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CAR OWNERS SERVICE DE.
PARTMENT.

q. am not getting nearly as good
mileage out OF my gasolere as / used to-
I have adjusted the carbureter. but 1t
does not seem to make much difference
In the fuel consumption. What do you
think I ought to do next?
A. There are n good many possible
causes of excessive fuel consumption be-
sides carbureter adjustment. Poor ig-
milton, carbon In the cylinders. slip
ping clutch. excessive friction in the
GrSking mechanism, running on soft
tires, leaks around the pistons and rings.
&C. In addition. you must remember
that bad driving will affect economy.
Q. want to get to be a good automo-
bile mechanic. have never run car,
but am a good mechanic in other ways
Can Sou suggest books that will give me
the dope to make me real auto me-
chanic?
A. While books are valuable aids, II
il difYlcult to get a real conception OF
mechanical unit and its operation witt
out seeing the part and watching its OPP
Grafton. You must make arrangements
to supplement your reading by practical
experience or you will md that in many
instances you may know something
about the mechanism and its operation
theoretically and yet not recognize 1t
when It is actually before your eyes.
-
Q. My engine has a trick OF missing
in high when I first start out In the
car. 1t seems to run all right In second
for a while il run the motor fast.
but at slow speeds II doesn't pull foe
q cent What do you think is the
trouble?
A. II the condition indicated occurred
during cold. damp weather IT Is not
surprising. 1t simply means that the
fuel Is SO heavy with the cold that the
engine doesn't get enough thoroughly
vaporized atoms to fire properly. When
this occurs simply keep the choker on
for a while after starting. but not too
long. After the engine warns up II
will run all right.
O. Are there any devices by means
of which a Ford car can be turned into
a good farm tractor and which can be
easily removed.
A. There are a number of good de-
vices for converting the Ford into
farm tractor. but they are not easily
attached and removed II you plan to
reattach tho standard wheels each time
I am mailing you a list Of makers Of
this equipment
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short wrcnches or Good Judgement.

Only a practised hand can instructive
ly feel that a nut has been pulled up
as tightly as Is good for the bolt. A
clumsy wrench. particularly II the handle
is long. Is almost sure to lead to rough
treatment of the smaller bolts at the
hands of the novice. Another thing that
often leads even those who should know
better to pull too strongly with the
wrench is that the nut often has to be
pulled around to a certain position TO
allow n cotter pin hole to be exposed
above It. or II 1t Is a castellated nut to
align the slots in the nut with the hole
through the bolt. Another thing that Is
bad for the bolt Is when its head is
forced awry, because the surface OF the
metal about the hole is not true with 1t.
This causes an elongation of one side
of the bolt at one short portion OF its
length, which Is obviously detrimental
to its strength. A short wrench and q
gentle hand make q good combination
for this sort OF work.
The sun., 1919-05-18
Tightening Radiator CAP.

Many car owners have trouble with
leakage at the radiator cap. The rea-
son for this is-,that the velocity Of the
water circulation exceeds the capacity
OF the radiator or there may be some
condition in the cooling system whereby
boiling takes place faster than the
overflow will take it of. To cure the
trouble make a gasket OF red fibre lis
of an inch thick and place it over the
filter cap. This serves to prevent the
cap from working loose and also keeps
the water from leaking out to stain
TIE radiator with blotches of rust.
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the NJ. b. Suydam Paint Company OF
Pittsburg, treasurer.
Holmes models being offered now are
seven-passenger touring, four-passenger
four-door roadster, three-passenger
cabriolet. two-door sedan and a four
door sedan. Later the line will include
a Limousine, town car and seven-passen-
ger sport Limousine.
Both seven-p passenger touring models
on exhibition now were driven over the
roads from Canton, Ohio, one over the
Pennsylvania mountains and the other
through New York State. via Buffalo.
Both performed with remarkable
smoothness despite their newness and
came through in excellent time, aver
aging is miles to a gallon OF gasoleno
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TAXI RECORDS SHOW
US. TIRE STAMINA
Some Interesting Records Re-
ceived From President of
Brooklyn Cab Company.

The average automobilist can learn
many things about values from the taxi
owner. The average owner usually
drives one car and gets the experience
that comes from operating that single
machine. But the taxi owner has a
string of cars in his service and is in
a position to find out by actual test
the exact merits of, various types of
automobile equipment.
In addition to having more cars the
taxi man Is able to study the type OF
service given by cars and equipment
under the most strenuous conditions.
The gruelling, racking treatment that
falls to the lot of the taxicab in a big
city makes II possible to make a proper
estimate Of the value OF each item OF
equipment
The modern taxi company runs on
efficiency lines and N bps rost and SER
vice sheets that tell ic just what 1t gets
for its money.
The United States Tire Company is in
receipt OF the following letter from s. II.
Miskend, president OF the Blue Taxi
Company, one OF the big taxi firms In
Brooklyn, N. Y:
You will probably be interested in
on zoo United States tires, 34x4h chains
and 36x4h chains that we purchased
year ago this month.
We find upon investigation that al
though they were used on heavy White
taxicabs in all kinds of weather and
under the Usual taxicab conditions, we
have not had one single adjustment.
Every one Of these tires gave satisfac-
ton.
Feeling that a manufacturer would
be interested In a record Of their goods
We are advising you of these facts with
the idea that you may at some time
want to refer some one to us in the
same line Of business who contemplated
buying tires and you can rest assured
that We would recommend them very
highly"
The sun., 1919-05-18

The Holmes air cooled car. built In
Canton, Ohio. is being presented to
New Workers by the Holmes Motor Car
Corporation OF New York. at Central
Park West, near Columbus Circle. The
president OF the local organization is
c. A. Chandler, formerly Southern dis
trict manager OF the II. II. Franklin
Company and later Holmes factory
representative. Other officers are S. A.
De Lsno. recently flying instructor
at Rockwell Field. California, vice
president; d. NJ Kingsley, formerly
with the Green Motor Car Company Of
Newark, N. j.. and during the war
attached TO the gas defence plant In
Long Island City, secretary and sales
manager. and r. S. Suydam. head Of
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Cleaning Upholstery.

Every real motor bug has his own
recipe for upholstery dressing. just as
every gourmet has his own salad dress
ing. Even SO here are a couple Of
formula worth remembering: For
leather, raw linseed oil and turpentins
mixed proportions OF two of the for
mer to one OF the latter. For cleaning
cloth upholstery use clear water and a
mixture of three-avarters OF an ounce OF
common salt and two ounces OF wood
alcohol or grain alcohol. simply rub
hing the cloth with a sponge dampened
in the above mixture.
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stickink Screws.

In dealing with small screw that
refuses to yield to the Establishments OF
a screwdriver. try holding a hot solder
ing iron against the head. This will
often do the trick by loosening the rust
between the metal surfaces Heating a
screw head as mentioned and then soak
ing 1t with kerosene will bring out prac-
tically any screw. no matter how tightly
1t may have been wedged in its place
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Carbureter Air Vent.

An air vent is put in the bowl OF a
carbureter to equalize the pressure be-
tween the gasolene in the bowl and the
atmosphere. to obvlate the formation
Of vacuum In the bowl. 1t is vitality
important to keep this hole open and
not allow It to become clogged witt
foreign matter of any sort.
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MuIticyIinder Carburetion.

When one or more valves of q multi
cylinder engine need grinding in or are
otherwise out of adjustment 1t is i'm
possible for the single carbureter to fur
nish a correct mixture for all the cylin-
ders. 1t Is very important to keep the
valve system OF the multicylinder en-
CINE properly tuned up all the time,
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Mn mer Explosions.

Explosions in the muffier are cous.a
by the presence OF a fuel charge NJ,
lgnited during the previous stroke a,
the engine. II these explosions are IRE.
quent there is basic cause. which
will be either too rich a mixture or
some trouble in the electrical system
Muffier explosions therefore must b,
taken as a symptom of some deeper
trouble which should be Immediately
eliminated.
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strain. II Is the highest point Of con-
tact. Where two surfaces are supposed
to rub they must be as smooth as glass
ana lifted Sc. they rub all over. IL only
q portion rubs. then that small portion
takes the strain. and that which does
not, rub does no work. This shows the
Importance of alignment OF moving
parts and the need for perfect fitting
and constant fabrication.
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Holding Screws.

Every car owner knows the likeli-
hood of the various screws used about
the body of the vehicle working loose.
Sometimes this may be prevented by
using small staple of the type en-
ployed in fastening up wire netting.
The staple is driven into the wood 30
that 1t lies in the slot OF the screw.
locking II in place
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PRACTICAL PARAGRAPHS.
The Dry Cells.

The slightest dampness OF the paste
board covers OF dry cells will more or
less short circuit them and run down
the amperage. Some prudent car own
ers make cases of sections OF old inner
tubes and cover the dry cells with these,
thereby protecting them from dampness.
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wheel Bearinr.,

Once every month, at most, the vbos,.
OF the car should be lacked I'm ons
tested for smoothness Of running s"S
for side play If sharp click is heat
when the front wheel Is being spun ~.
II its motion is momentarily checked :,
Is probable that one OF the balls i,
broken OF split. Obviously the iniur.S
ball should be removed and a now or.
be substituted or the entire bearing r'u
go to pieces. WI
The sun., 1919-05-18
Sticking valve Caps.

Occasionally a valve cap will stick
and defy all ordinary efforts to loosen
it When this occurs run the engine for
a little while until the cap is heated and
then pour a little water In the recess
of the cap. This causes a sudden cool
ing hich makes the metal contract. per-
hitting the cap to be easily unscrewed.
The sun., 1919-05-18
Pressure Feed.

On cars that have pressure feed sys-
TENS, operated by means of the exhaust
gas. the car owner should make a
periodic examination Of the feed strain
ers and other cleaners through which the
gas passes on its way back to .he tank.
The sun., 1919-05-18
Cleaning Plugs.

Very often in cleaning spark plugs by
hand the point Of the plug is broken. A
good way to aveid this is to stick the
plug in the ground, upside down. fill 1t
with gasolene and touch a match to It,
After the gasolene has burned out the
plug will be found entirely clean of
80
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OIL for Bronze Beari.ss.

Never forget that cooling with water
bronze bearing that has been running
hot Is the last thing to do. The best
thing to do Is to wait for the bearing
TO cool in the ordinary course OF events.
but II you are in too much Of hurry
for this cool II with oil instead OF water.
The sun., 1919-05-18

II a car is in continual use or Is using
excessive amounts Of oil and gasolene
the dirt accumulated in the strainers will
naturally be heavier and the inspection
should be made more often.
The sun., 1919-05-18

Champion 1S, IS A-44
Price 81. 90
Distributed by,
LOWE MOTOR SUPPLY CO., Broadway
and 55th ST. Tel. Circle 1866.
JAMES MARTIN, 1874 W. SIND ST. Tel.
Circle 22S6.
MOTOR CAR EQUIPMENT CO., 10 W.
SID St. Tel. Columbus 974.
A. J. PICARD 4 CO., 8 W. sI.t ST. Tel.
columbu'Hesl-
W. E. PRUDEN HARDWARE CO., 25s
w. SID St. Tel. Circle 1881. -
TIMES SQUARE AUTOMOBILE CO.,
Broadway and seth St.
Tel. Circle $40,
WHITTEMORE-SIM CO., 1876 Broad.
way. Tel Columbus S42.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-08-01
Good Roads Will Do it

thinking about the roads of the county we are i'm
pressed with great need of good roads more every day.
There can be no doubt that the benefits of good ROADS
come to both town and country but think the greater
and more direct benefit to the country
The towns will either be large small towns accord
ing to the amount of trade that to them, but as
rule the individual profits of the town man will be much
the same whether the town be great or small
But good bring the people of the country closer
together and closer town. overcoming one OF the che
objections of women against country life
They make possible better country schools and churcheS
increasing the attendance of both.
They increase farm profits by bringing the farm nearer
to the market and saving and tear wagons, cars
and buggies save your own time formerly spent the
road to market.
They save your horses and mules while they enable
you to double your load
To unite the town and country in way that makes for
good fellowship and and better business but we
maintain that the farmer is the most direct beneficiary
of good roads.
Good roads are built only by the issue of bonds-talk
will not build single foot of road, and county has
the money to build good road system
good road system will do all we claim and at the
same time pay up the bonds with money collected alike
from town and country
When we consider the state and government aid which
will undoubtedly be continued to those sections whlch
prove themselves progressive make the plain statement
that Cobb county might build real system of good roads
by the issue and pay off the bonds with less than
the same money we wasting on our very poor
roads.
Will our people get together and vote bonds, and
trust our commissioners to it wisely and equltaby
in the building of a road system for the people.
Let US all together shorten the road and tighten
the load
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-08-01
Where Jail Doors Are Open

the last fifty years has there been single county
Of thirty thousand inhabitants, except IN prohoioh
territory with the Jail standing empty most OF the time!
Hs there been any such county in which the jail has
been empty for week even day!
We do not believe there has been any such county, out
in dry territory has become almost the rue instead OIL
the exception that the Jail is vacant large part OF the
time
Statements that Jail of this county, or that county,
is vacant no longer attract any attention IN the state Oh
Georgia and we are told that the is true OF other
obbton states We are apt forget the old order of
things but even the most optimistic liquor man VINO
comes into state like Georgia. must be impressed with
the fact that the liquor traffic has been forever barred
by civilization.
From The Carroll County Times under the head Oh
Gan advertisement that might be rum we clip the fol
lowing:
TO RENT-A splendid brick jail, now empty ana
generally stays so; the county has no need 1or IT,
Apply to Officials of Carroll County.
This is not merely jest, but the solemn TRUTH and
this same ad could be in lot of Georgia counties
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-08-01
Half Price for Double Benefits

xxyHEN the Georgia editors at Monroe were carried
w out past some of the drainage projects of Walton
county on which the growing luXurance not
equaled on any other sort of land truly hoped 1t
would enthusiasm throughout TINS state III
the of drainage.
Among all our exchanges however, we have seen but
few references to the and little effort to create
interest of the people of the state in what directly con-
Germs many people in every county in the state
The health benefit from the drainage of swamp and
overflow land is generally worth double the cost 1t can
be put into dollars and cents at ALL and usually the
drained land is worth from three six times the cost of
the work To illustrate will say that the average cost
of draining the lands in Walton county probably less
than twenty-five dollars per acre, while the lands so
drained readily sell for 500 to $500 per acre.
We wonder if those editors knew that the preliminary
cost of survey is the only money land owners put up
or risk order organize and put through drainage
project under the present law.
If the project is found desirable this cost is
assumed and paid of the bond issue, which is only
liability on the drained land, and not personal obga-
ton at ALL
We feel sure that if this generally under
stood hundred drainage projects would be on foot
in this state before the end of another week.
Bond houses now recognize the bonds of the drainage
districts in this hgh-class of security, was
illustrated by speaker at the recent meeting of the
Georgia Drainage Association.
When the bonds of drainage project of Walton
county were for sale western bond dealer wrote
banker of that county to know if the drained lands OF
the district would be worth S25 per which the
amount of the bonded debt The banker replied: Il vii
nav 500 per acre for every of drained land in thu
district" And the banker later said he would ra
this price and make $3.50 per Remember, thi
was in county where the valuation of drained land wa
not guess work.
Another benefit comes to the counties in which drain
age districts organized by control OF water and mini
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-08-01
Not Always So Dry

A THOUGH it is a current joke that the Congre
N sional Record is only fit for "sngle wrappers" al
ndling, we very frequently find some good reading
in its neglected pages.
For instance while answering Senator Reeds attat
on the league of nations the other day Senator McKe
of Tennessee gets this into the record.
found in going over the congressional debates of
1903, when it a question of upholding President
Jefferson in taking the Louisiana Purchase, the
same arguments made at that time by the reaction
airy Senators in this body that being made
l want to read from current writing that was in
serted in the Record at that time Listen to this:
When read the treaty
That is, the treaty with Napoleon
When we read the treaty we find that it involves
honor it involves also our most essential inter
ests 1t takes out of the country almost score of
millions, enough to fit and equip such fleet as would
have rendered this treaty unnecessary. 1t changes
the identity of our nation The United States are no
longer the same.
Listen to this
We are soon to look for our rulers to the red yell
low and black brethren beyond the MississippG
The State of Missouri is part of the Louisiana
Purchase; and here little 100 years ago, the
argument was being made that if they took Missouri
into the Union, or if it became American territory
we were going to turn Republic to the yell
low black and red races across the Mississippi river
because at that time it largely inhabited by those
races.
Why if you strike out 'across the Mississippi riv-
err that language is much like the language of
the senior Senator from Missouri the league of
nations as it is possible to make it; and am curious
to know if some ancestor of the senior Senator from
Missouri did not write that speech.
But that is not all. The senior Senator from Mis-
souri, points to turning country over to the
yellow and black and red races; and listen to what
was said in the same debate:
The puny heads of our theorists
He was talking about Jefferson then.
The puny heads of our theorists could not sustain
so vast machine the government of the whole
empire, supposng it should all be open to colonial
ton and settlement
He is talking about Mr.. Reeds State now
And if they should adopt the rational policy
of keeping it untrodden waste for owls to boot
and wolves to howl in, the realm of aligators and
catamounts, they have not the vgor, and they dare
not use the means, to prevent the "squattlng of
hosts of renegades and outlaws and fugltlves who
would laugh at laws, and when they become
numerous would defy force and proclaim indie
pendence.
Why it is almost parallel language to the speech of
the senior Senator from Missouri what is going
to happen to US if Southern Senator's permit this
treaty to be ratified.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-08-01

1t is going to be hard for Kelly
Simmons to measure up to the stan
dard set by Paul Harder, as president
of the Press Association, and it is
going to be hard for Carrollton to
equal the pace set by Monroe in the
matter of entertainment, but our
faith in Georgia editors and Georgia
towns is such as to warrant the be-
lief that both will be done
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-08-01

MIXING damage to roads Bridges streams in drain
districts may be much less expensive the bridge itself
being smaller the approaches shorter and more nearly
grade
We feel that it would be most credabe thing if any
editor could awaken interest in this matter that not
only "two blades of grass grow where only grew
before" but hundreds of bushels of will grow where
swamp grass mosquitoes snakes and frogs menace the
baaIt of he
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-08-01

What glorious wallow in the nlire
congress can have probing the why's
and the wherefores of military opera
tions in France during the war. "If
so why, and if not why not, will you
please explain?"
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-08-01

We have the first number of the
Georgia Extension News" from the
State College of Agriculture. This
number is interesting and it should
do a good work in the service in this
state.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-08-01

A headline reads Negroes Caught
Around a Skin Came" but it does
not say just where the white folks
were or what they were doing. Pos
sibly the name of the game makes
a difference.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-08-01

Now somebody wants to sell US a
"thinkograph service" for $3.50 per
month, but if we have any machin-
cry that is in fairly good working
order it is our "think-tank."
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-08-01

The Georgia Legislature may start
an investigation of the high cost of
living; but that does not mean any
thing.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-08-01

From the demand recently for Cobb county farm lands
we should say that people beginning to appreciate
more fully than that while we have more people
every year have land. Land prices IN COBB
will double again in less than ten years.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-08-01

The recent fair warm days have
been burden to the city worker but
they make cotton stalks "hump."
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-08-01

Possibly we do not have to explain to Mrs SusOng that
the reason her Greenevle is seldom spelled with the
third in it is that Linotype have to correct
the editors mistakes and that third looks the edl-
tor had been stammering with his pencil.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-08-01

An optimist is a fellow who can
say, no matter where he is kicked off.
"This is my station"
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-08-01

We agree with the Elberton Star
that riding on the water wagon beats
wallowing in the mud
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-08-01

Let the women vote, then establish the "whppng
post for the who beats his wife, and the "ducking
stool" for the woman who is scold and we will
oct back to some of the oldtime customs of the fore
fathers which might improve society at lot.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-08-01

Womanhood is so sacred with certain class of politi
that they just cannot bear to see her vote VI
course the fact might interfere with some of
their own vile practices does not in any way influence
their views