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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 29, 1921)
PATUKPAY, JANJAIMT,2'1M.1. THE EVENING HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS,? OREGON l'AOM iroVUTKIW H , BEO "SPEED - ' IGOITWE ' Tho manufacturers of tho Hot car, for which tho Acme Motor con ipany of this city Is ngont, writes nntcr- , '. tnlngly of tho Itco "Spend Wngo n" as i follews: As you have read Iteo lltoratu ro for n docado past, you know wo a'ro not Blvon to oxtravngant uso of supor- latlvo nor to nf fixing Uio Iteo slgnn- turo to oxaggoratod statomen ts. Wb do feel, howovor, 'ihat two nro Justified In reminding you that .Iteo ' was tho pioneer In a. dovobopmont that has wrought a tromondous rov- 4 (olutlon In tho motor track business. (In tlfo design, construction and In tho utilization of tho motor vohlelo In countless lines of btdustrjr and Jrndo. This was tho doTolopracnt of tho jncdlum-slzo motor truck which wo named tho "Speed Wagon" bocouso It Was capablo "of speeds greator than thoso at which trucks woi prcidous iy considered practical. This greater speed was duo to two departures from former prac tices; first an lilgficr gear ratio, and socond, mounting on pneumatic tiros. Iteo engineering Is, nt tie samo tlmo, tho most conservative and Hho' most progressive. , i To put It another way, wo aim. to bo progressively conservative 'In this doparturo however. It seemed as If wo wero radical. i All oxperlenco seemed to Indicate that truck spoeds should bo 'reduc ed rather thatTJlncroased In order, to off-set tho deterioration of the chassis duo to bumplnc ovor'tbo' hard roads on tiros that were almost as hard. Having built trucks for; many years; having accumulated a wealth of experience nt a tlmo when others wero Just beginning; wo conceived tbo Idea that a truck capablo of twlco tho speed would not only carry as great a load In two trips as ono of twlco tho capacity, but that tho life of such n truck, If mountod on jinou matlc tires, would bo nearly Iwlce that of tho ono mounted on solid tires. i Of courso tho gcratcr speed ne cessarily Implied pneumatics. Tbo old tlmo truck and tho great majority,, of thoso still built Is mounted on solid tires, and so Is In capable of speeds greater than ten Value of Records For Motor Cars "Tho question Is freqountly rais ed," says Wellington Templar, of tho Acme Motor Co,, "as to tho vnluo of establishing records tor n motor car, whothor or not It pays to provo en duranco and reliability, leadership on tho speedway, or hill climbs and In cross country 'runs against tlnin. "Doth Hudson nml Kssox motor cars' havo gained nn unquestioned amount of public fnlth and confi dence) through records tho cars have established. Ilctords nlonc, of course, hnvo not been responsible for tho sales volume but they havo con 'trllmtcd In n real moasure. "l'coplo may nrguo that an auto mobile Is not bought bocnuso It can avorago bettor than GO miles per hour on tho speedway for over 50 hours. It Is truo no owner really ox- iiccts his car to do that tor htm. Ho mny not oven enro to know thnt an Kssex crossed America, San Fran cisco to Now York, 3347 mllos. In four days, 14 hours, 43 minutes, or that tho typo of car ho owns hold overy local worth whllo record for bill cllms, Inter-state runs, etc. "All such nccomnllshmcnts nro inndo for ono purpaso only and that Is to gtvo tho public or tho prospectlvo owner confidence In his car. Ho gardless of whether a man over wants to exceed ,20 miles per hour or not', ho still takes prldo In tho fact that hi sautomobllo can do theso things, that tho samo chassis and samo power plant beneath tho hood of tho cars that mado theso now marks against tlmo nro Identical with tho nutomobllo that ho drives. "Tho effect of a now transconti nental record such as tho Essex made last August cannot bo overestima ted. Jnto thoso tour days and 14 hours was put moro strain, more so vero tests and trials thnn any aver ago owner's car Is subjected to In Its lifetime. "Records do pay. Thoy provo con sistency of performance, enduranco and reliability In a way that Is ex tremely valuable Thoy aro to tho nutomobllo owners what Dabo Ruth's latest total ts to tho basoball fan." Alti: YOU KNIGHT Oil JjADY OK T1U3 HIGHWAY? 11KA1 THIS AM) HKK And they'll all bo there when tho auto show comes around. to 12 miles an hour without groat de terioration. That Is not n moro statement thoro is data galoro to provo It. Keep to tho right of tho road. Slow down nt crossings. , Signal for n stop V holding out tho loft hand. Apply brakes slowly. Ohango speed rates slowly. Drlvo carefully. Do proparcd to help any motorist In trottblo on roads dlstnnt from garages. Stop car and englno whon meeting drovora with shcop, swlno or cattle on county roads. Park only nt sldo Of roads, leav ing fair way. Whon buying produce, In tho coun try, park nlongsldo road, not on tho road. When pnrklng at night, leave warn ing lights. Havo headlight dimmers and uso them when meeting and passing oth er motorists at night. Whon picnicking, carofully put out ptcnla tires. When picnicking, clean up thor oURhly. removing from sight all cans, papers and rubbish. Glvo all vohlclcs, especially load ed trucks, n good halt of tho road. Tako hills on tho right sldo of tho ronds. Go ovor tho crest carefully Avoid coasting or speodlng around curves at foot of hills. Bo courtoous to' pedestrians. Do not drlvo your car at thom full tilt nn'd laugh when they Jump. Do not splash water on them as thoy stand at crossings or near curbs, waiting for you to pass. Avoid street cars carefully nt stops. Learn and follow tho local traffic rules, speed limits, and driving or dinances. Theso nro mado for tho common good of all drlvors. Includ ing yourself, and of all podcstrlans. CHICO LAYS WiANH roit HIG AUTO SHOW CHICO, Jan. 29. Two dozen auto mobllo dealers In Chtco, Sacramento and San Francisco already havo re served spaco In tho nutomobllo show to open hero January 25. This Is tho announcement of II. K. Ward, chairman of tho general committee. Tho show may run a week. A pro gram of dancing and general enter tainment will bo given nightly. Licenses for 1921 aro numerous hero now, tho secretary of stato In Salem having prodded up his forco In order to tako caro of tho big do mand. f&fc&it t T T t t t t T t T t T T T t t ? t t y f ? ! t t t t y y ? ? y t y t y Speed Wagon Just ono ense nn oxlrmno ono-1! In truo, but iioviirlliolewi a fair oxamplo. It will tnx your credulity, but wo luivo the proofs. Thoy nro uvnllablo to you at nny tlmo. A certain big arms manufacturer, nuiklng riries fur your Undo Sam, has to transport pnrts from ono factory to another, nomo 45 iiiIIoh distant. Now haul Inn rifles Ih llko hauling pig Iron or castings thuy pack cloudy and iiro very hoary. Threu or four tme of rltlcB can bo loaded In a smalt spaco. At tho beginning, this concern bullnvod that only tlireo to five ton trucks could bo capablo of doing their work. They bought n lot of them, but thoy found tho up-keep cost wnu great and that tho ton-mllu rntu of transportation was excessive. Tho Iteo distributor at that point, a llvo wlro and a Iteo enthusiast, anxious to got his shnro of thnt business, ono day mndo tho proposition Unit ha would donatu n Iteo "Speed Wagon" rntotl nt -Ton mul If It would not haul moro than nny five-ton truck, day In and day out, over that route, ho would glvo thom tho truck and pay all oxponso of operating. Of courso any concern would accept such an offer, and this ono did. At tho tlmo tho cost nt operating tho heavier truckn was computed, and It was oatlmnted that It tho Iteo, lieciumo of tho oxcohhIvo overloading and oxcnuslvo spends. wero to wear itseit out in nine monthr, It would still bo moro economical thun tho othorl I Well, not only thnt Itco, but a fleet of thom. aro doing that work day In and day out, and, whllo wo do not countenance It. and would not udvlso u buyur to do so, It Is n fact that theso lleos habitually carry tlireo or four thousand pounds nt a load and trnvol nt spoedtt twlco that of thu cumbersome, solid Urrl trucks. And they long slnco pasted their allotted span of life, uml aro still going strong. Wo hnvo said this Is nn oxtromo cuso. To bo perfectly fair, It I tho most oxtrcmo caso of which wo know. It Ih ono of thoso war-tltuo conditions that aro oxcoptlons to all rules hut It did glvo a chnnro for this Iteo "8eed Wagon" to show what It could do when put to tho supremo 'test. 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