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FRANKLIN MAKES
VERY HIGH SCORE
Runs Two Days Through Rain
Storm and Only Loses
Hi . Three Points
NEVER TOUCHED WITH A TOOL
Makes Reliability Tour Under No.
13. Which Is Lucky One
X-'| .. for Factory
Running for two days through rain
storms which matsie the road surfaces
miii and slippery, a Franklin touring
car of 42-hopsepowar finished the three
days of the HarrisSurg reliability run
with a perfect road score. John Burns,
the driver, who has several clean scores
to his credit, guided the car nearly 200
miles a day without mishap of any
kind. No tool was used on the ear
during the trip, not an adjustment was
made, and there were no punctures or
other tire troubles to mar the perfect
performance of the trip of almost 600
miles. Every control was reached With
time to spare.
The car ran under the number 13,
which was avoided as a hoodoo by some
of the other contestants, but was re
quested by the Franklin company as a
lucky number. Ever since the company
started in 1902 with a season's output
of thirteen motor cars, the number has
been considered of good onion and has
been carried by the Franklin entry in
many contests with a clean score.
Rain a short time before the contest
had filled the roads with mud, and
frequent squalls during: the afternoon
of the first day's run, to Atlantic City,
made driving more difficult. The Toads
for the second day's run, to WildTvood,
were little better. The third day the
motorists drove through a downpour of
rain for much of the 196 miles to the
finish in Harrisburg.
At the close of the third day the, mo
tor car was given into the keeping of
the -contest committee. After mechan
ical examination as rigid as the com
mittee could make it, only three points
could be scored against the car.
HOUSE CONSIDERS BILL
FOR REGULATING AUTOS
There is a possibility of a bill to
regulate the passage of automobiles
between the states being pass/?d by the
house of representatives this session.
The bill under consldercition was in
troduced by Representative. Cocks of
New York, and provides that the own
ers of autos operating Tjetween the
states shall secure a license from the
seen tary of commerce and labor. The
object of the bill is to relieve autos
from the exactions of state regulations,
invoking the commerce clause of the
constitution to provide uniform rules
and regulations governing such traffic.
The bill was considered at a meeting
of the house committee on interstate
and foreign commerce recently. A sub
committee, composed of Repres' nta
tlves Wanger of Pennsylvania, Town
send of Michigan and llubb.ird of West
Virginia, Republicans, and .Bartlett of
Georgia and Peters of Massachusetts,
Democrats, was named to whip the bill
into shape and report on it .at the reg
ular meeting of the full committee.
HALLADAY 1911 FIRST OF
NEW CROP IN LOCAL FIELD
One of the first 1911 cars to make
its appearance on Automobile Row is
a forty-horaepowar Halladay, toy ton
neau. It is decidedly striking in ap
pearance, lia? many new features, and
in its trial trip around the cits showed
jt perfection of mechanics.
Warren Vance, vice president of the
Mal tor Car Import company,, agent
for the Halladay and Isotta <rirs, re
cently went back to the Halladay fac
tory" to hurry forward shipments of the
remaining 120 cars of the locaJ com
nany\i 1910 allotment, as so greaJ is
the dsrnand all over the country fur
the Halladay ttat none of them was
received here in April. Mr. Vance no
ticed tlEia 1911 model on the floor and
secured It for his first shipment.
T» .AN '08 $3000 THREE-IN-ONE
Best A
Buy Autocar
Yet' Hii Wm r\ r\. Touring Car
Yet* %\ SOO Roaster
-LV/l* »S>IJUU Delivery Wagon
For a pleasure car can he used as a 5-passenfrer touring car; remove
the tonneau and you have a clever Roadster; 01 remove both bwlies and
attach the Delivery 'Wagon body—all three arc at your disposal to use at
your pleasure.
This<t.auto car is thoroughly rebuilt and guaranteed, Originally cost $3000.
Best Buy in the City
JVL S. BULKLEY & CO.
1310 South Grand Avenue
PHONE 22299
The 1910 Models Are Here
OF THE
"OveriancTand
Renton Motor Car Company
1230-32-34 S. Main St. Home Phone 10799
Auto Repairing
\J y* V/ 11 AM) MACHINE WORK. HKA&OKAULJG RATES.
M COMPETENT MEN IN CIIAnGB AT ALI, HOURS
SIXTH STREET GARAGE
■kj* 1 i, .-7. 221-223 EAST SIXTH STREET
1 1 1 fiflll ** Per Mon<h for I>a7 ht.>rm*<-; $10 for Night and Day.
P fbana Home FIMI. WHITE BJWMt., propr*.
New Model 'Knox' Tourabout, with Top
and Detachable Seat for Mechanician
TOURING TEST RUNS TO BE
EASTERN AUTO FEATURE
Large Entry List for Dash from
Washington to Richmond
Is Secured
The Washington Post's touring
run from Washington to Richmond.
Va.. will be one of the features in motor
circles of the east and the start will
be made from Washington on May zi
and will bo a three-day trip and a
large entry list has been secured, as
the contest has received the ofllcial
sanction of the "A. A. A."
The pathfinder car selected was a
big 50-horsepower "Amplex" (formerly
the American-Simplex, and was driven
by Stanley H. Homer. The car is a
four-cylinder, two-cycle type with a
T>xri engine, and its return to ■Wash
ington was forty-eight hours behind its
schedule, ra" whole day having been
spent in looking for gasoline. The car
carried more than 1000 pounds extra
weight and nearly every accessory for
up-to-date automoble touring was in
stalled, but an extra supply of gaso
line and mudhooka were forgotten.
The pathtinding trip of the "Ainplex' 1
was started in the midst of a heavy
downpour of rain, which continued in
termittently for three days, making It
one of the most strenuous trips in the
annals of endurance run pathfinding.
it was during one of these miniature
cloudbursts that the car was christened
the "Rain Crow."
The route was out Pennsylvania av
nui", through Georgetown and Falls
church via the upper road to Lees
burg, thence west to Winchester and
then down the Shetiandoah valley to
Staunton. the night control. From
Staunton the route was through Char
lottesvllle and Columbia to Richmond.
From Richmond to Louisa, to Locust
dale, thence via Warrenton to Wash
ington completed the run. Total dis
tance, 464 miles.
Every spring, after the first big rain,
the farmers scrape all the mud out of
the ditches on the sides of the road up
to the crown, leaving about a foot of
loose dirt. After the rain has stopped
and the mad dried they put on a split
log and scrape the top layer, of what
is then dust, into the ruts, then the
wagons come along and park this down
tight, making a hard packed clay road
impervious to two days' rain.
Up and down the long red hills, with
the wheels down in the mud up to the
hub caps, the "Rain Crow" scraped the
top of the roads with the axle and ran
many miles on the low gear. The old
cry tint the two-cycle motor heats up
too much wag dispelled, as not a drop
of water was adder! until the fag end
.if the sixth day, and then only a sal
lon. No adjustments were made and
no extra parts added. "When the holes
were too deep a few sticks of timber
were shoved under the rear wheels, so
LOS ANGELES HERALD: SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 22. 1010.
they could Ret a crip and the powerful
Riotr did tin- rest. When the block 1
and tackle "as resorted to on Drivers'
hill it was not because she could not:
get out on her own power, but becauaa
the car was so far off balance that It j
was feared the slightest move would;
tip her completely over. Five sets of
tire chains and over 2C»i feet of 3-4!
inch rope were employed to obtain
traction.
AUTOMOBILE MEN UNITE
IN NEW PLAN OF SELLING
Employ Same Drummers Who Are
Sent in Force from One
City to Another
One of the most interesting selling
campaigns attempted in the automobile
business is being successfully operated
by the United Manufacturers, the title
taken by a number of automobile ac
cessory manufacturers who have Joined
in a wide exploitation of their pro
ducts throughout the United States. Al
ready the system has covered a great
deal of territory.
Talking of the big firms, F. E.
Spark, Chicago manager of the United
Manufacturers, said:
"Several months ago several big |
firms looked around and found that
each had a good accessory of some
kind, but individually they did not feel
like attempting a national campaign.
Tin; idea of marketing the produ' ts
through one medium was conceived.
The method of operation is simple. We
g alien ,1 together a corps of salesmen
and then descended in number on the
different cities.
"We try to reach as many of the mo
torists as we possibly can. and lay be
fore them our particular line of equip
ment. Of course, it is all standard, and,
having confidence in it ourselves, we
do a large business direct with the mo
torist, then putting all orders through
the local dealers, which really means
that wo have twelve to fifteen men at
one time selling for the local dealer.""
and jobbers. When the field has
thoroughly covered we advance along
to the next city, where we again
into touch with the motorist, convinc
ing him that we are reliable.
"It is our desire to meet absolutely
as many of the consumers as we can
. so that besides doing business
ly at the same time leave behind
the Impression of the stability of the
United Manufacturers with the organ
n we have effected. A great deal
of the overhead expense of selling the
individual companies would have as
units is eliminated, and it is not neces
sary to say ihrtt it. is to the advantage
of the consumer."
NOVELTY RACE PLANNED
FOR INDIANAPOLIS MEET
One of the special features of the
national championship track races at
Indianapolis May 30 will be event No.
14, a race the conditions of which have
been framed to test the claims made by
makers of stock cars that their ma
chines ran travel a mile a minute un
(lei- touring conditions, carrying four
passengers.
John A. Wilson of Franklin, Fa., has
donated a cup valued at $150 to the
winner of such a race. Under the
rules the competing car will be re
quested to race a mile In one direction
and then traverse the same distance In
the opposite direction. In order to win
the successful car must average at
most a mile a minute.
Torpedo bodies and baby tonneaus are
entrants must not rate
higher than 50 horsi powe r, according
to the A. h. A. M. standarcw.
USES AUTO TO DRIVE A
SAW IN BUILDING HOUSE
Anotln r in w uso of tho automobile
was discovered by 1 >r. F. .1- Hatch
y, ti rday with his m iv model fteo.
Dr. Hutch is suiioniuenillng the build
ing „i :,! j new home and fr< cjuently
(in. is it ufecessarj i o "doi tor up" on
short notice "\t and "i liei |
seasoned lv. iber. in these emergen
cli a he drivese his Reo in the I
ment and fastena an Iron rod to the
driving (shaft. When st:mi:iß tin Reo
motor this roil operates a circular Bteel
saw. Circular sawing or straight saw
ing both l""l< .Hike tn this new labor
saving device. Nut a, board in the
house lias been sawed at the mil], ami
enough time and money has already
been saved to pay for almost a year's
gasoline, "il anil tires.
■» « »
ASSISTANT TO MANAGER
OF LICENSED MAKERS
Horace A. Uonnell, treasurer of the
American Automobile association, lias
joined forces with the Association of
ed Automobile Manufacturers.
He will act as assistant t" Alfred
Reeven, the general manager, taking
th. place made vai ani by tho reßlgna
tiuti .it' C. I l'. Clarkson, who is now as
sociated with the Kocioty of Automobile
Engineers.
Mr. Bonnell has been In the trade
and Industry for some time. He is one
of tiiK pioneer automobllists, and for
.1 years wu secretary of the New
Jersey Automobile and .Motor club of
Newark. He hag been manager of the
Newark show fur the pa.«t three years.
Largely through his efforts the Asso
ciated Automobile clubs of New Jcr
tvere reorganised,
Look fur Betty Bray.
ST. LOUIS CLUBS RUN TO
COVER 109 MILES IN DAY
Two Prizes Are Offered for Relia
bility Run for Amateur
Drivers
ST. LOUIB, May 21.—The third an
nual one-day reliability tour of the
Automobile Club ot St. Louis has been
get by the touring committee for Sat
urday, Juno 4. The total distance at
the run will be 109 miles. The start
will be friim In front ot" the dub head
quarters in the Planters hotel. Front
there the cars will drive out Chestnut
street and by Grand avenue and Qra
vois road, to Fenton, first c< ntrol; then
by Gravols road and Eureka road to
Byrnesvllle, on the Big river, Jefferson
county, second control; then by the j
Eureka road, Olencoe road and Jian- !
cheater road to Pond, third control (ono
hour fur lunch); then by Manchester
road, Atherton road, Kehr's road and j
Olive street road to Creve Coeur, I
fourth control; Olive s'.reet road. Link I
road. Lackland avenue, St. Charles •
Rock road. Natural Bridge road,
Brighton Station road, to Florissant,
fifth control; Florissant -oad, Natural !
Bridge road and Kind's highway to {he j
finish, at Kinsr's highway and Forest j
Park boulevard, a distance of 109
miles, equally divided betnoen the
morniner and aftcrnoo. runs.
After the contest Is over the regular
technical testa and examinations will
be held, either on the asphalt part ot
King's highway at the finish or on
Parkview place,
Two cups will be giyen for the two
classes, touring cars and runabouts,
both being handsome prizes. The rules
and entry blanks will be issued early
tills week. The tour is to be for non
professional drivers only.
At the annual meeting of the Auto
mobile club of St. Louis Sam D. Capon
was unanimously re-elected president.
Other officers selected were Roy F.
Britton, vice president; Bamuel Plant,
secretary-treasurer, and a board of di
rectors i insisting of Ephron Catlln, r.
.1. Howard Holmes, Jamos Hagerman,
Jr., W. J. Letnp, jr., Alden H. Little
and George J. Tansey.
AUTO DICTIONARY WANTED
There Is considerable division of
opinion as to the pronunciation of
words used in motoring that have not
been recognized by the dictionaries.
While the correct pronunciation Is that
of the Frrnch, -with whom they orig
:i ited, most automoblllsti have
adopted a half way pronunciation
about as follows: Chauffeur Is pro
nounced "aho-fer," usually accenting
the first syllable, but some times the
second—the latter Is regarded as more
elegant; chassis is "shass-ls," accent
ins? the first syllable, and garage Is
"ga-razh" ("sh" like "s" in pleasure,
with accent on the last syllable).
SPARKS FROM MOTORVILLE
The W. D. Newerf Rubber company
last week received a large shipment of
inside; tire protectors, which are prov
j ing such protectors of the life of worn
tire . Tins little Invention is saving
to automoble owners many dollars by
lengthening the life of tires which
otherwise would have to go to the
scrap pile.
Another shipment of 8000 Twltchell
air Riiur' 1- were forwarded to France
.1 i week by the W. D. Newerf Rub
ber company, the latest effort of James
Harvey, who is abroad, placing this
Invention with the foreign automobile
manufacturers. These air gauges for
France are a special type, being short
er than tin 1 customary gauge and ad-
Justed to the French method <>f at
mosphen s, ■.s '■ crmi rl th< re, and
smaller on account of the smaller
wheels of the From U made cars,
A \\i\\ deserved promotion comes to
Carl i. Nowerf, who last week was
appointed stqre manager of the W. D.
Newerf Rubber company. Fears <>f
rs n iii! attention to every detail of the
large ami growing business of this
in brings to him the reward of
faithful service and few have a bet
ter knowledge of the tire business
than Carl.
A. J. Smith, Pacific coast agent for
the Elmore, ai i ompunied by w. R.
Hoi ion, agent for tha Elmores at
Fresno, arrived In Loa Angele last
Wednesday in i i>; big Elmore touring
car from a trip overland from San
Francisco. The i>.:' car, equipped with
G lyear tires, came through without
the leasi trouble to engine or tires.
The big- Mercer car which la to make
the transcontinental trip from New
York to Loh Angeles left New York
May 13 In the endeavor to break the
record for thai trip, and was equipped
with Goodyear tires.
It is probable that A. P. Fleming
hoi.is the record as an automobile
i.v ncr, as I,lst week he purchai 1 1 a
new Ford, on which he la having
pi,- 1 an entire outfit of Goodyear
productions, which Includes tin.- and
air bottle, tubi s, 1 tc, an,! 1 (ooi
■i< i: liable rims. Teis makei 1 in; nf.
teenth car or which .Mr. Fleming lias
been the owner and on each car he
having Goodyears. The w.
1). Newerf Rubber company now looks
for Mr. Fleming aboul every six or
eight months with a new car lor
I p m c n t.
A. c. Hubbard, prominent banker
and land owner of liedlands, drove
down to l."s Angeles last week 10
have his bin Flat equipped with Good
year tires.
Real quality in an automobile includes Power —Responsive-
ness —Flexibility— Speed—Safety—Comfort—Luxury—Beauty—all
these in uniform, balanced perfection.
The STUDEBAKER-GARFORD "40" is chosen, not for any
single point of superiority, but for its uniformly perfect quality
in all its features. \
It is essentially the car for hard, continuous service—ever
ready—every day in the year. Speed up to a mile a minute,
power for the worst roads and more hill-climbing ability than
you really need, combined with luxurious ■ comfort and con
venience.
Ask to see this car—send for the catalog. *
LORD MOTOR CAR COMPANY
1032-34-36-38 SOUTH OLIVE STREET
U. S. MOTOR CO. BUYS
BIG DETROIT PLANT
Adds Production of Commercial
Vehicles to Its Field of
Manufacture
Close on the heels of the news that
the United States Motor Company had
added commercial vehicles to the pro
duction and sale of pleasure vehicles
comes the somewhat unexpected an
nouncement that the concern has just
purchased the business, plants and
equipment of the Gray Motor company
of Detroit.
Tha business of the Cray Motor Com
pany is of considerable magnitude.
The demand for marine and station
ary motors, both here and In foreign
countries, is increasing at an astonish
ing rate, and it is a foregone conclu
sion that the fact that the (Jray out
put will hereafter be handled by the
powerful and well organized forces of
the United States Motor company will
assure a large sale of motors.
DRIVERS IN BAY STATE
MUST KNOW THE LAW
The Massachusetts state law requires
that all applicants for a license to drivo
an automobile on Massachusetts hlgh
ways be examined by an examiner ap
pointed by the highway commission,
regardless of their road experience in
other states. The law does not make
an) exceptions, consequently when
George Schuster, bitter .known as
"Around-the-World" Schuster, who has
recently accepted a posit inn us hoad
demonstrator of the Boston K. It-
Thomas branch, had his examination
by fcpecinl appointment, it wan no sur
prise that a crowd of motorists of ex
ceptional proportions was on hand,
i 10m all reports the examiner undoubt
edly took more Interest in making in
quirles regarding Schuster's wonderful
record in the Now York to Paris race
rather than questioning his ability to
handle a. machine, although no was
pelled to put a machine through its
paces before he convinced the examiner
i hat lie was capable of so doing,
There is no doubt the examiners will
report favorably on Schuster's applica
tion, unless they missed asking .some
of the s"t questions the law requires,
during the excitement of handling such
a famous applicant.
This Yankee law would be a good
thing in every state and undoubtedly
prevent a groat many accidents, as sta
tistics show that the .stale of Matfsa
chusettl has leu than - par cent of
1 lie total automobllo accidents.
ASKS TO BE MADE TRUSTEE
iii the probate court yesterday
Henry M. Wl»ler petitioned to be ap
pointed and confined as trustees of the
$30,000 will I to Thomas Tomb Hurbe
eon, a minor, by hie uncle, Thomas U.
Tomb: Young Harbeson will receivu
the money when he is 26 yean of age,
MoanwhlJe the money will bo invested
and the Income used for, Ms support
and education. The filing of the peti
tion yesterday was in accordance with
the request of the deceased, he having
left a written declaration of trust.
. ♦»♦ I—i
All motor vehicles used In Wnßlilns
ton, 11. (■.. must bo registered, even
though owned by persons ho have
registered their cars In the states where
they reside. Up to last week the num
ber registered had reached 8111,
*—^
Betty Bray is coming to Los Angeles.
No Extras Needed
When You Purchase a Thomas Flyer Automobile You Do Not
Have to Spend Four or Five Hundred Dollars for
"•* Extra Equipment.
Thomas
Fiffiß
The Car is Complete—Ready for the Road
The model M, six-cylinderthe car with the long stroke motor,
with its great reserve of power, Is the best in automobile con
struction today.
The Price $3650f.0.b. Los Angeles
Completely equipped with top, glass front, speedometer. lamps,
shock absorber, Prest-o-lite tank, robo rail, foot rest, tire car
riers and tools, puts it far in advance of any car at the same
price and equal to any car at $5000.
May We Show You?
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Main 2191 Agents So. California and Arizona Home 10927
842-846 SOUTH OLIVE STREET
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Exchange
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PART 111
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automobile, ttvmigh want advertising, aa It
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