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Show GASOLINE TEST BY FRANKLIN DEALERS What promises io bo the most practical prac-tical efficiency test in the history of automobiling trill lako place on Friday morning, May, .1. On that morning Franklin dealers in all parts of tho United States and Canada tvill disconnect discon-nect the regular gasoline tauk on iheir bix-thirty J-ranklin, put on a ono-gallon can ami under the supervision of automobile auto-mobile club officers and other impartial observers, will go out and sec how fur thev can go ou a gallon of gasoline. Thoso cars will roll up economy fig-ures fig-ures in all parts of tho country at the same time under every kind of road and weather conditions. Tho routes selected will cover citv pavements, rough country coun-try roads and up-and-down grades. It will be straight, driving throughout, a lest of the actuali efficiency of each car. This trial will show what the cars arc actually doing and can do in their dailv work, Every ear will be a stock jnod"cl, with tho samo equipment and alike in cverj' detail. This trial will be the first of its kind over held. Thcro have been automobilo tosts of all sorts and descriptions, but never beforo ono that has been so practical prac-tical or countrytvido in its scope. It is an unusual test, and comos as a result of Franklin dealers holding tests oach year in their respective cities at almost any time of the year. Finallv some of them got together and said, 'Let's all make the same test on the same day," and tho ready response made the plan grow so fast; that soon practically cvory Franklin dealor in tho country "was anxious anx-ious to mako tho lest in this wtiy. |