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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 13 Apr 1917, p. 5

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= Ee Ee WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1917 SRR statesmen; | t busine N, ILL. SE hteen Cars in Shipwrecked Vessel alvaged and Found But Slightly 1 Damaged By Fire and Water. Information just received from. the |ledo factory of The Willys-Over- d company by Wm. T. Wehrstedt, al Willys-Overland dealer, con- |ns a novel endorsement of Willys- Jerland construction and the qual- of the material used by that com- y in its production. |Last year," says Mr. Wehrstedt, he steamer Wissely, carrying a go of general merchandise bound Vladivostok, caught fire at sea, was beached on the Chinese pst, about six hundred miles from Ing Kong. Included in the vessel's cargo were fhteen six-cylinder Overland tour- i cars. {Some time ago the vessel was |sed and the greater part of the go salvaged. These eighteen touring cars, when |sed to the surface, presented a fry appearance. The vessel had En on fire for several days, before three months. "During all this time the cars were subjected to the effects of fire, smoke and water. In addition, chemicals which the boat also carried, affected the paint and upholstery. "Iixamination revealed, that the motors and chasses were in excellent condition. At an average cost of $200 these cars were refinished and put into livery service. Accord- ing to a letter from their owners to the home factory in Toledo they are giving excellent satisfaction." MANY CARS COST MORE Since November 1 last year forty manufacturers of automobiles have raised prices on their cars, increases ranging from $10 to $700. The aver- age advance is $146 a car. All told, since the early part of 1916 more than one hundred motor car makers have put up their prices. Freight condi- tions and the uncertainties in the in- ternational situation are the reasons popularity given for such increases. Recent advances have been larger than those made last year, indicating that the hope then entertained of be- ing able to weather through the dif- ficulties has been defeated. king to the bottom, where it lay' Es Es --_ | Soon the umpire will mitting his overt acts. | begin com- so thoroughly reliable, that | in its operation. SERVICE | d Rooms | 1 The Haynes has everything in | the way of automatic devices-- i and the control is so easy and | simple, that in the emergency | there will be no confusion. [t is so flexible, that gear shift- ing, woman's bugaboo, is almost entirely eliminated. 1 It can be throttled down to a | mile per hour on' high gear, 3 Let us show you how A Gar That Women Love To Drive SULT OTT TTT, © + SSC You'll take keen delight in driving your husband to busi- ness and calling for him at night--if you buy the Haynes. It is so easy to drive, and its mechanical construction is WEIHE MOTOR SALES COMPANY 621 W. Railroad Ave., near Central Ave. WILMETTE Phone Wilmette 587 women feel unusual security making it simple to drive even on the crowded thoroughfare. Be sure to investigate Haynes power, flexibility, comfort, beauty and economy. A car that will give the utmost, demand the least, and leave more free- dom for the stimulating joys of the road. easy it is to operate a ASK 4 552 W. Railroad Ave. i 6 4 4 E | P-R-O-T- The Spark-Plug that burns oil and the one you don't have to watch No Adjustment Necessary Intensifies The Spark SEE WINNETKA AUTO REPAIR CO. S. A. WILLIAMS, Mgr. PHONE 1276 FOR E-C-T-O Winnetka, Ill. however, { highway along the edges of the coun- (can follow it. SAXON BOUNDARY TRAIL BLAZER NOW IN FLORIDA Little Car Finds South Ideal Motor Land--Spirit of Patriotism and Loyalty Manifest Along Coast. Three weeks of the Saxon roadster's | trail blazing trip for the national boundary highway have demonstrated not only the power and endurance of the car but also the beauties of a try. From Washington, where the start was made, to the west coast of Flor- ida, now the location of the little car, the trail blazer has passed through several of the most historic places in the country and along some of the most beautiful highways in America. The South, with its romance and quaint tinge of, the days before the war, affords an ideal motoring spot, say the pathfinders. Only one thing is needed and that is a highway, suit- ably marked, so that the motorists The spring rains have followed the route of the little car since it left the capitol, and day after day has been spent in driving over muddy roads. Not one has proved impassable to the Saxon roadster, except once when the car ran so close to the ocean that high tide inundated the road to a depth that caused the exhaust pipe to be under water. Then the car was pushed only a few yards to a higher | | place, started again, and the journey | was resumed. | All along the coast, the trail blazers | report the states are filled with activ- | ity, due to the war declaration, and | everywhere there a spirit of} patriotism. It is expected that the | trail blazer will be out of Florida in- | side of a week and will be traveling | westward along the Mexican border. | LB. -8 -% 5 REPAIR SHOP MOVES The Winnetka Auto Repair com- | pany, of which S. A. Williams, famil- | iarly known as "Sid," is the genial] manager, has removed from its old | location to a new and better build- | ing at 562 Railroad avenue, Winnetka. | The change was necessitated by a de- | is mand for more space in order to ac- commodate new machinery recently installed because of the constantly increasing business of this firm. Mr. Williams now announces that he is prepared to take care of any and all auto repair work required. EE April is a month when once in so often Uncle Sam has a habit of go- ing gunning. HUPMOBILE SETS NEW RECORD A new motor record for Peking, China, has just been established by a Hupmobile Model "N," according to information which has just been re- ceived by the local Hupp dealers. The Hupmobile was used as a pathfinder to the famous and historical hot springs at Tangshan, in the Peking province. More News On the Next Page The WILMO MANIFOLD Completely Vaporizes Gasoline TT [| Phone for further particulars Wilmette 628 North Shore Garage 611 Railroad Ave. Wilmette, Ill. ESTHET TT Phone 1300 North Shore C. J. Taylor Motor Sales Easy Payments PROUTY COURT WINNETKA, ILL. The Simplest Car Built CROTON OTIS I OLD EI OF IO Big MOTOR CARS JOOS --eLd =] North Shore Distributors for OVERLANDS and WILLYS-KNIGHT J 562 LINCOLN AVE. 10 OX TOGO: IOI 00 =I OE 0 EI O10 : ; | Light § i 9 . 1 Six i 0 ] I Prices Effective 4 April 1st, 1917 i a Light Fours i] 0 Touring . » + + » 3895 Buying automobiles is very like with. more than four thousand © § doadster Bae. 1.27) JET, » IN . RR ls 0 buying investment securities. successful dealers and branches, Big Fons You consider Bam back of the integrity . : : of vi : ase C - Touring . ... $830 ---the relation of price to value, ty £4 2 these cars through i Roadster EER ili -- the security or integrity of value, out the whole period of their ° 5 CHA Re ER the retarn. use in your service. i] ) Light Sixes When you consider the relation of As to return--the return these © | Fouring. : $353 price to value the Overland Big cars give you in service. Their Roadster ... . 397 . T¢ ov . g . Coupe . . . ... 31383 [Fours and Light Sixes conspicu- economy of operation and rug- Aad: ; 58 % PE . Sedan sys we F153 ously stand out as more auto- ged reliability are established Willys-Six a mobile for the money than can by over three hundred thou- o Touring» $428 be had in any other cars of sand in use. These cars, im- © 1} Willys-Knights similar specifications. proved and refined, continue a od Four Touring . jigs This is as it should be, for no other the perennially successful 35 Four C e ' 650 iim : . : : . ' Pour Sots «x $1800 similar cars are produced in horsepower Overland which for Four Limousine $1950 quantities and under conditions years has outsold all Eight Touring . $1950 | J cars'2'o : Bi so favorable to economies of similar specifications. rance i rice, Bi $2. : actir 5 I Fa a Ae administration, manufacture Volto! Securito!! i 5 ) els, May first next--de- and distribution: alue! >ecurity!! eturn!!! ] I ferred until that date Until M { Bie F 85 1} ao <3 * - . 4 yo - r ~ 4 (OE atte on As to security--The Willys-Over- ntl May Ist, Big Fours $850, g " pearing, 10 Sh gnLines land Company,--firmly in- Light Sixes $985, while we have J} circulating hrougho . y : oP ; the month of April. trenched,--with more than them to deliver -- thereafter : ; 2h g are re sixty-eight million of assets,-- S895 and $1025. All prices f. 0. b. Toledo sixty-eight ' ' ¥ Subject to change with- t notice. 1 ou 0 "Made in U. S. A." PHONE 166 WINNETKA ) I FOR DEMONSTRATION $ Wm. T. Wehrstedt, Prop. Totor Cars. WINNETKA, ILLINOIS [(----C) -- (J ------ (7 -- | 10I0E= d i

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