Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1916 — Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

WOODS’ MOBILETTE [0 /B*wS ® ii® l BEfA I 1 B 1 _ Tw u I WHAT WILL IT DO ON COUNTRY ROADS? Below are extracts from letters received from various sections of the United States. These brief extracts tell of the superior performance of the WOODS MOBILETTE, with its 36-inch tread, on all kinds of country roads. Every quotation contained in this circular refers to WOODS’ MOBILETTE, and is guaranteed to be genuine. The originals of the letters from which these extracts were taken are on file at our executive offices—and we have hundreds of others.

No Car That Travelled Any Smoother. "It rides like a small feather bed. We rode out on the State Road and I must say that I never rode in any car, big or little, that travelled any smoother Than it.”— New York. There are ‘‘No Hills” for Woods Mobilette. "I had sent the little car over the road for nearly 300 miles. It ran the last' mile as well as the first; no hills —that is, she took them all, and we have a few dahdy’ hills here in Maine.”Maine. Carries 60 Per Cent, of Its Weight on Cross Country Trip. A gentleman • and wife, with ilaggage enough to make oVer 600 lbs. in weight. passed through here on their way from Chicago to the Pacific Coast, in a Model No. 3 Woods Mobilette. Where is the big car that' would think of carrying CO per cent of its own weight, even around the city on paved streets, much less 3.000 miles across a rough country?’”— Kansas. No Adjustments, Consistent Speed On Cross Country Run. "The Woods Mobilette Model No. ■<. stiff and new, made the trip from Chicago to Cincinnati in perfect order and good time. We did not make an adjustment of any kind and had no tire'trouble. “We used first (low) speed only twice on the entire way home and this was on- a long steep grade ■>o r the worst parts of the road.” - Ohio. A Perfect Score on a Mountain Test in California. ' "We had been challenged to tackle about the hardest trip in Southern California, Big Bear Vai l>.y. with deep, heavy sand .it places nearly a foot' deep, and grades varying between 10 per ■ ent. ami 27 per cent, with turns so sharp it is said ‘the back wheels of one's machine hug the front wheels.’ This trip is 101 miles ' long, and while it is one of the finest scenic trips in'the World, it is also one’ of the most difficult and dangerous. » * » With blankets, . guns. fishing tackle, •grub.’ camp utensils, tent, kodak, ‘•tc„ etc., which together with the weight of the writer and his companion made ,a load of over 500 lbs., we proceeded on the upward climb, which was necessary to reach an altitude of nearly 8,000 feet. The road is very steep with sharp turns and with sand over six inches deep. On a sharp turn Where the road was both steep and sandy were two well-known makes of six cylinder cars, stuck. The other machines having gotten out of our way we easily made the ascent. We attained our goal with a perfect score against practically unanimous verdicts that it was impossible.”—California.

Takes Hills As Well As the Best. “The car is certainly a dandy and takes the hills and grades as well as any of the best' automobiles.”—California. Tested Over All Kinds of Roads. "Have had a change to test it out over practically all kinds of roads and find that it will take anything it comes to.” —West Virginia. Takes the Roughest, Hilliest Roads of Kentucky. “I have covered over 4,000 miles of some of the hilliest country and roughest roads for which the interior of my State is noted. During this time I have not had an occasion to have my car overhauled in the repair shop for one hour, the only work done on it being to clean my spark plugs and. oil the various parts.”—Kentucky. Plowed Through Ten Miles of Unbroken Road. “We made for the Lincoln Highway and after travelling on same for some little time, we came to a section where it was newly graded. It was a dirt road, straight together in the middle. There had been a. heavy rain and no* one had been through it, except a buggy, and no one was travelling, it seemed, at all, but we plowed right through it. There must have been ten miles, or more, of that kind of road and our little car made it in fine shape.” —lllinois. Multum in Parvo. “She sure is a hill climber.”— Colorado. Covering “Impassable” Muddy Roads. "I was stopped by a farmer and told I could never make it to the State line, about five miles, for it was mud and sand all the way. I decided to tackle it, so plunged, or plowed, rather, for the mud was up to the hubs most of the way. At one place I went down a hill and noticed a little pond of water, I went ahead, hitting it with a splash and going in until the running boards rested on the. mud and the back wheels just spun. A farmer living near, came up and informed me I should not have come over this road and said he had to pull almost every car out that came across that way. Finding a board, I placed it under the back wheels and reversed my gears. With a tug she pulled right out and back up to the top of the hill. I stopped and investigated the side of the road and took a try at that. Had no trouble in getting around the mud hole, while the farmer looked on in amazement and all he said was, ‘Well, I'll be ding busted!’ I left him still looking after me. If I had had a standard gauge car I could never have gotten through without help.”—Ohio.

A Heavy Load Up a Long Hill on High. "While it is a two-passenger ear, three of us made a ten-mile trip a few days ago, and had to go up a long, steep, hill. I had no idea it would make it on high speed, but it did with no effort'. The combined weight of the three was 418 pounds.”—Tennessee. Muddy, Rutty Roads on High Gear. "The road was very rutty, with mud from four to fifteen inches, for about half a mile. The little car negotiated this bad road most of the way on high gear. I propounce that excellent perform* ’ ance.”—Missouri. Mud and Chuck Holes Hub Deep. “The roads around Harvey include some very good ones, and I think some of the worst I ever rode over, mud and chuck holes hub deep, but the little car didn’t seem to mind it at’ all. This trip alone paid me for my visit to Harvey.”—lndiana. Can Go Where Other Cars Cannot. “I have demonstrated her ability to traverse roads absolutely impassable to the standard tread ear.”—Washington. At One-Tenth the Gasoline Cost of a Big Car. “By reading our speedometer, found we had covered 61 miles of steep and heavy mountain grades, practically all of which was made in low gear, on this amount of gasoline (3 gallons.) A man at the camp told us he had used just ■?° gallons in his big car to make same trip. How is that for Mobilette economy?”—California. The 36-Inch Tread an Advantage. “I find the 36-inch tread to be an advantage in a great many ways. It is just' the thing for city streets and in addition to that it will negotiate any country roads that can be travelled by any other car.”—Alabama. Every Road Condition Was Encountered and Conquered. "782-mile cross country trip in a Woods Mobilette where, everv road condition Was encountered and conquered, The Woods Mobilette is qualified to go anywhere t hat any car can go and in many cases' will get there first.”—District of Columbia, Can Go Anywhere. “I have demonstrated that a Woods Mobilette can go anywhere.”—Wisconsin. Takes Corners at High Speed. “The car will turn a corner at a speed of 18 miles an hour without skidding, and that is fast enough—too fast in reality. Anyone makng that speed turnng a corner should .be arrested and fined.”—lowa.

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