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About The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942 | View Entire Issue (June 13, 1926)
Sunday, June 13. 132fl Pe Fit A. H. ENGLE, PIONEER, DIES When "Stunt Flier," Driving as Sub, Won Auto Classic f -- ' . I diacouraglng regularity ba roared j ! paat tha judg,a and preaa atand. I Only ome did ha halt for ra. oil ' ' and water and then back attain. ! ' Hurta Fall to llotlier lllin. ata elforta to otrarhaul the roaat "atunt filer." It mada not one whit of difference to !.otkhart. Ha held tha aama pace. The' rare. oer. Iockhart let hut raf coaat alowly to 1 tha pit. No effort to add a touch of tha ipectacular with a laat I. oral of apeed or unlooacd roar of the motor. It waa Lockhart, "blr time auto' racer, winning hla first major renti who drore the car not Lockharlj "daredevil atunt fliei." Tha change In hla atyla of "play't waa overlooked by taa other drir. era. Hla ear had t?.e apaad, of count, but handled laaa competent. I. It would bare been In tha pit or aaalnat the wall. nam riouaa appeareq aiiar ine 3S0-mlla mark had been piaaid and the probability that the rata would' b called off at ton niil'a lo-rued llartz and WrKjdbtiry mada deaper-! THE KLAMATH NEWS A. II. Knsla, asil 74, a ploiiror of Klm(h rounly with a r-aldniu-dating aln. UM, ilM Iwi Thurs day tt Urn huiua of Ilia brother, A. B. Enili. prominent r-a Limit (if 1 Caaialla, California. Dacaaat wi own of (ha boot known and lilxhif rixpirtrul r.'nl drnts of this srrllnii of Ilia atutiv (Julat and rotlrlna In hla ai-tlviu-. ha noVi.rthHi.-a waa pyit alnrt ( ffp lood of tha community. Having rallrad ovar jt year from bualnxaa ScllvltlM ha waa anioylna; tha nulla of a Ufa wnll llvi.it by rnJnyliiK via. Itlng at Intarvala uaiuiif, hla four daughters and two aona. Mr. Kii(l waa an Odd Follow of many yaara tanil!ni. and waa a matnlar of tmpiiua l.tHlaVNo. 37, of Oakland,. Or-son. Tha rriualna arrived In thla city Inst night fcrromuanlril by a Mra tichonnnr. and wrra taken In rtiarge by tha Karl Whltlork mortuary. Kunaral aervlroa will ba conduct ad Monday aftarnoon at I o'clock from tha Karl Whltlock funoral homr, t'lna atrenl at HIKh. and will ba ullilar tha auaplcea of the local lodga of Odd Fellows. Ilacaaaed la survived by' four daughters: Mra. II. ). Turaar, l'ort land; Mra. T. 1. Jarkaon, Hertford: Mra. Oaoria lloyt; Kurt Klamath Ancy; Mra. Mlloa Mniiert. Port land, and two aona: Harry Kngle of Collixiuln and Dra W. Kngle of Kurt Klamath Agenry, NKVY TltWHMTION m Mr. lllank. out drlvlog. asked hla colorad rhauffaur to atop the car whllt ha admired a large, handaoma building ha had not seen before. Tolnttng to a atona at Ita baaa bear ing tha data ISM A. P.. ha said: "George, do you know what tlut A. I), atanda for?" "Sutllnly. boaa, autllnly." rin pondad tha chauffeur. "Why dm dara A. t. atanda for "all dona.' " Litmzt tL v sea .... iVJuMnk..au. ....... , -V,.. . r :: ' ..' - - - " - 'v Tynlral Pra rkralu Ily XOItMW K. IIHOWS I mllea an hour la all that i required The new lr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde; of the caia In auch teeta. Lock-' world la Frank hart drove the car at tne apeea 01 115 mllea an hour for two laps. nattering all truck record. He took the dangeroue north turn and the couth with reckleaa abandon. "If he drlvea tomorrow some body will go to the wall, and It will be Jual good fortune If some-, of the auto racing I.oikhurl. v It waa a complete change (over ,1)10 brief period of 24 houra) from : a daredevil atunt aviator to a care i ful. cautloua driver of a tiny race car that won him the recent 4U0 I mill, race at the Indianapolla Upeedwoy. the blue ribbon event of one lan't killed," remarked one of I the auto world. i ,h mechanicians In the pit when I .... LnrkharL ateoned onto tha track Few persona In the heat and; . ... ... , , before the race. I U lit I u r t . r it, ii . u. " The race began. I ne lirsi who finished third, he played safe, "taking" them whin the way was clear. Once he signalled the judges to notify another car to give him the right-of-way on the turn. This, from a man of the usual daring of Lockhart. Twenty-four houra be fore he would have taken that car on the turn high up on the "disb." With tlme-eatlng. pace-killing. DEPENDABLE VULCANIZING Retreading and General Tire Repairing FIRESTONE and OLDFIELD TIRES "Cap" Calkins Tire Shop Walnut at Sixth Strtet . 1X)MK)N I.IKKH AI'TOH . One-eUlh - of the private cars owned In Kngland belong to l.on- doners. who pay about t9.ooo.oou a year In licenses. In !onrion one out of evory 60 of the nopulutlon i e rt - x own a car. noticed this change In Lockhart. yet j Tho race uegan. me urai iaP It. mid It alone, was reaponslble for 'Hash over, the cars Bottled down to hla victory, I believe. tha atcndy hum of tha long grind j , , , . .. . i,.!aiid a pace a trifle under 100 miles The day before the race, as Iiam been told. Lnckhnrt was not Hated hour. as a starter. He had come east ward curlier In the season from the Pacific coast, where ho had won honors on the dirt tracks. He came And steadiest of these was Frank Lockhart. HI little white car. with Its huge "lit" took an "alley" closo to the outside of the Clt KXItdtTs lilt; Motor Vehicle exports constitute the third largest of 1'nlted Slates shipments al.road. Foreign coun tries bought &.K.7.41 American mo tor vehicles In 1925. with the reputation of a daring, track and hung there. Tho turns driver one who craved the thrills ho look a bit more cautiously than and nlnudltn. und willingly rlki'd ' some at Ills fellow drivers Includ- litnTieck to get I liein',. i t i Ing young Jonos, who crashed Into I I 1 lirivew ItarlnKlv In Trial '' ' "i" wall early in the evenl.j i Twenty-four hours before n,e ' As his car wanned up he Increased rac I'eler Krles, booker to drive Id on the stralghtoways un- one of the Miller Special entries In I" h l6 hollr or b,t- Ithe r.c. taken III. lockhart I". according to my waicn. tlut I offered to drive the car for the' ncvor did he take chances. In hla' 'nimllfvlng test. A speed of 1 00 1 brushes with Harts and Woodbury. I - -Or ia Unchanced Except in Price Coach Roadster Royal Coupe Brougham Sedan Roval Sedan Crown Sedan OLD PRICES 1445 1625 1795 1865 1695 1995 2095 NEW PRICES '1395 1525 1695 1745 1545 1795 1895 50 100 100 120 150 200 200 (All ftrkvi f, s. a, Drlralt. 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