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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1916
Page
4
The article credits the rise in automobile demand to good roads advocacy. John N. Willys notes improved roads attract buyers, as dealers across 5,000 locations form a strong Good Roads Boosters network driving sales and progress in road improvements.
The season faces a tally well over $26 million in repairs and operation. More liberal estimates push investment toward $50 million as 18,000+ cars, many jitneys, roll 49,000 miles each. Gas, tires, and tuneups push annual costs to about $1.05 million for fuel and $800,000 for tires. depreciation at 25 percent.
An article itemizes a $26,000,000 investment for 20,000 Montana automobiles at $1,000 each, with $20,000,000 depreciation for a 25 percent season. It notes gasoline at one gallon per day per car for 175 days, plus two new tires per car and lubrication oil quantities.
Clergymen praise the Ford as a versatile missionary aid from the Philippines to New Jersey. Rev. Roy H. Brown reports a six month experience with only one tire blow-out and running costs about 20 dollars a month. He notes twenty miles per gallon on short trips and twenty two on longer runs. Rev. Walter W. Reid from Monticello, N. J., also testifies to the Ford’s value.
The report details a summer trip of about 4000 miles by a Ford runabout across New York with services held at multiple locations and rough stone roads. Despite poor roads the tires exceeded guaranteed mileage. Rev Reid and his wife then traveled 897 miles in a Ford carrying heavy baggage for $6.53, excluding tire wear.
Farmers now seek stylish durable cars with comfortable riding and rugged build. The Thomas B. Jeffery Company inventory shows farmers buying Jeffery vehicles as heavily as urban buyers, tripling demand. Antioch dealer Charles Sibley has sold 75 cars this season.
Howard E. Coffin of Hudson Motor Car Co says no single car maker can justify a dedicated steel mill but a divided auto industry into two or three groups could sustain ore to finished car. He expects close cooperation between General Motors, United Motors, and the Willys merger led by John N. Willys, potentially placing Durant and Willys in joint control of most of America's motor business per Motor World.
The Tucson Citizen coins ambiwheelerous to describe Jeffery Quad trucks that drive brake and steer on all four wheels. The term, inspired by ambidextrous, targets Arizona mine operators using four wheel drive rigs including Copper Queen Consolidated Mining and Tom Reed mines.
The Pullman Motor Car company announces completion of gigantic plans to produce a light delivery car. It will keep Pullman’s touring car quality while adding the latest light truck improvements. Dealers urged development to extend the popular priced class.
The connections of the battery should be loosened and cleaned occasionally in order to get a good clean contact. Sometimes the terminals will become so corroded that the self starter will not operate.
The article offers practical car care advice including jacking safety to avoid truss rod strain, checking suspension joints for squeaks, oiling top anchors to reduce noise, ensuring headlight dust protection, and cleaning reflectors without polishes. It also covers soaking clutch leather to improve pliability before application.
Simon Newcomb argues from available data that Milky Way stars lie 100 000 000 to 200 000 000 sun distances away. He contends the universe is a bounded whole with unity in structure and a surrounding girdle of stars.
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