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4 THE . OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 21. 192L VACUUM CHAMBER EASY TO; KEEP 1 II QRW1AL CONDITION Internal Repairs. Seldom Needed? Float Valve Leakage) Causing V. Gas Overflow, Is Simple Case. It Is very unlikely that Internal re Taim will ever have to be made to the vacuum chamber of the vacuum tank, as it 1 a very simple construction and there are not many things tnat couia interfere with Its functioning, says Motor. Before any attempt is made to lake the tank apart the owner should he nositive that It is the cause of the trouble. It ii always possible to test Ihe tank by opening the pet cock at the bottom and if more than one-sixth of a ' niurt of rasoline flows out. It is certain that the system is performing its func tiftn nronerlv. i Bunnlng the engine at alow speeds with an open throttle for a longv time. touch as in ascending a long, gradual hill. fcnsy reduce the vacuum to a sufficient fextent that the tank will empty itself, or hl condition might result from dirt or 'foreign matter getting in and clogging the gasoline feed tube ; that is, the lead from the tank to the vacuum tanjc JSUCTIOJT EAST TO GET ' If it Is a case of Insufficient suction, ihls can always be cured by letting the engine run with the throttle closed for a few moments, after which sufficient uction will be created to fill the tank . Almost instantly. j, In case the float valve leaks for any Veason. which would cause an overflow of gasoline from the tank either jthrough the vent pipe or some other por jtion. the inner Bhell can be taken out by removing eight screws at the top of )the tarfffc The tank may then be filled with gasoline and will act as an ordi nary gravity system, enabling the owner OLD KING COLE IS OUT IN ALL HIS GLORY KM pJZ&r'. x - im r ir - r -r -c. '""- r" i WJ' ' I ij, . . I , i -- "--j f ! ' fx1 fi; i ' if i ' r-i v 'T: f f ill . ,4 :.; i s-?i? . if- I - . - - : b I :. .. " J AUTO TOOK LEAD PRICEREDUCTION H. H. Brooks of Nordyke & Mar- mon Says American Business Owes Debt 'to Manufacturers. There were thoee Elirht Cole aero elshts. which took part in the Northwest Auto company parade last week. oinsAri nrt fivn oncn models In the exhibition, which attracted the iavoraDie comment ot ntmareos aiong I witn s. w. v osier. . j ." I Northwest company. That American business owes a bis debt to the automobile ' manufacturers of the country for the lead they took In bringing down prices and thus hastening normal financial conditions. Is the opin ion of & R Brooks, sales 'manager for Nordyke & Harmon of Indianapolis, who concluded a one month coast trip here last week. '"" Mr. Brooks was Interviewed at the Northwest Auto company; local distrib utors for the Marmon car. just before he left for a trip up the Columbia highway president of the dal depression. - It merely remains for j everyone rnsnafsctwer, huleealer and retailer to take his toss, lower prices all he can and keep bnatnesa go tar at roll peed. Then readjustment win - take car of Itself aa It has done with us." HO XOH.E KEDTJCTIO Mr. Brooks said th Kordyke St Mar- )on company contemplate no further re- aucuon. The eririnal eat." be sal dr "was mad. not on the basts of busineas conditions as they were In Hay, bat aa they seemed apt to be during the next year. An ticipated declines in warea and material costs were taken into consideration. The price was net with all this In view ana it win remain where ft la It most be remembered, that the standard of Mar mon value cannot be sacrificed to any exigency.. We are now able to produce a better car at a better prom wan we could at the old price. That la enough. The sales manajrer spoke enthusi astically of Portland- aa a business and motorlna center. . "" - -This is my first trip to the coast.- he said, "and I had.no real conception of the wonderful motoring .country you have" here. : Personally, I can't under stand how anyone In this marvelous land of touring opportunities can afford to get along without an' automobile. ASHLAND'S AUTO CAMP TO GROW City Purchases New Tract to Take Care of Large Crowds of . . Tourists. Ashland, Aug. 20. Never have the tourists spilled over the entire automa ta drive to the nearest garage, where P cle down to thc l- j ing place until this season.' It has got ten where the grounds have been poei tively crowded, so mnch so that the city has purchased a tract of land 300 feet i on the west side of Ashland creek from ! the original camp grounds and opened. it to the campers. This tract, which Is 300x200. will be sulphur spring "known as "Jackson's Hot Sulphur," which has been open free to the public for . a number of- years. dozens of campers are always under the! trees along Bear creek, and bathing en thusiasts have clubbed together . and built a dressing room, since it's the old folks as well as the barefoot boy who sports there nowadays. the' float may be repaired. ' In taking off the head of the tank, after fremoving the eight screws, care must be used so as not to damage the fcasket, as in replacing the head It is aiecessary that the joints be kept air light. This gasket is shellacked. TASK CAST BE FILLED Should the tank ever become entirely fitted up with gas plates nex$ season, empty, it may be filled by closing the There are at this time 25 gas plates in engine throttle, and turning the engine the camp park. . over a few revolutions. This will create It is conservatively estimated that 1000 a sufficient vacuum in the tank to fill it. persons are camped in the grounds sev If the tank" has been allowed to stand 1 eral nights of each week, and always empty for a considerable time and does from 300 .to 500 spend the night there iot readilv fill when the enerine is turned I and have done so for the past two liver, either sediment or dirt has ac-1 months. 'Cumulated under the flapper valve, or r Arrangements are being made by a the valves are drV. To overcome this I Private party to build a two-story con difficulty, remove the plug at the top crete and wood building at the park nd squirt a little gasoline into the entrance, which will carry a full line tank. This will wash' the dirt from the f campers' goods from "eats" to gas Valve and also wet the valves and cause and tires. This, however, may - not be he tank to work lmmediatelv. The flan- completed for this season. Der valve sometimes accumulates a This section has become so popular black deposit, which may tend to hold toT camping that a rancher has built it from being kept tight to its seat. a large dance pavilion and a room for In this case the valve should be serened serving meals, together with a private with a knife. This trouble can be de- camp grounds out seven miles on his ttvtpA -iso hv overfiowiner nf th tank. I ranch, which fronts the highway, as If the flapper valve is not tieht on I UP n .the very summit of the 63, BUT WANTS TO FLY OVER RUSSIA Aged Aviator Finds Air Ordinary Diversions Too Tame j MusV Have Real Thrills. Its seat, gasoline will continually leak Zrom the upper chamber to the lower. Hertzian Wave Will -Direct Torpedoes in Next Big Conflict Flying torpedoes directed by Hertzian waves are to be a feature of the next war, according to le Petit Journal. - It Is said that the latest experiments of the French aviation service have proved that five or six small and inexpensive bombing planes, without a . pilot or mechanician, can successfully be guided by a "shepherd", in a larger plane by means of the Hertzian. - It will be recalled that, according to reports, Herr Fokker had, during the last year of the war, received from the Ger man war office an order for a siiriilar . device. At that time, however, such an . apparatus bad not been developed to a practical point, but in the winter fol lowing the armistice the Voisin company began a series of experiments at the aerodrome at Crotay At that time the flying torpedo em- : ployed was too light to be controlled by Its shepherd. While it maneuvered satis- ' factorlly during the first half hour, it , soon got too far away for control, and fell into the sea. The present achievement of a flock of little, plasies under perfect control points to the supposition that within - a. year or two it will be possible accurately to di rect the former from a land base at a distance of 100 miles or more. In this connection. La Conquete de Li Air for April 15 quoted from a recent number of L' Auto with reference to the Tele-Avion, as follows; Lieutenant Ageorge experimented In 1918 with a machine whose control was . furnished from stations on the ground : so that he might observe, but did: not - touch the 'controls. Along this line it may be useful to recall that in 1913 the Inventor. Detabto. constructed a flying v machine, which by means of stabilizing cones maintained perfect automatic equO- Ibrlum. This invention, left so long In oblivion, has been brought to mind re ' cently by several articles in which the l : aviator. Lecerf. has recalled .the result . of these past efforts. At present. the study of controlling ma-, chines from the earth is being carried ' 6n at Vlllacoublay. It may be noted, however,, that working for a long time tn the neighborhood of the electric cur rents seems to have an ill effect, and several officers and men have been made sick by It. The effect fproduced is said -- not to be destructive the flesh as is the X-ray. but rather attacks the nerv ous system. Means will be found, how ever, to overcome this difficulty, and It is predicted that the war of .the future may. count upon one more ef fective arm. . Siskiyous meals are being served, with chicken and ice cream as features. The cows browse about on the mountain and the traveler is enticed to draw up, and many to spend , several days, in this mgn altitude. - Out on the other side of town, at Chicago, Aog 20. U. P.) Tennis golf or horseback riding are nice light diversions for a 60-year-old man. But they are too tame for ! Charles Dickinson, veteran Chicago seed mer chant. "Pleasant, conservative exercise but no thrill In any of them," he says disdainfully. His idea of the only sport for a man with some iron in his blood Is the morning flight of a few hundred miles across country in an airplane, driven at a 100 mile clip. . ! Dickinson, who returned in a commer cial air liner from a recent visit to New York, points with pardonable pride to his distinction as the only 63-year-old II' censed pilot. He is president of the Aero club of Illinois. To fly across Russia Is the long -cher ished -dream of the sexagenarian aviator. It has been his pet idea since the early days of his connection with the flying game and he believes it to be practical. "I want to have two planes with me. he said. T want a party of from four to eight persons. And I want to start TIRE COVER GIVES EXPOSITION BOOST "World's Fair Portland 1925" Emblazoned in White Letters Approved by Committee.. The latest automobile accessory to be adppted for advertising Portland's fair of 1925. made its appearance last week, and consists of a tire cover for automo biles with the words emblazoned in neat. white letters "World's Fair1 Portland 1925." This world's fair - advertising ides. which appears to be the most easily ob served and yet the most Inexpensive for automobiles, was originated by J. S. Lebb, a prominent automobile accessory man of this city, who has formed the Original Tire Cover company with of fices at 620 Morgan building, to handle the wholesale and retail sales for the Northwest. This concern plans to carry "Of course." said Mr. Brooks, "I don't mean to say that the action of the auto mobile manufacturers was wholly pnu anthroptc. But there la not a question that they were the first to cut prices on a big scale and thus set an example for manufacturers In other , lines which checked the business depression before it had reached the danger point. EXPERIMENT WAS 8CCCE8S The situation In the spring was threatening. Everyone was loaded up on exoensive materials and no one want ed to cut prices until they had been re alized on. The Nordyke A Marmon com pany was no exception. .We simply had to face the fact that we had $12. 000.000 worth of stock on hand which had. de preciated In value at least J2.ooo.too. "Coupled with this, we naa to aaraii as did everyone else that people were not snending their money. We conciua -a that th.tr um.vk not nMndinc it be cause they were waiting for I lower nricea. and we did the logical tmnjr cut the price of the Marmon from $5000 to $3985, or Just J1015. "The results justified the company. action. We made the cut May 1 ana business nicked up . right off the reel. In June we had a production and sales which has been exceeded only once in the history of the company. That was in the month of July, 1920. CHIEFLY IMAGINARY "This record demonstrated to our sat isfaction, at least, that the industrial de pression existed chiefly in the imagina- on an exclusive tire cover business and. according to Lebb, will soon announce uon of manufacturers, wholesalers and suD-aeaiers wno will handle the sale retailers who were simply unwilling to throughout Oregon and Washington. . In order to care for the orders already received and those expected to result after the tire covers have made their appearance. Lebb's concern- has placed an order for a solid carload of highest grade tire covers. By purchasing in large quantities the covers can be sold to the motorists of the state at a low and popular price, according to Lebb. Members of the World's Fair publicity committee who have seen samples of the tire cover have expressed approval of the Idea. ROPES STEERS FROM AUTO Hoping steers from automobiles, is now applied on ranches at Marfa, Texas. The recoe-nize the changed economic condi tions and to act accordingly. It proved to us that, far from being broke, the American people had plenty or money, but that they were determined tn get value received for it. "Other- auto manufacturers who cut prices had the same experience. They had to take a loss, as we did. but they were repaid by the stimulus which their action gave the general business situa tlon. "Manufacturers in many, other, lines have already followed the example of the automobile makers, but 1 believe we deserve credit as the pioneers in the real readiustment process. Automobiles other tnmgs loiiowea. rm down first las soon as -my party is booked and po-i car has taken the place of the spirited I If they continue to roiiow, no one neea a i litical conditions permit." broncho. i worry about any long orawn out nnan Auto Owners ' Don't Worry If we repair your car youll save unnecessary trouble and expense. WE QUOTE PRICES AND STICK TO 'EM Gill Automotive , Service Co. 'We shall merit yoar coafideaee. NORTH I0TH AND HOYT ST. Broadway 3782 s ROAD WORX IK GEORGIA , At an expenditure of $1,000,000. the state of Georgia has completed 3 new road nrolecta In SI counties according to a recent announcement, in aaaition. nrolects in 11 counties are under way involving an expenditure of $14.0.00o. Plans are also being prepared ror is projects In 5J counties at a. coat of aboat $2,000,000. MUT RUBBERNECKS" In New York city there are Hi. sight seeing buses plying the streets of the greater city. They average' 40 passen gers at $1 each trip, over three routes, an excursion around the avenues and drives of Manhattan and trips to China-' town and Coney Island. - The bases draw upon, from 200.000 to 100,000 strangers in the city every day. - SCOOTMBILE' IS VERY ECOMCIAL Test Showed .It Carried Passen gers f or 1 0 Cents for Which Car Charge Would Be 56 Cts. ran would have to pay U cents In ca tarea. - . - i With the -SccotsmobCe' the coat roc two passengers was s cents for gasoline, and It Is safe to estimate act mors than aa additional 6 cents for the Ure wear aad upkeep. . ... . . . . TAX OI CHAUFFEURS In 14 state In the United States there are no tax fees for chauffeurs, while In the other 14 states the fees range from tl to IS. ' ? A novel experiment was made la Springfield, "Mass, a! few days ago to show the relative cost oC passenger transportation by trolley and by "Scoot amobiie.. aa the new 1(0-pound alumin um motor car, designed by C R. Martin of the Martin Rocking Fifth Wheel company of Springfield. Masa, Is called: The result showed that it cost at least five times ss much by trolley as by motor ear. The "Scootamobtle' Is now undergoing severe endurance tests to find and cor rect the minor faults that always exist In any new design, and the testers tried a little stunt on their own account. Having drawn off all the gasoline from the tank, they purchased, for I cents, a pint and a half of gasoline and with this made a trip from the factory into the heart of the city, a distance of four miles and return, and had gasoline to spare. . The trolley car fare from the" Martin factory to the center of Springfield Is 14 cents (two T-cent zones). Therefore, two passengers to Springfield and re- Continental Motors V Parts Station Distributors of other STANDARD UNITS. CLUTCHES. TRANSMIS SIONS, UNIVERSAL JOINTS and AXLES. . We ' cm surply your deiler or repairman immediately with the GENUINE PARTS. Colyear Motor Sales . 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