The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, May 21, 1922, SECTION SIX, Image 85

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Newspaper Page Text7 MOBILE FIRES SOUTH DAKOTA PEOPLE TRAVEL IN REAL HOUSE ON WHEELS. BsjVT'ti1i' It iMlfrttsil CAUSED BY KEGLECT Lean Mixture Most Frequent Source of Motor Blaze. VIGILANCE IS IMPORTANT Announces the Opening of a Electric and All Other Troubles Declared Warning That Never Should Be Overlooked. Warehouse M THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, MAY 21, 1923 m H . . jfe-?! 1 w.i - j - i"!f;wFw Distributing Occasionally an automobile takes tire through backfiring in the car buretor and becomes a total loss be fore the owner is able to discern the cause. All he can say is that he heard a pop back at the carburetor and suddenly discovered his car on fire. The most frequent cause is a lean mixture. This means more air in the mixture than usual. The carburetor gets out of adjustment in some way and the mischief is done. A lean mix ture is slow burning. It burns all during the power stroke, all during the exhaust stroke, and it is still burning when the inlet valve opens, admitting the fresh mixtures. This takes fire and the flames run back to the carburetor. If there is any gaso line dripping from the carburetor a heavy vapor is formed, extending under the engine, where it is held by the mud pan. The flame spreads under the engine and soon reaches the tank, melting the connections and releasing a flood of gasoline. Lean Mixture Important. Lean mixture may be due to de rangement of the carburetor or a leaky Inlet manifold. Spray nozzle too far closed, auxiliary air valve spring too weak or valve stuck open, or clogged fuel line, are a few car buretor causes. A leaky inlet mani fold may be deteoted by running the engine and injecting oil around the Joints. Oil will be sucked in at the leak where the bolts must be tight ened or a new gasket installed in place of the leaky one. Now come troubles of the inlet valve, which indeed are very rare. The valve lifter may be out of ad justment, leaving no clearance, or actually pushing the valve off Its seat. If there is little or no clearance the valve will hold compression when the engine is cold, but will leak when the engine warms up, due to length ening of valve stem, and, of course, popping in the corburetor occurs lm popping in the carburetor occurs lm two thicknesses of newspaper. Oc casionally this valve may become stuck, so that it cannot close. This may be seen from the outside, as there will be an unusually large space between the valve stem and the lifter. ( Electric Troubles Considered. Electric troubles now engage the attention. With a single coil and dis tributor system such as used on the majority of cars, there would be some distributor trouble or a short circuit of the distributor wires. See that all wires are properly Insulated and wipe all dust from distributor head. If you know how to open the distributor you should wipe out the inside occasionally, using & cloth dipped in gasoline. This will remove all accumulations of dust, which will cause short circuit if allowed to re main. - ' . On a well-known small car the trouble is caused by short circuits on the timer wires. These chafe against each other and sometimes against the sides of the engine, wearing away the insulation and so causing trouble. Close switch on using bat tery, or run engine on magneto, and advance and retard the spark, watch ing the commutator and wires. If sparks are seen a short circuit is Indicated, which may easily be stopped by tire tape. Fires Not So Frequent. Fortunately, cars do not burn as frequently now as they used to, probably because the flame is led away from the carburetor by the hot air pipe leading from the hot air stove on the exhaust manifold. But don't think your car is safe on that account. There are leaks in these pipes and there is an adjustment with large hole to let in air when neces sary. So watch out for flopping in the carburetor and determine its cause Immediately. Here as elsewhere "eternal vigilance is the price of safety." SERVICE STATIONS AID BUICK Assistance of Standard Oil Valua ble in Making Record Run. Mrs. Kathleen Ayres is a great Booster for gasoline service stations Mrs. Ayres is the woman who re- cently broke the San Francisco-Port- iland reoord by piloting her four-cyl inder Buick coup between these cities In 22 hours and 43 minutes. Her time cut down the best previous motor car record by 3 hours and minutes and bested) th Southern Pacific's crack train, "The Shasta," by 5 hours audi 47 minutes. -Mrs. Ayres in describing her rec ord-beating run was particularly generous in her praise of the Stand ard OU company's service stations along the road. Stops were made at Corning and Roseburg for Red Crown and ZeroLene, and the prompt atten tion given by the service station attendants cut many minutes off the running time, she said. "And minutes are valuable little things, especially In establishing records. ' AtJTOISTS DRIVE FROM EAST Party From "Wisconsin Arrives at Canby, Or CANBT, Or., May 20. (Special.) Air. and Mrs. J. K. Browne and son, LeRoy, accompanied by H. L. Hume of Portage, Wis., arrived in Canby to night, after a most enjoyable motor ing trip in the first automobile that has come over the Blue mountains un cer its own power this season. In several places there were from three to four feei of snow, but the auto, In which the party made the trip, plowed through, and stalled only for about two hours. It was "up to" Browne and his companion, H. L. Hume, to dig away the snow. Although 3000 miles were covered since leaving Wisconsin, only one blow out occurred, this being at Jewelsburg, Col., and one puncture. which occurred in Oregon, and was caused from a small pebble. The party has been on the road for three weeks, but visited many inter esting places while en route. Repairing .Water Pipes. A satisfactory temporary repair of a leaking water pipe may be made by binding around several layers of string well soaked m thick on. Always keep to the right of the center of the street and near the UNUSUAL MOTORING EQUIPMENT BUILT ONT G. M. C. TRUCK CHASSIS IN PORTLAND LAST V JS1SIV. W. E. Tittle of Rapid City. S. D.. believes that after three years of steady both are in need of a vacation. That explains why, when the three-year period was up last summer Mr. Tittle took the body off hl truck and put on a regular house and set out with his- wife and little daughter to see the country. The family visited Wyoming, Nevada and Utah, traveling im leisurely fashion, and reached California la lat fall, where they wintered. This spring they came up through California to Oregon, reaching .Portland, a lew days ago. They expect to visit other parts of the northwest and then to return to North Dakota over the northern route. The house on the G. M. Cy truck from a presto tank, a built-in kitchenette, disappearing beds and other conveniences. After a leisurely return to the home town in North Dakota Mr. Tittle expects to' take, the house off the G. M. C. truck, put on the old lumber rolls and put the truck back to work at its former task, that of hauling lumber from a lumber mill over some 18 miles of rough road to the railroad. son BIG IT i THIS SUMMER IS EXPECTED TO BE BEST YET. G. C. Dickens, Assistant Manager of Park Company, Visits City and Tells Plans. Rainier national park will be in better position to care for visitors this summer than ever before in the history of the park, and the greatest season which that beautiful region has ever enjoyed Is expected, accord ing to G. C. Dickens, assistant to the general manager of the Rainier Na tional Park company, who was a Portla"nd visitor last week. Mr. Dickens visited this city in connec tion with the proposed sportsmen s and tourists' exhibit to be held here during the Rose Festival, and to ar range for the participation of the Rainier organization in that event. Roads this year to the park win be considerably better than ever before, Mr. Dickens said. The road will be found paved from Tacoma as far as La Grande, while from that point to the park entrance the grading nas been completed and most of the road will be in good shape with macadam or rock surface. Additional roaa work will be done this year, but it is not expected to interfere with traffic, he said. By the end of 1923 It is ex pected the road will be paved the en tire distance from Tacoma to the park entrance, and Longmire springs will then become an all-year Instead o merely a summer resort. Work is also progressing rapidly on improvement of the road inside the national park, he said. The new road from Nisqually glacier to Narada falls, known as the Ricksecker cut-off, was completed late last year and this will , give two-way traffic all the way to Narada, cars going one way over the I new route and the other way over the old road around Ricksecker point. Work of widening the road from Na rada falls up to Paradise Inn will be carried forward this summer and within another year it is expected a road wide enough for two-way traf fic will be completed between these two points. This will mean, Dickens said, the entire elimination of the traffic blocks by which the travel on the narrow road has been handled. An indication of the growth ot travel to the park was given by Mr. Dickens in the figures for last year as compared with 1915. During 1915 12,000 people visited the park, he said, while last year there were 65, 371. A total of 12,271 motor vehicles entered the park, In addition to the mptor busses of the company. Of the total number, of visitors ouo were from states east of the Mississippi river, he said. Washington was of .course well in the lead In the number of cars and people at the park, but Oregon was second with a representative number, he said. Oregon's record was 600 cars and 3158 people, while California was a close third with 491 cars and 2718 people. Longmire springs will open its sea son this year on June 15, sWhile Para dise Inn will open on July 1. Five feet less snow is reported in Paradise valley this year than at this time last OLD-TIME AUTO SALESMAN JOINS BRALY STAFF. 33221 (P.J?- Jzz?c?Jz Appointment of G. R. Murch on the sales force of the Braly Auto com pany, Franklin distributors, was an nounced last week by L. Therkelsen, sales manager. Mr. Murch is well qualified to rank among the- old timers in the business in Portland,-s he has been in the automobile retail field for more than 14 years. H erved his apprenticeship in automo bile selling in Los Angeles, where he was employed for three and one-half years, and then spent three years in Spokane. For the last eight years he has been in this city, during which time he has been sales manager for the Moon car, territory man and used car sales manager for the Portland Motor Car company and manager of the used car department tor the vvil- ,liam L. Hughson company. Mr. Murch's activity in the automo. one neio was oniy oroKen Into during tne time wmie he was in the service during the war, being a sergeant fn - ' ' )'if $ 1 W U"'A, & If tf it chassis was built by Mr. Tittle himself and Is one of the most complete year, and this is taken to mean that the road will be open much earlier than last, year to Paradise Inn, and will probably be open early in July. ROAD OVERLOOKS FRISCO Private Interests Constructing Highway Up Mount Tamalpais. SAN FRANCISCO. May 20. Private Interests arenow building a road to the summit of Mount Tamalpais, in I Marin county, wnicn promises to oe one of the most scenic roads in the west. This road will provide easy grades to the summit of the famous peak. The new road starts at Fairfax and winds through the hills, using the Alpine dam, up Ridgecrest and West peak clear to the summit of Mount Tamalpais. The road goes along the ridge of BolinaB range and the motorists can see both sides of the valley from the top. i There will be a wonderful view of mountain, valley and sea from the road, it is said. From the summit the ocean can be1 seen at the west. In the foreground is Mill Valley, and the whole country spreads out like a relief map before the eyes. , To the south can be seen the eastbay cities and on the other side Is San Fran cisco and the peninsular cities. BETTER NUMBERING DESIRED Insurance Companies Would Re duce Rates if Method Is Found. NEW YORK, May 20. Upon the recommendation of the insurance committee of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, the directors have urged the Society of Automotive Engineers to further its effort in de veloping a method of numbering en gines and frames so that thieves will find it difficult to change the num bers without detection. Insurance underwriters have held open for some time an offer of 7 per cent reduction in theft rates on cars with engines numbered in this way, 7 per cent for frames and 20 per cent if both engines and frames bear approved number. The under writers conference now has voted to renew this offer until January 1, 1923, but If something is not de veloped and agreed upon by that time the offer will be withdrawn. AH suggestions made thus far have been proved unsatisfactory by the underwriters' laboratories, which has succeeded in changing the numbers in a way that defies detection. i 4 The New Triple-Life Eliminates the Old Annoy r ances and Frequent Replacement . The new Triple-Life Timer is a mechanical masterpiece i wonderful improvement over other timers. It is as efficient and dependable as the distributor of a high-priced car, yet it costs only $3.75. r Ask your garageman or dealer about the Triple-Life. EE knows what a great improvement it is I HE knows that it will make your . Ford engine run far smoother and with more power! I ' 0a ' And WHICH TRAVELERS REACHED j -work for himself and his track RADIO RECEIVED BY AUTD PASSENGERS EN JOT CONCERTS WHILE MAKING TOUR. . Seattle Service Enjoyed as . Far - South as Del Monte, Cal., and - Station Easily Heard. DEL MONTE, cal Mar 20. For the first time In the history of this city a radio phone broadcast from Se attle has been picked up by a wire less receiving set rigged on an auto mobile in this section while the car was In motion. The machine, driven by David Keith, prominent in business ahd so cial circles of Salt Lake City, Utah, rolled along the scenic 17-miledrive along the beach, and at the same time kept continuous contact wth radio phone messages from San Fraisc, "s o irom as tar north as Portland and Seattle. Though the noise of the engine and the breakers along the beach had been expected to drown out th mat and news messages, the Seattle broad cast was neard with surprising dis tinctness. The Keith party stated that they had dispelled the monotony of travel across the desert and along the Cali fornia highways by listening to radio concerts and messages picked up en route. To receive ether concerts and mes sages in a motor car under way was an innovation to Del Monte residents, and it is only a question of time be fore other cars in this city will be similarly equipped. SERVICE WILL BE EXTENDED Republic Truck Co. Prepares to Care for Owners Everywhere. ALMA, Mich., May 20. In keeping with the policy of maintaining Re public motor trucks in an uninter rupted performance, Is the statement made today by Colonel Frank E. Smith, president and general man ager of the Republio Truck Sales cor poration. "The organization of many ne Re publio service stations throughout the country, is one'bf the most important steps we have taken to insure the continuously profitable employment Ford Owners . Why Put Up with a Troublesome Ti The Triple-life Makes turn of the band crank and "she kicks ver" with will in even the coldest weatbec Reversible Brushes and Rotor Can't Short or Arc No Oiling Perfect Timing AU First Oats Garages and Dealer Sell and Recommend TIMER FOR FORDS It's Backed by a Real MAPSON MFG. CO., Los :1 3 of Republic trucks in the hands of I our operators, said Smith. I 'IWe recognize that service prompt! enough and adequate riiugh and adequate enough fori every user's needs, is the most vital factor in the successful operation of truck equipment. "We are, therefore, extending the scope of Republic service by spot ting the country with service dealers, in addition to our already established factory branch houses, distributors and associate dealers. Oir aim is to so thoroughly cover the country that Republio trucks In every section can be serviced in the shortest time and at the lowest cost to the user. AUTO CAMP VALUABLE ASSET Chambers of Commerce Report Camps Have Paid Real Return. WATERLOO, la.. May 80. One of the moot questions jn- many cities and Easy Starting i AND FORDSONS GUARANTEE Angeles, CaL tner? J7 In Portland Of special interest to our agency trade in this territory is the announcement of the opening of a FEDERAL Distributing Warehouse in Portland, Oregon. The phenomenal increase of FEDERAL tire business in the territory covered by our San Francisco Warehouse has made necessary the establishment of this additional distributing center to provide for the greater convenience and better service to our trade in this district. Located at 428 Flanders Street, the Portland Warehouse will carry a complete stock of FEDERAL Casings, Tubes, Accessories, etc., for the accommodation of our wholesale trade. We feel sure that our trade will appreciate the decided advantage of this important extension of FEDERAL facilities which makes possible more prompt and satisfactory service. The Federal Rubber Company OF ILLINOIS ' FACTORIES: PORTLAND WAREHOUSE Cudahy, Wisconsin 428 Flanders Street towns is, do camping grounds for automobile tourists benefit the city and is money expended in providing comforts for tourists well expended The United States touring informa tion bureau, Waterloo, la., set out to find the answer, and the following extracts from letters received from chambers of commerce and motoring publication tell the story: The chamber of commerce of North Platte, Neb., says: "Last year 49S5 cars night-parked at the camping ground and in addition many parked for a few hours during the day. No charge is made, except in event the 1 tourists want to stay six days or I High gravity indicates small molecular mAO construction of the oil, insuring less . - j liquid friction, more rapid moving oil j and instant lubrication of all surfaces as . .' soon as the motor starts to turn over. " -35 High gravity of itself is not. an assurance ZgisX'. "" of lubricating value, but high gravity lW I combined with high viscosity (under heat) IS MW I I is the mark of the quality lubricant. lfj n nnum IJIbFI , is a high gravity, high viscosity, f I f.: 7jip; j I , motor oil. It feeds freely and- --j I J quickly at low temperatures, f . I jSSgg to the innermost bearing points f r SMil i and it holds its lubrication ff ' '-TzSf I body (viscosity) under intense jff I heat thereby providing a ja rgjf better oil seal between the jff llji5iriBii$i I piston rings and cylinder walls I jSS-'g j and reducing friction wear, jff baume ) I rV HYDROMETEB FOB liiff 1 ' 'y DTERMININC on I (M JU WIGGINS COMPANY, INC. SJ Refinery Distributors lr i V4 A PortlaBd. Oregon IM I -- - - ; loniger, wheo a small fee is collected. The camp is located within a few blocks of stores, bathing beach and shows. It is a valuable asset to the town and- the money is well Invested. It Is considered by merchants as a real business-getter. Eighty per cent of the tourists using th North Platte grounds are of good class." From Clinton, la., cornea the follow ing: "Free public camping ground catered to 10-0 campers in a few weeks. Butiness men of the town consider campers expended from 5000 to 6000 in grocery stores, ice cream parlors, moving picture houses, tele graph offices, oil stations, fruit stores, 1 " $4 H 1 - - - drygoods houses and garages. The community in general feels that, the grounds are a valuable asset to the city and that without the grounds few tourists would stop overnight." A letter from Denver, Colo., reads: "Systematic cultivation of the tourist crop began In Denver six years ago, when the newly organized tourist bu reau engaged H. N. Burhans to nurse the stand and increase the yieid. As a result of these efforts the number of visitors grew from 85,000 In 1915 to 265,008 in 1821, a greater number In the aggregate than all visitors in Yosemite, Tellowstone and Glacier na tional parks during the same year." curb. to tuus corps.