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Show To give pictorial vividness to the linage of the most desirable model of all motordom for winter driving l the ob'ect of the photo herewith model In which are Incorporated all the modern ideas of the designer of the modern sedan Thla particular sedan has a glass partition, just back of the forward seat, which may be raised or lowered according to the degTee of excluatvenew. wanted by the owner, thus it is easily converted into a limousine. The sedan has been proved to be the most acceptable type of car for women who drive It appeals to the feminlue automobtlist because of its luxurious luinlshiugs, it ease of opera tlon. Its great power and flexibility and its all year top features The closed car, and especially the sedan, has come to be recognized as the most adaptable for lsnitly use Its position m mo tordom is secure because of its popularity among the mothers of men. The vaunted supremacy of the open type of car may be said to be waning fast, judging from the inroads that have been made on Its leadership by the sedan and the all weather top automobile lux. It is a Various Discusses Senator for Highway Con-itructi- Pending. Congress; , Economical Operation. ( Before War Prove Great Lesson of War to Be Lack. Type. Bills Summarizes Nation the on Tendency Toward Lighter and More Construction Reflected An anahsis of the net war motor is rather hard at this early date, but II. Bankhead, chairman on postoffices and fro committee lcgie-juo- s roads, to which all highways of branch congress in the upper bill a referred, in commenting upon pending," lecently made this plea (or roads at home: Ihe war showed what thq, national in the swift ..rtiurtb could accomplish of rapid transit highway ui the use thereou of rapid transit gewtor John the tendency is, evidently, toward lighter weight, coupled up with more sturdy construction, according to th best information at hand. Giving loyally of their technical (kill creating and perfecting the Liberty motor, designing army transports, and directing thnr manulaeture, America automobile makers and engineers played a great part in the winmug of the war. Out of this experience they hav drawn lessous that are to have a power ful influence on the postwar ear. flue to the existing shortage, manufacturers of motor cars are required on the briefest notice to meet what promise to b an unexampled demand. Not only will this .demand be met, but assurance ia given m th new models already brought out that many improvements of greatest significance ere to be incorporated in the post war ear. A summary of the improv i menta that may be expected would read about as follows: ' hiclts trained its engineer nation cent them to Europe equipped quick construction of road. which the Imted btates took u ttedecisn e campaign was rendered poeatile b' the use ot automobiles and high' Mtor trucks over rapid transit The and the The part corps for nnhow that the war is over, the questare uol highways as important tor the conduct of pear ihc w ci i lor the conduct of warl !th half the world going to bed hunuigbt aud minions doomed a gry even is not the swilt construe-uoto itanatimi of th highway, to the acre that it-tai- lr ion arises in Improved urgent 'a necessty as were Light Weight Assured. or .permit its road alackes balding cqnpmtnt to be sold or dissipated! bhould it not rather increase jta efforts in tins directum and proceed at with the construction of highway home on s s ale commensurate with the importance and uicnc of the need! It is for the congress of the United hlea-Kr- a gala to answer these questions, ire pending designed to meet the stuxtion, three of wnich sre as iql-le- cluding gasoline consumption, predates the the reals to the battle aonei And if iced is a- - urgent should the nation Lighter construction and elimination of great bulk; additional eodurane and service; longer life; extreme simplicity in meehamial eonstruetion, togetheV with more automatic operation; greater economy in upkeep and operating cost; more extensive, use of anti friction bear ings, with consequent longer life.. Lighter weight, without sacrifice la strength or durability, while an important feature of the "post war car, will i mean less general in- upkeep expense, wear and Bince the first automobile was announced the trend in construction baa been toward more automatic, more care free peiformance. Even closer application of this principle is evident in the ears- for the post-wSpecifications self acting am self regulating, more independent than ever of adjuatment and attention. The possibibtie of trouble to the owner are reduced to a miuimura by elimination of many parts that formertrouble. ly Sv Lighter and more economical, simpler and more automatic, and mure serviceable, the poet-wa- r stronger car strikes a balance of maximum performance with minimum care and cost. Pending Measures. 1 Joint r solution 200, authorising the tranetcr Irom the war department to the department of agriculture of ail ar dispensable and suitable war to the highseveral states, for use on the highways. bill CusS, ipereasing the promt unexpended appropriation of shout Pdo,i Min.poo for rosd purposes by the addition of 1125,000,000 for expenditures to June, 1920, and $100,000,000 s year thereafter for four years. It is also proposed to increase the appropria-twifo- r national forest roads of $1,UO0,-Oa year on the present ten year program bv a sum sufficient to towtnnt ! 7,0oo miles of forest roads, which the government has already planned and which aro in wder to utilize the vest resonfces cf the rational forests. The estimated eost f these roads is $50,000,000. Amend-torntto the present road act freeing from umiesirable limitations are also planned, one of which will enable the torernmmt to construct at its owa wst linns in Important highways which ould not otherwise !e constructed. 3 House bill 13308 carries an appropriation of $1,000,000 for .an eitea-o- n of the motor-trucparcel post ser-JiThis is an increase from the lOrt.OOfi proxided in the last post office ppropnatmn bill, which also author-bethe war to transfer to dejmrtmont the ppt offirP department motor trucks fur which it had no further use. Under last s appropriation twenty-seveSietortm routes were established, all hut one of which were operated east of the Mississippi mcr, The results, 'en m the initial stage, are such as ts warrant an increase in the number ot routes ,ln their extension to the trans-),iipi region, where rati and wrftcr lurihtu . f Transportation are alto t,fher inadequate ' Transfer War Trucks. The (reposed transfer of 10,000 motor inks from the waf department to p " t ofhee department renders it Tr-In to make a great extenaion of thin ser.oc at a minimum cost. It la prepo.,, i ( increase the appropriation bv tins To serv icq to $10,000,000. ore these trucks would cost $000,01(0 t tear To dump them on the market Vwki be disastrous. To tnrn them loose ni agriculture in the movement of to tbe consumer would 's To adopt such a e'ersatevmanhip. would lie but to follow historic vailable atonal for distribution way depart inputs of the road-huildm- g Improved Models. While the post wsr rar wiH be as nearly perfect ini'haiiicllv as the beet effort of the automobile enginueers res make it, yet it will not sacrifice anything in the wav of beauty of line or comfort. The postwar car will, perhaps be shorter, with less wheel base than the leviathans now so familiar, bnt they will be just as strongly reinforced, as handsomely upholstered tnd refined in all those things that appeal to discriminating motorists as was the prewar car. The' great lessons of the war will o come borne to the motoring publie in full force and effect as tiirte passes. Given an improved type of motor ear, all that remains to make life one glad, sweet song b for the automobiliste of the nation is a comprehensive federal foad building system that will provide good highways all our the width and breadth of the land. r The first lars are here; it ia now time to bigtu ou the highways. k d n ' i post-wa- NATIONAL ORACLE JOINS MOTOR LIFE Frank B. Barnett, of Class Journal Fame, Becomes Vice President to Standard Publication. -- it Jfw.,rnt v" at" bill .'i0q has the approval J? President Wilson and Secretaries nod Baker. The proposition W b lessen the national endeavor in oa (instruction, now that peace has but merclr to transfer the scene rti m frojn Europe to the homeland, ' d ,in response to a universal The public rejoices to see the oihi de-sn- "l Just what did the American motorcar industry learn from its experiments as the principal producer of military equip-rnen- t for Uncle Sam during the late unpleasantness? H. A. Tarantous, writing ia the January Issue of MgToR, the national magazine of motoring, answers the motor this question by saving that wsr not so much industry got out of the s betof but design better knowledge methter knowledge of manufsituring ods, better methods of making parts ouicker and more accurately. It has learned how to produce good units in qUBut while our industry, continues f wsr being brought back tk1'1 F,r''i,p Equally popular will be .ht of machines- - that built the j. road to the Rhine at i1 building eonnecting highwavs 7it1? Moada to the southern boundary r,m the Atlantic tor the Ibicihe th every state in the union Governor elect Henry J. Allen of Knn-- , wfi.le in Washington the other dav, roads - 8nJ.his 'nA,rrw"ideserve national cireulstion. i,.,1;1 d how the rote of sol tiers could be return with n single mind on the au lithe governor- Bold iect of good rosds. as of d, the Amen men that, while elect said that theforce firmly believed q,, T11 would return frem 'over can expeditioeery with the usual of that the good roms of France won the n on political subjects,.diversity they would war. s,ta ,k - making engines sod the writer, trucks and passenger rsrslirid traeto-- s and trailers and what not. it was also busc observing, arid the obeerv atmn Mule there w have taught it mm'i. not 4ime during - the war to put the knowledge thus pained to uefu! pur pose, the next few months will see the working st top engineering dertnents and speed to venfv their observations, the whole ropglomerate ma-- s of data obtained during the past vears will be reflected in our next crop of car. Briefly, those cars will be much ones; they will lighter than our present use more aluminum snd pressed steel better bodies be parts, they will have more enmGirtable, far more economical, cheaper in price and show general re Engines finemeq,t in detail sit througa Thev will will be better lubricated run hotter and more of them will use thermosts'ic control Ignition will cer tainlv be improved, beirme trouble will he a thing of the (act in tlnwn engines, becanse of whnT has been learne them. There making bearings and oiling will be a few changes in el (riches, in axles Wheels of transmissions or in the disc snd wire types will attempt a fre.h drove toward nniveeil adoption Iu g 'turning up, Mr. Tarantous finds that th industry, as a whole, iia learned better production and manufac while development of tuiVg methoda. , -- j... rde- F.ngineenng work now in progress will result in cut degree ting car weights to a startling Aluminum and pressed steel will come in for greater use. Metallurgical know edge gained in war work wnlt be re fleeted iu the cars of the near future and chassis luhruation will be much improved and the fuel problem wi'l be much, reduced in unirtanee. Taken all in all, we may eav that the lessons learned bv uur makers during the period of war work, must first be assimilated 'd applied before we shall find them set forth IB the cars we arc to drive To Salvage Materials. lompar,' ot ToThe W ledo hae Installed In Its Toledo fivtory a A. A. club which creates k committee will be gi'iu ntntion 4 Jn order that all inrepre-terest ahall have a voice in the con duct of the board, George M. Graham of Buffalo, chairman of the motor truck committee of the National Vutomobile ( hamper of f Ommercc, has been asked bv ( hairinauv Bent to serve on this new j board of the national automobile orgam A. Musselman of Phiiadel ration phia, George H Bride of New York Hcnrv titv, E. G Tbmbar ofW.Detroit, B. Cheek of Iaulman of (tin ago, Omaha, Joseph Decker of Balt Lake K. Basford of i"van Fran ( riv and H cisco are among those who will be called upon to act on the board. Other mem hers will tie announced and every A a motor tru abeor; tmu I Realizing that the (avenger auto mobile and the motor track are eennomi cal fellow oecqpanfs of the road, the Automobile American aesoturiion, through recent action ot tx executive directors, hsa added to its list of na tional boards one which will have to future. whose purpose do with motor truck operation. Presi reclamation department as has Jsmeson David of material dent Tractors Ssve Bltuatiou. has that appointed will tie the'ealvsire coal short ae Is the "chairman of the new board friedinsn cept for expenAnv ppsslt.ttltv of hit! erto pairs The In'tlal the Automobile iub uol botlerirg the formers of Ubnota sive sale to the Jur z,k man presi lent ofwho most eoi scrvsnve Bent, i se of their traitors they are i the a man Induste thst Thnch thoroughiv of Philadelphia, nd there h estimate saving for the first year will be quanted wrih motor truck tran.port- - hwuDfxr yr4 wdth tf them into cord wood not less than $a0.(1''n R. John needs tvon Eustis, who has cawing same machine through the application of of road a study transporsaw. made to special a circular Its power by belt Sediment Bulb. tation, is the new secretary of the moWhen It to desired to rsnon the' tedliseht tor truck board, which will have its ofwutoU th pTr1ac halt from a Ford fisolthe Jttk without drsla offices at the New York f ity A. A. A. hnt ItBihtf t luc o1 all the cosiruit of tire tank a h.lf headquarter. No. 501 1 if th avenue, at taw by rvyofro -r dealer forty-seconstreet, chained tv be the YfftlsiAf bout Inch spsrk ptuf will Ire found eoeiest At the sediment trap Is busiest corner in the United Mates the hole p$rt t Um entrf plusrtnf ftotlc ar will be tt res sod la dr LeHrred hs.e the hrm pl4 i( include will ( The motor truck board d tn f- d Ffank B. BarcttT known wberenar automobile' advertising a(pmpriationn and pat bandscari Mibiects for iliscna-sioand tor fifteen v( ire Ohio manJournal publications, ager for the ('lass conm-i turn to assume has resigned that the vice t residency of Motor Life, th motorists' magazine. Barnett brings to his new associate a vast knowledge of the ef propelled hf me, and his acquisition of uubstan-tis- l holdings m the Wociated Blue Book publications, whi. u publishes Mo- tor Life, the Automobile Trade Directors- and the Automobile Blue Books, is the gratification of Ins wish of year to become more i loselv utmtified with the pu bloat io ti of an automobile medium of established reputation. To all commercial motorists Barnett bas been an impetus. The industry knows him best for his relentless fight of almost two decades against pedes-trianis- m and the heel and toe brigade, Fake Motor Companies. released The treasury department has snd par-a warning to the geneiai public I ml .ncri initiate ttcolarly motorist agiust com- Investment tn stock of fke motor fifW Hook (he efforts of moehroom oiotor of quesuonat-l- repute. oonj-pani- t |