Evening Star Newspaper, August 22, 1926, Page 60

{OCKIES ARE RICH N SCENIC MARVELS Tourist Will Find Much to Lure Him on Journey to Mountain Region. R, August 21.—The Rocky Mountain region furnishes scenic wonders in great profusion. Approaching from the Fast the mo- torist crosses sandy wastes or great clay beds in the Dakotas and through the great plains ot Kansas and Nebraska. The Bad Lands of North Dakota are great stretches of sand without ~ vegetation. while in the southern State the Rad Lands con- tinue in large fields of gumbo clay. The latter are unlike the prairies in that they do not roll gracefully, but are flat and cut here and there with jagged lines. The Black Hills of South Dakota were the setting for the adventures of s old-time frontiersmen. including Wild Bill Hickok. sheriff of Deadwood, and Deadwaod Dick. Here also is the Homestake gold mine at Lead, S Dak.. which was discovered 50 years ago and still yields $6,000,000 a ‘vear. Yellowstone Park Lures. Yellowstone Park is included within | Wyoming and at this seagon attracts with all ite glories. Roads for private cars traverse tha park and special tours and other accommodations make its wonders available to all. Wyoming aleo is notewart cattle ranges and “dude ranches" where tenderfeet are initiated into the “great outdoors,” and rough it in comparative luxury unknown to the oldef gettlors of the country. Once in Colorndo, there is a bewil- dering choice of historic and scenic &pots ranging from the Grand Canon | to mountain ranges, but none of them urder 3.330 feet above sea level Denver itself is a city of contraste. A morning game of tennie in balmy | weather may be followed by a skiing | party on glaciers ahove the city in afternoon. Pikes Peak. rising to 14,100 feet above sea level, commands the entire §tate, and eerved as a guide post in the gold rush of 49 to California, and In *39 to ¢ 1n. Mountain Park on Route. Rocky Mountain National Park is entered through Estes Park, 75 miles north of Denver. Here Lord Dun- raven, who recently died in England, entertained his British friends while the Utes and Arapahoe Indians still disputed the invasion by white men. The first apartment house dwellers are commemorated in Monte Verde National Park. in southwestern Colo- rado. where their cliff dwellings, the largest containing 200 rooms, still re- main Col. W les in a am F. (Buffalo Bil) Cody rock tomb blasted out of Lookout Mountain at a &pot where he | often etood watching for the smoke | signale of the Utes. Clear Creek Canon and others nearby vetain their evidences of the gold rush fever, twhile scattered throughout the Colarado Rockies are more tkan 1.000 mineral springs. CARE OF THE REPAIRS. Bebored Cylinders Require More Cautious Breaking-in. Breaking in a car cvlinder block requires life of the engine is to Le considered. It is a more difficult task than break. ing in a brand-new 'engine, becau factory precision is not available in the average run of repair shops and there is not such a wide assortment of parts to select from. The chance: 1 an oversize piston that s a trifle too we £hould be borne in mind. The tight piston, combined with the owner's mistaken idea that the car is all ready for hard work, may be sufficient to score a cylinder end spoil the job. with a rebored skill if the v for its | E _SUNDAY YOUR CAR and MINE A Weekly Department of Helpfulness, Information and Entertainment for Motor Car Owners. An easy clutch and a hard driver maketh an optimistic repairer. A Word for Courtesy. All motérists are not discourteous at all times. Their discourtesy, however, nearly always gets promi- nent display, while courtesy nearly always goes unrecorded. A Washing- ton embryonic motorist, practicing to take his test befors the examiners of ihe traffic bureau, relates an incident that gives a reverse twist to the usual situation. R The courtésus motorist in question | had entered his car and was ready to drive away when the tyro drove up alongelde in the correct position for |a demonstration of backing-in park- ing. The situation obviously was one that might make the average ex- periencaq Ariver anxious to gét to a safer place, but Mot g0 the courteous | motorist. With his motor already running, | he waited while the beginner's car | backed slowly into the vacant space behind—a perfect demonstration aided tremendously by the marked consid- eration the veteran had shown for the neophyts. When the new car | wae safely parked, the machiné ahead slipped out from the curb, its owner responsible for a néw motorist's un- | wavering faith in the courtesy of his fellow highway users. Making Speed Comfortable. In all fairness to the products of American automobile factories .it is demonstrations, should aveid the com- istake of testing a car's speed epping on the gas for a brief Almost any car will seem to going uncomfortably fast at 43 and over under such conditions. A gpeed test should be made gradu- ally. It isn't o much a matter of al- lowing the engine to adjust itself to a wide-open throttle as it {8 to give the driver himself a chance to acclimate himself to the experience of seeing the | world fly by. Frequently during a demonstration prospective buyers will step on the gas in places wheré 35 miles an hour would be too great a speed for conditions. Obviously the car does not seem to take high speed comfortably. or a real speed test, select a g0od road, well paved and free from trafe. Drive along at 30 miles an hour, grad- ually increaging the speed until the car is running reasonably fast. A moderate downgrade offers the oppor- tunity to add 5 to 10 miles an hour to the car's speed without forcing the engine. Then when the car is rolling along at a smart clip and the speed is in keeping with road conditions, step on the gas a little more. Under such conditions any car will seem to take the high speeds with far lese effort. That is because the driver is becoming accustomed to higher speed and road conditions permit it. Panama Cows Victorious. TUnrestricted ufe of the highwayve and freedom from such burdensome appurtenances as bells, tail lights and other similar warning devices has been assured cows of the Panama Canal Zone by a recent ruling of the District Court. This important legal victory of the bovine sorority was scoréd when the court dismissed the suit of a motorist who alleged that he had been injured and his automobile damaged when he drove into an unlighted cow on the highway. In bringing suit against the Panama Railroad Con., owner of the cow, the driver alleged the company was negli- gent “in allowing the cow to stay upon the highway in a negligent and un- lawful manner, without attendants or other means of warning vehicles law- fully using euch highway, and, sec- ond, that said cow was not equipped with any warning devices in the na- ture of a bell, head or tail lights.” Dismissing the suit, the court ruled that the plaintiff had failed to prove the cow wag an unlawful ebstrudtion and added that there is no law in the Canal Zone requiring animals on the highways to be equipped with any of ToGiveYourCaraBeautiful Finish Steelcote is made especially for the man who ‘wants to paint his own car. It is easy to apply, flows on smoothly, and is self-levelling, leaving no brush marks or streaks. One coat does the work and no finishing varnish is necessary. Steelcote dries overnight. Contains Real Rubber ‘The rubber that is blended into Steelcote pro- ducesa finish that is as permanent and durable as a baked enamel job. Sun and wind, ice and snow, even road oil and acid, do not affect fts lustre. It is elastic and withstands the constsnt jolts, jars and vibrations that cause ordinary brittle paints to crack and chip. One quart The pure para rubber. used in Steekcote makes covers a small or medium size car. Comes in six- teen attractive colors. Sold by Crosstown “Auto &apols ‘Co. 1904, P':D:A? e 3o atlo Fod AR LW Manhattan RURAL Walter W. Fairchild Damascus. Md Wm. A. Chapman K@.’\!h\fl(‘n”}(fl The Wheaton Segrice Sta. Wheaton. Md B. Benl} ton, Md. w. Brookevilla Gar N Brookeville. M arage and Cy Acces 17068 7th St. N.W. National Tire Service Co. 1220 Other enna. ATH Denekas & ot 8610 Gaorgin Ave roa. Bathesda. Md. Bordette Motor_ Co. o sburg. ) rews_Co. N Dealers Write for Attractive Proposition Dist. Rep., L. E. Edgecumbe, 2912 26th N.E., Washington Potomac 3152-W By WILLIAM ULLMAN. the devices which the motorist missed 80 sorely. When Low’s Too Low. STAR. WASHINGTON, head -is removed, if care is taken in_removing the gasket. Yes, kerosene has a solvent action on carbon and should be put into the cylinders in teaspoonful quantities when it is hot and allowed to remain over night. No, the oil level indicator does not tell the exact amount of oil in the crankcase. It registers water and gasoline content, too. Where the Money Goes. Charges of waste and mismanage- ment of funds derived from motor vehicle taxes fade into ohscurity D. C, AUGUST 22, lieve. There are now more than a quarter of a million miles of im- If only a thou- 1926—PART 3. 2 A device clutch “clutch brake” is a braking intended to slow down the when _the and by not insieting on too much ac- celeration. COOL MOTORS RESULT proved highways. sand dollars a mile is vearly by America’s 20,000,000 automobiles, more than a third of the tax funds will be wiped out, leaving a serious shortage of money for the develop- ment of new roads and the further improvement of those already listed as improved. Always polish the head of the en- gine when removing it to clean out carbon. expended | clutch to efface the wear inflicted vided match 4. A Fact Worth Remembering. strikes A polished head is proof 5 released from is to facilitate gear shifting. 3. The firing order of a six or eight evlinder engine can be changed pro- changed. camshaft so the plate attached to the door jam on which the door is closed. An engine does not develop more or clutch plates or plates have the flywheel. Overheating, the motorist is begin- FROM CAREFUL DRIVING | ning to aiscover, does not start with actual hoiling over of the radiator The temperature of the radiator al- (Continued from Fifth Page.) ways is lower than any other part of R ~ | the cooling system, and it registers tardily accordingly. Many engines ire overheated much of the time with. * out their owners knowing sxaetly over a steep hill | what Is wrong. is to shift to second promptiy and| If the temperature of the engine run fast. On level ground the trick | does not seem to be satisfactoryy it is is to get the speed of the car up to a |Wwse to follow the experience of point where the machine will roll free. | others and to consider some phases 1y and require less gas per suction|of driving. stroke of each piston to propel it. (Copyrieh been This valve action also is This means changing the that valve action will spark timing “door striki likely to burn the clutch plates and cause slipping, which, in turn, causes | overheating The coolest way the is the name to the catch on the door and by which it is held when 1026 ) only right that motorists, in taking | Some low gears are entirely too low Where this is the case it is a positive assistance to the engine and particularly to the clutch, universals and pinion gear to start in second gear, except A clutch is essentially a friction device and it is better to over- starting than to shock the whole drive line into clutch plates are less expensive than new for ordinary use. transmission, on upgrades. work the clutch a a state of wreckage. rear ends. Setting You Straight. Yes, In steam cooling a pump is and used. It keeps steam circulating. both No, it .is not necessary to use a gasket every time a cylinder new re. little in when it is realized that 28,152 miles of highwa; were improved during the past year. Total motor vehicle taxes for 1925, including $100,000,000 in personal property levies, reached the figure of $666,944,344.98, Assum- ing that all of the moneys derived from all forms of motor vehicle taxes were applied to road building, the improvement was effected at the rate of §28,000 a mile. Large amounts of the taxes, of course, are not applied to road build- ing, or even to road maintenance, but to offset this there are the spe-’ cial forms of road-building financing. The tax total is enormous when con sldered separately, but considered in the light of road progress it is plainly evident that funds are not being diverted quite as seriously as the super-ctitic would have one be- against too ‘hasty collection of new | carbon deposit. The smoother the inside of the combustion chamber the less carbon will gather. Some well constructed engines car fron pistons with small depre driled in their centers. This to balance the pistons, but the de- pressions offer pockets for the col- lection of carbon. Now You Have It! (Answers to Last Week's Questions.) 1. An ejector tvpe of exhaust mani- fold is an arrangement wherel the manifold is made up of separate pipes extending into each other in such a way that the exhaust gases from any | , thereby exhausting all gases quicke | | E “CHRYSLER 50 power exhausting straight into the alr than when supplied with a good exhaust system. At some speeds it { does not develop as much power as when_equipped with a very conven- tional exhaust arrangement (Covyricht. 1826.) Servicing Is Necessary. Thoughtful owners of used cars will see that their property goes to the service station for the particular make regularly during the first thou sand miles or so of service, even for no other reason than to be sure that everything is seceiving proper atten tion. Owners of mew cars are learn ing the value of trouble prevention in car care, but the idea needs to be tended to ownership of used cars well is_also important to remember that when a quantity of gas is being | drawn into the engine in dribs, itl tends to cool the intake manifold and intake valve. In normal running the | cooler these parts are the less pre heating of the gas vapor there will be. The engine will have more snap and power, which means less over. heating. Many AUTO REPAIRING ALL MAKES Flint, Hudson and Gardner SERVICE A SPECIALTY T. J. CAMFIELD Rear 1118 13th St. NNW. Main 5917 Tires and Accessories ers = the op tunity to keep their enffines cooler hy aec- celerating intermittently. 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