THE DALLES DAILY CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1921.
PAGE FIVE
BATTERY, OUT OF
SIGHT. FORGOTTEN
TROUBLE CAN BE AVOIDED IF
BATTERIES RECEIVE EXPERT
INSPECTION.
While all motorists may not be in
the class with the chap who takes an
actual delight in spending all his
spare time tinkering about the ga
rage, most of them have some knowl.
edge of the Inner and outer workings
of their cars. They know that BparK
plugs must be cleaned, valves must
be ground, that carbon should not be
allowed to accumulate in cylinder,
that the gear box must be kept filled
with grease, and that even so matter-of-fact
a thing as, a tire apperciates
an occasional change of air. .But ac
cording to R. A. Twiss of the local
"Exlde" service station, the average
motorist knows practically nothing of
his battery except that it is there to
turnish current for starting and light
ing. "A mighty wise man," Twiss said,
"asserted years ago that few people
realized they had a stomach unless it
gave them trouble, and a similar
statement would apoly equally well m
connection with starting and lighting
batteries. With the battery, It's a
matter of 'out of sight, out of mlnh;'
the battery works on uncomplainingly
until the last ounce of strength is ex
hausted; then comes trouble and a
big repair bill.
"All large battery troubles are
small in the beginning, and small bat
tery troubles can be readily avoided
tf the battery is looked over regular
ly by competent .experts. Some motor,
ists unfortunately take the attitude
that 'the battery 1b there to start itio
car, and start the car It must,' with
out realizing that the neglected bat
tery; no matter how well constructed,
loses efficiency under the tremen
dous strain that is put upon it. Others
feel that it would be "too much trou
ble" to have the battery inspected at
regular Intervals, yet these same men
would not think of allowing their
watches to run down before rewinding
them."
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GOOD ROADS ESSAY
CONTEST ANNOUNCED
WINNER TO RECEIVE FOUR-YEAR
SCHOLARSHIP IN ' PREFER
RED COLLEGE.
WASHINGTON, April 29. Various
government agencies and national or
ganizations are announcing today the
new Good Road and Highway Trans
port national essay contest, to be open
to all pupils of higb'school grade. The
national prize is a four year scholai
ship In the university or college chop
en by the successful .contestant. .It
is offered by H. S. 'Firestone, Akron,
Ohio. ' '
The contest will be conducted by
the highway and highway transport
education committee, Dr. P. P. Clax
ton, United States commissioner of
education, chairman, who announced
today rules governing the contest.
Essays, it is said, must be not more
then 500 words in length, and must
be written on the subject "Good iRoads
and Highway Transport." All essays
must be in 'the hands of local com
mittees not later than June 15, when
local and state committees will- begin
tne task of grading the many thou
sands of essays expected.
Many local and state prizes are to
be announced soon, but, according merce and automotive associations
to the committee, essays winning fif.t
honors in local and state contests will
be eligible to compete for the four
years university scholarship whether
local and state' prizes arc offered or
not.
Among government agencies ana
national organizations cooperating to
make the contest successful are the
bureau of public roads, of the depart
ment of agriculture; the bureau of ed
ucation, of the department of the in
terior; the national automobile cham
oor of commerce; the Firestorfe ship
oy truck bureau'; the national grange
women's clubs, chambers of com-
everywhere.
The contest is a renewal of the ship
iby trucls-good roads essay contest
held among high school students last
year, in which more than 200,000 es
says were submitted.
iMIss Katharine F. Butterfield, pret
ty 16-year-old high school pupil of
Welser, Idaho, was the victor in this
contest and is enjoying the scholar
ship at a famous eastern school. As
a result of her conquest, Miss But
terfield will receive a four-year col
lege education.
'In addition to the scholarship, Mis?
(Continued on Page 8.)
Eastern Autoists To Learn
Of Northwest's Attractions
MAGAZINES OF NATIONAL CIRULATION DEVOTE MUCH SPACE
TO TOURING POSSIBILITIES; ADVERTISING HAS MADE
GREAT IMPRESSION.
campaign conducted by the Pucific
Northwest Tourist association was
cited as an object lesson in the pro
motion of tourist travel.
The Uaciflc Northwest numbers of
the two magazines are part of the re
sults of the trip of Herbert Cuthbert,
executive secretary of the Pacific
Northwest Tourist, association through
the east last fall, where he found thnt
the impression created by the adver
tising campaign carried on by the as
sociation during the past four years
had made possible concessions and
privileges in the line of national puu
llcity never before offered any sec
tion of th'e country. Some of the lea't
ing weeklies and principal travel
magazines have offered their coopera
tion in establishing the Peclflo
Northwest as a great summre tour
ist resort.
Publicity on a scale never 'before
accorded any section of the United
States will be given the Pacific North
west in the May numbers of two mag
azines of national circulation, through
the efforts of the Pacific Northwest
Tourists' lassociatlon, to make the
grandeur, beauties and .attractions ot
the summer playground of America
known to the people of the east and
south. Both magazines will dcote
practically the entire issue to the
scenic attractions of this territory.
A four-color illustration of Rainier
National park will adorn the cover of
'the May issue of the American Mo
torist, published at Washington, D. C,
recognized as ' the leader of motor
magazines and having the most "In
fluence with American automobile
tourists, reaching 40,000 of them. In
side" the cover will appear five illus
trated articles on the Pacific North
west dealing with various localities of
Washington, Oregon, and British Co
lumbia and incidentally giving the
travel information necessary for its
readers to use in a visit to the Pacific
Northwest.
The Wtorld Traveler, of New Yont,
a publication of highest class circu
lation,, is the other magazine devot
ing its May number to the Pacific
Northwest. Its cover will present a
three-color illustration of one of our
beauty spots and the issue will carry
several articles on the scenic attrac
tions and travel accommodations of
as many localities.
In a recent issue of Leslie's Ween
ly. In an editorial headed: "Know
Your Own Country," the advertising
PHOENIX
ROAD
L A,-
. RECORD CUT DOWN
STUDEBAKER LIGHT SIX SMASH
ES PREVIOUS MARKS BY MORE
THAN TWO HOURS.
Wtih four records already to lis
ciedlt this year, a Studebaker Light
Six hung up a fifth recently, when h
plowed its way from Los Angeles,
California, to Phoenix, Arizona in 13
hours and 16 minutes over roads that
were often nothing more than deep
ly rutted sand trails. Detatls of this re
markable performance, in which the
Studebaker lowered the best previous
time over this route by two hours
and 28 'minutes, have just been re
ceived by M. R. Fancher ot' The
Dalles Garage company, local distrib
utors of Studebaker cars.
Up to the time the light six made
its run, the fastest automobile time
for the 422 miles from Los Angeles
to Phoenix was 15 hours, 44 minutes.
The timo ordinarily made by tour
ists between the two cities Is two
days. The railroad time is 14 hours,
20 minutes or one hour and four min
utes slower than the time made by
the light six.
The light six used on the terriuc
test over the desert was, the same
car that, recently broke all records
between San Francisco and Los An
geles, and which was the first automo
bilo to reach Yosemite National park
over any one of tho three snow cov
ered roads from the coast this year.
The Los Angeles-Phoenix dash
was started from the main postoffico
at Los Angeles at 4 o'clock (coast
time) in the morning of Maivh 23,
and the drivers checked in at the
Phoenix postofflce at 6:16 p. m.
(mountain time), the same day. The
car carried special United States mail
under authority from the postmaster
general at 'Washington, the run being
made to demonstrate the practicabil
ity of transporting fast mall between
the two cities by automobile. Hart L.
Weaver and Billy Kern, drivers, ana
W. Cook and E. White, mechanicians,
composed the crew, but the only Job
required of the mechanicians was the
changing of tires several times on
the hot sands of the desert. The in
tense heat, bad roads and the high
speed at which the car travelled caus-
ed unusual wear on the tires.
After leaving Los Angeles, the first
100 miles included some highway but
tho greater part of the more than
400 miles was over the worst kind ot
desert road that in some places be
came just a faint outline ot a trail.
Where it was hard, the road was deep
ly rutted and in the soft places was
covered wih loose, dangerous sand.
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