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About The Eugene guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1924-1930 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 7, 1925)
ahirclny Evcnin Paee Six THE EUGENE GUARD E IS EXCLUSIVE STAR SNOWDRIFTS ARE NO BARRIER TO AUTOS Another Pair of Wheels Added, and Caterpillar Chain is Attached; Car Goes on as Though Nothing had Happened at all. Iitr-jcrr mileage while Illinoia ftets 1, THXt mi!c an tlie anticipated program for the year. Michigan on the uthr hand, antiripatei a wbarp reduction of atioiit -5 per cent, Wiaconain of alwnt 40 per cent and Iowa about 10 pfr cent from the 11124 record. Thee re piea relute only to atate highways. BY KENNETH AHI.ES AltJioneh tile ract Ciat any Star ml may be driven with one front wheel removed has been an established fuel for aome considerable time, .yet, lien -e thclcHK. the memorable trn of the Three Wheeled Star from Eugene to Wendlinit. wherein the return trip waa ninde in an hour and a quarter, In canned no end of comment, and many 'fans'' have come to us for the ex planation. It is all concealed in the words, anabolic of the wonderful exclusive Star feature, not to bo found in any other type of car except Durant and Flint, and those two words are ' 1 u bular backbone." Then to those who ct have bad no opportunity to invesligaet this ex clusive feature let us explain that twisting, weaving, a'"' shifting, are anme of the common fuuila of the averngo light car frnnie. The tubular backbone then, which is. of course, a patent unit, nets as nn additional brace to the six cross members, be ing a six inch Meel tube running parallel to the frame, and gives the Star frame n rigidness that in found In no other light car. It is possible and one of our regu lar demonstration to so place a Star, that one front wheel is 18 inches above the other and the two rear M.tmnlu nn ATI eolllll ilium1.. TIlCI! PV- ery door is Just na easily opened and closed as any car on a snow room floor. Literally hundreds of people !t,:t;.,r At, nlnnf weeklv rcuucst- ing demonstrations of the new Star of the fact that the rear one gear num remains unchanged, and Hint we use only an average good graoe or niui i rating nil, mid plain ordinary commer cial gasoline, which facta will reverse ii... ...,:.,; f mm folks we are. ac tually .making most unusual power testa. Not satisfied with making the hair pin turn on SkinncrB butto with four and five passengera in high, of course, our boys now stop the car when half way between Pearl street and that "hairpin." let the car drift backwards, and atill leaving It in high, catch the backward momentum with the clutch and atnrt on up again, in high, make thn turn anil then repent the per formance between the hairpin and the steep pitch at the first reservoir. At this n-aervnir. this feat Is done the third time and the, left hand pull to the top made from the standing stnrt In high. If any person Is not Impressed with such performance, try to duplicate the feata with nny powered car, be It four or twelve cylinder, a aix or an eight. The Star car la one of the most in demand In America and oitr factory wholesale, division hnB received nil merous applications for agencieB from some of Uie largest dealers on the Tactile const not handling Star cars now, who evidently can see some kind of "handwriting on the wall." v, ' wops? "i?tz?"rHj f ""-A T"T?f v mil s:S Auto is Operated By Means of Radio BY TOO FREE USE "An automobile operated and steer ; ed by radio was what hundreds of : persons thought they w itnessed re-1 centry during a demonstration of an : (lldsinobile coach at Kargo, N. I.." says Frank Calkins, locnl agent. "Tho car was started on a 4'1-foot cinder ' track in was set at BY ISRAEL KLEIN (NBA Service Writer) Motorista use their brakes too lib erally. That's the chief cause for skidding. An automobile will skid on slippery a vacant lot. The throttle pavement when the front wheels are it ,'t miles an hour, the i j h. .lightest out of the for- steering wheel turned to make thn .. direction, the clutch is out and correct circle and lift, imfiisteiied, as t),e brakes are applied. The bnck the car operated. . j '', i,.i o,,riinir the heavier half of The (lldsinobile run in this man- ,,c . i,, most cases, become lock- a sudden turn' must be made, take your foot off the throttle and apply both brakes, emergency and service while the clutch is still engaged. You will skid, but not ns much as you would if the clutch were out. Don't try to shift suddenly into low or reverse. There would be noth ing left of your gears if you did. Keen shr of street car tracka, but if you happen to slide into them, this . is how to get out: I Slow down, shift into low gear, and I when you have clear space to right and left of you, suddenly swerve your i wheels to the rlghf. You will skid a ! little, hut not enough to harm, and the I car will he out of the tracks. Method of Taking Off Lights Given It is Holdom that n headticlit rim ran hp rninnveH frfo1jr aftrr hoinc ! Jill f ' 1 ! OUoh III "th II .-f OUSTS Chlldnnllk.lt. uilT' Ir. Ashton foTUhwi lb in Vca,hc-r ,';" " "'ed " er ' ,,3! :i'.. r: "'"r, n ;h r0 : ' -. 1 ; n.i . ,n".' " . . ... 1 1 rust or naint will hnlil it In n niw 'i-i- rnn, n.. v '"'I"." '"""fe or the w (lir(.ction regardlesa ot front nee. theater. Phone 8fft S noiirs was j,, nines, anit the itas ,i:vn;nn . . . . . .,.. ,,,:., nnM,i t -i .. A mecnanic says ne nas removea consumption averaged 1X7 miles per, F.ven when the front wheels are - . ,i;ffii,' .1,1, i, : gallon. The unfastened steer ng reeled straigb forward, if the car is 1 mol ' ' B5SS!a&affi22r'5; '1. "I".-'"-" 4 rSSlVsUppcry road that ; -P -w driver ft wZjlTTT! miseu many ot slones to the ditcb. releasing ".,,.. ... '.,,,11 "WU anfl In,! I mnnstralion to ,.i..ii, nnnlrinir the brakes mean . .. . ' "'"':ifl W!nn, n.i... . v" . .. , . '' " : .,.:; oucKie 10 llie rignt. Draw stran end ' SJ a ,,uer coiuro.lcu ana,, anger. The back ot trie car. u.,; ( tightly, folding back to the I M case takes the easiest course lunuiu.. , ....... ... ..." . : I . ,. , 1 .1 .i-Ipa- enn t ' "il' " euiL niri, loop urounil the d,tch-and the bes driver cn t bwUe screw driver or pinch bar through the i wire loop and lift ns in using a pipe 1 E. BAN "FLEA HOP" wrench. I Ea The same method may he used in Flivver Hack-Talk j A few of the messages from the iiparo tire covers on a popular make of car: I rattle, but I don't atrike. Darling, I Bin growing old. Where. I'apa goes, Mama goes, or T,!xr.ift stays nt home. Tho crnp-shootera' special ahnke, rattle and roll. Willie's nightie. Not Willie's night hut Tom'e. Spinal cords wear the longest, 1024 Spoonholdcr. 4 wheels, 4 brakes, 4 more Install ments. Dodge no metal can touch yon. Urvanlied not in the race hut Itill running. I ain't n-join' to run much more. True love never runa amoothly. Chicken! Here'a your coop. Sister, you'd look tough without . paint, too. Laugh, hut T paid cash for mine. 4 wheels I No brakeal Look out I There'a beauty In every jnr. Sound vnliio. Can't you hear it? Blow horn nnd jump over. Danger 10,(HK jolts. Dnngerous lint passable. For Sale. $I.HS while it Inula. Exasper "8' Ilesit '". Viber "8. Can you add to this list? mi '''.'- IN. n nnotlicr pair of wtirols. nltncli a cat irpillar cliflin drive? mid Hcont on! Tlmt'B what the Cadillac (Mich.) fire department linn done, and Hint h what inotoriHtft in Fninci; urn doniR. rHio upper photo , shown the fin i fiKhtniK apparatiiH adaptnd to deep nx i peratme motor rail roachea. In j snow driving- ISKis in front, msteiid .lanniry. r.nt, me number had m of wheelB, niukr MforiiiK Pior nnd crpnwil to ir7. an apparent increaiic !..... ainiiuai .nan tlx. fi'olit K lmlw ' 1 1 iiit-- pipe wrench. American iJigest. Automobile I ...oh a eHrlo nnrP it's started. Vil I'miji'o i.'-l 1 . w.Jt .,,, , ,., r(.n- , .,, Slopes uangerons "flea hop" won't be danced here. Not jj,,r(, the real danger. Motor that it in considered immoral. It wan jstn are tdd to. steer their cars in lifiniiffl nt tint l.'lb 1 ,1. .. U..4- if thn vibration caused bV t nnt .h f. ! K .rf. ditch and ?lK radiator cps or other parts IF voiir motor car hns l.'ie biiliil of fling of feet in unison endn..n,.,l - t ,eer his car ",at not Wltliatanrt the jawa of a I . .... ..... ,c .-niiiurint ,i getting; stuck in the snow, just add minding. i,,nt wnr nP js BUrc to go in, one way LIQUOR GOING UP I 'There"!" no escape from such a TOKIO, Feb. 7. All the liolelu , Tl... ! a nreventivc. as there here are raising the prices of liipiors j j8 for anv kind of skid. j because of higher tariff rates. That is drive carefully, turn slow-1 ,. Iv with clutch in, keep the engine! Rail Motor Coaches nilinB , car. apply the brakes 111 i;f-. 11111 m rauroaus were listen H0,vv and carefully. With the clutch engaged, the en-, gine' controls the car. Brakes may j then be applied easily, without letting : out the clutch. Then, if the rear does I Ik..:. .L1.1 11.. .,; .M1 keen the ! slicking 111 the snowdrifts. 'I he back ; For Patrons Only wheels turning in an effort to drive 1 wheel arrangement can get tho truck j a .ev 1 ors department store lintheni out of -the skid. ; trough any heavy snowfall. 1 a garage where shoppers may pnric Taking Curves ! And since the department is liable i their c.irs. While the cars are in Ihit 1 Curves should be taken with the: to be called out on a fire outside the enrage, they are fully covered by tlu-J dutch encaged, and the gears in sec citv limits, the uppnrntus comes in 1 slore owners against fire, theft, per-; nd. or low. The brakes need not be bandilv for such emergencies. ! sonal liability and property daiungo. ! touched. In I ranee, even passenger cars, in: I ,f the car is goiiig at a good ratcj the habit of touring from town to BiB Visiting Lift 1 0f speed and necessity for slowing' town.' are equipped with double-wheel More t.han l.WMl.tHHl tourists are!Up or stopping is seen ahead, take caterpillar drives, as the photo at the expected to enter California in 1 vnur foot off the throttle and let the shw shows. ' according to n stilfly made by the There s no need for clearing awar Automobile Club of Southern Califnr the sonw on the highways if all mo- n'n. The prediction ia bised on the torists look to this kind of touring . normal in. T-'nse of travel nlong trans it; enva. ii'n?rh King Coal 0 Cord Wood 4 Slabwood 7. MANERUD. ""' HUNTINGTON FUEL CO. 1st National Bank au. OA "'" Room 24 Phone 651 WHY EXPERIMENT? Buy the best, Aberdeen Best in the west "Peacock Rock Springs" and Gasco Briquets. RABNIEE? COAL CO. Phone 412 15 E, 7th , Muffler is Often Found to be Real Cause of Trouble Good Roads Cut Auto Gas Hills Square in Half Good Toads In North Carolina unvc tho motorixt an average of $Ui.-5 year, itatiRtirt show. llere is tho way the cbrck iip u mado: In licl, 72.tHW.OiHt RiiltoiiR of Ran olinf wrrf tlupiird inlo llir Rititf. vhirli at that tim bad a totnt roj lairution of 1 llMMHI autoniobilra. Tin utatr bicbway comminnion tonk over tbo rontln iluit vnr and Kniifi'i d them up. The following; year thorp were KMMHUMH) galloiiR of jrtm nIpp pfd Into (he slate, and ISL'.IKK) varn reriftrrrd. Thia wat an nvrrncr of ."0 gatlotiw to tlm oar, ttT Kallonfl 1ihh tlnn I lit arrriiKP in 11'-1 . Thin 1lTi j a lions of faa at -" rfiita la A certain cor would operate sat isfactorily at low speeds, but if apeed od up, it would stop in a nhort time The fuel lino was taken down and donned, without rcnults. The carbur etor waa then tnkcu opnrt, cleaned and adjiiHtril. but no improvpnii'iit was noted. Tbo vnlvea wero Kround and a now ctiHkrt waa placed under tho rylinder head. New KHHkota wera ptuced under tho intake manifold, un der tho aHHiiniption that there was an air leak which weakened the mixturo at IiIkIi apeeda. After everything elao had been tried, the muffler waa taken apnrt, and it waa found to be well caked with carbon on tho inaide. The construction of the muffler waa anch that only amall paaanjtev were pro vided for the pannage of the psbaiiNt Kaaca. An theac were partly closed, I Big Paving Year . Is Forecast From Data of Engineers Telegraphic forecasts to the 83 pbalt aHHoeiiition from Ii" scute high way coinmmHioners and -10 city eu gtneera of cities of 1(KM)(H population muffler requires ao little time that "r over indicates that the-year Ujr. wi.l be the greatest year for the pav ing of street and higlrways iir the entire histury f the good roads and gond Btreets movement. From a study of the rrpliea ,1. K, l'cnnylmckr, general manager of the n.-aociation. estimates the lDL'ii paving at fully 21) per cent over 1JJ 1 which latter year waa itself a record breaker. Among the outstanding nnving pro- grams are thnse of Alnh:inui with ;i 1(H) per cent increase over Mm- aoini with at leant a (M) per cent in crease. r'utli i nroiinn with 47 per rent. irxas will coiiKtritct a inn. h they rcNtricted the expulsion of the gasea, cauaing a 'back preaaurc. At low specda, the gaaca had sufficient time to pawn through the reduced ope ning but an the a peed increased, it beenmo impossible for the gases to completely neavenge the cylinders on the exhaust atroke. A clean exhaust passage is just as important ns a good iutnkc suction, and cleaning the it should not be left for the Inst at tempt. Expensive repairs have oc casionally been done to nn engine when only tbo muffler was at fault. Ameiicnu Automobile Digest. Loss Auto "Luxurios" Decrease In the revenue from nn tomobile excise tuxes has slimvn Hie extent to which auto parts and nccs horifs have been reclassified within the last year as no longer being In the luxury class. .More than $1,000,000 less was collected during September of liliM than a year before. continental rotids. Balloons Increase Eighteen per" cent of the cord tir production consists of ba Toons, ac cording to the Rubber Association of "America, One nf the largest, bal loon tire manufacturers, however, is not included in its report. engine slow up the ear. The brakes i may be applied and released with j short, easy strokes of the pedal. But ' the clutch should remain in until the driver is certain just another slight touch of the brake pedal would bring I the car to a complete stop. The best precaution against skid I ding is to avoid a sudden change, in direction. Turns shouW be , made slowly and ns widely as possible. In Emergencies If the emergency arises nt which S. B. FINNEGAH Machine Blacksmi thing Soil Truck Tires; Aulo and Truck Springs; Auto Wheels and Kims; Oxyacetylene Welding We .carry carbide in cans; also blacksmith coal, and oxygen in tanks. nodd's h&mst Meed Closed Car with Doors Front and Hear 2ANNI TO FLY ON TOKIO, I'Vh. 7.- - All Inxisli -1'ipnn-fni pnvrrimiiMlt officiitU tmvo rr qur-Htnl (lint Mnjnr Zatini Ichti. Ii i m rnitnil-tlip-tviirlil Hirplnno in r Nippon niunr-iim, (Iip ArffiMitinn nvintor plmm tn rrtiiinie IiIr wnrlil flight in Mn.r In tlm hop nf lioim I hi- first Roiith Amnriran aviator to encircle tlit glulir. SERVING HUMANITY l.OMMJX, K.li. T. lliii plri that Sir broke A law "to arrvp humanity" falpl to prevent Ir. II. t'; llacktiry froni bfilif fininl fthont $1,1 for ilriv ln with an olil li.Nni.f. tng. The doctor paid hia car rcfniiril to mart and ha took hia wife'a with thr olil ta, lull tho jii.li nouliln't llatrn. WLL-STEELflO Sales Have Trebled in 30 Days There i simply no let-up, and no ign of a let-up, in the volume of orders being placed for the remarkable Overland Coupe-Sedan the nl.v four-passenger closed car .priced under $600 having a modern sliding gear transmission, foot accelerator, speedometer, Auto-Lite starting and lighting system and disc type clutch. Both the front and rear seats of this Over land Coupe-Sedan adjust backward and for ward for the utmost comfort of all passen gers. With the removable roar seat and up holstery taken out, you Imve 50 cubic feet ol clear, square carrying space for anything and everything. And the scats and up holstery make up into a full-length com fortable bod, Pullman style, inside the car for camping trips. Trunk at rear at small cstra cost. Easy terms. R7E!FUl AMBITS West and Sons Motor Co. KILLED BY ENGINE I.EH'KHTKIt. Kiut.. Kcli. 7. Ocortfii Ktcvna, an cnttiiif'i.r for M yrara, waa killfil by hia nan rniina whn It hkIiIciiIt atartcil forward wbils lis waa oiliuf the whccla. Oth and Pearl Phone 592 WILLYS. OVERLAND FINE MOTOR CARS When minutes count there is no substitute lor Quick . Starting Shell Gasoline SHELL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA Quickjtatting Quality originated by SUiEEX maintained by IHIIEUL sold everywhere by SfHUEEX ( f
