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Show THIS TIMELY WANING MAY SAM MONEY Studebaker Distributor Says Attention Saves Motorists Trouble. "With so great a share of the nation's na-tion's commercial burden to carry, the automobile now more than over before must be kept rtinuinp; regardless of weather conditions," says Manager T. W. Naylor, distributor of studebaker cars for Halt Lake and Utah. "The success of our arms abroad and those of our allies depends mmh upon our ability to keep even- channel open for the quick transportation of foodstuffs munitions, etc. To relax our enorftv in' this direction, because of the severity of the weather, would be literally oivin'tr aid and comfort to the enemy." ".lack Frost is no respecter of personshe per-sonshe will y0 out of his wav to pax-Ins pax-Ins respects to an automobile 'radiator The water jackets of the cylinders are his especial favorites it is no trouble whatever for him to qui.kiv conceal the water therein. Not oniy is 'this Frost person to be feared because of the uncomfortably larjre repair bills he is capable, of causing but. most of -ill lie if liable to put the owner's ,,r' truck out of commission entirely. Ton much dep.mds upon the motor i-ar these days to risk sm-h an occurrence. Take warning now. .Mr. MotorNt and provide yourself with a few "allous of denatured alcohol, and when the weather turns in a decided maimer food a little into the radiator, thus insurins; yourself against daiL'age that surelv will conic otherwise, the proportion's depend upon the temperature. Jt will J require a 5 per cent solution of alcohol to prevent freezing at 2o degrees, and a 2ii per cent solution will take care of the water system down to zero. As low as 10 below the solution should be 30 per cent, and if the mercury happens to drop to lo degrees below', the percentage per-centage will be :ir of alcohol, wdiereas 10 more degrees helow will require a 40 per cent solution. At present prices glycerine is out of the question as an anti-freezing agent. "Cover your radiator when car is allowed to stand idle, and if it is to remain in the cold for anv length of time let it face the wind and not back up into it. If left in tiie latter position the .wind has a clear passage under the car and above the drip pau to the motor. "It really requires no more effort to do things correctly and painstakingly than it does to do thein in a careless, slipshod manner and you owe it to your country to exercise every precaution pre-caution that will keep your car in service all year round.',' |