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Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-24
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Dear Barney Oldfield: I am a read
er of your automobile advice and find
1t very helpful.
If a car is going at the rate of 20
miles an hour on a wet asphalt road
and starts to skid Is there any way to
overcome the skidding?-H +. A.
When q car starts to skid, shift into
second speed and apply the foot brake
leaving the clutch engaged. If the
brakes are unequally adjusted the skid
ding tendency is greater. Steer with
the skid, that is, if the car skids to the
right steer to the right. but do not
turn the front wheels all the way in
either direction.
Dear Barney Oldfield: I have had
several years experience rebuilding
Pierce Arrow and Packard cars, and
experience with fifty other makes of
cars large and small, but don't know
what causes some of the overhead
valves in my own car to knock. They
clear between the valve stem and rock
er arm cushion 1-1000 inch when the
engine is warm, are free from carbon
deposits and perfectly fit otherwise,
but knock when the engine is warm,
both idling and pulling. / am willing
to accept n evidence from any one.
Can you make any suggestions? Thank
you.-C. w. b.
I wished you had mentioned the
make of your car. In any overhead
valve engine using rocker arms oper-
ated by vertical rods, the vertical ex-
pansion of the cylinder block increases
the clearance at the rocker arms.
When the engine is hot this clearance
is greatest. The additional clearance
produces the familiar loud clicking of
overhead engines. In addition to this
if the vertical rods are well aligned
Sod strike the rocker arm slightly off
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-24
Indiana Governor
Praises Republic

Governor Warren T. McCray is 8
user of Republic trucks. having several
in us on his splendid farm.
Il an very glad to say that / have
been using your trucks for the last
five years with splendid satisfaction
The last truck purchased was probably
two years ago, and it has been run
ming constantly with very little ex-
pense.
Il can cheerfully recommend the
Republic truck to any one who is
looking for satisfaction and service"
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-24
TO CLEAN A PARTS.

A convenient receptacle to have
around the garage for cleaning bolts,
nuts and other small parts, is made by
removing the bottom from a tin can
and soldering in its place a coarse wire
screen. The parts to be cleaned are
then placed in the an, the cover put
on, and the receptacle is shaken in a
larger pail containing kerosene or
gasoline. Dirt and grease are sepa-
rated from the parts by the oil and
are allowed to fall through the MESA
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-24
REDUCTIONS
MADE On OVERLAND
AND W|LLYS-kN|GHT
Cuts Range From $40 on Light
Models to S160 on Larger
Cars.

A drastic cut in prices Of WHY'S
Knight and Overland automobiles has
been announced by John n. WHY'S,
president of the WHY'S Overland com
pany through Lee Forest, Great Falls
distributor.
The reduction In the selling price Of
the Willys-Knight brings that cars
price to the lowest level at which any
car equipped with a Knight motor ever
was sold.
Under the new list prices the WHY'S
Knight 5-passenger touring car, which
has been sold in Great Falls at S1,6OO,
is now to be had at S1,440
The WHY'S Knight 5-passenger sedan
is reduced in price $40 from the former
price of $3.50. making its present cost,
under the new list prices, $1,000 in
Great Falls. The WHY'S knight road
ster. formerly $1,575 is cut 70 $1,44O
and the Willys-Knight coupe from
81, 49, to $2,O35.
The Overland car is reduced to $3.50
{. o. b. Great Falls, for the touring
model and the roadster to the same
amount from their former price OF
800. The coupe is dropped from Sl,O15
to $3.50 and the sedan from S1,Ooo to
81 ,035.
Offer New improvements.
At these new prices, the WHY'S
Knight and Overhead cars offer a
number of improvements and refine
ments which add materially to their
value and which have been big factors
il the tremendous demand which has
made the new prices possible. Inc
Overland touring car and roadster mod
els are equipped with all steel bodies,
have a baked enamel finish and ride
on the famous triplex springs. Ihey
are also equipped with new and heavier
rear axles, thus adding to the weight
in the rear system.
John n. WHY'S, president Of the Will
lys-Overland company. who returned
direct to Toledo last week after a
brief trip abroad, expressed most OPP
timistic views over business conditions
abroad and at home and said pros
poets for the coming year never ap-
peared brighter to him.
Every circumstance points to a rap
idly increasing prosperity and to i'm
proved conditions" said Mr.. WHY'S:
Conditions in virtually all parts of
Europe are not nearly so bad as they
are painted and over her eve are get
ting settled some of the fundamental
proDlemS winch nave heIu up ousiheos
progress.
Optimistic of Future
Mr.. WHY'S referred to settlement of
the railroad and mine strikes as one
of the greatest benefits the nation has
had in many years.
THE Willys-Overland company to
date this year has completed the pro-
duction of more cars than the entire
years schedule called for" Mr.. WHY'S
continued. And we have just com
pleted the largest July and August pro-
duction in our plant history.
at is this unprecedented production
which has made possible the lowered
production costs which are reflected in
our new prices.
we are not worrying about getting
coal and are not afraid that the cost
of coal will compel us to slacken our
production one iota. We are going
ahead with all the energy W. can COM
mand. planning for the biggest bust
ness in our history and which we know
is ahead of u.s."
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-24

charging. which is one as the car is
driven along at a fair rate of speed,
usually Is miles an hour or better. The
ammeter or other Indicator tells if the
generator is charging the battery.
Often the meter will indicate but the
battery will not come up to charge.
This may be due to trouble inside the
battery or to the connections at the
battery being poor. If your meter
shows charge and you have run your
car for half an hour or so and still the
battery does not show signs of real
life, have q service station make a test.
There are conditions which are damag-
ing if allowed TO continue for long pc
RODS. These are known as under
charging and overcharging. In one
case the battery doesn't get enough
current and in the other the battery
gets too much. The former causes the
sulphate on the plates to remain there
and become harder, thus making it
more difficult to be removed, while the
overcharging causes the battery to be-
come ~overheated. This in turn tends
to soften the chemicals on the plates
and perhaps bend Ter buckle) the
plates. The chemicals are rather hard
and pressed into spaces in the plates.
Soft plate material falls off the plate,
drops to the bottom of the cell and
besides reducing the plate capacity may
cause trouble through short circuiting.
Since overcharging is bad. you
should turf on your lamps even in the
day time, if you have been driving con
t~inuously for many hours and the bat
terry is known to be in a state Of
charge. If you use the starter once
or twice that will discharge the bat
terry, but it is better to discharge slow
ly by using the lamps, rather than get
ting a quick discharge by using the
starter.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-24
Noted Woman Driver Buys Famous Essex
Bear of a Car Yet"
Says Miss Dougan of
Hard Driven "Arrow''

Three years after Marjorie Dougan
became famous as the central figure IN
probably the most grueling automobile
test ever made. the production OF The
Trail of the Arrow" moving picture,
she amazed Harold L. Arnold, Hudson
Essex distributor at Los Angeles, by
walking into his private office the other
day and asking him how much he want
ed for the old "S-X Arrow" which she
had driven across the Mojave desert
wastes in southeastern California into
the depths of the Devils Punch Bowl?
THAT old Arrow" gasped Arnold:
Why Marjorie. that car has travelled
almost 10000 miles and been hammered
and racked worse than any other auto
mobile on the American continent.
Il know it." calmly replied the young
woman. why shouldn't /? Wasn't
it I that gave it the hardest part of
that hammeripg? But I've just given
it the once-over and got the boys IN
your service department to let ME take
it out for a short test run, and | want
to tell you right here, Mister, that it's
a bear of a car yet. | think you'll
agree with me that nobody else is half
as much entitled to that old Arrow as
myself"
Placed High Value On 1t
well" musingly commented the dis
t%ributor. merely as a matter of SEN
timent you certainly are right. In any
event, / don't know of anyone else
whom | should like to see get that car
half so well as yourself. Name your
own figure and it's yours"
Miss Dougan placed so high a value
on the car that Arnold was surprised,
then sat down, drew her check in pay
ment and drove away with the car,
half the big automobile distributing
organization cheering her departure.
The hazardous descent of the SIX
Arrow into the Devils Punch Bowl.
as depicted on the screen, has been
shown to film audiences throughout the
United States and in many other coun-
tries over the world, and never fails
to excite the utmost Amusement wher-
ever exhibited, not only that any auto
mobile could undergo treatment so
rough without being totally wrecked,
but that a mere girl could exhibit the
strength, nerve and masterful driving
skill which marked the production of
the film.
Because Of her bravery and mastery
of the car. Miss Dougan has been called
on by several other automobile firms
to help produce their films.
For this reason, perhaps the greatest
tribute ever paid an automobile by
anyone was when this intrepid young
woman, after her wealth of experience
as a driver. saw fit to purchase the car
in which she first attained fame after
it had rung up a total mileage of almost
10000.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-24
AUTOMOBILE STOP SIGNAL

An automobile stop signal that is
absolutely automatic, being actuated
exclusively by the effect of arrested
momentum, is described and illustrated
in Popular Mechanics Magazine for
October. The signal flashes. independ-
emily of anything else, by any slowing
down of the car. The current is auto
matically cut off and the light disap-
pears when the car comes to q stop,
or at the instant it picks up speed or
discontinues the slowing-down move
ment.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-24
LOW GEAR OVERHEATING

When it Is necessary to employ the
low gear for a considerable period it is
possible to obviate the o%verheating
that would ordinarily result by keeping
the mixture in the ~cleanest possible
condition.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-24
REPAIRING n TOP.

To mend a tear in the top, it ID
best to use wooden yarn to draw the
edges together. after which a top of
material similar to that Of the torn top
is applied with rubber cement, set By
the vulcanizer.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-24
sILENcER FOR SQUEAKS.

Ordinary cotton braid, such as every
woman's sewing kit contains, makes an
admirable silencer wherever sheet
metal comes in contact with sheet
metal. Heavy cotton tape is better
where there is heavy wear, as, for in
stance. under the hood. In the case
Of squeaking tenders. a length of cot
ton braid, punched under the fasten-
ing nuts, which are then drawn up
tight on lock nuts, viii be found useful
az a silencer.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-24
SEE FIRST.

Colorado has a mountain area six
times as great as Switzerland, with
~ peaks exceeding, 1900 feet aiti-
the Swiss Alps, and SO mountains
higher than Mount Fuesteraahorn, the
highest peak in Switzerland.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-24

Dear Barney OIdfield: I would
greatly appreciate your answers to the
following questions:
1. Why have the Mercer and Stutz
cars withdrawn from international
races?
2. Why do the A. A. A. limit the
displacement of an engine of the track
and what other requirements are
there?
3. What was Jimmy Murphy's time
in the Grand Prix in 1921 and who
o the 1922 and with what car and
time?
4. An s cylinder car carries 1873 pis-
ton displacement. What would be the
bore and stroke and the same of 10
m. IN. displacement:
5. Is Unnecessary if within the above
displacement to make an official speed
test, and is there any prize?
&. What is the schedule for 1923?
What kind and size, of a track is there
at Sheepshead Bay, y. Y.f
7. What are the restrictions and re-
quirements for al owner to enter his
own car in the international race?
s. What compression do most rae
ing cars carry?
8. What is the correct world speed
record and when is the next cross
continent race scheduled?
10. Are the tires that are placed IN
racing cars stock or special made
cords ?-L. J. H.
l. 1t did not pay them to stay in.
2. Displacements classes are used
first to force progress in design and
secondly to get cars of equal ability in
the same race. In free-for-alI no dis
placement limit races formerly held
cars competed against each other and
they were not evenly matched. The
displacement limits today have been
reduced from 400 cubic inches and
more so that designers would study
means of getting the same or greater
power from smaller cylinders. There
is a weight limit also for racing cars.
3. Murphy's average was ISL m. p.
b. over a 300 miles course. This years
French grand prix was won by Ma
zarre in a Fiat over a 500-mile course.
His average was 1913 m. p. b.
a. The 1873 inch engines will run 2.5
by SO inches and 2.56x4.4. The 100
Fights will run 59x90 m. m, but / think
the 122-inch class will bring in new
tours and possibly SKIES to get away
from such small cylinder dimensions as
the eight requires.
5. You cannot enter the car unless
the displacement is 100 cubic inches or
under. Before time trials the engine
is measured by the technical commit
tee. There is no prize for time trials.
6. The 1923 racing schedule is not
ready yet. Sheepshead Bay track
was torn down two years ago.
z. Nothing to stop any individual
from entering a race If he is q regis
tered driver and if his car is registered
with the AAA. Write the AAA, sol
Fifth avenue, for blanks, etc.
8. They will run all the way from
90 to 120 pounds gauge.
8. There never was sanctioned a
cross continent race and never will be.
Such runs are against time and are
made under your own rules. The fast
est time ever made by automobile was
by Milton driving a 16-cylinder Dues
enberC. He travelled at the rate of
1916 miles per hour for one mile.
10. Stock tires are used but the
treads are a little lighter than for or
binary tires.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-24

Running a car with a dead cylinder
means a very severe strain on all
parts of the mechanism.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-24

Lead washers should always be
used In the fuel line.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-24

to one side there Ia a side thrust on
the rocker and this will aus a slight
knock if the rocker arm has the least
side play.
Dear Barney Oldfield: | have been a
constant reader of your articles and
have found them very useful. l would
like you to give me a little informa-
ton about my car. l have a 1916
eight cylinder Oldsmobile and l would
like to change the radiator to one of
the later ones and also the hood and
also put on disc wheels. Do you think
that this can be done? If so, about
how much would the job cost. And
where could / get these things if |
were to do the job myself?-F. j. B.
The radiator of the later models will
fit yours. You can get the radiator
from any Oldsmobile service station.
You also can get the hood there, or if
you want something special in a hood
it can be mad" up for you by any sheet
metal concern. You can get disc
wheels such as the Gier Tu-Arc from
the Motor Wheel corporation, Ian
sing, Mich. These wheels fit the wood
wheel hubs. Other wheels require hub
changes.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-10-09
VOCATIONAL
OFFENSIVE TOO
TARDY TO WIN
GrOvetOn High School
Takes Game From
Locals AT

The Vocational School began in
the third period an offensive which
reached its peak with but five
minutes to play in their Saturday
contest with Groveton High school
at Groveton and with fullback Nc
Crillis furnishing the most of the
motive power carried the ball from
its own 6 yard stripe through for
the touchdown. Had the Vocation
al boys walked up earlier they
would undoubtedly have sewed up
the game. AS it was the fray ter
minated by the score of Ia to Z,
with the New Hampshire gridsters
on the long end of the tally.
Both Groveton touchdoWns came
before the Vocational school got
going. Warren carried the void
over the Vocational goal line for
the initial touchdown after he had
received forward pass from
Hayes. Craggy booted the ball
over the uprights from placement
for the additional point. Hayes
then scored the second touchdown
on a line plunge. The extra point
was obtained by Groveton when
Fiske carried the ball again over
the line, following his catch of a
forward pass from Hayes.
The work of the Vocational lads
improved consistently in the third
period and the Groveton football
team was unable to plug their de-
Tense. In the last few minutes of
the closing period, the st. Johns
bury boys set to work with will
simply overwhelmed the Groveton
line with ferocity of attack. Nc
Crillis plunged through for con-
sistent gains of ten and fifteen
yards. A clever forward pass also
did its work. Capt. Hoar finally
carried the pigskin over for the
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-10-09
PRESS COMMENT
An Honored Vermonter Gone

An Honored Vermonter Gone
The death of Rear Admiral
Charles E. Clark at the home of a
daughter in Long Beach, Califor-
MIA, brings a feeling of soToW to
a large number of acquaintance
here in Vermont and indeed, to all
Vermont people, by whom the
famous old sea worrior was held
in high esteem. 1t was not mere
ly because the then Capt. Clark
accomplished the task of sailing
around South America in a mem
orable 67-day journey from San
Francisco to the waters adjacent
to Florida and reported his ship,
the Oregon, ready for battle dur
ing the early days of the Spanish
American war--it was not merely
because of that notable perfor-
nance attached to the sturdy old
Nermonter, but it was because of
the qualities of heart and of mind
which Rear Admiral Clark posses
sed that they loved him and de-
lighted to do him honor.
A native of Vermont (Bradford)
Rear Admiral Clark was pleased
to come back among the people of
his old state and to enjoy the
scenes of his childhood and the
companionship of schoolboy
friends and of new found friends
as well. He was of a companion
able nature, as many will testify
who were privileged to greet him
at his favorite resting place the
Lake Mansfield Trout club and as
Others will attest through acquaint-
ance formed elsewhere and he bore
his distinguished honors easily.
Though a generation has passed
since the time. when the Oregon
made its memorable trip, that deed
is still fresh in the minds of the
people of the country and will al
ways remain prominent rs proof
Of readiness and competence, a test
which so many Vermonters have
stood so well. Among them the
hero of the Oregon finds d worthy
place.-Barre Times.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-10-09
MONDAY, OCT. g, 1922
EDITORIAL
How Fame Is Reached

One of Americas best known
men died the other day, Rear Adj
miral Charles T Clark. who COM
manded the Oregon when she made
her famous trip from San Francis
co to Cuba during the Spanish war.
The reason for Admiral Clark 5
ability to meet a great emergency
might be perceived from the note
written in the journal of mem
Der of the crew of the Oregon.
This man wrote while off the Chill
ian coast on that historic voyage:
eve all thinE Capt. Clark is 60
ing to be a ring tailed shorter for
fighting. | don't think it will be
easy to whip him, he seems to be
so quick to catch on to every lit
tie things, he is all over the ship
at once and he talks to everybody,
stops anyone to ask them ANYTHING
he wants to know about the ship"
This fellow, who had no special
education, thus came pretty near
stating what constitutes genius.
The ability to handle a multiplicity
of small details and make them
work together to the desired end
is the secret of attainment.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-10-09
ACADEMY LOSES
TO MONTPELIER
BY 30 SCORE
Capitol City Team Makes
All Its TALES In First
Ten Minutes

The st. Johnsburv Academy ele-
ven invaded Montpelier Saturday,
but were repulsed with losses by the
High school football team, the
score being 21-0. All of Montpel-
ier's touchdowns were made in the
first ten minutes of play and goals
were kicked successfully each time.
At one time during the last quar-
ter the Academy players forced the
Montpelier men back to thirteen
yard line, but the capital city quar-
ter punted to safety.
Darling kicked off for St. Johns
bury Academy and in spite of a
tumble Of the slippery ball, the
first, advance reached the fifty yard
line. Then, with one rush after
another, the pigskin was carried to
the first touchdown. AS soon as
the goal had been kicked, each
team lined up and Montpelier re-
ceived again. In their second adj
vance they lost the ball on a fun
Bile, but it was soon recovered on
downs. The second touchdown
was made as the result of a long
forward pass, of about thirty
yards. The green and white fol-
lowers, expecting a shorter pass,
were playing in. as that there was
left a clear field to the goal posts.
The third six points came as the
result of another long pass. This
time Goldberg tackled the runner,
but line plunges covered the re-
naming ten or fifteen yards, and
after the kick the score stood 81
to zero. The ball was then in st.
]. AS possession nearly all the
time up to the end of the first half.
At the beginning of the second
half CAPTAIN kellogg received the
Montpelier kickoff, and carried it
down TO the center of the field.
Altho forward passes did not work,
Quarterback Darling found that
line plunges did as well as end
runs, and soon the Montpelier
men were finding their goal threat
ened. On a fourth down, however
st. J. A. lost the ball. with some
thirtv-five yards to go. From then
on the ~ame see-Sawed. In spite
of. the fact that the wet ground
kept the ball slipnery, there were
no more fumbleS than ordinarily
and when it did roll con its own"
there was generally an Academv
man ready to pounce upon it. II
the last quarter when the Mont.
pelier quarter hunted down the
field, the ball rolled toward the
coal st. i. A. was defcding. Dlrl-
mo trotted alone behind it, snatch
Cd it ND when it stopned, and bv
the aid of GOOD interference car
ried it TWENTY-FIVE wards hack to-
ward It's starting noint The game
ended with the ball in st. J. AS
possession.
Goldberg Smith and Darlinr.
plavinp their first game this year
in the hackfeld, carried their parts
in good STYLE. for men new to the
business. Smith shone at tacklinc
and interference. while Darling
and Goldberg pranced thru Mont
pelier's tackles and ends quite Of
ten. Woods, as full back. showed
that even in that position size isn't
always necessary. He was contin-
ually making substantial gains