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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
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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
. Company
561 Washington St. Bdwy. 3331
TIRE INSOLES
Besides being XOIC.PrrSCTrRABLE.
they add greatly to resiliency of tires
and comfort of riding. Call or write for
our folder. Free Road Map. ,.
HARPER & HALL
Retreadlar ' aad Taleaalslag Works
414 Bsraside 6U. Portlaad. Or.
OWGC GaVOX and "BIG TEN NECESSITIES"
They're More Than Accessories
Official Service Genuine Parts
Product Service Station, Broadway at Flanders
See the NEW
490 T
Model
with these added features of efficiency
Rear Axle-
tEntire reconstruction rear axle
spiral rine and pinion eears new
departure ball bearings and propeller shaft rigid construc
tion throughout. . T
Emergency Brake
brake on dutch pedal.
Timken Bearings ViXD,bwJ!td"c
type. !
R o rWiIld threid rubber batteries used In
oaitery an m0deis. - j
Steering Arms r.til?er eliffii"tlDl
Headlight St;fre p'ism j
Yot-Ki-iTfrkTlmPr0Ted Zenith, enabling
arUUlCLUr efficiency on high gea at
speed a great advantage in downtown traffic. V
F. O. B. FLINT,
MICH.
The Product of Experience
great
slow
ll 11 f rW Improved, with device that
fVJlllLVll grabbing or slipping.
eliminates all
Come in and Look Over the NEW 490 Models
FIELDS MOTOR GAR GO.
14th and Alder Streets Phone Broadway 240
. fGrand Ave.' at East Burntide St.
BRANCHES :X SL John
lGresham " v . V
Sub Dealer: P. H. DUNN MOTOR CAR CO.
Milwaukee and Bybee Ave. ' .
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