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Show IK)DGK nnOTHKRS CARS WKI.I, KNOWN FOR IXNO I.IFK Dodga Brothers mbtor tars are farorbly known throi?hout the world for many Important advantaea but are probably beat known for their ability to give aatixfactory aerrlce over a Ion period of yeare for a period of life beyond tat cornmocly allotted to a motor car. Ninety-four por cent of the cart that have been manufactured by this company are till In operation, day In day out, In all parts of the country. One of tho most notable examples of the Jong life and durability of iKxlge Brothers cars is found In Car No. 12. the first Dodce Brothers car shipped to the Pacific Coast, arriving there In December. 1914. No. 11 was displayed In San Francisco and Oakland, Oak-land, used as a demonstrator and eventually sold. Recently It was In the posseealon of a rancher near Bants Ban-ts Rota, who used It In his dally work. Ho refused to sell It outright but finally traded l In on a new car. At the present time It hat been run approximately 176,000 miles. j From Walnut Cove, N. C. comes word tiat Car No. 6 is running satisfactorily satis-factorily at a service car for the Davis Repair Company. Mr. Davis writes. "The motor still has in it the original pistons and beannes :'iat were installed at the factory nine years ago. No. 5 has been in service ser-vice every day." There was recently displayed i:i a paraJe In Manhattan. Kansas, a Dodj?e Brothers car sold in Dn-erti-btr, 1914. Its speedometer now shows a mileage of 2.4 Omi miles, and the car Is in constant dally use. Carl Pchafer of Madison, Wis . is an enthusiastic Dodpe Brothers bwner. Mr. Schafer purchased a us.'d Dodge Brothers car In September, Septem-ber, 1P16. Since then he has driven, and has proofs to support his statement, state-ment, over 229,000 miles. Mr. ' Schafwr has sworn to the above facts before a notary. Some time apo John Austerm'ller. Jr . and Robert Baur. two young men of Term Haute, purchased a mted ' Dod;e Brothers touring car with (whieh to ton- Canada. M.'-vn'o .-'d the Western States. At the time the car was purchased the speedometer registered 203.000 miles and there were those who doubted that the car i would ever reach Chicaco. The boys returned a few weeks ago. after haying hay-ing pone even farther than they ex-peeteir. ex-peeteir. .having ad led 11.121 miles to tho original 203.000 mlleaee. They expect to maVe a tour of the Eastern States next year with the same car. I'odce Brothers records cite numerous num-erous instances, such as the above, of tlie d-irability and unusually long life of their cars, i The oldest Podge Brothers car ia j Sar.pe-e County is now being used i by See'.e -Hinckley Auto Co. for j their service buss. I " |