The Dickinson press., 1917-04-07
9 o o O O O 9 O O o O o o O &
MOTOR NEWS
By the Motorist.

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The Berringer-Petriclaa Auto Com
pany delivered a Buick Six this week
to j. ]. Sweeney.
D. A. Cutnaw has purchased a new
Ford roadster from the Berringer-Pe-
tricka Auto Company and a new
Studebaker Six from the Bertsch
Motor Company. Mr.. Cutnaw will
use the former as service car for
his electrical business and the latter
as pleasure car.
Business in the automobile in
dustry in this city is opening up in
good shape with the coming of spring
and all dealers, garages and accessory
houses are looking forward to
splendid business during the season.
With the cars laid up for such a long
ness was practically at a standstill.
There is very little country travel as
yet but great many cars are out in
the city.
The Mecca for visitors at the Chi
cago shows was the famous Stude-
baker Gold Car. It was so constantly
surrounded by visitors that newcom-
ers had tiresome waits before they
could elbow in. After the first day it
became necessary for the Studebaker
Corporation to change the location of
the $4,000 masterpiece, as the
crowds surrounding it at the front
of the exhibit in the main aisle of the
Coliseum completely blocked traffic
down that aisle. The Gold Car has
proven the sensation of every automo-
bile show at which it has been exhib-
tied.
Despite the ban on the importation
of automobiles into England, an econ
omy war measure recently passed by
parliament, there is still a big field for
American made motor cars and will be
a bigger one after the hostilities in
Europe have ended. This is the opin-
ion of Cecil Lamb, London distributor
for Saxon Motor Cars, who recently
braved the dangers of Teuton mines
and submarines to journey across the
Atlantic and take look at the home
factory of Saxon cars. While Mr..
Lamb admits that the legislative ban
on automobiles has temporarily hind
cred the sale Of American made cars,
he is very optimistic for the future of
motor cars bearing the stamp of
"Made in America" "I am going
ahead advertising and visiting pros
poets just the same as ever" said Mr..
Lamb. II do not believe that the
embargo will last very long. Even if
the war continues to drag out for an
other two years, I think the ban on
American cars soon will be lifted.
Then, there's the chance of peace at
any time for no one can tell just
when it will come.
w. F. Dauber, who is in charge of
the local Willard storage battery serv-
ice station, states that the first three
months of a storage battery's life, the
very period in which the motorist
knows the least about it, is the
period in which it ought to be given
the best of care. For this reason the
Willard Storage Battery Company is
taking steps to see that the battery
receives care during this period by
instituting at all it's service stations
special 90-day plan by means of
which the new car owner registers his
battery at the service station and re-
portsever so often thereafter to al
low the battery to be looked after by
the expert in charge. This three
months might be called the training
period of the battery. It is being
tuned up and put in the best possible
shape for long life of useful service.
A moments thought will make clear
the absolute necessity of such strain
ing" The genera ting equipment on
all automobiles is made to operate
under average conditions, plus a fact
or of safety. The storage battery on
all automobiles must be built to the
same end. The peculiar conditions
under which any particular automobile
is to be used cannot be forseen by the
builder. It goes without saying that
some slight adjustment must be neces-
sary in the electrical equipment to
fit it to the conditions under, which
it is to be worked. These adjust
ments can only be made by such ex-
perts as are to be found in the Serv-
ice Stations. A new car owner, while
he may know a great deal about the
mechanical parts of his automobile,
rarely knows much of anything about
the storage battery. The three
months special service plan educates'
him in IFS care