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SUNDAY, JANUARY 4
Barney Oldfield says=
By BARNEY OLDFIELD.
(Copyright, 1020, by King: Features Syndi
cate, Inc.)
PUTTING YOUR CAR AWAY FOR THE
WINTER.
While no motorist should fear cold
weather, there are a great many who have
open cars for pleasure only and do not
£• t much enjoyment riding aiomul in cold
and snowy weather. This class will not'd
Bonn- sound advice on storing the car. for
if certain matters arc neglected, deterior
ation.. is rapid.
Before a car is put away it should he
given a thorough cleaning, so that all
mud and dirt is removed from the chassis
as well as the body. If dirt and mud are
allowed to remain rusty spots will result.
After the cleaning, jack up all the wheels,
remove the tires and rims and store these
separately. The rims should be e’eaned
and painted with graphite paint or covered
with grease to prevent rusting. The tubes
should be removed from the casings and
rolled up flat or they may be inflated just
enough to make them round. Tires and
Li*gl’' s should he stored in a moderately
tires V n dry loom, preferably a dark one.
cauti \ moisture and eokl are injurious to
jap ' Some owners take the added pre-
Tho \ ,n wrapping the tires with bur
—■ car on the jacks should have all oil
The Home of the Franklin Car, T. B. Corley, Distributor.
In Addition to the Franklin Car This Firm Also Handles the Lexington and Scripps Booth.
“Through Sendee We Crow”
Willard Service Station
AUGUSTA BATrERY SERVICE
501 BROAD STREET. PHONE 177
Up and Down Auto Row
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compartments li.icd. In the case of the
engine, it is a good idea to squirt a little
oil into each cylinder. The water should
h. drained and the entire gasoline system
drained. If there is a vacuum tank, it
should be drained and the last drop ot
nasoline should be removed from the car
bureter by running the engine after the
gasoline at the tank has- been shut off.
Remove the spark plug and rub a little
cup grease on the electrodes.
All parts of the engine that are likely
to become rusty should be covered with
cup grease or vaseline. This same process
should be used for other parts of the car,
including the exterior fittings. It is of
utmost importance that some means be
provided against rusting, otherwise at the
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First Cost
We can’t compete for battery businets on price.
Willard service doea cost more, so does a Willard
Battery. But isn’t it true that if you hire a real
engineer, or architect, or rzontractor, or carpen
ter, or mechanic, or doctor, or lawyer, that it
saves in the long run?
We're in business to do the job righ t the Hrat time
—and that costs more than to fix it so it has to be
done over again soon after.
When we sell a Willard Battery with Threaded
Rubber Insulation we charge more for it, but, it
doesn't come back for re-insulation with a big bill
to you. It stays on the job till it has delivered all
the service you bough.;- and generally a lot more
than you’d believe possible.
Try it once—and you'll feel the same as 99% of
all who own Willard Batteries with Threaded
Rubber Insulation.
Drop in, glad to see you.
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end of a few months so many joints will
be rusted you will have to go over them
and spend twice the time removing rust
and re-oiling them.
The steering connections, the untver
sa s, b ake connections, clutch linkages,
wheel bearings and simitar parts should
be well covered with grease or anti-rust
compound.
The top of the car and the side cur
tains should he in place on the car With
the top ui) instead of folded, it will hold
its shape be ter and will not show a lot
of wrink es and cracks after storage. The
side curtains are best protected by leav
ing them on the car. but some owners
take them into the house.
The storage battery should be removed
and sent to he service station with in
structions to store it. If it is to be stored
for four months and more dry storage is
to be prefe rid. If only for a month or
so, wet storage is better and cheaper.
Take up this matter with the service sta
tion and ask for prices. In dry storage
the battery is taken apart and the sep
arate parts stored in a diy condition.
Where there is no service station near
the owner, the engine must be operated
i once a week to bring th bat try up to
charge. The owner should remember that
whether the battery is used or not, it
must receive the same attention.
If the ear is to be left in a private ga
rage. it would be better lo keep the tem
perature of the garage as even as possible.
Violent changes in temperature soon de
stroy the finish of a car. If possible the
garage should be warm or at least pro
vision made for keeping out dampness
and severe cold.
If the cloth of the car is of the leather
faced variety I advise a thorough soak
ing with neatsfoot oi. before storing. If
this is not done the leather is likely to
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become hard and dry and not fit for use !
afte. months of storage.
If there is any work to bo done on the
car It should be done now. This includes
repair of the radiator, brake relining,
bearing replacement and so on. Thin
should be done to save time ana money,
for in the spring the repair shops and 1
set vice stations are rushed with work
and delays are many.
After the car is made ready in every de
ta 1 the whole vehicle should be covered
with cloth or a special paper cover which
most good dealers can supply.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Barney Oldlicld:
I am having trouble with my Ford car.
Kvery morning or any time that the car
has stood for several hours, I have to set
it in neutral and let the front wheels run
against the wall ami then with a hard
puli on the crank make one comp ete turn.
| after w hich It will crank easy. The en
gine runs smoothly, but when T throw it
| from low to high gear it continues to run
and I have to close the throttle and then
open a notch at a time or tin- car slows
down and dually standss still with the
engine running. . B.
This may be due lo a stieking first
speed band, instead of cranking over
once, push the pedal down three or four
times and see if that doesn't he p it. The
hand doesn't move away from the drum
' far enough.
! A bad clutch would cause the latter
1 trouble, if 1 understand you correctly.
Barney Oldfield:
Can an automobile which is credited
with a speed of upward of 65 miles per
| hour beat an aeroplane driven by 00
' horsepower motor in a five-mile race over
a one-mile circular track, the airplane to
tlv about 75 feet from the track the en
tre course? Both airplane and auto are
to get off with a flying start. Also p’ease
state whether a race such as mentioned
above has ever been pulled off and where?
J. D.
The fact that an airplane has a 90-
horsepower engine means little. It is
possible for certain types of planes with
such an engine to show over 14<» miles
an hour. Airplane vs. auto races have
been run at various track meets
throughout the country.
Barney Oldfield:
Having read your interesting articles on
automobile ignition, I would like you to
exp'aln how you would test a condenser
when in good condition and when open.
A. 11. H.
1 If the condenser is out of the instru
ment simply connect it to two dry cells
In series. If you get a spark after the
circuit is complete the condenser is faul
, ty; if you do not it is alright.
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AUTOMOBILE ACTi Vi TIES
THROUGHOUT TI E WORLD.
There in one motor vehicle to every
33 persona in Chicago.
Scrubwomen in Clearfield, l'a., go
to work in their own motor cars.
There won 317 1 motor cal's stolen
in Philailelpiha in 1319.
Several lire:, «, motor busses are
now operated in Tokyo, Japan.
Twenty years ago engineers termed
the gasoline engine impractical..
Tib' State of New York has eighty
thousand miles of public highway.
Brooklyn has nearly forty motor
truck lines operating out of the elty.
There are no road rules nor speed
limits in Chi’e outside of the cities.
One half of all the rubber Imported
to this country goes into automobile
tires.
King Alfonso, of Spain, is among the
latest buyers of American-made mo
tor cars.
There are 7000 concerns in the Unit
ed States engaged in making automo
bile parts.
The Plinols Automobile Club, of
Chicago, has a membership of moro
than 10,000.
In the first year of the production
of automobiles, sixteen motor cars
were turned out.
In California, an automobile license
of any other state Is good for three
months.
Cubar Is repairing many of the old
military roads, as well its construct
ing new highways.
There arc approximately 120,000
pleasure cars and 9500 trucks in On
'.arlo, Canada.
A large oil company, of New Jer
sey, with headquarters at Niwark, op
erates 3411 motor vehicles.
The National Automobile Dealers'
Association is , represented by 30,000
dealers throughout the country.
•Since March, 1913, the Japanese
Government has actively encouraged
the manufacture of motor trucks In
Japan.
American manufacturers have prac
tically controlled the South African
automobile market for the past four
years.
All records were broken when 400,-
000 visitors entered the Western Na
tional Park by motor during the past
year.
The Pittsburg Transportation As
sociation Is a new organization recent
ly formed by motor truck owners in
Pittsburg, Pa.
Many Uondon ladles’ maids are
learning to become chauffeurs to their
mistresses, thus performing a double
duty with increased pay.
Due to the congested .state of rail
ways in England, u dally motor-lorry
service between I,ondon and Birming
ham has been established.
N. W. Cooper, of Dos Angeles, Cal.,
recently purchased his nineteenth au
tomobile. The total mileage covered
Is 201,000 miles.
A motor truck has been Invented
for farm use that loads, hauls, and
scatters fertl'lr.er, using the same
power for all three operations
There has been an Increase of 12
per cent, over the registration of rno- j
tor vehicles since January j, 1919, !
throughout the United Htales.
Highways engineering is rap'dly ho- !
coming recognized as one of tho Im- I
portant courses in the curriculum of
the technical colleges throughout the
country, t
There are 1,101,102 persons engag
ed In the production of automobiles.
This does not Include necessary man -
ufaettire, garages, repair shops or sales
establishment*.
Despite the restrictions Imposed
during the war period, the motor <*r
Industry has avernged a production of
I. ’oo 000 cars every year during the
•a«t three years.
Starting In a small way, sixteen
years ago, with three horse drawn
•-neks one of the largest coal dealers
’•> New York city now operates a feet
of twentv-t.wo motor trucks.
To compete with American motor
ears, S3O 000,000 of capital stock waa
recently placed on the market In Eng
land by six British companies with
•be object of mass production of 100,-
'OO cheap ears yearly.
Interests at Washington, D. C, are
working on a plan to make the auto
mobile license national and Interna
tional. Progress Is being made, and It
promises soon to b* u fact that the
motorists with one license may go
anywhere in the civilized world.
Rio d<> Janeiro has the finest taxis
in the world, for the reason that in
Brazil's period of financial depression
following 1912, many wealthy Brasil -
tians found it necessary to dispose of
their highly finished cars, and a large
number passed into use ns taxicabs.
With the use of motor trucks in
Central Asio, they will replace a cara
van camel company now operating be
tween Teintsln and Kuija, China. A
camel will carry 300 pounds on an av
erage of twenty miles a day, and one
year is required for each round trip
SPRINGS SPRINGS SPRINGS
Notice to Garage Men
and Dealers
Our stock of Auto and Vehicle Springs is complete. We
can fit you up on short notice with just what you want and
give it to you when you want it.
Our Springs are built to quality and not to a price.
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Auto Springs & Accessory Co.
624-676 Broad Street. Phone 1212.
Special discount on Quantity.
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Fine Metals Have
Given Maxwell its Rank
Till 7 , very substance of which a car is made
denotes its quality; and the use of fine and
strong metals in the Maxwell has won it
many, many friends.
It was necessary to make the Maxwell chassis
of the very best materials. For its great mission
was to transport— in an extremely economical way—
as great a passenger load over the same road and at
the same speed as the larger anti heavier cars.
Thus it was obvious that the Maxwell had to he
light. And to make it light the quality metals
were used.
Metallurgists, the men who have made the
study of metals a science, say that it compares
favorably pound for pound with the highest priced
cars the world has produced.
But you need not be a metallurgist to discover
this “inner goodness” in a Maxwell. Three months
will tell; six months will tell you more.
Otherwise Maxwell in five short years would
never have grown from a production of 5,000 a
year to 100,000 a year.
300,000 Maxwells on the highways of the world
today answer most any question you can ask about
tliis great car. Brice, 5f.0. b. Detroit.
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Augusta Chalmers Co.
H. M. AVARY, Mgr.
627 Broad Street. Phone IJ4I
while the six-ton trucks will make it
once every thirty days.
BOOZE AT EL PASO
El Paso, Texas.—Whiskey smuggling
across the border from Mexico into the
United States at K 1 Paso, is causing
custom officials grave concern, according
to agents here. Since July 1 last, 120
lots of smuggled liquor have been seized
by government agents and much of It has
been sent to the army and navy hospitals
in the United States .
The federal grand jury returned ls»?
Indictments for smuggling between April
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and October and convictions have been
obtained in about 90 per cent of the cases.
Sentences of from one to two years in
the federal penitentary at Leavenworth,
Kans., were imposed in most cases.
Itls stated hero that American intoxi
cants are being exported Into Mexico and
that custom officials of that country are
planning to protest against this. Such
exports would be. illegal after January 15,
next when the prohibition amendement
‘o the Constitution goes Into effect.
Beauty is more than skin deep, accord
ing to the stat«- board of health. Natural
beauty is usually a sign of health that
comes from keeping the body clean and
getting plenty of outdoor exercise.
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