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About The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942 | View Entire Issue (May 2, 1926)
Page Two Sunday f May 2, 192fi LOTS OF ROOM TO SPEED HERE California "Town Work v Out Unique Plan for . ' Those Who Travel I- California at last provides a place wher. motorist, can step oa the gas and lake full advantage of the atate'a 5-mlle-an-hour limit with out being hold np by a lot of au tolata who axe not in a hurry, ret persist in driving well out. In the middle of the road, and who refute to get orer in order to allow the taster machine by. ... . : B. W. Milburn. maaaicer of the Greer-RobbiDi company. San Frau ctaco Hupmobile dlatrtbutor, receiv ed a : photograph of the highway which ahowa how plainly it la mark ad. o that mororiata can't mistake the-epeed limit. Accompanying the ptctore wa a letter from P.-. H. Greer, telling about the unlquio it- atio. . vf v : ::- itOn learning about the unusual marking a Hupmobile party set out for ifce HUle town at South Gate oa Long'. Beach boulevard,' aald Mil burnt -"The i. Hupmobiliata were mad aware ot the town limit by two white line painted twenty feet from each curb, netting oft a forty- foot atrip In the center of the street for thoee who hare heavy fret. "Then In order to make sure that every motorist takea advantage of thia rourteey, great white letters are pa luted every half mile or ao. ear ing. 'Thirty-five mile limit step ' on it.' --"Then so the slower driver wtllj keep out of the war of the legal j speeders, he la requested to heed the algn which says that 'Slow pukes j keep to the right.' j '"The city council ot South Gate thoughtfully put this system Into ef-l feet aofaie six weeks ago. Since; that time thousands of sutomobllbis in southern California have gone out ot their way to take advantage of these six miles ot speedway. Ij am told," explained Milburn. ' "During that period, according to Frank S. Swalm of the South Gatej iwu uriMnwvii, UUI iihk i nil- hap haa occurred aa a result of the Si-mile - section. Likewise conges tion haa been reduced to a mini mum." .. i lOOK HKAKTl.KSfi 'JAVWAI.KKK' ' Traffic policemen In Philadelphia complain they suffer from head ache and fatigue while working at busy street intersections. Investi gation haa shown that the strain ia caused through saving jaywalkers' lives and trying to impress on auto mobile drivers the necessity of obey ing the "stop" signal and not to' carbon monoxide gas fumes which! they inhale from motor exhaust pipes. ' ' Correct' Inflation Increases Mileage No matter how skillfully a tire Is msde or how excellent the material used, the mileage gained depends upon maintaining proper Inflation at all (lutes. It Is fuiidameatally es sential and Is Ih first and most Im portant Item In tire proaerrallou. . There are three thing that should be guarded axainat la keep ing the Urea correctly Inflated -too little air. too much air. and uneven inflation. When the tire Is under-Inflated the wearing qualities are seriously affected and more tire trouble re sults from this form of abuse than from any other source. , When more air Is carried than la needed, the passengers, aa well as lha car, auf fer the Increased vibration. I'neven Inflation, one tire too hard and an other too soft, brings out squeaks, upsets the balauce of the body, and makea steeriug considerably harder. "Correct Inflation." says L. ft. Hiatt. manager of the local branch ot the Western Auto Supply com pany, "can mora easily be obtained through the regular use ot a tire gauge. .... . .. "Every car owner should provide himself with on and not trust an other to test bis tires. The gauge, although no larger than an ordin ary pocket knife, quickly and ac curately registers the air. pressure in the tires.", . ...... OVERLAND SIX SALES SHOW "bG INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR 5 - -g v a s3c re si . . - mi- ii mi -ii w 1 r-inr FISH S TORY SE1BERLING C0IU)S. will give you more genu ine tire satisfaction than any casing you can buy. This may be a ratherv broad statement,: but we i.-s i f, i 'it- ,i j i,;' : ,; i ,-l '..,1 .' , " . know, that they deliver service. . Hundreds of SEIBERLING users in this section will add their testimony to ours. Just ask a Seiberling owner what he thinks of his tires. We'U bet our hat that he'll tell you that he'll never buy any other make. '. ti U LI I " it : 1.4. i- ,!. J'fl ) Hl'kO! We'll admit that we sort of forget ourselves when we get started talking about SEIBERLING CORDS, but honestly we're so well sold on them ourselves that it's hard to throttle our enthusi asm. Drive in today and let us show you why we are strong for SEIBERLINGS Kelall sales ot the Overland alx throughout th country for' April were to per cent over the aale for the same mouth lust rear, and a total rate for th year which, it maintained, will bring this popular model well up to the position ot th largest selling .motor car in th light alx fields .... . The salea Increaar ia not coufined to any on section, but is general In all parts of the country, and with th opening ot th roads In th nor thern aectlon noticeable spurt In th total volume ot order received at the factory haa developed within the past two weeks. t . Dealere' stocks In this model throughout the country are some what below normal for this period of the year, the demands on the factory having been ot such 4 na ture aa to elltniualc any possibility ot the dealers stocking up, although It not unusual for dealers' sup plies of car on hand In early May to be large In anticipation of the usual heavy rush of order at this time of the year. , , !,., The advanced engineering- prin ciple presented by Willys-Overland ia thia Overland sis bf ." thel iruga uacsotin nvr,yuyiaa oe mand which'- ha been , maintained steadily since Ih lntrotUoff ot this modal slightly oxer" i'rear ago. t I '' i ai Among the conspicuously new en gineering feature are the low hung motor with a straight line drive, lb low weight of the car which has produced a condition of staple equilibrium that ha given this car a marked sblllty on the road, and th proportioning ot the body di mensions which have given It an unusually oomfortasle riding quality ad aoatlng convenience. THE KLAMATH NEWS t'HKAl' IIIHIM1 (,V tiiMHt IKI.MIS' leu llian Ih cost of operation over Iteseurch work conducted by Ihsj dirt, road, while lha pernlloh cost Pennsylvania highway i-oiiimlsiliin on i.rsml roods ia It per reul lesa lias aliowii that th cost nf operation than on dirt roads. These r avsr for all trues of motor vehicles ov.rla.v (couomlM and'pply lo tires hard-aurfaced mails Is It per reu'.fand dther (Miulpmenl.; t Two States Increate ' Speed on Highways " How faat la too fast? Discussion ot th question of speed limits for automobiles haa been revived br th recent action In two wlilelr aepar aled parte of the country. Ithnde Island and Florida, ot establishing minimum speed limits instead of the usual maximum ones. Orer certain stretches of road In these two atatea. care are required lo maintain a fast pace and to keep above th minimum rate Uiat has been flxod. Th object of th minimum limit la to speed up traffic and permit the handling of a large number ot cars In the same time. Th question arises, however. If the general adop tion of, such a -practice would Bnt Increase the number ol accidenta. . i ... r. 1 . I. I I i , ! ' Auto Repairing tyou can't nnuc uitk a iaAi fntinc? LOU us i. i . (lood repair work require more than a kuowledg 1 ot how to do It Ih most n.ces sary reuuUlts Is EQUIPMENT. In our shop you will find th most modern machinery In Oregon for automobile ma chine work. And oof mo-' thank's know how lo use this hop equipment lo turn out a repair Job that cannot L equalled. ' ' Templar Motor Co. Phone 1010. '' 11th and KUmath. Balsiger Motor Co. Authorized Fofd Sales and Service 9th and Klamath Ave. " ' Phone '427 L !- u jjg. fa a ''Nf'l.'ciW T VI X? n o sx a as a ' .1. ..- ,5f r.d w .-. M A N WHO OWNS ONE . 1 - : i mi . , 'Tiki - rente for a Genera tion T'WENTY-SIX years a&o the first Packard car was built by a wealthy man for his own use. It was the finest car he knew how to build. Friends who wanted the best refcardle'ss of price ordered cars from him. So was a business born. And that business, started as a rich man's hobby, has now &rown ' to be the largest builder of truly fine cars in all the world. For as the public has learned to use sound business judgment in buying motor cars, Packard vol ume has fcrown, costs have been lowered, and the saving resulting from vastly increased production passed on to Packard' buyers. Packard cars of today are finer cars by any standard of compar ison than Packard ever built before. Yet they cost far less than the Packards of even ten years a&o. Packard engineering supremacy has been proven afcain and a&ain on land, in the air, on the have been acclaimed and imi tated the world around Packard comfort and performance have been impressed' by'the most extraordinary tests. And when Packard prices and Packard's liberal monthly pay ment plan are considered, it is not surprising that nearly twice as many Packard cars were sold last year as in 1924. '' POSPISIL MOTOR CO. 8th and Klamath 1 ' Phono 890 V V. O t PACKARD E I GH T of a Distinguished Family I 't ' i t r y i i