ISM
PR
CMK
E
AFFECT 4 LINES
Maxwell, Star and Willys
Knight Advance Over
land Is Reduced
The Safety Grip
i
In mud, land and on -wet
pavements the compact, heav-
iIr-Inforced tread on inese
Ereat oversize IXl-u nana
uilt low inflation cords takes
hold and does its -work safely.
Special compounding and in-
numeraoie .aeepiy lmoruucu
suction pockets proviae me
grip that sticks to slipper? surfaces.
Powerfully buttressed and anchored
blocks - Insure unequaled traction.
That broad center riding bond means
mora uniform wear, straight run-
V niag wheels, easy . aiccriag ana
r greater mileage.
Thar Is ah a C-T-C baad-kaOt Bl
f 1mm firm far astma Ww iaflatiaa.
y wiucB fits sat sUaaara wheal aaa rim.
T-C Tabes add siOeatt U sines! so
7 casts.
Jaripn. Automobile Co.
(alem Automobile Co.
alley Motor Co.
Ira Jorgenson ,
jVlck Bros. . , A
Volumbia Tire Corporation
i
Price adjustments thi9 week af
fected four more lines, all but two
of the changes being Increases. In
each case the net result was to
bring the prices of open and closed
cars nearer together. In all 11
lines have been affected by chang
es announced within the past six
weeks. In most cases the effects
has been to stimulate the sale of
closed cars.
The lines affected this week in
cluded; Maxwell, on all models of
which prices were advanced.
On the Maxwell line the touring
roadster, and sport roadster were
advanced $80, the sport touring
$70, and the club coupe, club sedan
and chassis, $40. The standard
coupe and sedan and the traveler
sedan prices remain unchanged.
The Overland Champion model,
which has proved a great seller,
was reduced $40, while the Willys
Knight sedan was reduced $100.
The Willys-Knight touring car, on
the other hand, was advanced $20.
The fourth line to Be affected
was the Star. Only the open mod
els were raised, touring and road
ster advancing $50.
Lines previously changed in
clude: Cadillac, Oldsmobile, Dodge
Brothers, Studebaker, Oakland,
Gray and LaFayette. With the
exception of the latter the ten
dency in , practically every case
was upward, though only certain
models were affected. LaFayette
made a substantial reduction on
all models.
for January and February and at
ieasi mree have made more in
those months than durine anv
months, in their respectlTe histor
ies. It Is Interesting to note that
In many cases these high marks
failed to supply the demand for
car8 for immediate delivery, much
lessened sending quantities of cars
to , warehouses to help meet the
spring demand.
It is on this condition that cer
tain manufacturers base their pre
diction that there will be a short
age of cars this spring. On the
other hand, rising prices have en
couraged many to buy now instead
of in the Bpring, thereby .saving
from $20 to $70.
1
t Automobiles in Los Angeles
county haver increased from 43,099
la 1914 to 358,000 in 1923 eight
times the former number, in nine
years, . : '
Miles of Blooming Trees
Encircle Spring Festival
SAN FRANCISCO, March 29.
California's blossom bowl. Santa
Clara valley, -with nearly 9.000,-
000 prune and apricot trees in full
bloom, has been celebrating the
silver jubilee of the annual Sara-
DEHLL
WMM
President of A. A. A, Outlines
a Set of Suggestions
Good Ideas
WASHINGTON. D. C, March 30
Automobile accidents through
out the country may be greatly
minimized in short order as a re
sult of a statement issued here to
day by President Thomas P. Henry
of the Amrican Automobile Association.
Mr. Henry says that while care
lessness is admitted by safety
councils and civic organizations to
be the basic cause of most automo
bile accidents and fatalities it is
too vague a term for the average
person. Accordingly be has out
lined a set of suggstions which, it
crossing the second half of the
street. Wise pedestrians look both
ways. It' doesn't take any more
time, and it saves lifelong regret.
Don't Toss between standing or
parked cars unless you are sure
that the drivers ar aware of your
presence.
"Stand on the sidewalk until
there is an opportunity to cross.
Let the curb be your protection
against the motorisit who cuts
sharply around the corner.
"Don't try to hurry across the
street. Any flivver can beat you."
Mr. Henry concludes by saying
that no attempt has been made
to resolve these suggestions into
ten rules or a dozen or twenty.
"For the mere sake of complete
ness the American Automobile As
sociation cannot subscribe to any
simplifying of so complex a prob
lem. There is a new brand of
carelessness offered every day.
and a new rule to cover it. All the
motorist or the pedestrian needs
to know is that carelessness is
composed of specific acts of folly.
Knowledge of a few of these
should easily suggest to him the
rest."
toga March blossom-festival.
Many thousands of motorists ,s hPPed. will give the motorist as
came from distant Doints. their wel1 as tne pedestrian some work-
cars winding about the 90.000
acres of blossoms, stretching as
far as the eye could see from San
Jose, Saratoga and other valley
towns. There was music and pa
geantry, the revelry of spring, the
gay dancing of costumed farmers'
daughters and bands of singers. In carefully,
the churches there were prayer I at ten
services of thanksgiving.
The blossoms mean to the orch
ard tets of the valley something
like $17,000,000 in return for the
100.000 000 pounds of prunes and
100,000 ons of pricots forecast
for this season.
able ideas.
To the motorist the A. A. A. of
ficial says:
"Speed is relative. Just because
you are not exceeding twenty miles
an hour under certain conditions
is no evidence that you are driving
You might be speeding
"It may be unlawful to stop sud
denly or change your direction of
travel without signaling to the
driver behind, but no law gives
you the right to jeopardize your
self as well as the man behind you
by signaling your intentions and
8000 MOTORISTS PROTEST TAX
Over 8600 motorists visiting the
New York national automibile
show signed a petition asking con
gress to repeal the 5 war excise
tax on tires, repair parts, accessor
ies and trucks. The petition was
kept at the booth of the American
Automobile association, in the gal
lery at the show, and, despite the
fact that the booth was not read
ily accessible, thousands of motor
ists from Maine to Florida and
from California to New York ex
pressed their dissatisfaction with
the .1918' war automobile taxes
which are still maintained in 1924.
The Santa Clara valley. 50 miles and then, in acting, disregarding
south of San I-rancisco, is the seat lnia possible inability to stop
of prune and apricot growing in.j
California. There are 70,00fc
acres of prune trees and 24,000
acres of apricots. With an average
of 90 trees to the acre, the average
yield of prunes is one ton of dried
fruit valued at approximately $120
while apricots, with an average
yield of five tons per acre, bring
about $70 a ton.
Virtually all these prunes and
apricots are marketed cooperative
ly by the orchardists through the
California Prune and Apricot
Growers' Association.
ALTO SHORTAGE PREDICTED
Several factories have turned in
. newproduction and sales records
TRANSCONTINENTAL
ROAD SURFACES
THE ONLY REAL TEST
of a good auto top is
the service it gives.
Many of the tops' that we put on
three or four years ago are still
in use and looking good.
Quick and Reliable Service at Reasonable Prices
; O. J. HULL
r i : . 256 State St.
The nature of the roads whiefo
will be encountered by thousands
of motorists who are now plan
ning the transcontinental drive
this year, east or west, is shown
below:
506.1 miles of concrete.
110.9 miles of brick.
453.3 miles of macadam.
1205.4 miles of graded gravel.
'187.5 mile of natural-gravel.
337.3 miles of graded earth.
74.6 miles of natural earth.
220.5 miles of paved city streets.
What is carelessness? Well.
for one thing, it is starting on the
trip without being sure that the
brakes are in propr condition.
"When you are transporting
passengers across railroad tracks
knowing that your battery is too
weak to recrank the engine, should
it stall, that is carelessness.
"One positive way to prevent ac
cidents is to refuse to carry on
a conversation while driving the
car. You can be civil, and there
is no reason why you should not
talk while driving, but you can
not discuss the fouth dimension
and expect to succeed in driving
your carso as to direct it safely
in accordance with the other
three.
"Carelessness lies in assuming
that you can get by the other fel
low on his right side before he
turns over closer to the curb.
"Carelessness has a lot to do
H SHIFT AT
OLDS MOTOR CO
Effort Being Made to Bring
Production Up to Meet
Demand
Two shifts of workers day and
night have been installed in all
principal manufacturing divisions
of the Olds Motor Works, Lansing
Mich., in an effort to bring produc
tlon up to sales requirements. At
the present time more Oldsmobiles
are being produced and more em
ployees engaged by the Olds Motor
Works than ever before during the
27 years' history of the company.
With the production to date and
that scheduled for the remaining
days in March, there will be a total
production of approximately 40,
000 cars since the Introduction of
the new Oldsmobile six on October
1, 1923. This is more than was
the total production for the entire
year of 1923. So far in 1924 the
shipments have been more than
four times greater than they were
during the same period a year
-ago.
When the new six was placed in
production, the entire factory of
the Olds Motor Works had been
revamped to bring about added ef
ficiency in operation. At that
with assuming that everyone hasltime there were 1500 employes.
3142.6 miles.
It is no longer necessary to car
ry extra gas in the car any time are deaf
lighted from, the street car. Care
ful drivers don't assume anything.
They make r;
'Carelessness would cease being
a vague term if it were more fre
quently associated with the prac
tice of assuming that pedestrians
will get out of the way when the
horn is sounded. Many of tbem
Some are day-dreaming.
during a trip across the continent.
It is usually advisable to carry a
canteen of drinking water at all
times and some canned foods for
emergencies.
The average selling price of a
used automobile in 1923 was
$308.03. Used cars sold from
January 1, 1923, to December 1,
1923, numbered 3,091.440.
?, ' ,
-aj W FaieSeJSpBBeSpaiBVBMaBVBMaVBMamSBB
Jllf Why do women like
0mf ( Oakland's automatic
WW cpark control so well?
m I
i y Because there is no spark
1 I lever for thoTi to operate,
7 and none is needed.'
. VICK BROS.
1 ; High Street at Trade
I 1 I. X flDfil tMsMas1aVirAH J JT J
Others are stubborn. The pedes
trian has the right of way at
crossings, but you would be bet
ter off driving as though he has
such a right even if he didn't
have it.
"When a traffic officer says
'Go' be sure that it's a logical
step. Officers are only human.
He may not see an impending
hazard.
"Keep your eyes on the road.
It takes only a second of neglect
to produce an accident."
Carrying the A. A. A. message
to pdestrians in the same concrete
way Mr. Henry adds:
"You may have the right of way
but remember that you are not
bumper equipped.
Carelessness afoot has much to
do with not thoroughly under
standing this hazard of walking,
the automobile. Pedestrians who
keep out of trouble are aware of
the limitations of the automobile,
as well as of the automobile
driver. They know that it's harder
to stop a car on a wet street than
a dry one, and they conduct them
selves accordingly at crossings.
"A pedestrian is careless when
ever he or she looks to the right
when starting to cross the street
and to the left when half-way
across. Traffic doesn t run tnai
way. Look to the left when start
ing and then to the right Vhen
Demands for the new car caused a
steady increase in employment fig
ures, bringing the total to 2683
December 1; 3155 in January and
4500 in March. To this number
can be added 600 workers employ
ed by the Fisher Body company at
the closed car factory at the Lan
sing plant, thus bringing the total
number of those employed in the
manufacture of Oldsmobiles to
5100.
Early thi3 month it was decided
to Install a night shift in the man
ufacturing divisions. This has
brought the daily production of
Oldsmobiles up to more than 500.
Every effort is being made to in
crease this so as to meet the spring
demand for Oldsmobiles.
During the first five months the
new six-cylinder car has been on
the market, the sales have been
300 greater than they were dur
ing the same months a year pre
vious, and slightly more than
600 greater than those of the
same period in 1921-22
Late last year A. B. C. Hardy,
president and general manager of
the Olds Motor Works, announced
a scheduled production of at least
100,000 Oldsmobiles during 1924.
According to the number manu
factured -and sold during the first
quarter, this estimate will be con
siderably exceeded.
D dd 6 e Brothers
TYPE-B SEDAN
The Type-B Sedan could well stand
as a concrete symbol of everything
the name Dodge Brothers itself has
come to represent.
. It is honestly and wisely built.
It stands up under the sternest kind ,
of service. It will servo long beyond
the span of life usually allotted to
a motor car.
$1S50 f. o. b. Detroit; $1475 delivered
BONESTEELE MOTOR CO.
474 S. Commercial. Phone 423
V .
SOUTH SEA PEARLS
CLOTHE TAHITIANS
IN SILKEN RAIMENT
(By Mail)
PAPEETE, Tahiti, Feb. 20.-
Pearl diving off the island of Hiku
era has yielded rich returns dur
ing the season just closed. Both
pearl shells and pearls of high val-
Sinclair and Colonel Zevely, His Chief Counsel,
Apparently Not Worried by Oil Development!
tamtmmmmm"' -l
ue have been found in large num
bers in the waters of the lagoon.
These pearl oyster beds had
been under restriction for a num
ber of years and for that reason
the Jewel crop was unusually good.
The diving is done by natives
who have trained themselves from
childhood to descend to great
depths and remain under water a
long time. No diving machines
are permitted.
The Tahiti merchants establish
stations at the island during the
season to buy the shells and to sell
provisions and luxuries to the div
ers and their families. Represent
atives from Paris jewelry houses
always are on hand to compete
for the better quality of pearls.
Pearls of lesser value fall into the
hands of speculatively inclined
Chinese and European schooner
captains. From long experience
the natives are fully aware of the
value of their finds, so that not
many bargains are available.
The South Sea island native re
acts to prosperity ostentatiously.
The wife of the successful diver
parades the white coral beach of
Hikuera clad in brilliant silks,
high heel shoes, picture hats and
the most costly Chinese shawls.
In the Island of Bora Bora, where
the high price of vanilla beans has
raised growers of that staple to
temporary affluence, the. Chinese
shawl has been appropriated by the
men as the insignia of great riches.
It is worn draped around the neck,
with the embroidered ends hang
ing gracefully down the back and
chest.' The real vanilla barons
wear, in addition, a second shawl
of a different color about the
waist.
Many stories of lucky finds at
Hikuera have drifted into Papeete.
One tells ;hw the keeper of a sem
aphore signal at Papeete, who
went to the island on a holiday,
happened to see a large pearl oys
ter lying in shallow water near the
beach, dived for it and opening it
found a pearl for which he receiv
ed 15,000 francs. Another relates
that an old native woman, while
fishing on the reef, stubbed her
toe against an oyster that yielded
a gem worth $1000 gold.
Riches, however, never do a
Tahitian native any permanent
good. They are dissipated immed
iately in fine clothes, cases of
tinned salmon (no native will wet
his toes in the sea in search of fish
if canned salmon can be had), gui
tars, accordlans, and all manner of
trivial amusements.
Then, when the tide of afflu
ence has ebbed, the Tahitian re
turns to his loin cloth and his
bread-fruit and fish diet until an
other crop of copra or vanilla has
matured, or the restriction has
been taken off another pearl is
land. But in the prosperous era
he has lived gorgeously.
tviU nhotomoh of Harry F.
Sinclair, one of the central figure
- awiat Committee's lnvesti-
Gtlon of tn Teapot Dome oil
tM scandal, and Colonel J. W.
rr..,.1v via nrtnrllial lawyer. WU
wwt ' - . . . , I
toad Oft tnelr recent amv y. u j
r-L - - - - '
Chicago. They smilingly refused
to pose ' but the photographers
caught them "on the fly". Sin
clair and Zevely went to Chicago to
confer with Sinclair's associates
and their lawyers, - , .
Water and dirt win 'accumulate
in the bottom of the vacuum tank
just as they do in the gas tank,
and should b cleaned out each
week, L . ':
CLEANING
HOUSE
Preparatory to our spring selling we
are utilizing this week to "clean up"
our salesrooms.
We have finished the remodeling and
as soon as the paper hangers get out
of our way and we get straightened
around we'll be all cleaned up and ready
to go.
Just hold your breath and text week
we'll have some interesting news tor
you about some
NEARLY NEW FORDS
USED CAR CORNER
FERRY AND COMMERCIAL.
Watch for Xext Week's Ad.
BOitSTEELE mm
I
Driver Does Not "Sit at an
Angle Four-Passenger
Goupe Makes Debut
Bonestee'.e Motor Co. has re
ceived its first 4-passenger coupe
built by Dodge Brothers. This
car was brought out in response
to a definite demand for a type of
ear that will comfortably carry
two, three or four people, accord
ing to Russell Bonesteele.
"It is a high . grade coupe of
moderi. wejght and will seat four
adult passengers in genuine com
fort, he said, yesterday. "The
seating arrangement include a
real seat 'of folding design at the
side of the driver. The driver's
seat Is so designed that - there is
ample room on the left and the
driver- sits behind . the wheel, . ut
at an angle. The seats are built
low, which provides plenty of leg
room, and the doors are 28 inches .
wide, which permits easy entrance
and exit.
"The car is trimmed with blue
genuine mohair velvet and the
body is painted deep blue with
yellow stripe ;, to emphasize the
lines. A luggage compartment Is
in the rear and also a compart
ment behind the driver's seat
which is accessible from the in
terior of the car. The equipment"
includes dome light, , ventilating
windshield and visor. D'sc wheels
are standard equipment.'' ' t
REAL SILK SCARCE '
IX GERMANY.
BERLIN. March II. Women
shoppers say real silk has become
very scarce In Germany, chiefly
because of Import restrictions. ; As
a consequence there has developed
such an enormorj demand
for artificial silk that wholesalers
assert they have : orders on .hand
from the German ; trade , alone
which will lake the-manutactnrers
four months to tUl. - '
A. -