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8 , HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION Automobiles and Good Roads Canada's Motor Highway Is Described by Consul-General R. E. Mansfield of Vancouver, B. C. CVNADA'S motor highway is best described by Consul-General B. E. Mansfield, of Vancouver, B. C, who tells Uncle Sam of the progress of the work through the Daily Consular and Trade Reports. Mr. Mansfield says: "There is periiaps no better example of the remarkable progress made by Canada in providing transportation fa cilities throughout the length and breadth of the Dominion than the con struction of a motor highway from ocean to ocean, which is Hearing com pletion at the present time. "Twenty-five years ago the plan to build a railroad from Halifax to Van couver was considered visionary and impracticable. To cross the barren wastes above Lake Superior, tho vast prairies of Saskatchewan, and the mountain passes of Alberta and British Columbia then was considered by some of the best engineers to be physically impossible. Tet today one great conti nental railway is under successful op eration, another is ncaring completion and a third is under construction. "A few years ago no one would have thought of motoring through Canada from ocean to ocean a3 adong the pos sibilties of the near future, but today motor, cars are running almost the en tire length oi' the new Canadian trans continental highway, and only a few more links of the chain are needed to permit the motorist to make the trip in safety and comfort. From Halifax to Sudbury, from Winnipeg to the Great Divide, the trail is nearly fin ished, and the more difficult roads through the mountains of British Co lumbia are rapidly nearing completion. "When completed this will furnish one of the longest and one of the most beautiful and picturesque motor routes in the world. From the land of Arcadia to the shores of the Pacific it will run 3,000 miles through the fertile plains and valleys and over mountain ranges. Scenery Is Picturesque. "The most picturesque part of -the trip-is from Calgary to Vaneouver. From Calgary the route leaves the prai ries, mounts the foothills of the Rockies and penetrates into their fastnesses 90 miles away at Banff, from where the road turns into the Vermilion pass and then down the valley of tho Columbia to Cranbrook. Already the run from Cranbrook to Creston has been made by motor car, and it will not be long until the trail to Nelson, Grand Forks and Vaneouver is finished. "Wlien this great route is completed it will not be necessary for Canadian motorists to incur the expense of for eign travel, for no finer trip can be made under the flag of any land' than that over this transcontinental high way. Even the Tyrolean or Swiss Alps can not surpass the Sclkirks or the Eocky mountains for grandeur, beauty and variety of scenery. In a few hours tho motorist can travel Switzerland from border to border, but it will take mlny days to see all the splendor of the great Northwest. Variety of Attractions. "An interesting feature of this route will be the number and variety of attractive side trips it offers. Many new roads connecting with the main highway and suitable for motor driving are finished already and others are un der construction, which open up new regions of beauty. One of these will be the road up Mount Bevelstoke, 4 miles of which is already finished; 9 miles more of a 7 per cent graded ma cadam roadway will extend it to the summit, 6,150 feet above sea . level, from where the panoramic view is ex cellent. For 75 miles on either side ex tend the snowcapped peaks of the Gold, lllecillewaet and Selkirk ranges. Thou sands of feet below in the pine clad val leys can be caught glimpses of the Co lumbia and lllecillewaet rivers. By easy pony trails from the Chalet can be readied two beautiful lakes Eva and Millar and from their rocky shores a panorama of tho Great Gordon glacier is unfolded. Other sceme attractions along which the great motor highway ,vill pass are the Columbia and Winder mere valleys, the Vermillion pass and ICootcnay and Okanogan lakes. "The completion of tins transconti nental motor trail will be of interest not only to American motorists as an attractive scenic route, but it will also give impetus to the motor trade in Can ada, opening up new markets for Amer ican-made cars, and increase trade op portunities in that line." son why you should negteet the matter. In fact, this silence of the battery is a great reason why yon should give it regular attention. It will not do to content yourself with the fact that you may not have to put in water for an other week or two. By this policy you aro not being fair to tho battery. Get tho battery habit the same as you get the habit of filling the gasoline tank, putting oil in the motor, inflating tho tires, or getting the body washed. It is equally important. . Study Battery Care PROTECTING WIND SHIELDS. One great objection to motorcycling in cold weather has been overcome by the introduction of a windshield adapt ed to motorcycles. As seen in the illus tration, the device consists of a small The Progressive Business College Broadway Building, Portland, Oregon. FLOBENCE HIDINGS, Prefl't EDISON DICTATING VACHINE, COLUMBIA DICTAPHONE, SHORTHAND, BOOKKEEPING, TYPEWRITIKO, COMPTOGRAPII, and Ml MODERN BUSINESS COURSES. Rates $5.00 per Month to those entering Before September 1, 1011. tTn the opening of touring it is imperative that the owner-driver gives his battery that share of attention which it merits. He must ex amine it every 10 days if it is used for starting and lighting purposes. It is most important that each cell be tested to see if there is enough liquid in it. In hot weather the electrolyte evapor ates very quickly, and soraetimos a cell will be half empty at the end of a week of hot weather if there is much tour ing done. Distilled water must be add ed. This water can be purchased in gallon bottles at any drug store at a nominal price. A gallon will suffico for several months. The modus operandi of testing your battery is a simple one. II you nave been running your car several weeks or months and have not tried your battery vou are courtine trouble which tho bat tcrv may not show for several months, but which will be sure to affect it soon er or later. If you have not been test ins vour battery because you do not know how to do it, the sooner you learn fcrvm thffl letter. Your car should te equipped with a testing hydrometer and svrinpe. toeether with directions on how to use it. Both the nyarometer una the syringe may look formidable, but thev are not. It is nearly as simple ;o handle them as it is for tho doctor to place a thermometer under your tongue and take the temperature oi tue oouy. If you are afraid to try testing your battery tho first time, then the next best thing is to stop at your garage, or at ft battery repair depot and ob serve the workman there while he spends five minutes doing the job. You will find it very simple. There is noth ing mathematical about it. You don't have to be a chemist; in fact, there is nothing difficult from start to finish. It is nearly as simple as inflating a tire and using a tire gauge to see that you have the proper air pressure, but it is much easier work. Adding distilled water is In reality all you have to do providing you have started out with a new car and bat tery. The distilled water is added with a syringe. Jiacn ecu snouiu uo nmu u as the plates are covered. A good way to do this is to fill the cell to the top, and then draw out a little from all of tho cells after they are filled. It rare ly is necessary to add anything but distilled water throughout the season. If your electrolyte shows too great a weakness then the battery man should be consulted. If it is impossible to get distilled water, rain water collected a few minutes after the shower has start ed will do equally well. The rain water collected at the start of a shower is generally filled with foreign particles, from the roofs of buildings, etc., ana should not be used. In case rain water is not available there are many dis tilled table waters that are entirely sat isfactory for the work. If you are to have entiro success with your battery during the present touring season it is highly imperative that you give it attention. Keep it properly fill ed with distilled, water, 'lhe battery is a silent faetor.in your car; if a cell goes nearly dry there is not any noise, tho same as when a bearing goes rtry, or any immediate difficulty, as when a tire goes flat, or you run out of gaso line, or the brakes won't hold. But tho fact that there is not any immodi ate evidence of distress is not any rea metal frame in which : transparent celluloid. s held a sheet of such as is used in automobile curtains. 'I he frame is fastened to the handlebars in a few minutes by means of adjustable clamps, and weighs but five pounds. HELPFUL HINTS. T REQUIRES more power to turn over a motor with the petcocks open than when they are closed, be cause air has to be expelled on the com pression stroke and again drawn in on the expansion stroke, which requires considerable energy. If the air is con fined, compressed, and expanded it gives baJi most of the energy expended in compressing it. This holds good only at fairly brisk cranking speeds. A way of reducing the wear on the coil vibrator points with battery igni tion is periodically to reverse the direc tion of the torrent flow through the system. The fumes from a storage battery on charge are inflammable, and it is by no means safe to bring a naked name near a cell that is "gassing" freely. Bttery repair shops and charging sta' ' tions usually are careful in this respect, knowing by practical experience that tho gas can be ignited. It is not good manners to eome bonk ing and squawking up behind a brother motorist who happens to be jogging at tho respectable rate of twenty miles per hour, as if you were coming tnrongn at around sixty. Then, when the twenty. mile man draws politely uside and lots you pass to pull over in front of him and drop into a twenty mile ,iog your self and give him tho benefit of the dust for a mile or two as a reward for his politeness. Trobably no cure for "furring" of a radiator and connections is better than the simple uso of rain water. Such wa ter naturally lias no minerals dissolved in it, and consequently will dissolve those which are present in the cooling system. 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