8 Smith Form-a-Tractor Proves Its Efficiency Debarred from participation in the authorized demonstration of tractor# at Fremont, Neb., because the Smith Form-a-Txactor Company does not build a standard type trac tor, the company was determined, nevertheless, to be prosent and to show the thousands of farmers and dealers who attended the event what the Smith Form-a-Tractor could do. A tract of land, therefore, has been rented between the city of Fremont and the regular demonstration grounds, on which the Smith Form a-Tractor, under the efficient direc tion of James A. King, will establish its right to consideration in the tractor world. Th© Smith Form-a-Tractor does not enter tha field as a competitor of the standard type tractor. It is In a class by Itself. It comes to the farmer a? the cheapest and most ef fective solution of his power and help problem. It offers to utilize the power Tie already has upon the farm in the most effective and eco nomical way for htm. At the cost of a singlo good horse it offers to do the work of four horses in all essential farm operations and to do the work at one-fourth the cost of maintaining the four horses it will displace. The Smith Form-a-Tractor talks In terms of power, proficiency and profit to the man who farms 40 acres as well as the man who farms 400. The work it will do for the farmer entitles it to his considera tion, and this is why the Smith Form-a-Tractor Company will make an independent demonstration at Fremont, where the intelligent and discriminating farmer may compare the work of tractors which can be only of doubtful economy unless he be an "extensive farmer. Machine Determines Strength of Iron Bar Among the numerous machines devised for the express purpose of protecting the motorcar owner against defective materials or work manship is the transverse testing machine used in the physical labor atories of Dodge Brothers Works in Detroit. It differs from the ordi nary testing device in that it checks up both on the quality of work done In the foundries and on the quality of material. Sample bars of cast Iron and aluminum are taken from every "heat" and subjected to a thorough examination under this machine, which obtains its name from the fact that it records the transverse strenth of the bar under test. A delicate needle tells the laboratory man exactly what resistance the bar is capable of giving while under pressure. Although the hardnesf. depth of chill and amount of shrink age on cast iron are also determined, this does not 'complete the tests as the bars are then analyzed In the chemical laboratories. ,This method of checking up Is typical of the countless quality tests that go with the making of Dodge Brothers Motor Car. jf" Get- || done in Pavlight. 0 TMSFENSE with costly, plodding horses. Get a •2 | ) Smith Form-a-Truck. Haul the same loads as 52 ggg 2 teams now haul—in half the time. When $2 gf you go to town make the trip in one-third the St time required by horses. 2J5 &V v Hauls Anything—Anywhere e Don't take your horses out of the fields for hauling. Don't delay farm work. Smith Form-a-Truck will do work of four Hfiv VJ| horses —at half the cost Cost 3no more than a good team and T jtm harness—s3so. S Save two drivers' wages. Farm help cost Is going up. Never 3*® In the history of America has it been so high. J* E4 Use Smith Form-a-Truck for hauling milk, grain, crops, feed, K manure, lumber, coal and everything else on the farm. J*® Save 20 Acres aM Government Agricultural statistics show that it costs $441 5M Si a year to feed and stable four horses—that they eat the entire W wl feed raised on 20 acres. Cars—veterinary—medicine—shoeing U m —bedding—all cost extra. 21 Smith Form-a-Truck will save all this money costs but flu $l4O a year. Horses eat whether they work or not And they work only 100 W days a year. Smith Form-a-Truck costs you nothing while idle. y 8c a Ton Mile S? —■— . gS The lowest hauling cost in the world. Less than 8c per ton M gjfl mile—exclusive of driver's wages. 6,000 to 8,000 miles per set of |ll tires—l 2 to 18 miles per gallon of gasoline—l 2 td 15 miles per hour. For Six Cars Now use a new or used Ford, Maxwell, Dodge Bros., Chevrolet Ere Bulck or Overland chassis with a Smith Form-a-Truck attach Xr Iment and get a fully guaranteed, powerful, strong, 1-ton truck p[{| Smith Form-a-Truck | Camp Curtin Garage 7th & Camp Sts. Bell 1093-J || i^s^'ameisisas^ SATURDAY EVENING, Less Than Dollar a Day Personal Expense on Tour Perhaps it was John Burroughs or Rudyard Kipling, perhaps it was El bert Hubbard who spoke ofr getting where one could "hear the heart of nature beat" as the ideal place to spend a vacation. Whoever said it was a mighty wise man according to tne most eminent neurologists. For • getting back to nature is the surest cura tor a jaded appetite and ragged nerves. formerly the "getting back" meant discomfort - one listened to the bab bling brook and the malicious mo squito at the same time —and forsook a comfortable bed for a lumpy piece of ground where every blade of grass was like a porcupine quill. But now the up-to-date nature hunter goes in his car. P. O'rlscoll, Studebaker dealer, tells how to do it. "A Studebalter car," he tells us, "can be "made up' just like any Pull man. "The rear seat is 48 inches wide, just a little narrower than the reg ulation double bed. Lift up the re movable front seats, turn thejn around so that USeir backs are to the front, pull the back cushion for ward and drop it down in the ton neau and you nave an Ideal bed foun dation. Then a blanket or two and pillows are all you need to make two people thoroughly comfortable. "The Studebaker top with its Jiffy type storm curtains is much more satisfactory than the average tent, and, in the car there's no danger of a miniature flood wetting everything and your having to dress witn your feet in a puddle of water. You are alsa away from bugs, ants, etc., that are apt to crawl over you if you sleep on the ground. "A compact, portable cooking out fit costs only a few dollars and there's plenty of room tor It and the other baggage in the big Studebaker ton ijeau. "With such an outfit living ex penses should be a matter of about a dollar a day and if you're a fisher man and there Is a farmhouse near your camping place your supplies Will cost 6ven less. "If you want to take a large party one of the new camp trailers will solve -your problem two grown-ups and a child can sleep in the Stude baker and the rest In the trailer. "I know of no car but the Stude baker that Is so thoroughly adaptable to this purpose. "Friends of mine have already tried the scheme in their Studebaker cars and are so enthusiastic that I felt It a shame to keep such a good idea dark. "It seems to me like an ideal vaca tion plan for the motorist who owns a car that can bo used as my friends have used their Studebaker. Good Roads Essential For War Purposes "Motorcars and the improved coun tiyroads for which they iire responsi ble, will prove crucial fafctors in case the Germans should succeed in bring ing the war to American shores," says John D. Mansfield, General Sales Manager of the Dort Motor Car Com pany. "The three million and a half au tomobiles now running in this coun try could move an army of fifteen million men. lOurope has had no such advantages and It is well worth the study of our military authorities as to just how this wonderful force could he best mobilized and used In case of necessity, i "This thought is also well worth the consideration of civilians. What out cars might do in war Is indl- I cated by the wonders they have ae- I complished In peace. They have been i the greatest creators of wealth and conservators of health of any utility we can boast." REO CONTRACTS SIGNED BY MAIL Sales Manager Analyzes Rea sons For Differences in Motor Industry "Here's the situation In the auto mobile business as I see it," said R. C. Rueschaw. salesmanager of the Reo Motor Car Company, when asked to give his views on a subject about which there has. been so many con flicting views of late. Mr. Rueschaw is the oldest sales manuger in the Industry of point of service with one concern, having oc cupied that position with the Reo Motor Car Company since Its Incep tion, and, as a' result, he is consid ered one of the best authorities In the Industry on the conditions, past, present and future. Rueschaw's anal yses and conclusions afe accepted at pretty nearly par throughout the In dustry. "Those concerns that have a stand ard product with an established repu tation enjoy, at this moment, not only a demand equal to their output, but an overdemand. "In our own oase the overdemand is more excessive than at any previ ous time in our history. And that applies not merely to one model but to every model we make, both of automobiles and motortrucks. "The same Is true of several other concerns J could mention, whose prod uct, like Reo. is standard and whose reputation extends back over the years. "In the case of those concerns who are newcomers In the field, or whose present models date back only a year or so, it is perhaps true that there is n flight slackening in demand. "This merely Indicates, to my mind, that when conditions are uncertain — as they have been for the past few months since we have declared war— people select with greater care than at other times. They therefore buy on reputaticn and past performance. "If yUiere is an apparent hesitation in the automob.le business, it is not, as Homo financial Journals have de duced, <luo to fear on the part of manufacturers that the demand may slacken, but to precisely opposite conditions; Dantely, fear that raw ma terials may not be available. "The manufacturer cannot plan to make, say, 50.000 cars, until he Is cer tain that the materials for making every part of those cars will certainly te available. "Now, at the present time, this is not certain, "I'eisonally, 1 do not think there will be a yhortaße of steel because I don't think the Government can take all the steel ci the kind suitable for automobile making that will be pro duced. There are some other articles, howevor, which for obvious reasons 1 would not be justified In mentioning —of which the supply Is most uncer tain at the best. That being the case, established manufacturers who have much at stake hesitate to plan for a larger production in the comfhg year than in the past. ! "Then there It that class of manu- I facturers or assemblers who started , on a •shoestiing," whose credit has i boen a negligible factor and who finds I himself confronted with two condi tions. namely, to buy at the present rates and make a product that will compote with the more established models .it the price; and. second, to obtain the backing of his bankers to buy under tiuch conditions. "Unquestionably some of these will peter out. "Unlike former years, however, nome of them, so far as I can see, are companies of any real importance to the ir.dustry. and their passing will not create even a ripple on the sur face. "That Is the best thing about the present condition as I see it. The • demand has been such that these concerns have sold all they could make and so have little or no stock on hand. They will not. therefore, be under the necessity of throwing a lot of cars on the market at reduced prices, and so their demise will be painless and harmless so far as the rest of the industry Is concerned. "Every year we in the automobile business pass through a weeding-out process and occasionally one goes under In such a way as to seriously upset matters for a while. This is Invariably a concern to whose prod uct the public attaches more Import ance than the industry attaches. On that account the market has some times been badly upset. "Now, why any one wants to buy an automobile that has proven a fail ure, even though the purchase can be made at half the 'Price, is beyond me. X can't imagine any one buying such a product at any price for the simple reason that it will be Impos sible, in a short time, to obtain re placement parts. Also It is a rule in the industry that financial failure is due primarily to failure of the prod uct to make -good. "Reo occupies an enviable position at this time. The demand for our product is so hopelessly in excess of the supplv that I feel like taking a trip to Japan to get away from the grief. As a matter of fact. I am tak ing a vacation just at a time when, in previous seasons, I have had to be at the desk signing up dealers' contracts. "This year we signed up nlnety\per cent, of our dealers' contracts by mail; and our entire product has been allotted weeks before August 1, which is the u&ual time for beginning on the •work. "X can see nothing to It but greater prosperity next year. The only illy in the ointment is the certainty t/lat we will be unable to make half aa many cars as will be necessary to supply the demand, especially when other makers ourselves liesi tatj about eml.arking on a big pro duction schedule with the present un-r certainty In the material market." British Accept Maxwell Without Rejections Out of about four hundred Maxwell cars delivered to the British Govern ment by the Maxwell Motor Sales Cor poration yt Detroit, there has not been a single car rejected. Stringent regulations govern the British inapection of motorcars. Or dinarily there Is about a ten per cent, reduction in the cars submitted. That no Maxwell car submitted has. been turned back by the British Gov ernment speaks volumes for the ef ficiency of the factory inspection of Maxwel cars. The Maxwell goes through two inspection tests before being delivered to the British Govern ment in London. All Maxwells are thoroughly tested while being made. When shipped to the Maxwell branch. No. 149 Lupus street. Pimlioo, London, S. W„ the cars are given another Inspection. Government Inspectors subject the cars to a very stringent inspection. If they pass this test the cars are sent to a testing depot maintained by the British Government, about forty miles from London. The Maxwells here undergo the most ripld inspection, and if accept ed the cars are sent to Southampton and shipped direct to Franco for serv ice with the arms-. The British Government had ac cepted about 200 cars without any re jections. Recently another order was delivered and the Maxwell cars again went through the government inspec tion without a rejection. HARRISBURO TELEGRAPH Overland Flywheels Are Balanced by Simple Device An operatton which ia simplicity Itself, yet which is very important in the building of an automobile motor, is v the balancing of flywheels, clutch cones and other parts of a motorcar requiring an eveu distribution of weight. One of the very Interesting features of automobile construction at the Willys-Overland factories Is this Op eration of balancing flywheels and clutch cones. Peculiarly, the trueing of the weight in these parts is done in diametrically opposite manner. The flywheel Is mounted on a shaft and is suspended on a pair of rollers. Naturally the heavier portion of it swings immediately to the bottom. This point is accurately noted by the workmen. Weights are then mounted on the gears to determine how much over weight is the marked point. After sufficient weight has been added to the lighter side to properly balance the wheel, a drill, exactly the size of the weights, takes out the requir ed amount to properly balance the flywheel. Thus, if two weights have been used to equalize the weight of the wheel, two holes are drilled on the heavier side; if three heights, three holes, and so on. Clutch cones, however, are balanced by plugging the lighter side with lead, In a manner similar to the bal ancing of flywheels. Only Classy Cars Get Into Moving Pictures Just as automobile styles and de signs have advanced, so has the mov ing picture industry developed. Time was when the movi<* producers were glad to incorporate any style of car Into their pictures. To-day, however, they are recognized, in the motorcar trade, as most critical buyers and the dealer who sells cars to them con siders himself most fortunate. This is because only the more fashionable cars appeal, as a rule, to the moving picture people. One of the finest garages and fleets of passenger cars In Southern Cali fornia is owned by a large Film Cor- | poration at Long Beach. The policy i of this company is absolutely adverse to the hiring of properties for its producers. Instead, it owns a great stock of properties and among the latter are several costly motorcars. Its automobile fleet, nevertheless, does not consist entirely of the cost ly variety of cars. It Includes sev eral Peerless vehicles and more were recently added to it. "The actual use of the Peerless Eight In flms," said an official of the company, "is largely confined to sit uations where accupants of the car must represent persons of.wealth and high positions. There is no way in which this impressoln can be convey ed to spectators more quicklv and firmly than by the registering of their entering into or departure from an automobile which has for years been associated traditionally in the pub lic mind with persons of this class. For this purpose, the Peerless Eight is especially available." #ls the Small Car an Economy When You Have to Sacrifice So Much? 1W T EXT to buying a home, a car is perhaps the largest purchase you'll ever make. It involves -L real money. It ought to be correspondingly considered. Certainly $750 to $1250 is too big a sum to spend just on some friend's recommendation or some sales man's talk. Look at it as an investment. Think of next Week, next month, next year. Think whether you are going to climb out of the new car - | a week from now, tired and cramped because it is too small for Five people in the so-called fire passenger small car touring whether you are going to be able to take a few friends on a trip and have them comfortable —whether the car will 7~~~ ~~~ stand up for years of hard service and ALWAYS be ready for ' USe ' a y° u shou, . d es^re t0 resell or trade in, will have the /-N l east possible depreciation from its original price. Think of the future think of the way you would buy /WW /j) your home —how you wouldn't let a few dollars stand between fj] you. and perfect satisfaction then decide whether it is true y/71 r/tf economy to buy a car that you will soon find lacks the essen -x , \ . \ )// / p-y tials of motoring satisfaction. /v\ {/// / When you buy such a car you may save a little money on ( // / / l^e but you must make sacrifices. ' In a Studebakerqar you get power enough for any hill, power X" - *r I that will pull you through the deepest mud and sand; comfort at x; '' * an y speed, roominess that small cars do nothave; and high quality \\ / materials and accurate workmanship combined with the accessi \\ yr y 1 b^ity and wtfustability th a t actually make upkeep and operation // Ary/ charges for a period of three years less than those of any small car. Think it over. Then see the car that is built to give <7//the necessary essentials at the lowest possible price, the car with a ' VJ/ twelve months' guarantee. Fire people comfortably seated in a Studebaker car There will be no change in Studebaker models this year, but the increased cost of materials and labor may force Studebaker to make an advance in prices at any time without notice. ' ' ■ ' , —— i ,J rou™ d ': Mo^,. DRISCOLL AUTO COMPANY FOUR Touring Car 884 t\.\J AV/ V/ViU* nil 1 SIX Touring Car. . 1850 FOUR Landau Roadster 1150 1 4.7 Q fAMFRON lIX Turing I FOUR Every-Weather Car 1185 XT'# V/\iVIEjI\VYIL J 1 IVLILI I SIX Coupe . . . 1750 1 ■ ' SIX Limousine ■ 8600 r ' . All prlcn f. m. k Dr*ll Sixteen Millions For Packard Motor Trucks Three thousand 3-ton chalnless trucks have just been ordered by the United States war department from the Packard Motor Car Com pany. This is the second quantity order placed by the government with the Packard within 10 days and brings the total of the two orders up to 4,800 trucks, representing a money value of more than *16,000,- 000. .n^.^ h i S IS , ?. big task the Kovern ment has laid on us," said President Alvun Macauley, "but it is met with ah equally big demonstration of loyal determination among the ex ecutives of our manufacturing divi sion, the superintendents and fore men and the workmen of the truck factory to see the job through on time. I , \ Ve of „ the Packard feel that the placing of this order is a distinct in dication of Detroit's importance in the government's plan for success ful prosecution' of the war. The ' center of the worlds motor indus try is to be, judging from these or ders, the center of America's war transportation industry. That means a great deal when you stop to con sider that this war is primarily a war of machines, food and trans portation. , I "The picture before the eyes of ! the builders of these trucks is that I with every operation they complete j they insure just so much more food and ammunition for their fellow Americans on the fighting front." | The latest order, like the earlier I one for 1.800 trucks, specifies the i Packard's standard 3-ton, and de livery is apportioned for the months (between now and the early part of 11918. There are already 1,250 ! Packard trucks in United States | Army, Navy and Marine Corps serv ice, and with the delivery of these j there will be more than 6,000. j The Packard Company has been [building trucks since 1908, and both Its domestic business and its faith In the development of commercial mo jtor vehicle have encouraged large additions to Its truck factory every year. The outbreak of the European war brought a demand for Pack ards from Russia, France and other Entente Allies. Packards have been operating on all fronts, western, eastern and Macedonian since the early days of the war. They were in the French motor transportation corps that saved Verdun. The bulk of those now in service 'in the American Army were pro duced for work on the Mexican border lost year. It was a Packai\. truck train that first reached Per shing's famishing army in the In ' I 'O take a stand is comparatively easy; it's the holdinft j A that counts. In the be&innin& Firestone took the stand that highest possible quality in tires must not only be \ ' That 'was nearly 18 years a&o. Today commercial sno* fj3£a*i3 \ cess and personal honor alike demand that the victory l9g|p2 \ won on a quality fi&ht be continued on that line. \ And 11,000 Firestone employees who are stockholders in &jrfrgi| \ the business are in the £&ht and share the victory. I This Super-size Cord is today's finest illustration of tire I efficiency. Flexible, strong and with &iant air-cushion it runs fast and coasts far with maximum comfort, fuel- I dPffifiir" | saving and Most Miles per Dollar. FIRESTONE TIRE AND RUBBER COMPANY If! AUGUST 4, 1917, * 0 terlor of Mexico, and no doubt one of the few familiar sights that greeted the eyes of "Black Jack's" .fighters, when they reached Europe, was the Packard transport line un |der the tricolor of France.
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