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Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-05-15
France Taking to ncxelss.n

France has one automobile for every
300 people, one cycle for every 10 and
one motorcycle for every 1889. Be.
tween 1910 and 1911 there was tho
enormous increase OF 800, 600 cycles
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-05-15
after SUFFERING
TW0'L0NG YEARS
Mrs. Aselin Was Restored to
Health by Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable
Compound.
Minneapolis, MINI AFTER my little
one was born l was sick with Mains In

my sides which the
doctors said W ere
caused by infamma-
ton. l suffered a
great deal every
and grew very
thin. i was under the
care for two
long years without
any benefit. Finally
after repeated sug-
to try it we
rot lydia f. Pink.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-05-15

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure con-
stipation. Constipation is the cause of
many diseases. Cure the cause and you
cure the disease. Easy TO take. Adv.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-05-15

He is wiso man who knows he
isn't wise enough to answer all the
fool questions asked him.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-05-15

Rich relatives aro used by poor men
as objects at which they can point
with pride and expectancy.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-05-15

We would have TO be gifted with
cecond sight to see what some men
and women ever see in each other.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-05-15
Unkind.

Darling. do you love mo still?'
you've never given me chance to
find out, dear"
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-05-15
Great story state.

Wright see Indiana in 1912 pro
duced minerals to the value of $42s
239,193.
Penman--To say nothing of the
serials
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-05-15
Point Of NieM.

Patient-rhis is an Ill days work.
Doctor-To me, 1t Is well DONE
Baltimore American.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-05-15
sun for a Hlotter.

It is only within recent years that
we have been able to obtain any reli-
ohlr Inflammation ,apardina tina saoial
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-05-15

Every mans credit is good when II
comes to borrowing trouble.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-05-15

This Is the oldest automobile In ex.
lstence, and is now on exhibition at
the Smithsonian Institution, United
States National Museum, Washing to n,
D. c., duly labeled as follows:
Gasoline Automobile, built by FL.
wood Haynes, In kokomo, Ind, 1898.
1894. Successful trial trip made at a
speed Of six or seven miles per hour,
July 4th, 1894. Gift Of Elwood Haynes,
1910. 265,13S."
ing that should be kept secret from
the car owner, but the temptation to
tinker usually becomes too great; a
delicate adjusting screw is turned or
wire is disconnected and then
trouble begins.
Talk to the repairman, study the
instructions, earn all you can, and
then when the emergency comes,
you'll be prepared, But wait for the
emergency. Do not tinker. Don't try
to make adjustments when the car is
already In adjustment. Don't begin
tearing down until you have located
the trouble. Don't try to improve the
Evening star., 1914-03-01
When Is A -! What's the Use.

When is motor car like mirror?
When it has a glass front.
What part of a motor car is mentally
unsound The crank
Why can't motor car grow fat?
Because it eats only gaso-lene.
What part Of a motor car is most
ladylike? The bonnet.
Why is the freight on an ocean liner
like gasoline in a motor car? 1t makes
the cargo.
You are a timid young lady, riding
in motor car. The tire eXplodes
loudly. Under what circumstances are
you like a confection? When I-scream.
When is motor car in the same class
with dog, a peddler and poet? When
it has a license.
What part of an automobile spins best?
The top
"A man buys tire on Monday and an
other on Tuesday. When he gets the bill
on Wednesday, why is he weary? Be-
cause of the tiresun1.
When water freezes in a motor car
radiator what does it become? Ice.
What class of literature reminds you
OF motor cars. Autobiography.
What car sings best? Car-uso.
When is a motor like a horse housed
for the night? When it is stalled
Honk Honk.
Evening star., 1914-03-01
ENGINEERS RAISE
DESIGN STANDARD
Members of Society in the Last
Three Years Have Adopted
Many Ideas.
AMOUNT OF WORK DONE
SEEMS INCOMPREHENSIBLE
Organization Doing Its Best to De-
crease High Cost of Auto
mobiling. !
BY CoKER F. GARRISON,

The automobile problem was labored on
before the railroad was developed. In
order to surmount road conditions, the
development of the railroad was followed
and the self-propelled road vehicle neg
lected. No one would have believed any
prophecy of the magnitude of the devel-
opment of the railroad and its allied in
dustries. In generation, perhaps, me-
chanical road traction will compare IA
vorably in magnitude with the railroad of
today. Greater and greater quantities of
automobiles will be sold
There have been almost innumerable
and still are many novel engineering,
| manufacturing and industrial problems
involved in the automobile business An
enormous amount of experimentation and
testing has been necessary to bring the
automobile to its present stage. And. of
course, the world does not stand still.
This experimentation and testing, costly
in both time and money, is still going on.
The great development Of the last several
years has been refinement of construction,
aiming at absolute reliability. Naturally
there is an irresistible tendency toward
simplicity in design.
The two things accomplished by the
Society of Automobile Engineers which
are of particular interest to the user are
the raising of the standard of design
and construction and the Standardization
of parts. During the last three years
many new standards have been worked
out The engineers and mechanical heads
of the automobile makers have been quick
to draw to their logical and accurate con-
clusion the data on various engineering
subjects jointly and severally submitted
and discussed at the periodical meetings
of the society. The work the society has
been carving on is for the benefit OF the
whole industry and the pubic.
Evening star., 1914-03-01
TOURING SOUTHWEST.
Henry B. Joy Starts on Months Tour
With Camping Outfit.

A months tour over the rough going
in the southwest has been started by
Henry B. Joy, president of the Packard
Motor Car Company. The trip is being
made in a Packard "44s'' touring car
which carries special camping equipment
Mr.. Joy is accompanied by o. "a Hunt,
| assistant chief engineer.
During the entire trip the men will be
Independent of civilization, except when
making stops for supplies. The car is
provided with extra large gasoline and
water tanks. By means of side and real
curtains the body can be entirely in
closed.
The car carries complete camping out
Mt, including an alcohol stove, tent
sleeping bags, cooking utensils, food bags
airtght tin cans, electric lights and
lanterns.
The trip, which started at Albuquerque
N. NJ, is being made for the purpose OF
selecting new scenic routes for motor
tourists.
Evening star., 1914-03-01
Water Tank as a Home.

Those who drive by auto between New
York and Philadelphia can see curious
dwelling on the old Trenton cutoff OF
the Pennsylvania railroad. The house is
made Of an old water tank which had
done duty as a railway water container
for many years. 1t has been converted
into a double dwelling house in an in
genious manner though still retaining
its original outside form. Here two fami-
lies find a cozy home. warm in the cold
est days and absolutely waterproof. A
two-story building. this unique house is
one Of the sights Of the locality and
the iron bands which held the slaves to-
gether in its halcyon railroad days are
still on its sides.
Evening star., 1914-03-01
Battery Ignition.

If the car has battery ignition with a
coil, care should be taken to always
have the secondary wires attached to the
plugs or touching the motor, as long as
the motor is running, SO that the high
tension current produced can escape. If
it cannot escape it will likely break
through the insulation between the
wires. causing short circuit and ma
'terially cutting down the efficiency of the
coil. if not running it. When testing the
spark by removing the secondary wires,
the terminals should be held not over q
quarter of an inch from the plug of en-
sine, SO that too much resistance will
not be given to the passage of the spark.
Evening star., 1914-03-01
HINTS To!
MOTORISTS

A leaf of spring will sometimes break
when On a rebound. To prevent this. on
racing cars, the springs are sometimes
bound with cord throughout their whole
length. and in this way broken spring
can be patched; but an iron or steel splint
should be used if the fracture is in one
of the major leaves. As an alternative a
clamp can be used and can be made quite
easily from scrap material and standard
bolts. Spring clamps of this kind are
sold especially for the purpose, and there
is no reason why one should not be made
if time permits. If a spring breaks off
short at the axle, and the repairs men
toned are impossible, the frame should be
lacked up SO as to get as great a clear
ance space between it and the axle as
possible. and this intervening space should
be packed with some yielding material,
such as rubber blocks, sacking. etc. The
frame should then be lowered and loaded.
and the axle lashed to the frame at that
side, to prevent the spring separating.
BY letting down the tire Slightly on that
side the car can be driven home at a fair
speed without much discomfort.
carburetor may be adjusted for a
heavier fuel by packing the needle valve
to raise the normal level about one
eightieth of an inch, and arranging the
air to enter below the jet, rather than
above it.
Carry only tested plugs as spare ones.
Spare the Oil and spoil the engine.
Avoid strong light and changes of tenn
perature in tire store.
Always vaseline battery terminals after
connecting up.
In case of excessive wear on front tires
test wheels for parallelisnl.
Make sure that the rims and the tires
are suitable for each other.
"Procrastination is the thief Of time"
and never more so than where repairing
damaged tires is concerned.
Practice using the hand brake, so that
in an emergency it's existence may not be
forgotten.
A noisy car is often produced by quite
minor details being loose. Brakework is
q frequent offender in this direction.
Wisconsin riders are considering form
ing state federation for motor cycle
clubs. to work in conjunction with the
Federation of American Motor Cyclists.
Down with the speeders and the open
muffler fiends," is the 1914 slogan of the
Fort Wayne Qnd) Motor Cycie Club.
Evening star., 1914-03-01
inter the race with the loss of but few

enter tTe race WITH tile loss Oh DuL d lew
minutes.
Teddy Tetzlaff, who set the course rec
ord of 1872 miles an hour, which still
stands, was out of the race early. He
made a number of the fastest laps in the
race covering several at the rate OF
eighty-seven miles an hour. Tire trou-
bles. and finally the baking of motor and
bearings, forced him to quit.
The wholesale elimination of cars be-
gan in the twentieth lap. A pace Of
close to eighty miles an hour apparently
was too much for many of them. Engine
troubles developed rapidly and one by
one the cars stopped in the pits and
their drivers thereafter were spectators.
So, 900 First Prize Money.
Pullen began his climb to first place in
the thirtieth lap. He was fourth then,
and going seventy-nine miles an hour.
Marquis, who held the lead until his ac-
cident in the thirty-ffth, set the pace,
and Pullen successfully passed Anderson
and De Palma. Pullen's prize money was
So, ,00O The two next prizes went to Los
Angeles boys, Ball and Taylor, who drew
5000 and 81, 500, respectively. De Palma
added 81 900 to the money he Won Thurs
day.
Taylor plugged into third place with
a car which he said he had picked up
as junk and bought for $3.50
This was Taylor's second race with the
old machine, and his time for the last
ten laps averaged sixty-five miles an hour.
Evening star., 1914-03-01
A Spectacular Stunt.

An English motorist. Gordon Bennett,
of ST Heller, Island of Jersey, recently
put his twenty-horsepower Ford. model
"T', through spectacular stunt for
the benefit of his fellow-townsmen. 1t
seems that a good deal of discussion
had taken place relative to the cars
ability to climb the long flight of steps
going up Snow hill. In consequence ar
rangements were made to try the car
on this task soon after daybreak on a
recent Sunday morning
With only few yards start Mr.
Bennett covered the stairs as far as the
first landing. Then with greater con-
fidence the remaining portions of the
journey were accomplished. stopping
only twice. where the acute angles
made assistance necessary in turning
the car.
Evening star., 1914-03-01
Crowned Fender on Cars.

One of the features of the more
luxurious European cars that add much
to their attractiveness Is the crowned
fender. This has a curved cross Sec
ton, and hugs the tire much closer than
can the fiat type of fender. Abroad,
crowned tenders are made by hammering
them by hand out of the sheet metal.
This is a long and expensive process,
and, besides. does not produce tenders
that are at all standardized. The Ameri-
can way is to stamp the tenders out by
power presses, resulting in tenders that
are all true to the design, and are inter-
changeable. This is the process used in
the Studebaker plant, which has a die
press turning out crowned tenders al
the rate Of 100 to 1 Of the European
hand ones.
Evening star., 1914-03-01
tell all about it and help all we can. be-
cause the more good automobiles that
are made, the better it Is for all OF US.
aIet's Make Good Ones"


are made, the better it is for all Of US.
"Iet's Make Good Ones"
when a man has once taken a long
tour through the country with his family,
or other congenial company, and gets
up on one of those beauty spots or high
peaks of land, wherefrom he looks out
upon magnificent panorama, without
the handicap Of steam cars or boats. he
stops his motor car and takes 1t all In,
talking about it until fairly satiated with
its splendor. He passes on and all over
the country in that way. He can go fifty
miles day. or one hundred or two hun
dred at will. There has never been any
other device of man or the Almighty that
he could do that with. That Is the reason
thirty millions Of people in this country
thirty million people ought to have an
automobile. That is the reason we all
ought to get busy and make them all the
automobiles they want-and let's make
them good ones"
1t can be said unqualifedly that as a
result of the society's careful and thor
ough work the barriers which existed be-
tween American automobile engineering
and that of our English cousins have
been broken down.
AS showing the breadth and nature Of
the society's activities, the following
paragraph of its constitution Is interest
ing:
1.-THE society shall claim no exclusive
copyright to any papers read at its meet
ings, or any reports or discussions there
on, except in the matter of their official
publication under the society's imprint as
its transactions. The policy of the So
ciety shall be to give the professional and
scientific papers read before 1t the wid-
est circulation possible. with a view of
making the work of the society known,
encouraging engineering progress and ex-
tending the professional reputation Of its
members.
Evening star., 1914-03-01
Seamless Steel Tubing.

Seamless steel tubing makes another
good illustration. Before We began our
work in the standards committee there
were LOO sizes ordered for use in build
ing motor cars. The sizes differed by
hairs breadth for similar purposes and
for no good engineering reasons. Now, by
placing before our engineers, in the s. A.
Z. data book, a list of 16O sizes which
can be obtained in stock. which are made
in large quantities. and are therefore
cheaper, the cost Of tubing is less and the
delivery quicker; all of which helps to
reduce the price of motor cars.
''Carbureter fittings are no longer diff
ferent for every carbureter. The user
may try various carbureters without hav
ing his car entirely rebuilt. This is be-
cause gasoline pipe sizes and threads
are the same. the lever connection, as to
SIZE and the iangeS which join to the
engine or the intake pipe, are the same.
Magnetic bases and connections are the
same, and man may shift from one
magnetic to another, if necessary"
Many more car elements and processes
o1 manufacture might be cited. The pro-
visions of its constitution give oppor-
tunity to all persons who have serious
interest in the technical progress of the
automobile industry to join the society
of automobile engineers. The growth Of
the society in recent years has been re-
markable. The increase began under the
presidency of Howard E. Coffin: at the
beginning of his administration there
were less than 500 members, and at the
end of his one-year term over LOU. Dur
ing the succeeding terms of Presidents
Souther, Donaldson, Alden and Marmon.
the growth has continued steadily, until
now the membership of all grades con-
sists of over 1,76O men engaged in the
automobile and allied industries.
Committee Non-Partisan.
The makeup of the divisions of the
'
Evening star., 1914-03-01
Trade Association Meeting

\ meeting of the Automobile Trade
Association Of Washington. D. c.. will
be held Tuesday afternoon at o'clock
at the Office Of the Buick Motor Com
pany. 1923 Connecticut avenue north
Evening star., 1914-03-01
Buick Agents Here.

/ Messrs. J. A. Palmer jr., and 4. 3.
Moore, representatives for the Buick car
at Reedville, Nd, spent yesterday as the
guests of Robert H. Martin, local branch
manager.
Evening star., 1914-03-01
Roads Under Water.

Information as to road conditions. All
autoists touring south at this time Of
the year are strongly advised to keep
off Hampton roads. They are impass-
able, being for the most part under
water.
Evening star., 1914-03-01
Purchased Oakland. Cabriolet.

DIR. w. Il. Mason is the latest pur-
chaser of an Oakland cabriolet The
car which was delivered a few days ago.
is finished in dark blue and upholstered
in English whipcord.
Evening star., 1914-03-01
International Engineering.

In 1911 the Society of Automobile En-
gineers made its first official visit to Eu-
rope. going to England and France. The
reception accorded was most cordial and
elaborate. The members were admitted
fore been opened to outsiders. Among
the tangible results of the trip were the
acquisition of a great fund of technical
information by members of the party at
first hand; the making of valuable ac-
| quaintances, both as between members
of the society, and between them and
| foreign members of the industry, lmpor-
| tant commercial and technical relations
resulting in many cases; the opening or
avenues of information and Interchange
Of ideas between American and European
! engineers, and the redounding Of bene-
! fits to the industry at home and abroad
| Returning this visit a party of British
! engineers came to America last summer
! to attend the semi-annual meeting of the
Society of Automobile Engineers and to
| go on an inspection tour of automobile
manufacturing establishments through
out the country. under the auspices of
the S \. f. This constituted the second
official visit interchanged between the
American society and the Institution Of
Automobile Engineers of England.
At the time of the visit, Henry NJ. Le-
land. the nominee for president of the
society for the coming year, said:
II am mighty glad our friends from
across the water came over 'here. l am
glad they have been in some of our
plants They are welcome to come to our
plant and stay week. 4 month or a day.
/ will furnish an intelligent man to show
every thing that We have there. We will
Evening star., 1914-03-01
Representative Here.

Elmer J. Mather, representative of the
Hoffecker Speedometer Company, spent a
couple of days in the National Capital
during the past week. He returned to his
headquarters in Philadelphia FRIDAY.
Evening star., 1914-03-01
GRAND PRIZE RACE
, TO EDWIN PUL[EN
Sets Record of 77.2 Miles
an Hour in International
Auto Event.
SANTA MONICA COURSE
HAS FIRST BAD MISHAP
]. B. Marquis Car Turns Turtle and
Crushes Him-Guy Ball Finishes
Second, B. Taylor Third.

SANTA MONICA Cal. February 2s-
Edwin Pullen won the fifth international
Grand Prize race over AZ laps or 4o5
miles, OF the santa Monica course TO-
day. A new record OF U.z miles an hour
was established. II also was the Frst
time in the history OF the event that an
American car flashed in first at the fin.
ish, and there were. several other fea-
lures.
The winner gained his place by seri-
Gus accident-the first in the annals of
the Santa Monica course-which jeopar-
diZed the life-of Driver J. B. Marquis,
when his car, the most dam Sous foreign
turn and crushed him.
Thereafter 1t was no race. Pullen was
forty miles ahead of the second car at the
finish and ffty-flve miles ahead of the
-, -
tnl,u;
haipli uS ANNA VIZ WI siie- o,,e., ouIL
pilt cup THURSDAY. was lourtn. oio!eiu, tee
ms must Peisisteh. oppohSne Iie Ottst
Gay, was ennlnateo from .ne speea tese
pE oao moor Ten iapS 10, ron tue nNS, F,,s
hours and thirteen minutes, setting a new
record of 7445 established by Caleb
Bragg at Savannah in 1911.
pau s.cond T,y1or Third
Guy Ball was second with an elapsed
time of 5:53:223 and speed of 6S.4 miles
an hour.
B. TAYLOR took third place when Gil
Evening star., 1914-03-01
Great Amount of Work.

| The amount of work taken sometimes
| to decide upon a standard for seeming
| ly insignificant part is almost 1ncompre-
| hensible The differing views of the en-
gineers must be considered and met: past
construction also must be borne in mind
| when possible without affecting the merit
| of a new standard. 1t must be remember
ed that fundamentally standards are not
| spontaneous products, but what Is lnol-
Gated as best in long practice and what
| is reasonable to assume can be used py
| the average manufacturer both IN the
light of suitability primarily and as re-
| lated to his past practce
| In the words of Henry Soutner, the
| chairman Of the standards committee OF
| the society:
1.-THE public is interested in anything
| that affects its pocketbook. The s. y. T..
| is doing its level best to decrease the
| high cost Of automobiling. The stand
| ards committee is helping. Everything
! that the standards committee does TO
simplify the design and building OIL
motor car will be felt by the consumer.
! In other words. a motor car VIII cost
| less in the first place and less 10 repair.
| 1t will also behave better, because made
up of standard parts. 1t Is assured that
| there will be no freak parts, because
standard parts are in accordance WIN
| the consensus of opinion OF the bodE Oh
/ able engineers and not the result OF tne
| inspiration of a 'wonder-child engineer
''The cost of the steel entering into the
construction of a car has been decreased
by the work of this committee. In place
| of paying to 10 cents a pound for double
| extra special crankshaft steel. motor
| companies buy S. a. f. specification 1910
| for example at or 8 cents pound. The
quality is exactly the same. but the mys-
terry is eliminated. The standards COM
mittee steel division has taken the mys-
| tery out Of it by getting together with
the steelmakers and deciding upon a
steel which the steelmakers agree is a
| good steel and can be had at CONNER
cial price instead of at double extra
special price
Evening star., 1914-03-01

Fred Hahn. four-cylihder landau-road
ster; Arthur B. Adams, a ''S5" coupe.
and J. f. Burroughs. four-cyiinder
touring car.
Evening star., 1914-03-01
studebaker Deliveries.

Studebaker cars were delivered dur
ng the past week to the following
Evening star., 1914-03-01
Stop Eating.

If the high cost of living prevents you
from keeping all automobile, stop eating!