Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 119, 31 March 1917 — Page 16

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. THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, SATURDAY, MARCH 81, 1917

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Motors

Waking

Shop Popular

A M ecca for motorcycle and bicycle enthusiast Is the always popular Waking ft company shop at Fourth and Main streets. ' This concern feandles two of the very best makes of motorcycles on the market, the Indian and the National. The management reports that It is now enjoying the busiest season in the history of the concern. One of the latest sales has been one of the handsome new Indian models, to 'Charles Meyers, president of the Motorcycle club. Meyers says the Indian cannot be beat. All kinds of motorcycle and bicycle accessories and tires are to be obtained at the Waking store and in addition a highClass repair department is maintained.

People Swear ' By Rodefeld

West Richmond automobfllsts swear by the Rodefeld automobile repair shop, West First and Main street The patronage of this concern Is not ex

clusively confined to West Richmond

folks, however, for Mr. Rodefelt, through the excellence of bis work, draws trade from all over Wayne county. Rodefeld has built up an exceptionally good track repair business, and he also specializes on automobile repair work. He bandies the Goodrich track tires.

Bevington Does Rushing Business ' Cliff Bevington has at 1412 North A street one of the most , complete automobile repair stations in this section of the state. Bevington makes a feature of vulcanising for which he has Installed 'a most modern plant This spring Bevington is handling a

heavy business over-hauling machines for owners who store their cars during the winter months. The Bevington shop also gives prompt service for emergency calls. Gritris Garage Provides Prompt Emergency Work Perhaps no city of its size In the country is better equipped with garages than Richmond. The city's lat-

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est, and what is to be one of Its very best "automobile hotels" is the Horace J. Grim garage, 13-15 North Seventh street" . The building Is being completely remodeled and the work is now almost finished. Already the garage Is In operation and it , provides storage spade for a large number of ears. A force of expert automobile men has been employed by Mr. Grim to give his patrons the best of service. A modern vulcanizing system has been installed and a specialty of the garage will be expert repair work. A prompt emergency service to answer promptly any "hurry calls' Is In operation. There Is a gasoline tank with a capacity for 1,000 gallons and a new automatic air compression tank has been installed.

An egg holder of Italian design fits on the edge of the breakfast plate.

Thomas Turner Agrees to Take Care of Work

One of 'the busiest automobile repairs shops In Eastern Indiana is the one operated by Thomas Turner & Son, rear of 39 South Sixth street. The big business this concern has built up Is due entirely, motorists assure you, to the excellence of the work of the company's-repair men. The Thomas Turner & Son company specializes on the welding of broken castings and many a motorist has been spared the necessity of sending to the factory for new parts by the high class welding work obtained at the Turner ship. The concern also makes new parts and Mr. Turner admits that "no job is too big for us to handle properly." ...-

Remember Our Lens Department

no matter what the grinding, on short Notice.

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35 Socth 11th Street

Phone 1603

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Gasoline and Electric Combined! , The Woods Dual-Power combines Gasoline and .Electricity in a marvelous two-power automobile An Electric in simplicity, elegance, convenience; a Gasoline Car in speed and unlimited mileage.

Dual-Power is an Electric that char&es its own battery while the car is running, thus eliminating entirely the cost of current it is a gasoline car of unfailing power. You can run the car on electricity alonet you can run on gasoline power alone, you can use both together. There is no clutch pedal, no shifting levers, no transmission gears. Power is applied directly from the gasoline motor and the electric motor through the propeller shaft to the wheels. The car is started electrically, it brakes electrically, and speed is controlled electrically. The gas engine is non-stalling, the electricity is never exhausted. All operations are controlled by two small finger levers on the steering wheel which stcrt, stop and control speed; or these levers may be set at speed desired, and a single foot pedal will start, stop, accelerate, retard, brake and reverse all with the utmost ease and simplicity. Dual-Power has a quick easy get-away. The magnetic brake will slow the car down without danger of skidding and the mechanical brake stops like a shot when necessary. The phenomenal ease of driving is a feature that attracts all car owners, gasoline or electric, men and women. It offers the driver a chance to enjoy the motor trip, allows women to drive a powerful car without muscular effort M Dual-Power is a car of the greatest economy because it generates its own electricity, because of 'its slight consumption of gaso

line and its low cost of maintenance. It touches the very bottom of power economy and will interest you from the dollars and cents standpoint. It combines the advantages of the Electric and the Gas Cat it is efficient, economical, simple. It has unlimited mileage, will travel the roughest roads and climb the steepest hills. It is an ideal car for country trips or city use, an all-family, all-year-'round automobile for every purpose. And it is beautiful, roomy, easy riding. It is the most luxurious four-passenger enclosed car that can be built The elegance of its appearance will make it distinctive in any crowd. . It is a car that any woman can drive and it's a smart, powerful car for a man. It is a wonderful car a triumph of. automobile engineering. Dual-Power combines the simplicity and luxuriousness of the Electric with die speed and unlimited mileage of the Gas Car and is more economical than either of them. You should ride the Dual-Power yourself to appreciate its wonderful perform ance. You may choose your own roads and specify your own tests. Demonstrfitibns and deliveries now being made in this city. New models on display at our salesrooms. Call or telephone for complete information. Catalogs and descriptive literature on request

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Woods Motor Vehicle Company, Chicago Local Distributor

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Lee9 s Car Tires Give Good Wear

Cautious motorists appreciate an automobile tire that stands the wear

and tear of hundreds of miles without frequent annoyances In Jhe shape of blow-outs and punctures. " That Is why the various tubes hand

led bv tne Lee Tire comoany. w.. -i

Lee, proprietor, are so much appreciated by careful motorists., according to Lee.: The Lee Tire company's, sales rooms at Eleventh and Main streets contain

a large assortment of tires and tire, accessories. " -;,rrrr.

Miss Margaret' OiUatiwr and Iflss Annie Milan, both of Brocktoa. Mass.. have made a pair of shoes which they will present to President Wilson. The shoes are made of forty pieces of the finest calfskin. - and are valued at about $20.. -

Back of the Series 18 Studebaker Four and Six there is a character. The character, which is favorably known all over the worid, developed through sixty-four years of business success, has won for Studebaker and Wherever there is cmHzation the name of Studebaker is held in good repute. This good will is a priceless asset To protect this reputation, Studebaker "makes sure." Every piece of steel that goes into the con-' struction of a Studebaker is true and tried. Experts in the art of making steel have" checkecHt up." Innumerable tests in tho Studebaker engineering laboratories "mako sure that it is many times stronger than necessary to carry the car and its load. See these cars now ride in them know what they can do on the roao?. 40 H. P. 7-Passenger Four, $985 50 H. P. 7:Passenger Six, $1250 The McConaha Co.

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413-415 Main Street

Richmond, Indiana

SLEEVE-VALVE MOTOR

SERVICE As part of the enormous Willys-Overland organization we are thoroughly equipped to give owners of Overland and Willys-Knight cars prompt and satisfactory attention. This service station is an Overland service station in the truest sense of the word. not a mere garage, doing general repair work a service station maintained for the benefit of owners of Overland and Willys-Knight cars. It is not maintained to make money for our real business is selling cars but to insure to you, as the owner of an Overland or Willys-Knight, continuous,- satisfactory, economical use of your car. V . Any time that your Overland or Willys-Knight requires attention bring it here. Our mechanics know Overland and Willys-Knight cars thoroughly. They are trained in Overland methods. A large stock of parts for all Overland and WillysKnight models is kept on the premises. You will find us able to replace almost any - part required immediately. ... The Talcott -Overland Go.

1139 MAIN STREET

TELEPHONE 2411