Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-05
Timely Tips for Automobiles

sporting events this year, and will begin its
campaign with a three-day endurance run
over Michigan roads.
One of the leading French automobile
manufactures provided its employees with
wash room fitted with steel lockers for
5000 men and wash basins fitted with hot
and cold water for 1,10O.
A Savannah street railway company
obligingly removed its tracks at a point
where they crossed the course of the recent
races when 1t was suggested that they
might cause a serious accident.
A French inventor has brought out a
meter to measure the amount of gasoline
used by q car different speeds. One dial
registers the consumption Of fuel and an
other the revolutions of the motor.
The sides of a new automobile arnbu-
lance In Paris are curtained instead of be-
ing solid to admit more than the usual
amount of fresh air when needed Spare
bedding is carried in locker on top
A feature of the smoker to be held by
the Automobile club of America at New
York, April II, will be the presentation of
the cups, trophies and prizes won during
| carnival week, which ends that night.
e. A. Benson of Sterling, Neb., purchased
two-oylinder Rambler touring car. The
machine Is equipped with tonneau and deck
board giving Mr.. Benson practically two
machines, touring car and roadster
Although certain alkaline solutions, such
as salt and water, sal ammoniac and water
reJuvenate dry cell batteries the extra
period of life thus obtained is very short
The Quaker City Motor club will hold
| 90-mile roadabiity contest from Philadei-
phia to Cape May, N j., next Saturday for
5000 silver trophy Medals will be
awarded to those finishing second and
third.
In order to assist tourists the Post
| office department has requested 10000 post
masters In small towns and hamlets
| tnroughout the country to post the names
/ offices.
The course selected by the Automobile
club OF Bareelona, Spain, for IFS race for
a number of towns and will be covered
| l59 miles
A spark plug that has tendency to stick
should be rubbed with a mixture OF grease
and graphite. The grease melts away
| leaving behind in the threads a small
quantity OF graphite, which serves as a
Parisians blame the decline in the art Of
| French cooking upon the automobile saw
ing the advent OF the car has produced
in such a hurry that there Is no time FOR
fine cuisine.
The French minister of war has an
nounced that he will purchase eight or ten
Of the machines that make the best show
| ing in the commercial vehicle contest which
| the Automobile Club OF France will pro-
mote next month
DR.; Newell Jones Of Central City. Neb..
purchased Mitchell runabout of the Ram
/ bier Automobile company and drove sama
home last Tuesday He reports very SAT-
isfactory trip, making the distance in seven
hours running time
Mr.. r. DiefendeTfer OF Enola, Neb.. is In
/ the city and will drive home tomorrow a
new Mitchell runabOut, purchased OF the
rambler Automobile company. This Is the
| fourth Mitchell taken into that vicinity
| since the automobile show
A mixture OF finely powdered sulphur
and plumbago stirred with the usual lubri-
cant IN such proportion that the latter stiil
runs freely is suggested by a French mo-
! torlst as an efficient lubricant for bear
/ lngs which are inclined to run hot.
AS an evidence OF the condition Of the
| trade the maker of one we'll known car
4 claims TO already have received orders for
/ 800 more cars than the 1903 contracts made
| with his agents covered many Of the con
/ tracts being signed before the depression
/ began.
When an automobile went through a
bridge over the White river IN Indiana re-
| Gently the occupants, a man and his wife.
were In danger OF drowning until their
/ spare tire, which was inflated fIoated
their way and was improvised as a life
preserver.
DR., Turner OF Sterling. Neb., came TO
Omaha Thursday to buy a car and bought
four-cyinder, thirty-five horse power
! Rambler roadster. The car had only been
received from the factory the day previous.
but made an instant hit with the doctor.
IL Is equipped with double rumble seat and
] vicinity, TO sit up and take n01lzz