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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (May 26, 1917)
1 IfEDFOTfcD MATL TT?TBTTNT3 MEDFOTCD, ORECION", SATURDAY. MAY 26, 1917 PAOE THREE Rrir List g jKgjfi,. mZXJ v.f .-: :v ran ircaiuicui A Motor Which is Only 50 per cent Efficient is Only Half a Motor Lift Up PORE WATER 10 J1 Mi Your Ford Gar. with OF E IS No one but an expert has much of an idea how far off a motor is from its possible 100 per cent efficiency. Thousands of motors are 50 per cent 1 motors 60 per cent motors-1-thru no fault of their ovn. They leak compression, lose power and carbon ize excessively. Their piston rings are simply at fault. Let us install V-PLEX RINGS ,' and your motor will be a super-efficient motor. Metz Cars -No clutch to slip No gears to strip Runs where you will or when you will O'er roughest road or steepest hill 108-inch wheel base, Gray & Davis two-unit lighting and starting system, Willard batteries, mohair one man top, demountable rims, with extra rim and carrier. Can you match it for the price? $695 f. o. b. Medford White & Applegate, Agents 132 South Riverside Avenue The Santa Rosa populace Is not yet over tlio many thrills provided tor It last Sunday at one of the most spec tacular dirt track automobile races ever held in northern California. The event, known as the 100-mile Floral Classic, was for a purse of $1000 and was participated in by six contestants before a crowd of more than 6000 people. The winner, A. H. Patterson of Stockton, drove his Hudson Super- Six through a perpetual cloud of sand and dust at steady clip of more than a mile a mlnuto, negotiating the 100 laps of the one-mile flat dirt oval in 90 minutes and 35 seconds. Boldon and Price, both in Dusenbergs, fiiv ished second and third, respectively. In spite of the fact that the Supor- Six maintained a steady and consist ent pace thruout the event rather than any undue outbursts of speed, on account of the rough track, the Hud son took the lead about the middle of the race and held It until the finish It was a case of "loafing" In the lat ter part of the classic. Considering that this speed breaks the record for Santa Rosa's track and that tho Super-Six was pitted against a field of slxteen-valve machines of widely known racing repute, Patter son's victory is truly commendable. Another outstanding feature of the Hudson's splendid showing was the fact that it was not once necessary to lift the hood of the Super-Six or make any adjustment whatever to the mo tor during the entiro race, Patterson making hut a single stop and that on tho DGth lap for a tire change. The tire replacement, which was accom pllshed in 15 seconds, was merely a precautionary measure, for the Super- Six was two laps ahead of its nearest competitor and It meant but the loss of a quarter of a lap. The winning Hudson' finished a lap aiid a half ahead of Bolden In a Dtisenberg, which was second. San Francisco Examiner. i FORMER LAKE Two new park anto busses will he put on between Medford and Crater Lake this years that will hold 15 pas sengers each and will make round trip every other day as heretofore, one car leaving Medford every day and ono car leaving the lake each day. When the traffic warrants it the other j.iutos will be run as horotoforo. . Court Hall will be in chargo as usu al which insures the best of service and first class treatment to the trav eling public. I! lisa 1 Buy a BetterJ3attery Enjoy tlio abundant power, greater endurance and longer life of "the Prcst-O-Lite Battery. Feel its responsiveness to your touch on the starting button its absolute dependability; for good lights and quick starts. 4 jmm 4 There is a Prest-O-Litc Battery of the correct size for your car a battery that insures the utmost in satisfaction and service. c carry a complete stock of new Trcst-D-Litc Batteries ami nailery parts. We inspect, repair and recharge batteries of all makes expert work at reasonable prices. Your battery will wear nut before ils time if you neglect it. Drive around today and let us take hydrometer readings to determine its condition and add distilled water if needed. This service is yours for the asking, no matter what car you drive or what make of battery you now use. " C. E. Gates Auto Co. We have a nermce battery for you In ate ulhil yours it left with u fur repair or recharging. STORAGE BATTERV "Why must It be pure distilled wa ter?" is a Question often asked by motorists when the necessity for add Ing water to their storage batten ies is brought to their attention. 'Toc' Wright, In charge of the local Prest-O-Llto battery service station, an swers the question In this way: "It Is perfectly natural for battery users to'wonder why clean water of any kind cannot bo used In storage batteries as well ns distilled water. Tho answer Is that water for battery use should he chemically pure as well as free from visiblo impurities. "A storage battery Is made up of scientifically proportioned, chemical elements, combined to produce a cer tain result. The entrance of any for eign chemicals or minerals will seri ously Interfere with the battery's op eration and may permanently affect its usefulness. "City water and well water contain certain chemicals and minerals among them chlorine and Iron. Th use In a storage battery of water con taining these foreign elements (lis turb8 the electro-chemical action of tho battery, resulting in a reduction of the capacity of the plates and some times permanent Injury to them. "Rain water might be used, If caught in the open in jars or crocks. but not If allowed to come In contact with metal or wood such as eave- trotighs, down spouts, buckets, etc. "uoinng the water will not re move chemical Impurities. The com plete removal of chemical and'physl- cal impurities is only accomplished by the distilling process. "Motorists who care for their own batteries should have a supply of dis tilled water for -battery use in glass bottles or earthern vessels never In metal or wooden containers. "'Many battery-owners who' do not care to go to this trouble themsolves stop regularly every week or ten days in warm weather at our serv ice station, C. E. Gates Auto Co., where our battery experts add distill ed water, when needed, while they wait. At the same time they make other tests on the battery as an extra precaution. This service Is available to all motorists regardless of the make of battery or car. Automobile Notes The automobile owner should re member this: The law Increasing his license is now in effect. Ho will liavo to pay the increased license. Tho $6,000,000 road bond bill will bo vot ed on at tlio Juno election. If it carries, tho money raised from increased automobile licenses will he used 'In building roads. If the road bond bill falls fho money may he used for other purposes, livery automobile owner should not only vote for tho bonds, hut ho should bo a hoostor for thofmoanuro because of his direct and personal Interest in tho revenue derived from his license and tho manner In which It Is ex pended, i Out of a total of 1100 foreigners employed by the Studebaker corpora tion at one of the Detroit plants, only threo refused to becomo American citizens In a canvass recently made, according to an Investigator for the company. Every man of Gorman birth In the plant signified a willing; ness to become an American citizen. Tho Investigator also reported that many Germans havo exprexxed a de sire to Join tho American army in ac tive war against tho Kathorlnnd. 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Goodrich Company Akron, Ohio WhT Yen flc Thi pi a Gocdrich Tt r Stocks AtUTbur Dealer forTuomi H mm "Best in the Lona RurTl Wmm mm Wm We carry full line of both Fabric and Silvertown Cord GOODRICH TIRES W. R. DE LAY 230 West Main Phone 73 JlL CHEYROLEX -il W. C. Durant, the veteran manufacturer, promised to give the world its greatest motor car value. That premise ha3 been fulfilled. THE "FOUR-NINETY" MODEL $625 HERE Is tlio world's Lowest Priced Kleclricnlh' and Fully Equipped Automo bile, lint quality lias not been sacrificed to make this possible. Every CHEVROLET model is Lacked by the Kreat $8I,0(K),0(X) Chevrolet Com pany, the Durant Conscience and sold by a dealer whose policy is to de liver to tlx; public, what the, public has a right to expect. Small Cash Payments Balance as You Ride i 1 3 crvice Station Claudo MileB C. A. Bacr W. R. De LAY Wost Main St. Phone 73 ill Riverside Garage
