THE BANNER-COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1922.
Page Nine
olUTOMOBILE
QOSSIP
Produce for Auto.
It will soon be possible to barter
farm produce for a Ford. It is un
derstood that the Ford company is
establishing a food produce bureau,
which will permit the farmers to ex
change their products for Ford cars,
trucks or tractors. Ford dealers will
be authorized to barter directly with
fanners taking produce at current
market prices. Motor Land.
Ten Commandments of Driving.
1. Drive on the right side of the
road; It's just as good as the left.
2. Slow down when approaching a
cross road; it is almost as dangerous
as a railroad crossing.
3. Look out for children. You can
never tell what they'll do, and your
always in the wrong if you hit one.
4. Try to help instead of hinder
the traffic officer; he's there for your
good and he has a tough job.
5. Be sure that your dimmers real
ly dim; it's no joke driving into a
blinding .glare as you probably know.
6. Read and obey the warning
signs: They're not put up as orna
ments. 7. If you feel you've got to speed,
do so where you won't hit anyone
but yourself.
8. When making minor repairs,
stop where your car can be seen from
both directions; otherwise you may
stop longer than you anticipated.
9. Don't race past a stopped car;
some day a jury may call it man
slaughter. Use discretion; the fact that you
have the right of way won't bring
anyone back to life. Least of all
yourself. Oregon Motorist.
IRREGULARITIES -
OF WHEELS
Authorataiive Advice on the Important
Causes of Tire Trouble
Portland Stage
Stage Terminal
Portland's new motor stage termin
al at Park and Yamhill streets is now
functioning and is said to compare
favorably with any terminay of the
kind yet established in this country.
Every stage line operating out of
Portland is taken care of and oper
ated on a passenger train schedule.
Over 130 stages leave the station
over 15 lines and more than 10,000
passengers are transported daily.
This is a great improvement over
the old system when there were a doz
en locations in the city from which
stages operated, causing much confu
sion and in many ways inconvenienc
ing the traveling public.
All equipment is inspected daily and
every convenience, such as is found
in the great railroad terminals, is pro
vided for. The terminal is owned
principally by the stage operators and
is run at a cost- of about 8 cents per
passenger.
The life and happiness of many a
man have beensaxfid by the .motoring
advice he didn't take.
Excesive wear to the tread of a
tire usually attributed to fault in
alignment of wheels and the real
cause is not, therefore, always discov
ered, even when the car has been in
spected by a mechanic.
Investigate the condition of wheels
by proceeding as follows:
First Turn steering wheel so that
either one of the front tires will be
parallel with the rear tire on the same
side of car. The use of a steel tape
or straight edge will quickly disclose
any irregularity in the alignment of
the front wreels in relation to the
rear wheels.
Second Because of the tendency of
the front wheels to spread under the
driving force, it is the practice of car
manufacturers to set the front wheels
at a toe-in of from 3-8 in to 1-2 inch.
This alows from 3-16 inch to 4-16 inch
toe-in for each front wheel. This toe
in is practically taken out by the ac
tion of the car on the road under
momentum the wheels will be approx
imately parallel.
Third When the front wheels toe
in too much, the cause may be a bent
axle, bent steering knuckles, or other
injury, but usually is a result of con
necting rod to steering knuckles be-
I ing too long. The connecting rod is
threaded at both ends where fitted to
steering knuckles and the remedy is
to shorten rod until position of wheels
is correct.
Fourth When the front wheels toe
outward, it may be due to injuries,
but usually caused by conecting rod
to steering knuckles being too short.
This can be remedied by lengthening
rod until position of wheels is correct.
To Check Alignment of Front Wheels
Filth Check up front wheels by
getting the exact measurement be
tween wood felloes (inside) and di
rectly in front of axle. A stair tread
extension rule can be procured from
any local hardware store at a nomi
nal cost and is very satisfactory for
this purpose. The measurement be
tween wood felloes (inside), and
back of axle should not be greater
than 3-8 inch to 1-2 inch, as. com
pared with the measurement taken in
front of axle.
To Check Alignment of Rear Wheels
Sixth The measurements between
felloes of rear wheels should be the
same in front of and behind the axles.
Method of Checking Each Wheel
Seventh Jack up each wheel and
place a-stationary point almost against
wood felloe, next revolving the wheel
to determine if the distance between
the stationary point and the wood fel
loe is the same at all points around
the wheel. If the wood felloe rubs
at some point around and not at oth
er places it may be due to a slight
variation in the wood felloe, but it
will usually result from the wheel not
running true.
Camber of Front Wheels
Eighth The object of cambering
front wheels is to bring the points of
contact of the tire tread with the road
as nearly under the steering knuckle
pivots as possible, this being the po
sition for easiest steering and for
turning curves. The allowance varies
from 15-16 to 1 3-4 inch and is gov
erned by the height of wheels.
. Ninth Excessive wear to the tire
treads does noT always indicate ir
regular alignment of wheels. It may
often be traced to a loose or worn
hub disk, loose bearings, the tight
adjustment of one or more brake
drums, severe application of brakes,
slightly bent hub spindles, etc.
Do You Remember.
When the stage line between San
dy and Boring ran this cut at the
head of their schedule?
And the automobile ads were em
belished with illustrations like this?
CAPABLE DRIVER 1
FOR AUTOMOBILE
Skilled Mechanic With Knowledge
of Rules and Customs of
Road Is Great Need
MUST KNOW ROAD MATERIALS
When the Singer Sewing Machine
people came out with this snappy
appeal to the up-to-date housewife?
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There is only one pen good enough
for the road hog.
An ounce of forethought may save
a pound of repair.
Wonder if the old vigilante meth
ods for horse thieves wouldn't work
in this advanced age on motor thieves?
"Have you a little fairy in your
home?"
"No, but I have a little miss, in my
engine." Philadelphia Public Ledger.
! VALVE -1 N - HE AD f)
N. OTOr"" CARS
"This is my car," exploded the irate
tourist to the garage man, "and what
I say about it goes see."
Just then a dirty faced machinist
crawled out from under the dead en
gine and said pleadingly:
"Say engine, Mister."
H. S. PRESS CONFERENCE
SCHEDULED AT U. OF O.
The Oregon City high sehool press
conference which was originally to be.
held in connection with Junior week
end at the university of Oregon, the
12th and 13th of May, has been ad
vanced in the calendar three weeks
and is now definitely arranged for
April 14 and 15 at the school of jour
nalism. At the same time high
school student body presidents will
meet and leaders of girls' activities
will come together for a conference.
It is expected that three hundred high
school delegates will be present. An
interesting two-day program is being
arranged.
Should Be Observant and Realize That
Children on Wagons Drop Off Sud
denly Standard of Conduct
Is Set High.
A motorcar needs a driver who Is a
skillful mechanic, and it also needs a.
driver who is skillful in manipulating
a car on the road. An excellent me
chanic is not necessarily a good driver.
What is required in a driver besides a
general knowledge of his machine is a
knowledge of the rules, customs and
courtesies of the road and the habits
of traffic, also the possession of the
qualities of alertness, foresight and a
consideration for others. He should
have a temperate frame of mind" and
an abstinence from even moderate
drinking.
Needs Be Best Driver.
The motorcar driver needs to be the
best driver on the highway, if he is to
drive without offence to the public and
danger to others and himself, for he
has to conduct a vehicle which is more
valuable than any other and more
speedy.
The complete driver should have a
working knowledge of the different
materials of which roads are made, of
their comparative tendency to cause
skidding and of the perils which arise
from badly laid street car tracks. He
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TRACTOR
Park-Shepherd s
Motor Co.
Authorized Sale and Service.
Oregon City, Ore.
FACTS YOU SHOULD KNOW
H YOU BY A CAR
But Buicks Go on Forever
Cars May Come and Cars May Go,
Surplus Power is furnished by Buick
Valvein-Head Motors.
Carburetors are automatically heated
Crankcase or Radiator drained by turn
ing a handle.
Oil Pumps are self thawing.
Rocker Arms automatically lubricated. .
Radiator easily repaired by inserting sec
tions. Clutch positive in action, still a child can
operate it.
Gear Shift made by a slight touch of the
hand.
Steering a Buick is like child's play.
Steering Rod or drag link all one piece.
Universal Joint automatically lubricated.
Frame scientifically designed extra
strong.
Third Member absorbs all driving strains
not. the springs.
Brakes very efficient, easily adjusted.
Rear Axle special design correctly buil1-.
Head Room plenty, not too much.
Twelve Models of Buick cars make it pos
sible for you to secure the type of car
you desire.
Ask us to tell you more about Buick.
Lower Prices
ON EVERYTHING
Wiring, Repair Work, Electric
Fixtures
LANGLEY ELECTRIC CO.
House Ignition Starting
Wiring Lighting
Phone 124 12th and Main Streets
(Located at Willard Service Station)
must be observant and realize that
children hanging on rear of wagons
are apt to drop off suddenly and run
across his path. He should aiso know
how to read a road map.
He must be on the lookout for pe
destrians, stupid, drunk or deaf, for
wagons on the wrong side of the dan
gerous corners and be prepared to find
vehicles In charge of sleepy drivers
who will often do the wrong act on
being aroused. Those drivers who
have had long practice In the city
streets generally have arrived at ex
pertness through training plus the
hard school of practical everyday ex-
We
Serve
Your
Kind of
Battery,
Too!
Never mind if the
battery in your car
right now isn't a Wil
lard! Bring it in any
how. Of course we'd like to
see everybody using
Willard Threaded Rub
ber Batteries because
we know what Willard
Threaded Rubber In
sulation does in the
way of lengthening bat
tery life.
But the next best thing
is to let you folks who
haven't Willard Batteries,
at least learn what Service
at Battery Headquarters is
like. We'll treat you like a
Willard user on the idea
- that somdyou will bo
one.
CON HILGERS
Battery Rebuilding and Repairing.
Twelfth and Main Oregon City, Ore.
Representing
Willard Storage
Batteries
periences assisted by public supervi
sion and the fear of the results of ac
cidents. Fine Arta of Driving.
A good driver must know the proper
r.ay to drve his car around a corner,
',oth righ'-linnded and left-handed, and
the best way to ascend and descend
steep grades. Driving at night Is an
other fine art. There is probably
greater need for the exercise. of pa
tience in driving at night than at any
other time.
The driver of an automobile has a
large responsibility. The standard of
conduct set for him is high. He must
possess exceptional qualities as com
pared with the driver of horses. That
he- keep in mind and practice the
Golden Rule is no small part of his
job. In this is Involved most of his
qualifications as a driver.
How to Face a Valve.
When valves are badly pitted the
operation of facing is best carried
out In a lathe. Chuck the valve stem
and clean the center in the valve end
and support it in the dead center of
the tail stock. " '
Change the water In the cooling
system weekly.
More accidents occur on stralgl. :
highway stretches than at curves or
road Intersections.
The latest style passenger automo
biles are equipped with no fewer thar,
14 electric lights.
Gasoline left standing for considera
able lime, even If It be In a tank, wi"
lose Its ignition efficiency.
Gear-shifting at the proper time anf
in the proper way saves racking thi
entire mechanism of the car.
Motorists should stop when there h
an accident, whether it be the opera
tor's fault or not, and render all the
assistance possible.
A car should be kept out of the sui,
until dry after being washed. Sun
light has a tendency to damage; the
surface of a wet car by causing the
paint to check.
AUTOMOBILE PAINTING
A shabby looking car advertises neglect. Let us
do your Re-Finishing.
WITH
O. C. AUTO PAINT SHOP
MILLER-PARKER CO.
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Lifuijjcu iu atsivc iuu ucai
Guaranteed Repairs
Genuine Accessories
Genuine Parts
Goodyear Tires
Convenient Storage
At Elevator Oregon City, Oregon Phone 390
When Better Automobiles are Built, IBuick Will Build Them
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TO OUR OVERHAUL PROPOSITION.
Capital Garage
Less Crawford, Prop.
1914 $100.00
-1917 ,- $150.00
1918 Sedan ...... $400.0U
1920 Touring $350.00
1921 Truck .-- $600,00
Keep Your Money in Clackamas County.
BUY AT HOME!
Park-ShepherdMotorCo.
INCORPORATED
Main St.. at 4th Oregon City Phone 355
ANNOUNCEMENT
Of Interest to All
Automobile Owners
We have opened a sales and service station
at Fourth and Main streets, Oregon City, for
WESTINGHOUSE STORAGE BATTERIES
the latest Westinghouse triumph.
Westinghouse attention to all makes
of batteries.
HODGSON-CANNON ELECTRIC COMPANY
Fourth and Main Streets
Telephone 355
HALL & SON
Cor. Main and 12th
Phone 438