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! be done to establish a new ocean-to- ocean record. Already nearly twenty motorcycle clubs or individuals have enlisted to assist in the relay. It is proposed that one team of riders cary the message from one hundred to one hundred and f1fty miles and deliver it to the next team, which will be await ing the arrival of the message bearers Cooperation of the public, city off, cials and motorcyclists will be sought ernor Stubbs of Kansas suggested that all roads be cleared of traffic a few minutes before the riders are expected. This, he said, would enable them to proceed. uninterrupted.
 c. Gordon Reel. State Superintend- ent of Highways of New York, has no- tified the Touring Club of America that state road contractors have been instructed not 10 leave tarred stone road beds unprotected by top dres- ing between the close of work on Sat- urdays and the beginning of woxl1 on Mondays, a period during which mo- tor traffic is generally the heaviest. Many members or the Touring Club and other motorists have complained of late that this practice among con tractors has been the cause of break ing Wtnd-shields, marTfng the finish of the cars and in some cases injuring drivers and passengers. The crushed stones, left unprotected by top dress ing, fly up as the tires pass over them, even when car is moving slowly, and if 8 car is moving at fifteen miles an hour or faster there is e. perfect show CT of stone. It IS to be hoped that the highway authorities in other states will follow the example of Superinten- d if hxD inc similar instructions to their contrac- tors, as complaints have been made by motorists touring through other states besides New York
 ADVICE TO MOTORISTS.
 'gThe best advice can give the re- cent purchaser of an automobile" says Fred Haines, vice president and gen eral manager Of. the Regal Motor Car Company, "is. Learn your car.''
 TO one not familiar with it's con struction, the automobile may seem a complicated mechanism-a confusion of mechanical contrivances, but it is plications, and confusion will clear themselves if the car owner will make a study of his car.
 'The automobile, like every other piece of mechanism that gives consis- tent service, needs certain amount of
 
 1t to his advantage to watch certain adjustments and perform various min or duties. Herewith offer eight sug- gestions which, if every owner will observe with regularity, he will have an automobile that is always ready to respond to his call for service. The suggestions fo1low:-
 "First-See that the gasoline tank contains a sufficient quantity of gaso- line; that there is plenty of oil in the crank case; that the radiator is filled with water and that the tires are properly inflated
 'sSecond-Lfft hood and screw down grease cups; inspect the cooler connec- tions and the wiring to the magneto, coil and spark plugs; oil the valve stems and push rods; inspect oil pump and fittings.
 SThird-Screw down grease cups on front springs and front axle: see that the nuts on the spring bolts are tight; give grease cup on stearing gear hous- ing a, turn.
 'eFourth-Remove floor boards and oil the gear shifting mechanism; also the clutch and brake mechanism
 ''Fifth-Screw down grease cups on the rear springs and see that the spring bolt nuts are tight Inspect the diferential. housing for lose nuts or bolts; examine the brakes and screw
 
 'tSixth-F'ill lamps if necessary; in .spect body nuts and fender bolts; fill all grease cups with good grade of medium weight grease; keep the wheel rims free from mud and sharp edges clean the body and lenders.
 ''Seventh-O Occasionally jack up car under frame; pry the spring leaves apart with a heavy screw driver and lubricate. between leaves with graph ite mixed in oil; keep transmission case and differential case two- thirds filled with a good grade, medium gravity grease.
 Eighth th-Occasionally drain oil from crank case and then flush out crank by pouring gasoline CT kerosene through breather tube. Every ten days or so put two or three table spoonsful of kerosene in each cylinder to cut out carbon, and let stand over night. If ever a foreign or unfamiliar noise developes, satisfy yourself as to what it is; negligence of this may re- suit disastrous1y."