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Show a!i'Ei5few; MANY R OF 4 v A CS 5 Intermountain Tour Shows Advantages of Motor Transportation ' SKILL DEEDED TO SHE 1111 EMI III v A Knowledge of How Blze May Be' Started I Valu able Aid in Fighting f 4 X It --'t Writer Tells Method Used to Combat Many Kinds, of Motor Car Conflagrations. What shall I do? My car Is on fir! "In tho first place, be prepared, says Carter Walker In a recent Issue ef Motor Life Majasine. Preparedness finds Its fullest expression In the constant fight against the greatest destroyer of national resources fire. But to you who may soma day experience the unpleasant sensation of seeing the puff of smoke and Cash of Cam steal up from under national resources" la , the hood, .ague .thing. Let us then confine the subject to your car which is as close to you as the best friend you ever bed. It goes without saying that tha best posatbl way to be prepared ts to invert It's cheep, con- -. in a fire extinguisher. venlent to carry and, above all, it will extinguish any kind of a motor ear fire if It U used in time. People who dont carry extinguishers either don't know bow easily a car can catch firs, or do not cars. "Where to put the extinguisher Is an ' Under the dash Is tha open question. mocustomary place. But almost every tor car fire endangers this spot. Flames sometimes envelop the extinguisher before the driver has an opportunity of from using U. The mostto logical Itpiece on the runfire standpoint is plane in a drawback ning board, but thie has and that It spoils the looks of the It.-car For tempts children to meddle with roadsters,car-le- dspecie tly, the extinguisher on brackets at the base cen be In this position it tH the driver v. ta very hand Tor touring cars a good of the back is front seat Bars tha place it ts accessible, which ts the main thing. V . s -- ; Know tires Cause?. In the second place, know the causes of the various kinds of fires. There Is n no sense in getting you smell smoke. Gasoline does not explode; Its vapor does But this vapor. If not confined under pressure, simply' bursts Into flame at once with very little amoks. Thus, wnan you smell smoke without locating tbs flame, make up vour mind at once that the trouble Is probe My In the electrical system. Fusee are designed to cut and off the current when a short circuit occurs, but horns and frequently spotlights ere not so protected. The first thing te do in this case Is to shut off the motor end examine ell wires. Often the it ftnell of burning rubber Is merely a in the spot-ligwires, because thev have become caught in the front door. If the motor has been running well the trouble could not be in the distributor wires, for should a wire to a spark plug break off the motor would mlsa The broken end of the wire, if It came In contact, or even near metal, would send the spark meant for the cylinder across the air gap. This is only dangerous if the motor ts greasy or if the carbure'ar is leaking and the air Is charged with gag vapor. "The attitude of soma drivers who Jet grease end oil collect on the motor under the Impression that grease Is good for machinery shows gross Ignorance of the causes of fires. Grease In the proper essential to maplace is absolutely chinery. but grease on the outside of the motor Is always fuel for flames. Many cars have been burned to a crisp because of grease in the dust pan near the exhaust. A good axiom is to keen every part of the car at clean ss possible. panic-stricke- circuit-breake- rs short-circu- ht Carelessness Is Responsible. "If the motor suddenly bursts Into flams while you are driving, ten to one It Is a gas fire. Either the motor has overheated and thus ignited gss vs Dor around the carbureter or vacuum tank or gasoline has dripped on the exhaust Pipe. In such a case the fire would not nave happened If the external parts of carbureter, vacuum tank and gas lines were kept free of gasoline. "A motor would have to be terrifically hot to set fire to rubber or woodwork In he vicinity. But gas vapor outside of the motor doesnt require much encouragement to eet it going. "If the car takes fire while you are mind cranking the motor make .up your at once that you have had a hack-fir- s In the and that the flames are alreadv r, that they will carbureter travel straight to the vacuum tank and thence to the rear reservoir. Tou elwevs ran tell a back-fianyway, both bv the fact that the motor does not start1 smoke of that comes up the and bv puff out of the carbureter. Then the car takes fire while cranking In the garage oerticuiarly In cold weather when Its difficult to get a good rich mixture ft Jf Is almost alwevs due to here were a short circuit or a lighted hsve rlgaret tn the body the car would not while caught fire during the night; j ou are trying to crank it; ' float-ehamb- re beck-firin- g. Method of Procedure. ' ls "Knowing the major causes of fires, tbe next thing to know Is wnen one hav do to The you what to do is to classify the very first thing and There ts trouble qulcklv correctly. po sense pouring s bucket of water on the generator Just because a little smoke la coming out of it, or throwing dirt all over the carbureter when it pops back, or ripolng off ail the Ignition wires Just because you smell rubber burning. "When you smell smoke, reason care- Wbeh you fully and act sensibly. see flame, act outcklv. "I have shown what a rsrlety of causes one mi attrlnute to smoke. Tour friends may have been careless with their smokee. A fire In the cushions the robes, the ton or the body soon Id be put out with water. Tarrv a collaoei-b'- s Tf no water is handv. smOi- bucket fConUnued en Fags Twelve.) atite-mobi- , I j O'll" j O' J JSgrf - V V ri- - , 'N 'i y A !;i juat Jt would be less conspicuous Jf painted black and in winter It would be covered wiijj robes. v -v r- - r Sponsored by Ad Clubs of Coast; to Attend An-- . nual Convention- Two Hundred Vehicles Will Leave Seattle on May 19 for Stockton. eEATTtE. April I. What promises to be the most picturesque automobile caravan to make a tour In the history of western automobile expeditions will start from Seattle the morning of May 19, bound for Stockton, Cal, a Journey of approximately POO mile. There will be 175 passenger cere In line when the starter In the control car gives the signal that atarts the caravan for along the Pad fie coast highway Stockton, where the annual convention of the Pacific Coast Advertising club will hold a convention May 23 to 28. Puget Sound delegates decided to make it a bl community affair and have invited indi vldual motorists to Join them on the six, day Journey and advance reservation bow that the Pacltio northwest is to be out in fores. ' v V hn After-- ' flame been extinguished In tbs gagina, if they hire gained headway on ,th body, (mother them with laproho. 0 . i i ; I n: If on country road, throwing dirt or land on the carburetor will effectively shut off escaping gu vapor, thue destroying the source from which the flames ire fed. iu r Ji W'wSj f Interest .Trip to Start From Salt Canadian Motorists Join. r : The British Columbia delegates and motorists who are to go along with the caravan will motor down from Vanoou ver and Victoria and Join the Seattle delegation, which will pick up cars from Tacoma en routs to Portland, where the expedition will be augmented by the motorists from Spokane and Portland. Then the hundreds of cars will start on the long Journey over the wonderful Pacific Tbs highway commissions of hlgbwav. Washington and Oregon have men work on the few bad epota on this scenio lng route and automobllista will find the V i: Lake May 17. ' . 1 AUTO OCCURRED Advertise Scenery.- - - . auto-mobllis-ta Never throw water on the flames encircling the engine, ss it will only scatter them. A fire extinguisher Is the best remedy obtainable,' end If used in time wlQ put out the , times tn ehort order. Manager Jenkins Outlines Possibilities of Intermountain Journey. - , road In fine shape. In the Interests of recruiting and to test out The Pacific highway ag a mill tary road, tho army I to have a aetsil of passenger car and military trucka in the caravan and other features are planned. riaus for this excursion were formulated st a meeting held in tha offices of the Pacific Northwest Tourist association. Organized advertising, the automobile industry, good roads advocates and boosters of horns industry development msds addresses and it was decided to make an aggreseivs campaign to request every firm In the Puget Sound ACCIDENTS country interested In manufacturing or 44 engaged in production of merchandise to IN MARCH be represented in the Industrial aection of the caravan. Portland has already begun the work on floata which will make the long trip south to display what Report of Traffic Sergeant J. H. 'Warla made In th ' fto.q GKy.' den Show None of Them Was Caused by Eeckieeeaeee. - .To The caravan alms to combine 'the advertising of tourist snj scenic strac. lions end goods manufactured In tn Pacific northwest with the promotion of A committee good roads propaganda waa appointed to act with the highway Commission in making th Washington section of tha Pacific highway ready for the caravan, the Oregon commiseton having already agreed to have lb roads repaired. official of tb various highway commission have been asked to Join the tour to get data for extensive highway d elonment: Governor Olcott of Oregon ha agreed to ride with th across tbe state and prominentexpedition 111 be In Columbia official tn delegation from toe north California hsve been naked to meet the the state tine and eccompanv rarsian st . it to where extensl bums hsve been made for entertainment. Train in Grows , The elojan ha spread across the continent 'In comparatlve'y of the local short time, says i bureau. Today it means more to farmer, business mao n4 the average Individual than the announcement that a new railroad le shortlv to b constructed, from the very obvtou fact that, ahile the country is malting for the new railroad to function, the movement i '"growing greater and greater, and more trucka are being sold and placed In operation by farmers, contracin And the eteed cams back to the owners tors, haulage companies and stage line. foid. Tbe movement, aith the . But today from out of customed preparations now being made for th run cote of a ramie train from rslt Lake to Back In the day when ths west was Some rake of th rabbi Boise, Idaho, starting May IT, has take!) has frisked my on rare. the entire Ina new significance boat, termountain territory. It Is nor a irm-If a Bad Man lifted bodys mare Ths motor that is my Joy snd pride. a not advert! It A bot wrath ran through the is tnKk content; country- -' And I Bvirsl- - bke it ii for the Lad Man's ; aide, scheme, U la not a tfeufons'ration in ?r hide. Slid d of internet dwtrihuforl certain WKh a quick demand for th Bad Mans Tb sheriff yawns and he bess to state Jt is a start era organiratlon-bu- t hide; That th arm of th law will investithe nsbt direction to prove t.e For a plug purloined wss a hostile deed. gate. ty of the truck anT to demonstrate the And it didnt square wnb the cowmans But I know ail o?r need the for guod .Ye'eaj darn well ersed, eet: and best of all. tt is designed trle ed the the to fact A posse drew to th sheriffs shack educate the that puVic r toe and has tru s has vm Into ice And they all fell in on the fikhers Is thieved. v. ere to COOju track. "ehip-'b:r-tnic- ' shlp-by-tru- case of reckless driving wss uncovered in March. If the number of accidents can steadily increase, despite the faet that non' of them wee caused by recklessness, it is elearly seen that more than ordinary precautions are necessary, ra the opinion of Sergeant WarMost of th mishaps occurred at den. intersections, showing plainly where the greatest danger is found, he raid. The monthly Salt Lake motor accident report for March, issued last week The First Shall Be Last. bv Traffic fierzean? J. H. Warden, head of the city's traffic squadron, shows (American MedicsJ Journal.) a total of forty-fou- r accidents, resulting An elderly man, driving a Henry, sudin ou death and twenty-twinjuries. (etched drug store window. The report clearly show the impor- denly "Is this ths first time ou sver, drove a tance of care to pedestrian and officer. ear,, asked a police "No, sir, wss the grim reply, "this alike, when it is noted that fifteen of the aecidentj oceurnnz last is the last. tuenth involved automobiles and pedesexactitude. trians. In seven eases one suto was involved and in thirteen accidents two sntos wers involved. Three accidents Utram." as Id Mrs. Comtnssel, It wss occurred between street esrs snd auto- going too fur for vou to say our boy mobiles snd one in which a railroad Joh ln t worth bs salt. Mbt"Twta bait aint so dear But train plaved a part. to ti that ths way he wwkm Another incentive for careful driv- now hr Josh am t worth his- sugar." found tn the is fact thit net one fefar. ing o auto-mobilis- n j STOP THEFT ts r fr ! en pe-e- Theyll slip the pirate that wrecked my mporlancc fhcmiL chaise to t The geat rtortc A inee.lv mulct or his thirty dav. mountain dtr'et of tie They rods ths trail till thay' ran him O- caution him not tq Men anewJ-h! t c 4 tarn tr0 nta'v be Vt hlcii down. Is Wiiat the scnieiK imlieS To fnriflr Ue 9 him to. And It wasn't a fine for the Bad Man oauL! tv of tne !iii!r.r..?rM JV e can te to this ss a waxr. then S''. - .i?,v?i tO tf (! a i tew p mm That well mis our cars t rom pal. Or a brief tojoum in the comfv pen. the od i tv he fm. rs of corral Take it from me as from on that's n b' - a f) e fr A f ,'a Tin the deait out for the cri.n apdi pears Brette Hart and I ought to fie read ' 1 ri sd 8 know; , A bit UithfS'thv for i ica-e- -r , They strung him up in ths leafy wold. From Ati.e. i .n ifi ts Xo- - dietaries now n balked; to the wests re- ; - ).- J. 1 y - v r ' -- t !'i - ir f - te--- . ' . C A I i' f J iiv ryf |