Auto Section
Ha (Urattfo lEwmna (Mmtwc Motoring New
VOLUME XXIV.
SECOND SECTION
LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1925.
12 PAGES THIS ISSUE
NUMBER 24
MA
UNSEEN LEAKS
N
E
Drivers Neglect Many
Factors That Affect
Auto Engineer Says.
(Ity Clark .Mallin )
If you dlacovor a leak in your
rusoIIiiq tank, you have it slopped
ut onco. Tho cxpcnsn of the ru
pair work dons not del or you, be.
cause you realize that the leak l
ov.m inoro fxpunsive,
J(ut how ubout tliu unseen leaks
that druin your pockctbook just us
uurely uh a hole in your K"s tank? I
jK .The fact Is that many motorist's I
'ar't: Buffering, from sueh leaks, and
that tlie leaks could be prevented
at slight expense compared with
the loss they caused
Anything that prevents any own
er from obtaining, the maximum
mileage from each gallon of gaso
line is equivalent to a gusoliua
leak. Kven If 11m owners arc care
ful to tho extent of having their
carburetors properly adjusted ana
their valves correctly timed, few of
them realize the loss they suffer
by ignoring other fuclors of fuel
efficiency.
If you would obtain the most
miles per gallon, check the follow?
ing items:
Dash adjustment or choke rod
, Improperly sot. Many choke
valves are faultily set, so that when
the control is tn the forward or
.Wide open position the. choke valve
will be at a slight angle, restrict
ing the flow of air and increasing
tho quantity of fuel used. He sure
that when the choke la in running
position tho valve is wide open."
,eaky connections from fuel
tank. Kxumino the lines to the
vacuum tank and to the carbure
tor. - '
Kuel In float chamber. M.iU
certain that tho level of tho fuel In
tho float chamber is not too high.
Timing of distributor. Uno prev
alent cause of high fuel consump
tion is incorrectly timed distribu
tors. In general, If tho distributor
is so set that, with the spark in
tho full advance position, a slight
"ping" is noted upon sudden ac
celeration with wide open throt
tle, this cause lB.cllniinuU-d,
Carburetor or manifold loose.
These conditions nrc quite often re
sponsible for defective carburet Ion.
Also, gaskets ot these two points
aro sometimes affected by the
grade of fuel used and cause uir
leaks.
Operating temperature of motor.
When cold weather approaches
it Is well to provide a radiator
cover or some other means to in
sure operating at high enough tem
peratures so that reasonable effi
ciency will be obtained.
I)rukcs.: Tho effect of dragging
brakes on fuel economy Is much
greater than the average owner
would believe. He sure that the
brukos are free and the results
will show up iu improved perform
ance, as well us better economy. .
Speedometer reading. Somw
curs claiming extremely high gaso
line mileage will bo found uctuully
CAR W
COME IN
ILL
U.S.
America to Liead in De
veloping 100-Horsepow-er,
90 - Mile - An-- Hour
Automobile, Chrysler
Says. .
NKW YORK (Special) Th., car
of the future, will be of 100 horse
power and capable of making
spei'ds of !( mill's un hour, will
be au American product.
K u r o p e a n engineering and
manufacturing facilities , ure not
yet In a position to provide the
product- which the motoring public,
particularly hi America, Is begin
ning to require, bucausn of the ka
eidoHcoptc traffic conditions.
This is the opinion of Walter P.
Chrysler, head of the Chrysler cor
poration, who has just returned to
this country from a month's visit
not to have us great economy aa to England and the continent.
ciaimeu, uuo 10 incorrect speeuo- ,Mf, (;hrvsler. together with J. II
meters. Some speedometer drives j Ki(,lda vi(JI( prtJ8l(1(,nt ln charge ot
are so proportioned that the in
dicated distances and speeds arc in
excess of facts.
If the foregoing items ure given
some attention, the owner will find
himself well repaid, not only In
lessoned fuel bills, but in Improved
sales, and Fred M. Zuder, vie
president in charge of engineer
ing, attended the 19th Inturnutlon
ul Motor Kxhlbltlon held at the
Olympia in London. They also vis
luted u number of Kuropeun motor
car plunts. It Is on his Investign
Tourists From 34 States
Registered Here This Year
ened up," In which cas the brakes
will suddenly begin to bn more ef
fective. Generally speaking, the
dragging1 of them down long crudes
will cause the lining to become pol
ished, whereas a few sudden ap
plications will rough up tho lining.
Hoad dust und , wuter will alter
these conditions.
The fairy who thinks a motor
meter Is a. date with a speed cop.
operation of the car and less fre- I tions at these factories thut Mr.
trlvers of 1 2u uulomohllcH
from 34 of these 1' lilted States,
from the tnstrlct of Columbia and j
from Cuuuda, have registered at
the chamber of commerce office
for permits to drive foreign airs j
in the state of Oregon since the i
registration bureau was opened
March 25, 1925.
Of tourists who stopped nt the
commerce office for information.
or merely to extend greetings to
some one representative of the
city, there were more than Siiuo.
They included visitors from other
purls of Oregon, who, of course,
were not numbered among the
upplleunts for permits.
Only 14 slates of the entire 4K
ratted to send automobile tourisUi
this way during the season.
Washington und Idaho sent the
1 argent delegations, 3ft cars reg
istering from the former, while'lhe.
neighbor on the east sent S4.i.
Iowa' Ixails .Middle West '
Ono hundred twenty touring
parties from the land of sunshine
and roses came up to Investigate
the claims of Oregon.
From Colorado there were 711
cars and from Utah Gl.
Iowa led the states of the middle
we.s with 25 carH registered.
Wyoming,' Nebraska and Ohio
each sent 22 auto loads of mght-
seers. Kansas was next with 21,
then Montana with 20.
Eighteen parties registered from
quent need for overhaul due to car
bon formation.
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FEMWIt WO It It '
HODV WOUK
W. K. COKOI
I'M) I Jefferson Ave,
Kditor's Note G. Clark Mather,
author of the above article. Is chief
engineer of the l'aige-letrolt Mo
tor Car company. J
AUTO DEATHS FOR
WEEK EXCEED 100
Chrysler buses Ills prediction, that:
the new car will be an American,
development.
Kor years we have been accus
tomed to going to Europe for the
finest in motor curs. European en
gineering und craftsmanship us ex
pressed in their hand built curb
were considered the very essence
of style und quality,' said Mr.
Chrysler on landing. "New ideas
IN ELEVEN STATES in -nKinoerlnp design and coach
(work invariably came from across
the water. Hut this has all been
changed.
Detroit Now Style Center.
"American ingenuity hus proved
beyond doubt that its development
of the marvelous precision machin
ery not only enables us to build
greater quantities, but to build
these quantities with even greater
accuracy than is possible by the la
borious handicraft of European
workmen.
CHICAGO (API Automobile
deaths ln 11 central western states
went above 100 last woek, after
registering below that, murk for
previous weeks. The total was 1 12
with Ohio leading wltl 31 fatal
ities. Thero were 20 deaths In Il
linois und 14 ln Indiana, 13 In Min
nesota und 12 in Missouri. Other
slates states were Iowu und Michi
gan, five eueh: Oklahoma, seven;
j Kansas, three und North Dakota
land Texus, one each. .
Missouri und un equal number
from Illinois. Seventeen claimed
residence in the Iloosier state.
Mlchlgun und South Dakota each
recorded 16 carloads, while Norlh
Dakota brought in only one.
Oklahoma's registration mount
ed to 15; Nebruska's, 13; Wiscon
sin and MlnuesiTa, each 12.
Southern and eastern stutes with
stnuller representation ranked us
follows: Pennsylvania, &; Texas,
7; New York. 7; Arkansas, 5; Ari
nonu. 6; New Jersey, 4; Virginia,
S; Nevada, 3; Florida, 2; New Mex
ico. 2; Massachusetts, 2; Alabama,
1, and Maine, 1.
They Want to Know
Two parlies canwi from tho Dis
trict of Columbia. Thero wero
palrrt of cars from British Colum
bia, from Saskatchewan and from
parts of the dominion listed mere
ly us Cutuidu.
And while they registered, the
tourists plied the secretary with
questions:
Where was lite best fishing?
Was the deer season open?
What road should they take, to
Portland, und were all tho hlgh-
wayu us splendid us those they hud
traveled?
Iji Grande looked like a pros
perous town what supported U?
What was t he price ot farm
lands in tho valley?
And ' the secretary . answered
them, every ono.
IIA
I T DATED
(Continued on I'ugu Four.)
SAN FHANCISCO. Cul. (Special)
Hotter coust to coast highways
will be planned at the greatest
highway conference held In this
country, according to the sponsors
of the Idea, The conference, to bu
known us the All-Western Itoud
show, will be held In San Frun
cisco, November i) to 14.
There will be present federal.
Mate, county and city road build
ers from the 11 states. There will
also be contractors, surveyors, rock
ami gravel men,, paving material
men, nmiuifacturers of road ma
chinery, and ot hers interested in
better Inlerslulo highways.
The purpose of the conference i
to combat action of custom stales,
which have started a campaign to
imlucG the federul government to
stop federal aid in highway build
ing. .. .
Four general subjects will be
threshed out. Iluughly, Ticy urn
these:
Closer co-operation among the
western stutej In laying out their
rnad building programs so they
will be of reciprocal benefit.
Concentration of state author
ities and federal representatives on
definitely planned systems of
transcontinental federal highways
(Unking up with the stale highways.
1 Adherence to the principle that.
! the western slatey are not. so much
734,730 Carloads Of
Automobiles Shipped
DETROIT (Special) The wide
spread use of the railroads by the
automobile manufacturers totaled
7H4,7no carloads of car and parts
in 1U24 us Indicated In the compi
lation of the national Interstate
commerce report made public by
James S. Marvin, chairman of tho
conference of automobile traffic
managers, meeting here.
A significant feature of the re
port Is thut western und southern
lines had u large volume of bust
ness us well us those roads in tlto
territory of the uutomobllu fac
tories. While the figure of 734.000 rep
resents the original carloads, this
becomes multiplied us different
railroads bundle the car, so that
the sum total of carloads hauled by
the different roads Is 1.844.F.34
While western line gel but 108,000
original carloads they nevertheless
transport 307,000 carloads.
The figure, of 734,000 carloads
of freight in tho original:. re.pre,--seuts
only the automobiles, motor
trucks, chats1:, bodies und wheels
and 'purls (except' tires .and
chains). It dues not include gaso
line, road building material nnd
other automotive freight. Not all
these items, have ' been classified
by the interstate commerce com
mission, hut the total is estimated
by the traffic conference to be
2,3l.i0 original curlouds, or
nearly four limes the u mount, of
freight going from the factories In
complete vehicles and purls.
in need for more highways us of
belter roads.
Au educational campaign to 1m
preps upon congress and the east
that federul aid for road building Is
nn Investment In national prosper
ity when wisely supervised.
Man formerly broke the horse;
now the nitto breaks the r.inn.
ItKAKF, JOI f'ICIKM Y
di;i'i;ms on umm.
j The variation in the efficiency of
the brakes when on a long trip Is
flue to several things, but the con
jdlllon of the brake lining Is per
haps the most important. Some
times the lining will become pol
ished. In which case the brakes will
not be very efficient. In other In
stances the lining may be "rough-
Jar Economical Trniptrition
Touring
Of
Runabout - '260
Confe - - 520
Tudor Sedan 580
Fordor Sedan 660
Clpird r.r. In color. Da
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extra on opan cara.
, AH prlwa Drlr.ll ,
AU iuel hodyi heavy own
fendern fuel tank filled from
outside; loir, graceful body
lines! nickeled head lamp
rims; comfortable, Imv scats,
large iteering wheel; power,
Jul. positive braltes. Standard
equipment include four cord
tires, rear-view mirror, extra
tire carrier and windshield
wiper. Balloon tires $Zi
vara.
Qreater Demand for the -Improved
Ford Cars
The recent improvements in Ford
cars have created a demand that is
establishing new sales records.
Back of this growing demand is the
knowledge that Ford cars have gained
their universal recognition through
dependability and economy of oper
ation. The recent improvements en
hance value that has been definitely
established. ,
See today's greater Ford value at your
nearest Authorized Ford Dealer's,
riace your order now to insure early
delivery.
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take the jars out of frozen roads. ,
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7-Bearlng Crankshaft
6-Bearlng Camshaft
Four-Wheel Brakes
Five Disc Wheels
Duco Finish
Cowl Ventilator
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Rear-vision Mirror
Silken Curtains
Transmission Lock
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