__ THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1918. rld A SPEEDY TRIP. : Maxwell Truck Encountered All Kinds of Roads in Bad Weather. : 'nder th oi Ray Macna- - . y t It's an invariable sign of good hara, f } wer, Maxwell on tr uring cars re. |driving {oo kill the motor on the trip from De- | principal 'Jros@ing. It the car is City Dwellers Far Outnumbered As Motor-Car iii 10 Waihi ads which, [one of the cranking kind, ask the - - - i. : fed 5 nd fting snow, jerossing eop to do it. If he doesn't Owners in Ontario, New Statistics Show. : rig! v Took in some [he will at least direct you where to ! : tunnel trenches on | 80. - he French front. > elapsed time : J i ¢ : eluding stops alone f vo £06 3 arking space al- Very little more than a decade ago |contmercial vehicles are treated in a Linen lin tops atong } MH on Boe 3 parking i pace the ~for it. is only fifteen years since {quite t' category way for lunch, was forty-eight | ways hack in from the entre o 1 ; 8 1 nt categ 1 ba and. BTA TYEE & street by easy stages. Of course motor cars first were licensed in On- § 8861 Ontario-registry mo- |! > anc nity nunuic 4 Street ol ¥y Bt pos nit it the tario--thé average farmer of the pro- o fewer tl = 409 Are Ving. ait, the Maxwell rolled | you are pot expected to hi 3 i i obit ft} 5 ; ol int Jedo in jus ir hours. Fro: frat tine, vince held the automobile and the au- e LYDE: € 4 fin o Toled ; in i t Jone hi urs. From |! : i i Fie conte ¥ a tra we z © while 0 te eveland, roads were icy ol tamohilist in supreme contempt, the {th ; ars, hile 6, 1 a ad, 1C) If the parking space is a tight fit, farmer as the symbol of city pluro- are au ul 1, coupes, {# . 4 ; hove the ear' ahead ainst the cracy, and the latter as one whose a fm : he ar K. : no > ¢ aheg R } 4 2 ist 1 ver y ag fr next one, Let the owner get out f n life was to alarn y 5 ¢ he © 3 mues jrom Seadish Tiskion in life was to alarm | I \ : i ML ito beet Way Bo con ae be aio Sto . i 1 P o we al, 2 - 1 1 : } Pr o z : 3 T nite the 1 5 » + si M8 av 8 OF nere, The average farmer, gn impulse and ! spite ¢ ¢ 4 business leaving his car the La * $$ 3 = - ard viples. hated th Htomo- Boas 4l . HF Z $2 a : general principles, hated the auton hy AS EY , ' bv roads made care ivinge im When a car is trying to back into ia?" bile and didn't care who knew it. ucks, ) € Wien to ba ta Lr : -_ ; To-day what a difference! 1 3 5 x 24-3 tir tive Fhe steep 1 inte Pitts- 8 parking e, dash in from b , °® The automobile has followed the Jos y tri sn and 51! } re m easily, the time for hind, then. jumbp out and---keep on 2 rural telephone and free niail delivery | ton wks, HIB ani Hon tracks an : being even hours | © Hn ; ol i . an antes 7 * 8 = - s "Th y es ; Never put your afm out when in the fransformation of country life. It is another factor in the abolition of Th cation of all the we ! rongh Greer , 158 the 4 GER slo the isolation of the farmer and the | ye} ; * 0 BY 115 rat pg ain \ Were Jurning 8 soph hn Buly motorists who gE pte a 3 Br x har b N A 4 Recs . a Ait ' . { 08 hink o £ 8 do, it, . a farmer's wife, and in bringing th : ctrics, 62993 of ie | up-g of 10 Yo ECOGNIZED in its true light by the Government, the ag Thenausy worl Hara hi ea. hp. : io ho lthirie five min gio highs When you finala polic oman put- business world, and the individual buyer, the automo- And wher€as in 1903, when motor | 35 ( 50 tp. and only 21 of 30 hp. dpe] oo. SE Jag on Jour car. tell him he bile has cast aside the title "Pleasure Car' and is now cars first were licensed in this pro- [ward ast day TE ii ive hi top ing tual ¥ol properly classified as a vehicle of real service--a present day vince, no farmers were: registered a - moraine. Sid a Scrub | You' will be surprised atthe effect it] necessity winers of such vehicles -- a ) Pirst L sed in 1903. 1 mn Sidling, wn rul an Bey a obi: . . : fortes wold have fieoniod o As illustrating the rats of merausd]tionntaims were erossed, and Me on- [will have, fier The owner not only lengthens his own business day, but he neMshurg (twe s of ehim oL:OUE Bro also lengthens his family's living days, thanks to the after- tion" --ta-day the farmer ar-owne ds in Ontario, the p: ear | UES reached Fe he ach srov [hibition friends complained: . about : noons and Sundays spent in the Utility Car, tg the st mmol ofidinl fer fo [shows a total of a. stpass was encountered, but the Maxwell | the distilled water that 18 being put That which increases the busy man's accomplishments in: 1917, leading by "mote than 75 Vion nj {0 1 speedy run th C into batteries? = Joshua Lott. THE UNIVERSAL car | the day; is no luxury. cept. the merchants, mannfacturers f ior the twelve months of more than hen on 'to and] One by one the womon are taking That which widens your field of business endeavor is a Ang other he h typical classe 3 per cer lf Ha wer men's work. Pretty soon there Chassis - - . $535 necessity The total registration « asseny Motar cars were first licensed in [then to Wa et 1e 1 a a ; thle J Ah ig . < ears for the year iff given as 78361, | Otani ie 1003 220 vehieles [from Ever + 10 Washington. | will he nothing left forthe. men but {Runabout . . S75 | spat which lengthens the life of every member of your and in the analysis of ownership hy registe i the rep 168 miles. was covered in f : 5 neha aso he | Touring « = = 595 family can well be afforded. i peupations it is noticeable that "the | irunior nf 7 éars inf and ten minutes ' i : . : . : ROOR farnicr" is rst, with a Jong lead, io and 639 Provincial n: with the lights of Washi Don't pay any attention to per Coupe - «= 770! Owning that which saves health, time and money is true . } sons trying to get on and off cars. Sedan ~ « « =» 870 economy. All these things are embodied in the possession of an auto 23409 strong. Merchants, manufac- {ed OVI: owt n glea r snow-covered | Se ! ' ! turers, te pi a composite group, re 'ae sah 4 ! 4 ad a and inclu bo NM 1 rolled with an They should wait until you pass, : Ir i Ton Trl 780 ister 14825, The killed trades have 'ine 1917 1) registration adv oO spler run to their credit, they jas heir hal or oe earried One-Ton Truck A bil representation by 10937. Physicians 790 vehicles, while there already etme an extra bloek it's their business. A F. 0. B. Ford, Ont. mobile. ; -- Don't wonder how your neighbor can "afford" a cary but use 2,605 cars, great or small, anc uratice that, despite the war and fits . > 'Too other professional gentlemen 3.394. |; lens, the close of the present yea Automobile, the Farmer's Friend, use your sound judgment and ask yourself today "Can I The commercial travellers of the pro. | will see the 100.000 total te ia ¢ Watch the Batteries Sole years dgo a good many rigos- afford to be without one?" vince employ 1,079 cars in the prose: {hind in the dust-clouded d ce, . Ms economists were convinced that { Lg cution of their business under mod "Highways must be built ar ring cars were more or less When you have purchased a car you have multiplied your ernized and vastly improved cendi- tained in proportion to the nature D test tl lea that If a ditt " i : £300) m Pepe Se al ry efficiency. You have acquired a personal and business ons. extent of traftic upon them," obsery 0 not ge 1e ldea that If d ? jopulent citizens--who considered them 7 : : Sons -------- the Phil, the wish Cc s | water Is good for the battery, two or | (automobiles) quite appropriate for J asset. Your selection should be a Ford. 3 The Taxicab Total. statistics for the past year as his text. [three times as much will be better. {them es--declared thatete extra- Sixteen hundred and sixty-two taxi- | "The analysis of these statistics 15, [Only enough water should be added f farmers in buying p ' cabs are at the'service of the public, | therefore, of particular interest in re. | to cover the plates about one-fourth fca national scandal and 3 : ° and 20950 passenger motor vehicles | lation to road construction. The in-|or one-half inch. The reason be-|q » ce to the country's well V uven ros., ingston- OSCOWwW are jumbled together tinder the "mis- | crease in motor vehicles owned by [con apparent when you stop tolbei or a good while I have been cellaneous" ownership heading, mak- |fzrners is distinctly notable. In 1913 ¢ er the action of a hattery dur. by Fo : farmer, by proxy, i ; gister aggregate of 78, | there were 966: in 1917 » registra. | Ing charge. ien the generator isimy at t* spent part of every . ox up the register aggregate 78, Se ud TS ral 1917 the registra charging the battery bubbles of gas|ycs ARIE CG. H. Richardson, Tamworth. And not only does analysis of sta- ot ------------ fre Siven of and these ire skpelied : st-han : Jl 3 me | to istics of "ow ship by occupation | SPREADER SPEEDS REPAIRS | through the vent holes in the €r { the opimon that at least since MeCor- tog pamershi aL, Hatin Pl ¥ ---- A caps. If too much water is added, | mick invented a reaping machine, no J. A. Goodfellow, Parham. to be the foremost motor fan of his | Labor Saved by a New Device For | these Bubbles, together with the rise other invention has heen so het al province, but there is other irrefut- Automobile Owners. in temperature, cause the liquid to}to farme as the automobile id able evidence in thé same connection Much labor is saved for the repair- expand and consequently it slops over {when it comes to jarmers' wives | presented by examination 'into the { man through the use of an automo-| the outside of the battery. Trouble {put the automobile ahead of the reap- "distribution 'of ownership" bile tire spreader that has made itg|is sure to follow. The spilled elec-jer. No other thing has done so much The record in this respect shows a |appearance recently. The device, trolyte ds likely to cause a short cir- to make the farmer's wages--and his total of 31.008 a ssenpes cars owned | which is described in the Popular |cuit between the battery terminals | wife's wages--equdl wages of work- in provincial cities, of which almost | Mechanics Magazine, enables a case and cell connectors, resulting in a'ers in town. By'wages: I mean, of hal 14.751 to be qhite exact, are in {ing to be turned practically inside | decided loss of energy thrown out of course, the satisfaction 'a man gets, Toronto city. In the country dis-jout in a moment's time, so that|commission. Short circuits like this for that is what anybody's wages fir tricts, including "their minor towns | breaks may be located and mended | are often the cause of mysterious |y consist of. If I were legislat and. villages, the score is 47,377, giv- | guickly and the surface cleaned with | troubles. Besides, the acid eventu-|on farm essentials I should put ing the country a majority lead in [a buffering wheel without gasoline. [ally will run down the side of the tomobiles high on the list, espec Ontario motor car ownership of 16,- | The apparatus consists of a stand, | battery and eat out the metal refain-3 5¢ this time, when they can he ex- /O=again more than 50 per cent supplied at the top with nested roll-|ing box or the wood battery case tf cee dingly useful smgpelicving the rail- At one time, and that time not so fers, on which a casing may be re-{self. It also sulphates the termin- roads of passengers and godds lofig. ago, the motor car was owned [volved for inspection svhen it is open- | als and handles, short hauls only an the city, and was regarded | ed out hy a pair of widespread claws, almost as nruch as its symbol as the ------------------. cheque book and the traffic cop. The For military purposes a Texan has proportion of city-owned cars is now | invented a torch to be dropped from rapidly declining, the Department of [an aeroplane at night to jluminate Highways shows by its motor vehi- | the ground within the lines bi an en cles statistics, and the occupation of |emy, attached t6 which are rifles that owners and analysis of distribution | are automatically discharged, the ai: suggest the extent to which motor | fair finally exploding a bomb | vehicles are now employed by the| The United States will only have farmers and used for business pur- [clean politics when all the women pases--this with regard exclusively to | vote. according to the Rev. Henri F. the passenger cars, for trucks and|Gondert, of Brooklyn, : : e y Over $116,000,000 Estimated Loss Due to Autos in 1917 -- Many Agencies Engage d in Safety Campaign. x 437 Cross-S tH | y 70 ons If any additional argument were parts of the country, especially In Ae i = needed to the many strong examples {some Western cities, where the theft 5 This illustration is an enlarged view made which have been presented in the in-!loss was very severe, the increase was { { 5 from cttual cross-sections of two 34 4 terest of automobile safety, both to much more thay 39 per cent. tires~wone a Micheli Uni 3 users of the highways and owners of These figures, if they mean any- ! i : £ in Universal, the other motor ears, it might be found in the thing, show. that automobile acei- i 4 The 3 37e of noche standard make, erusal of some startling fnsurance dents are altogether too numerous fin 2 sidewall of the tire on the left (which is a make ---- showing the engrmous wast- fand they ard an argument for the na- | Apa tires er thas Michell is of pracicaly equal age in lie and property as repres- |tion-wide Safety Wirst campaign in| } 7, ¢ " a downward, so that 15 ntl op essively ented in dollars during the year of | motor ear use which is being conduct- | Hel Surdiness wo most essential, yet particularly flexible where resiliency 1917. These figures have been care- | ed by many interests closely affiliat- prime requisite. 3 fully compiled by the automobile de-}ed with the automobile industry, ! This fonstruction gives Michelin Tires partment of the. Aetna Life Insur-| Conservation of life and property as i superior durability combined with re- fr ance Company, one of the largest [well as co-operation in every effort 'markable easy-riding qualities, RE companies accepting automobile |to win the war ' has been brought Inseichelin cross-section the layers of fablic are ; risks, and embody, in a very com-|home more clearly to the American them into a sneer Cushion of jabber which binds "fy plete manner, the total losses for the | public within the last year than | inca lptural advantage that catinor A e rift ar i year of all the leading companies | ever before. ! Y fabric sours loses its strength when the layers ; and agencies in the United States.| Moror.car mak { ! when, its strands sparse © OPC loses its stretigrh L C makers are urging the separate, They show that of 5,000,000 .cars conservation of gasoline aud lubri- : estimated in use in this country atleants: tive manufacturers are giv- It doesn't cost much to drive the thd close of 1917, the cars insured ing advice toward getting the great- The | i 7 ¢ Irivin any I tra ists Hoof } vehicles 0 ing: or « ing 3 1 1 a). 3 hed : we a1 ? , Dear Luke: Have any ee All prices subject to war tax charges, except trucks end chassis = - -. sa rs 4 7 5 ir com a -- Y for personal liability--that is, for Overland Model 90. accidénts, fatal or otherwise--num- a sible Twllenge trom Sires, and hive nls ks ge. s } 'bered about 300,000, or one car for large 'companies a movin "picture } wncertginty out of That's one of the five reasons why | every Six int use. The financial losses | ijn entitled "Careless Ar " ig 1 Aireduymg. the sale of Overlands in. Canada may be tabulated as follows: being exhibited in all the cities of % A " the land, revealing in a pictorial doubled lst year, a Ee ary, Insured, tou aon | Tmbnars lors Jessie ot. soto The other four reasons are that Personal injury, estim- ie use of the Mghwass o fey in Ly this light Overland Four has every : ) Pr Ted ns 50,000,000} ethods of driving, $0 as to savel 84 advantage of viorin. i ithe 1 tire and other lossés. The insurante) appearance, perform. insured cars .. ... .. 5,200,000 compares are also taking an aetive Ap a : H 9 1 + unde, comfort and service. ih roperty loss, uninsured 20,000,000 part in the campaign both to reduce] Fire and theft, insured losses and to contribute to human FB iy es « 13,700,000 safety, 3 2 324 ter weigh " "13,700,000 There has never been vo great a] J JI} sy : co 7 need for a vigorous Safety First au.] r materials, more superior construction-- TE 16.600.000 cut time. "Ate 3 2s bee's 5 BR for the Michelin Tires. { ai he propdriion'of sili ruil nimi oh | LEADING GARAGES AND HARDWARE STORES loving | HUmBer of cars in use has decreased . a aOR . John A. Harris, of New York : ts ----_------ elaine ho dave for cotton