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Ha (&rmtite Swntng ($temr MOTORING NEWS WANT ADS VOLUME XXV. LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 14, 1928 NUMBER 284 HOW TO PREVENT OVERHEATING CAR Several Causes May Send the Red Above Danger Line in Summer lly IniucI lik'iii (Science Editor, NKA. Service) When steam spurts out of I lie initiator tup in winter, we can um- i ually uscrlbe It to one common caiise a frozen cooling system, Hut whoa tht) red goes ubuvu tho danger line hi summer, there uro numerous reasons lor the uverheal Ing of tliu engine. They may bo fouml all tho way from tho radiu tor to the driver, Most of them can lie classified under the single cutegory of negligence. I -'or Instance, the radiator. If tho motorist neglects to clean It out at 'Meant twice u year when It hIiouIU he flushed once a uioiith - a thick coat of lituo or rust will collect in tdde and keep the wnter from flow ing through properly. The slackened flow of water gives it little chance to cool off fast enough and the result 1 overheat ing of tho motor. Tho motorist, loo, may neglect adding fresh water to the. system, especially in hot weather when the water boils away rapidly. The re- duced supply of water cannot cool the engine faster than the engine , heats it, with overheating result-1 ing. Another cause for overheating may bo the fan and fan belt. The blades may be too flat, so that the fan lias littU- i-rfect as a cold ah blower on the engine. i'mc beit may be slipping because it Is loose or because the fan bear-' ings arc too tight or because oil has leaked out over the belt und its pulleys. Tho fan belt In sum mer is an important part of the car and should be kept tight and dry. JS( HI In the cooling systoiur on the search for causes of engine, over heating, we come to the water pump. This apparatus may be so worn that the water will leak through it. , The pump may uiso suck air at high speed, through the worn packing, the result being that water wUl bo blown out through the overflow pipe. JJesides, wuler mixed with air doesn't cool the en ' N casi b ai bow prices I m i " H il V S L E R I I "f 'inn if !" Ii Coupe . Roadster . . (Mifim-NrMl) 2-Door Sedan . , S670 Touring . 670 690A All pticn e. b. Prtroil. hrylrr drater) art in a potilion to txltnJ tht comrtmtnee of limt pjymmu. , Holmes Bids', on gine us effectively as when free from air. In addition to these faults of tho cooling system, preventing proper cooling of the engine, there Is the liubility of u wator-Jaekot clogged with mud or lime or rust or lub ber from the hose couplings. Al this keeps tho water from flowing through properlytind permits the engine to heat up lustur than the water should be uble to cool it. Hometimos, in tho cuso of new cars, au overheated engine may re sult from the fact that tho core has not been completely removed from the casting. If all 'other means have been checked up, the cylinder head might 'be. removed und the water jacket examined for truces of core. Another possible cause for engine overheating, so far us 'the cooling system itself goes, may be an old ami thin hose coupling. Such' a coupling can .rol lapse under suc tion of tho water pump und then cloe up the entire water circula tion. Hose couplings should be kept fresh and in good condition. Louis Meyer Buys His Fifth Chrysler One of Louis Meyer's first acls after winning the Tndianupolis 500- nille race classic Memorial day was j to use part of its estimated $50,000 to the winner to purchase his fifth Chrysler, a '72' town sedan. His last previous purchase, a Chrysler coupe, he drove 50,ooo miles 'in iS months, he said 20,000 of them devoted to towing a race car. Hi has depended on his Chryslers to get him and his racing mounts to ihe-various A. A. A. races for the last two years. Including trips from coast to coast. ' In selecting hint fifth Chrysler. Meyer said that its'easr of hand ling," roadability, speed, surplus power and all-around mechanical excellence ivere the deciding fac tors. Leaving Indianapolis with his new "7 2," he drovei it to the races nt Detroit, June 10. then began a hasty' trip to Los Angeles before returning to Salem, N. H., where he raced his winning car July 4. Over 7S per cent of the world's vehicle registration of 29,505.000 is in the United States, tho Oregon State Motor association has learned. OWljOU real stijle lO UPWARDS y De Luxe Coupe 4-Door Sedan . 720 725 L. W. Jefferson 2 New Funeral Coaches Bought By Local Firm WUh the imielia.se of two lieail MINI lll.W lUUVIill VlMll-lM-n, ll-JMV- seating the finest utiHlIly and most modern features obtainti hie in a ! motor conveyance of this nature, !the Hnodgrass & Zimmerman un- nn.nllirM th(ll. iniflOHM "Ull to the minute" in servico equipment. Tho new machines are a Htudo baker six ttml a Meteor straight eight. Tho Htudebaker wub pur chased through M. J. Goss of this city. It is an Arlington coach, fine ly built, combining beauty and dig- nlty in Us line. Its appointments uro In good tasto and of fine (iial Ity. The Meteor coach, which Is sold directly from tho manufac turer, Is a larger machine. Its in-1 tertnr Is a rich blue, with a sim plicity of design that makes it beautiful, There Is a patent exten sion, for removing the casket, und a patent door opener which holds the large daor open securely. Tho machine is the embodiment of tho finest and latest developments in the way of finishing, appointments, interior equipment and uiechanicul features. , ; "The new coaches havo departed entirely from the elaborate hand carved design for-tho body und are introducing simple beautiful lines, appropriate for tho solemnity of the occasion, but less conspicuous," said Clyde Zimmerman and Lot Khodgrass. owners of tho chapel, today. They feel that the intro duction of these two new inuchincs rounds out their entire equipment. making their business on a par with any in' cities of this size. TIN' .MAY WKAlt riitsr ; "M.Uii; I'KXOKHS XKW AtiAIV iJovelupment of lnoseness In the! - steering may be found due to wear! Kender straightening has become in the king pin and its correlative I un at t in the perfection of the work units. To tell, whether the pin or its bushings is most likely to wear first Is a matter of determining the metal of which each is made. If the bushings are of bronze, as they are In some cars, the pin 'will wear first. Otherwise, the bushings first should be inspected. Replacement of either Is not difficult, but fre quently the wrong unit is supplant ed by a new one and the original trouble remains uncorrected. fN THE new Chrysler-built PLYM L OUTH you get results that you simply won't believe possible in a car of such price, until you actually experience them for yourself. Never before, at such low prices, have you expected, much less realized, such speed, such power, and such smooth ncss not a vestige of vibration through out its entire speed range Never before have you enjoyed such comfort. Full adult -size bodies. Fine upholstering and appointment you ex pect only in cars costing far more. Never before have you experienced such braking power. Internal expanding hy draulic 4-whecl brakes with mouldrd brake lining no other car uuJtr a thou WEEKS Automobiles End Gay Cycling Club . WAl'KKHHA. -Win.,- July 14 (AIM Tho hint Kliom of llio "guy iiincUi'.i" has left Wuukcslm. No longer will th hlxh wheels. tho low wheels and tho blcyolo . I.ll. '"r ntt' " ,.. """"" " kesha Wheelman club , has dis banded. The club for bicyclists, organized In 1887 has voted to dissolve. Au tomobiles havo encroached on tho highway and gay days of pedaling along tho countryside uro gone Members said they could not af ford to keep tho club rooms. )rw, Flarilt Atiftl Mil iy iMXV, Can't Drive Now KLKUAItT, I ml. (A I') Mrs. John S. Lnndnii of Klkhart, be hoved by the late Klwood llayues to be the first woman to drlvo a gasoline automobile In the United States, does not own a cur now und can not drive one. In tho full of 1S9S a "motor wag on" company here hud moved into its new 40 by 150 fool building and started .turning out horseless car riages. One noon. Iiaynes told Mrs. I-an-don, then in his employ, that he would leave his machine down town und he wanted her to drive It to the factory. She did, successfully, and found lluynes waiting anxious ly for her. He wunted to prove that a woman could drive un auto mobile. "Strange as it may seem,' Mrs. Landon said, 'I can't' drive a car now and haven't owned one for ten years." dune. Tv one accustomed to look ing upon a bent fender as hopeless, it Is aimizing uikut the modern body shop-cuii do to restore damaged iljriitH; ' As.' u matter of fact,' with modern equipment, the most man lile.n tfqhde' can bo restored to its originally smooth contours. Then the application of u quick drying lacquer finish does the rest. The : development is one of the last three ! years, and is a most important one. sand dollars is so equipped bring you to an instant stop with least pressure. , Never before has a car of this price pos-1 scsscd such distinctiveness of body de sign. Swagger style. Smart new slender profile radiator. Sleek, trim silhouette. In short, never before has there been such a car. Only the engineering genius and manufacturing skill of the Chrysler organization, through its principle of Standardized Quality, could produce such a low-priced car, embodying the quality and the value of the finest. We arc eager to place Plymouth at your disposal. Ride in it, dri e it and we know you, too, will be ready to acclaim it, Chrysler's crowning achievement in tiie Lnot-priceJ field. isi Telephone 180-J WOMAN WRITER DESCRIBES CAR Gives Her Impressions of'ta, '"""t1.'", 'XCnUon n . . n i comforts of homo. 1ho Infotmution iNew DiuatiuaKers mucu Lower and Longer Ity Caroline- Knnlmrn Never had my garden looked gayer, my funny little white house more Inviting than on that fresh June morning, Just halt way be tween May and July. Never had I so longed to slay ut homo und bo lay ami leisurely, monarch of al- mos. all 1 surveyed. Hut the afier- .,.,. i,arm-n ii lainiitmiin mn-.tT, had come for tne. an Imperative message "South Bend early to- morrow morning new cars would very much llko to havo you there wneeis unu sionuer uuuy biui'ihh". I admit that 1 am. by nature,!' I11'' inside. ni' uKain, ull tho curious. I knew" that Studebaker that It -was an interesting some- tiling, to me motor worm, june Is not a matter of brides and col lege commencements. It is a month of activity, of trade secrets, of automobile mysteries. I hud heurd rumors of new lines und new colors. 1 wanted to be in on the'shows that tho tourist stream from excitement, so I suid goodbye to . California is actually increasing In my house und my garden, and set forth for Indlanu. Taken to I roving Ground Arrived in houth Wend, we there were three of ui I'uulmn I u ut ilia Kt llilohu liai iiHtnln. iu..,..i..n i....i.ii...r .....i fQ. ,i. i.tw liitor were driven ihrmich ihe town und out along the concrete ribbon of highway leading to the 1'riivhii? firnund that ureat tract of lunn shut otr from the passing world by u wire wall. 1 knew the proving ground to be a uftirvelous outdoor laboratory of straight, fast rouds and wandering by-ways, a secluded corner of the earth whero tlirllllng feals were performed day In sud day out all those tests und secret experiments that contribute to tho perfection of tiludebuker curs. 1 wondered what new ad ventures lay ahead of me. We rolled through the gateway, turned to the left und headed for the "shops," within whose unas suming walls arc hidden ttie secrets of today and the hopes of tomor row. The hot June sun glared down at us and cast a haze of heat over placid meadowlamls. 1 sighed for tho cool, green shade of, my happy and suburban homo, ami step ped from the car. Then 1 knew. There stood" a group of cars- proud Iy shining new cars, whose gleaming SuiTaces seized tho rays of tho sun and tossed them havk-in a' blaze of glory,- jMuroon and sil ver green and silver blue of dusk and blue of summer Hkles llicy flushed before us. "Hut - but . nre SI udebnkers'.'" 1 asked, "They seem so much Ihese really , Incredulous, lower so much longer and Just look a't those radiators!" Kuru KiiougU ttiwlcbiikcrs 1 hurried to thonntarest car and stooped; to exanijne the emblem. There, sure enough, were the wheel und slu u ting "Ktudbuker" of yes terduy, but with what a difference. Black und white enamel fine sil ver lines a smart new .pattern i was entruueed I suspected some thing, too. In the way of facelift ing, but of course, I'd never be guilty of broadcasting it. .My glance traveled up over t lie radiator sensed -the presence of straight, slender lines where once wore curves took in a neat little radiator cap flaunting a gay silver wing ti trim shortened visor sil ver wings flying back from glitter ing cowl lights und headlamps long, clean cut hood Hues. i straightened up und gazed around. There they were, ull the members of the Ktudebuker ian. each with a silver monogram across its bosom an "8" for the Presi dent an "S" for the Dictator- an "K" for the Krskhie, youngest of the family and a "World's Cham pion Cur" plaiie for the far-ifamed Commander. Well mannered cars, I knew. (Jond looking curs, ull ul them. , Her I'avorUe I started my tour of Investiga tion with the President curhlnlct -my favorite In Ihe motor car world is a coupc-aud -rumble arranger moot, so 1 naturally turned there first. It wore a coat of deep Ian. and the spokes of tho six wire wheels the extra carried forward on Ihe front fenders wen; a good looking burnt orange. t Tho same Buy color was repeated, alternating with blue-green,. In narrow stiip ings about the body panel. The , upholstery In tho front compart ment of Ihe car I saw was of light' tan broadcloth, but 1 was tuld that it could he had In two-lone mohair, while the dickey seat was done in leather. Climbing In behind the sturdy, dendcr wheel, I saw tlu instru ment panel, and thought of the way I'd llko lo have my dressing table look, all situare and stiver und complete. I gazed out over the length of bond and knew I could be con t fort able there over miles and miles of country roads. I went, I saw, but, unlike Caesar, 1 was conquered. Stunning Sedans grouped beside the cuhrinh't were Ihree IN'esideut sedans, stun ning In their maroon and silver garments. ' One wore a panel of inilqued rose, a not her was tior ro w Iy st riped 1 n erea m and roHe. Their Interiors, whether of mohair or broadeluth, were luxurious, and, thanks to soft cushions, nicely 0 1 aped arm rests and thick carpet in gs, left nothing to be d cubed by the most fidgety passenger. Again the chic of a modern dressing table in the Instrument panels with their nilvered frames, backgrounds a In mountings, and this v. us, to me, the helBlit ot Ihoughtrulneiw cig arette lighten! Ixitll (uie und aft. An If ull thin were not enough to delight the most exacting fomlnlno 80ul, there were mn.ii extra troiita us cunning-vanities ot gray and gold, cleverly concealed cigarette cases, null receivers ann nuiiuBuiuu given me ourlier that morning, that these cars bad been ospecinny lie signed for tho ladles God blows 'em! -was unnecessary, Tho cars spoke for themselves," Culls on Commander Across the way stood a Com mander sedan. 1 was unxlous to Inspect the new sum mar wurdrohe 'of tho World Champion, ho 1 tore myself nwny from rres cienuui How," und went gvor to can upon l him. I had run out f adjectives. but 1 still had my eyesight. Ian, the hue of the wind at i)eauville, j was the color chuaon for the cur on exhibition, with a delightful leaf green for the spoKos t mo who i ,IM i"1-"""" Ul uw""" HJor (J(llU Ortlid Tourists in State, A survey recently completed by) tli (. (IrniFnil Motot USSOChlUon I 'spite of tho late season and tho ecent financial crash in tho south ern state. The survey shows that the Pacl- pald ourjv inignway, i no i-iiiip-umhhhiii. ibiKhwuy, at UIIU UIU IVUUHUViTil, Jits,n- way all show a guln of north .bound California travel. Tho Uulles-CallfornhL highwny miows tno great cm. increase m un- i "urniH, iraint. " t cent for the first two weeks In Juno it S over tho sumo period lust Studebaker adds beauty to its '''''' '-' ' ''' ''k':'ct . a State Sedan for five 1 ity If ' ' "1 '"" fl'Ti k 1 ' ,1 Front view reveals the deep, S I sUL fi l l ii I a narrow radiator design of the . -USmbd . New Studebaker, Studebaker'i Ersklne Six Oub Sedan for five , rVvll 1 1 ' studebaker ya wnr THinT 8 mi : for 6vc p -jcvMMgya wwgiagMj "" I or i I feiL ' ' ' I ft liilPjlffltV. I Studebaker Dictator yeur. The Uoosovolt highway showed a gain of 25 pop cent over lust yeur, while the ontiro stato showed an incronso of 9.8 per cent of California traffic over a similar period In lOHT. , Make HemcmbcKiig ICusy To lean out the turuurotor, turn STANDS THE TEST On the highways and on the farm, , ' One tan kf ull will convince you. ; LA GRANDE FILLING STATION KUHN & ZWEIFEL ; .. Corner Jefferson and Hemlock . .. on Wallowa Highway M. J, G0SS k Adams and Fir the needle vulve clock-wine To enrich It, the auxiliary air vulve should be turned similarly. Jt oc- . ctisiouaHy happens that tho mo- v torlst forgets this process. This is 1 the lime of year to cut down tho flow oft gasoline to the carburetor. Warm w outlier calls fur a leaner; mixture. rare new cars
