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THIRTY-TWO PAGES DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH fl, 1920, PAGE THIRTEEN MAXWELL TRUCK DOS WELL IN TOUR --. :-- r-: r -- : -., :- .. -gg T BEST AVERAGE FOR TIRE AND GAS CONSUMPTION MADE BY LIGHT CAR SAYS WORD TO NEIL & BARKER CO. RACING ORIVEr.S TEST 'BALANCE ' Or WHEELS CEr-OHLI STARTING 'RUM i HI The llRhtest, lowest priced ton and a half entry in the National Motni' Truck Development Tour which camn tn a conclusion at Milwaukee, after travelling over 3, not) miles thr"uff)i the six rlchcHt farmlnf states of the mid die went. made, the best average for consumption of gasoline, oil and wat er. This Ih not official hut Ik hatted on authoratlve figures Just received hy Neil A Harker, local Maxwell dealers. The feat was accompllHhed by a Maxwell truck although it traveletl the snmc rough roads and carried itH Hhare .of overloads from soft fields aa the , other participant. Soon after the, train left Chicago, Percy (MUM, driver of the truck, reported that farmers and business men along the route were taking a particular Interest In 'the Mnvwell. The crowds seemed to all. predate the difference between mas- ! Hive weight and the light sturdy con- . etruction of the Maxwell. Officials Watch Maxwell Furthermore, the Maxwell attract- j ed as much attention from the officials of the tour as it did from th farmers. , A stock 1 1-2-ton truck was taken j from production without preliminary ! "tuning up," and placed In the 3.000 mile demonstration tour In competi tion with the best In America. It traversed some of the worst roads in j the country, over plowed fields and In j country lanes, at tlmoK hauling many hundred pounds in excess of Its rated capacity and made a remarkable rec ord. The Maxwell came through without the need of mechanical adjustment and the big 36 by r. pneumatic tires which carried the truck looked at the. finish as though they had not run over 100 miles'. IX Mill to ;allon necords available show that the Maxwell averaged slightly over 13 miles to the gallon of gas. over 1.J00 miles to the gallon of oil. and 383 miles to the gallon of wafer. These gas and oil records from one to five gallons higher than the average are good under the most favorable conditions, but are exceptional when It Is considered that the truck carried loads of potatoes out of soft rields to market, hauled stacks of wheat from field to thrasher, hurried overloads of milk from farm to shipping points and otherwise demonstrated its use fulness under all conditions, to all reed of the American farmer. OTer smooth stretches of road the Maxwell made as high as 17 miles to the gallon of gas. Near Fargo, N. TV. Percy r.lhhs. driver Of the truck, made his most difficult demonstration. From the I ftchroeder Rros. farm two loads of po- I tatoes each weighing 3.700 pounds j were taken from u soft plowed field. where the wheels of the truck sank nearly hub deep tn the mire, to the depot rive miles away. Groceries. , grain, bran, flour, milk, furnaces, po tatoes, pop. gasoline, oil. baggage and , general merchandise were carried at different times during the tour prov- j ing the Harwell'; versatility. The ability of the truck to pull through muddy stretches of gumbo j road and over slippery hills that the Datives claimed were Impassible, on Its own power Is a matter of pride with driver OlbbH who hns travelled some i some of the worst mads In the country and who asserts that some of those traversed by the (melt train were as bad as any he had seen. Wristpin is Small But Important and Essex Realizes It Functioning of Engine Depends ; Larqely Upon Tiny Part; 26 Operations Gone Through , in IIS MaKiny. "The wrist p'n u one of the small est details entering Into the construc tion of an automobile." savs J. R. Kl klns, F.ssex-Hudson distributor, "Hid den from sight by the svllnder wal's. P carries the power generats-d by the expansion of the burning gas from the piston itself to the connecting rod. which, In turn, moves the crank shaft. "It Is a part that Is never seen by the owner, and yet It is as vital to the. operation of the car as is the rear axle To the naked eye all wristpins look more or less alike. Apparently Just hollow tubes of polished steel, their performance is taken f.fr grant ed And vet a wristpin may be turned up out of any hit of steel by any mechanic and hnrdened by a hlack smlth, or It may be made of a special steel, passing through a. score of op erations. The difference becomes ap parent onlv through actual use. "When a shop mechanic attempts to make a wristpin. the metal used is nnv bar stock that happens to be hsndy. After being turned up In a lathe It Is heated In a bed of coals. The pin Is allowed to remain In the fire until the workman thinks ft Is finished. Then It Is hardened after a haphazard method that permits of the widest variations In results. "With the F-ascx 'he extreme care lavished on these Inconspicuous hits of metal is typical of the high qua -ity of material and fine workmanship to be found throughout the whole car Rverv wristpin goes through - operations and Is forced to undergo the most rigid teets before it Is ac cepted for use in an Ksscx motor. Air IiksrBusr, Misfire -Mr leaks aro a common cause of misfiring, though they are often overlooked. A worn valve guide allows enough air lo be sucked into the cylinders to cause misfiring, and It nlso permits oil to leak out. If oil Is discovered leaking nut It Is fair to nsaumc that excess air is being Injected Into the fuel charges. There la a shortage of S000 echool teachers In Ontario. ' - 1 will never touch my cear-shlft without pushing down ray clutch. 1 will never kill my engine when I stop. I will never turn my steering wheel too little or too much. I will never, never disobey tho cop. 1 will never try to start the thing when either brake is on, I will never make a racket when I shift I will never run my engine till oil and gas are gone. I will never give her more than she can lift, 1 will never burn my brakes out, however much I'm scared, I will travel on my engine down fne hill. I will never be a rond-hog. but will always be prepared, Frir the other man who can be If he will. It In Interesting to note, thai auto mobile rae.oK drivers be or enterinfl a championship r.ie. five the most careful alt nth. n to th- "balanclne' of their wheels. A racing driver al ways keep In reserve no on pi,. sn ply of spare tires mounted on wire wheels. lie supplies the wheels to th. tire company's representative whe mounts the tires and inflates them to the proper air pressure. As soon as the driver has received his mounted tires from the tire man he "balances" the wheels. The ear Is Jacked up and a wheel applied to the axle. If the wheel moves It is not In balance and the raolrm driver corrects this by twisting a piece of wire around a spoke or by placing a metal washer around the valve stem, supplving Just enough added weight to the rim of the wheel, that when again placed on the axle In different positions the wheel will re main stationary. A wheel that meas ures up to this test is said to be "bal anced." The object In this Is to avoid excessive tread wenr antl to gain uni formity of wheel revolution. Affifaxffl&S Truck I rjLS 1 1-2 TONS AND 75 PER CENT OF ALL LOADS CARRIED BY HORSE OR Mi T m ARE 1 1-2 TONS OR LESS. A One-Ton Maxwell Truck heavily loaded w oi d trip across the mountains to La Grand i iild be placed before any motor di iven ti the entire trip on its own power and practi kind with the exception of one broken bear ith a stripped Maxwell chassis made a rec e in the face of almost every obstacle that uck.. Snoev-, mud, washouts, .etc., .making caly without car or motor trouble of any in; 75 Per Gent of all Hauling Can Be Done by a THIS PAIR PLAYED WITH FRENCH KIDDIES tl N J i'h R MUM HHK Vm ti n a II II II N IQ ii iHIHiBLillllllllllH "HnBLwHf ' ( N I IIM VXf ' tfrWX V ...i -i.- i, i M l Maxwell Truck There are now more than 13,000 Maxwell trucks in use. And not a single business can be found to which the Maxwell isn't adapted. Up to this time there has been listed over 300 kinds of business in which Maxwell trucks are em ployed. They will do everything a five ton truck will do except haul five tons at one load. Five-ton trucks aren't better. They're merely bigger. Big trucks spend more gas haul ing themselves than the Maxwell uses at peak load. How well those Maxwells have done their work is shown by a ser vice record of 99.6 per cent perfec- ;ion the greatest record ever made by a motor-driven vehicle. $1310, chassis only, f. o. b. De troit. Electric lights. Electric gen erator. Worm drive. 2400 lbsj NEIL & BARKER NEW YORK "Ici," wire-haired terrier and mascot o( the American kindergarten uni working with French refuge; children at Lille, with hi mistress. Miss Sophie K Smith of Urldgeport. Conn., arrived in the alales a few days ago Uoia of tbem were glad to get back. RIVERSIDE MAXWELL DEALERS PHONE 180 I Maxwell N EW LINES, more than a score of notable chassis improvements, the use of all the finest metals known to metallurgy for motor car construction, a better ap pointed body, easy castering effect in steering, and the maintenance of high efficiency and low economy through a 1960-pound weight distinguish this Post War Maxwell, able descendant of more than 300,000 cars bearing this name. Neil & Barker isitehsipe wwn i. ii:i n:s I
