Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-08-13

G. III. Lester Of this city, who writes
on stitches in Time for Motor Pill
grims." Mr.. Testers article deals
especially with those difficulties into
which the motorist is liable to fall,
but while so dealing stress is laid
upon the Importance of keeping out
of them rather than getting out of
them.
The editors Introductory note
speaks of Mr.. Lester as having vir-
tually lived on the Borderland trail
for the past three years, and that, be-
cause OF his experience in this and
other sections, the writer is especially
competent to pass Judgment upon the
matters concerning which he writes.
Wanderlust Strong.
Make way for the motor pilgrims,
the gasoline crusaders, the modern
adventurers!" is the opening phrase.
They are sweeping across the hign-
ways of the nation Mr. Lester con
tinues, with engines throbbing and
exhausts barking. The honk of their
horns is heard on the highest peaks of
the Rockies and on the rim of the
grand conon of Colorado. Their tires
have left an imprint on the sands of
the desert. Surrendering to the wan
derlust, they know no barrier Noun
tain torrent, isolated plain, waste
land or snoW-capped range have no
terrors for them, and they follow the
motoring will O the wisp from coast
to coast"
Stitch in Time.
There are two adages that the
long-distance motorist should heed"
the writer proceeds to say. sOne
deals with stitches in time and the
other reads An ounce of prevention
is worth a pound of cure They
were written long before the suprenl-
acy of the horse was challenged by
the motor car, but should not be
scorned because OF their age. BY obs
serving them, the long-distance trav-
eler will make his buting one Of
pleasure instead of one of ira vail
Medium sizsa
Mr. Lester assumes, 4, OF course, that
the man who starts out on a. long
Journey will have mastered the ordi-.
nary details of car driving and car.
repairing, SO far as roadway repairs
may be made.
The. car suitable for touring over
al sorts of roads, in the Judgment of
the writer in the Motor Age, is the
one OF medium weight. with a wheel
base of lilo inches. or Whereabouts.
The expense, for one thing, is less
than fer the heavier car and it will
pass over roads that are iinpassabie5
I for the heavy machine
The light car, while able to go any
where that the heavier one can go, or
dlnarily speaking, is not considnersd
/ safe at high speed, nor do the lisht.
cars ride as easy" as the medium or
heavy cars.
Lightly Equipped:
Mr.. Lester advises the equippiflg Of
an outfit for travel as lightly as pos
sible. While tent and sach conyen-
fences have their attractions, auton1oe
bile roads are SO laid out ROW, as a
rule, that one may easily find ae-
comTnodations for both nlesis and
lodging along the routes. If, how
ever, an equipment for camping out
it is deemed advisable to take along
IA car especially for such equipment.
Just the ordinary tire equipment is
recommended, such as two or three
extra inner tubes and an extra casing,
along with q yulcanizer, cement, ete.
TEST Pressure Occasionally.
ION hot days, says the writer,
while driving hot roads, IL is we'll to
test your pressure after several
hours run usirgg your tire guage-
and il You find YOU have an over pres
sure reduce II to sayesa blowout, even
though you have TO pump up the next
morning
a supply of vital parts should alsot
be carried those parts which exper-
ienee has shown are short-iived
Wheels should be tested now and I
then. Inspect the steering mechaas5
ism often, and at a times remember
safety first: Don take chances
The Niindiass Hitch,
Some people use strips of canvas,
rolls of wire netting block and tao lSle, 4
etc, in order to pull the car out Of /
the mud Or sand, but the so-calIed +
windlass hitch is SO far superior in (
speed and efficiency to these, applir (
ances that there is practically no
comparison In appl g the windlass
hitch it Is best TO attach the rope
to each side Of the car in order to I
equalize the strain on the rope, the
strain on the car, and more partic-
ularly because often but one drive
wheel pulls with the car in certain
positions
IN driving over 100. .0e0 miles since
using this device, and In which the
writer forced his car through almost i.