Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-10

/ There is nothing so pardonabe in the
motorists as the habit Of blowing his own
horn-at the proper time. Horns that
should blow and refuse TO blow, It APP
pears, can usually be made to blow with
a very little simple tinkering. About 70
per cent Of the horns which are sent back
to their makers as totally incapacitated
for further duty are fixed with a small
screw driver and few drops Of oil.
The best road at present between Al
bany and Poughkeepsie Is along the line
Of route IS of the Blue Book, following
the east side OF the Hudson river These
roads are in excellent shape, but the tour
list going south should be careful when
reaching Stuyvesaut Falls to curve Ieft
instead Of right at mileage 25.9
A record in sales Of Alec trucks and
cars was set during the first seventeen
days Of July Announcement to that eff
feet was made yesterday by Harry s.
Houpt general sales manager OF the
American Locomotive Company automo-
bile department During this period one
dealer. closed a contract for 500, 900 worth
of cars in a day. on another day the
sales totaled 100000.
Details OF the beautiful course over
which the Vanderbilt cup. grand prize,
Pabst trophy and Wisconsin trophy events
are to be run this fall are quite inter
esting. Improved at a cost of more than
s25 600, the roads will be in great condi-
ton IN September and drivers and others
who have seen the S.2-mile circuit de-
clare Il 10 be superb
With a message Of greeting from the
Akron factory to the Detroit branch on
Monday. the Goodyear Tire and Rubber
Company put into operation the latest
extension of its service policy-wireless
communication between the factory office
at Akron and its branches in the princi-
pal cities
William M Mckenzie, proprietor OF a
moving picture theater in Brooklyn, N. Y,
recently purchased a Stoddard Dayton
Knight Six motor car and drove TO the
Missouri Iows state line in eight days,
averaging 2O1 miles per day. He was ac-
companied by his wife and children.
Johnson Underwood, OF Kansas City
Mo, hos obtained a service Of 10000
miles from a second hand Maxwell auto
mobile which he purchased five years
ago, In that period, he says, the car
was never in need OF repairs The pre-
vious owner w Dempster. drove it $4,000
miles before selling It to Mr.. Underwood
and then bought another Maxwell which
he drove 10000 miles Both men have
been awarded gold medals by the 1000
mile Maxwell club.
It has been definitely decided to open
the New York show on the evening of
January II. 1918, with an exhibition OF
pleasure cars in both buildings, contin-
uing until the 18th. The commercial We
hicle division, which will be held in both
buildings, win open on the evening OF
Monday, January 20, closing on Saturday
evening January rs.
President Robert p Hooper, OF the
American Automobile association, has ap-
pointed J. b. Richie Studebaker dealer
in johannesburg, South Africa, special
representative of the association for
South Africa.
Another star pilot has entered the grand
prize race which viii take place at Mil
waukee, Wis, on September 27. He is
Caleb Bragg, OF New York and Cincin-
natl, more Familiarity called Galley" and
his car will he the same 40 horsepower
Italian car which he drove in the last
Savannah grand prize race and the Santa
Monica road event.
During the first six months OF 1912.
2,20S automobiles were shipped from De-