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Show GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATION TO ASK MOTORIZED TRANSPORTAHN BIG FOR EXTENSION OF ROAD PROGRAM FACTOR IN REDUCING HIGH PRICES Truck Uer Doing Share Toward Mo wig Commoditieg, Will Ask Harding to Recommend in Hi Inaugural Ad-'- " dress and in HiiTFirsl M ess&ge to Congress. 'a Broad' Entitled to Cnsideatiorrand Ejiteniion of Proper Credit Motor Truck Today asVital as Railroads. I Icgi-lati- ve DETROIT. Mtcb, Jen. n ever dreamed of to the JpicZSSftJa Bat tailroadof tht &tsr-smjFjpitrhT- granted to the country, todwatfxJ.' W strangled or given en Whether Motorized tranJTortfn efficient work which It alone can perform in the continue to opportunity it'a particular field. Relieve Congestion. Operating to capacity production ONE HORSEPOWER AGAIN-SSlXT-Yin an effort to build up the trane portal Ion ayetem of the country, to take off of the raliroad at leaat the abort haula and to relieve congestion a. VoJL Tier's 'at terminal polnU ha been" ore bf the main plant In the motor truck manufacturer! program. To get Olv an effort "Truck To th farmerr-f- n CijTituIer's to give him better and direct market - end ohtain tower price and Ixttah produce for the consumer haa also been thia motor tranaportatioa linked Fred 8 Case, of Sault 81. Marie, Every program. manufacturing possible effort haa been made to have M!ch president of the Michigan opermanufacturer the motor truck In caee Pikes association, has announced thaj ate to capacity production. of embargoes the motor truck menu complete routs for the It! I good yoadsj an ewrntial tour of the organization. Th tour! lecturer we claed manufacturer and given the right of will start and finish in Detroit. Itaj way to move untie with-- wh ich to of Itinerary Includes both the Upper and! femble hia truck. Propaganda of Michigan and) kind ha been circulated to Lower Peninsula varlou of Wisconsin, Minnesota and keep the motor truck manufacturerefportion enthusiasm to fver pitch In an Ontario, The date for the tour haa fort to get hi product out to fill not been definitely decided but it will nd to footer the tale current order of more motor truck for th above Mart the second week in July. vital reason This will be the second International Motor Track Not Luxury. tour. The Michigan Pikes Association This propaganda ha been approvcovered almost 1,006 miles in Ontario ed of by certain railroad officials- - by last July On the last trip th caratb government, economist and hoata moRE van roughly circled Lake Huron. As of other official having the country welfare uppermost In their mind. thi year's tour, with th railroad Jump Huge expenditures have been appro- of the motorist almost follows the priated to glut The highway (n shape shore line of Lake Superior, it will be 'tnWes known a the "Around Lake Superior" to tak care of motorized transportatVioYe the manu- tour. ion. The path laid out forfollowed tit The 11 P. A. will four from ,Ietroit facturer, who religiously to the Twin Pons, Fort William and part in the program haa been ruthPon Arthur, conducting numerous lessly shattered by the stringent financial rope that la strung around ht good roads meeings. On kirrival Uni and hi dealer of the Twin Porta it ia planned to ship neck, the throat the pocketbook of th customer. The the motor care by steamer either to motor truck roeufacturer wants to the Michigan Soo" or to Cheboygan-Froknow the Twin Porta to the "Boos' why his product should be classed aa a luxury industry, when the tourists will proceed by special esin the been ha be put over the Canadian Pacific Railtrain right along sential class. He want to know the road and the Algoma Central and; fiMnclsu prewnt Hudson May System. If it is poss.blei meaning of th to to pertainshas stringency in o far ss Itthat arrange eteame transportation for r he him and the program the tourists jfrom the floos to Che-- j as pubwell as followed In a patriotic hoy y an the car wifi be (hipped to that lic spirited manner. will Otherwise, the tourist pon confront Grave question bit the trail from the Michigan Mounted policemen on the streets of Salt Lake to watch for the negligent motorist who caremanufacturer of today nho has again in St. Igluncheon with a "8oo" Mop leaves his motor car in the rear of another car parked along the curb, isthe latest, addition tLlhe orders for a big production echeduie lessly nore. with "hi pert manufacturer, who ha the assoof the Under original plan police force of the city. It i bet to heed his call and bear him in mind when you are thinking of parkincreased capital Investment to take ciation the coming tour was to include your car on Mam Street. ear of increased production, who ha the Mich.gan Copper country. ing The to laid out big adverting schedules tne of the Copper domain would invading take care of th propaganda that hare lengthened the trip to each an program prescribed was to be his extent that it was not considered feasible sod the obtaining of transporta-tio- n part. Xo Tioownliig of OretHW. from Fort William and Port Arwas a more troubleHe want toTtnow the meaning of thur to Houghton, . it all. No on ha come forth to ullv some roi)l-mHuron In 116 Lake tinted Federal Hexing him what hit caused the and Lake Superior In 121, It Is bank to want to wrangle In the transportation planned hat Lake Mlch'gan, the third Vi hat ha of ih lerg lakes will be the axis for STATES AERIAL MAIL tenof the country. 1922 good roads campaign of the manuthe lead the caused the program to M fo include the and Hi Investment to PA on a panned facturer big en without being told the cause cut Copper country next year, making the Transportation of the mail by airTh marvelous Miccess of ths catersaid In all quarter that Keweeraw Peninsula the most northadrift. It ' craft won recognition and approval trucks should not be affected by the ern- point reached by the tour It Is pillar type of tractor, aa used in the at the International PoaUU Congress present financial tightening but Mill planned to take In a portion of the various kinds of Jhanks" employed SUMadrid. according to Otto Prarger, there Is no loosening up of credits to western part of S?chlgan and also the was 8econd Assistant Postmaster General, accomplishths war, of lake Michigan. great during allow truck e&ieo to bo financed. What went short who represented the United consider to State to Another plans want AUTOMOTIVE ACTIVITIES a more truck than meeting ed by nothing developth manufacturer of and whd returned Saturday, Dec. 11, know is what the new program pro- for the year's ami vftle, which Include THROUGHOUT WORLD. skid chain THE ment familiar printbs of on Dethe Cunard Liner "Aquatania." vide for and how be should guide th annual Hour! will be held in The California State. Automobile "Thera is intense Interest in the himself. He asks himself if he has troit, Jan. IS. All the director and- ciple. Association Air membsrs. Mall throughout Europe." said has be will presassociation 26,000 of For officers the hud expert followed engineers The many years too religiously plana - .VTork City stands foremost to Mr. Prneger to a representative of the tend Vrrveiltur itkS airuggied wn8 tflb "Ni-cut for him atnl Manufacturer Aircraft association. number of motorcycle police patrols. " that trucks are making progrea too caused by th short- difficult mechanical problem of conThe first automobile to enter the Practically every country either ha rapidly In the upbuilding of the coun- transportation, vehicle commercial a that Thia an facilities. railroad mail American-madair of Garden opened structing age an was experimental line of sysEden haul hort transportation try or plana to do o in the near future. a are in turn betnif due to the curialt- - would lay its own track, and thus encar tem? our railroads U. The 8. air mail serpreth credits to ment of of report The average motoriat, estimatErery newspaper has been rarrrin able it to secure traction on soft yeming them from fcnanetng the wen-- : ed spend- - mors than $10 daily while vice which 1 submitted to the congress' and or other yielding slippery wa the subject of much discussion. financial bratna of the country eettln cssarv purchase of equipment to meat ground, traveling Ten forth the difficulties fared by the com the demand made upon them to carry surface. But their effort wer unautomobile was Many countries have asked for more the ago from detailed Information particularly Denof the the country commodities successful until the endless belt prinirterce of the eotintnr due to eonsresled a to be enjoyed only mark, Norway, and Sweden, which producer to consumer, Is It part of ths ciple, such a i used in tire chaina, by tn ru.h. luxury , .have some po- -t carried by -jwefvm the- motor tntsk s,au messenger automobile already fu re r queries cto half Truck rnanufac-'turfii- g wktt adopted: ThefMfteiThe develop- -' to tlia fr but ar ca jf$r toextopd art, m governiueiit elty and '"tank unfit The railrdads Can catch ment of the itm, day tinted Sates. The International Postal congress say, "ths other "If it Is thev further up F nn revenue from ania ' caterplller tractors was rapid, recognized the transportation of mail publle should be informed rsachsd th had to prove that the cetration of which ail goes by aircraft and prepared the way for Increase of Rates Granted.. Ik (uni en , mark fo 120. n basic principle is th best ' l - .i signatory powers to enter into agreeof the States ment y The interstate commerce commis-- s for special compensation where the to now known traction of numeral .t have , ,p(d the hyphenated giyer on. the manuf icturers here in it was desired to transmit pMtal matli. ti n.or license plates. have granted automobil world. further Nr 1 rk State haa more eommer-truck- s ter either'whollv or partly by air. large increases in rate to enable ths When you put skid chains on your is crisscrossed with air than all of the mailEurope to show prospective earn-,nrailroad lines radiating from London. bar tire you are giving them the l.nti i The registration is. tufr enty latge to Justify the benefit of this Parle. Copenhagen and Berlin and endless chain tractor sale of eecur.ty and equipment notes. extending through every country on V; i made automobiles are es Hankers representing the roads have principle, which was borrowed from continent. The English and the the than 100 countries, been preparing the investing public them for use in "tanks. and you iur.'i I inland throughout th French services between London and for thir offering by pointing out should 1 when-Perl are eminently nicceneful, while r invariably employ them hat trjnport icon is necessary to the other dis- - their branch routes through i ever the going is the least bit uncer- ro- -t nurd properItv of the nation ,rui automobile are j are developing rapidly. u countries in collie U oxcart and ths g Vre thev now overlooking the fact tain from rain or other natural caudee. pU on of products to British land. Belgium. PwHxeriand Germany the motor truek Is one of the n 'jLk('S that iand Spain are fostering mail route lay their own track of Mi n modern forms of transportation and well as from skid, the dangerous operation or by . inter Hieof all families In tb either by government Ilnlv mst as vital in i! degree as th rail- safety as giv tenacious grip that effectually j had a govprivate companies road a an auxlary' In their work wheels the useless spinning of ernment air mail service between ind only in port a competitor? Mari prevent These sake ram keep their secret to of power, and consequent wastage Turin and Rome but ha had diffithe motor truck suffer for th blun- - say nothing well saving-I- n the of aviators and great culty retaining planes O tiers ..of jiaisk ,averr.jta. control ...of. life cgtnpd- trf thttr-hi otr M'ffing-jpfr'wrailroad belt from the ,, ,,, endless th Remove WHEN we say rebuilt we well supplied with gasoline would fiv . Motor tr i k ue-sthe manufactur- irresistabte "lank" and all its tractiop j r the Finme nd Join d'Anminxios mean rebuilt. I'cipal government of Loa'nver We take a er po us out. giv for their is gone: the powerful motors will b v adi othlsr gltlee in the , forces deferred payment in the same man- Ueeiess on account Of the absence of ofcar apart and replace all IT0 orranixing an of total a i' with ner tnat rdiiroads give their equip- tb method by which Uleir power Is the weakened parts and noblles. jair mall service between Prague. Warment a for de'erred pay- transmitted into forward motion. And x i!1 .') In al- - saw and Pari, fostered by French vehicles'ar led r cn ment ni;,e, Motor truck so it is with the motor car using bare i.urchas bearings with strong-su- b Other nations sre following uni'-ftuse for fire depart-icaoiu- L user ak time pavmen for a few tire on slippery paving. Th gripping m stantial mechanism that is T.rt, towns and boroughs ini the exampls of Franee. which has tics, monhs rat'road for a few years. must contact of "endless" Itabllshed great Junction poltfts one States. d either new or as good ps fac-o-Motorxr is a great be employed to furnish the rear whre.s ti ,r icenee plates In Connecticut ; at Nice for 11 traffic between Rome r. In the reduction of the high with or even this extra power V,or 1 new. The line of used cars traction, than any! Pari and Bucharest, while at ftfrassere larger in is f todav The necemarv pro- will be wasted to useless and expensive ,Mhir price for we ,,,tp Xn pUtM measure near bttrg it ha established s lunction Poposed pld to the railroad, it is fur- motion that get th vehicle nowhere, j k offering will serve in planes flying between Grmny, should be augmented by ther reaOn you cars and Russia. land. France il'e freight financ.at by the bankers Mis. Maud Toun.er, of San Fran-!TA.VDtln TRICKS son for eucceee in Europe Is Ihe availmeT eachthousand of- - the country with federal reserve year In toe United mn of being the- A ctoco, ha th. t APPEi.or and of landing flelda pl'nt utomobiles. truck, ability h,,., Ippoct to She truck user, he Is doing first woman io croe the I nited state fln ,h a GARAGE IlED C tRS' t, his of tire and finds n airport wherever h flies. The ehar toward moving commodities by an automobile, recently arriving In m24?lw 10 within that believe French year and I eni tied to consideration and Washington to attend a woman s party .,nfin.rted holldiv l)u emer- - ihe public will us airplane as much ectersinn of such proper credit that convention. crose the eenry , In motoring hTtom It now s mm a as m for and of purposes, w'il ena! t? him to fulfill his part of continent Mice Younger traveled 3 60 , More than 1 600 perW S railroad OD ,he greets it fk' gib knlh, Was. 47.V he demand made bv modern require- mile single handed with a dog a a Lonto Ta"! front rons have flown J ment on transportation. companion. don to French machines Alone.'- (Continued on page five) -- ot all lr I -- in Cftae of 0rkk Robberies -- PH fet m the-truc- I Motoo Digest TRIMS TOU Ite-ser- 1 J -- -- it-l- ve-- rs con-nler- - t ' . man-ufas-- iecnt "3" i auto-mob- t skid-chai- two-thir- ds De-ro- c, lit' op--(i- i -t Skid-chai- -- - ( 1! j tth Tir e , fit ' 1 ' Czecho-Plovsk- 'a 1 th-i- i - skid-chai- are right , r, dise r t Woodrnfl Molor Co. j i HE next Congress will he urged, according fo the program formulated Good association for its nation-wid- e Tttiiidk Congress AndlSallnrial Good Roads Show to be Raid to Chicago, February I to 12, to extend for five year th Federal program which by law terminate with th gloss of the governments present fiscal year' Congress will be urged to provide additional fund for under the term of existing legislation, and the newly formed program of the Congressional leaders at the rate of at least $100,000,000 for each of the five year beginning July 1, lilt. In the advocacy of this procedure th American Road Builders association will b in hearty accord' with the attitude expressed by Secretary of Agriculture Meredith to his recent annual report. The American Road Builder association. which include in' its membership the highway officials of th national government, and those of the state, counties, cities and townships In th United 8ates and Canada, together with highway engineers and One of the most convincing demon- contractors and the manufacturer of machinery. road materstrations dt the safety of aviation is ials and highway transportation the recent aeroplane race for the equipment, is also preparing to ask President-elec- t Pulitzer trophy in which two score Harding to recommend in hi inaugural address and in , including pectal racing hi first message to Congress, a broad machines, competed. program of federal aid in highway The race, in which the winner, Capt. construction, , C. C. Mosley, maintained a speed of Volume of Building to 1021. 176 miles an hour for the 13 miles, The enormous appropriations for wa run without a single or highway work already made by state even serious Injury to pilot, fatality mechanic, and municipalities. or spectator. No such speed has ever that tout more than appropriations $1,000,000,000 been attained by either train or au- dollars to most reliable tomobile and never will be, for the report according bond the issues and direct covering people will taka to the air who desire levies for road building and road the utmost in speed. it is presage, believed, an Thi record, It is Significant to not, g unprecedented volume of was made on the very day on which for 1921- - The sum of $171,600 -Gaston Chevrolet and Eddie O'Don- 000 voted in bond issue or approprinell, skilled automobile racers, and ated by eight state added to LyalJ Jell, mechanician, were killed bond Issues passedrecently, bv. eight other in an automobile race at Loa Angeles states since make 800 004 $543 118, In. the same papers which chronicled svafiable for road Work In IS the Pulitzer trophy race there was already states still Funds available through aio an account of a railroad wreck federal aid are placed at $180.000 000 near Toronto in which three persona officials bureau1 by of the of public on the Grand Trunk International Ex- roads. In additliffi. funds obtained press were killed. from direct (levies and other source Although aviation was thought of state revenue and county issues r slightly dangerous at first, as are all estimated to amount to $29(.200,000. new modes of travel. It la by no means The meeting will bring tohazardous now. as figures on civilian getherChicago from ail parts of the country aviation all over ihe world In the men who will supervise the exsome localities It got a bad prove. name be- penditures of these vast appropriations cause of the accidents which hap- for a thorough discussion of their pened to some of the pioneer flier problems and an accurate estimate aihose experience resulted in the grad- a to the future. ual Improvement of airplane and Official Delegate To Go. knowledge of the air. Of course, there The convention promises lo be one are still accident, but the great mathe greatest lit point of attendance jority of these occur to stunt flier of and in results rrer held in the history who needlessly risk their live atby of the good road movement. The tempting the impossible in aerobatics or try to see how near they can come governors of the several states and territories of this country and Canada to an obstacle near the ground. An automobile ia Juat a dangerous as an Its well as the mayors of two thousand American and Canadian 'cities have m the hands an irrespon- been of airplane asked to appoint official delesible person. In some inIn the race at Los Angeles 12 car gates to th meeting. were entered governors and mayors will The disrance was 260 stances hsad their delegations in person. Sevmiles over a carefully built en road and street contractand Ihe average speed of speedway the win- ors thousand and thousands of army, automotive ner was 103 mile Jn the airplane and chemical engineer agriculturists, race at Mineoia planes in ail were editors bankers, motorists and entered. The distance was 132 mile, users of trucks, as ell as officialslarge but the course wav across of boards of trade, chambers of comaround a 35 mile circuit, and country the ot ,ha winner was 17 merce and other organizations Intermiles. There were a few minor tnia-ha- ested in road and street improvement, such aa forced landings, and one have been invited to attend. ,oet a tooth, but the pi majority - Roadbnildlng Optimism Froeail session of th congress, as well condWoT""" fIr,,!,hed ,n prfe' as Each the show, will be held the ChiKnowledge of the aafety of flying cago Coliseum and will be at open to the i not confined to statistic general public. The program now prepared for on ,he V9rY day on being arranged, wil cover every vital race was held. Thanksgivsubject related to highways, and their a ing day, party of 10 completed a use. The paper and disJourney of 1.600 miles down the cussion willprepared deal with U points of Tork to Havana. Cuba view. in a big Aeromarlne Everywhere among cruiser without any trouble of any the outlook for activity bl nFlng boat made th growing- - out of unprecedented ,Th the delay that were long trip In 23 flying hours and later due to the heavy cost and th scarcity was put In service on th Key West f labor and material during th war, HtTtnt tlr uran nd line. considered most promising, and optimism. as to the future of road building seems certain to prevail at the congress. . Newt of A fa thaf strip the ear rrom Automotive Frogfrcu cam machine atari k, -- which are left standing, and delivers them husked Into a wagon, t (Compiled by the flout hern Motor Manufacturing Association, Ltd ) Motor Plow With Mirror. Fender Ordinance Die. On tpe of motor plow of French Truekowners In Chicago have been manufacture is with mirrors successful In their legal battle against that enable theequipped driver hp see the the fender ordinance drafted by the ground ahead of him and the work he Chicago authorise. Under the ordi- Is doing at the same time. nance every motor truck wa required to be fitted with a fender, 1200 Tokhis M aiders Rickshaw. or more, for protection of costing pedestrian Conteaanis showed that the has made Ite apfenders The Jinricmobile designed or any fender were im- pearance in Toklo, Japan! Reports Indicate It is the body of a "rickthat practical for the purpose intended. shaw, with a motor in it, possibly the tiniest automobile for everyday utility Device lo Unload Motor Trucks. in the world. It fpe as In the An end! belt invented narrow streets of Toklo snuglv as ths bv two Texans, forapparatus, unloading motor itself that the being Japanese trucks, is operated by the rear wheels name for Jinrickshaw. Th Innovation of truck resting on roller is called th "trbtor kurumaya." ft makes it possible for the cooli; to rid Prevents Slipping tot Grade-.- . well aa his tar and permit of speed. The motor is near the Eighteen pointed spikes mounted on a circular frame, constituted-ne- w ground under the seat anti-ski- d attachment for motor truck wheels and to help them to climb Hollands Throe-VheCar. grade on icy roadways. A popular type of light Automobile In Holland haa three wheels with A Makes Mowing Machine of Tractor. lrg' cylinder motor over the one in An attachment has been patented front, and is steered with a lever. for converting a gasoline tractor Into a mowing machine without interfer- New Dirortinn Indicator. ing with it .oziFinal use. A new direction indicator for automobiles, to be carried at on side ef A g A Tractor. windshield, raises semaphore .td sigThough It weigh more than seven nal that a car is going to stop or turn new tractor, designed for usa lo one side or the other. tons. to rough eourtry. Js so- - constructed that any of ita four wheel can be lift- Saw Operated fey Aolomnbfle. ed five feet from the ground wlthuur A portable g machlnt. to throwing any gears out of line. be mounted ot. and supplied with power by an, automobil. cut each pier Machine Itnsk Own Ears. of cordwood into four piece and can New to the farming Implement lin drop them into a waiting vehicle. , - tby. the American Roads Bunder TOBECOHDUOTED y N "Program of Federal Aid; in Highway Construction. T plca i !. road-buildi- RIG AS .SAFE road-buildi- alt-pla- ma.n-tenanc- e. " -- av-rfi- thl..,'0"n, road-bullde- frt 1 Up-to-Min- SM Mara -- a" i er el High-Steppin- wood-sawin- J , I |
