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Oc~~ber "S, 1928 . 'Wti M E·.y ·y :e:.:, ·L iF B · ···- ··· -err · { NORTH SHORE I Ford .Production Shows an·Increase; TO WORLD'S MOTORISTS New Finance Plan ~------~--------~----------------~ Great Automotive Laboratories Conditions of Illinois road, giving road will be completed and open to A Few Pointers /or Tourists of Bureau of Standards Ac. complisb much Work ~ orth shore motorists, together with thetr fellows throughout · the entire world, are daily beneficiaries of the marvelous automotive laboratories of Uncle Sam's great Bureau of Stand. ards at Wa.5hington, according to Charles M. Hayes, of Winnetka president of the Chicago Motor club, who has JUSt recetved a recent digest of the bureau's activities in behalf of motordam through national headquarters of the American Automabile as3ociation. "Take fuels, for example," points out Mr. Hayes. "Here is a field of research of tremendous importance to every user of an automobile. Through years of experimentation, the bureau's scientists have built up a body of knowledge ·which has proved of inestimable value to the petroleum industry, and, consequently to the motorist. More efficient fuels, and more economical engines, are just single instances of the great constructive work constantly being pushed fon:~,·ard at the bureau." Examining into the details of the bureau's accompli3hments during the last few years, Mr. Hayes declares that "this governmental agency has made monumental contributions to the cause of safer motoring." "It has done this," he points out, "by · coriducting test3 which have proved best method s in braking, of brake materials, and or general construction." These tests, he c;;hows, ha\·e been of a most exhaustive character. "Nothing," he declares, "has been allov..·ed to stand in the way of their successful complt:tion. "In every direction, and in every conceiYahle phase of motor engineering, the bureau has interested itself to bring about improvement. Naturally, in this work tlfe bureau has had the fullest co-operation of the automotive industry itself and of organized motordom as represcntcll in the American · Automobile A.5sociation, of which we are proud to be a part. "For that reason, the bureau has meant increasingly much to all those who own or drive motor cars·." u. s. RENDERS BIG HELP. detours is reported by the Chicago Motor club as follows: Illinois-19-Detour in Des Plaines; follow marked detour route over city streets. · Illinois-20-Detour in McHenry; follow marked route over city streets. Illinois-42-Detour in Lake Forest; follow marked detour route over city streets. Itlinois-42-A-Detour at Northfield; follow marked detour over Willow road, east to Sunset Ridge road; thence north on thi.5 road to Dundee road; then west on this road to Illinoi~-42-A (Waukegan road). The Elmhurst-Wheeling road between Rand road and the Dundee traffic on or about October 6. The section of Dempster street between Harms road and Carpenter road is now clo.5ed. Traffic is direct'ed west on main street to Lincoln avenue, then north on Harms road to Demp,ster street. Cumberland avenue bet~een 'Irving Park Boulevard and Lawrence avenue is in bad condition because of the construction of ditches adjoining the road. Traffic is advised to take Harms avenue, rather than Cumberland avenue until the road is again in good condition. 31st street is now open to traffic from Seventeenth avenue to Mannheim road. Ford production has shown a ·weekly increase during the last month, according to D. G. Leonard of the Skokie Motor company of Main street, Wilmette, north shore Ford dealer. This information comes from Detroit and along with it comes an announcement of authorized Ford finance plans on all Ford products. The new Universal Credit company has been created to act as the specialized financial institution to provide a uniform and authorized time purchase plan throughout the United States. The Skokie Motor company will service cars and handle all other work as usual during the time the Main street is shut off because of the widening and paving. Important Message . . to ( Pines Winterfront Owners Y Winterfront has doubt· less been packed away dur· ing the summer. It needs clean· ing and oiling to put it in first· class shape for the coming sea· son of cold. OUR checked once each season. Ther· mostats are guaranteed. Our facilities for doing this work are complete. Only a few minutes of youY1:ime are re· quired. Come in-if you canbefore you put the Winterfront on your car. Oldest Car Will Be Shown at Auto Show in New York Real "first families of motordom" should be brought before the public's admiring gaze next January, when a contest is to be held by the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, for the purpose of discovering the oldest car .in America. The plan contemplates exhibition of the prizewinning car at the New York Automobile Show in 1anuary. The chamber's stipulation that only cars built before 1900 will be considered as eligible in its contest is going to limit the number entered to There are a considerable extent. plenty of old cars in the United States, and plenty of them still running. The contest probably will bring out a surprising number of vehicles of proud and lengthy lineage. Yours will give you better service if you have it thoroughly I' E B D. PLA-TE 2212 W. Rallroad Avenue at Noyes · EVANSTON PHONE GREENLEAF 2122 FORD EMPLOYING IZO,. . Detroit automobile factories and accessories shops are this week employexcess of 300,000 workmen, and ing of this number Ford absorbs about 120,000. in Jl