Evening Star Newspaper, February 20, 1921, Page 51

\ \ < 10000 AUTOS PASS THROUGH D. C. ON WAY TO LAND OF SUNSHINE A. A. A. Official, Secking Facts on Roads, Runs From This City to Jackson= ville in Seventy-three Hours. More than 10,000 automobile tour-|travel along .with the use of chains ist parties passed through Washing- | 4t some of the muddy stretches. ton during the last five months in the | Much Road Repairing. annual n tion to the sunny south| OR reaching Cheraw, S. C. and all along the main liae to Camden and columbia to Augu state highway nien were at wark grading and mak- and This and made b sunshine. the ! and the . A. A to ¢ bureau, wh ases M5 heavy flls, which offered con- ", i Mgl hich bases " | erabla ‘difieuity becausa what had e mumber been snow farther north was Sub- branch stituted by rain in the er and frequently the pathfinders would meet oiher traveiers who were un- iber of inquiries fortunaie enough to become deeply n headquarters. b mired. At one place in particuiar, started dur- | just ten miles below Camden, a lurge -ptember and | imousine Leuving a New Yark stace inued in incr uumbers dur- | g required the gssistance of a pick ing the fall nd early winter. fand shovel crew and teams to get when unse nible weather began to|back on the road, afier having been injure the roads in Virginia and the | carelessly driven into a ditch Carolin \ few stragglers are still| One of the most difficult links on ed to reach the warmer cli-|the route was found between Way- a and hard a day passes but|cross and Ja nville, where tne that a half dozen or more (-mrisls,ruml\\'ay consi, of a kind of heavy make inqu at local headquarters | sand which is converted to a peculiar regarding p t conditions. black mud after heavy rains. To make After Facts for Tourists. conditions worse, it so happened that Within another month those whothe men were plowing and grading s ol i " | this place and ‘it was necessary to have already reached Florida and are | use chains and detour in. several row enjovi he ma delightful | places back through the boggy pine drives in that state wi n wend- | Woods. < ing th : -} The foreman in charge of some of Ing their way homeward o enjoy the | the wark advised that the new road cooler and mor . summer. | would he yeady (1 anoincr year or so, in In o r that curaie kind | order to provide at 1 one very of Information 1t be furnished to! good entrance into the state. the thr ire seekers who At the toll bridge over St. Mary's will ve trace their jour- | river, which forms the boundary line ney, a minute map- | hetween Georgia and Florida, the man ping*and Z ust been | in charge stated that during the made by r of the, manth of November alone he collected A. A, A. tou with Harry | §2,600 in tolls, which means that 5,200 Lollesgard of Book Com- | cars went over the bridge, each pay- pany ing a 50-cent fee. This census of mo- The pathfinders made the run from i torists includes the numbers who fal- ashington to Jacksonville in just|lowed the Atlantic highway and, in seventy-three h ind would have, addition, many whbo succeeded in get- completed th time had| tipg over the Dixie way across Ken- it not been that v tucky and Tennessee. countered in Raads Depend on Weather. The A. A. A. has always refrained fram sending breadcast information ! which would give the impression that ned later that ) roads leading into the southland are North Carolin, < uous grind in low gear for m: at a time. It rather find such cond I clime, when it was le there had been no snow either in!of the boulevard type._The ayerag Washington or New York and tem- | motorist wants ta know the exact perature at both places had not been | conditions before making an extended journey. and It is far this reasan that slared that very little | pgrsonal surveys to secure the very ever heen n as far ! latest data are made by road officials. Rockingham, C.. and it| The question af road capditions de- was evident that their statements' pends entirely on the kind of weathep were nearly correct, for no prepara- which is encountered at the time of tion had been m for snow removal ' making the run, and those who ex- nor did car owners make perience the least difficulty are the tempt to braye the drifts. as do motor- | ones who begin the trip dyring the ists in the states further north. As!fall months and before the extreme 800n as the hot sun put in appearance | wint:r weather injures the frayel and the following day the snow quickly | sand-clay surfaces, especially in Vir~ disappeared and it was possiblé to! ginia and North Caralina. — TRAFFG “COS™” | o1 TALKSTIRSBATONS Q. What causes 2 knock in the gears Visitors Surprised’ at 4Com~‘ any at- under the shifting lever when starting when clytch is engaged? Sunday morn- ing when starting my car there was a pronounced knock when clutch was engaged and the knock kept up for :r?tl.h Ny dise) :’i{lg alllfml!)wr{ & 2 jad the car out U miles yester- {ternoon there was no kn e ment When Street Laws Are ?-:O:“ rnoon and A ‘;"-7?- 1 " new owner an re is danger Occasionally Broken, J of erlous trouble 1 want to know it iz too late—Charles T. Newtan. *Not long since Amgrica had the | honor of entertaining twp’ distin- | guished motoring \'iui?(u from Eng- | land,” says an editorial in Motor. 1 “One of these gontlemen 18 an’ offi- cial of the Automobile Association of Great Britain and the other identified | with the motor industry in_ just as| active a capacity. i;pon leaving both our late guests expressed themselves | as delighted with america and Amer- | A. The knock was probably caused by a lwoflm&lflflncmth gears. e uld advise you to dra your transtission and ‘wash thoroughly with kerosene. @ What is the best way or a good waz. to remove oil and gnea:«h:ombl‘hs cement floor of a garage. ther a case of &—Alb.n D. gpm}ar. A. First scrape the floor thoroughly and then wash with a lye eor gasaline. icans, showing none of the insular | = prejudic that Britons sometimes | a Foi bring with them or the provinciail, Q1. How weuld you charge rd prejudice that Americans frequently | frag % :’;"‘1‘:“;‘?“"““ the magnete exnibit when they journey abroad. |"5T B o8 Hove 1o place the mag- Criticises tie “Bobbiex.” {Aeto at any particular positian when “However, our present interest in |the charging current is put through? the visit of these two Englishmen | 3 ‘What Voltm hoar maslgfi:n- Jies in a remark one of them made, as | Peres are used?— AM P. R. they were leaving., He was asked A. 1. You could charge it by using what was the most remarkable thing [an alternating current ammeter and he had not with regard to motor- ! veltmeter with a make-and-break switch and storage battery. . Yes, by the use of a compass the north and “south poles should be at their_proper positions. 3. Yom should twenty-four voits. ica. Instead of answer- ing. “The numger of cars in your great cities, as moR foreigners do, he re- plied, “The way your policemen talk ing in Am. to car owners who ha\-elinr(mu;d some law or rule’ Growing confi-| 2 Sz Srew rcmpt answers to motoring prob- dential, he continued: Why, do ¥4 llems will be furnished by the aute- English motorist would probably knock a bobby down if he | talked to him as 1 have heard your | policemen talk to drivers here who obile cditor of The Star to gll Wash- ngton motorists who wish to avail themselves §f mli- service. Mldque; have inadvertently broken some traf- &‘I&"&'fib?fl.’nfiffif‘a il omos fic regulation.’ _ e et that there is food for |before Thursday. Questiona _received . up to this day will be anawered, if thought in this ehance remark of an ) f observant visitor from abroad. Many |hos81ble, by the f“""""l'.s\lfldgélm' frafiic officers appear to think that alonces (SCtere 1o Autam blae uniform and brass buttons is a | SUer¥ Depal s &ar O license for blackguardism. ‘ Profanity In Condemn Belated Reform. “Profanity adds nothing 1o the effect | From the Boston Transcript. of a rebuke. and it would be better t0 | pajin_ Why didn't you marry him? forbid policemen to reprove breakers | pyerybody says he has reformed. of traffic regulations and make | "G ¥ew but he reformed tao them summon all such ‘eriminal®’ 100" s " maney was than to allow them the privilege of | ot ¥ _was all gon unlimited contumely, which they seem to have, or at any rate arrogate to themselves today. In the hurry and bustle of our American life, we are often tempted to forget that courtesy is the lubricant that keeps life mov- letters to Autqmoh*lu ce. ing smoothly and easily. And cour- tesy is just as much due from the an te the meforist, who, by ays most of the (nrmer's| om the motorist to the INTRODUCING HIMSELF. From Lampoon “I'm a little stiff from lacross “Oh. Wisconsin?" Buick Service. SERVICE, QUALITY- 10 tp 15 minytes after yunning along ‘hi | 8ingle year. | Dificulty experies egotint newlx graded r-u'.:-"-il:: fui'- Camden, 8, NE CAR TO EVERY 11 PEOPLEINU.S. A, A. A, Figures Show Larg- est Gain in Number of Motors in 1920, Official figures compiled by the American Automphile Associgtion in- dicate that there were 9,180,318 mo- tor vehicles registered in the United States during 1880, of which approxi- mately 8,234,490 were for passenger use and about 945,826 were commer- cially employed. During the same periad 291,230 moterp cygles alsa Were regiatered. The total receints from registrations amounted to §89,141,097. In two states—namely, Callfornia o)rlni New York—the figures given in the following table cover only the first eleyen months of the reglatra- tion year ending February 38§, 1921. The total registrations for the year will therefore exceed 9,300,000 cars and receipts will probably reach £160,000,000. It thus appearg that there is now me motor vehigle for about every eleven persons and that receipts from registrations and licenses amount to morle than :re-fl(tl} of hhe ws»l "-i nual expenditure far al] roads an bridges ;fil the United States. gain in registrations over amounts to 2,11¢,870. which Erestest lncreiu ever vecarded in @ ©. B 'his expansion {8 con sidered remarkable in view of ti adverse busipess conditions during the latter part of th the gi t cre: ey recorded in 3 single yen.“leho“nlulntlou included .ln # few cases, notably in Maryland and the District of Celumbla, vegistrations, but th ‘; do not ma- terially affect the grand total. The race for supremacy betwee, New York and Ohlo in the nymber of motor vehicles is again in New 's favor. The midyear regis- trations last summe: ed Ohig but dyring elpvep months ration” year New York moter vehicles and with 620,680 for the nnsylvania oeeupi lzi- Afth, exa, ig ] Ohlilo TaR SOCON ¥ entirg third p{-c 'tk 3 o.w CArs; is, fourth, 668.814; Calit R meventh, 427,693, and fel efghth. 412,717, As California figures are for aleven menths, the chances ape that the tota] for the year will equal or ex- caedl that for Tilinols, and. passibly of Pennsylvania. In receipts from York state leads, ennsylvania com: registrations Ne with "“.‘1.1';1.;2 ¢ sscand, W 7,489,830; aair 350,000, ) main, oi"." 0 ., 5 A nots, 3 = s *Elikarnis [xth, §5 850 65, and Michigan, seventh, §,¢94.486. H. Goucher ard W. N. Wo have formed a company to he k-avn &# the G, W. Tire Company, snd ha: Jeased the building at 1680 {uhflnxnl. for the past seven years ocaypisd by the Chew-Goucher mpany. The new company will copduet an up-to- date repair shop in specialising on cord and fabric tive repajrin ndard makes af tires, tubes and ascessoriss. r. Gouaher is well known ameng the auto awners of Washington, en tering the business in 1905, y. Wood s also known among the tire users of Washington. He was at ene time connected with the Hoac :ihr distributo for the 1ast [ @BUICK Buying an automobile today whether gsuch an investment will bring definite returns. Buick for twenty has been noted for reliability, power, long life anfzgle value, In the new 1921 modge are improvements in accessibility—in roomier interior, in more comfortable seating and more beautiful stream-lines. In cities and towns everywhere you will find Authorized Cord Tires Regular Equipmen? from Jewsary 1, 1921 STANLEY H. HORNER 1015 14th Street Momber Washington Antemotive Trade Asseclstien. Retail Dealer Telephone WHEN BETTER AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT, BUICK WILL BUILD THEM J grade of § per cent. e| Kathryn Adams and others, is wholly dependent on ¥ MOTOR CYCLE NEWS. Jdnko Forest Unele S8am has decided to equip his Patrol. forest rangers in Idaho with motor cycles fog pnr%l work and as aids in reducing the fire hazard in the huge laren of timber lands included In the Shoshone county forest reserve. Two hundred men are at preseni engaged Lin trajl building n this section in preparation for motor cycle patrolling. %’u trails now are he(ln' widened to three feet or more with a maximum Cyelists Get Raceoons. A seventy-five-mile strip of tide land along the California coast was recently the scene of strange racceon-hynting expeditions. At low tide one evening two motor cyclists appeared at one end of the beach, their machines linked by @ old tennis net. Lights out, and with a8 little noise as possible, they rode slowly down the wet sand, one behind the other. At length the leader sighted & taccoon at the water's edge, intent upon his evening meal of succulent shell- fish. Immediately both machines darted forward at full speed, directly between raccoon and the safety of the pine forest. Alarmed, the raccoon made for the forest, but, halfway, found his path blocked by the net. The second hunter lu(rnd from his motor cycle with an end of the net in his hand, and soon had the quarry nicely entangled. So the hunt went on for two nights. Of | fifteen sighted, seven escaped, two were | spat and six were caught alive, to be | sold later to a film gompany which had oftesed $160 for six live raccoons. 1 Cyeling a Safe Sport. That the public {8 beginning to Inokl more and more favorably toward mo- tor cycling as a safe and enjoyable lrrl is evidenced by the faot that the best class of.people are Joining | the ranks of its followers. Well- Kpown soreep stars, such. as Wallace ! Reid, Mabel Normand, Jack Mulhajl, keep themselves in condition by cycling and the outdoor life which goes with it. Fred Fulton, prominent pugilist,| and H. H, Van Loan, playwright and nationally known magazine writer, are also ardent cyclists. . Willlam Dorsett, jr., aged twelve, is prabably the first boy of his age to undertake & 1,000-mile motor cycle trip, William’s home is in Alten, 11, and his trip ineluded a visit to the Harley-Davidson factory at Milwau- kee, when he drove to see the Mnrion,i fnd meotor cycle race, Mr. international back to Alton. Dorsett, sr., e 'S " THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. _C., FEBRUARY 20, 1921—PART Crossing en crude ferry mear Vidalia, G Who accompanied his son in the side- car, is perfeotly confident in Willlam's driving ability and says the entire trip was made without the least ac- cident to mar it. Cyclist Racer Reinstated. The suspension of six months, which was imposed as a penalty upon Bu- gene Walker, famous American mo- tor cycle racing star, has been lifted by the chairman of the M. and A. T. A. competition committee following a majority vote of that committee fa- voring the reinstatement. ‘Walker was suspended in October o BA | | | Limestone road along the east coant of Fioridn. i { the great increase in number of com- | petitive events, and second, the great | increase in speeds for both solo and | | sidecar races. | In 1920 there were §§ race meets ' | officially reported, as compared with 153 in 1919, Over 50 endurance runs | were held, whereas there were only | 2 sanctioned in the previous year. | Remarkable speeds were attained in | straightaway trials at Daytona | i the New records for the kilometer—one, two and five miles—were made for international recognition. The figures | have not been equaled in any country cither before or since the dates men- | tioned. Speeds in sidecar races and on Baif-mile tracks have greatly in- creased. Nineteen national champfon- | ships_at various distances were con. tested, as compared with 11 in 1919. Controls Cyele Sport. The Federation International des Clubs Motorcyclistes, with Ileadquarlon' in France is the recognized governi ll body of the motorcycling sport through- out the world. The American governing body. the M. and A. T. A., has heen affiliated with the F. I. M. C, since Jan- uary, 1920. Other members are Great Britain, Belgium, Canady, Denmark, | France, Holland, Italy and Switzerland. The international body meets this month and, among other things, will take up for acceptance a number of records made in this country during the past season. in which he was entered. He ranks as|sales force of the Peterson Motor a topnotchr in his profession and his|Gompany of Washington, local distrib- ability s 2 pilot of fast two-wheellutors for the Mercer and Locomobile any other rider in the game. He|cars. Krentslin has been connected is the holder of a long list of Speed |with the automptive business in ashington for a number of years. SHENANDOAK PIKE INGOOD CONDITION Road From Washington to Distant Points Has Few Bad Stretches, Tke road from Washington te dis- tant points on the Shenandoah Val- ley pike is in excellent condition, with the exception of a few bad stretches between Harpers Perey, i through Charles Town. W. Va, and Berryville, Va. In the vernacular of a metorist who took advantage of the mild weather last Sunday and motored to Woodstock, Va., a distance of 132 miles, “most of the road is {just like a ribbon.” This excellent condition of the is attributed largely to the mildness of the winter. No heavy snow has fallen in the vicinity, which when traveled upon causes big ruts ta ap- pear in the road. and also the ab- sence of protracted freesing spells, causing the surface of the read to become broken up upon thawing. Valley Is Plcturesque. The picturesqueness of the valley pike is unnecessary to describe. The Blue Ridge mountains that hems it in on two sides aFe famed throughout the country for heir scenic effects. The valley jtwelf is historically known by the marches and skirmishes of the civil war that took place therein. As a matter of agricyltural interest, the valley % noted for its great fruit-producing ca- pacity. Al through the valley tl tourist meets unbounded courtesy, whether in answer to questions pounded regarding the roads or just a polite nod or sajutation jn greetin Mileage through the princips] tow from this city is as follows: Fred- erick, Md., 52 miles; Harpers Ferry, W. Va: 72 miles; Ch Va., 80 miles; Berryville, V: Winchester, Va., 102 mifes; Str Va., miles;” Woodstock, Va., miles; Harrisonburg, Va. 176 miles, and Staunton, Va. 195 miles. Two Entranees Bad, It is stated that the entrances to the valley pike by way of Martine- burg, W. Va, and by way ef Lees- burg, Va.. are both in bBad conditien. This condition is pot new st sli, but has prevailed for many years past, the road commissioners of the two states still awaiting sufficient appropria: tions for road repair work. The old toll gate system Is still in vogue, there being three places where a charge of 25 cents Is made for each automobile, They are located on both sides of Berryville, Va. and one this side of Winchester, ¥a. A bri toll of 25 cents is aled charged at t bridge crossing the Potomac river at Harpers Ferry. records, including his Daytona Beach |y performance of 115.79 miles per hour. |y @SRRGO8 B son Super-six === in 1916 while. with Semmes Mator Cycle Competition Doublex. Company, remaining with that com- i 2 50 |pany until 1918, when he opened the Comparing ighe BvuAmm:l') oLigdaze Congressionalsgarage. introduced motor cycle competition. with that of |the Jordan in 1919 while with the 1919, two facts are apparent, namely |Owens Motor Company. Buy That Car Now ! “Buy while the Buying’s Good.” this time last year, it was next to impossible to get de- You remember livery---and that condition is likely to prevail again this Spring. expense. calculated The New Models show vast improvements---so much so, that every buyer finds one an investment and not an Our advice to BUY NOW is well founded on a well basis of Foresight and Experience. An early Spring is predicted---but Washington is sel- dom without splendid Motoring weather. GET THAT PASSENGER CAR OR TRUCK NOW and enjoy it to the fullest extent.