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Semi-weekly herald., 1917-03-24

NJ. ]. Wicklem went into Durango
Wednesday evening on business.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-03-24
District Court.

The trial of Lawrence Harper on
the charge of violating the game
laws is in progress as we go to
press.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-03-24

Fred Smith returned to Bayfield,
this morning, after welcoming to tht
family circle his new son born Al
Ochsner's hospital.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-03-24

MIR. Howard Kimsey, Mr.. Ira
Kimsey and Miss Mae Kimsey went
to Durango Tuesday. The men had
business at the Land office while
Miss Mae enjoyed herself at the den
lists office.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-03-24

Between providing luxuries for the
inner man ana outer woman, Rene-
dict friend complains, life is jusE one
long wall of bills, says the bachelor
editor Of the Ignacio Chieftain.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-03-24

Mr.. and Mrs. R. W. Ptolemy and
babe of Silverton passed thru from
Mancos last night on their way home.
Early in the week they returned
from Arizona.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-03-24

F. NJ. Kirkland and family of Trim
idad, Colo, have purchased and NOV
ed on the Black place across the riv-
er. Mr.. Kirkland is an up-to-date
farmer and will he welcomed to our
community.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-03-24

II you find difficulty in replacing
cylinders after removing see II the
champfer. at bottom Of cylinders is
properly cleaned. Sometimes dirt
collects on it and sometimes the pis-
ton wears the part above Il and
leaves slight ridge there. Make a
rule of inspecting this part every
time you replace cylinders and much
trouble will be avoided.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-03-24

Madam Martinez returned to Pa
gosa Springs this morning, after
spending a few weeks with her
daughter, Mrs. Jennie Gervais
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-03-24

sembIed? am fair mechanic in all
other parts except the rear axle and
disassembling. Must one take the
whole rear axle off or does he have
to take the drive shaft from differ
ential to universal joint? Or can one
take the main and counter shaft out
without removing anything except
the trans case cover and the shifting
forks? Can one remove the counter
shaft without removing the main
shaft? Is the conutershaft and main
shaft all one piece or are they each
joined in the centre? The counter and
main shaft extends from one end of
Fthe trans case to the other and
don't see how they could be removed.
Is the main shaft joined at the two
ends of the trans case? In the wir-
ing of the car find one wire, of
course. This is a one-wire system,
but don't understand how only one
wire is enough. A mechanic told me
that one wire was grounded. How
ever, cannot find the other wire. In
attaching spotlight must | have
two wires one connected to the
switchboard and one grounded or just
one wire with no ground? Il. C..
1t will not be necessary to touch
the rear axle. 1t will be necessary
ito disconnect gearset from center
! shaft and jackshaft to differential if
Imain shaft is to- be removed. To re-
move countershaft take off cover
plate, remove bearings at each end
and shaft should come out readily
DO not remove shifter forks unless
gears interfere There is no ground
wire on your lamp because it is
grounded thru the bracket. For your
light ground return may be used
Ito c. A. b. in this department.
Motoring Department, The Herald
i have 1916 Oakland Six. While
charging the storage battery | took
off wire while the car was run
ming and the engine stopped. 1t can
not be started again. The starter
runs and cranks the motor, and the
gas flows fine. Everything seems o.
X. have the car on blocks for the
winter. An early reply will he ap-
preciated. X43.
Probably some connection has
come loose: Go over the wires care,
fully, Frightening the contacts, and
screwing them up firmly. The trou-
Bile is most likely to be at the bat
Itery contacts. Clean spark plugs and
prime cylinders. If engine runs and
stops the trouble is in carburetor.
Motoring Department, The Herald
i have Case car and recently
ground in valves and had carburetor
adjusted. Last week while trying cal
it seemed, while standing still, to take
fire on all four, but when running
lat rate of twenty miles or more
it sounds as though it would split. II
isn't backfire, but sounds as though
it explodes in the exhaust. Also
would you tell me if storage bat
terry freezes can it be repaired? !
thank you in advance for answers to
the above. j. G.. r.
Trouble may be in valve litter of
one cylinder. Test adjustment Of
exhaust valve lifters, which should
be one-sixty-fourth of an inch. Valve
stem may stick thru bending or dirt
in guide may prevent it from closing.
| If jar of battery is cracked and
leaks it will have to be repaired.
Some of the active material may be
forced out of the plates, reducing
their capacity. Have battery fully
charged and see if it holds its charge
as long as usual. If not it should be
taken apart by battery expert and
the needed repairs made.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-03-24

The money appropriated by con-
gress for the construction of the
bridge across the San Juan at Farm
ington is now available.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-03-24

Cy and Jake Davis have returned
recently from Rico where they spent
the winter mining. They expect to
be quiet bachelor farmers this sum-
mer.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-03-24
HAY GULCH AND
PLEASANT VIEW ITEMS

Mr., and Mrs. James Dennison and
little daughter Eileen were over
night visitors in Durango Tuesday.
The new road overseer, Mr.. James
Dennison, began work Thursday near
the Steel bridge at the mouth of Hay
gulch.
The Pleasant View school ma'am
Miss Grace Nicholson took the teach
ers examination in Durango the 18th
and 10th.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-03-24

W&SW 81 81 -1mo.r
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-03-24

Hear the sacred music at the Mar
vel Motor Office.
3-22-lmo.sW
LOCALS AND PERSONALS
FROM SATURDAYS DAILY
The Ignacio cheese factory viii re-
sumo operations again next week.
Attorney E. S. Whitehead has been
appointed probate judge Of San Juan
county, N. M.
Easter vacation in the Durango
schools commences Friday March 30
and continues until Monday April g..
There was an exodus of Pine river
valley residents today who were call
ed here as witnesses in the Ender-
man case.
c. C. Tucker, an oil man who halls
from Oklahoma, was at the Strater
over night en- route to Flora Vista to
inspect the oil drilling in progress.
Mrs. o. B. Putnam and little
daughter Pauline wont 20 Flora VISTA
this morning to visit her mother,
Mrs. Hickman.
Madam Martinez returned to Pa-
gosa Springs this morning, after
spending a few weeks with her
daughter, Mrs. Jennie Gervais.
The money appropriated by con-
gress for the construction of the
bridge across the San Juan at Farm
ington is now available.
Fred Smith returned to Bayfield,
this morning, after welcoming to the
family circle his new son born at
Ochsner's hospital.
The Milos, company of good mus
ical entertainers, went to lgnaclo
this morning where they are booked
for an engagement tonight.
After four months absence, Mrs.
John Nickells returned to her home
at iagosa Springs today. Mrs. Nick
ellis spent the winter at Laurel, Ne
Draska, ana on hef return came mere
for fortnight's stay with her SIS
ter, Mrs. George Isgar.
Hear "Cohen on the telephone" at
the Marvel Motor Office.
s-22-1mos.w
FOR SALE-One team geldings 5
years old, weight 1,400 each. One
driving mare 12 years old, 400 lbs.
j. NJ. NELSON.
r. R. 2, Durango.
W&SW -3-5-1mo.r
WANTED--Every farmer to have
letter heads and envelopes printed
bv the Herald ioh office pivinq
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-11
SOFT TIRES MEAN
MORE GASOLINE USED

Running tires under-infated cost
more than the breaking down OF the
tire itself. according TO experiments
made at Yale Sheffield Scientific School.
Professor E. NJ. Lockwood, of Yale, re-
norts that under-inAation can increase
fuel consumption as much as 20 per
cent. Two-thirds of the power lost be-
tween the engine and the road wheels
is due TO hexure of the tires, he says,
and this loss can be decreased by
proper air pressure.
His tests served to show that the
rolling resistance of a cord tire is con-
siderably less than that of a fabric
tire when both are not greatly inflated.
The general conclusions he reaches
are that the present requirement IS
tire that may be 1exed indefinitely like
a steel spring, without generating in
ternal friction, and consequently heat.
With a tire of this sort all rolling re-
sistance would be eliminated.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-11
INTER-CITY AUTO
CONTEST In JULY
Three-Day Run from But
falo - Teams from
Five Cities Assured

Plans for an intercity automobile
contest, with teams from New York,
Chicago, Buffalo, Detroit and Indian
apolis practically assured, were devel-
oped last week at the Chicago automo-
bile show. The idea is to have one or
more teams of five cars, owner-driven,
take part in a three-day run out OF
Buffalo. To make contest of it there
viii be penalizations for late arrival
at controls and work done on the cars.
There will be run from Buffalo TO
New York or else in and out OF BUT
falo in three different directions in the
month of July. The Buffalo Automo-
bile Club has already consented to be
host and Dai H. Lewis will do the path
finding. -,
A committee appointed to run the
contest is made up of 5. Z. Hlbben;
Chicago, chairman; c. G. Sinsabaugh,
New York, secretary; W. s. Gilbreath,
Detroit; II. H. Rice, Indianapolis, and
D. II. Lewis, Buffalo. Harry Knights.
Of Boston, member of the contest
board of the A. A. A., expects to have
the entries of at least one team from
Boston. Mr.. Hibben VIII DC IN New
York on February 10 to make further
plans.
He is the captain of the Chicago
A. A. team which has an annual team
match with the Chicago Automobile
Club. These two organizations VIII
represent Chicago. The Hoosier Motor
Club will represent Indianapolis, the
Detroit Athletic Club and Detroit Auto
mobile Club will represent Detroit, and
it is expected that the Automobile Club
Of America, the Metropolitan Consul
ate of the A. A. A. and possibly the
Motor Club will put in teams for TINS
city.
for the run, is any one who never mas
driven for hire. This will eliminate
racing drivers and demonstrators, but
will not bar factory executives ana
nrominent tradesmen. There will be
no restrictions on the cars to be en-
tered.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-11
Suggested Law Is Drafted
by A. A. A. Legisla-
tive Board
FOLLOWS PLAN
OF AUTO ENGINEERS
Beams Must Not Rise
Above AZ Inches at
75-FOot Distance

The problem Of glazing headlights,
for the time being, seems to be best
met, according to o. |. Yellott, chair
man of the American Automobile AS
ISOLATION Legislative Board, by the
suggestion Of the Society OF Automo-
bile Engineers that mo beam OF re-
flected light shall rise above AZ inches
at distance Of 70 feet" In compiling
an up-to-date uniform motor vehicle
and traffic law, the A. A. A. Legislative
chairman has thus covered the head
lights question:
"Glaring headlights. II shall be un-
lawful TO use on a vehicle of any kind
operated on the public highways OF
this state any lighting device of over
four candle power equipped with re-
fector, unless the same shall be so
designed, detected, or arranged that
no portion OF the beam is reflected
light, when measured rs feet or more
ahead of the lamps shall rise above
AZ inches from the level surface on
which the vehicle stands under all con-
ditions of load. Spot-lights shall not
be used except when projecting their
rays directly on the ground and at q
distance not exceeding 80 feet in front
of the vehicle"
To ascertain when light is AZ
inches from the ground at a distance
Of 75 feet in front of the car, the fol-
lowing instructions are given
"(a) Have the light focused so that
the reflected rays will be condensed in
solid volume as much as possible, and
so as to eliminate stray rays as far
IA nossible To focus a light place
the car in front of building or any
perpendicular fiat surface Of sufficient
size at distance of ten or fifteen feet
and by adjusting the bulb backward
or forward reduce the area of light as
much as possible and make the light
from both lamps as nearly uniform
as possible. This is the most difficult
of the three things necessary to over
come Objectionable glare.
"(b) Place the machine on the lev
ell and measure distance Of rs feet
to the front.
"(c) Make a mark on a board,
broom handle or on the coat Of an in
dividual AZ inches from the ground
and see that the upper circumference
of the solid volume of reflected light
does not strike above that mark at 10
feet in front of the light. Police Off
GERS and others may easily determine
the distance from the ground by noting
a certain button, pocket lapel, or any
other distance mark on their wearing
apparel. By stepping in front OF the
machine on the level at distance APP
proximating rs feet they may easily
determine whether or not the lights
are properly DETECTED.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-11
lust WHAT
IS GASOLINE?
Experts Tell Standards
Bureau Fuel Cannot Be
Exactly Defined

II took-a conference Of men repre-
senting all sizes of companies In the
oil industry twelve hours 70 convince
the Bureau Of Standards at Washing
ton Of these facts: !,
GasoIene is easily adulterated and
the adulteration Is hard TO detect.
The gravity of gssolene is no longer
of any value as an indication OF It's
usefulness, because a heavy fuel may
easily be more volatile and, therefore,
more desirable than q lighter fuel.
There is no such thing as uniformity
in the quality of gasolene sold In Vari-
Gus parts Of the country.
IL was stated that the big trouble
with gasolene is there are so many
opportunities for sdulteration between
refining and the automobile tank. For
instance, from the retiner the gasolene
goes TO the jobber, who buys from on
ferent sources and probably mixes dr.
ferent sorts by dumping different car
loads in the same main tank. The Joo-
Der has the opportunity OF adding 10
the gasolene something which he buys
under q different name, such as kero-
sene or distillate. He may do this and
vet produce perfectly satisfactory
fuel. There are gasolenes on the mar
ket 10 be bought at the retineries which
are actually improved by the addition
of kerosene.
From the jobber the gas goes TO the
tank wagon, and dishonest teamster
has ample opportunity for aduiteratlng
the liduid it is his duty to deliver 10
the retailer. Six drivers In Detroit
were recently caught making nifty
ffty mixture of the jobber's gasolene
and kerosene before delivering to the
retailer. Finally, the retailer can blend
or mix lust as the jobber can.
IL was reported to the bureau that
regular habit among certain class OF
dealers is to buy a proprietary brand
of gasolene and sell il at the marked
fieure-say, IS cents-under its own
name. They will take some Of this,
debase it by kerosene additions and sell
il under some fancy name OF their
own at cent or two more gallon, ana
the motorists buy the dearer product
under the impression that it must be
better.
The District OF Columbia has sug-
pested that a national law be passed
defining gasolene, and that this law
could be taken as a model by the states
and the municipalities. At the recent
meeting all the oil companies, both
large and small, save one, opposed any
kind of legislation whatsoever. They
opposed il for two reasons: Cd Be
cause they believe it impossible to de-
fine the meaning of gasolene without
increasing the price or restricting sup
ply; (2) because laws mean inspectors,
INSPECTORS mean graft, graft means in
creased price or decreased profit.
IL was stated that the chief reason
that a definition of gasolene is going to
be almost impossible is that nobody,
oil man or automobile engineer, is able
to say what gasolene ought or ought
not to contain.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-11
TWO GALLONS A WEEK
FOR BRITISH AUTOIST!

The manufacture OF passenger a.
in England has been stopped By 'ix
Of the Minister of Munitions. 10 a,
are being imported into Great Bnt'
and at present there are not NOR !, "
200 American made machines uh''s
the British Isles.
Gasoline is selling at SIS cents y !.
perial gallon, and motorists sre !iSi !,
to a supply Of two gallons a week y
pairs in the factories which az y
mitted to handle this class OF Von >
limited to $50 for any one JOB. ~ w,
$50 a special permit must be o'a's I.
from the government This is dea "
conserve labor for other purposes
The London dealers sueh. o. -.
as have not gone 70 the fro,I-s,
making a livelihood these days '''H'
and selling used cars.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-11
Service Is Up to Buyer
Well as Auto Dealer
of the Owner with the Man
Who Does Right Sort of Upkeeping Is
Only Way to Make "Service"
More than Vague Phrase

T"Servce" is shibboleth of the automobile business
The intending buyer hears often the of the trans
action Few statesmen dealers have clear idea what they
mean by the phrase Therefore, important for the Gus
toner to know the beginning what he should and should
not expect This article tells why there standard OF ser
vice. gives examples of the desirable sort OF upkeepmg
and points out duty of the motor buyer as well as or
the dealer if real service for the benefit of both to be at
tanned The present the third of series OF articles on
buyng motor cars Previous nstalments were on contracts
and waranties Other phases of the retail automobile bus
ness will be taken UP later.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-11
HE LIKES l3
ON HIS CIR
De Bragga, of Queens, Na
Afraid of "Hoodoo'
Number
MANY ASK FOR Low
LICENSE PLATE,
Governor Whitman GU,
| and 2-Tags for Other
Prominent Folk

Perhaps because 70 have law,
Der on ones automobile NAV -.
the motorcycle policemen with tl.rssS'
that one must have been a fri,,i;' ~ !,
the powers that be to get Il d..
always demand from automobl;s,s .
special plates each year. The Tao, =
1 to 1000 are always reserved FOR -
who ask specially low numbers.
This year the demand has IA,
great that the Secretary Of Sta, !,
a series of %" plates from d -
made to accommodate those who ~,
get in on the first run. Thu NJ.
issued from Albany have an "A" p,,s'
and those from Buffalo a "Bs ~
the numerals. The tags that com, ~
the New York bureau are plain ~.
out any letter ahead Of the fgur,,
Governor Whitman's two car A.
year are numbered l and 2. Mia
Mays, ex-Secretary Of State, has m 7.
his car. Formerly SecretSry ~;
number was Al, but he doesn't ~,
any the less of his automobile "a, a
change of rating. Samuel s. Kot,l,'
car is No. 3, as it was last year .,
ator Robert F. Wagner has 10 nj n
A man in Glens Falls TO whom No ia
was issued turned it back b.e,,.
there were too many thirteen, \.
that consideration doesn't intur,
Joseph De Braggs, Of Queens Cou,S
who had 10 in 1916 and got It IA
on application this year. Chsr,, ,
Lord, former managing editor Of N
Sum- believes nine or multiple, a
are lucky for him and he has No h
and 80 for his ears, as he has hsd h,
some years past
Some motorists won't take q VI,
it is offered. That plate was iyu,
to George B. Agnew in 1916 lna 4
has il again.
Charles B. Dillingham;, the th.s.,a
man, has IS, SO and 81. John Rene
weber has SO; Alexander J. HsnvlT
president of the Automobile Glib ,
America, has Il. Other low nunh,
issued include these: Major Gtrtu
John f. Organ, a; j. Lewis Whit, h
George +. Ide, 81; Harry n. Hempsi,.
90; William Bedford, 100, and LAfsye.
Gleason, 101.
Rhinelander Waldo has numbers lg
419 and 655; George w. Perkins /;
and 1853; Judge Gary, 100 and 1si; u,
Mitchell. 173; George b. Cortsly
1S9 and 1870, and Senator Lawson, iA
Oscar of the Waldorf has 2ls, .
and 223.on his three cars. Mrs. A {
Miles has 237 and 23S. Charlie,
Schwab has number Of cars, q
among his numbers are 232, 23l a
234. Claire Briggs has No. 40. n
500 goes to 3. l.. Taylor, the father
Mrs. Grahame White. Chaunesy
Depew gets 502. Joseph II. ChOa.t h
SIS and SIS. W. r. Stafford sp
sports No. 555 on his car. C.Et
Billings has the plates from 70!
sos.
George s. Dougherty, the de.s.fT
has 999. In the -" series 500 sOa
William A. Daring, former engineer
the Empire State Express.
Senator John B. Rose has Da Ne
olas Murray Butler, Of Columbia, e.
D6O. Allan A. Ryan has l0l, l02, .
and 104 in that series. R. A. c. SD
gets 1871, 1872 and 1913. George " {,
han has three cars, D3O4, D30s ~
D306.
C. G. Sinsabaugh, Of New Yort, }.
an application in for Hill. Tkl
an unbeatable hand in "sutonosl
poker"
Most all the requests for low rsr
bers cone from New York City. =
the other sections OF the state II, y
mand doesn't appear 70 be spyEsc
near so pressing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-11

radiator is set flush with the car fool
boards. The heating element is carried
in a pressed steel casing below 1t. The
gases are discharged at the rear OF the
car. The heater lists at SIS.
A tire pump which Is friction-d driven
from the rear tire sells, complete with
gauge and hose, at SO. Base and cyl
inder are a single casting. and there
are only three working parts in the
Bump. The air hose is long enough TO
reach all wheels and is reinforced with
fabric. The equipment is ten inches
long, four inches wide and weighs
seven pounds. The cylinder is one and
one-duarter inches bore and two and
one-eighth inches stroke. The machined
piston is fitted with two rings. The
main shaft operates on roller bearings
which are packed in oil.
Another tire pump is designed for In
stallation on the running board and is
operated by special design lever. II
is built of steel and leather. The cylin-
der has three inches bore and six and
one-uuarter inches stroke. The handle
folds out Of the way when not in use.
The price is &c. This includes pressure
gauge and hose.
To prevent wind shields from letting
rain drops fly back into the face of the
driver there is weather strip made OF
transparent celluloid. 1t comes in
forty-inch lengths, which may be cut TO
fit any windshield. II is made TO fit into
the division between the two sheets OF
glass 1t fits snugly without fasteners
and is wind and water proof. The cost
is rs cents.
A useful device in these days OF glsr-
ing lamps is a six-inch glass disk, light
~ smoked and colored green, which is
fixed to the windshield. II can be used
whether the windshield is raised or
lowered and folds out of the way when
rot needed. II sells from $3.50 up.
To clear rain or snow from the wind
shield is device which slips over the
top OF any shield and is held against
rafting by spring tension. IL cleans
and dries the full width Of the glass
with one motion. The cost is 81.
For Ford differentials is a specially
compounded graphite grease, which is
said TO prevent leakage. IL is packed
in two and one-half pound cans, which
sell for SO cents. This quantity ia sup
posed TO be just enough for Ford diff
ferential for one season,