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Car Trips Take Careful Thought, Motor Club Says Chicago (U.R) If you're plan- j (Ring a trip by car, either this j (Vacation season or the next, it's test to figure out the number of j (Stays and dollars you can afford, j the Chicago Motor Club advises, i For two passengers, says the j (club, $30 a day should be al ' lowed, provided that you're not j 'traveling more than 300 miles a ; (day. Here's the breakdown on a j (daily basis for two: j Car operating costs S9. This j (mount is computed at 2Vz cents j jper mile for gas and oil. The ex (ta S1.50 goes for maintenance j (fjcptnsea. j Meals $8. The cost is figured ; (H 75 cents for breakfast, S1.25 j (for lunch, and at least $2 for ; (dinner. - ! vLodging S3. Rates at hotels j ilnd motor courts appear to be j .'bo'ut the same though a travel-1 ilng family will save an garage (Charges and tips at a motel. Overnight accommodations for two range range from S4 to $10, (depending on the type and lo feality. C Stretch the Dollar Admissions, amusements, and (4ftlls $2. This covers admission (for such places as shrines and (ther attractions. Incidentals, souvenirs and (emergencies $3. This includes (tWpiiside refreshments, post cards, films, toothpaste, etc. If you take along two children, say teen-agers, the food bill will (ng cost will jump about oen half and other charges will be increased. The total bill will be about $46 daily for a family of four. To stretch your travel dollar, the motor club suggests: , 1. Drive during the early part Of the day so you can spend plenty of time to find the type of accommodation you want at ft price you can afford. 2. Avoid "tourist traps." Visit travel attractions that are worth while. 3. Plan your vacation, if pos sible, for the spring and autumn, thereby avoiding peak travel seasons. Tuesday, August 2, 1955 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTEEN Credit Card Use Rising Rapidly Tulsa, Okla. (U.R) Some 18, 000,000 American drivers do not pay cash when they stop at serv ice stations across the nation, i Instead, they use credit cards which provide convenient serv ice for the buyer and more than billion dollars worth of business annually for station owners. The credit card idea, which began in the 1920's when lead ing oil companies started to ;harge purchasers, has advanced fapidly in the past five years, growing into an expensive, but yet productive, part of the oil and auto products industry. Exchange Agreements Under the system, issuing com panies guarantee payment to les sees of filling stations handling the firm's products. To use the cards, operators must require that purchases not be taken away without being put into or attached to the car, and the card not have expired. Lessees must gubmit invoices signed by pur chasers. The cost of processing applica tions for credit cards, which in volves establishing credit rat ings, runs into a large expendi ture, oil companies say, but, as one marketer put it, "If we gave up issuing credit cards, our re tail business would drop to al most nothing." Cards may be used not only for buying gasoline and oil, but for many other products on sale at stations. One firm allows credit on up to 200 pounds of fertilizer to motorists with yards to -keep up. The cards are good at all sta tions leased from large oil com panies by means of exchange agreements. Chicago Museum Has Antique Cars Room Chicago (U.R) A new room for old cars was opened recently at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry. Entitled "Cars of Yesteryear," the exhibit presents a selection of antique cars chosen for their representation of the : technical development of the automobile. Each of the 14 cars in the col lection is typical of its particular period and represents the me chanicalgenius of its day. All have been renovated and could be driven under their own pow er. Familiar appliances and ob jects contemporary with the aut omobile of each period also are displayed to give visitors a bet ter "time sense." These include a Regina music box, an Edison phonograph and a late 19th cent ury wall telephone. The oldest car in the collection is ' a' three-wheeled Bernardi (1893-94) donated by the Italian government. It has a one-cylinder motor, platinum hot plate igni tion and water cooling. Its top speed was 22 miles per hour. El tern?. p f rins s . A " JunU I wte, JSjy 1.19 w q 1 i eluding - w ot 15.v I H Misa i mi - 1 SKIRTS si '"ies better biflg oof ? . -his a Emm I Pedal fushersll I Ofbestsoilclcth...-! S ton or ptam. ffi . Sale .Jl if hi J ITS FOR 4 DAYS ONLY . . Every single piece of summer merchandise will be cleared out . . . irrespective of former price . . .' Sale positively ends Saturday night . . . It's "Last Call" . . . Every sale final ... Mo refunds ... No exchanges ... No approvals . . . Open 9 A.M. so l0tts If HlBet 6-95 1 yi00t botj, Of I- S9 ' "ce w w or " 1 1 . or 'Odd Lots Because of the many re quests for the continuance of this great Shoe Event .'. . Leon's give you 4 more big days to save on your shoes . . . Hun dreds of shoes have been re-priced and re-grouped to give you Sensational Savings! Group 2 MPS! I t 1 0s I 1 40. I 3 it 9 V1 9:00 ... I One table of broken sizes . . . many casuals and some dress styles ... BEITS'. Leather belts . . . narrow widths , . all colors. It S pr. 95 HATS! final Closeouf Every hat goes, regardless et price'. Sale Group 3 School saddles and loafers . .,. lots of light- and dark shades in dress shoes all go at . . . 195 Group 1 Play shoes and casuals . . . many colors and in shoe values to 6.95. 2 for J95 Group 4 Still a big selection of summer dress shoes . . . whites and lots of colors ... a "giveaway" at . . . for Spectators . .,. flats . . . better cas uals ... all grouped into this low price ... for Group 5 Johansens . . . Amanos . . . Hill and Dales ... an outstanding saving on quality shoes ... for $ cun, GC!th . "-ft oil Sale itie 'es DA First quality . . . 60 gauge, IS denier ... 3 colors ... 2 prs. of 1.65. pr. for exactly Over 70 dresses, values from 12.95 to 14.95. Now 2 for 12.95... exactly ot to n t ft ot -k.bi 11 orativefl,, I About 150 Pieces. I t tVh.i- ...3.' K9. 3.95 Vaues 4, the price of S the price ot r3 1 L ! 1 I a Mill H I?
