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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1917
Page
5
A vintage guide warns against curb strikes and idle engines while stressing careful maintenance. It urges recording per mile costs for gasoline, oil, tires, and repairs to minimize expenses, and explains clutch care, starting procedures, and practical fixes like blowout patches and lamp braces to extend vehicle life.
A repair shop states it operates a dedicated department for Oakland car service. It claims to have skilled specialists and a fully equipped shop with machinery and tools, stocking thousands of dollars worth of parts to prevent delays and meet promised service timelines.
L J Hain manager of Oxgen Motor Car Co and his family visited Ma Mains' father in Perrysville Indiana, traveling 469 miles in a Standard Superlama with minor tire punctures. The trip served as a camping out adventure for their family as Hain described dusty western roads yet praised improving highway conditions, noting fuel efficiency slightly over sixteen miles per gallon and favorable economic conditions east of Utah with similar crops.
A traveler noted strong winds in Kansas that leveled homes and blew orchards flat. Crops appeared light and drought harmed yields. Military spirit was high with many families asked to sacrifice their sons for the army, echoing homefront worries.
C Wilson of the Dish Idaho Motor company urges motorists to heed Fareline guidance and conserve gasoline during wartime. He warns of possible shortages and high prices if consumption remains excessive, citing his cross state trip via the Yellowstone Park highway and an eighteen mile per gallon average in a Mitchell six, noting potential for better mileage with proper techniques. The North division is described as busy with demand and reform efforts.
Farmers nationwide work the harvest with bountiful crops of grain hay fruits and other products. Despite difficulties some fields show strong yields as the country measures progress in harvest season.
J Elmer Pratt president of Higrade Majors Co states that motor trucks in the United States replace two to five horses per vehicle, freeing land for food for soldiers and civilians. He notes 30,000,000 horses costing about 5 billion dollars yearly in feed, and cites higher grain prices boosting interest in motor trucks. Trucks also ease railroad strain and prove a key transportation factor in wartime.
FO Spooner argues advertising drives business and public belief. William F. Methuish Jr of Multon Motor Truck Co. Farmsingdale Long Island cites advertising as vital, comparing a newborns cry for food to a monument after death and urging belief in newspapers as a sale tool. He advocates locating prospects by planting seeds and stresses salesmanship backed by quality service.
A wartime mist of innovation blends motor cycles with aircraft as engineers imagine compact motorcycles inside aircraft fuselages for quick troop movement. Test flights in California reach 6500 feet, 16 miles, with a tractor biplane carrying a lightweight Indian motorcycle. The idea envisions stealthy travel where planes cannot land and fuel is scarce, prompting plans to equip airmen with portable bikes for rapid recovery or escapes.
Forrest J. Alvin, general manager of the United States Motor Truck Co of Cincinnati, reports a tenfold rise in production this year and projects output will double next year. The firm will implement progressive assembly in a two story, 490 by 90 foot building, expand by purchasing two city blocks, and build new railroad docks to improve transport via three rail lines and the Ohio River.
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