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E. August 28, 1926 WINNETKA TALK Left Hand Drive on Automobiles One of Ford's Inventions A worn and tattered Ford car cata- log bearing the date of 1908, now in the archives of the Ford Motor Com- pany, graphically illustrates the infant stage of the world's great industry and also provides some interesting comparisons with a number of features of automotive engineering often quot- ed as new developments. Back in 1908 the question of from which side the car should be controlled was regarded as of little importance. Henry Ford, however, recognized the fact that when automobiles became as popular as he intended to make them, safety in traffic would be greatly in- creased by the left hand drive. So, with the advent of the model T, Mr. Ford pioneered the move to popularize this type of control. As the number of automobiles in- creased, other manufacturers Yrecog- nized the soundness of his vision and followed his precedent until within a few years virtually every car made in America was left hand drive. The torque tube drive, now one of the outstanding construction features of many of the finest American and European automobiles, was invented by Henry Ford and applied to the first Ford model T in 1908. The multiple disc clutch is frequently quoted as a "new improvement," yet a multiple disc constantly bathed in oil was one of the features of the 1908 model T. Mrs. W. P. Happ, 890 Elm street, has received word from her son Theo- dore, who is on a motor trip through northern Wisconsin, that the wash- outs along the highways are exceed- ingly bad. Theodore wrote of one seventy mile detour he was forced to make. Establishes Taxi Firm in Hubbard Woods Area William Merrill, who for several years bore the sobriquet of Winnetka's "Millionaire policeman", has launched upon a taxi cab business entitled, "Hubbard Woods Taxi Service." Of- fices of the, company are located at 915 Linden avenue. Three cabs have been placed in serv- ice--all metered--and others will be bro\ght to the village in the immediate future, Mr. Merrill explains. It is the purpose of the new taxi company to provide efficient transpor- tation for the Hubbard Woods and south Glencoe are. SELL NORTHBROOK ACRES Henry Keeling of Northbrook, has sold thirty-five acres north of Dundee road adjoining the new Skokie Valley route, to a syndicate of Evanston men who purchased for investment. Ho- kanson and Jenks, Inc., represented all parties as brokers and will have charge of the resale of the property. The Rev. Thomas A. Goodwin of the Congregational church, has as his guests this week his sister. Mrs. J. S. Custer, and her sons, Edwin and Thomas, of Lawrenceville, N. J., who arrived in Winnetka Wednesday. --p-- Mrs. Louis P. Zinke, 375 Woodlawn avenue, Glencoe, entertained at tea Tuesday afterncon in honor of Mrs. Charles Pitkin of Pittsburgh, formerly of Winnetka. --(-- Mr. and Mrs. C. F. M. Miller of 936 Elm street, with their three daughters and two sons, have just returned from a trip to Keokuk, Towa. ---- Miss Hazel Flanagan of spent the last week-end with George R. Cooke, 395 Elder lane. Chicago Mrs. CAN YoU FIX 2 Telephone: Winn. 2048 RT TT AUTO LIMERICKS By Bob Johnson Remember that chap Danny Deal? He brought us a mud guard and wheel And an axle and spoke Dan thought it a joke But we made him an automobile. J ohnsonMotor Service Tires -- Vulcanizing -- Repairing RIGHT REPAIRS AND RIGHT PRICES We'll get your machine back on Useful Street in jig time --we don't loiter on the job and our reasonable charges show that our service is sane as well as satisfactory. £4 806 Oak St. | spotlessly clean. away. weight and easy to handle. money refunded. EIGHT POINTS OF EXCELLENCE 1---135 feet high grade sea- 2--You can hang the wash 735 Elm Street Tare Lawn Clothes Drier Does away with overlifting and overreaching which makes the work of washday hard and a men- ace to health. The Clay Lawn Clothes Drier is the one, safe, easy way of hanging out the wash. It saves time, work and worry. Dries washing Folds like an umbrella to store All metal parts rust proof. Drier light in Sold with a positive guarantee of satisfaction or A proven success. 5--Requires open space only 15 feet in dia- meter. 6--Exceptionally strong and durable. island cotton line. without a step or lift. 3-- Tension of line ad- 7--Weighs only 37 Ibs., justed as easy as raising about half the weight an umbrella. of a basket of wet 3 clothes. 4--Drier folds up and is 8 Jt eliminates clumsy removable; line always props, sagging lines clean and yard clear. and soiled clothes. Priced at $12.75 For Month of September Regular Price $15.00 = ad Eckart Hardware Co. Phone Winn. 843-44 a Pa WINNETKA ---- in SE