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Feb~ary 7, 1930 WILMETTE LIFE LOWEST-PRICED EIGHT 49 · honors in the eight-cylinder field, but it makes Chrysler Motors, f9r the firsf time in its history, the builder of the lowest-priced car in ' any particular class. Front wheels and bearings should be washed with gasoline and repacked in grease every 5,000 miles. "Heads Up," Poster $17,000,000 Revenue in Illinois From 1929 Cars ·Safety M essa~e to S,ecretary. of State William J. StratPupils in Schools ton s _office collected $21,236,401.46 in "Keep Your Head and Eyes uuLOOK !" is the caption on the twoco!or February safety poster just issued by the accident prevention department of the Chicago Motor club to more than 25,000 school rooms in the northern sections of Illinois and Indiana. The picture portrays the tendency of child.ren to become carele'ss when ( rossing streets in the teeth of a bliz7ard. His head down and ample coat collar turned up, a boy is shown stepping blin1ly off the curb into the path of an approaching automobile. He is being halted, however, by a girl who is keeping her head up and. is looking where she goes, in spite of the elements. In a letter to teachers, which accompanied each poster, the motor club pointed out that situations of this sort are made doubly perilous because of decreased visibility on the part of those driving motor vehicles. "Even with the additional caution which car owners as a class employ at such .times, they are confronted with serious difficulties. Frost on the inside of the windshield, snow on the outside of the glass and swirling clouds of snow in front of them, combined. with a slippery street surface, all create trying driving conditions," the letter stated. It was also suggested that teach~rs point out to the pupils the rule t'-lat when the weather is at its worst the nred for caution is always greatest. '!"eachers were also requested to stress the importance to the children of leaving home early enough so that when snow and wind. make for difficult walkmg there will be no necessity for hurrying carelessly across streets in crder to reach school on time. "Another item of valuable informa- · The new De Sota Straight Eight, c~mpanion car to the famous De Sota S1x, has the distinction of being the world's . lowest-priced eight-cylinder fee~ m. 1929-the largest year's collectto!l m the histpry of the office. The automobtle. Thts new model, which totalts a_n increase of $1,960,764.30 over was one of the sensations of the New York, Detroit and Chicago Automobile the prevtous year. shows, not only holds the low-price Of the grand total, the automobile department of the office collected $17 087,209.11 while other departments tun~ed in $4,149,192.35. All of the collections go into the state .tr~asury ·to await legislative appropnattOn. However, the collections of the automobile department can be used only for roads while those of the other departments of the secretary of state's ' office go into the general revenue fund and contribute toward the reduction of taxes which otherwise would be borne by the taxpayer'. Jhe New WAXFREE l When descending steep grade place the gear in second or first speed and the motor will retard speed of descent without excessive use of the brakes. tion to the children is the fact that t~.e three major causes of traffic accident ;nvolving school children in Chicago in 1928 prevailed also during 1929," the letter continued. "If this trio of cau<>es are brought at frequent intervals to the attention of the children, it would seem that a better record will be made in 1930. The first major cause of accidtnts was playing in the streets and crossing streets elsewhere than at cortJers. The second cause was walking or running into the street from hetween parked automobiles. The third cause was boys catching rides on vehtcles and girls roller skating in the streets. "F.or ·children to remember those causes and be guided by them means being safer in 1930." for perfect lubrication There is a grade of Waxfree Havoline for e'Ver'f car in every season 35c a quart-worth far more · HAV0LINE BRAUN BROS. OIL C:O. Authorized Distributor Ph. Winnetka · 668 Center Street 3010 MOTORS SERVICE ..,or.-! SALES Everything for the Automobile SERVICE NEVER CLOSED Trieo Windshield Wiper After seeing this automatic windshield wiper at the show come in and let us install it for you. If you have not seen this new innovation, come in and let us demonstrate how it cleans the entire windshield. A demonstration will prove its worth. The · Largest Motor Repair Shop . m Wilmette YOU HAVE TIME FOR IT MOW! days. The frost-laden winds drive even the bravest indoors. · And have you thought of the fact that now is the best time of all for maintenance work on your car? Never will there be such a good opportunity for both of us as right now ! Drive in and let's check things over. Motor work is our specialty. And while :-ve·r~ putting the power plant in shape, 1t Will take no longer to look after other needs, too. No automobile trips to the golf course, l.Jathing beach ot· baseball park these MILLER & MILLER 732 Twelfth St. George Miller 'J~1 MAIN STREET Wlla.U. ' Phone Wil. 50 Leo Miller J. C. SLOWN