The Dickinson press., 1917-03-24
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E. A. Lillibridge & Sons purchased
a Ford automobile from the Berring-
er-Petricka Auto Co. this week, for
use on the ranch.
The membership of the Dickinson
Automobile Club has been increased
to a great extent during the past
week. Signed membership cards a
be had at any garage or car dealers
and all car owners are urged to JOIN:
The club expects to do a great deal
of road work this season and all car
owners should cooperate.
Berringer & Petricka, well known
Dickinson automobile trmt- has
closed a contract with the Maxfer
Truck & Tractor Co., as representa-
tives for this section of North Da-
kota for the widely advertised Maker
trucks, which makes "a Ford chassis
into a one-ton truck. A shipment OF
twenty truck units will be shipped
from the factory to this point about
April 9Th.
Deane Spalding, manager Of the
|Bertsch Motor Company, received a
carload of new Studebakers the first
of the week. Included in the ship
ment is a Chummy Roadster, one Of
the classiest cars ever on display in
this city. The "Chummy" is equipped
with a special Springfield aluminium
purple lake body, with natural wood
color wheels. Although it is classed
as a roadster it is in reality a four
passenger car, the entrance to the
rear seat being through the. twin
seats in front.
The Berringer-ePtricka Auto Com
pany is preparing for a big rush IN
the automobile business this spring.
The sales room is now crowded to its
capacity with new cars, Bucks and
Oaklands, and a large number are
stored in the warehouse. AS Buick
distributors for this territory they
handle a large number of cars during
the season. The Ford agent was here
the past week and checked up their
signed orders for shipment, as since
the new order went into effect no
dealer Is dllOWSu w oCOSA ~ "A"
Ford cars. The order must be signed
and sent in before shipment will be
made.
Every time the ~master.clock at the
Ford factory ticks off "a hours
935, 1000 gallons of fuel oil have been
burned. In the same time 1900
gallons of ordinary lubricating oil
have been used. Likewise 300 gal
Ions of motor oil, 600 gallons of
gasoline and 400 gallons of kerosine
are consumed in the process Of pro-
ducing 5000 Ford "a during the
24-hour period. Ford factory mach
merry, much of which runs contln-
uously from midnight Sunday to
midnight the following Saturday,
is very carefully treated. One OF
the most important things is to
see that the machines are well oil
ed. To handle the fabrication of the
thousands of machines III the Ford
plant $50 men are employed as
oilers. In addition to the oilers,
there are five oil inspectors whose
duty is TO see that the oilers keep
the bearings in the proper condition
and that the immense number OF
oil cups are kept filled. consid-
ering every kind of oil used in
the plant, about 10000 gallons are
consumed daily, which is equivalent
to five carloads, a tidy amount even
for a plant as large as the Ford.
The Dickinson Motor Car Co: has
arranged with the Dickinson Press
for the publication of a series Of
special bargain advertisements. in
which automobile accessories will be
offered at attractive discounts: 1t
will pay every motorist to Look Tor
these advertisements every week.
The average a buying an auto
mobile, knows in general how to take
care of it. He knows that a certain
level of oil must be maintained in the
crank case, that the g~rease-cups must
be frightened up every SO often, that
the carburetor must not be monkeyed
with. but he rarely, if ever, knows
anything about the storage battery,
which so much depends. Gener-
ally speaking he never gives the
storage battery a thought until it
quits. Then he must take it to a
Service Station, where he begins to