Evening Star Newspaper, July 27, 1924, Page 49

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JULY 27, 1924—PART 3. SAD00 N PREES GVEN FOR 193 Motorists Declare Reliability and Endurance Runs No Longer Reeded. for ai the aur made public auarte to $300,000 i racin the prize money events was b contest board of 1 Automobile Association according to figures just the Washington head- the A. A. A. This cov- c events, 66 of which were on @irt tracks. Altogether there were cars istered in this contest work, which is generally regarded as the bone of American automotive engi- neering development. Exactly drivers were required to cars, with an additional 210 mecha- niciins to keep them burning the road. he contest board points to the ‘unpopularity of reliability and econ- ony runs as evidence of the great change that has come over motoring as w result of the speed events san, tioned by the A A, The report WS that there was but one re- liability and cconomy run sanctioned during the past ye: reliability run is no longer the hoard’s bulletin « remarkable per aut, ributed America Te back- | ndic these | MINUTE MESSAGES FOR MOTORISTS THIS ACCOUNTS FOR IT. (Prepared by the public information committee of the Washington Automotive Trade Association.) Motorists who thinlgan automobile is an expensive article to own are invariably those who keep no tabs on expenses. They guess. And from such guessing many an unfalr statement is made about car ownership. Some motorists make it a habit to speak about the high cost of motoring whenever they stop a filling station, yet those who keep track of the gas they use per year are frequently surprised to find that it doesn’t cost as much as some men in moderate circumstances Pay to have their clothes pressed annually. Tire dealers know ror a fact that the biggest kicker on tire adjustments is the man who never does know exactly how many miles of ‘service he gets from his rubber. “I've used that shoe only a few months” he complains. But if the records were complete he would probably have to admit that the particular shoe saw 10,000 miles of service, pernaps more. Car owners who take the trouble to note the “mileage date” when a new tire put into service seldom complain. It is too evident to them that the cost of this feature of their motoring is 100 slight to worry about. Likewise the ‘motorist who keeps a close check on his repairs comes to See that some of his daily expenditures for luxuries and pleasures greatly excced them. Keeping accounts is an important feature of satisfactory car | | ownership. "Take it into account. John Smith and His Car BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL. | John Smith is a character whom every motorist should welcome. He is not selfish; rather he is a motoring martyr, a chap willing and glad to have exploited, in an interesting way, his experiences for the benefit of the other 10,000,000 or more members of the motor clan. | all-around motorist is to keep his eyes open to see that he always gets what he pays for. And, as a con- No. 56—Why Tires Go Flat. “That's the third time this tire has Il displacement ra of thes ishment of nt are proof hat and have on a 00-mile speed “nough to th the American the ssory manufacturers been “able to place reliab remarkably high plane public s an occasional ‘stunt.’ but 'Stunt’ is the way cars stand up the specdways and dirt tracks “Under sanctions of the A contest board run off on the speedw on the dirt track this was a reliability So far as cconomy average car owner interested in the car life rather than in He knows that T the ruce t plicd to the building worthy curs, which in the is the real economy to cor “The big amount o money was distributed at the w Th cight big even amounting to $205,000, who make a busi £ the automobile per- form bevond our greatest expec tic Ninety-one thousand and ve dollars was distributed t tracks. On July 5 Jim Murphy headed the list in the annual A. A. A. cham- pionship race with 1,095 points to h credit. ¢ r followed with G Corum with Pengler with 5 and Hartz with' 351 Comer, Hill, Wonderlich and Milton are all under . but above the 200 mark. Boyer nds at 15. Vail at 34 and Durant but on reminded that the still young. MORE THAN 2 ery Tun 1s nows mile th mor ing ap- pre trust- long run der. pri speed- in- of m ness of MILLION CARS MADE THIS YEAR Record for First Six Months Nearly Equals That for First Half of 1923. production of motor vehicles, as reported to the National Auto- mobile Chamber of Commerce, brousht the total for the st six months of 1924 to 2,002,084, or within 11; per cent of the number made in the first half of 1923, which was 2,031,09: e June ng reports, he most autoniobile crease in exports, new high total in Passenger cars exported from United States and Canada (plants in which United States companles are financially in- terested, totaled 18,665, compared with 18,123, in April. The truck fig- ure was 3,800, compared with 3,170 in _ April. Assemblies of American mx N foreign countries reached 12,850. Production schedules in June, which tapered off to 20 per cent un- der May, are on a conservative basis. Excellent prospects for cotton in some parts of the South, favorable crop outlook in the corn and wheat belts, and good farming conditions in New England are expected to further strengthen the market in_the Fall. Production of cars and trucks 1925 and 1924 was as follows: 1024 baded on 58. factor he figure, is 249 avorab world ship- in the REVENUE OF GAS TAX DOUBLED IN MARYLAND Amounts ml{onm by Month Compared With Those Last Year. BALTIMOR months this vear amount July 26.—Income de- of Maryland soline under the in the first five an dou- raised in the cor- 0d last vear u ccording to the Sta tax produced by t five m was $218,656.33, while $551, paid to the state under the t: up to June 1, 1924 This $57,041.29 more than double amount for January to May, inclusive, last year. Tax results show that gailons of gasoline were sold for highway transportation in Maryland, &s taxes were not paid on pasoling ®old for use in marine engines, farm- ing engines and other vehicles not using roads. Monthly tax returns under the gas tax show that returns for 1924 more than doubled returns for 1923 in every month except January, when the increased tax was first eftective. This is attributed by State authorities to the fact that users of gasoline pur- chased unusually large supplies of gasoline prior to the date on which the 2-cent tax became cffective and, therefore, used much fuel bought under th ent tax during January. W what’s going on. Leave it to us and guaranteed PONTOP ‘The best top material made is going on. You're entitled to that and to good workmanship without extra charge. REBUILT TOP CO. 3413 Georgia Ave. Col. 10083 LET’S TALK TOPt Ld the | 27,569,762 | cluding point, T think you will be interested to know that this mysteri- ous puncturc over which we have now wasted a half hour is no punc- ture at all. Your valve leaks. Why don't you always look for the easiest remedy first?” 1 did I wouldn't know half { gone flat within a week's time,” Smith | complained, pointing to a rear tire | which was hopelessly flattened out | iupon the garage floor. “I think { somebody around here sticks tacks e : Sl e e e ense!” 1 replied. “Tacks | C| e T, e re: wm‘x\l:x;ft r:nake an xm‘,vru sion upon a |, It Was my turn to admit that Smith had the right idea, jcord tire, and it's highly improbable 3 S b that you could have picked up three Next week: All About Axles. | nails in the same tire.” (Copyright, 1924. by the Ullman Feature | “It isn't the first time this sort of Becxice) | thing has happened. T had the same SUMMER SUGGESTIONS sort of trouble with a front tire last | month when I was on that trip up- Drain a little water out of the cool- ing system each time fresh water is tate. 1 had it repaired twice at dif- ferent garages. and when 1 got home added. Keeps the system clean with- {out any particular trouble. {1 found it flat again. 1 made up my Keep up on the crown of the road. mind then and there that it was about {time 1 did this work my f and did lit right. But I don’t seem to have luck one way or the other. And. ]du ou see, that's practically a new Driving on the side during the long run may cause oil from the differen- tial to work out to the right brake drum Use the starter and horn more fre- | shoe?’ 2 - | “Lets take it off and investigate, quently. Long days and no lights make the battery a dull unit. {1 suggested. ometimes the casing Park the new car in the shade lof a shoe will crack so that it will | pinch and puncture even a new tube |7 “T'm sure that _there are no breaks | in this casing,” Smith said. “But I'd like to know what to do In a case of | ,uirtt Ihe Bew) cap in_ the shade trees with care. Some of them shed sap that may mark the hood. Don’t polish the hood in the sun. Don’t polish it after the day's run. that sort.” | Using Blowout Patches. Always in the garage before start- ing off—in summer. I explained that it's best to take the —_—— {shoe back to the tire dealer for ad- justment, and that if this is not po ible, to insert a blowout patch be- [tween the shoe and the tube. T {added that when it is necessary to Use | sccording to statisties compiled by the bureau of public roads and com- mented on by the Firestone new serv- ice, in the eight vears ending Jan- uary 31, 1924, there will have been blowout patches it is always wisc to stop and start gingerly, since the completed. or ~under construction, 46,579 ‘miles of highways which re- effect of sudden thre movement will federal monetary aid. as { cause the patch to change its position, eventually wrinkle and thus cause | puncture ‘or perhaps a blowout. this time the tire in question :ady for inspection. | “You see,” Smith said, glancing at | the inside of the shoe, “there isn't a { break in it.” I agreed, “but perhaps there is a piece of glass or something sharp |in the casing that keeps puncturing | the tube.” Smith assured me that such could not be the case since he had removed the nail which had occasioned the | first puncture. He did not take any stock in the 1dea that there could be any other foreign element in the casing which could cause additional trouble. But when T felt the entire |inside of the shoe with my hand and {’had locateq a thin nail without a | head he was willing to concede that there is more to be done after a punc- ture than merely repairing the tube. i Elation Too Early. “Then that solves the myster: said, growing enthusiastic. sand thanks for your patienc “You're counting your chickens be- fore they're hatched,” I reminded him. “If this were the cause of your mysterious punctures there would be a hole in the tube at the point where I lo- cated the nail. Unquestionably this would have caused a puncture within a very short time, but it didn't cause this one. “Then what did?" Smith demanded. “Let me see the tube a moment, and T1 tell you.” I examined the tube carefully, but saig nothing. “What are these two lines which run around on the inside of the tube?" he asked. “They seem almost like the beginning of cuts. “They are” I replied | this tube will split where You now see | the lines. You have evidently been using the tire without inserting the canvas protection strip. The sharp ends of the straight side shoe are cutting jnto the tub l “Don’t blame that on m mith said. “I _am willing to bet any amount of money that there was never one of those canvas strips in this_tire.” “Which shows you,” I replied, “that one of the important duties of an he A comparison with other spark plugs readily reveals ion superiority of design and finish. A new Champion in every cylin- der means more power and speed and a saving in oil and gas. Champion X is 60 cents. Blue Box 78 cents. Champion Spark Plug Co. 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Rickenbacker of the Rick:nbacker Motor Company. “Just because the motor car enters more intimately into the lives of more tamilles than any other commodity, it naturally responds more quickly ' to influences of employment, weather and other condftions,” says this authority. “If the people do not buy clothing, hardware, furniture—if they don’t build or buy new houses—then the merchant and the bullder can't buy automobiles. “This was a bad spring for all sea- sonable lines of business. If you don’t believe it ask any department store. “Few reople realize to what an extent weather affects general trade. “A department store manager told me recently that, on a certain fine warm day his store was literally mob- bed by customers * ‘Buying was like boom times,’ he sald. ““And the next day it rained again; and the air was raw. **Not only was the store empty of buygrs, but hundreds of those custo- mers of the previous day failed to appear for their “try-ons”, and for- feited their deposits.’ “When you consider that, according to the Weather Bureau, this was the coldest Spring in fifty vears, ‘That it rained nearly eighty days R < @ icC CAR A Announc e [ATSATSS Lt Incorporating the same skill and experience that have made Rickenbacker a world leader in an amazingly short space of time, this new Rickenbacker “ Vertical 8-Superfine’’ sets a still higher standard in cars for consecutively In most states, “That it is presidential year with all the temerity and caution that quadrennial period always ¢ngenders among buyers, “And then when you consider that in ‘the first six months of 1924 the automobiie Industry built and sold as many cars as in the same period of 1923, and that the total cash value was more than for the first half of that record year—well, one wonders what all the carping is about! “I am a oonfirmed optimist, and I see more than the usual reason for optimism at this time. “I prediot this year will eclipse 1923 —because all signs point to a reocord- breaking Summer and an unprece- dented Fall demand.” COTTER PINS NEED WATCHING The average automobile carries 65 cotter pins. Considering that mil- lions of motorists wouldn't even know one if they saw it, surely these little guardians of the car deserve a gold medal for faithfulness. But the wise driver always acts upon the suggestion that some little cotter pin may get you some day. VWAAMAAAAMAAAA Unusual Sale As Long as They Last MILLER 30x3% Geared to the Road Cords. Special— $7.50 Monarch Hardware & Acc. Co. 1801 L St. N.W. Main 906 Only 50 On Hand AAAAAAAAANY BEST TIRES TOWARD CURB. Use the oldest tires on the right- hand side of the car when driving extensively in the city. On a tour use the oldest tires on the left-hand side. In the city tires are often camaged through striking the curb in turning corners or in parkins. 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