El Paso herald., March 25, 1916, HOME EDITION, Cable News and Auto Section, Page 20, Image 20

About El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931

Image provided by: University of North Texas; Denton, TX

                
EL PASO HEHALD
20 Week-End Ivhtion. March 25-26, 191G.
lUKlTflRIITIIIKF THE ESCAPADES OF MR, JACK - BY J. SWINNERTON
lIlUIUlSIUlULtlilL. Copyrliht 1315 International News Service.
THE "TWELVES"
Frank Garrett Tells of His
Experience With New
National Autos.
"i h those who are Intimately as
sociated with the automobile industry
prsp the phenomenal thing that has
latpened in connection with the in
troduction of the 12 cylinder motor,
t rding to P J Garrett of the Klllott
Oairctt companj, the El Paso distribu
te.. if National cars
Heretofore It has required months or
i ill us explaining and educational
cil n th part of the builder to get
tlir public to adopt such marked im
pn v fluent but not so with the II
clinlr motor, which has had an ex
perience enjoyed b no other new me
. liamcal thing In automobiles, declared
the 1 lllott-Garrett manager '
Iff sas the it cylinder motor was In
slatitl accepted as a matter of course,
hat few doubters blocked Its recep
tion and that practically no educa
tional work was neceesar) to pave the
j It was a case of "love at first
nlfrht He outlines the reasons for
this unusual condition which lie he
lev es are responsible and says that
tlev indicate the healthier and saner
attitude upon the part of the public
towaid motor car construction .
First he says nas the apparent logic
of the twelve even to the layman s un
roechanlcal mind Its superiorltv seemed
so obvious as to preclude doubt. Then,
too it was born of the six, which start
ed faith in luulti-cylinder construction
nother reason was the reputation
of the few companies that were the
wr firt to announce twele 05 Under
ars This Is coming to be more and
more the main factor in influencing
bur They see the wisdom of hav
ing confidence In what the old line
'responsible companies think best to
rin It Is true in all other lines of
business and trade and lie rsm it will
ion be equally true of the automobile
bi siness
Mr Garrett claims that never in his
long experience has he seen new things
offered the public that were given
such endorsement as the twelve oj Un
der motor He refers tc many things
that were new when first Introduced
such as electric starters, left side
drive, fore doors, center control and
even the six cylinder motor He re
calls a certain amount of skepticism
about every one of these. But the
tweHe he declared has not had one
"back slider
TFir Tit COVnMTAI TRUL.
The re is renew ed agitation In Can
ada for a transcontinental hlgaway
from the Atlantic to the Pacific. A
committee has been appointed to enlist
the aid of motor duos in support of
the project
HERE IS THE
TlUt K
ATTACHMENT
With the Pord
it reduces the
cost of delivering
-(roods to a
ridiculously low figure
The load
on tiic truck
not in it.
Look it
ocr
before buying
rEATtKES
Light weight - - Strorip construction
Timkcn beanngi - - Steel castings
""" $801.55
1 or ''ale b
Hatcher-Sterner
ritone 7X70
33 5 Texan St.
BsysjsiBstWsBBssissEBMiasSs niMrirPKiTP
Dealers-Write for
! Il1- (29 ll8, llj1UU
I ;" y Vu5nJ "ifiiT" . T
fA-. .TaCbh. s' sssssssssPtMsN- h ?5eiE"25e!v2i& v . fco K$3
' W1- "i (ill ffMk Wj A&
y I met her!' CMV ALNy fssiLH s ,gotstijffon
EXCESSIVE USE
HURTS BATTEBY
Factory Gives Tips on the
Proper Care of Batteries;
Keep Yours Clean.
Probably e erj motorist docsn
know that for eery second consumed
in starting a motor electrical! the
generator must run at charging speed
for several minutes to put the same
amount of current back Into the stor
age battery That mtans that the fel
low who lets his electiic stai t r churn
and churn, mabe without the switch
thrown or too little kj.s gcnerall)
finds himself compelled to get out and
crank some da because his battery
is dead."
The "WiHnd cimpam warns car
owners i nnst thK i tiling They
exp in lhit in ! tri vtirt?r !( mad"
to do c t- n I i it i f mirk in
turning r a n i i It sloulj not
i
Our Proposition
be used to ' show off the nnwr 1-
eloi.ed as in some cases when neonle I
run ineir cars a snort distance on their I
... . .... r r . i
stalling poner alone to show a friend
I its possibilities This practice tends
to drain the storage battery of its
entire current, and maj ruin the f.lates
n oerheatln
V few suggestions for use of -voui
starting equipment niai proe of benefit-Make
sure lour batterr is full
chirged arwl filled with puie ater
1 Uon't let our starter churn -find
I out about gas aild spark being riht.
j Always release the starter as soon
is the motor begins to turn on Its own
power
j Keep the generator proper! adjust
I ed and cleaned
Prime your motor if it Is cold
I These things will sae you both an
I no vance and monej for electric il re
pair? MADMHM PDirCC ADC
ADVANCED BY FACTORY
The alanco in prices of material
and labor has caused the N'ordke &
Alaimon companv to advance the prices
of the Harmon '34," the new car vthicu
haj ere ited such a sensation here
The new prices, which became effec
tive last week shon -in aihaliu of
irotind J200 A full statement of thi
reasons of the advance is made by
president tV c Marmon as follows
This inert ae in pi ice is caused by
the actual increase in the cost of nu
ternl and labor entering into the con
stru thin or the new car s a mat
ter nf iat this advance does not fullv
covtr tills Increased cost However in
i w w f the unpiecedentcd sales of
th car and the fit that the sales
res 'tence is so much less than intici
psted we believe we are Justified In
mirk 'tlnp; the car at the new price
rather' than advance the fivll amount
of the increased cost of material and
lahr p
I ricticallv evervone is conversant
with market conditions and appreciates
to some extent the enormous advance
. n the cost of materials Aluminum
illov steels, brass copper, have id
vatnid tremendously in the past vear
TI- i is no single Item on the en
) thit Ins not undergone an advance in
i price
i SOUTH AMERICA FIELD
RAPIDLY OPENING UP
P. irr 5 Steenstrup, South American
s lies representative for the Hupp Motor
r ar corporation, has just returned to
the factory from a six months' trip Mi
Ste nstrup v isited fhile. Peru, Argen
tine Brazil nnd the "i est Indies
Mr hteenstrup reported United States
uusiness m .soutn America much im
proved emce his trip a vear ago 'Unit
ed States business ts graduallv improv
ing in all houth merican countries"
said Mr Steenstrup 'Although it is
not gnining nearly as rapidlv as was to
be expected with the European coun
tries at war Previous to the war most
of the business was with Germany and
Great Britain and with these sources
of supplies cut off it was expected that
United Mates merchants would make
great headway The chief difficulty
however, is the credit proposition Both
1 nglish and German merchants gave
ltng time credit on all South American
sales ind it is difficult to educate the
peopl. into our way of short time
credit
Mr Steenstrup had manv excitin" e-v
pcrlenies on boats on which hr sailed
tn dine without lights at night and
miking nregular routes to avoid tl
(jcrmin raiders
tltlC KS Pull 1.000.IHXI Tniuiiit
In response to letters sent out bv
the ouirtermaiter general of tho
i nited States arm to tiuck manufac
tur rs It wis learned that bctw.cn
o and "ton trucks rould b obtiin.d
fi m thm on thirtv davs" notice
TI E tc it is estimated would he snffi
lent to tak. care of the tnn p i
ii n 01 tciuuouo troops The In in
. nciu uui in stf unit th mini
urijiinjr rrsourc s of tl ointiv
TTrtTTm "ri T A BITT tt
INXUrXll J UBXliiLlUAKjC
HEADLIGHT IS GONE
LeitUlniures and City Council re f,et-
lins Unity With Ilrgtilatlons In
III I'nrts of the country.
critical survev of the more re
cent judicial decisions ill many states
on the automobile, discloses the fact
that the headlight problem a;ain de
mands first place on the court calen
dars,' sajs O r Friend, genenl sales
manager for the Mitchell-Lew is Motor
eompan. Jlacine, "iVis
"The dazzling blinding and danger
ous headlight is doomed for a ve y
short life If we paid full credence to
what the thousand and one editors an I
automobile writers throughout the
country have to sav on the all absorb
ing subject Thej would have us nn-der-tanc!
that the e'ctremelv powerful
searchlights on automobiles are not
only dangerous but are entirely un
nei essary.
Laws enacted by many of the state
legislatures and city councils seek to
remedy this evil In Massachusetts
fur instance this popular sentiment
has crvstalliztd into a regulation by
the state highwa commission prohibit
ing the use of automobile headlishts
which throw out dazzling rajs more
than three and one-half feet above th;
ground on a level road "i0 feet or more
ahead of the automobile
'This regulation is causing no lit
tle confusion discomfiture and Irrita
tion among drivers rf motor cars in
the bal states especlallj among thos"
wh . paid more than $3000 and i000
foi their i ars for as they contend, tin
manufacturers of a motoi car should
have foresight enough to anticipate
what even a Massachusetts highway
commission ma choose to foist upon
the patient, long-suffering and withal,
law abiding motoring fraternity
"Commenting on this sharp headlight
controversv Mitchell dealers in those
sections of tho country where such
oidinanceR are rigidly enforced, state
that there is one man who is being
lionized above all otheis in the con
stellation of engineering stars for he ,
fullv anticipated just such a headlight
situation over a vear ago when he
Imsied himself with the proverbial mid
nisTht till
ntive ge-
nignt on many and manv
.i .eiigin ins wonueriui inventive ge- ,
nius evolved his now famous patented! i"?' .,. Is ,. . u
idjustable headlights That man Is f'" aIh t"a!f",?h,,J ""Pfoprlating each
lohn V Pate the genial and versatile' J'?T thi st ..? """" .n
chief engineer nnd vice president of l'?!?? 1 !"' out 5f th receipts of
the Mitchtll-Lewls Motor Co. the dadd5
of the popular might 'SK of !
Mr Rat. s liesdliffhts tti-iv be fo-
cused to anv il.Mied range, either at
u.i Hiie ui uiiinuew. in auuiuvi. ." i
which he has a patented ingenious cle-'
full glare
., . . 1.. -JJI.Un !
vice wnerebj the pitch or tnrow or inci
headlight may be so adjusted as to
comply with any statutes , or motor
vehicle regulations in force in any j
state in the union today whether It bo .
v five-foot, ten-foot. 50-foot or !- I
foot regulation '
i I
ON SILVER CITY HILL
mire p Qnnrxrie, nf Trnw lee JC !
G
Fpangl
casional
the follow Intr Item Is taken from the
Silver City Unterprise j
Mr Spangler made a unique demon- !
'tration with a Dodge toui infr car on
the I'hlhu ilma hill in the southern part
of the cit Thursday afternoon (
Mr Spanglcr first drov. the cir i
ctr light up tin hill on a p. r cent
Kiadc Without stoppinff In the- lr
hosides Mr spangler were two pa
senjrers IncludlnK a representative of
the Fntcrprise Upturning to the foot
of the lull the car was driven vvitlj
the nm in i 1 h ilf wav up tho srride
to the stp p vt pcjint and stopped tho
link s v t ii e llio entrim killc 1 Tll
iiMnt w 1- si tit d itain and tho car
i j t i U. the rest f th. lull with com
-cparitie tut Hi third trip up, th
.t-i . .in ii. i i in- r (. i nu c I J a
i iici wiii in u. ui illirc !(ij Dj . i
IEEDE1I
IS !
WEI
Pending Legislation Would
Give $72,000 For Good
Roads There.
Phoenix Ariz, March 2o bt ne en
gineer Lamar Cobo who is a member
of the executive committee of the
American Association of State Ilinwav
officials, has received private advice
from "fl ashington to tltc effect that a bill
providing federal aid in road con
struction is almost certain to be pa"se(
bj congress at the present session
Engineer Cobb's committee drew the
Shackelford bill which passed the
house b a large majoritv As amend
eI, it provided for the annual expei
diture of JJ5 000,000. apportioned among
the states according to post road mile
age and population Under its pro
visions Vruon i would have received
$317 000 a vear
The senate committee on postoffiees
and post roads reported tho bill with
some important amendments It pro
vides that $r. OoOOOO a veai "hill be
spent on post roads the first vear. and
th it this sum be increased b Jj 000 -"00
until the J:". 000 000 mark Is
re iched Apportionment shall be in
iccoi dance with area, population and
road mileage Arizona will receive
$72 000 the first vear ind J 3 ".9,000 a
vear when $2 000 000 is being appor
tioned This state has 0 22 percent of
the population of the country, 0 25
percent of the post roads and 3 83 per
cent of the area The restoration of
the area provision, as ciontemplated bv
the committee which dtew the Shack
elford bill, is of great importance to
Arizona
Carl Havden, congiessman from Arl
zona,, has introduced a bill appro
priating 1,000 000 a vear for 10 ears
to..repa.,r and 'onstruct roads within
"H0','?1 ,forets The bill provides
fh. tt .,, h ,., r ,.
rX 't""w i?
"T hrf'?, " " f into the: road
7. .. ------ --....., . i.. aiuics m mi e
in the forests are located
n. vnw .-...
BIG TRUCK DEMAND WAS
CflDECECN DV ciirntuci'
rUKtattil UI hALIUKltb
'The present activity In the domestic
truck trade is just what the wise men
of the industrj have been predicting."
sajs H S Daniels of the Xisselkar
Those who have inalvzed the haul-
aie problem of merchants, manufactur- J
altnoucn tllA resintsnA mi.lil h. tmtat
for a time, the motor truck would
eventually handle local traffic almost
LMQth IIOD1 C(STItllTIO.
Th. cut out ohisii at the Msrmor
exhibit it various shows h proved
very intcrestinjr to motorists One
feature which has attracted the crowds
is the three-piece aluminum body The
n Minium construction is such that
tho oel v rests directlv c n the frame
without an sills or sub-lrame This
allows the bod to be set very low
and also for it to he in ide In three
pieces in the touunK c ir bodv there
is the tonnctu in one pi. . f i nut seats
in mother and the .owl K the thirJ
pirt I ich pirt I olts .lii, 1 to tin
Mime ind cm I. Ilk. n off without
distui 1 mi; th ih.i puis I lip doors
1 il hunt. Ii. tw i the s, tuns This
m. th I f c i sti i ii n it is ( (aimed
ll'vsv m iiiii ntii ud. Unit
W every moment a more 1I1III
lll every hour an hour of 111
Cadillac bales Co. ft
Sacrifice Sale
of ;
Tires Ford Sizes
We are clearing out our stock of Tires. "We have
a number of Firestones in Ford sizes 30x3 and
30x3" and they are offered at sacrifice prices
for quick sale.
30x3 $9.50 30x3 $11.90
Regular Factory Guarantee on AH These Tires.
By Today-- They Won't Last Long
Write, Call or Phone 456 or 2202.
Auditorium Garage
322 Mills Street El Paso, Texas
By All Means Get a SIX
There is fluidity to the power of a good
SIX that makes a simply irresistible
appeal tothe man who has driven any car.
There is a smoothness, a swiftness an entirely new and
fascinating pleasure awaiting the man who buys his first six.
, Especially if he buys the new
For this car couples marvelous flexibility of operation with esccs
nnwor Tt- ; mnro .vnnnrmral than anv "tour" owners aeraze oer
1 20 miles to the gallon-of gasoline
01 mem s miles.
And in riding luxury in roominess-nn eaccellence-of appointments
and completeness of equipment Grant Sis will astonish you.
This astonishment will quickly turn into eager desire for ownership
when you have had a demonstration.
When may we give it to you?
SOUTHERN
rlione 1110
Write For Agent's Proposition
UP-T0DATE 7-PASSENGER CARS, $2.00 PER HOUR.
AUTOS-PHONES 509-510
AUTO LI .'ERY CO.
Hver Carr, Manager. 418 San Antonio St.
i gsamastraarttWafSii
FOR ANY OCCASION
hii! nui I p tino is ilm most ncccptil
e fr in, 1 , ,h t , jfh ., r ,!., it pu es lit -ii c o
1 ii e st st !,i! i ii . in. u 1.1 n s in tl . c it v 1. i . ii s 1, i ,
TUTTLE PAINT AND GLASS CO.
210-212 N Stanton St Phones 205-206
many of them get 25 miles some
MOTOR CO
M5 "Wjrtle
V
m" i "Pec i wcr j tt)e
id lltl m c f one p ii ne i in u
pui iliu of til. s r s iiieaks