La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, April 28, 1928, Image 9

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Newspaper Page Textm (&xwxbt fewntttg ferwr MOTORING NEWSl AUTO SECTION VOLUME XXV. LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 28, l'J28. NUMBER 220 OLD TYPE MOTOR COMES TO FRONT Diesel Proves Successful in German Trucks Fuel Cost Lessened Iff t nt innl.r 1. .......1 I - ' i il'w " ...viu., iub Hni'U 111 p lallonary nnj inurino work. Is thieatcntuf; tho supremacy of the spark plus und carburetor type en Kino now In Kencrul use for auto mobiles, according to reports inude ut the recent meeting of the society of uutomoblle engineers In Detroit. ThlB uiifflne, the Diesel, hjm prov ed successful on a number of trucks. in Germany, is About (o be manufactured for such purposes In the l ulled Slutes, la seriously being considered . for ulrcrul't and for automobiles, und 1h asserted to operate under ono-firtli tho fuel cost of the present type of auto inubilo motor, In as much nfl it use fue) oil. I n 11 ko the conventional utitomo tive engine, says u writer for "Mo tor," a Irado magazine, it bus no carburetor, no throttle and no Igni tion system, although in other rc spccis it resembles current designs. The artlele continues: When the jntako valve opens the piston draws in a charge of pur air wliieh Is then compressed to a pressure of about 3f0 pounds, Ihls high compression heating the ' air to it temperature of several hundred degrees. When tho pis ton ucars the tup of the stroke a measured drop, of fuel oil Is shot into the cylinder at high pressure and tremendous velocity, utmost Immediately being mixed, vaporiz ed and ignited by tlc hot air. . Kurlt Has l-'ucl 1'u ni rlaeh .cylinder has its Individual fuel pump,, with u pipe running irnin the pumpMo tho nuVle in tho combustion chamber, the four pumis being mounted in a housing on the left side, and driven from the timing gear train. Tho amount of fuel Injected per stroke deter mines the power of the explosion, tin- compression pressure remain ing constant regardless of whether the load of the engine is heavy or light. In other words, instead of using a throttle to control the vehicle on the road, the "throttle" lever or accelerator pedal varies the amount of fuel Injected. As the speed inereuses. the fuel must be injected somewhat earlier, and another luver taking' (hd place ot the spark advance, controls this feature. Pump stroke and pump timing are' both regulated by a cam k and lever mecbunlsin within tho pump housings ---'-V To start tho engine, It is rotated by. an electric starter, with tho! compression relieved from three tyiinucrs. As soon as tho fourth cylinder sturts firing tho other thru cylinders are cut in. Surety Vitlvo A safety vulvu is m-ovlded tn Driver Urged To Carefully. Follow Directions In Breaking In Auto AV hen breaking In a new cat, It 1 to full load operation without dun- each cylinder in case of excessive Is advisable to strictly follow tho'ger of burning or sllekliiff, which pii-Muro. aii air neuter Is Install- manufacturer's directions during ed for wurming tho air in very breaklng-in period, which usually cold weather. In other respects thu Is 500 miles. engine follows current automotive' The parts of a new cur are cure practice except that it Is somewhat fully and accurately imulc, but Just heavier throughout becauso of tho as a pair of new shoes must be greater compression and combus-. broken iu beforo fitting comfort tlon pressures. the breaklng-ln period, which usu- Beforo discussing this' englno in Inbly so these new parts must be more detail, it Is worth pausing a'ully Is 50J miles. . moment to review briefly the his- I jjgh points on the bearings must tory of the Diesel. Its chief foa- bo smoothed out, tool and grinding tures slnco the very beginning havo! marks gradually worn away and a been unusually high fuel economy ' high polish acquired. Aftor this and ability to run on much lower period and when the, engine Is grades of fuel than the carburetor englno can use effectively. Due to its high compression, its fuel con sumption Is as low ut .3 pound per horsepower hour win-reus the best carburetor engines have a mini mum fuel consumption of approxi mately 45 pound of fuel per horso power hour. Tho latter reaches this high economy only on full throttle. On part throttle tho fuel consumption is very much higher. Wherca with tho Diesel there is very little reduction in fuel econ omy on part load because the com pression pressure remains constant. Jtoad tests show that tho Diesel will run a truck about two und a half times as far on a gallon of fuel as the carburetor engine.' And because the fuel used by the Diesel engine costs half.as much as gasoline, the fuel cost per mile is only one-fifth. , . warm, one can occasionally acceler ate up to 45 and 45 miles un hour, but immediately the speedometer registers this speed slow down to about 35 miles n hour. This en ables the oil to circulato freely among the moving parts. , The short bursts of speed permit the parts to ficcomo nccoinmodaLcd might occur with continued high speed running. At the end of the first 1U0U miles tho cur should be driven buck to the dealer for U cumploto check. The valve adjustment should be correct, the compression even In nil cylinders, and the distributor con tact points should bo checked. The operation of the steering gear und the alignment of the front wheels should be checked und the nuts holding tho wheels to tho rear axle should be tested for tightness. They must be without sign of looseness, which often develops after tho cur has been run for some time. If all these precautions ure taken the car will be properly broken In und will repay in service and ut u minimum of expense tho cure that has been devoted to It. by its owner during tho critical period of its life. v . . Union, Wallowa Goodyear Meet Held Wednesday tho interest. Several dozen deal era and employes from J.ho two counties attended. The V. ' If. Kohnenkamp company, La Grande distributors of Goodyonr tires for a period of about 15 years, were represented at the meeting. Chase Hohncnkamp Is manager of that phnso of tho Hohncnkamp busi ness, ... Ono gf the interesting buslnuss rnmniinv miuttlnra in tt Itttlrl horn , , ' . VXKOCGHT IIONOH iliii na (Iin Vnni n llniii emir I tire meet of dealers from Union I TSUUUOA, Japan This port and Wallowa counties, held crtf 1 1 Ikes its soviet consul M. Kesselof. last Wednesday at tho Sacajawea I T KOt feveral vote for inn, with three officials from tho Jainuo diet at the empire Tortland offices attending and In wldw election. . . s charge. Many phases of the huge Goodyear business were dlsvussed, j KVOMTIOX OV CAUHOL'SiX particularly the selling phaso and PAltlH Wooden horses on some splendid talks were heard French merry-go-rounds have been that, according to dealers, will supplanted by Airplanes, automo prove a definite help to all dealers biles, tanks and field guns, who attended. A moving picture '' relatlvo to Goodyear problems wast PARIS A street has been named shown with the talks and added to fur Kdgar. Allan I'ue. t;i;!;KAi; MOTORS fhkight mix ""General Motors Inst yenr sold 1,554,577 automobiles, consisting of Chevrolet, Utdsmobiln, Pontine, Oakland, Hulck, LuKalle und ."ml il iac. Of this number approximate ly o'ne-miai'ter were driven away from tho plants and .tho remainder shipped by railroads. In 192,7 the freight charges up on General Motors cars' und trucks und the material from which these automobiles wero mudo uinounted to ?to,47y,712. TIKE SAJj;S INCItJCASE General Tiro und Kubbor Co., announced loduy increases of 2S und 40 per. cent In sales and tire production respectively for the first three months of tho fiscal yeur. Sales pusscd well over tho six mil lion, mark, i-New York financial pupcrs reported.. - TOKYO Of 9,000.000 who voted ift the national election only a 3ft 3 't were arrested against 11, 3uu among 5t nan nan vnim-u in is;4, PLAN TOUR EARLY AUTO CLUB SAYS Careful Arranine Be forehand Will Yield Gestest Pleasure WASHINGTON'. 7. C. Kur many. Hit; annual- totlrinir Irlp ifl inonthH away but tlio opportunity tci niaUn It u inori! joyoim ovi-nt. Perkins Motor Company Installs New Equipment Kxleiislve Imiyovemenls, repre senting u considerable expenditure, huve been mudo tn equipment at tho Terkln's garage, und afford that Kurapo one of the most mod ern greasfni; equipments In the Kastern half of tho state. A Kmllh to make it the most successful of elevutor, making it possible to lis kind Is present now, says a ' raise curs off tho floor so thut the statement 'issued' today by na-j mechanic can work under them is tional headquarters of tho Ameii- the largest new machine Instullcd. can Automobilo association In it works electrically und Is a fine which It is pointed out that tho example of modern machine cffl tour that has the advantage of ciency. The elevator is on a strong early and thorough planning air ly build square rnck In tho gurage. ways is more successful than that I "With the new low-center cars it arranged 'and begun haphazardly, 'is hard for anyone to work under The motor car owner -who them. Then, too, It is unsutlsfac already bus determined thut his tory working In a pit under the annual vacation will be spent "en our because of the poor light," Mr. tour" might well go further and ' 'erklns suid. "So we feel thut the detide precisely what kind of a Smith elevutor, equipped for any tour he is going to take, says tho ( kind of car. Is a distinct udvant statement. Who will accompany 'upe." With the elevutor is a com him? Will it be a campaign, sight- ' piete und modern set ot Alcmitc seeing, mountain, shore, or some greases, with the latest typo of other kind of trip? To what point machines for distributing them, or points will the journey lead?) They ure the geur ftusher u new Whut Vm it cost? My careful ad- 'invention mnking it posslblo to Vance planning how much farther iieun out tho old greuso from the can the family's appropriation for ,.,,,. rmi cienn It with oil; the U-2fi its vacation bo mudo to go? (grouse gun und tho transmission 1 These ure questions relating to tfeuP lubricant . . ', . . Then, in tho washing room are six new marlne-typo olectriti lights. To Spend Billion And Half Dollars On Highway Work There will bo approximately una and one-half billion dollars spent for roads throughout the country this year and highway construction will at least equal and probably ex ceed the highest mark recorded In any .preceding yeur, according to Ir. K. B. MeDuniol, president of the Oregon Utate Motor association. This prediction. It was said, is based on Information Just received from the American Automobile us sooiutlon, with which the club is uf flliated. Dr. Mc Dan lei suld that Improve ment of the state and federul-uld highway systems under tho suner- ' vision of the highway depurtmuntH uf the various states will go for ward during the season now open-! lug with u ' construction of morel than 20,000 miles of surfaced rotuMj und about 8U00 miles graded and drained. v Ur. MePanlel was advised by the A. A, A. of road-building prospect s; utter reports of the various state' to tho bureau, of public roads, un-l der which the federal-aid program) Is curried on, hud been careful!' considered. . . ' " j TIMI:OTOO NEARER i TIMHUCTOO, India The re- inoteness of this city la threatened) by air travel. It has been reached; by air from Paris In 26 hours, and hopes to become a station on a Krcnch routo to Africa. , NAPLES King Victor Kmman-i uel has given Naples . a priceless collection of modern paintings and slutues, . ,. i. .. .. ' " " i Genuine Parts We do not do repairing, but we furnish the re placement parts for most . of the jobs in this section. Wc have that part here--no. waiting, no delay. We have cylinder head gas kets and fan belts to fit most any car, which means a lot of them. You will want to investi- gate the New Winf ield Carburetor let us show, , you why it is a big gas-saver. llin annual motor outlliH: thut .limy and shoulri"lm answonid far in ad vance of artu!ly atiirtintf 1 ho Journey, tlio A. A. A. Is convinced aa a result of Ha experienco in counselling- millions of persons on Cumio himn ducationa of nmtor -wayfaring. ,....i.i Is N'liliuiin's lU'f'l'i'ndnii "Tourina" lias hecoine. the inuklnfr it possihle to do day flhd I nlBlit waslilnB.' - Tho llBlila urn doubly protected by- iflasa ho that A new Hardy car M-ashinB , machine, in creasing thn pri-sailru from the uor- irli In Ann .,iinil. timl lion's fair weather recreation." says lm,rpfuru ,Ilcmu(tlr n,(Pt.d an(J tho stali-ment. "This year, more than forty-four million people will enjoy motor journeys of sufficient li nuth to- call them lours. Provi sion of facilities for this mifltitudo lhas 'resulted1 in the creation of u i new und muny-sldcd imtustry. It1 jls un Industry whose products : range widely in quality, prlcer and ! other churactoristics, and avail ing oneself of its commodity or service to the best udvantuge re quires Intelligent forethought." fficiency of -cur cleaning, is also a part of the new equipment iu the two departments,, cleaning and greasing. Car Still Luxury Through Europe PA.UIM (AP) Automobiles ure still the exception ruther than tlio llegardless of the type ot trip It rU0 on tle continent of Kurope, cunlemplutes, the family should W,ero the pedestrians out-number' begin now) -to malsc its definite thofas wlio ridu by twenty, thirty I plans, tlio A. A. A. declares.,1 i ho llim pOMU to 00 uii:im-n in iwio. to go;" after that the 111 an lie r of I going, says the statement ! "in deciding the destination of and a hundred tu one. Itecently, when tin automobile advertisers got togel her to think up ways and JiieatiH of Inducing lOuropeuns to buy curs ami grain j the tour the-time limit,, tho sum uto nut of tho pedestrian class, onu available -for vacation expenses, and the purpose- to bo. Served ' of the speaker summarized thu altitude of different peoples to- whether the trip Is to be for sight- WjM.a t, nutomobile us follows: seeing, cumplng. fishing, hunliug, mountain climbing or lolling on tho Heashore. to uctpmint the children , with some of nature's wonders, or "At the tu'csent time un automo bile in Krunce is u privilege; in Cermuny, u n Instwumcnt of dom ination: in England, un element of something else are the chief fuc- t.OIrort; in Italy! one more reason FEDERAL TIKES More Mileage Less Money , Jack Allen Supply Co. tors to be considered. " the nntifmitl t motoring boly points out. "i'hero I are many places, perhaps, that can l he. made to fit these speciricatlons. 1 j fntelligcnl. consideraiion and dis- crimination will enable one to se-1 i led I ho one which Is ideal, tlio trip whoso termination will not rind everyone wishing that .somo other objective bad been chosen. "Thero will be several routes, i perhaps to the site that is iioson. One will be distinctly outstanding. I It is the one that should be select led. The facilities or the motor , club, or course, ale uvuilable In jabling the motorist in this and 'olher important aspects of udvnnco planning. Through such un ugency , he cun b arn In advance" not only road conditions, b'ut the scenic ad vantages of the various routes; I the facilities for camping along the route; whut it offers in the way of ; hotel ami lorlcing facilities: traf j fice. regulations and tho like." j i:n.iilpmcnt Nerd.s I'lin-slden-H I If the trip is to be a caniping outing.' the potential lruebr ! should begin to consider what bo j will need In the way of equipment, the -statement -advises. He should begin to make' hfs purrliases early si ml may to advantage, learn how io pack them so they will take He j least, room in the t ar. It is point ed out. I Thi! condition of Ihe car In Its 'rehitlon 1o the-service It wilt be 'called upon lo render also should beirin to come In for coiiHidenii ion i long before' Iho journey ucduil'y "gets under way, the A. A. A, de clares. "The trip planned In advance In its every important detail, planned with the Intelligent counsel that is 'available to everyone, is certain to 1 be the best trip the motor cur ever provided," tho A. A. A. statement concludes. . - , for loving modern life, while In the t'tiiled States, It Is merely a current utility." mm Glass Work itit r Windshields Door Glass Side-Windows La Grande (instruction & Supply Co. Charles Harris, Prop. 1501 Madison TV n a V WUHilA 11 nut No need to risk your motoring enjoy ment and spend more money by buying cheap tires or used tires. Our Pay-as-You-Ride plan gives you brand new Goodyear Tires, with all the Mileage, Safety, Traction built into these world famous tires at the factory. You can have your new Goodyears today. No RecLTape. No delay this easy, convenient way. Here Is the Way It Works For example you buy 2-29x140 All Weather Balloons $24,10 You Pay Down . . ....................$ 6.10 Leaving a Balance of $18.30 Payable in 5 Monthly Installments of $ 3.66 v More People Ride on Goodyears than Any Other Kind of Tire W.H.B0HNENKAMPC0.