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Show TIRE WARRANTY IS EXPLAINED Few Auto Owners Seem to Understand Just What Guarantee Implies Discussing the quentlon of guaran-j guaran-j tee.s on pneumatic tires used on auto-i auto-i mobiles. W. H. Short of the Viaduct Auto company, says that tierc are I comparatively few car owners who fully ful-ly understand Just What guarantee Ifl 1 offered. For the edification of auto I users he makes tho following summary' sum-mary' which Is approved by the tiro manufacturers' division of the Rub ber association of America. "Pneumatic automobile tiro;, are not guaranteed for any epeclfla mileage but are guaranteed to be ire from d -fects In workmanship or material. 'Transportation chargos on tires claimed to be defective must be prepaid pre-paid and a regular claim blank must he filled out and signod by the owner. own-er. If the company upon whom the claim is made finds the tire to oe defective and that the dcfe t is the direct cause of the tire not rendering satisfactory service, attributable to faulty material or workmanship, it win. at the option of the manufacturing manufactur-ing Company. Ithsr be repaired or replaced re-placed for a harg which will compensate com-pensate for the service rendered by the returned tire, based upon Its general gen-eral appearance ami condition. "Pneumatic automobile tires in which a substitute for air has been Used tires used when not Inflated to pressure recommended by the company, com-pany, used under loads in excess of those recommended, used on wheels out of alignment! abused or mHuceo, used on rims other than those bearing bear-ing eertaln trade mark stamps. or whi h have been injured through accident ac-cident or design arc not subject to the guarantee " Cleans Spark Quickly . , A (julck method to clean a carbon-filled carbon-filled spark plug Is to partly fill an I Ink bottle vvlth gasoline and phono- graph needles, place the end of tho I plug in the mouth of tho bottle and shake. Most of the carbon can be j removed in this way. WORLD'S PEEWEE CAR. England claims possession of the world's smallest automobile.. It is a three-wheeled cross between a motor 1 car and a motorcycle, weighs 160 J pounds ..nd costs $37fj. The motor Is over the single rear wheel, 00 it Is presumed that every car own-, or keeps a little book with records of the mileage each of His tires has traveled, the quantity of gasoline and oil put In, etc. This is a valuable practice If the owner keeps careful j mil1 on the various records. He knows which make 0.1 tiro Is giving him the l best service, and If (he car begins to fall off in Its mileage per gallon of gas or oil he can run down the cause' and remedy it. |