Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-25

OF which Major ]. q. Vincent IL II
charge. A factory 60x600 feet, tive
stories high. has been completed. Mr.
Eli formerly was factory manager ol
the Chalmers company
Ono moro practical demonstration
OF the need OF war roads urged from
time to time by Motor Age has been
made. This In concerning ,he road
that leads 10 Camp Grant. tho canton
ment situated ht Rockford. III. Fo.
some tnr, while the weather WIS wet
and otherwise disagree nble. the sol
diers had been looking forward to a
few days OF sun whom tho roads
would dry up and they could yet Oft
| the muddy drilling grounds ard take
10 the road For four days tho sun
shone hut siill tho roads around the
cantopment remained muddy. One
! of the largest paving firms In Amer
/ 'c1 has offered It's organization. tools
/ and equipment to the government for
repair NJ the road mentioned. There
ar" 27000 men AT Camp Grant.
| Weeks of training win lie lost thsy
Say. unless the roads are made solid.
| But those IN authority say II is up to
| Uncle sam.
Complete data I'm the recent motor
| truck test run hetwccn Fort McPher-
son and Fort Oglcthorpe show that
| the transportation Of rs soldiers and
| their equipment wns at "a saving Of
S2.S9 a man and al least three hours
In time. rs compared to special rail
way train service. The distance was
| about 1870 miles
The movement towards overland
travel for motor driven apparatus as
nm aid to the movement to conserve
the transportation facilities of the
railway lines Ia being encouraged by
different branches Of the government.
and announcement now is made thar
four hospital companies and four
field hospitals frcm the medical
training camp at Fort Rcniamin Har-
cison. Indiana, viii go overland to
Fort OGle.horpe, Ga. Two Of The am
hulancc companies and two Cf the
hospital units Will be motor driven.
Six hundred machine tools. valued
at $4,000. .0Gb were Communicated
last week hy the government thru its
machine tool section of the war in
dustries hoard They were taken
from warehouses at various scaports.
Some OF 'hem were stored for ever "A
year and were destined for Sweden
Some OF these machine tools have been
turned over to the Simplex Automo-
!ils' company. which has started work
nn its order for four thousand His
ren"-Suiza engines for the aircraft
lcard
The cole Motor Car company has
obtained n government contract for
cars for .he use Of army Officers The
| cars are TO I've OF the four-door tour
sedan tyne, finished in olive drab
with black leather upholstery. with
| special lighting and heating features.
The Province of Manitohn food
| control committee has recommended
| 10 the government the rcmcval OF
customs duties on AGRICULTURAL impIe-
ments, farm machinery and low
priced motor cars. The recOnmen-
cation Is based on the serious fool
shortngc thruOut the world and tn .
| fact that tie government has urge I
! the western farmer to produce the
| largest possible crop of wheat in
| 1915. II is believed that the removal
of duties on these articles which re-
tail at $1,000 or less will greatly aid
In increasing production.
Ninety-nine miles of inn roved
| highway We're built by state aid in
Alabama during the last fiscal year
Of the state highway department.
his represents an expenditure Of
| S27G. 15S.h2 bv tho state and counties.
| In addition to this. the counties con-
structed 1,405.5 miles of roads and
d'd much bridge work At a total cost
uf S3,i47. 7.13f.1S When the fiscal
year ended this state had 9.536.S
miles of improved roads, compared
with $3.50 when the highway Ccpart-
nm nj gpnnta1 in
Twelve tractors are being demon
strated at the county experimental
farm near Strougville. Ohio, 20 show
the farmers how they may increase
their crops in sriic of the lahor short
otc. The demonstration is being car
ried on by the county farm extension
bureau with the cooperation of tho
state agricultural departments.
Among the machines entered are: the
Cleveland Creeper tractor. the Inter
national. Molin. Avery. whitney Hu-
her Case, Parrott, Reeman, and Hap
py Farmer.
Frank w. Pilling has been made
district manager OF the Hupp Motor
Car company for the Detroit and mid e.
west territory. Mr.. Pilling mas been
selling cars for fourteen years. haV-
lnE DCen assistant sales manager for
the Krit Motor Car company and was
most recently district supervisor for
the Liberty Motor Car company in
the east.
Studebaker corporation has taken
over the lease and business Cf the
Suudebaker Sales company. Toledo.
ohio. Practically the same organi-
aation will remain in charge except
that the agency Is now Il direct
branch. Charles f.. Doan is manager
and George Vogelsang Is assistant
manager.
The Pierce Arrow Motor Car com
pany earned $12.7S a share in the
nine months ending September 80.
For the quarter ending the same
time, the company showed net oper-
Nting profits OF sl,S09.729 From
this there was deducted interest Of
$6,SS1 and plant and equipment de.
probation of S117,S33. leaving a sur
plus of S1,7s6.015. The surplus for
the nine months period was s3,796,-
129. These figures are after deduc-
ton of all taxes TO which the COM
pany is now subjected, excepting fed
eral excess profits and normal income
taxes.
The transportation committee OF
the state council OF defense is to test