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Sunday, January 27. 1918.
DAILY ARDMOREITE
PAGE ELEVEN
MOTORING
The Ardmore Auto company has de
livered a 3,400-pound Kissel truck to
Fox & Lamb,
The Wilson Motor company delivered
a 11 v (.--passenger Elear to O. L, Meeks
The Ardmore Motor Car mmnanv
as organized last week with an In
corporation of $30,000. This company
was formerly known as the Oklahoma
Motor Car company, but because of an
other corporation of like name in the
state the name was changed to that of
the Ardmore Motor Car company. P.
Statler was elected president; A. C
Statler, secretary-treasurer, and "V. A.
Hensley, Vice-president and Eonoral
manager. A meeting of the officers and
Directors will be held this week. V..
Statler and V. A. Hensley attended the
automobile show at Oklahoma City last
week.
The Southern .Motor company has de
livered two Dodge roadsters and on
sedan to t lie (.'.rant Mutur coinpanv at
Pauls Valley.
Morehead, TClliut & Co. have just re
ceived a carload of Cole eights.
Tom Cooper has delivered a five-passenger
touring Ford to M. I,. Alexander.
The Paige Motor company deliverer
a Paige chummy roadster to C. Ueal la.st
week.
O. "W. Crabtree of the Crabtree Motor
company attended the automobile show
at Oklahoma City last week.
Tom Cooper delivered a Ford touring
ear to W. C. Cumminys at Lone Grove
last week.
The May-Watkins Motor eompuiy has
delivered to C. '. Hill a late sport model
Oldsmobile.
The "Wilson Motor Car company de
livered a live-passenger Elc-ar to the
McCurty hardware store at Marietta
last week.
Hoy McAllister of the Paige Motor
company attended the automobile show
at Oklahoma Oily last week.
Tom Cooper has delivered a Ford
touring car to II. M. llolloway.
Jim Moieheid of Morehead, Kl
liot & Co. returned yesterday from Ok
lahoma City, where lie attended the
automobile show.
The May-Watkins Motor Car com
pany had on display at the Oklahoma
automobile show at Oklahoma City last
week one of its 101ft Oldsmobile sport
models. This company secured three
of these models, which are. the only
ones in the state.
L. "W. Punn has purchased a five
passenger Ford touring car from Tom
Cooper.
The Southern Motor Car company has
delivered a Podge touring car to C. F.
Hill of the Carter Oil company at Wilson.
T. J. Copeland has purchased a Ford
touring car from Tom Cooper.
"W. T. Tyer and H. I.. P.eede of the
Southern .Motor company attended the
auto show at Oklahoma City.
Hints for .Motorists.
Emergency Valve Removal To tackle
a valve replacement single handed when
you have not a valve lifting device Is
not anything to look forward to. There
is a way of getting around the diffi
culty. Simply interpose a piece of pack
ing, almost anything will do, between
the valve cap and the valvo head; re
fix the valve cap and the racking will
prevent the valve rising. To lift the
spring and take out the cotter is not
hard now.
Spring Clips The small clips that are
frequently mounted on the outer ends
of the leaves of semi-elliptical springs
must always be kept drawn up tightly.
The function of these clips is to prevent
the leaves from getting out of align
ment and they also act even as shock
absorbers by bringing the outer leives
into action on the rebound, while they
likewise increase tho friction between
the leaves.
Rim Rusting When a rim has had
some of Its paint knocked ofll, take the
precaution of applying soma graphite
yt nt once, not only for the looks'
sake but to prevent the formation of
rust
-vruioi Tnrmlnals Cattery terml
nals that have become corroded may be
cleaned best by a strong solution or
washing soda. After they have been
dried a light coating ot vaseline will
serve to protect them against a return
In Refilling Water System In the
main there is no danger in pouring com
ttpr Into tho cooling system of the
engine, no matter how hot the latter
, may be. But if so much or tne water
1 has been lost that the tops of the eylln
I ders are uncovered, the engine should
I be allowed to cool off before tho water
, system is filled. The reason is obvious:
I if cold water is poured directly on the
I hot cylinders, where they are exposed,
there is danger of cracking them, ow
ing to the contraction due to the rapid
cooling effect of the water.
Keep Planetary Gears Tight It Is a
wise precaution to occasionally go over
the bolts which secure the several sec
tions of a planetary transmission, to see
that no looseness has developed. While
the loss of a' bolt or so might not be
enough to allow tlie gear to separate
entirely, there is danger that it might
weaken the fastenings so as to permit
the gears to work slightly out of mesh,
or that the remaining bolts might be
sheared off as a result of being over
loaded. Lubricating Pump Spindle In re
packing the gland of a water circulat
ing pump, use plenty of graphite with
tho packing. The spindle Is seldom
adequately lubricated and tho graphite
will go a long way toward making up
for this. Incidentally, the use of gly
cerine in the cooling water as an anti
freeze precaution seems to assist In the
lubrication of the pump spindle.
Replacing Spark Plugs Two things
are to be avoided in replacing spark
plugs, one being too tight an adjust
ment In a hot cylinder, which makes It
almost impossible to remove the plug
afterward, and the other is the break-
ing of the porcelain insulation In plugs
of that type, through contact with the
wrench. Socket wrenches, if made too
narrow in the neck, will often cause
fracture of the insulator unless held
perfectly in line.
Determining Polarity, About the sim
plest way of determining which is the
negative and widen the positive wire of
the battery is by dissolving a few grains
of iodide of iwita.ssium on a bit of blot
ting paper moistened with water. When
the paper so treated is touched with
the two wires, the positive wire will
form a black stain. Iodide of potassium
may be purchased in any drug shop.
Separating Gear Oa.se Parts When
separating sections of pear boxes or
crank cases, it will sometimes be found
that the parts stick together after the
bolts have been removed. Care should
be taken in separating them, especially
if the parts are of aluminum. Driving
a chisel ur screwdriver between the two
sections may make a nick, which will
spoil their oil tightness, or may raise a
burr, which will prevent the parts from
coming together properly. The applica
tion of too great force may cause the
parts to spring. Gently prying at a
number of places, after the stuck parts
have been tapped all around with a
light hammer, will usually separate
them without damage.
Loose Check Nuts Loose check nuts
on the rods in the braking system may
become the cause of a serious mishap,
if they are not remedied in time. When
the check is removed from the turn
buckle or other adjustment, the tenden
cy of the vibration is to loosen tho ad
justment of the bands. As this may
occur when the car is running, the
chance of having the brakes fail
through slack adjustment, is worth tak
ir.g into consideration.
KANSAS CITY'S FIRST
YVAItTI.MH .MOTOR SHOW
Kansas City's first war-time motor
show will H-fleet the stability of the In
dustry. TM rush of exhibitors to get
space has broken records of former
years, and when the doors of Conven
tion hall are opened Monday morning.
Feb. 11, every foot of the big arena
and the two improvised balconies will
be filled with more than two hundred
of motordom's latest designs in passen
ger and commercial velwses.
Highly decorated and variegated
paintings and upholsteries, alwavs as
sociated with "show motors," will give
place this year to more workmanlike
and serviceable stock models of every
day use. The decorations fnr the big
hall will rellect the type of cars.
I tilily Will 15e tho Keynote.
A keynote of utility will mark all the
exhibits. The decorations have been
shipped from P.oston and the construe
tion of the two big balconies will be
begun soon.
The truck division, which will he
larger than ever before, will attract the
big business concerns. The possibility
that the country may be dependent on
motor trucks for supplies, food and
clothing, has caused a rapid develop
ment in commercial vehicles and the
sixty or seventy designs which will be
shown will bo of the most modern
type.
To Build Office Building.
The old Cruce-Maxwell building at
Hl-3n West Main street, adjoining tho
site of the new Ardmore Hotel, is to
be torn down and a four-story office
building erected on the site. The prop
erty Is owned by S. A. Apple, Wirt
Franklin, Kdwurd Gait and Roy M.
Johnson. J. 15. Manslield, who has oc
cupied the west store with a grocery,
has sold his stock of goods and will
letire from business for a time.
English Take Prisoners.
London, Jan. 2G. The official state
ment issued today by the liritish war
oflice says: "We took a few prisoners
last night In patrol encounters south
west of Cambrai. Hostile artillery was
active early in the night against our
positions in tho Scarpe valley."
GOODYKAK SALES UF.AClllNG
$1110,000,000 A YKAIt
The Goodyear Tiro & Rubber com
pany's gross sales for the last two
months have been running at the rate
of $130,000,000 per annum. This is more
than double the gross sales of $(13,950,
000 during the llscal year to Oct. 30,
1916, and well ahead of the gross of the
1917 year of $111,450,64:1. There have
been few more remarkable Industrial ex
pansions than the growth in Goodyear
from a concern with only $2,1S9,000 of
gross in 1907-0S to one with $111,450,
643 of sales, more than fifty times as
much, only ten years later.
Goodyear Tire is one of the largest
consumers of rubber in the world. In
1917 it used 24.000 tons of crude rub
ber. This is 10 per cent of the total
world production.
Goodyear employs nearly 20.000 per
sons at its Akron, Ohio, factories and at
the high point of production last May
had a monthly payroll of $2,"00.000.
Throughout Its organization including
branches and selling agencies it has
26.000 persons on its payrolls.
Goodyear has doubled Its plant sys
tem during the lxst eighteen months
and today has plants capable of tin ning
out $200,000,000 of products annually.
Two interesting phases ot its activity
are the growing of its own long staple
cotton on lands in Arizona which it has
purchased and is cultivating. The com
pany owns 24,000 acres of land suitable
(ur cultivation of this grade of cotton.
This year it is expected that 15,000
acres will be under cultivation, yielding
perhaps one-third of the long staple cot
ton the company must have.
Goodyear has also followed the ex
ample of I'nited States Rubber and has
developed rubber plantations in the Far
East. It owns 20.000 acres of rubber
land, of which 2,500 acres are already
planted. P.efore this year ends tho com
pany hopes to have 10,000 acres of rub
ber lands planted and 2,500 acres In
bearing.
Goodyear officials rather expected
gross sales for the l'JIS fiscal year of
150,000,000, or $10,000,000 more than
during the 1917 period to Oct. 21.
110 MF Gl'AKl) MKKTIXfl.
Capt L. S. Raines Issues Call for the
Ardmore I'latoon.
I,. S. Raines, captain of the Carter
County Home Guards, has issued the
follow ing notice to the Ardmore platoon:
"All members of the Ardmore pla
toon of the Carter County Home
Guards are directed to meet at the
courthouse at 7:30 o'clock Tuesday
night. Jan. 29. Capt. L. S. Raines will
be present with important orders from
the governor. Nothing except illness
should prevent the attendance of a
member, as it is of supreme impor
tance that each and every one be pres
ent and receive the message from the
governor and a report of the progress
of the home guard in this county."
NKGUOF.S NKAH ItltOCK
IX SIIOOTLNO AFFRAY
County Attorney Hardy and Deputy
Sheriff Carter returned yesterday aft
ernoon from the vicinity of Brock,
where they went to investigate a ne
gro shooting. They found that Harri
son Douglass had been shot by his
brother, Leuda Douglass, and that a ne
gro woman, Florine Gunn, or Corinne
Gains, had also received a load of
shot in her hands, face, head and left
arm. Harrison Douglass was shot in
the face, his eyes badly hurt, and many
of tho shot lodged in his arms and legs
lie said that after his brother shot him
that he was blinded, but got his nix
shooter and took Tour shots at his ag
gresiior. but did not hit him, as he
could not see to shoot. Those Injured
were treated nt the sanitarium, but
Leuda Douglass, who Is alleged to
have done the only effectual shooting,
was not apprehended up to late yes
terday afternoon. He is said to have
come to Ardmore after the shooting,
which occurred Friday night. Trouble
over a lawsuit is said to have been the
cause of the affray and the county at
torney thinks there were about seven
negroes engaged in the row.
VISIT FROM I)U. K VAN'S.
Well Known F.ducatnr Ueilerates His
Belief in Ardmore.
Dr. Charles Fvans, now with Dai
low's Weekly, and who also devotes a
Kieat deal of his time to patriotic lec
tures throughout the state, was in
Ardmore yesterday for a few hours.
"Ardmore is a 100 per cent proposi
tion, I tell the people I meet, for It is
Half Tones
Zinc Etchings
Color Plates
Drawings
Quality Engraving Co.
110 So. Boulder St.,
Tulsa, Okla.
Ruy a "Universal"
A Tractor which will handle all
your farm implements easily and
naturally without side draft.
Plow, harrow, cultivate and har
vest with it. See it at
WAI.XTT VAI.I.FV FA KM.
One Mile West of Ardmore.
SUCGS & REII)
"Packard"
Livery Car
Oil fields, city and
country drives
California Cafe Stand
Phone 615
Cole Pate
hardly possible for a man to put his
money here and not make a good in
vestment. I am more convinced of the
fact every time 1 return to the city.
"Speaking about The Daily Ardmore
ite, 1 have never missed an issue of
the paper since 1 left Ardmore and I
can freely say that I am ready to tell
the people everywhere that Ardmore
has the best daily paper in the state.
Ardmore is a most excellent field and
her fame is being spread by her news
paper every day."
I'niler a War Regimen.
Mrs. Kaw ler Did your daughter learn
much at the cooking school?
Hostess Well, she learned how to
muke a lot of dishes we can't afford
to eat.
Turkish women never serve in Chris
tian houses unless it be as a charwoman.
"GOT EVERYTHING"
TOM COOPER'S GARAGE
8-10 E. Main Phone 70
RITTER & SIES
MACHINE AND AUTO SHOP
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HEAVY AND LIMIT MACHINE WORK OF ALL KINDS; STEAM
ENGINES, PUMPS, (JAS ENGINES, TRACTORS AND AUTOS; MAKE
SPRINGS; ACETYLENE WELDING; STORAGE BATTERIES CHARGED
AND REBUILT. WE ALSO SELL AND HAVE IN STOCK THE FA
MOUS U. S. L. BATTERIES FOR ALL MAKES CARS. WE HAVE
FOURTEEN AUTO MECHANICS AND MACHINISTS. WOULD BE
PLEASED TO HAVE YOU CALL.
RITTER & SIES
PHONE 1000.
116-118 E. BROADWAY.
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EL05EDCAR
Women are immediately won by the beauty of
the convertible sedan.
The first enthusiastic impression is strengthened
by the convenience of the car and its fine fin
ish and upholstery.
It wfll pay you to visit us and examine this car.
The gasoline consumption is unusually low.
The tire mileage is unusually high.
Eedan or Coupe, $13S0; "Winter Touring Car or Roadster, J10S0;
Touring Car, Roadster or Commercial Car, JSSj
(All prices L o. b. Detroit)
Southern Motor Co.
Announcing a Change of Name
T
he Ardmore Motor Car Co.
Studebaker Agents
Formerly
The Oklahoma Motor Car Co.
When incorporating this past week we fouud a
firm incorporated in Oklahoma City under our
former name, so in the future we will be known as
The Ardmore Motor Car Co.
INCORPORATED
B. STATTLER, President A. C. STATTLER, Secretary-Trcasurer
W. A. HENSLEY, Vice-President and General Manager
In our new garage at 8-10 East Main street after March
1st, 1918. Tom Cooper's present stand
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