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Show ) THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE AUTOMOBILE SQUEAKY SPRINGS REMEDIED, In cases of Chronically squeaky springs try Jacking up the car so that th weight removed from- the springe amd then DOCK COMPLETED. these tatter with kerosene. Run England It Is announced that the sea- soaking oar for a day or so to let the kerothe unplane floating dock, which has been sene soak In and then saturate th der construction at Sbeernesa dockyard springe with some of the old oil that by orders of the air ministry, has now has been (trained off from th crankcase. been deliveVed as reedy for service. For a 'day's run wipe off any excess oil the present, the craft has been berthed After thaT shows to prevent the collection of In the Medway, near Port Victoria. The dock which has an overall length of 143 unseemly dust. feet and a lifting capacity of too tons, FLYING FRIAR ACTIVE. win accommodate two large, modern seaA Capuchin friar has requested the planes, has thirteen buoyancy compartments, each flooded direct from the sea Spanish government to let him take part and emptied by blowing with compressed In th Moroccan campaign with a maair. The power for the air compressor chine of his own invention. Is supplied by two dynamos,. which also provide the current for light-Using th engine as a brake on steep Ing and power for workshop machinery, down grades of mountains insures safety, capstans, winches and pumps. An intereaves the brakes and cools the engine. esting feature Is the supply of petrol to seaplanes from a large storage tank on A good use for old tubes Is to use them the deck bv means of the Bywater hyIn your emergency tire repairs Place a draulic system. Flight. piece between the casing and the patch and It will remove possibility of friction , RACE HELD. between them. n A It France. The which has been Navigation company, CLEAN BRAKE RODS. running an air service from Paris to Every month or so the motorist should Prague and Warsaw, is now about to look over the brake rods and linkages Inaugurate an extension of their service from Prague to Vienna to Budapest. The cleaning off all th accumulated road dirt new service IS to run three times a week, and runt ao that th.y wiU act as freely and the time taken will be two hours and efficiently as possible. In the cleansolution ot from Prague to Vienna and about one ing process a and hours from Vienna to kerosene and lubricating oil works wonYou ders. will be surprised how much Budapest. easier and more efficiently th brakes act The French seaplane contest was run off. If the operating mecl Intervals when six naval and two civilian pilots tentlon at took part, M. Eynac, undersecretary of state for aeronautics, evinced the keenest Interest In the event, and had flown, in a Goliath, from Paris to Marseilles, In five and one-hahours' flying time, a couple of days previously, in order to Left-hand be present at fbeHstart and finish. The finish found M. " Potree, on a the winner, In Singapore has officially placed the five hours and one minute. Brou, on a ban on cars having the driver's seat on the d side. An order reFarman, being second in eight hours and fourteen minutes. cently received In Las Angeles from the government of the colony declares that only cars so equipped that bav COMPANY BUILDS CRAFTS. been reeistered prior to December SI, Australia. The Australian Aircraft and 1921, will be permitted in the Straits Engineering company has recently subSettlement. Such cars must be fitted mitted a request to the government for with a mechanical device for the pur a subsidy to establish and develop the pose of Indicating the Intention of th aircraft Industry In Australia. The comto turn tp the right. driver pany states that, unless further orders are plaped by the government. It will be 1 .Meteoric Career of Jimmy Murphy, Irish Flash, Is One of Many Laurels. LOS ANGELES, Cal., June 3. Miller motors, such as wm used by Jimmy Murphy la winning the International racing sweepstakes at Indianapolis Decoration day. will never become common. At no time will more than ten drivers be equipped with them, and even these drivers must he the pick of the flock. This was the announcement made by Barry A. Miller in the east yesterday, following a literal avalanche of requests for motors turned out by the Los Angeles manufacturer. Recardless of the One of the most remarkable wrecks in railroad annals occurred at North class of. pilots clamoring for Immediate N. Y., when the famous 'Blaek Diamond J express, traveling at seventy delivery. Miller refused to sign a single Leroy, miles an hour, was wrecked by hitting a little automobile at a crossing. Three construction contract, deferring all buteinjured-tw- enty the driver of the car, were killed and thirty-sipersons, including nes until after he reaches home next in the car shown above. achievement had a The Murphy-Milldistinctly western flavor and Pacific coast racing enthusiasts at Indianapolis are said to have cleaned up handsomely on the result. Team bets on the respective merits of Ballot, Duesenberg. Monroe, Frontenac and Miller were In favor, and the latter found ready back-In- g That brakes should be tested everyday. evening Is at all foggv or misty, and more with such stars as Murphy, Milton. L COlllVons occur this hour than 'nli handling theCall- - gooi worCing .order, tor faulty brakes during any other during of the twenty-fouA 'fomla power plants a consequence of this, the careful wlH not only endanger the occupants nt Murphy's rise to fame as a racing car. but also the safety of those on motorist will turn on his lights at the driver baa been one of the most meteoric the foot. This test Is simple, and should be first sign of approaching darkness, preA In the history of the gasoline sport. made a part of the daily routine. ferring the si ght drain upon his batfew years ago the youth, who celebrated going even a short distance from teries to the danger of crashing into anMe twenty-fift- h birthdav recently, was theBefore car which may not note his apother apand throw out the clutch a lowly garage helper. Finally he gradu- ply garage, the brakes slowly, noting whether proach. Tn addition to the safety which ated to a mechanic's job as Milton's aide, they answer to the pressure end whether this practice promotes, thete is also the and Uter was promoted to be a they respond evenly. If one wheel brakes feeling of being right. In case of an acpilot. more than the other, there Is an addi- cident for the car with l.ghts always "Little Jimmy" made good from the tional on a wet or has the advantage over one without Qf skidding very start, and has garnered more than slipperydanger surface. If the brakes fall to op. them, especially In the case of a lawsuit In a fair share of speedway honors the erat properly, or If you have the slight- resulting from a collision. past two years He has raced or rid est feeling of fear that they may not den at Tacoma, Co tat! . Fresno, San Car- hold, drive at once to the nearest serNo one should be to operate le and Beverlv, and has proved unusu- vice station and have the trouble rectified, a motor vehicle who permitted Is: ally popular with the speed fans. for any other course Is a gamble not Not the fully with acquainted The new champion will return home only with the car Itself but with human and steering safety apparatus. with Miller, and will Immediately "tune life. Not of a sufficient height easily to races on the coast this up" hie car forMiller-madreach the clutch and brake pedals e summer. The machine want It is far easier and much safer to steer Not through the Indianapolis race In perfect a car whose front wheels "toe in than easily. strong enough to control the car one In which the front wheels are pershape. Apt to lose his (or her) head In an fectly straight or where they "toe out " emergency. OUT O LUCK. The wheels of new cars Invariably slant Not conversant with the traffic rules A car repair salesman called on the a little In, for this tends to keep the car and the laws of the road. the center of the road, and this. In Afflicted with defective eveslght or manager of a San FYanelsco office, and In the driver to keep the car hesring. upon being told that the official he want- turn, permits Inclined to take risks which endanger ed was not In left his card to bo given moving In a straight line with little or no him when he returned. When the man- effort. But this slight riant should be the safety of the occupants of the car watched and checked up. as any or pedestrians unon the road. ager received the card he found written carefully of It affects both the driving on the back a Spanish verse which read alteration of the car and the wear on the tires To the most out of motoring, follow "thusly: Is It for this reason that frequent "You get No tengo no dinero Auto Know." measurements the wheels front between No tengo no papel should be taken. flgurlngthitt the disNo tengo no tobacco tance between the wheels should be at (Copyright. 1922, hy the Wheeler SyndiGodamitoell " cate, Inc.) of an Inch less at the On looking up the Spanish translation least front than at the back, when the meashe found It to mean: ACCIDENT ADVICE. urement the at is the of hub. taken height I have no money When figuring in an automobile acciWatching this trifling' detail will pay I have no paper big dividends In ease of steering and also dent, do not talk too much. Get the I. have no tobacco in tire mileage. time, the place, names of those In the Godamitoell. car and If their addresses and can, you Evidently the salesman' did not intend When the refuses to work, by all means take down the number ot to reveal hie sad state, but gave the the In care license should be If state and Issued. where taken card bv mistake. He eurelv was "out special cranking of luck" and he didn't care who knew It. the car In order to- prevent .the danger Uke.-ly of a backspln of the crank, which Is accident. It is well to get their names l to break an arm. The crank should and addresses, even though the car SHAFT PLAY INJURIOUS. always be pulled up. not pushed down, not badlv damaged. Excessive play In the main shaft of and It should not be spun unless it is abthe geareet may cause the gear shifter solutely necessary. Also the spark SIBERIA BAD AUTO MART. lever to be forced out of position. Usualshould be retarded until the engine has ' Any manufacturers who have been on as the main front final a the shaft started, and, ly bearing precaution, the Is shimmed so that the condition Is easily crank should be grasped with the thumb looking hopefully to Siberia as a market turn their eyes elsewhere, according remedied. End play In this ehaft may on the same side of the handle with the may to Trade Commissioner Mayer of the also be the cause of chattering in the fingers then. If there I a the department commerce, writing from dutch and a bucking when the car Is handle will slip from the hand and th Vladivostok. ofThere has been no trade In on a grade or otherwise pulling hard anti will automatically fly out of reach automotive products there during the past under load. If this (s not corrected In of the rapidly revolving piece of metal. none four and is to be expected jears, Another precaution which Is too fretime the shaft play may cause permanent Injury to the gears. quently overlooked Is to see that the until conditions change. gears are In neutral. Hardly a week A portable arc welding plant, to be asses Laying Out Zones. S us to without its report of an accident carried on a motor truck, portions of it carelessness on this point. In spite A large scale map that shows all to complete the truck's power the fact all motorists know but fail helrlng ferries and of streets, bridges, tailgates, been an has ted linen to equipment, by remember Its Importance. docks la essential In th business of laying out a aon . system for the motor truck No matter how trivial an accident mav fleeL Ten years ago the annual production of appear to be. It Is always best to get automobiles in this coutry was 181,000, all the facts about the persona Involved and today the capacity is 2.750,000. In order to protect yourself In case of future litigation. The points to be covered Include: SO Names and addresses of Injured persons. RaU Crossing witnesses. occupants of the other car, and by License numbers of other cars involved. Commercial motor stages, busses Exact or location of accident and time of and trucks In and Arlsona dav or night. will be required hereafter to oome to Nature and extent of Injuries to propa complete stop before crossing railThe "container" car is a new tvpe erty or Individuals. roads tracks, according to recent orof carrier now developed which calls Attendant circumstances speed, horn, ders by Oregons public service comfor the coordination of transportation etc. and a definite statement as to who mission and by Arizona's corporation steam railroads, motor trucks, and was at fault. commission. electric railways. A pencil sketch of the cars or persons The orders, similar to those Issued The container car consists of vault-llk- c Involved, showing their direction and Inby the California railroad commission built to occupy a compartments dication of the is streets, also a great and the Nevada public service comsection of a freight or express car. value. mission. will provide that motor veThese compartments are loaded at hicles subject to th orders shall come the warehouses of shippers, transportThe most dangerous time of the dav. to a full stop not less than fifty feet ed motor trucks the railroad lo by both for automobiles and pedestrians, i from a railroad track or tracks at yards, there lifted by crane to the the twilight gone" between sundown and grade. Violation may subject owners train and secured bv hooks and steel the darkness that causes all drivers to of such vehicles to suspension or revoguides for the next stage of turn on their lights. It Is at this time cation of license. that a car will not be visible until It Is only a few feet away, particularly If the ' er YOU AUTO KNOW r. -- - Franeo-Rumania- lf three-quarte- rs Singapore Bars Motors W ith Drives lf Clerget-Caudro- y 4, 1922. out ot work la three months, on-- ' completing th elx Avra airplanes It is now working on at Mascot, New South Wales Australian timber is being used i by th company, and It builds all parts of the airplane except the engines. Industrial Australian. WRECKS' EXPRESS TRAIN 1 MBEf.IRe Sweeping Demand Hollows this Qreat Reduction to a price to low that no one who knows fine car values and learns what Stephens can do, can be content with any other car STEPHENS Salient? SHe This new reduction of on top of a reduc- 150 ' tion of 65 5aIreaidylnadmakesnowitotal reduction of $805 in a few months I 31 New Improvements , n. 57 Haad-bni- . bot-pow- lt Coechwork miles paQon 2 to 60 mile la a flasli Non-SkCord Tires 18-2- left-han- 0 and '5fEi id &oery Owner Declares: Its a LARSON-CLAYTO- Great Car! MOTOR CO., N Distributors. 434 South Main Street. see DEALERS WANTED STEPHENS MOTOR WORKS, Freeport, UL efnanced, Powerfully Capitalized Dependde one-four- th ForJEvcry JEnginc Everywhere self-start- 1 kick-bac- ttaeT k, RwSitt (Say nik) Insure Your Engine ( see Law Require Feet From Stop Container Travels Auto Truck i Rail ALL over the country Tin today men are talking about the' service Fisk Tires give. Just look the tires over if you want to know why. Compare for Quality and Price. -- Chmpioi Regular now 75c bov 60c Cfcapia X Champion accuracy in construction assures absolute uniformity of spark in each cylinder; consequently amore perfect timing of the engine Thens a Fisk Tire of extra value In every she, for car, truck or speed wagon , Ask your dealer to sell you a full set CHAMPION SPARK PLUG CO. TOLEDO, OHIO rr BARGAINS Graphite Penetrating Oil In Good Tiresi pay one WOULDNTridyou your car of those annoying squeaks? Alemite Graphite Penetrating Oil will do that for you. If a nut sticks, dont twist it off, coax it loose with Alemite Oil This oil dissolves rust and prevents its forming.You heed a can in your garage worst way. Memo: ask for it at your dealers this very day you can secure only FUMES JeivSjjenuine bea rings:... VVe act as .the service depart GRAPHITE penetrating oil $1 64 W. ith-- South St. I I 34x4i3 ALL SIZES OF TUBES--$1 fairer? ENORMOUS STOCK TO SELECT FROM FELT AUTO SUPPLY CO., 142 Salt Lake City Branch - ' If ene of these need tires prove unsatisfactory to purchaser within sixty days, return with receipt for price paid and get another tire for half price. What could be BEARINGS SERVICE COMPANY v 1 32x3ia 31x4 COMPANIES Intennountain Distributors A 30x3 .HYATT, TIMKEN EW DEPARTURE ALEMITE LUBRICATOR CO. OF UTAH t LOOK AT THESE PRICES! ment of'the 3X 32 South West Temple Here is a big opportunity to cash in on a lot of good tires and tubes left with us for repairs and remaining unclaimed. There is a lot of service in them yon are getting big value for your money. Wasatch 9791. i, (Felts East Broadway Bubbcr-Xnn-) Wasatch 3920 |