The Sunday Oregonian., February 13, 1921, SECTION SIX, Page 8, Image 76

THE SUNDAY OREGOSTAX, PORTLAND. FEBRUARY 13. 1921
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CALIFORNIA SPORTSMAN MAKES DESCENT OF GRAND CANYON
" C1T-CHIISM CONQUERED
BY MOTORCYCLE.
REVEALED BY IB
MOTORCYCLE RIDER XEGOTI
ATES THE GRAND CAXYOX.
Terrific Feat of Making Descent
Weaknesses Disclosed
. Strenuous Service.
Into Canyon and Climb Out
Again Accomplished.
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PROBLEMS STILL REMAIN
Improvement Over Present Types
of Transmission One Greatly
Desired by Manufacturers.
The war has brought a number of
Improvements in the mechanism of
the car. That is to say. under the
stern lash of military needs many
weaknesses were discovered and rem
edied which" in the ordinary course
of events, would have taken years
to bring out. Xot all these innovations
have yet actually made their appear
ances, but the coming national shows
will undoubtedly place most of them
on public view.
Whatever else the war may bring, it
is devoutly to be hoped that some
improvement in present types of
transmissions or gearsets may result.
Engineers are unanimously agreed
that the gearset is far the most back
ward of all the mechanical units that
go to make up the modern motorcar
chassis. And one may reasonably hope
that some improvement in transmis
sion design Is imminent so that it
will be of interest to examine the
present types of this mechanical unit
in detail.
The function of the transmission
or gearset is to change the tractive
effort at the rear wheels in propor
tion to the effort needed. By its
means the rear wheels are permitted
to run slowly while the engine is
running fast, etc. In general, this con
trol over the tractive effort Is ob
tained by meshing gears of various
sizes. In operation power Is generated
by the engine, passes back through
the clutch, which delivers it to a
shaft, which is part of the trans
mission unit. On this shaft are a
certain number of gears which may
be shifted into and out of engage
ment with other gears, mounted on I Many
anoiner snart, known mechanically as
a countershaft. These gears on the
countershaft have varying numbers
of teeth, a condition which produces
me changes In tractive effort.
Much Power Lout.
The mechanical unit Just described
Is known as the sliding selective gear
sec ana wniie it serves its purpose
fairly well it uses a tremendous ex
penditure of effort to accomplish what
Is comparatively a small effect. The
industry needs a device which shall
perform this service in a simpler and
easier way, without the constant
danger of breakage and injury that
exists with the present type.
While the sliding selective gearset
Is the prominent type today, there
are other forms in use. The next moit
Important Is the planetary gearset.
used In the Ford car, which, in point
of mere numbers, makes the type im
portant. The planetary gearset con
sists of a group of spur gears, al
ways In mesh with a central or master
gear. This master gear Is known as
the sun gear and the spur gears as
planetary gears, from a resemblance
of the set to the operations of the
oiar system. In operation the gears
II i-m-'-t smMVs-ri JS-t II I
Joan Edwin Hoick of Lou Ang-rlea and his motorcycle, photoc-ranned at the
bottom of the Grand canyon, after pcriloua ride. Hogs I the flrat
person ever to descend the slant gorge by tbla means.
CUSHION TIRES STURDY
OVERMAN SHOES GUARANTEED
FOR 20,000 MILES.
Advantages Claimed for
Long-Wearing, Resilient and
Non-Skid Truck Cushions.
The Howell-Swift Tire company,
distributors here for Majestic cord
and fabric tires and Overman cushion
tires for trucks, has had some re
markable results from the latter since
they were introduced here about a
vear ago. In that time one big Port
land creamery company has made
these tires standard equipment for its
fleet of 40-odd delivery trucks, this
decision following a thorough test o(
the cushion tires on an experimen
la.ly-equipped truck.
The particular features claimed for
these Overman cushion tires are their
resiliency, non-skid qualities and long
wearing ability. They are guaranteed
fcr 20.000 miles,' but, according to
.Martin F. Swift, manager of the How
ell-Swift Tire company, their average
performance is between 35,000 and
4C.000 milts.
"We have tried them out thoroughly
!n this territory by now." said Mr.
Swift, "and have found that the fac
trirv FliarantAd nf 2ft Oftft mllB iu rip.
are forced to revolve on each other, cidedly conservative. They will out-
ims action Deing induced by stopping wear three sets of pneumatic truck
the movement of the parts support-1 tires snd w u r nrriinirtr niM
UK .ine gears. Wnicn IS BCCOmD Shed I truck tiro. nnHr nrriinan- nnililli.nl
Dy means Ot a Sort Of brake. Whenlnrrl at the aamo tim rlva nsrfaM
me Kcttibet is in nign 11 revolves as a
unit, giving a remarkably efficient
action. One of the drawbacks to the
planetary gearset is the fact that it
can only be constructed for two
speeds, as the adding of other speeds
uus so mucn complication that en
gineers are loath to employ the tvDe.
The Ford car. It is scarcely necessary I sary
to remind the reader, has but two for
ward speeds. Still when it is well
constructed the planetary gearset
serves its end with a reasonable de
tree of efficiency.
In the truck field there Is a third
type of gearset, known as the con
stant mesh type. This variety of
transmission has not come into the
passenger car field as yet and so is
of no interest for the present con
lideration.
non-skid and traction down to the
last ounce of rubber.
"The secret of this remarkable per
formance, of course, is in the special
process, highest-grade rubber used
in their manufacture and their pecu
liar non-skid construction, which
makes the use of chains unneces-
AUTO NABOBS CONFIDENT
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HEADS OF TWO BIG CONCERNS
NOT LOSING ANY SLEEP.
see, it is the first sign of a set-back
it has had In its 21 years of existence
You might call it a husky infant in
dustry that is passing through its
first infantile complaint, say measles.
and its parents being inexperienced,
felt a bit panicky when a few spots
came out on its face. But the doc
tors have reassured them. A little
proper medical attention is all that is
necessary. Positively no complica
tions. Fine, healthy youngster, .sound
constitution, soon throw off a little
trouble like that.
So Mr. McAneeny hasn't lost
stroke of golf over it.
"Some manufacturers failed to
recognize the symptoms, . that's all,"
he added, thoughtfully, "and so -aggravated
the complaint slightly, but
there is not the slightest danger. The
Infant is already convalescent.
"Our organization, employing 2000
men, is not selling quite 600 cars a
month just now as we did at the peak
of the boom, but we are doing quite
as well as our previous best year. Not
until someone has devised a more
efficient, speedy, comfortable and
cheaper mode of transit, need auto
mobile men lose a night's rest. Cars
are not a luxury, but a proven ne
cessity. I should like to see this
tested with a single autoless week,
a week in which.no one was allowed
to use his car no matter what the
necessity. Can you picture It? That
would cause a panic, if you like."
LOS AXGELES, Feb. 5. The world
greatest gorge, the Grand canyon, has
been conquered by a motorcycle!
Sounds impossible ' in these days
when no vehicle but a mule is ex
pected to survive the mile descent
down to the Colorado river.
But this is just what John Edwin
Hogg, Los Angeles sportsman and
writer,, has accomplished, thereby
gaining the distinction of being the
first person to drive a two-wheeled
mount, under its own power, a mile
down into the great chasm and out
again.
The start was made from Peach
Springs. Arizona, a small station on
the Santa Fe railroad, which in the
days before El Tovar was known was
the point . from which all tourists
made their pilgrimages to the bottom
of the canyon. At this point the dis
tance from the nearest human habi
tation to the river is 23 miles.
In former days a tourist hotel was
located 21 miles down Pach Springs
canyon, at its junction with Diamond
canyon, a tributary of the Grand can
yon. Tourists were hauled in stages
to this hotel over a rocky trail that
with great difficulty was kept open
to traffic. The two-mile descent from
the hotel to the river was then made
on foot.
After the destruction of the hotel
by lightning this route was aban
doned and the trail became obliter
ated by the violent rains that rage
frequently in that region. The entire
project has now passed away with
out a trace."
Having . made preparation for a
four-day trip. Hogg left Peach
Springs about noon with a cameraman
from the Fox Film company and
Hualapai Indian leading two pack
mules laden with provisions and camp
equipment.
With the machine in low gear, Hogg
battled until dark with the trackless-boulder-strewn
canyon, and the party
pitched camp for the night 12 miles
down the gulch. The grind was re
sumed the next morning and after
several more hours of almost unbe
lievable bouncing, plunging and hurt
ling, his Harley-Davidson sport model
and its Goodyear tires rolled down to
the edge of the murky Colorado.
But piloting a motorcycle from the
rim to the bottom of the yawning
chasm, difficult as it is, is child's
play when compared to the grief a
rider must go through to get out
again.
Hogg, however, was master, ana
after another two days' terrific grind.
in which he fought foot by foot up the
rugged floor of the incline, replete
with lagged boulders and clumps of
thorny cactus, pulled up at the trad
ing post at Peach springs tne nist
man to put a motorcycle to me uoi
tom of the Grand canyon and back
again.
Hogg s feat is the more remarKaDie
when it is considered that despite the
terrific strain on the machine and its
tires, not a single instance of trouble
was experienced, either tire or mechanical.
GRAPHITE OIL AFTER SQUEAKS
Cadillac and Hudson-Essex Presi
dents, In California for Visit,
Are Optimistic.
Friction Gear ot Iscd.
It is rather a remarkable fact that
tne simplest and theoretically the
most efficient type of gearset, the
friction set, has passed out or use in
the automobile field. The friction
pearset consists of two discs one
driving, the other driven. In operation
the driven disc is brought into con
tact with the driving disc, the rate of J tne Los Angeles Times, who don't
There are two nice affluent nabobs
sojourning at the Maryland, Pasa
dena, says Alma Whitaker, writing
speed being determined by its dis
tance from the center of the driving
member. Obviously this arrangement
gave an almost unlimited number of
speeds, smoothness of action, but the
great trouble was that the sets did
not stand up under the strains of
heavy work. At one time It enjoyed a
great popularity, but it gradually
was abandoned for heavy work, and
finally even the lightest cars gave
It up in favor of the sliding selective
i.vpe. jt is regrettable that the fric
tion set could not stand up under the
needs of service, for it had all the
look a bit like a slUmo in the auto
mobile Industry. They are R. H. Col
lins, president of the haughtv and
superior Cadillac company, and W. J.
McAneeny, president of the Hudson
and Essex outfit. And both wear
serene brows, play golf and eat
heartily,- regarding the outlook for
trade as highly optimistic andhe
calamity howlers as mistaken per
sons suffering illusions.
Mr. Collins is a bit exclusive as be
fits the car he represents. "I can't
tell you much about the industry at
large," he said-, with an air of being
HIGHWAY MAP FOR IDAHO
Lewlston Commercial Club at Work
on Valuable Folder.
LEWISTOX. Idaho, Feb. 12. (Spe
cial.) Carl Harris and C. F. Bennett
of the Lewiston Ad club, and H. H. S.
Rowell. chairman of the publicity
committee of the Commercial club.
are engaged in negotiations for the
making and publication of a highway
map which will be published in folder
form for the use of inland empire
tourists. The map will show all the
roads in this region which focus in
Lewiston. These include the north
and south highway, now rapidly near-
ing completion, which extends to tht
north from Lewiston, connecting with
the inland empire highway leading to
Spokane and to the south via Grange
ville and Whitebirc. to Boise. The
man will also show the Evergreen
highway, which leads toward Port
land and coast points meeting tha
north and south at Lewiston, and the
Lewis and Clark highway, which is
now being built into the dense timber
region of the upper Clearwater river.
The map folders wtll be arranged
with distances and other data of use
to automobile tourists, and will sur
pass in usefulness any existing road
map of the region.
DODGE BUILDING PROGRAMME
theoretical virtues that delight the -h5 " n .V 'i'T'n TJ ,V"" .l.
Cadillacs. We had the biggest year
Heart of the engineer.
If the car owner will stop for just
one moment and consider the essential
construction of the conventional gear
set he will realize the need for great
care In operation and maintenance.
. Two shafts holding sets of gears
which must be brought into engage
ment while the- parts are spinning
at a high rate of speed point to the
ever present danger of breakage and
injury. And this is actually so. Break
age of members in the gearset and
bending of the shafts so that they are
out of alignment are common in gear
set operation. When the shafts once
go out of line there is no hope of de
cent operation until the condition Is
remedied, the gears will clash and
growl, the teeth will chip or suffer
more serious breaks and replacement
of gears will do no earthly good until
the entire transmission is properly
lined up again. When the shafts are
out of line the gears do not engage
evenly, as they are intended to do,
which Is the whole secret of the
trouble.
Proper Lubrication Important.
The first thing to do to keep the
rearset up to proper operation pitch is
to give it proper lubrication. Oil is
the proper lubricant for this unit, not
grease. In winter It will be well to
use a somewhat thinner oil than In
hot weather, as the cold tends to
thicken the oil. anyway. Every two or
three months, or, better, every 1000
miles of run, the oil should be
drained off from the gearset housing,
which should be flushed with kero
sene and then refilled with fresh oil.
Neglect of this precaution will prob
ably bring premature failure of the
Unit.
Finally without a gearset operating
efficiently the entire operation ot the
car is thrown out of gear the car
owner should give the part the most
scrupulous care that he is capable
of supplying. J
in the history of the firm last year
and we expect another this year. Of
course there was some overproduc
tion of some makes of cars, where
they failed to recognize that the wave
of extravagance and high prices
which followed the war was abnor
mal, just as there has been in all
other Industries, but it is only a mat
ter of a few months for things' to
be properly adjusted. But as far as
Cadillac is concerned we expect to
sell cars right along."
The Implication being that, of
course, there could not be overproduc
tion of Cadillacs, since they are a
vital and permanent necessity.
Mr. McAneeny was less exclusive
but quite as happily serene. "No, the
Industry is not suffering, only -tem-porarlly
discomfited," he said. "You
Plans of Detroit Factory Show Con
fidence In Future.
DETROIT. Feb. 12.--Substantial evi
dence of Dodge Bros.' confidence In
the future is to be found in their ex
nenditure of between I6.000.O00 and
$8,000,000 for the expansion of their
factory. The present building pro
gramme is the largest in their his
tory.
The principal unit of the construe
tion now in progress is the new press
steel building, with a floor area of
860,000 square feet. The new con
struction building, which has just
been completed, is eight stories high
and has a floor area of 140,366 square
feet. Another important unit now be
ing built is the new power plant.
. When the present building opera
tions are completed others will prob
ably begin. There is nearly always
something in progress. The maximum
production attained so far was an
average of about 600 cars a day, but
this will be materially increased by
the extra facilities now being pro
vided.
New Direction Indicator.
A new direction indicator for auto
mobiles, to be carried at one side
of a windshield, raises semaphores to
signal that a car is going to stop or
turn to one side or the other.
Look out for the children.
TRUCK IX THE WIRE STRINGING BUSINESS.
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New Product Put on Market Here
by Aiemite Company.
The lates"t addition to the products
of the Bassick Manufacturing com
pany, who are the producers of the
well-known Aiemite lubricating sys
tem, is Bassick- graphite penetrating
oil. A shipment of this new graphite
oil has been received in Portland by
the Aiemite Lubricator company of
the Northwest, Tenth and Oak streets,
and has already attracted consider
able interest as being something en
tirely new in the lubricating line.
As its name implies the Bassick
giaphite pepetrating oil is an oil
which, as it penetrates, carries
graphite in suspension and after the
oil itself is evaporated, leaves the dry
graphite as a lasting lubricant.
"T.ls new oil, explained Manager
I. BUdle of the Aiemite company.
will penetrate between the leaves of
springs without the usual tedious joo
t.f jacking up the car or spreading
he leaves It acts as a rust solvent
and will be, we believe, death on
saueaks. Good sized consignments
of the new lubricant have now been
received by the various Aiemite
Vanches throughout the northwest,
the Aiemite Lubricator company of
the Northwest, which has headquar
tors in Portland, being designated as
tne exclusive distributor throughout
this territory."
Model 490
$993.60
F. O. B. Portland
Product of Expcr.sncc
EMBODYING all of the experience of the General
Motors Corporation largest manufacturers of
motor cars in the world, the "490" will enthuse you
at first sight and earn your utmost admiration by its
periormance.
Let us demonstrate how the Chevrolet "Valve-in-Head"
motor gives you the greatest power at tha
least cost. v
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FIELDS MOTOR CAR CO.
14th and Alder Sts.
Grand avenue and
East . Burnside St.
Chevrolet Distributers
Salesrooms and Service Stations at the Following Addresses:
St. Johns Gresham
P. H. Dunn Motor Car Company
Milwaukie and Bybee Avenues
Scllwood
TEACHING SALES IS HOBBY
GAR.BE manager gets much
ENJOYMENT FROM WORK.
Essentials of Successful Selling
Given to Y. M. C. A. Class
by Leeston-Smith.
Fred M. Leeston-Smith. general
manager of W. C. Garbe, Inc., Stude
baker dealers, has been discovered
to have a hobby, that hobby being to
try to teach and Inspire young men
to become successful salesmen. Leeston-Smith
could be discovered almost
any Thursday evening at the Y. M.
C. A. building pounding the truths of
BETTER BUSINESS IN CHICAGO I salesmanship into the heads of some
40 members of a class of the Oregon
Institute of Technology. For the
past two seasons the Garbe company
manager has had charge of this class,
which is one of the most important
being given by the Oregon institute.
Included in the class are a goodly
number of men already engaged in
automobile selling. Others are sales
men in other lines, while some are
merely hopeful of becoming salesmen
The course is designed, however, to
give selling instruction along any
line and is not limited to automo
biles, although that happens to be
Mr. Leeston-Smith's own field.
Smith's teaching of salesmanship
is declared to be radically different
from some of the cut and dried
instruction. He believes in getting
down to brass tacks on the proposi
tion and eliminating any unneces-
sary and often undesirable frills. His
one text, which he pounds away upon
throughout the course, is taken from
Longfellow's "Psalm of Life." and is,
Act, Act in the Living Present."
The successful salesman, declares
Smith, must work today and not let
yesterday s or tomorrow's sales carry
him along. The greatest essentia
to salesmanship, he declares, are
work, spirit and enthusiasm. An
actual sales demonstration by one of
the members of the class each meet
ing night is made a feature. One of
the students is called upon to sell
another student, before the rest of
the class, some particular article.
The present class, which has been
in progress through the fall and
something more than a mere auto
show. By the utilization of the
various exposition buildings and the
entire grounds, the show will take on
the proportions of a "carnival of
Crs," with fashion parades, baby
hows, organ concerts, orchestra con
certs and other attractions augment
ing the display of 1921 fashions in
engines and bodies. The dealers' as
sociation plans a fiesta that will rep
resent about J25.000 in expenditure,
and they plan to draw attendanc
from all of Southern California.
Number, please f One of the six White trucks In the service of the Pacific
Telephone A Telegraph company In Portland and surrounding territory.
R. E. Murphy of Twin States Mo-
tor Co. Returns From Trip.
That the wave of better business in
the automobile industry has swept
beyond Chicago and is rapidly moving
westward, is the word brought back
by R. E. Munphy of the Twin States
Motor Car company. Chandler and
Cleveland distributors here, who re
turned last week from a visit to Chi
(ago and other midd-le west points.
"The situation at the present time
'.a highly encouraging in the middle
west," said Mr. Murphy, "and the New
York and Chicago automobile shows
have dDne much to open the spring
market. I found a distinct feeling of
rptimism in the air, with every indi
cation that the more steady business
iionditions, in the automobile as well
tS othe- lines, would rapidly extend
throughout the country.
The Chicago automobile show. Mr.
Murphy said, proved one of the big
fr.est things of the kind ever held in
this country. Practically every make
of car in the United States was repre
sented. Interest was keen, he re
ported, and attendance was heavy
throughout, many automobile dealers
from all parts of the country being
on hand for the event.
DOIGE BROS. HEAD NAMED
F. J. Haynes, a Pioneer Official of
Company Is President.
NEW YORK, Feb. 12. Announce- winter, will dome to an end shortly.
ment was made here tnis week that I and next Thursday evening another
Frederick J. Haynes has been chosen I class in salesmanship will start,
president and general manager of t Inquiries received at the Y. M. C. A.
Dodge Bros., Detroit. The news school indicate widespread interest
was made known at a convention of and promise attendance at the new
more than 100 Dodge Bros., deal- I classes as heavy as at the classes in
ers from all parts of the country, in- I the., past. . Mr. Leeston-Smith will
eluding the Pacific coast. . ,- again have charge of the course and
Mr. Haynes has been associated will give his first talk to the new
with Dodge Bros, for 25 years and class Thursday night on the subject.
played a prominent part in the great I nome Elements in Successful Sales
growth of the business. C. W. Math- manship
eson, general sales manager of the
company, in making the announce
ment at a garnering of the 1000 or
more dealers, said that Mr. Haynes
had been personally trained by both
the late John F. and the late Horace!
E. Dodge for the high place in. the
automobile world which he now
takes. With his training, said Mr.
Matheson, he will be abundantly ca
pable of carrying out the alms and
principles of 'Dodge Bros. as
SAN DIEGO PLANS BIG SHOW
Annual Auto Event to Be Held in
Old Exhibition Buildings.
SPEED COP IS MYSTIFIED
May Have Thought Electric Car
Was Running on Reputation.
The examination, or inspection.
some prefer to call it, of motor car
by the New lork police force whic
has been in progress for several days
was not devoid of certain interestin
features, says the New York Time
A story which enlivened the trad
quietude of Automobile Row during
last week was told by the mana
of an electric motor concern whlc
provides electric vehicles for stor
deliveries.
One of these wagons was moving
up Lafayette street when a policemar
told the driver to stop.
"Let me see your engine," he de
manded.
"This car hasn't an engine." replie
the driver.
"Oh! you're one of those wise guys
Raise up the hood.
"There isn't any hood, but I'll lift
up the cover and show you the bat
teries. .
"What kind of a thing is that? An
advertisement or something?
"No, those are batteries."
"Well, how does that run the car?"
"Jump on and I'll show you how the
car runs.
. Then the officer and the drive
went speeding up the block. As th
former got off he said dubiously:
"Be golly! I don't know whethe
I'll give you a ticket or not. I'L
pass you on to the next beat."
Enameling to Prevent Rust.
In order to do away with rusting
of parts beneath the hood, black
enameling may be resorted to with
pood effect. It is possible to get
black black enamel today which
when properly applied, looks little
inferior to the baked-on variety. Or
dinary enamels which dry quickly are
of little use, as they chip and flake
off quickly. Parts to be enameled
should, if possible, be taken off and
cleaned with a stiff wire brush. The
enamel should be applied with a stiff
varnish brush. The enamel may take
as long as a week to dry and care
must be used to have an atmosphere
free from excessive dust; that means
not to try it in the upper story of
hav barn. Parts that may be
enameled -to advantage include steel
SAN DIEGO, Cal., Feb. 12. Plans
are rapidly being perrected for a vast
exposition of automobiles, trucks and
accessories for San Diego to be held
next month in Balboa Park, utilizing
though the founders of the business practically the entire grounds of the
were still at its head. An announce- still-standing 1915-1916 exposition
ment issued by the directors shortly buildings. The definite date will be
after Mr. Dodge's death was to the announced next week.
effect that the big manufacturing The show will be a seven-day af-
concern would be conducted with no I fair and. accordins to present plans,
change of policy from the past. I will be in reality an "exposition";
OLDSMOBILE
SPECIALIST
n
Where the
Mechanics Are
All Oldsmobile
Trained
G. J. MALLON
386 FLANDERS
Between Ninth and Park
K
fan blades, pulley arms, brackets and
elbows, nuts that are not often dis
turbed, exposed pieces of shafting,
pinion wheel centers, operating rods,
collars, etc. Even a cylinder casting
may be so treated, as a good enamel
will stand heat without blistering.
DONKEY ENGINE OUT OF FORD
Attachment Invented for Tractors
SEDRO-WOOLEY. Feb. 12. The
Skagit Steel & Iron WorKs here has
announced the perfection of a donkey
engine attachment for Fordson trac
tors to be used In light logging, road
building and land clearing. The at
tachment is known as the M. A. C.
tugger hoist and will be placed on
the market in this state shortly.
The donkey engine attachment con
sists of two drums, constructed
throughout of steel and Is so ar
ranged that the three speeds of the
Fordson can be transmitted direct to
the drums. The main drum carries
1000 feet of three-quarter-inch cable
and the haulback 2000 feet of three-eighths-inch
line. The pulling ca
pacity of the machine is 3400 pounds
in high gear, 9000 pounds in inter
mediate and 18,000 pounds in low
gear. In high gear the drum can de
velop a pulling speed of two miles an
hour, with the haulback makir.g a
maximum of eight miles an hour. Ex
perts estimate that the donkey trac
tor has a pulling power equivalent to
the regular 9x10 steam donkey. S. S.
Mclntyre is the inventor.
Short Battery Posts.
It is possible to build up battery
posts that are too short by starting
the threads of a Ford adjusting yoke
on the post until there is a Jo. lit be
tween threads and post large enough
for the purpose. Into the shallow
part of the yoke molten lead Is Imlled
and allowed to cool. The yoke is then
unscrewed and the short post vi!t be
found to have reached the necessary
height. In doing this Job the old post
should be scraped clean and a little
flux should b applied.
Action on a Skid.
Throw out the clutch and turn the
front wheels In tho same direction In
which the car Is skidding, while at the
same time the driving wheels should
be slowed down Just as quickly us
possible. Never make that often fata!
mistake of Jamming on the brakes as
soon as the skid begins to be felt.
Device Invented to Unload Trucks.
An endless belt apparatus. Invented
by two Texans. for unloading motor
trucks, is operated by the rear wheels
of a truck resting nn rollers.
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RENEWED CARS
That Are Really
The Equal of New
It Will Be a Genuine Pleasure
If you have shopped around trying to find a real barca'n
in a used car that hasn't outlived Its usefulness and
have seen the usual run of cars offered cars that you
would not have as gifts to visit our
East Side Salesroom
. Devoted to a REM3WKD CAHS" Kxrltmlvely.
Where Every Car oa the Floor lias Hern
Mrrhanirnllr Innperted Itefore Accepted In Trade, Com
pletely Overhauled in Our Own Shops, Pnliitrd
and Iteflnished by skilled Workmen, and In
PRICED JUST AS IIKASONAM.F, AS THE ORDIXARY
USED CA It."
For Example:
, lfin STlDEnAKF.R TOURING Driven 7500 miles: tires,
top and leather in finest condition; special CQCfJ
Aiemite lubricating system JUJU
1818 MAXWELL TOURINfi With brand new top nn1
battery, tires and leather excellent, spare wheel COOR
and tire $vJ
lots REO ROADSTER Ail cord tires and perfect condi
tion in every way. New Reo sells for $2170 and tQCf)
this is priced at PUJU
1018 OVERLAND SIX Tires practically new andffCCn
an engine that runs like a watch iJOJU
Bargains Like Thexe Are Certainly Worth While, and.
Remember, Every Car Is Sold With Our
GUARANTEE OF SATISFACTION.
Such Ganrantpf From One of the Oldest Concern In the
Northwest Means Something.
Northwest Auto Co., Inc.
EAST S1IIE BRANCH,
Hawthorne Ave. and E. F.lKhth St. Phone F.nst KOSO.
(See Classified Ada (or Some of Our Other Offerings.!
NORTHWEST AUTO CO.. Inc. f