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Show MMEli II! WINS TO ECONOMY TESTS Recent tests for economy in gasoline gaso-line consumption conducted in different differ-ent sections of the country show that the Maxwell car continues to enjoy superiority in this vital item affecting affect-ing the motorists'8 purse. With the last month, two important economy contests were conducted, one in California and the other in Virginia, and in both of these, the Maxwell car was victorious, proving its ability to go farthest on the smallest small-est amount of fuel. Both of these contests wcr participated in by a number of cars of well known make and both were officially checked. H. P. Jayne, government sealer of weights and measures, officially oh served a test in the Yosemite Valley, CaL, recently. Five cars were started from the Commercial club in Fresno for the valley, after Mr. Jayne had sealed the tanks. The roads were in the worst possible condition. The steep grades wero made doubly hard by haying six Inches of dust and the ruts from the heavy traffic let the cars down frequently to a point where the axles scraped the road. Arriving in Yosemito Valley, Mr. Jayne broke the seals, and with certified certi-fied measuresrefllled the tanks with, gasoline, also w'elgtiirig the loads car'l I ried by the cars, including passengers , and luggage. The result showed that the Maxwell consumed seven gallons of gasoline and carried So pounds. Its nearest competitor used eight and six-tenths gallons and carried only 635 pounds. The third car in the competition used nine gallons and carried 874 pounds. Two others cars trailed along. In other words, the Maxwell carried a greater weight than any other automobile auto-mobile in the contest and did two miles to the gallon better than its nearest competitor. nn |