Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-23
Newsy Gossip for Owners of Automobiles

Laumier, Wilbur Laughman, Otto Dietz
and Jacob Kuhl, made a motor trip 70
Pinclneyville, ILL.,, where they pitched
There is a marked absence Of freaks
their tents. and enjoyed two weeks hunt
ing campaign.
A new electric car Is equipped so that
heat from the batteries can be turned into
the steering wheel, preventing the drivers
hands from being chilled by contact with
cold metal
The autolst who does not keep dog to
ride IN his car Is an exception, says Motor
cause they seem to attach themselves to
cars with an affection rarely shown for q
horse-drawu vehicle.
The man who is TO decorate Madison
Square Garden for the January show Will
transform the arena into a garden OF a
Swiss palace in early winter. The cost
will approach $4,000.
TEX" Richards. who sprang into promi>
hence as the promoter Of the Gans-NelsOh
fight at GOldheld, New, has prepared 10
electrify the "home folks" with an auto
mobile In the spring.
A we'll known builder Is equipping his
cars with mud guards modelled after birds
wings. At high speed the wind pressure
operates on the GUARDS 10 partially lift
the weight Of the car, relieving the strain
on wheels and axles
The cause Of a motor missing is often
TO be found in the gasoline tank cap. II
the air inlet becomes stopped with dirt d
vacuum is formed which prevents the gaso>
line from flowing freely.
THE growing popularity Of automobiles
Is another proof Of American prosperity.
There are today twelve autos In the United
States for each one In England" said Sir
Thomas Upton recently.
Wise ones are predicting the election OF
Judge William H. Hotchklss Of Buffalo TO
the presidency OF the American Automobile
association to succeed President John Far
son Of Chicago.
During the Chicago show IN February
the American Automobile club will hold
a convention to discuss plans for the inn
prOVement of roads. the use Of alcohol for
fuel and the promotion OF legislation.
When the pressure system OF feeding the
fuel is used It cannot be expected to work
satisfactorily unless the strainer between
the exhaust line and the check valve be
kept clean and free from soOty accumula-
tons and the valve itself gas-ught.
Whenever the dOwager queen Of Italy
drives her new automobile Il carries,
mounted on the radiator, massive silver
statuette Of her patron saint, st. Christie
pher, to which is attributed the fact that
the conveyance has escaped accidents.
Nothing is more destructive to the lamps
allow them to remain loose when the ma,
chine Is on the road. Besides providing
an annoying rattle they rapidly deterioratC
when permitted TO jolt about
In Paris It Is generally considered tina
the autObus II IN an exceedingly element
airy state and that changes must be made
before IL becomes a really serylceable We
hicle. The chief danger lies In the ten
dency to skid when the brakes are ap
piled
Prof. f. IT. Strobel OF Harvard uni
versity who soon will go to Siam as Iega
adviser to the king, viii take a sixteen
horse power runabout fer travelling abou
the country. Il will be equipped with q
tigers" seat for a cOolie attendant
Lucian Eaves, a mining specialist, o.
Reno, New, has purchased the record
breaking touring car with which the lat,
Tom Cooper covered a mile Ia 5Ok sec
onds on the beach at Atlantic City las
September, the car carrying i've persons
at the time.
The Quaker City Motor club OF Philadel
phia, Tidewater Automobile club OF UniOI
county, Piainhela, n. J., and Maryland