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Evening Herald
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Fourteenth Year -No. 4063.
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1920.
Price Five Cent
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HOMELY SPUD
HIS NEW USE
MOUNTS
And now cornim thn homely 'spud.'
tba common or garden variety Irish
potato, a a substitute for Ibo many
preparation rocomnwmdoti for knon
In tho windshield of the autornobllo
clear In rainy or foggy wentbnr. Tho
enthusiastic supporter of what muat
be termed the 'pud motbod' of keep
tag tho wlndihleld clear am no laai
perona thai Jatnei V. Curloy of tba
Choater N. Weaver oompany, distrib
uter of Btudebakor automobile and
Day-Klder truck and1 Thomaa L.
Laiigblln, Wei tern luperlntendeat of
service for tho Htudebaker corpora
Uon.
"Don't tell in about these now
tangled chemical compositions for
keeping the windshield clear on
rainy dare," declare Curley and
I-uhlln, who travel togother over
many thouiandi of mile of all klndi
of road In all klndi of weather every
year. "All we do U to keep a nlr-
freah and Juicy spud In the ear.
When It rains we cut n allco off, rub
It nvrr the wlndihleld and It kr-op
It clear ai crystal."
Viva la ponnnn (In Icrrol
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IIKMOVIJMJ HCAI.i:
Thl I tho tlnio or year when 1t U
well to romemtinr the root! old moth
od of loo.innlng seslo that tin formed
PIKES PEAK
The now Paige "fl-flfl" sovon pas
enger itock model touring car with
Italph Mulford at tho wheel, lait
.week climbed I'lkea Peak, uilog tho
cog railroad an It routo, n feat that
baa never beforo been accomplished
by an automobile ana wblch had
been presumed to be Impossible.
The extraordinary dltflcuttlea of
the cog road climb lie In the fact
that the car waa opt obliged to run
on the tie and over treitlei, cat
tie guard, cog awitchea and rocks,
but waa forced aa.well to conquer a
grade thai in aome aectlon mounted
a high aa 15. The climb la 'de
clared to be the hlgheit, ateepeat
ahd moil, difficult ever made by an
automobile. oN other cog road In
the world I half o high and no oth
er vehicle, except a ipoclnlly built
Ilaldwln co locomotive, had ever
mounted this road. Even flon-of-a-J
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IN By GIRL
Oun hill, nearly a two-mllo itretch
of 2& grade, was mnilo with oae.
The dtstanco covered wa nine
mile and tho start waa mnilo from
Manltou at an altitude of CtOO feat.
A tho altitude at tho top I- 14,190
the Paige hnd to climb nearly 9001
feet a mile, with on avorugo grade
of f6 95. At no point In tho nlno-mllo
climb In tho grndo lei than 714!
four of tho nine mile arc 25;
In the cooling system, Hlx pound of thrco nnrt ohe-elght" between 20' to
wasning od unsolved in rive gal 2S por cont. The longoat r
Ion of boiling water I the correct
formula. Pour this solution In the
cooling system n'nd allow It to re
main for a day, Hum drain and tluih
the ytem out with clean wator and
refill.
VHK FOR MPI.IT WAHUKRM
Where crown bura and cotter pin
are not aupplleil In motor car con
atructlon good, well tempered pllt
washer may bq placed under tho
"head of bolt to koep them from
rattling iwe. v
pull' 25
per cent I n mile and three- quarter
at 13,000 feet.
Added to tho difficulty was he
decrealng depression u tho altitude
mounted to 14,000 feet. Tho bardcit
stretch I the lat half mile of 25
to SS per cent grade at H,000 feet.
A auroral topa were made to take
moving picture and "Mill"' photo
graph no attempt wai made to take
the tlmo. In addition to the atop
for picture the' Palgo wa, obliged
(Contlaaed on Para.ll).
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In a competition that centered
thought ot more than 200,000 high
school atudente, their relative aad
frlenda, upon good roada, 16-year-old
Flournoy Hutlerfleld, Welser.
Idaho, won the Harvey 8. Firestone
unlveralty acholarahlp for the beat
eaaay written In the Ship by Track
Good Roada essay con teat recently
concluded
School children from every atate
In the Union competed under the aa-
pervlslon of educational mutborltlea,
Commissioner of Education P. P.
Claxton appointed the committee
that Judged the eaiaya from among
Washington official. " '
From one of the amalleat high
achool In the west, wboro she always
naa lived, Miss Huttorflold cornea
forth a one of the best Informed
young perion In the country', on
highway tramportatlon problem,' ac
cording to tho contcat Judge. AI
moit n quarter of a million ' high
ichool pupil from tho metropolitan
center and rural sections ot the
United Htatc competed with her In
writing a COO word essay on good
road and motor tramportatlon. For
her efforta alio recclvea a four year'
acholarahlp In any collego or univer
sity ho chuoic to attend.
Tho conteit and prlxo waa an
nounced during National Ship by
Truck Good lloada Week laat May
and part of Mr, Firestone's contri
bution to It luccea. 8o great waa
the Intercut arouied by thla, effort
to turn the thougbta ot thousand
of young people to one of the na
tlon'a greatest problem that motor
companlea, newspapers, magailae
publishers and automotive ' associa
tions gave hundreds of city and
tale prizes. ,
In commenting on the nationwide
Fl
NUT
THE OLD HORSE
J. W. Moorman, road contractor,
has been using a Fordioa 'tractor
with amailng results on' the dlena
road plow and find that it ismrfeh
been using the tractor to pnll a large
roa dplow and flnda that It la, aeh
more economical than the old way
of working wtlh horses, bealdea telng
very much faster.
,Mr. Moorman la 'iommeaUag to a
Herald reported on the efficiency of
the Fordsoa said "the beautiful fea
ture about working with, a tractor
la! that it la easier to hire men to
drive tractor than to hire "male
skinners" and In these days of labor
aearctty that la aa Item we can't af
ford to overlook."
! Mr. Danner of the Danner-Patty
Motor Co., of thla city, report Out
they havo two Fordsons loading aad
bunching toga for Stelger'a mill aad
for J. O. OoldthwalU, of the, Mod
Lumbar Co. The werk: Is being so
well b&ndlod by the tractors and sov
oral of the local mills havo express
ed a desire to try. thereout on tkelr
properties. It Is 6x ported that by
noxt spring all ot the mills' in this
vicinity will be aslng the Fordaon.
acope of the contest, Mr. Firestone,
who Is a prominent tire manufactur
er, said:
'"It was with tho hope ot Inspiring
the men and women ot tomorrow
to give thought to ono of our greatest
national problem) that I offered (lie
acholarihlD. Thn result llvnd un ;i
fay highest expectations. 'it ough-, to
give great impetus to the good roads
movement." .
In winning .the -scholarship. Mls
tlutterflold realltes.thW dream of hor
life four years In colloge. 8h? has
chosen to spend one year at a well
known girls' school on tho lludrou
Btjar New York city. Shi then plan
ie spier aa eastern univimir lor
re year. . --,
HFiRNEFieST
TO ENTER RICE
U3 'ANGELES; Cat., 'Oct. 30.
Eddie Hoarno, n veteran ot every
speedway, road and'dlrt track of the
country., hero, of a .thousand "Pun
kla "Center" affairs and of scores of
great national apeed contests as, well.
was the first to send' aa official en
try blank ,1a to tba po -iageles
speeaway association ror toe coming
Thaaksglvlag day 'classic oa tka Bev
erly Hills bowl.
Hearne last year held the title of
national champloa, land although he
haa not succeeded ,ln placing himself
in Una for thla honor again thla sea
son, kM followers aUte that the fa
mous Eddie expects to "show them
all" In this the final race of the year.
The car Hearne will pilot la the
big race will bo a Revere Special,
powered bjr a four-ejndfr DszOj
berg raptor v
Jimmy Marshy, holder of h re
ord of lOJ.g miles an hoar average
tor 250 -nllee, estabUsaod la tba In
itial race at tho Los Angeles speed
plant, ripped off SO laps at better
than 104 miles per hour the other
afternoon, which shows he baa -not
forgotten the "how" ot it oa the
Beverly track. - f
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Repainting Car J
Not Simple Job
Carriage painting is not an easy
Job to bo undertaken by the layman.
To repaint a, car and do It' properly
require experlencojand care, and not
merely one but a number of coats of
paint. 8o unleas the motorist, baa .a
goodly store ot patience the Job and
better be undertaken by a painter of
skill and experience.
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Henri Fornler, a Frenchman
brought the first bicycle motor to
thla country la 1899. , ,. ...
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SPECIAL IHNJ
WINS PRAISE
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"Oar Reo "apeed wagon la one of
the finest things we have arohaa
oar. esUbllskawat," 'said Ed. VasA
nice, manager of the Golden Rate,
yesterday Ja speaklag of tho newide
Uvery wagon they have recently pur
chassd.'"lB fact, we.slmply could not
get afoag without It. 'it Is Just chock
full of pep and we can pile oa up to
t toas oa li if we want to. It dl aba
the Klamath hills as If they weren't
tners at all. It la a sptendld track' for
quick work." J
Tho Lorens Plumbing company
have also lately laatalled a Reo speed
wagoa la thslr baslaeas aad Mr. Lor
ens speaks la term of highest pralsn
for It. This company la eagaged hi
a baslaeaa that callaufor plenty of
both short aad loag- trips oa 'tho
shortest kotlem. They make trips lata
tho eoaatrr wU their Reo aad also
do aH taetr owanrlps with it. Ther
Shy thoy woaM hsi lost without it H
""Tho AsaKotor Co., of KlamaU
Fall; whoso ad appoars la this issao
of Tho HeraM. ro'dltributors of
tho Koo speed vagoa. ( "
Ruwty Clamp Will ,.
Makm Clutch Grab
jr M
If the .sliding member of the
clutch Is rusty It will give tho ef
fect ofgrabbltng. The rusted por
tion will prevent the clutch'a en
gaging, gradually holding for a frac
tion of a,awad and thus fonalhg
a 'quick engagement. The operator
ofien believes that the .trouble) (la
dao io-foir facing or worn engag
ing members.
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- WaTeiAi'l' aiderirUtL W.
statloaa for motor vehicle have boo
in operation In Europe ror mora than
ten years. They aro foand la Ber
lin, Paris aad Rom. .The avirags
capacity jot the subway gkrage- lis
aoocirs. . .IJ
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Dunham Auto Company
Sixth and Oak Stret
AUTOMOBILES
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Touring $3,100
Four-Passenger Roadster'' $3,000
Two-Passenger Roadster $2-900
r STUDEBAKER
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Big Six $2,535
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Special Six :.............;...,. $2,100
Light Six ...:. .'::......... A. $1,750
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THEY HAVE MADE REDUCTIONS IN PRICE. YOU ARE SAFE IN PURCHASING THESE CARS AT THIS TIME
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7i-Ton $7,154
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U-Ton $2,495
2iTon $3,135
3i-Ton .V. $4,320
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Union, and has a superior parts service.
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