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i : ir, 1 i reniori 'i''0 incj jnL6Ki nr,r udjajain. mj.MJAI MmoiiNtf, JiirJKUAKI JLY, 1'JIS NUK Oil! TO IE Gill TIR ES IS NECESSftHY The two biggest items in tho motor i jr owner's current expense bill arc .iseiliiie and tiros. It is possible to i iit down both these expense items by exercising u little reasonable care and in t b im ,'irtiele we shall consider the proper mums of reducing the fuel bill. ..loniovcr, beyond t He personal profit i 1 he comparative hhortage of gas oline brought about by the war, makes it a. patriotic duty to saw every possible drop of this precious fluid. Effect Widespread To begin with it is important that the individual motorist realize that while his waste of a small amount of gasoline every day may seem a small We Are e lire octors Diagnosing the troubles of 'sick' tires is in its way no loss a profession demanding skilled training than diagnosing the troubles of sick people. "It is a trade that demands no little skill and train ing to be able to pick out unerringly in a easing every damaged and weak place where fabric has been broken or cords separated. Many an owner has junked a tire that might have been retreaded and given thousands of miles more service "Before our retread department repairs a easing, our expert tire man, Mr. Luckett, 'diagnoses' its ease very thoroughly to make sure that it justifies the expenditure." In that way we are able to promise a patron the ut most miles of service from his tires. SPECIAL Tires and Tubes 10 to 25 Off for a limited time. Van's Tire H Phone 793 ouse 31 S. First Ave. matter, when these individual leaU- 00,000, the total number of car own ers in the country, the condition as sumes quite a different aspect. If every motorist in the country wastes half a pint of gasoline a day, the to tal leakage is 12,000 gallons each 24 hours, which is unquestionably a seri ous situation. Therefore it behoves every one of us to eliminate all waste. Watch Carburetor The first point of attack in the campaign to cut down fuel consump tion is the carbureter. It lias been said that the average car owner runs his enirine on a fuel mixture nearly twice as rich in gasoline as it needs to be, in fact the engine will give its best work on a mixture as lean as possible. Practically all modern car buretors have a wide range of ad justment, .so that all the Wir needed may be gotten by adjusting the in strument itself. It is a very simple matter to set the carbureter for more and more air until the mixture is too thin fpr proper operation and then turn back until the engine is running smoothly a?ain with maximum air intake. This question of fuel mixture is a very important one, since if American motorists habitually ran on a mixture that was twice as rich as need be, the consumption of gasoline would be just twice as great as tne actual needs. In the interests of pa triotism, then, let every car owner make sure that he is using a mixture just as lean as is consistent with proper operation. Moreover, the en gine mav actually run better on the leaner mixture, to say nothing of the reduction of carbon deposits that will ensue. Investigate Having adjusted the carbureter to supply the proper fuel mixture, the entire fuel system ought to be gone over. Dirt in the pipe, rust in the strainers or foreign matter in the gasoline tank, help to cut down the efficiency of the whole engine. Leaks in the system should be carefully hunted down and eliminated. lnis means not only actual leaks but power leaks for wasted power means additional consumption of fuel to make good the deficiency. In this category will be found a muffler clogged with soot, resulting in back pressure, which cuts down the efficiency of the engine. Carbon deposits in the cylinders cause waste of power and excessive consumption of fuel. It will be noted that this problem of fuel waste is cumulative in effect. If the fuel mixture is loo rich, it not only wastes fuel directly, but produces carbon deposits in the cylinders and soot in the muffler, which causes further useless dissipa tion of the fuel energy. In collec tion with carbon deposits, it might be desirable to install one of the va poring devices, which inject wnter vapor into the combustion chamber. While these vaporizers do not remove carbon deposits that have already formed, they do tend to prevent fu ture formations. Improperly seating valves are an other source of power losses. They should be accurately ground in, at intervals or whenever any doubt is felt as to their condition. Heat Necessary With the present day grades of fuel, it is important that all possible heat shall he used in the process of car burction. Various methods of carry ing the heat of the exhaust to the inlet manifold to insure the thorough vaporization of the heavy gasoline that we get today. The motorist wno is usis an engine without equipment for utilizing the heated air for the process of carburetion, should have a device of this sort installed. -ow good carburetion and all the lest of the list will be of no avail, un less the ignition system is function ing at maximum efficiency. The bat tery must J-e kept fully charged, the connections at plugs, ignition unit and coil, must be kept clean and tight to insure a good hot spark in the combustion chamber. The foregoing suggestion deal with 1 fuel leaks and power losses at the fountain head, in the engine. sut power Josses do not end here, for other parts of the mechanism exert an influence on the performance of the car as a whole. If the lubrica tion of the various part of me mechanism is not properly attended to, friction results, which causes wasteful consumption of power. A clutch that slips wastes an enormous percentage of the power delivered to it. If the wheels are out of alignment, a dragging is set up, which consumes power. Erakes that drag or are otherwise out of order, consume pow er. So it will be seen that this ques tion of fuel waste is a fairly wide one and reducing waste to the mini mum involves keeping the car gen erally in efficient running' condition. Garage Waste A good deal of gasoline is wasted In the garage, before it er gets Into the tank. For instance, many car owners wash small parts in gasoline. Kerosene is better for this purpose and does not cost so much. Finally a great many modern cars will run just as well on a mixture of kerosene and gasoline as they will on the straight gas. Try mixing a gallon of kerosene with three or four gallons r.s gasoline. If vour engine is nro- Vided with proper equipment for us ing hot air to assist carburetion, jt will assimilate the mixed fuel with out difficulty and remember that if all American car owners tried this plan, it would save billions of gallons of fuel in the course of a year. o HELL 15 VICTOR l CLASSIC HILL I if you bought some thrift stamps, buy, buy, again! And you can buy 'em right here at our office at the regular price of 25c perl CLIMB M TheGreatest Automobile Value in America Today! LDSMOBILES of the various models and at the prices quoted in this advertisement represent the maximum in Motor Car value. THE BEST that is possible to be made jL . by blending skill, ingenuity, experience and quality. Sec the new models now on display. 0 7-Passengor, Club or Standard Roadster, $1625 here. 5-passengor, Light Six, $13-10 here. Feisoa-KeelerCo. 321 ILCentral International Trucks Mack Trucks Maxwell regained its coveted Mount Wilson laurels recently wrested from it by a high-powered twelve-cylinder car when, Friday morning, Walter Lord sent his peppery four-cylinder car roaring up the winding, twisting mounfain road in the record smash ing time of 26 minutes 56 1-5 seconds, cliping 21 1-5 seconds off the former mark established three weeks ago. Three years ago when the late Billy Carlson was in the height of his glory he piloted the first four-cylinder car up the steep sides of Mt. Wilson in the remarkable time of 29 mm utes 1 second. Needless to say this car was a Maxwell and that it was several years in advance of any other motor car manufactured at this time is shown by the fact that for three years Billy Carlson s record defied the attempts of cars costing twice as much as the Maxwell. Several weeks ago a twelve-cylinder i car put the former Maxwell record 1 on the shelf by making the assent I in 2 minutes 17 2-5 second. Then il as tiiai. me joru. uotor uir com pany, distributors of Maxwell cars for southern California, said it was high time to show the Maxwell up in her true championship form. Two attempts were made with the Maxwell, piloted by Walter Lord, but the efforts fell short, although they threatened the mark of the twelve cylinder car. The road was some what heavy, and made rapid progress up tho steep grades impossible. Conditions last Friday, however, were more favorable, and the Max well was brought out for a third and successful trip. Driving with daring that was spectacular, Walter Lord set a dizzy pace down the ser pentine road a quarter of a mile to the bottom of Eaton canyon, and then the real battle with nine miles of tortuous grades was begun. Lord knew the Maxwell thoroughly and he literally hurled it around the 120 turns that mark the course of the route as it rises from an elevation of 250 feet to 5886 above sea level. It was a spectacular run and the time of 26 minutes 56 1-5 seconds sets a new goal for ambitious drivers of other makes of cars. lohe a little later overstepped the bounds. His father. Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe, former chancellor of the empire, had left his memoirs in the hands of his son.' They were racy memoirs. He ridiculed many prominent German personages. But the young prince decided to print them. When the book came out it made a tremendous sensatioiv. The kaiser was furious. Following the accepted Ger man method, he Jumped first, not on the young prince, but on the head of the Hohenlohe family, an elder brother. That availed nothing. So he seized on the culprit and caused him to be dis missed as prefect of Colmar. But Prince Hohenlohe was a spirited man, as his recent article In the Swiss newspaper asserting the German peo ple were losing faith in their rulers and speaking often of "revolution" will prove. He was demoted, disgraced, dis missed. But he would have his re venge. He sold his prefect's uniform, sword and all, to the director of the Municipal theater at Colmar. Thereafter one could see an actor strut on the stage in the trousers of the Hohenlohe. It was terrible for the kaiser. Think of seeing the trousers of a prince of the blood, even one who had been disgraced, worn ay a mere acto: and in a farce! By his action Prince Hohenlohe struck a blow at the fair name of autocracy. ; o HUN ARTISTS MUST CARTOON ALLIES The ponderous thoroughness of the German mind was never better exhib ited than in an official document that has reached the Bcrner Bund. This was communicated to the German press by the official Wolff News Bu reau In Berlin, and is a circular Issued from supreme military headquarters and suggests a campaign by caricature. The naive document runs: "The imperial and royal propaganda department, section of foreign affairs, calls the editor's attention to the prac tice of the enemy press in caricaturing the kaiser, the crown prince, Hinden burg and alleged German militarism, with the evident intention of an odious anti-German propaganda. Not satisfied with this, the caricaturists of the allied enemies carry on a campaign of pre sumed atrocities, the murder of women and children by the German army. The effect of that pernicious propaganda instilled day by day into the masses in the allied countries is incontrovertible, the stories, of atrocities being accom panied by pictures. It would, therefore, be important from the patriotic point of view.Tor the daily papers also to oc cupy themselves by means of carica- Kissel Kar EVERY INCH A CAR The mechanical precision of the Hundred Point Six Its mighty Kissel built engine, the generous use of the best bearings and bushings, its incomparable axle and brakes, insure un usually high efficiency and stability for touring the state's famous skv-line roads. KISSEL AUTO COMPANY 235 North Central Ave. Phone 3584 tures with the principal events of the tares, for the drawrng of which th day. "The idea of such propaganda has been conceived by the supreme mili tary command, and it is therefore de sirable that all should conform to it. The official cinema has been ordered by the supreme command to enter into direct communication with the daily press, and many leading newspapers have hastened to express their readi ness to insert these patriotic carica- services of the best artists in Munich and Berlin have been secured. These caricatures will regard chiefly the heads of state of the entente powers, their political leaders, and those who make no mystery of their hatred foi Germany. The military reverses of out enemies and their internal dissensions will be exposed, and our own victories will be extolled. The Mocks will be. suppied free of expense.'" 1 TELLS ITS DEALERS ABOUT THE Tl In order to keep Willys-Overland dealers closely in touch with the rail road traffic situation, tho following has been issued by the traffic de partment of the company: "It is at the present time, and has been for some time, impossible to ob tain sufficient automobile freight cars to currently move our produc tion. Every effort is being made by this department to get just as large a supply of cars as possible, but, re gardless of our efforts, shipments of passenger cars are bound to be in terfered with and the advent of se vere weather and heavy storms tight ens up the situation more than ever. Snow storms and freezing weather make it absolutely necessary to re duce the Eizff of trains hauled, slow up speed on the roads and add furth er to severe delays alkali points. "Dealers and distributors should bear this situation in mind so they will know just what difficulties are being encountered, not only in mov ing the production from the plant but after It gets under way when it meets with serious delays in transit. It is barely possible that the freight car situation will become so acute that any and every method of get ting machines from the factory to our dealers and distributors will have to be used during the next three or four months. Dealers and distributors should be prepared to meet this emer gency, by arranging to drive ma chines away from the factory when' ever possible." WRATE OF KAISER BRAVED BY PRINCE More than ten years ago Prince Alex ander zu Hohenlohe, son of a former German chancellor, whose recent ar ticle in the Neue Zeitung of Zurich Switzerland, predicted a German revo lution, asserted that the kaiser was out of touch with his people and surround ed by sycophants, who dared not tell him the truth. "I know the emperor well," he told a friend at that time.' "He speaks to me in the intimate thou' when addressing me. But I tell you he is capricious. None of the mefi about him. not ex cepting myself, dares tell him the truth about political conditions. It would be as much as our political lives are worth at the least. We must tell him only What we Know he wants to hear." Despite his knowledge of the kaiser's temperament, however, Prince Hohen- One girl with a typewriter can do more than many men writing long hand. One salesman with this utility car increases his efficiency 33!3 per cent. 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