Evening Star Newspaper, November 11, 1923, Page 59

LINCOLN HEHWAY AN OBJECT LESSON Held to Show Desirability of Roads Serving Nation as a Whole. DETROIT, Mich,, November 10.—The Lincoln Highway as a whole was con- celved and has heen promoted for ten years by the Lincoln Highway Association as an object lesson to the nation—an object lesson in the desir- ability and importance of interstate bighways, of roads “which serve the 1 That i(s_object lesson purpose has t indic loping « of been well served the now t pidly with th id under t d in 191 oo o stimulus of fed- foderal highway amendments. Just as the Lincoln highway from Manhattan to the Golden was to se s a pation-wide lesson in stimulating the de- transport fa- deal _section™ the Lincoln High : County. Tnd., near . intended to serve as an ob- gn and spec tions of modern roads. Rubber Company’s Object. purpose actuating the Rubber y in large contribution the Wighway Association for struction of this model na th ot Mhe m: ing its Lincoln the con- seetion of to highway ties who upon the desi to endeéavor the section, crystailize the madern- tought il s 1o high- way constru RiTouthR 0l travel and. by building a section of such mbdel rond, stimulate constr Y wand pern fon where ical “tion has alread tion and ded t upon public en such 2 clopment mplated western end of the ic mile from t wh he little located > thirty- At the wved the th itself. ago. oot ction to Ch constructio run fro north Tndian plann w length the ex- county. been de- of n THE CWNFR PRIVE COLUMN. the aropped used writ et whe day rpreted t a nendescript ¢ ] quality, vet m ad cars bid on it. I was in fact very interest- ing to note the readiness with which 2 t this oil »n the bar- inte Hothins name “Auto yped up quickly. carning people heap, poor t what United | the other 10,00 No. 19—Trouble. In packing his kit Smith thought he had left troubles out, but a second trip proved otherwise. Caught on the road ten miles from the nearest ga- rage and two miles from the nearest farm house there was nothing to do but to look for the cause of trouble himself. An idea of the incident can best be gathered from his version of it as he gave it to me in our conver- sation upon his return home. “1 wasn't up in the air this time,” Smith was saying, “because I foi- lowed your suggestion to keep elimi- nating the possible causes of the trouble until 1 found the bad actor.” And you found it?" T aske ‘That’ was the real trouble. torted. “T didn't k it. So there I w trouble without the sSlightest idea of how to get rid of it. And, by the | Way, motorists aren’t very friendly any more, are they? [ waved my hands ut the only four cars that j passed and none of them even slowed down Fact is, | think they went he re- how to remedy beholding the Smith. did. Motor- decidedly changed during ‘ne past few rank and file of them are less friend- ty. Conditions have changed so radi- cally that motorists naturally have | to fit into the new scheme of thin A friend of mine who drove cars as far back as 1901 thought nothing of { leaving his machine standing on the | street in front of his office while he took the train for another city for a few days. Now, even though many ped with two locking . owners keep eagle eyves con- upon them. It is the same with road travel. Comparatively few cars are stranded on the road now s If a driver has trouble it is some small thing, and other in_passing fixure that they ! would be intruding if they stopped. |1 have often had people stop to ask 1if 1 needed help when 1 was perhaps just making the gas mixture a little vicher for the approaching hills. i When a driver offers his services a | | usually drivers ted by the im- [ few times and finds that they are not | | needed he is very likely to pass by | some chap who really needs assist- Smith 5 interrupted, “but I it plain en | mad, ough that T needed | help. | Smith’s §. 0. S. Unheeded. ou made it too plain,” I replied | “There's Just another point The auto- BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL John Smith is a character whom every motorist should welcome. He | | is not eelfish; rather he is a motoring martyr, a chap willing and glad to | | have exploited, in an interesting way, his experiences for ,000 or more members of the motor clan. rs, but I doybt if the | THE SUNDAY | John Smith and His Car e benefit of bile was once a novelty, used by | neers for a mere handful of mostly for amusement. Now ditions have approached the point where it is the exception mot to motor, the automobile has proved itself useful in hundreds of Ways. Many of these uses have been abused, naturally. Because of recent hold- ups. those four drivers who saw you STAR, WASHINGTON, signs you would not know that there was any road. It took us a full four days to drive from Cheyenne, Wyo., to_Salt Lake City, Utah, “We drove out of Cheyenne up Sheridan hills, the highest point on the Lincoln highway, in a biinding snowstorm. 1t was so cold we thought wa would freeze. The mud D. ¢, NOVEMBER 11, 1923_PART Lincoln highway and came by Port-inia. The roads were bad and wvery | B T L Uy | nasrow, all mountains, and winding | fruit belt into ldaho, from there to|in and out. “We have seen only one placa we Weiser, and _from there to Pen- dleton, Ore. It was our first moun-|wou1q Jike to live, and that fs Salt Lake City. Mrs. Price says Mrs. tain climbing. Snmde u!”‘lhe roads like boulevards. e scenery was. ond. d Fultz was right, however. Washing- ton is a fine city, and there is no was beyond description and the air c. yas ankle decp, and aithoughwe | K¢ & font place like home. and no home like your own home.” had on skid chains it was all we Fine Roads in Oregon. could do the keep the car on the| “From The Dalles begins the paved road in some places. We made 113 | highway, ninety-two miles into Port- il il miles that day, ing from 9 in|land, over the famous Columbia| Mrs. B. A. Moorer, one of the first the morning until 6 o'clock at night, | River highway, nothing but moun- [ women members of ‘the hoard of al- We saw many touring cars ditched | tains and snow. and the scenery not | dermen in Charleston, S. C., never at and some fatal accidents during the | equaled anywhe trip, especlally at grade crossings. | “We were two days coming through rom Salt Lake City we left the the Sacramento Canyon into Califor- 3. 9 —_— PUMPING NUT CAUTION. | Let Him Explain. Unless it leaks, the water pump| One of the meanest tricks fn motor- packing nut shouid not be tightened. |dom is for a motorist to sort of half The pamp packing nut is among those | 8top to admire a new car. His very automobile parts which ought not to|gaping-and the puzsled expression on be touched unless it is absolutely |NI§ fuce show plainly that he would S dossnt leak | UKE 10 know more about the car. necemsary. If the pump n°t leak | Yet he doesn’t actually stop, and the around the nut that is all one can |sa csman siiting at the wheel of the & the nut up a few |Car i3 just waliting for a chance to ) :‘:y"::’“‘_h.nw:"m."’pmmn“‘,n?u the_story. Go on, let him ex- of the packing as to cause a leak. | V'™ You may profit by it. If this happens the nut will have to S be screwed on all the tighter, all of | In China the down of the thistie i< which mcans that the pump is rap- gathered and mixed with raw silk «o afly approaching the time when new | ingeniously that even experts are de- packing will be required. ceived when the fabric ix woven. tended a political meeting till the re. cent campaign, which led to her nom- urging them to stop simply stepped on the gas and got away from you. “Well,” Smith commented, after @ pause, “I'm just as_well pleased, be- Ccause I was literally forced to get out of my own predicament. When that clutch of mine stuck. I was cer- tainly in a bad way. But 1 know what to do now.” . “So? It was the clutch, eh?’ T asked. “Driving along at a smart pace, admiring the scenery and for- getting to keep your foot off the | cluteh pedal s0 as not to be slipping | the clutch? Then the facing swelled [and the trouble commenced? Couldn't | throw out the clutch, and so you | couldn’t_change gears?’ [ ""All ‘ot which Smith admitte | also admitted that his “remed | to kick on the pedal until he strained | the cluteh mechanism out of adjust- | ment Then he began insinuating that | I should have let him buy a car with | a clutch of some other type. Difference In Clutches t's six to one—half a dozen to the other,” was my immediate reply. The fault of the plate or multiple | dise cluteh is slipping: that of the cone clutch is sticking and grabbing. | Neither type of clutch will give any trouble if properly used. Learn to keep your foot off the clutch pedal when it isn’t necessary. “And if you are ever caught again with a ‘frozen’ cluteh don't try to force it out. Simply stop the engine, placing the gears in ‘low.” turn on the ignition and press your foot on the starter button. There will be a slight strain on the starter motor, | but us the engine is warm it will start at once. If you will then run along fast in low speed the' clutch will come out when you press down hard on the clutch pedal. The clutch seldom sticks fast when it is revolving at high speed Smith had made a pretty good fight against trouble, but he was ready to admit then that he could have saved himself a lot of expense and effort Ly using his head It always pays Next week:.“Profiting by Trouble." (Copyright, 1823, by the Ullman Service) Feature 1§Closed Type Sales Mainstay of Produc- tion—-Most Large Cities Report Increased Demand. i vity in automobile manufacturing | exceeded expectations in October when output of cars and trucks totaled according to factory shipment to the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce directors’ meet- ing in New York | The demand for closed cars the { malnstay of production, which exceeded September by 11 per cent and October a year ago by 51 per cent. The increas | 1s spread over various price classes and not in any particular price group. Trade conditions, however, are spot The market is reported better September in most of the larger as York, Ci sburgh, St- Louis, re many quiet areas. I} reports Demand for the i | | A detailed description of a trans- continental motor trip just completed d|by a party of Washington motorists ring groo it has a low breaks up. at perature than does ssult of this is that the engine ds much more oil per mile, gets much dirtier and its running is very much impalred Then there is the fact that cheap cylinder of sometimes contain ma- terials which cause valves and piston rings to become pummed badly. This makes them s nd prevents their t actio; Such oils soon waste ch more me hy the loss of time the cost of frequent cleanings engine, which become a neces- . than ved by buying cheap and burns or lower tem- good oil. The Charles Fultz, D. D., the Memorial United Brethren Church. Because of its interest to motorists in this city, Dr. Fultz permits The Star to use it. | The motoring party, which was composed of Mrs. Annie Price, Mr. and Mrs. Clark, Jacob Dougherty and Armbld Burd of 1510 North Capitol stréet, has just arrived in Hammon- ton, Calif, twenty-four days out of ‘Washington, according to the letter. “We arrived here Saturday morn ing, twenty-four days out of Wash- than | has been received In a letter to Rev. | pastor of | our next two months is expected to be bet- ter than for the same perfod a year ago. The monthly totals of car and truck production, comparing 1922 and 1923, are as follows 3 2,119,111 3, Five cities are reducing their motor accident records as compared with last though the general trend an "increase. These “safety’ hich report decreases are Bos- aicago, St. Louls, Seattle and Fargo. Motor to California in 24 Days, Using 208 Gallons of Gasoline District Sightseers’ Expenses for 0Qil, Gas, | Repairs and Garage Rent Only $83.83, Letter States. ington but only twenty-two days' running time.” savs Mr. Burd, in the |letter to Dr. Fultz. “We had to lay ver two days for mud and rain. Our total mileage was 4,111 miles: ur biggest day’s run, 187 miles. We used 208 gallons of gas, aver- aging about 19 miles to a gallon. The total cost for car operation was $83.83, which includes gas, oil, re- | pairs and garage rent nightly. | Had Few Mixhaps. “We had two blowouts and three | punctures, one blowout in mud ankle | deep and’ the other on the prairie with the temperature about $0 de- grees and no trees of any kind. We found the Lincoln highway good un- | til_ we got into Nebraska; heavy go- | ing and the roads bumpy, but Wyo- | ming gets the medal for roads: if it was not for the metal highway Selby Motor Co. 1815 14th St. N.W. 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