Show II II IIII II AUTOMOBILE WORLD Iii Keep the tho accumulator plates v well Il covered with the electrolyte tc Plumbago o Is one of or the handiest of or articles for a a. leaky pump France has hns an nn automobile journal which wil Is published dally daily In n newspaper form Ordinary chewing gum cum Is a handy material for repairing a small leak leakIn In n a i radiator A world tour In an on automobile Is planned h by Joseph P. P Kalt an nn en- en th motorist of or Milwaukee The Worcester Mass Automobile club will conduct another climb on Dead horse hill In October An Industrial vehicle competition will tako take In to tho the vicinity o of Italy September 13 IS to 20 W. Although p permitted in Paris lady rabbles for London taxicabs are arc barred harred b by the tho police o of the British capital More than motor cars have been turned been turned out by one automobile factory factory fac rac- tory In Detroit In less than two years The official photographs of or tho the cars cor carsIn carsin In tho the Grand Prix are filed away for tor reference in connection with future races races A little practice at running a car backward often orton proves prove of or great value especially if something goes wron wrong on a hill K teen cen of or the then 21 starters In the scaled scale bonnet run of or the tho Delaware Steno State Automobile Automobile- association finished with perfect scores s. s The New Jersey Automobile and antI Motor club of Newark now claims second second second sec sec- ond place amon among clubs of oC th the country countr having 1121 members There were nearly nearh tubes In Inthe the honeycomb comb radiators of or curs of or British make mako of or more moro than mo h. h p. p which competed in tho the l French rench Grand Crane Prix At the th present rate at which farmers farmers farmers farm farm- ers are aro bu buying automobiles ev er prosperous farm house In the country will havo have Its gasoline buggy huggy a n. decaco hence Oil tho the hub-brake hub mechanism oc oc- Beginning at tho lie operating operatIng In Ing lover lever us use tho oll- oll oil can n on every eor joint In tho the brake brako rods and bearings of or the compensating shaft shaftA A new solder called lInol ha has been perfected In Germany which greatly simplifies the tho junction of or conductors conductor and other electrical apparatus also for rendering nuts Immovable Th The Tho St. St Paul Minn Automobile club has offered n n. reward of or 50 o fo for Information leading to the tion of motorists who speed away a after aCtor accidents With every prospect of or success am ama and anda a very good chance chanco of soon having their thell own club house owners of or motor motorcars motorcars motorcars cars Salt Lake 0 City Utah have organized or organized organized or- or a club An en enterprising firm of or automobile supply leaders dealers in Boston has published published pub puh- a map of t that city showing the thc shortest routes from all parts of tho the city to Its store Practically nil fill of or the lar largo large e wholesale paper concerns of or Indianapolis arc aro us usIng usIng using us- us ing automobile trucks truck and find them more practical for hauling hea heavy paper than horses Tar macadam macadam it In is cl claimed by some ome I Is destined to solve soho tho entire e problem of or road construction and antI t Its p practical results to date RO go o a a. lon long lone way toward jusUf justifying this prophecy A new ne mirror Is on the tho market markot so arranged etl that the driver cnn can seo see by looking lookin into one ono of ot tho reflectors wh what t Is behind him and in another what is going on In front both hoth at the same time The fhe Automobile club of nolo Cologne Bologne ne Ita Italy is IR working on the preliminary I arrangements for the Florio cup C race which Is to be run on September G. G The course will cover covel 3 31 1 miles s. s With Ith the pa passing of or tho the bill prohibiting prohibit prohibit- ing automobiles on the Island of at Bermuda Ber Ber- muda an nn auto livery of ot seven big cars at Hamilton which was run b by a Boston Boston Boston Bos Bos- ton man has been put out of existence Fifty active women motorists are ex expected expected ex- ex to Join the Minneapolis club now that restriction against t them has has been dropped The Initiation f fee c of or 25 25 5 i i 3 also waived in their behalf The Tho Automobile club ot of of count county Pennsylvania which has 1 raised 1000 to repair the old Baltimore pike was or organized less than twenty months ago n o with IS 48 m members TolIa Today It has more than OO enrolled Tho The Motor Car Clr union of or Great Brit Brit- Britain Britain ain nin has hns requested l the government o to set act aside all moO money collected from Crom taxation tax tax- taxation atlon of or motor cars out of which grants can bo he mado matlo to local authorities authorities ties for maintenance According J to John S. S Martin of or NewYork New NewYork York who recently completed a 10 mlle mile automobile tour of or Europe southern Italy Ilal Is hopeless as a tourIng touring tour tour- In Ing countr country Around Homo tomo and Naples Naples Na Xa- ples pIes he says tho the roads are aro vile 11 The automobile has made mado It Its advent Into tho the ore oro country of or northern Vis ln Minnesota and upper tipper Michigan an the cars being operated between lh the various ran range o cities In transporting mining men supplies s and even ore As a result of or tho the now Rhode Island law lav taxing automobiles according to horse power a second n association of nr motorists has been formed formet in lit Pro Provi- to secure C Just J laws Jaws for taxation of ot cars and highway Improvements The Thc platinum contact piece from tho the end of or the tho trembler Is probably tho smallest essential part of a 0 single not more cylinder cUnder machine measuring than 1 IC of or an nn Inch in an any dimension C. 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I Poncin a government o lI lighthouse lighthouse light light- ht- ht house Inspector who recently made mado a trip front from Seattle to Los Angeles and r return turn carried carde his wife and pet pel dog with him The he dog log was provided pro with witha a tl comfortable resting place on the running board The Tho Massachusetts III Highway hwn t commission commission com- com to application application mission ha has decided try tn an cation MUon of a n he heavy vy grade of or Texas crude oil containing a high per cent of or asphalt asphalt as nt on sand roads In Cape Cod Cort Itis It ItIs Is IR expelled t ed the experiment will c prove of ot great value The bronze medals awarded to owners owners owners own own- ers of tho the sixteen successful cars in inthe tho the recent endurance run of or the Hartford Hart Hart- ford Automobile club are arc about the tho size of ot a half half dollar dollar with a CL ring attached so thc they can ho bo worn as watch fobs fohs Governor Fort of New ew Jersey Is evincing e so so much Interest this summer summer summer sum sum- mer In that motorists of or his tate state begin to ha have haxe c hope of or his In Influence Influence In- In influence fluence In lessening the tho drastic Ic legislation legislation legisla legisla- tion against o. o them at the tho next session of the tho le legislature Cars in transit sit through h Turkey are allowed six tenths to pa pass s through the tho country b by tho the customs officials From JHO I to to U 71 Is levied on the machine machine machine ma ma- chine on entry which Is returned on ho car cr leaving the country countr less 1 per percent percent percent cent transit dut duty A new now trick for lor holding up and robbing robbing robbing rob rob- bing motorists has been heen developed dc in Pennsylvania Penns Tho The up hold-up man pretends pretends pre pre- tends to be bo drunk When hen the kindhearted kindhearted kind kind- hearted motorist halts halt his machine to prevent running him down tho the man turns and presents a revolver Officers of or tho the Hartford Conn Automobile Automobile Au Au- club have havo decided to erect sign p posts on all nil principal roads within tho the radius of or twenty five he miles of or their city Tho The 81 signs will not only Indicate the tho towns alan along I the way woy but tho the character character char char- acter of or tho the road as well John M M. Satterfield rice vice president of ot tho the Automobile club of or Buffalo who recently ru- ru re recently returned from an extended automobile au- au trl trip trio through Franco France and tho the continent has presented tho Touring Board of the American Automobile as association as- as with man many valuable route hooks books and maps malS J. J i |