El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-17

said BIZ Walton, veteran dealer
in RooterVille. and organizer Of
the automobile trade association Of
that town, reminds me Of the time
we went out about 20 odd miles on
the Three Forks road It must have
been about Il years ago because as
] remember that ROAD wasn't paved
at the time and that's what caused
the trouble. This fellow was stuck
IN e mrd hole, AID traction and he
were about as close TO one another
as his gas tank was 70 his gasoline
on see went on BILL by way OF
explanation, This gas tank was empty.
They didn't use self starters IN those
days. and this fellow had lost his
crank Il wouldn't have been 50 bad
i his dry batteries hadn't leaked
7 suppose" Mike DonahouEh in
terjectad. thinking Of the good old
days and a fish Of whale like proper
tons shat you primed the fool thing
with your pccizst 6ask, rubbed a cats
FUR The wrong way and got spark,
and said g few magic words and got
Wen no.s BIN said. by way OF re-
ply, although II might be done at
that We didn't have your method in
mind. Nike. but what we did was
this. il happened I had my fash
light with me, and the poor old
stuck IN the mud lad his Wei, We
connected the Ignition Up with the
batteries from the flashlights, and
lined them up IN series In those
DAYS they uzed Prest-O-Lite tanks.
so we hooked the Prest-O-Lite tank
up 10 the intake manifold and shut
about half Of the valves IN the car
buret0r.
should Have Locked At Purse
at happened that 7 had q good
block and tackle outfit and with this
we got the car out of the mud nvie.
50 ali We had g DO next was start
the engine. Wen It's a simple
enough matter to jack one rear wheel
Of car up, slip the transmission in
high and give the wheel kick The
funny thing about the whole affair
was the fellow kicked when I charged
aim 81 Wish ] could do the same
thing for some fellow now. I'd take
look az his pockstbook before
charged him"
me monthly meeting OF the Rooter-
--iila Automobile Trade association
was IN order The dinner was over
AID 2 cloud Of smoke started. 70
gather.
About this time Art Howe began
70 feel that 4 was high time for him
70 uarrate on extrlcations particular
" as he had evolved a new method
Tor securing traction.
Howe began, "rhe trouble with you
1eloWsr Is mat you DO everything
after the trouble occurs, but you
don't do thing before that might
prevent the trouble from happening.
Al my customers are buying the sys-
-em I developed for getting added
traction and enough added surface to
prevent car from sinking down into
the mud
wraps Belt Around Tire
T wrap q 10 inch belt around the
ire vent On Howe, becoming spe-
cific, making the belt long enough
10 20 around the tire with about
or s feet In length to spare At the
rear enc OF the running board we
bolt On two pieces OF strap IRON one
on each side OF the running board.
Then We Ghackl6 a wooden roller 70 I
these strap iron bars, and allow the
belt 20 pass over the roller Enough
belt trails out 70 form Veritable
craWler tread And boy, vou should
see the muck I've ploWed through
with this arrangement.
The belt IS made OF heavy fabric
rubberized material. about IA inch
thick This IS heavy enough TO pre-
vent the tires from breaking through
the mire- For heavy going IN sand
have never seen the equal OF this
scheme, and we seen e good many
chilly.
Deacon Jones. termed 80 because
CT the ministerial atmosphere that
constantly surrounded him thought !
that the opportune moment had ar
rived for aim TO spring a little stunt. !
his first thoughts on the subject !
made him shrink from announcing his
scheme, because 70 his way OF think !
Ing there might be some questions /
as 20 the veracitv OF the staten nts I
made. But. now that others had ven !
tured 70 the thin Zee Of doubt, he I
thought he could properly introduce /
his subject
Caught Gas In Can
Deacon began, "carburetors don't /
always carburet. especially when the |
gas line IS cracked and there isn't I
any fuel flowing 70 the mixer. Now. I
We came across Just such a case once, ]
only some fellow had bumped into /
MS car from the rear end and IN SO /
doing pushed the bottom Of his gas I
ta1k out He managed 10 catch some /
OF the gasoline in an old tin can.
Wen. ali we did was to hook up a I
rubber tube TO his carburetor and 1
attach a funnel 10 the end Of the I
tube. We taped the funnel 10 the /
steering column and the driver /
brought the car into our place pour /
Ing gas into the funnel as he drove /
Yes, it night be So" Dave Jenz- |
ITS Informed the crowd authorita- 4
lively. "but II you believe Deacon's I
story, you ought TO believe mine.
VIE ana 7. Vacationing in one Of the /
early models. The scenery at the /
particular place where the plot Is
laid was especially beautiful 7 re-
member e waterfall that one viewed /
from this road The water poured !
out from the mountain side IN a thin
silvery white stream, and the sun
light was reflected fl the falling wa
ters as ~ thousands OF Jewels were
rushing over the fail The trees
formed an appropriate setting, and
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