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1 iSSi "ffA Tl 71 II tt II VOL. XIII, NO. 76 AjULSA, OKLAHOMA, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1917 PRICE 5 CENTS TRACTORS GOOD ROADS A ZfehJ 171 HOW 8-CYLINDER ENGINE WAS MADE Tarts Built in Different Machine Shops by Unsuspecting Mechanics. WAS ASSEMBLED SECRETLY Only Few Persons in Cadillac Plant Knew Plans of Company. "With the recent eljvatlon of I.

Mc-Call White to the position of vice-pros-lent of the Cadillac Motor Car company, a story of real industrial romance was niado public for the first time. it lias ulways been known that tho eight-cylinder Cadillac wag flashed on the public out of a clear sky, but few people knew the details of Its build lug or how closely guarded the secret wus during the time It was being put ton ether in 19M. One of the most interesting periods in While's lifo was during his first few mom hi in tho nlted States, when he was designing and building the Cadillac V-type engine one of ihe ureatest secrets in the history of automobno tngineerlng. While came to this country Incog nito and was Introduced as David Wilson of tho 1'hoenix Manufacturing coin puny. With one assistant lie went to various factories In the east where Chandler Motor Car company of patterns were tnado and parts built 1 Cleveland, manufacturers ot the to his specifications.

For the most part Chr.ndler six. li. Wlls.ui. general tho work was dono in small, obscure manager of tho local Chandler dis- hops. As an example of the procou- trlbulors, says that ho never had any tlun taken, tho forked connecting rods doubt of the value of newspaper ad-inr.

in.innf.'irtiired in one place and i vertlslng, but that his conviction the straight connecting rods in another, so no one would associate them and get a possible cluo. Those who even attempted to guess always guessed airplane motor. The first npiinif.nL. rjt-itincr u'taa mid lii foundry in Worsester, about thr" Chandler advertising has not ml ih Mnd was cleaned en based on facts, but that the out of the casting in the ligtit of trie automobile liendlanipsln the yard be hind the building. The porta were slipped to Detroit separately.

The cylinder blocks made the journey in a car. Fimino Secretly Asttoinhlcrt. The ussembllng continued day and Hiffnt for several weoki in an old one-rtwy iitutk on the bank of the Detroit river, sevoral miles from the Cadillac factory. The only approach to the hulk'ing was thru a devious alleyway. The few persons who knew the ecret and worked on the car.

when they visited the hidden workshop, left their cats several block sawav afidJ never approached the building in groups. The windows were frosted and armed men guarded the building tinny nnd night. Out of the thousands of men employed in the Cadillac plant not over 25 knew the secret. They were the most trusted men nnd oldest In point of service. The drafting was done behind locked doors and kept in vault In No ono learned the secret until the company was readv to let It be known.

It was one of the finest examples of loyalty ever displayed by the employes of nny concern. The first eight-cylinder Cad.illlr engine was started at 5 o'colck one afternoon. When It began turning over for the firft time no one spoke for several minutes when White broke the -pell by remarking, mere to himslef than to the. party, "There is the quietest engine in Detroit." The car was tested only in the back streets of Detroit. Hill BInlne, the Taclflc coast technical man for the factory, wis the tester In charge and whenever anyone approached the car he would open tho muffler of four of the cylinders.

In the Industry It was whispered about that the (nlillac company hid something distinctly new up its sleeve and as a sort of camouflage a unique four-cylinder iotor was built with many unique features and the building of It was covered up Just enough so it was sure to leak out. This put the rival manufacturers entirely off the track of what was really about to revolutionize the Industry. The success of this eight tsknovn to all wljo nre interested In motor' cars. TIIK (iODDVHAH MAX'S FSCAPK Managing Director of Akron Company Kesriirfl nt Sc. Since cable advices have reached this country concerning the shipwreck of A.

W. Allkln, managing director of the Goodyear Tire Kubbcr South Africa, Goodyear men are wonde-lng how many of-ihem ar to havo this same experience. The first of the Goodyear repiescntatives to meet dangers of a disaster at sea Walter Tompklnson, while en route to ev Zealand. Me was compelled to abandon his vessel in niid-ocenn, when an Internal explosion caused It to burn to the water's edge. Next came the experience, of Howard Hunter, while returning to Australia, -whose ship pounded to pIcTes on a South sea Island reef.

Fortunately he reacho!" shore safely and went on to his destination. Mr Allkln's -experience was more thrilling, In thnt ho was compelled to fight for his life for hours while clinging to an overturned lifeboat. Ho Balled from New York on the City of Athens for Cape Town nnd encoun tored very bad weather froiff the start. Several times lifebelts were donned and preparations made to leave the ship, but each time the storm was weathered and the lears of tin passengers Htrt at rest. On Saturday, Just four weeks out of New York, Capo Town came into view and (.11 on board anticipated a isafe landing.

Without warning an explosion shook the vessel nnd wns followed Immediately by another. Tho ship took fire nnd the passengers were loaded Into the lifeboats. All of these reached land except the one In which Mr. Allkln way filaccd. This ono oerturned.

Tho shin dUtress was observed from tho city and tug sent to the rescue. It was nearly midnight before Allkln was picked ip, but not until 15 of his com panions had given up the strugglo and ea nk beneath the waves. It la thorn that the snip's destruction was caused cy floating -tit fJoixl Inlvcrs Give Oocxl Servli-c. "The truck owners who get uninterrupted service from their trucks are the men who employ drivers who know how to hnndlo and takp proper care of tnickH," says W. A.

Scott of the KlsselKar. 'These nre the class of drivers who enable tholr employers to maintain shipping schedules in the face of obstacles that Interrupt the schedules of other owners and they do It with less loss and less wear on their trucks. "We" received a letter the other day from one of our customers In which Lhe states that In addition to the pro tection wnicn tne nii-year can gives his drivers and the increased efficiency which the drivers received from such protection, he has found that such protection attracts the better class of operators. In these days when I'ncle isaui Is counting on every business concern, particularly manufacturers and producers of worldly goods, to employ those methods an 1 appliances that will save time, conserve, energy and increase their service, truck owners should do everything In their power to maintain an uninterrupted haulage und delivery schedule." CHANDLER CAR CO. DEALS IN AD FACTS Chandler Manager Wilson Expresses His Views on Advertising Campaign.

One of the most interesting ndver Using campaigns of many a season is that now being followed out by th to tho value of such advertising. If the advertiser has a real story to tell, is greater now than ever before. "Chandler advertising this spring," said Mr. Wilson, "has been what tha laciory cans a ract campaign, ao. advertising this year has emphasized and reiterated certain simple, fund.i mental facts.

The Chandler company slon of Stat Mot vehicle Commis-npe. fectly plain is calling oncl. Wllllnm p. Dill, who sat a he attention of tho public to facts tma clv t0 hmr Uie case of Howard Fuller, a "Where many other well-known I m.nn,nnl,. sixes in the medium-priced field offert heavy cast-iron crank cases, the ciii.fr i imuvi, i' uiiri ut'Hii mitt Chandler offers you a cast lu conviction crank case a feature of the Fuckard.

was flned ,500 the extreme limit of Fierce-Arrow, Winton, White, Stutz, Mercer and Cadillac. "Where many other sixes offer noisy gear-drives for the motor shafts, Chandler offers you the silent chain drive a feature of the Packard, Win-ton, Mercer and Cadillac. "The big aluminum Chandler crank case extends from frame, to frame, both at the front and the rear of the motor, giving perfect rigidity to tho engine-mounting and saving it from tho rack and stress of the road a reaiuro or mo rat-Kara, uocomomie, i num. miuiz ana Aietcer. I i nt! sixes offer lottery r.

high tension magneto, the world's finest system of Ignition a feature of the Fierce-Arrow, Locomobile," Wlntoii, White, Stutz and Mercer. "As in the highest priced, high-grade cars, also. Chandler uses the light-running, annular ball bearings In transmission, differential and rear wheels: full floating rear axle with silent spiral bevel differential; two-unit starting and lighting systems and many other features of proven excellence. "Thru four years of conscientious manufacturing effort- backed by a previous experience of many years in the building of high-priced sixes, the exclusive Chandler motor has been developed and refined to a point approximating perfection. It is a fact motor, not a claim motor." The Chandler company In its advertising minces no words when it says that not to- its knowledge has a pro fessional motor car driver ever made arecnrd with a Chandler six, but that ull tho thousands of owners of Chand- ler sixes every day aro making the kind of records that count records of satisfactory service.

And that the Chandler company has never built a racing car, because Chandler owners do not want racing cars, and the 55 to sixty miles per hour speed that every Chandler does Is speed much greatei than the owner would ever nsk for. And that the Chundler company has never built a speclul mountain-climbing car with short wheel base and low gear ratio because the ease with which every Chandler climbs steep grades high gear is satisfying to the Chandler owner. And that the Chandler company has never supplied any Chandler dealer anywhere with a special gear ratio for demonstrating purposes, because what any Chandler six does, every Chandler six will do. OYKKhAXD COXTKSTS CAR SALES For Ten Weeks 78: Cars Wore Sold liy litis Company Dally. During the ten weeks of the John N.

Willys sales congress contest, which closed August 22, I lu re were 47,212 Willys-Knight and Overland cars sold at. a retail value of 139,237,250, ac cording to the final chucking up of the contest figures. The amazing totals are said to not only mark a record for Willys-Overland, buL also a record or tho medium and hlh- prlced car Industry. For fen solid weeks Wlllys-Ovarlffnd products went Into the hands of consumers at an average of more than 4,721 cars each week with approximately $3. 923,725, the proceeds derived from their sale podrlng Into the factory.

On the basis of six working days a Week, the dally retail sales average was In the neighborhood of 738 cars sold every day at a retail value of $653,954. "It was by far tho greatest 'drive In automobile selling history," said W. W. Sinclair. 'Tulsa Willys-Overland dealer.

"The result, however, was almost inevitable. No amount of opposition could check that vast wave of selling, simply because the men were backed up by a product of real quality. "Skelled In the art of selling, supported by a factory reputation for a square deal and with the moat corn prehenslve line of cars ever turned out by a single manufacturer, tneir progress was f' i mi iii i-j ijir'i' i' i -ri TT- I v. --i im.i.'j- f- -s I Picture of the powerful 3V4-tcn Duplex truck carrying a Heo roadster nn the freight deport. The Duplex continues to do stunts that surprises pros soon after the demonstration, but I'urdy Motor company is still making de CAN'T MIX BOOZE WITH AUTO GAS Wealthy West Orange Owner Heavily Fined for Injuring Boy on Highway.

No mattur what Influence a man may have, no matter what his position, he can't drive an automobile in New Jersey when his hnnd is un steady and his mental poise unhal artced by booze. That was the ilecl ih. it 1 1 the law The case before the commissioner wan on an order for Fuller to show cause why his driver's license should not he revoked. A high priced array of counsel, prominent politicians and other men of Influence urged tho commissioner not to take away the man's license. "While I am satisfied that Fuller Is a reputable man, yet that fsct seems to aggravate the offense rather thun lightin 'said Commissioner Dill a tho on Mr.

immt-ii ii, nam uii Fuller's behalf. I will not, I cannot, my flce nonorably and con- done such offense. 1 in sorry, tint drivers who put their hand to the Vtiet1 of a machine and drive it under the Influence of a rum befogged brain cannot xpect consideration from Mr. Fuller's license Is revoked indet'l-nitely." TRIBULATIONS OF ONE AUTOMOBILE DEALER Too Many Cars on Poor Markets nnd Not FnoiiL'h oit Good Ones. In these days of get-rlch schemes most everybody seems to think wo auto dealers have cinch.

Hut I assure you thev nre wrong, life Is not c.ne grand sweet song, and we really are rpiite often in a pinch. No Tioys, I am not a squeilur just simply an auto dealer and there arc many like me on tne row. Just comu or over here while I whisper In your oar my own-aweet little tale of woe. First I sign a contract with the maker that I'll be a record-breaker, and agree to sell a million cars or more, before I even get a car upon the floor. Next I mupt huy a big time clocic, lathes and tools and lots of stock, and install system till I'm nearly dead.

Then If I fall, whv he looks wise, nnd tells me I should advertise, nnd preaches on the overhond tho the true cause of my destruction was his own enlarged producti on he had slmplv shoved along to me combined with the fact that I his mistakes must rectify and givo my owners work and service free. This wns the case a year ago, tho now 'tis hardly to in fact It's roally quite the other way. I now could tell cars by the score, but I've hail to close the door, for I simply cannot get a car today. I have forty prospects closed, and till recently suop sed that soon I would be able to deliver, but again that maker failed me, the prospects nearly jailed me, when they found I didn't even have a fllvv-ver. Meantime I tear my hair and oc casionally swear, and wonder how to make the business pay; I can phone nnd telegraph all that maker does Is laugh, and state, "We're way be-lilnd today In perhaps a month or two we may send along a few.

tho we really would'n't promtse we could do it." So I have discontinued tsklng or ders while the wife Is taking boarder- and I hope to the, rood Ixrd we can both live thru It S. T. W. In Motor Age. Testing Army Trucks.

Last week, the first two Heavy Duty War Trucks, designed and constructed under the direction of Oencral Chaun. cey B. Baker of the Quartermaster Corps In collaboration with the Society of Automotive Engineers, com-monscd to operate steady grinding road tests In continuous runs of It hours per day, with two fchlfts of drivers. These testa will continue for at least one month under the direction of F. Thomson of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Tests made recently prove, without doubt, that the new trucks have greater power and capabilities than any trucks that have ever been built for war or commercial purposes, One of Purdu Motor Companu'8 Recent Shipments. Service Manager at Purdt's tW 5f 11 iJ 3 Site A 4 WW ii it' ifj "i Jl vser. vm- This is Leakey, service nianager ut tile I'uroy iviotor coiniiuny service station. Mr. Leakey is a newcomer in Tulsa automobile circles, coming here about three months ago from Detroit, where he hud been with the Hupmobile and other auto factories for the past few years.

1AUT0 news and connEnT Close study of what may be termed the economics of automobile operation shows many reasons why a speed of twenty miles an hour Is advantageous. It is to all Intents and purposes a perfectly safe-driving speed on ordinary roads and for touring or distance driving about the minimum the average motorist will care to employ. If exceeded only occasionally on smooth roads, the life of the car would bo enhanced remarkably, and tire troubles would reduce to an astonishingly low minimum. Furthermore, while fuel economy does not appeal to the average motorist, there Is a marked advantage to be gained by following the most economical speed of the car as a matter of driving habit. In most cars this should be at about the speed in question, with an increase In consumption per mile of about 16 per cent for either an increase or decrease in speed of eight or nine fniles an hour.

India made Its first experiment last Februury with motor instead of horse vans to carry the mall to suboffices. So successful was the experiment the entire horse service is to bo abolished. The substitution resulted in a considerable saving. The cars also reduced the time of transit between the several offices. The second annual convention of the Happy Farmer tractor distributors ended at La Crosse last week.

As a result, the La Crosse Tractor company announces the placing of orders and actual shipping specifications for a total volume of $2,262,975 worth of the Happy Farmer tractors. With the Installation of $75,000 worth of new machinery, already purchased nnd which is beginning to arrive, -the two factories will be crowded to full capacity thruout the entire year. The price of the model tractor will be Increased to $975, while that of model A remains unchanged at $685, A 10 per cent wage bonus was distributed to the employes working thru to November 1. There are between three hundred and four hundred employes. A.

R. Kroh has -Joined the Belden ranks as western I'lvlsMsa sales manager of the Kelden Truck Hales company, Rochester, N. with headquarters at Chicago. In addition to becoming tho guiding spirit of the Seldon-Chlcago Truck Sales company, Mr. Kroh will -ve supervision of Selden dealers 1" llnols, Wisconsin, Minnesota and i and South Dakota.

The SeM i company will establish headqm. ilirs at Chicago, where D. Lloyd Smith. In charge of the motor truck research department, will also be located. Mr.

Smith for the past two years has been the sales engineer, Lut by ot the estab- pulling eight roadstei-s and two two pectlve buyers and satisfy Its owners. liveries on all styles of these lines. lishlng of the western depertment, his duties will be added to, nnd In addition to his present work he will also become the head of the research department, which will come under tho direct supervision of sales director, H. T. ltoulden.

A. F. Knoblock has become works manager of the Cleveland Tractor company, Cleveland, maker of the crawler or tracklaylng tractor developed by Kollin II. White. Mr.

Knoblock is a pioneer In the autnino-lillo field, having been ono of tho founders of the Northway Motors company so in (i. 18 years ago. Later ho became identified with the Cole Motor company us vice-president and general manager. E. C.

Morse is representative of tho Willys-Overland factory in Washington, co-operating with C. W. Mc-Klnley, engineer of the Willys-Overland Inc. Morse was formerly vico-presldent and general manager of the Chalmers Motor company. A lack of adequate working has forced the Thomas Auto Truck company of New York into bankruptcy.

The failure of this concern has carried with it the insolvency of the Consolidated Motor corporation, an associated concern. The latter concern occupied virtually the Banio offices as the Thomas company. The taking over by the receiver for the Thomas company of all assets belonging to this subsidiary brought it into bankruptcy. Tho liabilities of the Thutnas company are stated to be about $21,076 and Its assets $12,878. The llubllllie.

of the Consolidated Motors corporation are given as $95,000. Orders for $2,262,975 worth of Happy Farmer tractors were placed ut the second annual convention held by the iJtCrosse Tractor company, re-cntly. Distributors covering laost the states from Washington to New F.ngland and as far south as Texas and Alabama were present. A feature of tho convention was a luncheon attended by the entire factory force, at which the 10 per cent wage bonus to all men who had worked thru to November 1, announced last July, was reported paid. From January 1 to October 15, this year, 1,725 motor cars were stolen In iit.

Louis, Mo. The police repor's show that each month an average of $7,000 worth of accessories' stolen front tars. Thi police records are not complete on recovered cars becauso many persons fall to report rocovery, but It Is estlmnted that 180 of those stolen tnls year were not recovered. Jn 1914 cottTiiiuu) ok faqb JKiawr ton Heo trucks up First street from KverythliiK In tho picture was sold HAYNES 1918 MODELS SHOW IMPROVEMENTS Havo Straijrhtcr-Lined Bodies, Stouter Frames and More Flexible Springs. Improved bodies, stralghter lines, stouter frames and lunger und more flexible springs characterize tho new 1 lay nes 191S models, which Just havo been announced.

The hood of tho new llaynes Is high-arched and the front fenders are shaped to conform to the wheels. The touring bodies are of the double cowl Ivpe nnd the woather-tlght windshield Is tilted. 1'ractlcally no change luis been than made "In the famous Hayno.1 "light motor six" which wu Introduced more than three years ago. The "light twelve" engine has been continued, too, with only minor bottir-uuiits. the "six" the starting motor has been moved from the front of tho motor caso to the to liable the use of a liondlx starter drive to a ring gar on the' flywheel.

Two new body tvpos have been milled to tho lino this season 6-passen-g town rars anil convertible coupes in both the "light six" and "light twele." Ilesldes, nn original 4-pus-senger roadster, tho "Fourdore," which takes its name from having four doors. Is announced. This roadster Is built on the win in chassis ns the V-passenger touring car, having a 127-Iniii wheellmse. The new H.iynes line of open cars comprlvrs the "Fourdore" in both the "Unlit six" and "twelve;" 5 -passenger louring cars In the "six," and 7-passenger touring cars In tho "six" and "twelve." All tho open models are equipped with door curtain openers, which f.wing out with the doors and cloe lightly. There Is a tonneau light In the center cowl, with a conveniently located switch, to add to tho pleasure of night driving.

The front sent Is undivided, and the rear cowl pvnels of tl.e touring cats, "light six" and "twelve," are done In American walnut. The auxiliary seats fold into this pmel and doom close over t'K'm. CAR MANUFACTURERS ARE READY TO MAKE WAR BIDS Detroit Itonril of Commerce Has Representative in Washington llmilv to Act During the last three weeks more thun two hundred Detroit manufacturing concerns have Inspected specifications for bids on war materials nnd In most cases bids have ben submitted. Of these several were manufacturers of motor cars and kindred products, tho not In many cases ws'-o the bids accented The rensm this doubtless Is that few of thfm were for quantity orders so that would be worth while to take over the contracts. .1.

H. Cullen, Industrial secretary of the Detroit board of coin merce Is In Washington conferring with tho purclnslng departments of tile various bureaus determining how orders may be apportioned among the Detroit manufacturers. One of tho problems facing manu facturers of wnr contracts here. Is In obtaining storage space for tho wn- material. A resolution was passed at a special meeting of the manufacturers to nk the government to provide a warehouse for all uiunitions manufactured.

Tho poods will bo placed nere and a receipt 'obtained after which tho manufacturer may recolv his money from Washington. This step is deemed necessary In view of the fact that transportation difficulties are llablo to Increase during tho winter so thnt the goods may "not bo readily moved and because many con cerns require Immediate capital for continuing their work. This resolution will tie forwarded to Washington at an early date. Rubber Freightage) Inorvacil Homo idea (f vvh.it ruloer manufacturers fs contending with In th inatfer of transporting crude rubber from the eustern plantations to their factories, may be seen In tho present freight rates uppling to this commodity. Refore tho, war tho rate on crude rubber from tli ports of Singapore and I'entng to Pacific ports, was $21 a ten.

This rate has since been Increased to $95 ton. About per cent of tha rubber from tho Straits Settlements, comes to America, and half of this Is used In the big factories at Akron, Ohio, the Ouodyear Tir Rubber Co, alone using 10 per cent ox tha world's BIG GAIN OF AUTO OWNERS IN WEST Denver Show Records Increase of More Than 50 Per Cent of New Owners. The Itocky mountain region's finest motor show held last week In Denver, is considered a fitting celebrntlon of the purchase of approximately 30,650 cars thus far In 1017 hy Colorado, New Mexico, nnd Wyoming, which comprise the mnln terrliorv supplied by Denver district distributors. This Is a gnln of 50 per rent over last venr's total reirlrtrstion of 60,221 for the three states. Ilesldes, It In more Hen twire the 21 per cent gain of 12.S00 predicted eight months ago by officials of tho three states at the time of tho show here last March.

Tho 1917 Increase Is made up an follows: Colorado, 21,130 curs, or 47 per cent; New Mexico, 5,645 or 68 per cent; Wyoming. 3.875, or 54 per cent. Ijtst yenr's registration for the district showed a gain of 12,677 cars, or 0 per cent over the 1915 total of It would require a gain of onlv SR per ecpt to give next year 35.000 no re enrs than tho present 1917 total of 90,873, nnd Rocky mountain distributors expect to see at least that big an liicreiuie. Car 1'er Capita One In IS. There Is now one car for every 18 of the district's 1,600,000 people toul population equal to half that i4 Chicago.

The territory has one eltil of SiiO.nno nbout a dozen ranglnt from 5.000 to 50,000 and scores oj mailer towns. Theliow Is being held In tho city's, 4ri0.0no municipal auditorium. It hst more than one hundred enrs. of hall that many makes, exhibited by forty oistributors, and there n-e also 25 accessory displays. Tho total attendance for the week Is expected to reach flO.OOO or 75,000.

Tho event li tnnn-npl'd by fleorge A. Wahlgreen, aided by Assistant Manager Harry J. Moock nnd a committee of 14 members of the Denver Automobile Trades association, which Is conducting the show. Platunry, wall paintings and othr article decorations have been preiared by Leo Iontoll and A. Ucrghesl, of I'm nam a exposition note.

The three staten have shown sub-' tnntlal gains In prnctlcally all products nnd Industries, In highway development and in the purchase or utility enrs. In New Mexico, for eximpte, nbout two hundred cars have boon bought this year for stage lines to carry passengers, express and freight, nnd It Is estimated that fully two-fifths of nil the cars there are used entirely or largely for business purposes. SLEEVE VALVE MOTOR PROVES ITS STABILITY Knight Knglut-s I'scd In Many An toluol ors mi Kuropciiii llattliflclds. "Without any blare of trumpets Ihe Knight sleeve valvo motor has come Into Its own in tho great war nnd today not only the allied armies but the enemy us well are depending very largely upon the efficiency ami rellabll'ly of the Knight engine on the field of battle, envs W. Sinclair of Tulsa Overland company.

"If we trace the history of the Euro, pean war, which war depends to a large extent upon gasoline we find the Knight engine In the thick of It from the very beginning back in 1914," he says. When tho Hrltlsh army went over, the motor transports furnished by the British government were all Knight motored, and from that day to this prarllrally all of the British iiriny movements have been carried forth by Dnlmler-Knlght busses und motor transports. "And Hgain it was the Knight motor that helped save Furls. For when the famous "taxlcab army" went forth fiom the French caplt.il. the bulk of thorn were carried by I'anhard-Knlghts.

"Then late in 1915 came the supreme achievement of the Knight mo. tor. For when the Itritlsh "t.iriks" were designed, the Knight motor was the unanimous choice of the lliitish staff. 'The tank Is a veritable moving fort weighing many tons ami oi strength and power. Its success of course nnd the lives of its crew depend first and fnremot upon the powr plant, for should this fall In even tho slightest degree tho tank is doomed.

"The Hrltlsh of course know this, and when It came to deciding upon the engines, iiniii'ler-Wriighls were specified and two 6-cyllndor sleeve vulvo motors were installed In each tank to furnish the power. "That Is without question the greatest compliment ever paid the valve motor, and Is the crowning achievement of a long list of triumphs which Include, among other, the breaking of all world's records, the acknowledgment of European motorin circles th.it the Knight Is supreme, establishment of a now record, establishment of a new American record, adoption hy tho I.ondin omnibus company, adoption hy the Fifth Avenue Hus company, and the Wescott Express company of Now York, with 150 WiIIv.n-Kii'k-Iu taxlcabi and the LaSalle Hotel Taxlcab company of Chicago with 100 Willys-Knight cars." Motor Warnings. Pain Is the warning which the i-man machine sends forth when It is worn or disarranged and so The motor car glves notice of Its nllments bv mnking a noise. 'Jiio Wfll-bullt car of the present comes clow to being noiseless, nnd the driver soon becomes familiar with Its accustomed hum. An out-of-the-ordlnary squeak or knock or rattle Is a warning of trouble brewing.

The wise mo. tcrlst heeds the warning. Tho trouble niii be Inntin holt ne i.l,. (ut of adjustment, or a worn or broken part. If the motorist cannot lecnte and remedy the trouble for himself he shouM epk iha ai.i tki repair man before more serious trou- uceiops, or ne suiters a on tho rond.

A stitch In tlm nhvm nine in tha nn rti am In Ihe tailor shop. Milestones,.