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Show ance in a Bethlehem truck is exactly ,the limit of the endurance of its, driver." RATED HORSE POVER VERSUS REAL H. P. Forty horsepower in the motor doesn't always mean forty horsepower in the real wheels, according to.J. JL Evans, manager of the truck department depart-ment of the Utah-Idaho Motor company, local distributors of Bethlehem trucks. Evans's remark was in answer to the question: "Why is it that many trucks with a much higher rated horsepower than the Bethlehem cannot handle as heaw a load?' "It is horsepower delivered that pulls the load," continued Evans, "and Bethlehem engineers have tested every type of drive. They found through exhaustive ex-haustive experiments that the internal gear drive is the most efficient by the single trip, and most enduring when measnred over a period of years. "Forty-two horsepower in a Bethlehem Bethle-hem engine is forty-two hoursepower at the rear wheels. There are no power leaks between motor and road in a Hblt'TiPm truck. Tbn limit of pndur- |