Show (I 't AUTOMOBILES GOOD BOADS saoTom© EDITED BY XXABBY MOTOR TRUCKS MOTORCYCLES E Il'PlIEBSOir Salt Lake City Utah Sunday Morning November 11 1917 Auto Party Pi $fcbs Metal Signs S Bot TOGETHER TO PUT Permanent Direct Motor Tourists KJtoih Womidtsr fiMJTORlSTS BAND ANGELENOS GO TO r mu Scenic the pleted early next year in time for seaseason During the past touring son the Lincoln highway to San Francisco and the branch at Ely leading to Los Angeles and known as the Midland trail were completely sign posted Next year the Overland 'trail via Ogden to San Francisco will be thoroughly signed before travel Is started The Arrowhead trail is completely signed through to the California line Gallons Per Day CAR Airplanes and Trucks for War Make Necessary Conservation of Fuel at Last Opened for Traveler to State’s u I LL automobile roads leading from Salt Lake to California are now either completely signed or the signing has been planned for to be com- Support of Campaign Will Insure Over Million FAT® RIT1 IN Rightly to Salt Lake STOP 0 WASTING OF PRECIOUS GAS dory agree that there AS isall anauthorities ample supply of crude oil I for all the needs of the army anc navy for the operation of motor vehicles and motor boats and for use in the industries provided wastage is carefully avoided the automobilists with of the country in United the petroleum division of the States bureau of mines and the Council of National Defense are organizing a Don't Waste Gasoline" campaign By DOUGLAS WH1TIL f TTTAH has opened ip the way ever Zion U whieh tourists may reach concernand knowledge gain enyoa ing' at least a small peresntagn of the state's marvelous scenic wonderland year to It has taken a great many and work that nee accomplish this been thrown Zion canyon has really en and is taking her place among i scenic gems of onr western land it is a certain fact that a tide of travel will be turned Zionward Knowing full well what would be the ultimate reeult when Zion wae ren- dered really accessible I was partle jwlarly delighted when the construction of the state highway to tho southern monument I boundary of tho national to conland the government road built nect with It rendered tho automotilo tho heart of Zion a trip (Journey Into and convenience of comfort Zn tho fall of ISIS this highway con- structlon by tho state and government was decided upon end I In conjunction with several state and government decided that tho next great move must be to find a way by which tho traveler could reach the rim as well as of Zion In fact my ox mo that whllo tho perlsnco had taught like the floor of a co-opernt-ion I ! "Don’t waste’ Is a popular slogan In any line now and there Is a big opportunity fr motorists to show not only their patriotism but their good judgment In supporting such a movement’ said Alfred Reeves general manager of the national automobile chamber of commerce in an interview yesterday "It is the one certain way to insure a sufficient supply of fuel for war needs’ According to the estimate of tho of the United States petroleum division959000 bureau of mines gallons of gasoline a day will be required for the use of army navy and aeronautical operations during tlie coming-yeaThe total dally gasoline production Is 6849-00- 0 gallons so with a campaign against waste it can be seen that the wer needs should be cared for easily and still have ample for our Industrial needs High Grade Gas Needed President Bedford chairman of the petroleum division of the council of national defense strongly advocates a "don’t waste gasoline" campaign to insure against any possible falling off In the production of crude petroleum The very highest grade of gasoline Is necessary for the thousands of airplanes now building most of which will use the new Liberty motor now building In great numbers In the automobile factories Great quantities of gasoline will also be required' to operate the thousands of army motor trucks to be used by our growing army By Heck Folks if "On the other hand" continued Mr Reeves “the production of crude oil in Here Ain’t Our Old this country has been increasing at a tremendous rate for a number of year Friend Silverlinig although during the past twelve months it has not quite pace with the demand so that itkept been necessary 1 ILVERLTNING has STORMS? f' the Salt to use quantities of the reserve supLake 'skipper wi'retofore has ply which amounted to 164580000 bar- devoted himsei 'viuslvely to forecastrels on Julyl 1917 with us in this move- ing weather and other events for the ment is the American Automobile as- editorial page was nervously apsociation the ’organization of users the proached by the motor editor the other motor and accessory manufacturers Inthe motor and carburetor mak- day The auto section conductor opined cluding ers and the Society of Automotive En- that motor folks hereabouts were anxare Van ious to know the state of the climatic gineers In direct H Manning chief of the petroleum future division of the United States bureau of ' The oldtoy who feels at home at mines If we can save of all the gasoline wasted our war needs the wheel whether pilot or perambuwill be covered his whisker and volunlator “There are 4212000 motor vehicles teered pulled this confidential info for autorunning in the country of which ap- mobilists: proximately 400000 are trucks There are 27800 dealers and 25500 garages "Winter is coming” sezze quiet like "Of the 6849000 gallons produced “Time draws nigh” he further daily approximately 4800000 gallons vouchsafed “when a prudent owner are used by motor cars and his radiator wrap his while the rest is used by motor trucks boats will bed down flannels and get th adein stationary engines and In cleansing and gas tank other Interests" In noids his horn attended to If he don’t intend ter gad about until next Dig Saving Possible The bureau of mines estimates that spring he will back his car into Its the following savings can be effected lair hist it up on a couple of sawdaily: Pallona horses and then pin a couple of newsTank wagon losses 7200 papers aroun th outside of his garage Leaky carburetors average Winter will soon be here” of a pint per car 31400 And — Poorly adjusted carburetors "Hep Hasty’s joyridin’ son Is such a 240000 fast young man they speaks of th’ pace pint per car Motors running idle J pint per he’s goin’ as velocity car 1500 00 “This same son has missed so many Wasted in garages 10 pints per traffic cops lately he’s goin’ ter put 67000 peepsights on th’ hood day Saved by using kerosene in garWm Stilt says his new car is good ages 108000 on distance but poor on trajectory Needless use of passenger cars “Jed Jumble is puttin’ up at a hos13 Pints per car 897400 pital an havin’ his meals broght in This makes a total of 1500000 ’cause he took his new automobile Inlons a day or 561000000 gallonsgal-a ter th country an’ gee-e- d when he year whereas our war needs are should have haw-egallons a year or less than of what may be considered as wasted at the present time The national automobile chamber of commerce with the government through the bureau of mines and the council of national defense is Preparing thousands of posters to be bung in every automobile salesroom garage and gasoline supply station In the country These posters will show graphically the quantity of gasoline RAGONS of the traffic avenue produced dally the quantltlesused in motor trucks and motor cars and the CARE OF THE BRAKES quantities thatcan be saved In various ’em phat you please— will be safeIS IMPERATIVE NEED I wy’ ly shielded this winter from the Boreas' and biting blasts of bold FITTING BALL BEARINGS auto-is- ts It Is imperative that the car owner In of the halted tongue stinging fitting ball bearings the outer race give the braking system the moderate should form a sucking fit" with its amount of care It needs to keep It in Those little vantage boxes on efficient working order For Instance housing This means that it should the busy intersections from which the entire linkage from the pedal or Just be free enough so that shaft rotathe traffic officers regulate the lever to the bands should be carefully tion will cause the race to slip around lights and the passing semaphore A press fit should nev- to be Inclosed Canvas are Inspected once a month or so and all I Intermittently throng r ® J Permitted and It Is equally bad to coverings 'with "Joints should be carefully lubricated isinglass windows to some owners make a practice of hav- - I ° r extre1 and R’et too the traffic about be drawn will a With a sucking fit the Ing the brakes relined once each sea- - II c®e cold days and - withfor stands race can outer at times slip around and son and this Is an admirable plan 8o drawn on sunshiny days It is” much not only property damage but I way the stresses are distributed planned to have a small electric do not fall always on the same human U(e may depend on the proper I stove under each stand to warm functioning of the brakes that he Is a the tender trilbies of the cops careless motorist who falls I It Is also announced by the poto give the brake system due attention I ' TIGHTENING BEARING CAPS lice triffic department that another In removing play from rod bearings semaphore station la to be estab" I by WRENCH REPAIR shim thickness care reducing parlished great perhaps two One isSouth When the Jaws of a wrench start to I should bo exercised to get each rod needed at Fourth ticularly I show signs of wear It Is a very simple bearing as free as every other bear-mattand State streets near the City and to have them rehardened Any I Ing To make one bearing tight and building it is asserted and County blacksmith can the Jaws II another rather free In movement Is would be useful at Fourth another 1t few minutes at altogether negllble coVirting trouble for in most cases it South and Main streets where auto expense wlll bo found that a knock will result row breaks into Main street r of-flct- als the-floo- r view from piece Zion Is filled with bewildering grandeur the beauty of the same scene Is accentuated when cased upon greatlyabove from Of course Zion's eastern rim bad been explored and very thoroughly It mapped — at least that portion of to which lies to tho south of what known as the Ordervllle gulch Jfev theless the west rtm waa n "term Incognito" to all save a few sheep and cattlemen who had for years fattened their herds npon the great area of tho - upper plateaus Trip Vo Undo Safety To settle tho question of posetbll Itles In scenic attractions and to look out for water and other necessary conditions a reconnaissance expedition was organised which left Cedar City on horseback in October 1916 This by R A Thorley of party wae guided a man who knows Cedar City probably more about the topography of the higher altitudes of the southern Wasatch range than any other resident In that part of Utah In any event he led this the wilderness and brought party intosafe us and happy filled with a back wild enthusiasm over the grandeur and magnificence of tho ecenle area with which we had been brought In touch by our trip to Zion canyon’s rim Not only did Zion canyon Itself apan entirely different Inpear to carry when viewed from above dividuality bnt to the west of Zion we found that another canyon even greater in area than Zion and possessing totally different characteristics greeted the visitor with Its most wonderful vistas We found between the two canyons a Its eastern edre bordergreat platean upon Zion and its tributaries while ing Its western side overlooked this other canyon the beauties of which had hitherto remained untold We found and one especially atwater tractive location for a tourist camp Our party unanimously agreed that until Zion canyon and Its great companion on the west should be thrown open by means of a road to reach them from above It would not be possible for a visitor to gain a full knowledge of the wondrous scenic marvels with which southern Utah has been endowed Ante Highway Neeeeaary To render this area accessible highway would furnish the only key gome people were pessimlstlo enough to claim that a highway could not te built over the tops of the mountains and down to the rim of Zion that Is a highway that could be readily negocar Mr tiated by the ordinary motor Thorley and I differed with them and somewhat in the spirit of bravado I told these doubting Thomases that before a year had passed road or no road I would put a motor car over the tops of those towering mountains and place Its front wheels on the west rlm of Zion To be candid I had a little doubt myself as to the outcome of such an experiment particularly after talking the matter over with one or two auto experts It was one day at the Los Angeles Athletic club that I met M A Leach of the loach Motor Car company and told DON'T WORRY MUCH him of the stunt which I proposed to ABOUT BATTERIES said and perform He listened "Well I have the car and finally the driver: BECOMING FROZEN If you and your friend Thorley will go the riding and guiding we will put right where you say— on the rlm l ! car Many motorists worry over the Zion canyon" poeeibtlity of freeslng their batter-le- e To be brief Mr Leach named a little during the winter seaaon As Dort which had already performed a matter a of fact the chances of strenuous of stunts up mountain lot trails In the Golden state through the freeslng the electrolyte are email Tosemtte and down over the blistering the battery Is kept fully provided ands of Mexico The suggestion was the time The add all no quicker made than accepted charged Mr and Leach named L J Burrud one of his solution 1s really a sort of antipersonal staff as the driver of the freeze mixture and only when the tar content has been weakened In acid A Heartrending Climb there danger of trouble Of course Preliminaries arranged and the little the battery's power Is reduced In Dort transferred from California to Utah found our party at Cedar City cold weather In some districts Eftah on a bright crisp October mornthe thermometer drops to where 10 or 30 degrees below zero moing where we bade adieu to the offl-- ls of the Cedar City Commercial club torists take: the precaution of d made a start for our great climb the battery' in heavy wrapping cloth or even-- In fur-(Continued cn Following Par - Co-operat- ing ion two-thir- nty - ds 1-- 17 b 350-0000- two-thir- ds Traffic Dragons to Be Protected From Old Boreas ing D BEARS ARE KEEN FOR LITTLE MEAL ON ROYAL CORDS "Even the bears like United 8tates tires" remarked Manager did Theobold of the U 8 Rubber company when he heard this one J VVKemp is back from a transcontinental tour with a now tale of tire woe On his trip over ho went through tbo Yellowstone park- and with friend camped out He was awakenedi during the night by shouts from the nearby camp and rushing over found that a large fat bear was calmly makspare United States ing a meal off the royal cord tiro on his 'machine The bears are perfectly tamo but seem to have a fondness for rubber They eat spare tires only said Kemp and do not tackle tires on wheels touching the ground - 9 d’ 00 ’ P°lnt-criminall- y er case-hard- en wit and Its Goodrich 300 miles signs whln thatthestate carry the large steel Automobile club which of 'gns it is planned to extend the entire dis- tance to Salt Lake The importance of adequate signposting is well understood by the motorist and by the automobile clubs of California which erect a steel post anchored deeply and solidly In the ground and mount on its top with heavy bolts an enameled steel sign of the most durable kind This precaution Is for besides the elements that the sign has to contend with vandals are continually disfiguring or destroying simpler kinds and even these road guides have not entirely escaped These signs not give the distance measured by only the automobile engineers between towns but much other fnformlaotn necessary to the tourist Special signs show dangerous curves railroad crossings water special detours etc The lettering Is large blue enamel on white so that the sign can be easily read at a glance Every Need Is Met tourist has been Every need of the studied and met as nearly aa it is known how to do it By the erection of temporary signs whenever road improvement or other causes makes a detour necessary these road signs are a continual and up to date guide to the road and make maps and logs of secondary Importance erect these signs also to It is on the planned Lincoln highway as far east as Big Springs Kan the Automobile club of southern California having made such a contract with the Lincoln Highway association for completion as soon as circumstances will permit From Los Angeles to Kansas City these big steel signs guide the traveler but with the completion next year of the work now planned Salt Lake will take Its place as the largest city In the west outside of California with a radiating road complete in every detail sign system and the most perfect that modern automobile engineering has designed The work of the sign crew Is quite First two or three men Interesting over road survey and map it the go carefully noting locations for signs writing the copy and ascertaining any special needs This map work is quite intricate and Is much more elaborate and complete than would seem to be necessary to the outsider But It Is upon this thoroughness that the final value of the sign work depends When the survey crew has completed its work the signs sre made In the factory according to the copy and order turned In and then the real work begins A truck Is fitted up to carry two or three men with camping equipment as they stop wherever night overtakes them and waste no time or gasoline A finding a nice spot to make camp limited number of signs for & certain section of the road together with steel tools are carpoles anchor blocks-anried on the truck but additional 'supbe transported to convenient plies must weight points to avoid excessive Sigma Made Moat Severe Coming to the location already se- -' lected for the sign the work seems simple enough for it is only digging a hole and setting the sign up However in order to make these posts stand up they are anchored by two crossed sections of plank at the bottom of the holes and therefore the hole must be about two feet across The Intention: is to make the post so secure that it cannot be easily pulled up turned around or bent over The posts that are preferred when they can be obtained are worn out on Following FngOb) nec-essa- ry all-ste- el anchored-ln-the-grou- nd d |