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STODEBffl ELECT
VICE' PRESlDEfiT
Paul G.' Hoffman is Chosen
to Succeed H. A. Biggs, '
. Resigned -.
NEW YORK, April , 1 1 The
directors of the Studebaker, cor
poration, at their meeting today,
elected Paul G. Hoffman as rice
president In charge of sales to
succeed II. A. Biggs, resigned.,
Mr. Hoffman entered th employ
of the Studebaker corporation in
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Paul Qlotf man, .vice-president
of Studeb&ker -sales service.
1911 as a salesman In lios An
geles district. " ;i!!ti!!!:;;;-i;:!ii !H
-.. He served in the artillery ; div
ision of the army in 191718, and
upon leaving it in March, 1919.
purchased from the corporation
Its retail business at t-os Angeles
atfd " Became a Studebaker dealer
ononis" own account. The- Paul
G. Hoffman company, marling
business with $60,000 capital, now
has $1,500,000 assets.
' Mr. "Hoffman has been quite
"active-" In' the" civic. af fairs ' of bis
cityr For the past two i years he
'Has' Been president, of .the traffic
commission, a voluntary "organiza
tion of business men formed for
the- purpose of studying- measures
of relief from traffic congestion,
including re-routing of streets and
ity planning. He is a director of
the Chamber of Commerce and
chairman of its roads., committee,
also a director of the California
Bank of Los Angeles. : j
In securing Mr.i Hoffman for
.the Important position of -vice
president In charge of sales. Presi
dent Erskine feels that !he has
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THE COST
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GUARANTEED PARTS FOR ALIi CARS
Sure! Quit Service Js On
Aiaix MAKES
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JOE WILLIAMS
The Battery JVIan I
; 531 Court Street.
member Willard Battory men
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The ;foHoyingUsecl Curs for sale at real
Bargain Prices and on the most reason
able terms to clean out stock.
Come in and look them over
; and try them out
Willys-ICnight Touring
Dcdge Sedan Eccex Sedan
HuDmob3e Tourinrr
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R. N. MacDonald
IVlarmcn
Phone 703
obtained a man Ideally suited for
the work. Mr. Hoffman's head
quarters will be at the general
of fice at Eouth Bend, Indiana. He
has been elected a director of the
corporation and a member of -Its
executive and "finance committees.
11, A. Biggs, who is beisg suc
ceeded by Mif. Hoffman, Is retir
ing from active business. - His
ser?ices to the corporation and
administration of the affairs of
the , sales department for six years
were highly satisfactory and suc
cessful. His numerous friends in
the automobile industry as well
as in the Studebaker organization
wilt; miss him. H vis compelled
to establish his residence in a
milder climate,, and expects short
ly to move from South Bend., to
Southern California
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USED BY DRIVER
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Averase Driver tndansers
Electrical System Through
Ignorance
The ammeter, the least under
stood ' dial on the instrument
board of a motor car, is in many
ways the most Important.
Few automobile owners, how
ever, understand the story the am
meter tells- as the miles . fly by.
The ammeter is the guardian of
the whole' electrical system of the
car, particularly during 'extreme
of I winter cold and "Bummer heat,
and is connected to every bit of
electrical apparatus with the sole
exception . of the starting motor, .
If you et acquainted with the
ammeter it will tell you at a
glance whether or not the whole
system is functioning properly.
It will tell you if one of the head
lights is out J It will tell you if
there is a short circuit In the
line; it will jwarn you a moment
if the generator fails to function.
An : understanding glance at the
ammeter every 20 miles or- so is
a trouble,; saver of great Im
portance? j : J
When the motor Is started, and
everything is working properly,
the little hand moves over to a
certain spot on the charging side
and there It' Invariably restg
varying In location with the speed
of the car until something goes
wrong irt the electrical system. If
one of the headlights goes but the
ammeter shows a slight increase
in the charging rate; it the gen
erator, fails to function for an)
reason, the hand swings away over
to the discharge side and the
driver knows that the whole load
Is being carried by the battery.
The ammeter never shows the
MOTOR
IS SMALIi
"BILL"
WATKINS
ITS a R-e-a-1 Service, too
, -7-the kind that helps
you get all the perform
ance out of your present .
battery first. If yours is a
WillatCharlfe3.ry
Battery ycVve got a big
ad vantage- We'd like to
tell you why. , .
Phone 108
Koadcter
Dealer
256 State St.
IN
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Cannon Ball Baker Mixes Service With Speed .--
In Record-Breaking Night Intercity Auto. Run
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THE first photograph of the
middle west tornado "disaster
to reach Ixg. Angeles, CaJ.,"
newspapers were brougltt over the -
last lap of 212.9 miles by Cannon
Ball Baker in a Itictenbacker car.
equipped with Kelly balloon . tires.
Driving on Uie tonuous, mountain
ous highway between San Luis
Obispo nd Ios Apgeles in black
night,' he broke the inter-city rec
ord. I lis tiine; was 4 hours and
24 - minutes, an -average of 48.4
miles per hour. And this over a
tig-zag Highway with scons of
hairpin turns which we're; taken at
45 miles per hour without .slipping
or skidding. ; -
Baker left San Luis OUirpo at
7.45 a-m. and reached Los Angeles
at 11.09 a-iu.
The JAY WALKER
. By BEIiTOX BRA LEU j t
. Illustrated by Charles Dunn I
He's target for warnings and slo-
gans of censure ? -' J
And death-heads on placards
are grinning at him.
And yet, In a way, he's a Knight
. of Adventure !
? w no jousts through the traffic
with truculent vim. f
To motor-car dragons be flings
his defiance, I ' . ; j
Gives battle on foot to the ogres
. on wheels, ;
And juggernaut trucks are the
up-to-date giants
Whose charges he foils with, a
fleet pair of heels! ,
Jay Walker' Jay Walker?
Blithe motor-car Btalker;
- Who daily goes "gaily 4 to dally
with chance, ' .
AH traffic rules flouting.. i
A fool? ' Beyond doubting!
Yet somehow a fool with & tang
of Romance! -'
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Denied the brave hazards his an
cestors battled, ,
Ills pulses still with their blood
that is 'red. i ' ' ,: '
Insouciant and valiant, ' unawed
and unrattled.
II i3 spirit on danger demands
to be fed. ;
Life's vapid T when lacking ,some
i valorous saucing;
The Jay Walker finds It In traf
fic,and scorns
To "wait for the lights" or to
full flow of electricity from the
generator, : but It t does i indicate
the amount of electricity that is!
flowing into or out of the battery,
hence the importance of. the tell
tale current indicator and its
ability to tell what is going on all
along the line.
The generator is the whole
source of supply of electricity and
It keeps the : entire . system ; in
operation but it requires little, if
any attention, from the driver. It
is important to know that the
electrical ontpnt of the generator
may be varied on Chevrolet cars
by what is known as third "brush
adjustment, for the car consumes
more electricity In cold weather
than it does in warm and'tbye gen
erator should be adjusted, accord
ingly by one who Is - experienced
in doing this kind of work, j
It is easy to know when gen
erator adjustment is required for
the battery will tell you all about
it. Give your battery a hydro
meter test every two weeks. . H
you find the battery fully charged
and requiring only a little dis
tilled water, everything is all
right. If "at the end of successive
two week's periods you find the
battery persistently out of water,
it Is an indication that the gen
erator Is supplying too much elec
tricity and if allowed to continue
will result in serious damage to
the battery. If. on the other hand
you find the, battery persistently
undercharged the generator
should be adjusted to supply more
current. ' ;.''.v vf 4- :
It is Important for the driver
to follow ; instructions carefully
when adjusting the gap on ; his
spark -plugs. A high voltage is
required to make the spark: Jump
the gap ad the wider the gap the
higher the voltage. However, if
the gap is widened the voltage is
automatically Increased, and if li
goes high, enough will cause a
failure in the ignition coil and
will require a new unit, which la
rather expensive. .
Many drivers, and not a : few
mcehanics, have found that an en
gine wbicn will not run properly
when idling, due to leaky valves
or some other cause, will run fine
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At top "Cannon BalV Baker tn hi
ear read if j for n record breaking
run; and below, just "Cannon Bali"
Baker.
The flood pictures had been wired
to San Francisco by the newest of
inventions, j Carried to San Luis
Obispo by' motorcycle and picked up
there by Baker.
The tiresj used were the same set
on which Baker a few days ago
smashed three inter-city records in
"cross at the crossings."
He sneersj at the signals and ha
ha'i the horns!
. Jay Walker! Jay Walker!
Let whistle and squawker
And tooter and siren rip gashes
.'in air; t . ,
He goes where he chooses
And stoutly refuses
To let any motorist give him a
; scare!
A huge landaulette with a footman
and chauffeur
Is no more to him than a five-
year-old Ford. v
Part greyhound, ; part fox.
and
part squirrel and gopher,
He darts where the thickest of
traffic is poured. . .
He sidesteps and wriggles, he
leapsj and he lunges, '
He risks his' fool neck, making
drivers grow gray. ;
And yet you can't help being
- thrilled by his plunges , ;
As boldly! he Jay-walks along on
his way!
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- Jay Walker! Jay Walker, '
The I'safety-first" balker; .
He's playing a senseless and
dangerous game,' '
But though disapproving.
His inethod of moving
You've) got to applaud at his
nerve just the same!
!-American Motorist.
if the spirlj; gap is widened, but
they are taerely relieving the dif
ficulty for a time at the expense
of the electrical system, instead
of finding the real cause of the
trouble and correcting it at the
source. , .-.I i.-- . ' .;
JEWETT SIX Wins
EN REGENT TESTS
The new.
Jewett Six was an
the public at the
nounced
to
various automobile shows through
out the United, States as the best
performing! automobile In ' its
class. -The Paige-Detroit Motor
Car' company, its builders, to
back an, this assertion, asked Its
dealer organization to demon
strate, the car In competition with
Its rivals wherever .possible.
The result, Mr. Harry M. Jew
ett, president of the company has
informed! Mr. Miller,' manager of
Folsom Motor Car company local,
distributors, bas been a country
wide' demonstration of the perfor
ming qualities of the Jewett Six,
in many j instances , before-: large
audiences. h--'t
The Thompson Motor Car com
pany of Tulsa, Okla., was: among
the first to start the demonstra
tions. It challenged every dealer
in town to a competitiyo high.
speed and low speed in high gear
hill-climb. Six dealers accepted
the challenge and the hew Jewett
won easily in the presence of over
3,000 "spectactors, according to a
report received at tne factory.
' The Scranton Paige Motor Car
company! of. Scranton, Pa., was
next. In this case acompetitiver
six ' cylinder automobile's dealer
challenged ' the Scranton com
panyV advertising. . The compe
titor defied the Jewett Six to beat
his product up a 17 per . cent
grade, four-fifths of a mile long,
just outside of Scranton and of
fered to bet $500 on his car. The
Scranton Paige company accepted
the challenge and put up the $500.
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a race from 1 Paso, Tex., to Los
Angeles, CaL
i ms was ! a continuous run.
Baker made Los Angeles in 21
hours and 23 minutes, beating
former auto record by 2 hours and
58 minutes, land beating Sunset
Limited train by 2 hours and 12
minutes.
The run from El , Paso to
Phoenix was made iri 10 hours and
12 minutes, beating: former auto
records by 1 J hour and 3 minutes
and the best train time of1 2 hours
and 18 minutes. '
The run from -Phoenix to Los
Angeles was made in 11 hours and
11 minutes, beating former auto'
record by 1 hour and 37 minutes.,
lie had no tife trouble except one;
puncture, altliough the course is x-i
trenwly rough. - i i
More than a thousand people were
on hand toi see the fun.
A standard stock Jewett Six
touring car-that had been driven
but 80 miles was selected to de
feat the Jewett's fair name f in
Scranton. According to news
paper reports of the affair receiv
ed at the factory the Jewett went
up the hill in the first, trial in
4416 seconds;' This was the only
trial made by the Jewett.!
' Then the competing car tried it.
The first time was 2 minutes 1
seconds, . according: to the news
papers. - Thej dealer argued that
something was wrong and the
Jewett dealer magnanimously ; of
fered him another trial.VThe com-,
petitor's time j on the second j at
tempt was one minute, 55 seconds.
Then the competitor gave up and
the Jewett dealer collected the
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FOR TEN YEARS
i "For ten j year3 dependable.
These words Express the successful-attainment
of i an ideal con
ceived in thej minds ot the foun
ders before the first car bearing
Dodge Brothers name was placed
in the hands of a! purchaser late
in 1914." says Russell Bones
teele of the Bonesteele Motor
company, local dealer, In com
menting on Dodge Brothers latest
advertisement.' : I - i
"The word ,'Dependable, when
it appeared on the poster boards
and In the magazines and news
papers several .years ago.j focused
public attention on one basic char
acteristic to which,! more than any
other. Is due the good name which
Dodge Brothers Motor Car i en
joys everywhere. .
, "Having 'decided to produce a
car bearing their" name; Dodge
Brothers kepb; 'Dependability' con
stantly in mind while they jrere
designing the units, selecting 1 the
materials, prescribing the beat
treatments and determining I the
machining and assembling pro
cesses and inspections, j j
"The four-jcylinder, L-head type
of engine was selected because it
has always been known, over great
OKLY
TWO
CONTROLS
i Only two controls still remain
on the steering wheel ot a prom
tnent motor car manufacturer; but
they are not the same controls
that once rested there. : l.
An automatic spark i advance,
which gives; to , the engine Itself
the task of regulating the timing
Of the spark in accord with the
speed of "the engine, ; has taken
the old-time spark advance lever
off the wheel. The throttle still
remains.' i' v'.;!' -' T':'h:';
. In place of the spark lever, .the
entire lighting control has been
put on the wheel, right at the
driver's finger tips, so he ean dim
his lights without taking his eyes
from.;; the road at a critical mo-'
ment when to do so might mean
piling his car and hia passengers
Into the ditch . .. . :.' '.j 1
It Is just one more of present
day Improvements In car manu
facture, designed, to add to the
convenience and safety of driving.
PROVE DEPENDABLE
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periods of service to be the most
dependable and free from need of
repairs orpdjustments. "
"That their judgment a decade
ago was sound is evidenced clearly
by the fact than over 75 per cent
of. all passenger cars .today are
powered by four-cylinder engines
and that last year Dodge Brothers
sales showed an increase of over
25 per cent against a loss of 11
per cent by ! th automobile in
dustry as a whole. . ;
"Dependabflity of the chassis is
the result )f a well balanced de
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In Keauty of finish and upholstery, and
in rich refinement, the Hupmobile De
Luxe Sedan far surpasses anything
which has ever been offered the public
at anywhere near the price.
You can drive it along-side the highest
priced closed cars made today and be
proud of the comparison.
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Features of the De Luxe Sedan include:
Color choice of new Hupmobile blue or
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odge-Brother
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TQURINB CAR
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The first cars J bearing Dodge Brothers
name were Touring Cars. -
They were good and sturdy cars, so gqod
! and so sturdy that no radical change in basic
' design has been found necessary during
these ten intervening years.
This fact has had far-reaching results. It has
enabled Dodge Brothers to dedicate those
ten years to the constant betterment of the
product.
, More recently this endless process of im
provement has manifested itself in various
and impressive ways in a new degree of
. riding comfort a new smoothness of opera-
tion, a new and appealing beauty of line,
and in those special details of appointment
which distinguish the Special Touring Car,
$085 f . o. b. Detroit; $1175 delivered
BONESTEELE MOTOR CO.
sign of ' which Dodge Brothers
Motor car is; an outstanding- ex
ample. All units and component
parts; are designed and manufac
tured to .work together in, smooth
co-ordination -none overdevelop
ed at the expense of others.) j
"The .well known policy of con
stant development of aj basic
design as contrasted with the pro
duction of radically different an
nual models gives the- buyer com
plete assurance of dependability.
Every year since the first Dodge
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AND
beige (a rich shade of tan) ; Duco finish;
nickel radiator: cowl lamps ; balloon tires,
and disc wheels or natural wood wheels,
optional; fine hardware of special design;
lifters, for rear windows; "platinum"
mohair upholstery: automatic windshield
wiper; rear view mirror.
The beauty, comfort and durability of
J the body await your inspection. The
reliability and fineness of the chassis
r you may safely take for granted.
KIRKWGOD MOTOR CO.
Corner Commercial and Chcrnehcta
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PIIOXK 423f T , !
Brothers Motor car was built it
has -been made better by refine
ment, of detail.
"When- one million Dodge
Brothers Motor cars had been pro
duced it was found that over 90
per. cent were still in" active serv
ice. This fact affords ample evi
dence of generous public approva
of the sound policy of building
car of enduring dependability." (
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