Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-02
FIRST DRIVE SHOWS
NEW cleveland SIX
HAS LOVELY MOTOR
Prom Salt Lake on Minimum of
q Oh, Gas and Water-Car
Has ECONOMY, Speed, Style
and Comfort, Dealer Finds.

How are the roads between here and
Salt Lake?" asked Capital News
man Of ]. A. Beckstead of the Service
Motor company, who made the trip the
other day.
Well, when ! drove this car back
said Mr.. Beckstead (they were taking
= spin on the boulevard in the New
Cleveland Six touring carl, Il put one
quart of oil in the motor and three
quarts of water in the radiator, and
she was Just good and warm when
reached Boise"
He said a good deal more about the
drive, and the dust and grades, men
tioning springs, brakes. clutch, steer
ing gear etc, but his companion had
ceased to listen. He had lost all in
terest in the Idaho RRcific highway,
for the wind was whMtling past his
ears and his eye was glued to the
speedometer. 1t crept around to As,
SO, SO and was just passing SIS when
the driver shut down.
Not until they turned to come back
to town, and were loafing along with
about the speed and sound of a baby
carriage did the newspaper man re-
gain his sense of hearing. Averaged
between 16 and II miles to the gallon
of gas Mr. Beckstead was saying.
And that wasn't answering the orig
\ inal question at all. 1t was intro
ducing this Cleveland beauty, the first
one in Idaho.
Didn't really need that quart Of oil,
either" he continued. I put it in at
Preston just on general principles, but
the gauge showed oil half an inch
above the high mark when I got
home"
Mr.. Beck stead is justly enthusiastic
about the Cleveland Six. He had been
waiting weeks, months even. before he
could get car of this widely herald
ed model to show He had tried to Sc
cure one for the Service Motor COM
pany's space in the auto show at the
state fair grounds last month. Not
until he went to Salt Lake in person
to drive back a car he had already
sold did he succeed in getting the first
one. Others will be on hand in few
days, however. for q carload of them
were shipped Oct. "a, the company has
been advised.
The Cleveland. as the motor world
knows, is the product of the new COM
pany organized in Cleveland by mem
bers of the Chandler organization. 1t
has already attained recognition and
an assured place on the market, on
Its own merits as well as the reputa-
ton of the builders behind It. 1t is a
car with distinct character and indi-
viduality. The body attracts the eye
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The frame is deep and strong, the
spring suspension resilient, the bear
ings. gears, transmission all quiet and
true. and the motor possesses a range
of power and endurance that demand
respect.
Comfort and convenience have not
been overlooked in this new pleasure
boat. There is more leg room pro-
vfded, somehow, than cars of even
longer wheelbase and higher price
have possessed. 1t has wide doors,
door opening curtains, bevel glass rear
window. and real leather upholstery.
Mr.. Beckstead says the Cleveland as
It stands has been given three years
OF exhaustive test and development,
and that the company has a program
for its first year OF manufacture of
, 10000 cars
That isn't single car too many"
he adds, for it is going to be mighty
popular machine