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About The Eugene guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1924-1930 | View Entire Issue (May 9, 1925)
Fage Twelve THE EUGENE GUARD Hv IKHAKIi KI.KIN (NKA Service Writer) Improved roads this year will save you 2.1 per cent in fuel ami up to Ad per ''fiit in tiro wear. That in, only as long " you ran rim along at on even rate of about -.1 miles an hour on smooth concrete or Improved macadam highway. Thin is I he assurani-e given to mo torics by highway (Migincern of Washington slat, of the hurenii of public roads nt the national capital, and of Iowa Hiate college They make this point after a series of tests on different type of roads under varyinir conditions. In Washington, for instance, it wok found: 1, That the rate of tire wear in creases with the Incrense in speed. 2, That even thin rate of Increase grow with the wpeed. H. That (hero is a continuous in crease in fuel consumption with in crease in speed. . 4. That there in moan Ion of power nt high speed, due to spinning of wheels and mud clipping, hesides loss from air resislencc. ft. That tire, and fuel fowl are about three time as grenl on Rood macadam at on concrete, and eight timet o great on poor macadam aw on concrele. ' The Iowa test showed that the fuel consumption on poor macadam ranged from loH to 117 per cent of (hat on concrete roads, Krom the tiro wear tenia the. cngi peers conclude 1 lia t t ho t ire t rendu wear off ahotit J 7 time ns flint on good macadam nn on concrete, and 0(1 time an font on poor macadam. Ho pick out the concrete highway, for economy saks, and go at an even pace of from 2it to -M mile on hour. Jt'a safer, too. j European Racer is Declared to be Light Enough to Fly wnTmirifi nrmw nit mnriwwi in iik inn imir mi n m(fmtifBvm",i?ewM' yx--vvyw.., E Put wings on thli little racer and It ought to be ah Is to soar Into the air, It Is so light. It's one of Europe's small racers which will compete In forthcoming racing events on European tracks. It's called the "Japple," and can be carried easily from place to place. - ' E fllv NKA Service) VRW YOKK, May Ont afith of the automobile being driven today are run with defective brakca, la the cnncluNloii of New York traffic and wafety comiuirodnncrH, after tenting bra ken for a year. In tliia year'a time, nulo mobile wero atopped on the atrect of New York am) their brakes tented. Of ihene, 1(),.117 wero founrl with one brake, defective. In ndditinri, 'J'J'Mi nutoniobtle had both brake prrfcti cnlly unelenn. Drivera that bad one defective brako were told to have it remedied and to report for another tet. Thone driving with both brake bad wero fined $"jn. Haron Collier, apeclal deputy conu mlNNloner in ehargo of the bureau of aitfety here, baa been in apucial cbargo of this work, Jlc ban nrgnn Ixed o acpiad of police whnne, only duty ft ha been to Mop automobile on the afreet and t out their hraken, Heavy pnnnen:er .car and truck CMpeeiully are topped nml tented. Collier ban found that heavy, over loaded initki cnpecially wero danger oua to pedeNlriau nud to other auto mobile driver. "The driver of an automobile who neglect n bin bi n ken and operutea n heavy truck or olb"f motor vehicle ,o the tongenled 'In of the city without adequate brttking power in junt nn dnngeruiiH an a Hpced maulao," way Collier. No Waste Allowed Coal gn or coke manufacturer In France are compelled hy law to re cover the by-produci for other e, Uqitid which can be uned a fuel In Internal cotubitine engine are es pecially denlred. lNBl'ItK WITH HKNItY TUOMV Beauty of Finish Car Described by Claude Van Wyck The impreflaion created by a well groomed owner and an automobile on which ihe fiuinh haa "gone )md" is comparable to a man in a drc.nn unit wearing old, dilapidated (dioen. Sim- ply been tine of many imngined diffi cnllicH in bnving a car rcfinihed, nuitiy iiet'MoiiH toieinte a habhy-iook-Ing automobile who would not permit the leiiHt rhalhfucf( iu any other poa nesaicn. They are apt to ny it take too long i he cur look refinihed and not new when the job U done and even then tho new finish doesn't lant long. "While thoo argument aro true about ordinary fiuufhe, they do not apply to I) u co, an automobile- finish developed and perfected by K. I. du I'ont de Nemoiiia & Co., Inc. This material is now being lined a the standard factory fiutidi on imtnt of the leading automobilca including Cad illac, Marnion, .Moon, Iluick, llupmo hile, Chryaler, .Maxwell, Oakland, Oldnmobile, Chevrolet, Nanh, Jewett, and many other, j We will welcome a call from yon. and be glad to demonstrate the ipoil- : itie of this superior finish, lou will find our prnrcHv of appiicatiou ami our durability tenia both intcrcHting and invtructive. 'I)rlvo around or telephone and we will give you an eatiiiiuto of tho coat and a delivery date for giving your car a "new" appearance that will Innt, I'Vom our wido variety of color, you will be able to Rclcct a combination of wbaden that will aurely pleno OU," snya Claude Van 'jck, manager of , (ieneral Auto l'uiiitiug, 7(h and Char-! ueltou. vincd by factory executive to im mediately get in touch with the local Star or J'uiaut dealer, ndvining them of (be occurrence, and, if the car wan not bought from the particular deal er, giving him the neecMnnry infor mation that will idt'ntf.v the car in Uncut ion. If the report in made to the dealer from whom the car wan bought, It will he unnecennnry to have that information for him, nn each deni er keeps ii - complete record of all earn Mold on file in bin own record. New Overland six Planned and Built For Years of Wear Chrysler is Easy . On Water Supply A most, extraordinary feat of a motor car, in which a Chrysler dem onstrated flu caiiu'l-like qualitien by going around the world on a single nupply of water, wan recently reported to .1. W. Niluirt, Cbrynlcr dealer in South lteud, Indiana. Lant September, a Chrytdcr roadn ter wan Hold to Norman A. Parker of South Itend. After driving it TitMtO mile throughout the 1'nited StutcM and Canada, be took it to New Zen land. In a letter junt received from .Mr. Parker, the following Ncnnationnl newa waa revealed, "I brought it out to New Zealand with me, and it ha excited admiration wherever I have been. The wuter you put in the radiator la mill there, and I have not o far fou nil it ncccKmiry to add one drop." THE dUTTON SHOP Pleating, Mutton and lleinxtitchins, 81) 7th avenue east. Phone 171.W. Recent atatementn by motor car autboriticH and research experts at tribute an average life of eight year to the modern automobile, Willys h'erlnnd engineers who have design cd nnd built the new Overland six. are unanimous in their belief that their new product will average even greater longevity than this period. Months of searching nnd severe tests, they feel, have given AViIIvh Overland a car in this new model that will survive roughest treatment. Kaeh minute detuil has been designed with stamina iu mind, from the selection of the raw material to the final as sembly. In choosing the material which is to be used iu a given part, the work whieh it is called upon to do deter mine the selection. Chrome molyb denum steel, .better able to withstand the shocks find, strains to which a rear axle is submitted than nny other known alloy, is used in the rear axle shafts. Differential gears and pinions are made of nickel atcel nn alloy especially adapted to a use of this kind, as it lcndw itself readily to beat treatment which toughens it. To secure minimum wear the gears are still further hardened, Transmission gears, are also sub jected to heavy strains, and in order that they may properly Htnnd up in service, they are made of chrome carbon steel, beat treated for greater strength und wear. fP.y NKA Service) ' WASHINGTON. May Statis tic of highway acridenta involving mot'if vehicles, point to congestion of traffic us th princ'pal cause. These; ntett have been compiled from news- j (paper rp"rtM of accidents in the! mates of .Montana. Oregon and Wash- ing'nn by the Bureau of Public Itoadt ' of the I'nited States Department uf j Agriculture. J The bureau s study thow that Mom ana with the lowest registration, luis the smallest number f accidents tii every (KH cars, while Washington, with the largest reuistration. has the ui"Ht accidents for I'MKI cars, Th ! does not agree with national rsti mates which indicate thnl the rate of arc dents decrease with increased iiumberH. I Hiring a period of eight months, newspaper reports of 1 1 Jot i accident in the three states mentioned showed the causes of accidents as follows: ''unity operation by driver... 1020 Faults of other than drivers 3fU Faulty equipment 1SI Faulty highway conditions... 214 The detailed statement of the causes o aer dents shows mat ill, or j more-than 40 per cent of the total, were caused by reckless or careless driving. Of the 1M4 accident caused hy faulty highway conditions, 1!) were catifcrd by narrow roadways and J50 by kiddy surfaces. out the country, fills a definite need in the low priced transportation field. Artistically designed, yet carrying out every utilitarian idea yet ad vanced to automobile buyers, as well a an unuua' completeness of crpiip meut, the new coach has met with an instantaneous demand. A rushed fat- tory production has been unable to; supply a growing demand for the new coach. J It is built on the same sturdy and: rugged chassis upon whieh the greats popularity of new Star car models! has been built, with the standard equipment of the ".MIUJON IM)I. LAH MOTOU," four wheel brakes, and is equipped with disc wheels and balloon tires as standard, so that its performance record will be fully in keeping with the records hung up by other well known models of the 1U'J5 Star line. Finished in deep blue color, the whole body is circled at the top, with a double white ivory stripe. Supply Company Gains Laurels Theft liureau is Factory Feature OAKLAND, May 0. (Special) What is practlcolly n bureau of clear ing theft reports, which is being car ried on iu the regular course of daily operation of the parts and service de partment of the Durnnt Motor com pany of California, in a unique feature of the factory operation here. Through an nccurntc description of (be part service that in rendered each car, anil with the record of mo tor, frame, cbasnin, and serial num bers that tire furnished with request for part In re-ordering, it has been found possible to make n "theft bur eau clearing house" out of tho parts department. Mutlclin nent to dealer through out the entire Star organisation which number well over 400 in the western territory, advise them that n theft has been reported, and request their co operation in location of the car, giving "Pacific Information to them which will enable them to dentlfy tho nuto motiile in question. This, of course, applies only to Star and Durnnt cars, which are built by this company. Owner who unfortunately have their cars stolen from them are nd- TsttFBffi New Performance little short of amazing! As .oon ns you take the wheel of this 1925 OUIsmohile Six you feel Its nmmintfly ricio performance! , Tho way it gets awny Its new liveliness its silent speed on the open rond its dex terity In traffic and In parkinuVoll result ing from tho recent improvements huilt Into this car by Ucncrnl Motors and Olds mobile 1 Come In and drive this wonderfully Im proved Six! Tout Ing $8 9 0 Coach $1075 Speedometers Repaired Calibrate! and Reset Standard Sedan All Steel Coupe All Steel Touring . a ft. Inn iint 1 r ""t'll'L;gYagTf F. E. Calkins Motor Co. OLD SMO BILE C j BRChitE 89 West 9th Phone 1619 r.r ull:::::::::: i -S0"- vi;;;::;: vi- Si At vf 7 V T. V :::::: : : '-co UftcVV0 V :::::: : 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 im - ...t-a" tn ",. ...r 1 nil in New Star Coach is Distinctly Pleasing The new Star coach, universally ac cWiiiuctl one of the uinttt beautiful linht cars that has ever been offered to buyers in the low price automobile clnnn, has arrived in KuKeuc and placed on display in the Hrtlcuroom of I-uue Auto company, local Star deal ers. It i the first showinK of the f new Star coach here. j This car, one of the hits of the re-1 cent automobile ahnwa held through-j When Harts!, Do I'aoln and Piiroy flashed across the finishing line at the recent Culver City classic, they v.ot only set a new standard for speed but incidentally added a clump of fea thers to the cap of the Western Auto Supply company, distributors of the Winfield Carburetors. The cars equipped with the Win fields made a clean sweep of the leading events of , t he day.- Harry Hnrtss, winner of the main event and Peter Ie 1'aolo, runner up, ran the fastest 50-mile race ever recorded on the racing sheets. Hart 7. made the 30 miles in 'S2 inin., 11 sees., ewtnb linhing a speed of 135.n mph. In t ho first heat, Leon I uray copped first money with Ilia Miller special, Winfield equipped. In the second heat, Ie Paolo's iron steed made the fastest lap in the history of motor racing at the speed of K50.7 miles per hour. Phil Shafer and Wade Mor ton also drove cars equipped with Winfield carburetors. To School by Bus Consolidated rural schools in the I'nited States are using more than ll,fi(() busses to convey the students to thom. Nearly "(O,0H children were conveyed to these schools daily in 1024. Spark Plug More Important Than it Seems on Surface By O. C. 1COHDE Chief Kngineer Champion Spark Plug Company The automobile owner who realizes anything of the actual money saving through keeping his car always in good condition wouldn't think of driving with a retarded spark. If his gaso line station charged him 10, L( or per cent mare than his neighbor pays he would soon see about it. He wouldn't drive with a leuk in his gaso line tank. If he discovered one, lie would go to a repair shop at the earliest possible moment. Vet, if your spark plugs have been used more than HUWtO miles, you are, in effect, driving with the spark' re tarded. You are really paying 10, 2t) or 25 per cent more for gasoline and oil than your neighbor who has installed new spark plugs recently. And while your gasoline tank is not actually leaking if you are using old spark plugs, your exhaust is shooting good power into the air in the form of only partially burned gas. Spark plugs lose their efficiency so gradually that you don't realize it. They continue to fire, but their weak ened spark wastes, gas and oil every mile you drive, decreases efficiency of the entire engine and, as a result, increases - wear on the engine's op erating parts. , Pick-up, rp?cd nnd power are all cut down. With a new set of spnrk plugs you will immediately note a nmi-Kcd im provement. You will get more mile age from gasoline and from oil. Power will increase. Acceleration is faster and starting much easier. In most cases you cun set your carburetor on a leaner mixture. If you have used -your present plugs more than lO.tWM) miles, or have hud them installed more than a year, you will find it real economy to put in a complete new set right away. Thou sands of tests have proved that be yond question. One test by you will prove it to your entire satisfaction. ton, according to manager of n - Corporation, Orernn u ,VJ Khortiy after the ral gasoline to th m '""W Pacific coast 1 I torUtrf attle. the pectations of J 1 ?'!3 Predicts eveu ,t be broken in On-tV"1 rate of -popularity c eral. Lrf"'is of v.. ,u ceiuue there wer . I cut dealers, nd todav ih Ind, I proximately in .Tre I ity-and that in only Ji jears operation," low" ' mi ''Although we have on "t territory for a few momU tt ! are already begiIminR t ' green-an.l-white KM of ,7 fore filling their t,lks rl k wns pla.-ed on the admonition to the motorist t i' and let his engine deri'0 J?8 has proved to be the best L.l yert.smgwe could have we get a motorist to ,PH lenge, we are practical! L r,cH steady customer. Jf" U? users of (;(nrr.i t. e atT that thev did , ,; " . could make !, a notice,b.,,C' in tho power of th. " I General Gasoline Gains Popularity . General gasoline is growing in pop ularity in Western Oregon even fas ter than it did in Western Washing- More Tpurin? T)nna By Trains as Well ( Uv VI.' 1 . . .SALT LARK CITY, j,., national parks of the esi att peeling more train tourism thi "' besides lliosc co.nins bv uotor 1 "' lor the train tourists, the Mrl, have ordere,! more busses for Ik seeing purposes. yeliuw8lone " J in T-V, , !,: , . . , T" ' .... ,.. al.,ri,.u uus Of,.,. . ' , v' "rraor 01 H. national parks service, says 14 persons visited these sights )n',t7,"' an increase of 11 per cent over tfe of 1025. An even greater nuubu n ' NOTICE .Moved to rark street in IVt.j .jtuiLa .'uuii.ii i.uik niuiuinz, (in door south of Sth street t FUANK J. HKKtiEn. Bnh Mutual Life, Sth. G. Jl. Spragut. S) E WILLYS-OVERLAN F NE MOTOR'CARS 6 ' F N s a . a M, B-ft:J,ir-: I ' ails I ' II I II . S3, Look at this Vi All Steel Sedan -PS 655 m5 Its great power will astonish you. (Un matched near the price.) All-Steel body safest type of body ever invented. Patented Triplex Springs 130-inch springbase amazing comfort. Extra-heavy axles of tremendous strength. Molybdenum steel. Big 10-inch brakes quick stopping! Unquestionably Overland is the great est dollar-fornlollar value ever offered. See it. Drive it. You can't help lik ing it. 495 AUprknf. k ToUJo 52 Weeks to Pay I Buy your Overland out of your Income with out feeling it. Small down payment and you can drive your Overland home. World's Lowest Priced Cars . wy timing uear transmission v , Johnson SViotor Co, Corner 9th and Pearl Streets Telephone 592 flS, g D V C T O I 0 I 11 HA 1 MOTff S
