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Show 1928 piHnv March 9, THE OGDEN POST WHEN HOLLYWOOD Automobile Dollars Gaining Since 1913 STOPS TO PLAY Low Cost of Cars Today Compared With Other i". I1 j ; i k j j j ; :iu i:"v t'ii oiu if '.it tn tl.c . Is. t in existence. Others li.tx o (rive fiebN. ll.it everyone kinns thm ki-inever mote tl:.:i they are today, m iplte ot ama.-i- i e i:iiroven.ent in deidgn, qiiiilitv1, P' loi m.inee and fijuiiuneiit. It is dif-f- i idt to bow nnuli a jio-- i nndiuin irie. d mitomolnle "'"i vvoii.d nave eosl in I'.!.!, but if it lut rents. b n imsMble at that time to build it Manufacturing eronotuie.s, many of a! all. the price would ceitamly have them introduced to Alneriran industry b on enormous. for the first, time with the advent of In IJ115 a $lu(Hl lunight motor transportation, account for a ear with high pressure tires, t'Mring miu-of the increased purchasing and with little l power of the automobile dollar. Other n commend brakes, it in the way of comfort com ibatiiig factors are improved or durability. Today for the same of merchandising and simpli- -' a luxurious pi ne one ran f lent ion of design which results in sedan balloon tires, with ; lowered manufacturing costs. This la ter (actor also made possible stand-- j li .ikes, exceptional ruling comfort, .i i cylinder motor with vibration jrdizulion of parts which would other- better than wise have been much more difficult of and hundreds of oilier imThe accomplishment. growth of the provements. A comparable value in industry also fed itself, increased the sedan type would have cost in volume augmenting purchasing power of $.5000 in I'Jld. and lowering the eosl of materials per unit of manufacture. Owners who bought ears in I'JKJ It is extremely difficult to quote ac- remember that the original eost of a curate figures showing exactly how car. plus the upkeep, greater depreei-au.i- n much the automobile dollar has inatul i.horter life, was a staggi'r-i- i creased in value, for various reasons. g figure. This wus true in spite of There have been many changes in the the fuel that the usefulness of the list of companies which have built automobile was very limited in scone automobiles in America. Many are no in comparison to the present-da- y ear. i Was His Quarry i Lyceum Theater vTtCTC4 Vt srxn.vY limit (iilixmi in rn-tin.- !t-da- paid The Bov Rider iii-i- aiit.-nm-hi;- ADVENTURE 1 ;n til i :i pruil'ii-- a IJu. liurton in biles today comyaivil with utils in a large measure for tile rapid strides made by the indusiry i; ret eat years. Published figures reveal that practically every ihir.g has iu waxed in cost ,.tr m at, 1 1 '. SYmiDAY :a le: xiiiio I ii'.M'iM f 'ht iii iiinM Ui M'S 1. Commodities Believed to Account for Rapid Strides Made by the Automobile Industry The purchasing (tower of the dollar 'r. ISLT. tompured with l'.'llt, is now only about ti1 rents on tin average for a i cpivscnt at ive list of vnnimoditlcs. The dollar would purchase only tiboiit : rents worth of grain last year. It would purchase ot.ly til rents v.ot tit of cotton goods. It would buy only about Iti rent worth of coal, Its buying power in lumber was only about o7 tents, ami in brick about 4'J l.i f ilv I . Galloping Fury MONDAY l.mtise Unmln ami .1. Kerri! McDonald in y 1 o Cradle Snatchers Inc ; TTKSDAY inve.-tnn'- iit two-whe- ; im-ilm- John lionets in The Heart of the Yukon ptm-hns- four-whe- el hnn-iflc- inile-a-minu- tc d. wi:pni:siay Talmadc o Camille per-ftiman- Nnrm;i ex-ce.- Hard work in Hollywood- - Of course called upon then is. If you want to be assured he wanted this just listen to some of the fore facing to use roller skates and to practice a little f the cameras. Picking out screen beauties dilate on the hards- a quiet pathway he felt he would be He meant hips attendant upon picturemaking. free from observation. And they blame the sun that shines to show his something in the way of fancy skating, lie did. on the wicked New Yorker returning He was surprised at his first fall, on the well as as the dub, fnm night righteous player on his way to work but more so by the shouts of laughter in Hollywood, for all their hardships. that rang out as he hit the concrete. They will tell you that they are slaves Clyde felt hurt. It was a toss up as of the sun, getting up with it and to whether his anatomy or his pride hurt most. working until its rays weaken and dis- - was ' It was only a few moments bespear. For all the work, however, there fore Leila Hyams, who was resting Beware of Maris a good deal of fun in Hollywood between shots of and not a little of it mixed up with ried Men, was on skates to be quickthe work in the studios. For in- ly joined by Audrey Ferris, a fugistance, out at Warner Bros. studio tive from the location on which The Crimson City wns being shot. In the other day Clyde Cook upset himself and a number of others for the no time at all there was an audience reason that he wanted to try out of several hundred and the only reason everyone was not on Bkates was some new roller skates. because there were not enough pairs to Cook is working with Louise Fazenda in "Domestic Troubles. In go around. For nearly an hour the one of the scenes the comedian is skating party was a riot. War Drama at the WEBER COLLEGE winter quarter The at Weber be-o- Orpheum Shows Dick Barthelmess at Best coll- ture, Manager Joseph F. Goss has arranged for its showing four days next week beginning Sunday. The versatility of Richard Bart holiness was never better attested than in this picture. In fact, this star has never before so ably presented himself as in the heavy title role he plays in The Patent leather Kid. The picture finds this Patent Leathh er Kid as boxer in New York in 11)17, unpopular with the public because of his apparent age. He suddenly finds himself a crack fighter, but not in the service of his country. Finally his manager slips him a call from the draft board, which, the picture infers, might have been intended fnr the manager himself. Entering the service Richard is allot-e- d to the company whose commander is a wealthy and rather snobbish chap from whom the redoubtable Dick had tiiken a girl in the metropolitan city. This adds to his discomfort. This girl finds her way to France where she helps nurse the soldiers wounded on the battld field. Then one day her lover, the Patent Leather Kid, is brought unconscious into the operating room after distinguishing himself in action. He is given up as hopeless by the French surgeon, but the girl prevails upon him to operate because he is mine she tells the doctor. Recovery is slow, but sure. The numerous war scenes of the picture are positively accurate, and the picture has many thrilling incidents which inspire patriotism. top-notc- Friday, March 2, and on March 5, registration for the spring quarter began. The Patent Leather Kid which enRegular class-or- k started Tuesday morning. joyed a record business at the Orpheum theatre four days this week is In sftuthern states where BerTuesday morning Mayor Frank a war picture which ranks with the muda the the most is and better Francis gave a short' than grass is eften grown for pas,of speech in de- best, Beits film war dramas ture, quality may bis improved for presented. yet He votional. urged the students to cause of the of the by hay sowing lespedeza with it. pic popularity optimistic in their out look upon life, and to never give up in their itruggle to get ahead. ege ended Monday The assembly Return Engagement period Wednesday wrong was used to advertise the wining basketball tournament to We-- wr students. Jack Craven, Carma BY POPULAR DEMAND jnatener and Cecil Gealta gave short talks, after which Casper jPP woods led the students in a few yells Mo songs. In the afternoon the soph-rncas went down town in a ?r to sell V tickets to the tournament 4 Days Beginning Sunday, March 11th One of the Greatest Pictures Ever Shown in Ogden! debators, Frank Robinson that Weber college northwest, are having a y trip, in a letter to stated that they frank Rose, Will Pro-the- he Junior college "aaiments Washington, and Tor cmvIj in their work in at the Pacific IniStf,S,-onr,debat- e sSlT ,n Forest Grove Ore. They every day, with the ex- on0f Saturdya and Sundays, Sting SlenmrvOCCasion they meet two During the they Will debate Salem atSalcm, Oregon, at McMinnville, Oregon, at Forland Oregon, St ttil Wo 'LiPe ,at Lscey. Oregon, - and Bellingham Cllege at Bellin&ham. Washinon s?me day. next twn SffS? Se-Sta- te w7t0"feam8' Wpr? Clnlre, Moesmger, Pro- Jacob? :,Ve."son coach; nd manager. Th jj'p,.rf bearsal of Hunting for ry r-- final theld Tuesday eve- sSri,M0Trley.waB chosen di- wa awarded l.Ja-part,of wi.ng Tu Play b JS!? 'k comPletes the wilt in tha Proceeds las claJS?A t eber at Potters, Robert Weir, (cap- PetCT.cn, Francis Bl11 JfHor J f Wcre C, f Pfosident Tracy of a41?ner to the a Hber k11 cast Presented several rk pa,rt of March- Ieft with the nd Ior to build upon. opho--. it bas never won the , .fent. Tt,?.Jnior basketball tour-I- n tncnamtnt has been past three V?. and fop! I tor the f oliated ;rcbvJear W eher has been ie ORPHEUM THEATRE M. Beginning Sunday at 2:15 P. Colonial -- i in through burning Alwiys courted match- - A LOVELY (URL Her shadow flitted across his path n ml the renegade drew rei:i Should he desert the trail of adventure and I ike the road to ro Jack Kadjon in of the Lawless M and Hundley (lordon in (J olden IniiN tract lex plain, djikcM furext, onto the dex.it xiuids, he trailed it alert, always eager, he peril to prove himself its nd then THlIiSDAY u Land RENEGADE mance Now Playing GDE THEATRE Web FRIDAY John (iilherl in Always the Rest for (he Ojr'len (I ties t." Monte Cristo SATURDAY The Bugle Call With Jackie Coogan. SUNDAY AND MONDAY Desired Voman With Irene Rich. TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY Now Were in the Air Wallace Beery and Raymond 1 el ton. 1 Have you heard these numbers? No. ,.r88.T No. 21171 No. 21210 Together," Vidor, Paul Whiteman. , Jesse Crawford. "Mary, "For My Daby, Jack Smith. No. 21209 "Tin Kan Parade, sung by Jim Miller and Charlie Farrell. ortf-HP- Glen Bros.-Robe- rts Piano Company |