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,E - s THE OGDEN STANDARD; OCDEN. UTAH, SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1 920 S lH s 35,000 Owners Praise ' The ( New Triplex Springs I T TORE than 35,000 owners "It would be an insult to' I I 1V1 of the new Overland 4 put shock absorbers on this are enthusiastically telling car." & their friends of the wonderful "The most advanced piece riding qualities eof this car. of work yet produced in the 6 Triplex Springs smooth out motor car line." These are I the rough road bumps! - some of the sincere compli- 6 "Rides as no light car ever 'merits paid Overland 4 by 9 rode before." proud owners. U The Sedan weighs only 200 pound . 1 H more than the Touring Car. j Browning Auto Company I MAXWELL "CAR ! i ' MAKES RECORD ; The supreme test of road service il I has been administered by Eugene F. 5 Cox of Los Angeles, who has driven a 1916 Maxwell over more than 50 - ; 000 miles or good, bad and Indifferent highways in the territory lying bo j twen the Mississippi river and the Pacific coast, according to Manager ? Tajior of tho Weber-Taylor Motor Co., I wiio has just received word of thy re- 'T markable record established. j1 I Cox declares that the car is still inj go.d condition, and that lie will turn it In at Los Angeles for a 1920 model. .r. and Mrs. Cox are musicians and give entertainments on the saxopnone and other JnstVumonts, and claim to havo visited every village west c! the Mir.slsblppl. Their car is specially equipped for touring, with seats that may bo converted into beds and boxes antj cabinets built on the fendora and ru..nln boards. When weather con ditions permit they camp by the road side at night. "We have covered an average of 17, 000 miles each season for the past three years,' said Mr. Cox, while in PoP.land last week, "and the only se riono trouble we have had with the enr was a broken spring while pass ing inrough Fourth of July canyoi. be 'I ween 'Coeur d'Alcne and Wailaco, Idaho. This Is tho poorest stretch of ro.1 1 wc have encountered during tlnee ears' wandering across u.nun ta:i. rr uses and deserts. For two mfles of tne distance the grade Is fully 25 per cent and the road is full of Bharp rocks and chuck holes. We wore out a net or tires going through the can yor. " After three years' companionship with the Maxwell on all kinds and con ditions of road, Mr. Cox is thorough! satistied, ho declares, and will con tinue his wanderings in a 1920 model next season. Many special conven iences and built-in lockers will b add j iTd to the equipment of the new car and .provision will bo made for carry ing an extra supply of gas. oo One advantage of the four wheel drive typo of truck is found in the fait that it one pro.pellor shaft breaks thi& part may be disconnected and the vehicle may1 be driven by the other shaft. 3 . ; 20 Horse-power at the pulley 12 at the drawbar I i Small, but powerful and husky an ideal combination es- . B j: pecially for orchard work. Youcan hitch up a big load and m work in close to the trees and still step right along at good speed. Cletrac does the work on time. It costs Ijttle to oper I ate and little for upkeep, because it is built for hard work. . " Does not pack the soil. ..- : I Dust-proof motor. -Air for carburetor clarified by water. . ;V. K- New tank-type, 8 -inch-wide, singlc-grouter track, carried on.-.'.!, I large roller bearings. . V ft Let us show you how the Cletrac performs right onjw:.V 1 i non land doing you rv own work.' No obligation. . I R. T. Mitchell Company II j 2439 HUDSON AVE. ' , OGDEN, UTAH I 1. MOTORIST li CLASS j OF HIS 01 FOR FREAK IDEAS By LEVY'S E. GEORGE, , 3 .In Motor. Life Magazine, E Drivers of automobiles have ihcir.' 9 lit tie' hobbles, the samo as other hu- U mati belrigBobut It Is doubtful il they I show thSrlr peculiarities in any certain 1 line as strongly was whew applying for U licensea for theVars they drive. M Employes in the offices when- II- W censes are issued are, Without exeep- n tion. willin'g to go on record as saying R thai for freak ideas and odd requests. W the average motorist is in a class by I hlmseir, as compared with hlc fellow- men. Laws In the various states dif r fcr somewhat in the method to b? pur Kued in applying for licenses, lut iho a peculiar Incidents are more or less, the g same throughout the country. i The automobile department of a ft western state this year received a ft most unusual request. The applicant ft requested a license lag bearing tlie V numerals eorresponding to the num- lief or men employed in the crcC'um of Solomon's temple in lilbllcal days. He $ explained that he was an active mem ber of the MasOnlc fraternity and that w he wanted his lltlo'car to do Its part r. In carrying out the teachings and tra- ditions of that well-known order. The request created considerable coinmo- g tlon in the office, but by sending out P and borrowing a Hlblc, and after con- B Kld.uablo research work, it was found that the number desired was 152.303. It seems that people are able ro re- G member their telephone number or h thoir house address, and licence bu- fj reaus receive hundreds of requests for license certificates to correspond to ono or the other. man in a certain town went a lone: b way toward carving himself a niche t in tho hull of fame from a patriotic standpoint. Ho desired that license C No. 11111S be sent him, as he wanted K to keep constantly before the people j the fact that on the 11th dav of No r voniber. the eleventh month In the jj year '1,8, the armistice agreement was slg.ied, and the world war' brought to ' a victorious close. 1 1 A certain secretary of state wns re- C cently called upon to act as arbiter in case which threatened to develop B into something of a serious nature. An automobile owner had been assigned 'i license in which the figure 13 appear- B od. He wrote that ho wanted it chang-1 B od, as his wife had refused to ride in R tho car with him, and she no' onfy I G heaped that indignity upon him, but,t on account of her superstitious aread ' i of aiiything with those numerais con-, necled with it, she threatened t ; sue : g for oivorco unless the plates o'ere'jjj changed The secretary of state ' I strained a .point and another set of i i plates was issued. I H Another man wrote for number 3712,' k explaining that he was born in tho 1 K year 1869 and his wife In 1873 and by , fj aauinr the two together tho number, cal't-d for was obtained. I The possession of very low numbers! is a trait with which the various li-( cense bureaus Have to contend, and' one that is the cause of more worry, and trouble than all the other numbers combined. In all states there arf- po liticians, and what is a political power for 11 not to ask Tor something' The result is that men go to almost any lengths to secure special coveted num-' bers for themselves or their conrtitu enis Then, of course, there is the driver win b in tho habit of winking a' the speea regulations, and who wants a number that is hard to read and equal ly hard to remember. Numbers corresponding, .to the dates of bn ths, weddings, wooden, tin, silver and golden anniversaries are ask;d for evciy day, and a salesman offering a course in memory training could gel rlcn from prospects who ask' for cum-! b?rs "easy to remember." Just what! arrangement constitutes a number' tha. is easy to remember has reverj been satisfactorily explained, bui meni high up In the business world frankly) ndr-th that they cannot remember their license numbers. They are often at the head of wonderful business outer-1 prisos, but confoss that the art or re membering the series of numbers on I theu- license plates Is one they have ne er mastered. -nn SPARK PLUG MEAT . IS VERY GREAT j .The ability of the electrodes of . spark plugs to withstand the in'nsoj heat to which they are subjected Ihi one of the most important factors ol i perfect combustion, In the present ' day of low grade fuel, perfect, or total, j combustion is absolutely npcesaaiy to f perfect .performance of the car. Not i only this, but in cases where total combustion is not achieved, unexjilod ed gas remains in the cylinder and runs dtfwn the walls, thus diluting the oil in the crankcaso. Whon this occurs the oil loses its function to lubricate and results In scored cylinders and burnl-out bearings. ' This Is one of tho most prominent talking points on Rex spark plugs," says P. IT. Byrne, manager of the More Klecirlc company, 5G East Fourth So;h si reel. "The electrodes on Rex plugs are made from Imported mtteorj wire. Heat has absolutely no effect on this wiro and every electro it on Rox plugs is guaranteed against fusing an l corroding. In this manner a red- hoi spark is assured all of the timej and perfect combustion is attained af ter f.cveral months' use as well as (he first month. "In fr.cl, we absolutely guarantee Rox .plugs against ovcry dofecl also agHinst heat breakage of porcelain. W? replace without question any por celain cracked by heat." i oo: ' j STEERING GEAR INSPECTION. There is one Inspection which the ! nunor truck owner must be corlam is regularly and systematically ipade, and (hat is or tho steering gear. Tho omire steering system should bo ex amined every day and all undue slack should be taken up. Too much de pends on the steering of a heavy ve hicle such as tho motor truck to per mit i.hy carelessness in maintaining it. , OOr Even though we have only waler;tp drink, tho prospects of a flood, do not throw us into spasms of joy. CheesmanV I 'Re-Newed I Automobiles I , 1919 OAKLAND SIX, 5-PASSENGER I 0". 1918 BUICK, 6-CYLINDER, TOURING CAR ! v 8 1917 BUICK "LIGHT FOUR" 5-PASSENGER it - I V , 1918 DODGE BROTHERSTOURING CAR . : ; . 1916 DODGE BROTHERS TOURING CAR I H 1920 CHEVROLET "FOUR-NINETY , 7 I H i :' . 1916 MAXWELL 5-PASSENGER . ;f ; , Jffy 1 H 1917 FORD TOURING CAR . 1 ' 1918 FORD ROADSTER 'V"-1; 1 H v 1919 OVERLAND 4-CYLINDER 5-P ASS ly. J H j 'S ' 1918 PAIGE TOURING CAR "LIGHT SIX" ' : I H COME IN AND LOOK AT THESE CARS-WE WILL BE , j I GLAD TO EXPLAIN OUR EASY TERMS I i : Open Evenings and Sundays , .1 I i. . CHEESMAN n I AUTOMOBILE CO. I 2566 Washington Ave. Phone 325 I H Slllfi fiSSOCISTl OF IfTUI MIES TOil PLSI Officers for the next twelve months were elected at a meeting of tho direc tors of the Utah Slate Automobile as sociation held at the Commercial lub. Thise who will guide the destinies of iho association until new officers ar? elected in 1921 are: M. A. Kcysor, president; Lafayette Hanchelt, first viric president; Herbert S. Auerbach, secend vice president; Eugene Giles, treasurer, and F. C. Schramm, chair man 01 the executive committee. The directors. Tor the present year are: La fayette Hanchelt. Richard It. Lyman, Herbert S. Auerbach, C. It. Pearsall, Horoeit R. MacMillan. S. D. Evans. N. C. Hansen. R. M. Cross, F. C. Selnaiiim. Arch Drowning, M. A. Kev sor, W. U. Rishel. Joseph Decke. Roy Ballen and Charles Tyng. TJie joctlvities of the association have been held up this far by inability to obtain a president. With the off! cor complete, a meeting of officers and directors is planned to outlli.e the association's program for 19-0. Atinc Secretary W. D. Rishel is al ready making prepa rations fo- the oper-W of the touring season in order that the service rendered tourist.- may be veil developed by the time the first Influx arrives. The association's lour ing bureau at the Commercial club has always heretofore kept an accurate record of its visitors from other suites, but not of local calls. T,hls year a tab ulator has been installed to keep rount on lhe number of local people whe either visit the bureau in persor or telephone for information. In spite of the fact that present climatic and road conditions make for anything but pleasant touring, the bureau has been issuing route information and road !datn to an average of nine people daily lor tho past two weeks. With the "opening of roads and the firs real i r lit. l!k-linl iiitlinntna in i ne neighborhood of one hundred local motorists will he served each day. The association has recently adopted a service feature Tor tho bcnetlt of mo tor truck operators and owners. "It is 'not an uncommon thing to see any number of motor trucks parked against a curb with their engines run ning idle that is with tho machine stopped and its . engine running," said Mr. Rishel. "It is impossible to esti mate how much gasoline and oh are consumed uselessly In this manner It is safe to say that If drivers of trucks were to slop their engines overy time tho vehicle was stopped to load or un load, the operators would be wp( much money in the course of a month The Utah Stato Auiomobilo associa tion. realizing that most driven wll not voluntarily 'kill' their engine even time its operation Is not needed, for i mnns work In tho nature of crank lug upon starting, has volunteered t forward information to the owner o tho vehicle every time such an inci dent is reported the associations of-j fire. If. every tirno a member it thei 'association spps a mctor (ruck stand j ing idle with its engitu- running, he wll1 lake the vehicle's number anj re port il to the office at the Commercial club, the association will look un the nairn.- of the owner In its files and re-pdr- tho ofrense." Mr. Rishel has perrected aim put ' int'j opeiation during the past wek a sysu-ni for obtaining road data or. ev ery main traveled road in the Inter ' mountain section at least once or tw!v;e each week. In this manner the . touring bureau Is kept informed on Iroad conditions at all limes. The value of the system is inestimable as lit enables the buieau to Issue Infor mation that is up to the minute, j The information is obtained by send Mng out cards with a return earl at 'tallied to garages and. service stations tin Utah. Idaho. Wyoming and Nevada. Thr- return curd are rilled out, :eav ! ing vacant the place for the informa ition so Hint the garage man who is j in ciese touch with local conditions i need only to fill in the word to f'.r the iroau condition. The cards will be mail 1 ed out at least once a week and in I souk cases two times. Salt Lake ; Tribune. I oo AUTO SMOKE IS ; . DUE TO OIL i - me of the greatest nuisances that th-j public has to contend with Is tho snr.iking automobile that - leavca an evil smelling smudge in its wake r.s it i travels through the streets. I The evil is due mostly to caudoss jness, and in most Instances can be : avoided. Much of the smoke we see 'conios from too much lubricating oil (applied to the motor. The cause may be having tho reservoir too full, that is, well above the- level indicated by the manufacturer as correct. The rem jody is to draw off the surplus. Again, ill . fnuli may bo in the construction, so that a surplus amount of oil is fed i to the engine, oven when the oil tank is at the correct level. Some or the trouble with oil comes when driving with the. throttle -;pen but a little way. When touring there is likely to bo but little smoke, as the machine is driven with tho throttle open fairly wide at all times. When the tamo car outers the city, with the result there is much throttling down, there may be trouble with smoke. The ronton is that, with a closed throttle, iniMnrn muuhm lh gasoline drawn in docs not fill the vacuum in the combustion cham- .H i: with a result that some oil Is H drawn past the piston rings and burn- lH ed with the gas. HH BRAKE FAILURE DE 1 TO LACK OF OILING 'H "Brakes didn't work" 'has spelled the- cause of many aii auto accident. '"he brakes should bind tightly when. pressure is applied, but they should be free aim clear when not in U3e If I! :,H a brake shoe binds when the pressure J Is released it makes the car run hard. Sumel lines oil working out on Ij the ; hraxe lining will cause the brakes, to , 'H sill- If you see this Is the cause, wash off the lining with gasoline and then I see thai the leakage of grease from the J rea. axle is stopped. If it is worn linings that cause the y jH biMKe to refuse to hold, then have tno j iH brake rellned. I I A tendency of the car to skid to the I side when the brakes are appl.ed is j prrj of unequal adjustment. A few drops of oil on the brake I shoes or bands occasionally and oiling ! of nil joints are essential to smooth ope: at Ion of the brakes. F Your safety depends on the vpern- I IH tio'i ol tiie brakes and steering gear It bof.i are right and you use judgment, i, chances for accident are small. i'l COTTON CHIEF TIRE MATERIAL. ! Tires are commonly thought of in terms of rubber. Yet cotton is one of ' the chief materials entering into tire construction. The carcass, or "body" ; of !hA tire, is built up by the tire mater of a number of piles of J fric- ( Honed" cotton fabric. It is the cotton which resists the air pressure in the tube, with the rubber acting as a bur ror between the cotton carcass and the j''H road or street surface. Tire ma.iutac- turo demands a very high grade of v cot'.on-a much higher qualify thuit is found in the usual run of cotton tex- i tiles. A" cotton of long staple, or fi- j, ber, is imperative. The cotton which will enter the man- ' ufaclure of "Goodyear tires In the big 1 plar.i. new under construction, in Los JM Angeles, Cal., will come from that company's extensive' cottou plnnta tlons in the Salt River valley, lu Ari zona, and the Imperial valley in uouth qhi California. To convert the raw co'Lon Into fabric suitable for uso in I tiro manufacture a large cotton lex- I tile mill is being orectcd as one of I the units of the Goodyear plant Thi" 1 mil. will turn out woekly 130,000 po.iuds, or sovcnly-flve tons, ox tiro : Automobile Painting ' FIRST CLASS WORK I'H tH 2343 Hudson Avouug Above Central Carriage Vorks , - 9 FRANK M. SODERBERG, Prop- 5 1 i 'H