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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 24, 1912)
MTCDFOTJD MATL TRIBUNE, MfiDTrORD. 0R1W0T. SATURDAY. ,FTC'nTJTrAT?T 2-1. 1912. .. l j:? "3 HOW TO BUY AN AUTOMOBILE L PAOTU TWETiVPJ m MANY CONTRO SYSTEM ? f T T f y y y y y IS VERY SIMPLE ATTENTION Is Easy Mailer for a Man lo Check Up tho Agents by Referring to a Catalogue Freight Plus Factory Cost Is All. Ross Kline Is Kept Busy Demon strating Car to Interested Parties Center Control With One Lever Is New. "From the Raw Novice to the Fin ished Expert in Two Hours" Is Claim Mado for New System by Its Originator. m FEATURES Ttio nnlomobtlo ltns conic to stay. Tlio tlomnml for It linn proven Hint It In not a fad Mint will die In time, ns It Is well known tlint when n nun lias once ovwiotl n nincliliu, ho will never do without one. Tho tlmo has i omo when every man In moderate circumstances or with n fnlr salary wantB ono and when Bold at a legiti mate) profit can own one. The time is drawing near when fancy prices cannot be asked for a car. Tho average man knows when he Is Betting value received, and he does not iinvo to rerer unck many years to remember tho prices on bicycles, etc , and to know that bo can got as good n blcyolo today for ?40 us he hnd to pay $150 for a few years ago. There- aro ns yet too many agents who expect to make a year's snlnry on tho sale q from three to flxo ma chines. If you are expecting to buy n car, ask tho agent for a catalogue, nil manufacturers Issue them, and see tho price at which they are quoted nt tho factory, add to that the freight which can bo had from tho railroad company, and tho value of the addi tional equipment you nre to receive, and you can easily find out whether Kast Main utroot, across from the NrhIi hotel, is becoming "tuitomo- bile" row for dully new cam lined up nt the curb arc attracting tho at tention of thraie on the itfreet. A large crowd has gathered every day around Kom Kline's new Reo, nnd Mr. Kline, who Is agent for tho ear. Is kept busy explaining the new fea tures. Tho Reo this year has a great many new features, promlnont among them being tho center control with one lever. This makes It possible for the driver to get out of the ear ion either side. Tho transmission and main bearing of the engine are adjustable from the outside, and there is no tearing of tho englno or transmission apart to tlghton bear ings. Thoro are but throe ballbear ings on the car, and two of them aro In the fan, the rest being solid roller bearings. Mr. Kline slates that tho Reo has more changes than any other car made. The Rubber Production. The annual production of rubber of all grades at the present time is esti mated at 73,000 tons. Fifty per cent or nbt you are buying the car at the I of this total; is being used in the! right price. In buying a car the pur chaser should Inquire as to tho guar antee and satisfy himself as to whe ther tho promised guarantee would hold good. A man selling automo biles should have an established place off business to enable him to back up his guarantee by taking care of his customers and looking after tho macnines no nas sold, as it is an every day testimonial as to tho qual ity of tho car and his word ho has given tho purchaser as to its durabil ity nnd efficiency. A satisfied cus tomer Is the best asset n dealer can have. I am selling cars with a year's guarantee, and when I say this I mean It in every sense of tho word. "When a man buys a car from 'me 1 want him to feel at liberty at any time to drive into my placo and have bis car adjusted, should it need it, without any cost to him. And should any part break through any defect whatever I will replace it without any cost to him. It has been the general custom, that as soon as you sell a man a car, you have no further Inter est in him and tho less you see of him tbo better, but my idea is to keep In touch with every Overland car manufacture of automobile tiros and accessories. Forty thousand tons of tho yearly output, about 55 per cent, comes from tho valley of the Amazon. Rubber has become the largest indi vidual Item In point or value In the import trade of tho United States. Big Cars Sell.. Among the sales of big cars for tho week is a Locomobile by Jack Xeff of tho Crater Lake garage, and a Chalmers "SG" by the Valley Auto company. whethor I sold it or not. If It is run ning good I want to know it and If It is running bad I want to know it. Also if It is running good tell the oth er fellow nnd it it is runnlug bnl tell me. I want every man to feel that he Is getting his money's worth. When a man feels that ho Is getting justtreatment ho will certainly bo glad to recommend the seller to his friends. Don't buy a car on the spur of the moment, think it over, investi gate for yourself the merits of the different cars, and after you have satisfied yourself as to whlcch Is the one to buy, then buy it and not be fore. C. E. GATES The simple control system of a modern motor car and the ease with which It imn bo mustered by a. driver with no experience whatever aro 11- liwtrated by a plan of Instruction in use at a place of business of a big dealer In an Ohio city. "From tho raw novice to the fin ished export in two hours," Is the claim made for this system by its originator. lie takes each novice to n court yard back of his garage and has the rear end of the man's new car jacked up until the wheels nro nu Inch or more off the ground. He starts the motor and spends about ten minutes explaining the theor of gear-sbttft-ing and the simple method by which the car is controlled. Then ho leave the novice to himself for about an hour with orders to use his Imagina tion and act accordingly. When tho hour Is up he puts the pupil through a short examination on imaginary emorgencles and turns him loose alone. Graduates of this school arc invariably capable of getting their cars homo without trouble. After a day or two of experience where traf fic Is thick they are able to drive any where, with all the cool confidence of veteran experts. The inventor of the plan says it is porfoctly logical. "Instinct," ho maintains, "tolls oven an inexperienced driver how to steer his car. Gear-shifting Is really all he has to learn. When ho has mado that detail one that ho can care for without stopping to think, ho can go anywhere. I've always claimed as much; now I've proved It. Givo a man or a woman, either a simple car and ho can teach himself to drive In a few minutes." NEFF ADDS TWO LINES TO LIST J. C. Noff of tho Crater Lake Gar age, has added two new lines to his autoniobilo stock, tho Hudson cars, and the Kolley trucks. Both lines have, world-wide reputations and their reception In Medford is assured. Mr. Neff of course will continue as agent for the Locomobile, a car that Is very popular In Medford. IMMMlpMMriMMMMll'VMyMMMiMt-MMMi'M'I- : : : - : -: : : : -: : : : -: AUTO OWNERS I We Cater : : : : -: : ' : ) : : -: : : . : : : ' 10 ' && rr' V I -p. TM-'t 8r v UhM MM- M To You We have a special assortment of wearing apparel for auto owners Auto Hampers Auto Dusters Auto Raincoats Gauntlets for Men and Women Sweaters for Men Mannish Sweaters for Women The Toggery (OF COURSE) Largest and Finest Men's Clothing Store Between Portland and San Francisco I f y y y y y y y y t f y f y f y y y y y y ; t y y y y y y y y y y :. t y y y y y y y y y y y y f y y y y y y y y y t y y y y y y y t y y y y y y y y y y y y T y y y y y y y y y y y y, y Prospect MOTORCYCLES K Harley Davidson Flying Merkel Our contracts with The Flying Merkel and llarley-Davidson factories guarantee the delivery of fifty motorcycles to us for the 1912 season. These factories have reached their high water mark, working both day and night, and will not, guarantee additional deliveries unless wo lake out now contracts imme diate! v. Consider The Flying Merkel and Hurley-Davidson Motorcycles have been on the market, for eleven years, and, with each year have added improvements and refinements, until today we believe thai these represent the world's finest, most comfortable and most reliable Motorcycles on the market. BICYCLES Our policy is to absolutely guarantee all llarlcy-Davidson and Plying Merkel Motorcycles, and take care of the owners. "Vc arc now prepared to demonstrate and make immediate delivery of both models and can offer very attractive terms to responsible parties. Our territory embraces Southern Oregon and every mail brings inquiries, most of whom are inter ested enough to write for catalogue. , $U ..!?T. -9 ' ' ' Complete stock of highest grade wheels and sundries Pierce, Cleveland, Tribune, AVonder, liugby, Shapleigh Special, Pope-Daily Service and many others. These lines arc all guaranteed. PACIFIC MOTOR SUPPLY CO. 220 West Main Street. 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