The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-04-08
FOR
auto INSTITUTE
Excellent Program Being Arranged by
Those in Charge-Exhibit Boards
Placed in Opera House.
TO BE IN CHARGE OF Mr.. DAVIS
Many Practical Problems Which Con-
front Motorist Every Day-PIan
to Attend Each Session.

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The automobile institute will be
held in Denison at the Germania op-
era house on April 23d. Oath and 25th
The exhibit boards will be placed
in the Germania opera house and will
be open for the inspection Of every.
one. Lectures on the operation and
care OF the automobile will be given
each evening at o'clock and the af.
ternoons of Friday and Saturday at
3 o'clock. The lectures are all care
fully Illustrated to show the inside
construction and operation of the
parts under discussion.
Mr. Davis will be glad to meet ali
those interested in the automobile.
An invitation is also extended to
bring cars which are not running
properly to Mr.. Davis for location of
trouble and advice. The service is
free as part of the institute. With
a thorough knowledge of automobile
operation it takes only few minutes
to locate trouble. Consultation with
Mr.. Davis as to whether or not you
are getting the results you should get
is also welcome.
Opportunity will be given at each
session and all through the lecture
for questions and discussion. The
lecturer is supplied with slides of
most makes of motors and equipment
and questions regarding any special
make or trouble are welcomed
| Program
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day, p. m.
The principles of carburetion, high
and low grade fuels, adjustments of
carburetor, burning kerosine, ignition
systems, spark control location of
troubles. Motor trouble charts which
give direction for the location of any
motor troubles will be distributed at
this meeting.
2. Lighting and Starting: Friday,
| 3 p. m.
The systems of electric starting in
common use. Principles of construc-
ton and operation. Battery construc-
ton and care. Location and elimina-
ton of trouble.
3. Engine Troubles, Motor Me-
chanics, Lubricating and Cooling Sys-
tens: Friday, p. IN.
Principles, handling and care of
and care Of cooling system. Care of
gasoline motors, proper fabrication
| radiators, anti-freeZing solutions.
4. Transmission, Clutches, Control
Systems, Axles: Saturday, p. m.
a discussion of the principles of
operation and Of the common troubles.
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p. m.
The construction of tires. Effects
of different kinds of abuse. Protect
ors and inner liners. Repairing. How
to get maximum wear from tires. The
Iowa road laws for motorists. Safety
precautions. Need of uniform law.
Taxing cars on valuation instead of
cylinder bore.
Benefits of Automobile Institutes.
The Automobile institute, which
comes to Denison week after next
from the Engineering Extension De-
partment at Ames, takes up many
practical problems which confront
motorists every day. The current is
sue of the Worlds Work" contains an
estimate of the cost OF motoring based
on small sized car. This estimate
places the cost at two and a quarter
cents a mile, which cost includes de-
probation of the machine and inter-
est on the investment. 1t is safe to
say however, that there are few mo-
torists in Iowa who are getting their
mileage at so low figure. These fig
ures place fuel and oil consumption
at rs miles per gallon of gasoline and
500 miles per gallon of lubricating oil.
These figures are far too large for
even the expert motorist. the man
who thoroughly understands all of the
principles of operation. For the aver
age owner it is not uncommon to find
in Iowa fuel and oil consumption of
eight or nine gallons of gasoline and
one hundred to a hundred and fifty
miles per gallon of lubricating oil.
And all for the want of little adjust
ment of the carburetor or lubricating
system or of the addition of dash ad-
justment or couple Of feet of tubing
to take the air from around the cyl
inders. The institute takes up in de-
tail the question of carburetor adjust
ment, the burning of high and low
grade fuels and the ACCESSIBILITY of
burning mixtures of kerosene. Even
dealers and repair men still hold to
the old superstition of mot touching"
the carburetor after it has once been
adjusted for one load and one speed,
binding themselves to the fact that
different load and temperature condi-
lions demand carburetor dash ad-
justment as we'll as other adjustments
to get maximum efficiency out of the
fuel burned.
Questions which come up at the in
stitutes so far conducted indicate the
need for information on the part of
Iowa's motor car owners and their ap-
probation of the advice and instruc.
ton of some agency not interested in
the sale of something. The one ques
ton of tire care alone touches very
vital part of the automobile upkeep
problem. Conservative estimates of
the manufacturers places the yearly
cost of carelessness, ignorance and
abuse alone, to say nothing OF legiti-
mate wear and tear, at over two mill
ion dollars. So men ask why a tire
will blow out when the machine is
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