Arizona republican., 1921-06-05

manufactured as near fool-proof as mechanics can make it.
 I remember well an old sales excuse from prospective customer: If your automobile had some apparatus for starting the motor by just press ing a button I would buy one for my wife" Today we have everything that could be expected for our com fort+self starters. electric lights. generator for charging battery, shock absorters to give ease of riding. motorlneters to tell us the exact tenn perature of our motors, automatic carburetors that require no mechan- ical adjustment-in fact everything that goes to make 1t a pleasure to drive and motor.
 The automobile of today as above stated is practical piece of ma chinery, created for mankind to assist him in his daily labors and enjoy ment Have you ever stopped to con- slider just how practical and complete in mechanical perfection an automo- bile of today Is when placed along side t,ther of the worlds mechanical and electrical creations? Take for instance the locomotive, that great piece of mechanism that makes pos sible OUT large interstate commerce and passenger transportation The commercial life of a locomotive is figured by the statistics of the inter state commerce commission at 10 years. The average cost is approxi- mately s400, 900. This means that the depreciation on a locomotive is $40.- 900 per annum. Not taking into con- sider;ition the large upkeep necessary to keep the locomotive on the tracks, the average repairs run about $1,500 monthly, or $1s,oo0 per year. This gives grand total of expense of $5S,- 900 per, year. less fuel expense. en- gineerii and fireman's salaries.
 Locolnotives are driven only by the most highly skilled engineers in the counfryr Before man can qualify to drive a locomotive and be an engineer on most railroads, he has to- serve five yearsr time as a fireman. During this period of time he is studying and learning the workings of the locomo- tive, after which he is placed in tho shifting locomotive.
 locomotive runs on small rail' under expert handling. and aftel every -un-which hardly ever exceedl | 250 miles-is sent into the round | house for a general overhauling ant l tightening up Skilled mechanics onl, 1 work e,n the engine. Time and none, l is not skimped in making repairs t' this piece of machinery.
 What is the life of the automobile I If an automobile were human i would speak as follows: "I am pur chased by anybody who has none, l enough to buy me. If my owner ha never before driven a car a bo. teach,ss him to drive me in fey hours. I am roughly handled. Sel dom tio get greased or oiled. NJ springs get stiff and cry out for lubri l cation. My bolts need to be tightene all over I feel so loose-fm full Q 1 carbon and have to knock hay been taken into every kind of an ale 1 repair shop but they do not repai
 me right I cannot give good servic I to my master in this way. Why don | he take me to the place from whic he purchased me. and where an ex l pert who knows me can work on ms Tni faithful if given chance. or please, give me a chance."
 I The conclusions that we can dra' | from the above are that we shoul 1 pr,tssct our investment by purchasin I on a sound, scientific plan, the sam
 as though our purchase were hors'
 In purchasing a house we do not g to our friends and ask them whs
 house they think best for us Nc
 would we buy A house from an mex
 perisnced contractor. Most of U 1 want to know just whom we are deal
 ing with so that we can take his wor
 for the construction.
 This method should be pursued 1 tic purchase of an automobile. Mal
 sure that the product in which yo | invest is value received, that tf
 s,undness of the factory and deal'
 isI assuerd, that the dealer has Q
 adequate supply of parts on hand.
 ts with the above idea in mind th'
 Harold L. Arnold has placed behir his dealers in Arizona an unlimitt
 stock of parts and service to warral
 the security of the purchase price il
 vested in Hudson and Essex cars
 this state.
 Pe1ts of coyotes were used durir
 1.-the war as trench coats for Briti'
 soldiers