Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-04

crowded going at fair speed. The
road is narrow.
"Reware the truck loaded with any
milk cans, or lumber wagon jogging
along at a good pace. The driver OF
either of these vehicles is so deafencd
by the noise Of his own outfit that he
wouldn't hear the horn OF the Angel
Gabriel footed by his rear wheel Pass
these chaps slowly until they actually
see that you are there.
"Rutsi You have been advised not
to drive in ruts, because IL wears out
the sides OF your tires. Well, ruts have
their advantages as well as their dis
advantages. II you have to drive over
n wet but rutty road without chains,
you can count on being safe as long
as you Jog along right In the big rut.
You will not skid out OF II, and prob
ably you can not get out of II when
you want to do so. when YOU do have
TO get out don't step ON the gas so
hard that you go out with jump that
carries you clear TO the roadside fence.
Watch for place with a track out of
the rut, or n stone to jump from.
When the road is rutty, begin get
ting out OF the way OF the coming car
n long time before you need to give
way. because the time to turn out is
Nntu YOU tdil idlHtI Nlldii Nnth NVh
have to. When you have a big mud
hole to go thru, the rut. the track
all the rest have followed Will usually
be the one that leads thru safest. The
other places look shallower. but they
go Just as far down and instead of a
track full OF water or thin mud, you
have to drag thru a new path in thick
mud. Trying to find new and better
path thru muddy road is usually a
vain endeavor Take to the rut and
take your time, and you will pull thru.
Turn to one side or the other, looking
FOR solid ground, and you will have
hard going and a hot eugine-and IL
you get very far TO one side you will
probably have to be pulled out. OF
course, the driver has TO use judgment.
II the rut is so deep that the crank
case scrapes the ground, the rut is no
place for him.
Beware of Wet Cutters.
Beware OF shaley, wet cutters
along the road. Back up, half a mile
rather than drive Off into one OF those
places They are bottomless and the
more you try TO drive out the deeper
In you get. The minute you see your
self getting into one OF those roadside
mudholes, stop. Every revolution OF
the drive wheel In the mud makes
the situation worse. IT YOU nave one
wheel on solid ground and are not too
far I'm with the other. get your load all
on the running board on the dry side
and turn your wheels toward the road,
and try II once for luck. You may
crawl out But IL there Is a chance Of
being stuck, get on the chains before
you yet in so deep you cannot Jack up.
"A couple OF long pieces OF heavy
rope viii save a lot OF trouble and time
IN many country roads instances. You
can wind the wheel with rope without
lacking It up. and for a temporary help
this will answer as well as chains
Then, too, II you have "A towrope you
will not have to 80 to a farmhouse and
borrow one when you need to be pulled
out, Any motorist who comes along
can do the trick for YOU
"Of course everyone knows the need
of putting on chains when it Is wet
II anybody is going to drive over the
country byways In the mud with no
chains, leave il to the yap driver who
may know no better. Just because IL
is only half mile or a few miles from
one piece OF state road TO another
don't take chance. | found a chan
the other day with big touring car
half over the bank and fifty feet to
drop grinning up at him. while he
and his partner In ignorance and two
ladies and a hungry pomeranian stood
In The rain In the road, wondering how