oc-plain-dealer 1924-07-19

VOL. XXVII—No. 274 COUNTY SELLS 1786 WANT TO CUT BROADWAY THRU Extension to Plancentia Ave. Sought; County Paving Progressive Why should Broadway extend on the west for miles and be cut off on the east at East-st? Ratchers just beyond Broadway and east on East Center and Santa Ana-sts see no reason for it and are starting a movement to have Broadway cut thru to Placentia. Big Jump in L.A. Auto Accidents The considerable decline in accidents reported recently by Orange-co hospitals is not paralleled in Los Angeles. The annual report of the Receiving Hospital for the year ending June 30, shows that there were 9,270 victims of auto crashes received at emergency hospitals alone, an increase of 4,942 over the previous year, when 1,328 were given attention. Alcoholic cases increased more than 10 per cent. Of the total number of victims 898 were children under 16. TOO MANY RETAIL TIRE MEN IS CLAIM Talking about business being dull in a certain line, when the real trouble is that the line is overdone in a given locality, is something not confined to Anaheim apparently. The line in question here is the tire business. "The main trouble with the tire construction and improvement." Extension to Plancentia Ave. Sought; County Paving Progressive Why should Broadway extend on the west for miles and be cut off on the east at East-st? Ranchers just beyond Broadway and east on East Center and Santa Ana-ts see no reason for it and are starting a movement to have Broadway cut thru to Placentia-av. They also wish a north-south street east of East-st to provide a shortcut to the new school building, according to E. A. Collins, prominent grower. The paving of Broadway as continued and of Santa Ana-st from East to Placentia-av will be the next ends aimed at. The city this week oiled Santa Ana-st from East-st west and the county began the work of surveying it from East to Placentia-av, preparatory to grading and graveling. The street was found to be "off center line" at many points and will be thoroly straightened. The county is in the midst of similar work on Broad-st. The work of adding good sized shoulders to Lincoln-av outside the city limits is nearly finished. These strips of gravel mean a wider thorofare and are timely because of the crowded condition of traffic at points on the way to Long Beach. BUILD COAST ROAD The last road construction attempted by the state highway commission until a new financing method is evolved will be the building of the new coast highway from Corona Del Mar to Laguna Beach in this county, according to a telegram received today from N. T. Edwards of Orange, member of the highway commissioner. Ed-highwards is in San Francisco. Edwards stated that the commission decided to advertise July 21 for bids for the Corona Del Mar-Laguna Beach strip, the bids to be opened Aug. 18. The contract will cover eight miles of construction. The Orange-co work was provided for before the commission cancelled its construction program. PARIS—The Pasitch cabinet has resigned, according to a Central News dispatch today from Belgrade. Salesman—Plain Dealer Class Ad. TOO MANY RETAIL TIRE MEN IS CLAIM Talking about business being dull in a certain line, when the real trouble is that the line is overdone in a given locality, is something not confined to Anaheim apparently. The line in question here is the tire business," says William O'Neill, president of the General Tire & Rubber Co., whose tires are handled by S. R Walter of the Anaheim Vulcanizing Works, "is not merely too rapid expansion. That is serious enough in itself, but there are too many dealers. Too many dealers means not alone that the business is spread out too thin, but also that territories are not properly researched, dealers are not carefully instructed, consumption is not closely estimated, and a lot of little fellows get into the business when what we need is fewer and bigger men. "Selling a dealer is only part of a sale. No tire is really sold until it is on the user's car and the dealer and manufacturer have each been paid." NEW ESSEX AND HUDSON MODELS The secret about the Essex and Hudson is out. New models of both cars were brothel here this week by Earl Farris, branch manager of the H. R. Grove Motor Co., and placed on display in the West Center-st rooms. The Hudson has been improved very considerably, making the price cut equivalent to a considerable slash. Balloon tires as standard equipment, heavier fenders, more finished coach work including elimination of sharp lines, a finer steer wheel and instrument board are among the changes. The tires are the full balloon, 33 by 6.20. The radiator has been raised an inch and one-half. The Essex also has been greatly improved. It has been made into a heavier car and also has full size balloons, 31 by 5.25. The square windows have been given a curving design and sharp lines have been softened. The motor has been enlarged considerably. No Car Lil! No Car Like It! 42 horsepower! 50 miles and more an hour—hour after hour—without over-heating—without loss of power—without carbon cleaning! And at the end of a long sustained high speed, your motor will be cooler, will need less water than any similar sized poppet-valve engine. This engine's power curve keeps climbing up while the power of a poppet-valve car is dropping off. Furthermore, the Willys-Knight is entirely free from those engine repairs which make up 50% of the upkeep cost of practically all poppet-valve cars. It has no cams—no springs—to get out of order. A car you can keep season after season. Take a ride today. WILLYS-KNIGHT $1195 W. R. Schanhals Willys-Knight and Overland Distributors 325 E. Center Street ANAHEIM Phone 511 THE ORANGE COUNTY Plain Dealer automobile Section Anaheim, California, Saturday, July 19, 1924 1786 PLEASURE CARS IN SIX NEW ROADS IN SOUTH COST $5,000,000 Program of State This Year Extensive; A.C. S. C. Figures Southern California during the first six months of 1924 has contracted for more than five million dollars of road work, one-third of which has been from state funds, and the remaining two-thirds provided by the counties. This money will be applied on the construction and improvement of PROPER PRESSURE NO GUESSWORK The proper pressure at which low pressure tires on Buick cars should be inflated isn't left to chance by the Buick Motor Car Co. Bill Goodrum of the Motor Sales Co. has received a chart on which the prescribed pressures for every model of car both front and rear are given. These pressures are worked out with scientific exactitude for the Buick itself, not for just one car of many manufactured, with all factors conditioning the result taken into consideration. Buick owners are invited to consult with Goodrum's foreman if they don't know what the right pressures for their car are. NEW 1-TON TRUCK IS LATEST FORD A one-ton truck with canopy sides, the entire vehicle manufactured in the Ford Motor Co., plant, is the latest vehicle turned out by PICK MURPHY AS 1924 WINNER Has 1095 Points Against 620 for Earl Cooper, Second Man Jimmy Murphy has the national championship of the A. A. A. for 1924, clinched, with 1095 points compared with 620 for Earl Cooper, his nearest competitor. Murphy won in 1922 and would have won probably in 1923, if he hadn't gone to Europe and missed two championship events. Eddie Hearne, who retired, won Touring Fact Sent by A Demands in the Calif. touring information becoming so keen that plane mail service is by prospective tour An auto party from ton, Ill., initiated mail delivery and bureau of the Auto Calif. sent a comp maps covering the Trails route by retu so that the tourist for Los Angeles wi Although hundred graphic inquiries by the auto club, it sible to send ma Hence, the airplane ice will be of mat those wishing rush for their trip to So formula. 100,000 EXP AT RADIO SAN FRANCISCO More than 100,000 Program of State This Year Extensive; A.C. S. C. Figures Southern California during the first six months of 1924 has contracted for more than five million dollars of road work, one-third of which has been from state funds, and the remaining two-thirds provided by the counties. This money will be applied on the construction and improvement of more than 350 miles of highway. There were 46 different projects undertaken. In addition to this road work there were 13 bridges placed under construction, totaling nearly 1200 feet in length and involving expenditures of more than $124,000. These figures are estimated from records of the engineering department of the Auto Club of So. Calif., which organization has always been a strong proponent of good roads, and which keeps tab of the highway construction thru this section. The state projects approximate $1,750,000 in expenditures and include 11.9 miles of gravel road in Imperial county; 27.5 miles of cement and asphalt concrete and grading in Los Angeles county; 21.2 miles of grading and Portland cement concrete in Orange county; 24.6 miles of grading, cement concrete, widening and sea wal in Ventura county. In Orange county, also, the state is to build a 522-foot bridge across the Santa Ana river. County highway construction shows 40 1-8 miles of asphalt concrete in Kern county, approximately 48 miles of road work in Los Angeles county of practically all classes; 13 miles of gravelling, asphalt and cement concrete, and widening in Orange county; nearly six miles of macadam in Riverside county; 132 miles of repairing and macadam, and macadam and oil in San Bernardino county; five miles of cement concrete in San Diego county; 25 miles of macadam in Santa Ynez valley in Santa Barbara county; and three miles of asphalt macadam in Ventura county. NASH FORMS AJAX MOTORS C. W. Nash has announced the formation of the Ajax Motors Co., a corporation to be located and have its place of business in Racine, Wis. The incorporators are C. W. Nash, W. H. Alford and J. T. Wilson, and according to articles filed with the secretary of state at Madison, the organization has a capital of $3,000,000 of seven per cent, cumulative, preferred stock and 30,000 shares of common stock without nominal or par value. The Mitchell Motor Co. will be taken over. NEW 1-TON TRUCK IS LATEST FORD A one-ton truck with canopy sides, the entire vehicle manufactured in the Ford Motor Co. plant, is the latest vehicle turned out by the Detroit manufacturer. Says the company in its literature which reached Sid McGraw this week: "The Ford truck can now be purchased as a complete haulage unit including the standard Ford one-ton worm-drive chassis equipped with an all steel body and cab. Stake sockets are provided which permit it being readily converted into other types and when desired the body may be secured with canopy top and side curtains, either with or without screen sides and back as shown in the illustration at the right. The steel body is built to withstand the most severe usage. It has a loading space 7'2" by 4' which in connection with the various body combinations make it adaptable to the handling of most any kind of a load. With standard gearing the Ford truck may operate up to 15 miles an hour, but for quick delivery service a special gear permits a speed of 22 miles. When desired, the chassis, cab or any body combination may be purchased separately. Starting and lighting system is optional." Test Psychological Fitness of Driver CHICAGO, July 19 — Convinced that the great number of automobile accidents which occur in the United States annually can be cut down if greater care is used in preventing unfit persons from driving motor cars, the National Association of Taxicab Owners, with headquarters in Chicago, has retained Dr. A. J. Snow, internationally known industrial psychologist, to devise a series of psychological tests which may be applied in a few minutes to anyone, and which it is declared will reveal without fall whether that person can safely be trusted at the steering wheel of an auto. Dr. Snow has been working for several months upon the tests, it became known today, and has already devised three which will reveal whether the subject is naturally cautious or careless, what the general standard of intelligence is, and whether the "fear-time reaction," or response to the immediate needs of a sudden emergency is quick enough to make that person a safe driver. Has 1095 Points Against 620 for Earl Cooper, Second Man Jimmy Murphy has the national championship of the A. A. A. for 1924 cinched, with 1095 points compared with 620 for Earl Cooper, his nearest competitor. Murphy won in 1922 and would have won probably in 1923, if he hadn't gone to Europe and missed two championship events. Eddie Hearne, who retired, won last year after a sensational race at the Beverly Hills Speedway on Thanksgiving Day with Tommy Murphy. Murphy drives a Miller Special, and one is likely to be entered in the next Thanksgiving Day race on Beverly track. Murphy in 1923 won with a Durant Special. Here is the standing of the leading speed fiends: Championship Driver Points Jimmy Murphy 1095 Earl Cooper 620 L. L. Corum 570 Harlan Fengler 548 Harry Hartz 351 Fred Comer 285 Bennett Hill 254 Jerry Wonderlich 250 Tommy Milton 231 Antoline Mourre 190 Bob McDonogh 116 Peter DePaolo 62 Eddie Hearne 35 Ira Valle 35 Ernie Ansterberg 15 Joe Boyer 15 Wade Morton 9 Van Raest 8 Louis Wilson 8 Cliff Durant 5 NEW DODGE “NEW” FOR LONG PERIOD Purchasers of Dodge Gros.' cars have an advantage over other motor car buyers in the fact that models are not frequently changed, according to Charley Mann, local distributor. "A one-year-old Dodge Bros.' car is modern in appearance and mechanical design," says the company. "That fact is conceded by everyone. Equally important to its resale value, however, is the fact that it is substantially the same car that Dodge Bros. will manufacture a year later. In other words, there is no danger that this one-year-old car will suffer an undue depreciation loss simply because an entirely different model is about to make its appearance. We charge off only for the normal rate of depreciation for one year. And the used car buyer in turn appreciates the fact that the price represents full value and that he can buy the car with full assurance of many years of satisfactory service." Fishing in Ocean Is Feature As Wily Trout Becomes Scarcer ORANGE COUNTY — Pier fishing at beaches is reported excellent the past week. Trolling for albacore, fish, yellowtail and barracuda, very good. Corbina and bass are running well at Huntington Beach. Surf fishing is good all along the coast, particularly near Laguna. Large catches of albacore, halibut, barracuda and yellowtail taken by trolling boats. Sword fish have made their appearance off Balboa. RIVERSIDE COUNTY — Trout fishing poor in all streams in Riverside county on account of extreme low water. SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY — Trout fishing continues to be excellent at the Rainbow Angling club, seven miles north of Redlands. This is an ideal place to fish, cook your fish and have a picnic. Many local anglers caught limits the past week. Fishing is fair at Big Bear and Arrowhead lakes. The experienced fishermen are making fair catches. Fishing in most of the streams in this county is about over, as the water is low and very warm and fish in poor condition. LOS ANGELES COUNTY — Ocean fishing: Santa Monica—Surf fishing is fair along the coast north of Santa Monica. Pier fishing reported good. Bait and tackle may be secured on Santa Monica wharf. Mackerel, smelt, halibut, barracuda and Jew fish are being taken from live bait and trolling boats out of Santa Monica. Hundreds of barracuda taken the past week and some yellowtail. Venice — Pier fishing reported good; mackerel and surf fish are being caught. Fishing from barge reported good. Mackerel, halibut and barracuda taken. Redondo—Good catches of bass reported from live bait boats and some mackerel were caught from the piers. Barge fishing good. Long Beach—Pier fishing reported good. Mackerel, herring, corbina and spotfin are being taken. Trolling reported good. Yellowtail, bass, barracuda and albacore taken. Six boats leave daily; three boats for charter. Manhattan and Hermosa Beaches report pier fishing good the past week. Trout—Trout fishing in Los Angeles county is over for this season on account of extreme low water. SAN DIEGO COUNTY—Ocean fishing—Pier fishing very good; sea trout, corbina and croakers taken. Trolling reported best for some time. Barracuda, yellowtail, sword fish, bonita and albacore are being caught. Surf fishing is excellent all along the coast. Boats and bait may be secured at San Diego. Clams will be found at Mission Beach, Ocean Beach and Coronado. The summer run ol albacore is now off the San Diego coast and hundreds of cannery boats are working out of that port. Trout—Cuyamaca and Barrett Reservoirs report fair trout fishing. Some nice fish taken. Black Bass Fishing — Sweetwater and Morena report good catches of black bass. Murray also reports some good catches. Mud suckers and crawfish are best bait; these may be secured at bait stands in San Diego. Live bait for sale at Morena. fact that it is substantially the same car that Dodge Brus will manufacture a year later. In other words, there is no danger that this one-year-old car will suffer an undue depreciation loss simply because an entirely different model is about to make its appearance. We charge off only for the normal rate of depreciation for one year. And the used car buyer in turn appreciates the fact that the price represents full value and that he can buy the car with full assurance of many years of satisfactory service. "Another factor enters into this policy which is also of considerable importance to buyers." A change in model involves a complete change in dies and production schedules. It upsets a factory completely and often means a virtual stoppage of production. This naturally means a loss to the manufacturer and his only course is to get it back in the price of his product." More car for the money, a better demand for the car in dull times and cheaper replacement parts are other advantages, says the factory, which, in spite of slowing down of output elsewhere, is on normal production. NEW, USED CAR VALUES EQUALIZE Bargain-hunting in cars is becoming a thing of the past, says Herb Davis, manager of Turton's Certified Motor Car Market. The ultimate consumer, that is the individual prospect, who thinks that the used car is a better purchase than the new one or vice versa is likely to find himself badly mistaken. The values of both are fixed according to the market for both. If prices of new cars decline, that of used ones will follow; if they rise, the result will be otherwise. Or if it happens temporarily that values of one or the other are out of line, to either the advantage or disadvantage of the prospect, this irregularity will correct itself before long. The used car markets are guided solely in price fixing by the desires of the public, which commonly demands economy, in original outlay and upkeep, appearance, power and comfort. IN SIX MONTHS Touring Facts Sent by Airplane Demands in the east for So. Calif. touring information is becoming so keen that the airplane mail service is being used by prospective touring parties. An auto party from Bloomington, Ill., initiated the airplane mail delivery and the touring bureau of the Auto Club of So. Calif. sent a complete set of maps covering the National Old Trails route by return airplane, so that the tourist could leave for Los Angeles without delay. Although hundreds of telegraphic inquiries are received by the auto club, it is not possible to send maps by wire. Hence, the airplane mail service will be of material aid to those wishing rush information for their trip to Southern California. 100,000 EXPECTED AT RADIO EXHIBIT SAN FRANCISCO, July 19.—More than 100,000 persons from STILL LEADS RIVERSIDE, S. BERDOO Anaheim Alone Disposes of 43 in June and 288 in Half Year The six months ended June 30 still witnesses Orange county leading its closest rivals, Riverside and San Bernardino counties, in total car sales. Its total was 1786 compared with 1109 for Riverside and 1651 for San Bernardino, according to the official figures which reached Anaheim yes- 100,000 EXPECTED AT RADIO EXHIBIT SAN FRANCISCO, July 19.—More than 100,000 persons from throut California are expected to visit the second annual Pacific Radio Exposition to be staged in the Civic Auditorium here August 16 to 21, inclusive, under the direction of the Pacific Radio Trade Ass'n. According to Herbert E. Metcalf of Oakland, president of the association, the coming affair will be the largest of its kind ever held in the world. Every national manufacturer of radio receiving sets will be represented and there will be scores of exhibits by the United States government, radio dealers and distributors from throut the country. Camp Curry Head On Inspection Tour Robt. T. Williams, manager of Camp Curry, left the Yosemite valley recently to visit the General Grant and Sequoia national parks on an inspection tour. According to J. A. C. Waters, So. Calif. Camp Curry representative, Mr. Williams' trip to these parks is in line with the Camp Curry management's policy of personally visiting all other national parks in California and all over the United States in order to get first hand information as to touring conditions, best routes of approach and principal points of scenic interest in each park. This information is then said to be passed on to the thousands of Yosemite national park visitors who make Camp Curry their vacation headquarters each year. "Members of the Camp Curry organization have visited practically every other national park in the United States during the past year," Mr. Williams' statement to Mr. Waters reads. "While we are more positive than ever after these trips that Yosemite is the grandest of all parks and best suited for thorough vacation enjoyment, we are strong boosters for all California tourists visiting other national parks as well. We are glad to help stimulate travel to these national playgrounds by furnishing accurate information as to routes, etc., to our guests." The Peerless Motor Car Co., has advanced prices $100 to $150 on Anaheim Alone Disposes of 43 in June and 288 in Half Year The six months ended June 30 still witnesses Orange county leading its closest rivals, Riverside and San Bernardino counties, in total car sales. Its total was 1786 compared with 1109 for Riverside and 1651 for San Bernardino, according to the official figures which reached Anaheim yesterday. San Diego county, which in spite of a much larger population, used to be regularly worsed a year or two ago by Orange, has rolled up a total of 2787, which Orange won't overcome this year at least. During June Orange county sold 243 pleasure vehicles and 36 trucks. Riverside sold 39 and San Bernardino 37. Ford trucks with 17 was easily the leader in the county. Anaheim alone sold 43 pleasure cars in June and 288 in the six months. Sales of different makes of car in the county during the month included: Ford, 79; Chevrolet, 41; Studebaker, 20; Dodge, 16, and Star 14. In Los Angeles county sales leaders in June were: Ford, 3137; Chevrolet, 1534; Studebaker, 554; Bulck, 525; Star, 507, and Dodge 320. In the six months Los Angeles county's "best sellers" were: Ford, 13.559; Chevrolet, 5418; Studebaker, 2251; Dodge, 2216, and Bulck, 1943. Taking So. Calif. as a whole—that is Los Angeles, Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Riverside, Orange, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Ventura counties—sales in the six months were: Ford, 17.625; Chevrolet, 7330; Dodge, 3280; Studebaker, 3001; and, Bulck, 2622. In June the sales were: Ford, 2666; Chevrolet, 1119; Studebaker, 604; Dodge, 588, and Bulck, 422. SCHANHALS SELLS 11 CARS IN JULY W. R. Schanhals, local distributor of the Willys Knight and Overland, sold three new cars on Thursday and delivered five in five days this week. He also sold three used cars. He has sold eight new and three used cars during July so far. The purchasers are: C. J. Tremblay, R.D. 5, Willys-Knight sedan; J. F. Nugent, Overland coupe; B. A. Cole, Overland bluebird; W. H. Winter, Overland coupe; Sidney Butwel, Overland redbird special; Harry P. Gifford, Overland redbird special; G. W. Barrett, Overland redbird special; G. W. Barrett, Overland redbird special; G. W. Barrett, Overland redbird special; G. W. Barrett, Overland redbird special; G. W. Barrett, Overland redbird special; G. W. Barrett, Overland redbird special; G. W. Barrett, Overland redbird special; G. W. Barrett in the United States during the past year," Mr. Williams' statement to Mr. Waters reads. "While we are more positive than ever after these trips that Yosemite is the grandest of all parks and best suited for thorough vacation enjoyment, we are strong boosters for all California tourists visiting other national parks as well. We are glad to help stimulate travel to these national playgrounds by furnishing accurate information as to routes, etc., to our guests." The Peerless Motor Car Co., has advanced prices $100 to $150 on three models, according to dispatches today. The Standard Oil Co. of Indiana has reduced gasoline one cent. Try a Classified Ad for results. BRUNSWICK SEDAN CORD TIRES Plus Service There’s more to our service than just handing you a Brunswick Tire and taking your money. That is only 50% of the transaction. The rest comes in our pledge that the tire will fully meet your expectations and that our service facilities will be constantly at your disposal. GUY B. DANIELS 211 North Los Angeles Street Anaheim, Calif.