The Sunday Oregonian., August 21, 1921, SECTION SIX, Page 4, Image 68

TITE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN; PORTLAND, AUGUST 21, 1021
HORSEBACK TRIP FROM MOUNT HOOD LODGE REVEALS NEW BEAUTIES OF OREGON'S MOUNTAIN.
USUALLY DEFECTIVE
Average Owner Overlooks De
tails of Driving.
MECHANISM NOT KNOWN
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IVIOTORGAR STEERING
Care Needed to Insure Reliable
Operation and Guard Against
Deterioration and Accidents.
The average motor car owner prob
ably will be surprised to be told that
he doesn't know what really, good
Bteering means. The reason is that so
many factors contribute to helping or
hindering the easy guidance of the
modern car that many of them are en
tirely overlooked by most owners, and
the result is that they consider satis
factory steering what is In reality
very far from perfect.
All modern automobiles use essen
tially the same steering system, com
prising the wheel fastened to a post
and connected by linkage to a mov
able knuckle atatached to the side of
the front axle, the two knuckles be
ing connected by a further linkage.
By turning the steering wheel the
post moves the linkage to one front
wheel, and because of the connection
to the other this also moves in unison.
The steering gear, properly speak
ing, 19 the mechanism at the lower
end of the steering post, and the dif
ferent types take their names from
the forms of gears used in them.
There is the worm and wheel type.
the worm and sector, Bcrew and nut,
bevel gear and rack and pinion. All
these gearings are merely different
ways of accomplishing the same end.
They are nothing more than'a reduc
tion gearing for reducing the motion
of the steering wheel. The worm and
wheel and the screw and nut types
are those commonly in use today,
Alignment 1 Important.
To begin with. It is important that
tb front wheels shall be properly
aligned if the car is to steer with
maximum ease. Now all wheels are
cambered and toed In to a certain
extent. The amount of this varies with
different cars, but the owner should
take pains at least twice a season to
see that his wheels are properly
aligned. There are certain methods
of making this test, i which is simple
enough if the operator knows how
but if he is not familiar with the
proper procedure he should take the
car to his service station and have the
test made, the cost being nominal.
Incidentally, if the owner makes the
test himself he should ascertain from
the service station what is the proper
amount of camber and toe-in for the
wheels of his vehicle Any time that
the car is involved in a collision of
any kind, even if it is with the curb.
the wheel alignment should be
checked up. Improper alignment re
arms not only in hindering the steer
lng of the car, but in excessive tire
wear.
If the alignment of the wheels Is
found to ha incorrect it may be al
tered by manipulating the tie rod.
This latter is the rod which runs from
one steering knuckle to the other and
which has a movable portion at either
end. Haid steering is often caused by
misalignment of the front wheels
through an error in the toe-in or
gather and a correction of this fault
will bring a marked improvement in
the guidance of the vehicle.
Tilt Aid to Steering.
. In addition to the toe-in and tilt
gven to the wheels, many manufac
turers of motor vehicles tilt the front
axle, or the ends of the axle known
as the knuckles. This not only makes
for easier steering, but also puts the
greatest part of the load, on the
strongest part of the axle. It is fre
quently possible in a car the steering
system of which is deficient in that
respect to improve the steering to a
marked degree by tilting-the knuckles
backward. This may be accomplished
in a rough-and-ready fashion by set
ting the' front springs on specially
made wooden or metal tapered seats
instead of the seats that are made in
tegrally with the front axle. This tilt
ing backward of the knuckles not
only makes for easier steering, but it
will be noticeable that after a turn
has been made the wheels will return
to the straight position almost of
their own accord.
Though the ordiary owner does not
realize it, practically every part of the
steering system is in motion whenever
the car is running. Even roads that
appear to be as smooth as a billiard
table in reality are full of more or
less accentuated inequalities which
impart a Jounce to the car. Every
such jolt causes 910 vement and conse
quent wear in the flexible parts of the
steering system. For this reason all
steering systems are provided with
come method of taking up slack that
inevitably develops through .use. Of
course, this wear means abrasion,
which is aggravated unless the vari
ous Joints are kept properly lubri
cated. Slack May Be Taken T"p.
In most steering systems the slack
which develops may be taken up in
two or three different places. The car
owner should find out to begin with
where the wear is greatest, whether
in the gears at the bottom of the
posts, in the ball joints or in other
parts. A good beginning may be
made by gripping the tie rod and
moving it back and forth, thereby de
tecting play in this part if it exists.
Perform the same operation with the
drag link or rod connecting the steer
ing arm with the front axle. The ball
Joints may be adjused by means of
nut which is located in back of the'
spring. To do this remove the cotter
pin, turn down the nut, insert the pin
again and the job is done. If the play
is in the gears there is usually pro
vided an adjustment placed just above
the case in which the gears are
housed. As a general thing it takes
the form of a serrated nut, which
held in place by a slotted pin. The pin
must be removed with a screwdriver,
the nut being turned slightly,- after
which the pin is replaced. Each time
the nut is turned it Is -well to try the
steering to see that the adjustment
is having the desired -effect.
Pin Should Be Lubricated.
Steering knuckles are held in place
by a pin, on which the knuckle turns
If lubrication of this pin is neglected
excessive wear will result. There are
a number of different types of steer
ing knuckles in common use. AH of
these have bearings and most of them
employ bearing bushings, though
a minority use ball bearings. Replaee-
ment of these bearings is frequently
V necessary when excess play develops
jc this part. It is not too much to
say-that dally lubrication Is essential
to the continued life of the bearing.
From all this it will be Been that
the care needed by the steering sys
tern is not onerous. If It Is regularly
carried out It becomes
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GARDE STARTS CONTEST
trxnrsrAii SAiiES race begcs
by SrTriKIi,KEH dealer.
Public Asked to Gness Winner and
Total Sales $ 5 0 Prize Is
' Offered. . .
Sales races between members of the
retail force of .automobile sales, or
ganizations are an old story, but F. M
Leeston-Smith. vice-president of "W.
C. Garbe, Inc., Studebaker dealers, has
hung a new angle on the matter in the
form of public participation and re
cently begun a contest among his
salesmen which promises to be one of
the most Interesting of the kind ever
held in the city.
On the first day of August the seven
retail salesmen of the organization
were lined up for a two months' sales
contest. The pistol was fired, fig
uratively speaking, and they were ptl
for a battle to close at midnight on
September 30.
But here was the unusual feature.
The public was asked to pick the win
ner and to make an estimate as to the
total amount of the winner's net sales
during the two months. To the per
son choosing the winning salesman
and hitting nearest the net sales mark
for that salesman a prize in the shape
of a $50 negotiable cash credit on any
new or used automobile in the Garbe
establishment will be given. The
stunt is being handled entirely with
out "strings," and the public is asked
to participate. Cards may be handed
in or mailed to the Garbe company
and all guesses will be carefully kept
on hand for the final tabulation. Such
cards 'should contain the name and
address of the sender, the name of the
salesman whom he guesses will win
the contest and the figure in dollars
and cents which the sender estimates
will be the total amount of the sales
man's net sales, during the two
months.
The retail force of the W. C. Garbe
organization, lined up in the race, are:
B. H. Bowe, Ray Martin, D. C. Flem
Ing, R. J. Mather, A. M. Bennett. T. L.
Lawson and C. E. Couch. In addition
to the lal) prize to the best guesser
special prizes will be given to the
salesmen making the first and second
best records. A race track has been
igged up in the Garbe window and
upon It the progress of the con
testants is shown daily.
SEW WHITE OFFICERS NAMED
Vice-Presidents to Supervise Sales
Throughout the Country.
Robert "W. Woodruff and Mason B,
McLaughlin were elected vice-presi
dents of the White company. Cleve
land, O., at a 'recent meeting of the
board of directors at Cleveland, ac
cording to word received here.
These two men, with vice-presidents
George F. Russell and James A.
Harris Jr., wril constitute a commit
tee to be in charge of all matters per
taining to sales for the whole coun
try. Headquarters of the four will be at
the Cleveland office but each man,
in addition to his general supervision
as a member of the sales committee.
wilL have under his especial charge
one particular section of the country.
Russell will have supervision over
the east, Harris the west. Woodruff
the south and Mclaughlin the cen
tral section.
Both of the men raised to the vice-
presidency are old White company
men. McLaughlin has been manager
of the central sales department of the
company, embracing Ohio (outside of
Cuyahoga county), Kentucky, West
Virginia, Indiana, Virginia and Michi
gan. His headquarters have been at
Cleveland.
Woodruff has been manager of the
southeastern department, embracing
Georgia, Alabama, North and South
Carolina, Florida and the eastern half
of Tennessee, with headquarters for
merly in Atlanta.
matter
miner detail and the returns for the
care are an ease and flexibility in the
steering function of the car that can
sot bo exaggerated.
FUST RACERS TO ENTER
FOREIGN CARS TO COMPETE
AT LOS ANGELES.
Speedway Management to
Purses Large Enough to
tract Men - of Wealth.
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COHEN, ASKS MORE GARS
OLDSMOBILE DEALER AT FAC
TORY ON UNIQUE MISSION.
Exceptional Business in the Past
Month Results in Exhausting
of Regular Allotment.
Edward E. Cohen of the Oldsmobile
company of Oregon left Portland last
week for the Oldsmobile factory at
Lansing. Mich., to arrange for the
immediate, shipment of more cars. He
will try to get several carloads, both
of the Oldsmobile four and the Olds
mobile eight.
There was a time during the war
and after it when the automobile
dealer's greatest worry was not be
ing able to obtain cars enough to fill
the demand, but since last winter it
has more often been the other way
about. Consequently, it is mighty
unusual nowadays for a dealer to
have to ask the factory for more
cars.
This condition of affairs with the
Oldsmobile company of Oregon came
about because of the big business
done in the past month. There has
been such a call for Oldsmpbiles and
so many sales have been made, that
the regular factory allotment was
exhausted.
Mr. Cohen is making a flying trip
and expects to be home again within
ten days".'
LOS ANGELES. Cal., Aug. 20.
Twenty-five racing drivers, known
wherever automobiles are a feature
of life, will await the starter's flag
at the Los Angeles speedway on
Thanksgiving day if the plans of the
speedway management can put them
there.
A representative of the speedway
lefc Los Angeles early in August to
visit, first the eastern cities where
racing cars are built and where rac
ing drivers foregather, and, second,
the racing car builders of France,
England and possibly Italy. Whi.e
abroad the speedway man will en
deavor to obtain entries from the
manufacturers who have in the past
mounted such drivers as De Palma,
Guyot. Bolliot and Cassagne. Dario
seldom need cleaning, but grease and
mineral dirt do accumulate on the ex
terior and interior of the porcelain
so that the current passes that way
instead- of jumping the gap as is in
tended. The plugs should be kept
clean or ignition troubles will result.
CRATER LAKE TRIP INTERESTS
West Oregon LumBer Company Of
ficial Makes Trip With Family
H.' A. Wieneke of the West Oregon
Lumber company, with his wife and
two chil-dnen, returned last'week from
a trip to Crater lake, going by way o
Bend? and The Dalles-California high
way and returning via Medford and
the Pacific highway. They made the
trip in a Ford which Mr. Wieneke ha
used tn business for several years apd
which he had already driven about
80.000 miles. At the entrance to the
Crater Lake National Park "Lizzie"
balked, but after a little coaxing and
feeding she decided to be good and
gave no further trouble throughou
the entire trip of nearly 1000 miles.
The trip was well worth while, Mr
Wieneke said. Although they had
been warned against rattlers and
coyotes in central Oregon they did
not encounter any 'and the only
prowler during the entire trip was of
the human variety. One night near
FRANKLIN
On any kind of a road tne Franklin is a
safe, easy-handling, smooth-rolling car.
In any weather it is a dependable,
ever-ready, worry-free car.
In the hands of any kind of an owner
it is economical of fuel, easy on tires,
and long-lived.
Outside conditions have no influence
on the steady, satisfying performance it
gives the. 'year round. It represents
practical, common sense economy with
out restriction of use.
20 miles to the gallon of gasoline
12,500 miles to the set of tires
50 slower yearly depreciation
' (National Averages)
BRALY AUTO CO.
SOI BinXSIDK ST., COH.VKR KO ITRTKEXTH.
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Franklin Motor Car Company.
BROADWAY OOl
The Dallea.
MarloD Auto Cumpany.
Salem.
Wat kins Mitchell,
McMinnvlUe.
Clackamas Countr Auto & Tractor Co.,
Oregon Citv.
XV. XV. MrConuack.
Eucpne.
Fred Hen Motor Car Co..
.Kelso. ash.
Resta is also to be urged to enter and I Crescent lake some individual ODened
numerous wealthy sportsmen of Eng-1 a SUit case and made way with a pair
land will be interviewed in tne nope .0j field glasses.
that they can arrange to compete. j "We didn't care so .much about los-
Nazzaro. Lancia and Masslnl, -ltal-, in2r h fiplrt rlass." sairt wifnpke.
ian drivers, are to be seen and sought; -but only wish Lhe prowler could have
and Rene Thomas, Jules Goux and
Durey are to be interviewed, the first
two in France and the latter in Bel
gium. Should any of these drivers
be in America, they will be . inter
viewed before the trip is made, and
aid will be extended them In gettl
cars from abroad if they so desi
Most of those named have usually
driven foreign-made cars in their
American and other races.
" American cars are not to be slight
ed. The makers of the racers that
have stood past tests will be inter
viewed and their assurance of en
tries obtained. ,
The purse for the event has not
yet been announced. It will be am
ply large to attract even men of
wealth. The speedway has stood the
test of long and short races and driv
ers and spectators alike have given
it their approval. The drivers have
always expressed satisfaction, both
with the track and the racing ar
rangements, - while the spectators
have found that they can see all parts
of the track and that even the larg
est crowds can be handled without
congestion. At a recent speedway
event more than 20,000 cars were
parked and they all cleared the in
closure within 45 minutes after the
races.
waited to take them until after we
left Crater lake, so that we could have
had use of the glasses there.'
3 PUEBLO RELIEF IS AIDED
ST. LOCIS MOTORCAR DEALERS
CONTRIBUTE LIBERALLY.
Clean Pings.
Many car owners do not realize the
importance of keeping the spark
plugs clean. The points of the plug
Money Goes Toward Rehabilitating
Business of Auto Concerns
Destroyed, by Flood.
FORMER PORTLAXDER NOW COAST MANAGER
FOR NATIONAL CARBON COMPANY.
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R. F. OAKES ASD PACKARD TWIST-SIX LIMOUSINE IV WHICH HE RECENTLY MOTORED TO THIS CITY
FROM SAN FRANCISCO.
Portland men are constantly clinching positions in the world of big business,
automobile line shown above R. F. Oakes, who is now Pacific coast manager
pany. This big organization makes a large number of the batteries and dry cells used
the famous Ihermoid tires and brake lining. Oakes was formerly a traveling salesman for a local
Oakes and his wife were driven by their chauffeur'in the Packard from San Francisco to Portland and
pleasant trip, despite a number of detours on the Pacific highway. They spent a week In Portland, taking advan
tage of the time to take in the Columbia highway and other points of Interest. At the extreme right in the photo
above ia shown A. R. Miller, Portland manager for the National Carbon company.
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ST. LOUIS, Mo., Aug. 20. Seventeen
hundred and twenty-five dollars has
been contributed by local automobile
dealers' associations to the National
Automobile Dealers' association fund
for Pueblo flood relief. This money
has been forwarded to a committee of
which Tom Botterill of Denver is
chairman, for relief of dealers and ac
cessory men In Pueblo. The purpose
of this fund is to help carry these men
over until they can get their business
establishments back on their feet.
Botterill is the National Automobile
Dealers' association director for the
Rocky mountain ' territory and is
known as one of the most substantial
business men in the country.
When the national association sent
out its call some local and state as
sociations responded immediately;
others did not hold board meetings for
several days and consequently -their
donatiens were delayed. Ther are
still some associations yet to be heard
from.
"While some time has passed since
the flood, and we are prone to forget
about the havoc wrought in that dis
trict, said a statement sent out by
Harry G. Moock, general manager of
the national association, "nevertheless
there still remains much to be done
In Pueblo to rehabilitate members of
our own industry, as well as other in
dustries who are receiving aid U as-J
sist them in getting started again.
"Homes are being provided by the
Red Cross for those who were made
homeless. Dealers having contracts
with factories have received assist
ance, in many cases, from their fac
tories, but there are a number of ga
ragemen and accessory dealers whose
entire assets were wiped out by the
flood and who are depending abso
lutely upon the brotherly love of
those within the industry to aid them
in getting back on their feet. So, if
you have not held a meeting to decide
what your association will do in the
way of assistance for those unfor
tunates in Pueblo, please call a meet
ing at once, if board action is neces
sary to authorize a donation."
Ford Cylinder Head Plate.
Ford owners should be very careful
in removing the cylinder head not to
dent or otherwise injure the large
gasket. After this gasket has been
removed both sides should be care
' fully cleaned and then painted with
and here is the latest in the 1 a solution of gum shellac dissolved in
for the National Carbon com- . alcohol just before it is returned to
on this coast, as well as I its place. In replacing the cylinder
firm. Mr. I head the bolts should be firmly tight-
reported a ' ened and the engine should be run
until the metal is thoroughly warmed
up and then the -bolts can be given
another tightening, all around.
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There is no better car
There are few so good
There is none its equal
TThere is none its equal at its price"
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Roadsters and Touring Models
Now $1900 to $2085 &2
It is not alone this surprising price reduction of $335 to $600, ac
cording to model and design, that will capture your conviction, bxamine
the new Stephens Salient Six with care. It is a much better car at a tar
lower Drice. And so we have nailed to the mast of certain truth the
banner of our slogan
- - - "There is none its equal at its price."
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