THE JORDAN JOURNAL. MIDVALE. UTAH Natipnal Memorial of the Elks Is Dedicated I I Scene at the dedication of the beautiful national memorial of the Elks in Chicago. Inset is Judie Wllllam H. Atwell ot Dallas, Texas. outgoing grand exalted ruler, accepting the bulldlng on behalf of the order. All These Cadets Have Learn ed How to Fly l'koloJ @o/ tl/'/a'Qrwoe</ 6r(fnq0'Wo oc/ •saved. f The instrumen t board is condition Is of!', fenders unbolttaken stripped, headllghts The stripped of its 1 engine ed ot· ripped o!Y, and the Under revised conditions in air service training in the army, all West Point cadets must now know how to fly. n celebratio in and Island, parts. Long similar field, carburetor , distributo r head, coli and ~ men of this year's detachmen t have just completed tl1elr training at Mitchel the These usu::tlly go to the stockroom . Nex:t ot the event posed for their picture with a big Martin' bombing plane. aluminum moldings ln the interior and on the running-b oards are pried off, HE HAS THE PAPERS Bum Off Wood to Get the Metal 4 are the autos of yesteryear ? What !Jeeomes of the thousmHls of motor ears aft~r they have vutllved their u~efulness and are no longer able even to creak th~ir weary way along boulevard s and country roans? Wom out and decrE>pit, they cannot be turnf'd out to graze, like their equine predecesso rs. Where do they go? A good many, of course, lie rusting in back lots In the cities and In farm yard8 In the country, mere memories of a long-gone day of splendor. It's nn unusual farm indeed nowadays that doesn't posse!'s one of tht>Re battered relics, tires gone, top shattered, and hood and radiator missing, expif.-;lng the remains of an ancient motl>r to snow Or perhaps the motor has been reand rain. moved and now senes to prOYide ample power for the eorn ><ht-ller or the feed-cutte r. Another fa•orite resting place for ancient automobiles Is the abandoned quarry. Ilere the elem t of crime enters. Only recently the drainIng of a deep quarry In Illinois revealed the remains .)f more than fifty automobil es, which, It was mn-lntalnE>d by insurance companies , had been burien to a wate1·y grave by crafty owners plotting to collect theft ln~urunce. W HEHI~ Ancient Autos Go Under the Hamme r ny far the lllajority of w.orn-out vehicles, however, go und<'r the hammer- not that of the aul:'tlont>cr. but that of the !'crapper and wreeker. The Iron Trnd" Hf>vlew r!'cently went Into great "eta!! in de '<' ~'lhlng jnRt what hect)mes of thf>l'e «!erel!cts. E\·ery f'll'Ull<>st unit that pol'sf'sses any further utility In Its J1l'f>~ent form, the article snld, is carefully ;;utYagpd for the second-ha nd counter. The hulky metal finds Its way to the melting pot, while glass, hair, felt and leather are saved when they still ha\·e value. I\Io:-;t of the larg<'r cities, particular ly New York , 1111 ('hlcago. have th~lr "auto graveynrd s," which ware veritable arsenals of "parts." Here your shiny model of yore Is torn, hacked or melted limb from limb. Fhe years ago, more or less, It stood pridefully on the floor of the automob!l e salesroom . alluring In It>; fresh paint and marvelous coach work, spoti('><S under hood and fenders, fleet of J.lne and complete ln every appointme nt. But now It is through. l' In ish gone, fenders crumpled, upholstery soiled and ripped, lines ungainly when con.parell with current models. At the end of n tow line It creaks its way to the wrecking yard. Here harsh, unsentime ntal hands attack 1t with colu c.hisels, h'lmmers, and acetylene torches. The body is stripped, cut or burned loose from the frume and thrown 01er on Its side. The radiator Is remo\·ed, the nnivP.rsal joints are severed, a dJaill is run around the motor, a siP.dge frees the subfrume, and the motor swings free. One less used car han~s over the new car market, but there i~ more steel, cast nnd other-than -iron scrap to btll·den an already glutted market. Disposin g of Cars Become s a Problem '" This Is the side of the automobil e lntlnf'tr.r which hitherto has attracted little attention. It Is completely oven<hadowed by the speed of thv assembly line at the factory, the marvels of mas~ production , aud the per~onal appeal of the nell"' car, both on the street arul In thE' advet·tlsing. There 11'1 a saying that what comes out of the melting 11ot must some day ret~rn. nnd the autoEach year must mobile vroves no excelltlon. lcglcally see the passing of more cars. Tlw dis- po~ul of ,,·om-out, wrecked and bumed cars is an expaudlng 11roblem. Slight!~' more thnn 4,300,000 cars and trucks were manufactu red in the United States in 1925. Stocks on dealers' hands at the beginning of 1926 were estimated to he ~muller than those on hand In January, 1925. With exports not quite 303,000 and imports less than 1,000, the net gain In domestic f:Upply was approxima tely 4,000,000. Yet registrations in all states last year exceeded those of UJ24 by only 2,430,000. This leaves 1,500,000 vehicles to be accounted for. Of course, a vNy large number of used cars Is shipped out of the country, but by fur the greater number is scrupped. One automotiv e trade journui estimates that fully 1,000,000 cars were scrapped last year, but this figure may be n little high. In the country and smaller towns the junk man bun old autos mu h as he does broken farm implements. Ho demolishe s them in his own yard, classifies the scrap and sells It to the city dealers. The front of a city wrecking yard Is u~ually a large salesroom for parts, truly a port of missing parts. Suppose sentiment or necessity compels you to drive an "orphan" car such as the Ace, Carnation, Glide, Nelson. Americun, Thomas Flyer, Stoddard-Dayt on, :\I!tchell, Saxon, Elmore, Puthfln!ler, Lozier, Abbot-Det roit, E-l\1-li', Scripps-Bo oth, or Dolly :\fucl!son. With no fuctory or dlstrilmt!o n org-nnizutlon making nr ~Piling parts, !JilCh cars live only in the units ohtuinuhle ttt the wrecking ~·ard. From time to tl me the owner of such a Yehicle appears on the scene for ·a gear, pinion or cylinder bead that will enahle his ancient model to wheeze' jerkily through a few more painful miles. Three Kinds of Cars Go to Junk Yard Three classes of cars figure in t11e operati on of the:;oe yards: the car that l1as been in a wreck' and is deemerl N>yond rt>palr; the cur that has been through u flre, and the car that Is obsolete, worn-out or plain junk. Row the larger and better equipped yards are operated may he glfrnpseu by following a cat· through the various departmen ts of one of the car-wreck ing estuhlishm ents along South State street, Chicago's "junk-auto row.'' \Yhen .you first view this district from an elevated railway car, you are amazed by the magnitude of the industry and appalled by what first appears to be a terrific waste In labor anu m:J.terlals. "Why can't they fix up those ears and sell them whole?" you a1'k yourself. And this question remains ununswere !l until you make a visit to one of these plants and get u better unqerstan ding of what is going on und what it's all about. In due time the car to be dismantle d comes upon the wrecking flc,or, gE>nprally locate(! out of doors. Here it is Inspected by those in charge of the body, motor, rear rnrt, radiator, and otltr>r departments, who mcke ~Jne of two decisions -save or scrap. As a rule any part that gives promise ot profitable resale is saved, but occaslonall;v there are already too many similar parts on hnnu In the stock room, and consequen tly good coudltlon counts for nothing. . Stockt·oom condltlonR, of course, are considered when the car is bought from the owner, and If parts from any certain car are In good demand the price is adjusted accordingly. Very rarely Is an entire body s:wed. The wreckIng crew, consisting general!y of five men, now comes on the scene. Such a crew can teur down four or flve cars n day_ lt tbe car Is a closed model, all glass In good Coolidge Church During Vaca tion Only oceasional ly can the cushions bE> saved tn their entirety, Lut the1·e Is often scrap value in the felt, hair, moss, leather and other material. • 'When everything of value. sPrap or salvag(', ha~ been cleared from the body, a few hammer blows ~noe)r off tltc body bolts und rivets, nnd the bou~· In n specially- constructe d fireIs pushed off'. chamber the woou und other useie;;s material if! burner! nwuy. Tlwn th<' sheet ~tee! or aluminum!~;; put through an alligator shear or otherw!!;e cut Into couYL·nient size for sale. Next thP radiator comes off. While the lugs are being loosened and the tires made ready for re~ ruovnl, others of the crew cut the universal joints and loosen the spring shackles. A chain Is wrapped around the motor, the subframe freed and the motor. hoisted' out. • The motor Is trucked to an elevator which lifts it to the motor room. After the tires are removed, the springs unfastened from both front and rear axle and frame, the frame is ready either for the shear or the torch. Almost always these frames are Jn excellent p:pyslcai condition, but for jut:~t this reason no one erer needs to replace one, and they are valueless except as scrap. Light frames are cut with the alllgator shear, wh!le the heavy ones get the torch. In either case, the scrap provides I I heavy melting steel. 1 Sergt. Robert F. Wllllamso n, who The propellor shaft is left attached to tho has served in the marine corps fifteen rear axle. If the springs are not to be stocked for years, and four times has eworn to resale, they are thrown In with the hE-avy melt- uphold the Constituti on, recently being steel. came a citizen of the Untted States by All bolts, nuts, washers and s!mllar small parts taking the oath · In Federal · court, are saved. They are put up in twenty-po und can!3 where he was awarded naturaliza tion to be sold for OS cents. Spark plugs ure collected papers. Sergeant Williamso n recentand put on the counter at ;) cent.s euch, and so on. ly learned he was not a citizen beIn the motor departmen t the scrap parts are cause his father, with whom he came carefully assorted. Hubber hose connectiOIDS are to the United States when only three thrown into one pile. Aluminum crankcase s are years old, was not naturalize d. The eepare ted from the cast-Iron cylinder blocks. The sergeant Is on recruiting duty In bronze or bra~s water [1UI11PS are sorted. The bab- Kansas City, Mo. bitt metal in the hearings Is reuoved fot• Its sotnewhat higher scrap vnlue. CHILD VICTIM This is the First Presbyteri an. church at Saranac Lake, where Pres• !dent and Mrs. Coolidge worship durIng their vucatron In the .Adirondac ks. Motor Blocks Must Be Smashe d Flat Inclusion of all low steel parts In scrap for eastern P! nnsylvanl a furnaces has been of sufficient volume to compel melters to watch their purchases . and consldE>rable attention Is being gl\•E>n to the rising tide of automobil e sernp. ::\lost foundriea object to receiving entire motor blocks, and fi'E'qnent rejections occur. The situation ls remec1ie<l by first smashing the heavy blocks into flat vlecel'. If a ru1111on cars were scrapped last year, as one estimate puts It, about 900,000 tons of scrap, the Lulk of it !ron, was yielded. UPst of the passeng-er cars helng scrapped now range between the 11)18 to 192~ models, inclusive. It is rare that a ear earlier thtm 1918 mr~kes an appearanc e. Tho!<e from 1918 to 1920 are u~ua!ly the higher pt·ice!l one!'l, Into which the makers naturally have built more life and durabilIty than in cheaper cm·s. l\lany low-priced car:J of 19:!2, end occMlonal ly some as young as 1924, are junked. It is true flf almost every cnr, of not too ancient origin, that It has considerab le potential service left In It, hut the cost of rehabilita tion .Among the scores of injured in the Is too high when new car prices are considct·ed. • Our lo!'t two years of prosperity have been re- naval depot disaster at Lake Densponsible, too, for the flood of <·art:~ into the 'mark, N. J., were mnny ch!Idren. One stream fl0wlng townrd tlle wrecking yards. Almost of these llttle victims-H azel Heddy, by e•eryone would ruther possess a bright, mechani- aged tour-Is seen being consoled girl. army cally perfect automobil e than a u~;:ed one it b)< any Elvelyn Plel'Son, a Salvation means h~ can afford it. And with the popularizi ng of the Installmen t plan of purchase, almost everyLo-r• "Waterl oo" one can at leuflt bring Into his pos!!esslon, if only When Napoleon fought the battle· temporari ly, this bright, new car by making " of Waterloo he met his greatest dedown payment on it of almo~t less actual cash teat. It was a decisive one, which than would be demanded for a used car. So he marked the beginning of the end of buys the ne\V car, trusting that he wll1 be able his career. From thls clrC"<\mstance to continue to meet the payments, und con- we use the word "Waterloo " to signify sequently thr used car he might hu\·e purchased , that one has met defeat in so decisive gets the tmvotus which finally !anus it, of:en pre· l a way as to preclude the hope of fu. • · maturely, 1n the "auto graveyard .'' ture success. •• Memorial at Zeebrugge Unveiled Prince Charles of Belgium, wearing a uniform of a subl!euten ant ot the British navy, unvelled a tablet marking; the spot where the attack on the Zeebrugge mole was made by H. M. S. Vindictive during the World wttr. Photograp h shows Prince Charles, on ri~ht, saluting the pluqud Immediate ly . following the unveUing ceremonie s. . •