The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-08-27
nO what work shall I put my
automobile in order to realize

can | reasonably demand from it, and
what is the least up-keep expense can
calculate on in its operationi"
The answers to the above questions
depend on great many things-in the
car as well as in its owner and opera
tor. The wearing quality and working
capacity of one car may be so superior
to that of another car that any esti-
mate as to up-keep is next to impos-
sible. The care and knowledge and
skill of one driver may be so much
greater than that of another driver that
no matter how efficient the machine
may be which he handles It will give
only fair degree of satisfaction. Then
there is the element of luck which al
ways plays very significant part in
operating car. Accidents which can
not be avoided, even by exercising the
greatest care, may occur, bringing loss
financial and otherwise One farmer
may make the purchase Of car a
most profitable investment. His neigh
Dor may curse the day when "the
blamed thing was bought. +" The same
make and quality of car, the time of
purchase the same, the same care and
Judgment exercised in its operation, but
not the same luck. Therefore it ap-
pears that care and skill and knowl-
edge are factors which do not always
count. Location plays an important
part in the up-keep of a car. There are
roads and roads, as every car owner
has learned to his everlasting chagrin
and loss. And some farmers who built
their homes long before the arrival of
the modern "road devil' are actually
30 located that it 7ould be a neck
breaking feat to drive an auto up to
their front door-a risk none would
undertake except on 4 high wager.
Proper Care Of Machine Necessary.
The best life preserver for any ma
chine is proper care and use. By get
ting the most out of an automobile we,
of course, mean that in point of service
it has yielded full return for the
money invested in it's purchase in the
form of pleasure, utility and whatever
has contributed to our benefit without
subjecting us to more than a very rea-
sonable expense in it's up-keep. 1t is
well, therefore, to spend a little time
each day, if possible, in examining the
machines, makes good driver. Who
and make necessary adjustments SO that
when needed the entire car is in tip
top running order If the farmer takes
the proper interest in the looks of his
car he will 60 on for years with ar
outlay of but gasoline, lubricants and
tire repairs. As the machine gets Older
the expense item will assume greater
proportions. Bearings will wear out ind
need replacing, piston rings, spark plug!
and such small items must be replaced
by new parts. 1t becomes necessary
therefore to give the car an occasiona
overhauling in order to ascertain it,
true condition as to pistons and bear
ings, etc, and to remove carbonized OF
from the walls of the cylinder
knowledge of the Machine Necessary
To know his machine, its various ele
ments and their respective uses, th'
amount of work and strain to whicl
each can be put without injury, is essen
tial to the car owner. When troubles
arise it is necessary to know how ant
where to locate them in order to max,
the quickest possible repairs and ad
justments A knowledge of the prin
ciple of carbureters and ignition is o.
great value to one who would properly
and successfully run asgas engine. Th'
carbureter troubles so frequently me
with are mainly due to ignorance, in
attention and carelessness rather thai
defective mechanism.
Keep Things Clean.
The collection of dirt is destructive
to efficiency and economy as well
Care of the fuel, cooling and ignitio,
system is of significant value Here
as elsewhere, "knowledge is power ,
and the successful operator has in
formed himself along the lines indi
Gated. He knows the necessary condi
tions of working and control, as vel
as how to meet the many mishaps AM
disorders which in the course of tim