The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-07
MOTORING

", -. Rook. ~ the Rook Motor core
pany. went To Oklahoma city FRIDAY
night and will return today,
The Palace Garage AMI Salrs com
pany is expecting "A car pt 'hnndlers
this week.
There seems to be- some Doubt among
car owners M 10 the circumstances
under which Il IL advisable 20 ii alumi.
mum pistons. In general II may be said
that this type OF piston gives excellent
service in motor the bors of which
IL not more than three inches. In some
cases aluminium pistons hava' bQea NJ.
ted In motors with a slichtly greater
bore than this. but whore the bore II
above four inches. II Is NJ; advisable
TO make the experiment.
\. a. Morris. Of New Wilson. Is dri, ing
"A Paige chummy roadster. deli fcred inst
week by the Paige Motor COMPANY.
Mrs. 4. q. Foster has purchesoI n
new Cadillac touring ear of Moorcheal
a Telford.
The feminine section of the British
field army grows larger all the time.
Khaki-clad women, at first with the Red
Cross only. are entering other depart.
ments of the field army. 20 displuce
men for work nearer the front line
trenches.
chauffeurs, not only for ambulancas
and light supply wagons, but also for
heavy trucks. They are very success
ful in the work. Each wears "A uniform
of regulation short skirt and knickers.
4 badge on the sleeve further identi-
fies her us one of the British in the
field army Young women lieutenants
command. and each unit has its own
supervisory officers and chaperops.
Every boat going to France from
England takes new companies of wom-
en- workers. At first their work was
mostly at the remote bases. but now
they may he found within hearing dis.
tance of the guns.
\ five.passenger Paige car was deliv. |
y
by the Paige Motor company
Horace Kendall is driving new Cad !
lilac purchased last week from Moore
head & Telford.
Eleven years ago Iowa was so hos
tile to motor cars that il wanted them
kept from the public highways. Today
there is one car for every ten persons
in the state,
1t was eleven years ago that resi-
dents of Denison. Iowa, met in solemn
session and passed resolutions warning
owners to keep their cars off the roads.
An article printed in a Denison news
paper bore the following heading:
Autos in bad at Denison." The ar.
ticle relates that the seventy-five citi-
zens in attendance were willing to
give car owners reasonable time with
i'm which to dispose of their. cars. The !;
meeting adopted the following resolu- /
tions: /
I'VE. the Undersigned. request that |
the owners OF autos keep them off the |
public highways as they are "A detri- |
ment to both town and country and |
constantly endangering the lives of the !
public. IL seems that the wish of many |
should be respected by the few
G. l.. Taylor, of Oklahoma City. of |
the Paige Motor company. was here on
business with Roy McAlester. the local !
Paige dealer, last week
gI-t. ..l...
car with his foot on the clutch pedal. |
There may be only the slightest pres.
sure eXerted, but even this may be
enough to cause the clutch TO slip Just |
a little. which is too much
Maxwell cars were delivered last week |
by the Slaughter Motor company 70 the
following: a. c. Nichols, Ringling; J.
III. NJ. Smith. Springer; \. ID. Nelms, |
Ardmore; w III. Belvl.;s, Mannsvile; DR..
w. A. Darling. Wilson; Coleman Black, |
Glenn.
The sediment trap in the gasoline
tank should be drained periodically. |
This trap catches water and solid mat. |
ter that may be in the gasoline. II
matter the excess will travel along the
carburetor and the result will be trouble |
III plentiful measure.
When asked the cause of the lull that |
is being experienced in the local auto !
mobile business, Il. ID. Rook, Of the |
Rook Motor company, replied: Il con-
slider that there are several reasons, |
the first one being that there is, TO !
great extent, n shortage of freight cars |
to bring autos TO the local dealers. |
Then again, there are "a great many of !
the men not buying cars because they |
are waiting to see what effect the draft |
will have on them. Then those who |
are not called, or are not even within
the draft age, possibly have sons at
the front and wish to wait until they |
return before they indulge in the lux |