The Osage County News (Pawhuska, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, February 11, 1921 Page: 1 of 12
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Osage County Newt Auto Show Edition
OKLAHOMA CITY
State Historical Society
Osage County News
■«* Hu Moray TruUea u
M Other People.
According tc beet ectiautee obtain
■ble. the fast-ay will really wop«
ftoj* the middle of February, and It
J* *■** that If the company were able
to "gentle” Ita operation* its return
to productively might bo effected
•*“ creator expedition and aafety.
flat the enterprise bulks too large,
and la too far lacking la floalbiUtgr to
saudor each u proceu u eaay or aim*
do matter, however, la one of the ob
Nnratfama current where its future la
baiac ititnimsd.
An thought that it would be ad-
ydagopua won the eompany able to
ita °P*ratlooe, dooo not nee-
eMuily refer only to ita aometimac
w gentler tactics la the ■Hmh.tytim-
Um of dealer affaire. More tact and
dfrloaaer might, perhaps, be Injected
Mo tlMoe relationships, especially hi
daw of the existing feeling among
auu Ford1 dealers thatmon geaew
dig than discretion hu beea employ-
ed lately in loading ohlnaaata of both
worn and'parts destined for their oo-
tabUehmeats. In tida laetanco more
Urttaulir nftmee 1a to the eonpin
dfee rigidity of tin Ford production
yttem, which hu always ban dea-
IgMd and maintained with o consist-
ed view to expansion.
With what nicety it ou ha adjust-
ed to a diminished scale of product-
ion .and with what accuracy the ab-
sorptive powero of this particular
aurtwt can be Judged, remains to bo
oeca. The trade la at least of open
mind on it
Some outsiders make it a point to
study Henry Font's business quite as
closely u ho probably studies it him-
Estimates based on some such
studies have it that there am In ex-
istence at the present time 182,000 un
sold cars of this one make. As against
this, a normal month’s business would
tarn up order* around 100,000 cam, so
Hut the company can hardly be charg
od with being seriously overstocked.
Shrewd trade observers make the
it that not only Ford but all
ime producers would bo ox-
—~“*«ly wise to have a substantial
balance of unfilled orders when com-
mercial conditions begin to take an
upward trend. It is pointed out that
this is merely good psychology, for
one of the best, advertisement* that
Urn trade could nave would bo its In-
ability to supply cam as fast as they
are wanted. But these same anthorl
ties are equally emphatic in denounc-
ing all statements to the effect that
there is likely to be any shortage of
automobiles for a long time to come,
and uniformly agree that much might
result from any propaganda along
this line., For the facto go a long
way from bearing out such theory.
There are plenty of cars, the coun-
try over, to meet the expected de-
mand for many weeks to come—at
least in some lines. Hence a policy
of actually waiting until this surplus
stock Is absorbed would seem to be
the one and only safe one to follow.
Even bankers friendly to the indus-
try-points out the wisdom of dealers
and distributors moving present the
stocks before speculating on the fu-
ture, are yet unknown and undefined.
Coming back to the Ford question,
it is felt that the redoubtable Henry,
to h|s amusement, Is finding out That
there really is such a thing as an ec-
onomic law, and that working capital
to an Important element in the con-
duct of any business. Perhaps for the
first time, ho is fooling the need of
-Jt now, and no his source* of supply
limited to other than Semitic
sources, ho is naturally taming to
Mow England, which Is—well—Bos
'too.
To give Fond the credit that is real
hr his, bo it aald that ha has paid off
the money borrowed to acquire the
Dodge and other holdings in the Ford
Kotor Oo., and while he is undertak-
ing now borrowings, his position Is
fairly secure—Anto Topics.
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Dodge Not Changing
Design of Car.
That the Dodge Bothers Uns ha
lost none of its prestige was prove*,
by the enthusiastic interest attending
passenger ears was on display. The
various body typos and the chassis
remain the same as produced during
the past year ahd no changes an con
templated for the coming ooason.
The four body typos displayed wore
the touring, roadster .coupe and se-
dan. Tho dosed modols continue to
grow iu public favor. Both of thorn
are attractive Jobe, and their stand-
ard wire wheels sot them off to good
advantage. Not onlly do they make
good family oars, but their useful-
n#ss in connection with one’s busi-
ness is unlimited. Their ceonomlaal
operation and dependability qualify
them far such service.
There era >88 plants la Pennsyl-
vania for the recovery o! gasoline.
Auto Takes Place in
This Swift World.
Some motoring enthusiasts think
the horse is doomed to the fate of the
mastodon or at best a cage in the
Bronx Zoo. On the contrary, horses
are on the increase. There are 21,-
584,000 in the country now, and of
their poor relations, the mules, there
are 4,986/100. Horses or mules were
never more numerous or valuable.
The reason automobiles do not super-
cede horses is that the growth of
the country has been so great that all
existing methods of transportation
are not adequate for the requirements
Horses have a place on the small
farm that mechanical appliances de-
veloped to date cannot fill.
Promises Alcoholic
Habit
Now Process Promises to Supply Kick
From Waste Molasses.
Sweet-and aromattlc news! The
California Packing corporation plant
at Mauri, Hawaii, produce* 185/100
ton* of waitr molasses annually. It
if believed that by the Foster pro-
cess this will yield 9,000,000 gallons
of alcohol fuel with 10 to 80 per eent
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MAKE TIRES LA8T
SAYS PAWHUSKA
MAN.
more kick—meaning greater mileage
—than gasoline, says Motor West It
|s said to be intended to make 1,200
gallons, dally till enough automobila
ore converted to tho alcoholic habit
to warrant making more.
Judge Makes Speeder
Pay; Puts Car in Pen
Tho district attorney of Madison,
Wis., has planned a unique campaign
against reckless driven. He pro-
poses to fine tho driver of tho vehicle
but tho punishment extends to tho car
as well. Future apaeden will not on-
ly pur costs, ho soys, but will be com-
pelled to giva up their can for a pe-
riod of as many days aa the number
of miles per hour by’whlch they an
exceeding the spaed limit when tho
arrast is made.
jSiin
Kelly Rrepnsentetive Here Advices
Frequent Inspection and Re-
' pair.
Under inflation of tires is just a-
bout the most expensive preventable
mistake a car owner can make. It
is generally due to carelessness and
causes by far the greatest part of
all tire troubles. In speaking of the
care of tires Raymond Seeley of the
Osage-Kelly Tire Sales company, a-
gent for Kelly tires in Pawhuska,
emphasized this point To remedy
this expensive state o affairs he ad-
vocates careful examination of tires
in the same way that a man exam-
ines his oil and gas supply when he
is about to take his car out This
examination should include a search
for cuts and nails and all other trou-
bles with which a tire is afflicted.*
It is not generally known that a tire
will pick up a nail much more^read-
ily when under-inflated than it has
the right amount of air in it.
Another source of preventable tire
wear Is wheels that are not proper-
ly aligned. When the front wheels
of a car an not exactly parallel
there is a cross rubbing friction on
tho tiro that rapidly brings tho own-
er’s fist down into his jeans for the
price of n new pair of tin*. Bad
alignment makes n car erratic to
steer as well.
Running in ruts also wears tires
especially if the steering mechanism
is too loose. Brakes that grip is an
other source of tiro trouble. Stone
ns and rim cuts are generally
duo to underinflation. Defoctive
flaps let sand in pod the inner tube
Is injured.
Small cuts, if neglected, are often
quite serious They 1st sand and
water gat to the fabric. The former
cuta the fabric and the latter rots
it They should be attended imme-
diately. Jften 50 cents or a dollar
spent at tho right time will save dol-
ara and dollars later. Mr. 8oeley
aska the users of Kelly tires to call
to have their tiros inspected at any
time.
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Muffler cut-oute .aw
Aim.
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prohibited in
ATTEND STATE
TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
Several of tha teachers of tho city
and county are attending tha state
teachers association in Oklahoma
City this wook. On account of this
tha children aro all having a vacat-
ion which several of tham aro enjoy-
ing Immensely.
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Placed end to end tho pasiengor
motor ears In this country would on-
elrale the United States.
compelled to crank their cars, as well
as a great time-saving invention for
those whose cars are equipped with a
starter.
All the instruction books put on
by the automobile manufacturers,and
they would fill a good-sized library
and all the “hints to motorists”which
fill column after column of newspa-
per and periodical space, tell the mo-
torist that the choker button was de-
signed to faciitate the quick start-
ing of the motor ,and that the chok-
er ia to be pulled out when the start-
er pedal is depressed.
This liethod, according to the find
of i e doctor, apparently
ings
“the cart uefore the horse,”
puts
for he
PHYSICIAN DISCOVE
I.riW USE FOR CHOKERi ,
MAKES STARTING EASY
A simple trick which it seems
might bo omployod universally by
motorcar owners to groat advantage
la starting their anginas, especially
In cold weather, has at last bean dli
covered and eradit for tho discovery
to given to' a physician to whoae case
appliss to tho aid adage that”nec«isi
ty ia tha mother of invention.” Ho
found that the choker to n grant la-
_. .. found tnnt tha choker to n grant In-
Instead hu 780fi09 motor vehicle*, ber-sarto* device for thou who are
has djjpovcred that the choker is us-
ed most" effectively if employed at
the time that the motor is stopped.
Thereby the cylinders ore filled with
a rich mixture, available for starting
the next time. It is his experience
that when the choker has been used
at the time he stopped his engine it
has enabled him to start his motor
almost instantly with a quick de-
pression of the starter pedal.
The nearest approach to this disc
ovary that the expert automobile en
gineers have made is to be found In
their advice to motorists to open
their throttles at the time they stop
their motors, thereby filling the cy-
linder! with a rich mixture of gas
to bo ueed for the next atarting. The
physician goes them one better in em
ploying tho choker to make the rich
mixture atill richer.
Whethe his discovery is applica-
ble to all typea of motor care ie a
matter that remalni to be proved.
However, it is likely that it will be
found very effective by motorists
who drive cars equipped with valve-
in-head motors, and there seems to
be no reason why it shouldn’t work
successfully in "I" cr.d “T” valve
type motors also.
Soon after hs made the discovery
the physician explained it to employ
ee at a service station maintained by ' J!" „*nd 11 doM
the manufacturers of his car and all „
admitted that tha idea was entirely fou”d dlttleulty
new to them bocausa It involved prae
tlealty a reversal of tho principle on
which tho choker dovico was origin-
ated. However they tested it out and
found that the physician was cor-
rect for tho discovery Is credited to
the doctor.
tow.-
Ninety-six percent of the motor ve-
hicles in the United 8tate* are Am-
erican mad*.
Nearly 800,000,000 waa Inveated by
American business men for motor
trueke in 1919._
Norway hu 80 automobile dealers
in diffarant parte of tho country.
Bird Swifter Than
Plane Airmen Admit
Ask an aviator which to the faster,
a bird or an airplane, and he will re-
ply in effect that both are the faster.
This is a paradox, to be sure, but the
aviator makes the statement in good
faith. On the whole, however, the
bird to faster, and the more experien-
ced aviators will admit it. Let an air-
plane and a bird of the falcon family
start at a given point over a race
of great distance and the bird will
win nearly every time. But in arriv-
ing at this conclusion the aviator is
placed at a disadvantage.
Take a sparrow hawk, for instance,
This bird can fly a great distance at
a speed of 160 miles an hour, where
there is not a gust of wind. But give
the same bird a favorable wind and it
will attain a speed of 800 miles an
hour. The airplane has not yet been
invented that can nearly equal this
speed. John Matthews of Hempstead,
who, when he is not motoring, can be
found out hunting, has made a study
of the speed of birds, and he is the
authority for the statement that a
sparrow hawk can attain a speed of
more than 300 hundred miles an hour
when flying with a stiff wind. The
ipeedlest airplane in this country to-
day ie the Verville-Packard, which
made a speed of 187 miles an hour
in a recent toil
In arriving nt that epeed, the plane
was ruing over a space of a kilo-
meter. It is claimed for the Verville-
Packard, however, that it ia capable
of doing 800 miles an hour. Put the
plane and bird together on a still day,
with no winds to interfere, and the
plus will outstrip the bird for a
while. The engine of the plane must
be in perfect condition at all times,
and tho aviator must bo skilled. The
sparrow hawk will make hie 160 milee
an hour without much effort and with
out fatigue for hours,, and it does
ovawnw Mfiavuin litoYV IVUIMI QIUlCUIl/
in keeping up with tho ordinary epar-
row over short distances, aa this type
of bird ean do ninety milee on hour,
The sparrow tires quickly and does
not fly great distances.
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Approximately 80 per cent of the
automobiles of New York state are
owned by farmers..
Tho new record for an automobile
un between New York and Chicago
« 88 hours and 60 minutes.
Oasellne in August reuhed the high-
est -production of tho year with a
•tolly average of 14/187,148 gallons.
Brtter Body Lines ia Foaatre of This
Year’s Model Mechanically
Improved Also.
Compared with the Buick display-
ed last year, tho 1921 model of the
Buick Motor company Flint, Mich.,
present* quite an entirely changed a»
pearance. Mechanical? it is a far
better car, too, although its bettor
qualities have been the result of gra-
dual developments rather than any
radical or major charges in deiign.
New series was disclosed in the fall
and covered fully at that time. Stace
that time, however, cord tire* have
been adopted aa standard equipment
and the Alemite chassis lubrication
system put as a standard.
The new body lines of the car with
the high radiator hood and cowl blend
ing into a straight line with a sharp
drop to the top of the body aides,
have greatly enhanced the appear-
ance of this old established line. Ap-
parently from the interest displayed
it has lost none of lt'i popularity.
Skidding Proves Ex-
pensive Stunt
Quick Starting and Stopping Cornea
Tire* to Break Down.
Skidding surprises the motorist, of-
tentimes, in ita effect on hi* Urea,
Sometimes a tire will be noticed with
the tread worn through to tho fabric
in one or more spots. The balance
of the tire, in such a case, will be in
good condition. Too sudden i~-n«g
of the brakes, forcing the tire to
drag, or taking corners at too Ugh
a speed, is ordinarily responsible.
Skidding the tire for a short dis-
tance is often little thought of at the
time. But the fact is that this slide
has caused a flat place on the tread
of the tire, which pounds away on
the road, revolution after revolution
like a flat car wheel on a locomotive.
When the tread has already been
weakened by the grinding action of
skidding, this incessant pounding
causes the tire to go out of service
prematurely .according to Miller ex-
perts.
A motorist will save dollars in tire
expense, if he Will coast to a stop,
employing his brakes very gradual-
ly. If he plans ahead, he may check
the momentum on the car by closing
the throttle with the clutch engaged
When starting from rest,an easy foot
on the pedal will save miles of tire
service. If a car starts off with a
Jump, the effect on the tires is much
the same as though the tread were
rasped away with a heavy file .
—■■ Now—
Test Battery Charge.
Pawhuska Engineer Tells How To
Use Battery to Prolong Use-
fulness; Free Examination.
Overheating is now the most fre-
quent cause of damage to storage bat
tcries, says H. M. Lewis, of tho Lew-
is Battery Station here. Tho automo-
bile owner wiio wants his battery to
give him good service should coll at
a reputable battery station and have
his battery tested for overcharge. It
is overcharging that causes overheat-
ing. If one drives a car without us-
ing the starter or lights very much
the generator will soon have forced
so much charge into the battery that
it will overheat and cause the plates
to buckle.
There is no ready means of tell-
ing when there is enough charge in
a battery without calling a station,
and plate replacement is expensive.
When it is known that a battery has
an overcharge all that is necessary is
to burn the lights to bring the charge
back to normal. Most battery sta-
tions will make this test free. A good
plan to follow is to have the charge
tested when getting water in the cells
—which should be done every couple
of weeks.
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HAVE BIG TIME AT AVANT. .
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One of the finest affairs of the sea-
son, in the county, was the celebrat-
ing of the laying of the corner atone
for the new high school at Avant,
Monday.
The services was very impressive
and were conducted by A. C. Seely,
special Deputy Grand Master of the
Masonic Order, Besides Mr. Seely
from Pawhuska there was in atten-
dance, Rev. Blngman, A. B. Ludwick,
A. J. Love, 8. L Clark, and G. R. Car-
ter. Alto there were a gnat many
visitors from Tulsa and Blgheart.who
enjoyed the occaalon.
Following the laying of the comer
■tone the ladles of the O. E. 8. gave
a banquet at which about a hundred
and fifty participated and enjoyed to
the fullest ,th* excellent repast that
these ladlA had prepared for the oc-
casion. A. C. and A. B. Ludwick claim
it was one of the finest they have ev-
er enjoyed and that all had an axect-
lent time, p
Mr. Seely said that when It ooaies
to entertaining, they surely know how
it to done at Avant, and that ho nev-
er waa to all hie |lfo treated more roy-
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