The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-01

once. While It usually turns out to be
some simple adjustment Of the carbu-
refer, magnetic. or spark plug, these
slight things cause a great deal of
trouble and worry, and the average
owner will, before he finds out the cause,
revile the manufacturer, designer, and
factory superintendent, only in the end
own individual fault
David 8. Hendrick, local agent for the
Franklin car, last week received q let
ter from the factory telling OF a re-
markable hill-climbing record made by
Franklin car recently in crossing the
Blue Mountains. The letter, in part, is
as follows:
"A continuous climb OF twenty-six
miles on low gear without a single stop
was one OF the recent stunts Of 1910 G
touring car owned by ]. S. Chase, of
Cadillac, Mich. This record was made
in coming over the Blue Mountains, when
Mr.. Chase was on a tour from Seattle.
Wash. to Cadillac, Mich. On the way
he also drove over the Cascade Noun
tains, which is a most unusual trip for
an automobile to take. 1t was particu-
larly hard on account of the many
storms encountered and the muddy roads,
but was made without any mishap."
A 1913 Hudson 81 roadster and cleo
trio and finished in gray and black has
been delivered to DR.. Loren B. johnson.
Winter is the time to apply hot-water
Jackets to the carburetor IL your car is
not fitted with one" says DR. Charles @.
Percival, who, in his new book. the Trail
of the Bulldog" tells of driving the first
car through Alaska and the Klondike.
Says the author, besides filling the radi
ator with a mixture of ethyl or denatured
alcohol be sure that your csrbureter is
hot-water jacketed for cold weather driv-
ing. To those who make 1t a practice of
shutting OF the supply of hot water of
the circulating system to the water
Jackets of the carbureter 1 would urge
the opening of the petcocks and allowing
the heated mixture to warm the mixture
chamber. While the use of water jacket
ed carbureter facilitates the vaporization
OF the gasoline during the cold weather,
it does not make starting any easier
when the motor is cold. AS it is possible
that the joints OF the water tacketing
may leak il is a good plan to start up
the motor indoors and examine all con-
nections and thus all leaks that may de-
velop can be remedies before going out
OF doors into the frigid atmosphere"
While it is generally known that the
President is closely guarded whenever he
travels, probably no one outside Of the
head Of the Secret Service knows how
far-reaching is the vigilance and how
careful the preparations that are made
for the Chief Executives safety.
Even when President Taft rides a few
blocks in his automobile one or two
Secret Service men accompany him. The
automobile is a picked machine both be-
cause of the responsibility for the Presi-
dents safety is no light one and because
the President himself weighs as much as
two ordinary men. AS a precaution
against accident, the car is equipped
with Diamond safety tread tires.
81 have given up exhibition flying"
said Earle L. Ovington, premier Ameri-
can flyer of the monopIane. land in
tend to go in for motoring. The motor
bug has grown upon me ever since the
Overland car was presented to me at
Boston last year. I have just made ar
engagements TO have 1913 model, which
shall be equipped with Goodyear tires,
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