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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-05-04
GAS AN IMPORTANT SUBJECT
Motor Vehicles of All Kinds Increasing and the
Problem Is Serious
By BARNEY OLDFIELD.

OY and large, one of the most impor-
- tant subjects in connection with
motoring is that of fuel. Every few
months we have sudden warning of
an impending fuel shortage and in
some cases the shortage actually ma
terializes. Every man who knows the
inside of the fuel situation realizes that
no matter if there is not a crisis at
the moment, the fuel problem is a very
real fact and one with which we must
reckon. Motor vehicles. land, air and
water are increasing with far greater
rapidity than is the fuel supply and
there Is no reason to hope that the
case will ever be different. The only
way we can keep the supply Of fuel
adequate to meet our needs is by get
ting more work out of a given amount
of it.
For this reason the subject of de-
vices for saving fuel is a really impor-
tant one and worthy of every car own
er's consideration. Most of these de-
vices have some merit and a few of
them actually live up to their makers
claims for them. / am going to try
to describe the principal types of these
devices and explain how they should
be used.
AUXILIARY AIR
The most familiar type of fuel saw
ing device is the auxiliary air attach
ment, which appears in many forms,
but all with the same basic design, to
admit more air to the mixture than
the driver would otherwise use. In
some of these the manifold is tapped
to receive a valve, which may be auto
matte in action or controlled by hand.
Time was when these devices We're al
most necessity. il any sort of econ
omy was to be hoped for. But the
modern carburetor has generous
range of air adjustment, within which
the best performance of the engine will
be secured, by adding an auxiliary air
attachment the maximum performance
may be lost, though some further econ
omy may be gained. Before installing
an auxiliary air valve on a modern en-
CINE I would certainly try to see what
l could do by adjusting the carburetor
to secure the same results.
The next comprehensive class of fuel
savers comprises what are commonly
known as heated manifolds. These two
take a number of forms. but the primo
function is always the same, to in
crease the explosive value of the fuel,
by feeding it in a warmed condition
into the combustion chambers. The
heated manifold practically always uses
the heat Of the exhaust gases to heat
the metal surface of the intake mani
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-05-04

fold, so that the mixture in passing
over it becomes thoroughly warmed
through. This is a great help in cold
weather. The present grades of auto
mobile fuel are heavy as compared with
those of few years ago, and the en-
CINE really needs little help of this
kind to enable it to handle the less
explosive mixture. At the present time
most of these heated manifolds are
made for Fords, but with fuel letter
iorating as it undoubtedly is, expect
to see them come into general use. 1t
is claimed that these manifolds make
it possible to use kerosene as fuel and
this may very likely be the case, though
have never tried it.
A WARNING
I would warn my readers in getting
a heated manifold, to be sure to get q
type that provides for the thorough
heating of the mixture. Some of these
devices do not pretend to heat the mix
ture thoroughly, but merely to get a
small amount of heat to it. Get che
that does thorough job.
In addition to the heated manifolds,
there are a number of other heating
devices in common use. There ere
preheaters that employ the heat of the
exhaust and others that depend On
electricity, but it is hard to beat the
well designed heated manifold. In this
class may be listed the so-called '.hot-
spot that has been popular during the
past year or So The hot spot is sim
ply a heated area in the intake mani
fold, over which the fuel passes on it's
way to the combustion chamber gain
ing a certain amount of heat in the
process.
There are on the market a number
of compounds of more or less mystic
rious chemical analysis. which are
claimed to add tremendous power and
mileage to the fuel. Almost without
exception these are rakes of the worst
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-05-04
finally decides to install it on his en-
CHANGES RISKY

finally decides to install 1t on his en-
CINE.
CHANGES RISKY
Finally, will say word about
changing carburetors to cry to get
better results. Some carburstor r,ak-
ers present txtravagant claims for their
instruments and a car owner may be
Induced to change the carburetor that
was originally installed on his vehicle,
for one Of supposedly superior make.
1t Is not often, believe, that this re-
suits in any real benefit. The car
manufacturers spend much time, en-
cheering brains and large sums of
money in testing out carburetors and
finally decide on the one that gives
the best results with their particular
cars. 1t is not often that the indi-
vidual car owner can do. better in Sc
lecting q carburetor to govern his cars
fuel system than the man who built
the automobile. AS q general thing
1T is a case Of 'Iet well enough alone"
The owner will be better advised to try
some of the other methods of getting
greater fuel efficiency, which I have
outlined in the preceding paragrap hs.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-05-04

to operate the mechanism until this
has been released. This type Of lock
is not applicable to the Ford and to
certain other cars.
The second type Is the steering sys-
tenn lock. This type is applied to the
steering wheel or steering column. In
some cases it operates to release the
steering wheel, so that 1t swings
around free from the column, making
it impossible to steer the car. In
other cases the wheels are locked in
one position so that the car cannot
be guided out of the straight path.
FOUR KINDS OF LOCKS
Other types of locks operate on the
fuel and ignition systems. These
locks shut off the gasoline or switch
off the ignition as the case may be.
1t is certain that the insurance com
panies are going to add certain
amount to the premium on theft poll
cies for cars that are not protected by
lock ing devices of some sort. In fact
it is understood that SIS per year is
to be the addition to the present prem
ium in these cases.
That can be saved by the car own
er's putting on u locking device, but ii
is important to note that this device
must be one that has been approved
by the insurance authorities. There :
fore, when the car owner equips his
car with a locking device he should
make sure from the insurance COM
pany that the particular make of lock
he buys has been approved by the
I'm a A icta
cost the motorist SIS per year, SO look
out.
Very different is the condition as re =
CARDS the operations of the profess
sional automobile thief. No lock can
foil this gentleman when he max es
up his mind to have a certain car.
One of the efficient locking devices
already. considered will delay even the
professional, but it cannot stop him
permanently.
However, even the delay justifies
the use of the lock, quite outside the
real protection it gives against the joy
rider. The professional thief is usually
q graduate of one of the automobile
factories or a big repair shop and he
has probably been chauffeur. He
has SpcHL HIS ltlc dIOuuNt
cars, he knows every nut and bolt Of
the mechanism and can get around
every trap, regardless of its cunning.
TO deal with this expert thief,
therefore, the insurance and automo-
bile investigators propose to remove
the incentive for the theft, thus pre-
venting it beforehand.
TITLE DEED AIMED AT EXPERTS
They propose that the motor car
shall be put on the same plane with
real estate. When a car issues from
the factory it's purchaser would re-
ceive q deed OF ownership, which will
be registered, just as a realty deed is
registered. This deed stays with the
car throughout it's life, and the vehicle
cannot be sold without the deed being
duly executed to the new purchaser.
Under these circumstances it would
do the professional thief not the
slightest good to steal q car, because
he would not be able to offer clear
title with it and consequently could
not find a purchaser. Thus the en-
tire incentive to steal motor cars for
future sale is removed at one swoop.
OF course. much remains to be
worked out in connection with this
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-05-04
LOAD DISTRIBUTION

Many truck operators have not yet
learned the lesson that the weight Of
the load should center at the center
of the body. This can be accomplished,
of course, only by correct distribution
of the load. Mistakes in load distri-
button often occur because the oper-
ator assumes that even distribution Of
the cubical volume of the load solves
the problem, whereas allowance must
be made for varying densities when
the load, as is usually the case. is
made up Of objects with varying spe-
cific GRANTEES. When the load is I'M
evenly distributed it has 4 tendency
to exaggerate the tipping Of the truck,
which is caused anyway by the crown
of the road, with the result that the
lower side springs, tires, etc., suffer
increased stresses and strains. Proper
loading is a question that needs to be
carefully studied by the truck operator.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-05-04

latter plan. 1t will be necessary to
get all the states to pass similar stat
nutes, matter which requires time.
Nevertheless, this is the first hint of
real solution of the critical problem
OF automobile theft that we have had.
In the meantime the car owner can
protect himself by installing q lock-
ing device of approved design and
construction,
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-05-04
CAR WITHOUT LOCK
MUST PAY PENALTY
Insurance Companies to Add to
Premiums-By Making It
Impossible for Professional
Thief to Sell Car, Motive
Would Be Removed.

There are upward of 100000 motor
course of year. Rapidly as the num-
Der of cars has increased during the
past four years, the number of thefts
has increased still more rapidly
showing how this industry is growing.
In fact it is not too much to say
that the car-stealing problem has
reached a condition of crisis. Some
thing has got to be done to deal with
1t in broader way than has ever
been attempted. AS matter of fact
the insurance companies are threaten
ing q material increase in premiums
If the condition is allowed to con-
tinue.
Now it happens that the invidiulal
car owner can do something toward
solving the problem, though he cannot
do everything that must be done to
eliminate stealing of cars. We shall
try to explain briefly what the car
owner can do to protect himself.
In the first place car thefts may be
divided into two distinct classes, in
one of which is placed the work Of the
professional automobile thief, while
in the other is the activity of the So
called Joy rider" the boy or man who
seizes an unguarded car to use Tor
his own pleasure or convenience. -
LOCKS FOIL JOY RIDERS.
Against thep Professional thief there
Is SO far no locking device available
that will prevent his getting a car on
which he has set his mind. There are
q number Of locks of different types,
however. which will foil the joy rider
and this is the part of the problem
that the individual car owner can
solve.
How critical the theft problem had
grown may be judged from the fact
that the national automobile chamber
OF commerce. the society of automo-
tive engineers mad the insurance lab
0ritories have united in an effort to
deal with the evil. After mature in
Vestigation these united bodies have
decided that locking devices of proper
design and construction are adequate
to curb the joy rider. Through q
technical committee they are testing
locks submitted to them and are ap-
proving such as appear to be eff
cient for the work in hand.
As result of their investigations
these authorities have come to the
conclusion that four types of locking
devices meet the need of the situation.
The first type mentioned is the trans
mission lock which locks the gearshift
In set position, making it impossible
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-05-04


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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-05-04

Tire trouble7 Leave tire fixing to
our experts. Bryant Tire & Vulcaniz-
ing Co.. 1920 Front st.. Opp. o. 8. L.
depot. Ftrestone tires. Adv. A20
The border vidette., 1919-10-11

There is more Catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and for years 1t was sup posed to be incurable. Doctors pre- scribed local remedies. and by constant ly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced 1t incurable. Catarrh is a local disease. greatly influenced by con- stitutional conditions and therefore re- Quires constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure. manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co.,, Toledo, Ohio, is a consti- tutional remedy, Is taken internally and acts thru the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the System. One Hundred Dollars reward is offered for any case that Halls Catarrh Cure fails to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials.
 F. J. CHENEY & CO.,, Toledo, Ohio.
 Sold by Druggists. 75c.
 Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The border vidette., 1919-10-11
THE AMERICAN LEGION.

As America had it's Grand Army of the Republic after the Civil War, so it has the Amer ican Legion-a national organiz- ation of American veterans of the World War.
 The spirit behind the Legion is distinctly the American spirit. Every one of it's members serv ed the nation in war with only one thought, to protect this land. Those who now sleep in France fought to protect and save Am erica. To save England was to save America. There was no flag of the League of Nations-none but the Stars and Stripes. On the battle front and in the camps and trenches there was just one thought-whip the Germans and then avenge the sinking of the Lusitania, and save America.
 The same spirit which inspir ed the soldiers in war inspires them in peace. The American Legion typifies patriotism. To that organization the United States comes first. It is worthy of confidence and support of all Americans-New York Herald.
The border vidette., 1919-10-11
CUM MING-SY ES.
Popular Santa Cruz County Bowman
 Weeds California Lady.

The friends of tue genial cat tleman, Tom Cumming (and the expression embraces nearly every man, woman and child in Santa Cruz county,) will be sur priSed- to learn that at Tucson, yesterday evening, the gentle man was united in matrimony with Miss Josephine Sykes from Berkeley, California, the beauti- full university town of Califor- nia, where the lady was born and reared, says the Thursday mornings Oasis.
 Yesterday morning Mir. Gum ming went to Tucson, meeting his bride upon her arrival from her home yesterday afternoon and at evening they were united in holy wedlock by Rev. w. J. Dixon of Grace church. They will arrive at Nogales this morn ing on the train from "ye old pueblo"
 The wedding now announced is the continuation of an acquaint- ance of three years, the ac- quaintance ripening into love and matrlmOny. AS stated aOOVe the lady is a native of Califor- nian.
 The groom is native of No gales, his parents having been early pioneer residents here and he has lived in what is now Santa Cruz county. He is head of the firm of Cumming Broth CTS, a we'll known trio of cattle raisers in the Santa Cruz Valley; and he was one of the Santa Cruz county contingent in the big war, going lover there" with the 18th Infantry, in which Arizona organization he attained the rank of sergeant in the sup ply company and in I Company with the regiment he saw sev- ere service and acquitted himself gallantly. It is but a few weeks since he returned from France and to civil life. He is 32nd de- gree Mason.
 In their new relation Mir. and Mrs. Cumming carry the best wishes of a host of friends.
The border vidette., 1919-10-11
Corns Come Off
 Like Banana Peel
"Gets-It' Leaves Toe Smooth As
 Your Palm. Never Fails.

Ever peel off a banana skin? We'll. that's the way "Gets-It' peels oI any corn or ca11us. It's picnic.
The border vidette., 1919-10-11
PUBLIC AUCTION SALE No. sz
State School and institutional Lands
 State Land Department

Phoenix, Arizona. September 4, 1919.
 In conformity with the provisions of the Public Land Code of the State of Arizona, approved June 26. 1915. and amendments thereto, notice IS hereby given that the State of Arizona will on Monday. December 1st, 1919. at 100 D. m at the County Court House, at Nogsles. Santa Cruz County, Arizona, sell the following State School and In stItutional lands situated in Santa Cruz county, together with such improve ments as may be found thereon. to-wit: In Township 20 South, Range Is East
 All of Sec. 36. containing GAO acres, more or less, appraised at $23O4 co
 h Township 20 South. Range 13 East
 E4; E4 NW4 Sec. 32 containing 400 acres more or less. appraised at Sl32O %. In Township 20 South. Range IT East
 NJ NJ; Lots l. ?, 8 f. 5. Sec 32 con
The border vidette., 1919-10-11
CITY DADS WANT Ss7o,ooo.
A Special Election Will Be Called to
 Vote on Proposition.

At the recessed meeting of the City Council last Tuesday evening, that honorable body decided upon a bond issue in the sum of $37O, ,OOO, and City Attor- ney E. R. Purdum was instruct ed to prepare the necessary pro clamation, etc., to be submitted to the Council at a later date.
 Those present at the recessed meeting were Mayor George H. Fiedler, Aldermen Jas. A. liar rison, M. T. Ford. Jr., T. J. Wylie, R. E. Butler and Bracey Curtis, Attorney R. E. Purdum and Clerk Frank B. Cole. Ab- sent, Alderman Wirt G. Bow man.
 The money realized by the City of Nogales, from the pro posed bands will be expended as follows:
 For purchase of the City Hall building, $50, ,OOO.
 For city indebtedness, etc. f, $e3. .oOO.
 For city's assessment in cov- ering Arroyo from the Crawford street bridge to the international line, $1O,OOO.
 For repairing and enlarging reservoir, $15, 5,OOO.
 For pumping units, motive power, etc., at the municipal water plant, $37, ,OOO.
 For a 14 inch steel pipe line from the pumping plant to the reservoir, $135, 900.
 For Gridiron system of cast iron main in the streets of the city, $5O,OOO.
 The proposed Gridiron system of water mains will provide such underground conduits on Nor ley, Grand, International and Nelson avenues, Arroyo Boule- yard, Court street, Park street and East street.
 As proposed, the plan pro vides a 10 inch line on Morley avenue from Banks Bridge to International street; 10 inch line on Grand avenue to Park street; a 10 inch line along Court street. connecting Morley and Grand avenue lines; 1O-inch line along Park street, connecting Grand and Morley avenue lines; a inch line along Arroyo Boule- yard from Elm street to Interna tional avenue; 6 inch line along Nelson avenue from East street to International avenue; 6inch line along International avenue, connecting with Nelson and Nor ley avenue and Arroyo Boule- yard lines; 8 inch line on Craw- ford street, connecting Grand avenue and Arroyo Boulevard lines; 8 inch line on East street connecting Morley avenue and Nelson street line; and a 6 inch line from Banks bridge to foot of Cemetery Hill.
The border vidette., 1919-10-11

taining 21a. 35 acres more or less, ap- praised at S792 %.
 All of Sec. 16, containing $40 acres more or less. appraised at S2304. %. Improvements appraised at $4584.O0, claimed by Vail and Ashburn In Township 21 South. Range 16 East
 All of Sec 16, except 26 acres occu- pied by S. P. R. R. and public road. GA acres more or legs, appraised at S2292 %. Improvements appraised at S3936 co, claimed by Vail and Ash burn Tn Township 21 South, Range IS East
 E4 SE4 Sec. 19, containing 80 acres more or less, appraised at S320 %. No bid for less than the appraised valution will be considered. The Board reserves the right to re- ject any and all bids.
 Information regarding the land and the terms of sale may be obtained from the State Land Department, Phoenix, Arizona.
 STATE LAND DEPARTMENT,
 By w. A. MOEUR, Commissioner. First pub. Sept. Is; last pub- Nov. 22.
The border vidette., 1919-10-11

Superior Judge Pattee of Pi- ma county, was a Nogales visit or couple of days this week, during which he occupied Judge w. A. O'Connor's bench, hear ing the case of the Nogales Steam Laundry vs. Town of No gales, for damage done a boiler by cutting off the water by the City Water Department without notice. Attorneys s. F. Noon and Duane Bird represented the plaintiff and City Attorney B. R. Purdum and Judge Frank J. Duffy appeared for the city of Nogales. The jury disagreed.
The border vidette., 1919-10-11

Members of the local Amer ican Legion, are arranging to give big vaudeville show in the near future, at the Lyric Theatre, for the benefit of the Legion.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-07-02
CAMP WESTMORE
Girls Arriving at Magnificent New
Camp on Willoughby.

"Canp Westmore for Girls" the
magnificent new summer camp on
Wllloughby lake, six and one-haIf
miles from Barton, is filling with
girls, who began to arrive several
days ago and will fill the camp by the
end of the week.
A Dartmouth college chef with as
sistants arrived several DAYS ago to
get everything in order for serving
meals. Various camp officials have
arrived and considerable activity is
already manifest about the camp.
The arrival of the girls has followed
the completion of the work on the
camps so closely that there was no in
terval, whatever, in fact, some minor
details of the camp had not been COM
pleted, one of the chief things being
the bringing of electric current for
light. Owing to factory strikes and
lost shipments of wire the lighting
job is not completed, though the wir-
ing in and about the buildings is
ready and the poles are up. 1t only
remains to string the wire Immediately
upon its arrival to bring current to
the camps.
Twenty cottages 15x23 feet, with a
six-foot porch are ready for occu-
pancy, each cottage containing five
single beds which will be occupied by
camps contain a small wardrobe and
are open at the top but contain can
vas drops for stopping wind and
storm and are to be equipped with
screens and windows Each cottage
contains two drop electric lights and
commands splendid views of the lake
and mountains. Bubbling fountains
are placed at intervals between the
cottages.
A toilet building located midway of
the cottages is 25x52 feet and con-
tains eight shower baths. nine lava
tories and ten closets. The plumbing
is all first class and boiler is install
ed for hot water. A large septic tank
for the sewage has been constructed
and in the top of the kitchen building
are large storage tanks for water
supply.
The main building which has been
constructed is 40x76 feet with a Is
foot piazza across the whole 76-foot
front. Here a magnificent view of
the entire lake is obtained and this
building is the dining room. 1t con-
tains a hardwood floor suitable for
dancing when cleared, and at one end
of the room, which contains a large
cobblestOne fireplace, is a raised plat
form for camp theatricals. This build
ing is connected with the Peene build
ing. formerly used as garage and sta
bles. in which is located the kitchen
refrigerator room and store rooms.
Camp instructors who have been in
other camps all say that Camp West
more is the finest camp they have yet
seen and predict a agreat future for
the place.