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'"'ILMETTE LIFE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1924 Roads Good D~-p:te Cold Snap ...-o " (N··tort b)· Chicago Motor Club) General A material change in road conditions has take n place recently due to the fact that w ider wf'ather is setting in, and in till' ?-.fiddle west Y;here rain and snow iell last week, the dirt roads are fro1en. somewhat rough in places. At this "-riti ng indications arc for continued cold throughout th<! Middle west and north west. Illinoia The four-mile detour on III-10 east of Riverton is rough but easily passable. The pavement on 95th street between Kca n avenue and Archer avenue is now open. Care should be taken approaching Archer avenue, as teams are clearing the surface and the curve is slippery. I I I- 2- Scheduled to be completely open from Mendota to Hayworth, No,-ember 26, will not be opened until next w eek. Thi s route is r.ow open from C linton south through Decatur, Ramsey, Sandoval and Duquoin to Cario. III- 3 is now open from Milan to Ateclo, Goodhope to Industry, scheduled to he open from Jacksonville to W'hitehall ~ovember 27; open from New Providence to McClusky. III-8-Detour eliminated between \Vabcka and Gilman. III- 16-0pen between Mattoon and rlcston except one small detour at a dragged . Where dragged, the roads are excellent. Side roads are ro)lgh in places. Minouri General Conditions-Roads generally improved over last week account fair weather. No. 3-Detour from Carrolltown to I I VTOMOBILE both h air lue in nt. In tight rprisThey 00 in- B. VAN DEUSEN Stores Dowdry in fair condition. No. 6-Detour from St. Joseph to Bayfield in good condition. No. &-Det!Jur from St. Joseph to ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;:;;;;:;;;;;;:;;;;:;;;;:;;;;:;;;;:;;;;:;;;;ij~~;~~~;;;;;;;;;;~~;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;~;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;===.. Stewartsville in e-ood condition. II No. 27-Detour from Barnard to Maryville is good. Eaatera 0 - 31- T oledo to Maumee pavement completed and open for traffic. This gas and oiling Pennsylvania roads in good condition. Massachusetts roads reported good. Constation is just across necticut roads around Hartford in exthe street from our cellent condition. Maryland- Detours on Md.- 24 and garage, and is under Md.-27 lifted. our management. Considerable construction work being done by · State and County c01runissions but most detours are good and all passable. Southern Route from Louisville, Ky., to Mammoth Cave, via Westpoint, Elizabethtown and Cave City over asphalt and stone roads. Detour between West Point and Camp Knox is rough stone, but passable. Detour between Camp Knox and Elizabethtown is dirt and imIll- 1&-Lamoillc to Princeton to open passeblc when wet. Late inquiry should You should be as comfortable driving your machine in cold weather ~ o ,·e mber 27. be made at the Louisville Automobile as you are in your home. You probably need one or more of the following III- 25-0pcn except one detour at a Club and, in the event of rain, it is adbrid ge between Mattoon and Effingham. visable to use the train. It is antici"Winter Comforts." CAUTION-Care should be taken to pated that by December 31 the dirt decomply wtih the speed laws on III-2 tour from Camp Knox to Elizabethtown A Temme H-ter Fyrac Spot Lirht in pass ing through Central City; on III will be lifted, giving a hard road the - through Braidwood and through all entire distance to the cave. A Good Spare Tire (Silvertown) . Pine· Winter Front towns on III-25. The east Dixie ):lighway on the route Weed DeLuxe Chain· Alcohol Indiana to Florida between Berea and BarbourAutomatic: Windabield Wiper Liahter Oil and Greaae Jnd.-1-Dctour on account of con- ville is bad, because of heavy rains struction south of Peru, detour about the past two weeks. Tourists are adthree miles south of intersection of Ind. vised to provide themselves with chains Better drive in at once and let us equip your car with whatever you - 4, pass ing through Dudleytown; detour before starting this trip as they may ju, t north of New Albany. be unable to secure them if needed in need to make your winter driving comfortable and safe. Ind.-3-Detour eliminated west of the small towns along the ·route: Brazil. Road from Tampa to Miami via lnd.-4--0ne mile cif earth road be- Okeechobee City and Connors highway tween Dugger and Linton; detour over very dry account lack of rain. Best country road through Dugger in wet to go via Kissimmee and Melbourne. WINNETKA, ILUNOIS 1010 Tower Road wea ther. Detour just west of Seymour Weather conditions alone, however, account of bridge construction. cause this change. lnd.-Construction between LooggooGandy bridge open Tampa to St. tec and West Baden, detour over state Petersburg. All roads in Louisiana reported in roads Ko. 41 and No. 22. lnci.-10-Detour lifted at Little Pig- good condition. 11 Service eon Cret·k bridge; closed between PrinceWeatern tun and a point two miles north of HaGeneral Conditions-There has been zelton. Traffic can use White river some snow in the mountain region along With A bridgl' : IJIC pavemc,1t about November the National Old trails route in the Smilt." Closed at four miles north of Vee- north, and a general light rain, ~ich ti'r, hurg account of paving; detour to will tend to improve road condJtwns east, returning to lnd.- 10 at seven miles somewhat, in the central part of Arinuth of Attica. Bridge out one mile zona. The mountain roads will be somePHONES: north of Marshall; detour is fair. De- what muddy and slippery on account of WINNETKA tour west of Attica through Williams- snow and rain much of the time from 617-1834 port account of Wabash railroad bridge now on. crns~ ing. Detour east at one mile north Parker, Ehrenberg and Lee's ~erri:s of Carbondale account of bridge ~un open; Gila river crossing at GJJies~1e struct ion. Dam open ; Sacaton crossing on the G1la lnd.- 13-Detour one mile north of good. Montpelier account of bridge out over Custer Battlefield Highway- Light Salamonic river, detour around bridge snow and cold weather have made travconstruction just south of Bluffton. Roadside run-arounds at bridge projects between Ossian and Bluffton. Ind.-16-Detour eliminated and road open for traffic from Little Pigeon Creek to a point two and one-half miles east of junction of roads No. 16 and No. 18. New location not passable between Lincoln City to a point four miles west 0f St. Meinrad. Traffic between St. Meinrad and Dole use county gravel road. Construction between St. Meinrad and Leavenworth. eLng a J;ttJe unpleasant but the highways through South Dakota are 90 per cent passable. . . h I n W yommg snow as fall en six inc_ hes in some sections, but cars are gomg _ through. The majority of highways m Montana are still open. The Cannon Ball highway open but not ad· b v1sa le at this time. Yellowstone trail ~hrough ·mountains still open, but closmg depends upon weather conditins. Panhandle .route through Texas is rough b bl ut passa e. Raton Pass on National Old reported in excellent condition. Oklahoma highways reported in good . Jtiiii·ll·t~~ condition. .,va The Lincoln highway west from LinTimes of Ancient E coin is fair to good ; west of Cheyenne "The recent discovery in the t fair, with some rough stretches. Gore road is still open but snow may ohf the Egfyptian .ruler, King Tdut close it at any time. amen, 0 chanot s equippe spoked wheels prove the ancient . . gin of wheel work," says the Firestone HOOT, MONI New Service. · Scotch plaid, for several seasons a While these historical vehicles were popular Parisian mod in cloth pat- equipped with tires, they were not terns, is now being u to decoratt> of the rubber variety, however, but ~ropean automobiles.; Several expen- massive iron bands that must have '&\)·e cars have been 'scdt on the made shock absorbers a desir.Jble stJ;eets of Paris lately ~ainted with thing for those who used such conveypla.!9 designs. · ances. S-l.ecl Wh.aa Winter Comforts I HUBBARD WOODS GARAGE I ~ NEVER LOSES DIS~CTION Michi~ran M~rr. General condition same as last week : roads frozen but in good condition; some snow. M-10-Detour eliminated between Pincoming and Linwood. M- 13 - Detour Kalamazoo and Plainwell ac~ount of construction. ~1-16-Detour eliminated and road open between Lansing and Portland. Deeliminated at Novi. 7-Detour south at Parma to then use M-60 into Jackson. P"71L-l!}--Detour between Prudenville Skeels account of construction. \f- 29-Detour eliminated and road open between Lansing and Charlotte. ~1-32-Detour between Hillman and Atlanta account of construction. ~1 -M-Detour eliminated between Sandusky and Carsonville; detour between Merrill and Hemlock. Wiaconain General condition of dirt roads good; pa\·ed roads slippery account of snow. Dett ·urs same as last week. Minnesota Truck highways in good condition and, barring unexpected weather, roads will be good after the winter freeze-up. M:um .-3-Fair detour out of LaCresce~t . good through Winona to St. Paul~~mneapolis, including Lake City-Red'~'ng detours; paved on through St. Cloud ; good over remainder of route including detour into Sauk Center. ~finn-9-Cood, except over fair stretch of loose gravel west of Rushford and fair section between Preston and _ Spring Valley. Mmn.-10-Fair detour between Herand Wheaton. General Conditions-Highways are in ~~ condition generally, with very litlot: dust, but some rouglmess outside the track on roads that have not been The Packard Six represents every inherited tradition of Packard standards -carefully considered design, the best possible n . aterials, the most painstaking workmansh;p in the industry. It represen s, also. advancement~ in engineering 1deas that are the frutt of Packard's 25 ·; ears of experience. Packard Six and Pock· ard Eirlu are both furnisMd in ccn body rypu, open and en· c:INcd. Packard'· ex· cremcly liberal cime· fHJYfM"C plan makes IJOaible t1u immediate Packard to lose its peculiar di tfncdon even tt!n years after purcha C:· After you have examined and ridden in the Six you will agree that only Packard can build a Packard. And if you ask any of the more than 40.000 owners of the Six they wi~l tell you that their own facts and figures prove there is neither wi dom nor economy in paying less than the Packard price. These cars are Sl -iking examples of that exclusive quality that never permits a Packard Motor Car Company of Chicago 1629 Orrington Ave. EVANSTON BRANCH Phone Univenity 710 Iowa ""d- PMrchasinJ oul ., inc:otRC eni01'ftertC of a PacJc.. ~ ·~ o# PACKAR.D SIX