Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 31, 1924, Page 3

SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 1924. HOUSEKEEPING ATO ON AOND Family of Three Will Tour United States And Dominion. Mr. and Mrs. T. E. West and their daughter, Miss Remona West, and eir foxhound, Brandy, formerly of Port Huron, Michigan, have closed up their residence at that: point and will be at home for the next five years on the highways and byways of the United States and Qanada in their housekeeping automobile. ‘Thirty-six days out of Port Huron, the, Wests reached Cleveland and stopped to exhibit their traveling home at the Chandler factory, !nas- much as their remarkable wheeled residence was built on a standard Chandler chassis. The Wests’ home is complete to the smallest detail. The body, which !s amply lighted with large windows, is 7 feet 6 inches wide, 14 feet long, ond 6 feet high. It 1s equipped with window screens, radio, Victrola, ‘cc box, folding bed, electric lights, rock- ing chairs, clothes-press, kitchen ca- binet, stove, and a stationary wash- stand. A sixteen-gallon tank car- ries water, and an oll heater provides hot water whenever needed. Mr, West even has a cellar, a:com- partment 3 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 8 inches deep, in which he car- ries 30 days’ provision: The entire car with its passengers weighs 6,500 pounds. The only change from the original chassis was to equlp it with 7-inch cord tires and heavier springs. ‘The Wests will visit every state tn the Union, and some parts of Canada during the next five years, Mr. West informed officials at the Chandler factory that the Pikes Peak Motor, despite the unusually heavy load, is capable of giving his rar a speed of 50 miles an hour, though lis “Average driving speed on good roads is between 25 and 30 miles an hour. On leaving Cleveland tfe Wests headed for Washington, and will then proceed to New York City. They will then turn about and direct to the Pacific Coast. The whole fam'ly fs enjoying its new freedom. They travel by day as fancy dictat picking a pleasant stopping place for the might. They, are enthusiastic over thir new man- ner of life, and assért that~ many others would take jt up if they only knew of its benefits and advantages. i pe POINTERS ON PARKING. ~* Leave ample room between the front of your car and the machine ahead when parking, for the man who parks behind you’ wilf in- variably run his car as close as possible to yours. If the car is left {n a precarious position better use the parking lights even if the local ordinance doesn’t require you to do ‘so. If someone ran into your car they wouldn't look you up to tell you the sad news, And if you didn't happen to have collision insurance _you would be out of luck. By NEA Alrmail Service’ Motorcycling always did have plenty of thrills. ‘The big rubber-tired wheel on the out- side ie propelled by revolutions. of the wheel inside. model ought to carry a lot more. But with this new This cycle was in- vented in Italy. Hefe a man and a girl are set for a race in Rome. ‘All over the country are dotted camp sites maintained-!by / various towns and communities. Before you start, in addition to a good road may, secure a camp site guide that gives the location and lists the facilities available at each camp, for some of them are much better than others, having not only running water but electric Ights, shower baths, etc. While these camp sites are fi they are usually ry crowd: an independent cxmp in som spot along the 1 is to be pref if you can find a place that is near 00d water, has a certain amount of shade and a level spot for the tent Do not stop near a sluggish stream or a low lying spot or you may find your life made miserable by mos- quitoes,. Do not forget to take a bot- tle of citronelly or’ other Jiquid#that cari be used to drive away these pests A few yards of mosquito netting takes up little space and usually proves very useful, especially if your tent {s not provided with mosquito doors and windows. Before you leave a camp, be sure to clean up carefully and do not leave a p'le of opened cans and papers scat- tered about. You know that you en- joy camping in a nice cleén spot and if every camper would clean up prop- erly before he left a camp, it would add to everyone's pleasure. If you use a wood fire for cook ing purposes, be sure to see that it is built in such a way that there Is no danger of its setting fire to dried trees in the vicinity, and be How to Prepare it for Camping Tour By E.M Scott sure the fire is out before you leave the camp. NEAT AND CLEAN —< BURN OR BURY RUBBISH 'To get the most out of a camping tour, do not make plans to gover more than 100 miles a day. In fact it is better to just plan tn a gen- era way where you are going, then when you come to an interesting spot you can stop for as long as you like and enjoy it. By the time you have all your camping equipment Icaded, you hav zdded about half as much weight on the car as the we'ght of the driver and passengers «mount to. This means that when the car is on the road, jt is carrying about half as much more weight than its norma: load amounts to. This is another son why you should take thing If you drive over 25 miles an with in overloaded car, you are ble to have plenty of trouble befor your tour is fin! If_you hb The CHEVROLET MOTOR SHOULD BE REPAIRED AND SERVICED BY CHEVROLET MECHANICS OUR MODERN SHOP Is Now Operating Full Blast and Can Give the Utmost in REPAIRING Satisfaction To Chevrolet Owners SERVICE NOLAN CHEVROLET CO. 322 S. David Street “The Better Way Is With Chevrolet” Phone 2100 Che Casher Sundav Cribune @ lot of Welght at the rear, you may possibly strip a gear in the rear. axle if you ‘suddealy accelerate the engine when the car is going slowly, Let in the clutch gently and open up’ the throttle gradually so ‘that the car moves off smoothly. «If you let in the clutch with a bang and speed up the engine so that the car moves up the engine so that the car jumps forward with a jolt, you are puttinga very severe strain on every part of the driving mechanism and this kind of start 1s especialiy bad for a car when it is overloaded. nae G00D PORTABLE RADIO SET WiLL MANY HOURS. OF ENTERTAINMENT Last season a radio set was car- ried by thousands of campers and Provided one of the most enjoyable experiences of’ the whole tour. The writer used a very small compact set that can be built complete with dry cell batteries in a case 12x7x8 inches. This lttle outfit with a loud &peak er unit and a ‘Piece of cardboard rolled into a tube brings in stations within a.50 miles radius quite clear- ly, and brings in stations up to 500 miles on the head phones. Use small lattice wound vario meters and mount the sockvts for the U. V. 199 tubes on apiece of spongy rubber. For an aerial use a, length of flexible tunp cord about 150 ft long and weight one end to that.you can throw it over the branch of a tree. For a ground connection, solder a piece of the wire to an tron stake 32 inches by % inch round... This circuit Is very selective and efficient and is a good set for permanent use as well as for 4 camping tour. Next week—Pointers on choosing a used car, Copyright 1924,.by 8. N. L. Tech- nical Syndicate.) ee ~ “DID YOU EVER— *> NEED. grease for the clutch throw-out collar or* the universal joints while traveling and find that you hayen’t any grease with you? Unscrew the front wheél hub caps and use somb, of the greasé which should be In them. FIND that your brakes do not hold well after traveling a long dis- tance over dusty roads? Drive into Explorer Picks Chrysler Six for Tour of America When Lowell Thomas, one of the world's greatest explorers, an Amert- can whose name is associated with that of Amundsen and Nansen, want- ed a motor car in which to make a 3 montiggiX 10,000-mile motor tour of the Uj States, he looked the field over efully. Thomas, although but bINMB2, has been around the world four times and has seen nearly every niake of automobile under almost At Digs os fill it. 136 East Midwest Willa the next garage where you buy gas and try wetting the brake lining. every conceivable condition. Upon his return to America recently from two years in India, Tibet, Afghanistan, Baluchistan, Wazirstan and Malaya, he at once became interested in the Chrysler Six, An engineer with a rival company described this car as being conventional only to the extent that it used gasoline for fue] and had four wheels. In every way, Thomas was told, the car was in advance of When You See Them Fill It —-you know it’s brand new Filling with acid starts the life of a battery. Wecan easily demonstrate to you that there (is not a drop of acid in a Willard Charged Bone-Dry Battery—and you can watch us "ou can't help extting all the life out of Willard Charged Bone-Dry says Little Ampere. Battery,” Auto Electrical Co. Phone 948-J STORAGE en ee The Good Maxwell ae Change Y our Conce of Petformance The good Maxwell is now far in advance of previous conceptions of four-cylinder performance and value. One of its most notable improvements is the practical elimination of vibration—but the touch of Chrysler engineering genius is evident in every phase of riding and driving. Maxwell is nog. the complete realization of the high standards toward which the new organization began to build three years ago. Ride in the good Maxwell and drive it— and then decide for yourself whether any- thing in the four-cylinder field, at any- where near its price, can match it. Tourtng Car, 9895; Sport Touring, §1055; Roadster, $885; Club Coupe, 91025; Club Sedan, $1095; Sedan, $1325. All prices f.o.b. Detroit subject to current Government tax. We are pleased te extend the convenience of time-payments. Ask about Maxwell's attractive plan. CASPER MOTOR COMPANY 230 West Yellowstone ‘ Phone 909 ptions nything on the market. ‘Thomas nvestigated for himself, He sub- jected a Chrysler Six to every pos: sible hardship. selected th epoen at might America as Thomas has b: Africa, Australia, in fact eve: rywhere with the excep- tion of South America. It was of Thomas that Lord North- cliff said he saw more of the world war than any other one man. He Was on all fronts with the exception of the Eastern. He was the only American observer with Field Mar shal Viscount Allenby, the deliverer of the Holy Land. He was with Col onetWThomas Lawrence during the historic Arabian campaign. He was in Germany during the revolution. Thomas was borr in Ohio, edu- cated in Colorado, 1U will appreci- ate the practical economy of Gabriel 119 E. Fifth St. Indiana and Illi Snubbers, and you will like the added comfort they give you. More than 2,000,000 cars are Gabriel equipped now—and the number grows constantly. They are installed easily and quickly —with no alteration in your car. Order them now—you will know new motoring satisfaction. Casper Battery Co. Phone 907 PAGE THREE. If You Want All the News nois, and was a newspaper man in Colorado and Chicago. He was at one time a member of the faculty of Princeton University. Motors Cleaned by Steam Taking Casper by Storm Drive your car in and have the dirt and grease removed from motor and chassis quick- ly and thoroughly. Paige and Jewett General Repairing Oscar Redenbo 430 W. Yellowstone Gabriel in the only pring control de- vice officially, by patent and copy- right, entided om the name Snobbem, a Lead ipe Cinch ! obody Likes a Smash-up . BUT If You Must Have ’E KEMMER Can Make Body and Fenders LIKE NEW No Matter How Badly Damaged No Paint Scratching or Permanent Marring Kemmer Body and Fender Shop 425 W. Yellowstone Phone 1920-W Which Shall It Be? 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