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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-04-29

Nomination aud Elections
Section l. The elections shall be by
ballot, and the arrangements for con-
Quoting the same shall be made by the
Board of Directors. They shall be con-
Quoted by one judge and two or more
~tellers, to be appointed by the Presi-
dent.
Section 2. A plurality of votes shall
be sufficient to elect a candidate.
Article VII.
Duties of Officers and Directors
1t shall be the duty of the President
to preside at all meetings of the League
and of the Board of Directors.
He shall call special meetings of the
League at the written request of twenty
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-04-29
Article L.

ATtIclt l.
The name of this organization shall
he the Prosperity League of Cape May
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-01
HAINES KIDS TAKE COIN
FOR HOME MADE AUTOS
Hundred Boys Line Up Go-DeviIs
for Prizes Given by
Louis SohWabe

Just one man and one car were
mentioned Saturday in Los Angeles,
and those were Louie Schwab and the
Premier motor car. The big fellow,
who packs around 240 pounds, likes
kids" and enough kids of mechani-
cal turn of mind had qualified to COM
pete in the juvenile contest that was
pulled off Saturday to keep the big
fellow going for more than week, as
there was nothing of the short sport
about the affair-simply a proposition
to give cash prizes to the boys who
did their best to produce a fac simile
of the Premier motor car.
AS a result so many autos built by
kids were lined up for the inspection
of the judges that only eleven of them
were awarded prizes, and there wasn't
kids car there that would not pass
muster before any officer of the great
mogul guard. And as for the kids,
there were a hundred of them there at
least, so when the judges made the
awards not a youngster in the bunch
was disappointed.
Real money prizes were given and
the boys were on tiptoe. Master Irving
Haines of 2515 South Main street was
winner of the first prize of $25, and in
cidentally this youngster was also the
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-01
LOCAL AGENT INSPECTS
BIG MICHELIN FACTORY
George R. BenteI Returns from a
Visit to MiIItoWn Plant

George r. Bentel Of the Coleman & Bentel
company, distributors for Michelin tires, has
just returned from trip to the Michelin fac
tory at Midtown. N. ]. big shipment Of
tires is expected in few days, among which
will be the new odd sizes. Mr.. Bentel met H.
Michelin while at the factory. Mr. Bentel
says:
I'm 1895 the house Of Michelin made the first
successful pneumatic tires for automobiles and
has been making them ever since. At the four
factories in America, France, England and
Italy ceaseless investigation and experiments
are undertaken to improve the tire.
1.-THE result OF this policy is shown by
Michelin success in America. Less than two
years ago the American factories were opened.
In six months, although they the largest
In the country it was found necessary to work
them day and night. Today the factories are
still working day and night to keep pace with
orders"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-01

winner of the capital prizes Of two
other companies recently in similar
contests, a boy whom auto builders
would do well to keep their eyes on,
for the kid is only Is years Of age.
He understands the game as few of his
elders have done. The other prizes
were SIS cash for the second prize, $40
for third and two of $5 for the next
two and 81 each to the next ten. Sec
ond prize went to S. Conrad Vance,
740 South Alvarado street; third to
Harry Reynolds, 253 South Figueroa
street; fourth to Raymond Hoodman,
532 Gladys avenue; fifth to Ross Hale,
109 West Fourteenth street; sixth to
Eugene Muir, 147 West Twenty-fifth
street; seventh to Ross Haines, 2515
South Main street; eighth to Raymond
Ritters, 1907 San Julian street; ninth
to Warren Watkins, 1916 Winfield
street; Dan Casey, 215 West Twenty
fifth street, and Douglas McKinnon,
2749 West Eighth street.
More than one hundred boys were in
evidence in the prize contest, and that
two boys of the same family should
be winners is a pretty good evidence
that Mr.. Schwabe has found the family
from which will come future premier"
car builders.
A real live band furnished the music;-
and the hundreds of onlookers gave
But it was one of. those treats seldom
given to see big, good-natured Louie
Schwabe and "Bill' Brodie hand the
good things out to the kids. The six
other prominent members of the judi
cial outfit were most prominent be-
cause they let "two live wires" get the
goods on them.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-01
.ELMORE BOOSTER WILL
TURN CAR INTO TRAIN
Plans Run from Here to Chicago
Over Tracks of Santa
Fe Road

From Los Angeles to Chicago in an
Elmore motor car over the rails of the
Santa Fe railroad is the vacation trip
planned by L. A. Bryan of Gary, Ind.
Bryan is having his car fitted up for
the long journey and will be prepared
to start from here May 4.
This is one of the most novel motor
car trips ever planned, and it is GER
tain to attract attention throughout
the country Trips of a similar nature
have been made by other adventurous
motorists, but never before has a run
of such distance been attempted.
The car which will be used is four
cylinder 46-horsepower Elmore. 1t has
the two-cycle Elmore motor and is a
seven-passenger touring car. Mr.. Bry-
an will be accompanied by his daugh
ter, a driver and pilot, to be provid-
ed by the railroad for every division.
1t will be necessary that the car
comply with all the rules and laws reg
ulating railroad trains. 1t will be fully
equipped with set of air brakes and
headlights of the most powerful type,
throwing ten times as much light as
the ordinary motor cars.
When the car pulls out of Los Ange-
les it will occupy its place on the
railroad dispatches as special, and
will travel the entire distance to the
Windy City on a regular schedule. At
each station the dispatcher will be on
hand with the cars orders, and the
railroad pilot will be there to interpret
these orders.
No attempt will be made to break
records. The car will not be asked to
cover more than 200 miles a day, and
there will be no night travelling unless
it is absolutely necessary. An effort
will be made to reach a good-sized
town for the nights.
Mr.. Bryan has adopted an entirely
new plan for travelling on the rails.
Others who have tried this have always
removed the rubber tires and fitted on
iron rims with a flange similar to the
wheels of railroad car Instead of
this, Bryan is having constructed
fiange which will fasten over the Hart
ford tires and be attached to the wheel
in such a way thta it cannot come off.
This will permit the car to run on the
rubber and will make it unusually easy
riding, and at the same time will make
it give the breaking surface which the
iron rims would not give unless the
car carried a very heavy load.
The car has already been equipped at
an expense of over $4,000 1t has every
thing which could be put on motor
car. There is the top with front and
all the other usual equipment. The air
tank for the brake and the self-starter
is filed when the engine is running, but
for an emergency there is an air tank
attached to the side.
The tires are S7x41a and have wire
woven tread with steel shield on the
inside. A nail will not go through the
tire.
The car has been named the Hum
ming Bird" This is the seventeenth
motor car that Bryan has owned, and
of these the last five have been Ell
mores. He is a two-cycle enthusiast.
All of the work of equipping the car
was done by the Gilmore Motor Car
company.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-01
MOTORDROME Gets
GOAT
Records Force Admission That
Coast Track Is Fastest
in the World
INDIANAPOLIS IS GREEN-EYED
HooSiers to Hold Meeting on the
Speedway in an Effort to
Regain LaureeIIS

NEW YORK, April 30.-Although the
opening meet of the Indianapolis mo-
tordrome will not be staged until May
q, 28, followers of the automobile rae
ing game are already commenting on
the meeting. The recent racing at the
inaugural of the board speedway at
Playa del Rey, Cal, has brought the
coming speed events at Indianapolis
before the attention of the motoring
public. The many records established
at Playa Gel Rey are responsible for
this early interest. viii better time be
made at indianapolis than was hung
up on the coast.
1t is understood that every effort will
be made at the 1910 opening of the
Hoosier raceway to better the times
made at Playa del Rey. Eighteen events
are on the schedule for the first two
days racing. All the big drivers in
the country will compete and high
speed is a foregone conclusion. Ger
tainly the best drivers and the cars
will be there. The question is clearly
up to the track itself.
1t is thought that wood is a far bet
ter medium than cement, brick or dirt.
MotOrcar experts tell us that the CO.
efficient of friction between wood and
rubber is better suited to high speed
ing than any other substance. 1t would
seem that this was proved by the
uGl 1k0y UlScl. IlOWCNcIt LiCL0
are those who still retain faith in the
record breaking possibilities of the big
motordromes at Atlanta and Indianap-
oils. With a good entry list for the
Indianapolis races some adequate COM
parison should be had.
The new brick surface Of the Indi-
annapolis track, it is claimed, is far
more suited to speed than the con-
crete. For this reason also the man
agement believes that better time will
be made than was the case last year.
However, there appears to be a grow
ing belief in western and middle Wes-
tern automobile circles that the board
track will in time supersede all other
types. The attendance at Playa del Rey
established its popularity throughout
the country by it's worth as a speed
producer. Then another point in it's
favor was the cheapness of construc-
ton. Speaking of the situation re-
Gently a we'll known Chicago motorist
said:
indianapolis has $75O,O0O invested in
it's 21b-mile track. 1t may be that it
is faster than Playa del Rey, now that
it has it's new brick surface. That re-
mains to be seen. The trials last De-
cember held during blizzard, should
not be considered as any criterion. At
lanta's two-mile track cost in the
neighborhood of $15O,OO0, while Mosko-
vics scarcely put in 100000 out on the
coast. 1 believe the one-mile circular
track will revolutionize things in
racing way.
"As to the financial results of the
California meet, Chicago knows moth
ing. One day it was said 10000 people
attended and that was on a Sunday.
indianapolis biggest day last summer
brought out $4,000. 1t is probable that
the first racing at Playa del Rey did
NOT show much of a profit, but it is
thought the meet has firmly established
the popularity of the track
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-01
BAY CITY AWAITS SKY
SL|CERS AND WHzFOLK
Is Preparing for Big Auto and
AeropIane Meeting

San Francisco is preparing for big
combination aeroplane and automobile
meet to take place in that city on May
30 and 80. The meets are to be given
under the auspices of the San Francis
co Motor club and every dollar of profit
from them goes toward the improve
ment of the roads leading out to Tan
fOran and suburbs and the good roads
movement in general.
With the Shriners' meets of last Sat-
urday and Sunday successfully COM
pleted, public interest in the northern
metropolis has been fully concentrated
on the coming Good Roads Motor Car
nival," for which the San Francisco
Motor club has been for weeks prepar-
ing. Even while the Shriners' meet
was holding the slate, the contests
committee of the club was quietly
working out the details for the big avi
alton and automobile fete to occur on
the above dates. These details were
consummated in a resolution offered
and passed for the various aeroplane
and automobile events, besides the nu-
merous cups for many of which provis-
ion has already been made.
This action upon the part of the
committee is being received in the
northern city with much enthusiasm,
and is spreading to the Los Angeles
contingent, as IL lnSureS the meet a
character that will place it well within
the lead of the local events of that city
for, the season.
Several novel automobile racing in
novations are promised by the club
Besides the interest taken by automo-
bile men in the events, large number
of inquiries are being received by the
committee relative to the aviation part
of the program. All communications
relative to the meets should be ad-
dressed to Tony Nichols, chairman of
avenue San Francisco, Cal.
w. d. Newerf states that he will
probably enter the two Buick racing
cars in all of the events to which their
classes entitle them and go after the
big prize money.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-01
AUTOS ON SHOW WORTH
MORE THAN $10,500,000

Semi-official automobile show statis-
tics show that 4649 pleasure cars were
exhibited in thirty-six principal exhi-
bitions the country over for the 1910
season. An average value of $4,000
placed on each car gives a total of
about ten and quarter millions of dol
lrs for all the machines. More than 300
different makes of cars were included,
ranging in price from $3.50 to s12,5OO.
Their tire equipment was divided
among twenty-five different tire manu-
facturers, with Diamond tires well in
the lead, with 1890 cars shown on this
make. only nine makes of tires were
sufficiently prominent to be the equip
ment of as many as 100 or more show
cars.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-01
OH, YOU OLD DOGFACE!
BARK FOR BULLPUP OIL!

A unique and novel window display was
placed in the store of the w. D. Newerf
Rubber company the past week by Hugh
McGilvray, which is attracting a great deal
OF attention.
A number of "bull dog oil cans with
their brilliantly illuminated labels have been
placed in pyramid style fitted with small
incandescent lamps. and when these are IL
Illuminated at night they make handsome
and brilliant effect. The brand of the bull
dog is shown in red and is a fac simile of
the United Oil Refneries bulldog known as
sonny and said to be the homeliest and
ugliest dog on the face of the earth.
Last Saturday and Sunday the little Buick
white Streak trimmed everything in her
class in the events at San Francisco driven
by Nick Nikrent and last Monday w. d,
Newerf shipped the Buick "40' to Fresno,
where Nikrent will drive the car in the big
events scheduled for that place today. This
car, as is the white Streak" is equipped
with Goodyear tires and is using Autoline
for fuel and Bull Dog cylinder oil for lubrl-
cation.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-01
AUTO MAN HURRIES EAST
TO RELATIVES FUNERAL
Cotton Smith, Secretary of AS
ssociation, Given Sympathy

Cotton Smith, secretary Of the Southern
California Automobile association, has been
summoned to North Hadley N. H., to attend
the funerals of his sister and brother-in-law,
Thomas E. Gerry and wife, who were acci-
dentally killed in the latter city by railway
train smashing into their automobile at a
grade crossing.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerry came to Los Angeles to
reside in 1906, but owing to Mr.. Gerry's ex-
tensive tobacco plantation interests in New
Hampshire they returned east year or so
ago.
The sympathy of the local motorists, for
whom Mr.. Smith has done so much in the
interests of good roads, is freely extended
to the popular secretary in his bereavement.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-01
NEW KISSEL KAR BRANCH
OPENS AT 1916 FLOWER ST.

Local show and sales rooms OF the Kissel
Automobile company have been opened at
1246-4S South Flower, under the managershp
of C. L. Leppo who has been sent direct from
the factory to look after Kissel Kar interests
in Los Angeles and Southern California.
Mr.. Leppo has been identified with the Kis-
sci Kar for several years. He directly repre-
sents the factory at Hartford. wis. and is an
automobile man of thorough training and ex-
perience. His managership of the local branch
means most direct relation between Kssel
Kar owners anC the manufacturers.
The Kissel Kar. 1t will be remembered, has
several times made its merit conspicuous in
the hill climbs and road contests Of this state,
and Is well represented in private ownership.
The establishment of the local branch and
the appointment OF Mr.. Leppo show inten-
tlon on the part Of the manufacturer to take
the best care OF the interests OF California
Kissel Kar owners.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-01
Expert CorrectS Common impress
sion That Machine Is Ex-
pIoding Device
HE EXPLAINS 1T TECHNICALLY
Shows That Driving Strength Is
Gained by Heating Gas
in Cylinder
written for The Herald by
DIR, CHARLES w. SNYDER,
Local Agent "AIiddleby" Car

The gasoline engine is not an ex-
plosive engine, but a heat engine
pure and simple, and the power it pro-
duces is a direct result of heating
gas.
II you take one cubic inch of any
gas, air for instance, and heat 1t 492
degrees Fahrenheit you will have two
cubic inches, heat in 9S4 degrees and
there will be three cubic inches, and
so on indefinitely. IT, on the other
hand, this gas had been confined in a
space of one cubic inch, at atmos-
pheric pressure of 14.7 pounds. and
heated the 492 degrees the volume
couldn't increase; and therefore the
pressure must, and as you would have
two cubic inches confined in the space
of one cubic inch the pressure would
be doubled. or 29.4 pounds.
This result Is always attained re-
gardless of the way you heat the air.
You can confine this cubic inch of
air in a piece of cast iron and hold it
over the flame of a candle, taking
half day, or you could pass an cleo
trio arc through 1t, taking half a Sec
ond: so long as you raise the tenn
perature 492 degrees, regardless of the
time required, you have raised the
pressure 14.7 pounds per square inch,
and this is what makes the engine
CO."
EXPLODEs WITH AIR
Mixtures of gasoline and air in GER
tain proportions, when ignited, burn
almost instantly and produce exceed
:ngly high temperatures. On the in
take stroke of the piston, this proper
mixture of gasoline and air is drawn
into the cylinder, compressed on the
compression stroke, and then lighted
by the spark on the spark plug, 1t
burns almost instantly, and heats the
gas in the cylinder to a temperature
of from 1000 to 5000 degrees.
This gas consists of nitrogen, car
bonic oxide, carbon dioXide and yatery
vapor; which under this intense heat
expands instantly, and as these gases
are confined in the cylinder head so
that Ihere can be no increase in vol
ume, the expansion produces pressure
on the piston, and as the piston is
the only movable part in contact with
the expanding gas, 1t is driven down.
ward on Its power stroke
We have shown that a confined gas
at atmospheric pressure of lat pounds
increases in pressure 14.7 pounds for
every 492 degrees 1t is heated; SO If the
gas at this pressure was raised from
the freezing point to 5000 degrees we
would get pressure of about eighty
eight pounds per square inch. This
would require very large engine to
develop sufficient power to run an au
tomobile, but the same rule applies IL
we raise the pressure above that of the
atmosphere before the heat is applied.
GETS HIGH PRESSURE
If you take four cubic inches of air
and compress 1t to one cubic inch vo1,
VIII have a pressure of four times 14.7
pounds, or 66.S pounds. Now heat this
4s2 degrees and the pressure viii be
doubled. or 1876 pounds; heat it 492
degrees more and the pressure will
again be raised b6.S pounds, making 17o
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-01
GOODYEAR TIRES SUPREME

Another evidence of the wearing qualities OF
tires Is the record made by full
set ~ extra large tires of this make which
evils Denker has on a big six-cylinder Frank
lin car. More than 5000 miles have been made
With this same set of tires, and they are in
almost the same good condition as when first
put on the car
Accompanied by Al Livingstone and party
Of friends. Denker left last Wednesday morn
ing for the mountains above Sespe on fsh-
ing trip. and will return this morning.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-01
MICHELIN TIRES IN NEW
MAIN STREET SALESR00M

Coleman &. Bentel, distributors for
Michelin tires in Southern California,
have moved into more spacious quar-
ters at 1888 South Main street, where
thev are prepared to house the ship
ment of this tire just received.
Coleman, Bentel & Yaeger are now
interested in Michelin tires, and the
firms store will be known in the fu-
ture as the Motor Shop.
r d. Henshaw will leave for the
factory at Milltown, N. j., in a few
davs to arrange for the second large
shipment of Michelin tires to Southern
California
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-01

pounds, or if you heat it to 5000 degrees
a pressure of $40 pounds per square
inch will be developed. This is the
reason why all gasoline engines COM
press their charge before igniting it.
Automobile engines are either of the
two or four cycle type; the two and
four simply meaning the number of
piston strokes made for each power
stroke. In the vertical four-cycle en-
gine the piston goes down on it's first
or intake stroke drawing into the cyl
inder the charge of gasoline and air.
The second stroke is upward, compress
ing the gas and 1t is ignited. The
third stroke is downward and is the
power stroke, while the fourth is again
upward, the exhaust stroke.
The two-cycle develops power on
every downward stroke, exhausting
and taking in its charge while the pis-
ton Is at the bottom of its power
stroke.
The valves, both the intake and ex-
haust, are the most important part of a
gasoline engine. They should set per-
fectly so that there is no leak, and to
have the motor work satisfactorily they
must be made to open and close at a
given point on the crank circle, or fly
wheel. Any variation from this means
irregularity in running and loss of
poppet valves of the cone shaped type.
They must have a reasonable diamater
and sufficient lift to allow a free pas
sage of the gases through them.
DISPLACEMENT RATIO
A gas engine having d four-inch bore
and four-inch stroke has a piston dis
placement of approximately fifty cubic
inches, or in other words, as the piston
goes down on it's intake stroke 1t
could draw in fifty cubic inches of gas.
If the engine is running at 1000 revo-
lutions per minute each revolution is
completed in Ill of second, and as
the intake valve Is open during half a
revolution only, this fifty cubic inches
of gas must be drawn into the cylinder
in 1-34 of a second With this gas
speed, If the valve openings are too
small in diamater, or the lift too short,
or the time that the valve begins to
open and is closed, varies much from
the proper point on the fly wheel, the
cylinder is only half filled with new gas
and the power of the engine greatly
decreased.
The exhaust valve should close short
ly after the piston has reached upper
enter.
TIMED WITH SAG"
Valves in the modern gasoline motor
are nearly all timed with a "lag" or
lead" l. e., they are not made to
open or close just on the ends of the
piston stroke at upper or lower CEN
ters. This is due to two conditions.
First, the gases entering or leaving
the cylinder are not Sc. in motion in
stantly. They require time to over
come their inertia. Second, while the
valve may be set to open at any given
point its actual opening, or closing, so
that 1t can perform its proper func-
tions, does not take place at just that
point. If the intake, for. instance,
closed exactly on lower center at from
five to ten degrees before this center
1t would be so nearly closed that prac-
tically no gas would pass through it.
If the exhaust doesn't open until the
piston has actually completed it's
power stroke the exhaust gas cannot
escape with sufficient rapidity to pre-
vent back pressure In the cylinder dur
ing the exhaust stroke.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-01
EQUIP BUICK "4OU

The W. d. Newerf Rubber company equipped
the Buick '4O' bought last week by W. D.
Parker with S5x41a Goodyear tires. Mr.. Parker
stated that as his used principally
on the desert, and in work on the desert, and
having observed the hard usage of Goodyears
in the Los Angeles-Phoenix race of last year,
when the Buick lowered the record eleven and
a half hours, Goodyears would be the tires
for him to have on his car for the work his
car would be called upon to endure.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-01

Word has been received that C. H. Bigelow
Of this city will leave New York on May II
for an overland trip to Los Angeles In
Mercer toy tonneau Of the stock specihca-
tions and IL the machine is able to make this
long run, 1t will be entered in the endurance
contest at the Santa Monica road raeeS-