Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, May 06, 1928, Image 15

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Newspaper Page TextITF.TiVOJiTi MATTi TRrHTTNT!, "MTIDFOTITI. CmF-flOX, SUNDAY. MAY (1, 10-2. P3TO1 BEVElf o o Flivver SAM HOW BUND ARE YOU? Buicks Carry Him 1,000,000 Miles! OEZXOl I I j I Thn "last wort" in nutnmotiileR r out; hut iho rn.inufnotun-iri will iii(Tcasi thoir vocabularies next year. Don't . believe all you honr oxcnt thn tmln'H whistle at u urndf crossing. A inllo in r.HO fuel, fxcr-rtt on n dolour. Hubby Oh. boy! I accktentfilly ojuiKb MKhi-of the maitt lyilay In Hit combination. Io you know, h''my, hhti'i utmost K"t a.s Rood a l'if;uif us youiK. Wiiio (absently) So the chauf feur snys. Kod Hot Miimn I Firomon were called to Mound and Spring street this morning where an automobile caught fire from a crossed wit't; In the cur. The dunuiKe to the car was consid erable. Columbus Ohio) Dispatch, 'Tho Sciili'iHv CmuploUtl Shi: "Open your mouth and shut your eyes and " If?: "And that's the way a wom a'n drives n car." ' Ignorance of tho law against children driving automobile ex cuses no one, Salesman (giving driving les son): Choke it! i'hoke It! IJttle Hhmde: Where's its neck? A motor car with one horn can toss a man farther than a bull with twn horns. Well, let the game disappear. There is thrill enough in hunting for a parking space. Truth crushed to earth rises again. It would make a splendid pedestrian. Oladya: "I hear they're putting beards on l-'ord cars now to make them look like J.im-4,.s." Some men get to.lHMl miles and rn ore out o f a set of t ires and some men tell the truth. I-:ihiio(te of the Humble Scat When four persons, evenly di vided as to sex, ride in a cur equip ped with a rumble seat, places shall be assigned as follows: Two men and their wives, men sit behind. Two hoys and their sisters. sisters sit behind. Two boys with girls not their sisters. All four sit in front. The The Some auto - wreck vii-tims are like doves shot over a baited field. Having tho law on their side did not help any. Rack Seat Driver: Pass that darned flivver, .John, pass it! Front Seat Driver: oh, .what's tho use there'll be another one Just ahead. An inivi-view wit li Dr. D. A. Qiiimberti, prominent .MtdforU op tometrist, lowing ;m interview "mi -. i. i naney. representative of the American Optir.il I'umpanv. Recently in the state of Wash ington a school bus ran oft u Erade billing one rhild and injuring sev eral others. H was later discov ered that the driver was blind in one eye and did not know it. This accident occurred because the driver's field. of vision was cut tiff on the bhnd side. To drive an nutomobile tco.uircH instant coordination of mind nnd muscle. How can the brain send a message to a. muscle unless the eye picks up the message of "thin ner ahead"? None of us would knowingly menace the life of a. ppucstnan. the occupants of an other car. or our own passengers--yet we mny be doing thiH every day. You may not know. that It 4s possible for yuU to see more keenly. Perhaps you have always thought that no ono has keener vision. If defective vision was al ways manifested in pain, as In toothache, it might he a blessing to our own and others" safely. Statistics reveal that forty per cent of us do not have normal vision. A blind man is not a menace to the safety of our public high ways because he does not attempt to drive a car. but some of us may bt worse than blind because wo think vc mh How can wc be sure that we are not one of the forty per cent without having our vision tested ? It seems hardly just to tho ap plicant for a motor vehicle ope rator's license when we think of how little he pots for his money. We might say that the only re quirement for a license to menace the safety of our public highways is that we produce the prire. .Many of us would be l;id to pay more fm- a license were we as sured the protection that our high ways were not being used by well meaning but half-blind drivers. Our courts do not recognize de fective vision as an excuse for manslaughter. Still our laws do not require that we have good vision to drive a car. It Ik put up to us then, as n person. il re sponsibility, to be eertain Hint our vision is normal. The Army. tin Navy, the Marine Corps and Hie Air Service all require normal vision of an applicant. Nearly everyone appreciates the great service our national railway systems are giving us. The most marvelous thing about railway operation Is its elaborate system of safety. The block signal, the dispatch system, and the over head highway crossing cost these companies many millions of dol lars annually, dollars well spent because they save human lives. The first, requirement of a pros pective railway employee is Oood Eyesight. Our large railroad com panies fully appreciate the eco nomic advantages of good vision. Tt is unfortunate that our public highways arc, not as well con trolled. . ' , ' The automobile 1 n d u s t r y is doing everything possible- to" ma'lce our highways safer. VouJ have seen the advent of the four-wheel brake, balloon tire, windshield n ODOl 1001 aoE :odoe 14 em0 "THE TIRE MAN" Major W.D. Montcomery, shown here heckle his 19th and latest Buick, boasts that tcse cars have carried him w ell over a milium miles! Several of these cam quve him 50,000 to 7r,0O0 miles of Ratisfactory service apiece, he ritcs. The major believes Itunlicltly in Utiick's blocan: "WUca Ucttcr Aummobilca Are Built, Buick Will BuilJ Them,". swfpe and rear view mirror. Most of our states require us to have brakes tested and headlights ad justed at 'regular Intervals. All this is fmigress, but we still have a long way to go. Perhaps we should not require perfect vision for automobile drivers, but at least sixty per cent vision would not be unreasonable. Our attention is called to the fact that the state law compelling us to have these accessories of safety on our motor ears is pre suming that we have normal eye sightputting the carl before the horse we might say. It seems time we did something about this. There is hardly an established industry today that does nut like to Justify its existence by relating itself to some good it Is doing for humanity. In fact the success and growth of an Industry is usually commensurate with its ability to serve. The Optical Industry and the Professions suporling it have progressed anil are ready to sup ply the greatest of all accessories of wifely, that of- "Hood Vision." Graham I i rot hers several times each year, the trucks are operated up and down the highways on Sig nal and Lookout .M ountains to f check pulling power, speed and I brakes. The steep grades of eight I per cent, leading up three miles to Ian altitude of 'j.iea f(-ot form Ideal j conditions to determine stamina of la truck, (tn these grades, the trucks are operated day and night consLc.nl ly by two shifts of drivers. (tten a truck of two-ton capacity ; a driven nji the mountain road-; 'with a load of ;-lx tons. On their return to the fact. y. they will be dismantled and all working parts examined for ef fee's ! from the three weeks' gruelling .grind. Accuracy records are keot gasoline awl oil consumption and wear on tires so averages i.i.iy j be tabulated for tho entire luilc.tMe of Hie tr ip. HAVE YOUR e.vc S i EXAMINED GRAHAM BROS. TRUCKS, GIVEN SERE TESTS! I Trucks anil commercial cars must pass road tests even . more i exacting than thu.-;c to which pas-, 'senger cars are subjected, het'ore I they can be sold with assurance to their owners of .dependable and economical performance. Statis tics complied by Graham I'.rothers, tho commercial car an dtruck di vision of Dodge liiotbern. Inc.. show Hiat trucks of the company javerige nearly imju.imih miles an inually on highway test runs under ithe most trying condition. ' FouV t rucks, loaded with iron blocks, weighing ft 00 pounds each, ami over-taxed from r0 to 100 per j cent ft!' their rated capacities, re j now on u Ili'.'O mile trip from Oe j trolt to Chattanooga, Tenn. At We pay a terrible: PENALTY ott-tiinis from eve neif- lect, Tis bettor to bo safe A thtm sorry. OUR SLOGAN Good glasses if you lifted1, them, otherwise GOOD' ADVICK. Dr. Jud Rickertl Optometrist 222 E. Miiin Lover's ltiio 'Tlrt a long boulevard that has no uparkling places. It's a short lane that hns no road hop. "I wrote a firm to find out how I could get better mileage out of my gasoline. "What did they answer?" "They told me to push the car uphill and coast down the other side." Young America's aim: Life. Lib erty, and the Pursuit of Knappi-ness. Copyright. .Moss Keature Syndi cate, 1627 K Street, N. V Wash ington, . C. Two Safeguards For Buying Cars Today "Anybody huyln' a car today is safeguarded against makin' mis takes in two ways he knows more about 'em nnd they're all good cars. Hut, in spite of these two safeguards, they do makes mis takes, and there's one that I'd like to say a word about. That's the matter of passin' up a car just be cause he has a blind, unreasonin' prejudice against it," says an ex pert mechanic. "No matter what the car is, you can always find someone who wouldn't have fi. Ask 'em why, nnd they can't tell you. That atti tude Is unf:iir both to the seller and the buyer. "Then, there's the chap who Is prejudiced against a certain car because of what he calls his ex perience with it. His experienc" was what he made It, in lots of cases, for some owners iniag-r.e things about a car that never real ly exist. Workin' for an on n cus tomer like this is a proposition tjiat som,e dealers are willin' to flrop, nltho tho fact that their number includes such a type will come us a surprise to the out of 1000 car buyers who m about the-task of gettin' a new car w ith a realization that the dealt has his side, too. "It isn't often true that those com In whose design and construc tion no mistakes have been made ever will make any, hut it often if true that those which hav? had faulty units make some senwilior il romebacks. This may be achfce! In a few months, hut the prepMice often lasts for yearn anil yiars In the case of some disappoint d owners. "My advice to car htiyei and I don't make it u practice of ndvisln Is to (to into the market not nece narily with a fully open mind but with one that at hast is fair. That's nil any dealer asks. It's a small request to make, too." ( 'hultfinoofrn. testing plae for Always.. square thefluick- Weaief Mall Trlhiii cl.i!-!ifl'l nd ri-ach 30,000 people or more every da)-. It The Buick dealer is in business to stay. His future reputation depends upon his treating used car buyers fairly. -;' ' He wants to please used car purchasers because he knows that satisfied used car customers are pros pective new Buick buyers. The man who buys a good used car honestly rep resented at a fair price receives splendid value in transportation. ' In his enthusiasm for the car he has bought, and the value he has received, it is only natural for him to .' look upon the dealer as his friend. The Buick dealer has many such friends because he represents the true condition of the used cars he offers for sale. v And that is good business for the Buick dealer, as well as the used car buyer. Gold Seal Buicks Are Guaranteed Used Buicks BUICK MOTOR COMPANY FLINT, MICHIGAN DIVISION OF GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION MEDFORD AUTO CO. 38-40 No. Riverside o Buick Dealers Phone 73 WHEN BETTER AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT . . . BUICK WILL BUILD THEM x "iri im t' ii HA SQ I TEXACO ; 1 S I- Ai Q j .. . .. .. , . V. t I I . OUR PRICES On Federal Blue Pennant Cords will always be I I . Il.'.ivv pnty , J;. Js , . COED CASINGS , . Sizi PniiMr Hluc Ulun ' A ' Heavy Duty . Clincher IVimnnt lVniiant Size Double Uluo Blue lillxl.4l)-l inch $ll.-l." $ !).15 t'linchor , . Pi'uuuut Pennant a0.4.ri()-21 inch 10.1") Size ........ 2Sx4.7S.19 inch 11.00 30x3 Regular (3.50) ' 2!)x4.7,'-2D inch 1.1.8.-. 11.50 30x3 Rtandar.1 (O. .) (3.60)..a $ 7.25 3llx4.7-.-2 1 im-li 14.45 12.00 30x3S (limit O. 8. (3.85) $11.75 , 8.75 2!lx5.00-l!) inch 15.1111 12.50 Straijiht Side 30x5.00-20 inch '. 15.(i() 13.00 30x3 .. 10.25 31x5.00-21 inch lti.20 13.50 31x4 - 13.00 .12x.').00-22 inch 15.00 32x4 10.50 13.75 2Sx5.25-18 inch '. 17.00 14.15 33x4 14.50 2!)x5.25-1!) inch 34.nr. 32x4j4 23.45 18.75 30x5.25-20 inch '.. 18.20 15.15 33x4i 24.45 19.50 31x5.25-21 inch 18.80 15.05 34x4 25.45 20.25 29x5.50-19 inch 18.90 15.75 30x5 . 28.00 22.50 30x5.50-20 inch 19.50 10.25 33x5 J : 31.75 25.50 30x0.00-18 inch 20.05 17.25 34x5 33.00 31x0.00-19 inch 21.25 17.75 35x5 34.25 27.50 32x0.00-20 inch 21.85 18.25 32x0 (Commercial) (8 ply) 37.00 33x0.00-21 inch 22.45 18.75 32x0 (10 ply . 45.90 ........ 34x0.(10-22 inch, 23.45 , 30x0, ... 50.40 , ' ' ......... 35x0.00-23 inch 24.45 34x7 : '65.05 ........ 30x0.20-18 inch 25.00 38x7 . 71.50 32x0.20-20 inch '. 20.20 21.85 30x8 90.00 33x0.20-21 inch 22.35 40x8 99.00 30x0.75-18 inch 20.5(1 ! 38x9 148.45 32x0.75-20 inch 28.00 42x9 .'. :. 1G3.25 33x0.75-21 inch 28.75 40x10 207.50 34x7.30-20 inch 33.25 .' 44x10 218.50 . Don't let any high powered salesman charge you any any more for any other make I FEDERAL TIRES are the equal of any tires in America and superior to most both in construction and per formance. THE REASON for our LOW PRICES WE PAY CASH and in turn SELL FOR CASH. No bank or finance com pany to have a "plaster" on our business 1 There has been some malicious talk of FEDERALS be ing "seconds." We will give anyone $100 CASH and a COMPLETE SET OF TIRES FOR THEIR CAR if you will find a Federal Blue Pennaat "second" in our store. . AGAIN WE SAY: Don't let any one "slicker" or "High pressure man" induce you to pay more than our prices! OUR STOCK IS ALWAYS FRESH 1 W are DIRECT FACTORY DISTRIBUTORS! LeMOSS SERVICE STATION Riverside and Jackson , "WE SELL EVERYTHING FOR LESS" MORE TIRE BARGAINS FOR THRIFTY MOTORISTS 30x3j4 Volunteer, regular mini factors- firsts.j I'.xlra special $-1.25 29x4.40 Volunteer Dalloon. A real harcain lit ' $5.25 Volunteer, Winchester nnd Hard itiK Conl 31x4, 32x4 and 33x4. $8.65 Auto Electric Service New Customer Sale All batteries wo handlo are full standard in every respect new materials, rubber cases, and carry an unconditional guarantee for one year. Ford Special, 13 plate Ju - 8.95 Chevrolet, Overland (all small cars), 11-plate standard - $ 7.95 ' Buick, Nash, Studebaker, 13 plate standard $ 8.75 Dodge, 12-volt, 7 plate standard $11.20 Batteries carried in stock for all cars Electrical Work Modern equipment, modern methods, guaranteed work by a competent electrician. Batteries charged in 8 hours. Garfield Electric Service. GARFIELD ELECTRIC SERVICE Wholesale Prices ! D This List Represents Dealers' Cost on 98 of All Nationally Known Makes I oxaoi 30 OE 30EI01 OS3XQ i '