Show SMITH AlKIRE-SMITH SECURE HERCUlES BOny AGENCY That LUlU n hick lIen up DU Business for lor XOI t tho o city man or the farmer Is bound to tobe tobe tobo be bo popular antI anil that's the tho most important im- im Important Important Im Im- reason for tor tho the over growing popularity of or the motor truck says aS a'S R It J J. J manager of at the Alkire- Alkire Smith Auto company dealers and distrIbutors distributors distributors dis dis- for tor the Hercules Bodies Bodice for tor Ford cars The Ford factory factory fac tac- tory does not malts make commercial bodies Itself but leaves len It to other manufacturers manufacturers to supply the great demand for tor such bodies for tor mounting on Ford For light chassis or one truck ten-truck chasses I ho added And we wo have been boon particularly particularly I fortunate fortunato In securing the thc a agency enc I for tor the Hercules lino the product of ot I the largest est manufacturers of oC vehicles I In the world I Saving time Is making money monc- moncIl IlIs It Il ItIs Itis Is the most practical and sensible kind of economy today The farmer who can a add d a motor truth truck to his equipment equipment equipment equip equip- ment or better still add a body to the tho Ford chassis which he hc already possesses possesses pos pos- Is making a good Investment because It enables him to do tho work of or several horses and several men at atthe atthe atthe the same sarno time cutting down his equIpment equipment equipment equip equIp- ment cost 50 60 per cent or more Consider for Instance the truck farmer who must bring tiring his produce Into the tho city for marketing Before the advent of a a. motor truck that was within with with- in reach of his pocketbook It t was necessary for tor him to start for lor the city a at 3 or 4 o'clock In the morning In order to be at the tho market early Now ow ho he can start at G 6 o'clock and still arrive ar ar- ar- ar rive rite In ample timo Instead of or taking all ll day for tor the return journey and buying feed teed for tor the horses he can n now ow come com back fifteen to twenty miles per hour ebe home b by noon or before befort with the thc rest of ot tho the da day left Ifft for lor other duties Ho Iio can eave save three-fourths three Ot of the time formerly wasted d o on tho road by the slow horse-drawn horse hauling Moreover when tho the truck Is not in use use u L u the mo e expense penso o dons not nut nul continuo as the expense for keeping a horse docs does Tho average cost for Cor operating a aFord aFord Ford truck when equipped with a Hercules Her Iier- cules Commercial bod body Is less than C G cents a mile Including all aU repairs This Is extremely lowIn lowIn low 10 In addition to farm work Hercules Hercules Her Her- cules equipped Ford light delivery chasses and ten trucks are adaptable for Cor use In scores of ot other Industries A few tew of those who are re using Hercules Hercul s bodies and Ford chasses to good advantage advantage nd ad ad- vantage are bakers building contractors contract contract- ors bottling companies coal dealers creameries dairies drug stores storeR department department department depart depart- ment stores electrical contractors furniture furniture furniture fur fur- dealers general merchants grocers grocers gro gro- 10 cers ice Ico cream and candy makers laundries lumber merchants merchant millers miscellaneous manufacturers music dealers newspapers packing houses plumbing contractors contractor transfer companies companies com corn pathos transportation companies and scores of ot others |