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About Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 8, 1921)
G ILL XTS r.UÜi lUILY OOl'RIKN AVOID COASTING DOWN ALL HILLS Mistake to Suppose That Motor, Clutch and Transmission Are Benefited. PRACTICE QUITE DANGEROUS With Clutch In and Motor Turning Over Slowly Car le Always Under Control and Much Leea Likely to Skid. Mon* thnn 00 per cent of «11 mo torists make a practice of throwing out the clutch when coasting down hill. The reason they give 1« that "It saves the motor, • clutch and transmission.” In thia they are In error, for such practice not only la dangerous, but 1» detrimental to those very part.« which one would «ave. In some states, especially In the west, a driver caught going down hill with his clutch released Is se verely deitt with. Over In Franc» during the war, a driver ennght do« Ing this was put In the guardhouse. There 1« no excuse for doing II any« a writer In an exchange. Negotiating a Decline. Naturally when approaching a de cline, the vehicle la slowed up «0 that the motor Is turning over slowly. On releasing the clutch -the car 1« no longer held back by the compression or the motor and gain» speed nt every revolution of the wheel«. Very often. If the hill Is at all long, the speed attained alarms the driver, who then applies his brake». A brake which even under ordinary dobdlttons would be sufficient to stand the car on end, or throw the driver through the windshield, will fail to hold very often when Jammed on nt high speed on a down grulle, It often bappeoa that If the road I» rough the wheel» will lock and skid around, perhap« throwing the car over th* bank. Have Car Und»r. Control. There Is no better brake for moun tain or any other grades, than the compression of the cylinders. Often It Is necessar^to anppjetnynt that braking effect with the xer.-fee, nr emergency brakes, but with the clutch In and the motor turning over slowly you always have the car under control and are fur less likely to skid if you should come to a allpi>ery spot, aa you often do In fflie mountain». especially In the early spring when the snow Is melting. AUTOMOBILE GOSSIP^ AN IMPROVED CHEVRO E AT A NEW LOW PRICE $675 DEFECTIVE HOSE IS SOURCE OF TROUBLE Should Be Examined When En Sine Begins to Hoat Up. Connection Can Be Replaced In Few Minute« by Anyone Who la Handy With Wrench er Screw. j driver and Other Toole. When engine» which normally keep cool eveu in hot weuthcr or heavy I climbing begin to heat up, «u«pect the condition of the rubber ho«e which connect» the radiator with the water jacket. There are two such pieces of hose, but It 1« the top one which uhu ally goes bad. because It carries the hot water from the top of the engine Into the radiator. The bottom hose carries the cooled water either to the pump, If there Is a pump, or directly back to the water jacket If the engine ' u«e» the thermo-syphon cooling sye- I tern. Cara which u«e pumps for water cir culation have smaller pipes and con sequently smaller rubber hose connec tions than those w hich use the thermo syphon cooling system. Hot water I gradually disintegrates the rubber and ; cotton of the hose, and when the In ner lining of the hose breaks down into • mush It frequently stops up the hose connections to an extent «util clent to prevent proper water dreu- latlon. Replacing such ■ hone con- nectlon cun be done In a few mln- ntea by anyone who can use a wrench or screwdriver, and 1» an operation which doe« not ne<«| the skilled and expensive services of a repair man. Sometime» engine» which cool prop erty in winter heat up when the Aral wamwtay» come. In euglues of the pump circulation type thia 1» often caused by u hitherto unsuspected freezing of th* pump wheel blade* suited In broken pump wheel blade«. IMsmountlng the pump and taking It to pieces Is the only way to make sure ol thia trouble. The remedy 1» a new Impeller In the pump. SAFE LOCK FOR AUTOMOBILE Authorized Dodge Service Station COMI’ETENT MW1IANICB Foil Al.I. MAKES <»F rm < iu MEI.DING, RKtZING ANO MAtlllXE WORK EI.MTR1C TKOl lli.K SHOOTING CAIMI ANU Ament’s Auto Machine Shop DAY RHONE UU-J SERVICE FAR KAY OK NIGHT NIGHT AMt-ll Operai«» Automat, eally to Prevent Accldsntal Raver«« Movement of Machine. •4 ‘ . t The Scientific American tn llluatrnt- Inc and describing a safety reverse movement lock for automobile«, th« Invention of C. P. Clrac of Stillwater, Nev.. any»: One of the principal object» of th« Invention I» to provide a safety for u»e tn connection with automobile«, for automatically operating to pre- UNIVERSAL TIRE FILLER RIItKS LIKE AIK. MOKE CASING MILE IGK—111 VNSIEHA BLE from oam CÀMJIO IO \ x '> hiek x<> ct N< it M mow- (•( TS, INNRK Tl'IIEM OK Alli. IXSTAI.I.EII IX VOI It t'Alt AT Hl7 Sill TH FOI KTII sTIUCKf, Universal Service Station I * '.hr« The Italian embargo on Importation of Amerlcnn passenger automobiles han been removed. see Headlight lenses enn be frosted by View Showing the Arrangement Where- applying a Maturated solution of Ep- by the Device 1« Controlled by th« 10m »alt» to the back. th« Gear Shift Laver of th« Auto e e e mobile. Commercial vehicle« In England nre paving nearly, one-half, the niqfor tax rent accidental reverse movement of the machine, the apparatus being mov ation of that country. e e e able Into position to allow reverse Approximately 1.200 American mo movement, through the movement of tor vehicle«, valued at >1,440,000, have • the gear shift lever Into ‘reverse" accumulated on the wharves. In «ar«- 1 position. The device could be used on houses and In lots at Buenos Aires, ba> all sorts of machine* such 11« hoisting cause of the general freight congestion [ engines, traction engines, and street there. - 14 ■ car». It I» simple and durable. AUTO WITH WIRELESS TELEPHONE F. O. B. Grants Pass TRADE-IN PRICE on this genuine Prcst-OLite Battery $24 æ? for Yours! ES, Sir; only $24.85 lor a brand-new firal-quality Brest - O- Lile Battery, full of’zip and zing, and born to live long. Prest-O-Lite’s second reduction in less than a year I And the battery is better, too. Chevrolet “FOUR-NINETY,’ always a good car, is a betttei automobile than ever before, Improvements and refinements make it a real, quality automobile, at a new and exceptionally low price. Here are the most important changes and refinements incorpo rated: A new rear axle with a spi ral bevel ring gear and pin ion. A band-controlled emer gency brake lever. Improved springs. Tapered roller bearings in front wheels. Positive transmission align ment. This new Chevrolet (for that is what the “Four Ninety” really is today) is a better designed ear, better built, and better finished. It stands out head and shoulders as a superior quality automobile, at an unusually low price. See this car today. 1 W.S.Maxwell®Co CHEVROLET BUICK — NASH iïuMÂOJibi BATTERY I SERVICE Pull up where you we this sign. Other Preti -O-‘ Lite! in rorree! lite for every ntahe of ear. Ghowing How th* Top oí th« Car 1« Wired for the Wiretese telephone. Physicians, buslnef» men, or In fact anyone who owns nn Inclosed «uto mobile ran now equip their automobiles with a wlrelesg telephone at • cost of about »50. or just about the price of a new tire or battery. With autos thii» equipped physicians could be In constant commanlcatlon with their home» for emergency call», and the business tnan In touch with his office. ' > » The Instrument Installed In the automobile, shown In the photogrnpli, teltl work successfully up to Are miles and use only ■ »mull pnrt of the auto bat tery current. " Th« two young men, shown In th« photograph, In oxperlmsnling, found that It was net necessary to have antennae high up In the air, but found that the’wire« stretched around th« top of the car were sticce»si)il. Four purally; copper wires ran atouqg the top of the auto on G Inch posts fastened to the corners. They Iht-n grounded the set to the auto's engine as Is done In air planes. In their experiments they were constantly In touch with their homo provided they were In the five-mil» limit. I Here’s a dandy bat tery for Fords, certain models of Overlands, Chevrolets, Buickff, .and 27 other cars and trocks. Come get yours. It means $ 13.60 saving over Prest-O-l .ite’s 1920 price. Drive around. Adams’ Electric and 1 Battery Shop. I ’ . • 4 ’ ftiebt-OJ/te BATTERY START Right with P/UUt OiQfe! re st im 1 .MEXICO OPEN« HANGEN TO IT. H. CATTLEMEN <• f , Mexico City. Oct. 7.—(I. N. B.) With’the purpose of encouraging the bringing Into Moxlco of cattle from tbn Unltnd Stalo», President Obre gon .ha» ordored a reduction In itn- |1ort anti export rfiitln» which wl|l amount, to, a,bot>t SO per cant. ' Thri reduction began on September 1. I HfSAllI) ON THE STREET "Say, Hill, what, do you think of that automatic electric brake that wan here a few days ago." "Well, sir, It In the bout thing I over saw." "I have been told that before.” "iWhsro can I buy noma stock?" " Why, go up to Ole's Tire Whop. ho I n a>ont for the company, or call up ¡}(U>-lt, If h« 1» nut them, ho w/H haye a man there who will fix yon up and got »onio »took for you.
