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PROPER DILING
IS ESSENTIAL
Mlanta Manager of Oakland
Company Talks Interestingly
on Lubrication.
"Just at this time thorp is much be
ing said and written <>n the subject of
lubrication.' says L. F. Smith, manager
of the Oakland Motor Company, "but
the advice given is too general to he
followed with any satisfying results.
The average novice knows that a mo
tor must have oil, and plenty of it, but
how to supply and apply the oil in the
most effective way the novice and also
the general public are unable to say.
"Perfect lubrication is the best in
surance against a wornout motor and
trouble in general. How to obtain that
degree of perfection, however, is a
problem which even some manufactur
ers have failed to solve. The oiling sys
tem employed by the Oakland Motor
Company Is the original invention of
this company, and Is one of the many
distinctive features of the Oakland car.
This system 1s so arranged that it takes
cere of itself, provided the owner will
supply the reservoir with good oil. This
feature means much, particularly to the
man buying his first car.
"This system might truthfully be
called a combination splash and force
feed. The oil is supplied from a one
and a half gallon aluminum oil re
serve which is integral with the crank
case proper, located in the forward
end nf the left side of the case At
tached to the cover of thia reservoir
Is the oil screen and oil pump. The
oil pump is of the plunger type and is
operated by a cam driven by worm
gear from the cam shaft. The stroke
of this pump is regulated simply and
easily, by an adjusting lock nut tn Hie
outside of oil reserve cover. This
pump forces the oil through the sight
feed, which 1s located on the dash.
"Only new oil flows through the sight,
therefore the glas» Is never darkened j
by old oil. From the sight I lie oil Is ,
led to the center bearing of the motor. (
from which It overflows to the oil pan
In the bottom of the motor. Into which
the connecting rod. specially designed,
dips or reservoir splashes, thoroughlv
lubricating all parts
"By means of leads or grooves mi the
side of the crank ease provision is
made to prevent an accumulation of oil
at ay one point and equalize the quan
tity supplied to the pockel - . thus Ihe
oil Is instant!} working forward in the
motor, and oc-h connecting rod gets an
equal dip nnd • II co: il conditions.
A constant -ap|.i\ of n<‘\> oil to the
hearing.-, regulated < asilj at will, ab
solut I' a.-, ur !>o. lite lubrication
w ho':i Ik ~'<■! o n o'.lng.
•"I'lb oil in: v i ’ > e’.ilated from one
drip r 50 r,wo 'aliens of tin motor
t<> ary number of drops or a stead}
stii-am as may be d'siied. By re
moving the plugs from the basin the
«»il bvel may be ascertained without
removing the oil pan In the center
of eneh pocket in the oil pun a settling
ba-in plug is provided for cleaning out
the pan.'
LOUD SIGNALS FOR
AUTOMOBILES NOW
LAW IN CINCINNATI
"Signs of the times" come from Cin
cinnati. Ohio, and all motorists will tie
Interested in the news to the effect that
the old ordinance In that city prohibit
ing the use nf all warning signals on
automobiles other than the ancient
hand bulb born has been repealed.
Directly reversing Its former stand,
the city now provides that all cars must
be equipped with a device sufficiently
powerful to put forth a distinct and ab
rupt warning signa! loud enough to be
heard above all traffic noise
It Is interesting to note that the new
order of things follows the lead taken
by Chicago. St. Louis and Newark,
where the Increased number of acci
dents under the old regime pointed the
way to modern legislation even at the
expense of a minor scare to the average
pedestrian
It is a case of being scared out of the
path of the on-coming car or In all
probability being injured or maimed. It
would seem.
Cities have come to realize that the
former is, after all. the better way out
LITTLE HUPP MAKES
RECORD TIME FROM
DETROIT TO CHICAGO
What Is said to be the fastest run ever
made from Detroit to Chicago In a ear of
less than 10-horsepower was accom
plished by Howard Watrous and law
rence Barry in Hupmobile "No. SB," one
of the first 20-horsepower cars manufac
tured by the Hupp Motor Car company
The official time was IS hours and 15
minutes, breaking Watrous' former rei
ned made a few weeks ago bv nearly three
hours.
The pair left Detroit at 4 ant Satur
day. the starting time being stamped by
H. I Manning, clerk at the I’ontchartram
hotel When they drove up to the Schillo
Motor Sales company, 1420 Michigan ave
nue, the time stamped by Charles W
Root, chairman of the contest committee
of the Chicago Motor club, was 5:15 p m
The speedomeier showed mib-s
The first hundred miles was made in a
blinding ram storm and took up nearly
six hours nf the running time
■>ulside the remarkable time made ai
'meresting feature of the pi rformsn-<
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Transcontinental Truck Found
Unhurt Despite Its Severe
Journey.
Upon arrival from Petaluma, Cal.,
where It terminated the first trans
continental haul of merchandise In his
tory, the Alco truck of Charles W.
Young & Co., of Philadelphia, will be
returned direot to service, according
to an announcement from its owners.
The truck was in operation for
months before undertaking the 4,145-
mile trip across the nation. Despite
the strain to which it was subjected,
the vehicle will go back on duty with
out the rebuilding process that is gen
erally thought necessary after a jour
ney of such length under terrific con
ditions.
"I am informed that the truck suc
cessfully weathered the stress of bad
roads and camo through in good
shape," says C. W. Young. “Word
from the crew, after a mechanical In-
Hon. is to the effect that the truck
is tit for service just as It stands. We
will use it to a considerable extent In
long-uistance hauling to outlying towns
in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Del
a wa re."
The I’incinnati Automobile Club com
pane ba ■ been Incorporated with a capi
ta! of $25,000 to operate a social club for
the purpose of advancing the interests of
motorists generally.
Tin Studebaker Corporation of Detroit
has placed an order with the I lean Elec
tric company of Elyria, Ohio, for 45.000
• lei trlc horns This is the largest order
for horns ever placed at one time.
\ new motorcycle club has been organ
iz.d In Yakima. Wash. It will be affil
ui ted with the F A. M.
X Motor Trucks
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'n bigger load —one-third the time
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Saving Two Hours Out Os
Every Three
Did you ever time a team of horses And the Alco truck not only doe#
to determine how long it takes them it for one mile but all day long. *t+
to chver a distance ot one mile.- hours in the dav if necessary. A horse
Xon will be surprised. And if thev liecomes less and less efficient each mile
are hauling tour goods ton will be be covers. At the end of the tint he
more than surprised. tires rapidly.
We have held a watch manv times But an Alco truck marches on as
on horses and on our Alco motor speedily al the end of the dav as at
trucks, and we find it takes three times the beginning. It never tires,
as long tor a team ot horses to go Mechanical or motor trarisporta
over a mile as it does one of our I ion should interest every horse owner
♦ ruck'. in Atlanta ami an Alco truck is
An Alco truck, partieularlv the 3*2 the quickest and most satisfying means
♦on capacity model, makes I'2 miles <»♦ getting acquainted with it.
an horn five minutes pi-r mile and W rite lodav tor a I'ransportation
with a full load aboard. F.xpert to call on v ou.
Ako Truck* are built by the American Locomotive Company
COLE MOTOR COMPANY OF GEORGIA
Distributors also of Alco 6-cyhnder and 4-cyhnder Motor Cars.
239 Peachtree Street. ‘v-w-f Phone Ivy 799
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PHILADELPHIA MAN
USES AUTOMOBILE
TO LIFT ELEVATOR
In Philadelphia one garage manager
In building an addition to his place of
business has made use of his touring
car to operate an elevator.
When the problem arose es hoisting
bricks ami mortar to the upper floors a
rope wa-’ attached to the elevator,
passed over suitable pulleys at the top
and bottom and secured to the rear
axle of the car. Tn raise the elevator
the car Is run about 60 feet, this being
sufficient to bring the elevator Io the
second floor
The Intervals at which the hoisting is
done call for about three or four hours
of work from the car each day, but in
spite of the strenuousness bf-this hoist
ing the ear is apparently none the worse
for wear.
Only about five gallons of gasoline
are used in three days for this purpose,
and the manager claims he is saving
himself In the neighborhood of S6O a
week in labor. The car is said to do lite
work of about five hod cat/iers and
saves the additional annoyance of
handling this many men.
At night the automobile is unhitched
In a minute and stands ready to take
the garage manager to his residence.
Not inftoquently It is called upon to
do num. rims errands during the daj.
Altogether it is a very busy auloino
bile t and a splendid example of what a
modern, reliable motor ear can stand.
The F. B Stearns company, of Cleve
land, Ohio, has just copyrighted a new
trademark It is a 3-inch metal figure of
a knight fastened to the radiator of all
Stearns-Knight cars, w ith the wording
"Stearns-Knight" on the pedestal on
which the knight stands •
DAWSON AND SHUART
REINSTATED BY THE
A.A.A.CONTEST BOARD
At a meeting of the contest board
held at A. A. A. national headquarters,
consideration was given the applica
tions for reinstatement to good stand
ing of Joseph c. Dawson, registered
racing driver, and of his manager, C. E.
Shuart, of Indianapolis, both of whom
were automatically disqualified under
rule 58 of the 1912 contest rules for
Dawson’s driving a five-mile exhibi
tion at an unsanetioned race meeting
at Memphis. Tenn., on July 4 last.
A thorough investigation served to
convince the board of the absence of
any intent to violate the contest rules
on the part of either Dawson or Shuart,
but that heir participation was prima
rily due to a lack or care In failing to
definitely ascertain from authentic
sources whether or not such meeting
bad been properly sanctioned by the
A. A, A. It was the feeling of the
board that Dawson’s having been re
fused permission to compete at vari
ous sanctioned events since the date of
his infraction of the rules was suffi
cient punishment under the circum
stances. and Messrs Dawson and Shu
art were reinstated to good standing.
The first funeral procession composed
exclusively of motor cars ever held in the.
District of Columbia was that of Paul
Peek, the aviator, who was killed by a
fall from his biplane in Chicago.
A motorcycle police patrol system is to
be inaugurated in Fargo. N. D. officers
will patrol all sections of the city.
YOUNG MEN WIN
OT SUCCESS
President of Overland Plants
Picks Young Blood as
Lieutenants.
This is an era of young men John
North Willys, jpiaker of Overland motor
ears, has proven it beyond doubt.
Willys Is a firm believer in young
men and young blood. He is young
himself so far as years are concerned.
As to experience and success, he is as
old as Methuselah. He is but 38 years
old. When he assumed charge of the
Wlllys-Ovei land Company he was only
-34 years of age.
Willys has surrounded himself with
young men—men who are looking for
ward, not backward: men who have
pinned their star of hope in the firma
ment and who have not hidden their
lights under a bushfl.
Young blood begets enthusiasm, and
enthusiasm begets Success
peeps out from every brick and crevice
in the Overland plant at Toledo.
From the administrative department
down through the sales department,
purchasing, advertising, manufacturing,
accounting, young blood predominates.
It runs through the executive offices
and ove:flows into the factory. You see
it everywhere.
There's no blue blood in tile Willys
organization—nothing but healthy red
corpuscles. Blue bloods don't go with
Willys—they belong to the horse shows
and Fifth avenue.
So with Willys at the helm and young
blood and enthusiasm surrounding him.
it’s no wonder the success germs have
multiplied and prosp-red in the Over
land organization.
REORGANIZATION IN
COLE MOTOR CAR CO.
OFFICIALS EFFECTED
INDIANAPOLIS. IND.. Oct. s.—Charles
P Henderson, who has been handling the
sales of the. Cole Motor Car Company for
the past three years, will leave the Cole
about October 25, to join the recently
organized Henderson Motor Car Company.
Homer McKee, director of advertising
for the Cole, retains that position, and
moves into ttie post of assistant to the
president. In conjunction with President
,1. .1. Cole. McKee will have jurisdiction
over (he sales and advertising policy. The
Motoring
" 1 Near The
I (OB I J Pacific
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A rCa l motor enthusiast will
never know the highest de
lights of the sport until he
enters the golden State of
California and joins in the
“Motor Pasear.” This new
and interesting motoring event
. is the delight of hundreds of
progressive motorists. In the
October number of
tt. s Your Mtet.
Magazine you will see vividly illustrated
dealer and interestin g l y told the trip through the
fertile orange groves and the desolate, but
For prismatically be utiful, Mojave desert with
its fantastic Joshua trees.
Motor. You will be take through the wonderfully
rugged beauties of the Western passes and
? the mountain lakes of the Sierras; the
It S Just canyons, the natural tunnels—and over the
route of the eighteen million dollar motor
Out highway now being constructed.
Don't miss this- great article in October
Motor. Your newsdealer has it—it’s just
off the press—get it to-day.
M<sß>R I
381 Fourth Avenue, New York City
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Cole organization has just announced the
appointment of five district sale?, man
agers: J. R. Moler, C. J. Corkhill, G. H.
Strout, E. C. Frady and W. L. Colt. Each
of these district sales managers has been
apportioned a territory. Each will act
in his respective territory the same as a
general sales manager.
Secretary and Treasurer J. Frank Mor-
Now—you can afford a Ford.'
The price is within easy
reach-—down to where the
man who has to count his
dollars must count his time
of small account—if he does
not drive a Vanadium-built
Ford.
Rqnabout - - - - $525
Touring Car - - - 600
Town Car - - - 800
These new prices, f. o. b. Detroit, with all
equipment. An early order will mean
an early delivery. Get particulars from
Ford Motor Company, 311 Peachtree
street. Atlanta, or direct from Detroit
factory.
C A DILL AC
STEINHAUER & WIGHT
228-230 Peachtree St. Ivy 2233
Touring Car >
‘*‘■4o** Touring Car-1 wo sizes
“6 Tourin^Car» six cylinder
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rison of the Cole force has been gh er
executive command over the sales off-re
force. He will be assisted in his financial
and secretary work by John Murphv
Barton Wright.
C. P. Henderson has made himself
factor in the motor car industry rlu r i n »
his three years of successful co-onerai ~
with the Cole family.