Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-09-28
1t ST. Louis Yelled Prophet Week,
Months Ahead Of New
York Show.
FARM TRACTORS TO Be SEEN
New Cars Have Larger Seats, Head
lights With DINNERS, Quickly Ad.
Unstable Curtains, Non-Skiddinq
Tires and DemountabIe Rims.

lively, 1916 models. The New York
show will not take place until Janu.
airy and the Chicago show will follow
that.
This St. Louis show, the ninth an.
nual of the st. Louis Automobile
Manufacturers & Dealers Associa.
ton, is to be strictly American, a fact
that will be suggested even in the
color scheme, which will be red, white
and blue. Probably never before, ac.
cording to the show management, has
Forest Park Highlands been draped
so profusely with American flags and
buntings as it will be during the dis.
play there of 1916 models. Forest
Park Highlands is one of the largest
and highest class summer gardens of
the city and has been the scene of the
brilliant st. Louis automobile shows
of the last four or five years.
New Cars More Roomy.
A glance at the new models reveals
that while scarcely changing the
chassis, the manufacturers have given
much attention to the comfort and
convenience of the passengers. The
seats are wider and the bodies are
more roomy. All the 1916 cars are
equipped with the new one-man tops
and curtains quickly adjustable from
within, according to an announcement
by the show management. These cur
tains swing into the roof, lodging in
roof pockets that hold them in place
and out of the way when not in
service.
The rear wheels of most of the new
models are equipped with non-skid
ding tires with demountable rims,
which, in addition to making for safe
ty, greatly reduce the annoyance and
trouble of tire changing. Another
new feature, combining efficiency and
economy, is a dash control with a
vacuum system, enabling the placing
of the carbureter near the intake of
the engine and a consequent increase
in mileage of 25 to 40 per cent per
gallon of gasoline.
Erwin Skies" Startling Departure.
The most radical change, however,
is the introduction of the ''twin-sixes."
At least three different models show
ing the "twin-six" cylinder and at
least five showing the eight cylinder
will be on view.
The headlights are improved to con-
form with the new headlight law of
st. Louis and other municipalities. Be
sides being equipped with the dim
screw that permits the light to be TO |
cused.
Some of the exhibitors will feature |
the sedan body, which, besides being
a sort of a combination limousine
touring car, cool in summer and warm
in winter, is driven from within in
stead of outside, and thus appeals to
the man who wishes to run his own
car and still be with his party.
Farm Tractors on View.
There will be large display OF
motor utility cOnveyances, including
from one to ten ton trucks, delivery
" dSOLlS anu pdLSl UOulSS, lldClOIS lOT
leavy hauling and farm tractors.
The electric car display will be
including the latest
hings in electric coupes, victorias
md runabouts. The electric is no
onger looked upon as machine suit
sble merely for women, but is the
Utility machine for the business man
Who drives his own car. The electric
nen feel that the highest state of per.
ection in the electric car has been
cached. Many of the new models
hown this year will have the pneu.
natic tires and wire wheels, which in
rease the smoothness of the running.
The furnishings of the electric cars
viii be as elegant as heretofore, it is
aid, Notwithstanding the poor con-
ltions. The electric car manufactur
rs were so fortunate as to secure
heir supply of imported broadcloths :
nd whipcords early in the season. ]
The accessories department will be 5
anger and more comprehensive than t
eretofore A heavier demand for
|
manufacturers and dealers and the 7
how committee finds itself hard |
ushed to provide sufficient space to r
ccommodate the increasing needs OF
ne accessory trade
Womenfolk sometimes have diff
ulty in obtaining a hearing from
lunicipal and state lawmaking bodies L
nd politicians, but they will be pa
emily listened to at the st. Louis e
automobile Show. where every pos a
ible effort to please them will be t
lade. An informal announcement by Il
lie show management says in part: C
1T is the purpose of the show com, o
littee to make the show especially
ttractive to women visitors, as
lilady has the last and weightiest A
ord to say in the selection of the a
.mily automobile" r