advertiser's first annual motor economy trial. Twenty-three runs were made in the trials, which were held over the 130-mile course from Tokyo to Miyanoshita and return, a course which includes stretches of rather bad roads and from Odawara to Miyanoshita, a climb up a winding mountain road from level to an altitude of 1400 feet. "The first two places were taken by American cars, the Franklin winning and a Chevrolet, driven by Kinge Yane of Yokohama, coming in second. Scores were derived by multiplying the miles per gallon by the number of passengers carried, each car carrying the full number for which it was built, the score thus giving passenger-miles, or a comparative indication of the gasoline cost per passenger. The Franklin made a score of 208, considerably outdistancing all rivals. Mr. Yano in the Chevrolet scored 157,575; D. H. O'Dell in a Wanderer, finishing third 134,192; Pierre Bonneau in a Majola, fourth, 131,040 and a Mathis, also driven by Mr. Bonneau, fifth, 128,328." Hudson, Es Probable The reductions on all models of cars are probably cording to H. R. anger of Townsend son prices participate at rock bottom. The principal on the two car sales during the year, said Grove, the volume of sale more nearly pro-output. The quality of been higher, sailed and the price cower, but much. Plain Dealer Wa DODGE FANS STILL GROW, MANN SHOWS The number of new Dodge fans continues to multiply, Charley Mann, local distributor points out, in announcing another list of purchasers. The weather appears to augment sales of this dependable, high class car. Sales the past month or so are: P. V. Taylor of Placentia, touring; L. J. Winnie, Anaheim, roadster; C. S. Robinson, Placentia, roadster; Ted Kuckel, Anaheim, touring; Mike Regan, Los Alamitos, touring; Ed Backs, Placentia, coupe; Pugh-Miller Drilling Company, Anaheim, roadster; S. D. Winters, Anaheim, touring; Fred Winters, Anaheim, coupe; M. Sanford, Anaheim, touring; by Land Company, Los Alamitos, touring; Shearl Cook, Placentia, touring. Purchasers of used cars include Anaheimers; P. V. Duarte, R. Colleninan, W. Bartlett; Ed Schneidd-Frank Dotts and H. Felix. Maxwell Goes 20,000 Miles; No Repair Turton & Lumsdon point to the record of Bert O. Crémains of Fullerton as evidence of the way the Maxwell stands up. He purchased his car last February and has run it 20,000 miles without a cent of expense other than gas and oil. F. L. Young of the Anaheim Beef company has run his Maxwell 15,.800 miles since last March when he bought it, and has spent only $4.80 on it—for a tire carrier bracket. Umbrellas also make good gifts because you have a chance to get them back. Closed Car Luxury Unsurpassed The 1923 Six Cylinder Passenger Sedan A dignified beauty and richness unexcelled by any closed car mark the new Buick seven passenger sedan. Lengthening the body, lowering the top and raising hood and radiator have improved the Unsurpassed The 1923 Six Cylinder Passenger Sedan A dignified beauty and richness unexcelled by any closed car mark the new Buick seven passenger sedan. Lengthening the body, lowering the top and raising hood and radiator have improved the streamline appearance made possible by the long wheel base and added attractiveness has been given by the handsome nickeled drum-type head and cowl lamps. The roomy Fisher built body is furnished in rich plush. Deep cushioned seats for five with two comfortable folding chairs accommodate seven grown persons with ample room for everyone. The chassis has been improved materially and its easy riding qualities heightened by a new rear spring suspension. In the famous Buick Valve-in-Head engine, changes also have been made to increase dependable performance. In every detail of body, chassis and power plant, this Sedan has no superiors among closed cars of even greater price. ANAHEIM AUTO CO Wm. Goodrum Prop ANAHEIM FULLERTON Buick Distributors for Northern Orange County Anaheim Phone 354 Used Car Dept. 113 W. Santa Fe St. Fullerton Plain Dealers LEADING NEWSPAPER OF NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTY Anaheim, California, Saturday, Dec. 16, 1922 Hudson, Essex Cuts Probably Temporary The reductions announced Tuesday on all models of Hudson and Essex cars are probably only temporary, according to H. R. Grove, branch manager of Townsend & Medbery. Hudson prices particularly are absolutely at rock bottom. The principal reason for the cuts on the two cars was to stimulate sales during the dull months of the year, said Grove. By the recent cuts the volume of sales is expected to be more nearly proportioned to that of output. The quality of both cars never has been higher, said Grove, if as high, and the price cuts do not mean lower, but much higher values. Plain Dealer Want Ads Get Results O. M. SKINNER'S THIRD LEXINGTON O. M. Skinner has purchased a Lexington sedan of T. L. DeCew, turning in his five-passenger touring with California top. It is Skinner's third Lexington. Batteries To Cost More Very Shortly Batteries are going up! The manufacturers of two of the most prominent makes, announce a five per cent advance after the first of the year. Popular radio sets also are advancing. Recently one well known make rose from $135 to $145. Oxides used in battery manufacture went up 50 per cent the past month. Junk lead is costing battery service stations 3 1-4 cents per pound instead of 1 1-4. 3 MORE TRAINLOADS OF BUICKS ARRIVE Three more trainloads of Buicks arrived this week, 150 cars or 600 vehicles, Bill Goodrum of the Anglo-America Auto Company announced today. Goodrum has obtained 12 of them and can deliver any model asked for at once, first come, first served. The new shipments make six carloads in five or six weeks of the new 1922 models. Two new touring sports and two roadster sport cars are included among the 12 received here. Buyers have their choice of wire or wood wheels and discs. A four-cylinder sedan and four-cylinder coupe afte the first to be received here. J. E. Walter Suspects The Jordan Factory Mr. J. E. Walter of the J. E. Walter Co. has just returned from a trip to Cleveland, Ohio, where he spent several days in the factory of the Jordan Motor Car Co. Mr. Walter states that although the factory is running full force, it is now four months behind on orders. He was also greatly impressed with the efficiency and caution used in the construction of the Jordan car, which accounts for its popularity endorsement of it by over 30,000 Jordan owners. Mr. Jordan has adopted the policy of keeping in touch with all Jordan owners, seeing that they are getting Make It A CHEVROLET IMMEDIATE DELIVERY Superior Touring ... $ 663.00 Superior Coupe ... $ 877.00 Superior Sedan ... $1065.00 (Delivered Here) Frank P. Taggart Co. 328 W. Center St. Anaheim 121 W. Commonwealth Fullerton The New Reo Phaeton All Maxwell Models Except Touring New All of the Maxwell models except the touring car will be changed according to information received by Turton & Lumsdon, Maxwell and Chalmers distributors. Three of the new models already have reached the firm's showrooms, and have created quite a furore here. The sport roadster is the first manufactured by the company. With its expensive bumpers, nickel radiator lamps, cross bar and olive drab top, it is a striking car in any company. The sedan has a Fisher body, all the windows slide down, there is a heater, mirror, sunshade and window wiper. Our Fire Golden Is now on display i street, Bumper Windshield Wings Cowl Ventilator Transmission Lock Jeweled 8 Day Clock And many other The New Reo Phaeton THE little conveniences and big comforts essential to motor-ing, along with safeguards for emergencies, are designed into--not merely added to—the new Reo Five-Passenger Phaeton. Deep cushions, generously upholstered with coverings of high-grade gray Spanish leather. Cuban Gray and Gulfstream Blue are the standard colors, with disc wheels and trimmings to match. DALE & COMPANY C. W. Cromer, Prop. 314 West Center Street Phone 651 $1895 Anaheim Sport Phaeton REALER ORANGE COUNTY AUTOMOBILE SECTION TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR RAINLOADS BCKS ARRIVE rainloads of Buicksk, 150 cars or 600 modrum of the Augsburg company announced to the has obtained 12 of deliver any model ace, first come, first ements make six car-ix weeks of the new ing sports and two cars are included received here. Buyers use of wire or wood s. A four-cylinder-cylinder coupe afreceived here. Fur Suspects Jordan Factory mer of the J. E. Wal-returned from a trip into, where he spent the factory of the Co. states that although running full force, it units behind on or so greatly impressed boy and caution used notion of the Jordan units for its popular-of it by over 30,000 adopted the policy much with all Jordan that they are getting Ford 4-Door Sedan Deliveries Shortly The new four-door Ford sedan, an absolutely new model, is drawing many interested inquirers to the showrooms of George Dunton. The car, a modification of the regular sedan, is as convenient an enclosed car as there is on the market. No walking out into the street to get to the entrance no squeezing between either seats or passengers before the trip begins, no darkness—a handsome dome light looks out for that. The same rominness as that of the largest and costliest sedans, equally good upholstering, and the usual standard equipment which has made Ford cars dependable in all models on all occasions. Deliveries in volume expected shortly. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM ONE, SAYS BEVILLARD The three principle units of an electric starting and lighting system says A. Bevillard of the Anaheim Ignition Depot, are the starter, the generator and the storage battery. Practically every automobile driver will say, "We know that, tell us something we don't know." But very few people have a clear idea about the way these three units work together to give the result that most of us would be lost without. The return cut-out switch prevents the battery from sending current MORE RISES IN PRICES OF TIRES Salesmen of the Firestone tire who were here this week declared positively that this casing would be advanced 10 per cent after the first of the year. Another of the "big five" the Kelly-Springfield, already has advanced its tires 10 per cent. Michelin tires and tubes have gone up 10 per cent. The Howe, one of the independently made tires, has risen 15 per cent. A representative of the Racine company, makers of the Horse Shoe and other tires, declared that all tires would be up 10 or 15 per cent after Jan. 1. The Fisk Rubber Company has advanced casings 7 to 20 per cent. CHEVROLETS ARE ORDERED FOR XMAS "What is more appropriate than a car for the family on Christmas morning?" asks O. E. Dennis, branch manager for the Frank P. Taggart company, Chevrolet distributors of Northern Orange County. The com- The three principle units of an electric starting and lighting system says A. Bevillard of the Anaheim Ignition Depot, are the starter, the generator and the storage battery. Practically every automobile driver will say, "We know that, tell us something we don't know." But very few people have a clear idea about the way these three units work together to give the result that most of us would be lost without. The return cut-out switch prevents the battery from sending current thru the generator when the car is running slowly, the generator manufactures current for the battery somewhat as a pump pumps water and the battery supply current for the starting system, lamps and spark plugs, just as a tank of water turns the smaller water motors. You ultimately can't have more current than you manufacture. If the demand of the motors being operated by the water supply in the original tank should be excessive and greater than that supplied by the pump, it is evident that the tank will soon be emptied and the motors cease to operate. Again the same thing happens with the automobile, when the starter, and lights are used excessively, and more current taken from the storage battery than is supplied by the generator. A leak in any of the wires and connections about the car would contribute to the same effect as would a leak in the pipes of the water system described above. Anyway, we'll wager there's no Welcome Home celebration for Mrs. Claa Phillips. CHEVROLETS ARE ORDERED FOR XMAS "What is more appropriate than a car for the family on Christmas monging?" asks O. E. Dennis, branch manager for the Frank P. Taggart company, Chevrolet distributors of Northern Orange County. The company can make immediate deliveries on most models. Many orders for delivery Christmas morning already have been received. "A glance at the Superior touring car shows why it stands in a quality class of its own incomparable. "It is an automobile which anyone can be proud to own, because of its up-to-the-minute style, complete modern engineering, and the lowest operating cost of any 5-passenger automobile made." Prices remain the same in spite of added equipment and more expensive construction, which have materially increased the average value." MORE CALIFORNIA TOPS SOLD BY EDDY The Eddy Top & Paint Shop this week sold two more California tops to Harry D. Riley, part of the equipment of two cars which are being fitted up. It Pays to Advertise in the Orange County Plain Dealer. Our First Studebaker Golden State Special “6” Sedan Now on display in our salesroom at 151 So. Los Angeles street, Anaheim. Equipment includes: - Humper - Windshield Wings -owl Ventilator -Transmission Lock -Weeded 8 Day Clock -and -Motometer-Special -Radiator Caps and Lock -Auxiliary Cushions -Dome and Rear -Corner Lights And many other added refinements, and the price is Jumper windshield Wings owl Ventilator transmission Lock wheeled 8 Day Clock and Motometer-Special Radiator Caps and Lock Auxiliary Cushions Dome and Rear Corner Lights And many other added refinements, and the price is $1895.00 (Delivered here in Orange County) The value cannot positively be equaled in a motor car. Take yourself and family happier with a nice Studebaker in your Christmas stocking! Harry D. Riley 151 South Los Angeles Street, Anaheim 124 East Commonwealth, Fullerton 149 North Glassel Street, Orange