Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 21, 1922, Page 14

TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 21, 1922 ey the hbead, strip the tread off, skive "ers of fabric so shifted that the blow- the edges of the remaining carcass;* out holes in no two" pieces come to- apply a coat of cement to the outside, gether. Cement, of course ,is applied 1( and the result is a reliner. The ends first between the layers. The old rub-| of these classes are sold to rubber re- of the reliner come where the single ber in the tread is cooked up with al claimers who, after separating the mixture of putty and pitch, coloring rubber from the fabric of the tire, sell to all sorts of manufacturers who can use’ reclaimed rubber. It TR THE BEMIiDJ? DALY PIONEER 77 7' best are very poor. Some of these retreaded tires are sold for what they are, but frequently they are bought for substitution. If you go to a re- treader with a tire that is so far gone that it .will not give 100 miles for|blowout occurred. service regardless.of how fine the re- Tires too poor in quality ta retread ' matter and other odds and ends, and tread, then the retreader, rather than|are bought by concerns who ‘‘re-|the resulting mush is formed into a lose the job, will substitute another[build" Often the resulting product is'new tread. A piece of cheap fabric is|has a field as insulation for electric tire. Sometimes he tells you, but of-|sold as new.: Assuming that one of put on the inside to cover up the in-| Wiring, for rubber mats, and finally ten he does not. these tires has two blowouts. This is [ terior. The whole is’then vulcanized.| some of it finds its way in small | Tires with not more than one blow- | howi it is treated. The tread is strip-| Tires.of this sort are frequently sold quantities into the treads of first out with good fabric but defects in|ped off of it, and then the fabric is|as new tires. If, for example, you are grade tires, not because it is cheap, the bead are sold to companies mak-| pulled apart’ layer by layer. When oi’ered a new 34x4 of unknown name * but because manufacturers hold that thd bead, strip the tread off, skive|the tire is completely disassembled |for $4, you may be sure that it is| 2 small amount of reclaimed rubber ing_reliners. These concerns cut off t together again the lay- ' such altire, anad that beneficial.—Motor. 000 00 The Right Car at the Right Price ~ at the Right Time CHEVROLET mr=TT—m™ such a tire, and that it will begin to miies, if it does not blow out before. Tires not good enough to make any THE FIRST AUTOMOBILE INVENTOR HAD-A HARD TIME In 1885 the latter engine was ap- AUTO RIDES ON AIR AS MUCH AS ON RUBBER i When the driver of a big six-cyl-] ¥ der motor car toots a warning nt[ lied to the bicycle. A 'year later Carl i the crossing one does, ot stop to|Benz invented the siugle horizontal| think about the early history of|cylinder waterjacketed engine, whici| i transportation. . he applied to a three-wheeled carri-] Calling attention to an old prob- r In more leisure momeits, hqwever,]agc, A {lem and an everyday abuse in a new 3 Jooking backward is worth while, and | "In 1889 M. Leon Cerpollet invent-| way comes the contention that some 2 it is interesting to trace the devel-ied a water-tube boiler, which he ap-|{motorists might be induced to get opment of the modern tutomobile| plied to a motor velicle in 1894. The|more mileage out of their tires if {rom the time man used the branch-|world honors no éne man for having | they would consider them from the es of trees as the first velicle until {invented. the automobile. Instead of|standpoint of the air they inclose| his hands grasped the stcering wheel |one invention, there were scores. rather than from that of the rubber of a powerful motor-griven machine. Better machines followed these|and cotton they are made of. Offered at a price which at this season and under. present con- ditions creates an unequalled oppertunity for the far-sighted purchaser. i Six thousand years B. C., or there-|enrly inventions, and the automo-| “If the average car owner would . i i . abouts, onc finds that the means of 'bile was brought gradually to the realize that he rides on air when Built for those who seek i transportation consisted of the fork'pprfection to which it has since at»f motoring instead of on rubber, strict- | th 3 i v branches of fallen trees. Itined. 'ly speaking, he might take more e utmost quality and sat- ~ 5 The Persians and Egyptiuns re- 1t is a far cry from the crude,|pains to keep his tires properly in- isfacti . 3 garded this crude type of vekicle as shapeless. intolerably noisy, balky.|flated, for one thing,” says a prom- isfaction in motor trans- inent dealer. G 4 a stroke of genius at that time, for almost useless mass of complicated 4 “Air is the life of the tiféy4and it meant that instead of lifting a ton imachinery on wheels—in otuer of weight bodily and carrying it words, the automobile of twenty|when the car owner neglects to keep| along the load could he placed upon iy :ars ago—to the more luxurious,! that air up to the proper pressure he! the “tree cart” and a draw-pull of [fficient, powerful and speedy motor | is counting the time when he will find something like 200 pounds WO&‘dicxir of 1921. ) | himself actually riding on rubber af- 3 suffice in the transportation of| 'No chariot of ancient potentate|ter the well known “blowout.” i 2,000 pounds. . |was half so lx‘;:npus fis‘livcn the Then Came the Sled lower-priced erican-built motor | : i lcer of the present day. Easy-riding| 3 # A contury ater the Sod, e | qualities are built into the wy-riding TELLS WHERE CUT-RATE i ok g B 2 these days, not merely added as an! AUTO TIRES COME FROM' ‘ “About 4,000 years B. C. an ancient [ SFterthought ¢ them prob-! i automobile engineer cut two _slices ably small a(litself. but in the ag-| ! from a :L;Celg tr;‘:}?i ntn’:le "g’{;'q’{“fig,fifi;e‘fmgm very imp(tzrtnnl!-—hnvc n}x]ade; on an - = o the motor car of today something Wl;}‘l whee[s] was lr;lvcnted. o zhe‘that was u)'vlti}:-oamed of even a fel:\l By H. F. Blanchard hen a clever chap conceive! | yeare ago. ere are no more awk-! . s = 3 jdea of hitching an ox to the Cl‘“de‘ tvard-looking automobiles, thouga; What happens to your old tire cart. Wheels held in place by wooden |;some may suit one man’s taste better | when you sell it to the junkman? pins in the axle, a pole to which|ihan another’s. Where do a lot of cheap, cut-rate portation at the lowest F. O. B. FLINT, MICH. Price Subject to Change Without Notice. pystible cost—in price and maintenance. This is the finest closed car ever offered at so low a price. It places ideal transportation —comfort and economy ‘the year round—within the means of practically everyone 'I;hiihncw C}tle\';olet has a threefold value. It pre- INTERIOR sents the most advanced qualities of closed car de- THE FRONT SEAT is undivided f 3 - sign, construction and refinements. !t has. all the fort and convenience of passeln;eis a::;l fle(f:?r::;lr mechanical improvements of Superior Chevrolet stability to the body frame. Itislow, allowing ample n;onrl‘el’sr; II:f combu:gs ag t}tlese with a low price and head room and comfortable back rest. economy of operation that represents material sav- ) AT i i g ings for Che\{rolet. owners. Read these new features to Rb?cAthfg;t zmxlse]removable, affording easy access and the specnficatlons on the next page. i The origin of most of the tires bought that are supposed to save money for the owner. horses were attached and a rude box/ open at the rear constituted the early chassis. . t These, and early primitive carts were always two-wheeled. The four- wheeled vehicies came into use with! the formation of comparatively| smooth roads having been ill adapted ! to rough and unimproved highways. From Egypt the use of chariots spread to other countries and wcre: used in war on the great plains of | Asia. We read of the 800 chariots of Jahin, king of Canaan, and how David took 700 chariots from the King of Syria and 1,000 from the king of Zobah. Solomon had 1,400 chariots. The chariot went out of use about) the time of Christ, and several kinds of four-wheeled vehicles with seats and cushions, and sometimes with an awning or canopy, came into service. First Real Joy Ride Ancient history, at least, records one “joy ride.” Those who have burned midnight oil will remember how Caesar went from Rome to Gaul in one week using a relay of coaches. What a joy it would have been to the Roman emperor had he been able to make the trip in a modern motor car with several of his chosen friends. As late as 15560 there were only three coaches in all Paris, and the stage coach. according to one histo- rian, did not make its appearance in England until 1555. At the beginning of the seven- teenth century there were about 6,000 coaches in En d, and their use became so prevalent that, in 1601, the attention of parliament was drawn to the subject, and a bill to restrain the excessive use of conches was introduced. This, how- ever, was rejected on the second reading. A Thout 1625 the hackney came into existence in London, and the hired cab soon ame an established in- stitution. The general improvement in highways caused a gradual in- creese in carriages and wheeled ve- hicles of all sorts during the seven- teenth and eighteenth centuries. In America the prevalent mode of traveling for the first two centuries was on horseback, the roads prevent- ing any estensive use of wheeled vehicle: .. Family. Coaches Maintained However, there were even at the time of the revolution and for some cades before, a few family coaches atained by wealthy familics of the larger towns In 1991 ther o only 1,905 miles of pust roads in the United States, and over the greater part of these mail was carried in heavy wag- ons, accupying three or four dg\ys in the trip from Philadelphia to New York, or making the round trip in a week. i The impravement in the highways led to improvement in the vehicles and on the great thoroughfares from 1810 to 1845, the stage coaches were of their kind, admirable vchicles. Since then continued improvement has been made in horse-drawn vehi- cles, and out of the carriage has de- veloped the automobile of today. Turning now to the modern period of the development of the carriage in 1878, George B. Selden of Roch- ester, N. Y., completed for road lo- comotion an internal combustion cn- gine of the compression type using 2 liquid fluid, and jn May of the next year he patented it. But there was a long struggie be- fore he was able to get it on the mar- ket through enlisting capital in iis development, and this came only af- ter the successful demonstration in Europe of the practicability of th'c gasoline motor car, a'nd the possi- bility of its immense importance in The motor car.is an inevitable ey-| clution that could not be balked. It| has given employment to thousands| of people. With it the industry has pulled up hundreds of accessory con-| cerns, and if all the automobile man- | ufacturers and allicd trades showd| close their doors simultaneously. more people would be thrown out of | work at one time than was ever| known in the mercantile world. GOOD IDEA FOR ANY TOWN' Example Set by Newark Public Library Might Well be Copied by 1 Other Communities. Were you ever on the top of Pike's peak?.- B-is-about-14,500 Yeet up in the air, and some people, in spite of mo- tors and cog ratlyways, find-the ascent difficult. The plateau on which the Tibetuns live—it ‘is ten times as big as England—is all of it as high or higher than Pike’s peak, and the moun- tains around 'slope up to mnearly 25,000 feet. Kipling, in “Kim,” spoke of it as being like a swallow's nest under the eaves of the root of the world—"Kim threw. his soul aftér his exes agross the ‘deep bine gilfs” It is still a ‘mysteriovs land, and until a few years ngh almost an un- known one. The Newiark (N. J) pub- Tie library has just ;held ‘aw exhibit of all sort of things ‘llbetan—things brought together through the happy | conjnnction -of amissionary of “un- usunl - experierided: and thé museum staff—and ‘this exhibit is supplement- ed with pamphlets and pictures tend- Ing to muke it more understandable and interesting. This is a typical ex- ample of the work of the Newnrk library under its unusual chief, Jobn Cotton Dana, says leslie's. A few years ago there < a stiilar exhiblt of Colombian things—Colombia being another interesting and inaccessible lund. Director Dana believes that a li- brary should “sell” itself to business men and not restrict its activities to young lady readers of fictlon, chil- dren and unoccupled old gentlemen. It should be a veal constructive force in the everyday life of the commu- nity, and not a mere collection of books and a lounging place. The New- ark lbrary is pretty well known among librarians about the country, but the sort of work it does is not imitated as generally as It might well be. ATTRACTED BY STRONG LIGHT Myriads of Fish Helpless When Div- ing Bell Deacended Into the Deptha of the Sea. At Dover, England, there has heen constructed a series of immense breakwaters in order to increase the stze of the harbor. Tn the work a big diving bell was employed. \When this machine was descending.on one oc- casion the. men seated around its sldes saw in the glare of the electric light a strange sight, X The water beneath them suddeniy ne alive with thousands of sil- v fish, which dartea hither and thither in their efforts to escape_the unexpected captivity. Some succeeded in diving under the edges of the bell; but as it descended nearer and nearer the bhottom, the few inches of water ,pounds of scrap metal, a bushel of | walnut horsehair chairs. tires come from? The fellow with a dilapidated cart who is ready to buy anything from an old iron bed spring to an empty whisky bottle; where does he take it and what eventually becomes of it? The chances are that toward the end of the day this junk collector makes his way to some junk yard where he sells the whole load con- isting of a mixture of a half dozen tires, a bed spring, three dozen bot- tles, 400 pounds of old papers, 70 0000 0 S feathers, some old pots and cans, an assortment of ancient framed pie- tures, and (two broken down black The juni yard owner buys the; rubber at so much per pound. If the junk collector paid you 3 cents a pound, probably he sold your tires to the junk yard proprictor for 4 cents. The latter in turn may retail thes tires after sorting them—if tires form a large part of his business. But usually he waits until some rep- resentative from a bifi(scrap tire c cern drops in and makes him a sati. factory offer. If he buys many tires he may sell out the accumulation every week or so; then again he may keep collecting them for a year or two, waiting for a satisfactory mar- ket price. In many cases, pickers in search of tires with special qualifications visit his place frequently, possibly every day, and comb over the new arrivals. There is the adjustment gyp for example. This man makes a living adjusting tires that motorists throw away as worthless. Everybody knows his tricks but no one knows how to stop his low game. He picks over the pile and suddenly his expert cye detects a_ tire that is palvably good for an adjustment. Some owner has thrown it away or sold it for junk in ignorance that it was possible to obtain a good adjustment on it. But the gyp will profit by this mistaxe. If it is a very good adjustment tire he may pay as high as 25 or 30 cents a pound for it, or $5 or $6,) considering the weight of the aver- age worn tire as 20 pounds. Where- fore, it is plain that the junk yard owner makes as much as 26 cents a pound on a deal of this sort, since; he paid 4 cents a pound. Assume that the list price of this tire new is $40, and that it can actu- ally be bought at most tire stores for $37. The gyp's working margin lies between $6 and $37. Some men do nothing else but ad- just tires in this way for a living. Sometimes they work as individuals, and then again the gyp tire store may hire a man to _collect tires that are suitable for adjustment. Just so that the face of any one man will not become too familiar at the ad- justment counter of some popular tire company, various men in the cmploy of the gyp tire man, or| friends, may be used for this work.' In many cases the tire adjusters of certain companies are subsidized so that they will give more favorable adjustments. As long as tire adjustments are made, the only way of stamping out the adjustment gyp is for every mo-| torist to see that he obtains an ad-| flustment when an adjustment is due/ im. When the tires reach the junk rub- ber dealer they are carefully inspect-| ed ahd.sorted. Not ounly is the ex- terior looked over but the interior is pried ‘open and examined for all sorts of defects. The way the tires are classified is best understood by describing the quirements of men who come to buy. remaining hecame thick with the fish. When the bell rested on the hed vof transportation. High Speed Gas Engine In 1884 Gottlieb Daimler invented his small high-speed gas engine, fol Jowed a year later by the invention of a single-cylinder “inclosed crank and flywheel engine. the sen the men captured nearly n thousand of the sprats,” The fish were probably - attracted . by the electric A few men want adjustrient tires.| Retreaders want tires with good car-) casses, that is to soy, sound fabric— that is the thea~y. Actually tires with carcasses or '"bottoms” good enough to justify retreading ave few ang far EXTERIOR - THE BODY is low, strongly built and beautifully balanced throughout for greatest comfort and econ- omy of wear, fuel and tires. A moulding around the . Both front and rear seats are deep and are finished in striped French Plait Velour over long coil springs. ‘A cord robe rail with nickel fittings is attached to the rear of the front seat. Clutch and service brake pedals, foot accelerator, between. Therefore, they get the best bottoms they can, and sometimes the O T Al body gives a more finished appearance and carries out the streamline effect, FOUR WIDE DOORS afford easy entrance and exit to and from both front and rear seats. Three doors have inside latches—the right foredoor has an outside Yale lock and key. All doors are equipped with anti-rattlers. Tl_{E COLOR is black on upper structure, hood, running gear and wheels. : Cowl and lower body panels are a toned Brewster green. + CORD TIRES, ctraight-side, non-skid, 30x31%, are Demountable split rims are standard “equipment. mounted on steel felloes. FEUL SUPPLY is from 10-gallon gasoline tank on rear with Stewart Vacuum System. TOP MATERIAL all in one piece and held under drip moulding positively prevents leakage. Superior FRONT AXLE 1. Steering knuckles have been provided with large grease cups mounted on the side of the barrel. This insures positive jubrication to upper and lower bushings. 2. Hard rolled bronze steer- ing knuckle bushings reduce wear. They will not “rust up.” 3. Steering - knuckle king bolts have been made larger— from % inch to 9-16 inch diameter. This gives larger bearing surface, insuring long- er life. 4. Steering plain arms have been re-designed, having a heavier section and made with o tapered shank where they at- tach to the steering knuckle. This increases its strength. 5. Tapered roller bearings are used in front wheels—re- ducing friction. CLUTCH " h 1. Transmission supports arc drilled in position on each mo- tor and held firmly with heavy drive fit bolts and dowels se curely locked. This jusures positive alignment of clutch and transmission, preventing slipping or breaking clutch cones. 2. The service brake has been removed from the clutch pedal, making its only function the operation of the clutch. This removes all the strain of the braking action from the clutch and inst‘\*cs positive engagement. FOUR-NINETY ROADSTER : $525-00 FOUR-NINETY COUPE $875-00 vlete The MOTOR INN F. M. GOUGHNOUR, Prop. CHEVROLET Features FOUR-NINETY TOURING CAR $525.00 EQUIPMENT Electric lights and starter, com- lamp equipment; horrd; speedometer; demountable rims, with extra rim; tire carrier; license holder; complete tool equip- ment. IilIII|IIIIIl|IIIIIlllllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllII|IIIIIl!IlllIIllI]llllllllllllIIlIillll||IIIIIIIIIIIIIHlllllllllllllllll_lII|III|II||I|IIII|IIIIIIIIIlIIII|l|IIIlIIIIl||IIIIIlIIIl starting buttou: cmergecy hand brake and gear shift levers and 16-inch steerig wheel are arranged for greatest driving convenience. THE WINDSHIELD is adjustable both top and bottom and has ‘an ‘additional permament black metal visor with rain gutter as protection from glare and storms. ; WINDOWS are easily raised and lowered with Turnstedt Window Regulators, Rear window has a silk curtain. MAHOGANY GARNISH RAILS around all win- dow; add'to the effédt’of stability and custom coach WOrkK. POLISHED NICKEL HARDW ARE—door latches, window regulators, door-pull-to handles and dome light add to the distinctive interior appearance. All floor space is carpeted. BRAKES 1. The service brake has been tonnected to the former emer- gency brake pedal. A longer lever has been placed on the axle, which increases the lever- alge, giving greater braking ac- tion. 2. The emergency brake has ‘been connected to a hand lever mounted on brackets attached to the transmission case. The latch and sector are of heavy construction, inguring that the brake will remain “set” until released by hand. REAR AXLE 1. Heavy spiral ring and pin- ion gears are used, eliminating breakage and insuring quiet running. 2."The pinion gear is pro- vided with a hub which fits into a_heavy duty annular bearing. This giving. support to the gear at a voint where it is most needed. . 3. The length of the taper on' the propeller shaft has been incrensed, insuring positive locking of pinion gear. 4. An improved propeller *shaft thrust bearing is used to carry the driving thrust. * SPRINGS ’ 1. The front and rear springs have been regarded to give casier riding. o '‘ASSEMBLY 1. New and imhrovegl _methods of assemb’v have been de- :_IS:(L which insure positive inspection of all assembly opera- ons. FOUR-NINETY LIGHT DELIVERY 552500 FOUR-NINETY SEDAN electric BEMIDJI, MINN. L