The Los Angeles Times from Los Angeles, California • 76

SUNDAY MORNING. SE os fingcicgiunOay climes. SEPTEMBER 9, 1917. PART YJJ Society Another Classy Speedster Arrives. engaged.

If persisted treatment and adjustment does not help a clutch. It is safe to conclude that the condition mentioned is causing the trouble. KOUMV-UP ST. LOOS' 1 TRAFFIC VIOLATORS. Tn thirty-two-day drive against trtolaMons of the tnffle Itwi the department at Pt- Louis arrrst-1 15 motor car drivers.

The ro-ords show the following classifies ticm of the arrests for the thirty, two-da jr period: Ppeeders. 2ii: careless driving, violating traffic rules, Sii: hav-Ins mufflers cut out. 43; daazltng hradllrhts, St; without chauffeur's licenses, without State license, 27; improperly iightrd, Jiil, and without cltv licenses, 413. CXtTCII TROCBLES. A (reat deal of clutch trouble for which the owner can find no obvious caue is due to the fact that the clutch shaft la out of true with the center of the flywheel.

This causes one side of the cone clutch to bind, while the other aide Is tree; In the case of the dlso dutch, the plates tend to bold only on on aide. The result Is that the clutch grabs when AUTOMOBILES TELL THE POSITION IN i Hollywood Knows Your Salary by the Kind of Car You Drive. BY HARRT BartUtt move, but first 200 pianot mutt be sold. Every Grafonola and Record on easy terms. See us quick.

231 Broadway. SOME countries, the different grades of society are forced to wear distinctive clothing, so you can tell by looking at them Jurt where they belong. We don't do exactly that in America, except in the moving pic DUAL POWER ture world. In the celluloid town of Hollywood, you can always tell Juat VrV- i 'St iiMi" in i what niche they belong In. Tou can't tell by their clothes but you can always tell by their Well, well, she has been assigned her first real part.

She is moving right along. The next stage Is a slow evolution. But one day she rolls slowly and majestically up to the studio In a low rakish craft painted a bright yellow with her monogram on the door. The hood of the car reaches out like the bow sprit of a steam yacht. The body of the car squats In regal magnificence on the ground.

It is entirely too elegant to stand tip stfralght. At the wheel on the front seat sits an imposing young Jap In a glittering uniform. He looks like an oriental field marshal and he doesn't bother to honk when he runs over you In the street. He Just apologizes to the lady for the bump and goes on over your prostrate corpse. He is the chauffeur for a sure-enough vamp b'gosh.

The lady baa arrived! The last stage Is a stately closed car all fixed inside like a box of candy. The wheels are painted the color of the ribbon they wrap up Christmas bon bons with. The body is a pale lavender. The inside In a-pale blase arrangement of silver violet holders and brocaded If she comes out on a street car. she is an extra girl.

If she dodges behind a tree near the corner rnd It has wire wheels and short running board. Prominent officials, representing eastern motor car factories have said that there are more cars of the speedster type In use in Los Angeles than in any other city of the country. Recognizing this fact. Earl V. Armstrong, distributors for the Chandler six.

have added the speedster to the list of models the are showing. 6 true racabout. type. lttt "eat fr two passengers. There is a rear deck which has a carrying compartment and supports the spare wheel and 'this is the only feature radically different from the accepted type of racing cars.

Only one of these cars has been received here and it is finished in a rich maroon color with white wire wheels. Short fenders are tised and there is only an abbreviated running board The power plant is the standard Chandler motor as the Chandler Motor Car Company is one of the very limited number of manufacturers that have never built a racing car or entered a car in racing contests. I dabs her nose with a powder rig before she gets to the studio, she ts an extra girl trying to get a job. After a while, she draws up be'ore the studio door In a flivver that looks almost like except that the brake won't work any more and the paint is chipped off one side of the hood and the tires are beginning to have a dissipated appear I SKIDDIN' AROUND ON AUTO ROW. ance.

Then ene Knows mat snes been promoted; she's an extra girl cushions. Lounging back among the cushions is a languid and beautiful on a guarantee. little creature with a tired peevish look of annoyance upon her kal- Presently she begins to look a little shame-faced when she drives up in the fllv. She parks it half COMPETITION is a splendid thing in mora ways than one. Just omlned visage.

That's her; she's a First Showing New Serie star now. Imagine how dull It would be an Inspection Is made the mechanic hHS to check sixty different items listed on a card which must come under his observation. Reports that Tnava maIv.1 way down to the corner, out of sight, and gets out very quickly and ducks before any one can see which car she COOLING HINT. In engines having the therm o- emerged from. When she comes out from Southern California resorts syphon system the owner should be of the studio she fusses around until she is sure no one Is looking, then careful always to keep the system filled because if the water is allowed snow mere has been more mountain driving this summer than ever in the hlStOrV nf th.

savm she suddenly ducks Into the flivver and hurries away before any one to fall to half or even three-quarters of the full amount there will be can see her Tiding In the humble Impaired circulation and consequent conveyance, this means sne is get H. C. McVey, the Oakland dealer. Twenty-seven Oakland sixes were checked through the Mill Creek Canyon route to Big Bear Lake Sunday, September 2, according to overheating. ting on; she is in stock on a regular salary.

STORAGK BATTERY MOCNTTXO. At length a brand new car draws un in front of the studio. It has If the storage battery is not se-1 me report made to Mr. McVev by the driver of ono car. He told ot havlnsf to tow a.

car nf arm hot- mar. If there were no dealers on the row but Harold L. Arnold or M. A. Leach or I V.

Btarr, or Ralph Hamlin. What fun would it be to skate down gasoline alley, or skid around on auto row, if there were no cars but Maxwells, or Fords, or Scrlpps-Booths. or Bulcks? Wouldn't It seem dull to make the rounds and not learn, first hand, that the best car in the world is the Blue Streak, or the Yellow Dragon, or the Mercy Me! What would become of those who delight in economy runs, endurance tests, speed events and hill climbs? Surely auto row would be a quiet place a quiet place indeed with competition eliminated. There would be no argument as to who won the go-as-you-please race to Tosemite. no stories of dumping six beer bottles of gnsollne into the tank, no tuning up of cars for mileage runs, or shiny red wheels made out of wire.

cured tightly In Its place the vibration and jolts of ordinary travel may possibly break some of the Jars. It is all black and shimmery. You half a mile on the grade. can see your face In the varnish. Modem Way of "Bulldogging" Steers.

In the history of the Smith Form-a-Truck Sales Company from a sales standpoint. Thirty of the (Smith attachments for nnnvprtlnir naqu-n. advertising, and everyone knows that this would be a dreary world without printers ink. Raymond O. Dasbeck, formerly mechanician for Dario Resta and Karney Oldfield, and well-known In the racing gam.

all over the United States, has been engaged as manager of the Pico Garage. Heeding the pleadings of his wlfs that he quit the racing game, Dasbeck consented, and because of his reputation as a mechanic his services are in demand. He will specialize on work that calls for rebuilding motors for speed and durability. Gov. W.

T. Stephens recently accompanied the State engineers on a trip over the highways of seven northern counties of the State. One of the objects of the trip was to enable the Governor to inspect a strip of road in Mendocino county Just completed by convict labor. Five Cadillacs, purchased for the State Highway Commission, were used in making the trip. W.

II. Sickinger, manager of the California branch of the Garford Motor Truck Company, has promoted W. F. Kennedy from the sales force to the position of district sales manager of Southern California. Formerly Mr.

Kennedy was sales manager of the truck department of the Don Lee organization in San Franclseo. Fifty-eight Marmons were sold by the Al G. Faulkner Company in June, July and August, the company reports. Faulkner predicts an Increased demand for inclosed cars here. Accompanied by his wife, Harry Ker cars Into trucks were disposed or locally and an entire carload of twenty attachments was sold to sub-dealers for distribution in Arizona.

Business was sn ennri in what l. selecting spots where the drivers can usually considered a "quiet" month tnai w. u. uates has gone to the factory at Chicago to arrange for increased shipments. coast down a hill seven miles long and get to the top by using power for a mile or two.

Why. auto row wouldn't be auto row If it were not for competition. Compartively. only a few cars would be sold, for many a man buys a car now for the express purpose of getting a speedier car, or a more handsome car, than his neighbor possesses. Competition not only Is the life of trade, it's the pepper sauce that makes a business career worth while.

Also It creates Heating the rim slightly with a blow torch and then applying beeswax is recommended by J. H. For-sythe of the Forsythe Tire Service Company to prevent rusting. An" other plan Is to treat the rim with a coat of Japan. A rusted rim may become the source of a great deal of annoyance when it Is necessary to make a tire change or insert another inner tube on the road.

F. E. Manges and T. R. Johnston, Overland salesmen, are enjoying vacations In the East.

Mr. Manges car 4 7 1 Auto Owners Attention SAVE 65 on Your Tires Not nM arrondi or arwrd tlren, hnt our own maJc, maita same nil aland-ard Urrm. Cilia runt red 2S0I1 milp. Thrjr average from 40IHJ to 10.000 milmi; 25,000 aatlalled cua turner, la California, Siie. Price.

28x3 5.25 30x3 6.25 30x3', 7.60 31x3'2 7.50 la- f'f C. Turner or the Turner-w hit ford Company, distributors of Woods Dual Power, Ross eights and De-troiter cars, left bust week for Fort Leavenworth, where he is taking an Intensive course of training. Turner is a captain In the Officers' Reserve of the Engineers Corp of the army. More than 2500 boys are now enrolled as members of the Fisk liicycle clubs, fostered by the Fisk Rubber Company of Chicopee Falls, Mass. James Corbett, service representative of the Mitchell Motors Company, has undertaken the task of educating the public on the finer points of driving, especially as they refer to economy and the proper ried oft the honors of the local branch In the John N.

Willys congress of retail salesmen contest, and left Tuesday for Toledo. He Is one of 300 winners in the contest who are to visit the factory, enjoy a tour of the Great Lakes in a special chartered boat, and wind up with a luncheon at the La Salle Hotel In Chicago. The contest started May 15 and closed August 15. Mr. Johnston will visit his parents at Winnipeg and later visit the factory at Toledo.

Because of the congestion In Los Angeles, and the frequent stops necessary In driving through traffic, no place In the country is as hard on tires as Los Angeles, in the opinion of E. Bruce Coniee of the Cleveland Tire and Rubber Company. Frequent stops, Mr. Coniee explains, mean the frequent use of brakes, and the frequent use of brakes mean wearing ut tires quickly. One Instance is at 32x3'i 9.00 I way to drive to prevent too hard a cited in the case of a man who constantly uses his brakes, where a set of tires only lasted 6000 miles.

In another case, the driver being exceptionally careful about brakinpr. a 34x3'a 9.00 31x4 10.00 32x4 10.00 33x4 11.00 34x4 12.00 35x4 12.00 36x4 13.00 34x41. 13.50 35x4'S 14.00 36x415 14-50 37x4'2 14.60 35x5 15.00 36x5 15.00 37x5 17.00 N'on-iritid. S1.00 above list. iimrantl vulraniiina.

We bur second hand tires and We carry new tires. Fisk, Maaon and Firestone. Mall orders must bare 20 remittance. Tire Construction Inc. 1247 So.

Olive St Main Z376. Home A9940. Open nntn 7 p. m. Open rJiimlay till 12.

Itranchr. at Knnta Monica, Santa Bar-barn. San Bernardino, I'awadt-na, set of tires lasted more than 10,000 t7H -t T-- Which Adds These Exclusive Features to a Luxury Type Car No Gear Shifting Dynamic Brake Non-Stalling Engine This new Dual-Power is the perfected model doubled in power built on a 1 24 inch wheelbase refined to the limit of: luxury. It is the simplified car, eliminating all the complications of driving. Electric control does away with gears and gear shifting.

Dynamic braking saves brake lining and tires and practically eliminates skidding. It is absolutely impossible to stall the engine, because of auxiliary electric power. The driver of a Dual-Power starts, accelerates, retards, brakes, stops all by the operation of one foot pedal. The Dual-Power is built for the business man who wants to drive his own car without the expenditure of physical or mental effort. It is designed to satisfy the woman of refinement who demands luxury and independence.

See this luxury type car at our show rooms where it is on exhibition. A visit of inspection will reveal to you new ideals of motoring simplicity and luxury. WE INVITE A DEMONSTRATION Tumer-Whitford Co. 1144-1150 So. Figueroa St.

Bdwy. 1086. Los Angeles. i 10727. Pasadena Branch: 155-171 So.

Fair Oaks Ave. Phone Colo. 556. Made by the WOODS MOTOR VEHICLE COMPANY, Chicago Automobile Builders Sine 1896 miles. Mr.

Coniee advises every driver to use his brakes as little as possible. Do it Now! IVE CRANK CASE A KEROSENE BATH. THE OLD OIL BECOMES JIIIN AND WATERY. Em Car will Show More Pep and Run Smoother After Fresh Lubricant is Added This Simple Treatment will elso Lengthen Life of Your Motor. It takes two men and an automobile.

This is Curley, the bulldogger, who thinks nothing of Jumping from his saddle onto the back of a steer, reaching down and grabbing it by the nose, shutting off its wind and bringing it to its knees. Curley used to use a cow pony, but nowadays he fastens a saddle onto the hood of a Cole eight, and with his partner, Simpson, at the wheel, he la ready for the wildest steer in the Wjest. Simpson's Job isn't exactly a snap, either, and if you believe it is Just run your machine up close enough to a steer to enable a man to leap onto its back. If the steer makes a sudden turn in front of the machine. It's all off, for it isn't equipped with a "cow catcher." Curley insists on the Baddle, as he says it makes hime feel "at home." Guaranteed 3S00 MILE TIRE It doesn't make any difference what kind of a car who have, you can keep It running smooth and Slie.

rialn Tread. TubfU. $7.65 $2.00 8.1 2.10 at the same time get more power and more miles to the gallon out of it if you drain the crank case every GOO or 1000 miles and put in 28x3 30x3 strain neing; unnecessarily placed on any part of the machine. A detailed explanation of the various ways that strains on the engine has been prepared by Mr. Corbett.

Anticipating increased orders for the 1918 Chevrolet "four ninetv" model, L. V. Starr of the J. W. Leavitt Company, has oVdered several additonal carloads.

The factory la now taxed to keep up with its orders. That Southern California not onlyl will produce a larger amount of cot-! ton, but will have the factories to convert It Into tire fabric. In the near future, Is the prediction of Roy R. Meads, manager of the Pacific Rubber Company. The Damon Specialty Company is looWng for a factory site for a large plant, to be used for the manufacture of Nonolio polishes for automobiles.

Morris packers, have ordered fifty Autocars, of the two-ton type, according to word received by the Autocar Sales and Service Corporation. A wealthy young Brazilian, Alfredo Daudt, who has become Interested in aviation, was shown through the Harry A. Miller factory last week. He Intends to take a course In aviation, build several planes, and then return to his own country and intrest his countrymen in the art of flying. "The whole spirit of harvest time this year Is one of prosperity," stated R.

C. Getsinger, sales manager of the Saxon factory, in a letter to J. Baldwin, distributor of the Saxon car in Southern California, "And it Is also one of Judicious economy. The purchasers of motor cars are buying them for economic reasons. They realize that the motor car has very definite place as a time and money saver, and they are as anxious to conserve these two valuable assets as they are to save the food supply." Harry Oirard, the headllner at the Orpheum this week, also a native Angeleno, has motored all around the circuit in a Dort roadster with his family.

He has covered over 4500 miles, and says that it beats train travel by a Mormon block. An innovation in the service coupon book idea for purchasers of Ap-person cars has been conceived by H. M. Hanshue, manager of the local factory branch. It stipulates a certain number of inspections, which are determined either by the car's mileage or by the time it has been In use.

Hanshue estimates the averane driver covers 600 miles the first month ho has the car and 1 500 miles in the first sixty days. When fresh oil. The reason for this is apparent If a little common sense is used. TAKING A WHACK AT THE AUTO PEST. BY HARVEY E.

WESTGATE. He talks of speed and he talks of power, He talks of a hundred miles an hour; He talks of every hill and grade, 5 He brags of the wonderful climbs he's made. He talks of mixtures of gas and soap. Supposing the crank case holds a gallon of oil. Its thick when first put in.

but as the motor runs mile after mile the lubricating qualities diminish and the quantity diminishes, too. Then, when it needs an other quart of oil, the mixture is not as good as when it was full of fresh oil. After awhile you add another quart, and so on, until at last the crank case contains one quart of fresh oil and three quarts of a fluid that Is thin and watery. Of 30x3 Va 10.40 2.35 31x3V2 11.00 2.40 32x3 V2 11.60 2.60 34x3V2 12.70 2.65 36x3 Vz 15.25 2.75 30x4 15.30 3.10 31x4 16.00 3.10 32x4 16.30 3.25 33x4 17.10 3.50 34x4 17.35 3.60 35x4 18.00 3.60 36x4 18.20 3.75 37x4 20.00 4.45 34x4ia 23.25 4.45 35x4 Va 24.00 4.55 36x4 24.60 4.65 37x4 Va 25.50 4.75 35x5 26.75 4.80 36x5 27.80 5.20 37x5 28.65 5.55 38x5 Va' 35.30 5.90 The Non-Paid Canlnea In Proportion. We Carry All fttanilard Maket In Hlix-k.

1'rlrea rbaniced aubjert without notice. Tire Co. of CaL, Inc. 752-754 S. Olive Los Angeles Main 3754.

Phonea ASottl. Open Evenings and All Day Sundays. course, this is bad for the engine, and the car doesn't perform as it should. But if the driver will drain every drop of old oil out of the crank case every 600 miles, or at least every 1000 miles, put in a gallon of kerosene and run the engine Idle He talks of distillate, oil and dope; Ho tells of trips devoid of spills. He prattles about some wonderful thrills.

But if the conclusion is left to me, (And I'm sure you'll say that you quite agree,) Of all the pests beneath the skies, The auto pest I most despise. Ho gets more miles to a gallon of gas, He knows how best to polish up brass; lie never was known to pick up a tack. He talks of records he's made on the track. He knows what polish to use on a car. He knows the highways near and far; He talks of grease and he talks of oil, He knows why radiators fume and boil.

In fact, he's mastered, from A to The things which always have bothered me; But of all the pests beneath the skies. The auto pest I do despise. about half a minute, drain off the kerosene and put In a gallon of fresh oil, he will appreciate the Im provement in the way the engine runs. This Is a simple thing to do. costs but little, takes only a few moments, and adds to the Joys of motoring and to the life of the mo tor.

No fewer than 100 English fac I tories now are engaged in some process or other connected with the con Ki-H''iK''H'm struction and equipment of airplanes..