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V r CI it 8 THE ROCK ISL.AND ARGUS. SATURDAY, APRIL" 27, I9Tg. ifym V W4S? WM- i products in this line. But several of sL ",S2?N. 'Sff-f!S SH&V. Automobile Notes the characteristic companies are only fj-pj SU.jW' !SA - fT? StUSi taking up this branch of manufacture iff VK-M ttTrS-Hr WHY1' . . i , v and in future the Indications point to Technical Service a Help to Owner of Car lin motor car construction, It is really floor of the retailer's showroom wonderful the i mount of abuse a high grade car will aDd dot s stand without a murmur. Well, perhaps, not without a murmur, because lack of lubrication "Technical serrlee," as it is under-1 will cause the poor, distressed creature stood by the manufacturers of the high- j to make its wants known in a manner r grade motor cars, means keeping the - easily understood by the initiated. car In Inchest nosmble stale of efn- I clency that the wear and tear of con. stant use will permit When a mf-n buys a high grade car he should buy more than so many pounds of steel, wood and aluminum. Ills guarantee, of course, assures him of satisfactory workmanship, but it is the duty of both manufacturer and dealer to go farther than this. I nrninimin o r i nrnn OPENS UP WIDE FIELD. Formerly it used to be a sort of proud boaat of the automobile adver tising man to state that his cars were designed and built first and their Undertakers have adopted the power wagons readily and generally. In the great humanitarian industry the de mands come at all hours, for death, waits on no man. Speedy service Is better than delayed service, particular ly in case of death, and thus the un dertaker has to have an adequate wag on equipment. The undertakers who have taken up the automobile with energy have found that their radius of usefulness has been doubled " without enlarging their equipment. To the layman the designing of an automobile may not appear like a very formidable undertaking. He knows there Is a motor, transmis sion, a running gear with wheels and, at first blush, only a competent me chanic seems to be needed to put the j sold at a lower figure, while the man ufacturer of the lower price car Is able to make as much profit on hia product as the manufacturer of the I higher priced vehicle. selling price found out afterward. To make one part do the work of However, with the modern cost ac-1 two or three, to eliminate unneces counting system used in automobile ; sary handling, to attain close fits by, factories, every operation is a factor the use of unerring machinery rather well known in advance and, much as than the uncertain band of tie me- i the advertising man may regret this j chanic, to achieve a maximum of com-: I phase, here at least is an instance j plications these are the chief alms ; where modern factory system has of the modern high class automobile! overtaken the cut P.nd dried methods ! designer. ' ; of older days in the automobile in-I j j dustry. About 40 per cent of the total out- put of American tire factories may be I designated as non-skid tires. In cost they range from 18 to 20 per cent higher than ordinary tires of the same size. Some of the factories make a majority of non-skids and one or two run as high as three-fifths of their The census report shows over a million and a half more horses in the United States now than 10 years ago, and an Increase of over a billion dol lars in .the value of all the horses. It remains for motor vehicles to displace over 20,000,000 horses in the United States. It Is expected that 10,000 automo biles will be registered in Oregon in 1912. lTp to December 1, 527,241 was collected from fees, and it is believed the number of vehicles registered at present is 6,000. The new numbers have black figures on a green back ground, instead of yellow and black. as last year. The only reason that a tire of the non-skid type is not ideal for peed work is that the additional weight of the tread is not regarded as an ad vantage In racing. The tire factories unite in stating that a car equipped with non-skid tires requires only enough additional power to counteract the additional weight of the treads. The fact that the surface bearing up on the ground is cut up by the protu berances in the tread is reckoned an advantage in the matter of traction. without imposing any disadvantages in the way of friction. The manufac turers insist that the only difference in speed on a dry road between a car with plain treads and one with non- skids is the almost Inappreciable de gree resulting from the difference In weight of the respective tire equip ment. Puts End to Bad Habit Things never look bright to one with "the blues." Ten to one the trouble is a sluggish liver, filling the system with bilious poison, that Dr. King's New Life Pills would expel. Try them. Let the Joy of better feelings end "the blues." Best for stomach, liver and kidneys. 25 cents at all druggists. All the Argus. news all the time The The owner or a motor car purchases i various units together, it for the enjoyment he expects to However, in the designing depart get out of it. Naturally the more sat- ' neiit of a large automobile company, isfactory th car tin- more satisfied tli like the I'nited States Motor corn owner. Perhaps It Is trite, but it is i any, for instance, the problem of nevertheless true, that a satisfied : creating a new car has much more owner makes a prosperous manufac- important aspects, because here it Is turer. . j understood that before something The motor car a few years ago : new Is placed on the market no small was about as cranky as the leading ! amount of bard work must be done lady In a first nlht performance; but i t-fore the car can assume tangible today, so great has b'en ".he advance : shape and be placed on the polished Moderate price cars of real merit usually are not designed by a mod erate priced designer, for to design a car of the quality demanded by the Speeding is Costly Speed is costly. To reverse many j many well known axioms, the saving requires designing skiii ana researcn money, hast travel, wnetner in trains, i facilities of no mean order. j motor cars, or in the space of human i Take the case of two designers, lite- inevitably costs something. Just i each producing a motor to do certain I as leed Increases, so the ratio of 'work. Hoth turn out an excellent ar-I POSt runs up. Why should it be differ- For Bicycles & Motorcycles Biggest Slock Best Assortment $5 to SIO Per Pair ENOCH'S Bicycle Repair Shop 218 17th St. ticle, both motors work well, deliver .he required power with equal relia bility. But one costs considerably less to manufacture than the other. Very often it is found that the man who produced the cheaper of the two ; motors happened to be a designer j well versed in foundry practice; he avoided the use of too many loose i pieces and cores in pattern worR. j Here and there he exhibits deftness iln making It particularly easy to get jthe cand out of the hollow castings, j Core pasting has been reduced to a I minimum; blow holes have been ar ranged in the most convenient places and have been made large enough to j permit the gas to escape freely ana I without endangering the castings by their pressure. The result is that the .foundry cost of the motor Is reduced- and that it is possible to give tne benefit of the savings to the buying public. cut in the case of the motor car which ' is Ti:n at top speed all the time? I Driving a car at Its highest speed ! all the time involves an expense be-1 yond all proportion to the pleasure ! obtained, and always results in short- j cning the life of the car that ordinarily j would cost little to maintain. ' Most of us know the motorist who I tears through the town with wide open throttle, in gleefull realization of the fact that his machine, by being pushed to the very, limit of its capabilities, will attain and maintain a speed of a mile a minute or even more. Bloomington, 111. Apiary experts as- ! sert the bee population of Illinois was . .1 . .. 1 l :. . 1 v... .1 1 ...... : ucticoocu iu ui rmuH uy inu iuhk win- ; fca . - fnn.. -J .. . SI i bees starving. It Looks Like a Crime to separate a boy from a box of Buck lea's Arnica Salve. His Dim Dies, boils. The point I want to make is that ! E ratches, knocks, sprains and bruises two entire cars, designed under the demand it, and its quictc renef for same conditions as obtained In the ! 1,11 Rcalda nr mt. . hia riuht . production of the two motors which I used as an Illustration, may be equal In quality, but the one may be everything healable and does it quick. ; '.'nequaled for piles. Only 25 cen'i at i all druggists. ! 1 A SIX CYMXDEU CAIl I'OU THE PRICE OF A FOUR Havers Six-4 4 PRICK 91,850 WITH STANDARD EQUIPMENT TV Carburetor Stromberg double Jet. Clutch Multiple disc. ' Rear Axle Full floating. ' Cooling Thermo syphon. Wheel base 122 inches. Wheels 36x4, demountable rims. Weight 3,100 pounds, fully equipped. Color Brewster green, nickel finish. LOOK AT THIS! WHAT? Why Our AUTOMOBILE SUPPLY House 319 Nineteenth Street You Will Want to Know Us where you can purchase all kinds of auto mobile supplies such as guaranteed heavy gear type tires, high test inner tubes, batteries, horns, gas savers, gas tanks, spark plugs, spark plug pumps, gasoline, lubricating oil, etc. Telephone 2053 W TRi-ClTY AUTO SUPPLY COMPANY 'SfiSST BRIEF SPECIFICATIONS Motor Six cylinders in pairs, long stroke, unit power plant, three-point suspension 44 horsepower. The day of the six-cylinder car is here. If you have any doubt, ride behind one and you will never consider a four. The Havers "Six-44" is the greatest proposition for the money on the American market for 1912. This car requires no explanation, no apol ogy, no strong talking points on one part or feature to caver up cheapened or weaken ed construction elsewhere. It is a mechanically perfect car and in beauty of lines and ap pearance nothing need be said the car speaks for itself. Study the specifications from stem to stern, look the car over and you will find everything there as represented and more too. Do not compare this car in material and construction with cars selling for the same price, but with cars costing from $2,000 to $4,000. If you can find any superior features or bettei mechanical ideas of construction, we shall be glad to have you tell us whatTthey are. The Havers "Six-44" sell on their merits. We , want to see and talk with buyers who know automobiles and those who appreciate a finely constructed machine when they see it ;al3o that large class of buyers who are in doubt as to just what to buy. Come and inspect our car. You will not be pressed to buy, and will be shown every courtesy. We do business "on a business principle and do not inject the "personal ele ment 'into our transactions. BUY A SIX THIS YEAR AND BE IN STYLE NEXT YEAR STRAYER DEE 324-326 Sixteenth St. - - - - - Rock Island. Ill Hynes Case 318 17th St. Bicycles General Repair Work We sell the Mitchell and Winner OQ -i-r Qfl bicycles, with coaster brake . . . Pf Ltl tJJc-HJ It