3 Willard E. i
Craven, H dw j
—for—
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MAXWELL TRUCK ON
LONG JAUNT
FORD
The Maxwell truck has added
♦ further to its reputation for service.
Carrying a cutaway Maxwell chas
sis, the truck left Portland at 5:45
Feb. 4 and arrived in Salt LakeCity I
Monday, Feb 9. It was necessarj
to get the chassis in Salt Lake for
the automobile show, the railroad
couldn’t furnish a car in which to
♦ ship it in time to get it in Salt Lake
City for the show, and the Maxwell
truck wus forced into service witl
satisfactory results
Automobile ;
Supplies i
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MOTOR EXHIBIT AT SALEM
LIGHTNESS
W IRELESS
WOULDN’T WORK.
While showing a girl friend
The Automobile and Truck Show
through the radio shack on hoard an
at Salem on Feb. 18, i9, 20 promises
army transport, 1 had just finished
to be the premier event of the Val­
explaining the main set to her, and
ley. It is given under the auspices 1 had stepped out in the other com­
of the Marion-Polk Dealers’ Associ­ partment. My buddy was just com­
ation. The large Armory of the ing up from the captain’s office
Capital city will be utilized for the where he had found out that his dis­
event, and there are so many pas­ charge was to be postponed for an­
senger cars and trucks to be enter­ other trip. Seeing ouly myself there,
ed that floor space will be at a pre­ he started to tell me what he
mium. It is said that the decora­ thought of everything in general
tions will be elaborate. There will and the captain in particular. My
be good music and a dance is sche­ motions were in vaiu. He exhausted
duled for the last night. Large the whole navy vocabulary before he
crowds will be in attendance daily. saw the other party.— Exchange.
BETTER METHODS
THfc UNIVERSAL CAR
D O N 'T BE S C A R E D O F G R IP .
“The surest way to precipitate an
evil is to become obsessed in the an­
ticipation of it,” says the Medical
Press and Circular (London), in
deprecating the too oft-repeated
warnings against influenza. Which
means that there is not likely to be
a recurrence of last year’s epidemic
unless people get scared into it.
PROVES
fN* v a * |TT\r
1 ^
W ONDER
AT
A M E R IC A N S .
An English woman, writing from
Kovno, tells of the introduction of
Anglo-American parlor games into
Lithuania. She says:
“ A children’s party was attended
by English and Americans, includ­
ing a woman doctor from the United
State«, and lots of our Lithuanian
friend«. The latter joined in our
ab«urd games of 'blind man’s bluff,*
‘nut* in May,’ etc., but were much
amused and astonished to see my
husband and an American officer
fighting and cheating most horribly
over the last chair in ‘musical
chairs.’ They like and admire us
v«y much, but wonder if we are not
a little mad.”
COON TRAP LANDS EAu.E
Eight Foot W ng ! pread
Caught in Conncctii t
An Anieriei.il eagle l.avi g a wing
spread <>f nearly eight feet is i i cap­
tivity at the farm o f B y r a n Stratton
at Harttaml Hollow, (Vnn„ la v in g
been caught in a trap.
SJrntton
t the trap ne::r liis spring
for a raccn.in. T h e eagle, caught by
one toe put r.p a stilT fight and tried to
bite Stratton when he released it
from the t*‘el Jaws afte r fastening
Its legs with his belt. He has offered
the bird to the City park of Spring-
field, Mass.
Bird
Lightness means most power per pound of weight. Light weight also means light
expense. The Ford car is lowest in original cost and lowest in driving cost andrepair
cost. It is such a necessity in the world’s work that the universal demand also makes
it lowest in depreciation cost.
Quality—strength— lightness—power — service—economy—price—what more can
you ask? What more do you need? You get them all with your Ford.
So get them now. Place your order before the spring demand makes deliveries un­
certain. $25.00 places you“ order on file at once.
The Ace Garage
INDEPENDENCE, ORE.
W ith
Love Note Admitted as Will.
One <>f the queerest wills ever ud-
mltted to probate In San Francisco Is
a love l'iter, written hy H arry F.
Heine.
San Francisco artist, to
Car i l i : r i e Cudogoti, his fiancee.
The
letter was ritten by Heine two weeks
before he ell In action in France. In
It lie \i
ed the wish that all ho
owiu il - l i nei l i go to Miss Cadogan In
the
i'
his death.
PORTLAND AUTOMOBILE SHOW
“NASH 6” TO BE SOLD HERE
FORDSON TRACTORS IN DEMAND
\fany from this section are plan | The Auto Utilities Co. has taken i F. C. McLean of the Ace Garage
iig on attending the automobile! ttie agency for the “Nash 6” one oil says that a large number of Ford-
show in Portland Feb. 23 to 28. It |j,e pes, cars of its class. Some of j son tractors will be sold this
is the forecast that this years show : tliem will he on display in a few j spring to the farmers of this sec­
tion.
w ill he at all p re v io u s ones.
days.
LOCAL GARAGE ENLARGING
I N E X P E N S I V E FAME,
T H E iiJ E A .
In order to make more room for
“What kind of a writer would
“ I see the newspaper« are publish- car display, the Independence Gar­
j a great deal about you just age is re-arranging the interior of you select to describe this flood?”
“One with a good deal of a flow­
i "VV.”
its building.
ing
si vie.”
"Y es,” answered Senator Sog-
uin. “That’s one little advantage
lit politics. It’s about the only
business 1 know of in which a man NOT HIS IDEA OF FAIRNESS
• an depend almost entirely on free
Spectator W axed In d ig n a n t a t A p p a r­
publicity.”
ent Jealousy Displayed by Con­
THE EXTENT.
‘So she has her mean, cross hus­
band tamed, has she?”
“ 1 should say so. She’s got him
,-n that she can take money from his
hand without his snapping at her.”
We wish to announce to the people of Independence and vicinity that we
have opened our Independence Branch in the McBeth Building on C street
and have on display a few 1920
Maxwell Cars
Famous Nash 6
and we will be pleased to have you come in and look them over at any time.
We expect to be here permanently and trust that we make many friends in
this territory.
We are also pleased to announce that we have secured the agency for the
and our first carload will arrive about the 15th inst.
Our Motto is “ SERVICE Plus QUALITY”.
The Auto Utilities Co.,
U. O. BERRY, Mgr.
Oregon.
I1 WJ I I f f I '
Announcement
DALLAS, ORE.
The first automobiles were built heavy so they could be made
strong. Ford heat-treated vanadium steel has three times the
strength of ordinary steel. So all Ford parts can be made light,
because of their quality.
The Closed Car Drivers Are the Comfortable Drivers In
What is the “life” of an airplane?
Th? question is partially answered
by the recent publication of the fach
concerning a Bristol Fiirl.ter, which
has been in continuous commission
on the fighting front, and in Hol­
land. for over two years without the
expenditure of a single penny in re­
newals or repairs.
,
means manu­
The entire Ford chassis weighs only 1080 pounds. It is all strength with no excess
weight. It is the lightest automobile chassis ever built to successfully carry heavy
loads and stand up under all the strains placed upon it. The Ford chassis is the high­
est quality material money can buy. You can pay more, but you cannot buy more than
the sturdy strength and reliability of the Ford car.
A IR P L A N E B U IL T .TO L A S T .
a*».
"Atlas was a fool to bear the
weight of the world on his shoul­
der«.”
“How could he help it?”
“He should have organized the
Globe Trust company to carry it
on.”
1 .-iglit weight means high quality. Light weight
facturing progress.
INDEPENDENCE, ORE.
testants a t F ootball Game.
To make the fixture more attrac­
tive, if possible, a brass band had
been hired from the nearest town to
play during an important match of
the Studfurrow football club. A
goodly crowd assembled in the
meadow, but the musicians failed to
| materialize.
After watching the football for
j about half an hour a bucolic-looking
gentleman, who had been giving
vent to frequent snorts of disgust,
made his way to the gate and indig­
nantly demanded his money back.
“ Never seen a match before to­
day,” he explained, “and I never
want to see another I Them football­
ers are too jealous for my liking;
they don’t give the band a clianoe l”
‘'Hut the band iaa’t here!” ob­
served the gatekeeper.
“There’s one of ’em oome. at any
rate,” came the answer. “T hat chap
with the whistle yonder; but as soon j §J
as ever he starts to give a tune the
footballers sto_ playing and threaten
to punch Ins head!”— Pearson’s
Weekly.
U N C L A IM E D
MONEY
IN
B R IT A IN .
The parliament committee on
dormant hank balance« after an ex­
haustive inquiry, has uncovered
$32,000,(X>0 lying unclaimed in
British bank«, of which $12,000.000
belongs to untraceable persons and
therefore will be turned into the
government treasury to help pay the
uation's debt A far greater amount
was expected when the inquiry be­
gan. One remarkable fact is that
there is more unclaimed wealth in
Scottish banks than in those of Eng­
land, which disproves the reputation
*hat the Scot has of looking after
the shillings.
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Ford Headlight Charms
R a b b its
Recounting his experience with
his Ford car, George Amble, De­
troit, Michigan, tells the following:
‘It was in July last year. My wife
and I were over in Canada. Trav­
eling one morning at two o’clock on
the road between Ridge town and
London, the glare from the head­
lights blinded two fat rabbits who
remained in the direct path of the
car. I promptly picked them up
and, Oh Boy! how we enjoyed our
rabbit dinner.”
I” j? is ju s’, one more achievement
credited to “The Universal Car.’’
Automobile and Truck
SHOW
SALEM A R M O R Y
FEB. 18,19, 20
Under auspices of Marlon-Polk
Dealers’ Association
TheMotorEra in Complete Exhibit
50 PASSENGER CARS,
20 TRUCKS ENTERED
Good Music, Artistic Decorations.
Dance Foliowing Show on
Last Night