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The Washington herald., 1922-11-26
Auto Tips
Body Polish.

There are so many mex
pensive polishes on the market
that it is not advisable to ex-
pertinent or make your own.
However, in the event that
you operate more than one
car it is advisable to follow
his suggestion.
To one gallon of turpentine
add one pint of paraffin oil,
three and one-half ounces of
citronella. one and one-half
ounces of oil of cedar.
Before applying a body pol
ish use feather duster to re-
move all dust from the sur
faces requiring the dressing.
Body Squeaks.
Before washing the car a
mixture of kerosene and lu-
bricating oil should be forced
between the body crevices
with a squirt gun or allowed
to ,seep in from the applica-
ton of q brush. This will
overcome body squeaks pro-
vided proper attention is given
to the tightening of body
bolts. Rocking the car will
permit the mixture to pene-
trate thoroughly.
1t is a good suggestion to
save the oil drained from the
crankcase for this purpose.
It Is also advisable to let
up on the body bolts and back
them up with grease. The
grease will work over the sur
face of the bolt upon tighten
ing, and thereby prevent the
squeak at its source.
Boots.
The purpose of boots is to
protect the delicate working
parts Of a car from the con-
tamina ton of dirty water.
dust, dirt and CRIME.
You will find that 1t will
be to your advantage to place
a boot over the ball and
socket joint of your steering
assembly.
All boots should be removed
FROM time to time. thoroughly
washed in kerosene and re-
filled with a good grease. An
old kid glove, properly work
ed. will answer the purpose
Of . boot.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-26
.EARY DISPLAY WEEK
BRINGS CROWDS TO
SHOWROOM

The special showing Of the
new Chalmers Coach and the
new Maxwell Club-Coupe and
roadster by the H. B. Leary
Company during the past week
attracted great numbers of To-
cal motorists to the Maxwell
and Chalmers showrooms at
1921 Fourteenth street north.
west.
Thorough inspection Of the
models on display brought en-
thusiastic praise from all viz
itors to the showing and proved
that the reports Of excellence
which came out Of the factory
ahead Of the new models were
not in the least exaggerated.
The color Of the body and
hood Of the new Maxwell sport
Is a beautiful Chester Hunt red.
The tenders and disc steel
wheels are black, the wheels
with a bright nickel rim. The
top Is an olive drab. Radiator
shell and tie bar, head lamps
and cowl lights are heavily
nickeled. So are the winged
water indicator on the radiator,
the strong bumpers, the trunk
bars and the outside door
handles. The upholstery is a
long-grain bright leather. The
extra tire. which with q khaki
cover is furnished as regular
equipment, is mounted in q spe-
clal carrier on the side of the
five-passenger car and at the
rear on the. roadster. A com.
modious trunk is mounted at
the rear Of the five-passenger
car. Special curtains to match
the olive drab top are con.
veniently stored in a pocket in
the rear of the front seat. The
Maxwell sport cars are com.
plete-even to theft insurance
on the special water indicator,
Yet the price is impressively
low.
The Chalmers Coach i'm.
presses one as being all that an
owner could desire in a car of
this type and should gain in
popularity with association. Ap-
pointments are particularly
complete as to detail and the
general makeup Is such as one
would anticipate in a car of
higher price.
Roominess and other pro-
visions for comfort in this
model are apparent and moth
ing has been sighted in either
interior or exterior finish.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-26
more mi1es Per Car
in WINTER,
ly Ray HcHau7or,a
SHOULD NOT TINKER WITH ADJUsTMnTs.

There are 20 many different
makes Of carbureters and different
methods Of controlling the gasoline
ana AIR adjustments It would be Inn
possible to outline any set ruiee. II
you are not acquainted with the
operation OF your carbureter and do
not know what this or that adjust.
ment 10 Tor. do not play with It.
Take It to the man who knows. for
the chances are you will do the
wrong thing >and make matters
worse. II you are familiar with the
operation and adjustments, observe
carefully the position Of adjustments
before moving them. Then II the
desired results are not obtained
by your experiments you can easily
return them to the original posi-.
tons. Lean mixtures are usually
corrected by turning on q little
more gas. one notch at q time, for
In some devices the operation Ii very
sensitive to the slightest movement
II the adjusting screws. The symp-
.oms Of lean mixture have al.
ready been described. A rich mix
ture can be diagnosed by black or
bad-smelling exhaust, sluggishness
when accelerating minus the pop
ping or backfire condition that goes
with lean mixture. Also q galloping
rhythm Of explosions at idling speed
indicates rich mixtures. The correc.
ton for this is made by reversing
the movement. OF adjusting screws
and levers, as described above for a
lean mixture.
Some carbureter designs employ
fixed Jets. that is, Jets that have no
needle controls to vary the flow of
gasoline through the spray nozzle.
In the event that cold weather start.
ing becomes difficult or mixture ID
not in correct proportions to provide
flexibility Of motor. do not attempt
to compensate for this by continuous
use Of choker control. The choker
is only for cold starting and should
not be In use after motor warns UP.
Consult the local representative OF
the particular make Of your car.
bureter. 1t may be necessary to in.
stall q larger jet to enrich the mix.
ture or a smaller Jet for leaner mix.
ture.
The usual method Of choking q
carburetor to provide a temporary
rich mixture. for starting only, Is BY
a butterfly valve in the air inlet. A
few designs provide a dash contro
on the gasoline supply to mixing
chamber. In either case, II is goot
practice to have the carburetor ad
justed 30 that after the motor warm,
| up, II will operate smoothly through
the full range of throttle with tn,
dash or choker control in the full
| off position.
Most car owners have the habi
The Washington herald., 1922-11-26
CADILLAC REDUCES ITS
PRICES EFFECTIVE
DECEMBER I

Few late price reductions
have created as much interest
as the Cadillac reduction an.
nounced Friday.
The new prices effective De-
cember follow: Touring,
$500; phaeton. $500; roadster.
$500; victoria. $4.020: five-pas-
senger coupe, $4,100; sedan.
$3.50; suburban, s4,350; hmou-
sine, S4.675; imperial. ATS;
chassis, $500.
Above prices include one ex-
ira tire, inner tube and tire
cover, bumper. rhotometer,
Windshield wiper. mirror. cigar
lighter, speedometer, and clock.
ID. c. license tags, twenty gal
Ions of gasoline, and all war
tax. transportation and delivery
charges paid.
With the excellence OF the
Cadillac and the high standard
of service maintained by the
Washington Cadillac Company
it may be readily seen that this
price reduction will bring big
business to the local distribu-
tors and add to the big distri-
button Of this popular car.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-26

of running with too lean q mixture
In order TO obtain the best economy.
When the mixture is cut down real
low 1t requires more throttle. open
ing to maintain q given speed.
Therefore. that which appears to be
saved at the needle valve II lost
through the necessity Of q higher
throttle opening at the other end.
II your car win not start easy
during the winter months, study
your instruction book on the sub
jectlof carburetion and consult your
local representative on how TO start
In cold weather. II your mixture ID
too rich or too lean and you do not
do the right thing at the-rtght time,
1t 10 practically impossible to start
a motor that ordinarily would re.
spond to the first touch Of the start.
ing bottom.
DANGER. Avoid running motor
in garage with closed doors. This
is often done during the winter
months, when adjusting carburetor
or to warm the motor up. Always
leave the garage doors wide open
after starting motor and be sure that
air circulates through the garage II
you are doing any work under the
above conditions. The exhaust fumes
are very deadly and with q slightly
rich mixture and poorly ventilated
garage, it is just like blowing out
the gas before going to bed.
Copyright. 1922. by the Christy walsh
Syndicate.)
The Washington herald., 1922-11-26

Of the water in the hose the further
the water will travel. II there Is
low pressure behind the current de-
livered to q spark plug, due either
to trouble at the current source,
in the plug itself. or to leakage on
the way, then the current will not
jump the gap, and that spark plug
will not cause an explosion to take
place.
The spark plug has its lower end
sticking down into the combustion
chamber. where hot gases Of 5000
or more degrees temperature exist.
Then there is the high compression
existing at the same time as the
high temperature. and in addition
there is the oil which works its way
u past the piston rings, depositing
as 1t does on the lower end of the
plug. Such is the unhappy lot Of
the lower end Of the plug, but the
upper end Is outside of the cylinders
where the conditions are reversed
cool air. no oil, no, compression.
EASY TO DETECT.
The motorist today has such faith
in the performance of the spark
plugs that he rarely suspects them
going first to the carbureter, then 10
the battery and haphazard to other
units. When. however, he does dis
cover the plugs are at fault he
usually changes the whole set y
those plugs which he knows arc
OF sparkling. 1t seems such an easy
natter to detect defective plugs
hat it should be the starting
roint when no firing takes place
/ and when misfiring exists in certain
| cylinders all the time. One has
merely to lay the plugs. with their
cables attached to the cylinder
head and crank the engine by hand
By watching the plug ends sparks
may or may not be seen jumpine
! the gaps. This test tells whether
or not the plug is sparkling ant
gives one an idea of the spark in
/ tensity.
One of the first things the owner
ought to know about spark plugs i:
the setting of the gap. This gap II
the space or distance between thu
center electrode and the grouni
electrode (the one a1ached to tn,
SHIELD. 1t is usual to set this gal
at .025 to 0.3 inch. but in some en-
gines a smaller gap is needed. AS {
Tule tHe higher IHe COi-lpTeSSiOl
pressure of the engine the smaller
the gap, but if ii is made too small
then the resulting spark is too veal
to fire the mixture. One must beal
in mind that the electrical system
/ generates sufficient voltage to juml
a much wider gap in air, so that i
the plugs are tested on the cylin
der head and a weak spark occur
ie is no sign that that spark will
take place under compression.
The ribht way to set plug ends j
with a thickness gauge, though
worn dime or paper card may b.
used. Find out the exact gap meas
urement that gives the best results
If OPS inch is not correct for>you
engine. bend the ground electrod
slightly and try again.
Plug fouling (carbonization) /
The Washington herald., 1922-11-26

chronic with some engines. This Ii
brought about by the burning Of oil
which deposits carbon on the plug
electrodes and insulator and also due
to incomplete combustion of the fuel.
Carbon on the bottom Of the insu-
lator and on the surface Of the cen
ter electrode stort-circuits the plug
the current passing down the cleo
trode, through the carbon to the plug
shell. In this way II avoids the gap
altogether and you get no spark. A
carboniZed plug should be removed,
immersed in kerosene or. gasoline for
half an hour and then removed and
the carbon scraped off. II the qlug
is not of the one-piece type, it may
be dismantled and the separate parts
immersed in kerosene.
In addition to doing its work under
extreme heat conditions, a spark
plug must be so constructed as to
prevent the escape of any mixture
it must be gas-tight. Leakage
causes loss OF compression, but most
of all overheating Of the plug. If,
because of a cracked insulator, poor
internal gasketing, ETC., 1t allows Of
the escapage of mixture, the COM
preston in that cylinder is reduced
and the explosion weak. 1t is easy
to find out If a plug Is not gas-tight;
simply squirt some oil around the
joints and if bubbles appear while
the engine is running, that plug is
leaking compression. In plug that
may be disma ntled, it may be due to
loose check-nut and the mere
tightening of this will stop the leak.
If a One-piece plug leaks around the
shell insulator joint you should in
stall a new plug. Leakage around
the threads of the plug may be due
to poor gasket. a dirty or bent gas.
ket, AN old gasket, or dirt on the
threads.
Leakage Of current and failure to
fire may be result OF a crack ed
porcelain insulator. Leakage of cur.
rent due to a cracked porcelain in
sulator may be difficult to discover
owing to the crack being very small
II one has the car in a dark garage
the leakage may easily be noted while
the engine Is running. for one car
see the spark making its way across
the cracked portion. A cracked por
celain may be brought shout by i'm
proper handling before installation
by striking the insulator with q
wrench or by poor design of the plug
The Washington herald., 1922-11-26
Auto Economies
Changing Oil.

To begin with. there are far too
many car owners who regard motor
oil a. q necessary evil. Lubrication
to them b an item of secondary i'm
portance-Almost an item OF need
les expenss.
Gasoline y the fuel that gets them
thers-<hat's enough expense to
figure on. 20 why bother about iubri-
eating on!
There can BE- no two ways about
if-Motor oils picked at random and
poured into the crankcase in any
quantity cannot possibly produce the
highest working. efficiency In q
motor.
A. lubricant never really wears
QUIT 10 rendered unfit through
high temperatures. dirt sucked In
through the breather pipe. carbon
and Gasoline dilution..
Az for the practice Of continually
adding OIL without periodically drain
ing the crankcase. figure II out your.
self-half q gallon Of clean oil added
to half a gallon. Of dirty oil always
makes a gallon Of dirty oil.
For economy in operation II is i'm
perative that you change the oil In
your motor at least once every 60e
to 500 miles.
There are many good methods of
draining a crankcase, but a better
and simpler method in worth the ex
PLANTATION:
Remove the drain plug from the
lowest part Of the crankcase and al
low the old oil to drain out. Nots
how dirty II is! Feel the grit! Lool
at its colorl
Replace the plug and pour in q
gallon Of light flushing oil tany ligh'
oil will dol. Refer to your instruction
book for the use of kerosine.
Run the motor on its own powel
The Washington herald., 1922-11-26

for thirty seconds TO fush the bsas
inss and further cissnss ne intsrs1.
Drain the fiushins on from the crsnlk
case. II d often necessary 10 Sch
up the car or run Il on an incline u
drain Q crani<cass thoroughly.
Replace the plug and rem the
crankcass with the correct graAs q
iubricating oil.
And. remember. there n q happy
medium In the matter Of oil. Your
car win not run without any ct an.
and an excess quantity In the crank.
| case works into the combustion
chamber producing carbon and foul.
ing the plugs. Keep your cranh
case filled TO the oil level.
II 10 not enough to use an on
with the proper vtscosity when
poured fnAyou must use an oil
which will not break down under
high temperstures-an oil which
resists heat.
1t is Q good plan to save the oil
drained from the crankcase. You
win find many uses for it about the
car. Make sure TO filter this oil
before using-an old derby hat with
the vent holes plugged up with
paraffin will make an ideal fiiter.
Many motorists find Il advisable
to remove the crankcase twice a
year for a thorough cleaning. This
is a good plan; clean the oil screens
while you are about II.
Remember that the efficiency Of
your motor depends upon the abso-
lutte working harmony Of its per-
fectly balanced units. Keep the
crankcase filled with the correct
grade Of oil and you will be assured
of economical performance.
And there In a double sense Of
security In the assurance that you
have a reserve supply Of lubricating
oil under the seat or in the tool box
| Don't forget to consult the lubri-
cation chart for the correct grade
Of oil for your motor-and remem-
ber that any oil won't do.
y Courtesy Tidevster OIL Sales cerpD
The Washington herald., 1922-11-26
AUTO|STS TAKE
!. MORE CARE OF
SPARK PLUGS
Old Habit of Throwing Them
Away When Engine Acts
QueerIy Is Disappearing
EXPERT EXPLAINS USE.
Gives Useful Hints to Motor
: Owners for Preservation
of Vital Units in Car

1t used to be quite q common
fhing for the motorist to change
spark plugs whenever the engine
misfired or acted queerly. Those
days have happily passed, thanks tc
the aggressiveness of the manufac
turers Of plugs. These vital units
which permit a high voltage spark
to explode the gasoline mixture now
are made 30 we'll that 1t Is not un
common to find them operating for
as many as 10000 miles without re
Quiring replacement.
There are over 100 different de
signs of spark plugs on the market
but only about ten are seriously con
sidered by motorists, writes H. A
Tarantous in Cosmopolitan. A greal
number Of spark plug manufactur
ers seem 10 think that the motorist
wants a queer design of plug more
than he wants and needs a plug
that will not leak under extreme
conditions: that will not foul read
fly and that will last a long time
before the electrodes burn away
The large manufacturers and somt
Of the smaller ones have worked
hard to develop insulating material
and electrode metal that will work
satisfactorily for long periods.
The spark plug is simply a con
venient means of introducing into
the combustion chamber two cur
rent-carrying wires which have a
gap between them. We designate
the plug types by the means used
to insulate one of these wires. There
are two distinct classes of insulatOr.
mica and stone. In the latte
class we include porcelain and
lated materials The cable attacl
ut one end of the ignition unit ca.
ries current to the center electrode
Of the spark plug, which is wei
insulated. that is. pre- ,ected agains
current leakage.
TIMED TO SECONr.
The current passes through tn,
center electrode and at the bottom
or this part it Is necessary for tn.
current to jump a gap or air spac,
made between the center electrOd,
and the other or ground electrode
This gap is introduced so that tn,
current in jumping will produce ;
spark and it is this spark which
furnishes the heat to ignite the mix
ture.
The current after jumping tn,
gap goes into the ground electrode
then into the shell of the plug 9TH,
part which screws into the cylinder
and thence back into its source
thus completing a circuit, which al
electric current must do. The sparl
does not occur in the plug all tn,
time 1t jumps at just the righ
moment when the gas mixture is ir
the cylinder. The timing and dis
tribution of the current to obtain ac
curate spark occurrence are taker
care OF in the magnetic or time-dis
tributor, as the case may be.
Since the spark occurs at a tim
when there is compressed gasolin.
mixture in the cylinder. il is neces
sary that the current jumping tn
gap be one of high pressure or volt
age. This may be compared with
hose and a stream of water which
u IL desired to squirt a certain dis
tance. The greater the pressur,
The Washington herald., 1922-11-26

II a socket wrench is not used, but
instead a flat wrench or monkey
wrench, then one is apt to strike an
adjacent insulator.
Some owners keep spare plugs in
the tool box or other compartment.
where other metal parts are free TO
move about. with the result that
breakage occurs due to vibration of
the car. Some plugs with porcelain
insulators are of such poor design
that the changing heat conditions
are not properly considered, result
ing in breakage. due to expansion
against another part of the plug
Cosmopolitan.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-26
Auto Body Builders
To Have Show
At New York

Automobile body builders will
stage their second national
show in the Twelfth Regiment
Armory, New York city, Janu-
ary 8 to 13.
This will come at the same
time as the National Automo-
bile Show in Grand Central
Palace, thus making the period
one of the biggest automobile
weeks New York has ever seen.
With the body builders and
the car manufacturers from all
parts of the country holding
their annual displays at ths
same time, the automobile in
dustry will practically own
Gotham for six days.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-26
Americas Greatest Industry

The automobile industry today is
the largest among Americas manu-
factories. 1t is higher than oil,
meat. lumber and iron and steel.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-26
Engine Bearings.

Worn engine bearings can be de.
tected by the oil gauge pressure.
AS the bearings wear. the oil circu-
lates more freely and the pressure
drops.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-26

Gasoline Consumption VS.. Speed.
On a fifty-mile run. an automobile
travelling twenty-five miles an hour
Will consume less gas than a car
travelling forty-five miles an hour.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-26
OF Interest to Speeders.
Domestic Science on Wheels.

A travelling cooking school, mounted
on motor truck. furnishes house.
keeping advice in rural districts
of Sweden. The "schoolroom" is
fitted up as a modern kitchen with
all necessary utensils and a kitchen
table Of modern construction.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-26
Noises Caused by Rust.

An annoying squeak may some
times be traced to the hood fasten-
ers. The springs become rusted and
cause a squeak as the hood vibrates.
A little oil will stop the noise.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-26
Proper Water Level.

When filling the radiator Of the
car, allow enough water to pass in
it to bring the level over the end
of the vent pipe.
Mail Delivery by Army Trucks.
Hundreds of army. trucks are TO
be used in all parts Of the country
for expediting the handling of
Christmas mail.
Increase in Automotive Production.
The output of motor vehicles thus
far produced this year in the United
States totals 2,119,227, as compared
with 2,205,197 in 1920.
OF Interest to Speeders.
A great motor speedway is pro-
posed on a 401-acre meadow land
near Atlantic City, N. ]. The
project will cost approximately
$3,500,00
The Washington herald., 1922-11-26

DriDe Risht-Walk Right
Better Safe Than Sorry
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-06-23
Many 0ut-of-t town Guests
Present for Garrett Wedding

A large number of out-of-town
guests were present in Salem for
the weddings of Miss Mabel Gar
rett and C. Everett Wagner and
Miss Mildred Garrett and Paul L.
Day, held last night at the home
of the brides mother, Mrs. Ida II
Garrett. Included were Mr.. and
Mrs. C. H. Day, Miss Frances
Day, Floyd Reeves, Miss MarjoTy
Gable, Clarence Ludwig, all OF
Portland; Mr.. and Mrs. M. G. Day
and Miss Ivah Day, of Bremerton
Miss Lois Warner, of Spokane
Mrs. J. F. Phipps, of Wenatchee;
Miss Mary Spaulding, of Echo;
Paul Garrett, of New York City
Mr. Garrett who is employed on
the staff of the New York Eve
ming Post, came to Salem to be
present for the service.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-06-23
Affair at Quinaby
Compliment for Two

MI and Mrs. c. l.. Beckner, al
Quinaby, were hosts last night
for party complimenting their
little daughter, Evelyn Jane Beck
ner. for her birthday and Elsie
Beckner Bosten, whose marriage
was a recent event. Salem people
who were hidden for the evening
made the trip out in cars. The
evening was spent with out of
door games and music and delic-
ious refreshments were served by
Mrs. Beckner assisted by Mrs.
Bosten.
Those present were EVELYN
Jane Beckner, Elsie Beckner Bos-
ten, Miss Miriam Anderson, Miss
Mable Savage, Miss Marie Har-
old, Miss Gladys McNurlfn, Miss
Irene Boje. Miss Leone Hookk,
Miss Eva L. Walker, Mrs. Sadie
Keyt, Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Myers,
Miss Adelaide Lake, Emery Lake,
Mr.. and Mrs. D. D. Gorsline, A.
l.. Beckner, Mr.. and Mrs. c. L.
Beckner.