Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 127, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 June 1917 — MAXWELL AGENT ONE OF WINNERS [ARTICLE]

MAXWELL AGENT ONE OF WINNERS

PRIOR CAR FINISHED NINTH IN GASOLINE TEST RUN. ——— Nelson Shafer today received SSO from the Maxwell corporation, one of the fifty prizes given out by that corporation for having been among the fifty who made the best record for distance on a single gallon of gasoline on. May 23rd. On that day Vern Sanders, a mechanic in the Main Garage, at the wheel of the C. E. Prior car, made 36.8 miles on a single gallon of gasoline. But eight cars in the United States and Canada, in which the dealers in cities of 3,000 population or less were entered, bettered this mark. MrShafer has not yet learned what position was secured by the local car among the fifty highest cars. Mr. Shafer will a little'later on use the fifty dollars for a r celebration of some sort for the owners of the cars entered in the test, the garage employes and other friends.