RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
885 
T  nettled  Bill  Parr  considerably  ! 
So  many  Motorists  had  carelessly  stated 
“oil  Kaci  Ova  Hint  T^nUKnv  ^ 
Fritz  said  that  what  puzzled  him  most  was  the 
brown  Rubber  Tubes  4  ‘not  being-  all  stretched  out  of  shape 
after  such  a  tug,  even  if  they  did  hang*  together  at  the 
finish. 
“Look  you,”  said  he,  “when  we  released  the  load, 
• — after  the  Haul, — they  instantly  snapped  back  into  just 
three-quarters  of  an  inch  longer  than  they  were  at  the 
start ! 
‘‘And  that  %  of  an  inch,  they  took  up  again  in  less 
than  two  hours  rest.  ” 
JL  that  “all  Tire  Tubes  are  just  Rubber.” 
He  determined  to  show  some  folks  the  difference, 
in  a  way  they  would  never  forget, 
There  were  four  Cars  at  the  door,  and  their  Owners 
or  Drivers  at  his  elbow. 
To  these  he  said, — 
“Boys, — how  strong  do  you  think  this  Goodrich 
Bi’own  Tube  actually  is  ? 
“Do  you  believe  it  is  strong  enough  to  tow'  Mr. 
Oden’s  five  passenger  Car,  with  four  people  in  it,  from 
here  for  20  blocks  ? 
“You  don’t,  eh  ! 
“Well  now  here’s  a  bit  of  a  Bet  j  want  to  make 
with  any,  or  all,  of  you. 
“I  will  bet  you  a  Dinner  that  this  little  old  regular 
Goodrich  Tube  (34x4)  will  not  only  tow  Mr.  Oden’s 
Car,  but  will  tow  all  three  of  your  Cans, —fully  passen- 
gered, —through  the  streets,  for  the  full  21  blocks 
(more  than  a  mile  and  a  half) — starting  and  stopping  as 
many  times  as  the  crowd  makes  it  necessary. 
“I  will,  — if  you  Gentlemen  are  agreeable,— line  up 
all  four  of  your  Cars,  right  here  and  now,  take  three 
regular  Goodrich  Tubes  hap-hazard  out  of  their  boxes-, 
— tie  one  tube  between  each  two  Cars,  (which  means 
hauling  three  Cars  on  the  first  Tube)  and  tote  You-aU 
that  way  to  ‘The  Corners.  ’ 
“Are  you  willing  to  bet  a  Dinner  that  any  one  of 
the  three  Tubes  will  ‘go  broke’  on  the  way,  or  show  a 
flaw  which  would  leak  Air,  or  prevent  its  being  used  for 
its  original  Tire  purpose  afterwards  ? 
“You  are,  eh  ? 
“Well, — the  Bet’s  on  ! 
‘‘Come  along,  and  you  be  the  Judges.” 
AFFIDAVIT 
This  certifies  that  we,  the  undersigned,  took  part  in 
and  witnessed,  the  Texas  tube  test  referred  to  in  the  adver¬ 
tisement  entitled  “  How  the  Texas  Tube  Test  Happened ! 
that  the  test  was  made  on  date  of  Nov,  11.  at  Waco,  Texas, 
the  distance  covered  being  twenty-one  blocks  and  that  the 
result  was  as  described. 
Signed—  W.  M.  ODEN 
J.  M.  NASH 
B.  A.  FRITZ 
W.  A.  PARR 
Subscribed  and' sworn  to  before  me  by  W.  M.  Oden, 
J.  M.  Nash,  B.  A.  Fritz  and  W.  A.  Parr,  this  the  3rd  day  of 
May,  A.  D.  1916,  at  Waco,  Texas. 
Signed —  J.  G.  WREN, 
Notary  Public, 
McLennon  County,  Texas. 
THE  Dinner  was  a  very  Cheerful  Affair. 
As  Oden  said  afterwards  (when  putting  up 
his  share  of  the  Bet)  “you  could  have  bet  me 
a  Million  on  that,  Parr,  and  I’d  have  taken  you  up, — even 
if  I  had  to  borroiv  the  Million. 
“I  don’t  see  how  the  blamed  Tubes  ever  did  hold 
out, — especially  going  up  Saco  St.  under  such  a  strain. 
“With  eight  people  in  the  last  three  Cars,— and  a 
total  load  of  over  8,800  pounds  I  sure  thought  to  hear 
something  snap  before,  second  block. 
“Whaddye  put  into  that  brown  Goodrich  Rubber 
anyhow,  to  make  it  hang  together  like  that  ?  ” 
Now  what  think  You  of  these  GOODRICH  Tire 
lubes  that  could  bear  up  under  such  a  gruelling  test  ? 
,,  m^ec^  ^at  they  cost  you  no  more  than  the  “ordin¬ 
ary  Tubes  you  so  carelessly  accept ! 
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