The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-07-14
Automobile News

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forming It's dealers that prices will
be increased in the near future, due
to the increasing cost of materials
and labor. The amount OF increase
has not yet been determined.
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Don't leave tire chalk out of your
tool kit. Some OF 1t should be shaken
tubes. 1t helps the tube to settle in
to place and reduces friction between
the tube and the shoe. thus prolong-
Ing the life Of the tube.
I When your, engine misses and II
seems impossible to find the cause IL
may be due to water in the carburetor.
If you have made every other test
lyou can think OF, try draining the car
buretor Catch. little OF its contents
lin your hand or some other recepta-
Gle. If water is present IL will be re-
PEELED by the gasoline and form In
easily seen globules:
st. Joseph and other cities are wag-
ing war on the glaring headlights.
Most cities now have ordinances pro-
lhibiting the use of strong, binding
headlights. Powerful glaring lights
are really. no benefit to the motorist
and are an annoyance, II not q danger,
TO pedestrians and other motorists. A
around for safe driving at night un-
der almost any condition.
The most common and ruinous
abuse of the battery is to- let 1t go
dry. The battery loses water even
under normal conditions. partly thru
slow evaporation, but chiefly thru de-
composition into its constituent gases,
oxygen and hydrogen, by excessive
charging. II your battery demands
water filling more frequently than 1t
should. or IL the battery links heat
to temperature warmer than that
of the hand, have your generator in
spected and tested and the charging
rate reduced.
A 930-mile run from Lansing, Mich,
to New York City in 30 hours driving
time, with 24% miles to every gallon
OF gasoline--that is the newest gas
record set up by an Oldsmobile. 1t
was I of the incidents that grow out
of the many drive-aways made by
dealers from the factory recently
when railroad equipment was not OBJ
tainable. That the mark established
then was not a chance performance
Is proved by the fact that a 6-cylinder
Oldsmobile driven by the same driver
practically duplicated the splendid re-
suit a short time before.
A well-dragged road In front OF the
farm is a great satisfaction to the
owner. but why not give him the addi-
tional satisfaction of letting him know
that you appreciate what he has done
as you drive by? Why not tell him
what you think and help establish a
prize for the best-dragged piece OF
road? There are few ways in which
J little money will bring bigger re-
suits in road work than in stimulating
friendly rivalry among the workers. A
careful use of the drag may save the
use of the road grader.
The list efforts of the new state
highway department OF Kansas will
, be directed toward the construction
of cross state highways. 1t Is ex-
, pected that NEARLY 5000 miles OF
cross state highways will be placed
on the selective list to receive federal
aid and to he constructed under the
direction ofothe state highway depart
ment. Representative of the old and
new Santa re trails, the Meridian
road, the Golden Belt, the Rock ISL
l and, the White Way, and other chris.
[ tened roads have appeared before the
4 state commission to urge the merits
of the respective routes-Americar
: Motorist
Roads rule the world-not king
nor congresses, not courts nor con
stables, not ships nor soldiers. Tn,
/, road is the only royal line in a demo
= cracy, the only legislature that neve
n changes, the only court that neve
r sleeps, the only army that never quits
r the 1st aid to the redemption of an.
: nation, the exodus from stagnation IL
!. any society, the call from savagery II
Q any tribe, the high priest of prosperi
l. ty. after the order of Malchisede &c
3 without beginning Of days or end o
life. The road is umpire in every war
and when the new map is made,
simply pushes on Its great campaign
4 OF help. hope, brotherhood. efficienc,
and peace.
Under law enacted at the recent
session OF the state legislature, al
: county road maintenance must hence
+, forth be performed by the patrol sys
J tenn. Under the terms of the ac'
q county boards of supervisors are re-
u lquired to hire patrolmen, who mus
. devote all of their time during tn,
. road working season to caring for tn,
. maintenance of highways Each mar
: must have a definite district ant
u must visit each portion of the roat
The patrolmen are also given tn,
duty of dragging the roads under
their control. This system, II care
fully worked out, should result in 8
marked improvement in the condi
tlon OF roads in Iowa, and the tes
will attract attention from many 9th
er states which are still wrestlinl
u with the maintenance problem
d
,r Patriotic fervor to hasten the gar
II den work OF 500 of his employees
70 prompted Charles II. Metz. presiden
of the Metz company, of waltham
Mass. to thyent a tractor that ma,
revolutionfze. the used car business
It is an adoption that can easily b
attached to any old car that has al
engine left and Il will do the work o
10 horses in. a day Some so acres o
land on the, estate OF Mr.. Metz wa
given over to his workers for gardel
purposes. On account of the rain,
season, work on the land was held uu
and as the time neared for plowing
looked as tho, It would take who'll
troop of horses TO do the work ex
pedtiousiy The inventive genius o
Mr.. Met% asserted itself and he set t