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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
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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."
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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
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