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EUGENE, OREGON, SUNDAY, MAY 27, 1928
Improvements on late Models of Motor cars FMminating Brake Troubles
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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
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fw, i t ...... .'fv7-v i,-. , , i
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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
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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.
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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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