SUNDAY, JULY 13, 1958
HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
PAGE D
SUMMER'S
HARD ON
BATTERIES.
4JT ISRAD"MUST.;' Jj
Summer fs Danger Time
For Cor, Proper Care Can
Make Driving Fun, Safe
By MR. FIX
Distributed by NEA Service
Barring damage to the under
body from salt-laden, icy streets,
your auto is perhaps more vul
nerable to weather damage in the
summer than it is in the winter.
The reason the "livin" is easy"
and you tend to forget that your
car needs care. Unless you can
remember when "get out and
get under" was a predictable pos
sibility when motoring, you're apt
to ignore some of the following
points:
Oil: If you made your last oil
change in the cool days of spring
you may still be using winter
grade oil. Switch to summer-grade
lubricants.
Battery: Heat evaporates the wa
ter in your battery faster than
normally. Check frequently, but
don't overfill. It could boil over.
Radiator: If you've postponed
draining your radiator because it's
filled with permanent antifreeze,
you're not in the minority.
Even though it's not likely to
boil away, it can still cause plen
ty of trouble. The built-in rust in
hibitor may deteriorate and cause
you future headaches.
Don't attempt to save it. Drain
and throw away.
Flush the radiator- thoroughly.
With the valve at the base all
the way open, insert the end of
the garden hose in the radiator
filler spout and allow it to run
until radiator is well flushed.
When you fill it, add rust in
hibitor. Check radiator hose for
cracks and leaks. Don't overfill,
leave room for expansion.
Tires: Check air pressure
when tires are cool. Afler traveling
over a hot road the air expands,
increases the pressure. Checking
when the tires are hot will give
you a false reading, and if you
take out excess air, tires will be
underinflated when they cool. If
tires get too hot from too much
driving, it's better to stop and al
low them to cool than it is to
let out some of the air.
Fuel pump: Have it checked.
This is vapor lock season, when
air bubbles creep into fuel lines,
causing cars to stall.
Vapor lock can occur in the
best-kept car, is more likely to
occur in older cars where fuel
lines have grown faulty and fuel
pumps don't work well anymore.
If you find yourself stalled
after a long, hot drive and there's
still plenty of gas in the tank, va
por lock is probably your trouble.
Lift the hood so that cooling
air gets at the engine. Cold wa
ter poured over the fuel lines,
pump and carburetor wilt help.
Another trick, if you can get the
filter off the top of the fuel pump,
is to place your hand on the
pump opening. Have someone try
starting the car while your hand
is on the pump. Release your
hand after a second or two. The
compression may break the vapor
lock.
Cleaning: Sure, your car won't
run any better when it's clean.
But the body will look better and
last longer.
The thing to remember about
summertime cleaning and waxing
is that both should be done to a
cool car.
Don't attempt to wash or wax
a car that has been standing in
Ihe sun. Not only will streaks
result, but the paint can actually
be damaged.
Finally: After a long hot drive,
let your car cool oil slowly. When
you stop, don't cut your engine.
Let it idle awhile and cool oil
slowly.
The Tall Ships
Do The Harm
The United States was in no
real position to give the Royal
Navy a serious argument in the
war of 1812, but it could and did
wreak havoc in Britain's world
wide commercial fleet through the
semi-piratical raiders known as
privateers.
John Jennings' THE TALL
SHIPS (McGraw-Hill) is an ex
citing novel constructed around the
exploits of the privately commis
sioned vessels, converted mer
chantmen or specially constructed
sea rovers, which captured 1,344
British ships during the brief war
and netted a handsome profit for
their owners.
Jennings' hero, Ben Forbes, is a
sometime naval ofticer who be
came a confidant and shipmate
of privateer hero Tom Boyle. In
addition to the formal naval ac
tions in the story, the historic in
cidents include Boyle's audacious
joke in proclaiming a one-ship
moeKade ot the British isles.
The greater part of the book
howver, is devoted to Forbes' pri
vate concerns notably his prob
lem in deciding whether red-haired
Nancy Savage or golden-blonde
Kirslie von Lund was his true love,
and in locating the lady of his
choice when he had finally chos
en her.
Hog Profits Perhaps Too
Good To Last But State
Outlook Good This Year
Hog profits have been too good to
last through the next year, but
long-term prospects for Oregon
producers are still promising. Ore
gon State College agricultural
economists believe.
Highest hog prices in four years
and indications that they will
continue favorable for the rest of
1958 are spurring farmers into in
creasing farrowings in the months
ahead, says M. D. Thomas, OSC
economist.
The 1958 fall pig crop is expected
tc be about 13 per cent larger na
tionally than in 1057, according to
a recent USDA report. Oregon's
fall crop is estimated even higher
20 per cent above 1937.
Recent prices of $25 to $26 a
hundredweight at Portland are the
highest since 1954. Thomas says
this is partly because farmers sold
potential breeding stock during the
4ast winter, resulting in a smaller
than expected 1958 spring pig crop.
Present confidence in the price
level has producers in an expan
sion mood. Indications are that
national supply of pigs for market
ing during 19E9 may equal the 100
million pigs in 1951. A danger sig
nal for farmers, Thomas believes,
is that the new peak in pork pro
duction will come at a lime when
beef and poultry supplies will be
greater than in 1951 and when
overseas needs may be less.
The economist also points out
that the 1959 numbers are likely
to be at least 10 per cent over
1955 national marketings that
helped force prices down to $12 a
hundredweight at Portland.
Recently, a pound of hog on Ore
gon faj ms would pay for 10 pounds
of barley. By the fall of 1959, the
same pound may buy no more than
six pounds of barley, Thomas
states.
While the present hog profit
hoom aDDears oO the wav out. the
longer-term outlook is still gooffl
for efficient Oregon producers,
The Two Women
And Their Lives
The Napoleonic era contributed
two remarkable women to French
history in Germaine de Stael and
Juliette Rccamier who won the
bitter enmity of Napoleon.
Mme. de Stael was the brainier
novelist, essayist and champion
of republican liberty. Mme. Re
camier was a raging beauty. The
two women were devoted friends
They surrounded themselves in
their salons with the intellectual
elite of Europe.
In THE PASIONATE EXILES
(Farrar, Straus and Cudahy)
Maurice Levaillant, a leading
I rench authority on Napoleonic
history, has told the story of their
lives during the years when the
Emperor was in power.
Mme. de Stael antagonized Na
poleon by her intellectual inde
pendence; Mme. Rccamier first
because she rejected his amorous
advances,, secondly because she
was Mme. de Stael s intimate.
The story of the friendship is
absorbing. Mme de Stael is known
for the number of her lovers
Mme. Recomier because of her
chastity though married, she re
mained a virgin until middle age.
Vaillunt wrote the book from a
series of lectures he delivered at
Ihe Sorbonne. That may be one
reason why his oook, interesting
as it is, is a bit ponderous.
Furniture Units
May Be Answer
For Many Homes
These days you can put your
own furniture together, just as
you do lamps or other home ac
cessories.
Two energetic young designers,
Robert Fellner and Mark Furst
are among those applying their
talents to producing pieces that
may be organized by a customer
light on the showroom floor. They
say:
"We feci that a person shopping
for furniture ought to be able to
select pieces to make a unit to
suit her own needs. One may
need a special scries of drawers
for accessories in a commode,
another may want a unit that
permits room for rv, radio or
a bar as well. Another couple
may want furniture units that
may be added to from time to
time.
Thomas says. Pacific Coast states
use much more pork than they pro
duce, resulting in the highest hog
prices in the country. Also, the
Northwest now has a big supply of
barley priced fairly competitively
with Red grains in other parti of
the country.
Outdoor Barbecue Can Be
Fun If You Do It Right
By MR. FIX
Distributed by NEA Service
Burn a steak indoors and it
may be grounds for divorce.
But do it outdoors and It will
be devoured before a nasty com
ment can be made.
Here's the chance to compete
with your wife for cooking honors.
Environment and temperament are
just right so almost any dish can
pass inspection.
And while you don t have all
the controls your wife has on that
big kitchen stove, you can still
control cooking conditions pretty
well.
You won't find any dials or but
tons on that shiny, new, portable
barbecue affair you just brought
home from the hardware. Chances
are it s little more than a brazier
or pan to hold the fire, a wire
grill to hold the food, three legs
and perhaps a set of wheels.
if you can raise and lower the
grill, you have a way to adjust
cooking heat.
Building a fire in one of these
contraptions is where outdoor han
dy man-chefs run into trouble.
home newspaper, twigs, heavy
pieces of wood, and the whole
thing lopped with charcoal might
oe line in one oi those big stone-and-masonry
barbecue outfits, but
not In the outfit you're using. You
uon i nave tne room.
The problem is to get the char
coal burning with a minimum of
other combustibles.
The two most popular ways of
doing it today involve use of elec
tricity or liquid fuel.
j he electric starters consist of
a rod or ring-like healing element
fitted with an insulated handle.
ihe element rod heats quickly
once the unit has been plugged
into on electric outlet. It s general
ly used to start briquets.
Since the cord with such start
ers isn't very long, you'll need an
outside connection or an extra
long extension cord.
Don t use an extension cord
made of lightweight lamp cord.
Once the tire catches, unplug
starter and place well out of the
way until cool. Backyard range-
iders enjoy roughing it, but none
we know of would care to be
branded. By all means, keen the
device out of reach of children
Chemical starters arc in liquid
lorm, are sold especially lor bar
hecue use.
Sprinkle some on the charcoal
recap the can, and apply a lighted
match. Follow the manufacturer's
instructions. Don't use again once
the charcoal has been lighted.
A word of warning about using
cnemicais uo not use gasoline
kerosene, or lighter fluid. Tne y
are dangerous, they smell, and
Ihey often burn out so quickly that
they won t do the job
You'll find charcoal available in
two forms lump and briquet
The briquets cost a little more and
are harder to light, but they burn
longer and more evenly.
Lump charcoal burns quickly,
gives olf an aroma and occasion
ally a hot spark.
Once the charcoal begins to form
a gray ash you know thai your
lire is burning well.
You'll need less charcoal and
have a better fire if you place
the charcoal on a bed of gravel
or sand. Make it a level layer.
This will permit air circulation
from below and will also get the
charcoal up to cooking level with
out waste.
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