Evening Star Newspaper, August 26, 1923, Page 64

The Sunday Motorist An Abridged Magazine for Car Owners. EDITED BY WILLIAM ULLMAN' ce—:und trequently & pcople rode in their E. M. F.'s and iver's | felt that the initials gave them class te a wealthy driver | dag the vaudeville comedian ex plains that M. F. means “Every minute fixin So be it. - Specd in rel dircct bemeft relatives. Lest They Escape. ' Any careful driver will find at least | a half dozen drivers during the course : i 0 an s ught to |such a way that it is necessary of an afternoon’s s\)h\ who 0‘ e I e O i o be reported to the authorities. he (the wise driver is careful to_see that police are seldom in sight when the{all unnecessary buttons on his over- flagrant violations , and the vio- {alls are removed. It prevents scratch- lator does as he pleases most of thc | 1 Avoid Fenaer Bruises. When working on the engine in ing the car. time, safe in the belief thai while other motorists will swear vengeance on him they Wwill not report him. This is an unfortunate state of af. fairs. The motorist who feels that h(‘; has a duty to perform in clearing the | streets of automobile law breakers makes a note of & violator's license number, k of the | inconvenience he will be to in testlfying against the violator, decides : 4o let the matter drop. Tt simply means that ioe law- breaker is not discovered officially until he has caused some serious or! perhaps ent. Most licenses ure revo the damage is done. Thie is all the mor~ reason why the ecountry would profit by a system all motorl would be free t any act o ate vi ut being obliged to appear the lawbreaker and he un- necéssarily inconvenienced. The ac- tual charge 1s a matter for the police but the aye: e drive Jly by advising the atch vould send i Jazz the Road Signs: Warning signs along the highways * not what they should be. They d to be jazzed up with a ractical psychology. The following re typical of the new method: Cut out the cut-out! Keep to the right—or left. No parking—unless you want to see the police station Sharp turn ahead answer. Railioad ciossing! It may be r last School Cros g you'll get but, coming to thin P You know the Read this twice. hance to see it 't that your boy tac street? Take Timely Stitches. Much of the pleasure of motoring in which the French maintained highwa; Time and time 2 s it has been t way of keeping a car run- little work on it every day. It n which the French- maintenance of or the official can help ma police whom to de. Ca the while, which, When neglected, become those atrocious upheavals which make hon- €st motorists forget their dignity. It is not an uncommo road carctaker in France going to the uble to replace a stone or fill in a B here we sul | while a road is being built, enjoy it i i where to direc: their efforts. If ten ! motorists reported the same driver it wouldn't be long before that driver| would get wh. he deserved. and be fore he caused great damage. to | s little in France is due to the thrifty way | ning at its best and at least cost is to | sight to find the | The 014 Mechanic Says: “Lubrication is tricky or grease will seem to do the w it. and there’s the rub. car owne 1 4 with some im"or- t part of the car starvin' for lubri- ation. The a lot o for a few months, then forget it and ispend five to ten years alternately over its frightful con the inconveniences made by extensive repairs who isn't on his guard is! Matter of System. An enterprising taxi compan, nec- | advertising to car owne out the economy of u their shopping and th stead of their own cars stiongest indictment against the ot/ Tn_motorist’s method uf using his ma- unhealthy condition to stand the chine. It actually would be cheaper for strain of operatin’ without any grease | some car owners if they hire cabs | everywhere they went and paid 40 o 1 the case !30 cents a mile for this luxury. this does not alter ti Another trouble fs that while the | various parts of the car may seem to work well cnough~even when they | int of usin' up the la ant. they are suff n what's more. they're in portant fact here it is bone ase. and then suddenly While it may be del the goods even when there is ihin spread of grease around it from friction is beginninig to pre. paré it for damage. As soon as the =rease is entirely used up the joint; will suddenly heat to a maximum. | screech and. if not caught fn time. ‘s one of the things that safety valv When the | is given the damage is part- | ne. A record of when parts are i zreased, with frcquent inspection of | o Automobile : Gumming Up ihe Works. . aln lng One of the most effective ways of | failing the car thief is to cover the! pinhole air vent in the zasoline cap | with chewing gum whene leaving car. This upsets the vacuum | 2 tom, “and means. that when the!l imported vacuum tank runs dry the car will; Yianitar einc otimas: | Not caving it for more trouble the thief] ptly abandons the car at a point | far from where he fougd it. Tte| e little things in motoring that) tount Finest domestic and and varniches applied by a Master Coach Painter. colors Estimates Cheerfully Furnished John A. Wineberger Co., Inc. 3700 Ga. Ave. NW. Col. 565 Cars of Yesteryear. o4 Reference to a 1911 list of motor | cars reveals a number of interesting | makes which are g net forgotten. another. Bergdoll. Brus Crow among others. Then there was Croxton-Keeton. D M. veritt and Empire. Firestone-Co- lumbus. Flanders, Glide and Acme may or may not bring back memorice. but they speculation as to how sday will be histo:y n another ten years. | once a time when proud Delion Cords Are Dependable When you have a set of them on you know they are good for at least 10,000 miles. Ford Size, 30x3'% CL, $12.85 Heavy Cord Tubes $1.95 1.95 2.75 2.95 3.15 3.35 3.55 3.95 4.15 4.35 '4.55 4.75 4.95 o 5.35 Size 30x3Y, Cl. 30x3Y> 32x3', 31x4 32x4 33x4 34x4 32x4Y, 33x4Y, 34x4Y, 35x4Y, 36x4'/, 33x5 34x5 Cord Tires $12.85 13.85 19.45 ~21.85 24.45 24.85 25.85 30.85 31.85 32" 33.e 34.85 38.85 39.85 35x5 40.85 5.75 37x5 42.85 5.95 Charge them to your account or open an account with the purchase. Remember, tires are mounted free of charge. The Hecht Co. ” Seventh at F . Member Better Business Bureau But | management any car | “SERVICE” RETURN DEPENDS ON GIVER Value of Clubs Increased by Co- Operation of All Mem- | bers. | Declaring that the word “service” |has been overworked and that too many motorists have come to regard it as a high-sounding nonentity, Fred IH. Caley, executive secretary of the i National Motorists’ Association, be- Urge Stone C I;ips | To Absorb Taron Resurfaced Roads Every motorist at some time or other has been confronted with the freshly tarred road that often results in spoiling ‘the tour and frequently causeg damage to both car and clothes. ~ ording .to “Pertinent Point- " official bulletin of the N. M can be eliminated in’two ways and the remedy is simple in gither instance. The tin says ufomol garage spic {lieves it is only fair to the car owner [to tell him that service. at least in connection’ with His automobile club, is just what he makes it “The motorist i Reumotos which leave the d span all too often return bespattered by tar, and fre- auently clothes worn by motorists also suff Therefore, what look- ed in the beginning to be a perfect day from a touri standpoint turns out just the reverse. with he motorist in a dyspeptic humor. “It is possible to prevent such ze if stone chips or sand in nt quantities to absorb the use: “Another remedy which is being more and more generally adopted - one side of a highway un- ‘ fellow,” has never m as anything to take because it has never been 0 that you can understand Somewhere in the back of his | lurks the vague idea that service something to do with getting something for nothing. The Natio Motorists’ iation therefore fe lled upon to show him that ther. an important angle to the subject hich he has overlooked | Must Give in Return. “ ¥ successful automobile club . Is built 'upon the idea tHat its service | is measured by what it actually give ito its members, b | most car owners {ice is-because they do not give {thing in return “This does not have is w r or original construc- time, leaving the other for traffic until the tar is in con- i drive over without 1 Lespatteging process following.” , nd the number of such are in direct proportion to istance “which each individual gives his club. support returns to him, as just one example, in information as to traftic, road and touring conditions throughout the | country. Without his loyal support | -operation of other motor- alue H to be money. In the dues paid into an aut motile club are nominal in com son with the actual value of what members get retur: ividual dues. {The thing that counts is the help the motorist gives to hi ithe boost, pledge he make: motorist: the : his conv such a complete service. hould be measured by what the car owner actually receives from his club in direct benefits, but | the more important point is that such service is not possible without a little “n on the production side. motorists learn that ‘g n ‘giving’ the term ‘servic come as tangible as ‘dividend. the co-oy to be a desirable nformation he fur- g tion that motoring onditions can” he only b {the organized work of ow ithemselves and the publicity he gives {this fact “It is impossibie to estimate the | number of ces which an auto- | It is mainly a question of each car {mobile club can actually give the mo- |owner making a small investment in | Autoniobile Club of Maryland, through | “Itelegram to the West Virginia state THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C. AUGUST 26, 1923—PART 3. to travel in Maryland without a lcense from this state. Tho protest sent by Mr. states in part: “The future of the transportation problem for short hauls between #tates is dependent upon the motor truck. * ¢ ¢ It every state had the same ruling there could be no inter- state truck travel. There is nothing MARYLAND AROUSED BY LICENSE RULING Protests Wev\-t' Virginia Ban on Trucks Bearing Livense Plates | of Other States. BALTIMORE, ity support to other Lucius 25.—Lending agencies, the August its secretary, H. M. Lucius, has sent a roads commission, objecting to thej ruling of Attorney General E.T. Eng- | land. that commercial motor vehicles | from other states cannot travel on West Virginia roads without a license from that state. Letters of protest have also been forwarded by Jonn N. Mackall, chair- man of the ate- road commission. and John E. Raine, secretary of the Baltimore Dealers’ Trade Association, because of the objections by Mary- land business interests. Mr. Lucius' telegram urges recon- sideration of the ruling, pointing out that refusal to honor Maryland licenses will not only work a hard- ship upon the Maryland motor truck owners, but will react against the West Virginians, *Suggests Gax Tax. This is in line with a telegram sent earlier by D. M. Schroeder, dep- uty_commmissioner of motor veh in Maryland, warning the West Vi ginia authorities that this state will reteliate by refusing to allow com- mercial vehicles from West Virginia ! simply brought infinitely wiser than that. to the produc “PAY AS YOU RIDE” TIRES | torist, but it should be evident that co-operation.” Remoy2s ihat dull film: keeps cars looking new! Prepared with scientific exactness to meet out-of- doors conditions. Common Sense cleans and polishes in one operation. Re- stores the sparkling factory lustre. And leaves a Bone dry, glaes hard surface that pro- tects the finish against any ac- tion of dust, mud, water or atmospheric elements. Guaranteed. Can you afford not to use it? Dealers everywhers . Your regular Jobber in Washington “v1ii xupply you promptiy 10r write Common Sense Mfg. Co. St Louls Mo. Dodge Brothers have net plete new line of motor cars. They have done something They have brought new beauty, new riding ease and new mechanical perfection their reputation as builders has been founded. They have built a better and a more desirable line of motor cars—yet basically and fundamentallytheiden- tity of their product remains more important to a state’s growth than unhindered interstate travel by both land and water. “To be reimbursed for damage done to your highways by such travel, re- spectfully suggest Imposition of a 1 or 2 cent tax on gasoline. * * * On behalf of the members of this club owning commercial - vehicles we strongly urge. for our mutual inter- . reconsideration of your ruling.” Mr. Schroeder also stated that on- forcement of the ruling by West v ginia would cause a great hardshi to business concerns in this stat. which send their trucks into West Virginia —_— Difficulty and strength are o bosom ——— e out a com- and better Dopce BROTHERS ANNOUNCE IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENTS Bodiesof all types havebeen designed to give improved appearance, and greater comfort. Lower, longer, with deeper seats and more leg room, the lines of these t on which new cars are low-swung and graceful—the interiors are comfortable and roomy. New head lamps and fen- ders, especially designed by Dodge Brothers to conform with the general lines of the car—a long straight hood and cowl effect—longer and wider running boards—un- _usually wide doors—com- 20% Down 26 Weeks to Complete q:e Balance the same. The same sturdy engine is under the hood; the same dependable chassis, im- bination stop signal and tail lamp—and instruments at- tractively grouped on raised panel—are a few of the numerous body innovations Payments Weekly or Semi-monthly HIGHEST GRADE QUALITY CORD TIRES Standard Makes “RIDE AS YOU PAY” (7 Less Than $1 a Month HE economy evi- denced by its low maintenance cost is per- haps the outstanding rea- son for the Gardner Busi- ness Coupe so strongly appealing to business and professional men. * This confidence in Gard- ner reliability is justified by actual records at the Gardner factory. These show the average cost to Gardner owaers for re- placement parts is- less than $1 per car per month — convincing evidence that Gardner economy is not confined alone to the first cost. Ask Any Gardner Owner WAYNE SMITH & CO. Dealer—Distributor 22d and M Streets West 2007 S 337 13th St. N.W. Phone Franklin 8175 e opS - e “New Low “Prices— proved in numberless de- tails, underlies the body. But the rear springs—now underslung—have been ma- terially lengthened. The wheelbase, too, is longer, and the combined result is a notable improvement in riding qualities. 1132-1134 Connecticut Ave. N.W. 14th and Monroe Sts. N.W. common to all types. Combining these features with important mechanical improvements too numer- ous and technical to enu- merate here, itisnot extrav- agant to predict a reception for these carsunprecedented in automotive annals. SEMMES MOTOR COMPANY Main 6660 Columbia 517¢ 3 e W X A STEARNS FOUR _at the Lowest Price in six years, also STEARNS SIX at REDUCED PRICES wockd-famous Stearns Sleeve-valve ) Motor Car is now within reach thousands of that have le car, but felt Four Cylinder Models to build so fine a thing as a Stearns y The ity of the big Stearns factories has been mfi doubled. Immense new buildings of Main 754 -y You are cordially invited to examineSthe better yet, telephone for a demonstration Stsarns - Knight - Six Models Prices Four and Five Pas- senger Touring $2395 Six Cylinder 12393 the mdst modern type have been i with every known labor-saving device with auto- matic (motor driven) machineryfor the manufac- turing and handling of materials with the greatest ease and rapidity. This equipment was especi i to insure extreme accuracy. The F. B. Stearns Company assures the public that the big reduction in prices will in no way affect those up gg‘l,twl which have given Stearns e-valve Motor-Cars their envi- - able world-wide reputation. The four engine and chassis are exactly the same, except for mflnmu, as those used in all Sleeve-valve four-cylinder Models . models forthe past several years and up to the present day. The six-cylin- der engine also has improvements and refinements. The four engine has three-point suspension the same as the six- cylinder engine. For greater ease in handling, the wheelbase of the four is made 119 inches. Geo. C. Rice Auto Company 1517 Connecticut Avenue After Beptember 1 our Sales and Service will be lvoated in our mow buflding, 1515 14th 8¢. N. W, models on exhibition at our show-rooms, or, and a car will be delivered at your door. Stearns- Knight- Four Models and Prices Four and Five Pas- senger Touring $1595 Coupe Brougham 1995 Sedan . 2095 (F. O. B. Pactery)