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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-02

Grooming starters and "spitting'' motors, warn the car owner all too plainly that cold weather driving troubles are at hand and sound the warning to the man who would keep his car in condition to hie himself to a service station and have his car inspected. That same urge that prompts humanity to doff the B. V, D.'s and enshroud itself with heavy clothing should be extended to the motor car, for the delicate mechan- ism of the ignition system IS as sus- sceptible to weather changes as the frailest human.
 Many a good car has been ruined by improper winter care or neglect to have it inspected and overhauled for the cola weather grind. There is a tendency on the part of Individuals at this time of year to begin hoard ing savings for Christmas, at the sacrifice of their own personal com fort as well as the life of their motor cars It Is the poorest economy to neglect the automobile and put off the inspection and adjustments nee essary to insure dependable service throughout the long winter and pro- long the life of the ear.
 A few minutes or at worst, a few hours in the hands of an expert serv- ice man means motor car assuring comfort and pleasure at cost tri- fling in comparison to the advan- tages gained from the standpoint of driving comfort and heightened life of the car. The warning is sounded about this time each year, yet many if not a majority of owners, will procrastinate and continue driving their cars until a real cold snap hits
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-02
Winter Care For Motor Cars
 Will Proue Source Of Sauing

| them and the mechanism fails. An lSexpensive visit to the service station
 is the result, which could have been
 avoided easily by little care and at
 a trifling cost had the owner taken
 the proverbial stitch in time"
 we have anticipated the demands of Rec owners" said H. E. Bisseli of
 the Bissell Motor company, and our
 service department has cleared the
 decks so that prompt and efficient
 service is assured in getting cars into
 condition to assure easy starting and an uninterrupted sfunetioning of the
 motor during the winter period. Rec owners, as rule, are numbered among the more substantial citizens,
 who are as careful about their motor cars as they areS about themselves, and naturally we look sor . busy
 season in the service department in
 November and the carly part of De- cember. Rec. service stations are
 fully equipped, conveniently located and expertly hammered, assuring quick land dependable service. To that more | than anything else we attribute the
 popularity of the Rec motor car and speed wagon, reflected in the stead- ilv growing demand we have enjoyed throughout the summer and early fall. A motor cars life depends sole
 ly on the attitude and characteristics 1 of the owner. An owner who 10 l careful of his car and has it in-
 spected by a competent service man occasionally, especially at this season | of the year, has a right to expect | continued and unbroken service TOT | the maximum life of the car, which
 necessarily is based largely on the l initial cost /
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-02
HOW TO FIGURE COST OF UPKEEP
By PERCY CHAMBERLAIN

There is but one correct way for the owner of an automobile to figure his cost of maintenance-repa pairs.
 He knows this-and does it-about everything in connection with his car except his repairs.
 The correct way is to figure on a mileage basis.
 Gasoline, tires. oil, depreciatiop- everything is based upon the nun. Der bill for repairs is considered-weil, as a bill for repairs! And usually no matter how far the car has been driven--the repair bill is too high if it is more than few dollars.
 Leave it to ycu, now, Mir. Owner. If you get a bill for "overhauling your car which amounts to S309 you are not going to pay it with very good grace. Chances are you figure it is too much. Almost safe bet that you will tell your friends that it cost you $500 to have the car over- hauled"
 But perhaps this is the only repair bill of any consequence you have had during the past year. The car has been in the service station (why it is called "Service' instead of "Mainte- nance," goodness knowsD several times but for minor repairs and ad- justments only. Some work on the spark plugs perhaps. A carburetor adjustment - tuning up adjusting brakes-some oiling. Nothing very expensive.
 . During the year, on the other hand, you have driven your car, say, i've or six thousand miles. The only fair way to figure your maintenance cost is to add up all your years repair bills-large and@ small-and get the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-02

FIREsToNE CORDS
  Fretone Cords for this fine anbua
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-02

average cost per mile. Just the same as you do for your gasoline and oil
 The Individual repair bill should not pc considered, whether it be s3 or $500. The average per-mile ope- rating cost Is the only thing to be considered.
 ly you own your home surely you distribute the expense in connection With lt-taXes, insurance, water, etc. over the year and get the average monthly cost. If you operate any kind of machinery in connection with your business, you consider averages. The month in which you buy a big supply of coal-for instance-does not form the basis of figuring the expense of running that machinery.
 If your automobile - or truck maintenance is excessive figured on the proper basis, nine times out of ten it will be your own fault You may dispute this. Nevertheless it is true today. It was not true in the early stages of automobile produc- tion.
 Excessive maintenance cost comes From two causes:
 l. Abuse andi neglect. Lack of proper fabrication. Neglect Of pre- yentive repairs" Improper handling NA-A AOSsoANS SPtCo ttC.
 2. Poor judgment in buying. Pur- chasing car which has features of construction which make repairs thereto excessive in cost. Patroniz- ing repair shops of a type which charge excessively because of inef- ficient system and management.
 Millions of dollars have been spent by owners-are being spent-which could have saved if CD they would buy intelligently to begin with and @ take intelligent care of their au- tomobiles after buying them.
 There are several makes of auto mobiles-covering the full range of prices-which can be quickly and cheaply repaired. There are other makes on which the same repair costs much more. In the one case the owners pocket book has been considered along this line when the car was built. In the other--the car was built. One automobile dealer kept track of thousands of cars which he sold and found that the average cost of a years maintenance in cluding everything-was only s25,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-02
How To Make Your Motor Idle Smoothly Running At Lou Speed

me is when 1 ascend a hill on high with a good start the engine dies down very quickly. Could this mean l loss of compression
 I My car only averages about 12 or 13 miles on the gallon of gas.
 I am going to have new piston rings and aluminium pistons put in Will the new type of piston disturb-the rum ming of the motor in any way. r. K. l The noise you speak of may be a bearing but since the identical sound was present when the car was com i paratively new 1 would suspect a wrist pin or a ''slappingv piston. It Is not always the mileage run, or the carefulness of the driver that deter i mines engine life. If the oil was not changed often--500- mile periods-you might expect all the bearings to be worn in 5000 miles. Many owners think they save money by using engine oil for 2,Oo0 to 5000 miles, money by causing excessive bearing and cylinder wear.
 The action of the engine on the grade shows every indication of be- 1 ing due to insufficient fuel feed caused by clogged gas line, dirt in vacuum tank or carburetor. leaky vacuum pipe.
 The new pistons will not upset en- zine balance. Any of the slotted skirt types are satisfactory. The pistons must be of accurate dimen- sions.
 Dear Barney Oldfield Will you please tell me what makes the engine of my car stop when I put my feet on the clutch and brake to stop the car?
 I was told to adjust a little screw on the carburetor. that would stop this trouble, but it don't. What do you think is the trouble? M. C. G.
 The screw you mention is the throttle stop adjustment and 1t should 1 prevent the engine from stalling. Ii l you are sure you are moving the right screw then test carburetor in- 1 take flanges for leaks, also test car buretor float to see that it does not stick, also see that the choke oper- ates correctly. See that the breaker points are clean and properly ad- justed.
 Dear Barney Oldfield: My car rides nicely with the exception of a growing noise when l release the pressure of the foot on the accel- erator. I have had the rear and transmits sion gears examined. They arc o. K.
 The trouble is when l want to slow down. When I throw out the clutch pedal I get the same noise only not quite so loud.
 l I have tried foot oil on the leather but it doesn't seem to help me much
 The noise occurs only when l slow down or when I throw out the clutch. When the engine is pulling the car It rides very smoothly. G. w. P.
 The noise is nothing to worry about. It is technically known as a coast gear hum due to the reverse side of the gear teeth touching These sides are not finished as are the pulling sides. Every car has a hum more or less on a coast. If 1t is annoyingly loud you can have the noise reduced by having pinion and ring gear meshed better, which can be done by adjustment. If it is not a disagreeable hum, do not have the adjustment made. as often when an laxle of this kind is adjusted for one trouble, some other little trouble comes up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-02
OLDSMOB|LE ADDS. MANY EMPLOyES
Over Thousand Added Due To Demand For New
 Six

More than thousand new em- ployes have been added to the pay roll. 49s new dealers have signed contracts for the next year, and two direct factory branches have been opened by the Olds Motor Works of Lansing. Mich, since the announce ment of it's new models for 1924.
 Four months ago the factory execu- tives predicted that the pay roll of the company would be increased by thousand men before the first of the year. The demand for the new "six" has been so great that this number of new men was added by the, first of November, just one month after production actually started on the car, and two months before the date predicted.
 Distributors are reporting to the factory that they have had hundreds of applications for leadership con- tracts, and up to the 18th of the present month 496 had been picke ed from among the many applicants to represent the company during the next year. The factory sales depart ment expects that the number of dealers will be even more materially increased during the next six months.
 To add to the distribution facilities of the new cars, the company has recently opened branches in Memphis Tenn, and in Dallas, Tex Both of these branches will serve extensive territories under their immediate di- rect1on, and new dealers will be added in those localities where Olds- mobile has had no previous repre- sentation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-02
NEW TEXTURES IN STAR AUTOMOBILE
Many Refinements And Im- I provementS Noted In
 Standard Models

The appearance of the new Star ar is particularly distinguished by he graceful design of the radiator, . whose lines and depth are not ap- lroached by any other make of car '@ the low-price field.
 The refinement of the front end of n the car is further increased by a splash apron extending down from the radiator to cover the view of the Front axle and also by the extension ~or the frame and springs beyond the front axle in pleasing eclipse. , Drum type headlights with nickeled rims complete the smart effect c The shape of the hood conforms to the curves of the radiator which epoint. The hood hinges are con cealed and a new type of catch and bracket are used to give the whole s more finished appearance.
 An aluminium bead is inserted be- tween hood and eowi forming se- Nclre ledge for the hood to rest upon preventing noise and adding very smart feature of appearance.
 The cowl completes the streamline between radiator and windshield and the latter is of a new type, tilted, adjustable and firmly mounted.
 0 O O
 Refined Body Lines.
 The body lines follow the sugges- ton of the front end-streamline, 'trim, low. setting the whole ear oft oft in excellent proportions and good taste Tenders. hood sills, side aprons and running board are all of new design and of heavy gauge metal, all in keeping with sthe re fined quality of the car throughout. The low top, of the one-man type with it's gypsy curtains. completes the pleasing effect of the whole
 Heavier woodwork all through the frame supports all the body metal d! all points, giving great sturdiness to tthe whole and assuring the presef' Nation of the panels an finish. The doors are constructed with flanges overlapping the door open ines and concealed hinges. This IS Sthe same construction Used on the highest priced cars. It not only gives the neatest possible appearance but insures a snug fit and prevents rat tling. The doors are also equipped with sockets, and curtain rods are provided so that curtain panels open and close with the doors and neat appearance is always maintained when curtains are used.
 Complete Interior Fittings.
 The instrument board presents an- other attraction. It is very neatly arranged and finished and includes espeedometer. ammeter, oil guage, ig- milton switch with light switches choke rod and a dash light for flluml- hating the whole. The instruments are trimmed with nickel. Spark and throttle levers are mounted convent ently on the steering post just under the wheel.
 An improved type of tire carrier and license plate holder are added features.
 The sedan and coupe interior fit ~tings melt de dome light, crank type window regulators, door handles and latches, all nickeled. curtains on rear window and on rear side window i'll
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-02
GRANDFATHER
First Recognition Of New Honor AL
 ways Comes With Shock

On first becoming a grandfather a
 man has a distinct feeling of shock,
 with symptoms of collapse. A grand
 mother in the first flush of her joyful pride pays no heed to the mournful implications of her new dignity. but a
 man transformed in twinl<ling into grandfather, thinks of little else.
 You have hitherto gone your way,
 blithely humnrfng to yourself in para phrase of Holmes, I'm forty, I'm
 forty; who says I'm more?" perhaps cajoling yourself into thinking that you may even yet make a fo. tune or write a best seller" or run success fully for congress. But now a small.
 wavering, pink finger points at you from the nurses rms, and all your dreams dissolve into gray mist. You are convicted grandfther, and
 no grandfather ev'r yet set the world
 on fire. You may thank your stars if you can go on doing middling we'll the tasks that you did quite well 10 years, ago. You have become an old
 man over night.
 But it is just in that sad realization that the germ lies of a hitherto un- guessed happiness-a happiness be- yond the experience of adventurous youth. The halcyon days do not come, l however. with the birth of the grand child. Only when after nearly a year | the small morsel of humanity begins | to distinguish the different members | of the family and to exhibit endear-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-02

ing signs of dawnng intelligence does the grandfather discover that he still has place in the sun. Your own sons and daughters have since come to take you as matter of course. Tn, / are freer with criti- cisms than with blandishments. You suspect that they often enjoy them- selves most when you are not with them You are necessary to no one. Then some morning you awake to find that you are altogether. indis- pensable to the most important, the most adorable member of the house. hold Every look and gesture of affection on your part is met with outstretched arms and 8 smile of rap- ture. You may be shabby. wrinkled, possessing mere vestiges> of the teeth and hair with which nature tbe child is as blind to those defects in you as fTitsnia was to the asinine features of the bewitched Bottom. When you attempt to sing, your own children may scurry from the room. but your grandchild will listen to you by the half hour and beg for more something that even your best loved
 
 of courtship. And you have found at last an unwearying listener to your twenty y-times-twice-to tales. Is it any wonder, then, that grandfatners are the most doting of relatives, that they find an ineffable charm in the companionship of those little ones who know nothing of politics or literature or. sport, yet have such a lively common interest with you in the wonders of the natural world?
 Experience may warn you that as the years go by these grandchildren, too, like their parents before them, will become sophisticated that they will find your songs and stories dull, that they will prefer companions of their own age-the hulking heroes of the football field. the light and airy champions of the tennis court. Nevertheless. for little while yet they reveal to you a new and kindlier earth. with heaven a little closer to it than you had ever dreamed. You may know in your heart that the win ter of your discontent is approaching, but for the present you bask in the veritable Indian summer of old aga Youths Companion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-02

the sedan There are kick plates on cowl, snug carpeting on the floor of the sedan and rubber mats in driving compartments. Turkish cushions, with narrow pleats, fully padded are trim in appearance and assure greater riding ease,
 Upholstery and interior trim in both models is in wooden cloth of ex- cellent quality-blue in the sedan and brown in the coupe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-02

A new island believed to be of vol canic origin. is reported to have been sighted between the Philippine Is- lands and French Indo-China
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-08-03
BY MILDRED
MARSHALL
CLEMENTINA

CLEMENTINA had its origin in an
~ cient Rome. Clemens was cog
nomen and was borne by Vespasians
nephew. Titus Flavius Clemens, VINO
was put to death by Domitian on
charge of atheism, like others VINO
went over to Christianity. A very
early church at Rome is dedicated TO
him and he is thought by some to be
the same Clemens which st. Paul men
tons.
Clemens, taken as a Latin adjective,
signifies .merciful"; from it the sub
stantive elemental came TO be formed.
The Romans worshiped elemental, the
nersonified virtue, as goddess, bear
ing q cup In one hand and lance in
tho other. and the title "Your Clemen-
cv" became the mode of addressing en-
perory.
In England and France, Clementina
IS probably the direct OutgrOwth of
me legend of st. Clements, who was
martyred by being beheaded and
thrown into the sea, where a shrine of
coral was formed around his head. He
is the patron saint of sailors. Italy
,noderniZed the early Roman goddess
nv calling her Clemenza and Germany
IS responsible for Clementine. The
charming Clementina is the English
version. II gained great vogue and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-08-03
Progress Being Made in
Drive for Better Sires

During the month of May progress
in the Better Sires-Better Stock"
movement, fostered by various states
and the United States Department of
Agriculture, showed material increase
in interest. During that month $50
persons filed with the department writ
ten agreements to use pure bred sires
exclusively i'm their live stock breeding
operations for all kinds of animals
kept, including poultry.
This number is more than twice that
for the preceding month, and Is also
much above the monthly average for
the entire campaign. The total number
Of live stock owners cooperating
with the states and department for the
use of better sires is now 10,964, and
the live stock being improved by these
farmers aggregate nearly 100000
head.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-08-03
Perennial Peppergrass
Difficult to Eradicate

Perennial peppergrass belongs to a
class of plants which is most difficult
to eradicate from the SOIL The plant
has well-developed root stocks which
are able to penetrate the soil for sew
eral feet in horizontal direction from
the. original plant. During the seasons
growth these root stocks store I'D food
which is used during the next year to
send out new shoots from the joints of
the root stocks and these new shoots
develop into new plants. Before the
plant can be killed the root stocks
must be removed from the soil or
killed in some other manner. This Is
a difficult proposition. Starvation of
the root stocks by allowing them to
send out new shoots which are cut off
as they develop will finally kill them.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-08-03

prepared by the United States Department
of Agricultural
The production of silver foxes, prop
erly managed, has proved profitable
business. AS fur animal bred in cap
pelts and the live foxes for breeding
stock are in demand. To meet gen
eral lack of authentic information re-
garding the real status of this indus
try, and the best management of silver
foxes on ranches, United States De-
partment of Agriculture Bulletin No.
1151, Silver Fox Farming, by Frank
G. Ashbrook, biologist, has been is
sued
Approximately 90 per cent of the
silver fox pelts sold on the fur market
are from ranch-bred foxes. During
February, 1922, 1915 silver fox pelts
from ranches all over the United
States and Canada were sold in Lon
don. A pelt from a United States
ranch-raised fox brought the top price,
$631.6S. Silver foxes are being grown
successfully in practically every one of
the northern tier Of states, and in the
cooler parts of California, Colorado,
Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, In
diana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey
and Massachusetts. About 500 ranch
ers are engaged in the business in this
country; in 1929 there were between
$4,000 and $4,000 foxes in captivity,
representing an investment of about
100000.
Quality is Big Factor.
Quality, not quantity, is the factor
that counts in breeding silver foxes.
The location and plan of the ranch are
extremely important considerations, as
well as selection of stock and feeding
and breeding. Foxes do not do well
under shiftless management. The sue
cessful rancher is the one who has the
well-being of each individual fox con-
tinually in mind. He must study the
behavior of his foxes at every Oppor-
tunity and keep constantly informed
in regard to the best practices in their
management.
Quietness Is Essential.
Foxes should be kept as quiet as
possible, especially during the breed
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-08-03
Poor Product Is Never in
Demand on Any Market.

The spread between the prices OF
apples of good quality and apples OF
poor quality, butter of good quality
and butter of poor quality, seed grain
of high test and seed grain of low
test, is always marked. In most cases
II represents much more than the dlf-
ference in cost of producing good
product and poor one. In some cases
it is utterly impossible to sell the poor
product, while the good product is GER
tain of sale, no matter what the con-
dition of the market.
AS has been remarked, the differ
ence in the cost Of production be-
tween good and poor products is rela-
lively slight. Good products may mean
considerably greater initial outlay.
special machinery or pure bred live
stock. This investment will pay inter-
est for number of years. Aside from
the initial investment, the principal
expense in obtaining good products is
incurred in the matter of care. Proper
tillage, spraying, care Of the product