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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 1921)
I'AOK JtLHVEN THE EVENING HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, IBM. IB CE OF DRIVERS UNDER 16 D I SCO U MEED Tho following Infonnatlvo lottor concerning nutomobllo drlvor's In surance has boon rocolved by Fred Dunbar or tho Dunb'ar & Dunbnr ngoncy from tho United 8tntos Fi delity nnd Guaranty cempany: This lottor Is wrltton In on effort to correct n misunderstanding which Booms to havo arlson In roforonco to nllowlng covorngo to a porson un dor 10 yonrg of ago. Tho prosont form of nutomobllo policy prohibits tho op oratlon of an nutomobllo by any such porson. Howovor, duo to tho fact that qulto a fow states havo ostnb llshod tho lognl ago of operating bo twoon 14 and 10 years, It was found necessary that somo provision bo mndo for such stntos, nnd tho pro visions as statod In our circular tot tor of May 10th, 1020 woro mado. Some agents havo construod this ruling to monn that covcrngo can bo oxtondod by tho endorsomonts men tioned In tho abovo lottor In states whom thoro Is no legal ago limit or whero tho ago limit Is olthor bolow 14 or abovo 10. I'lcaso bo ndvlsed that tho exten sion of covorngo authorized for per sons undor 10 years of .ago can only bo mado In tho following states whoro tho lognl ago limit Is 14 or 1G years, and further hat wo wish to discour age tho Issuanco of such extension as much as posslblo as wo do not bo- Havo thnt porsons undor 1G years of ago are' Ilkoly to bo good drlvors. Fifteen (15) years: legal age: II llnols, Iowa, South Dakota, Wash Ington, Wyoming. Pourtcon (14) years: Florida, Kansas, Michigan, Now Mexico, Wast Virginia. Nuts and Bolts A. COTTKIt 1'INN. Enough. A big powerful motor car Bhowod up as tho occupants porcolvod n car of very modest proportions standing by tho roadsldo In a rathor battorod condition, tiio ownor or. mo car waa on his kneos, endeavoring to straighten out somo of tho parts. "Havo an nccldont, my man?" qtiorrlod tho mnn with tho big car. "No, thank you," grimly returned tho other, "just had ono." Ufa, Truth Will Out. "Whoro's that Infornnl proof roador7" shouted an lrnto man with blood In oach oyo. "Ho cortalnly would bo hnrd tb find now," snld tho editor unoaslly. "What's ho dono this tlmo?" "In tho advortlsamont of my vnlvo loss motor ho turned tho second v Into a u." Houston Post. GIRLS PROVE IIUIIM MR DRIVE AN AUTO NKVADA DEMANDS LOWER RIDS FOR ItOAD DUILDING Tho High Cost of Language. "Hoy, 11111." "What Is It?" "Your doctor's out horo with thnt tiro." "Dlagnoso tho caso as flatulency of tho porlmotcr, and chargo him accordingly," ordorod tho garago man. "Thnt's tho way ho docs biz." Chicago Journal. Haynes Co. Working on New Type of Car Persistent rumors aro current nlong nutomobllo row In this city thnt El wood Haynes, tho Inventor of tho first American nutomobllo, and pros. Idcnt of tho Haynes Automobllo com pany, nt Kokomo, Indlnnn, Is ready to bring forth nn entirely now nuto mobllo that promises to revolution ize tho ntomntlvo Industry. Nothing definite ns to tho oxnet character nnd details of this latest product of Mr. Haynes' genius is known horo, but tho stories aro pro vnlont thnt tho now Hnynos enr Is (o bo consldoralby smallor nnd lighter thnn tho present Haynes car nnd will bo mnrkoted nt a rolatlvoly low er flguro. Shocking-. An elderly lady of vory prim nnd sovoro aspoct was seatod next to a young couplo who woro discussing tho morlts of their motors cars. "What, color Is your body?" askod tho young man of tho girl at his sldo, moaning of courso tho body of tho motor. "O, mlno Is pink. Whnt' vrnrsT" "Mlno ts ttrann with wido yellow stripes." This wns too much for tho old lady. Rising from tho scat, sho ox clalmcd: "When young pcoplo como to nsk Ing oach other tho color of tholr bodies nt n dlnnor party It in tlmo I loft tho room." Ex. Thoro Is nn nutomobllo to ovory sixleon peoplo In tho United Stntos i no population may thoroforo, bo roughly proportioned ns six riders to ton dodgors. Syrncuso I'ost Standard. AUTOMOIULE MUFF IS LATEST ACCESSORY An "automobllo muff" has bean invented to koop tho Hands of tho motorist warm wbllo driving in cold woathor. Socuroly fastened to tho steering wheel 1b a light but rigid framowork of steel over which tho muff of padded cloth or fur Is fitted. Tbo arrangement is such that tho person driving can operato tho wheel with case. "Havo you got any of tho bomb throwors yots?" Peliceman: "No, but I capturod throo uutomoblllsts who turned to tho right Instond of tho loft." Ilrooklyn Stundnrd Union DON'T 11ACB MOTOR O.V COLD MORNINGS ARENS MAKES FIRST BALE ' OF YEAH TO ARNOLD RIonTER ' Tho first salo of tho Now Year is credited to tho White Pollcan gar tge, L. O. Arens having sold a Chev rolet arand to Arnold Rlchter of tho Palaco Markot. "I'm a bit su perstitious," said Arons, "and I b'avo & hunch that tbo salo means another, and another, and then an other, for toilovo mo, as Harry Lau dor says, I'm tollln' yo, tho Chev rolet Is somo car." "Uownro of racing your motor on cold mornings," warns McCollum of tho Imperial garago. If tho car Is loft standing on tho stroot or In.nn unhentod garago ovor night tho oil In tho chankcaso thick- ons nnd congoals." "For this reason, when tho motor Is first startod It Bhould not bo rncod until sijch tlmo us It has begun to warm up, permit ting tho oil to bocomo warm and porfoctly fluont. If tho motor is raced with the oil In a congoalod con dition, tho proper lubrication can) not be given to tbo bearings and pistons," "Thero Is no such thing as a com potont woman driver of an automo bllo." That is a broad statomont. It Is a strong statement. It Is ono that Instantly meets a challenge. When "Dob" Ilnttlo of Lob Angolcs mado It ho did not havo to wait long for tho challenge, for it was forthcoming Im mediately. Tho gauntlot was pick ed up by two woll-known stars of tho movlo world Miss Margaret Colo and Miss Shlpman. Almost In ono volco enmo tho rcsponse: "Is that bo! I can drlvo a car any placo you can go." "I'll toll you girls what I'll do. If you two will drlvo a car to tho Devil's punch bowl over a routo that I will mark out for you and get thoro bo foro G o'clock of tho third day aftor you start I'll glvo you a (1000. Noedless to say tbo challenge was promptly nccoptcd, and thus started a JoUrnoy that furnished tho subjoct of ono of tho most romarkablo mov ing pictures over screened "Tho Trail of tho "Arrow." uamo maao immcdiato prepara tions for tho carrying out of his plnn, having ono idea firmly flxod in his mind to provo tho correctness of his statement which formed tho open ing sentonco of this story and to savo his 11000. Ho wbb not to pick out an impaasablo routo, but thero woro no restrictions placed upon tho rough part of It. Tho story takes Its namo from tho tact that Mr. Dot tlo used tho well-known advertising dovlco of tho Esbox car tho arrow. Ho started out of Los Angeles on foot and marked tho routo with theso arrows. It wuBn't a road It was Just n trail. Thoro Is no camouflago In tho plcturo nnd no ono who owns an auto or hopes to own ono; and no ono who over oxpocts to engago in cross-country automoblllng, can af ford to mlsg seeing what tho movlo man caught on that now famous Jour ney to tho Devil's punch bowl. Tho girls won tho $1000. Thoy had Just two minutes to sparo. But they won and proved to Dattlo that thero woro at loast two women who could drlvo n car, and ho admitted It, for ho said ho doubted If ho hlniBolf could havo dono tho Job. This plcturo will bo shown at tho Llborty tboatro Sunday and Monday and if you want to sco a real halr- ralslng plcturo, don't miss it. Dut tho Interesting part of tho story is contnlncs n thoso werds: They drove an Essox car. CARSON CITY. Nov.. Jan. 8 In tho bollof that falling prices for road-bulldlng materials should bring about lower bids for construction of highways, tho Nevada highway commission has rojectod all bids for complotlon of tho state highway from CnrBon City to Lakovlow Sum mit. Tho, lowest of four bids wnn 145,900. This exceeds tho estimate of tho commission by $3,070, with theso figures based on higher prices of materials than now provall. Now bids will bo advortlscd for in tho near future PACKARD CO. REOPENS PLANT ON PART TIME DETROIT, Jan. 8 Tho Packard Motor company's plant, closed sovor al wockB ago, has reopened In somo departments with Bovcn thousand mon on part tlmo. A number of othor automobllo plants now closed for Inventory will shortly put Bmnll forces back to work, it Is expected. AUTOS PUT IN "HOCK" TO RAISE FUNDS IN NEW YORK Tractor and Grader Clear Snow from Road NEWi YORK, Jan. 8. It now is posslblo to "hock" an nutomobllo. A number of Now York concerns havo startod a form of storago business with cash loan features, whereby a man may, put his car in what 1b known as cold storago for a specified period, and obtain a loan on It at 6 por cent. EMPLOYES' AVAGEB REDUCED nY THE GOODYEAR CO. Tho convertible body built to fit any chassis is among tbo now things in tho automobllo indutsry. It can bo mado into runabout, a coupe, a Ilmouslno, or an open touring body with a victoria top'. It is posslblo for ono porson, without trouble, to con vort from ono typo to another In a short tlmo. AKRON, Ohio, Jan. 8 A reduc tion of 126 per cent in wages of all factory employes etfectivo Janu nry 10, and of 15 to 20 por cent In salaries of all office employes, offectlvo the samo data, was an nounced by tbo Goodyear Tiro and Rubber company. SISSON, (SlBklyou Co.) Jan. 8. A largo tractor has been put In nso by tho county here to keep tho roods open. Pulling a largo steel grador which spread tho snow to tho aldoa of tho road, automobiles havo bean nolo to uso the roads during tho hoavy snow. An effort was mado to keep tho road open to McClod, but tho snow on tbo summit waa too deep nnd this road probably will bo closed for tho next two or thrco months. NATIONAL AUTO SHOW WILL FILL FOUR SQUARE RLOCKS STUDEI1AKER CO. TO START WORK ON OO CAR CAPACITY SOUTH DEND, Ind., Jan. 8 Tho Studobaker corporation will resumo work on a schcdulo production of 90 automobiles dally January 10, it has been announced here. The out put will bo Increased gradually un til it reaches GOO cars dally, It was said. Watch for tho AUTO SHOW. NEW YORK, Jan. 8. At tho first . atomobllo show ever held In this country, in Madison Squaro Qardon, on Novombor 3, 1900, thero woro in. all 6G exhibits. At tho 21st annual' Now York show, to bo held In Qranij Control Palace, January 8 to lGth, thoro will bo nearly 400 exhibitors of motor cars and motor car accessor Ics. Causes of the car pulling hard or running slowly although tho cnglno Is all right aro dry or worn clutch leather, causing binding whon re leased or slipping when engaged; weak clutch spring, which will cauno slipping, or brakes adjusted too tightly or not entirely roleasod. ONE WAY TO STOP TITO THEFT OF AUTOMOBILES Many modern cars are fitted with a battery ignition system in which tho distributor arm is removable. Dy romovlng this arm tho car ownor makos It posslblo to stoat his vehi cle only by tewing: It away or by fit ting another distributing arm. The arm may bo romovod simply by un clasping tho distributor covor to which tho wires aro attached. It usually happons that thoro is only ono way in which this arm will tit, so that thero noed bo no worry about .roplacemont. ROAD "LIGHTHOUSES" TO GUIDE TRAFFIC IN WYO.M1NO Highway "lighthouses" aro now coming Into voguo. Tho entlro state highway system of Wyoming soon Is to bo oqulpped with thorn. Dangerous curves will bo designated by yellow lights and railroad crossings by red lights. Tho lighthouses will "wink" 46 times a minutes, throwing a nine inch ray which can be seen throe miles away. GOOD ROADS ARK A BIG AID TO TRUCK SULKAOH It was rocently ascertained by ,a comprehensive series of testa that the' speed of a heavily loaded two ton truck running over a concrete surface was 16 miles an hour, while on a gravel road the maximum spood was nlno and a half miles and on dirt only tour and a halt miles. This Is Just anothor reason why overy truck ownor .should get behind tho good roads movement. A L6a..aa aK, -- ..,. .jfc. . y.A.Af! A aa ijyjfcjjfifc JJfc JgEJg. Va. a, .a . aa . ., . aa j6a js, j6. &. jA. V. Atk t LUTHY ? T I T T ? T T t t t 'T iA a A A A ja a A &.& .. A A A A A AA A A jta A A jfw A AjT,!, A A A Aivy AJviViy The Storage Battery that delivers 2 full years' battery service or a new battery will be given you without cost. Reed Auto Supply Co. 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