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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02
COST OF AUTO
TRANSPORTATION IS
LESS THAN BY Raj

The vacation season was coming TO
an end.
Three men were talking over their
experiences.
Il drove through to New England
and down into Boston with my wife
and boy" said one OF them, "and /
have just figured out that the trip
cost US less than II We had gone by
train"
The other TWO men pricked un
their ears Each OF them. as II hap
pened had also driven across pcnnsyl.
vaniu and New York into New Eng.
land with their families.
Your car cost you less than $1,000
said one Of them. THAT makes die.
ference | drove my big car through
and / don't believe that would hold
true in my case"
We'll. let's VT down and figure Il,
cut said tho first man. And they did.
Here are the results.
or the three cars, one was in the
class costing less than $1,000. the
second cost around $1,000 and the
third cost over $4,000.
The railroad fare to Boston, includ.
ing Pullman. is s3l.1j.
The man with the little car p,iled
out his red note book. Here are the
figures he said. MY gas averaged
20 cents Fallon and oil 81 per gallon
adding minor repairs and maintenance
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02
WILL THE FARMER
BUY THIS FALL

Is the farmer going to buy this fall?
As one writer puts il, many manu-
facturer and merchant would sleep
better tonight if he knew the answer" ="
A leading farm journal determined
to find out whether the American
farmer will be in the market for pur-
chases and if so, what will he buy?
The research department of this farm
publication adopted a novel plan to
get the right answer. A man named
Smith i'm the research departmet cal
culated if he set his questions to all
the Smiths on the publications lists
he would get a real line on the farm
ers' ideas on the subject of fall
purchases. So out went the question
naires to the l2.S24 Smiths who We're
subscribers to the farm journal, The
replies, which were heavy, were used
as a basis for estimating what the
entire / 100 900 farm subscribers We're
going to do with the money they re-
ceive from the marketing Of their
products.
one Of the most interesting fca-
lures developed by the questionnaire
Is that lis per cent Of the Smiths
will buy automobiles. making a total
of i2G, 800 ears to be bough this fall
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02

makes the whole thing cost me s45.76.
Divide that among three people and
see where il leaves you"
well. that's alright" said the Sec
ond man. but you have an invest
ment in your car and your tires.
and there is depreciation 10 a certain
extent from the trip. To get your
complete costs you ought to figure
that in"
Il did figure it in" said the first
man. turning over the page. Il used
clincher fabric tires, and figured de-
probation on them ON the basis of
mileage of 5000; | estimated depre-
citation on the car of 10000 miles |
rut down interest on my investment
at per cent and added in insurance
and the total cost came to S7l50.
here are the figures. Check them for
yourself. | know they are right.
Now then he concluded three
railroad fares would have cost us three
times $3473 which is SlO4.19, but by
auto with all these things figured in,
the three of us made the trip for
just s71.5O.'
Then they took up the case Of the
second man, whose car was in the
5000 class. He had taken his wife
and two children along. His actual
operating cost, including gas. oil,
and repairs was $64.36. Taking his
S3xi cord tires as having life of 5000
miles and the car itself as being
good for 10000 miles, they added the
proper depreciation and figured that
his total cost was $1l5.S3. If he had
gone 10y train, it would have cost him
$1,000 more or $l3S92.
"Well, l don't know" said the third
man, whose car was in the $4,000 class
I'm afraid the only way | could get
out on that would be to take a pretty
god load Of passengers. As matter OF
fact there We're six of us IN the party
Let's see how that figures up"
His operating cost by auto was
sS795. His total cost. including inter
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02
AMERICAN EMBASSY"
JUST MISSES BEING CLOSED

Consrantinople, Oct |. The es-
adjustment Of Admiral Mark l.. Bris-
tol, the United States high commits
sioner here. which is still referred to
as the American Embassy" has just
missed being closed as result Of the
cost Of living and an effort by the
state department to introduce econo-
mics.
Admiral Bristol has had an extra al
lowance Of sl25 month and $4,000
a year for the maintenance of the
embassy" The former sum had to
cover the cost of social entertainments
and the latter paid for clerk hire,
servants, messengers, telephones.
cabling, repairs and other expenses
connected with a large office and resi-
dcnce. Sometimes Admiral Bristol has
had 10 use his salary to meet his
bills.
Recently the $4,000 was reduced
by the state department TO $4,000. 1t
seemed that the closing of the "em-
bassy" was the only solution. Many de.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02
1E40''
INDUCES
81 FL EP

Humphreys Number Forty" h--
duces repose, and natural refreshing
sleep.
For insomnia. Seeplessness. Wake
fulness, Nervousness.
No narcotic. No opiate. No dope. No
habit forming drugs, strictly homeo-
pathic.
SOC and $100 at drug stores, or sent
on receipt of price, or c. o. d. par
eel post.
Humphreys "Seventy-Seven" breaks
up colds than hang on.
soc and sl.00 at drug stores, or
sent on receipt of price, or C. o. ID.
parcel post.
Humphreys Homeo Medicine Co..
1856 William street, New York. Book
free.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02
PONY BLINIP Is NEWEST
THING IN AIR TRANSPORT ALTON

A pony blimp, which is perhaps the
newest thing in lighter.than air craft,
was launched last week az Winsfoot
Lake Air station, Akron. Ohio. It was
built for the L. 5. army and was
flown to McCook field. Dayton.
A pony blimp is merely a small
size dirigible, and is sustained by "a
$1,000 cubic foot cigar shaped bal.
loon. one OF the big diriglblcs will
have a bag of 100000 cubic feet.
Suspended from the gas bag is
the ship. which IN the case OF the
pony is built much like the tonneau
of "a chummy roadster and will seat
three people. The motor in the ship
drives the balloon ahead at speed
Of 80 miles an hour. The lifting effect
g. given by the gas, though,of course
by means OF the side rudders the ship
can be pointed upward and urged
forward at a diagonal by the force
81 the propcllers attached 10 the en-.
Fine
The pony blimp. which Is one unit
- a big order recently Obtained boy the
Goodyear Tire and Rubber company
az Akron, Ohio for government bal.
looms and dirigibles. win be used for
training purposes and FOR map work
Army flyers can learn to mancuycr
The dirtgible, learn the intricacics OF
air currents. how TO regulate gas and
| air and oil. how to take of and how
more difficult yet-to land. hy means
OF the pony, just as well as with the
bigger type OF ship.
These small drIglbles cost about
s25,00O and cost about as much Ia
operate as standard make OF truck
The new ship has a flying radius Of
500 miles. This radius is determined
by the amount OF gasoline It can car
ry. az a ship Ct this size can hakc
along enough TO last 10 hours con
iinuously In the air.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02

by the 100000 farmers. In addition
to showing the number of ears for
which farmers will be in the market.
the answers revealed that 1l6,20O have
already determined upon the make OF
car which they will purchase.
OF this number $4,000 designated a
certain low priced car. OF the re-
naming $4,000, the figures show, 22.-
900, or smore than 40 per cent will
buy Buick cars. OF all cars specified
Buick was second on the list and
within its price field led the list by a
wide margin. This unsolicited testi.
monial, representing the prestige of
Buick cars among the American farm
ers. is regarded by the Buick company
with a great deal of pride and salts
faction.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02

The Tom Cooper Motor Company
reports the following sale OF Ford
ears for the past week:
Ford touring cars to-
!. w. Mitchell, Wilson.
A. L. Anderson, Ardmore.
w NJ. Escoe, Wilson.
l. W. Pogue. Ardmore.
Ford roadsters to-
r. j. Jones. Wilson.
Ben Doggett. Ardmore.
Claude w. Floyd, Ringing.
Ford trucks to-
School district No. II. Berwyn.
school district No. IA, Ringing.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02

est on his investment. depreciation on
his ear on the basis of life of GO, 900
miles and on his 35X5 cord tires of
5000 miles. plus interest, insurance
and the like. totaled sl95.2O. With six
railroad fares at s34.73 it would have
run to $20S.3S, so he saved Il little
better than Slj, as against travelling
by train.
"Wel, what did tell you" said
the first man triumphantly.
II wouldn't believed it If | hadn't
seen the figures" said the other two
men.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02
Cadillac Company

The Cadillac Company Of Ardmore
reports the following sale OF cars for
the week ending October /:
Light six studebaker roadster to Earl
W. Waldorf, local manager for AL
Rosenthal
Special six touring ear TO T. Az
l}rannon. Marietta,
Special six touring ear to NJ. Il.
BOVd.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02
Brawlex Motor COMPANY

The Brawley Motor Company re-
PORTS the following sales for the
week ending October /
Hudson speedsters:-
joe Taylor, Wilson.
W. +. Combs, Wilson
Essex touring car
Kermit Dillard.
Used ears
Dodge touring car to NJ. c. Clark,
Wilson.
Ford touring car TO W. NJ King.
Of the Pennington Grocery.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02

The Felmlee Nash company reports
the sale Of five passenger Nash To
Tom Musgraves Of Ardmore and a
Nash roadster to George Simon of Dill
lard for the week ending October i
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02

To the Automobile Editor:
What is meant by a stone bruise in
a tire? ~ NJ. V.
Answer-This occurs when the cat
is driven at high speed with the tire
a bit soft The wheel strikes sharp
edge Of some kind and the tread is
rim. This pinches the shoe between
the obstacle and the rim. The rub
ber stretches but does not break be-
cause IL is so elastic. The fabric
stretches at the same time and tears
a hole rs 1t is not elastic. This leaves
one or more weak spots in the tread
and sooner or later the tube blows
through.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02

Pilot Askew and daredevil stunt
flyer, Arthur Oakley Of the Mechanics
Motor and airpane service flew to
Burkburnett Monday in the plane Ard
more where they performed with a
flying frolc AZ the Rodeo on Mon
day and Tuesday.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02

f. j. Stroman Of the Stroman
Motors corporation and V. /. Pucini
Of the Daisy Bell Petroleum Com
pany motored to Duncan Thursday in
a 7-passenger stephens. They spent
the weekend in Duncan on business
and returned Saturday.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02
StrOman Motors Corporation

The Stroman Motors Corporation re-
ports the sale of an Oakland roadster
10 c. w. Shores of Dillard during the
past week.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02
Auto Row Picliups

Hayward witt. manager of the sales
distribution department of the Tulsa
factory was in Ardmore Thursday on
business with the Tulsa dealers. Me-
chanics Motor company.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02
NEW S

the rear, A strap or other obstacle
hanging down in front of it may put
you into court.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02
To the Automobile Editor:

To the Automobile Editor:
My engine will run fine rs long az
I do not go over twenty-five miles per
hour. 1t also misses on the hills
and will not hit on all cylinders
when running idle. 1t hits them all
as soon as | start and as long as |
keep under twenty-five miles per
hour. but if | go over that speed it
misses fierce. II. l.. j.
Answer-Missing in some of the
cylinders may be due to any one Of n
large number OF causes If it occurs
at high engine speed it may be the
circuit breaker which may need ad.
justment, If it occurs at low engine
speed it may be due to leaks in
the inlet manifold. defective valve 40.
justment. weak spring or worn valve.
Search along these lines should re-
veal the cause.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02

vices were suggested for increasing
the embassy income so it might keep
open. One jOcular suggestion was that
charity benefit be held.
After a good deal of correspondence
with the state department, showing
that the pre-war sl5, 900 had lost much
of its value due to the high cost of
living here, an increase of $4,000
was allowed and the embassy" is still
open.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02

. II. p. Mason, salesman cf the Stro-
mon Motors corporation, spent Tues
day and Wednesday OF the past week
In Wilson. Healdton and billiard on
business for the company. The trip
was made in a 5.passenger Oakland.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02
HINTS FOR MOTORISTS

The tie rod under the rear axle
comes in for its share OF neglect and
il Is fortunate that IL is 50 well
secured or It would give more trou'
ble than il does. IL should be tried
occasionally 10 sec II II is still tight
or Is loosening up. II serves a very
important purpose which is TO
strengthen the axle housing at It's
weakest point. In the middle. The u,
rod relieves them TO some extent
This is particularly true OF the Ford
rear axle. but applies also wherever
the tie rod is used. Try occasionally
and have IL ughtened II necessary.
IL YOU are troubled by small boys
hanging on 10 your rear tires Try a
"trip Of leather with number OF
sharp nails driven through IL This
may be fastened over the top where
the boy can easily find u. Tire car
r4ers are made strong enough FOR
their purpose but not 70 carry an
assortment OF small boys. a row Of
spikes has been known 10 discour'
age hardened offenders after only
one attempt
lack up the front wheels occasional.
~ and shake the wheel TO sec II The
bearings are loosening. a slight loose
ness will give the bearings hammer
hlow. resulting In breaking one OF
more of them. The broken pieces viii
bc jammed into the others possibly
running the whole bearing.
no you know the location Of all the
grease cups on your rear end2 There
are usually sometucked In out ol
sight which can only b. reached by
going under the car. As these are
on the brake connections they arc
extremely Important IL such bear
ING scizes the brakes fail.
In fitting the fasteners to youl
rear tires be careful not TO hide any
part of the number plato. The law
in most States is very specific or
this point. that every part OF th'
plate should be clearly visible from
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02
To the Automobile Editor:

~ Allf NulOilubllt ESdlApl
Does high compression engine
give more power than low compress.
ion engine with the same piston dis.
placement? r. Il. p.
Answer-The advantage is with the
high compression engine. Piston dis
placement means the volume of gas
admitted or expelled by the piston
This is supposed to be the same in
both engines. The one with the high
er compression forces this gas into a
smaller space and so develops more
power. There is a practical limit in
raising compression, for there is al
ways danger OF pre.ignition and
again, very heavy compression has 6
tendency to flatten out the bearings
and so make the engine knock. Sev'
eral years ago the tendency was to-
ward high compression but this is
no longer the case.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02

Ninety.five per cent Of the world !
output of diamonds is controlled by
one South African syndicate.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02
BE on WATCH FOR GASOLINE
IN TINE CRANK CASE on CAK

I'y Albert y. Atl,ia4on
ON account of the Increasing de-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02

Frank Clark Of the Felmlee Nash
company motored TO Oklahoma city
Sunday in a Nash coupe, accompanied
by Mrs. Clark and Mrs. J.. \. Felm'
lee.
Mr.. Clark returned to Ardmore on
Monday morning while the Mesdames
Clark and Felmlee remained in the
city to attend the state fair.
J. II, Pitts of the Ward Motor
company spent several days of the
past week in Ada on business for the
company
Sidney Brawley of the Brawley Mo.
Tor company drove down an Essex
five passenger touring car from Okla
homa City Thursday Of the past week.
i. 4. Gibson, salesmanager of the
McClelland.Gentry Essex company Of
Oklahoma City visited with the Braw.
ley Motor company last Friday.
j. :. Metcalf. wholesale salesman for
he Shelburne Motor company, dealers
II the. Lincoln automobile spent Thurs
day OF the past week with the Braw'
ley Motor company,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02
ANSWERS TO QUERIES

TO the Automobile Editor.
% What is expected of an inner
tube? (2)why are solid tires not used?
60 Could there be an improvement
on the present inner tube, one that
would not puncture or have TO be
pumped full of air? .(4) Does a car
ride smoother with tube filled to its
limit or medium? l.. c. \.
Answer-O) The sole purpose of
the inner tube is to hold the air. II
must be a good grade of rubber, elias
tic enough so that it will not burst if
pumped up larger that its rated diam
eter (2) Solid tires do not give the
air cushion needed to protect the
passengers and mechanism from shock.
(3)lt is to be hoped that such an
Improvement will be made some day
Devices like interliners only heat up
the tire and so damage it. (4) The
pressure in the tire should be eighteen
pounds per inch of small diameter
for front tires and twenty pounds for
rear. Any less pressure will cause heat
and damage the tire. Any more pres
sure will make the tire too hard and
so damage the mechanism.
| To the Automobile Editor:
What chemicals are there that ear
be used to cut the sulphate of the
positive plates of a storage battery
Is there any good way TO patch 4
broken jar? II. r. ID
Answer-There is no chemical thai
can be used TO dissolve the sulphatt
on storage battery plates. The only
way TO reduce this sulphate is Il
charge the battery very slowly s.
that a complete charge will take abou'
fifty hours. II this does not remoN
all of it, the battery must be dis
charged either bp use or through .
resistance. and the slow charginl
rate again applied. If this fails the
plates are ruined. \ broken hare
rubber cell cannot be patched. i
must be replaced.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02
Advanced
Fall Shouting

Just now our stocks are
very complete in every
detail and we show you
the same material you
would find in the larger
cities. Various fabrics in
new and attractive colors
from the leading mills of
he world.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02
SNEED'S SERVICE

Our work rooms are fully equipped to turn out the
most difficult jobs and are IN charge of competent
workers Efficiency in this department makes it pos
sbe to do the work at extra charge to our custom
ers. You pay for nothing but the materials used.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-02-23
BARGAIN SEEKERS
BRAVE WEATHER
Snow Storm no Hindrance in
Getting IL Broom. Golden
Rules Reduction Sale Con-
tinues.

Drawing Saturdays severe storm
there were considerably more than
thirty-hve women who made a mad
rush for the Golden Rule Store at the
nine o'clock hour in order to be one OF
the thirty-five to get a ST broom for
1e. But there were several who didn't
exactly know the ms and outs of get
ting a free bargain and were left with
out. AT any rate it was an unusual
sight to see the lucky thirty-hve go
ing about the store carrying their
brooms and looking for more bar
gains.
Considering the disagreeablenes OF
the weather, the first days sales al
the Golden Rules great stock reduc-
ing sale, were gratifying to the man
ager. The sale continues through this
week.
The additional saleswomen employ
ed at the Golden Rule for this week
are: Misses Mary Whitehead, Mary
Meyers, Carrie Tucker, Leila Tucker
and Ella Smith. Miss Frances Shep.
hard. book-keeper for Cohen's Depart
ment Stores, of Jacksonville, is here
assisting in the bookkeeping work
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-02-23
PICKS EARLY MORN
TO GET GROCERIES
Frank Kinney, of McQuady,
Arrested For HOUSEKEEPING
and Placed Under $1,000
3, Bond.

Mr.. Frank Kinney, 40 years old
was caught in the act of taking groc-
cries from Will Davis store in Nc
Quady on Tuesday morning about 4
o'clock
1t happened that neighbor of Mr..
Davis wanted to get in the store to
telephone to Hardinsburg for a ply
stefan as a member of his family was
i'll. When the men opened the store
they found Kinney in the act of get
ting groceries to supply his larder.
Kinney left the eatables and escaped
from the store and absonded himself.
After a diligent search on the part of
the inhabitants of McQuady he was
found near the city limits hiding be-
hind a root wad. He was captur-
ed and escorted to the rail-
road station to be taken II Hardins-
burg. On the train going into Hard
insburg was Sheriff ]. B. Carman,
who took Kinney in charge.
Kinney was brought before Judge
Kincheloe on the charge of house
breaking. The Judge placed him under
a $1,000 bond. He was not able to
give bond and was placed in the
county jail to await his trial.
Kinney is married and man OF
family
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-02-23
EVERETT NOBLE WEBS
MISS RUTH CARAVAN

Mr.. Everett Noble and Miss RutA
Carman. both young people of this
city, motored to Cannelton, Saturday,
and were married in the parlors of
the Lutheran church by the Rev G.
A. Karizler, the pastor. The ceremony
was witnessed by the groom's brother.
Frank Noble, and Walter Weisenberg.
Upon their return at one O'Clock 10
the home of the brides mother, Mrs.
Hester Carman, a bountiful dinner
was served in honor of the bridal
couple with few guests present
Mr. and Mrs. Noble have gone to
housekeeping in furnished rooms at
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Mays, Sr., in the
West End