The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-02-21
OHIO VALLEY AUTO CLUB TO
START MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN
AUTO BRIEFS.

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shipment OF four car loacs OF over
i lsnd cars viii be received by the Capitor
NaF company. next week.
Henry Shook. OF Fulton. Ia. recently
purchased a new Cole touring car
The Capitol Car Company will deliver
an Overland car to Palmer Brothers. OF
benWood. In few days.
new and interesting electric device
OF cars may lock their cars With this
attachment the horn may be locked so
!, ,hat me RAISING small boy may not set
gong. the lights may be locked SO
they are not In danger and the gearing
locked so that the car can not be started
enul the proper person appears 60 set IL
More than 500 automobiles with a
value exceeding 100000 were sold
curing the Cleveland auto show.
In 1910 Italy imported IS automobiles
from the United states. In 1912 this
value OF s3i7.4s5.
In authorization OF the many motor
months. Pete" Grub has purcharea n
new two speed Harley-DaVidSon from
f;iail braunlich. local agent for that ma
William Boyd has recently purchased
through the Braunlich agency.
A 2o-mile motorcycle race will be n
feature OF the Memorial day celebration
at Davenport. Ia.
The regular weekly meeting OF tho
club rooms TUESDAY evening ssy. ,ilI
na,ters 81 business will come up Tor
consideration at this meeting All mem
"efs are requested to he present.
, Aviator. Glenn II. Curtiss predicts ina,
ule next development in the aviation ueid
VIII oe flying motorcycle.
The seventh annual endurance run O,
the New Jersey Motorcycle club viii
se held May 30 and 81. The contest will
be from Jersey CITY to Baltimore and
return a distance Of 442 miles.
Charles Leiphardt. popular mail car
flyr: mas purchased single cylinder tx
celsior. through the Braunlich agency.
UT eLlphardt expects TO use the ma
cnlne. which Is a very fast one, in the
coming races.
Motorcyclists In Toronto. Canada. ~.
doing all in their power to aid i'm pu,-
ting through the proposed new road be-
tween Toronto and Hamilton.
The Wheeling Motorcycle club has
completed all arrangements for the CIV
ing OF a bowling party at the oaks.
March >. Arrangements are also he
ing made for big feed Following the
party.
Many cities are entering the contest to
secure the 1914 national convention OF
the Federation OF American Motorcy-
chsts. The city I'm which the meeting Is
20 be held will not be chosen for sew
eral weeks. but the cities which desire TO
entertain the motorCyCliSts are already
presenting TO the board OF directors ar
guments IN their favor.
Two motorcyclists OF waukeran. III
pursued and caught a burglar who had
broken into and raided a home in that
place.
T. 4. Westmyer OF the westmyer
Auto Supply house is in Pittsburgh at
tending the annual truck show there.
G. f. Crow OF Moundsville has pur.
chased a Gas Oakland touring car
from the Steenrod Automobile com.
pany during the past week.
y large number of local people are
attending the annual auto and truck
show that is being held at Pittsburg.
One OF the latest automobile patents
Is the new four-wheel drive. This
has been tried and found practical
as the load Is more eavenly distrib-
uted over the entire machine IL *
comparatively easy for this type OF
machine 10 go where others fail.
The Steenrod Automobile company
have sold within the past few DAYS
an Oakland 6-4S to \. l.. Frances OF
Moundsville.
Alex Steenrod OF the Steenrod
automobile Sales company Is spend
ing today at the Pittsburg auto and
truck show
J. y. Johnson. Bellaire dealer in
Ford cars. has received shipment
OF II cars during the past few DAYS.
l.. &. Curtis has accepted a position
as manager OF the mechanical depart
ment OF the Bellaire Automobile com.
pany
DR. ID. G.. Davidson Of this city has
placed an order with the Sieenrod
Automobile company for an Ooakland
30 10 be delivered April first.
respite the inClemenCy Of the
weather Of the past few days automo.
bile dealers report an Increase in
sales and are Of the opinion that this
VIII BE- th" best year in the history
OF the industry
The very latest thing out I'm the
automobile lines o. having the car
made Co correspond with the gowns
that are worn IN Paris.
w. a. Reed has purchased a G.G2
oakland car from the Steeurod Auto.
mohil" sales company This BE- tho
hfst car of its kind in the city and
DE- attracting much attention from
prospective buyers
TO The RESCUE
motorcycle pulls Heavy Touring Car 20
Local Garage when 40 Re
fused 90 Move.
ono OF f.r r,...f ...t.... ..f..... 1919.