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Ua drank Swmng ffltentw MOTORING NEWS WANT ADS VOLUME XVII LA GRAN UK, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBEK 27, NUMBER 55). MAKE READY FOR WINTER, ADVICE Overhauling -of Working Parts of Automobile Necessary Thing Hjr Israel KJolii (Science Kditor, NKA Service) rrvp&iullun for winter moans h much overhauling of the work In parts of tho uutoinuhllotf an does tho preliminary work for u taurine" reason nt tlu beginning of th your. In fnt, thorn In need lor much inor curefu 1 overhauling now heeuune of tho hard j;rind through which the cur will be put over the cold munllw. Winter ttmo means an exeessive use of gasoline, with danger of dil uting tho oil In tho crankcusc and so Injuring tho motor. To avoid thiH, there foro, them art certain precaution:! that may bo taken now. The chlof prtn'iiutlon 1m cleiinli iiesft. If Die excess water and dirt that ha-s accumulated In the. gaj and Tucuum tanks, tho rurburetor bowl and In tho air, oil and fuel cleaners, in drained off. the motor ha a fresh Mart for the winter. AH these are simple operations. There art! drain corks lor both fuel mid vacuum tanks, through which the water and dirt that are inevit able in fuel may bo drained. In f Uie same way. the Itttlo water or dirt that may have pouted in the bottom of the carburetor bowl can l. drained, and tho iieedto vulvc in the carburetor cbuncd out. Tho cbaner attachments to tho modern car alsa should be cleaned out. the old strainers that catch th dirt of summer touring taken out nn-1 now attachments Installed. Alter tills the fuel line may be blown out. Tliis is done by the car buretor, applying tho end of the air pump ho.e to the lino and operat ing tho pump bandte a few tiim-s. . Wh h thfFo parts cleaned out. th' enjjlno itself may be lightened up u bit and tho spark plus el-'ati-rd. Tightening of the online mejina installing oversize rings, if 1 the pistons fo loo.se, or replacing i)u -old pistons with new oversize pinions. If the looseness is acute. This will prevent the draining of unhurned fuel into the rrankcuse. Hut there should bo no uuhurn f fuel, if the spark plugs are in stalled properly and are In pood condition. Tho valves, too, should bo ground to fit their teals, ho that there is no Jeuh through them. 4 Tiie.se precautions will assure oin pleto cumbustlun and so prevent oil dilution. Oil dilution is common hi winter because the carburetor has to bo adjusted for a much richer mixture thiin is needed in summer ant be cause the choke is used more often. If, howevvr, the choke is used too much even in winter, (hero is tho WHEN DEATH RODE IN MOTOR RACE 4 J "V Hero are iho first two of the series of smash-tips tint slopped tho motor races at S;ilem. N. II. I-'red Comer, veteran Los AlieliM driver, was traveling at terrific speed when bis car blew a tin1 and winl hurtling off the track. Comer was killed and his wrecked r.ieer is shown in the upper photo. Snon Jimmy (Jleason, his ear skidding on a curve, was so k verely Injtireil that he was expected In die. His smash rd car is pictured below, while, iih you sec in the b:o ktoiind. the nice went on, finally to be halted In the 5'.uh lip. READJUSTMENTS ARE PREDICTED liability of flooding tho cylinders, when tho utmost precaution couldn't prevent tho seepage of this overflow fuel into tho crunk Ciise. I 'riving in cooi w rather, there fore, requires much greater In genuity than doeH Hummer driving. 1'IIIST IAV SAI'FTTV I drive with safety on my mind, It's to with oil my kip. And when but ono day old hour me! 1 wore a safety pin". , The old fashioned lliiin who used to blow out the gas in the city hotel before retiring at night, now has a son who tries to beat the Twentieth Century over the prude crossing. -- lb-aver County News. AVTO ITItMS IN AVIATION NICW YOItK (Al') American nulomohilo manufacturers in in creasing numbnr are taking an ac tive interest in uviution, recent de velopments disclose, especially in uirphine motor production. Gen eral Motors, through It a Chevro let division, luus been experiment ing with a low-cost airplane cn- ginn and is reported to tie. plan ning production of a htrRer air cootcd motor m the. yellow Truck and tooch I 'hint. J'ackard h;is boon making aviation motors for somi! time, and Velio and Gardner recently entered tho field. lie (bejuning): Well, wife, I made the deal for the new car to d;iy. flxleen hundred oomph-to witii all accessories. And they al lowed mc H.'iO on our old piano. Til 'T W oIiTd5" HIT A" JNE W if'NJ NER r 1VIO TOR CAR, mi . W : fin 1 - "4M" Brhl Stt Sedan $1570.00 H9trrd full "J A Ar n 'eiCOme! That's iat AnicticA has said lo the Twin-Ignition Motor IJROM the vtrj d of the introduc tion of the new Nah "on", keen public intercut ha.1 surrounded the new Twin-Ignition motor People crerywherc arc telling other people that they're never driven a car with so much sparkle and enthusiasm in its action Or one that is as smooth and quiet at every speed, clear up to the top Or one that needs so little gasoline. Twin ignition, with high compression in the va!vc-in-head motor means more power, more snap, more speed, using trdmnrj gasoline, and less of it. Before tou hujr your new car, come in. We'll give you the key to a Twin-Ignition-Motored "400 '. You take it out, and take a ride. That's all ti t ask! the first three months following the "W" introduction "400" sales ucrcearly75.0O0 cars. 14.000 more than the total of the best previous July, the best previous August and the best previous September in all Sash history. 9 Sedans from .SlOlili to S22I9, 8 Coupes, Cahriolcls, Victorias from ?!()() to $202.), delivered. NASH '400 i.rnrtn thr Wortit i .llntnr Car Tat it t inrrtTT i f. n I itru.vo o ritr.m c.trt r.rv mr.fr Twin.fjtniiinn motor Aluminum i!U 12 Aircrah-tp jpark Mich compreoion HmiHjtll? jtnH !,OTjoT ihock ihiorheM Sloo Bodiei Nfw double Hmpfrime Tnrtion! TihrJtion djmprr VTorld'.ejettff rinjj 7.bcrio8 crnt;hlft oni Piiuf crrf'iii?cd thuii lubrication riectric clock Tttrrior mmU-ire chrome plated ottr nickel Short turoinit ruiiul f.r I.onscf wheelb.Mei On-picce Salon (,lear iron frnnt pillar poi fmnt and rear bumpers MiKennon Nash Motor Co. JSOG Adams Avenue, Main 650, Good Roads Association Expects Legislature to j Change License Fee (11) Ort'iuii t.ood Iloiu)- A-xuclrttioii) "Oregon motorists will pay low er license fees on their motor ve hicles In 1 93n. This HceiiMi fee may bo paid in two or more In sia.llii.ents. Or it may ho paid at a timo In th" year when money h "easier" than on January 1, In any event llcwiso fees will ho low er. "Oregon's three-cent gasoline tax w 111 ho Increased lo four or five cents by tho 1 1 2 a legislature Whether the increase he one cent or two cents will depend entirely upon the revenue loss occasioned by license fee reduction. The h-irls-lature will make no motor vehicle tax readjustment that will make any appreciable rt-duetion In hlsh way income." It is not at all hazardous lo venture lite predictions in the fore Koinj; paragraphs. All signs point unerringly to a motor vehicle tax readjustment by the ',ii'! I osi sla in re - an adjustment thai will pleitse the vast majority of motor ists because their s ate highway tax will he collected nion on a pay-as you-ride basis, with the popular modern Installment system a possi ble fuel or In license fee payment. HcadjusUiH-nl l'aonvl. (iovrnor ratterson. Slate Treas urer Kay, Chairman Van 1 U7.er of the Highway Commission ond oth er state .officials are vigorous ad vociites of automobile ta x read just un.-ut. S nntor l-'red K. Kiddle, chairman of 1 ho special senate committee unpointed to recom mend a readjusted tax system to I he I iti'H legislat ure uKcrts tliat a defintt recommendation will be mad". The Oregon Good 1 toads ; association Is devoting almost as ' much lime to tux readjustment us ; it is to the defeat of the destruc tive Ihutin license l"n reduction initiative measure, rrncliially ev ery Oregon legislator, inciimbenl or prospective, las gone on record in favor of a change miaranteeing the stale tigainsl uncertainly In high way revenue .Ml realise that the only certain met hud of effecting stabilization In highway income if to devlso a ta v system I hat will minimize the vol unto of protest nsrilnst a tax constdenvl too high chiefly became o much of it must be pH id nl one time. Governor Patterson has fieoji'-nt-ly dcnhircd (hat he will make mo tor tux rtadjusl uienl a part of his (platform when he was a candidate In 1 ::'!. a major Issue before I he next Oregon legislature. II will be that, with or without any recom membtl ion from Hot governor. Kiddle Makes Mnicmciit. "The special senate committee appolnlcil to ri mno-nd chang' lin our automobile tax laws will pie. 'sent bills covering lilts subjeel car jly In the HUH legislative session", , nss'-rt Senator Kbldb "Our com llnllt.'e has been ctoscly sr-nit Inl.ing the lows of other states, is securing the ndvjc" of Oregon's motor ( hlcb tax experts, and our plans 'call for a seiie (lf public be;irinus in order that we may have ti ad vantage df ideas of motorists on this itn port a nt subject." COMPARATIVE COST OF OWNING MOTOR VEHICLE (lly Oregon ;ikh) Itimds AM-la(lon) v.siiix(iTON - oiti:t;oN Personal Prop, Doduo C'hryvlcr I'oid Ihilck t'ln-v. Tax In t'oupo Sediin Touiin Slaudard Sedan l7oi Sedan Vancouver tll.Ml ?r.3 .V. 114.19 $17.7:. $20 43 South Iteud L'l.r.o -p;.;,o io..".o -IS.r.a I'l.f.u Helllngham an. an -pi.nu U.ai) -IJ.uo 1' I. ail Wnlhi Walla 3:1. k:i (;.:.:. 11:1:. 47.1s 3it.75 Spr.kane L'J.O") 11. 'JO I't.iiN ;t-.as iy.7.1 Yakima . .'C.ort -iu.au K'.Oti 3u Uii 17. 50 Average. 6 counties .!.li J1H.0S $li.;. II.L'u 23.-19 Add Stale Licence IT.JO 19. Mil 11, H.SO 14.10 Total Cost Washiim'tou ir..:ii $HX.IIK 1'J.7I i.L'.iTi ?37.fi9 Oregon Cost $3 I. tni 111.00 I'L'.UU 10. (Ml l'S.00 SAVING H.3; $JH.u)i i 1.71 0." $ 9X9 Average saving per car. $11. UN Uaved tin new cars only. (Compiled hy the Grants P. Chamber of Commerce) ing September 30, J'J2$, From September 1927 to March 1928, wliich covers the high point of re ceipts, tho costs were 4 per cent. This fluctuation In duo to tho sea sonal decreaso In receipts, while in Iho main administration expenses maintain about tho samo level. Gasoliun Tux That the consumption of motor vehicle fuels is keeping paeo with the increase? in motor vohlclo re gistrations may bo ecn from the gasoline tax records kept by tho secretary of slate. Tho figures for tint mouth of August, 1928, show tho Halo of 15, 743, 4M. I gallons of gasoflne and 4 ft 1,9 7 it. 3 gallons of distilluto upon which tho tax paid to tho stato amounted to $462, 352.79, bringing tho total tax for Ihu year 1928 up to $2,K35.323.4u, or approximately $2G5,00(J.0Q moro titan tho receipts for the first eight months of tho yonr 1927. In view of the increase thim far during tho current year. It is believed thai tho amount of rovenue from thl source by December 31, 1928, will reach well beyond $4,000,000.00. AlTOMOTIVi: GOSSIP Sahsninn: Yon sir, In this car you'll feel us comfortable as If you wero homo. Mr. Henry Peck (promptly): Tr.'r ' Answers, London. License Blanks Will lie Held Up SAl.KM. Ore., Oct. "7 (API An Oiegon motor vehicle owner lues written the Stcrclnry of Stale Moss asking that a certain number be veu him In return lor 1 ayim-nt if his 19 29 motor vehicle license fee. He ouclost a check for $22. loss said that checks sent in now will not be accented, for should the turn no Hill puss on election day this particular man's license would jost him only $11. Hoss wild ear hr in t he w eek t hat application blanks, ordinal lly mailed Nov em ber 1. will be held up until after tho election. Registrations Of Automobiles Show Increase I Facts-- If you don't trade with the Central Service Sta S tion, Elm and Jefferson Street Wc both lose 1'iui:m in m;i.. Motor Tourist (describing trip): On tho lart. day of our trip, I hud my only trouble a broken hcndlx gear; and the Automobile Associa tion tow car crew fixed 1110 up In fine shape. Old l.udy (hard of hearing): Mroiien appendix and he culled a tow cat. My, what won't those Three A hoys bo taking cure of next? Motor Land. i SAl.KM, Ore.. Oct. 27 The mot I or vehicle registration figures for It ho first nine months of the year 1928 show the licensing of 223.017 passenger cars, " 0 . ti r 5 trucks. 1.933 .motorcycles, 573 dealers, ' 13.K29 J chauffeurs and 2S.174 motor ve hicle operators thus far during the I year. Tho fees from this sourco I for the month of September alone ; I amounted to $79,720.99, as iiKHinst ' I $71, Miti.fi:; for the samo month in 1927. For tho period January 1 September 3u. I92H. tho total fees from motor vehicle licenses ami in- j I ctdcntnl transactions aggregated I ?4i,$4 9.li;.M or VI2i,3;i3.9' inoro than the receipts for Dm Naino 'period of 1927, and $322,320.13 I moro than Iho receipts for tho cn j tire year 1927. ) Costs of administering the motor vehicle depart men t. including the operation of the state traffic patrol, show expenditures of 5 per cent of Hit: Income for Iho fiscal year ettd- S money. 8 S g Up-to-date tire repairs by man who knows how $ S Special prices on Oil when crankcasc s dramv... g Ask us about it. I : 1 Yes, wc handle Vcltex products, which are al- S ways as good as the best. 2 3 1 Central Service Station Jay Anderson, Mgr. J o 3 2 S Jhr Economical Transportation 1 si :i vn a Pi:oiii.i;f WASHFMiTOV (AP) - Disposal or the used automobile Is becom ing an Inter national problem, the depnrlment of commerce says, ex cept In New Zealand find a few other markets where the demand exceeds the supply. Argentina. Frit nee, (Jcrinany, (treat Itiitnin and tit her countries report their deniers find difflcully in moving old machines. l-'nnice tried a mod car fair without much sticeo.-s. Two motorists met at a Mmtll bridge too na rrow for 1 w o cars to pass. "I never back up for any d n fool !" shouted one driver. 'Tint's nil right." replied the other quietly as lie shirted Into re verse, "I always do." Cleveland Safely News. ve2. Before Have We OSIered Swell Valises on I HA Rccondltloiaed Used Cass -Small Down Payment-Easy Terms! FIRST INSURE your car then you won't cuss yourself after the accident. Our insurance com panies nay c I a i m s promptly. La (irande Insurance Co. K. V. COI'SKV, Mgr. -rrr-kr-tfy, l mm 1 1 7 ft Never before in our history have we ilclivcred as nvmv new Chcvrolcts a wc have this year. Naturally a larc part of this increased business involved the trade-in of the Chevrolet owner's previous tar. This enables lis to offer some exceptionally fine used cars that have been thoroughly inspected and reconditioned and carry the official red "O. K. That Count-i" ta(:. This taR shows you exactly what has been done to put the car in mechanical condition for thousands of miles of satisfactory service. In buying these reconditioned cars from us you Ret definite assurance of quality and value and this week you can buy them at very low prices that make them the urcatcst values we have ever offered. Make a small down payment and drive away the car of your choice easy terms for the bal ance. See these cars today! A few of our exceptional Used Car Values "with an OK that counts" 1!)2C) Chevrolet Tourinjr, " good tires, motor in first class shape, Duco finish on hotly; is in good shape, has front and rear hampers. Value $225.00 V.)'Z Ford Touring. Halloon tires, motor is in good shape $1 10.00 Ford Touring, has " good tires and license, the motor is in good running shape ue M. A. HARRISON, Mgr. Moiietaio G Chevrolet Touring, a good hargain as this car is in good shape and will I e sold for less than its real value $200.00 arage Opposite P. O. Dependability, Satisfaction and Honest Value
