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THE WASHINGTON HERALD
AUTOMOBILE
SECTION
AUTOMOBILE
SECTION
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MARION MOTORCAR
IN GREAT DEMAND
Company Unable to Fill Ordeis
During 1911 and Are Bushed
with New Business.
Hy HKMtV ClVMGIl.jr.
Rale MiUctr MlrioQ Motor Car Cosrnr
Because of the corect design, median
leal merit and careful assemblv, and
Ik cause with Mirlon ow ners touring has
Iwen a pleasure Instead of a task,
The demand for Marlon cars has grown
faster than the factory anticipated so
fast that during the 1911 season the fac
tor) it as obliged to refuse almost as
man orders as they ailed
For 1312 the Maron line consists of
three chasses, equipped with motors of
from 3 to t horsepower, and carrying
fix. types of bodies The prices are from
Si IjO to SI 71.
W Kile retaining many of those excel
lent mechanical features which have in
the past eontrlbuted so largelv to the
Marion name and reputation, stilt further
improvements and refinements have beti
developed In the new 1913 product, which
heretofore have been possible only in
the mot costlv cars.
The name of " Marlon " has alwaj s been
'lie hall mark of qual'tv in automobiles.
Marion engineer have Kept to the fore,
and while avoiding radical design hae
Wen earl) to take advantage of new
ld'as In chassis building Thev have air-ays
employed those features of con
struction and design which mark the
more expensive cars of both the Amerl
tan and foreign manufacturers
In their desire to keep abreast of the
1 mes and to Keep pac with the trend
of modern engineering practice, the) hate
cxtensivelv Investigated and finally
dopl the long stroke type of motor
for 1912 cars
There Is not a single weakness in the
M trion Br comparison. It excels
las on fir market. Those parts wh'ch
other manufacturers would rather not
mention are featured, and the superior
strength and splendid construction o
everv Marion feature can easily be dem
onstrated.
The American the pioneer In under
slung construction is aIo handled by
this agenc), and three tjpes are on dis
pla) The Traveler six-passenger M
horsepower at 5"0 the "Tourist four-
passenscr SO horsepower, at S2.S0 and
th facout, two passenger 20 hore
power at SI 50 prices Including lull
equipment
The underslung frame of the American
U the underlying principle that differ
entiates this product from the conven
tional tj'pcs of motor cars 'Within Itself
t offers matt) ntti-ictlve featire3 and
the advantages made possible bv Invert
ing the frame are both numerous tird
iblous The manufacturers of the,
American are the originators of the
underslung idea, and after ears of prac
tical usage hate adopted this tvpc In
preference to any other form of "on
structlon
The lrtues of the American are
measureable b the lardstlck of intrinsic
value not by the table of "weights and
measures ' It npjxals to discriminating
people it is not expected to attract a
man who seeks quantity rather than
ouahtv It 1! built and designed ex
press!) for those whose refined taste de
mands something more than is required
to satisf) the less exacting It should
be and is dlstlnctle and unique Jn the
broadest sene
The cardinal prlrciples of "American '
design lend themelves most freely to the
Introduction of rakish, beautiful lines
This advantage ii augmented by the ex
pert precision In the selection and
preparation of material and the infinite
care In assembling and In finishing bo
conspicuous in the "American" shops This
high standard maintained has won for
the ' American ' a stinch position In
motordom ampl) Justifjtng the slogan,
V car for discriminating bujers."
An excellent dlsplas of all varieties of
these cars are Bhown at the salesroom
of the local representative the Marlon
Motor Car Companj, 1223 Fourteenth
street northwest.
NEW TIRE PREPARATION
PROVES GREAT SUCCESS
Prominent Washingtonians
New Product, Airease, on Big Scale.
The part of an automobile receiving
the most wear the tires has received
the least attention from the Inventors,
and. aa a result, the tire of to-day Is
the same tire, practically, that It was
j ears ago. The valve. In some ways
the weakest point of the whole tire. Is
the, same one that has been In use for
many jears, the same as used on the
blcj cle
Ever mile that is traveled by an
automobile on an average costs some
where in the neighborhood of 1 to 2 cents.
The moment a hole, if ever so small,
gets In the outer casing, the water, oil.
grease, and what not, enters, and the
fabric of the tire commences a very
rapid process of rotting. The smallest
holes will admit grit and dirt and the
constant friction on the Inner tube
causes untold damage If allowed to con
tinue The trouble of stopping and getting
out In the snow, or nearly as bad. In
the hot sun., comes to every automo
bllUt. and about the only relief" is to
tajce a street' car, unless time is not a
factor In his trip. Demountable rims
are all right, and so are many of the
Improvements assisting the alitolst to"
speedily- remove the tire, fix It up. and
be on bit way again But what Is the
fair driver to do when her car Is held
up with a blow-out or a puncture? The
self-starter Is a great boon to the lady
automoblllst, and will enable many to
SELF-STARTER HAS
HOLD ON INDUSTRY
Great Demand for Machines with
New Equipment Proves Its
Popularity.
By "tWI.LIAJI HINDS.
In this season of 1912 the self-starter
lias taken a hold on the automobile In
dustry like a Kansas c clone on corn
cribs and grain stacks. The self-starter
has had a whirlwind Introduction, so
much so that a 1912 automobile without
a self starter is a rarlt) Different
makes are almost as numerous as arl
ous brands of breakfast foods.
The long-postponed but now almost
universal adoption of self-starters on
cars selling at Jl 000 and over is almost
marvelous, when It Is considered that
the air pressure and mechanical s) stems
have been on the market for several
year, and that the air pressure system
has been In fairly successful use on a
six cv Under car for some J ears
One wonders at the sudden and in
sistent demand for self-starters at this
time and at the surprising response of
automobile manufacturers In meeting
this demand It Is apparent that there
I some valll reason behind the public
demand for self-starters besides the as
sumption that it Is undignified to crank
an engine
There Is a reason for the overwhelm
ing demand that autos be equipped with
self starters and probably it is found in
the difficulty of vaporizing Into an ex
plosive mixture the poor grades of gaso
line now to be had This Is particularly
the reason during the w Inter, when frigid
air In the cylinders and the Ice-cold
metal of the Intake manifold, piston
head and c Under walls cause a large
percentage of the sprayed gasoline to be
precipitated on the metal parts as non
explosive gasoline liquid
The heretofore expedient of filling the
radiator with hot water In order to warm
the ollnders had most decided advan
tages in facilitating starting, but It was
Impracticable when In front of a theater
at 11 30 o clock and upon a few other
occasions
The self-starte- has invaded the auto
mobile industr) with a rush a veritable
stampede because now. in the explosive
gas self-starter the great need for one
has been effe-tlvel) and cheaply sup
plied Self-starters, weighing but two
to four pounds (so light that the ex
pense of the system practically ends with
installing It), are part of the regular
equipment of up-to-date cars, or can be
supplied at from $23 to JoO
The reason for the almost universal
adoption of the acctyline gas self starter
is owing to Its overwhelming success
rather than to its lightness, cheapness,
and freedom from trouble The acetv
llne gas used from the tank that sup
plies the searchlights Is unaffected by
an degree of cold, and explodes as
readily in the cylinders as the Illuminat
ing gas at home Is lighted by a match
The high temperature of the explosions.
being many hundred degrees errectlvely
warms the cylinder walls, and the mo
tor continues work on Its usual diet of
gasoline
Beport Some Good Sales.
The sales reported for the week by
the Overland Washington Motor Corn
pan) are three model 59 Overland tour
ing cars to Wade Masse, to be ued by
the overseers on his large apple or
chard, a -horsepower fore-door tour
ing car to Lieut. Commander Kdward
Clifford Kalbfus, and n S-horsepower
torpedo to Mr Goodwin, of the K
street market.
Will Organize New Company.
Frank G Fielding has recently
severed his connection with the Frank
Flckling Company, auto accessories
and supplies, and at present Is devot
ing his time to the organization of an
other larger company, -which he Is
.forming Several representative business
men of this city ace already interested
In the new project, and the location of
the new store will soon be announced.
Prepare to Market Their
enjoy driving their own car, but the
tire trouble still remains a worrj and
a trouble but little Improved upon In
the last few years.
A local expert baa recently placed
upon the market a -very practical solu
tion of the troublesome tire and one
that seems to fill every want. The
company which he has formed has de
cided to call the new preparation "Air
ease," which suggests the air Is eased
Perhaps "mind-ease" would hit the
mark- better.
It Is claimed by the compan) that the
new preparation absolutely, does away
with roadside tire repairs, and abol
ishes the necessity of carrying extra
tires It Is Inserted within the tube of
any automobile tire, taking .the place
of air and thus eliminating all punc
tures and blow-outs, and causing the
tire to always stand up full and round,
thus adding speed "with a minimum of
power.
A number -of prominent users of the
preparation here In .Washington after
a tengtny inai. are- joua in their praise
of v the Invention, and. state that"erery
claim made for It has proven absolutely
reliable. All state that the preparation
Is as resilient as air if not more so. and
Mr. Harry "W'ardman. an enthusiastic
user, after using It on his Packard car
for months, has decided to have his
electric so equipped, and Is loud in his
praise of the new preparation. ,
WASHINGTON.
U V$S$y 1912 SELF-STARTINC " A 1600.
Most autoists are familiar with the hill
climbing classic of the East that la con
ducted under the auspices of the Auto
mobile Association of America at Port
Jefferson. Long Island
This annual event Is In effect, a chal
lenge to all autoists who think their cars
can go some to. try them out against
ott-ers having the same cylinder capacity
or horsepower l-vents of this kind prove
that the mere nominal power of the en
gine as measured by the size of the
cylinders. Is no criterion by which to
Judge the power that Is actually delivered
to the wheels.
In the great event of last fall there
were eight different makes of cars in the
so-called forty" class that participated
in the hill climbing race Most of the
different makes were represented by two
cars, and the time of the faster one was
accepted Nearly all of the cars were
entered by their manufacturers, and were
driven by professional racers, but there
was one exception In Mr Apgar. of New
ark, N J , an amateur who thought that
LOST "RULE" BOOK
CAUSES TROUBLE
Hoosier Buys Automobile, and Af
ter Taking a Pleasant Spin
Cannot Stop Engine.
The story of the man who hitched him
self to an ox and then galloped through
town vaini) beseeching somebod) to stop
us ' or ' head us off" finds an up-to-date
parallel In the case of John Hicks, of
W olf Lake, Ind , who recently purchased
a Flanders "20"
The car as delivered at Mr. Hicks
big farm Early the next morning he es
sa)ed his first drive. His instruction
book was his teacher and, step by step,
he followed its orders, starting his mo
tor and rolling first on low gear and then
on intermediate, to tho excellent gravel
road which passes his home Here he
engaged the high speed and hummed
blithely on his waj The instruction
dook slipped from his hands ana a gust
of wind blew It oil the seat But Mr
Hicks failed to note the loss In the pleas
ure of the smooth way his car was run
ning Over hills and dales, through the
rolling country to town, he slipped along
Mr Hicks wosn t ' beating It." about six
teen miles an hour was the rate which
seemed to suit the adjustments.
vvolf Lake was reached and the post-
office, where Mr Hicks Intended to stop.
was being rapidly approached. Hero t
new problem arose. What was the for
mula for a full stop?
Mr. Hicks grabbed for the seat beside
him where he had left his Instruction
book. It wasn't there- He stole a glance
from the roadway The book had plalnl)
disappeared. A knot of friends on a cor
ner waved congratulations on the s.t)llsh
appearance, of his purchase. Mr Hicks
kept on right through town, eyes to the
front, at a rate of sixteen miles an hour
Well Into the country on the opposite
side, Mr. Hicks took, stock of the sltua
tlon He made sundry experiments, none
or which seemed to develop hesitancy In
the car In the. meanwhile, he found
his hands full evading teams In the
road, lrom time to time he was com
pelled to pass horse-drawn vehicles In
narrow spots. But his gait never varied.
Five miles from town there was a hne,
long hllL Hicks hoped that this would
stop tho car. He went up It at the rate
of sixteen miles an hour.
Slakes First Tarn.
Something- plainly must be done, Mr
Hicks determined At one side of the
road, with no ditch or fence in the
way, lay a freshly-ployed field. Mr
Hicks turned into that. The car slowed
Perceptibly, but kept moving Then It
described a majestic circle, and came back
on the road. When Mr Hicks squares
away again, he found himself on the
return trip 'After a few fet of the good
going, the- car again picked up Its for
mer gait of sixteen .miles an hour In
Que time- Mr Hicks found juraseir again
bowling through Wolf Lake There were
more salutations from the sidewalk, none
Of which he felt Justified in returning
At the Hicks farm, Mrs. Hicks was
waiting to take a Dromlsed part In the
day's motoring festivities. She saw with
surprise that her husbana .apparently
had no intention pt stopping As he
wnined by at a rate oi sixteen mnes
an hour..she called to,hlm Without look
ing ud from the wheel, Iflcka. shouted a
reply, the tenor of which she -tailed to
catcru.
By this time Hide worKeor out a oen-
nlte plan or campaign. Two miles be-
jond his place there was a iamous ned
of sand that had been a scandal to the
advocates of good roads in the country
Tor years. Into the depest part of this.
where manr a bur car had stuck untu
help arrived. Hicks sent his machine.
The car slowed, down, to about nine
D. O.. SUJtfDAY. JANUAKY 28. 1912'.
LION FORTY
his forty" could go some up hill as -well
as on the level reads of Jerse)
The day of the greut, event Mr Apgar
ran his car across Jersey and arrived at
the field but a short time before the
event for the "forties' was called The
knowing "profesh" drivers winked when
the race manager asked the dust-covered
amateur what car he was going to drive,
and he answered that was the ono he
v as In He was admonished to oil up
and get read), as he would be raited In a
few minutes. He replied that his car was
alwas ready for a little brush, and as he
had hit It up to a ninety-two mile gait
coming across Jerse) hn guessed he
wouldn t waste tlmo looking over his car
The knowing ones, who had carefull)
nursed and doctored their cars, again
winked and smiled at the expense of the
novice
The rare was called One at a time
they dashed on and up The " profeih
each whirled their two cars over the
course, hoping that one or tho other
would win but Mr Apgar, the Jersey
miles an hour and In the hands of the
unskilled pilot yawed several times
but kept going and emerging In due
time, on the hard road on the other side
Xnsprrtrd of "lelng Drank.
Hick was In despair. There seemed to
be nothing to do but to Jump, wreck the
nr, or continue He unhesltatlnglv
chose the last course. Br an Ingenious
use of his knowledge of the country he'
was abla to get his car around a square
and back on the main road.
Past his own home again he came,
through Wolf Lake to the plowed field
and back again. He learned the ue
of his horn and tooted it at frequent
intervals when sudden danger
peared. he held to the wheel and emitted
a raucous yell. Human beings along his
route learned to give him a wide berth.
believing that tho Intoxication of motor
travel had turned his brain
Passing his home on the fifth lap, he
heard the dinner bell summoning the
hands from the fields. He was hungry,
but there was no lack of determination
in his face, as he sat at the wheel.
The afternoon passed and Mrs. Wcki
lost her pique in fear that her husband
had become demented, t'ndcr her di
rection the hired man stretched a rope
across the hlghwa) Into this bowled
Hicks on his next trip. The rope parted
In the middle. Hicks continued at a
speed of sixteen miles an hour The
machine was working perfectly
The da waned The moon rose.
Hicks found his path beset with fewer
obstacles. But he alwa)s found a crowd
of morbidly curious acquaintances On
the street when he passed through Wolr
Lake He kept grimly silent and cal
culated his mileage On the twenty first
lap he noted that lights were still burn
ing In his house He figured that he
had traveled 30 miles. Ills muscles
ached, from his long trick at the wheel.
but hejiever considered anything In the
line of a truce.
As he returned on the twenty-second
trip over Ms personal speedwaj
noted that the car semed to be slowing
down. The steady hum of the motor
was broken with Increasing frequency.
Final!), less than a mile from the- line
fence that marked the beginning of his
own broad acres, the car came to
stop. It had run out of gasoline, and
the modern version of John Gilpin
reached lis last chapter.
PROGRESS IN AUTO
RACING LAST YEAR
The year Just closed has been an epoch-
maker in motor car racing Records on
track, beach, and speedway have fallen
one after another until the record time
of a year or two back seems compara
tively slew.
It Is particularly gratlf)tng to note that
the American driver was the most con
sistent record-breaker, although often
using a foreign rnade car' The two most
remarkable performances in the history
of racing can be credited to Itll. One,
the mile, made by Burman af Daytona
last April in 25.40. the fastest ever travel
ed by man, wui no aouoi. siana xor
some time. This i at the rate of 14L73
miles per hour, "which Is crowding on the
much coveted J-ml!e a minute speed.
The performance of Kay Harroun at
IndUnnnolls last Decoration Day stands
out equally prominent, as being the great
est test of man, mramc, nu regular
stock tires the world has ever known.
He traveled 5C0 miles at an average of
nearly seventj-flve miles per hour, on
a brick oval track with three of his
tires untouched This la considered a
record for both machine and tires.
in addition to the above, all straight
away records were broken from 35 to 450
miles at a sustained speed ranging from
75 to K .miles per lour, nearly all on
American-made cars.
a r.w.w at the records as they stand a:
the beginning of the year VO, shows nil
record broken last ear. with the excep
tion of three or jour luienneuiaie recoras
of little importance.
amateur, with his Lion 40. took the
curve of the hill on two wheels and
came back with the silver cup of 'victor).
The Lion 40 did more than win the
race Cars of the same power rating
usually make about tho same time, but
the nearest competitor to the Lion was
SI per cent behind It, Some going that
regular Jersey lightning The time of
the winning Lion was less than seven
seconds slower than the record of the
hill, which was made by the SOO-horse-power
Benz nicer
It was a Lion 40 that won the Newark
(N J) reliability run a Lion 40 that
won the Cleveland (Ohio) reliability run.
a Lion 40 that won the Boston (Mass.)
reliability run a Lion 40 that won the
Chicago reliability run. a Linn 40 that
won tho Ituffnlo (N Y ) reliability run
Truly a remarkable showing for reliabil
ity during only one season, and all the
cas) work of the car owners and not the
manufacturers.
This famous car is represented In Wash
ington b) the Hinds Auto Company.
SEEED CONTESTS
NO LONGER USEFUL
., , - ,,
JtTeSiaent jJnjCOe WOUlQ JJeVOte
Effort to Good Boads, Tours,
and Auto Information.
Believing that high-speed motor car
racing no longer serves a useful purpose,
besides bringing discredit upon motoring
and the motor car trade, Benjamin
Briscoe, president of the United States
Motor Company, has prepared a letter to
the American Automobile Association,
advising that It abandon the control of
speed contests and devote lis tlmo to
the promotion and encouragement of
touring and reliability contests and par
ticularly furthering Its work for good
roads, a work which the- national or
ganization has done with excellent re
sults during the past five -tears
More than a year ago, we decided that
our company would not support speed
contests with the perils that ore al
waj s present at such affairs, both from
the standpoint of the public, as well as
drivers and mechanician"." said Mr
Briscoe. "There has been every evi
dence that the stand of the 1'nlted
States Motor Company received general
Indorsement, for since that time thre
has been a further decrease in racing in
terest, a lessening of public support, and
general sentiment that much as we
owe to racing for what it taught us six
or eight vears ago. It Id no longer needed
by the industry or the public
' It therefore seems to me Illogical that
the American Automobile Association.
that has done so much for the motor
car Industry and motor car owners,
shopld spend any of Its time. Its money
or prestige in an endeavor to regulate
or govern high speed contests, when
there are so few meetings and such
meager support, to say nothing of the
little that motor car makers can learn
from such affairs at this stage of the
industry.
"In the case of new makers or mak
ers testing untried products, there may
be something to learn from speed con
tests, but Jt is a matter of record that
with comparatively few exceptions, none
of the old-time manufacturers are in
dulging in contests of speed Many of
them, appreciating the fact that the
public likes to have proved the reliabil
ity and endurance of motor cars, are
competing In reliability and endurance
rung, which supply ample evidence of
the leadership or American motor cars.
Arerslon to Ilacers.
"Except Jn the case where cars of ab
normal horsepower are built, our Ameri
can makers have proved that they can
oolld just as fast motor cars a any
manufacturer in the world. It ls,a fact.
however, that many people dislike to buy
cars that are famous In racing, because
of the thought that they may not be
p-oper for use in touring and general
utility, which, after-all. Is -the real work
of the modern vehicle of transportation
"I will, therefore, advise that our na
tional body abandon "the government of
speed contests, turning it oer to any
organization that will" care for It, leav
ing tne A. A. A. to continue its good
work In connection with roads, legisla
tion, foreign aria American touring maps,
guide books, and touring contests."
aw urlscoe. besides being T3resldent of
the United Statu Motor Compan). is
vice president of the National Associa
tion of Automobile Manufacturers, and
was the first president of the 'Manufac-'
turers- Contest Association, which co
operates with the A. A. A. in Its control
of contests. '
Ford Spcialisfs REPAIRING
Rear City Post-office Ed. H. Bauer,
manager. 'Phone M. S13S. Jaxlcaos.
AMERICAN AUTOS
HAYE HARDER USE
American Engineer in London Com
pares Work Done by Foreign
Cars and Those Hade Here."
Complete reports of the notable ad
dress made by Howard L Coffin before
the International Conclave of American
and European Designers at London
reached this cltv Ust week
The occasion was the fusion of Ameri
can and British engineering minds In ad
vancing the automobiles field of useful
ness. The establishment of an interna
tional basis for that work followed the
address of Mr Coffin, who has created
six famous American cars.
After Mr Coffin had Impressed his
hearers with the trend toward "clean
design." he made a striking comparison
of differing conditions a comparison that
lent great Interest to the forthcoming
union of engineers from both sides of
the water Jir Coffin said, in cart
I must confess to a feeling little short
or awe at the amount of use. misuse.
and abuse which can be withstood by a
motor car In the hands of the average
American user. Except for certain struc
tural features affecting road or grourd
clearance, I do not see why tne Ameri
can chassis should perform better than
tne English, due consideration being had,
of course for the relations of nowe-.
weight, and road condition Good ma
terials and good workmanship are cer
tainly much the same the world over
In England attention Is certainly given
to fineness of finish, and there can be
but little difference In workmanship upon
the vital parts I am referring, of course.
to the reasonably well built cars upon
both sides of the water
"The character of American roads and
the condition under which American cats
are forced to perform have had neces
sarily a great influence upon the direc
tion or detail development.
"Duplicate cars are therefore put Into
service upon the century old and per-
rect roadwa)s of New England, and ne
gotiate the dirt roads and trails of the
newer W estem States. The same cars In
every detail must perform at the sea
level In Xew Jersey and among the
clouds In Colorado They must behave
equally well In the scorching sand deserts
or the Southwest, where rain never rails,
and In tho humid air of the Northeast.
"While I am speaking to you, duplicate
cars are being shipped from a dozen
American factories some to the North
into a winter temperature of from ten 'o
forty degrees below zero Fahrenheit
some to the South, to Florida and to
Texas, with the thermometer at above
lot In the shade and the roads hub deep
In sand One car may be used upon the
beautiful roads of the East, and where
speed limits are unknown, another may
encounter the dally gear work among tne
Alleghenles or the Rockies "
Will Not Go to Canada.
'Vthen Canada presented Uncle Sam
with the reciprocity mitten It was quite
generally believed on the Canadian side
of the line that there would be a large
Influx of American manufacturers, and it
was thought that this would be especially
true of the automobile maker. Such, bow
ever, has not been the case. The manu
facturers of the Mitchell car were offered
very flattering Inducements for the erec
tion of a Canadian plant, and they made
most careful Investigation of the cost
of manufacturing In Canada and con
cluded that they could much better af
ford to build their cars In the States
and pay the Canadian duty than to
manufacture in Canada Itself.
In the case above mentioned there is
more to be learned by the American
manufacturer contemplating a Canadian
plant than appears on Its face, as the
Mitchell Compan) does a large business
with Australia, South Africa, New Zeal
and, and other English colonies, which
have a lower rate of tariff en Canadian
goods than on those from the States,
but in spite of this the Mitchell Com
pany could not see anything but a loss
In a Canadian plant.
If the Investigation or other American
manufacturers results similarly It will
be something of a blow to our Canadian
cousins, who voted so enthusiastically
against reciprocity.
Washington Auto Supply
Co., Inc.
1227 New Yrk Ave. N. W.
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BUYING AN AUTO -PRETTY
TOUGH JOB
Some Persons Become So Confused
They; Know Hot Which Way to
Turn A little Advice.
To the man of moderate means the
purchase of an automobile Is, Tike
breaking out of Jail, a thing not to be
lightly undertaken After a careful
consideration of the greatest amount of
money which can be Invested, he looks
about in the manner of all sensible men
for tht greatest possible value to be ob
tained for the money If he is the pos
sessor of friends who -own automobiles
he Invites, their opinion and advice, as
well as that of the sales agents at the
concerns who furnish a. car at the de
sired price
The advice of his friends Is apt to-Tie
biased, aa It Is gained from one-sided
experience, while tne advice of the sales
man, although perhaps the result of
much experience. Is hardly less biased.
A demonstration may prove much and it
may prove very little, so the prospecllv
automoblllst does not know which way
to turn. The wise man. however, burs
a car of good reputation, with a solid
guarantee, or. in the case of a car un
known, has it thoroughly examined by
a competent Judge.
The, style of the body purchased will,
to a urge degree, determine whether the
automoblllst will be satisfied or disap
pointed after he has had the machine
for any length of time. It Is In this fea
ture that the purchaser may rely upon
the company from whom he Is buying
the car, as the great experience of the
dealer will aid his judgment In this
respect.
May Build in America.
The Russian Prowodlnk tyre has given
the greatest satisfaction of any tire in
the European market. It is guaranteed
for 4,000 mile, and contains SO per cent
pure gum. The Prowodlnk 'people are
now building a new factory In rtance.
asd there is some talk of bul'dlng an
American factory
Automobile
Supplies
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THOROUGHLY BEPEESEHT
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MOBILE ACCESSORIES. A
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AND PROVIDES FOB EVEBY
DEMAND.
FULL STOCK OF WEED
CHAINS,
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WIND SHIELDS,
MICHEUN ANTI-SKID
TIRES,
AUTO GLOVES,
LAPROBES,
GOGGLES IN ALL STYLES.
Our Prices Are fry
Reasonable.
BARBER & ROSS
111k mi 6 Sis.