The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1918-08-28
ROGERS UNA-DRWE TRUCK
ON EXHIBITION IN fALLON
First Completed Model Pleases Many
Owners of the Stock in
Churchill County

truck, now being shown and demon
strated in thiss district, is proving a
source of great interest. The motor
truck transportation problem today
is assuming great proportions. Speed
and stability are the great essentials.
The Rogers 4-wheel drive is an
other step ahead of anything yet
produced in this line. In designing
this truck simplicity and stability
have been the watchwords through
out, and We anticipate that within
an incredibly short time the Rogers
a-wheel drive will supercede all 9TH
er types of trucks for heavy duty
work, as it is a known fact that they
will continue to work with great
success where others fail completely.
The Rogers truck incorporates a
new adaptation of an old and we'll
tried principle in their patented A.
wheel drive. 1t is the only truck of
this type using a fully protected
full-floating front axle, which oper-
ates completely submerged in oil all
the time-a feature eliminating all
unnecessary wear and conducive to
exceedingly long life of the working
parts.
A feature of the 4-wheel drive
trucks built heretofore has been the
inability to handle them in sand or
mud. The Rogers truck overcomes
this very undesirable feature of
steering by placing the center of the
steering radius directly under the
center line of the tire, and also by
placing the axle-housing load direct
iy under the same center through
patented feature exclusively con-
trolled by the Rogers Corporation,
who have by extensive tests proven
beyond all doubt their great superb
ority in hill climbing and heavy
hauling under the most severe con-
ditions.
With the above features In view
there Is no reason to assume that
the Rogers truck will not eventual
ly take up transportation problems
of the country where the other sys-
TEN now In use leave off, and will
haul capacity loads under conditions
which prevent the practical use of
any other type of vehicle.
Tho pA0arc hnlta
shown in Fallon made the trip from
the factory in Sunnyvale, CAL, to
Reno in 25 hours and 40 minutes
actual running time, a distance of
312 miles and an average of 12.4
miles per hour for the complete
trip. This is unquestionably a fine
record and closely approaches the
average touring car time over the
same route. We know of no ade-
quate terms in which to describe the |
vast field of usefulness to which the |
Rogers 4-wheel drive truck might |
be placed. Ii marks an entirely new
era in motor truck development and
efficiency.
The Rogers Corporation owns an
extensively equipped plant in Sunny
vale, Cal, representing an invest
ment of over $250,000 and will man
ufacture. when at full capacity, O.
600 motor trucks per year. The
company is incorporated under the
laws OF Nevada with a capitalization
of $1,000,006. However, only one
tenth of this capital stock is to be
placed on the market at par in order
to provide an adequate working cap
ital; other allotments, II any, to be
sold above par, and all capital stock
to be worcestershire.
Over so per cent of the actual
stockholders reside in Churchill
county, and after a thorough inspec-
tion of this product they cannot fail
to realize the great superiority of
this proposition over all others and
freely express their satisfaction in
the investment.