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THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1928
THE EVENING .HERALD
CHECK
TIMING
IF AUTO RUNS;
SLOW, ADVICE;
'
Owners Must Remember:
Car Hat Two Kinds of
j' Timing Apparatus
When cap starts to run Blow
and II la certain that the rarbu-i
retnr la properly adjusted and
that the break do not drag, the'
timing ahould be suapected.
Many car owners who get this
far, however, fall to remedy the;
situation, because they do not j
appreciate that there are two;
kinds of timing.
When a chain Is used for the
front end drive, as is the case
with most makes, valve or spark
timing or both may no slow.
This happens when the chain
Stretches and Jumps a sprocket, j
, Bhero Is usually provision for j
advancing uie spar 10 compen
sate for the chanRo In the rela
tion of the timing gears. But
when the valves go slow It Is
necessary to remove theradiator
and cover plate of the tinting
gears in order to reset the cam
shaft, j
Mistakes Made in j
J !! Adjusting Plugs;
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MOTOR MAY BE
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John Graham of the Chicago Motor Club anl his Nash road survey car. Mr. Graliam has ilrivcii
his car 6S.46.? miles in the past year ami a half over roads of all kinds and tlecripiions, laying out
routes for automobile tourits.
DICTIONARY IS HOBBY
OF STUDEBAKER HEAD
lecte.1 vice president and direc
tor of the rnderwood T"pewt!lr
company an,1 the next ear he
went to Studeh.iker as treaNtiter.
director and member of the ex
ecutive committee.
Krsklne has arrived, as they sav
of successful men. Hut he is still
working hard, at his lek. In the
Dlantri. nut In the f!l,l think;!-
I Wflnterl tn h lnlnon. . l i . . ...
Usaally makes serious mistakes !el Ersklne, president of the Sta- dent." sav, Krskine "so I ouit ... J f talUK
when adjusting the points otidebaker Corporation, keeps a die- school at 16 and went to work I ,Th ""j " ' "a
,had workel the previous summer ,hin, lhitt mlsht .bave bw,.'ovor.
SOl'TH BEND, Ind., May 10. new opportunity. There touiht
, because It teems to be a Sim- At his rig it ban i. on a richly Russel went to school.
pie job, the average motorist jcarvea. wainui aesk, Albert Kus- -nnt
aptfk plugs.
Lacking a gauge he frequently
decides to select the clearance of
one, plug as a standard and make
tho others conform to it. This
tionarv.
In his leisure moments he as a shoe clerk from earlr morn- i,.l...i . .k i u
picks up his dictionary an! opens Ing to late at ni.:ht for $1.59 ai n,,.s vv.rtol to His J l
It at random wori by word ho week." ... ,vr my w(lrk .. ,g ,h(
reads and reflects. Kraklne'a first rccular lob klne refrnln" hn ,... ,
U ta'n excellent way to make the That is the unique diversion of paid $7.50 a week. At 21 he be- those who think likow-.
rest of the plugs inefficient. ,one of the leading figures In the came bookkeeper la a wholesale -1 love mr work." he rpents.--Another
mistake la to over-j American automobile . Industry, idrug house where, after two years j ani my employers have bi a mv
look the wear on the points. tie has been doing this for 35 at the same Job. he saw ils op- best friends. Tile, xave nie tno
Through constant sparking the lyears. acquiring a vocabulary that 'portunity t3 keep two sets of opportunity to rxprvks myseif.''
lypiiies- nis aestre for accuracy oooxs and (lemanjed it. He asked. Despite jis advancing years he
and his anxiety tor the full facts to do tbe work of two men. He retains that dominant, seUassert
of every particular case he con- got the assignment an I one- Ive spirit of youta.
siders. third more pay, only his white hair and a sus-
"Facts," te says, "are getting: "But it meant s'ayin; on the plcioiislr rouadlng form betray
scarcer every day." Job at least three nights a week, his aje. A healthy, ruddy cont-
Serious, industrious as he is. It no "cations tor three years, and plexion. twinkling eyes and a
is rather on this phase. o.'hIs:lbe Posting ' 10 entries every spirited voice reveal his more
character that Krskine. "hJa ad-tdu'- youthful self.
vanced himself from the stage of' Successful at at Year. The genius of Krskino lies in
a struggling bookkeeper to that At 27. he saw a chance for a nl D"'y " imiersiana ngures.
of a wealthy Industrial leaJer. I better Job as chief clerk of the St. ,t0 coordinate them properly and
"Cet all the facts," is his vry : Louis division of a large cotton Pl mon oul ol nls ma
and fte is Impatient with those 'conrern an! got it. For six years H1" psychology I, speed, action
w:y.inro,hjK,iBjuncUojiiL. f j Efskla. voiked. his.wav.up Ui.t e i'fe In.-reasej volume of accom
. Tadar, besides getting the facts." a-ito dtlng ! defwAmeiil of! this f Plishment and thn occasional mls
Erskine gets things done, and ! business, studying technical :take arising from immediate,
quickly. He has snrronnded-him-Ibookg during his off hours and jspeedy action, rather tian tbe
self with young executives and alworkln? late almost dally. His accomplishment and, f re-
youthful start that, despite itsjreward came at tho age of SI. qnent loss resulting irom laziness
speed and pep. finds It hart to when Cie was appointed general and procrastination.
keep pace with this man of 67 -auditor and was given supervision ineres no one nerc wno a
jears. lot the operations of 300 cotton '" r
Started From Poverty. gins, with headquarters in New proaching tne su-year mara oi nis
Practically all the people of York. itaff still In the early thirties.
Huntsville, Ala., where he was "It was the first official rcrog-; Six months after he entered the
born in 1871, were impoverished I nit Ion that I had executive abll- Sttidebaker organization In 1911.
by the Civil War and the ten-year j ity." he re alls. And he began to ie had reduced t 1500 the more
reconstruction period whlc i fol-'capitalize on this. . man 4000 bookkeeping forms ani
lowed it. Therefore his father, i By 1901 Erskine became treas- had Installed a new and simpler
son of one of Alabama's leading'urer ant director of the ale accounting s.siem
points develop minute recesses
Wch make them farther apart
than they appear to first glance.
a When this Is the case, the
gauge should be used In such a
way as to measure the true dis
tance between the parts of thg
points between which the spark
jumps. This Is work that should
bet, done carefully and Intelli
genllynii; - !i
Heres Case Where
, ; Gain Proves Costly
j Trouble Often Wrongly
' Believed to Come From
; Spark Jumping
An annoying clicking sound in
an engine, most pronounced dur
i Ing Idling or low speeds, is very
j apt to be the result of too strong
I a spring on the breuker arm In
j the distributor. At higher speeds
1 the spring Is weakened by the
I rapidity of its movement, audi
! also because the noise It makesl
' Is drowned out by the hissing of I
; the carburetor.
' . With tho eight-cylinder cars
coning to use, two breaker arms
and two springs, there is a dou-
1 hie chance of noise at this point.
Any good mechanic can relieve
the tension on one of these
springs If It annoys you. j
This clicking sound from thc
distributor if often wrongly dl-j
oiiiosed as the snupplng of the i
spark as It Jumps to the varl-,'
' ous contact points.
, for the -ompany, an 1 raised pro.1- !
Its, he baa brought about belter i
conlltlons for his men. In 1913
he installed a pension aystem for
veteran employes. He has paid
.bonuses. And ho has seen that '
forking conditions were im-'
! proved. f
j I'nder him the average waio ;
per mun-hour 'lias risen almost ,
300 per cent. In 191.1. 5ie shows. ',
It was a little over 23 rents an '
hour. Last year it was almost 7 '
cents an hour. I
At the same time, through his 1
i genius, an automobile that took
600 man-hours to produce in 1913
now is put out In 300 an-hours.
He ha, looket even farther
than Studebaker and has taken an
active part In community and na
tional affairs.
"(tunning a big company." he
sayi. "is a publl- responsibility."
. So e has given the city of
South llend an lS-hile municipal
golf course and has been an acilve
participant in all Its civic affairs.
Although a Trotestant h Is preal.
dent of the board of lay trustees
of Notre Dame university.
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The secret of successful repairing is a completely equip
ped shop and expert workmen.
Good work costs no more and you get twice the service
out of your car when it is repaired by men who KNOW HOW.
Templar Motor Co., Inc.
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Coasting wit
Coasting with tbe car In (gear
and the Ignition switched off
commonly is surmised to increase
the1' resistance of tbe engine to
the forward movement of the car.
The, Increase is negligible and
thalresnlt of the practise may le
disastrous. Even with the throttle
closed in such a case, gasoline
Im ndrrvltted to the cylinders and.
enniploded. It condenses and j
orips a own ine cylinder wans.
Tbs, it washes off the oil by
which the pistons are' lubricated.
Tluj potential damage ot such a
practice is obvious. It should not
be'vxercised.
Approximately 3.000,000 per
sons visited the national parks of
the fnlted Slates by automobile
during the past year.
REPAIR SPECIALISTS
Eleventh & Klamath Ave.
Phone 1010
Don't neglect to
brakes regularly.'
.est yo,.r MAIL THIS EDITION TO SOME DISTANT FRIEND
citizens, moved to St. Louis for a 'Lock company. In
1910 he was But while he hag reduced costs
The Management of the
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CO.
A. H. ZASTROW, Mgr.
Chrysler Motor Car Agents
Extend their hearty welcome to the
Great Northern Railroad
Any guests of Klamath at the big celebra
tion will be . welcome at our showrooms.
' Phone 379
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