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Thu fumuii.s ul(] Speedway now lie uew Speed«uy runuln, along ilio
Burl«ni river, New York cily., from 155th street to Dyckmun street, was re
cently opened fo r the first time to passenger automobiles.
The speedway was originally constructed for the accommodation of trot
ting horses and pacing horses twenty-one years' ago. Many of the most fa
mous trotting races In New York were held on the fuinous dirt course. It
was sacred to light horse-drawn pleusuru vehicles.
Owing to pressure und the lengthy discussion o f its uses It was recon
structed and thrown open to the automobile. The commissioner of parks was
recently empowered by the state legislature to open this and other roadways
at his own discretion.
USEFUL POINTS
FOR CAR OWNER
Automobilist, by Careful Obser
vation of His Machine, Can
Save Garage Bilis.
REPAIRS ARE EASILY MADE
Many Small Irregularities Can Result
In 8erious Breakdowns If Not
Watched— Some Instructive
Little Odds and Ends.
They’ re telling a good story on a
voung society woman recently mar
ried and a member of the highest
circles of which New York boast*.
The young matron and her husband
were attending a rummage sale h^-
ing conducted for the bcuelit of
something or other anil among I he
articles offered for sale were u pair
of fairly decent-looking shoes that
were little worn.
The husband decided he would
buy the “ kicks.”
The price was
igreed upon, whereupon the sales
person in charge remarked that the
-hoes were “ very good and had be
longed to Oliver Eisenhart of Horse-
heads, the dairyman, you know, w ho
makes all the butter for the W al
dorf Astoria.
Surely you know
(Ulie? He is the father of 15 of the
nicest children you ever saw.”
“ Father of 15 children?” gasped
the bride.
“ Th at’s right,” replied the clerk.
“ Henry, put tiiose shoes right
down,” ordered the society woman.
‘ You ’ re not going to step into
Oliver
Kisenhart’s shoes.”
And
Henry “ put those shoes right down.”
— New York World.
COASTING DOWN LONG GRADE
DRAINAGE FOR CRANK CASE
SLOW DOWN AROUND CORNERS
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It deserves Genuine Ford Parts.
Car Depreciation Divides Itself
Into Three Classes
T IM E D E P R E C IA T IO N
An almost negligible factor.
W E A R D E P R E C IA T IO N
Much of which is avoidable by you.
(This we will discuss next
week.)
C H A N G E D E P R E C IA T IO N
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DID HER BEST
quently becomes speckled after Its
first encounter with a rainstorm.
Tl'P’T spots are hard to get off, but a
trealinent with raw oil, applied with
plenty of elbow grease, will come as
nepr turning the trick ns anything.
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Cause o f Knocking.
In ^iotors, with detachable yllnder
fiends great, cure should he-taken lo
see that the gasket used to pack the
Jdlnt does n ot project Into the cotnbus-
tlom chamber. When ibis occurs the
gasket Is likely to become Incandes
cent, causing preignition knocks and
even back-firing in the carburetor.
Home-Made Cement.
Four parts of iron fillings, two of
lime and a fifth part of common salt
mixed to a paste with vinegar make
an excellent cement for spark plugs,
for connecting pipes, etc. When care
fully mixed this cement will stand
compression and heat and can he air
dried.
Following are a number o f useful
points thnt all good motorists will be
glad to learn:
When the engine, after being start
ed, runs for a minute or two and then
■tops, the first place to look for trou It la Dangerous Practice Unless Driver
Is Thoroughly Acquainted
ble la In the gasoline feed line. A
With Highway.
partial stoppage In the pipe will les
sen the flow of fuel so thut the float
Coasting down a long grade with
chamber fills slowly. On being started
the motor at once consumes this gaso many curves Is dangerous, unless you
know the road, especially if the en
line and then has to wait for more.
gine be running in neutral. Deep saml,
There la another possible cause of this
trouble, and that Is the float of the a wet spot in the road, or an.\ of u
carburetor sticking. O f course, If the number of conditions might be met
that would require quick work to pre
float Is stuck In a high position the
flow o f fuel will be greutly lessened vent an accident. The driver has bet
ter control if the engine is running and
or even stopped.
the clutch engaged. Poor brakes help
Use for Old Files.
Occasionally It becomes necessary to keep the doctors and undertakers
busy.
fo r the man who operates his own car
to file a piece o f cast Iron that has
been subjected to friction and has ac
quired a glassy surface o f “ Skin." The
best way to get through this skin la Accumulation of Grit, Particles of Car-
bon and Dirt Should Be Removed
to use the edges o f an old file, as
With OH.
using a good file on such surfaces will
spoil It.
All new cars and those which have
To Clean 8park Plugs.
An excellent method of cleaning been run a few hundred miles should
epark plugs, or In fact any mica sur have the cylinder oil drnlned from ihe
It Is good economy to
face, Is to wash them first In a 10 per crank case.
cent solution of acetic acid, which Is hnve this oil drnlned after the first 500
an Infallible solvent o f grease and miles, on account o f the accumulation
carbon deposits. The plugs should of grit, particles o f carbon and dirt
then be washed off with gasoline and from hearings In the oil. This grit Is
finally dried by rubbing them with a kepi In circulation and acts in the
same manner as emery, cutting the
doth.
hearings.
Bluing Metal.
The car owner who does his own
repair work sometimes flints It’s neces
sary to “ blue" small bright objects,
auoh ns screws. This may be done by Enforcement of Rule Not Only Pro
placing them on a piece of sheet iron
tects Pedestrians, but Saves Wear
and holding them over a fire until they
and Tear on Care.
assume the desired color.
Cleaning Contact Points.
The traffic rule requiring enrs to
It la sometimes difficult to find a turn corners at four miles an hour Is
really satisfactory agent for cleaning not merely to protect pedestrians, hut
the contact points o f Ignition ap Is for your benefit as well. Turning
paratus or the surface o f a com corners at high speed strains the tires,
mutator on a starting motor or a spokes and axles, and may result In
lighting dynamo. There Is something skidding, followed by att overturned
known as "cuttlefish paper,” which Is enr. So slow down and coast or go
liner than the finest quality of sand Into second gear.
paper and which la very well adapted
to this operation. Cuttlefish paper Is
not regularly carried hy hardware
■tores, but It may he obtained from j
dental supply houses.
interior Wlra Break.
On rare occasions It happens that a
wlra breaks Inside Its Insulation, glv- ; Missouri has one motor truck to
lng no exterior sign o f the trouble. every 40 farms.
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Tbe car owner thinks the Ignition sys
There are 2.121 automobiles regts-
tem has gone bad. changes spark plugs,
■ends the magneto to the service sta teretl In Toklo, Japan.
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tion, etc., when all the time this In
terior wire break Is the cause. In the
The Japanese are considered skill
event o f an obscure Ignition trouble ful automotiile drivers.
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remember this.
Leaking Tube.
In the past twenty years 7.700.000
Sometimes an inner tube receives automobiles have been produced in
a punctuie big enough to allow the the United States.
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tire to become deflated after a brief i
interval. but not visible to the naked
Motor trnck« distribute 12.O0O.0tX)
eye. When this happens In the garage trillions of Kitsoline dally to supply
the bucket o f water tells the tale at motor vehicles In the United States.
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once, but on the road at>out the only
Police authorities In Rrnall keep a
way o f locating the leak Is to Inflate
the tube and hold auccesslve portions record o f all careless automobile driv
o f It close down to the dust nlona ers through a sort of llertlllon system.
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the eurface o f the road. When the
In many makes of cars uslnit bat
puncture la brought Into this position
the otitpuff o f air will ruffle the dust tery Ignition It la possible to keep tbe
car running without the use o f tbe bat
and Indicate the position o f the leak
Jbe varnish on the uew car tre
tery.
THE UNIVERSAL CAR
Ina— But perhaps he was bashful.
You should have thrown out some
hint that a kiss would not be ob
jectionable.
May— I did everything possible. I
told him I had such a sore throat
that I couldn’ t scream, whatever
happened.— Pittsburgh Chronicle.
The thief that steps in the moment you purchase your car begins
to rob you of your investment. Against its ravages you are helpless. Its
extent depends upon the policy of the company that made your car.
Change Depreciation robs you of tens of dollars or hundreds of them.
You buy one of the first of a ‘ ‘ New Model,” rated at, and you
paying, 100 cents on the dollar. You take that car, store it, absolutely
protected, so that as time goes on its value, from wear and tare or the
elements, is not lessened. But every passing during the year in which
your car is one of the “ Current Issue” , it is fast robbed of its value. By
the year’s end the company that makes your car conies out with “ an
entirely New Model.” They point with pride to the virtues of tbe “ 15 to
100 new improvements,” and decry the lack of them in the car you paid
100 per cent honest dollars for. Y’ our car is unused, unhurt and yet it is
robbed of its value.
It is no longer a ‘‘ Current Issue.” You, against your power, have
contributed tens of dollars, possibly hundreds of them, to the “ change
depreciation fund.”
L IS T E N
Money sliding from your pocket into the Change Depreciation
Fund buys you nothing.
Before you buy a car figure i t out.
How many dollars are you w illing to contribute that first year to
the famed “ Change Depreciation Fund?”
Strictly speaking, there is no change depreciation on a Ford car:
Ten years ago, Henry Ford made Lis first “ Model T .” Today he is
still making it, substantially the same. In ten years’ time there is prac
tically no change depreciation in the Ford. For one year’s time it is prac
tically nothing. You can make no financial error in buying a Ford.
NEW W A Y TO COLOR SLIDES.
A process o f coloring lantern
slides recently developed by an
American scientist makes possible
some novel projection effects, and
Inis many advantages over hand-tint
ing and color photogrnphy. A line
colloid film on the glass slide car
ries the image. Various dyes may
be applied m monochrome or mosaic
arrangement, or by superimposing a
number of films, permitting optical
demonstrations on the screen. One
experiment is the projection o f black
and white ruled lines, 250 to the
inch, on a screen similarly ruled
with alternate red and green lines.
A lateral shift o f .004 inch then ap
parently changes the color of the
screen.— Popular Mechanics Maga
zine.
SURPRISE FOR “ DESERT RAT”
Veteran
Prospector Astonished
First Experience With Moving
Picture Methods.
at
A real “ desert rat,” an old pros
pector and a rare ndividual in these
modern times, wafted into Victor
ville, Cal., where a motion picture
company was at work. A ranch
house had been built, more than 100
sagebrush transplanted to make it
look as if it were in the vicinity of
the desert, and all the old tin cans
in the town collected to give atmos
phere to the cookhouse. The old
desert rat accosted the movie direc
tor in front of the dilapidated place.
“ This your farm ?” he asked.
The director said it was.
“ Any grub about?”
The picture man pointed to the
rear of the prop movie house and
the visitor
followed.
When
he
reached the corner of the house and
saw only two walls standing his
mouth sagged with amazement. The
players were equally surprised when
the old desert rat told them he had
never seen a movie company at work
or knew that the few houses he had
seen in motion pictures were of the
fake variety.
and for various uses in the city
[ and outside of it has surprised
! many persons who were confident
j that the closed model could never
; be anything else titan a mere
plaything for the women and for
the more feminine types of men.
Passing years and months have
demonstrated the fallacy of such
an opinion.
The closed car has come into its
own. Professional men are mak
ing use of its convenience and com
fort every day. Doctors in a great
percentage are in favor of ttiis
type. Weather such as Oregon lias
is made much more pleasant with
CLOSED CARS ARE W INNING
FAVOR OF PROFESSIONAL MEN walls of carefully fitted glass and
The increasing adaptability of wood about the the occupants of
the closed car for all sorts of work the vehicle.
DOG’S DEVOTION FATAL.
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When Prince Edward was in
White Sulphur Springs, W. Ya., a
mountaineer’s hound attached itself
to him and refused to leave the
prince’s side, even sleeping under
the windows of the royal suite. The
prince was going aboard ship at New
York, to depart for Halifax, whence
he was to sail for England, whet) the
»log again appeared. It is believed
he traveled overland all the way
from West Virginia. Guards shooed
hitu off the dock, but he came back,
and, as the Renown pulled out into
the harbor, the dog leaped into the
water and swam after the warship.
He was headed for Sandy Uook
when last seen.
IM PROVED CONDITIONS.
"D id Crimson Gulch have au old-
fash loneil Christmas?”
“ No,” replied Cactus Joe. “ W e
had a strictly modern Christmas. In
the old days if Santy had come
along with a vehicle loaded with
gifts he'd have been held up by the
sheriff on the suspicion that he was
W e are now ready to Demonstrate
and
Deliver.
NASH CARS
Let us show you how this car compares
higher priced six cylinder cars.
very favorably with many m u c h
Beautiful Designs, Roomy, Easy Riding, Powerful, Speedy, Economical and
Durable.
And we have in the same class among the four cylinder cars the
MAXWELL
There are over three hundred thousand of this Wonderful Light Car in use to
day. Look it over.
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You make no mistake when you buy of us.
Service— Quality— Satisfaction
a road a g e n t ”
ITS SPECIES.
“ There is a house near ours which
has more than 200 varieties of
creepers, and it is a crying nui
The Auto Utilities Cs.,
U. G. B E R R Y , Mgr.
sance.”
“ Why, isn’t it decorative?”
“ No; it’s an infant asylum.*
D A L L A S , ORE.
IN D E P E N D E N C E , ORE.