Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-26

secure just laws for taxation Of cars and
highway improvements.
The platinum contact piece from the end
of the trembler is probably the smallest
essential part of a Single-cylinder ma
chine. measuring not more than one-six-
tenth of an inch in any dimension.
John NJ. Satterfield, vice president of
the Automobile Club of Buffalo. who re-
Gently returned from an extended auto
mobile trip through Mronce and the con-
tinent has presented the touring board
of the American Automobile Association
with many valuable route books and
maps.
Last year the Middleboro. Mass. Auto
mobile Club issued cards stating that il
drivers would go slow through the town,
there would be no trouble with court
proceedings. The scheme worked so
successfully that this year the club has
been given the same privilege of regulat-
ing speeding.
If smoke issues from the discharge pipe
of the muffier in a practically continuous
stream.is indicates, 1t is said. that the
fabrication Is complete: If 1t comes in In
termittent puffs 1t may be taken as proof
that only one compartment of the crank
case Is flooded. the others being starved.
A gasolene engine taken from an old
two-cylinder car is being used most sue
cessfully in California to run machine
which gathers English and Persian wal
nuts from the ground, bulls and sacks
them. The machine requires two men
10 operate II and does the work of one
hundred.
Mrs. Kenneth r. Otis, wife of we'll
known Cleveland. Ohio. mortorist. is not
only one of the most enthusiastic woman
drivers OF motor cars in the country, but
one of the most neryy as we'll Her
winning of the Port Hill climbing contest
was the feature of the event.
William Kent. a millionaire who recent
" nraSenfad Thousand of
Mount Tauralpais. in Marion county. CAL
fornia to the federal authorities. to be
maintained as forest reserve and public
park. Is an enthusiastic automobilist.
Officers of the Minneapolis Automobile
Club have arranged to secure the use
of enough cars from me30ers to carry
the delegates to the nasion convention
of park commissioners on a tour OF the
parks of Minneapolis and st. Paul during
the progress of the convention in August
at Minneapolis.
The Massachusetts highway commission
has decided to try an application OF
heavy grade of Texas crude oil contain
ing high per cent of asphalt on sand
roads in Cape Cod. 1t is expected the
experiment will prove of great value.
The bronze medals awarded to owners
of the sixteen successful cars in the re-
cent endurance run of the Hartford Au-
tomobile Club are about the size of
HdlI-UOildT, Will d TlIlS dltdCHcu, So tHcS
can be worn as watch fObS.
Cars in transit through Turkey are al
lowed six months to pass through the
country by the customs officials. From
$110 to $176 is levied on the machine on
entry. which is returned on the car leav-
ing the country, less l per cent transit
duty.
A new trick for holding up and robbing
motorists has been developed in Penn
sylvania. The hold-up man pretends to
80 fl<.l Lin -E0cr tod 1(nfn
list halts his machine to prevent running
him down the man turns and presents
revolver.
Officers of the Hartford, Conn.,, AutomO-
bile Club have decided to erect sign posts
on all principal roads within a radius OF
twenty-five miles of their city. The
signs will not only indicate the towns
along the way, but the character of the
road as well.
Beware of cast iron jacks, as they are
easily broken.
Keep the accumulation plates well COW
cred with the electrolyte.
Plumbago is one of the handiest OF ar
ticles for rebushing leaky pump.
France has an automobile journal which
is published daily in newspaper form.
Ordinary chewing gum is handy ma
terial for repairing a small leak in a
radiator.
world tour in an automobile is plan
ned by Joseph P. kalt. an enthusiastic
motorist of Milwaukee.
The Worcester. Mass, Automobile Club
will conduct another climb on Dead Horse
Hill in October. according to an announce
ment.
Besides the $500 forfeit offered by Ben
jamin BriScoe as an inducement for the
winner of the 1908 Glidden tour to enter
the Maxwell challenge endurance run
from New York to San Francisco. the
Maxwell people are offering a handsome
silver trophy to be known as the Ma
tional American Challenge cup. The run.
as proposed by Mr.. Briscoe is now prac-
tically as sured, since several manufactur-
ers. whose cars are now running in the
Glidden tour with perfect scores have
expressed their intention to take up the
Maxwell gantlet provided their car
energies, from the Gldden tour with the
much coveted trophy.