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TULSA DAILY WORLD, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1017 RPMARKARI F RFPflRn AUTO MEN YOU AUTO KNOW MADE BY A MAXWELL T. Singleton Drove 35,895 Miles Without Spending Money for Repairs. rsf -1 I' Fcldoiu has n talc been tolil of a motor i'it performance w hich p fials llTat of tho mul-;;Hlcred old Maxwell which Mr. 'J'. Hmvlctoii drove 3 5 . S !t 5 miles without spending a doll ir "or repairs. Mr. Kinuletnn completed hi .'i'ir ney when he arrived in l.os Ani?ele-i. liiKt ween, and the record lie has mule hIiowh what an enormous dcsro of service It iH possible to get out of u small, light c:ir when the dilver Ivm the car proper rare, j-ayx the bos An geles Times. "Not one driver In a hundred eires for his oar prnperlv," said Mr. Hin ton. "nnd the tales of broken pni Is and undue wear hjoh wo hear aro usually due to carelessness on he p' t of the owner. This Maxwell has rev ered roads In every statu In the union except Montnnii. South Dakota and Khode Island nnd its speedometer reulsters pint 3 r . S !t r miles. Absolutely no repairs have heen made on the cir, Its motor has t ever heen cleaned, valves have not heen Krnund, trans mission linn never been opened, reir end has not heen inspected and with ihe single exception of the cot of a new fan belt not a cent has been spent on the car for repairs. "The car has covered the soutli-'rn platen with their notably had roads tboroly, nnd there Is hardly -a hit of orcn road or country lane In the en tire stnt'i of lyonislana where th Maxwell has not been. Over one of the Louisiana swamp roads t was necessary to drive for lfO miles In Intermediate gear, and the worst reads of New Mexico nnd "Arizona ar pared bnulevan's as compared witii these Louisiana swnmp roads. "High speed is death to motor cars. I h.ive driven this Maxwell at an aver age of 22 miles per hour. I'ally it hai ben carefully Inspected nnd oiled, and thrunut all the long journey It has been kept Clean. "If motorists realised how many thrusfinils of. miles of good sen lee they could ret from their cars hy tak ing good care of them and by drlvlnfr at slow speeds the 35,JtS5-mllo trip f my Maxwell would not be nn unusual thin k," continued Mr. Slnglo'on. "There Is everything In favor of slow driving. It means the utmost In ser vice from th? car, the greatest econ omy of gasoline and oil nnd the highest tire mileages. In spite of the fact that my MaxweU has carried a load of five hundred pounds sf mer chandise on the entire trip and h -s 'covered thousands of miles of very bad roads, the gasoline avenge iris been close to 21 miles per (ration, three hundred miles per quart is the figure for oil. and from 10.000 to 11 00 1) niil'.'K were covered by every set of tires. - AUT0M03ILE CARRIES LESS PASSENGER WEIGHT IiiUtchiIih; Fcononilo Comparison llc fwern Traveling; on Trains nnd Motors. As n mears of transporting Inll viduals the steam railroad train, with Its liiK passenser inpacity, its level loute nnd tracks of steel, has, the cas ual observer will tell you, all the ad vantages in Its favor as a utility ;nong modern power-driven convoy ances. It remains for the autouir bile, however, to upset this old stand ard, and it the Fame time to snow the fallacy of nny connection betweol automobile travel nnd extravagance. The thins" that throws 'ight on com j.arisons of trim efflelency Is the ques tion of weight. Take for Instance, the average f ive-passenger automobile: It wciiths about 2.500 pounds, without passengers, or when londed not over 3,f00 pounds. On this basis, the auto mobile is required t move seven hun dred pounds per passenser; load tint the automobile engine must push up anil down hill and over tho country. How moderate this weight Is besido Tills is Hay Sturm, the popular and energetic owner of Sturm Motor company, distributors of the Hudson make of cars, Including the Hudson six, a model frequently seen on southwestern roads. that of other forms of c in veyancc. )n the other hand, high-class Pull man trains carry a weight per passen ger of ten thousand pounds. n local trains, with day coaches, the bnrleii Is, of course, smaller betwen one and two tons per passenger seating rapacity. These figures necesvnillv Include the weight of the locomotive, lender, baggage car. or. In utlie words the weight of the entfre trsln, Ji st as the automobile figures Includ" th? -weight of the entire car. !t Is evident 'hat in both enss, ti" weight per pnsiengcr requires power In proportion to move It, ami power means fuel. In these days of conser vation, when the saving of fuel Is huci an important Item, weight reduction, ns worked out In the automobile. t apparently a key to the volution that tur railroads will sometime have ti consldir. - That the average auto:noblle design also has room for development along this same line, l.s shown in the latfst nchievemrnt of the I'rankli.i Automo bile company in building .1 full-six- five-passt nger car weighing 2,210 pounds, inurh tinder the average five passenger cur weight. W hen londed to a passenger capacity of two thou sand pouiids, this particular car car ries not ever fS5 pounds per passen ger. The well-known economy rec ords of the Prank1 In serve to s'iow how weight Influences gasoline and tire consumption. raise nto Company. I'ntil recently the Paige automobile hiifinexs has not been pushed to tiw considerable jxtent In Tulsa for suni'S 'i r. Known reason, hut under the new management of t'lydo M. Uoblnson Ihe -nr ij coming Into its own again In this locality. Mr. Robinson pur chased the agency from the Shiileler Auto Halen coinpauy In October, nnd has since then made considerable ch.inges in the hiislncs.s policy of handling the cars. "Service to Paigo owners" is the way Mr. Robinson is doinif business nt 10 Kast Sixth streot and tie Invites all owners of PaigJ cars to vi-it tils agency whether thev want to buy a car or not. lie wants to look ocr yorr car and tone it up f ir you, and talk about pew improve ments and models put out by the Pni(;e people. Mr. Kobinson is an af fable misiness man and came here from Sapulpa where he was engaged in the printing business for the past several years. IiOiig-l'M-c Curds. Some recruits thot they ''would rag their sergeant-instructor and on his command 'Number' the following took place: "One. two. three, four, five. six. seven, eight, nine, ten, Jack, Queen, King." The sergeant as is the wont of most sergeants, had a quick retort. With- ut any apparent hesitation he roared: 'Vourt cards fall out and re port .it the orderly room." Christmas is Near What nicer gift for wife and family than an automobile? Drive one home today while they may be had. A beautiful Chummy for the wife, a Roadster, a little Touring Car, or large Stratford. Ours are truly "The Most beautiful Cars in America." See the new safety lock. It is impossible for thieves to steal your car. It cannot be driven off, while locked with our new safety device. It saves you worry, and saves insurance. Let us show you. Unless we are greatly, mistaken the Paige "Six 39" is just . the car that you want. Come in and see it allow us to demonstrate And Its Onlya Month Until Christmas PAIGE AUTO OF TULSA 10 EAST SIXTH STREET Phone Osage 7532 WILL NOT ASSEMBLE TRUCKS IN FRANCE Army Trucks Will Not Be Shipped in Knocked Down Shape. A proposal has been made to the I'nlted States government to ship the ne-.v J S. A. war trucks to France partly assembled and assemble them there, thus permitting a vaving of ap- roximately $330 000 on fen f.vnis.uil (tucks, In addition to saving consid er. l tile time. The offer which was made by Flint Ac 'o., of New York, a lartre exporting house has been tur.vd down by Q. M. (len. Henry J. Sharpe. The plan of Flint 'o. contem plated the assembly of trucks In t plnt at Neullly Sur Seine and tho training of drivers at large plants which the Flirt company claims to have at its disposal. The Flint offer points out that the shipping displace ment of n chafsls partly assembled and boxed is 402 cubic feet, whereas under the Flint plan of shipping ii knncked-dow n form, a complete chassis would require only 2 SO cubic feet. The saving of J33O.000 Is based on present "hipping freight rates which are $70 a ton or $1,100 per chassis: with two weeklv 4alllnirs of ! five thoui,and tons, it would require 25 weeks under the present plant t transport all tnu'ks while under the Flint plan th's could be reduced to six weeks. It is also pointed out In the Flint I Inn that drive-nways front factories here will require the building of ser ire stations en route and assembly and testing plants at. the seaboard. In refusing ti e Flint offer, (iererxl Sharpe stated that if a plan of this i character is adopted, siu-h work w ll be done entirely hy the quartermaster department and In shops opcrited by this department. The Fl'nt offer vas submitted t. manv departments and war considered hv H. K Horning. Ma jor Orton, Christian tllrl, Cloneral l!a kt r tvnd others. Major Orton has a plan for assemb ling the trucks and driving a part of (hem ocr land loaded with parts ex c?ding the number normally re quired for repair work In Fiance aul using the extra parts for the assembly of trucks In France. A Catastrophe. "What was the most terrible sight you saw In the trenches?" asked the interested friend. "Well," replied tho soldier Just home from France, "the most terrible sight I saw was the sergeant's face when I broke the rum Jar." CO. The Aluminum 'Six wM AN OVERLAND CARAVAN CROSSES THE COUNTRY Army Kilclicii, Delivery Wagons anil i anil Tniirlm; ar tJoc to j Wii'-liiiiKton. ) An unusual caravan started from Toledo, to Washington, V. C, la.it j liwnth. It consisted of an army I kltrhen. ullnted bv rapt. H. Iiizi- c tt, of I'hli ago, which wn mounted I in an rrlainJroiiimerelal chassis.' two l."U0-iouml Overland delivery ) uagon.s, with Hpecinl army bodies .if' the prairie rchoomT typo, and ino overlaiid 85-4 flve-anneiiKer touring car. t'nptaln Purznrott haR be?n In the J c'osest poKHible touch with field cook- Intj methods In the Lnllcd States for 36 years nnd he has devlned this now Ifit'ld kitchen as an 1 1 urovcmr nt over anything which has been In ex istence In th- past. The object of tho caravan was to submit the unique, nr raiiKemcnt for Inspection by the fed eral authorities in Washington. Among the fcatat-CH of the motor kitchen urn the follmv ilia: Ttn n. nnt v-irallon soup and coffee Voilers; four ten-sallon reaerve li"t Ii nd retainer vessels: two iarRe ovens for roastini; anil b.ikinn pnrp'meit; pfins fur frvi"K nnd a cumplele si-t of ccolt's ton's essential for work In thf fi ld. I i addition to the ubove, space la (iri ided lor extra fuel and ratines, sufficient for one complete food re newal. The rooking capacity of tho r.i tor k lichen 's 2L0 meals at one time nnd It can be operated equally well on the march, when traveling ten j to went- tiiitPH an boar, as when It Ih ' at a standstill. Moth in t'hicafo and Toledo Cap tain IJiuzncott demonstrated the cookiiiK nnd ndvantatps of the nfl ilrj by rookinir meals for tro-s stationed I near thoe cities. The ni hile ndvantar's "f the mo-J toi kitcticn are said to he far superior ' to horse or mule-drawn rolling kitch-i ens, inasmuch as during a campaign.; nter. uel and rations can be lfi'.th-i erecl r the kitchen Itself while en' route. The .imtor kitchen can deliver j the food hot, direct to the trenches, which Is an liuab'ablc feature, he-' cause tt release, army trucks which were hitherto the only available ,vi hit lis fur such duty. The kitchen can be removed by nn- ! screwing four bolts and placed on the ernund and the chassis utUinc! fo' :nany other purposes about the ennui.' ; The amount of fuel required) fo nch meal for 20 men is IX pounds of! wood or 12 pounds of soft coal. ''apt. Iluzicicolt chose- an Overland i ihssls for carrylni the novel kitchen.! n the trip from Chicago to Toledo! he made the entfre distance In Ml hours. In sriltc-tf very muddy roads. The delivery wnttons which are In cluded in the caravan are fitted with f pedal tops suitable for army requlrt ments. similar to the red it In r khalii ti ps that are used on standard army trucks. Where They Don't fcimtel Snow. "He In not so hot as formerly," a preai her-phllospher Is cpioted. bright nlng our hopen that ( Id I.uclfer Is en joying the anine coal sliortane as -our Ct JT IW III ANY, manv 11 til i ii in Mm tjl town, after comparing the new Premier, point by point, with the very best cars on the market, have echoed the question of thousands: "How do they do it at $2285 No matter what strange new motor car luxury tomorrow mav bring forth, the luxury car just now is Premier. You have probably already seen Premier, and identified it by its beauty but have you ridden in it? driven it? Let us take you for a ride. Ad ams Motor Sales Co. 809 S. Main Street T Iitxik for No. 4 Nest Week. (Gates NO. 3 GATES TIRE SERVICE CO. First Class Vulcanizing a Specialty 224 East Second Street Phone Osage 3855 Magnetic Gear Shift people riuhtin this Phone Osage 7S40 HALF Cost as Much GUARANTEED PUNCTURE PROOF TT7HFiN you see for yourself yy what a Gates Half Sole Tire is you will say just as hundreds of other motorists have "Why didn't someone think of this idea before." It means the revolution of the tire busi ness. Five thousand miles more out of tires that you have been throwing away. Investigate. Tim neighbors.