The San Francisco call., 1910-07-25

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Firestone Rims that in the recent
in Giidden Run Gldden tour. out
with demountable
rims seven were Firestone He also
reports that the home office has re-
celved letters from the drivers of these
! cars expressing their complete salts
1actlon with the equipment, which
served them well over the rough and
muddy roads of the tour.
The Pioneer automobile company re-
ports the sale of a Hudson to Ed Ladd
= ----- or stockton The
HUDSON : Car tRs s9seat5n t5jp to fFf P59 2
cific Grove in his
hudson 20 distance of little more
tnan loo miles. averaging a little bet
Ter than 70 miles per gallon of gaso-
line Ladd was pleased with his car
IN IN every way, and especially with this
Guy F: Rankin, agent for the Regal
car at Fort Dodge, Ia, was this year
Helps Farmers ing IA counties in
Iowa. This natur-
ally placed him in a very good position
TO become informed concerning general
conditions relative to crops and future
bile. Writing concerning the popuIa-
tton as he found it in his section of the
state, he says: 1T might be somewhat
SURPRISING to you to learn that the
population on the farm in my section
OF Iowa is decreasing. In the IA coun-
ties that l covered in taking the census
there We're 5000 less inhabitants than
ago
When asked for his theory why sucb
cnanse had taken place he remarked:
Ten years ago larger families were
growing up on the farms than there
are today. Since the lapse of these
moved away to the city and other sec
tions of the country. This decrease in
PopHlatl94il Pc tba oifia mind ID you does not apply
slderably | might say that this veri-
fles the statement that is being made
on every hand that the regulation of
the country is going to the cities. |
would say, however. that in my opinion
the automobile is going to be one of
the great means of bringing about the
eertainy ~ ne taking kIn paee bs whifh fh is
farmer is certainly realizing the great
value OF the automobile today Fully
80 per cent of our automobiles are be-
ing bought by the farmer"
A striking mark of identification on
all Chalmers cars for 1911 is an azure
blue bar across
w on nfn Chalmers rEadiator This his blue iis
y -~ llIe Is the same
nous "Bluebird'' racing cars, which
won the Chalmers the title of Cham
pion cars" for 1909. The blue bar is
fnrnannas fore eumpany n tb recognition Of the per
track and HILL
The Weber Lake hotel of Truckee
has just equipped its big. automobile
No'sH for nTssds Tnis Car tread tires NG9ny fury
- wa;I US he'd By the
company This machine is used in
carrying guests to various points of
interest In the vicinity of the hotel
and, ana consequently has some steep and
rough going to negotiate.
An interesting story of the submer-
sion OF big touring car in the River
= Fowey. and its
motor enthusiast
writes: "The owner had Haland' lagdad 60 fd1ts He
from the ferry. but in proceeding up
the slip, which has a slope of In &
the back wheels skidded, and the car
The body being of the torpedo type
and having high side doors, the car
did not sink Immediately. but foated |
on on about %. II or Is yards and then
on a Thursday afternoon. On Thurs |
day evening at low tide the car was T
salved and brought ashore by means |
of pulley and tackle, when it was
found that the exhaust branch was {
cracked by sudden contact with the |
cold water, and the coil and magnetic |
ruined. The owner sent to the factory |
at Coventry for parts to replace these |
on Thursday night, and these were re- |
ceived on Friday night, were fitted on |
Saturday and the owner proceeded on |
his tour early Monday morning with I
the car going as well as ever he /
driving it up to Coventry from Fowey
in order that the bodywork which /
had somewhat suffered from its bath,
might be overhauled. Although the
car was in the water such a short
time the salt had eaten away all the /
small spindles in the watch and speed /
ometer, but in spite of the severe or
deal the car never ran better than it +
did on It's return trip to Coventry"
Is there to be another famine? State
Oil Inspector Longshore of Kansas de-
clares that before long there will be a
gasoline famine. The consumption of
gasoline during the month of April of
this year increased 46 per cent over the +
same period of last year." says the in
spector, 'and, of course, this is due
solely to the enormous increase in the T
number of automobiles now being
driven in the country. The gasoline
supply of the world is beginning to
fall off slightly in comparison to the
demand. and unless some new +
oil fields are discovered or the diStflla
ton process is improved the autOmO OfiIe 1