Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 21, 1922, Page 12

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER T~ SPEED WAGON SNORTS UP TAMALPAIS ON TIES “Power as well as spced,” thus Mr. Malgahn, local Reo dealer character- izes the trip which a Reo Specd W gon recently made to “Tamalp. top. “Tamalpais is San Francisco's famous mountain,” says Mr. Malzahn. “From its summit more geography is in evidence than from any other point in the world, fourteen cities and coun- { ties, numerous bays, capes, straits, I8 peninsulas, islands, mountains and the Pacific ocean. It is also possible to see Mount Shasta, 200 miles away, on 3 a clear day.” # The trip which the Reo Speed Wa- gon made up this mountain emphasiz- es the tendency of the general public to freely acknowledge the speed of the Reo without knowing its surplus of powerq Tamalpais presented an opportunity for a very unusual test to bring out| ST this contention. Through the cour- tesy of the Tamalpais and Muir Railway company, a special arrange- ment was made whereby the truck, with an official pilot representing dis- patcher’s orders, was permitted to negotiate the grade over the railroad right of way. This road has the unique distinc. tion of being the crookedest railroad in the world—281 curves. To make the climb a. truck must run over the ties and ballast and straddle the rails. The Speed Wagon, which was a reg- ular canopy express job, loaded to ca- pacity (one and one-fourth tons,) made the trip without difficulty, with- out heating and without the slightest damage to the load. This bears addi- tional testimony to the general con- struction, especially the springs. The trip took fitly minutes. The train takes one hour and five minutes. When one siops to consider that the work reqi'rs a special type of gear- driven lo:o nntive (he significance of the Speed Wagon's performance is better uadeistood. REO EXHIBIT ATTRACTS AT GOOD ROADS SHOW The movement for good roads re- ccived further impetus at the 13th Road Builders' association in Chica- g0, according to F. M. Malzahn, local Reo .dealer. He states that a Reo Speed Wagon equipped with a Roud Floater and Dump Body is one of the most interesting exhibits and a dis- play which is attracting unusual at- tention. In speaking of the job, Mr. Mal- zahn says: “A Speed Wagon equip- ped with a road floater will replace up to six teams of horses in doing this class of work. It has demon- strated its ability to do better and faster ‘work than horse drawn equip- ment. It will handle gravel at a speed of from ten to fifteen miles an hour, At this speed it will spread the gravel more evenly and fill up all the little cups and ruts. It has proved equally effective in maintaining the ordinary type of dirt road.” The floater, or leveling apparatus, . can be hung on cither side of the Speed Wagon. It is adjustable to dif~ ferent pressures on the road. With a dump body the Speed Wagon will fiarry_prnctieully a yard of gravel, ‘floating” the road as it goes along. annual meeting of the American Good | Speed Wagon Lauipped With sz:deodu an: ‘lg:ad Floater FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY WORK Texas Leads In Mileage With 1,116.4 Miles, With Minnesota Ranking a Close Second. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Meastring the network of federal- aid highways spread over the country during the past 5 years, the bureau of public rouds, United States Depart- ment of Agriculture, places their total length, January 1 last, at 28,741.6 miles, and thelr cost at approximately $500,- 000,000. The figures represent 12,007 miles of completed roads over which traffic Is flowing today and 15,834 miles of roads under construction and on that date estimated to be, as a whole, 70 per cent complete. In mileage of completed federal-ald ronds, Texas leads with a total of 11164 miles, In addition there were under- construction in Texas on Janu- ary 1 a total of 1,381.9 miles of federal- aid highways whose estimated cost was nearly $22,000,000. Minnesota ranked second, with 1,086.8 miles, In the amount of completed federal-ald high- ways, the cost of the system belng The floater can be easily rem and the truck used for nthexypurp:::: slightly over $10,000,000. Of that sum T Minnesota there were under “Con struction the first of the year 791.2 miles of federal-ald highways whose estimated cost was placed at $10,055,- 757. Other states with comparatively large mileages of completed federal-aid ‘I highways on January 1 were: Tilinols, 722.9 miles costing. $24,608,- 958, of which $11,221,464 was paid by the federal government; Nebraska, 682.7 miles costing $3,627,767, of which the federal government pald $1,735,763; Wisconsin, 500.6 miles costing $6,702,- 100; Arkansas, miles costing $5,148,080; Georgia, .4 miles costing $11,017,380; Towa, 422.4 miles costing $7,969,981; North Carolina, 419.1 miles costing $5,641 Idaho, 401.1 miles costing $6,572,552; and Washington. 354.9 miles costing $8.081,285. Completed federal-nid highway con struction in some of the eastern an middle western states where the char Completed Federal-Aid Road in Minne- sota. acter ot roads was of high type and the cost correspondingly greater per mile were as follows: Pennsylvania, 390.1 miles costing $19,002,504; Ohio, 370.2 miles costing $12475,569; New Jersey, 783 milos costing $3,442.224; Massachusetts, 1205 miles costing $4,391,036; and Maryland, 137.8 miles costing $3,752,- 288, Projects under construction and the degree of completion January 1 in other states were us follows: California, 382.9 miles, 55 per cent complete; Georgla, 492.9 miles, 65 per gcent complete; Jowa, 998.7 miles, 86 per cent complete; Kansas 471.8 miles, 69 per cent complete; Louisiana, 354.5 miles, 82 per cent complete ; Minnesota. 791.2 wriles, 65 per cent complete; Mls- sissippl, 464.3 miles, 64 per cent com- plete; Missourl, 535.1 miles, 70 per cent complete; Montana, 412.8 miles, 77 per cent complete; Nebraska, 9141 miles, 94 per cent complete; New Mex- 1co, 551.9 miles, 54 per cent complete; New York, D) miles, 44 per cent complete; North Carolina, 507 miles, 88 per cent complete; North Dakota. 8102 miles, 80 per cent complete; Ohio, 2 miles, 91 per cent com- plete; Oklahoma, .2 miles, 64 per cent complete; Pennsylvania, 248.6 miles, 94 per cent complete; South Carolina, 410.7 miles, 59 per cent com- the federal government paid $3.878,063. plete; South Dakotn, 688.7 miles. 70 = —————— | Goodyear Tires Are Better And Cheaper 3 Use E Gooayear and get more miles foz a dollar 32x3% Than They Have Ever Been qu prices of cotton and rubber ha\;e made this possible— without sacrificing QUALITY. GQODYEAR TIRES are recognized as STANDARD, as you will notice by illustration of high-priced automobiles shown on DIAMOND TREAD GOODYEAR TIRES. Cotton prices are getting stronger; raw rubber will go up in price by spring, and if business is nearly as good as we hope it will be, Automobile Tires. will SOON. 30x3 Smooth Tread Casing . 30x3!% Non-Skid Casing . All-weather Tread Casing 33x4 All-weather Tread Casing 32x31% Cord Casing ‘s(uely be higher priced T Other sizes priced accordingly. y ires ORDER YOUR TIRES FOR SPRING NOW |—Make a small Given Hardware Company s “THE LUCKY DAY STORE" —PHONE 57—, . payment and be protected if prices go up or down, for we will sell on lower list. } TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 21, 1922 2 per—cent complete; Tennessee, TM% miles, 46 per cent complete; Texas, 1,381.9 miles, 59 per cent complete; and Wisconsin, 538.8 miles, 75 per cent complete. Roads In Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania has 91,556 miles of highway, of which 3,300 miles, or 3.6 per cent, constitute the state highway system. Women Taking Part. Women are becoming prominent in the supervision of highway construc- tion in the United States. Good Roads Necessary. Good roads are as necessary to the farmers as schools and telephones, ofticial. WILL PLANT OREGON CEDARS Systematic Work to Be Inaugurated In Pennsylvania During the Coming Year. ematic planting of trees along Pennsylvania state highways in for- est areas is to be undertaken this year. Ronds with the least number of poles with wires will be given pref- erence, Plans also are being made to obtain cedars from Oregon for ex- narimental nlantlue in this state. Cleanliness Leads to Success. Given a chance, poultry will return good profits on the investment. Clean- liness is one of the best guarantees of success. 2 N factory. and materials. Wagon. ards. was the five. A NI % - C Much Money for Roads. Recelpts of the automobile division of the Pennsylvania highway depart- ment reached the enormous total of $9,977.401 last year, the largest in the history of the dlvislon. This amount is an increase of more than $2,000,000 over the receipts_of 1920, EXTENSIVE SURVEY OF ROADS Mileage, Cost, Character of Construc- tion, Improvement Work, Etc., to Be Ascertained. Amerlca’s far-flung network of road- ways Is soon to be measured accurate- 1y in terms of mileage, cost, charac- ter of construction, improvement work, and general condition by the bureau of, public_roads of the United States T ) $1695/5 . N4 e e e — New Light Seven F. 0. B. LANSING, MICHIGAN are It is significant that two automotive models— both-of which are the outstanding and undis- puted leaders in the two great divisions of mo- tor :transportation—are products of \the same Which is to say, they both represent the same ripe experience, the same sound -engineering practice, the same high quality of workma'n‘.jship For both are Reos—the New Light Seven Pas- senger Touring Car; and that Mighty Speed . This new Light Seven has created a sensation and promises to revolutionize touring car stand- Hereafter, the Seven will be the accepted type of family touring car. This, because Reo engineers.and body design- ers have shown that it is possible, by conserving space heretofore wasted, to seat seven adults liberally and yet have a car within the size and weight that renders it as easily maneuverable as i 'Speed Wagon Chassis F. O. B. LANSING, Reos At thg same time they have been able to pro- duce this car at a price that establishes a new standard of values. So, again, Reo takes the the fashion in passenger cars. And—the history of the one of the sensational episodes in this amazing industry. . By proving its fitness for every business— city, suburban and country—in passenger as well as freight carrying—in heavy hauling as well as light delivery work—this Speed Wagon has revolutionized transportation and rendered many other types obsolete. More than 60,000 Speed service and their popularity is gaining by leaps and bounds. To have achieved this—to have developed the dominant models in these two great branches of modern_transportation—is this org’anizatiqn because it is proof of the ac- curacy qf Reo judgment, the soundness of Reo engineering, and the excellence of Reo quality. REASONS FOR REO STABILITY AND STANDING Seventeen years of consistent ad- herence to a rigid poliecy in which the one objective was to build--not the most—but the best. Highly intelligent, skilled work- men, who have a pride in their work because Reo management asks of them only their best. PRICESF. O. B. FACTORY, PLUS FEDERAL TAX Factory facilities of the highest or- der—most Highly specialized tools and equipment for accurate, efficient manufacture. A firm belief that if quality into his product the market will never fail him. a surplus of the best. AUTOMOTIVE DEALER Phone 175 BEMIDJI, MINN. = 405 Minn. Ave. £ Department of "Agriculture, The sur- vey, which is the most extenslye ever undertaken and the first Iim - seven years, is to be made with the aid of | state and ‘local officlals the. country over, and is comparable only, to the great task of taking the natlional. cen- sus. Saving in Mud Guards, Part of the vast sums that the:couns try is spending for hard roads it will save in mud_guards. ‘ Vehicles Distributea. The Department of Agriculture has 1 distributed practically all the surplus I motor vehicles controlled by the War department for road bullding purposes | in various states. The list-includes | 21124 #ricka and 2290 antamobllos. | i Il i | } MICHIGAN Both are Leaders and Both « i leadership and sets f Reo Speed Wagon is 7 Wagons are now in 7 most gratifying to % i the maker puts There is never Z 2222222, R e B e B N B X s SR 2 E SR T R T LI s, Shich s