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PAGE THREE 4 THI DALLE DAILY CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1121. 3 l TRUANT KIDS KEEP WATCH ON AUTOS ' TIRE ABUSE COSTLY ATTENDANCE Seattle CER8 SCOUR CITY IN DO DOE CARS. Ask any kid in Seattle who has a tendency to play hookey once In h while and he 'will tell you that he al ways keeps a sharp lookout foe 'Dodge Brothers touring cars and road aters. Reason this is the type of car used by the eight attendance officers of the Seattle Bchool board, who scour the city constantly for symptoms of juvenile delinquency. (More than one of these cars has ' pulled alongside the curb or glided up to the swimmln' hole to the great dismay of the youngster who had re mained out of school to attend his .grandmother's funeral. Out popped the truant officer and before Jimmy could move he was under cross ex amination. ' (Now the Seattle school board has made it a little easier for Johnny by i giving him a reasonable chance to "duck." The board has ordered that There are two ways of mistreating tire, one neglect and the other down right misuse. To get proper mileage on the investment involved it is nec essary to give a tire occasional att'ea- OFFI- tion, especially important being the requirement that the inflation be kept up to the prescribed figure. ''But it is equally important," says Uuis Bauer of the Dalles Buick Qa 'rage company, dealers in Unltea States tires, "that abuse be avoided. How can ,a tlregive a good account of itself if It is bumped and scraped and hammered? Even the best tires will look like poor ones under such treatment, for they simply cannot stand up under it." DODGE CARS ARE ON ROCK BOTTOM BASIS COMPANY DECLARES PRESENT PRICES ARE NOW AT RE PLACEMENT VALUES. APRIL FRANKLINS SOLD IN 9 DAYS 420 0RDER8 FOR THIS MONTH COULD NOT BE FILLED. this latter figure being1 equivalent to about two weeks' production. Dur ing the first quarter of the year the Franklin company shipped and sold 2,546 cars. SYRACUSE, (N. Y., April 29. in dicative of continued good business is the report that comes from the ear. Bed hv attnnn friMr. h ! Franklin Automobile company which plainly lettered in conformity . wltn ' now tnat on APf 9 ent,re the style of lettering on all other cars Juf for Apr11' 940 fr owned by the school district. When 1 hd been sJ0,d' and that ,n addlt,on "this action was proposed it brought!,"1?"5 rem.a,ed 42, orders for frlJ mrth lB.i.w nrf00f hv I delivery which could not be filled- one of the school officials. The objec tion was reported by. a Seattle paper as follows: MMr. Fleming said in his communi cation of protest that as Dodge Broth ers cars are used exclusively by the department, any Dodge Brothers car .is instantly the object of suspicion on the part of the juvenile population of a community. To make them more conspicuous by lettering would be merely adding to the troubles of an fWArhiirrianprt nnri unannraolattva nnh. ' lie servant. But the protest was over ruled.'' The Seattle police department also uses 10 Dodge Brothers touring cars. The various departments of the city and county together operate 37. Little wonder the small boy regards the familiar D. B. monogram with suspicion. "IDEAL SECTION". OF ROAD NEAR CHICAGO The "ideal section," soon to oe built on the Lincoln highway, is ex pected to become the most famous piece of highway in the world. The exact location has not yet been chos en, but it has been intimated that the section' may be constructed in In diana, not far from Chicago. The funds for building the ideal section will be provided by United States Rubber company," said Louis Bauer, of The Dalles Buick Garage company, dealers in United States tires. "The company has always been The price of sugar and the price of silks may continue to slide down the scale for the next two or three years, and some makes of automo biles may do likewise, but 'the Dodge Brothers' cars are on a rock bottom basis and'' will stay there. So declared H. Hlgginbottom, dis trict representative, in a letter y ester, day to Harry Walthers, sales man ager for the automobile department of Walther-Williams company. In part he said: I "Anticipating that there might still be a feeling in the minds of some people in different parts of the coun try that Dodge Brothers may reduce price of their cars, our president, Mr. F. J. Haynes, has wired me today as follows: 'Any statement that Dodge 'Brothers have reduced or intend re ducing prices is absolutely false. This may be used for publication.' "I am confident that none of my dealers require this further assurance, as Dodge Brothers' previous word is sufficient, but our management feels that' possibly a definite word from them at this time will strengthen the' statements you have made along this same line. "Dodge Brothers have always bought most advantageously and man ufactured most economically, and to day their manufacturing stock is held at today's replacement values. Since their first cars were marketed, sev en years ago, they have increased their price less than any other manu facturer but one and during that time have added improvements which alone offset, the increased price. They posi tively know that they are giving hon est value and therefore can see no sound business justification for any price reduction." Interested in better roads, and has undertaken this work in order that the world may have a concrete illus tration of the ideal type of road to build. A Friendly Tir e Store Your investment inan Oldfield Tire should bring . you, as we see it, 'far more than superior tire mileage. It should and does entitle you to the full busi ness friendship we offer our customers. We hope to number you soon among the friends of . this organization. ' We predict that, once' this friendship is formed, ' you will never find cause to give it up. J. T. Henry Tire Co. 503 East Third Main 141 J DddbeBrdthers r M BUSINESS CAft , j I ' In most businesses which have adopted it, I S . v-v. it is on the go from morning till night r I a -r-' . n ffl .-J,,. Sturdy construction and uninterrupted ser- . m I ItVl. vice contribute greatly to the pronounced ' q m 1 economy of the car. H, j WALTHER-W1UJAMS CGMP&y I !.,;, , The DaBes, Oregon. $j&n i FREE SERVICE To All Make Batteries See Us for Battery and Ignition Troubles Drive Inside For Prest-O-Lite Service WHATEVER make of battery you have drive in here for testing and distilled water as often as you wish, i Ours, is not a "curb-stone" service no waiting outside. You drive inside the build ingout of the weather and out of the wet. Your battery is tested-fight in your car. If repairs are necessary, we have a service bat tery for you to use while the work is being done. This gives you continuous use of your car. Our prices for recharging and repairs ara always right , We Do all kinds of Electric Work such as Starter v,4 Vl, -,! VAI. Cowitz Battery and Electric Co 308 Third Street