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were reduced, efectjve December 21, by the Plymouth Motor Corporation, division of the Chrysler_ Corporation, The savings are from $25 for the two door sedan and $30 for the coupe with rumble seat, to $40 for the four-door sedan and de luxe coupe. New economies in manufacture, al most revolutionary even to the build ing of motor cars, together with the big public demand the Plymouth has created ever since its introduction to the public last July, make this action possible, said J. W. Fraizer, sales CHRYSLER LOWERS PLYMOUTH PRICES Economies in Manufacture, Big Pub lic Demand, Make Action Possible. Prices of all Plymouth closed cars manager. ' "The economy in buying and opera-, ting a Plymouth, its full size and qual ity features, have created for that! such a demand that we can pass the savings on to every potential buy er in the field of lowest priced cars,' - "In all Chrysler his car tory no product it has ever built of fers sc large a proportion of the pub lic 'the opportunity for ownership of a Chrvsler-built car as does the Ply- j ■ . 1 mouth at this new price—a full sized : car with weather proof hydraulic four wheel brakes, established economy of i operation and modern engineering " ___ 0 _ „ " The new price range, which now ex tends from $655 for the coupe with rumble <=eat to $695 for the four door sedan and de luxe coupe, is the lowest at which any Chrjsier built car has ever been sold. * ! There will be no changes in the j quality, large size or economy in own ership of the car, Mr. Frazier con-j tinned. Enlargement of manufacture ! ing facilities for the Plymouth to meet the extraordinary demand it has created have been under way prac-1 tically since the day it was announced | and are now nearing completion. This j will permit an output by April 1 of j more than twice what it has yet at- j tained. Complete new Plymouth factory prices, effective throughout the U. S. are: coupe with rumble seat $655; 2 doro sedan $675; roadster with rum ble seat $675; 4-door sedan, de luxe coupe and touring, each $695. Officials of the Chrysler corporation state that no price reductions on any other Chrysler products are contem plated. New York, Jan. 9.—The new 1929 Pontiac Big Six revealed to the pub lie for the first time with the opening of the National Automobile Show here on January 5th, measures up in every respect to the advance promise of "practically a brand new car, judging by the attention which it is receiving from the thousands who daily throng the Grand Central Pal ace. NEW PONTIAC BIG SIX ATTRACTS THRONGS A bigger car in every dimension— measurably increased in over-all length and with scores of chassis im provements which cause the specifi cation chart to read like that of a six costing many hundreds of dollars more—this' newest creation of Gener al Motors appears destined to grace the highways of America in even greater numbers than did any of its three record-breaking predecessors. The power plant of the new Pontiac Big Six actually exceeds in size that which was used in the Oakland Six when the original Pontiac was intro duced three years ago this month. The chassis is larger, stronger and heavi er. And the newly-designed Fisher bodies present such smart and dis Don't Drift Like a Ship Without Sail or Rudder ; V 7 ! m •'X.' V" H ■ A \ :/ > «O V -or / ' A r y kS7 Drifting—Where ? No one wants to feel that he is drifting aimlessly upon the sea of life, without sail or rudder. You will glide smoothly down life's stream with the tide if you become a consistent advertiser in this paper. An this paper is the same as talking to 10,000 people weekly. Ad in The Producers News « I tinctive lines that the car gains a pleasing and unmistakable identity all its own. With the greater power of a 2C0-cubic inch engine, the new car has achieved a degree of speed, accel eration and response previously con sidered unattainable in the field of low-priced sixes. Although the first showing of the ; 1929 Pontiac is taking place here, it | understood from Oakland officials v ; s iting the New York Automobile show that the new car will be dis pi a y e( j j n all section of the United states just as rapidly as three assem ^ly lines can turn out the new models at f ac tory in Pontiac, Michigan. ! ; s CHEVROLET PLANS ANNUAL NATIONAL SALES MEETINGS Chevrolet Motor Company in order to get its 1929 sales program directly before its dealer and factory selling organization is again sponsoring its! annual spring series of nation-wide sales meetings, the first of which is to take place next week in New York, This year the meetings are to be divided among three crews, each em - - -— 1 bracing a personnel of five factory, executives, all of whom are specialists in some phase of merchandising, phase Heading the crews will be R. H. Grant j vice president in charge of sales; H. J. Klingler, general sales manager;. M. D. Douglas and D. E. Ralston, as -1 sistant general sales managers. The itineraries of the three crews will carry them to every key city in ( the country so that none of the 25,000 persons who compose the factory and j dealer selling organizations will have difficulty in learning Chevrolet's 1929 sales program from the lips of the men who devised it. Tentatively this program has as its goal the sale dur ing 1929 of 1,500,000 units, the larg est annual quota ever established by the world's largest builder of automo biles, Thirty-five cities are to be included in the three itineraries, the last meet ing scheduled for Denver, Feb. 29. In each place the programs will be iden tical. In each city the meeting will be concluded in the course of two days. There is to be a three hour aft ernoon program followed by an elab orate evening banquet. Ample time has been provided for dealers to take up their individual programs with fac tory officials. More than a carload of scenery, props, stage properties and special lighting equipment are necessary for the presentation in each city. The services are also required of a special ly trained show crew to direct the work behind the stage so that in front 0 f the footlights the dealer organiza tion may witness the most impressive a nd instructive stage show ever spon SO red by any company in the industry. All of the crews will be together next Friday when the first meeting opens in New York, and their routes w iH bring them together again for the Detroit and Chicago meetings. Aside f rom these instances, however, the three parties will fork out into wide ly divergent sections. A meeting will be held in Butte on Feb. 7 and 8 and in Minneapolis on Feb. 4 and 5. WILLYS OVERLAND SPEEDS UP PRODUC TION SCHEDULES Toledo, Dec. 3L—Completing the year with a total production exceed ing 315,000 cars, and with the com pany's plants now turning out new Whippets at the rate of 1,000 every 1 WALTER P. CHRYSLER'S Wi TRAFFIC TALKS GOOD ROADS MEAN LONGER LIFE That good roads mean longer life to motor cars is generally admitted but that the actual benefit measures a certain definite percent is less commonly known. A recent bulletin of the American Road Builders Association states that the average life of motor vehicles in the United States has been increased 14 per cent, largely as a result of good roads. As vital as the good road is to the car, it is equally vital to the com munity. Motorists avoid bad roads whenever they can. No roadway however direct can be sought at the expense of safety, comfort and «peed. The community which does not keep up its roads wiH meet the same fate as the community of the past which, in its formative period, »uffered the fate of being "off* tho . , day, the Willys-Overland Company is entering the new year with the most aggressive production schedule in the u: - i — - r - history of the^ company, ^ December shipments of the new models exceeded 15.000 while-January than 35,000, schedules call for more with the daily production gradually in creasing to more than 1,500 by the middle of January, President John N. Willys sait). The company's plants are employing 23,000 workers and 10, CC0 rmye skilled laborers will be add ed during the next thirty days. A to tal of 968 of the new Whippets were produced on Thursday, December 27th. This is the first time in Willys-Ov erland history that the company has begun a new year with employment near the previous peak and with pro duction and unfilled orders anything near the volume of the present. The company's new body plant in Toledo is in full operation and is making possible several important economies as well as greatly improved quality, Mr. Willys pointed out. Willys-Ôverland's planned produc tion for the first six months of 1929 is 300,000 cars. The highest previous six months' record was 200.000 cars, a record reached in June, 1928. , One of the features of the new Mod el "A" Ford car which is typical of the care that has been devoted to dé tails °f design is the theft-proof igni Don lock with which it is equipped. Many automobile ignition locks, de signed to lock the switch against theft j of the car have been little or no safe guard against the clever thief with ' some knowledge of automobile igni-, Don systems. The thief could simply reach behind the instrument board, I cut the wires back of the switch and, make a new circuit on which the igni-, tion system would operate perfectly. | This canot be done on the new Ford | because the wires run direct from the i switch into an armored conduit which is integral with the dash. In order to tamper with the switch the thief would either have to take the instru THEFT-PROOF LOCK IS FEATURE OF NEW MODEL'A'FORD CAR men board to pieces or cut the steel dash or armored conduit. Except under the most extraordin ary circumstances, no thief would have the tools, the time or the freedom from possible interruption necessary to the completion of such a difficult and tedious task. This new Ford lock performs two operations at once. It opens the igni die, commercially, Traffic will veer over to the good r oad which is kept a good road, and the s t ream Q f commerce which fol lows in its wake will be lost. main railroad line. Such a town will Good roads mean long hf e . n °t only to your car, but to your com munity and you. Any community on a direct route across country should be alive to the possibilities of traffic and do all in its power to see that the condi tions are favorable for the passing motorist. Good roads kept in good condition are the best lure for the traveler. Not only does he appreciate the comfort they afford, but be know* they add tq the life of his car. .... lc lion circuit and grounds the distnbu tor at the same time. Another advan tage is that, being concerned entire ly with the ignition system, it pro vides protection against theft without in any manner interfering with the mechanical car controls, such as trans mission or steeling. . . „ _ BaillVllle Motorist rillls blunt Delays Two G. N. Trains Bainville, Jan. 5.—A man named MacDonald, while showing local people new way to drive a car, held up two a fieigh trains while doing it and caus ed railroad crews much grief. MacDonald was making a turn across a grade crossing east of town, but instead of going on down the load he decided to take a ride up to the depot, about a quarter of a mile away. Everything went well until the car dropped between the ties about half way to the depot and the bed of the car came to rest on the rails. Mac j Donald raced the engine until the ! tor got so heated that it stopped. Then j be sat down to await the morning. But a through freight came along and dis turbed him. The train crew got out mo was unable to do so. In a short time another freight came along from the opposite direction and its crew also at tempted ta dislodge the car but in vain. Finally the depot agent put in a call for the garage and L. F, Ber wick, with the aid of the garage force a wrecker and the two train crews re moved the ca rfrom the rails and the trains switched and went on their way. Washington.—A striking feature of the great Zapata Swamp of southern Cuba are the huge trees growing with out any visible signs of support. This swamp includes an area of limestone that is filled with holes and covered with a variety of tropical trees, Many kinds of trees are found grow ing on the limestone area, where not as much as a single spoonful of soil could be gathered from an acre. The trees make their start in small pock ets and holes in the limestone, Searching for food the roots stray about over the surface of the rock, They finally plunge through holes to find sustenance in soil hidden deeply TREES GROW ON ROCKS in the cavernous recesses of the coral stone. "What's all the loud talk in the din ing room, sister?" "Father and mother are swapping animals." Swapping animals? Yep. She passed the buck to him and got his goat. n ft FT. UNION CAR TURNS OVER THREE TIMES When the front brakes of the Buick sedan driven by Frank Weinrich of Fort Union locked while going down the Painted Wood Hill into Williston the car turned over three times with out a serious smashup or without seri ously injuring the occupants. The accident occurred on last Sat urday afternoon and the occupants were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Weinrich and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Shields. The party was on their way to Williston where Mrs. Shields was to enter the hospital as a patient. Except for mi nor injuries no one was hurt.—Fair view News. I Compulsory Automobile Lia bility Law Up This Session ! The following letter from Jess H. ! Stevens of Shelby relative to the con I templated compulsory automobile lia bility law which will be brought up in this session of the legislature may be of interest to automobile owners of Sheridan If interest ed in the bill pro or con get in touch with you representatives and senator and tell them about it. Senator Charles E. Taylor, Plentywood, Montana. Dear Senator: There are a great many people in ! Montana who are favorable to a com- ! pulsory automobile liability law, and one will be submitted to the legisla^ ture. The main features will be simi lar to the provisions of the accident Policy of the Iowa State Traveling Men's Association which has been in business 48 years—I have carried this form of policy for years at a cost of not over* $9 per year, yet it covers in juries caused by many other means than automobile. Hence, it would ap pear that a payment of $1 per auto mobile would be amply sufficient to cover accidents by automobiles only. It will provide as follows: Death, $5,000. Loss of both hands or both feet, $5,000. Loss of one hand and one foot, $5,000. Loss of sight of both eyes, $5,000. Loss of either hand or either foot, $2,500. Loss of sight of one $1,250. Disability benefit, per week, $25. For hospital or registered nurse, benefit per week, not exceeding 26 weeks, $25. In 1928 there were over 128,000 au tomobiles registered which at $10 each would amount to $1,280,000. Up to December 1, there were 104 deaths by automobile accidents, and at $5,000 each, would total $520,000. This latter sum deducted from $1,280,000 would leave $760,000 to take care of the re maining losses and benefits. The number of deaths and injuries in 1929 should be materially reduced by the enactment of a driver's license law, and the prosecution of the violations of the law. Of course, the above does not compensate for the injuries, es pecially in the case of deaths, but this is a move in the right direction, and the money collected will establish the liability fund on a safe basis. The state should collect $1 license fee for each automobile, $10 for the liability fund from each automobile, and $1 for driver's license for each driver of a car. Why should the state collect $7.50 or $15 for license tags that ac Jkr Economical Transportation f J/ CHEVROLET /j w J^etjond all Expectations j S -say those who have seen the Outstanding Chevrolet of Chevrolet History • a Six in the price range of thefourj Read what these lead ing automobile editors said after seeing and riding in the new ■ Chevrolet Six — "In appearance, perform ance and mechanical nicety the new Chevrolet Six pre sents actual values far be yond its price range. —Hazen Conklin New York World Aside from beauty in body lines and attractiveness in finish, the astounding fea ture of the new Chevrolet Six is its powerful and flexible motor, have to go far to equal the high performance of this new Chevrolet in general road and traffic use. —Leon J. Pinkson San Francisco Chronicle The Outstanding Chev rolet of Chevrolet History has now been seen and inspected by millions of people in every section of America — and every where it has been en thusiastically hailed as exceeding all expectations. Everyone anticipated that Chevrolet would produce a remarkable automobile —but no one expected such a sensational six cylinder motor . , ». such delightful handling ease such marvelous com fort ... such luxurious Fisher bodies • , ♦ and a fuel-economy of better than 20 miles to the gal lon ! And no one believed that it would be possible to produce such a car in the price range of the four! If you have not already made a personal inspec tion of the new Chevrolet, we urge you to do so at your earliest convenience. We are now displaying these beautiful models—and we cordially invite you to call. 11 ' I ' One will ■ "The new Chevrolet is a triumph for volume pro duction. The car at its price is one of the greatest achievements ever recorded in the automobile industry. Its beauty is a treat; its riding comfort a new delight and its performance a real sensation. new • ♦ • The Road*ter . . The Phaeton . ..'525 The ...?525 The Convertible ■> Landau.725 Sedan Delivery *595 COACH »595 The »595 Light Delivery . . _ chassis.. .7; . $ 400 l Ton ChauU *545 IHTonChaaaia with Cab. Coupe —Ray Priest Detroit Times The 5 675 Sedan AH price* f. o. b. Flint, Michigan The Sport Cabriolet. ...'695 »650 "St Louis motordom is tremendously enthused over the new Chevrolet Six. Personally I have never seen the public so interested in a new car. The factory should be congratulated on the truly monumental en gineering feat it has accomplished. —Robert Henry Hall St. Louis Post-Dispatch . ™ I V 1 m MS ail ■ m •L. Come in and See these Sensational New Cars— Now on Display PETERSON COMPANY GILBERT OLSON. DAGMAR. MONTANA PLENTYWOOD. MONT. CLAUSEN CHEVROLET CO. DOOLEY. MONTANA QUALITY AT LOW COST tually do not cost over 12c for the set? It is absolutely unlawful to do so. Highways should be maintained by a gasoline tax, sufficient in size to produce the required revenue. Or, possibly there should be a business tax on automobile distributors based on the value of new cars sold—these new cars go out on the highways already constructed for them from money col lected in other years from cars still using the highways—possibly the new cars should share some of the cost of this highway already prepared _ for them. Maybe a 10% license business tax on distributors of new cars for for good road purposes would be the thing. That would be consti tutional, where as the present so-call ed licebse tax for cars is really for revenue for roads, and clearly illegal. If there are any automobile ofners in Montana who do not want the per sons they injure at least partially compensated therefor, they should not be driving cars—they belong in the hit and run automobile association, and we must clear the highways of the As one of those be revenue state of them, reaved recently, I ask you to give this careful consideration. s new and unrivaled to day as the day it appeared COUPES . . .$1195 to $1875 SEDANS . . . $1220 to $2145 SPORT CARS . $1225 to $1550 These prices f. o. b. Buick Factory. Con - renient terms can be arranged on the liberal G. M. A. C. Time Payment Plan. \ The New BUICK O. M. DONALDSON, Dealer Plentywood Montana When Better Automobiles Are Built . . . Buick Will Build Them I shall be pleased to hear from Sincerely yours, J. H. STEVENS Shelby, Mont ' Wo. ana. MORE "DAKOTANS IN CALIFORNIA » Delores Morganroth didn't f ear job-hunting when California lured her. 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