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Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1925-10-09
PA lFlc COAST MOTOR TOUR
BY OLD TRAILS HIGHWAY

One Of the great tran@continental
highways extending from the Allan
tic to the Pacific is the National Olo
Trails Road 1t has been called
..The Broadway of America" 1t trav-
erses mountains, plain and forest and
is rich in varied scenery, while offer
ing splendid road conditions and very
little desert country. By many mot
orists it is regarded as the most prac-
ticable of all highways for transcoh-
tinental tourists.
It's Importance as a through high
way is evidenced by the fact that it
is travelled by thousands Of motorists,
who come from the Pacific coast dir
ect to New York and from there into
the New England states. There liz
also a great volume of travel from
states in the Mississippi valley and
from the south to New York and
New England. 1t also affords dir
ect route from the large centers of
population in the east to southern
California and the southwestern
ststeA.
Starting from New York, the route
runs in a westerly direction over q
hard-surfaced road by way of Wash
ington or Philadelphia, through West
Virginia, Onio, Indiana, Missouri,
Kansas, Southern Colorado, New
Mexico, Arizona and then to South
ern California. 1t is hard-surfaced
from St. Louis east to New York.
West of st. Louis, particularly across
Missouri and Kansas, weather condi-
tions govern the travelling. In
rainy weather across these two states
skid chains should be carried. and
when overtakep by sudden storms
the motorist would do well to lay
over day or two in the nearest
town, as the roads dry of quickly
after storms.
In travelling the National Old
Trails route it is no longer necessary
to carry large supplies of gasoline.
Two extra quarts of oil may be car
ried, but gasoline supply stations are
found all along the road. Motorists
are advised to keep the tank filled at
all times. Good hotel accommoda-
tions and automobile camp grounds
will be found in almost every city
and in the mountain regions of Col
orado, New Mexico and Arizona ma
tural camp sites can b. found along
some stream close to the highway, at
almost every necessary stop. The
automobile camps usually charge a
small fee. from rs to so cents per
day.
The trip car be made in from
twenty to thirty days at approximate
ly ten hours per day. This means
that only eighteen miles per hour
need to be made during the travelling
time. Many long stretches Of fine
highway enable the motorist to ex-
coed this speed.
For car equipment, the following
list is recommended: One set of skid
chains, one good horn for use on
mountain curves, one set of tools,
one jack, good cutting pliers, two
extra castings, four extra inner tubes,
tube patches, three spark plugs, l to
2 gallon water bag or cahteen, one
f1ashlight, one axe, one small shovel,
radiator hose connections, lamp
bulbs, one motormeter and one tow
rope or short cable.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1925-10-09

Rapid service, excenent stocks of
goods, lower taxes, all are aiding In
the progress of the community. The
merchants of few years ago who
did not keep up with the times have
all gone out of business and today
we have men at the head of stores
that buy their stocks so that they can
compete with anybody in the world.
The Standardization of merchan-
disc and the fact that merchants in
smaller cities and towns are more
awake than in former years has
brought about a great change in
methods of transacting business in
the country. People have begun to
realize that they can get as good mer
chandise and when all expenses sre
paid that it will be just as reasonable
n price. Then they know that they
can see what they are buying and do
not have to wait long while for de-
livery. but can just throw It in the
car and take it along. 1t also makes
he merchant more prosperous and
in turn pays taxes on his stock and
makes the place an institution that
will live on for years and gives 1t .
glamour Of history that brings better
PRICES for the products, the owner O
more prominent position in seciety
and other advantages that can only
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Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1925-10-09

BUYING NEAR HOME SAVES Thu
PEOPLE MANY DOLLARS IN
TAXES AND BRINGS PROSPER.
iTY TO FHE TOWN AND CoUN
TRYSIDE-A SOUND PRINclP-
LIE THAT IS RAPIDLY SPREAD.
ING AMONG THE PEOPLE WHO
HAVE FOUND THEY COULD
DO BETTER AT HOME
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r. ]. FENNELL & CO.

WITH OFFICE AND PLANT BRIDGE" BRIDGEBORO
ARE THE PRODUCERS CEMENT BLOCKS WHICH HAVE THE
ARCHITECTS CONTRACTORS AND HOME
BNILDERs-THEY HIGHEST FIRE TEsT-AN INsTI-
TUITION AIDING IN THE PLACING OF BUILDING ON
MODERN SECTION OF THE STATE-THEY OFFER
DELIVERY ON ANY SIZE oRDER-FENNELL BLOCKS
BETTER BUILDINGS.
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WALTER S. WHEELER, INC.

WITH SALES MOUNT HOLLY is THE
DIRECT DODGE BROTHERS, INC, MOTOR VEHICLES
TRUCKS COMPLETE LINE OF MOD
ELS UPON DODGE CHASSIS-EXCELLENT SERVICE
THIS POPULAR ESTABLISHMENT is FAvoRITE STOPPING
PLACE FOR SURROUNDING TERRITORY AS
AS FROM OVER THE COUNTRY AND is UNDER MOST CA
MANAGEMENT.
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WESLEY H. SLOCUM

AT 81 EAST ST, MooREsTOWN UNDER SUPERVISION
OF MAN WHO is MEMORIAL CRAFTSMAN AND OFFERS THE
THIS PART OF NEW JERSEY A VAST STOCK OF
MONUMENTS FROM WHICH TO MAKE SELECTON-HE USES
THE VERY GRANTEES OFFERS THE
HIGHEST CLASS ARTISTRY PRODUCTION HIGH
GRADE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS SHOULD BE PREPARED WITH
SUITABLE MEMORIAL-"No GREATER TRIBUTE"
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DR.. E. R. BROWN

WITH OFFICE AT is A cHRO-
THOROUGHLY ABREAST OF TIMES IN THE
SCIENCE AND A PROFESSIONAL BROAD ATTAINMENTS
WHO HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL-HAS MANY CLIENTS
FROM SURROUNDING TERRITORY-DR. BROWN is A CHI
RoPRAcToR EXCELLENT EDUCATION, BEING A LICENSED
GRADUATE
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CHAS. E. RODGERS

WITH ESTABLISHMENT REED SITS, MOUNT
HOLLY EXTENSIVE PURCHASER WHEAT, CORN AND
GRAINS AND OFFERS THE FARMERS THIS
THE HIGHEST MARKET PRICES-HEADQUARTERS FOR
FEED-AN INSTITUTION is OF GREAT BENE-
FIT TO PEOPLE COMMUNITIES MASTER MILLER
EXCELLENT BUSINESS MAN-CoNDUCTs vERTABLE
DUCTS.
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MOUNT HOLLY LAUNDRY

PLANT WATER ST, MOUNT HOLLY OFFERS THE PUBLIC
EVERYTHING WAY OF THE LATEST SCIENTIFIC DEVEL-
OPMENTs I'm THE LAUNDRY FIELD, MODERN EQUIPMENT AND
SERVICE HAS SUPERIOR-HAvE EXCELLENT DELIV-
COLLAR.
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BEVERLY NURSERIES

ON BURLINGTON PIKE, BEVERLY, FEATURE SHRUBBERY,
PERENNALS FRUIT, VINES ROSES, EVERGREENs oRNA-
MENTALS AND COMPLETE MODERN LANDSCAPE SERVICE
FIRM THAT HAS AIDED IN THE IDENTIFICATION OF THIS
PART OF NEW JERSEYDRIVE AROUND AND LOOK OVER
SToCK-UNDER CAPABLE MANAGEMENT o. LINDSAY
GARRISON
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SHINN BROTHERS

WITH OFFICES AND IL MoRRELL ST,
MOUNT HOLLY SOLVING OF THE HOUSING
PROBLEMS OF DAY, BEING BUILDERS OF
ABILITY WHO HAVE EXCELLENT IDEAS IN THE
WAY PLANNING-HAVE EXECUTED MANY CON-
TRACTS THIS SECTION ARE EXEMPLARY OF MAS
TER SUPERVISION, THE OWNERS MUCH MONEY AND
FASHIONED METHOD OF OWNER SUPER
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REIN MOTOR COMPANY

WITH SERVICE l41-l43 BRIDGEBORO ST, AND
RIVERSIDE, is THE LEADING USED CAR
EXCHANGE THIS PART OF THE STATE-MR. REIN HAS
STANDARD MODERN CARS WHICH CAN BE BOUGHT
AS LOW AS $4,000 DOWN REMAINDER ON MONTHLY
PAYMENTs-ALL GOOD ROADS UNPRECEDENTED USED
CAR HOUSE.
Evening star., 1925-03-29
Automobile for Epery Family
In u. S. by 1910 Seen BY Expert
Consulting Engineer Believes Total Viii
Reach $4,000, ,OOO-Urges Careful Study
of Problems and adequate Planning.

piled and unsuited to the real needs
of traffic as a whole. Bus terminals
are growing to be a real need. es-
pc cially for intercity movement
THE plain fact is that our cities
have been backward in planning
ahead their traffic and transportation
facilities, and especially in relation
to their suburbs and regional high
ways. No city needs this more than
Washington, which was planned for
defense rather than transportation.
Rome had a traffic director and
Pompeii its one-way streets. Broad
way had its bus traffic congestion and
Harrisburg it's no-parking ordinances
during the Civil War. Yet London
had to spend s30,000,000 for mile OF
highway and Chicago is spending
s22 100000 for a mile OF doubled deck
ed street to correct obvious errors in
planning that could have been fore
seen and provided for at a mere frac-
tion Of the cost today.
Adequate Planning Urged.
THE motor density of the United
States is approaching one per family.
The family is the political unit Of our
land. The motorist has become the
base taxpayer. The responsibility for
real leadership, therefore, rests di-
rectly upon him as the head OF the
family.
so what the public needs today is
adequate planning and public leader
ship. We should start now and plan
and budget ahead for a city of twice
the present size.
The first thing is full survey OF
traffic movement and scientific analy-
sis Of the results. Then the develop
ment or a competent traffic thorough
fare-trflnsit plan, adjusted to- the
obvious requirements of the general
city plah and OF the region surround
ing the city proper. And finally q
budget OF financial program for car
rying Out the improvements shown
to be necessary by the survey. Traffic
is thus a &cmplex economic, not a
| political, pro&lem. It will never ba
solved by legislation"
Evening star., 1925-03-29
THE OLD MECHANIC SAYS:

It's never too late to mend. Per-
haps that sounds like mere repeti-
tion of an old sayin', but it's the very
latest innovation in car ownership.
I've just told an owner how he
could save trouble with his springs
by havin' them cleaned off and COW
cred, but he seems to think he's gone
so far with them uncovered that
there's no hope.
IT'S a good idea to cover the
springs" he admitted. "1'll order a
set of covers for my next car when
get it,
That's the attitude. took a lot Of
time to tell one chap how to prevent
carbon from formin' in his engine.
and all the satisfaction I got was
that he would try my idea after he
had the valves ground in and the
carbon scraped out. He couldn't seem
to gather the idea that I was tryin'
TO suggest a way by which he could
postpone this sort of repair work.
If / happen to run across a new
kind OF body polish that seems to do
the work, and l recommend 1t to some
owner whose car is a sight, all 1 get
Evening star., 1925-03-29
"PICK.UP" IS MISTAKEN.
Method Shown That May Save
Repair Bills.

After shifting to high many drivers
have a habit of racing the engine be-
fore letting in the clutch again. This
serves to give the car a forward lurch
and is often misconstrued as pick
up" 1t makes excellent material for
repairers.
If you want to pick up quickly
after reaching high let in the clutch,
retard the spark, feed a lot of gas
and advance the spark gradually as
the cars speed increases. At the
start it isn't as quick as the other
method, but 1t will get you there
quicker in the end, and with far less
chance of stopping at a repair shop
en- route,
Evening star., 1925-03-29

BY 1910 the United States will have
80. 100000 motor cars, or approximate
ly one for every family, according to
J. Rowland Bibbins, consulting engi-
neer and traffic expert. We are measur-
ably approaching this point of auto
mobile density, in his opinion, motor
car registrations having doubled
within the last four years.
Discussing the relation of city PLAN
ming to motor vehicle traffic before
the Carolina Motor Club. Mr.. Bibbins
pointed out that "the city IL our
special problem quite distinct from the
highways, though related TO them"
"City Streets said Mr.. Bibbins,
''are the terminal system of our high
ways as we'll as the local distributing
tracks of our city business. 1t is
not realized that our cities average
about 1000 miles of pa~ed streets per
million population, sore running to
1000 miles. This enormous capital
burden requires far n~ore economic
planning and use of eur street sys-
tenn than at present. Aut cities are
backward in scientif1 planning Of
their thoroughfares.
Much study needed.
"Just as in transit service, the rush
hour problem is Of greatest impor-
tance. We have got to develop traf-
fic routing, organization and classi-
fication of traffic movement by all
types of vehicles, with special facili-
ties for each best suited to their
needs. This is a complex problem of
transportation governing the lives
and welfare of more than half of
our people, and not one of painted
lines, or signs, or even of Safety
First" as this is usually conceived.
We need more sound engineering and
less abortiye laws and experiment
tation; more study and less talk: more
cooperation and less selfish exploita-
ton.
For instance, street railway rout-
ing and operation are quite as large
a factor in the traffic problem as the
motor itself. Commercial vehicle
movement and freight-handling IA
cilities are as important as passen-
ger traffic in many cities. Much reg
ulation has been imposed on the
| principle of slowing down traffic
rather than moving it faster through
| the throats or gateways which al
ways control. Punitive legislation
will never accomplish even an ap-
proach to the needs OF a scientific
| traffic plan which every city needs.
THE parking and storage problem
has not been thought out intelli-
gently, unseIfishly, nor even remotely
| enforced in most cities We can
easily treble legitimate parking IA
cilities, but we must meet the stor-
age question in an economic way
after the facts are gathered.
Bus Terminals Needed.
"In many cities the complicated sig
nal systems so often copied after
Fifth avenue, New York, are misap-
Evening star., 1925-03-29

in return is q promise to try some
Of 1t after the car is repainted. But
that isn't the point. I'm tryin' to
save him the trouble and expense of
a repaintin' job by telling him how
he can bring the old paint back to a
fairly good shine.
Sometimes trouble can be halted
just at the last moment, provided the
owner will believe in the old rule
that it's never too late to try to mend.
I've seen worn universal Joints give
many more miles of service just be-
cause the owner was willin' to turn
over a new leaf. BY going into ex-
cess with the remedy he helped the
joints by keepin' them fully lubri-
Gated all the time.
Evening star., 1925-03-29

nal systems SO often copied after
Fifth avenue, New York, are misap-
Evening star., 1925-03-29
HINT ON "SHIFTING."
Precaution Suggested Against Hav-
ing Car "Coast Away"

If you find trouble shifting to sec
ond after stopping the car as a pre-
caution against having the car coast
away, try making the shift just be-
fore switching off the engine. Saves
using the starter to turn over the
gears. Remember, too, that in trying
to shift into second after parking,
and when using the starter, the
clutch should not be held down until
you are just about to shift. If the
clutch is disengaged when using the
starter the gears cannot change posi-
tions
Evening star., 1925-03-29
CARE SAVES CHAINS.
Fast Driving Best Way to Cut Life
of Set Quickly.

The life of set of chains depends
largely upon the way they are used,
not necessarily upon the mileage
they are asked to deliver. The chief
difference between chain economy
and extravaganza lies in the speed
the driver maintains when running
over paving that offers the chains
no layer of soft snow for protec-
ton. Fast driving with chains causes
the links to slam against the pave
ment. It will also retard wear to
use springs to keep the chains tight
against the tires.
Evening star., 1925-03-29

frequent stopovers at the repair shops
en- route.
to respond in the customary way the
wise owner does not force 1t but con-
siderately pauses to see what's wrong.
Perhaps he has forgotten something.
Perhaps il needs a helping hand. He
figures that it's far easier to find out
what the car needs than to discover
that he needs new car.
downright, lq25)
Evening star., 1925-03-29
@sKirldness'' to Autos Aduised
To Cut Depreciation Costs
Excessive Repairs Necessitated by Care.
less Handling-Fallacy of ''Warming
Up" Is Cited-Study Slightest Trouble.

gerly at all times and who does not
ask it to come across with all it's
resources is usually branded as a
fusser, but the interesting part about
| 1t is that you will seldom hear him
arguing with the garage people over
a repair bill. The only repairs he
has are those that prolong the cars
life. Kindness helps him avoid the
necessity of trying to put the car back
where It was.
1t Is downright ignorance, manu-
facturers contend, that tempt a driver
to do with his neglected car what
has been done on the race track with
car of the same model that has
been given every assistance. Cars
that under favorable conditions should
develop a speed of SO miles an hour
without effort are being abused over
35 simply because they are carelessly
handled and half starved on gas, air,
oil. water and grease. When the av-
erage driver wants to go fast even
IL the reason Is legitimate, he will
step on it" and reaches the desired
speed as quickly as possible. This is
far cry from educating the car to
high speed by letting it roll up to the
desired speed through gradual in
crease OF the gas being fed to it.
Two Kinds OF Kindness.
Today one hears a lot about cars
being killed by kindness but repairers
are beginning to find that kindness
comes in two varieties: The genuine
and the other kind. Any hour of the
day you can find hundreds of cars in
the public garage left there by people
who don't want to take their cars out
into the rain, the cold, the hot sun, the
DUST, the snow, or whatever 1t is they
imagine car can't endure. These
very considerate owners are the same
people who slam the doors when 1t isn't
necessary. who never think of scraping
the mud off their feet when they step
into the tonneau or who postpone
adding quart Of Oil just because
they're going to have the crankcase
drained out and refilled tomorrow.
The matter of kindness to ones car
applies even to those people who are
always tinkering with 1t. Watch some
people clean a spark plug. In order to
get good brace they will often put
one foot up on apron or fender. The
tools are sprawled out over the running
board. When the job is half done
greasy fingers grope into the side pock-
cts for rag. BY the time the car is
treated to a little internal consideration
it has been permanently damaged ex-
ternally.
Labors Under Handicaps.
The reverse is true when the owner
keeps the springs clean and dry,
thinking he is doing his car a great
favor. All the while he is making it
labor under the handicap of dry spring
leaves.
The way some owners wash their cars
reminds one Of washing the dog by
drowning It. The washing job Is some
times so vigorous that the paint is
Clipped off and the ignition wires
soaked. This sort Of thing is kindness
of a kind, but not the kind for people
who want to get the most out Of their
cars over the entire span of their
ownership.
Anybody can get the most out Of
car in the first few months. That's
why so many go to the junk heap with
Evening star., 1925-09-06
Chaplin "Steered"
Into Screen Work

vile, was getting $50 a week. Reeves
advised him to make the jump to
motion pictures and $3.50 a week.
Finally Charlie agreed to do so.
Alfred Reeves, by the way, was
the brother of Billy Reeves, an Eng
lish pantomime artist who came over
about the same time as Chaplin. :
In stage pantomime they showed
about equal ability, although Billy
Reeves went higher in the American
theater than did Chaplin, advancing.
in fact, to the cast of the Ziegfeld
Follies.
RUT, strangely enough, when Reeves
also went into the pictures his art
did not progress, while Chaplin hid
no sooner had a good look at himself
on the screen than his natural genius
reacted. He developed pantomiming
to new standards of excellence.
He realized two things:
First, that while on the stage every
movement and every gesture must
be broadly accented in order that the
audience in the rear seats and the
galleries may get the meaning, the
camera catches the most delicate shad-
ings and renders them plainly visible
in every part of the theater.
Secondly, that since all comedy in
the motion pictures of that day was
excessively broad and palpable the
actor who could get effects by gentler
methods would stand out inevitably
by mere contrast.
His system proved itself in no time.
Public demand quickly made a star
of him.
Charles f. Meyer, now of New
York, tells me that when Chaplin
came to America from England
where he had taken to the stage by
reason of the fact that his father,
Charles, ST., and his older brother,
Sydney, were already on it-he
played his first engagement in the
Orpheum Theater at Reading, Pa.
Meyer was manager of the theater
and he says that during the week
Chaplin wished to draw $40 in ad-
vance. Meyer refused, because the
sum represented the young mans
whole salary at that time.
They compromised on $50.
Now Chaplin can write his check
for a million and his associates say
that If he cared to produce more pic
lures he could make it for 25 times
that amount.
Copyright 1925.)