Show I Dealers I Hot flat on Trail of oft I L Car Thieves t Neves Tho The first caso case In the territory of or a n. prosecution under the tho national motor vehicle the thc act will Ill I soon soon come up at Pocatello Through tho efforts orts of oC the thc Intermountain Au Au- uI IJ Dealers Dealers' alers' alers us association oc atlon a a. Ce federal era I w warral has been b en l I issued sued fur for Arthur I Henry and ruid IH I 1 F M 11 L These ilo i two o men stole lole a a. car belonging to O o. Andrew Andrews a of or the Yellowstone Motor company early In March arch and drove th the car Clr to Butte Mont w where hero tho the car carvas vas wis disposed of or under a forged ed bill I j of or sale The police s of or I Butte Butto were of or the opinion that the tho car cat had ll been stolen and Immediately too took J possession of or It It t. t Some two weeks had I f elapsed after the thc theft of or the C car r before be- be bet j t i toro fore tho association was as asked to as- as silt sst in Its location locution and the arrest I as-I o otho o otho tho the persons who stole It Through h the help of- of the Salt I Lake ako ko police e the car was teas located several hours after j I its theft had been reported to Salt Lake and state warrants were verc issued j i i for tor the men who vho had hid stolen it ft They were later arrested at It Helena Helona Mont 1 1 F M M. Chenoweth was tn wanted anted b by the tho I i Montana authorities for passing passin bad I checks and the they will not deliver r himon him himon on tho Idaho warrant until he lie has I i I been tried I. I however A A A. Henry Henr was as I brought broucht r v- v o r t r.-t it to Pocatello under an I E I i Idaho state stair Immediately on I 1 t his arrival nl a federal warrant was Issued Issue charging him with tho theft of the car Clr and ho he will be bo tried by the j I United States court court at Its next session at Pocatello Tho The national motor vehicle theft act provides a maximum fine of ot and anda a to sentence or of five lve years in tho state penitentiary for or any one ono who steals an automobile or Its its' equipment and takes H Jt from one state to another The law lawis lawla is la isery very ery clastic elastic and Insofar as it provides provides provides pro pro- vides that trial may bo be held at any point In or through which the was car taken laken In this particular c case caso so all atthe of at the tho witnesses are aro In Pocatello and tho the trial will be bo held there I If tho the federal ted fed eral law can bo be applied on a large number of cases where the thieves thle tako take tho the car from one state to another It will twill do much to reduce tho the largo number of losses which are now occur occur- ring Tho The Intermountain Automotive e Dealers Dealers' Dealers Dealers' Dealers Dealers' Deal Deal- ers' ers association Is Js endeavoring to have hac havethe havethe the maximum sentence Imposed on every overy automobile thief whether he bo bu tried under juvenile ju state or federal laws and thc they propose to give the these e I cases all nIl tho the publicity that Is p blo Fortunately Fortunate a rough ready an and fairly reliable method metho of or focusing I IT Is available lIable to anybody who doesn't t sh shy at a little bother says Ernest Color Coler Colorin In Motor Life Magazine Ia St Stand nd the car caron caron caron on level lo Jr ground und fifty feet teet from a l vertical vertical ver ver- surface such as tho the side of a building a fence ence or the garage e door Mark two cro crosses ses on this surface the tho horizontal lines of the crosses should l bo be two forty-two inches from tho the ground I j i while whilo the tho distance between n the vertical I j lines should be equal to tho distance I i I between the lamps of or your car Remove Remove Re Re- I m move mo o the covers or lenses of or the lamp train tho the light on the two marks and I focus the lamps by chan changing ing the lo location location lo- lo cation Uon of 0 tho the bu bs until you OU ob- ob obI obtain ob ob- I t tain ln tho the smallest circle of ot clear char light liKht j i centered on tho the crosses As long lone as asI I the circle on tho the wall shows a ablack ablack black spot In the center your bulb Is I too far back In the reflector as long longas longI I as that circle remains fuzz fuzzy fuz streaked streak I 1 or wIthout sharply defined edges proper focus has not been obtained The crosses Incidentally enable you OU I to check up tho the alignment of ot your our lamps Frequently tho they are arc tilted upI upward up up- I ward or downward or sideways After After Aft Aft- er focusing the non laro or plain I lenses ma may be replaced and your our ourI lamps lamas are aro as of efficient tic lent as v they can bo be I with the equipment you OU carry Butas lon long as you rou are arc anxious to have properly prop- prop or erly focused lamps the focusing has hns Ito to bo ho done lone In when you OU change or J renew lamp bulbs bulb While It grieves me to inject this discordant note candor nevertheless 1 compels the statement that some moI motorists motorists mo mo- will find It If Impossible ble bla to obtain a clear white spot of at I light when focusing their lamps Tn In these cases tho the f fault lies with the reflector which may have havo been turned out by a n who In all likelihood likelihood likelihood like like- would not roco recognize a parabolic It Is 19 were pr nto l to him h by a process proc proc- ets et's server ser Everything that glitters with a nice shiny coat cont of or nickel plat plat- lapis In lap lap- Is not necessarily a a. parabolic lamp Plat I rt reflector lect r When your la lamp h happens i I i to bo be saddled with reflectors O o of this I description all aU you OU can do is to focus I lamps lamp until j you rou ou obtain the nearest I Ia approach a to a clear white whito circle of I Ii light I If It wo we could wo fro would print these I 1 I few words in red capital letters after the manner of or the instruction book Change tho the Cylinder Oil on Every Miles lUes Possibly such sueh an unusual treatment of or that little bit of ol advice adv adice ad- ad vice ice v ice would bring brine It homo home to a lot of or motorists but we suppose If It were painted In letters a foot root high on every sign board in the country tho the majority majority ma ma- of or car drivers would disregard ill it If It there thero ever Is a a. limo lime when this I advice Is s worth following It i la is dur dur- ing the tHo o cold weather There Is a a. cerbin certain certain tain bin amount of ot raw fuel that docs does not do Its intended work of at giving power an and It works down past pistons pistons pistons pis pis- tons Into the crankcase thero there to di dilute dl- dl I lute luto the lubricating oil G Gasoline Isn't a lubricant an and before lon long tho supposed supposed supposed sup sup- posed lubricant Isn't a a. lubricant either You Tou congratulate yourself on tho the small amount of at oil all your our motor uses for tho the level keeps up remarkably well judginG judging judging judg judg- ing from tho the Indicator Unfortunately that convenient gauge does not differentiate differentiate dif dif- between oil and other othor liquids A level is a level to it no matter what hat the liquid Tho The truth of or this was borne home only recently to a member of or Motor Lifes Life's staff stace who couldn't understand I wh why his motor was so reluctant to K e r v aI turn over when the tho oil system I working GO so well The Tho oil trod U gasoline t i I Five hundred miles is about boul extent that the oil will retain It under winter conditions Its If starter tarter wont won't work worle even thou h I know the battery batter to be In 1 good dIllon tho the chances are y you u ban bail tho the oil too long IonS and are bearings s and pistons to work vork J erly with this friction dut duty The starter O watt because tho the bearings are cither b 1 bout bout out or on the point of or 19 lack Inch of at lubrication But the oil Indicator says O 0 K It is Js iss B lla of ot liquids a J hf The speedometer Is a Jt |