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Evening star., 1923-12-16
The Old Mechanic Says:

Sometimes ] don't know which is
worse. the man who won't take a
warnin' of trouble or the one who
spends too much time lookin' for
trouble. Both can be overdone, and
I'm inclined to think that an awful
lot Of folks have things done to their
cars that aren't necessary
II had an owner insist upon havin'
me install a new condenser when
about all he needed was a few new
spark plugs. Some one had told him
to make the condenser change, and
though he agreed that l might be
right in sayin' he needed new plugs
he would try the cheaper and simpler
remedy first.
It's funSy thing how many mo-
torists will start worryin' when they
hear a strange noise that may be
comm from Il street car or factory.
and vet all the while ignore the fact
that the ammeter has stopped regis
busy lookin' for trouble that they
calmly overlook what they have.
This was pretty well illustrated
the other day when a chap drove in
here for the second time and ordered
me to install new exhaust valve.
About six months ago. when his car
was fairly new, he was fixed up
with two new valves because the
original ones seemed to scrape lot.
He was busy lookin' for trouble. so
the minute he heard this unusual
noise he proceeded to order healthy
repair lob.
when he came back again with
the same trouble I suspected that 1
had his number And 7 was right.
Iookin' over the engine carefully.
found many evidences of excessive
heat. The valves had undoubted
warped through overheatin' So
looked to the radiator and found it
needed about a gallon of water
There was the answer. He was over
lookin' the real trouble-a pump leak"
Evening star., 1923-12-16
The Sunday Motorist
An Abridged Magazine for Car Owners.
EDITED BY WILLIAM ULLMAN

circles, and any motorist who looks
over the foreign products cannot but
note the growing similarity to Amer
lean made machines.
Lee Baron. one of the prominent
designers. is trying the experiment.
of designing bodies in America and
sending the specifications to plants
that this will result In the elimina-
tion of freakish ideas without sacri-
ficing the excellent workmanship OF
which the European artisans are so
capable.
The French voisin Immediately in
terests one because II is equipped
with familiar accessories. The car
buretor and shock absorbers look as
though they belonged to any one of
a dozen American made cars one
might name offhand.
American accessories are admitted
to be far in advance of European
equipment, many fitments In COM
mon usage here being considered dis
tinct novelties abroad.
numerically on foreign cars. but
greater simplicity is noted in the de-
sign of those seen on American cars
This again serves to emphasize the
fact that Euopean motorists are more
Interested in their cars as machines
than as servants.
This may force the European car
makers to adopt the American manu-
facturer's ideas of simplicity. for the
history of the automobile shows
clearly that 1t progresses from a
mere thing OF mechanical interest
to a thing of unsurpassed utility.
The European automobile has yet to
take the final step. In the opinion of
those who follow the trend closely.
Evening star., 1923-12-16
Currying the Car.

Speaking before convention of
parents and schoof teachers recently,
the president of an American college
took OCCASION to review the trend Of
This was developed through a series
kof contrasts. one of the pictures from
the past being his story of the days
when, as a boy, he had a regular
duty to perform in currying the
horse.
The educator was speaking with
particular reference to the need for
improving the coming generation
through forcing them to do more
constructive work, but there Is a les
son In the story of the horse that
should be of value to the parent, es-
pecially the parent who owns a car
and who constantly bewails the fact
that he cannot find time to keep 1t
in good shape.
One is somewhat startled at the
fact that with the passing of the
horse has gone that good old home
labor which did so much to cut costs
for parents and SO much to make
more useful citizens out of each
fresh crop of youngsters. There is
hardly great man today who
doesn't point with pride to the fact
that. his father made him curry the
horse, if his early days were spent
horse and helped the boy, and 1T
must have saved the owner many
dollar.
The contrast with conditions today
is rather violent. Here are 13,000.000
car owners, many of them with chill
dren who should be made to help
take care of the car and who could
benefit by so employing their idle
moments. When the young folks of
today grow up there will be few to
say that their fathers made them
clean the car, and few will find any
admission.
Meanwhile, perhaps the parentmo-
torist can change the situation by
taking a tip.
Evening star., 1923-12-16

Enhance the appear
ance of any car, and
protect from wind, dust.
rain or snow. Price, per
pair, $3.50 up.
Windshield Cleaners,
81 t. S1I -
Evening star., 1923-12-16
Did You Know

That il the pistons of an engine
override the cylinder bore a light,
clean-burning engine oil should be
used? Some engines are designed to
allow for this high travel of the pis-
tons. while in others il may occur
through the fitting Of new pistons
or any change in the parts. When
this is the case, any oil that works
the valves. unless an oil is used that
burns of quickly.
That the oil level should always
be tested when the engine has
stopped running? The trouble with
reading the oil level gauge while
the engine is running is that some
of the oil. being in circulation. will
not register. Overoiling is likely to
be the result.
Evening star., 1923-12-16
Not So Alarming.

Reports from 109 cities throughout
the United States show that approx
mately twelve motorists for every
10000 cars registered were killed in
1922.
If each car travelled 5000 miles and
carried an average OF three persons
these 10000 cars gave $50, 200. 900 pas
senEer miles OF service. One fails to
become alarmed over conditions
when it is considered that twelve
persons out of 10000 lose their lives
while being transported 5000 miles,
particularly since 1878 persons lost
their lives In 1922 simply through ac-
cidental falls. the average victim
probably travelling no farther than
his or her doorstep.
Getting Away Quickly.
A number of drivers have formed
Evening star., 1923-12-16
This and That.

One auto manufacturer. in making
a recent investigation as to what
classes OF people bought his cars
discovered that the people OF no
business at all did not come until
seventh on the list. II isn't many
years ago when this class OF buyer
headed the list with almost every
make of car. which shows either
that the automobile has been brought
to the business man or that the idle
rich have been encouraged by the
automobile to be up and doing.
Perhaps both. In any case the idle
rich are to be congratulated for in
vesting in the automobile when IL
was an experiment. They certainly
started something.
Anyway. the bootleggers help keep
up automobile sales. Whether they
buy their own cars or steal others
they wear 'em out. Indirectly the
government realizes a small share of
their Illegal profits through the war
tax on cars. which shows that even a
bootlegger can't be as lawless as he
would like TO be.
Evening star., 1923-12-16

enough to overcome the cars inertia.
AS soon as the car has a little free
rolling speed no harm can be done
by shifting to second" and picking
no .hers Ger ths plan there cas Is
will get away quicker than starting
off In second" as the latter always
results in hesitation of the engine
and momentary loss of power as the
clutch endeavors to take up the extra
shock of starting in a higher gear.
Evening star., 1923-12-16

the habit OF starting of in second"
when trailing in traffic. It saves a
lot Of shifting, makes for a snappy
start and saves a little gas. But It's
The thing to do is to stop about eight
feet in back Of the car ahead when
traffic halts. When 1t is almost
ready to start allow the car to begin
creeping in "low," switching to sec
ond" as the line starts moving. 1t
is only necessary to use low" long
Evening star., 1923-12-16
OPINIONS DIFFER
ON BALLOON TIRES
Sizes, Diameters and Other
Standard Specifications
Discussed by Engineers.

AS engineers continue their investi-
cations on balloon tires there is more
and more difference of opinion re-
garding sizes. diameters and other
standard specifications. According to
\. l., Freedlander. vice president and
factory manager Of the Dayton Rub
Der Manufacturing Company, much
remains to be done along expert
mental lines before any definite con-
ClusionS will be reached. In his opin
ion, efforts TO market the balloon tire
are very premature, and should be
delayed until many important fea-
lures that require standardization are
cleared up.
Originate in England.
Balloon tires originally came from
England, where they have been tried
out for many years on twenty-inch
diameter wheel. American engineers
who brought the tire to this country
attempted to market IL without a
thorough analysis of existing condi-
country is twenty-four inches. but
balloon tires made up to this time
have the twenty-inch diameter. En-
gineers are very much divided in
their opinion on size. many of them
now recommending twenty-one
inches. Other authorities insist that
the twenty-two-in rim is the one
that should be used. Within the last
few weeks a committee has been ap-
pointed by the Tire and Rim Associa-
ton to make a thorough investiga-
tion of the subject.
Regardless of whether twenty,
fwenty-one or twenty-five inch size
is definitely decided upon. any one
desiring TO use balloon tires on his
car must get complete set of new
wheels because of the difference from
present standard twenty-four-inch
diameter. Many changes in the chassis
and body design will also be neces-
sary.
View OF British Authority.
y leading English authority states,
"Eour present standard rims are too
marrow for balloon tires" The angle
of stability constant worked out
by English experts to determine the
width of rim necessary for balloon
tires. must also be used by American
engineers if they are to obtain the
proper results.
We feel that the public should not
be asked to do the experimenting
necessary before balloon tires are
Heady for general USE" states Mr.
Freedlander. AT the present stage OF
time before this tire is really ready
Tor the trade. At the present time we
are experimenting with a sixteen
inch diameter balloon tire, as we'll as
with other sizes. When we developed
the Dayton thorobred cord it was
tested three years before we were
satisfied 1t would do all we claimed
for it. This is a standard size tire
built for use with lower air pressure.
Evening star., 1923-12-16
HELD AS TROUBLE-MAKER.
Thermometer Placed at Public
Garage Entrance Uncertain.

The authoritative-lookin ther-
Jnometer at the entrance to the pub
lie garage is a trouble-maker To
he guided by its say-so Is to court
a frozen radiator and lot of
enough, but the air it operates in
IS not the air your car will stand
out in. 1t is protected by the garage
wall, often stands in the sun and
always gets a generous supply Of
tho warm air from the garage as
cars pass In and out. If it is to be
used at all, allow at least degrees
for safety. always figuring that it's
colder than indicated.
Evening star., 1923-12-16
Just Wait Ten Years.

It's amusing to hear people dis
cussing the great changes made by
the introduction Of the automobile
and particularly to note the attitude
of .finality In their remarks. Wonder
what they'll be saying ten years from
now. when the automobile has had
half n chance to reveal its real worth.
Evening star., 1923-12-16
SAFE DRIVING IN GARAGE.

The habit of making quick stops in
garage is a fine way to court
smash and perhaps injure the man
who is helping you back into your
place. Suppose the rear wheels locked
just as they reached a puddle of
grease?
Evening star., 1923-12-16
Foreign Car Trend.

Points noted at the recent Auto
mobile Salon in New York, the nine
teenth version of the annual display
of the elite among motor cars. show
that the cars of the world are fast
becoming Americanized. It Is said
to be the dominant note in salon
Evening star., 1923-12-16

Nowadays an Optiniist IL a man
who can behold one of his punctured
tires and say he is thankful it didn't
happen the day before.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-03-22

as numbered in Section of this
Ordinance.
Sec. 9. That the mayor and coun-
Gil, and the clerk and treasurer, re-
spectively, of said city, all, any OF
either of them, are hereby author
lied, ordered, and directed to furnish
the aforesaid purchaser of said bonds
with such certificates, transcripts, or
other documents as will fully
evidence the proceedings had prelim-
mary to the issuance of said bonds,
the regularity and sufficiency there
of, and the acts of any one or all of
said officers are hereby authorized,
ratified, approved and confirmed.
Sec. 10. That it is hereby made
the duty of the city treasurer, before
the redemption of any of the bonds
in this ordinance authorized, to mail
written notice of the said Keller
Brothers, stating the bonds to be re-
deemed and the date on which said
redemption will be made. The said
notice shall be so mailed at least
thirty days prior to the date of such
redemption.
Sec. IL. That it be and is hereby
certified, recited and warranted that
all conditions, acts, and things neces-
sary and essential to the validity of
the bonds hereinbefore mentioned
and required by law to be done, have
been fully done and performed.
Sec. II. That the provisions of
this ordinance and each of the bonds
and each of the interest coupons is
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sued pursuant thereto, shall consti-
tute, and the same are hereby de-
clared to be, binding and irrevo-
cable contract between said city and
the purchaser of said bonds and the
holder from time to time of each Oh
said bonds and the interest couporsg
thereto appertaining.
Sec. 13. That all resolutions. or
dinances, or orders, or parts thereof,
in conflict with the provisions hereof.
be, and the same are hereby, re-
pealed, rescinded, and annulled.
Sec. IA. That this ordinance shall
be forever irrepealab1e until the in
debtedness hereby created, both as to
principal and interest, shall have
been fully paid, satisfied, and dis
charged, as provided by the constitu-
ton and statutes of the State of,
Idaho
Sec. 10. That this ordinance be-
ing for the purpose of providing
funds for the immediate payment of
the costs and expenses Of improve
ment in said Local improvement
District No. 23, the same shall there
fore be in full force and effect from
and after its passage, approval, and
due publication, according to law.
Passed this twentieth day of
March, A. D. 1923.
Approved: March 20, A. D. 1928.
(SeaD E. T. PYECK,
ATTEST:
J. J. QUILIN, City Clerk. adv.
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said city upon the best terms and al
the lowest rate of interest at which
said bonds can be sold, namely; al
seven per centum (7%o) interest pei
annum, to Keller Brothers, Invest
ment Bankers, with officers in Den
yer, Colo, the highest and best bid
der therefor, be, and the same Is
hereby ratified, approved and con-
firmed
Sec. 8. That the action of the Of
ficials of said city in preparing and
executing said local improvement
bonds is hereby ratified, approved
and confirmed, and the local i'm
provement bonds of said city in the
amount and numbered as described
in Section 2 hereof are declared to
be lawful and binding obligations of
said city according to their purport,
and the proper officials Of said city
are hereby authorized, ordered and
directed to cause the bonds for said
Local improvement District num-
bered as follows; to wit:
1 to % inclusive; &c, 35 to 81 in
elusive; 80 to Al inclusive; 81, So,
113, lis, 116; 1873, 1879, 1856, 1873,
1872, 1914, PA, ZIG, 218; 220, 230,
232, 235, 237 to 241 inclusive; 243,
245, 247, 249, PSI to 253 inclusive;
255, PSF, 259, POI to 264 inclusive;
2S5; to be cancelled and destroyed
so that the only bonds of said city for
said Local improvement District No.
23 remaining as outstanding and
valid obligation of said city shall be
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Seeger- Bundles Upgrade Message
CHAPTER TX

On Thursday, March p potatoes were
going at SO cents at Blackfoot, and there
are several reasons for the jump in price.
The great equinoxal storms that have
been raging on land and sea have changed
the potato prospect some. Growing crops
in the south have been nipped, and as far
north as the Raw valley in Kansas, the
young potato vines have been damaged
so that replanting or a delay for new
growth of vines makes corresponding
delay in the arrival of the new crop in the
markets to cut off delivery and use of our
1922 crop. Rains and floods have done
some damage, and many pits and potato
cellars that had been thrown open to the
hogs, were caught by the sudden cold
wave and potatoes frozen enmasse, thus
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-03-22

removing them from the visible supply.
All of these things made new adjust
ment governing those that are left, and
that is why the man with good cellar
and well preserved crop in it, can take
fresh hope for fair prices this spring up
to the time the new crop reaches the mar
ket-a little later than usual. Those that
can afford to gamble in prices can hold
for the late deliveries and those that can
not or have more time to haul them to
market early can supply the early spring
demand. We do not look for good prices
but we look for some kind of a market
for what potatoes there are left, and we
hired space of Trego to convey this mes
sage to you as our contribution of the day
to the upgrade that we must climb.
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agreed purchase price therefor; tina
said treasurer shall hold the pro
ceeds of the sale of said bonds in ;
separate fund, subject to the ordel
of the said city council, to be used ex
clusively for the purpose of paying
the cost of said improvements, but
the purchaser of said bonds, or any
subsequent holder, shall be in nc
wise responsible for the application
of the proceeds of the sale of said
| bonds by the said treasurer, council
or any of the officers of said city;
and said bonds, or any part thereof
which have been delivered to said
purchaser, shall thereafter be incon-
testable and their legality shall not
be open to contest by any person or
persons, corporation or corporations,
or by the said city, for any reason or
reasons whatsoever.
Sec 5. That in all cases where
any assessment or any installment
thereof, or interest thereon, as pro-
vided in the said original and sup
Elemental assessment rolls for said
Local Improvement District No. 90,
and in the ordinance confirming and
approving the same, become due, the
same shall be paid to the city treas
urer, whose duty it is to collect such
assessment, and all sums so paid shall
be placed in the fund known as
Local Improvement District No. %
Bond, Interest and Sinking Fund"
and shall be applied solely to the
payment of the cost and expenses of
said improvements and the redemp-
ton of the said bonds issued there
for
Sec. 6. That on the fifteenth days
of January and July in the year
1921, and on the fifteenth days of
January and July, respectively, each
year thereafter SO long as any of the
interest coupons appertaining to the
bonds hereby authorized to be issued
remain outstanding and unpaid, the
city treasurer shall be, and he is
hereby authorized, ordered and di-
rected to remit, by and thru the
aforesaid purchaser of said bonds,
out of the moneys in said Local I'm
provement District No. 23-Bond,
Interest and Sinking Fund" in the
form of check or draft, payable in
New York, U. S. A., to the National
Bank of Commerce, in the said city
of New York, sum sufficient to pay
the semi-annual interest accruing on
said bonds. on the first days of Feb
ruary and August, respectively, in
each year, and any and all escrow
charges made by said bank for
said coupons; and on the
fifteenth days of January, A. D. 1880. |
the said city treasurer shall be, and |
he is hereby, authorized, ordered and
so to remit to said National |
Bank of Commerce, in the said city |
Of New York, sum sufficient to pay
the principal amount of said bonds |
and becoming due on
the fifteenth day of August next |
thereafter, together with all interest
accrued thereon, and any and all |
escrow charges made by said bank
for handling the same.
Sec. z. That the sale and award
Of the said local improvement bonds,
hereinbefore mentioned, heretofore .
made by the mayor and council of
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ORDINANCE NO. 2S6
Continued from page four

council as the duly constituted cor
porate authority thereof; that al
things, acts and conditions required
by the constitution and laws of the
State of Idaho, and the ordinances OF
said city to exist and to happen and
be done and performed, precedent to
and in the creation of the said Local
Improvement District No. %, and the
construction of the improvements
therein and therefor, and the issu-
ance of this bond in order to consti-
tute the said bond the valid and
binding obligation of said city, and
payable as aforesaid do exist and
have happened and been done and
performed in regular and due form
and time; that the total costs and ex-
penses of said improvement have
been duly levied and assessed as
special assessments for local i'm
provements upon all of the lands,
lots and pieces and parcels of land in
said Local improvement District No.
90, separately and in addition to all
other taxes, and said special assess
ments are lien upon said lands,
lots, and pieces and parcels of land,
and take precedence of all other
liens; that due provision has been
made for and said city hereby guar
antees the collection of said special
assessments and for the levy and col
lection of direct annual tax, suf-
ficient to pay the interest accruing
hereon promptly when and as the
same falls due and also to discharge |,
the principal heerof at maturity.
In conformity with section 1929 |
of the compiled laws of Idaho, it is
hereby recited that 1.-The holder of |
any bond issued under the authority
of this article, shall have no claim
therefor against the municipality by
which the same is issued, in, any
event, except for the collection of the
special assessment made for the i'm
provement for which said bond was
issued but his remedy, in case of
shall be confined to the
enforcement of such assessments.
"a copy of this subdivision shall
be plainly written, printed or en-
graved upon the face of each bond so
issued"
This bond is redeemable by said
city on any interest payment date,
upon call of the treasurer of said city
made prior thereto by publication for
thirty 900 days in the official news
paper following the delinquency of
any instalment of the assessments.
IN THESTIMONY WHEREOF,
The City of Blackfoot, of Bingham
county, Idaho, by its city council, has
caused this bond to be signed by the
mayor of said city and attested by
the clerk thereof, countersigned by
the city treasurer, sealed with the
corporate seal of said city and re-
corded by said clerk; and each of the
twenty (20) interest coupons hereto
to be signed by the en-
graved facsimile signatures of the
said mayor, treasurer and clerk, the
first day of August, A. D. 1920.
(SeaD Mayor.
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