Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 13, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 May 1926 — Page 21

MAY 27, 1926

GARAGE OFFERS SERVICE McCain-Sellers Auto Sail's Is Near Bass Latte. Any tourists in the vicinity of Bass Bake in Starke County can have the assurance that they arc close to a reliable service station and F arage. McCain-Sellers Motor Sales Inc., offers every possible service to the autoist and boasts of the largest and best equipped garage in Starke County. Complete equipment for every auto ailment as* well as Jloosier Motor Club service, can be obtained at any time. STUDENTS STUDY ROADS Compare Horse, and Motor-Drawn Equipment in Illinois. XEA Service CHAMPAIGN. 111.. May 27. Extensive experiments in highway construction and maintenance are being conducted by the department of civil engineering of the University of Illinois. The experiments are being conducted on three pieces of road, each one mile long. Each piece of road is divided into eight parts and on these different road machines are being used in an attempt to get a comparison between motor and horsedrawn equipment. FAVOR SUPER-CHARGERS “Steady progress has been made in the application of super-chargers of various designs to racing cars and it will not be long until simila?’ devices are adopted as standard equipment on passenger automobiles,” sys C. W. Iseler, research engineer. *- GAS TAX COSTS $9.22 The Bureau of Public Roads estimates that automobile drivers last year paid an average of $9.22 apiece in gasoline taxes. The average gasoline consumption per vehicle was about 439 gallons. U. S. A. MOTOR NATION Eighty-one per cent of the world's motor vehicles are owned in the United States. Not only is America supplying itself with automobiles, but it furnished foreign countries 636,741 vehicles in 1925. ROADS CUT MOTOR COST Research work conducted by the Pennsylvania highway commission shows that the cost of operation for all types of motor vehicles over hard-surfaced roads is 25 per cent less than over dirt roads and 15 per cent less than over grave! roads. The Custer Battlefield Hiway is listed as one of the six best marked highways in the United States.

ROSE island ' T* l * l Beauty Spot of the Ohio Valley —loratnl at the junction of I'onrMpSEraj teen Mile Creek with the Ohio pfil River, 14 miles east of Jeffersonville, Jnl.. reached via the Charleston pike. Summer season opened Slay 16, with more attrae,tions and better accommodations than ever. Kxeellent food, fishing, rowing, swimming. Cottages, with nil conveniences, rented by week, month or season. A delightful place to spend a vacation. For particulars write ROSE ISLAND CO. * Incorporated 230 S. First St, Louisville, Ky.

The Price of Safety $ 3 a Year Protect Your Valuables While away on your vacation this summer protect your valuables and peace of mind by renting one of of our Safe Deposit Boxes. AETNA TRUST & gAVINGS ff). ROSS H. WALLACE, Prea. 23 N. Pennsylvania St.

Where to Escape Heat of City

To those who would escape the heat of the city and enjoy a rustic vacation in congenial, wholesome surroundings, The Ervin at Cripplegate, Lake Tippecanoe, offers everything to be desired. Here one may fish, swim, dance, in the midst

IN NORTH CAROLINA

More than 222,000 tourists visited North Carolina national forests last year. A larger season is expected this year. * ♦ ** The use of the Pisgah National Forest, in western North Carolina, as a public playground and recreation center is growing. One hundred miles of good earth roads and 400

• • • ■ 3-v

OLD GIBRALTAR. WITCH HAZEL. J.ELLY

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Ervin Hotel

of quietude. Excellent food and wonderful airy rooms make the Ervin Hotel a joy to every tourist who stops. Mr. O. D. Ervin personally supervises every detail and from his host of friends, it can readily be taken that he certainly knows just what a vacationist wants.

miles of graded trails lead into the heart ot the forest. Camping is permitted anywhere, and one may choose the spot most appealing. * * • Opportunity seekers will find the South especially open to receive them. In the western North Carolina area there are real estate booms to rival those of Florida. For miles

Out-Door Time Is Here! Get out ift the open this summer—swim, hike, motor, golf, play tennis, go picnicking in the woods, paddle the old canoe. Do any and all of the outdoor sports that bring the bloom to your cheeks, and then depend upon. Witch Hazel Jelly to keep your skin as soft and velvety as a baby’s. O. G. Witch Hazel Jelly is made of witch hazel, glycerin and other cooling and healing ingredients. There is nothing better for sunburn, windbum or other skin irritations. Just apply a small amount to hands or face like any other lotion. It is colorless and its delicate odor is hardly perceptible. Now is the best time to get a jar from your druggist at the small cost of 25c and pack it with your vacation kit so it will not be overlooked. This is the only sure way of assuring yourself a supply of “O-G.” KIEFER-STEWART —Indianapolis

around Asheville, for instant e, realty developments abound. One At Chimney Rock covers an outlay of $4,000,000, including the construction of an immense power dam and the development of a large lake. • • • There’s a 3-cent gasoline tax in North Carolina, but the natives are glad to pay. it. “We’d rather pay a good road tax than a mud tax,” is their argument. • • * The North Carolina speed laws limit motorists to thirty-five miles an hour in the open country, twenty miles in residential sections and twelve miles In business districts and on bridges. , • • • The principal urban camp sites of North Carolina are located at Asheville, Charlotte, Concord, Durham, j Hamlet, High Point. Marshall, Mebane, Raleigh, Salisbury and Wilmington. • • • So attractive is Asheville, N. C., as a health resort, that it has become practically a metropolitan city with visitors from all over the United States. • • • Fishing in all North Carolina streams and hunting in the forests, except within the boundaries of the game preserve, are permitted without further restriction than the State or county laws and ordinances. • • • Camp fires are the source of thousands of fires annually. Many fires started by careless campers do thousands of dollars worth of damage. * * * The Blue Ridge range is one of the most historic spots in America. Here was the stamping ground of the

PAGE 9

Shawnee and Cherokee Indians. Here Daniel Boone and other pioneers roamed on their way to Kentucky. And some spots are historic for their part in Revolutionary history. • ♦ • Through the assistance of Federal aid the highways of the country are now in first-class condition and many more miles are paved this year than last. BIG MOTOR PRODUCTION The production of 449,173 cars and trucks during April shows that the April output practically equalled that of the precedingg month and increased 2 per cent over last year's record. • •

Allen’s Amuse U Park Greensburg Coney Island A wonderful place to have fun for the whole family. COTTAGES FOR RENT Greensburg, Ind.

Spend your vacation on the beautiful Ohio River. Most wonderful scenery in Indiana surrounds Riverside Park Boating, Fishing, Bathing, Cottages and Ideal Location for Recreation Write Clyde Heath, Prop., Brooksburg, Ind.

‘Ja