Evening Star Newspaper, September 11, 1921, Page 46

Tlow to' Drive aad Care for Your Automobile. (Written !: z:.x. .A'um:h Mee THE CLUTCH.~When starting yout | ;. €ar let the cluteh {n with a snap. This Wili cause the caf t0 leap forward like, & spirited horse and it will make everybody on the street look on with great interest. It may even cause some of them to take you for a race iag driver. (Our price for putting in & few cluteh, $39; all work guaran- teed.) THE SELF-STARTER.—Otdinatily, the instruction books tell you not to keep your foot on the starter button 1f the enginé won't start fight away. That's wrong. When starting your <ar, Keep your fcot on the starter but- ton untll the engine starts. 1f it faily to start because you're out of gas, keep your fodt on the button anyway. You might even hold the button down ‘while somebody goes to get gas for you. This will just give the starter & little extra exercise. and may fot even fun your battery down. (In case it should happen to fun thé battery down, we have a special price on re- charging batteties.) THE CRANKCASE.—Some people hive a habit of putting oil in the erankease every hundred miles or so. This is also wrong. It Is only neces- sary to put oil in the efankease once or twice a year. Too much oll enly 800ts up the spark plugs and makes the engine run badly. Putting in oil only énce or twice a year will keep the spark plugs nice and clean and the motor won't always be covered with oil and grease. There is a slight pos- sibility that in time you might burn our your bearings this way, but then, look at the money you save on oil. (Our price for putting in new bea: ing, $275.) TIRES—Automobile tifes should never be pu Jnd to more than ten fifteen pounds pressure. The le& ruunn you havé in your i t leAs danger there will be of having a biow-out. It iIs sasy to understand that it is the air in the tire that causés it to blow. When tires are run soft, &s {n the illustration, they have more surface 6n the ground and therefore insure better traction, besides pre- venting the car from skidding. (Of course, any tire is llable to rim-cut and, while we don't sell tires our- Selves, we will be glad to get them for you. Speclal prices.) can’t understand How-anybody Can losd.up-su autempbile, With tents and dsdaing And frying pans, And stuff to eat, And start on & trip I Fer a couple of wasks, . And sleep on the grgund, And cook their n:‘n l:aull. And mosquitoes at nunt. And get caught In.the rain, Have tire troubls, and have The ignition bad, And work ail night to fix It, ! _ And then come back and say They've been on a vacation. I don’t see how they can do it. about fifteen people line to get tags at license e last Saturday. The office eloses o'clock, and, as it was then about , the people at the end of the line frald the office would close up Dbefore they got waited on. Old Silas Henley got up to the window just about that time and s asking questions about where he could go ‘with the tags he already had. We sald he wanted to !.lkn a trip uv through the New England states and probably up as far as Cana ‘The clerk told him he couldn't ‘with the tags he had. Then he ed to know if he could go through the ‘western states to the coast. When the clerk told him no to this, he started asking & whole lot more questions. The crowd In back of him was just about in & rage and when the old man finally got sore and bellowed out, "wd{ where in the devil can I go with my 7" it is stated that at least a flmn of the people in the of- fice volunteered the information. 'mu-:s $9w100 Ml House. aé"flii."se. i s';.:w.:z"z. H St Automobll PAINTING “The Semmes Way” ‘The sort of work that has earned the indorsement of the . motoring publio—the sort of work that can be done only by competent workmen, working under ideal conditions and under the direction of a leader who personally supervises every job, and takes pride in making every job a w- fect one. Mr. Luke Finley, who 1s known around town to be somewhat of an artist, says he has a new way of tak- ing carbon out of Luke, “and draw the eylinders. Then I very carefully draw the cifbon, only instead of drawing the.carbon in the cylindets where it was, I draw it outside. ~After the carbo Is all dfawn out of the éylinders, the ¢Ar's all ready to run. Luke stated last night that he was thinking of opening up & studio where he will make a business of drawing ©arbon out engines at 35¢ a cylinder. Our idea of what Henry Ford must Rave had in mind when he said that motorists would soon be distilling their own gasoline right in nulr ale tomoblles. Hoelpful Hints to xmflm. BY MR. JASPER. 5 How to get a beautiful, rich luster on 4n old car. Have the ¢ar painted. How to prevent & tire with & leak in it mm continually going dowd. Jack it up. How to allmlnn. troubls ee;uefl by an Inferior grade of gas. e good & How to utof plugs from mis: Kindergarten. h— m mhrn Seotstaan. man on_ vacation was pronaly -xilbmn( his afternos ; ng woman femar) O '1sh go in schools, hey do,” ask 7" an engine with fouled sing. Clean the pligs. he nvmfl. “but . Notl only was fust an)dn‘ that you must nnu broken up an infant class.” - |- e W > | < e W cil and paper,” says | SRR o, CAPT. EDDIE RICKENBACHER, AME! HENRY G. SHIRLEY WILL HEAD A. A. A. GOOD ROADS BOARD New Official Was Chi land Commission During Construction of That State’s Highways. Negotiations Which have been in progress for several weeks between the American Automobile Association and Henry @. Shirley of Maryland, with & latter as chairman of tion's good roads board, just brought to & h&ppy conclusion, according to an announcement made here today by President George C. Diehl. Mr. Shirley’s appointment becomes ef- fective immediately, and he will take up his new duties without delay. The new chairman is one of the most widely and most favorably Known highway authorities in the United States. He was'the first president of the American Association of Ststé Highway Officials, and brings to the A. A chairmanship exesptional Bility that will unquestionably re- ound to the benefit of highway users everywhere in the country. Will Reorganise. Board, Coupled with Mr. Shirley's aceep= FurEs T [ -— N\ Our greatest pleasure comes from the knowledge that each Peerless Car is to serve’a family of our fellow-men faithfully and well for many years. Seeming to' leap through space on wings—in its Sporting Range; gliding softly, smoothly through mfie—inlfllmfingnange. Power and economy; mldtmdnendeneu. And, with all its essential superiority in performance, its ease and comfort, its beauty and durability, Peerless prices are low—PeerleuVALUBlulngh—-nmn;dl fine cars, - NEW PRICES BFFECTIVB AUGUST 19,1921’ Coupés $3500.00 ; mmr.o.s.mvmn.v.--au-u 'n-mrmuzssumon CAR COMPANY. MM 7 -n’r!ch. $3790.00 flsn-lm:.m Deing nue available to the pub- a3 Tapily as nmry produstion mfi of the Hefidee cOM- - oftering new meodels at this price u‘uetm alone s in- nt wln. which to stimulate and that the public has not ire for improvement. DONT BUYBIu"iiy UNTIL YOU READ THE AN- NOUNCEMENT IN THIS PAPER REGARDING THE WON- DER BATTERY OF THE AGE RAY SOL! DISTRIBUTORS FOR DISTRICT OF COI.UMBIA. VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND HINES AUTO SUPPLY CO. 920 D St. N.W. e DEALERS AND SERVICE STATIONS WANTED REDUCE PRICE OF INDIAN MOTOR CYCLE 25 PER CENT Angouncement has been made b the Hendes Manu ring Comp&n; i makers of the of & reduction in ber ’c'%.'}‘i AL e M‘mlo-n‘ w""m fn'.‘ t on September Moch luu utne Iith the beginning of the compan fiscal year. Th p = nb Buyl fect imm, UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED FOR 2 YEARS RICAN ACR OF ACES, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE NEW RICKENBACHER MOTOR COMPANY. - Virginia Military Institute, he first unfl.rtook rall; éngineering, then !} ecame road engineer of Baltimore|cfy nunlv Ma. In May, 1912, he was ap- | X Dpointed chief engineer of the Mary- ! [J land state road commission, and it | wa# during his long term in this of- fice that Maryland's greéat '"““1 of' mnw;v- was constructed. In 1917 he represented the state|fl highway officlals on the highway transport committes of the Coundil of National Defense, latdf becoming secretary of the Highway Industries Association. nmnut turned from this work to his profession when he 'f‘"‘ accepted the Al\e. of roads en- neer of Baltimere ocunty, lr Shirley succesds Mi e, wno s himself widely hnovn In M way and sutomotive oirel ehl res signed upon his sleat! n lna A.A.A. presidency, but be Dlosely sssociated with the other twe lnen ln their work ef Engineer of Mary-~ tance, plans are now being made for the entire reorganisation of the roads board, with the ides of making it an even mord active force in stimulat- Ing sound highway Gevelopment in all : of its phases, boti local and national. ! “Our work will-be purely educa- [ tional” states Mr, Diehl, “and it is i our desire to lend effective co-opera-, tion to legislators and officials who are seeking to bring Aabout sound methods in the administration, inane- ing. construction, maintenance and use of our highways. The far-reach- |} ing ohanges which have been effected throurh the growing use of tl vehicle require new method: the representative body of sutom bile owners, we believe that no or- |} be: experts dotintry to vurk wml us in m-r ht we may both place before them the needs of the owner and receive in turn the suggestions of m- builder.” Has Had Leng Experiencs. * Mr. Shirley has seen long service in highway work. A graduate of the September 2, 1521 " Mr. Edsel B, Ford, President of the Ford Motor Company, makes the following announcement: - - "W mlhnglnofll reducti the prices of Ford and the Ford truck, effec- fivehd:yusl'hem :;.ngecs%d'am;u fommpnaernnduednlowmdwhdy Fondemandtmchfl ever been sold. List prices, F. 0. B. Detroit are now as follows: Amount of Reduction $50 45 60 50 Old Price $345 370 415 495 New Price $295 325 355 445 §95 695 100 660 760 100 *This is the third price-cut during the past twelve months. On September 22, 1920, the price of the Ford touring car was reduced from $575 to $440; June 7th to $415, and now to $355, making total reductions in this type of $220, or 38 per cent. same tionate reductions have been made in all other types. Oneywngoflmpmeoflhel"ord Sedan was $975; today it lists at $660 with the same equipment. “We are taking advantage of every known economy in the manufacture of our products in order that we may give them to the public at the lowest possible price, and By doing that, wcfeeldntwemdmn;dieonehgflun:flmmflbebflmmuymbmew times. People are interested in prices, and are buying when prices are right. “The production of Ford cars and trucks for August again broke all previous high records mfla!lutoulrudmglflm Thufieburflnmmhvem&mwbrhmww hmm&ehm&dhuflmh&ebflfahhnm&bm.%flfl gone a long way in making passible the present reductions. June this year, with an output of I|7.247wfluptem|u record month. "Onenowdvfumofmlduudnmudduundforhrdm-ndun for salesmen. Mchuofcmmlhmmlmbeuuflnlbmmhpmm days and we interpret it as a very good sign of improvement in "Noreduchonhubemmndem,dumuqfdnl’mm and none is con- t 1 " Go over these new prices! See how little it costs to. become the owner of a Ford car or a Ford truck. Can you really afford tb do without one any longer? . Let us tell you more about it, and advise you regarding the delivery of the partic- ular type of car in which you are mterested. Authorized Wachipgton Ford Dealers STEUART'S GARAGE ROBEY MOTOR COMPANY “-141-151 12th St. N.E. ITTS St.-i(&An. NW. R L. TAYLOR courm,ua SN W Th.Dulan&leC-t{Tndu, M&th&w&