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Profit by the suggestions of these Auto Doctors who have built their business on the foundation of service.
The best of cars need repairs at all times. Have that defect fixed now and go on your vacation in comfort.
Why Worry ?
When you can have those loose and
squeaky wheels repaired in a few min
utes at a very low cost and avoid a
breakdown when you are miles away
from any help?
That is just one of our specialities. We
do all kinds of first-class auto repair
ing, welding, lathe work, reboring, etc.,
and we do it right, too!
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Ament's Auto Machine Shop
Day and Night Towing
Day Phone 113 J
Night Phone 252 R
Just a few exceptionally
Service
with a
Smile
Washing and
Greasing a Specialty
Night and Day
A NEW TOP ON THE OLD CAR
When your ear goes on a rampage, don’t try to fight it.
Arc you safe out in a raiijstorni with your old top or
is there a chance that its leaks may spoil more
clothes than a new top would cost? There there is
the matter of your ear's np]>earance. Why not drop
in and let us show you how easily and economically
we van put a fine new top on your car.
Let us ealm it down for you
Smith
And the prices are right
Garage
Phone 65
C. A. Winetrout
The Auto Top Man
Ford Sales and Service
SOFT TIRES ARE
VERY EXPENSIVE
Proper Inflation Will Give
More Miles and Decrease
Gasoline Consumption.
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(By KRWIN GREER, . President Greer
College of Automotive
Autotnot
Engineering.
Chicago).
Tires form a very important part of
■n automobile, this point being brought
to our realization when on u beautiful
day for motoring we spend an hour
or so struggling on a hot road rectify
ing the wrongs of a sadly neglected or
badly used tire, involving the loss of a
perfectly good temper.
Don’t drive your car wttfi tires that
are soft or not properly inflated or
you will be well started on the road
to tire trouble with the following re
sults to your tires, and your pocket
book :
Sliding of the tires on the rim when
the brakes are applied suddenly,
causing the tube to tear around the
valve stem.
Tread loosening from the fabric due
to arc of bend in transverse direction
to arc of citcumference.
Tires puncture much easier when not
properly Inflated.
Tire heating which destroys th®
valuable chemical elements necessury
to both rubber and fabric.
Cracking of the side walls and rim
cutting and in some eases pinching of
the tube.
When tires nre not properly Inflated
they create a drag and the car is slow
to pick up speed or if on the front
wheels steering Is made harder. The
engine has to work much harder, gaso
line consumption is greater and many
other effects make themselves known.
Special Sale
Tires and Tubes
Effective Until July 5th
Fabric Tires $6.00 up
Cord Tires $8.50 up
A Shraeder Tire Guage Free with each of the first 20 Savage
Tires sold, and a tube repair kit free with each of the first 24 Fisk
Tires sold.
New Stock and Low Prices
RUSSELL’S Pacific Redwood
Service Station
Across the River
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Now in Stock
We can handle anything from a greasing job to a
Complete Overhauling Job.
GEORGE BERRY
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Good Used
Cars
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Turns Out of Course.
Did you ever drive your cur along a
smooth ror.d with one of the front tires
soft? You noticed the car had a ten
dency to turn off Its course In the di
i rection of the side on which the soft
tire was. The cause of that Is this:
When a tire becomes soft It de
creases the overall diameter of tbe
wheel, that is, If the tire becomes soft
enough to allow the axle to settle one-
fourth inch on one side, you have in
reality a wheel that Is one-half inch
smaller than the wheel on the oppo
site end of the axle, therefore the
smaller wheel must travel faster or
turn a greater number of revolutions
to travel the same distance as the
other, or leave its true course of di
rection. The other wheel with the tire
properly inflated on the other end of
the axle, being larger, travels a greater
distance in the same number of revo
lutions, and if not Joined to the car It
would follow the smaller wheel off Its
true course and gradually turn In a
circle around the smaller wheel, using
the latter for an axis around which to
rotate. But both wheels being firmly
fastened to the car, they are forced to
travel in the true course of the car;
thus the smaller wheel (or the one
with the soft tire) is forced to travel
the same dlstnnce as the larger one,
thus causing more wear on both.
Keep Well Inflated.
So keep your tires well inflated but
not over-inflated as one is as bad as
the other. Be sure to keep them In
flated to the pressure that is specified
on the side of the tire by the manu
facturer, and you will get more mile
age and decrease gasoline consumption
and have a smooth running car with
less trouble on the road.
Method for Polishing
Dulled Metal Fittings
After the car Is first brought out of
Its winter stornge, the metal fittings
are usually dull and tamlshed. They
may be restored by the following
method : First apply a weak solution I
of oxalic acid and water to the tar
nished surfaces by means of a cloth
wrapped around a stick. Any acrid
accumulations are then loosened and
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may be cleanly removed by sample
wiping. After this ordinary metal pol
ish used for brass work should be ap
plied with a linen cloth and the polish
ing carried out with soft woolen cloths.
If the surfaces are slow to respond to
the polishing, try a good carriage mak
er’s polish made ns follows : Twenty
parts of whiting, one part of soda, one-
quarter part of citric acid. This com
pound Is moistened with water fort
using.
Sales books—Courier office.
FASHIONS HAVE CHAN GED IN VARIOUS WAYS
Here's a picture that tells a complete story in Itself. The autocar of 1890
was certainly a snappy thing, featured by the rope tires that were guaranteed
not to suffer from puncture. Short wheel base was another bright Idea while
the motive power was hidden under the seat.
Overloading It Harmful
Occasional Spray Will
to All Trucks and Tires
Keep Radiator Bright
Through serving as a sieve through
Here is how a practical tire man ex
which dust Is constantly drawn by plained why overloading a truck is a
the suction of the fan, the radiator fault for which the owner or operator
core becomes prematurely old tn ap gives up profit
pearance, particularly as viewed from
Say the full pack of a soldier on the
the front Often one will see an oth march weighs 40 pounds, the day's
erwise spotless car with a dull or march Is about 30 miles. Carrying 40
splotched radiator core.
pounds this distance equals 1,200
By the occasional use of a pump pound-mlles of work.
spray, the front of any car may be
Now suppose the soldier was given
kept solid black, aluminum, or any a 60-pound pack. To do the same
desired color with little attention or amount of pound-mlles of work he
expense. The spray Is filled with need travel only 20 miles.
liquid lamp black, or with ordinary
But it is doubtful If he could carry
paint of the desired color, thinned with such a load when 40 pounds had al
equal parts of gasoline. The gasoline ready been proved to be his limit.
lightens the coat applied, and assists
It Is just this way with truck tires.
its penetration back Into the crevices Properly loaded, they will do their Job
In the core which cannot be reached
well. Overloaded, they soon break
with a brush. By operating the pump down.
handle the paint spray is distributed
evenly over and into the surface of
the radiator core, and a naw effect is
Fir at Religioua Paper
secured in a few minutes. A place of
The first religious newspaper ever
wrapping paper should be placed be leaned was the Herald of Gospel Lib
hind the radiator to protect the on- erty, which was published by Ellas
iiso—Motor.
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Smith of Portsmouth, Ji.
la 1800,