Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 110, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1917 — 2.000 Cars Averaged Better Than 30 Miles Per Gallon. [ARTICLE]

2.000 Cars Averaged Better Than 30 Miles Per Gallon.

Two thousand Maxwell cars averaged better than (thirty miles per gallon in .the National Economy test held recently. The company is so well pleased with the success that they are planning for another contest, which will consume several days. In the recent test $5,000 was the amount in prizes offered. Believing that there are twenty thousand cars in the country that can do as well as the two thousand in th? recent test, the Maxiwell company has decided to give away $50,000 in liberty .bonds, half of this amount to go to the dealers and the other to ths owners of the cars. The test will be from June 16 to 25. Woman drivers will be allowed to enter the contest as well as the men. Details will ibe published later.