Morning register. (Eugene, Or.) 1905-1929, May 27, 1928, Image 21

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Newspaper Page Textanting j&tmsttr ...wMunRll .ES All J .7 T Home BuiKlmg , farms AUTOMOBILES Home Building arms EUGENE, OREGON, SUNDAY, MAY 27, 1928 Improvements on late Models of Motor cars FMminating Brake Troubles - r ii i tr ' " p. 'I asjsjsajsaas. ' Lid Adjiwtntfnl Aro ,Ktm IMpulsr j.-.iiu Entlnetr) Lltim olr-motl cert ibii th onr has muwwu to prseilrally t Oh or Mis !" Jn i Hi (our-whl brake, rinlr HiinMoned but simtstlm l Hlhly lm- I lit Intrmusncy at sd t TtiU U parllrularly true iti trp now comlni L , ntrr rn.k lhre Is an tant.ol wmnhlni now ,M0 u tnot I ho novices dlt g-op t car are boconi -n ttfMr 4loPl ,hlln ntpuior Ul iin. On mtiMHIoni lo Iti UraUe niM Dpt (or niounttnc stuliw ihift bock of Ihe m. Thll Ii lo toko (he hind lirnko on a'Mtt. Thll new (ype of cU1-bnk hit alrndy Kudird eoulpoKnt on k id an mil irucki. mini) U Ultlo unuiuil killtiimi lo know tht imcrllniJrlcO drum and H i! tomlrucllon, Iho now turrluf hob and "Pl'lf r n rtbWnt dl.ki. Thcao a in merablid toother I Di Bnlrtru) Joint and Kid the ilrlvo ihnft. lit briki Ii ippllrd by posrjoo1 njr S III ......rL ".-' ''lT' T. J JIX )! i II fw, i t ...... .'fv7-v i,-. , , i I - tha drlvor tho lk li (rlpprd by two brake ibooa of mnllrol)Jo 9ton ' lined with friction material. Thl Klveo a ilinpte, effective nonchnt- torlns brake. Thero Ii an eually. mado adjiutnitnt on the hrakn which luakoa tt tmnecewary to ever odjuit the llnkmir. One of the advantage! claimed for thla typo of brake la that It ct.ni noil and can be uied on lone; tleicenla to relieve the reaulnr four-wheel braklnn ayitetn, nitliuut ovorhetit nit and biirnlm out. . Ono of tho reaioni hy four wheel brakea dn not near out 01 quickly aa two-tvheel brakei Ii be came of Iho (renter cooling area. O IMS ar ln. Fta Same. In. Ctm Bu. rtu, Naturally one would expect four wheel brukea to laat twice aa long as two-wheel brakei. but experi ence provca that they lat about lx tlmea ai lone before rellnlnc li nnceeaary. They would lait eight tlmea aa lone If It wore not for the fact that peoplo are apt to take advantage of the fact that they have four-wheel crakea and ilam thont on more vigorously thai, they would attempt to. do with two wheel brakei. The load on oaeh tquare Inch of IE brake lining la certainly far lers with four-wheel b-ake that It li with two. Conaequontly the heat ing effect on the brake lining la lesa on each unit of area. Hrako llnlng that ta working at high tem peratures weara much more rapid ly thin brake lining that la kept down to moderate heat. We no longer ace, the elaborate equalizing ayatems on brake in italtatloni. The brakes are made Inherently equalizing so that the equalizer aa we used to know it, la no longer uied. With the hy driullc system the natural equal ization of liquid pressure keeps all (our brakes alike. With the me chanical system the linkage la laid out so that the brakes are auto- matlcajly equaUzed as the braking pressure Is applied. Aa aoon as the brake pedal comes too close to touching the floor board when the brake Is ap plied hard, or if It touches under the hardest kind of application, tHe brakes should be adjusted at once. When adjustment is made, 1 It Is generally sufficient to take up on the regular adjusting nut or icrew, but from time to time the band or shoe ihould be adjusted so that tho brake Is making con tact all around. Thla is a Job for a mechanic unless the owner is skilled In such matters. . To test thf brakes after adjust ment Is made, have someone stand at a spot on the road. Approach htm so as to pass at about 20 miles per hour and when apposite this observer throw on the brakes as hard as you can. The observer can, tell if both rear wheels are equally taking the braking. The skid marks will also tell. To check the front wheel brakea for equal ization. Jack up the front of the car and have -.omeono apply the brakes. The drag of each of the brakea can the- be tested by turn ing the wheeis by hand. South Dakota Sets Pace in Highway Elevation OLD PROBLEM IS SOLVED Automobile Do Not Slacken Their Speed but Tako Itend at 45 Miles an Uour VERMILLION. 8. D. AP) A . highway curve for which auto mobiles do not slacken speed but take the bend at 40 to 45 miles an hour has been constructed here. tl Ii scientifically bonked like a racetrack and the tilt Is- such that a car Is deflected from Its straight path In accordance with the sharp ness or degree of curvature. Haevy busses rock around the curve at speeds of from 30 to 45 mllei an hour. Tho work wai done under the direction of R. V. Newcomb, pro- ressor of civil engineering at the University of South Dakota, and was intended, he said, as an exam ple of how the problem of high speeds on highways can be success fully met. Principles of super-elevation, or tilting, and widening were followed In constructing the curve, which Is on a corner with a 90-degree turn. Supcr-Elcvatlon The widening la zero at the be ginning of the spiral, 2.7 feet at the point of curvature and the maxi mum, S.4 feet, at the end or the spiral. . A super-elevation of two Inches per foot, totalling four feet for a 24-foot road, was used. The grade line was carried around the center line of the roadway, the outer edge it'lng raised two feet and the Inner edge lowered two feet. At the be ginning of the spiral, the cross section of the roadway is flat; at the point of super-elevation, or ono-hnlf length of spiral, the amount of super-olevatlon Is half the total, and a maximum or full tilt, is reached at the end of the spiral. 200-Foot Radius The test curve, which Is expected lo bo duplicated elsewhere In the state, has a 20i)-foot radius, and a spiral length or IM feet was used, of which half waa placed on the tangent (back o! point of curva ture) and half on the simple curve (ahead of point of curvature). A widening Of 6.4 feot was used, plus an additional width of 114 feet for convenience In placing the guard rail. Such a highway must be surfac ed with gravel or other cohesive material, Newcomb said, to pre vent slipping when wet. ESSENTIAL FOB SAFETY G'are from Lack of Focus, Causing Blinding Glare EASY PAYMENTS TRIED INSTALLMENT SYSTEM NOW TRIED OL'T I.N EUROPE The remarkable expansion which has taken place In the European automotive industry since the war can be attributed In alarge degree to the growth of the Installment system of selling, according to a trade bulletin Just issued by the commerce department. More than 60 per cent of the 553,000 units sold in Euorpean markets laat . year, the bulletin points out, were handled on the In stallment purchase plan. Thla pro portion compares favorably with that of the passenger cars sold in the United States, during the same period, which waa around 64 per cent. The. success of the Installment purchase Idea, the bulletin shows, is reflected in the steadily tncreaa ing exports, from the United States to European countries. SCORES ARE NEGLIGENT .Mo tor 11 ii Often Complain of Oth ers but Hcftinc to Correct Their Own Pcfccta Maintaining henrUlxhta of auln- moblici in constant adjustment ft as to obviate the discomfort an! hazard which result from glare nd lark of focus Is a duty Incum nnd lack of focus Is a duty incum sayu George O. Brandenburg, sec retary of the Oreeon Plate Motor association. Particularly Is th: true n Oregon where wet pave ments Increase the glaring head- light evil to the maximum degree. Failure to maintain one's lights in the best pjf-sihle condition both as to brilliancy and focus is a dis tinct act of i.tr&frnes on the part of the motorist who is negligent Iq this respect, declares Mr, Bran denbiirg. for In doing so one tm poses on others a hardship he htm self would be unwitting to bear. "It is safe to say that scarce!? ' any motorist does not recognize Ill-focused headlights aa a Infi nite motoring evil,' says Mr. Bran denburg. "He needs only to re call his own unpleasant experiences which were caused by blinding; glare from can approaching on m street, or highway to realize th discomfort and potential danger which can result. Knowing tha evil, he should be the more willing to correct it In bia own case. ' "There will be found individuals, however, who rant about the glara (Continued on Page 2, Column 5 IS SOUGHT f Engineering Data Is rnme r actor HON IS BIG TASK CTION IS Dull of I Duty of Zytrj Motorist Pint Ftilleit Support to tmrnu TOON. D. C Correct fttllralilc problem! to ai Ri irettett possible p Nt fflotordom ai whole li from i cirerul itudy of Kim HlllRlUna Ihu.Ii..! . pr ithleular movement wi rniinverinit unta, "i. mum iniiay ny hlll.ni...... ... - fit Aulomnhlu ....i.ti PWwlllii view lo cor. K IntfL .It,..-. ... r-- oimcunirn enn lie r'Wm It Ii carried on Ffl d with a cnnsld- nets involved, tut that ..1,1...... ttmUy traffic evils In' f Bfnv. .. . . . uuiuccesirul, the l m to ny that the J vehicular movement! CS .Z tni mnr n"b m nc area. Kjwt I. mido by trnf. wSS? mc ,re,rlly' 11 " lut Into effect. WIWU Harmful K" ."""" f il,J ,n itatement, f,!mH i?'.nb lr,f,"- Sin"' " """'her and K tor onglnecrln. SihSS?1 0"""v" it hW.lteVon, ""re. C Ruth. iVny dow" Hon, and certainly artJtrary resu lallon defeats such a purpose." Many a person who has an original Idea, so-called, on the nuy and meaqs of handllnit truffle in a more orderly manner tho A. A. A, statement points out, errs In acceptlnv the obvious solution to a (Ivan problem when Immediate complications ma make the au rested remedy wholly Ineffectual. "Take for example, the question of prohlblllni left turns." the state ment conltues. "One person may KO to an Intersection and sny that the best thin to do Is to eliminate all left turns, lie only visions me unhampered movement or throimh traffic. Hut ho overlooks the fact that It the motorist Is not permit ted to turn left at that partlruln'r Intersection he Is coins: to make his turn In some other nay. If he does not attempt lo turn be tween streets, he will be orced to go around the block and In place of the one left turn there will be created three right turns, nil hav ing to be made through Unci of pedestrian traffic. In that Instance, tha effects or the change are mere ly transferred from the motorist group to tiie pedestrian. In other enses, It will be found thnt prohi bition of left turns will be Aperi ent, but only because of condl. tlona which control Hint particu lar phase ot the problom. "The i.ime holds Into of (he designation or one-way street! They aro suggested ns n ready rem edy ror same traffic tangles, but In practice i they are found Ineffec tive when tha situation Is compli cated by the presence of street car llnoi In those itreets In which auto mohllo truffle Is routod In tho one direction." J ROAD HOG GETS ROASTED RKSI'ONSIIII.E KOH OVKH HA1.P ,OP ACCIDENTS SACRAMENTO. The ."road hog" has been "roasted" by the slate motor vehicle dopnrlmonls nnd served with tho snuoo of public oondemnntlon, . . The division has charged the "highway porcine" with respon sibility for' more than one half of the ancldeinla on Cnllfornln high. waya on the bnsls of a study by Major Louis Ui Place, chief of tho bureau of- statistics of tho divi sion. "failure lo yield tha right of way," says Ii Plneo's report lo frank Q. Snook, chief of the divi sion, "causes more than 60 por cent of the ncolilonts, In other words the jporntor does not com. Ply with section 123 of the Cnll fornln vehicle art. which stales thnt you must drive well to thl right," , ...... i FUMES FROM THE GASOLINE TANK Five New G.M. C Trucks Delivered New Model Fords Coming In Rapidly Sweet First Over Fass from Tliis'Sidc l'lvo new a. M. C. trucks have been sold by C. l. Dunn Motor company recently. Billy Ingram of Cottage Grove purchased a T-50 alx-cyllmlcr O. M. C. truck and pneumatic lire trailer; Ernest Dar nell took a T-:t tl. M. C. truck and trailer: Stntiley Currington of Ven eta. n T-SI C. M. C. truck and trail er; Trnnk Kinney of Marcola a T- (I. M. C. truck; and Clarence L. Ilaldiirson placed his order for a CI. M. C. truck. New model fords aro coming In qulto promptly at H. C. Simmons Motor Co. Itecent deliveries are: Klolds and Wlllard Tile Co., a road ster; Mayor A. I.. Williamson, a business coupe: ninnce Llchty, a roadster: J. T. Knight, a sport coupe: John Morrell & Co., a bust ness coupe, Jas. A. Storer, a tudor sednn; O. V. Brush, a tudor ie. lnn: P. O. Drew, a sport coupe; O. C. Addlcmon, a tractor: Chas. A. polorson, a tudor sedan: C. A. Wlt hnm, a tudor sednn; and Ruby Cal llson, a apJrt coupe, i ss.' The first trip to be made over the McKcnslo 'pass from this side was mado Wednesday, when v Mahlon Sweet drove his Sludebakcr demdn strntor over to Sisters and back. Pictures taken on the trip show many feet of snow banked up on tacli aide of the road which the snow plow went through this week, see.. f. B.' Gannett, accompanied by W, .1. Morphew, used car manager, nnd Miss Ulva Zlmmennan, book keeper, nllcndcd the Chevrolet dis trict meeting nt Corvallls Thursday afternoon-held by Iho Chevrolet of ficials of snne 10. Tho gist of the mooting waa bigger, and better serv Ire for the owners of the "Bigger and Bolter" Chevrolet. ' A big six cylinder two-ton Gra ham truck .was purchased from Hathaway Motor Co. thla week by M. K, Richardson of Cottage Grove, four more Dodgo cars were also delivered by Hathaway Motor Co. I his week, Tho new owners aro! !!. Chambers, standard six se dnn; L. a. ailok, a de luxe Vlotory ..Minn. Iloss Mvors 6f Blachly, a standard six sedans and Geo, Blair, a do luxo Vlotory sedan, - ir..w. Brvden of Eugene Motor Co., attended the Shrine ceremonial In Portland Monday. . The oore ninnlnl was held on Monday, but .Mr, Urvdon wasn't seen In Eugene from Saturday night until Wednes- e . e . e day morning. Ho reported a won derful time and couldn't under stand why other Eugono Shrlners weren't there. e . There Is no question In C. G McKj- s mind as to the kind ot car he wants, -and whom he wanla to buy It from. This Is the third time that Bill Grigs has delivered a new Essex to him. This time he pur chased a sedan. e This Is' "paint up" week around f. 10. Calklna Motor Co. Tho Used car departments Is getting a new coat of paint, and .he front of the new car salosroom is being re vamped. Charles Slgman and Chet Good ran their Callle motor boats In tho races at the regatta at Corvallls Saturday, and then drove over to Wnlport Sunday where Mr. Good delivered a new Callle motor to Mr. Buckley at the' fish camp. . - Two now Wlllya-Knlght 86 se dans were delivered by Hyland Motor Co. thla woek. The new owners are W. E. Archibald and Arthur Schroeder. A carload of four SO Willys-Knights wore ro ctlved Thursday. e e e L. E. Simmons, of Simmons Mo tor Co., made a business trip to Florence this week end. l. E, stated that although It was a busi ness trip he expected to bring home a few fish. Goo'rge Turner, manager of Fed era! Tire department at P. M. Hath away Motor Co., made a business trip to Portland this week, e e Bill Page, who hna been selling Chovrolota for Gannett Motor Co, for some time, has taken tho Chev rolet agency at Centralla, Washing, ton, and will leave Immediately for his new home. Ray Wing, who has been In Cali fornia the past 18 months, decided that Oregon was tho only placo to llvo nnd returned Inst woek. Ray saw so mny new Oldsnioblles sro Ing out to hew owners down there that he decided that was tho ear for him to solli nnd Is greotlng his old friends In an Oldsmoblle demonstrator.'. . ' e e Edward F. Abercromble, Instruc tor at the university, will lake de- livery of a Nash Victoria sedan at tho factory at Kenosha, Wis, Mr, Abercromble- took delivery of his first Nash at the factory two years ago, Mert Folts must be working ear ly and late selling Chevrolets this nice weather, judging from the sales record he Is making this month. e W. G. Brown. Bill Grlgg. J. C. Cobb and Ted Pottratz. of Brown Motor Co., deserted their usual Sunday pastime of fishing on some mountain stream and attend ed tho baseball game at Wendllng. James Corblt, of E. C. Simmons Motor Co., returned this week from attending the Fprd Motor Co. school for dealers and mechanics hi Portland. This is the third man from E. C. Simmons Co. to attend this school. NASH PLEDGES GIFT TO Y OPPEItS 400,00(1 FOU BUILD ING AT KENOSHA, WIS. A noffer of Sir. and Sirs. C. V. Nash, of Kenosha ,to give (400.001) toyvard tho erection and endow, ment of a Young Mens' Christian association -building in Kenosha, Wis., in the event a similar sum ror tho project Is raised by popular subscription, has been announced hy tho board, of directors of the Kenosha Y. M. C. A. , . ' Announcement w'as also made that the directors had accepted the offer ot the president ot the Nash Motors company An the conditions named, according to word received from Nash by C W. Simpson, vice president and general manager ot the Pacific Nash Motor- company, the northern California Nash deal er organisation, A stipulation In tho offer, Simp son pointed out, provides that the proposed Institution shall be "cro ated for the good ot all religious classes of whatever denomination and that each nnd every religious denomination will be treated as a part of tho Institution,- and thnt one religious denomination will bo aa welcome aa another.". Motorists who are aware that gasoline will remove grease from the car's finish can save themselves expense If they learn thnt it hna Its llmltatlosn In this respect. One ot the most dotlnlto ot these limita tions Is thnt It should not be used on enameled fenders. That It will remove tho greaso Is true, but tin. fortunately, It does not stop thero. A soapy solution, vigorously applied and quickly flushed off, Is better.. The man who t.sed to blow out the gna now lets li s autnmobllo en gine run In his closed garage. 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Guaranteed 18 Months (Wizard Special 1 year.) any Wizard Battery develops trouble due to defects in materials or workmanship, within the guarantee period, we will repair it or replace it on a service basis. Far from stores and service stations ... on and on, mile after mile through mystic painted desert ... or up up up to ever changing mountain vistas, over grades that make you proud of your motor . . . Only batteries that are built to meet every test of Western conditions can be depended on to keep you rolling merrily ...! . WIZARD StorageBatteries "Stand the Gaf P' of Western Driving For many years, "Western Auto" has been satisfac torily serving car owners of the West . . . We know . what they want, and we give it to them. We know batteries, too, and we build Wizards to excel in rugged dependability. That's why we can afford to guarantee them so completely. 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Deduct Trade-in Allowance from These Low Price 6-11 Special . 6-11 Standard 6-13 Special , 6-13 Standard 6-15 Special , .$ 7.85 . 8.95 . 8.95 . 10.85 ,. 11.65 Mare Hum KO 8tm tn the Tftt WfestemAiito 6th and Willamette JL ft 6-15 Standard ...$12.95 6-17 Standard . . . 14.85 6-19 S. M 16.50 6-1 9 A. M 19.20 12-7 Standard . . . 12.95 The World's Larreit Rttaitmn of Auto Supplitt . . Strving Iht mafrlH sine 1909, Cuaranftd fines ot Accessaries, Tin; Camp CooJ$, Col Eaalm. ment and Radio, "Witt'ii irism ii si ii n