Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-23
AUTO NEWS AND COl1r1ENT

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shortage in farm work. He recon-
menSe that all chambers OF COM
merce and similar organizations I'M
mediately take steps to secure trac-
tors and during the winter plan
schedules whereby farmers in each
section can have their work done,
even to the extent of working day
and night. 1t is the potato, corn ana
grain crops that are In most danger
Sheriff w. +. Reynolds of Dallas
Texas, has worked out a new scheme
to catch speedcrs. The plan is to
get local distributors to donate two
Gays each week in nigh powered Cars
with which 20 chase these speed srs.
Nearly every concern dealing in high
powered cars came to the sheciff's
\rcscue and offered him a car for two
Gays each week in turn. AS a result
more than twenty drivers have been
forced to pay the fines and costs.
The c. s. Henshaw company, BOs
ton, agent for Dodge Brothers cars
In eastern Massachusetts,, celebrated
its third anniversary with a banquet
at which prizes were awarded 10 the
winners of the salesmanship contest
begun some time ago. The contest
was open to salesn,en in any Dodge
Brothers organization, but only those
Of the Boston, Worcester, Brockton
and Salem agencies took part. Dia-
mond- studded medals showing a
Dodge Brothers radiator, gold tro-
phles and cash bonuses were awarded.
At meeting of the Detroit auto
mobile club the following officers
were elected for the coming year: W.
II. Metzger, PRESIDENT Edward n
Hines. Vice-president; G. Ed Bleil,
second vice president; Thomas p.
Henry, third vice president; w b.
Pachman, secretary: J. Lee Barnett,
treasurer.
The Fifth Avenue Coach company,
New York, in the fiscal year endeo
June 80, earned n net of S52S,636.
collected I'm 10-cent fares was $2,e0S,-
e76. The number OF passengers car
ried during the year was 22,0S0.7GO,
compared with 16,223,042 in the pre-
Vious year.
The national motor show of East
ern Canada will be held at Montreal
during the week or January rs, and
1t is expected that 1t will be the only
show held in Canada this season. If
this is the case, It may be the only
show in the British Empire. All po-
sitions on the show staff will he filled
by returned soldiers.
During the last Liberty loan cam
paign in Akron. Ohio, the sale Of
offering of n suitable prize to the
person selling n Liberty loan pono
farthest from the United States. The
contest was won by Mr. w. d. Schilts,
Of the Goodyear Tire G. Ruber COM
pany by selling n bond to n Goodyear
representative in Australia.
For years the forests Of Brazil fur
nished the major part Of the worlds
crude rubber. But the excessive waste
and destructive tapping of the wild
Hevea rubber trees Of the upper ANA
zon river coupled with the lack of
adequate labor to handle the rubber
output caused rubber users to look
to other fields for their wants. EX-
tensive experimentation In the East
Indies soon demonstrated that the
Hevea, which is the most important
IF the rubber hearing trees, could be
grown successfully there. The worlds
total output of crude rubber for this
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co, has
a plantation in Sumatra covering
twenty thousand acres.
Ralph De Palma, popular racing
driver and holder of numerous auto
mobile speed record records, was n
visitor at the Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Co. last week. There was much In
terest in the visit of the great racer,
for the reason that he has been using
Goodyear cord tires in all his speed
work this season. Within the last two
months De Palma has set up new rec
ords from one TO one hundred miles,
and established a new mark of six
ours continuous speed work. on the
5heepshead Bay track he averaged
lOe Ia miles per hour for the six
hours beating the former record OF
81 miles an hour, held Jointly by Res
ia, Chassagne and Guinness.
One of the bright spots in the life
of the soldiers stationed at Camp
sherman, Chillicothe Ohio, came
last week when the Goodyear Friars,
a flfty-man minstrel organization Of
the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co, of
Akron, Ohio. tourheyed over TO the
camp In a special car and entertained
the boys with n minstrel and vaude-
vile show. The Friars' club is COM
posed Of the pick of the companys
OK professional and amateur enter
tainers. The Goodyear company is