The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 16, 1920, Page 7

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1929. ‘This ts the story of a claw taken from the third toe of left hind foot of a black Rocky Mountain Dear. Such a claw & the prixe pomes sion of Otto Loesche, who, driving a @asy winner in the annual Pike's Peak hill climb on Labor day. When Ot and his Lexington Spe. ial thundered up to the starting Tine on the day of the big race, a forest ranger rode up to Ot's car. Reaching down from his mount, the Fanger hung the bear's claw, strung on a string, about Loesche's neck and sald: thru a winner, The Indians set a heap of truth in about a bear claw for luck Of course, Ot Loesch, like most Face drivers, isn't at all supersti Yous! A week before the race he Wook after a jack rabbit and shot it that he might get a “left hind foot” to carry with him. So rather than lose this charmed bear's claw, Ot removed it from about his neck and tucked it care fully away tn an inside pocket. Loesche forgot about the bear Claw until he had crossed the line, 12% miles away—and a mile higher 22 minutes and 25 lat Al Cline, driving the other Lexing ton Special, finished In less than six @econds after Loeache, winning sec- ond place against the big field of ‘entries. “E tell you Al” said Ot to his fellow driver after the race, “I guess the bear's claw must be the strong. -Park-to-Par _ Tourists See * Queer Sights He iH it places In its course, brings tention of tourists the mem- of a Pike, In Colorado is Pike's oi } Hu e as ee And he led the pace in an outlaw crew. Sure on the trigger, he stayed to the end, But in life there was only one George W. Pike.” ‘The snow-crowned peak in Colo Fado and the stone-marked resting place of the cow puncher in Wyo ming are but mile posts tn the chang ing life of the West, which will throb with the pulwe of a more intensified humanity when better roads are es tablished. The official party dedicating the highway, which is 5,590 miles long. letf Denver August 26, and will have completed the tour November 9, aft @ 16 days’ travel. The close of the feur will mark the announcement o: & road-bullding campaign by the Na- ema) Park to-Park Highway associa tion, the National Park Service and Yhe American Automobile associa tion, involving $100,000,000 for hard eurfacing this wonder highway, at p mt made up laraely of dirt roads, ‘The program will be outlined in a road convention, in Denver, Novem- ber 11 to 13, under the auspices of the National Parkto-Park Highway association, of which Gus Holmes, Of | 5 Cody, Wyo., in president. GOOD ROADS COST EACH AUTOIST $75 A YEAR OAKLAND, Oct. 9—Automobile engineers here have figured out that | for every mile of highway in the United States equal to the demands of automobile traffic, each motor ve- | hicle owner pays $75 a year in taxes. Last year motorists paid a total of $183,000,000 in taxes. There are| 2,500,000 miles of highway, improved ‘and unimproved, in the country, MEXICO COMING UP IN AUTO PURCHASES | In the last eight years Mexico has | taken a total of 11,145 passenger | cars and 2,330 trucks from the United | States. That country is one of the foremost Latin-American customers for automobiles, exports this year | exceeded only by those to Cuba, Ar- | gentine and Brazil, NEW YORK, Oct. 16-—Reginald Ford, the “mail king of France,” who came here last year to promote | bridge building in Rumania, ts eal f@eain, this time with a project to Undersell Henry Ford, of Detroit, ‘who in no relative, in the Ford auto | mobile parts market. He is an En @iixhman by birth and became a [madllonaire at 2a, Lexington Special, romped home an | “Take this, son, and you'll come | AUTOM or. that claw I looked for an oppor tunity to give you the rabbit's foot. But I could not get to you “I did the next best thing, carried both bear's claw and rabbit's foot | with me and we finished one and | two.” Care With With the end of summer, autumn} brings about a set of conditions| thelr old] which demand special care of the/more than ne automobile, But important atten tien, which should be given to an/ auto by every motorist in the fall | months, ts largely overlooked. | The cooler weather of the fall | months causes grease and ol! trou bles in many cases. The grease and oll congeal and thicken until their | tubs ng value is greatly reduced lsometimes blocking up lubrication system. Accordingly, drivers should inspect occasionally all parts of the mechaniem where grease and oll |may get clogged. A lighter grade | of off shoulf be used in the motor jto avoid the thickening tendency | Also it should be drained out now and then, when the supply ts low, so that an entirely new supply x | }be put in | Service men also advise special at j tention for the battery. During the cold months, an engine ts harder to | start and the drain on the battery | is greater than in summer. More over, the long periods of darkness demand more power for the lights.) All this rewults In weakened bat: | terien, but if they are kept filled} with distilled water, and recharged occasionally, trouble will be avoided. | Some drivers, at the end of a/ strenuous summer season, may say, “Oh, well, I'll be putting the bus up| for the winter soon. and maybe get | ‘Typifying the history and romance |" overhauled.” This attitude some | outs do not ocour in the summer, loneer days of the West, the Na-| times means hard wear on the car,| hence tire preasure needs Watching Park-to-Park highway, at two| 4nd bills which could have been pre | On warm autumn days. A spare tire | may prove a friend in need on an} vented if the driver had only been a little more considerate of hie car. Tho proper use of the carburetor .|Suggestion for Making Corners Fast ‘The altest trvention tn the auto- world would seem to be a boon to mpeedsters who are kept |from taking corners at 60 miles an |hour only by the fear of el |apitied. But it is not Intended for them. It is planned for the racer, the ambulance, fire truck, “hurry up” wagon and other motor vehicles |that must get to their destinations in the quickest possible time, but are delayed by every corner they turn, It's the gyroscope idea applied to the automobile, This instrument which has been brought to marve) ous perfection by the Sperry broth ers of Brooklyn, N. Y., is now being used on airplanes and ships to con. siderable advantage. It acts as a stabilizer and has been found to be! the best opposing force to gravity | that has yet been discovered. | Since this is being done success. | |fully with airplanes and ships, why not make it work with the auto mobile? The idea is to set a gyro- |acope on the radiator, and one or |two others on the top. When the| automobile turns a corner, it will| lean over to the side it turns, while | the gyroscopes on it will revolve in| the opposite direction, thus neutral zing the force of gravity that is trying to tip the machine. eM No matter how fast the machine | goes on a straight road, it can take | the corner at the same rate of speed, because the faster the ma-| chine goes the faster does the gyro: |scope revolve and the more effect ive is its neutralizing power against gravity. Even with the machine turning the corner on two wheels and 30 degrees from horizontal, those gyroscopes will lean over and bring the car back to vertical. NOT MANY AUTOS OUTSIDE U. S.|| Out of the 10,000,000 automo biles in the world, only 2,000,000 || are outside the United States, | The country that comes near est us in the number of motor vehicles, is Canada, with about 270,000 machines! This in the figure reached by the federal bu- reau of foreign and domestic com merce, according to latest reports from that and other countries. For other nations, the figures are: United Kingdom ..... France + 145,000 || 101,900 18,000 15,000 14,500 14,000 After that ranger handed me, ‘Autumn Demands Special | | Ot Loesche and Al Cline are not Professional race drivers, To defeat such stars of the racing world as competed at Pike's Peak calls for this receipt, according to Ot I “A Lexington car, a be a true eye, a ateady hand nerve to give ‘er the gun™ | Automobile “choke” ts another .very tmportant | item, This should not be used any sary, for beat sulta, Serv xperta recommend that the ke" should be moved back to normal position by the time a car has run a quarter of a mille. A rather common autumn fault is allowed the water in the cooling ay tem to run low, This causes loms of power and damage to the motor. Not only should a radiator be kept filled with water, in fall as well as summer, but this water should be drainedtout and changed frequently The fan belt also should be kept property adjuated to keep the cool ing system right Some motorists suppone that unt versal joints, shackles, steering con nections and variou bearings need & great deal less lubrication during epol weather, When this supposi tlon f¥ carried too far, considerable | minor damages may result, even to} the best of autos. At the end of| summer, exposed joint, where dust may have penetrated the grease, should be examined and cleaned | The presence of dust both clogs the) lubrication and grinds the metal. = | Fall rains, rewulting in alippery roads and pavements, may take « driver unawares with brakes in poor condition. Frakes should be inupect ed at a service tation to be sure of greater mafety. Carbon deposits need to be watched for, All blow re Indian summer fone Another impottant factor ts tmt| more shabbylooking cars appear tn/| autumn than in any other season Dust, mud stains and grease are more frequently allowed to get by in the fall. This is expecially bad, decanse the finikh will be ruined if the dirt ts allowed to remain for sev- eral weeks, PROPOSALS WILL HE RECHIVED by the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, Navy Depart . Washington, D. until 10 o'clock Oct. 29, 1930, for delivering oe, and until 10 o'clock a November 2, 1920, for deliver- hose and frigging leather to . Puget Sound, ‘of proposals to the ‘avy Yard. Puget Sound, Wash. or to the Bureau of Supplies and “Accounts, SAMUEL McGOWAN, Paymaster General of the Navy 10-4-20 CIRCULAT NO. G3—SEALED PRO- canis will be received at the of- jee of General Purchasing Agent, | Alaska Engineering Commission. 422 Bell Street Terminal, Seattic, Wash. not later than 11/00 a». m., October 1920, for furnishing grocerios 4 provisions. Copies of this circular “may obtained | this office | upon application at from Alaskan General Pure! “SECTION 36--It shall be un- lawful to operate such motor ve- hicles as are fully equipped with pneumatic tires without having attached to such vehicles In a CONSPICUOUS PLACE « SPEED- OMETER that will accurately INDICATE AT ALL TIMES the speed at which such vehicles are being operated.” Stewart Speedometers Are Accurate Ja ant A GOOD BICYCLE Coste a whole lot leas than &@ poor one when actu service is co: sidered, THE DAYTON Is a good Bi- cycle-and will prove the cheapest tn the long run—we can prove itt TERMS TO SUIT CxGRe CO, Racers Superstitious? 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Secure your copy now. They are free on request, Apply to Railroad Ticket Agents for Informa. routes, “The Gardner,” saye Mr. Cheatham, “can only be such as mine and demonstrat- the riding qualities and de- stopping or turning. or children. and hauls a trailer for freight. It in maid the truck makes the 32-mile run on «ix gallons of gasoline with a full | ‘The war department has sent 35,- 996 surplus motor vehicles to France since the mistice. ening of the ar- FOUR 1 ‘Company Makes Change in Policy) soc 1» and proprietors, 100 newspaper editors representing the In line with their policy of the “bent things for their customers,” the Fre-| Southern California Editorial Arsoct ric Co. have become tho | ation, at its recent annual conven nd distributers of the fa |tion in Low Angeles, en. ine-pasted U, 8. L, storage |the distinction of being — thi batterten, Having given this battery a thoro|an official tour of the new rubber |firet large body of viritors to make investigation, Mr. Charles Anderson, | works and cotton mil) of the Good manager, does not hesitate to recom-|year Tire and Rubber mend it for use on all makes of cars, California. particularly for the grueling wervice| ‘The visit of the editors to the tire & battery receives on Ford cara, All| tuctory was part of a rapid survey Ford owners should be very much in-|of the city arranged by the Cham terested in this product for relief | per of Commerce. Furniture mak from storage battery grief. putes peoduetinn Mr. Anderson cally special atten tion to the free testing feature of the establishment on any and all makes bs which: the. Garteas! dad anould | of batteries. One of the most com- ery of public opinion were & plete battery repair and generator | comprehensive glimpse in & | Plants in the elty is to be found the Fremont Electric Co. to ay |o¢ tn, | nothing of the full line of all acces- | | series always kept up to date, | company of motion lis tour 1 tl that consumed practically one-third ¢ entite convention program. Following an inspection of |Hawthorne furniture factory, whic ACCEPT ‘DEVIL MACHINE? |in ‘vc sears the cey's ia sno BUT NOT PHONOGRAPH trial district, the editors were whisked Talking machines are still barred | pans to Universa out thru Hollywood and Cahuenga City to see motion from the homes of members of the | pictures in the making. After a Ol Order branch of the Breth glimpse behind the scenes there, cut church, at Logansport, Ind. But the |ting diagonally across the city to automobile is accepted. Some mem etors Visit Goodyear Factory its farthest south tern boundary, the big party was met at the ene trance of the tire factory by mem~ bers of the company’s “Flying Squadron,” a group of men trained to perform afl the operations in tire aking, who acted as guides, The visitors, in groups of from five to ten, each ite “fying: squadron” guide, explained all the intr jes of rubber working and tire-bullding, made a lengthy inspee= tion of the tre plant and then were taken on @ tour of the company’s cotton mill, where fabric for millions of tires & woven from Sarival The editors were greatly im with the magnitude of the plant and the ponderous, intricate machinery used in tiremakings They were no less interested in the cotton mill, wh cotton spinning? 1 weaving is t seen tor ther firet tin Pacific on @ large scale on the) Coast, PATUS, Oct. 16—The Parts mari ket for automobiles has broken. 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