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Arizona republican., 1920-08-29
ESSEX MAKES NEW
 TRANSCONT MENTAL
 STOCK JAR RECORD

Essex now holds the coveted trans continental record. On August 9th an Essex five passenger touring car reached New York from San Francisco covering the distance of 3347 miles in just 4 days, 14 hours and 43 minutes beating the best previous record of another car by F hours and 48 minutes
 At the same time an Essex travel ing from New York to San Francisco made the transcontinental run in 4 days, 19 hours and 17 minutes. beating the best time this way by over 22 hours
 Two other Essex cars also made the run, one from San Francisco to New York in 4 days, q hours and 56 min utes, and the other from New York to San Francisco in days. hours and 13 minutes. Both of these cars, how ever, encountered heavy rain storms and deep mud in the West.
 Aside from the fact that this is a new record, it is also the first time in history that an automobile has been permitted to carry mail across the con- tinent. All cars carried bags of first class mail and every driver was, in the eyes of the government, a postman, properly sworn in and under bond to the government
 The cars were not driven, at any point by professional drivers. The entire trip was supervised by Essex distributors and dealers along the route and they furnished drivers from their own organizations. Tn all. probably p drivers took the cars across the con tinent, which is an even greater testi-
Arizona republican., 1920-08-29
NEW DRY CLIMATE
 BATTERY NOW BEING
 MA|VUF FACTURED HERE

A battery especially designed for use in dry atmosphere. is being manu- factured in Phoenix called the Dry Climate Battery. This product is from the shops of the $ and JBattery com pany, on Fourth avenue.
 The outstanding features of this new battery are such as should recommend this electrical necessity to every car owner in this section of the South west. The battery box is constructed of quarter sawed oak. finished natur- ally, and treated with a special com pound to prevent the penetration of acid from within which loosens the battery cells inside the box and causes the battery to vibrate. According to MT. Jones, of the S and J company, one of the principal reasons for the breakdown of batteries is the fact that the battery becomes Ioosened within the box, due to the work of the acids in the battery eating into the wood and causing it to decompose and fall away.
 The other features of the battery are it's compactness, plate materials separators and connections. Nothing has been overlooked to produce a bat tery that will stand abuse through vii bration and the lack of water. Ar engagements are being made to manu- fracture this battery on a large scale as quickly as material shipments can be handled from raw material sources
Arizona republican., 1920-08-29
CASEY GAS-S SAVER NEWEST INVENTION
 TO CONSERVE FUEL

Perhaps no question arising today gives more concern to motorists than the future of the gasoline production and price It has been the endeavor for several years past, among en- giners at the big motor car factories, to produce motors that will handle low grade fuels. This has been accom- plished. But hand in hand with this achievement, the price of distillate and Kerosene has mounted until it is worth almost as much as gasoline. The question then is how to get more mile age from fuel.
 A wonderful contrivance fo extract ing more mileage from gasoline. and for inducing a motor to keep free from carbon, has just been placed on the market 1t is the Casey Gas Saver Wonderful claims are being made for this device, and cars equipped with it are showing splendid records of econo- my and also a remarkable freedom from carbon.
 The Casey Gas Saver is being dem onstrated in Phoenix at the garage of Floyd Strong, in the rear of 34o East Washington street. Many motorists have flocked there the past few days and a large number are trying out the device in the hope of very materially reducing their high gas bills and keep ing their cars out of the shop.
Arizona republican., 1920-08-29
PLUNGER IS VITAL PART IF MECHANISM
 CONSERVING TIRES

Motor1sts are often puzzled to know what kecsSN the air in the tire. A sen sitive little mechanism commonly c5iled the plunger and strong enough 70 hold back air pressures as high as 70 to 125 pounds to the square inch, functions here. This little valve which consists of a plunger about an inch long, a bit of spring and rubber, is re- sponsible for the we'll being of the tire.
 It is located inside the valve stem, and seats against a treaed metal core. It should never be removed unless ab- solutely necessary. When it is taken out, it should not be replaced unless all the parts are in perfect working order according to Miller tire men,
 When inflating a tire, the motorist sometimes accidentally bends the wire plunger, throwing the valve working parts out of line. Sometimes it be- comes corroded; sometimes dirty or misplaced When thus handicapped, il cannot perform properly its duties of keeping the air in the tire.
 At the top of the valve stem is a small cap which assists the valve by protecting it against the dust which would ordinarily collect there. This cap offers also additional protection
Arizona republican., 1920-08-29
INTERESTING TESTS SHOW DESTRUCTIVE
 EFFECT UPON TIRES

Does the air pressure in tire in crease sufficiently in hot weather, to cause blowouts?
 That is a question which has been asked of tire dealers thousands of times Some will ansyer Yes, and others. will prove that it is impossible.
 The Gates Rubber company of Dem yer has just completed a series Of in teresting tests which proved that while the temperature and pressure within a tire rose during hot weather under nomal conditions the increase in press ure was so slight that it had virtually no affect on the tire itself
 Two five-inch tires were used in the test. one properly Inflated and the other underinflated. The tests were made on different days, one of which was extremely hot, the other of normal temperature
 Tn the case of the normally inflated tire, the temperature within the tire increased 30 degrees, while the press ure was increased between and 10 per cent, an increase insufficient to cause a blowout under ordinary condi- tions. The pressure in the underin- Hated tire, however. increased 14 per cent, while the temperature rose 43 de- grees.
 This substantiates the assertion that an underfnflated condition causes more work to be done by the tire and indi- cates a destructive effect upon it. The experiments show also, that the in crease in air pressure nnder normal conditions, with proper InflaIion, will have no destructive effect upon the tire regardless Of Che heat of the day.
Arizona republican., 1920-08-29
ADVERTISEMENTS SET STANDARDS
 FOR AUTO MF $.

The average car owner takes 1t for granted that national advertising on the part of large manufactures, is designed primarily to sell his goods. In ylart he is correct in this assumption, but there is another phase of national advertising which probably does not occur to the mind of the American mo- torist. In buying a nationally adver- frsed product the customer is protect- cd by advertising because the public ss familiar with the name under which inc product is marketed. If the pro- duct does not stand up in the service of the customer, this famiIiary is far from being an invitation to buy goods but is a warning not to buy them.
 The national advertiser spends thou sands of dollars yearly in reminding the public that his good are for sale. He realizes only too we'll that his pro- duct must live, up to his. advertising in every respect or it will E5e an expensive boomerange for him. He cannot af- ford to cut the quality of his goods His trade name is too valuable to ieopardize in this way He realizes that advertising is a two- edged sword which when used properly and backed up by quality products will carve out for him a large volume of business but if the quality of the product is not maintained the other edge of the sword will but serve to cut the ground from satnt7er him. Goods which arc nationally advertised in the newspapers through out the country are for this reason 4usuaIlv a safe purchase. The adver- tYsing which attracts the buyer also protects him.
Arizona republican., 1920-08-29
MASTER SCENIC HIGHWAY IF COUNTRY
 CONNECTS lNAJOR FEDERAL FAIRGROUNDS

Twelve major federal playgrounds in the West, as well as many national monuments and forests. have been lassoed by a scenic running moose, in the master motor road of the country. known as the National Pary- to Park highway.
 This lariat highway was suggested by the National Park Service; mapped out by the American Automobile asso- citation, and brought to fruition by the National Park-to- Park Highway asso- citation, of which Gus Holms of Cody Wyo.. is president
 This connecting park highway is 4.500 miles in length and traverses nine states. It's dedication recently at Den Yer to all the people presaged the day not far distant. when federal highway system Of hard-surfaced boulevards will extend from coast to coast, in the consideration of which recreational benefits and facilities in reaching open markets with crops are destined to be important factors.
 The mapping and opening of the Ma tional Park Park highway is the first concerted step taken toward that great end. Its scope, as to varieties in climate and length of journey. may be favorably compared with continen- tai Europe. in that a sixty day tour o1 the route now is in progress. Stephen T Mather, director of the Natfonai Parks service; A. l.. Westgard, who made the pathfinding trip as the rep resentative of the American Automo- bile association. and officials of the National Park-to- Park Highway as- sociation. are among the official party. The dedicatory ceremonies held in Denver are being continued in meet ings held in the principal cities visited. including Cheyenne and Cody Wyo.; Great Falls. Mont; Spokane and Seat tle, Wash; Portland, Ore; Sacramento San Francisco and Los Angeles. Calif and Pueblo and Colorado Springs. Colo.
 In the caravan of twenty-five auto mobiles bearing the party are ears representing every state through which the highway passes. California, Wyoming and Montana sent cars to Denver to begin the journey from the starting point, on August %, and other ears containing state and county of Sicials are acting as convoy to guide 3he caravan through it's own common Wealth.
 The master highway begins, lariat fashion. any place, in Maine Virginia, Florida Illinois or Louisiana, wherever the automobile tourist lives Other cities on the route may be used but Denver is the logical gateway to these twelve national parks. The scenic lariat officially. is thrown out from within the department of the interior at Washington. D. C, of which John Barton Payne is secretary.
 The connecting park highway touches every main transcontinental trail, In- cIuding Yellowstone Yellowstone Glacier Bee Line. Roosevelt, the Ma tional Parks and the Pacific highways, and the old Trails road and the Rain bow route. crossing and using them in part to make continuous thoroughfare, when considered with many connecting auto roads running north and south.
 National parks are Natures silent sentinels. beckoning the wanderer, in Colorado, to behold the great granite
Arizona republican., 1920-08-29
SHAW IS DOUBLE LOSER IN QUEER
 CASE IF DAMAGE

If hog eats f30 watermelons in one day. how many seeds has he con stunned? This is the question that has been bothering Ed Shaw of Packard fame for several days. Shaw's hog re- gently got into a neighbor's water melon patch and before the farmer could halt him, he had consumed 130 watermelons. Of course the neighbor went to Shaw for recourse, and de- manded , cents per seed, as the melons were supposed to be seedlings. Ed demurred, called in a number of the neighbors and held a barley. Ed, it seems, used to be a superior court judge somewhere down in the Sacaton country. He did not intend to see justice miscarry, especially in hfs own case.
 The question was as to how many seeds the hog had consumed. The farmer figured that each melon con tained 40 seeds, which would make 5,20O seeds at five cents each or $26O. Three of the neighbors decided in favor or Shaw. whose offer of S15 to the farmer on the actual value of the melons had been flatly refused. Two decided for the farmer so a com promise was effected, Ed giving the farmer $25 and calling it square.
 The next day Eds hog ran away and died Ed had just been offered $235 for him the day before. So he is out S260 after all. He is off of hog raising now and expects to devote the rest of his life raising matted milkweed.
Arizona republican., 1920-08-29
AIR COMPRESSOR TO BE STALLED FUR
 MOTOR CAR OWNERS

In order that their many patrons and the public at large may always have an adequate supply of compressed ai1' easily obtained at central location, the Phoenix Rubber company, local distributors for Kelly Springfield tires and tubes has announced that it VIII install a 250 lb.-capacity automatic air compressor. The installation of the pump at the company's store, corner ot First and Monroe streets, will mean that autoists in need of air will be able to obtain it at any time of day or night in the down town section.
 .sThis is just one more step in our efforts to give service to the public, said w A Roberts, manager of the Phoenix Rubber company in speaking Of the installation of the compressor. .'There will be no charge for using thls air. it will be free to our friends and to strangers as well, and above all things the air will be available at all times of day and night.
Arizona republican., 1920-08-29

heights in Rocky Mountain park; in Wyoming, to marvel at petrified for ests and spouting geysers. in Yellow stone park: in Montana, to experience unsurpassed alpine cIim ping in Gla cier park; passing through idaho to Washington to witness Mount Rainier park with it's snow capped peak buried in the clouds: in Oregon. to long for passage on the rock phantom ship riding the lake waters held in the col lapsed top of an extinct volcano in Crater Lake park. in California, to be thrilled by an active volcano in Lassen park, mammoth waterfalls in Yosemite park, and big trees in General Grant and Sequoia parks: in Arizona. to stand in awe Of the Creators master stroke of erosion in fashiOning the Grand Canyon, and in passing through New Mexico to southwestern Colorado, to become entranced over the prehistoric ruins of cliff dwellers in Mesa Nerce park. Zion National park in Utah is also included in the wonder group Of federal playgrounds.
 Director Mather in the dedicatory ceremonies held at Denver, at the out set of the official tour. said to the tourists. and visitors representing prac- tically every state in the union;
 More than ever before there exists Q real inclination among our people to see America first. Where for years tie lure of Europe has caught their fancy, the eyes of all those countries are now directed to the most spec tacular world aggregation of scenic wonders, set apart for the enjoyment and recreation of free people.
 'sThe great bulk of travel to our parks is in private automobiles and to these are now being offered still fur ther opportunities to see these won- derlands by the National Park to- Park highway. connecting twelve major parks T our national parks, system, like thread of gold connecting jewels of the rarest beauty.
 'The official park to park tour dedi- eating this remarkable route to the interest, for he can in one complete tour experience variations in climate ranging from the frigid to the tropical, and oftimes in one park
 There will be a convention at Den yer, possibly in November. at which time the National Park Park High way associa tion will begin actively the consideration of a road program that will eventually bring permanent inn provement of the connecting park highway. which encircles an area equal to that of twenty European countries. All western states will be represented in this gathering. which will appeal to congress LOT alu III IldfU -SGiAdSAlS ehe highway.
 The motor vehicle has firmly estab- Ished it's position as part of the coun- try's transportation system, the motor production schedule increasing from 175.O00 cars in 1910 to 100000 in 1920. This growth is responsible, in part, to the country's newest business-an en- terprise which deals in economy in travel through a definitely outlined connecting park highway, and greater accessibility in reaching the national parks for the thousands of travellers who have been made joint tenants by a far seeing congress.
Arizona republican., 1920-08-29
NEW WORKERS PLAN TRANSCONTINEITAL
 AUTOMOBILE TOURS FOR COMING WINTER

Two Southern California motorists who spent nearly forty eight hours in New York city last week said that the strongest impression they had received was that a large number of New Workers are preparing 10 start this month on a trans continental automo- bile tour to the Pacific coast. The vis- itors, l.. J. Steinke and Frank Krause, are members of the Automobile CIup of Southern California, and their big car was conspicuous in the street trif- fife from the fact that the name of the club was inscribed in large yellow let ters on the two tire covers on either side of the radiator To this was due the impression that New York motor ists are touring across the continent in larger numbers than in any previous year.
 If we have been stopped once in our short runs through the city streets, it has been at least fifty times.7 said MT. Steinke, and in every ease the ques- tioners have told Us that they were get ting ready for the cross continental tour and wanted to know particulars Of road conditions A young woman, who evidently noticed our club sign, signaled us to stop on Broadway. Sne is a member of a party to start on the long tour within a week, and she was especially anxious to know about the Santa F'e trail from Denver to Los Angeles. We pulled up for a few min utes at the Hotel McAlpin, and before we got away three men questioned Us about roads. saying they were going to start within few days.
 s.There is no doubt that this trans continental travel has been the plg motor touring feature of the year We saw many evidences of it on the high way from Toledo to New York. Many
 ietc ha rGR4Gfprp0 tnR Automobile Club of Southern Calitor- nia. whose headquarters is at Los Angeles. before we left last month, and hundreds of letters of inquiry from motor car owners on the Atlantic sea
 board had been answered.
 This version Of heavy continental travel was confirmed by the Touring Bureau of the Automobile Club or America. where it was said that four ti1 .es as many requests for road maps and other information toward facll- tating motoring beyond the Rockies had been received from members thls season than in any previous year.
 The Californians were entertained al | the Automobile Club of America where 1 they reported to the chief roadman, o. M. Wells, that in respect to road con ditions nothing need be feared by motorists bound for the Pacific coast | The Lincoln Highway, which is the most travelled route, is in very good shane. said MT. Steinke The greater part is not of the best improved hard surfaced type. and there are many stretches of dirt road, but unless trav- eled immediately following heavy
 rain few road trials will be encoun- | tered.
 The object of the Southern Califor- nians' tour is in the interest of better
 roads for cross country travel. Good roads is the slogan of the Automobile | Club of California and it's influence has made California one of the most de-
Arizona republican., 1920-08-29
Wheel Bearing Adjustment

When ever a wheel fitted with a cap and cone bearing is removed, the cup of the bearings is removed with it and fbe bearing must be adjusted in re nIacine the wheel. The proper way to do this is to turn the bearing up tight and then move the wheel a few times bv hand This does away with any {endencv to backIash. Next the ad- s51Istrnent nut is backed off very slight iv. go that by grasping two spokes in line one above and the other below inc hub. a slight shake is felt in the wheel This movement should be just harely perceptible and if it is more than this it is too much and the ad- snstine mi should be a little tighter When this condition has been attained lock the wheel in place.
Arizona republican., 1920-08-29

against air leakage, for it is fitted with a rubber washer which forms an air tight seal over the stem.
 But there is a third device which as sists in keeping air in a tire. A lock washer fits under the dust cap, down over the valve. and seats on the part of the wheel to which the spokes are an- chored. This hexagonal nut acts as a seal to prevent dirt water and other foreign substances from creeping past to ruin the inner tube and valve base contrary to the usual supposition, it does not prevent the rim or tire from slipping on the wheel.
 These three parts are inexpensive, and if they are found to be worn out or out of order. they can easily be re- placed at a trifling expense. Almost any dealer or garage man will be able to furnish them. Failure to have them examined may est the motorist many dollars in tire underinflation, in rim cutting, in bruises, and in blow outs.
Arizona republican., 1920-08-29
INSTALLS FOUR NEW
 CHARGING BENCHES

Keeping in line with the growth of the battery business in Phoenix and the Salt River valley, Tom Spaulding of the Exide battery and service sta ton, has just added four more new charging benches This gives him total of ten benches now, capable ot handling 40 batteries at time.
 The business of the EXide station has increased at a very rapid raie since the establishment of the station in Phoenix, and new equipment from time to time has been added. At the present time. this station is one of the most completely equipped in the south west, and the service rendered is un- usually efficient. Spaulding has on order a large quantity of other new material and electrical equipment which he will install at it arrives.
Arizona republican., 1920-08-29
Sediment Tran

Most present day gasoline tanks are fitted with sediment trap, which usually is located at the place where the pipe line leaves the tank. This trap has wire gauge screen and a cup is provided to catch foreign matter. The car owner should make it a prac- tice to clean this sediment trap out twice month during active operation. The present grade of motor fuel is not strictly pure and foreign matter rapidly accumulates in this catch all.
Arizona republican., 1920-08-29
HUSTON CLAIMS LONC DISTANCE
 CHAMP PIONSH|P

The championship belt for long dis tance automobile driving is claimed by N. R. Huston of Eaton. Colo, a small town just north of Greeley.
 Huston. has driven his automobile far enough to have circIed the earth four times. He has "flivvered" nearly onehalf the distance to the moon. al- though, he says, never in his career was he headed that way.
 Huston's sDeedometer showed on August 1, that he had travelled 101. .S60 miles in a little more than A months.
 In a letter to the Gates Rubber com pany of Denver. Huston said:
 T would like to hear from some tourist who has equaIed or surpassed my record. During the two years in which I drove 101.S60 miles. l have never had serious accident or a break down which delayed mo nnhre than a few hours. As near as I can figure I used more than 5000 gallons of gas. and nearly 1000 quarts of oil.
 Incidentally it might be Of interest to you to know that 1 used four Hall Sole tires to cover the entire distance. and average of 25, 465 miles for each tire"
Arizona republican., 1920-08-29
Reuovino Spots

Al this time of year it is particularly ,,e.efuI to remember that the best way to remove spots from varnish is to rub in well a little boiled hnseed oil with a soft rag until all the spots have afterward removing the superfIuous oil and polishing with soft rag
Arizona republican., 1920-08-29

The timber from more than 4,000 acres of land in the United States is converted into paper daily. mony of the performance and reliabil- ity of the car.
 The second wastbound ear was di- verted from it's route on the way to San Francisco long enough to estaJ- fish a new record from New York to Chicago of 24 hours, A minutes and 50 secondS,e-p -pse.,.--.-- tise best previous re cord by over two hours.