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Show ALKIRE TELLS A TRUE FISH STORY The following story is solemnly affirmed to bo the truth, and nothing but the truth, by Aikii-f himself: Iast week the call of Walton sounded in tho cars of .Too Baumgarten and Fred Aikim. and they forthwith arranged for a t rip into Idaho, and proceeded thither in a 1'ord roadster. 191t model, but with gear nitio in high of 2U to 1, instead of tlie regular (o- 1. Otherwise this car was just as any one taken from the salesroom. sales-room. Now comes the important part of this story. The trip was made with a total ff twenty gallons of gas, the distance, being be-ing Ton miltAS. 1 to your own figuring on the miles per gallon. Joe bought the gas and knows just how much. Fred watched the speedometer and knows what it registered. reg-istered. leaving Palt Lake at 6:30 a. m., they arrived at llanior at C p. m., and stopped an hour and fifteen minutes on the road. .Some ride, we affirm. Fishing was good, etc., etc., etc., but we will go into no further details, but leave the reader to judge of the merits of the Ford car for economy and get-there-abillty. |