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Arizona republican., 1918-01-06
KNOW HOW TO WORK EAT AND ] LIVE HE SAYS

Nowadays says s. E. Lannis, manager of the Arizona Motor Sales company, Mitchell distributors, "ev- cry patriotic citizen is interested in knowing how to work, live and eat in the most economical manner. We have been told by MT. Hoover that while we should eliminate all ex- travagance from our methods of liv- ing, still we should not be frugal to the extent of impairing our ef- ficiency.
 Just as these interesting facts ap- ply to our eating, work and recre- ton, so they also apply to driving a ear.
 Many good patriots every day are wasteful aI.d even eXtravagant in the way they drive their cars-not that they drive too much, but rather that they do not follow the ordinary precautions which will make their car last longer and go farther at a minimum expense.
 For instance, did you ever notice how some drivers take turns? A honk of the horn, a rush of air, and they're gone-if the road is clear. If it isn't the brakes lock with a slam, the wheels slide, there's a smell of burned rubber, the clutch is disengaged, the motor races it's head off. And what does this all mean? Useless wear on tires, ex- cessive waste of gasoline and oil severe strains on the engine, certain damage to the brakes.
 "The greatest racing car pilots the world has ever known slow down for turns on the track. They do thai because they know how to get the utmost out of their steed. I cannot figure out why some passenger cai drivers don't use the same goot judgment.
 How much easier and more eco nomical it is to allow the motor tC slow down the car. This will save gasoline and oil, will lengthen the life of the brakes and will not worl any hardship on the engiI.e.
 Its absolutely unnecessary to ract a motor in making a stop. Thii practice wastes the gasoline and oi and certainly does not help tn motor. In starting, all one has t do its to speed up the motor jus enough to pull away from the curl smoothly.
 T feel pretty strongly on thi subject" stated Mir. Lannis, and believe that little extra caution O. the part of every automobile Owne in America will make it possible fo all of us to get the utmost out O every drop of gasoline and oil W use, and at the same time prolon the life of our cars.
Arizona republican., 1918-01-06
Practical Paragraphs
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Rim Rustipu

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 Rim Rustina
 When a rim has had some of its paint knocked off, take the precau- ton of applying some graphite paint at once, not only for the looks sake but to prevent the formation of rust.
 Corroded Terminals
 Battery terminals that have become coTroded may be cleaned best by a strong solution of washing soda. After they have been dried, a light coating of vaseline will serve to protect them against return of the trouble.
 In RefiIiing Water System
 Tn the main there is no danger In pouring cold water into the cooling system of the engine, no matter how how hot the latter may be But if so much of the water has been lost that the tops of the cylinders are uncov- cred, the engine should be allowed to cool off before the water system is filled. The reason is obvious; if cold water is poured directly on the hox cylinders. where they are exposed, ;here is danger of cracking them, ow- ing to the contraction due to the rapid cooling effect of the water.
 Keep Planetary Gears Tiaht
 It is a wise precaution to occasion ally go over the bolts which secure the several sections of planetary trans mission, to see that no looseness has developed. While the loss of a bolt or so might not be enough to allow the gear to separate entirely, there is danger that it might weaken the fastenings so as to permit the gears to work slightly out of mesh, or that the remaining bolts might be sheared of as result of being overloaded
 lubricating Pump Spindle
 In repaoking the gland of a water circulating pump. use plenty ot graphite with the packing. The spin dle is seldom adequately fabricated and the graphite will go long way toward making up for this. Inci- dentally the use of glycerine in ths cooling water as an anti-freeze pre- caution, seems to assist in the lubri. cation of the pump spindle.
 Replacing Spark Plugs
 Two things are to be avoided in re- placing spark plugs, one being too
Arizona republican., 1918-01-06
BENDING COPPER PIPE

The motorist who likes to carry out his own repairs, will sooner or later find himself face to face with the diff flculty of making a sharp bend in a
 piece of copper tubing or pipe. For anything over 516 of an inch in diam eter, the pipe must be temporarily filled with lead or sand. It is possible. however, to make very fair bends in the ordinary copper tube by heating it at the desired place in a Bunsen flame till 1t is red and then cooling it in water.
Arizona republican., 1918-01-06

tight an adjustment in 8 hot cylinder. which makes it almost impossible to remove the plug afterward and the other is the breaking of the porcelain insulation in plugs of that type, through contact with the wrench. Socket wrenches, if made too narrow in the neck will often cause fracture of the insulator unless held perfectly in line.
 Determining Polarity
 About the simplest way of determin- ing which is the negative and which the positive wire of the battery is by dissolving a few grains of iodide of potassium on a bit of plotting paper moistened with water. When the paper so treated is touched with the two wires, the positive wire will form a black stain. Iodide of potassium may be purchased in any drug store.
 Separating Gear Case Parts When separating sections of gear boxes or crank cases, it will some times be found that the parts stick together after the bolts have been re- moved. Care should be taken in sep arating them, especially if the parts are of aluminium. Driving a chisel or screw driver between the two sections may make a nick which will spoil their oil tightness, or may raise burr which will prevent the parts from 1 coming together properly. The ap- l plication of too great force may cause ] the parts to spring. Gently prying al a number of places. after the stuck parts have been tapped all around with a light hammer, will usually sep arate them without damage
 Loose Check Nuts | Loose check nuts on the rods in the braking system may become the cause of a serious mishap, if they are not remedied in time. When the check is removed from the turn buckle or othel adjustment, the tendency of the vibra- ton is to loosen the adjustment O the bands. As this may occur wheI the car is running. the chance of hay ing the brakes fail through slack ad justment, is worth taking into consid eration.
 EmersencyiValve Removal
 To tackle a valve replacemen single handed when you have not valve lifting device is not anything t
 look forward to. There is way O
 getting around the difficulty. Simpl
 interpose a piece of packing. almos
 anything will do, between the va1v
 cap and the valve head; refix the valv
 cap and the packing will prevent tn
 valve rising To life the spring an
 take out the cotter is not hard now. Spring Clips
 The small clips that are frequent mounted on the outer ends of tn
 leaves of semi eliptical springs. mus always be kept drawn up tightly. Tn :, function of these clips is to prever the leaves from getting out of align ment and they also act even as shoe ! absorbers by bringing the outer leave , into action on the rebound, while the likewise increase the friction betwee the leaves.
Arizona republican., 1918-01-06

q round metal bar of appropriate size,
 this strip may be fashioned into very satisfactory clips. fastened in place hy
 means of couple of S-1s inch round headed bolts with square nuts, said bolts to be of different lengths.
Arizona republican., 1918-01-06

after which it is bent very gradually round a bar held in wise. The amount of construction will be very slight, es- pecially after touching up with a ball pein hammer, if this method is care fully carried out.
Arizona republican., 1918-01-06
HOME MADE CLIPS

A valuable supply to keep around the garage is a few feet of thin soft iron strip, of the sort used to bind pack ing boxes. By means of the pliers and
Arizona republican., 1918-01-06

this be caused by the water I am us- ing rsis it due to some other cause? l Mitchell? i
 Boiled water is not satisfactory for use in refilling the storage battery. Distilled water, that is water resulting from turning water into steam and then condensing it again, must be used. Soft water, that is perfectly clean rain water or water made by melting absolutely clean snow, may be used.
 Can I recharge or otherwise revive g. dry cell battery that has gone dead? A friend tells me that by using some sort of acid the battery may be made as good as new.-JeSs.
 Your friend is wrong. No acid will revive a dead battery, except for a little brief activity, which is not worth gaining, except as an emergency measure. Even vinegar will galvanize dead battery into brief action for emergency purposes.
 I am having a lot of trouble with overheating of the cooling water in my 1915 roadster. What is the cause? p. J. s.
 Your question is too vague for pre- else answer, as there are many causes for overheating and unless I know some of the attendant symptoms, I cannot hope to diagnose the trouble. Carbon in the cylinders will produce overheating. so will incorrect mixture, an obstruction in the radiator, incor- rect timing of ignition or valves. First try giving the engine as lean a mix ture as It will stand without misfiring Test the spark. If the engine has a tendency to bacllfiring, with loss of power, you may be sure that carbon is the trouble. Finally see that the fan belt is tight enough to operate this part at full speed. If your trouble continues, write me more specifically. detailing symptoms as well as effects. How many storage batteries can I charge from a lighting circuit such as is used in the shop? How is it
 done ?-Edmonds.
 In the first place the light circuit
 current must be direct current other
 wise rectifier will have to be placed
 in the line as only direct current can be used for battery charging. I as-
 sume the circuit is one of 11O volts
 This line will take care of fourteen
 slX-volt batteries or the equivalent ir
 batteries of other voltages. The bat
 terles are connected in series fo,
 charging, and by means of a variable
 resistance in the charging line, the
 charging rate is changed dependins
 on the size. number and types of bat
 teries. Usually a five ampere rate IS used. Get a book on battery charg. ing from one of the large makers O
 storage batteries or from the West | lnghouse Co. or, General Electric
Arizona republican., 1918-01-06
Owners Service Department

What is the objection to feeding two kinds of fuel to the engine at the same time? I mean this. Suppose the ordinary carburetor feeds regular gas oline but in reduced quantity and then an outside device is used to force in a. very low grade fuel. Do you thlnk such an arrangement posslple JamieSon.
 Certainly, and furthermore, if am not mistaken, there are a few Amerl- can and foreign patents which cover just such an arrangement In re- cent one in America an entirely dlI- ferent engine is used and in the for eign one with which 1 am familiar, there are three valves per cylinder, one of them the exhaust while the other two control different fuels. The scheme proba bly, works out by having the good gasoline mixture ignite and the flame propagation is fast encugh to catch the whole mixture. The scheme certainly has merit, as 1t would cut down the amount of gasoline used.
 Did YOU ever hear of a ring slap ! What is it and does it mean anything? John.
 A ring slap is caused by a loose piston ring skipping against it's groove. The sound is a very faint metallic one and hardly is audible to any ex- ceDt an expert mechanical ear In very good practice the maker watches for even these smaller things, but in ordinary work no attention is paid to ring slaps.
Arizona republican., 1918-01-06

I have been using boiled water in my storage battery and it seems to me that I detect some deterioration in the action of the battery. Could
Arizona republican., 1918-01-06

I am using a Willard 12volt bat tery given. as manufacturers equip 1 ment in my touring car. The battery 1 has a cracked cell and at the service l station I was told that repairing 1t would not be a safe undertaking. l have an opportunity to buy cheapiy another battery of the same kind which has been little used, but do not wish to discard the present one until it is completely gone. Would there be any danger to the lighting system in using both batte-.es, especially if a spot light were added to the equip ment of the car2 Any advantages or disadvantages in the plan? Also, l am told that the Dodge rear wheels are overloaded under the weight of the body alone without passengers when 32X3R tires are used. Am advised oversized tires should be used for best results. Can you tell CD the weight of an empty Dodge on it's rear wheels: CD the normal weight that standard 32x3% tires under To pounds pressure are made to carry7s If oversized tires are used are larger inner tubes neces- sary?-A. G. B.
 There is no objection to connecting two good batteries in series to get the required voltage but you should con- slider two things First, with two volts per cell you will get consider ably more voltage than is permissible. if all cells are good and secondly. if a jar is cracked it cuts out that cell. If the battery has three cells and the middle one is empty the battery is open and you will get no results at all. You can take both batteries and wire up in series those cells which are good, but be sure you get the voltage you require and not more than eight for six volt system and fourteen for a twelve.
 CD The weight over the rear wheels of the empty Dodge touring car is approximately 1900 pounds. The av- craze 32x3k tire under 70 pounds is made to carry from 800 to 600 pounds depending on the make and type of casing. The maker of the tire issues small booklet giving the imitation pressure and carrying capacity at that pressure.
 @ If oversize tires are used the tubes should be changed also.
 What causes a short. sharp missing sound as each cylinder fires? Is it caused by leaky piston rings ?-Chas. Mueller
 A hiss of any kind indicates gas be- lliS IoiCeu tlIouSH d SIIldli opening and in your case it h:ght be an air or mixture leak. I hardly think you could hear gas working past the pis- ton rings and most likely the sound in your engine is due to a leak in the manifold, around a spark plug, around the cylinder head gasket, pet cock or other joint. Perhaps pet cock simply is open part way. The best way to find it is to squirt some oil around the various joints and notice the small bubbles appear while the engine is running.
 The crank case relief pipe of my Harley Davidson motorcycle does not spray any oil upon the main drive What is the cause of this condition! ". Hitchon.
 It does not matter that no oil is sprayed on the chain as oil coming through this relief pipe is simply ex- cess in the crank case the chain gets none and you will have to oil the chair in the usual way.
 I have been using boiled water ir
 my storage battery and it seems tc
 me that I detect some deterioration
The Springdale news., 1918-01-04

best breeds of chickens. feeding chick ems, questions concerning the matching. etc, will be supplied by H. B. Eans- den, Poultry Specialist, who says "Now is the time for those who are already keeping chickens te find out which are the winter layers, and to breed only from few of the best lay CTS in building up the flock To find cut which hens lay most, use the trap nest. It will show not only which hens lay in the fall and winter. but those which lay the most eggs and are, consequently, most profitable Such hens should be marked now and their eggs used for setting next spring. Thirty Thousand Boys and Girls Are
 Wanted.
 Thirty thousand boys and girls are wanted in the Agricultural Clubs of Arkansas, right now. Learn to be modern farmer See your county agent or write to N. J Jernigan, Ex= tension Division, Old State House, Little Rock, Ark.
The Springdale news., 1918-01-04
OAKLAND.

George Shaw had the misfortune of losing fine mare of blind staGgers.
 Frank McClelland has returned to his home after two months visit in Oklahoma.
 Mir Harve Wilkerson has returned to his home after working two months in Kansas City
 Miss Irene Ivey spent last week in the F. A. Graue home and attended church at this place.
 Misses Pearl and Marie Merriman of Springdale spent Christmas week with Mrs. E. g. Williams.
 Clyde Cardwell has moved to Fayette vile. We understand MT. Driver will move in the house vacated by Clyde.
 Little Raymond Gulley has returned to his home after spending week with his grandmother, near Fayette- vile.
 Mir. Grover Couch of Baldwin spent Saturday night and Sunday in the John Ivey home and attended Church at this place.
The Springdale news., 1918-01-04

the abandoned ship. The sea was SO rough that they could not do much damage with the guns, although one shell knocked the whistle off and let all the steam escape. Another hit her Tn the stern just below the water line, and another hit went through the bridge. That was all the hits made out of the ten rounds fired.
 The ship went down about four in the afternoon and we got under way immediately for Boston and it was a happy crew the next day that turned to, storing life preserYers, raft, and flashing down everything that was loose
 We were almost around Cape Cod Thursday when another storm came and we drifted out about a hundred miles to sea before it stopped blowing Friday morning We came into the bay and Saturday morning We tied up at the dock at the Navy Yard.
 When we went ashore we found accounts of our trip in all the Boston papers and We picked up the rest of our crew that We left ashore and are now finishing unloading the coal that We had in our matches. When #e got orders to sail more than half the cre~ were ashore. The captain, doctor and 
 third mate were ashore Before Hu left the captain ana the doctor came aboard and quite q number of the mea The only chief petty officer oa board during the trp #ss ehe chief boat swain, and there are supposed to b. five.
 "The sea was 50 rough at 5mes that you could stand ia either wj8a of the bridge, and part If the time you would be almost lying down The deck in the seaman's foreeastle vas wet and You could no more stand u on it than you could on cake of iee listing at an angle of forty-fiVe de- grees. The greatest list We had on us was forty degrees to port and thirty eight to starboard.
 Now that is just the way my time was occupied during the past twe weeks. Do you blame me for not writing?
 T must close now. as 1t $ very lat and l must try and get little sleef before tomorrow.
 Your loving son,
 Richard. "
The Springdale news., 1918-01-04

B-B in cut.
 ate and manly His awkWardness had l disappeared The change was wonder ful and it was ali to the good Here i is a photograph showing before and after taking, and am sure no patent medicine advertisement could .beat it..
 Well, mother and were delighted. That was ten years ago and Howard says the year he spent at the military academy was the best year of his life.
 Now" said Uncle Dan. with great .earnestueSS, when such training does so much good. makes better citizens and at the same time fits man to defend his country why should not Uncle Sam furnish this training at the govern ment's expense? The government has the right to call anyone 10 serve in case of war, and without training, q man is worth nothing as a soldier. Un- cle sam has splendid new training camps that will soon be available for the purpose, therefore, here Is double reason why the Chamberlain bill for compulsory military training should be passed at once, so that every boy phy- sically fit may have this training and not leave It for his parents to pay for. On account of the expense, not one boy in 50 can take the training now. I am glad that you can do so. These big crops and big prices, l find, make the farmers rather 'cocl1y,' and that the best Is demanded by them"
 Billie was up with the lark the next morning. more excited and enthusiastic than ever. He had q plan. He knew Jimmie owned colt worth S100: that he would make almost another SlO0 on his potatoes if they turned out well, and that he had from his previous savings bought d Sl00 Liberty bond. Billie's plan was to have Jimmie cash in and go with him. He was disap- pointed to find that Jimmie would still lack about $500 of having enough to see him through. His lip quivering. he said "I'm mighty sorry to leave Jim mie."
 Uncle Dan was silent a moment or two. then he asked Billie to go down to the orchard and get him some ap- ples to eat on the train. While he was gone. 1t was arranged that Uncle Dan and Mir. and Mrs. Graham would ad- vance the money necessary so that Jimmie could go. When Billie returned he was told about 1t. He ran to the phone and called Jimmie, saying: "Come on over run just as fast as you
 Il lve1 heard of"
The Springdale news., 1918-01-04
w AEP f;.'ATY ( By UNCLE DAN
 NurHber Six
Billie and Jimmie Will Take Military
 Training.
Number Six

"1 nm mighty sorry, Uncle Dan. that this is your last night with Us. Can't you stay longer? Ne boys are having peach of time, said Billie.
 Well, if you get more out of it in the way of pleasure than L. said Un- ele Dan, you are going some
 Billie, l have been talking seriously With your father and mother about sending you to military academy and they asked me to talk with you about it.'
 "Whoopee!" Billie screamed. like I wild Indian.
 Now, hold your horses" said Uncle Dan. and listen te me. Yon know I sent my boy, Howard To one of these schools for q year when hp uaS about your age. He was narrow chested stoop Shouldered. rather loose iointed :; he had tht=bis heae and needed dis eipline and physical development He WAS growing fast and 1 wanted him to be strong physically
 Say Uncle Dan said Billie, T he. Ileve your description of Howard fits me pretty Well. chg
 Well, said Uncle Dan. to be frank l think it does; you need the same thiHg Howard did not like if at first. am told fora few weeks he had rough sieddiug hut after he found that the only way was 10 obey orders. he caught the spirit of the institution and liked it. We did not see him fer about six months. then he came home for few days. We were astonished at his ap- pearance. He had gained about 20 pounds ill weight. his muscles were as hard aS nails, he stood as straight as an arrow, he WaS courteous, consider
The Springdale news., 1918-01-04
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

George Murray, Fayetteville, and Miss May Morgan, Pennington.
 Henry Walker and Miss Fannie Day, both of Fayetteville
 Raymond L. Taylor and Miss Ellen L. Beely, both of Springdale
 Monte Altman and Miss Marie Bey- CT. both of Prairie Grove.
 Dewey F. Stokes, Sprinedale, and Miss Lottie BoIlin. Prairie Grove. Con sent of parents given.
 Bayless Campbell and Miss Hester Corneilson both of Wheeler.
 P B. Shoffuer, 20, Prairie Grove, and Miss Maggie Hartley, l9, Rhea Consent of parents given.
 Schuyler C. Wardrip and Miss Ethel May Phillips, both of Fayetteville
 Jesse II James, Pedro. and Miss Leora Kennedy, l6, Siloam Springs Consent of father given.
 J. II Wiley, Waite Okla, and Miss Willie James, Pedro.
 Charles F Oden and Miss Opal May Ballew, both of SpFingdale
 R. NJ Alkire and Miss Cleta Eunice Graham, both of Lincoln
 Jess Hamilton and Miss Mae Saw age both of Spring Valley
 Edward Pennel, Cane Hill. and Miss Gladys Davis, Prairie Grove.
 F l.. Gibson. Pennington, and Miss Ella May Wilson. Fayetteville