The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 302, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 2, 1926 Page: 18 of 20
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f RISING
few Sales Record Set
in First Quarter
of New Year
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DETROIT Mick. May 1. — Retail
k* of Dodge Brothers Motor t ar
M Graham Brother? Trucks by
mlert in the rn*te$ letaftM in the
'•tod from January 2 to April 3
MS established another phenomenal
merd with a total of 70f>P9 units
» compared with 51318. a gain of
or ST per cent over.the same
triod in 1925
Th:* high reeord ffai made in the
ice of bad v ather conditioat which
'availed throughout ai! sections of
it Cnsted States during almost the
itire period. *
Shipments from the factory in the
r*t three calendar month of 1926
kew.se established a new high mark
*h a total of 80351 unite as com-
iwd with 59378. a gain of 20975 or
I pe* cent over the same period in
W25.
Shipments of Dodge Brothers Mo-
>r Cara and Graham Briber*.Trucks
► satisfy the increasing demand of
****** dealers during.month of
latch reached the highrsf point ever
rcurded in the history «>f Dodge
Wither*. Inc. with a gain of 50 per
»«* over the corresponding month of
KHi. This total wap 4460 compared
Ith 2972 In .March. 1925.
A substantial increase has been
lade rack week in retail sales of
todge Brothers Motor Cars and Gra-
*fti Brothers Trucks thus far in
li.6 fh- !*te«t weekly(fgeapd being
ttabirsked for the period ended
9t when 6104 units were sold
hjwas a gain of 2574 or 39 per
cent over the best week ia 1925 Chat
ended April il.
“That the motor driving public ap-
proves of the value of Dodge Broth-
ers-Motor Cars and Giaham Brothers
Trucks is strongly indicated by the
vast sales record made in the first
quarter of 1926 when weather condi-
tions throughout the United States j
were not propitious” declared Mr.
Jesste Bennett Dodge Brothers Deal-
er.
UNCLE SAM HAS NO
UCHTING TROUBLE
Whore Congress would be if the
l ghts went ot$t is a possible pre-
dicament that troubles not our Un-
cle Samuel said Ernest Sadler the
local Exide dealer. For though the
regular supply of current may be in-
terrupted there's a trusty Exide on
ghar-1. An Ex-de Int^rry has played
its part n national affairs in Con-
gress since 1916. On July 21st oU
that vear an Exid« battery was in-*
stalled in the capitol power plant
for u se in emergencies.
After serving faithfully in Con-
gress for 15 years this Exide was
retired and a new one elected.
It has prevented a pood many in-
terruptions of the electric-light ser-
v ce in the capitol building.
Current fro at the power plant lo-
l rated five blocks away runs <19 ele-
■ vators and lifts lights 49.7 -ft eloo-
I trie hulhs in the capitol group runs
I a d sh-washing machine operates po-
! tato-peelers and reduces ice-box tem-
peratures. Even pencil sharpeners
have been motorized.
mail order revelation.
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(By The Associated Press.)
HI RNLEY. Eng.—Unable to locate
the body of her father Edward White-
head v.ho had drowned his daughter
wrote to an astrologer who told her
where to have a canal dragged. The
body was found there.
CAR 125600 OF
OAKLAND OUT
6-54 Series of Line
Has Remarkable
Demand
Car number 125.000 in the famous
6.54 series of the Oakland Six was
turned out on April 23rd at the Oak-
land factories; Pontiac Mich.
When this car left the line the
total production of Oakland auto-
mobiles had reached approximately
425000. Incidentally the same day
the 125000 car of the G.54 ser es was
turned ont. the total day’s produc-
tion was 433 ears—the largest in the
history of the company. The record
wa» short-lived however as each
'succeeding day is establishing new-
high marks for Oaklund-Pontiac
production.
During the first year of operation
of the company 1908 a total of 735
cars were turned out less than 300
in excess of a typical day’s produc-
tion at the present time.
Since the bringing out of the 6:54
series the Oakland company has had
| its greatest growth. Each succeed-
ing year's output has been greater
than the previous year. The famous
“True Blue Travelers” the first of
the 654 scries cars left the factor-
ed September 8 1923 for all sec-
tions of the country where public
demonstrations of the new car were
given particularly to show the value
of the four v bee! brakes p ondered
by Oaklan ! nearly three years ago.
Oakland was not only among the
first five ears in this country to
adopt four wheel brakes hut was
the first to develop and adopt Duco
finish as standard on all bodies.
This comparatively new kind of fin
THE FACTS YOU DON'T COUNT ARE THE
ONES THAT COUNT MOST
If you buy tke&apldy on the basis of FIRST COST
you arc overtrain* the most important facts of
tire economy. Tires that have low grade or re-
claimed rubber in their makeup will cost a few dol-
lars less on the basis of first cost. The wearing
quality is not theie and the operating cost is high.
Added to the rapid wearing out of the tire them-
#* | I » « ♦ . * * *■ «» ' t J 9
selves punctures and blowouts mean additional ex-
pense for repair and replacement of tubes all of
which must be included in operating cost.
True tire economy comes from buying tires that are
quality throughout and have a low operating cost.
Such tires give the greatest mileage at the smallest
cost per mile. That means that the total cost first
and last is lower.
*
I SOUTHERN
... CORD
30x3
it 1
| Tube $1.55
4 ♦
I SOUTHERN
J INTERNATIONAL
■ 30x3'
II
SOUTHERN
CORD
30 x 31/2
$n>2$
Tube SI.55
Southern Cords
31x4 ...$13.00 Tube.$2.70
32x4 . '$14.2S Tube.$2.75
33x4 .* f$15.1$ Tube.$2.75
34x4 :.. $15.30 Tube.$2.80
32x4 'A . J. $21.45 Tube.$3.55
33x4 Vi ... $22.40 Tube.$3.65
. 34x4VS ... $23.3S Tube.$3.75
33x5 ... $25.00 Tube.$4.25
Southern Balloons
31x4.40 |
Clincher $10.70 Tube.S2.69
31x4.95 .. $18.30 Tube.$2.80
31x5.25 .. $19.20 Tube.S3.55
30x5.77 .. $22.40 Tube.$3.75
The Dayton Truck tires with the new
heavy tread are now here.
MARKET
Bf^ i Phone 512
BrownswjJe Texas
_a tit on Rubber Company
^hor^red Cards r *
Texas' Largest Tire House
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Cooper. Says Racing
Is An Exact Science
By Earl Cooper
'The most variable factor in spetd-
j way racing today is the driver. The*
. performance* of which the cars
thentsedves are capable can be deter- |
mined before each race almost in j
term* of exact science.
To illustrate ho\T >c entificnlly
»*h a. Host impervious !o wear is
today v*st?d on practical"?/ ell rafter
caii The ir.idel 6.S4 Onsli-d c'so
introduced the permanent tar. tl*
u* 't :ib!rumrn‘ panel and the p; r-
ie ted ait*'vatic apnrk control. fe-
nd vitally .r was the frit LaVirnd
Six pioduced with L-head *ngiu*» re-
placing the overhead valve type prev-
iously used.
The popularity of the 6.54 series
is proven by the fact that it ha* re-
mained unchanged since it was first
introduced with the exception of cer-
tain refinements such as balloon
tires and the Fisher one-piece wind-
shield on closed models. The Landau
Sedan and Loach were added to the
line in the latter part of 1924.
The present Oakland series was an-
nounced lute in July of last year and
reflected the influence of the new
administration. The Harmonic Bal-
ancer which eliminates torsional vi-
bration oil filter and air cleaner
were the principal mechanical im-
provements. But entirely new Fisher
bodies and new colors added much to
the beauty of the line. The price
reductions ranging from $70 to $.".50
created a sensation in the automo-
tive field and caused the factories to
be pushed to the limit to supply the
demand.
How great this demand has been
may be guaged from the fa< t that in
six months since the introduction of
the new 1 ne more than 50Out) Oak-
land Six cars have been sold.
exact the profession of speedway
racing has become it might be
pointed out that drivers are striving
continually for such a small differ-
ence in time as a tenth of a second
per lap on the 1 1-8 mile ovals. They
realize that their ability or inabil-
ity to achieve this may mean the
difference between winning or los-
ing a race.
Ingenuity Taxed To Limit
The engines in fact the entire
race cars of today are practically
identical. To achieve this split-
second difference in speed there-
fore it is necessary that the race
driver give vital consideration to
factors which would be considered
negligible even in most experimen-
tal work. Every detail pertaining
J fO|\KL COOrEF
t i ii ' be ex i.tly correct
as near as human ability can make it
if the car is to perform to the
standard of which it is capable.
Though ( Hampton spark plugs have
j become the standard for speed wav
and road racing the drivers are loud
in their insistence that they be ex-
actly correct. It i a fact that a dif-
ference of a small fraction of a
| second in lap time may be traced
t> a slight difference in the spark
plugs or even in one spark plug.
That they mav secure the max mum
I performance from their ears practi-
cally* every driver insists on a new
sei of plugs for each race even
though they may have been driven
in some cases not to exceed UK) or
130 m.les. They realise that the
terrific strains impose'! on spark
*I»luv' under rnc ug < «>r iitions are so
great that they must have undergone
.
distance they have? been run. In fact
they consider that 500 miles on the
speedway is equ vaient to from 5000
to 100*>o mil < in a passenger car.
I’luii- Should Be ( hanged
Instances have been many where
lifter a set of plugs has been through
or.e severe race the car in it< trials
for the following race actually was
:m patde of performing within a
.tenth of ;l second per lap of what it
previously did. Sometimes this loss
o! speed has been even greater.
d *1*3 being the case t is evident
that there is deterioration to spark
plug* in ordinary passenger car er-
\ <*e. It racing plugs are changed
a least every 500 ni les the spark
plugs in passenger cars certainly
.should not be run more than 10000
m.lts without .hanging them for
ne v ones. 1 hat applies to every
spark plug I have ever used wheth-
er in racing or for ordinary passen-
ger car driving.
BOOTLEG ’CHANGE
IS IN CEMETERY
MANrH">TFR. N II.. Mny i_
il';s pit ’; bootleggers hovs r*trb-
H lx*I an “exchange” in Mount Cal-
vary cemetery.
A storv o* midnight gatherings in
lb" shadows of a large tonmstone.
v.* ' *• local bootlegger; rc«- :ve their
allotments from rum runners vrno im-
port the contraband wa told in court
yesterday by Clasis .Auguer.
Auguer was on trial on a liquor
chirge that resulted from the discov-
er of a quantity of liquor buried
ju outside tin- cemetorv watt. lie
declared that at times there were so
many aotor.johiles at th<- cemetery
that tho line up resembled a runeral
piore - = ion rather than a gathering
of bootleggers.
SEBASTIAN
i Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Oaks and
children. Jewel Ernest and Karl mo-
tored to Corpus Christi Saturday to
visit relatives.
^ Mr. anil Mrs. Dan Forhe* ami son.
Das Jr. of Santa Rosa attended the
hall game here Sunday.
Mr. W. C. Kray is wearing a broad
smile and recieving congratulations
| of friends on the arrival of a son.
born Sunday April 25. at Caney- Kan.
at the home of Mrs. Bray’s parents.
Mr. I!. E. Thomas and Mr. Worley
of Raymondvillc were visitors here
Wednesday.
Mrs. Ida Bourr.c was in Browns-
ville Monday where she had a minor
operation on her eye.
Robert Snow <>f Lyford wot a din-
| ncra guest at the Sprouse home Wed-
nesday evening.
Joe Canterbury of Lyford has tak-
tn over the managership pf the Thos.
W. Blake lumber yard here.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Klemann of
Donna were visitors here Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Madison Wood *lr.
and Mr.*. George Oaks Miss T.ouise
Wood and John Lantphier attended
the r.io\ies in Harlingen Saturday
evening.
Messrs. P. F. Jones and S. A. Cle-
venger left last week for Ozark Ark-
on a business trip.
Mr. Robert Rrazzcll and Karl Dud-
dlesten arc on a prospecting trip in
Kew Mexico.
Rev. Gower filled his regular ap-
pointment here Sunday. Mrs. Gower
is still in Brownsville taking treat-
ment from Dr. Mary McKy
TOMMIES LOSE MUTTON.
ALDERSHOT Eng.—Mutton has
been withdrawn from British soldier*
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PRODUCTION UP
BY PULLING LEVER
The production lever of the Delro-
Light Company the largest nfknufnc-
turer of eterjrtc refrigerator- in the
world has been set in tha last
notch.
This lever governs the sj-ed of a
conveyor belt upon which metal re-
frigerator cabinets are built a* the
assembly moves through the plant
which is a quarter of n mile long.
Workmen and mater al are grouped
on either side of the belt for the
various operations in construct on of
the refrigerator cabinet.
By advancing the lever a not h
speeding up the conveyor and put
' .
ting on more workmen production is !
increased. Last January when the
new conveyor w>s instilled T. B.
Ford ham works Manager said: -Now
nil we ha\ e to do to get more pro-
duction is to pull that lever another
Each successive week as orders for
Frig da ire electric refrigerators roll-
ed in the lever was advanced until
last week when it rested in the last
notch end workmen were stationed
as closely as thfv could stand tac
entire* length of the plant.
General Motors has arranged to
^ supply the 1 telco-Light company
with additional space to care for in-
creased production to he available
! January 1st 1927.
IfJF.REFORJJ Kng.—A one-week
j campaign against rats resulted in
i 20Out) rodents being poisoned.
Says That Newspaper
Advertising Pays Best
(By The Associated Tress.)
EASTJtORU Monn. May 1.-
News papers probably afford better
results in advertising the laundry
business than any other medium W.
A. Johnson of Galveston Texas
president of the National Laundry
Ov.Tnrs association told visiUPg
iaumirymcn who are attending a
thtee-day meeting here. He said
he believed the laundries in spite
of the newness of thier business
on a large scale were giving more
i service for the dollar than any
othr business in the world.
Try a Herald Classified Ad
<35&>
You want all of these
features in your next car
fFishtr Body . . . Duco Finich . . . Four Wheel Rnkn'Tl
... Advanced Sia-Cylmder Engine ... Harmonic Balancer 11
... Full Pre^ureOiling ... Automatic Spark (-ootr.il.. .Air IP
Cleaner... Ijglu Dimmer on Steering Wheel. . .(XI Filter 11
.. Interchangeable Mata Beanng*.. Glut i imminent Panel 1]
i *
how much should you
pay to obtain them? <
Oakland Six. $1021 to $1291 The Oakland Six not only embodies every one of
lin'dsll5f'n'i c!^"hZ(oufi these advanced engineering features; it not only
All prices It’factory. Central reveals beauty speed power smoothness and
Motor* Time Payment %..tes stamina unsurpassed by expensive cars — but it
heretofore the hare been combines these essentials at the very minimum cost.
made rtdl looer. J
g/ VALLEY DISTRIBUTORS » ^
CADILLAC PON IAC
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WINNING 'AND [HOLDING 'GOOD WILL
OAKLAND SIX
COMPANION CAR T O ^ THE PONTIAC SIX
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^ THE SPECIAL SIX ST "> 1 ^ 3
4-DOOR SEDAN ID ID
(. o. b. factory
Full force-feed lubrication air cleaner gasoline filter oil
purifier twin flywheel—plus 4-wheel brakes full balloon
tires and 5 disc wheels included at no extra cost.
Here is quality in appearance
quality in construction and ES-
PECIALLY quality in perform-
ance-and the LOWEST PRICE
ever placed on a Nash 4-Door
Sedan.
Cueto Auto Sales Co.
10th and Adams St Phone 620
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