Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-01-04

reeiiy through ovens iN which this
f,aint In baked sFeagsefa and running
heArds conn into tfair nlaeea
Wheels with the tires asi are hfanght
along an II runway. First comes II
front wheel then reay wheel Yoa
ought TO sec them piat an liie tires II
Is lightning by NJ specisi dayiee. III
vented by one az the men in the de-
parsment. the ,ise can lie put on Il
wheel la three seconds,
From overhead hndies are dropped
sipwu on to the chassis ard aoasi made
FAST.
The car Gu now reaay far It's tastR
Rapidly revolving wheels sai The floor
engage the wheels af the ear, and
send sham MT high speed TO make sure
Biftat ttlay ara operating freely This
III MOI q test under the pasar of the
car.
/ Gasoline and water are then put fin.
To the car, It liz pushed of the track
into another room. tili It's wheels are
in contact with wheels In the. floor
With the use of The self starter. the
machine gets It's arst chance to prove
the success OF lis construction,
/ II surprised ffass the way the motors
started They were of with q rush
There was no hitch or delay All the
work had been done right In a few
minutes the motor was working appats
entlys almost as smoothly as II 1t had
been year ON The road,
We saw how the cars were shipped.
The export department has big fed
ture in this lire. The finished car un
dergoes preparation by aaving It's
/ wheels taken off and fastened on the
under side of tho frame which forms
j the top covering for the car.
The top Is covered with tar paper
ais a protection against the elements,
and all is securely boxed.
Along comes big crane running
In an overhead groove q quarter OF q
mile long. The operator sits In q
small cab not unlike that Of a railroad
engineer. Chains grab the box con.
itaiming the car, and Within forty-five
seconds have carried Ii outside the
building and placed II on the tiai
4 freighttcar.
1t lis processes like these, all that
have described, that explain why ey-
ery car in the Willys.Oyerland line Is
what it is All so low q cost Making so
many is the answer, making them to
20 ali over the world and having
Iprofited by the experiences OF users
everywhere. Quantity production i'm.
mense and costly machines, skilled
designing, careful inspection, accurate
tests OF material, efficient factory
methods, rapid assembly and advanced
methods OF handling. all these we saw;
all these tell why the Willys-Overland
Company lives up to. its ideals OF
car for every need or taste, price,
class and service right.
This sight seeing tour was only one
angle of the convention Ii the eve
ming we heard the policy OF the COM
lpany defined by the various officials.
We were also treated to roflicking
tbeefsteak dinner at O'Clock, and a
minstrel show after dinner, put on by
the company's own employees and II
was very good.
Mr.. WHY'S. the moving genius OF II
all, also addressed us and In general
way told of the growth Of the bust
ness. how eight years ago the com
pany's inventory totaled only S58,OOl
and today totals some 100000, ,OG0.
The next day we spent In attending
speeches by the various officials and
inspecting the new models. At =
O'Clock we were all seated at once in
the cor.pany's own dining rooms to a
formal banquet, after which we were
Iushered. into the large auditorium
j where we listened to concert by the
famous Overland band and Glee cluf
of SO members.
We left Toledo Tuesday night at Il
O'Clock, arriving in Chicago nexi
morning about o'clock, where the
: crowd scattered MT f0r the day. The
writer took advantage of the stop-oyel
there to visit a number Of relatives
u We were all on board the Overland
Special again at Ii o'clock that night