Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-09
ALL MOTORISTS
SHOULD BELONG
TO THE COWACS
Before Starting on Journey
There Are Certain Things
That Should Be At
tended To.

Every motorist 10 either a 60
wag" or = "Goiwag--and the 60
wags" think they have something
on the "Goiwags."
"Are you a Gowas"
Two motorists were talking in the
rooms of the Automobile Club of
America in New York City one aft
ernoon recently and the elder pro-
pounded this question to the
younger. a
"Am / WHAT"
Il said a Gowag. The word Is
very useful. 1 will take all the credit
for inventing it. / was on a trip re-
Gently and found that at the end OF
each days run there were certain
things that | ought to think of, to
attend to, and every now and then I
found myself forgetting one or two
of these things. So | hit upon the
idea of devising word made up Of
the initial letters of the five things
that / ought to think of each day.
These were as follows:
&c for gasoline. Of course, had
to see that the tank was replenished.
20 for oil. The car has simply
got to have an abundance of oil,
and it must be the right kind.
Engine Thirsty.
wv for water. The engine has
thirst, especially in these dry days.
"A for air. The tires must be in
flated to the correct air pressure.
Ten miles on tires underinflated may
take hundreds of miles off of the
end of their lives.
&C for grease. At the end of each
days run l must turn certain grease
cups one complete turn or more,
otherwise | shall have squeaks in my
springs and other troubles"
THAT is great idea," said the
other man, land I can see that in
making, the word Gowag you have
given the five points in what seems
to me their proper order of impor-
tance--but, say, you have left out
one thing that bothered me like
blazes on my last trip, and I think
you ought to put it right after gas
oline and oil. It is ignition"
well, that would make new
word, 'Goiwag.'"
Battery Discharges.
Eyes, said the younger man,
"ard ] can tell you that with a bat
terry ignition system, such as / have,
you cannot b. 90 careful that your
contact points are properly cleaned
and adjusted, that there is no short
circuit in the wiring, that you have
an ample supply of good fuses and
that everything is wired up prop
erly. l started on my last trip with
my battery discharging instead of
charging, and did not notice it I'M
til / had nearly wrecked it with the
constant strain of ignition service"
The older man laughed heartily:
Don't you think that because you
have added one letter to my word
that every motorist has to use your
revision of it any more than we all
have to agree to every revised YER
sion of the league of nations pact.
| don't need to be Goiwag, because
my ignition never gives me any trou-
bic. / have magnetic and | never
have to look at it nor even remem-
Der thatsitiiis on the car"
The younger man was forced to
admit that the "Gowag" had some,
thing on the "Goiwag." but even at
that he was glad to have acquired
a new word in his vocabulary, of
which the memory principle would
help him at the end of each days
run to be sure that he did not over
look anything and to give proper
attention to the important features
of gasoline, Gil, ignition, water, air
and grease.