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26. THE WASHINGTON TEVEES, SATURDAY JUNE 28: 1319. ESID TS JUDGE PARADE AUTOMOTIVE SECTION AUTOMOTIVE SECTION PEACE TO RESTORE E E One of the Commercial Cars To Be Seen in the Parade Group of the Judges in the Big Parade Today E BODYS' PR vJL V m BiGSTDR TO IK 'STAGE COACHING- IS CHANGED BY AUTOS COMER IAL CARS DELIVERY BY PLAN I By STRICKLAND GILLIAX. No. this la not a compiled article put together from reminiscence given me by people who had recent ly been "West. It is by my own self and from my own recent experience. Recently I was on a lecture tour in Utah and other "Western States. One of the lecture dates was at St George. Utah, down in the southern part of that State, the part known as Dixie. It is in the part of Utah made famous unpleasantly by the Mountain Meadow Massacre of Immi grants. The mountains and the meadows were still there when 1 rode by. but the massacre was hav-j lng an afternoon off. It did not show. The soprano had a sore throat, or something. I drove from Lund, on the San Pedro-Los Angeles railroad, to this place I have referred to, in two cars. Not all the time in two cars, under stand. I could hardly have stood the strain. One car might have gone faster than the other and torn my trousers. I went in one car to Cedar City; and in the other to St. George. Stupid! Evidences of Intelligence. The Western auto stage driver has begun showing evidences of human Intelligence. He does not drive at a breakneck speed as once he did. but usually owns his own machine, has had a few -upkeep bills to pay, ' and consequently taSeBbetter care of his car and your neck than "was once his wont. He steps on her caudal appendage occasionally, but only when he thinks be has to make a train for a passenger- , Thisjtrjp J In the two automobiles 'was nlrfety- two miles. It was formerly made' In j four days by horse stage. Now, with a long nooning at Qedar City, It is made In eight hours. That is only one of the simple little- things the a-few-years-ago - looked-at-askance automobile has done for- various places in this country. The journey from Cedar City to St. George and back is a wonder. The foothills are skirted for several miles. Many years ago. when people were more immodest, the staked hills Just stood there In all their obscene gran deur, but public sentiment was against it. and now they are all dis creetly skirted. It is perfectly pos sible for an automobile to pant and skirt at the same time. One of the thrills of this trip and where is the "Western stage trip with out its quota of thrills? Is the jour ney through Black Canon, where the ired road clings to a narrow ledge 'that makes a serpentine trail along the side of a mountain, a single mis step or misguide anywhere meaning a total loss of all the passengers un less they have their lives insured heavily. To cheer the patrons of the stage lino the driver takes a hand off the terlng wheel now and then to show you where, about twenty feet away, a feller once lost control of his car and killed quite a number of peo ple, including men, women, children, and everything. Situation Far "Worse. Coming back toward civiization from St. George, the situation was far jtvorse, because there had been a heavy rain all through those sage-bushei and mosquitoed and cedared and geese wooded mountains in the intervening night, and that red mud (from which Black Canon geti, its name) was a great deal slipper than any Ice you jtHBKnafaafBAfafaBiiii" iiiiiiii k Qy QLgU ""V- r i0""trwBr HIT: m A 'Jdfafe; AlBFJtr "While passenger carsihave the call now far exceeding the expectations of even the most sanguine manufac turers of six months ago," says G. C. Frcy, of the Kissel Motor Car Com pany., "with the signing of the peace treaty a general trade revival will be on in full swing and you will see commercial cars come into their own, possibly not to such an extent as pas senger cars now, but they will reach a sales record that will not only cause manufacturers keep their factories going night and day, but motor truck purchasers may have to place their orders way in advance for delivery within a reasonable time. "In fact this increase In motor truck demands haa mado itself felt I during the last two months, not only in the suburban and agriculturaal sections, but in the city here, indi cating that industry is going ahead perfecting transportation facilities to meet all demands. "It must not be forgotten that we have, particularly In the last two years, had to put every available truck in the United States into use to meet the increased demands which the times demanded. At that time a twenty-four-hour-day schedule was common. The shortage of labor was felt in the garages and service sta tions, affecting the care of trucks laid up for repairs or general overhauling. wmmmmw elMHtetyJw,A.W')C--3,'j uhij t a BXiiMmwSBWKmmBMmmMmmm mm arw , N; Mi jflHHHaH m still , ,- Mm l mmWMlHkWmmmmmm i flying ; MffAWSImWlmmmmmmmmmmmm ? . strong AwmSEmS? VmrnrnM 718 Seventh street Delivery -wagon of A. Eberly's Sons, Inc., northwest. The first commercial aviation con tract between Julius M. Me i rick, the first man In America to make com mercial aviation a profession. Cho ter A. Brown, of L. S. Plaut & Co., tha largest department store in Newark. N. J., and Paul Wltteman, of tha Wlt- teman-Lewis Aircraft Corporation, recently was signed. Through the In strumentality of Mr. Meirlck, tha Plaut Company arranged for an aerial' delivery system from their Newark; store tp the Jersey summer resorts 03 the Atlantic coast. They are the first business house In the world to actual ly employ the airplane for strictly utilitarian purposes, the delivery of merchandise from store-to-customer. The planes used have special ar rangements and facilities for carry ing parcels. In the fore cockpit Is ample space for about 300 pounds of merchandise, safely stowed and pro tected from the elements. Trips aro made on regulaf schedule every week. Two airplanes and four pilots are al ways available. They also carry air mail from New ark to Asbury Park. It is tho first private business enterprise to carry mail Tty air. This clearly shows tha Postoffice Department's willingness to- co-operate with commercial houses in the endeavor to encourage publlfc Interest in. aeronautics. These people are contemplating using a "Blimp.' for carrying larger . cargoes longer distances, as soon as these are commercially available. All the airplanes will be magneto-equipped. I'ho:o 1, 2, 4. C, 9, by Harris & .cm inc. No. 1, Roland S. Robbins, president Rotary Club; 2, John Boobar, president Kiwanis Club; 3, J. w. Whitefield, president City Club; 4, W. A. Brown, president Board of Trade; 5, Joseph A. Berbcrich, president Merchants and Manufacturers' Association; 6, District Commissioner Gwynn Gardiner; 7, District Commissioner Louis Brownlow; 8, District Commissioner Brig. Gen. Charles W. Kutz; 0, Col. Robert N. BLarper, president Chamber of Commerce. -1 ever sat down on to cool when over-1 dows would have been covered with heated from your efforts at learning rich, red mud of a consistency of to skate. I tried to grUJoe to put t tic- chains on that morning before h starled, but he said he didn't need them. Imagine traveling at about twenty-five to thirty miles an hour through about thirty five miles of cris ro six inches deep! To begin with, you can't. On every little ascent the wheels spun around fast en-ugh tr have gone forty mtles an hour, and the engine worked hard enough, but the progress ranged from four per hour to absolute standstill until in some miraculous way the hind wheals got a hold and away we wont. If there had bcn any residences within fif teen miles of our direct rear, the win J. I Hfc.. it vrr fimmmMKrf& IMSI II he tfeHMg a check Fl ha; xu: Ufi ?tHfiHT s3tw HASSLERS for all IbrdPassoNjcr vara Km . 1 1, v cents of each dollar saved ! TMK lIUTtni .KCar0 Shock Absorber ATCKTCO ,aEt5' The Hu&r GntrsstM: "Abtslste sttitfsctia r Jar mraty ttclc." fUPP03E vour carajreman rave you a check for 30 .S cents even,' time vou snent a dollar for tires and rc- - pairs? Suppose he gave you a check each year for a third of the depreci ation you know lias taken place in your Ford Car or Ford One-Ton Truck? It amounts to cxartly the same thing when you equip with Ilassler Shock Ab sorbers. At leastS0 of your tiro and repair cost is saved outright, because the road shocks and vibrations arc cushioned before they reach the vital and weighty parts of the machine. This elimination of vibration also reduces the depreciation loss in tne same proportion, anereisrcai econ omy a real worth while saving! Of course, you know how : much more satisfactory your car will ride if you have '1 cn Hasslerson iL The added comfort alone is worth J !- far more f hnn thv rnst. 10 DAY TRIAL OFFER Don't ride without Hasslers because someone tries to discourage you. They are a quality prod uct worth their price. We will put them on for IbrrbrdTo'aTrUClcS.Too! KI " you say so. Ask for Trial BianK. FOR SALE BY " TROY BROS., Distributors 124 Fourth St. N. W. E. W. WHITE, 15 Perm. Aye. S. E. 1 -o. Ak n ?aj HASSLZKS . f5rF! Tjouhu: ! y J . '' HASSIXIiS "bounix OfTVlHC paint Finally, when I had died several ab sorted and poignantly lingering deaths from plunging over brinks that yawned everywhere at the curves, the driver stopped and waited for the fol lowing machine to catch up. After profound consultation they got the chains out from under the front seats and put them on. That was about Uoon, and we had started at S o'clock. I took the first breath I had had since breakfast time, and my complexion lost its purplish paleness. These western automobile stages are made by all the well-known makers of our stock plrasure cars used about this part of the world, but are longer. They look as If they had been seized by each end when fresh and soft, and pulled out about four feet. It is Just an if you had taken a conch dog or other dog of medium, wheelbase, and warmea him enough to mako him malleable, then pulled him out till ho was n dachshund. Tho dachshundea Bulcks and Rcof and Hudsons and things had about three or four seats each instead of the two that equip a plcasuro touring car. This was not necessary, how ever, to keep them from being pleas ure cars. All you havo to do with any car to keep it from being a pleas ure car is to run It over that moun tain trail after a rain, with no chains on it. A. C. "W. MOTOIUST. I MR. TRUCK BUYER 9 """" 1 0 ervice : 9 0 e 9 9 9 9 9 9 3 9 9 9 O a 9 9 9 9 o O O 9 9 O a a e o o e 0 o 9 9 9 o 9 d 9 Is it simply a station where a few spare parts are kept for emergency or, if you have an opinion to the contrary, visit our stock room and shop and get the Witt-Will idea of a complete motor truck service station. No matter what claims a manufacturer lo cated away from here makes, it is unreasonable to suppose that he can i v e the same service that a factory located in Washington right at your door, building complete trucks every day, can give. If you wish to receive full value for your transporta tion dollar, do not overlook the true relationship between the first cost of a truck and its running charges. It is to your interest and our profit that you receive the best. Wilt-Will Trucks are built of the best units and ma terial obtainable. Give us a chance to prove it rfEMSEH f 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 e 9 9 J MS Witt -Will Company, Inc. 52 N STREET N. E. Phone Franklin 46C5 for demonstration nnd visit to factory. The Motor truck for The average Business Capacity TON Working Load Thi3 m o d el has been pronounced the "ideal general pur pose car," because in both capacity and prico it fits into every man's business however limited 01 extensive. Whether you are a motor user or still employ horse - drawn delivery vehicles, and whether your serv ice requires heavy or light units, or both it will pay you to investigate this latest model OLD HICKORY. SPECIFICATIONS '. ' OR Lycoming. Four-cylinder, cast on block. Fly-wheel transmission and clutch mechanism entirely enclosed. Bore, 154 inch; stroke, 5 inches. "L" head type, valves enclosed and noiseless. Removable head and inspection plate. Valves and pistons are readily accessible; valves may be ground with greater ease and in one third the time required on the other types. REAR AXLE: Semi-floating. Axle shafts -are of finest nickel steel operated in Hyatt roller bearings. Spring perches swiveled on the axle housing close to the brake drums, thus placing weight and driving stresses directly on the wheel bearings. HYATT QUIET BEARINGS. DRIVE: Through a single universal of Thermoid-Hardy flexible fabric and nickel steel propeller shaft, straight line when under capacity load. THE MAIN FRAME Built up of rolled steel channels and steel forgings Instead of pressed steel shapes usually used. The rear motor supports and spring hangers . are of rolled steel, angles and forgings from solid bars. All brackets on main frame side channels are fastened through the web, no perforations through the flanges to weaken the channels. SPRINGS Front, semi-elliptic. Rear, 2-inch double scroll full elliptic, with shackles to allow end motion. Heavy rebound straps are provided to limit the action of th rear springs. BRAKES Brake drums are i 5-inch diameter, bolted directly to wheel spokes and -hr flanges. The service brake is external contracting and the emergency hand brak is internal expanding. Brake linkage under spring tension to -prevent rattling. PROMPT DELIVERY. PROMPT DELIVERY. FOWKES MOTOR COMPANY 1901 14th Street N. W. Distributors for Old Hickory Trucks and the Famous Dixie Flyer. 999 91IMMM SftBt9999a9999i