Show HANDY HINTS TO MOTORISTS SAVE TIME N LABOR MONEY Carl Care should Care should be exercised to pro vent Int scraping tho sides of balloon tires against the thc curb The walls wall are thin and their flexibility Is la not their protected against scraping ahll chafing Jacks should bo be capable of giving the car the tho extra lift necessary for removing n- n n a flat bal bal- balloon balloon bal balloon loon tire 11 It may mayy ma be well to 10 card carr a smell block of wood In the tool toolkit kit to fit It It under the tho jack In event of a tire lire change In soft sort ground Before disassembling parts parIs I which are exposed to the tho elements It Is n a good plan to give each ech part parta It a generous application of rust ro- ro remover re remover mover mo Time can be saved by hy this precaution in addition it prevents s the he breaking of parts which would otherwise require hammering for removal When re- re removing re removing moving nuts Immediately replace them them on their respective bolts bolls Do Donot Donot Donot not depend entirely on memory to toI I replace the part parts parta correctly Either make a rough sketch when there thero lis is the slightest chance chunco for a 11 doubt or tag each part pan separately Jack Jock up the front wheels when lubricating the steering knuckle bolts bolla This tales takes the weight off oct the bearings and means that quicker results arc are had from rom tho oiling or greasing Renewed efforts are being made to Induce stales stairs cities and towns to to 10 participate In the national brake inspection movement by hy either staging special your lest weeks that mean examination or of orall all cars during the drive or pro pro- providing providing pro providing viding regular inspections at perlo perio periodic die dic intervals Too sudden application of oC brake brakl's and excessive l e sliding of wheels will play havoc with any automobile tire lire Sudden skidding wears a II flat fiat place in the tho tread and causes separation In the tire the carcass t More re tires are found ruined by skidding in mountainous and hilly countries than elsewhere but It Is amAzing to observe the amount of damage done dono to tires w on the best streets nn and l In flat fiat country through this fault tault of driving The life of the tho casing after arter excessive skidding I oo so that tha the he motorist gets gels far ar lea Its le than he would otherwise obtain Consumption of t the le product of American automobile factories by companies outside of the United States reached 14 per cent of the total In December which is a 8 new high record The a average for the year Is over 12 per cent and the actual number of ot American ln ye- ye vehIcles ve vehicles bides purchased by the foreign countries during the year ear was According to the traffic lawa laws of France all motor vehicles must be equipped with a warning sig- sig signal sig signal nal of a certain discreet intensity and which sounds rounds only a modulated modulated ed d tone This leg legislation lation ion was as de- de developed de developed from a need for tor more In the lh city The automobile of ot today I Is per cent more marC efficient than the th motor car prior to the war sear and Its value Is 19 being bein recognized more and atom more by the public records record show A few years year ago ngo the aver aver- average average aver average age automobile had nowhere near the life Ure power or economy of the ther present day car simply beca because er the tho manufacturer and automotive en- en engineer engineer en engineer did pot not know how to build In such a a manner that his hIe 00 costs would be e commensurate with the tho retail price of or the ear car Even Een the Iho experienced driver lapse Into Inlo the hait ha of falling signal his hiM hi intention to turn lurn left lell If he Is III following the beaten track of the main highway highway- Hr Re should remember that th the man behind be a local driver who plan plan- planning planning ning to take Ih the continuation of the road straight ahead figures t that lat those ahead of or him arc aro going the same way Signal always always- i J U Ul MY says that he receive received from a woman in Sara Sara- Saratoga Saratoga toga the following recipe Take one regular natural born fool add two or three drinks of bootleg g liquor and anol mix tho the two tn in ina Ina a power motor car After the tool fool I Is thoroughly soaked place hi his foot on the g gas and re- re reI release rc lease I ASO the brake Remove fool from wreckage place In black satin satin- satin lined lined tined box and garnish with flow flow- flowers flower flowers er ers This Is la her recipe for tor how to finish a stew Slew When hen removing the cylinder head for tor a 8 valve grinding job the condition of each valve volve is 18 deter deter- determined determined determined mined a as It is removed Valves that show v burnt malks marks along one side aldo of their stems have bent stems It If the tho stems were straight and the valve valves popped up and down they would be he bright on all sides as a result of even pressure against the guides ulde Although ho has been driving a acar acar acar car for 25 years eare Alphius Collins of Berwick who recently moved I Into Pennsylvania from another elate must take lake an examination I before he gets his hia driving license der for 1925 BO eo the state highway de- de de department r has haM Informed him hint lie I was as one of the first owners owner of an automobile buying one In 1899 and each year ear since sinco h has s found him with willI a car It has been suggested In England to color the surfaces surface of roads green to 10 protect the eyes of automobile drIvers Qualified opticians have round found that minor eo eye troubles I which might be popularly classed as 08 motorists eye ee are arc traced to 10 strain by fixing the eo eye on a 11 gray Iray white eray-white white road surface Fair Pair Really Motorist Motorist Really I t didn't hit you ou intentionally Irate what Victim Victim What t have you got that bumper on your our car for tor If yon arent aren't aiming to hit lilt someone someone- Williams Purple Cow The big car w was s speeding toward a 11 railroad cro crossing creasing when a fast fast- moving fast moving mo freight train moved mo Into sight Immediately the two men In the front seat began bellan an argument argument ment as aa to whether or not the they could beat the train Dont get excited cried the driver I 1 tell you I can easily make it Il it And I 1 tell you ou y y cant can't shout shout- shouted shouted shouted ed the other man The train will beat us by minutes The Ther driver kept increasing the tho speed of the car cor while the argument argument argument ment continued Finally the man manIn manin manin In the rear seat who up to this thle time had remained quiet fran fran- frantically frantically frantically clutching the tho sides of the car could stan stand 1 it ft no longer Well Veil he shouted hauled I I 1 dont don't give a damn who wins this race but butI butI I hope It aint no Judge tie lie Judge A possible II solution of the short are age of parking and garage accommodations m lions li ie I offered in to a ing IllS gara garage e to be erected soon noon In inthe Inthe the tho WEst went end of London England says say's Popular Science Monthly The Tho floors of the tho garage will be ar- ar arranged ar arranged ranged as ns concentric rings rIng each of which will He lie divided Into a number num num- number ber of ot tar one compartments compartment The floor will be he revolved so that aD any compartment can con be bo brought Into line with the main entrance An automobile should never be left on any street without fIrst put putting ling It in pate gate IlAf condition By all means never leave th the car even for a n minute or two without turn turn- turnIng turning ing off orf the tho engine Be De sure pure it I ii securely locked and the key Is tak- tak taken tak lak taken I en a away y not only to prevent the thEft of the car but also alao to 0 pre pre- prevent pre prevent vent ent anyone from accidentally starling it Do Po not lock the wheels as ax It ft may bo be necessary for someone to move It on of fire or accident When stopping on a R hill hili be ho b sure euro the car cor Is left so 0 that It cannot start to run by It- It itself It Itself self It Is wise to turn the tho wheels toward to the tho curb A special school t is held by the city police of Sioux City Cily Iowa for traffic violators The Th offenders are aro fined fl a each and then placed In ada a clam In which they spend two I hours rehearsing a II long Ion list of pub pub- published published I traffic rules Testing for slack or backlash inthe In the tho rear drive of the tho car Is only n a matter of jacking up each rear wheel heel placing the car in gear gears and turning the tho wheels as far as ae they will go At tho the tread of the tires each wheel ought to move through an arc of about an Inch If It moves through a greater arc eith- eith either cither er the universals are worn or the pinion gear ne needs de to be bo meshed closer The Tho h heels may also be loose on the axles atiee A lc Each wheel 18 I jacked up Independently with the tho one ono on the tho ground so o e as asto asto to eliminate consideration of the differential The Tho following Ing test for automo automo- automobile automobile bile brakes I Is outlined In the Iho ho Road noad the official publication of the Mo- Mo Mo Motor tor Club of Colorado Two white lines about bout three inches broad should be painted on the street pavement about 37 feet apart aport The car which Is to be tested should be bo driven at 20 miles IOn an hour toward the tho white whito lines A the tho first line IIno Is reached the tho driver applies the brake brakes to the limit of their capacity If It the car stops before the sec sec- second sec second ond ont white line Uno Is le crossed the tho brake are arc efficient If It the car carcan carcan carcan can not be stopped within the 37 feet the brakes need the or of a competent nt m mechanic ch |