The Eugene guard., April 11, 1925, Image 46

SntuHnr Ereninjr, April U,
THE EUGENE OUARE
Tage Two
AMMETER ONE OF
MUST IMPfiRTMIT fir
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I1F IPiRTnlWS ',..
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Device' Is Used to Enforce Safety at Rdlroad Crossings
LET MOTORIST PAY
Ujr O. E. lir.XT
Cblf EniriDwr rhtrrotpt MMor C.
Thn iiumrlrr, tha Iran UK.vratnoU
dial on tl limtrtirant boar. f mo
tor car, ia in many waya woll
important. j
Vow BHtoawAila oirwr. hwvT. !
nixlraUn'l tat tory the ammeter i
ttlla aa tli nilaa fljr hy. Tb am- j
mtr la tba guardian of tha whole i
Iwtriea. ajratfm ( tha car. partini-j
larlj vxtTcrua of winter mid atul tmra
inar heat, and ia conotcod to v-ry
bit o al.xrtr.ritl apparatus with tlm;
aolci axecption of the lartinjr. motor.!
If you jet acquainted with lb am-
mater It will tell you at a clonal
whether or not tha whole yiux in
funcUoninr propirlj. It will tll you
if ona of tha hea-iliihU ia out; it will
tell you If there ia a abort circuit in
tba line; it will warn you in a mo
ment if the generator faila to func
tion. An undf rat ami) lur glauca at
tba aoiineter avery milra or no in
a trouble Rarer of great imporutneo.
Little Hand Movee
When the motor ia atarted, and
rerytbinr ! working properly, the
little hand niovea over to a certain
pot on the charging aide and there
if invariably rent varying in loca
tion with the epeed of the car until
something g wrong in the flertri
cal ayatein. If one of the headlight
goa out the amtneter ahowa a alight
incrcaK in the charging rate: if the
generator fails to function for any
reaeon, the hand awinjtff away over
to the discharge aide and the driver
lenow that (he whole load la being
carried by tbo battery.
The ammeter never ahnw tba full
flow of electricity from the generator,
but it dor indicate the amount of
electricity that la flowing into or out
of the battery, hence the Importance
of the tell-tale current indicator and
(taxability to tell what is going on all
long the line.
Ctnerator Important
The layman might ak why It In
important to know the exact minute
when the generator ceaeea to function
aa 'o'.ig ae the car will keen on run
ning with tbo current from the bat-1
tery. One important reaaon la that
If the generator faila due to broken
leada In or outaide, it should be given
Immediate attention or it will burn
out and entail considerable expense
for repaira. If ha alao knew that a
fully charged battery would turn bis
engine over for 15 minutes In summer,
. but for only five minutes or leea
! when the temperature Is at aero, the
ammeter tip might also induce him
to crank tha car by hand and thus
fonserva the energy of tha battery.
The generator is tha whole source
f aupply of electricity and it keeps
the entire system In operation but it
requires little, if any attention, from
tha driver. It Is important to know
that tha electrical output of the gen
i rat or may he varied on Chevrolet
ear a by what la known aa third brush
adjustment, for tha car conmimen
mora electricity In cold weather than
i It does In warm and the generator
j ahonld b adjusted accordingly hy one
! who la experienced In doing this kind
' ( work.
Battery Will Tall
Tt la easy to know when generator I
adjustment ts required, for the bat- j
tery will tell you all about It. llve ,
your battery a hydrometer teat every f
two weeks. If you find the battery ,
fully charged and requiring only a
little distilled water, everything la all
right If at tha end of successive 1
two week'a periods you find the bat-i
tery persistently out of water, It Is i
an indication mm imp jpi.crn.or ii
supplying too mum aiectrictty ana ir
allowed to continue will result In
serious damage to the battery. If,
nn tha other hand, you find tha bat
tery pereMentty undercharged the
generator should' hi adjusted to sup
ply more current.
It Is Important for the driver to
follow Instructions rare rutty whn ad
justing the gnp on his spsrk plug
A high voltage Is required to make
the spark jump the gap and the wider
the gap tha higher tha voltage. How
ever, it the gap ts widened tha voltage
Ik automatically tnrreased, and If it
goea high enough will cause a failure
In the ignition coil and will require
a new unit which in rather et pensive.
Many driver, and not a few me
chanics, have found that an engine
hirh will not run properly when idl
ing, due to leaky ralvei or some other
cstie, will run fine If the sprsk gsp
la widened, but they are merely re
lieving tba difficulty for a time at
the eipense of the electrical system.
Instead of finding the real ratine vt
the trouble and correcting It at the
aource.
Hi'-..
.ii, . . . r
husinni wiih (li beginning ,
mnnn. th tlm f. hanrf vh. Mne- 1 1 . . HvovIq vt I
cial auto taxes will equal atfj then " "" , , Mpodii quarter, all evidence Indie.
man'i inr nuiomnniies thin
from
surpasa highway expenditures
current tsx receipta.
Thus, Trof. inef sees a direct and
highway ex-
burden for mo-
y be considerably relieved.
Emus, I'ror. t inef seei
j easier way to defray
I pensea, while the tax hu
toritK may be consider!
expect to maintain
gait of the past month f
to come. Our dealers
'ur prodae,C
beginning to feel a hrisk demand ,
Two More Hills
Victim of Star
With a production record of 24.300
Overland and Willys-Knight cars dur
ing the month of March Yiily-Orer
nH h mat t ii i cni new urn-I ..
....... - ; iirranafH a car Rnnrtagp H-
duction peak, surpassing a previous i rjnp,w.inf nearlr Mm '
reenrd achieved a veer aro in March. i f-i.j- " a
'incidentally, the ssles depart
ment announced thnt field reports
show a gain in retail sales for the
KneriaO ,aa month or ,Vi per cent compareu
Klmira. with 14.000 men on 0Up
t tbc
flAKt.AVn Anril 1
Two more western hills have fallen . last year,
other two points."
"6low ud and Mve'' ts the idea behind tnit grade oroeeing safety device developed
of tha Florida state road department and Installed at a crossing of tha Atlanta A
Bay railroad at Cottondale. Fla. An Island a half circle at tha center of the road compel the
motorist to elow up to make the resulting bend In the road before crossing the tracks. A heavy,
resilient, wire link fenca keeps the car from crashing onto the tracks In case the driver cannot
slow up In time to make the bend. It ha stopped car traveling a faat a 46 mile an hour.
(Br NBA SfrTirrl
riJICAfil. April 11. Make lh"
I motorist par for highway ronKlrtlc
lion and maintrnaor. but in rrturo
: eliminate the f'lral irie taxrs nn
Thla ia the I Z of Prof, in the War car's hill climbing cam-! 'r before ha. the outlook for 16.6 Par Cant More
f.Tacb Viner, of the Tniversify of Phi-1 paign. according to advices received i '-vf1r,an'1 PWi J Motor vehicles in the fnttrd 8t.
cgo. in the role of chairman of a here by the Durant Motor compnny of : 'Mr. lib a comment auppleinentuig ; inrrPa.SPd by 10.0 per ,,
epecial committee appointed fo con- California. . j nouDcement of t hr facts. iawt year, reports the departmS!
..der the problem of highway finance The two latest victims of Star j f""n Marrn we Lbu,lt 5J,W AX Ml' nf n"ltur. The total Bt the 12
for the National Tax association. 'power are Itowell Hill, Hrownaville. Knight enra. We have now reached , f J9iM was 17.59I.0Sl, or "
i n new type or rax. a eimeren tb., rnmuru m ukm u; - - r i jiviwus.
bv Prof. Viner. would not far exceed i standard touring and coupe models of per day. Uur output of Uverland
Klimination of mental strain Is i
big factor In the prevention of auto
mobile accidents, suya Hidney J. Wil
liams, chief of thn public safely di
vision of tha National Hufely Council,
Hecognixed as an important cause of
indunfriul accidents. It has equal ap
plication to accidents in traffic
where, under certain situations, the
menial condition of (he driver de
termines the difference between anfe
and unsafe driving as well as the
amount of plroeure d'tlfed from mo
toring. Mental slates leading to accidents
aro classified by Mr. Williams as the
worried mind, the unguarded mind,
tha puifclud tulnd, the stubborn mind,
the misguidoil mind and tha diseased
mind. All these ineutal states, occur
more or less frequently among auto
mobile drivers aa the result of either
permanent or temporary conditions.
Where they are permanent, the driver
whould be separated from the steer
ing wheel and accelerator, If he ia to
be made safe.
Other conditions causing driver
strain arise from environment rather
than from within. The confusion of
congested traffic will, for example,
cause no experienced driver to lose
temporarily the skill he may norm
ally exhibit. Knowledge on the part
of the dr.ver of a defective brake or
other defect in the equipment of his
car would either render him more
liable to accident or maka him more
careful; but ft ia obvious that he can
not drivn-with such abnormal alert
ness for example, without chains on
icy and wet streets for several
hours at a time without becoming
fatigued and thus liable to accident.
Accidents would be materially' re
duced if we, first, paid moro atten
tion lo (he mental factors in driving,
and second, applied thirt knowledge
both through legal regulation and
personal self-education and self-control
i
Oldsmobile Sales
Showing Increase
the hurden antnmnhile nwnera have the lfL'r Mar car with the Mi
to carry in special taxes. As revenue, IoIIar Motor." and "The Divided,"
the tax would not rnlr nsv for fv.n-1 a famous ilisbee. Arix., niotor car
by engineers itruction and maintenance of tba test bill.
St. Andrawa . highway, nut womu ui-uvide a genr-1 W. M. Watkinds. of the Wilks
ous amortization fund to i Motor company, A many, ure., carry
highway debts. ing C. K. White as a passenger, drove
special taxes oi :mtor vehicles in a stock standard touring car over the
1014 amountfi to only 5 per cent of Itowell Hill in high gear, and was fol
the total highway expeiKjitiirv, the : lowed immediately by H. H. I'aniels,
committee'a report points out. Ten j driving a sport coupe. The lull is a
years later it bad riscu to 40 per j famous stumbling block for high gear
cent. power tests. Iue to rains, the roud
Since about 40 per cent of the high- was only in fair condition at the time
atkinds said.
Production and salea of Oldsmo
biles during March totalled nearly
thre tiinea tha record for January,
according to official reports from
Olds Motor Works, Lansing, Michi
gan. 1'rr-pnrationa are under way
for a still greater production during
the present month of April.
For some time past the Ulds Mo-1
tor Works bus been working on a
system whereby production is fixed
s: ording to actual orders received, j
For thia reason factory production
and actual sales figures are on the j
some level.
This system has practically elimi
nated the former practice of dealers
carrying large stocks of cars at this
season of tba yesr, and for thia rea
son a continued gain in production
from month to month is anticipated.
The February buiiness thia year
showed an increase of 75 per cent
over February, Production plans
for April call for a 60 per cent in
crease over March, with a gradual
monthly ric Into the summer.
four-cylinder models has been nearly
000 ciiri, per day, the majority being
enclosed types, particularly the All
Stce Sedan, which seems to have met
with generous approval by the motor
ing public.
"Unlike the situation a year ago
whii-h begun to show diminution in
For Road Numberino
Uniform numbering and markit,. m
interstate highways is promised ij.;
the appointment of a special hJi
(nr thia nnrnnco l .nr
nit
If aire you drive
For Ten Years
Dependable Tor lea yeum DihIro Brothers have cnnceiifnilpil
on tlio perfection of n singlo clmsHis.
Iptnoi-inR tlio whims of the hour they linve devoted
nil thoir rich experience and nlmoHt" Jimilless ro
sources to ono ideal.
That ideal is to make, a car so dj-pendalile, so com
pletely satisfactory to tlio owner in every dctnil
that ono could scarcely think in terms of transpor
tation without thinking also of Dodge, Brothers
Motor Car.
Hathaway Motor Co.
Thone 663
Eugene, Oregon
Everyone Instantly notes its re
markable beauty but only those
who've taken its wheel know the
uperlative new performance of
thia economical and long-li vedSix!
Indeed, the recent improvements
made by Oldsmobile and General
Motors produce a brand of per
formance litde short of amazing.
Instant response from accelerator
and brakes abundant power
wonderful resiliency over rough
roads parked in a jiffy a com
plete confidence that your car is
equal to any occasion. But come
in and drive it that's the test!
f. e. Calkins motor co.
837 Pearl St.
OLDSMOBILE
-( jffflB33KSi V r-
tkj Delco p. .
Sign KLN You
' flEMV
t ue"M -i rum mm
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The
De Luxe Sedan
Oa b. La ruins;
4Itu tax
JLAL
f KO P U CV Or OINIML MOTO
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New low prices enable you
to buy GENUINE Delco
and REMY armatures LESS
than you will pay for inferior
re-wound armatures.
BRakeiWhitE
89 9th St., W.
Phone 1619
W1LLYS.OVERLAND . F1NB . MOTOR
CARS
Power
and Pickup that
Make Everybody Marvel
Income From Motor
' Fuel Taxes is High
Pr SUA Srrvlwl
TVAHlllSirrtlN. April 11.- MVitor
fte in I'ttitc! Hut? pain n-arlr
$mi,ik:,iI in (snulnie inei In v:.
riMirta the U. K bureau of public
roads.
All this i uirtt or arallahU
larsrly for road malutruaure ami r-n
atruriitto.
This amount ram from itatr
and the nutrift of Columbia, vlnrti
lmose Kanolinn taire on motor -hU'l-a.
lbs tax rangrs from one to
four reiltft a aallon.
Allllouth 3.1 fttatrs titipo.d a Kino
linn tax, It affrrts only about hnlf )
the motor rHiu'l-. uur. several of
Hie ptatoa thai arr out of 11ii grouti
harp larsn anlomolille rc ttratins.
The Ainoiint tail annually hy thr
avrraite nioloi-ir.t whrr tbo tat in
eollrctttd Is tltUlt) a , turl,-.
Tlio tremendous success of the
moro powerful new Willys
Knight has abundantly borno
rut tho prediction made in
January that this creat car
would mako history in 1925.
The vastly increased power and
flashing pick-up of the new
Willys-Knight give this fine car
a place all its own in the es
teem of tho public. Its sleeve-
valve engine is free from noisy
tappets ... it is the only type
of automobile engine that ac
tually improves with use ... no
enrbon trouble ... no valves to
grind . . . and the celebrated
Lanehcstcr Balancer prevents
vibration at any engine speed.
The sanest automobile invest
ment on the market. Easy
terms small down payment.
Coit el Meterlne,
The average oo.t of running an
automobile Is 1H.'.T rrtita a milr,
aorurtlios to climates hr experts of
the Iota Slate CoHrse of r'ufin,
rrrinf. Trucks cost 11.03, and bura
24. 10 cents a mile.
Taee Per Walkers
rariti offiriala hare foumt a new
tur fur the kind of identification tut
soldiers nsed t wear around their
necks. The plan ts to put tbem around
the necks of pedrstriaua, an they mar
le easily Identified when thejVe hit:
After Hit-Ran Drivers
The Automobile flub of Moulhera
rslifornin Is rencwinK itn utandins
offer- of .-- and Itf.Vt for the arril
, of anr driver who strikra a person or
t'""'" taaiala ami (alia to au.
WILLYS-KNIGHT
loith an Engine YouVJVever Wear Out
T"U""- rovrpWsn, H0i Sl.n. Hffi BcHhem. llteX f. o. K T,lcJo)
JOHNSON MOTOR CO.
9th and Pearl
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