Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 August 1919 — Page 10

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THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS. SATUKDAT, AUGUSf 16, 1919.

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SSSSSsai!^ ILtJasaiSS motorin* of I they make a complete line of fahrte and | The pilot of a motor track la in a ^^2* JiVh*th^~ nLTf? JSah* of the remarkable | cord Urea, both of which carry exeep- aniatw poaition. To a la roe extent he la ] 1^* . a we rf or h 'a •MMaittoMur.kw-WM.|,

for the disposal of the *arta«e from the

camps.

New Tire Agency. Andrew W. Hutchison, of the Detroit Electric Sales Company, has just announced that his company has become state distributers of the General tire, made by the General Tire and itubber Company, of Akron. O. In apeak in r of the General tire Hutchison said: “After considerable investisatkm in the tire field, we decided

of the year time moans money to the farm, more perhaps than to many other lins. of ^

The Silent Checker.

Keeping track of the motor track driver when he isjoet of eight. This Is

tors must solve thac seep Into

he layout

the problem tnadroperat* to stem the invisible leaks their business and eat en<

Motors Company, Sandusky. O., manufacturers of the Maitxmm Six. to distribute the Maibohm in this territory. W. B. Peterson is very enthusiastic over their acquisition of the Maibohm. “We are at last able to offer a motor car with the power of the 4* and greater economy than 'most fours The aeroplane design feature in the Maibohm valve-in-head six produces the greatest

from their profits

of the largest and most successful fleet

is America points oat theM

polls Ford agents who have doxens of orders on hands for Ford cars and saw delivering to that list as cars are received from the Indianapolis Ford

branch.

“Avoid cancellations, if you really want a Ford," the agents are telling the men ordering Fords, for the cars will come In time, will be delivered as soon as the resources of the Ford facto and the Indianapolis branch can

bring deiiveo about

Just at present, and this condition will

y we RAi CJaiC’ti SkCrl a ft»tlcrOVfvAA £X4Xo «***«*«. «a v uaxiaa vfci««r ViVLt At* been used hi eliminating weight is detn- ! exist for months yet the demand for I onstrated to the fact that the six-cylin- | Fords la greater than the supply, and

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more than ZJSM miles a month, unusual travel record for any sort, and particularly in view of the counties

U B F G^drichRubto^ ^te complete weighs Isos than 2,«f

has made an exhsus- s

tor transportaion

the supply will soon be 4,000 cars daily. This further advice is given by the Ford agents: If you are anticipating the purchase of a Ford in one or two months, when yon need It, place your

order that you may not suffer the delays and inconveniences which the persons ordering Fords now are having.

Exhibits New Reo Car.

The new Reo six just received by the Fisher Auto Co. Is a car of striking beauty. The “beak" on the radiator, which has been a distinguishing mark for several years, has been removed.

except the new motor. The latter Is but a more modern adaptation of the time-tested Reo features. What is called the modified L type of cylinder, with intake valves in the head and exhaust in the side is retained. The block of six 3 3-16-inch cylinders has a detachable head containing 2’4-rnch intake mi valves. The crank shaft is very large

It served a good purpose in deflecting j —^i-lnch—and runs in four main hearITw 0 .^?i , U h ^ u ^- th * r * d f»tor. but was ! In «» Thi * n « w m< > tor apparently should

those who j outlast his predecessor, the famous Reo

4, which was built by the Reo company.

abandoned in deference to

Vi?* ^»yS^SB5>i Mne, ***,

counties*

and unfenced

les an hour, and an hour if nec-

1 rimm ,,,. vsn-e 4a guaranteed f Insenlotxs nw^hanz^ai ,. u i,-__ v m ’ the road perfectly, and cat for iSS miles. We Mt mat the Jumbd j been devised by which he can keep a SSlTk^ki^vInty^ile! 1 ” .. — tji mu _ . ftvF the. r#«Mvr«i rrf ui- wui maxe sev entj mues ar

Pneumatics for Trucks. tire would fill a kmg-telt want for the ] record of the movements of his trucks •uaoijiew.oi-s*,. — ^iigay.a*^ IT

no matter bow fra; mav he, is one of « rides on air, and

j power from air. 3o stays to the lire the cuehls there Until the final

„ ....... ts the tire gives as com-

I cuts down

~y**or dllap- | BrinMrt ^*322! a^or^T^tonef the reasons j gnt in the United States air servto*. «o

take compete charge of the tire busi-

ness for ua.” 1

repair Mils on reduced, and the

fake “Ache Out ef Acre/*

“We take the arm out of farm and the ache out of acre." might well be the slogan of the Midwest Engine Company*, pneu- of Indian spoils. In introducing Its farm an and garden tractor which has

named “Utllitor/* for. accon

life of the K Smith, general Sales manager, the

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stopped, how kmc it stopped in each case, the length of trips, the time taken jHjoadlng and unloading and the like. The time recorder la a real aid to the

driver, hb

especially so where bonus systems are in effect. Once the driver explanation from him. he will see to It

vibration to such

tractor art

goes to make up a very unusual value

in a motor ear.

“Before completing the arrangements with the Maibohm Motors Company, we made several testa, and were really as-

i ^ trStoT Sinn^^S^obSf r^Jht elTmlnaTes *the ^kbreaktoA to- m*S^5l devtoi show much slower depredation, borious work of the tiller of the soil. ^!_ZI

tiller of the soil.

k*M through breakage { “Soil cultivation must now be more ® thorough and more intensive than

r. wot « *uuT>,

of the Milburn flight Electric, are cau- &•****• .,””** farm tkmlng all dealers to watch their step f V U a* n .t r 4 every track

machines. In offering the 1 tilltor we

getting '1.11 f-r, _ *a« ml ppovl< j e a ^xvan tractor-type machine dbftrtbufers for thto which 1r,1, P uJ1 * P ,ow * * harrow a , tr 4_ ®** w1but * :rB f r tB “ mower, or any other cultivation imple!h. Miihrtrn t Urh( Flecfrir is m®*^ and thus do all that one horse

• hs ,i ui2»ir < ,J!5 e f& , sn rn weather ihe^ csr ( °uUi do Then this same i tilltor will the ideal car for all WtSfiltr, the car «vMki a op to a pulley-driven machine

can he belted on to do the work

and careful!

of a four-horse power stationary engine. That's why It Is named Utllitor

for ail purposes It is achieving aalea record" unprecedented In the annals of the electric car industry and dealers In

sausSrsLe jfiis 1 ’ r

. their nrSees «hr M these advantages It will ami at

bout the price of a good farm h< The Utllitor will be displayed

parts of the count essary. In order to t

customers to place their orders three *1' V

months in advance.”'

«-»on«r.tn U O^IoitoD. •*.« fir

can absolutely nrly. It never frsssss; ^

horse/’

and

absolutely rely, i

you can leave a Milburn standing outside in any temperature and It will be

MtaHWMtos current is

nonskidding of gravity

v .... w .»~r-. _w on the and not on the transmission. It -slung, of stresm-line. modern luaurtouMr upholstered and fln-

variety of snai

Velvet for Farmer.

*T iever

mobile but

is fast, well m fuk strength and spobiak exclusive

In a variety of snappy colors: It

I balanced and full of gra-

grace-

U» equipped with a

Wmtm qulMt exchange bat-

tery having a radius sf from sixty to ninety miles/’ The Milburn will have an attractive exhibit at the automobile

show, fair week.

pas* a farmer in an autobut what 1 stop to reflect on

what the motor car has done for the rural community/* says R V. Taw. of the R. V. IAw Motor Cat Company. , local distributer for Dort cars. “In ad.Ln e- ! dltlon to linking the rural resident to his neighbors and to his nearest town - to addition to giving him opportunity to enjoy oust ness and recreational advantages he never had before—the motor car has saved the fanner thou-

sands of dollars to time

'*▲ Kin if ferxitw V.

Make Good Tire Rteord. I Four thousand miles—from Tacoma to Halt lake City and Los Angeles, and return through 8an Francisco—on s set of tires that had already delivered 7,000 miles of service, this Is the achievement that has Just been completed by Ralph

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six

Kh’bSth and utv

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all

are

of a not in m.m

WBBBi a' common** close

trucks ha^ ^ thelull

H. Shaffer, a prominent business man of Tacoma. Wash., to a Franklin sedan, •quipped with Goodyear cord tires. The manner In which he set about on this tour through six western states. ‘ * “ ‘ a tour across the

one spare tire, ex-

IBShBi confidence he had

in hie tires to withstand The trip. He was compelled to use this spare only whsn, near the end of the tour, one of the wheels of his car was crushed by another car. At this time afiother tire jut Into service, as it was already ted on the wire wheel which re-

the crushed one. ,

a few years ago no motorist would have had the temerity to start on a 4,000-mile trip, Including 600 miles of {storing desert waste land, with only spare tire to act as “utility” to four i that had already delivered satlsory mileage. That such a trip can be made tn our wefctern country with its mountains and deserts is an indicatkm of the rapid strides that have been

made in the building of tirtss.

For a long period tires were the source of more annoyance than was caused by the mechanism of the car, but now the better grades of tires have caught up to the effort to reduce the worries of

the driver to a minimum. Perfect Score for Pilot

• Finishing with a perfect score as 11 pilot car on a 300-mlie trade extension tour from Kansas City to Emporia, Kas.. aad return with the temperature of 100 In the shade all t^e time, is the recent record of a Ktesel custombuilt speedster.” eaya J. U Baugh, of the Indiana Motor Company, local Kis-

sel distributer. '

•Not only was the performance score remarkable, considering the roads, but to quote Harry Fraser, of the extension trade committee of the Chamber of Commerce of Kansas City—’it to the first time during the past fifteen trips we have conducted that the pilot car has gone through with a

190 per cent, score.”

“To give an Idea of the conditions the pilot car had to contead with, which the other care were not subjected*, to, it was only allowed five minutee for stops with the penalty of loaing the pilot Job If a second over that time was taken. This Includes punctures or trouble of any Wnd. All other can were allowed fifteen minutes for stops* In* case of ttouble without being penalised.

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course, in^a runs longer

ordinary service

Sell.

Capital (sing a Drought.

t'rav- How a Texas farmer with an idea and a motor truck earned for himself a prominent place among ingenious money makers is related by N. H.^Cartlnhour, of the Uartinhour-Bowman COmgaay, distributers of Federal The farmer was Richard Johnson, and he owned a farm near Ft. Worth. Tex..

I sale of n to I as the Abrams. Garage, - . nearly Red States, n countries, fact that ‘ * sales class In many

found In $,5£: to sell, went to actually

fa mac

-the with*

to estat

‘Not only did the pilot car have no trouble of any kind, but it averaged

twenty-five miles an hour, r 150 miles a day for the two ts gasoline mileage was 13.8 gallon £nd one gallon of oil for

station, wn fore. In th< part of the by a fljrtn*

A half hour befory breakfast he carries the milk to the emuncry or loading station, where an hour wha needed be-

lli the middle of harvest a broken e farm machinery ts replaced I f trip to town In the motor

car. where often such a mishap caused a day's lost time for the farm hands when the trip had to be made by horse. “In scouting the countryside for stock snd in transacting other business, the motor car saves money for the farmer by saving time, and in certain seasons

reported. This

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Gets Maibohm Agency.

The Peterson-Keyes Auto Company, 401 North Capitol avenue, have completed arrangements with the Maibohm

tonished at the mileage obtained, which is considerably more than obtained from most four-cylinder cars, and the tire th*t mileage is correspondingly higher. M*i*i -We certainly are enthusiasic over the acquisition of the Maibohm and know that It will prove to be one of the most popular cars in this vicinity/* To Make 4.000 a Day. s Patience is a virtue, if you have an order in for a Ford car and are waiting

for delivery.

That's the opinion of several Indiana-

Delcoi

V - f*. ^ 1 Regarding the Deleo Equipment on Your Car

The Deleo Equipment on your car is too vital and important a part for yoii to use any but genuine parts should it require repair or adjustment.* Complete stocks of genuine Deleo perts maintained at this local branch United Motors Service Inc. polls Branch Meridian Plicae Main 4236-4237.

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a region which suffered a bad drought

about ten months ago.

the drought, cattle and hog

ten months

Duo to

raisers, in

■ this section, were forced to

shin their cattle and hogs to market as etockere.” a comparatively unprofitable business, particularly as the Ft. Worth stockyards were filled with

stockors awaiting purchase and fatten ing before being ready for market. And this was the opportunity which

Johnson grasped. He bought several Federal trucks, and began buying underfed hogs to large numbers, hauling them out to hia farm and fattening them on the garbage from three nearby army camps. Being paid, too. for haul-

ing said garbage away!

without the use of motor trucks Johnson would probably never have entered the business, for the nearest camp was five miles away and the Ft Worth stockyards ten miles. With horses the hauls would have been too long to give any profit to the venture.

tn haqltng h<

the stockyards or

f hose ti in taking

to and from ■ the contract

INDIANA MOTOR COMPANY Phone Main 1585. 425 N. Meridian Street INDIANAPOLIS, IND

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Compare Them Roll an Oldfield Cord alongside any other tire. Compare them point for point It doesn’t take an expert to see the points of superiority. Note the sturdy construction of these Oldfield Cords—their generous oversize, that means more mileage and more comfort v * Try an Oldfield and you’ll soon be riding, on four of them. Buy them as an investment in safety and satisfaction.

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STANDARD PAPER COMPANY Wholesale Distributors, Indianapolis. Some valuable territory still available for responsible dealers.

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DelbrookTire Co. Illinois and North Streets Telephones, Main 839; Auto. 27-686

The Most t rustworthy l ire's Built

OLDFIELD TIRES

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THE FRANKLIN CAR

Goes Farther id a Day Than Any Other Gar

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Every day Franklin Cars are passing heavy, rigid cars which are slowing down on turns, easing up ovqr-rough going, changing tires, or cooling off. X ' - - v . The reason is no secret. Franklin. flexibility, combined with light weight, makes a car hold the road at all speeds, prevents under-wheel roughness from tacking car and ri^ler, gives sure, safe, effortless control and saves tires from being pounded out. No water to boil or freeze —Direct Air Cooling—177 fewer parts to keep adjusted, minimize possibilities of trouble. The Franklin Car enables you to drive farther in a day because its dependability and safety give driving confidence, and its easy riding creates least strain under all motoring conditions. Its performance cost is the lowest known, as proved by its consistent delivery of— 2t? waits to the gallon of gasoline 12*500 assies to the set of tires 50f> slower yearly depreciation We will be pleased to have you call or telephone us for a demonstration and will let you namethe roods over which you wish it made.

DIDDEL BROTHERS FRANKLIN MOTOR CAR CO.

Phones: Main 5026, Auto. 20-941.

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955 North Meridian Street

'MS

cks

Protect Ypur Investment

11TOTOR Trucks are an mvertment Rightly ava used, they should earn dividends, large enough and long enough to write themselves 'off-the books and then make a clear profit The ' investor in a bond is as keenly interested in the soundness and stability of the issuer as he Is in the terms of die bond. So the purchaser of a truck'should be interested in the permanence md stability of the maker. , - The purchaser of a White Track backs his investment in it with the strength of The'White Company, with its years of successful experience, with its thousands of trained employes, with its tens of thousands of tracks in active service, with its millions of capital, and a service organization, nation wide, which has no parallel in the industry.

THE WHITE COMPANY CLEVELAND

L. H. COLVIN

Indiana Distributor 422 N. Meridian Street Main 4624

Indianapolis

100,000 MILES one/ MORE

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