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SANITARIUMIN
MACHINESHOP
Men at Work on Magnetizers
Are Said To Be»Benefited by
* Electrical Effect.
In the bustle.4noi.sle and seeming tur
nl„.i of a machine shop one would hard
expect to findta sanitarium located.
Yet one does findl miniature health re
sorts in every large factory
;■ the land. Thereife one operation in
-lie construction of ivu automobile which
~, its health-giving qualities has the
el ,,tric footpads and',such like para
. relegated to rank second
placers. Men who change magnets for
in magnetos undiergo an electri
treatment during working
time that is little short -of wonderful
in its results.
In one of the largest automobile fac
tories—that of the Ford Motor Com
pani four men are kept constantly at
■ms work. Shop superintendents and
foremen who have watched the differ
ent men employed on the magnetizers
hsvc been astounded by the changes
observed.
So well known has the healthful
qualities of this work become that the
frail men of the machine shop are in
variablv selected for the places at the
magnetizers whenever a vacancy occurs.
The healing process is very simple.
Ml day long the men take a little U
shaped piece of steel, place its ends
on i highly charged magnet, lay it
.i„wn carefully and repeat the process.
It is explained by the wise ones that
when the steel receives the shock of
the electric current, it passes some of
this current on to the man who is hold
ing the steel—not very much, but
,-nmigh to count, after constant repeti
ion It is this shocking hundreds of
times t day that is the sanitarium
treatment.
Men who looked as though they were
in the last stages of tuberculosis, after
a few months absorbing electricity
from the magnetizers. were hardly rec
ognizable. They had taken on pounds
and pounds of good flesh; their mus
cles played and swelled under their
skin as they worked; their eyes held
the clear look of perfect health.
This is the health resort of our faf-,
ton." said one of the superintendents
■ f the Ford company as he led a parly
f visitors through the mammoth ma
nine shop. "We always put our
'•■•iklings here, but they don't remain
-■ tklings long Look at the muscles
"f that fellow. You wouldn't see them
bigger in the foundry. And
> iien he went to work on that magne
z. he weighed but 120 pounds. He
if he weighed IGo pounds now."
Hut these men must pay for their
■ b> giving to them the best of their
'City, for it is no inconsequential task
mike a magnet. Any little slip will
•t de the work of many men of no
turn Magnets are most sensitive
''ig- and won't stand being thrown
'tit o> undue roughness of any kind.
Averaging better than two hundred
iu r day road touring is the record
wo.i by a party of motorists from
ind anapolL recently, who journeyed from
ity to Boston. Mass., in a little over
I'i-c party drove an American Tourist
' ar.
Motorists Attention
Beginning Saturday morning we will place on sale
"if entire stock of Motor Apparel, Motor Millinery,
Lap Robes and Blankets.
Illis is your opportunity tn secure your winter
supply of apparel at wholesale prices.
e will not reserve any articles, but will sell the
•tire line at cost.
I iiis is I *»nghr about by our decision to discon
ie motor apparel, that we may give our entire at-
• ition to our general line of auto supplies.
Ut- are ready to produce invoices to prove our
"•e> are at cost.
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SOO-MUI RACE
SETFORMAY3B
; Changes Are Made in the
Rules for 1913 International
Sweepstakes.
INDIANA POLIS. Oct. s.—Charles W.
Sedwick, director of events at the In
dianapolis motor speedway, announces
that the regular annual 500-mile race
will be staged at the Hoosier course
i Friday, May 30.
i Changes have been made in the rules
' governing this event
A maximum piston displacement of
450 cubic inches will be imposed, as
against 600 cubic inches last year, and
the minimum weight will be reduced to
; 1,600 pounds.
1 The entries will be opened January 1,
1913. and closed May 1.
The field will be restricted to 30 cars.
The entry fee will be SSOO.
To qualify, a car must make, in the
I elimination trials, a minimum speed of
75 miles per hour for one lap of 2 1-2
. miles
, The order of start will be deter
mined by paragraph 122 of the A. A. A.
I contest rules, which provides that the
, order of start shall be decided by lot at
least three days prior to the race, and
, that drawmgs shall take place in the
order of entry. When two or more cars
of the same make fall together in the
drawing, one or more of them shall be
. moved down one place until separated
by another make of car.
On the day following the 500-mile
race, it is said that other events will
’ be held, probably the Wheeler-Schebler
■ trophy, the Prest-o-Lite trophy, or the
Remy Brassard. Definite plans have
not been consummated.
An effort will be made to enlist the
> famous European drivers. Manager
! Sedwick having planned a trip abroad
for this purpose.
MOTORCYCLE TIRES
FORM BIG INDUSTRY.
SAYS GOODYEAR MAN
“Although most people are familiar
to some exteint with the remarkable
growth and the Immense volume of
' business now done by automobile tire
manufacturers In this country, very few
people know that there Is also a volume
of business in the motorcycle tire In
dustry that has grown astoundingly in
the past few years." says S. A. Falor,
sales manager of the motorcycle tire
department of the Goodyear Tire and
Rubber Company.
Goodyear No-Rim-Cut tires have
' placed this company at the head of the
automobile tire industry, but in the
motorcycle tire field Goodyear tires
predominate even more.
Out of 23 championship races at the
F. A. M. meet held at Columbus in the
' middle of July, 22 were won on Good
year Blue Streak tires. Constant, the
Brooklyn rider, won the amateur cham
pionship and the Bosch trophy, and
Eddie Hasha, of Dallas. Texas, carried
off the ten-mile professional champion
ship on the same tires, covering the
distance in six minutes and 40 seconds.
Ninety per cent of the races are won
on Goodyear tires and 100 per cent of
motorcycle manufacturers use Good
year tires for equipment.
The Atlanta Georgian
Automobile Department
iOILY WATER FORMS
FILM IN RADIATOR,
SAYS AUTO EXPERT
"Oil in water has a tendency to form a
film over metal and cling there with a
tenacity which is much greater than is
often suspected," says Thomas Smart,
of the Overland company.
“When oil gets in the radiator an oil
film will often collect on the radiating
surface, and. as a result, the water is not
properly cooled. Oil film is a very poor
conductor of heat, and it will not wash
off in spite of a temperature of 180 de
grees or thereabouts, at which the cooling
solution in the average car stays, the
contact of the radiating surface being cut
off. overheating results, with possible
damage to the motor.
“To eliminate this trouble, dissolve a
couple of handfuls of ordinary washing
soda in a pail of water and run it through
the cooling system for two or three min
utes. Thij cuts off the film of oil and
the system should then be flushed out
with fresh water."
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® FOR 1913 1
r T' HIS is a histor y making year. Men are talking of past records,
j achievements, policies and platforms. Automobile companies, !«
like men are making records; leaving their imprint; creating new standards. The ha
Oakland is making automobile history and our platform and message for 1913 are so I m
vital and important that every one interested in automobiles should be acquainted with them. g
W Our platform is sound, mechanically and artistically. Our platform is modem progressive, for we have incorporated I
electric lighting and self-starting. The last of the motoring worries are over. In the 1913 Oakland they have been banished.
You are trouble free no more inconveniences not even little ones.
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1912 was a great Oakland year. 1913 promises greater things The Oak- b~ n Oakland Four,. And this has been accomplished. The new model I
land car for 1913 warrants making this statement. We are going to build has every right to claim recognition. There is a place for such a car on
bigger cars, make improvements in refinements, in luxuries, in riding the market today.
.an** 1 qualities and for the comfort of the passengers, but in the matter of
4®? -' principlcof construction westand “pat.” The most important announce- rhp "'K’cwwful automobile manufacturer, with a desire to remain tai
ment can make is the launching of an Oakland six cylinder chassis business, cannot afford to take any chances with bis reputation, especially IMB I
and the building of a popular priced car which will be known as Model ‘ 8 a ft oo< * one. We do not propose taking any. The Oakland “Six”
35. These will be built in touring car and runabout styles. like every other Oakland model, is offered with a full understanding of
We are convinced that the universal satisfaction given by 1912 Oaklands manv , ’° ,ntS an<l advan tages incorporated. 1913 Oakland# have
proves that the simple plan of construction adopted bv us last year is The eliminatin’ f / ve, T mo e will be absolutely noiseless.
true, both mechanically and in efficiency. No single car during the past f Jh,L ? ? number of small meta! parts and the substitution
& displaywlmich wonJerfulpn>4rws. in th, m.lfwof body design. .unprio I ' n " w " “ r f * r I ■—oft lubrication.
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The marketing of an Oakland Six was no small undertaking. Wecouldn’t
afford to market an experiment. It had to be a “Six” that would not only Oakland bodies, if anything, wiH be a little more distinctive than in tbe
be entitled to a place alongside the rest of the Oakland line, but be a past -each model expressing individuality and harmony of lines.
leader and have enough superior points of its own to be able to claim
OO more than passing attention, in other words, the new car had to be a*
fIH dittinefioe in comparison with the other Sixes on the market as have A--' W
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The Greyhound b-fcO the new Oakland Six Cylinder Model 42 chaasln, IU inch wheel bane, double dron frame u . .
' Chaeeiehaxa wheel bane of IJOinches, doubledrop frame, unit newer plant, cone clutch, Midinfl dear '*’Y* ,base drop frame, unit power plant. we ler tire
unit power plant, cone clutch, sliding gear tramnniiwuon, full noa ting rear ai e, demountable rims, German Mirer cf ' n . r ‘ l«.tch. demountable ■
ajMM full floating rear aile. demountable rima, German silver radiator “V shaped, (ninth upholat erlntt full nickel tints, full nickel trimmings, and equipped with a self- OKX
radiator “V” shaped. IS Inch upholstering, full nickel trimmings, and equipped with electii" lighting and Matter at $1459.00.
■ trimmings and equipped wl th electric lighting and igni- Ignition aystems, and a self-starter. There will he „ u ■ c ■
M Mtn system and a »elf starter. There will be mounted on mounted on this chassis a five-passenger body, a close 1 ch asais, five-passenger touring car. wheel-base
this chassis four, fire and seven-passenger bodies, and a coupled four-passenger body and the famous Sociable ' 12 Inches, motor <4 i 5. unit power plant. “V” shaped. aiKs
JMsS raceaboutfor two. Price of all models. $2400 00 Model lawnn •P“’* < ' n ger —single seat./ Price of all vert lea I tube radiator, 32 x JI, tires, demountable rims. N
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unit power plant, selective sliding gear tranamisaion, hassle to list at $2590 00. lights with storage battery, nickel trimmings, single ■
£ con. clutch. Bosch magneto. $3001.00. Model 40 chaMis, fire-passenger touring ear; H 4 Inch f^e
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AUTOMOBILE NOTES |
The corporation of the city of Rome,
Italy, is considering the building of an
immense motordrome for the purpose of
encouraging visitors to the Eternal City
through a modern revival of the glories
of the chariot races brought up to date.
A site has been chosen just outside of
the city limits, and the mayor and other
public-spirited citizens are offering sub
scriptions to help forward the project.
The revival of the ancient rivalry of
the wheel is largely due to the interest in
the Olympic games al Stockholm. It Is
deplored that Italian athletes did not
have an opportunity to prove the prowess
in the sports of their hereditary rivals.
It is hoped that through a great auto
tournament many Americans would be
encouraged to spend a large part of their
vacation in and around Rome This year
there have been comparatively few tour
ists from the United States, and most of
the hotels and resorts have enjoyed but a
lean season.
As the truck depends upon good roads,
it is rather appropriate that it should
find success in road building This has
been the experience of Sioux City, lowa,
which has been using road trains In road
’ work for the past year. Two of these
trains, each consisting of one six-ton
truck and two trailers, have delivered an
average of 44.25 yards of material per
day over a dlistance of 3.5 miles. The
■ contractors who used the machines esti
mate that to do this work, more than ten
(wo-horse teams w'ould have been re
quired, at a cost of more than twice the
motor cost. The machines negotiated
grades of from 3 to TH. per cent without
difficulty.
Some motorists believe it their duty to
oil everything in sight and out of sight
on an automobile. As a result, they flood
the magneto with oil and get the wires
leading to the plugs oil-soaked.
’ All records for rapid-fire Tiathfinding
were broken by Dai H. Lewis in laying
out the route for the endurance run of
the Automobile club of Buffalo. Riding
with George Crist in a Studebaker “30.”
i Lewis covered and charted more than
K"
80't miles in four days. The exact aver
age was 213 miles a day. This breaks
the Glidden tour pathfinding record held
by the Studebaker "20." which laid the
route between New York and Jackson
ville a year ago.
N. Bates Ackley, assistant auditor ai.d
for 27 years in the employ of the Michi
gan Central railroad, has joined the
Studebaker Corporation's automobile di
vision as assistant treasurer and will be
in charge of the finances of the big
Studebaker motor car plants in Detroit.
Charles “Kid" Nichols, the one-time fa
mous Boston pitcher, is making a great
record as an automobile salesman In the
employ of the Studebaker Corporation's
Kansas City branch.
Instead of moving to their new home
in the stereotyped manner by means of
train. George E. Smith and wife of Syra
cuse. N, Y . crossed the continent from
their old home city to Los Angeles in their
automobile
UNIQUE TROPHY HAS
BEEN FINISHED FOR
1912 GLIDDEN TOUR
Silversmiths have completed recently
the unique cup to be contested for this
year and each succeeding year at the
American Automobile association national
reliability run, which this year w ill be run
beginning October 14.
The cup is of sterling silver with the
emblem of the American Automobile as
sociation in 22-carat gold and stands upon
an ebonized base, its total height being 25
inches.
At the top It is surmounted by two
eagles, symbolizing that it is national.
Four landscape scenes are depicted on its
surface from four sections of the coun
try, North, South, East, and West.
The cup may be used for a centerpiece
to hold flowers on a banquet table or for
use as a punch bowl, and for the latter
use it is provided with a handsome silver
and gold ladle, with the emblem of the
association on the handle.