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TART n ALL AUTO CLUBS ON A.A.A. BOARD Bait Thrown to Far West States to Be Excellent In ducement TO CHECK DISMEMBERMENT Pacific Coast Commonwealths Have Fifth of the National Auto Registration^ All clubs of the American Automobile association, which has now established ftself in thirty-nine states, a* « I as in the District of Columbia and the Ha waiian Islands, will, when an amend ment to the constitution suggested by ■Resident L. R. Speare, ia adopted at t^e forthcoming annual meeting in New York city, have representation on all four national boards-good roads, tour. Ing, legislative and contest-in add ton to furnishing a member of the direc torate. The proposed constitutional .hange has met with practically unanl mouT approval, and hence its adoption plan the chairmen of club committees wil) automatically be come members of national boards hav ing similar functions. This will give every organized A. A. A. unit a voice and a vote on all national boards, and likewise supply country-wide eourcea of information and co-operation when ever occasion arises for prompt and effective action. One of the most recent accomplish ments of the A. A. A. local-state-na tlonal plan is the passage of an amend ment to the Vermont law, which du plicates the wide-open reciprocity clause of the New York statute, lhis means that Vermont will reciprocate in registration without limit to any state responding in like quantity and in a limited form to. those calling for a specified number of days. The hos pitable amendment was sought by the Automobile club of Vermont, of which Col W W. Brown of Springfield is president and S. S. Ballard secretary and James M. Boutwell. Montpeller, chairman of the legislative committee. Secretary of State Bailey had said at the annual meeting of the State club that he was in favor of placing Ver mont in the open-door list, and that lie would support any measure having this object in view. In the Keystone state the Pennsyl vania Motor federation supplied an other indication of organized results in securing ante-election promises from legislative candidates, which would in sure the passage of a needed good roads law. President Robert P. Hoop er and Secretary Paul C. Wolff wero given the unanimous assistance of the FederaUon's clubb throughout the state, with results that were most grat ifying. The Associated Automobile clubs of New Jersey pursued a persistent cam paign in such an effective manner that It would seem to bt practically assured that the obnoxious registration provis ion in the law of that state would be come a thing of the past during the forthcoming session of the legislature. In carrying on the labor President Jo seph H. Wood anc 1. Secretary H. A. Bonnell were accorded support from all the clubs in the state organization, ■while the dealers" association rendered valuable assistance. The A. A. A. legislative board will carry on active work in the various states of the country where the auto mobile laws have yet to be brought Into satisfactory condition and Chair man Charles Thaddeus Terry reports that his board has contributed various kinds of assistance In over a dozen states during the past month or so. That the winter will be an exceedingly lively one in regard to automobile leg islation is presagod by the activities that are even now becoming apparent. The efforts will Include the bettering of old laws and the establishing of statutes where none now exist, with the campaign Including uniformity aa the keynote. The subject of good roads is com manding country-wide attention, with the automobilists carrying on the greater part of the work. LORD MOTOR CAR CO. ADDS NEW AUTO LINE The Garford Is an Established Machine Under New Name About the first of August last the Garford company and the Etudebaker Automobile com pany severed relations for reasons which would be of little Interest to the public, consequently the cars formerly known aa the Studebaker- Garford will b» known and sold under the name of Garford. The Garford company Is one of the very oldest manufacturers of high grade mtotor cars in this country, and up until 1906 there im hardly an automobile manufactured In this country soiling for 13000 or more that did not contain a Garford part. The Garford com pany has been manufacturing complete chassis since 1902, and the first cars which they built compare favorably with the present hi^ rh grade cars In points of mechanical excellence, de sign and quality of steel used. Their 1902 chassis had four-oyllnder motor, cylinders cast In pairs, cone clutch, sliding gear transmis sion, floating type rear axle, and pressed steel /name, and they used fifty-point carbon steel Sn all of the parts carrying any great strain. They cut thetr gears out of a solid bar and iu'ver did use drop forge blanks for this work. In the years 1906 and* 1907 the Rainier car, manufactured by Garford, was by far the most popular and best seller in New York and vlotnlty. In the past four years the Garford chassis tins been responsible for Btudebaker's reputa tion in the automobile business. The Garford plant Is one of the finest In existence, being absolutely fireproof and equipped with all of the very latest automatic machinery. Special attention is called to this fact by reason of Mr. Garford owning a very large per cent of the stock of the Cleveland Automatic Machine company, which manufactures most of the ma chines used In the manufacture of automobiles In this and foreign countries. Thus It can be seen that the Garford cars are placed on the market with the reputation obtained by having manufactured high grade motor cars for a period of over ten years, the cbanga being a matter of name only. Those cars will be handled by the Lord Motor Car company of 10SI South Olive street, who report that they have a carload on the road consisting of one two-ton truck and two forty-horse power touring cars. This shipment should be In Los Angeles not later than De cember 6. Friends of Henry Charles Keating are willing to pay a liberal reward for his return to the fold, for the only glimpses they get of him these days 1b as he flits by in his "green streak" American Traveler. Mr. Keating Is so struck on his new car that he is at the wheel a good portion of each twenty-four hours, and rumcr has it that he intends entering his car in the 24-hour race at the Motordrome Christ mas. American cars bold many rec ords in long contests, and this par ticular car is the handsomest of Its ldnd ever seen on the coast. It's a* easy to a*cure a. ±ar(,-aln In a used automobltn, through want advertising, •■ It vied to be— and (till 1«—to ■•cur* a bora* and pan-last. Model "30" of the New Corbin Line of 1911 Cars Just Arrived W, -r'^ C' r:l:. v;-;-: ■;:••:■.• ">;■'•;-•>/.■";■"■■■:'■ '^ i:v^.^^.^^ STRANG FIRST ENTRY IN INTERNATIONAL RACE Racing Pilot Signifies Intention of Appearing in $25,000 Sweepstakes INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Dec. 3.—Lewis Strung, one of America's most famous motor racing pilots, takes the honor of being the lirst man to enter In the uOO-mile International $25,000 sweep stakes competition to be run on the Indianapolis motor speedway May 27, 1911. Only a couple of days had elapsed after the flood of entry blanks had gone forth to every automobile manu facturer and pilot on two continents when the blank signed by Strang and nominating a Caae car was received at the office of the big racing plant. The necessary initial deposit of $125 accompanied the entry, with the news that the dare-devil victor in three In ternational classics in one season (that of 190S) expected to pledge two more powerful speed demons from the Case factory at an tarly date. Lewis Strang;, who is captain and manager of the Case company's racing gquudron, declared that he would handle one of the cars himself and that ho planned to sign two other pilots of signal achievement in the gasoline speed world and so send throe special mon sters on the grueling flignt of 500 miles for the richest rewards that ever lured a prince of the speed game to victory. The announcement of the Indianapo lis motor speedway that it would pro mote the 800-mile international sweep stakes race was so stupendous that lew could realize that it was in ear nest. A fortune in gold for a motor race is hard to realize, even In these days of modern sophistication, when no achievement of man can hardly be expected to hold the public in awe. The tremendous distance, coupled witli the stipulation that every en trant must show a speed of seventy flve miles per hour to qualify, and the unheard-of proportions of the cash prizes proved sufficient, however, to ar rest the attention of the automobile and the entire sporting world. People are beginning to appreciate the sig nificance of this announcement. This race will be open to all cars of 600 cubic inches piston displacement and under, with a minimum weight of 2300 pounds, regardless of stock re quirements. It wiil be run under the auspices of the American Automobile association, under the division known in the present rule book as class C. NEWSPAPERMEN TO BE FETED AT AUTO RACES Indianapolis Speedway Manage ment Sparing No Pains Not a single detail looking to the comfort and convenience, of the visitors at the Indianapolis motor speedway during the 600-mile race, May 27, is be ing overlooked by the management. The fortune of $25,000 which Is whettlag the appetite of both motor car builders and pilots for the coming speed battle of all times, means that from the four corners of the winds there will be contestants, visitors and newspaper and magazine men present to witness and record the happenings. Carl G. Fisher, president of the Speed way company, has the assurance from Will H. Brown, vice president of the Willys-Overland company, that a squadron of automobiles wiil be at the service of the Speedway people upon this date. They will be used by the magazine and newspaper reporters and photographers. The circular paved race course Is two and a half miles long and in case of accident autos will carry all the soldiers, and ambulance pliy.si sians as well as nevs^aper men. There will be no work left for the hors ■ as automobiles will care for everything. The horse has been relegated to the catagory of curious luxuries at the speedway where gasoline is king. In five years' service, coveringl 58,000 miles a l^ocomoblle demonstrating car In Chicago used but two sets of Dia mond tires. One of the tires was re moved from the rim last month for the flr,nt time since it wasr put on three years ago and had 28,000 miles service to its credit. This Diamond tire had been in service both summer and win ter without ever having been punc tured. '~ 40 H. P. , P $1900 $2150 We have told you in this column why the Inter-State motor and clutch do their work so well year alter year, and as the transmission Is next In Import ance, we will explain why It also does Its work In suoh a 'perfect manner. I It Is selective type, three speeds for ward and reverse, with big, heavy, wide face, coarse pitch gears that stand the terrlflo strain of thousands of changes In the hands of careless operators, with out a suggestion of fault or trouble. Heavy annular ball bearings carry the load, and as there is no universal Joint between the transmission and rear axle, the scan are always In perfect align ment, no matter what the position of the wheels on the road. The transmis sion case Is bolted fast to the driving tube leading from the rear axle, and the front of the case Is hung In a ball socket on the cross member of the frame. It Is this hangup of the trans mission whloh eliminates gear noise en tirely In th« Inter-State. Watch .an Inter-State get under way-and you will note that It makes less noise on low and second speeds than most cars make on bl No car in the world" within 1750 to JlOOO higher In price can stand com parison with the Inter-State "BULL DOG" It Is the toughest, huskiest construction on the road. Morrow, Loomis & Co. 007 ft. OUT* St, Loa Angeles. LOS ANGELAS HERALD: SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBEH I, 191 U. HAYNES CAR WINS TWO ENDURANCE RUN TROPHIES Tn the Chicago reliability ran, held under the auspices of the Chicago Motor club, the two Haynes entries, driven by Wagner and Williams re spectively, finished with perfect scores, winning the Goodrich and Stewart and Clark trophies. The run covered a fraction over 1030 miles after five con tinuous days of traveling. Because of recont rains the roads were in anything but good condition and the schedule called for twenty miles an hour throughout over this strenuous going. Many of the highest powered contender 1? were forced to abandon all hope of reaching control on time, but the Haynes entries hung doggedly to their task, plowing through mud and bumping through ruts, but reaching every control on the second. It is concededly the most remarkable endurance performance ever pulled oft In the vicinity of Chicago. A telegram Just received by the local branch of the Haynes Auto Sales com pany bespeaks the elation of the Haynes factory over the astonishing victory of the'two cars. Charles Fuller Gates has gotten the fever and moved on Auto Row with his weekly breezy publication, Pacific Motoring, which from now on will be Issued from 1234 South Olive street. Automobile Directory Amplex (Formerly American Simplex) and Allu Guaranteed self-cranking. BEKINS MOTOR CAR CO.. * 10S2 S. Olive St. FJH3B. Main 1(91 Apperson and Reo LEON T. SHETTLER. 683 South Grand Avenue. Main 7034; Homa 1016 7. Autocar m. s. nm.KiET ft co.. Northeast corner Main and Washington. Home 22927; Sunset 4946. Buick and Oldsmobile HOWARD AUTO COMPANT. 1144 South Olive street. F3680. Main «T77. Corbin CORBIN MOTOR CAR CO., 1017-19 South Olive Street. Home AlOO7. Kissel Kar "ARK ABOUT KISSEI, SERVICE." THE KISSEL AUTOMOBILE CO.. 1248 8. Flower St. FJ637. Knox DOBRR-BROWN CO., ISOS South Olive St Main 7858: Home F6647. Locomobile LOS ANOELES MOTOR CAR CO., Pico and Mill Streets. Main 2914; Home 24684. Pacific Motor Car and Aviation Co. Open Day ana Nlßht. 1217-31 South Flower St. Home 60161. Los Angeles. Cal. Main 8680. Studebaker-Garford "40" E M. F. 30: FLANDERS 80. LOltn MOTOR CAR CO.. 1032 South Olive St. Main 6470: Home 10845. "THE SEASON'S SENSATION" Unup I^hln Wheel 7P*KQPti<rpr' Other models from $795 4U11.r., I^IMII. Base, / rdbbeilger upwards. All cars equip- Equipped with MEA or BOSCH Dual System, Imported ped with <; lamps, gener- Mohair Top, Standard Wind-Shield, Steward Speed- ator and magneto. See ometer, Five Lamps, Generator, Tools, Jack, Pump and our Special Delivery Car, STROMBERG Carburetor—22 Finish Operations $995 F. 0. B. Los Angeles. — —. ; — ~~Z —: ——l Closed Body, equipped We do not say it is equal to any *«op or $4000 car on ith ? , generator the market, but do claim it the best $2000 value for and B^ch mg l eto . 104 «ctT» -g FF Clk C!^ F. O. B , inch wheel base, 26 horse JLOJ^O LOS ANGELES _ power. Siegmund Motor Car Co. •-. mi fj; b ™»? st Home F5974 Sunset Mala 2/38 v r* CUTTING f\ \B3r In the Motordrome races of Nov. 27 an $1100, 30 horse power CUTTING CAR, absolutely stock— get \ J that, stock— negotiated :^ > ; ;,-^ ' 2 65 MILES ; —60 MINUTES v^i which is a WORLD'S RECORD for cars 231-300 cubic inches piston displacement. The CUTTING "30" hj-jaiA ran second to BARNEY OLDFIELD'S specially constructed, high priced "SIX SIXTY" racing car in ._^ I***"" the two-hour rare p..tnJ L* 00—Mile the Minute--$llOO [J Tho CUTTING CAR offers tho greatest average of power for the money on the American Motor P"a H Market today— none. But CUTTING excellence is by no means exclusively limited to this essen- J tial. The CUTTING lines, the CUTTING finish, the CUTTING durability—these and more give CUT- V TING CARS Popular Price Pre-eminence. We have sixteen different models. "In a word. Convincing." |HH4 ' $1100 to $2350 Z} CUTTING CAR COMPANY ''■ Z Show Rooms—l2l7-31 S. Flower St. Austin McFtldden, 0 V Pacific Motor Car ana Aviation Co. Factory Representative. /gy '.■' T'B^'WW^l #*% * *y I r^^ {J CUTTING I. J .:,-■,■'■.■ '■ y- ■,■■;;■ ■•' ■ -' **,*.* 7 ••■ M#, CUTTING CARS TO TAKE PART IN ALL LOCAL RACES The performance of the Cutting cars nt the Motordrome races have caused much favorable comment, and tho trophy tho small Cutting Thirty won I'l covering sixty-six miles In an hour ■hows that then is a powerful motor in the litllo car. Driver George Clarke and Mechanician Me Nay, from the factory ( Will remain on the coast all winter and enter all contests. Austin McFadden, the Pacific coast representative, has arranged for show ■pace at the Shrine auditorium, and arloadi of the latest model Cut tiiiss will be exhibited under the su pervision of Kales Manager Anns. SHEEP HERDED WITH AUTO Herding shep Is quite a vnlquo use for a high grado motor car. However, there ar rived In Los Angeles a few days ago, over tho Salt Lake, a trainlnadi of 2000 sheep from Utah. The owner, L. Agoure, with his Inter- State Torpedo and several assistants drove the big flock through LO3 Angeles' streets from the Salt Lake cattle pens to a point on Stevenson avenue, where they are held await- InK another tralnload, when the entire flock will be driven to Mr. Atroure's 16,000-acre ranch In Ventura county. He will employ his Inter-State In the drive to the ranch, and says he will mako It In a third shorter time than without the use of the car. .~ Buick again showed its class in the recent Motordrome meet, showing in front at the finish in several races. No car made will win ALL the races it starts In; but Buick is al ways willing to take Its chances with the rest of the bunch. Its proud record for 1909 Is being repeated this year. It is a safe bet that a car that CAN'T win won't TRY. We've Just received another consignment of the dandy little Model 14 Roadster. It Is the real peaches and cream of the light roadster class. Better get In your order right away. ; Howard Automobile Co. 1142-44 South Olive street. . WE WMi EXHIBIT ONLY AT TUB 810 AUTO. SHOW OF LICENSED OARS, FIESTA PARK, BKEMBEB »4-Sl, CHRISTMAS TO NEW YEAR'S. Buick Oldsmobile '■" "* ' ' IM Him A ,Wohlf eld's I Water-Proof Tire Trunk The Latest Tire Trunk on the Market. Revolving Lid— No Hinge to Break. A Lock Instead of a Buckle. Made to Fit Any Size Tire. Weinstock-Nichols Co. PACIFIC COAST DISTRIBUTORS 1216-1218 South Olive Street NEW COMPANY TO HANDLE POPULAR WHITE MOTOR CAR An agency for the popular White motor cars has been re-established in Los Angeles. The new Southern Cali fornia agents are the McCarty-Parker Auto company, who have just taken possession of tho handsome, new gar age and sales room at the corner of Eleventh and Flower. They will han dle both gasoline and strum cars; and as tho "White ha* such an established Imputation tho outlook for big business is good. Both members of the firm are well known locally. The new White "40" is the cream o\ tho late models, and in both torpedo and touring bodies are to be. seen at the sales room this week. Tho com pany figures It that the best tribute that could be paid their engine Is that expert engineers could offer no Im provement of their thirty horse power engine, so that the new engine is but a larger type of the first design. Carrigan Bros, report a favorable reception for their new line of cars— the Pratt-Blkhart and several good agencies have already been placed. Onn of the new cars was delivered last week to Albert A. Kcudull, a prom inent mining man. Jo* MOTOR CARS formerly known as the "Studebaker Garford" will hereafter be marketed direct by the Gar ford Company, who are one of the very oldest manufacturers of automobiles in this country Chassis built by Garford in 1902-1903 are to be seen on the streets of Los Angeles today, and they compare favorably with the latest type motor car designs—4 cylinder motor, floating type rear axle, cone clutch, pressed steel frame and sliding gear transmission. The new Garford model is a development of the Garford chassis that put Studebakers in the automobile business. Before that the Garford chassis put Rainier in the automobile business, and made him leader in New York during 1906-1907. Before that there was hardly a car selling at $3000 or over that did not con tain a Garford component part. There are today over 10,000 Garford chassis in use in this country. Such prominent men as Uncle Joe Cannon, Andrew Carnegie, Jas. J. Hill, Chas. W. Fairbanks, Senator Reed Smoot, Judge R. A. Balling, Geo. B. Cortelyou, Chas. A. Comiskey, G. Templeton Crocker, Frank T. Holder and many other celebrities are among the list of users of Garford chassis. The independent selling career of Garford therefore begins under most favorable auspices. The Garford Company will offer for 1911 . one model chassis only in the pleasure line, to which will be fitted 7-passenger touring, roadster, demi-tonneau of 'limousine bodies. The Garford line of trucks will consist of one, two and three ton models, selling from $1850 to $3500. The motor used in the pleasure car and in the two and three ton trucks is the famous 4-cylinder Garford "40" motor, the cylinder dimensions of which are 434 in. bore, 554 in. stroke. This is the fourth year's use of this motor and the third year's use of the Bosch magnetic plug ignition, which absolutely eliminates ignition trouble. The ignition advantages of the low tension spark you well know if you are ignition wise. Why don't more people use this system? Because it adds about $150 to the cost of the car. We will have one two-ton truck and two touring cars on exhibition at our salesroom Wednesday next. Watch for our next ad as to how we will care for Garford cars. It will be interesting. Lord Motor Car Co. 1032 South Olive St. IMMEDIATE DELIVERY Remember, These Cars Are No Ancient Vintage, But the Real Thing in 1911 Models Just received a consignment of < Old Reliable Reo Twenty Cars fj ' Mr: DKMVKK THE CABS—THE CAKS DELIVER THE GOOD?. K^r™ $"00 ssLss: $550 C/of'ra $|40° »ZS!3Z* 2150 a™: 1. 5:... $1400 &SS^.** $3200 • "A LIVE DEALER WILL SELL YOU A LIVE CAR- Leon T. Shettler Home 10187 «33 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE Main 7034 LOS ANGELES »** DIEGO Member Automobile Dealers' Association of Southern California. Member Licensed Dealers' -i.iti.m of Los Angeles. We Will Exhibit Only at the Big Auto Show of Licensed Cars, Fiesta Tark, December 24-81, Oii-jt.tinu> to New War's. ,-■■ ' "■*■ j [?Wnl Auto Repairing yj U C/ 11 AITD StA/CHTOK WORK. KHAAONAJILB KATILS. I . . OOMPBTBSNT MEN IN CHABOB AT Ati, HOUR* AH SIXTH STREET GARAGE XT* U4- 221-223 EAST SIXTH STREET . IN 1 ffUl •» rm M<mth for Day 6»««»l »K> *« Nl«ia and Dm,. | iU O^IIJ rh—» Horn* FIML WMTTB MtCKk, Fto—.^ Herald "Want Ads" Bring Largest Returns 3