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HM SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1920. THE OGDEN STANDARD-EXAMINER 13 H
I RAUCOUS HORNS
FRAZZLE NERVES
f Accessory Men Fpvoi Move
I io Standardize Tone and
Make It Pleasing
lH The mucous, menacing; tones of the
'H present automobile horn will tnliih
TH from our streets If agitation agalnfct
gl them if u Inn Ita point. Almost-every
. Wt dny newspapers print letters from m-
VwLri djgnani pedestrians who maintain tbai
rtHfl the strident clamor of the horn is re-
nlj sponsible foi accident because
bgpf'l fureri arc startled 1 the:
H voluntarily dart in front of the ap-
- h ..M
"Whefl I cross nn uvenue." said one
' mad, who is not usually regarded us a
I psychopathic specimen, "and i hear
"ik- of those yawps .it ni en I'm
bo disturbed th:it 1 don't know willed I
way I'm joiner. Lot's httve warnings,
bj all moans, but W h can't we have!
warning! which don't paralyse the
IVerves of the person warned'.''
n KB l-osi i i i IKWS
The movement foi leas strident
nai if indorsed by .i L, hTemln-
jw v munai hi Motoi I . . . .
'Jr " v Manufacturers' association, an or-
.JNa sanitation which counts unions, Its
members many of the leading makers I
.ff-o 01 automobile horns.
rilVR There Is no douot that 1 h- raucous;
. jljf horn is something of a danger, re-
jL marked .Mr Hemlnway, "especially In 1
) the hands of an Inexperienced or enre-l
'i) a less operator Nor can the unplcas
' JTM an! results be dunged entirely to the
fjjSm nerves 01 the person :r. the street 11
; ; 1 s little n lui. irii. in Boston 1 save u
M woman so fright n d 1 1 sudden lla
rJA from a horn thai she fainted at
-f2H crossed the street, l for one should
' uc m favor of some concerted action ;
fVB to standardize the moi..r signal and
y " make It as pl . ini to . 1 . -
I x possibli At present thi - oil e of 1 hi
.uito horn seems to be i hanging
f BULB is AM IQ1 mi i.
V The old-fashioned "honk-honk" in-'
struraent, operated by u ruiber bulb
g has passed out of existence no for as'
'J pleasure cat 1 concerned Ithotigl
19k. a. . remaii do
jBmm English 111. 111111. ictuivra atlll exploit this
1qH horn, but no American manufacturer
Smm would think of offering It as part -,f
"t$K !?' rart regular equipment The
-S8m hand operated raucous vibrator Is bc-
'(Ssffl inc: s,lH', s'' by .1 similar device at
lached to the motor or to the batter-
, J lS. The volume produced by this hoi 11
T4J depends somewhat on the activity or
&s$H lhc ",otor an,l when the car Is "pot
I ' racing the sound is nor disagreeable
although it Is far from musical.
jjj&S Tnc large passenger llner Olympie
TvlgflJ has been Converted Into an oil burner.
HB the largest in the world
1
JINX DESERTS
RALPH DE M
Daring Raeer Breaks Run of
Bad Luck by Win on
Elgin Track
I The jinx which for more than a
I year KSi ridden n!i Ralph DeJPalms
In all (he big automobile races of the
country has flnaUV been rou.cu.
Vfter repeatedly having vlcrorv
within his Kiusp, only to have it
snatched from him b some evil ge
1 lus. the famolls ra lug driver 'Tcanu
hick' gloriously in the 251 1-2-mllo
I 11 e u I hi Id l Klein. Illinois, in
oip- of the most furiously contested
r 11 1 of the ear.
And Just to emphasis! thai iie Is tlin
same master, driver as in 1911 when
he won the r01-mlle Indianapolis
event DePaAnra made s dean sweep
II E&lgln, breaking nil recordn for 'no
dourw He led the field from start
to finish winning Hist prize of $6,0011
and a special prize of $3.fn0 for li ,l
Ir.g each o:' the thirty laps at S100
each. He was given a crent ovat.-on
as he pulled Into thp pits aftei win
ning the event.
His time for the rac- WOe three
hOUrS nine minute, fifty-four sec
Onus and his average speed T '.' 1
miles per hour, a new mark.
Having established the best time tori
the course in practice, DePalmS was
given the honor position at the start
and was the first driver to pull nwayj
from the tape, his competitor foi- I
lowing at Interxals of fifteen BCCOIUIH, j
On the nineteenth lap he set a new ,
mark of six minuos, eleven seconds I
for the eight-mile course. cUppitltf
seven seconds from the former rec
ord which had held for five year? He
ran off the road on the north end of!
the course during the twenty-first -ap
but got back on the ti-ack without
losing his position
Tommy Milton and Jimmy Murpny, ,
each piloting I Miesenbergs. Hulph Mill- 1
ford In a Monroe. Eddie O'Donneli
nt the wheel of a Duescnberg nd t
Vori y 1'ord in a Trontenae. finished j
fecond, third, fourth, filth and slxiu I
respectively, all of them within tr.e
money.
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( . ; '. 1 PAT HA! IIA!
BOSTON The Boston Braves are
giving Pal Moran the laugh for pa)'lnir
$1 o.OOO for Lynn Brenton while Stal
ling picked Up a pitching trinket In
Leo Towns nd for $1500 who is out
shining the Red rookie.
D K i FARM
j CINCINNATI Bill Rarlden, Bed
1 catcher who has sat on the bench most
Si year, due to an Injured hand, has
I announced his intention of sticking to
hi farm next season.
j S. : 1 ! '
Bj The Ideal Car for
R All- Year Driving I
gLj Buy one on time and enjoy this
wonderful weather.
I i 1
1 I S390 Down I
Hp"- Balance at $50 per month
H Can Make Immediate Delivery 8
H I Binford-Kimball
H I Motor Company
PHONE 670
1 I
Liberty Rancher Buys Popular "Olds" Six !
This Is the beautiful fivepassengOr touring ear purchased this wool: by Mr Ed Shaw, prominent rancher o"
Liberty, lTlnh, from the Ogden t ddsniobile Company, 221" I Incton avenue Mr Shaw's purchase was made onh
after careful Investigation and demonstrations of other cars The little fclrls on the running board of the rnr ni"
lit 1 1 o daughters of Mr Shaw.
AUTO BUILDERS
SPEEG UP TRADE
Add to Business Activity ol
Nation by Great Demand
For Raw Material
The great steel furnaces have found
ah enormous new market for their
product In the factories of the motor
Vehicle makers, who now use four per
:cent of the country's output Other
I raw materials such as rubber, lumber
; b ather, cotton and a score more, are
us3d In like amount, the percentage tn
such case being an inconsiderable
'amount of the total, nut in the aggre
gate adding Immeasurably to the In
dustrial activity of the nation.
Tho automobile Industry has been a
great aid In the development of our
natural resources, such as oil and
gasoline. The heavy market which it
: has created Is enabling oil companies
to Introduce improved refining meth
ads which will in many cases double
,the amount of gasoline which can now
I be obtained from oil. Great oil explo
rations are being carried on in South
America and oth' r undeveloped coun
tries. Attention Is also being given
to the great supplies, notably in Colo
rado, which can be converted to fuel
U the needs of the automobile indus
try demand it
DEI ElA IPS t m li ni BBl R
Another major national r source
'which has been developed by the
growth of the automobile industr ij
eiude rubber. Its output has grown
'from TO.jOU tons in ll'lo to 290.000
tons in 1919. Sixty per cent of the
total rubber output Is used for the
manufacture of tires for motor VS
hleles. The price of raw rubber i a
h null of this great output has fallen
from more thnn $3 In 1912 to about 30
Cents In the summer of 1 920. There
has been a steady reduction in price
In the lust six or eight years, due
largely to the huge production of plan
tation rubber. The development of
ultlvatdd rubber has come about dl
rsetly as tlv result of the damnd o(
the automotive Industry, aS these
i plda were planted when It was seen
Diui ili.. vellil eoliliei crun could not
meet the market Manj or the big
plantations are owned by tire manu
facturers. DEM INDB 1 1 Si BANKS
In Its use of the money necessary
to the continued momentum of this
ast productive force ,the automobile
industry Is Just as efficient ns It is
in the operating methods which have
stamped It as a world leader In elimi
nation of WOStS Far less credit Is
required In proportion to I ho business
done in most other lines. Where other
Industries often require as many as
fip loans pyramided on one lot of ma
terial In Its progress from roducer
to broker to manufacturer to Jobber
to retailer, there Is never more than
twice the value of goods tied up In tho
autmomblle business ana seldom as
much as that. This Is because the
chain of credit Is broken at the fac
tory. The dealers pay for their cars
when the manufacturer ships them, so
that while there may be loans on both
sides of the line they are never on the
same set of materials. When tho car
Is finished It is paid for and the fac
tory's line of credit Is cleared before
t be dealer s line begins.
i in Itl DH IS v l l
ne million dollars In credit to the
automobile Industry will In general do
twice us much as In other lines. More
over, bank records show that automo
bile credit Is one of the safest of bank
risks One large company dealing In
automobile paper, for example, out of
$34,000,000 of automobile credit ex
tended In 6nc year had only $14,000
which was ever in doubt, and most of
this will be collected. It may he con
servatively said that the automobile
Industry has brought to the banking
Industry a new line of business which
has been uniformly profitable, and
which has directly as well as through
the Indirect channels, already suggest
ed, added keystones of tremendous
MOTOR CHANGES
OLE, TO if' Hlli Hi
Engineers Working Overtime
to Satisfy Demands of
Gentler Sex
I Doubtless i he average male motor
' 1st would laugh at the idea that
J women had forced a larp,e number
of the improvements in motor car j
design, but tf we trace the develop
ment of the motor ear back several
I years we find the feminine motorist
hag contributed more than her share.
CHAIN DRIVEN
The first cms were chain driven i
land had the motor car remained a
man's plaything we might still see
j chain drives lri large numbers Bui,
as It became the transportation unit
J of the whole family, milady disliked
:the noise they made and the chain
'had given place to the silent, dean
I and concealed shaft drive. Mere man
mishit also have stood for noisy gears
:and a host of other rattles, slaps and
I Squeaks but the woman who motor-j
ni emphatically put her foot down
(and demanded a quiet car. There
I fore, more attntion had to ho paid to
I the more careful machining of gears
and othre moving parts, Special
metall and special compounds were
developed until I hey ran together a--I
noiselessly a: the wheels of a watch.
RUFFLED HER HAIR
The first windshield was installed
so that a woman s hair would not
be blown aout while she rode
; Core doors were Invented for her
f comfort. Safety" too, was insisted .
Upon While one's better half might
!have been perfectly wiling to lake1
a chance herself, she refused to
risk the persons of her children.
She demanded extra good brakes,
better principles of construction and
rear axles whose wheels would not
come off should the shaft become
broken.
EUROPE'S TALES OF WOE
LOST IN MOTOR DISPLAY
We have ull heard the tales of woe i
from Kurope how the grown-ups!
Vrc living from hand to mouth; how'
I the children were dying bythe thou
I sands from starvation but few of us:
I have heard uny rumors of prosperity.
Yet Just to prove that all the expen
sive hobbles have not entirely died In
central and eastern Kurope, an auto
I mobile show was held during July In
j Jzecho-Slovakla. Motor Life.
JO
CXiEAM il l DIB I 1 IL.
j Dirty oil Is Injurious to an engine.
It also meuns worn oil, which has been
used too long and needs replacing.
nce a week for the more used parts
Is not too frequent A bearing on the
Ignition unit, the armature bearings of
the lighting generator and starting
motor should be oiled as directed by
the manufacturer.
i i
bearing power to the financial itruc-1
tun- of the country.
Perhaps one other point In the eco-j
nomlc effect of the Industry should be
given consideration at this time
Where the average increase in all
commodities as listed bv Dun's Index
was Hs per cent from Jan. 1. 1914, to
'Jan. 1. 1920, the average Increase In
the price of passenger cars ranged
from minus -I per cent to 66 2-3 per
cent on ton leading makes of cars In
the same'pcrlod. Since that date there
have been general Increases In auto
mobile prices, so that the exact fig
ures should be revised. But the total
will not be more than an average of
70 per cent against a general commo
dity advance of more than 150 per
cent
DEALERS I
"' OGDEN - UTAH jflME
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Here is the Traffic Truck just as it returned to R. T. Mitchell Co.'s place of business after its economy run of
106 miIes on 8V2 gallons of gasoline last Tuesday. This truck has been in service 6 months without a repair.
IT OB AMBITION
j Of ILL STREET
I
; Investigator Asserts Strong
Financial Chiefs Seek
Industry Control
DETROIT For some time persist
ant rumors have been current that
joeitain eustern financial Interests are
attempting to obtain control of tho
j motor Industry. At first little credence
I was placed In these reports, but ro
Icent developments In Detroit and other
Industrial centers have convinced
I many of those who have the Interests
of the automotive Industrv at heart
I that thero Is much more behind the
movement than really appears on the
surface.
INVESTIGATION MADE.
For some weeks a man whose stand
ing In the business life of Michigan
muked his views worth while bi I been
conducting an invostiogtloh of the fi-
nanclol situation In relation to the auto
Industry. The results of this inquiry
Just made public have cnused a sen
sation After spending considerable time In
New York, Chicago, Hoston, levebiml
and Indianapolis, he declares that he
is firmly convinced that w.iii street
Is making a determined effort to se
rine , ontrol of th automotive Indus
try; 11 kRGES nvsi iK
He Is satisfied that there Is ample
confirmation of a widespread consplr
,n y on the purl of eistem capitalists,
particularly that group which Is large
Iv interested in banks and railroads, to
force receiverships, as fur as possible
In the automotive tndusti-y and that
1 hey have been actively engaged In this
NEWER NATIONS
TAKE TO MOTOR-
Excellent Markets Being De
veloped for Products of
U. S. Factories
The use of automobiles i bCttom I
Ing more ami more favored In tnei
newer OOUntriOSi as well as In Europe,
as Is evidenced from the world census
of tars published bv the bureau of
foreign and domestic , onvmercr.
Although there are more automo
biles In th t'nlte.l Kingdom than In
any "Ihor European country. Its num.
arpassed by Canada which fn
1(10 had about 2fi9,3'9 ears, or about
10 per cent more than the mother
country. B Iglum, With more Inhabi
tants per square mile than any other
rSurnpcan countr. Is nearly equalled
in car registration by British India,
which is also densel populated, but
covers a larger area.
( iitv TAKES To 'EM.
Spain and Italy have each close to
15,000 cars, or approximately as many
as the total number of cat-: regter-i!
In both Japan and French Africa.
Despite limited motoring area. L'hlmi
Is taking to automohlleo so thnt now
the number of ears In use there SA-
ceeds by i.nofl those in Bulgaria.
The Straits Settlements and Chile
are emulating the S'candlnn vlan coun
tries, the former having about GOn ears
cars more than Norway and the lat
ter only 1.000 less than Denmark and
1 800 Icfs than Sweden.
hull, I f.lnn la .iM nlnnlni a n v
cedent field for motor vehicles, ami
now has In use ears exceeding In
number by 30 per cent those in Hoi
land, EXCELLENT OPENINGS
l' ranee, with ft fine system' of roa..
has automobllos equal to the com
blni d relstratlon of cars In Mexico,
Cuba llrazl!. I'riiRu.iy, Australia anil
New Zealand. The latter Countries
are better markets for United State
automotive products than France, be
cause een such a small country an
Uruguay Imported during the last six
months from the United States about
three times ap many ears as the larg
er Furopeun republic. The Imports
into the other countries have been
la'rger still.
Excellent markets for automobiles
are developing not only In the Euro
pean countries, but also In those sec
tions where th'- people, encumbered
little if at all by war debts, are. re
eelving unprecedented prices for their
products and because of death of other
I transportation facilities ure more and
more turning to motor vehicles.
II WW IKES 1 ll
If you are coasting down hill, und
th, L akes fall, the thing to no Is to
throw off the switch ond let In the
clutch. This would check the enr an
the engine would have no power stioke
to propel It and the piston, on trav
eling upwards on the compression
stroke, would nifet a resistance In
pressure.
destructive campaign for the past six
' months.
Kecent receiverships In auto acces
sories concerns including that of the
Standard Parts company of Cleveland,
:".. "no, 1 corporation reTleet this
view, he Hays. These receiverships, he
bell) V0S, will be followed hy others, at
least three other large concerns being
In financial strnlts and 011 the verge
Of receivership at the present time.
EUROPE INDITES I
II, S, MOTORISTS I
- BBSSSSSJ
Interchange of Travelers With
Britain Is Urged by KJ
Visitors Here mS
BBH
NEW YORK. Two of Europeis
foremost motorists. Major StensoVi RB
Cooke. Secretary, and Charles UtG M
Whirtcr. finance chairman, of the H
1 Automobile association and Motor un-
I Ion, have returned home thoroughly H
I convinced thai another year will d,o
; the renewing of a growing Interchange
i of road travelers between Oreat BrB" 'HH
sin and the United States. jL9
ILL N CLUBS.
While the visitors were compelled H
, to limit their stay to less than a H
month, they conferred with A. A. A.
officials In both New York and Wash- J
Ington and also found time to drop H
In ut A. A A clubs In a number of
the larger cities, going as far west
as Chicago and th--- Itinerary Inclunhg H
Detroit. Cleveland and Buffalo. ' In H
Plttsgurg the noted foreigners were
taken In hand by David Jameson,
president of the a. a a. The Can- H
adian Automobile association head- H
quarters In Toronto also saw the Brit- H
Ishers. who wore guests of Dr. P. I J
Doollttle. the president, and who, us H
.-,..,.1 road 1 worker, began In pioneer oLaE
cycling days liH
In coming to America at the height
of the vacation season, Major CoOks
and Mr. Mi Whirtcr had In mind to
Observe at first hand the volume of
road Iraxel. I he methods r-mnloved in iSBfl
Its acceleration ami to cstabjledi lf
more firmly knit reciprocal relations H
between their organization and the
American Automobile association. H
While both bodies are members of
the recently-formed International L
Touring Alliance, there are matters, of
mutual concern which have special l
reference to the motorists of the two l
Englbih-speaklng countries.
POINT ww in EUROPE
"After what we have seen in tie
United States lu the way of Improved
highways." said Major Cooks before. I
sailing, "we shall have no hesitation
In recommending to our members an
American road trip. You are fully
awake to present-day needs In trans
portutlon, and hereafter we can bor
row not a few pages from your book
of experience. All you need to round
out your progrcbj Is a great system IH
of national roads, and I shall predict H
that your congress soon will have H
embarked your government on this H
undertaking IH
"On the other side we had the greht
detlrablllt) of highway. impressed
upon us for various reasons, one of H
whli h was again quite forcibly pre-
ehted In the great war. France's H
roads saved her and saved Eurupe H
The spectacular defense qjj Paris by
CMlllenl'B motor mobilization and the H
later achievement at Verdun told tlS Ml
own stories. The Automobile 0SSOOtt H
, tlon and Motor union, while its home H
field is In the British Isles, has studied
out the most effective ways In which H
the road traveler can ses th" battle jk
1 areas, and we are prepared another
I year to supply tourists with the mst H
exact Information. Whether five JH
American lands at .an English or con- M
tinental port, there will be one of opr H
staff to facilitate his progress, and ws
shall Ub kly make apparent the ad- J
vantages of the Bpcetal membership H
In the A. A and M l'. available io
A. A. A. members." H
one p.r crni of the atmosphere Is
- m
lj Economy Class Comfort if I
jjl in an II
Jj t I
r-pi HE satisfying sense of security that comes from Ev
Mechanical r i i n - I touring in a thoroughly dependable car, is one of jj a MP
menta that spell lit- the chief charms of an Olclsmobile lightweight
iikisI in performance. Eight Thorobred or Peacemaker. Y
Long, slender, Trace- The immense reserve of power, the smooth flexi- g !
ful lines, and hand- bility of motor operation, the substantial character, e
some radiator comfort, economy and long life these make the Bfi
Long, Berai - elliptic Olds Eight a touring favorite K1
springa, and room? A demonstration Lb necessary to a full understand- m;
I, e a v i 1 j cushioned ig of the lasting satisfaction to be derived through mSfc.
seatg its ownership, and a chance is all we ask to make Wk'-
such a demonstration. When may we have it?