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WILMETTE poor condition and is open to light traffic only. This route may become impas$able. In that event, traffic should use Illinois-1.9 to Harvard and Illino.is-23 to Marengo. Balance is all open. and roads in general are improving. Florence-The ferry is still operating on a 24-hour schedule. Beardstown-The bridge at Beardstown . is open. Illinois-6-Because of construction on Roosevelt road, (Illinois-6), east of Mannheim road, a new detour has been put into effect and the state high way <Jepartment will erect signs di recting traffic out of Chicago as fol lows: \Vest on Jackson boulevard to Des Plaines avenue, north to ·Madison street. west again to Twenty-fifth ave·· nue, north to St. Charles road, west to Mannheim road, (which is IJlinois-46) and south to Roosevelt road or Illinois-6: this is an all-paved detour. US-36-Water has been reported LIFE Ap~il 5, 1929 Road Tips Condition of roads in Illinois and Indiana as reported by the Chicago Motor· club follows: llliaoia Gravel and earth roads throughout Illinois vary considerably in condition, depending · on the amount of rain recently received and the length of time the roads have been thawing. R~ports indicate . that in the south, earth and gravel roads are becoming harder anp in some cases are hard enough to drag. In the central portion they are still generally poor and in the extreme north are very poor · to impassable. Pavernents are all clear and verv good. Quincy-High water has not affecte~ the highways around Quincy as yet, Chicago to Dubuque-Via Illinois-5The 9-mile detour at Marengo is !n over this road in the vicinity of Hannibal, Mo. Illinois-78-The earth detour between Canton and Farmington is in poor condition. IDcliana ·Gravel roads throughout Indiana have recovered somewhat from the generaHy impassable condition of a week ·a go and ' in some cases are reported in good condition. Maintenance crews are working on Indiana roads and they are rapidly returning to normal, especially in the south. US-41- The 3-mile earth stretch south of Morocco has been very bad to impassable for some time . A recent report stated that traffic was being towed through. Traffic from Chicago should use Illinois-1 to Watseka and US-24 to Kentland and thus avoid ·this trouble. . US-20 (Indiana) - All paved and open. Graham-Paige Net ·Shows Remarkable Year for Company Net profits of $1,055,678.62 are c;hown in the annual report of the GrahamPaige Motors Corporation for 1928, covering the first full year's operations of the company under the new manage;ment headed by the three Graham brothers, as against a loss of $4,643,351.06 for the preceding year, before the introduction of the completely new line of motor cars bearing the name Graham-Paige. . During the year ending December 31, 1928, the report states, 72,956 Graham Paige motor cars were marketed, an · increase of 51,084, or 233 per· cent, over the preceding year's sales of the model s previously offered. Graham-Paige sales in 1928 repre sent the greatest fir st year 7s total in dollar volume of any new line '-' · cars in automobile history. The report shows that $5,800,038.89 was invested in plant improvements and expansion during the year, and that factory floor space was more than dotible.d, now totaling 2,017,430 square ieet. Statistics on the dealer organization indicate that its growth has kept pac e with the plant ~xpansion and the in creased production. During the year, the number of distributors and dealer s increased from 832 to 2,270. In the United States and Canada 7 the increase was from 781 to 1,963, while the overseas representation grew from Sl to 307 distributors and dealers. The growth of the export organization and business is mentioned as one of the significant· features of GrahamPaige progress, and in thi s connection, it is stated that Graham-Paige over· seas shipments now average 75 cars a day. vVith the addition of the two-door sedan body prod . . ction, Graham-Paige's Body Corporation at Evansville, Ind: is now engaged in the manufacture ot the complete line. The company ha9 been producing touring car, four-door sedan and roadster bodies. The factory- is now employing 1,100 people and producing 200 bodies a day. Carl Hanson of Hanson Motors, \Vinnetka is the Graham-Paige distributor. t"' m S< di T: de: n< p< hi gi 111 tl S< · THE RECORD 5§%?Ifll BREAKING MOTOR h. si b 11 io .NEW !WASH "400,. el b IG 'iwo· IG10'1101V WOJU.Q'S FASIEST DIUVING l'O:N'DlOI. aUIJil CD'IILUJDD mmu UJDJCG'IGlf Ci non AIVD llE.Ul BUMPERS h b 0 p n JIOtmMUE SHoat AaSOUERS t»Sft.YCUL DTERIOR FDISB ,._IWIDG OWIKSRUT (fllllt , . _ _ . , . . ) r f An these features .. AU this extra equipment ... at no extra cost I The new features and equipment of Houdaille hydraulic shock absorbers, the Nash u400" have added hundreds bumpers front and rear, even a spa.re of dollars of actual, visible worth to tire fock, 11nd not a dollar added to the this famous motor car. price. They have added an incalculable meas- · Equipment which other dealers (not Nash dealers) charge extra for, at reure of enjoyment to Nash ownership. tail prices, is included in every Nash Yet they have added nothing to Nash "400" model, as it comes from the pric~. factory, at no extr11 cost. At DO extra cost, you have the Twin That is why you will find that 400," Ignition motor, the year's outst~nding fully equipped, delivered prices are so motoring improvement (111ore power, much less than other cars with similar more speed, less gt~soline). or even lower factory (f. o. b.) prices. You have costly car interior finishes, Compare. the cars, compt~re the prices, Bijur Centralized Chassis Lubrication, before vou buy your new car. H Fifty Units a Day Latest Production for Pierce-Arrow Production of the new Pierce-Arrow eight-in-line cars has now reached 50 units a day with prospects of a daily production of 75 units in the very near future, according to word received by James G. Barber of Evanston, north shore dealer. The huge plant with a total floor area of 1,550,000 square feet has been completely remodeled to eliminate waste and take up lost motion. The introduction of the two new groups of straig}lt-eight cars at the first of the year has met with immediate response from the trade and public. More than $7,500,000 worth of cars were ordered almost immediately after their introduction and at th<: end of February sales were reported to be three to four times greater than during the same period last year. L~tul· the Worlcl ·· Motor Car Valu~ Longer wheelbases One-piece Salon fenders Clear vision front pillar posts Nash Special Des~~ front and reu bumpers lltiPORTA.NT "~60" FEATYRES-NO Twin-Ignition motor Aluminum alloy pistons a,.,.,..s,..,s> 12 Aircraft-type spark New double drop frame plugs High compression Torsional vibration damper Houdaille and Lovejoy World' seasiest steering shock absorbers (EsdM#H N11sh 7-bearing craokshaft Saloo Bodies (J»U.W erlld piru~ OTHER Cd.B Hd.S THEM d.££ Bijur centralized chassis lubrication Electric clocks Exterior metalware chrome plated over oickel Short turning radius ,.,.1) Mile of Highway in Iowa Runs Into Lots of Money Costs for a mile of highway in Iowa are dis'tributed as follows: Stone aggregate, $3,441; cement, $5,856; reinforcin!l steel, $850; freight, $5,520; grading, $2,000; miscellaneous contractors' costs, including profits, $8,517. From these items labor receives the following amounts : Stone aggregate, $1,032; cement, $3,116; reinforcing steel, $255; freight, $2,448; grading, $1,500, and the labor portion of miscellaneous contractors' costs, $6,855. SUBURBAN NAIR CO. Phone Win. 2707 547 Lincoln Ave. WINNETKA (105)