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Walt Mason Sings of the Car Shortage

', Walt Mason, the versatile Emporia i Kansas) bard, has again burst fort{ tin verse, this tune bemoaning the ^shortage of automobiles. Tlis title, .."The Dark Outlook," forecasts the sentiment of the poem, which follow s: S3 The auto outlook's pretty bum what

Will you do, in days to come, when your iold car's career is done, and you can't i|fcuy another one? -j I have a prophet's soul in me atad j|through the future's veil I see. And 1

hehold the frantic guv who would a fine new auto buy he has a parcel of long green, as fat as you have ever S seen he waves that parcel In the air but can't buy autos anywhere the rea1 eon why I'll quickly tell—there are no motor cars to sell,

The prospects are that many Jays who now in autos go their ways, will have to walk on weary feet along the highway and the street before thiF •weary war is done, and we have whipped the horrid Hun.

The wise man who'd preserve his Roat and not be left without a boat year from now, or two years hence, will buy one now and show horse sense The cost of cars is bound to soar till •we can't get them any more the car bought now will beat a tank, a bunch of money in the bank.

The wise man, he will softly say. "I'll go and buy a car today a new one, with its guarantee, will be a precious boon to me. And I will give it anxious care, and save it useless wear and tear, and it should last till peace has come, and Prussia's knocked d«ar out of plumb. "I'll buy," I hear the wise l»an

that record fade: a car that will not break me liat with busted parts and things like that a car, in short, that's •ure to be a comfort and a joy to me. "You bet,** the man of sense explains, *T11 take my coin and buy a Haynes. And then, if war should last ten years, we shall not have to walk, my dears. A Haynes will last that long, no doubt. th«*y say you cannot wear one out."

The man of wisdom takes his roll and buys the car that soothes the souL

Extra Electric Appliances Drain On Battery

i Kxtra lights, trouble finders, cigar lighters and other such attachments on a motor car are. no doubt, great conveniences hut they may cause a motorist considerable trouble unless he

Bives attention to his battery. These appliances all draw electrically from the battery and often the generator on the car is not adjusted so that It will replace the current they use and thus overcome the heavy drain on the battery. As a consequence the motorist may find that his starter is inoperative, and cigar lighters are cold comfort when you must crank your «*r by hand. The best way to eliminate

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such trouble is to have a competent battery man look over the car and see it such devices are overloading your battery. "You do not need to pass up such conveniences," says Mr. Walters, the local representative of the Willard Storage Battery company, "if you havq your nattery taken off the car and recharged at proper intervals. The cost of recharging is small, but it iB the price one must pay for added electric attachments, if he wants to keep away from trouble and Inconvenience."

Local Man Gets Patent on Auto Top

F. B. Thomas of 222 South Seventh street has received patent papers on a new all-season auto top that is a deided improvement over the many others now on the market. Mr. Thomas makes these tops for all Ford, Overland and Dodge cars, and his one big feature is the ease in which a machine equipped with one can be changed from an open to closed car. Mr. Thomas boasts that with this top a car can be converted into a closed car in one and one-half minutes, and in a demonstration proved that It was possible. "Only the best of materials are used In its construction," says Mr. Thomas, "and the top is BO solidly built that there is nothing to get out of order, to cause rattling or unnecessary noises. The top is proving a sensation with all who sees it, and I am snowed under with orders now." 11 THE TRIBUNE CLASSIFIED PAGE Is the greatest real estate market, of western Indiana and eastern Illinoia

NOTICE

Last week we advertised mobiloils at the old prices, as listed below. Since then many have taken advantage of these prices and ordered from one-fourth (15 gallon) drums up to five barrels.

DON'T YOU THINK?

You had better protect yourself with at least a year's supply while we are in a position to quote you these prices?

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1 gallon ..75c Can extra 5 gallons .70c Can extra

15 gallons 63c Drum with spigot .... 75c 30 gallons 59c Drum with spigot $2.00 50 gallons 56c Drum with spigot $2.75

We also carry a complete line of United States solid truck tires as well as all sizes pneumatics.

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Here Is a Message from the Boys "Over There

MR. PRESIDENT:— If the folks at home fall short on this Fourth Liberty Loan, call on us. We like our pay, but will do without if necessary. A. E. F*

Can Ton Read That and Let Vigo Fail to Over Subscribe

Central Auto Co.

Ford Distributors

regular route, and the road was not only rough, but very difficult to find. Mrs. O. E. Fink visited the office Wedn«»Bday in quest of information regarding the route to Greenville, S. C., to which place she Is contemplating a motor trip to visit her husband, Dr. O. K. Fink, who is located at a camp near there.

The following registered at the office during the past week: C. H. Whitehead, Kansas City L. M. Lame. Memphis, Tenn* R. J. Moorehouse, Owensville, Tnd. C. Klhbons, Lvons, Ind. Mr*. Charles A. Powers, St. Louis Mrs. O. E. Fink, city D. S. McMullen, Anderson, Ind. C. L. Barker, Norwalk, Conn. Col Scott Smith, Washington, D. C. J. L. Creoling, Tuscon, Ariz. L. Heivnlt, Madison Wis. N. R. Wall. St. Louis, and R. H. Tomput, Dayton, O.

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Automobile Club Notes

BY THE SECRETARY.

Dr. and Mrs. D. W. Bopp returned from a motor trip to Decatur, 111., Friday via Monticello, Urbana, Danville, Chrisman and Paris. Thsf roads were in very good condition.

Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Tomput of Dayton called at headquarters Saturday Their report of the road from Indianapolis to Belleville is excellent. But at Belleville they were directed to take a Shorter route to Rosedalo than the

Woman Red Cross Drivers Study Motors

The army requires of Its motor truck and motor car drivers that they understand not only the fine points of handling a car, but the fine points of mechanical construction and operation as Well.

The women drivers of the Red Crosp motor corps at Newark, N. J., have decided that they should he no less proficient than the men in active service.

Accordingly, in classes, they arej attending a series of twelve lectures on motor car construction and mechanical operation. A stripped chassis is before each class and an instructor goes tnto minute details regarding the various parts. In all, twelve such lectures are given. When they have been finished a written examination is held, and on the average of each student taking the examination, a .certificate of ability Is issued.

The first class completed Its course a few weeks ago, and another has entered upon its course. Classes are held in the building of the Bonnell Motor Car Co., Newark dealers for Dodge Brothers, and a Dodge Brothers chassis is the subject of study.

DOUBTED OUR MODESTY.

Englishman Who Expected Uproar Here Finds Ominous Calm. An Englishman who has lived In the middle west for eight y£ars writes from Kansas City to a friend in London. The friend sends his letter to the Daily Chronicle, which published it recently, as follows: "I thought that knew Americans fairly well after my long residence here, I imagined that I would be able to Judge i.o

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would act under given conditions. 3 am compelled to acknowledge that I have made a great mistake in my estimate of them. "Since the time when Germany declared war on America, I have listened often to what I would now term superficial expressions of the emotions of a people whose vivid Imagination often leads them to look upon things half completed as completed, to talk of things contemplated as accomplished a peopie full of enthusiasm for the war but a people who had not yet realised the true meaning of the sacrifices they were to make who were looking all the time to the extraneous glory of war, rather than to the more solid effects which their sacrifices were to make upon the future of the world as a whole. In fact, to be candid, I began to realize that a large number had the war on the outside, not the inside, of their hearts. It was with some anxiety, therefore, that I wondered what would happen when their boye had the first hip affair. I anticipated an unprecedented outburst of patriotism, which would probably exaggerate what had been accomplished by the American troops. "The German drive started, and the reports came In of the way the boys had held the line, and stood firm, and, in fact, had done all that their home folks had expected of them. There seemed to be an ominous calm when the news arrived. I began to look for the uproar, for the enthusiasm which my previous experience had led me to expect. "Now comes the enigma. The calm continued. One man said: 'VCe're get. ting a lot of credit. I wonder If it's true.' Women, whom had heard agatn and again making remarks to the effect that the boys 'would show them how to fight,' were absolutely subdued. Not a. single boastful expression have 1 heard. On all sides people are wearing

quiet smile. The external enthusiasm .seems to have vanished right into their hearts, and today tho United States is realizing with quiet pride the seriousness and tremendous possibilities of the cause it has undertaken. "When I read in dispatches from Kngland and France of the impression the Americans were making by their modesty and their quiet way of accomplishing things, I was inclined to be skeptical. I am no longer skeptical. The last few weeks of the war seem to have changed everything, and I now know more of the United States as a nation than I could have learned had

Jived here for thirty years of peace time."

NEWPAPER'S GLORY FADED.

Only Ruins Left as Reminder of Arlzona's Blood-Eating Publication. TOMBSTONE, Ariz., Oct. 4.—Opposite the old mail stage station here stands a little low adobe building with a rough board front, the windows painted blue and a door sagging on its strap hinges. A weather-beaten sign acroBS the front proclaims the building as the one-time home of the Tombstone Epitaph, the weekly publication of the Huachuca mining district.

Within, the ruins of a "G. Washington" hand press served as a roosting place for owls. On this old press was printed the editions of the Epitaph containing the list of violent deaths in the district during the week. It also contained stories of gold strikes in the }lory Hole, the last Chance and the Boom mines.

It was the boast of the pioneer editor 'hat he edited the paper with a sixshooter and kept a sawed-oft' shotgun behind his desk for Tiflligerent callers. The Epitaph suspended publication when the mining boom broke many yetra ago.

Never Put

Don't monkey with Acid.

Terre Haute Automobile Company

121 S. Seventh St. Both Phones $91

We test, repair and recharge storage batteries, and always carry a full supply of a e y a s n e w batteries and rental batteries.

Dodge Brdthers

BUSINESS CAR

A business car so thoroughly good that it will exert its own best salesmanship.

A thoroughly dependable investment for those who use one or a fleet of business cars.

It will pay you to visit us and examine this car

The haulage cost is unusually low.

Steinhart-Greiger Auto Co.

321-323 OHIO STREET.

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Acid

It won't strengthen yonr battery. It won't ginger up your starter or brighten your iightsi It won't put fire in your spark. But it does burn the life out of the plates—increases the need of repairs—makesyour battery cost more and makes its life shorter.

If you think your battery needs acid, come in and get an expert Opinion. Ask for fi copy of the booklet—"A Mark With a Meaning fof You." It tells a vital story.

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