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Evening star., 1928-10-21
MORE DURABLE TIRES ).
NOTED BY AUTO TRADE
Average Car Requires Less Num-
Der of Renewals Than For
merly, Dealers Assert.

Although automobiles are used more
and more every year, the average car in
the United States requires less new
tires for replacement purposes than In
the past when the average annual mile
age was smaller. according to tire men.
An average of 225 new tires are used
on each automobile in the United
States. while the average on tubes Is
2.8l per car.
The average of tires per car required
annually varies widely in the different
States. with Ohio nearest the average.
New Mexico uses more tires than any
other State. compared with its number
of cars. while the average car owner In
Massachusetts, gets off easiest OF all
where feweSt number of tires are needed
per car annually.
There is a marked difference in num-
Der of tires required between Northern
and Southern States, as cars in the
South uniformly require more tires
than in Northern States. The fact that
mild weather in the South encourages
more driving is only partial explana.
ton, according to tire men.
Cold weather driving results in COM
paratlvely little wear on tires, as, all
other things being equal, tires will last
twice as long in cold weather as in hot
weather. There is tendency. too, to
drive slower on snowy, icy and wet
roads, which also lessons the wear.
There are only two or three excep-
tions in Northern States where an un-
usually large number of tires per car
are needed. and this is explained by
condition of the highways in those
States, where a great deal of unim-
proved road is found. Tire wear Is
several times greater on certain kinds
face roads.
Evening star., 1928-10-21
WAYSIDE REFRESHMENT STAND
COMPETITION PRIZES AWARDED
1e, Totaling $1,000, Announced in Cam
paign to Improve $4,000 Road Stands
Listed in U.S..

Prizes in the third competition of the
series for the improvement of waySide
refreshment stands have just been an
nounced by the Art Center of New York
as follows:
Cl) "The Bee Hive Cabin" 5000
George A. Parker, "a River street, Hoo
sick Falls, N. Y; 90 Green Gable
Tavern" $3.50, James B. Stoughton,
Boswell, Pa: 90 Under the Ever
green's s100. Milton E. Shatraw. Grand
Gorge, N. Y; (D TAXA Rest Tea
Room," S75, Mrs. Emily Wilson. Wat
chung. N. j.: CD Blue Rock Tea
Room" $685. Mrs. w. A. Robertson, Bat
Cave, N. c.; (6) "Maybrook Log Cabin, "
n. Y; % "McDonald's Camp" $50
freshment Stand" s45, Mrs. Harrison
N. Lusk, Aptos, Calf: 90 Camp
Rest" $40, William H. Woods, East Dor
set, VT; G0) "Hobson's Coffee House, u
s35, J. Willard Hobson, 1876 Westport
avenue, Norwalk, Conn; 1D Hopper
Kettle $50, Peter Hankinson, 1921
Pawtucket boulevard, Lowell, Mass.
(12) "Noah's Ark" S25, N. D. Hitch
cock, Homer, N. Y; u3) "Ye Old Camp
Stevens Tea House." $40. Aver, Mass.
Q4) 1.-The Bear Trap" SIS, Mrs. Fred
A. Holmes, Belfast, Me-; 05) Cramp-
tons, $40, Delhi, Calf; O6) THE Yoke
Tea House." SIS, Mrs. E. E. Marshall
Ridgefeld, Conn.
The awards, amounting to $1,000
were based on photographs showing the
condition of the exterior of stands and
their premises, the arrangement OF
trees, flowers and shrubbery in relation
to the stand, and the distribution Of
advertising matter.
Unanimous Choice Of Judges.
Special mention was made by the
judges of the stand of George A. Parker
THE Bee Hive Cabin" Mr. Parker
was a Second-prize winner in the in
itial contest, and he had so i'm proved
his building and grounds that his entry
was the unanimous choice of the judge:
for first place in the third competition
The campaign was initiated by Mrs
John D. Rockefeller, jr., who, following
motor trip through New England
started something of a national revo.
luton when she announced that she
Intended to "do something about the
condition of the numerous roadside
shacks that dot the highways at fire.
quent intervals along the way. She
communicated her intention to the Ar
Center of New York and the American
Civic Association of Washington, D. c.
and placed at their disposal $500 al
| the basis of a campaign fund
Evening star., 1928-10-21
FOREST RECEIPTS
USED FOR ROADS
Ten Per Cent of Yearly In
come Expended to In
prove Highways.

BY the use of 10 per cent of the
yearly receipts of national forests for
the construction of roads and trails,
national forest lands are continually
being made more accessible and the fa-
cilitieS for effective administration con-
stantly improved. More than half a
million dollars, representing 10 per cent
of the receipts of national forests for
the last fiscal year, will be used by the
Forest Service, United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, for road and trail
construction during the coming fiscal
year.
Improved road and trail facilities will
in turn bring increased forest receipts,
says the Forest Service, SO that the use
of this 10 per cent fund tends to con-
tinuous development of the national
forests and more intensive adminiStra-
ton for productive use.
Total receipts from timber sales, graz
ing fees and other national forest activ-
tiles during the fiscal year which ended
June 80, 1928, amounted to $5,405, ,580.14
BY act of Congress of August 10, 1912
10 per cent of the receipts is given to
the Forest Service for road and trail
construction each year. For the last
fiscal year this amounted to $504,5 81,
and is prorated among the various
States according TO the receipts from
the forests in those States. This fund is
in addition to the money appropriated
by Congress for forest road and trail
development for the current year.
An additional $1,351 ,279.79, represent
ing Is per cent of the forest receipts.
will be returned to the States in which
ma tional forests are located for roads
and schools this year.
Through the expenditure of not only
the 10 per cent fund but other road
money appropriated by Congress, to-
tai of 1888 miles of roads and 6,462
miles of trails we're constructed within
or adjacent to the national forests dur
ing the last fiscal year. Including last
years work, there has been completed
in the national forests total of 14,823
miles of roads and 1886 miles of trails
To date. $89,597, ,405 has been expended
on road and trail construction in the
forests,
Road and trail development in the
national forests opens the way for more
speedy and effective forest fire suppress
sion. as we'll as increasing the accessi-
bility of forest areas for administration
of timber production and for recrea-
tional use.
Evening star., 1928-10-21

ditions or requirements will be made.
THE ignition system should be gone
over with great care to see that con-
nections are tight, wires firm and
strong, and that a hot fat spark is
being delivered to every cylinder.
Headlights should be checked for glare.
THE tires will be returned to their
recommended pressure, and the braking
system, by all means. will come under
the most searching scrutiny
Before the car is allowed to go
back to its owner 1t will be given trial
run to ascertain the condition of the
controls and, of course, to make GER
tain that everything is ship-shape."
Such periodic check-up, Mr.. Cooli-
can says. is not costly and repays the
owner amply in diminished deprecia-
tion, far enhanced satisfaction and an
appreciable degree Of safety in motoring.
The plan has too many virtues for
it to be ignored by such large num-
bers of owners" Mr. Coolican concludes,
adding that Its adoption cannot be
too strongly urged in the interest of all
those things that every motorist wants
to characterize his car ownership"
Evening star., 1928-10-21

No sooner had the announcement of
the first competition reached the press,
and civic organizations came forward
with offers of cooperation, so that, with
contribution of an additional $4,000
from the Adolf Gobel. Inc. a series of
contests were planned. The detectives
are: To offer prizes for photographs of
existing stands for the purpose of study
ing prevailing conditions: to award
prizes for architects drawings of
ideal stands in order that more suit
able ideas can be compiled: to encour-
age, through series of prizes, the i'm
provement of those stands already In
existence; to award additional prizes
for a number of stands that are built
from the prize-winning architectural
designs, and to develop plans whereby
prospective stand owners may, through
the cooperation Of the sponsors of the
campaign, build artistic, low-cost stands
that will be not only an addition to,
rather than blots upon the roadsides.
but which will be distinctly profitable
commercial ventures for the owners.
$4,000 Road Stands in u. S.
The first contest for photographs Of
existing stands was concluded December
Is. Through it the judges learned
that there were some $4,000 roadside
stands in the United States, and that
less than one-third of them measured
up to high standards of beauty, prac-
ticability. sanitation and good taste.
One thousand dollars in prizes was
awarded in this competition.
The second contest, which was for
architectural drawings of ideal stands,
was concluded March 15 There were
900 competing architects, and prizes
amounting to $4,000 were awarded, five
for stands with gasoline pumps and
five for stands without gasoline pumps.
In conjunction with the third COM
petition, and yet to be awarded, Is $l00
each for the first Is stands built from
the prize winning designs in the Sec
ond contest. A l4-page booklet, con-
tanning sketches and floor plans, may
be had by sending 10 cents in postage
to the secretary Of Wayside Refresh
ment Stand Competitions, the Art Cen
ter, 65 East Fifty-sixth street, New
York City.
According to reports from the Art
Center, roadside stands are unquestion-
ably improving. 1t is felt that if pub
lie opinion can be made to react Suffi-
GENTLY against ramshackle wayside
shanties, there will be no place in the
refreshment-stand industry for those
structures which do not meet with the
approval of the motoring public.
Evening star., 1928-10-21
CHICAGO TRAFFIC
RELIEF IS PLANNED
La Sale Street Widened as
First Step in Paving
Program.

Traffic-choked downtown Chicago IS
to have a new outlet. A gigantic
paving mixer is adding the finishing
touch to the newly widened thorough
fare which will carry thousands of
vehicles northward over a pavement
varying in width from 81 to 86 feet
La Sale street is as old as Chicago,
yet that Wall Street of the Middle
West has never served the full purpose
expected of a modern traffic artery.
But now with building fronts set back
as much as 20 feet. and the streets
first bridge across the Chicago River
nearing completion, Chicago's Loop will
have in effect brand-neW entrance
way.
1t is difficult to visualize the burden
that will be borne by this modernized
street. Every week day at least
10000 motor vehicles enter or leave
the central business district, which is
scarcely three-eighths of square mile
in size. With this tremendous traffic
volume in mind, La Sale street is being
paved with a 10-inch layer of concrete.
The La Sale project constitutes the
first attempt to adopt the remedy for
the traffic malady pointed out in the
recent Chicago street traffic survey
conducted by Miller McClintock, di-
rector of the street traffic research bu-
reau of Harvard University.
Mr.. McClintock reported: "The most
direct physical relief that could be
brought to the Chicago traffic problem
would be an energetic and compre-
hensive paving program. The streets
of the worlds fourth metropolis should
be at least as smooth as a modern
rural highway.
IF the pavement on all streets lead
ing from and surrounding the central
business districts were improved there
would be a much more even distribu-
ton of traffic, and diversion of much
traffic that now finds it necessary to
go through the crowded sections of the
city in order to find comfortable road
way surface"
The La Sale street project is re-
garded as exemplary of what many
other American cities are planning to
do, or will be forced to do.
The first section of the revised street
runs from Washington street to Lake
street. Shortly, the smooth pavement
will be continued from the river north
to Ohio street, giving total length
of nine blocks.
Evening star., 1928-10-21
AUTO INSPECTIONS
CUT REPAIR COSTS
Distributor Urges Checking of
Vital Motor Units at Regu-
lar Intervals.

Periodic inspecting and checking over
of the various vital units of the motor
car will go far toward eliminating heavy
repair bills and will make motoring
generally more economical more
satisfactory and a safer experience.
These points are made by Oscar
Coolican, local Packard distributor who
advocates adherence to regular, in
spection schedule which will compre-
hend complete mechanical check upon
all important car parts.
cat stated intervals" Mr.. Coolican
says in explaining his views on the
subject, "the owner should run his car
into the service station and there place
it into the hands of the foreman for
a check similar to that given new ma
chimes as they issue from the factory.
Parts will be inspected for wear
All points where fabrication is es-
sential will be checked for the guam
tity and quality of oil or grease al
ready applied. and If necessary. ad-
Evening star., 1928-10-21
POPULATION FACTOR
IN ACCIDENTS, SAYS
SAFETY COUNCIL BODY

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Evening star., 1928-10-21
Auto Touring in Europe Described
By Autoist in Lauding Overseas Trip

of horse drawn vehicles and bicyclists
took their time.
In touring through France and
Germany. found that motorists there
are not bothered with any speed limit"
Mr.. Butt stated. You may drive as
fast as road condition will permit.
made the 1,187 kilometers from Paris
to Monte Carlo in two days or at the
rate of more than 300 miles day.
"As a tourist, 1 was impressed with
Europe as just one big garden, but 1
missed the open spaces we are accus-
toned to here in America
In England and on the continent,
gasoline, or petrol, costs about As cents
an imperial gallon. which contains five
quarts. This is because of the heavy
governmental tax imposed. In one place
in France l had to pay at the rate of
SIPS gallon.
II was quite surprised at one English
garage where had to pay one and four
pence, or about 35 cents In American
money. to have a tire pumped up. Even
at that the pumping was done with an
old-Style hand pump. There is no free
air ii Europe and the quality of serv-
ice We are accustomed to at American
gas stations and tire shops is unknown.
Roadside gas stations in Europe are
conspicuous by their absence and some
times you get petrol by the can and
pour 1t in the tank yourself"
Evening star., 1928-10-21
CITY SEEN MECCA
FOR AUTO TOURISTS
WiIIiamsport Located in Big
Game Section of Keystone
State.

Williamsport, Pa. best known in mo-
tordom as the halfway point on the
scenic historic SusQuehanna Trail, on
the Canada a-to-Florida" route, should
continue during the Fall and Winter
months to be mecca for Sport-loving
vacationists. for the Queen City" is in
the heart of the big-game section of the
keystone State.
Thousands of nonresident hunting
licenses are issued in Potter, Tioga, Ly-
coming and Sullivan Counties every
wear. for the fame of this country as a
hunting district has become widespread.
In the forests near WilliamSport more
deer and bear are killed annually than
in any corresponding sectl0n of the
country. Hunters sent racti
Cally every Eastern -ern
State are included in tn. 'ho
flock to Penn's Woods.
Ideally Located.
williamsport. ideally located il
valley of the West Branch of the S.
auehanna River and within an easy
days run of all large centers of pop
ulation in the East, is usually the base
for those vino wish to make expeditions
into the wild country roundabout. The
city is on three great railroad lines and
is accessible to motorists via the SuS-
quehanna Trail, connecting Buffalo
and Washington or the Horseshoe Trail
running from Cumberland. Md, and
Altoona, to Waverly, N. Y. These high
ways are tapped by the Roosevelt, Will
liam Penn, Lincoln and National High
ways, by practically all main intersec-
tional routes.
To the north of Williansport are rug
ged mountains, to the south bold hills.
In their recesses are to be found bear.
deer, elk and fox and many species of
smaller game. Grouse. pheasant, rabbit
and squire, are plentiful.
Potter County, the hunters paradise,
is easily reached from Williamsport via
the Coudersport pike that has its south
ern terminus in Jersey Shore.
$4,000 Acres of Forest.
OF the less than 100000 acres COM
posing the county, nearly $4,000 are
forest and waste land. Here is to be
found the upper part of the Black For
est, the former home of the panther.
which a man may travel miles without
sight of human habitation. In the for
est, the former home of the panther,
deer, bear and elk now share domain
cf 10000 acres, at an altitude OF 1900
feet, with streams teeming with game
i!sh, the most famous of which is the
rock walled and mountain envircneo
Pine Greek.
Information about hunting possibili-
tics In Central Pennsylvania. digest
cf .he Pennsylvania game law and a
b0cklet containing description of the
territory, map and correct routes, in
Gliding the Susquehanna Trail, may
be obtained from the Williamsport
CT amber of Commerce. interested sport
lovers should write to the Publicity
Bureau, Chamber of Commerce, Will
Transport, Pa.
Evening star., 1928-10-21
Good news for Americas thousands

Good news for Americas thousands
of motorists who are planning to tour
Europe by automobi and vivid ac-
count of the experiences likely to be en-
countered there, were related recently
by W. Clegg Butt of Beverly Hills, just
returned from tour of 10 months on
the continent.
Customs regulations-that bane of
the foreign traveler-need not deter the
American motorist, Mr.. Butt reported.
THE American touring Europe by motor
has little trouble with customs regula-
tions at the various international boun-
aries and receives good treatment from
the officials as we'll as from the ma
tives," he said.
Il had to get license at once, at the
rate of SIS for each horsepower Of the
cars engine. This method of taxation
explains why small cars of only eight or
nine horsepower are so popular in
Europe. All foreign cars receive the 90
international license plate and the num-
ber remains the same for the life of
the car"
Mr.. Butt left Los Angeles last No
vember drove to New York, where the
car was put on board the Olympic,
landing at Southampton. Among the
experiences he reported was having to
pay 35 cents to have a tire pumped up,
and idling along in traffic while myriads
Evening star., 1928-10-21

and licensing of all drivers is essential
for the progress toward highway safety.
Any additional move to reduce the
highway accident toll must deal di-
rectly with the individual Systems of
pedestrian control have not as yet been
developed to the point where they
might be incorporated into a uniform
national vehicle code, and until an ade-
Quate and successful system is de-
veloped, the various cities of the United
States must continue to study their
How can the individual be reached?
There are some 120,000,000 human
beings included in the population OF
the United States. With this enormous
group of people living among 23,000,0OO
automobiles there must always be high
way accidents, both avoidable and un-
avoidable. 1t is not unreasonable to
believe, however, that the present toll
is much too high and that it may be
reduced by an appeal to the individual.
This necessitates constant education.
The immediate objective of an cdu-
cational campaign for highway safety
must be to instill in the mind of every
individual sense of personal RESPONSE
bility, desire to practice the principles
of courtesy and caution. While 1t is
realized that all persons may not be
affected by a campaign of this kind
it is believed that those citizens who
do realize the necessity for courtesy
and caution and who practice it ac-
cordingly will eventually have an in
f1uence on the conduct of their fellow
citizens. The ultimate result will be
a national voluntary sense of caution
which will find expression in wider and
safer roads and streets, uniform signals
and traffic laws and sensible personal
conduct
The safety education of pedestrians
and motorists of the United States may
be brought about only by the whole
hearted cooperation of newspapers,
periodicals, churches, schools, civic and
social organizations, the radio and
through every conceivable medium for
transmitting a vital message. Only
when the individual practices the pfin-
clples of courtesy and caution as part
OF his natural self may the Nation
hope for reduction in the human toll
1t pays for highway transportation.
Evening star., 1928-10-21

conclusions drawn from studies of the
accident causes will probably be the
same as those for 1927, which are as
follows:
First-That the human factor is re-
sponsible for 95 per cent of all highway
accidents and that the mechanical and
engineering factors are responsible for
the remaining negligible portion.
Causes Tabulated.
Second-That the human factor
which causes highway accidents is, in
a large degree, caused by certain de-
finable physical conditions, such as con-
f1icting traffic laws, traffic congestion,
discourtesy, carelessness, physical in
competency and lack of confidence in
the mechanical stability of motor
vehicle
Third-That the pedestrian problem
is increasing while the motoring haz-
ards in themselves are only slightly de-
creasing
Fourth-That the alarming number
of children killed in highway accidents
makes necessary some drastic action
In their behalf.
Fifth-That no enforceable legislation
will strike at the root of highway ac-
cidentS.
When faced with an emergency of
the kind brought about by the present
highway accident situation, the Ameri-
can people almost instinctively turn to
law as the remedy. Rational action to
reduce highway accidents, however,
cannot involve the adoption Of addi-
tional laws, but rather necessitates
simplifying and making uniform the
existing laws. With confusion. and traf-
fic violation among the paramount con-
tributive causes Of highway accidents,
the uniformity Of existing laws looms
as an outstanding panacea. With that
in mind, the American Road Builders
| Association heartily recommends the
| immediate adoption, SO far as prac-
ticable, of the uniform State and mu-
nicipal vehicle laws prepared by the
! National Conference on Street and
Highway Safety. The organization
furtner believes that the examination
Evening star., 1928-10-21

The pneumatic tire was patented 40
ears ago. Dunlops son grumbled
cbout the effect of the Belfast roads, so
cut of piece of sheet rubber his father
made a couple of tubes inflated them
With a foot ball pump, fixed them to two
wooden discs and put them in the
cycle frame, with the result that the
son cycled about till midnight and the
father gave the world chance. which
st quickly accepted. to travel on air,
Evening star., 1928-10-21

The American Automobile Association
declares that motorists were "gyped" out
of some l00.000000 gallons of gasoline
in 1927 and that at the current average
cost Of gasoline their money loss was at
least 500 600 600
Evening star., 1928-12-16
President and Mrs. Coolidge
Listed for Honor Dinners
Entertainment-Ot Notable Social Func-
tions in Capital Calendar

at midday. breakfast today in the
Chinese room of the Mayflower, which
will be given by Judge and Mrs. Samuel
j. Graham. Covers will be laid for a..
The Vice President-elect, Senator
Charles Curtis, was the guest in whose
honor Mrs. Emerson Howe entertained
at dinner last evening. Others in the
company were the Ambassador of Cuba
and Sonora de Ferrara, the Japanese
Ambassador and Nine. Debuchi, the
Minister of Norway and Nine. Bachke,
Assistant Secretary of State and Mrs.
Wilbur j. Carr. Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
E. Gam, brother-in-law and sister of
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