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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-25

has stopped, thus allowing the bat.
terry to discharge back into the
generator. 1t is the loose spark
plug which causes that compression
leak at low speed and which dilutes
the normal gas mixture just enough
to make the car act troublesome in
traffic.
The discreet notorist lifts the
hood and looks about before he
sets forth on the days transporra,
ton. He is the one who discovers
the loose ignition wires and who, in
order to prevent recurrence of
this annoyance, uses the pliers to
tighten all the terminals. He sees
where a nut could be frightened to
advantage or trouble forestalled by
q simple adjustment of carburetor.
tappets and fan belt.
When one gets the habit OF in
specting carefully beforo he spins
he will begin to see that excess
fabrication is quite as much OF a
trouble maker as no fabrication at
all. :. The cam of the breaker is a
good illustration. Sometimes at high
speed the engine. fabrication will
be sufficiently great to cause oil
to work up the distributor shaft
into the breaker compartment. Oil
may get on the points and cause
missing. 80
fabrication on the cam at all, there
may be an annoying squeak to con-
tend with throughout the entire
trip. 1t isn't so serious in itself,
but it calls to mind all sorts OF
possibilities and may even make a
lot of mechanical trouble for the
driver il he starts to fuss with
parts which are in no way to blame
The matter Of perform lnce, how
ever, is. even more important than
trouble, because somehow or other
the modern cars manage to get
along even II they hit on only five
part OF the time. Good service may
be had all along the way, and the
club membership card is insurance
against actual breakdown. But the
motorist will not be comfortable IL
performance is lacking. and when
the car is not doing its best he is
not likely to take time to stop off
for a consultation with roadside me-
chancis. He takes it az e. necessary
evil.
This is unfortunate, because the
evil can usually be eliminated before
the start. Take the brakes, for in
stance. A high percentage Of cars
fall down on hills simply because
the brakes are too tight. The
driver holds his foot on the brake
pedal all the way down one incline
and then starts up hill again with
the drums expanded to q point
where. for external contracting
brakes. there is very, little, if any.
clearance. This results in drag.
1t requires only the loss of one or
two horsepower to mark the differ
ence between taking q hin with
ease and taking it with gear crash
ing.
Here again, the right kind OF in
spection is essential. It Is useless
to drive a few blocks, put On the
service brakes and then feel the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-25

One day he observed an. owner
filling the radiator with water.
''That fellow" announced the
motor prophet, Twill have to go
into second gear when he climbs
the big hill"
allow do you know he was
asked.
II cam tell by the way he's add
Ing water was the explanation.
Hes putting in too much.
Water SyphOns Out
The repairer meant that the
lavel of the water was to near the
overflow pipe A little expansion
e the water, which invariably &C.
eurs in starting up q steep hill or
running fast, would cause the
water TO syphon out the overflow.
The owner would lose much Of the
water that he had taken so much
trouble to put in, and the car
would fall down on the hill.
1t 10 & tip to any owner to in.
obect the car before using it. Now
and again some motorist gets by
On sheer chance, but it does not
happen often enough to recon-
mend it as .. safe rule to follow.
one mechanic who makes 1t a
part of his work to find out why
ears break down, as they 50 IRE.
auantiy do, found that in most of
The cases the trouble could have
been avoided by a little inspection
before the car started of on its
aay's journey. He contends that
the amount Of trouble that just
happens by accident ID so small
one can ignore it. He cites the
ease OF q nnotorist who thought
that the oil line suddenly became
clogged up whereas little ir1spec-
1ien OF the oil pressure gauge.
would have shown that the trouble
vas coming on by degrees. The
pressure gauge was registering en-
tirely too high.
Recently q nlotorist and his fam
Ivy had just returned from a 20e-
nile trip when the engine stopped
suddenly and refused to start. IT
was perplexing trouble for the i'm
experienced, but 4 summons to the
service station soon revealed the
Gauge &c a burned out amTneter.
the repairer said the generator had
bken charging at too high rate.
Around town this new car had
not been driven fast enough to in
lure the aInmeter, but on the high.
way II was different. The meter
would have burned out earlier had
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-25
Horn Butt0n BOthersOFle

It is the loose horn button which
causes the driver so much trouble
and embarrassment when the warn
ing fails. 1t is the dirty relay con-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-25
HAS
INCREASE IN
SALES
October Showed Up 81 Per
Cent Better Than Same
Month, 1924

From a recent report received
from the Cleveland Automobile Com
pany, Cleveland. Ohio, manufacturers
OF Cleveland Six motor cars. this
company is at the present time en-.
1oying record breaking sales.
Carefully compiled production
figures of this company show that
last October was the biggest October
in the company's history. 1t was 81
per cent better than October sales
in 1924.
The number Of Cleveland cars
shipped up to November 1, 1925. is
IS per cent greater than the same
r,eriod last year or AN per cent
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-25

better than the entire twelve months
OF last year.
The unusual market which is be-
Tag felt for the new Cleveland series
motor cars is not wholly domestic
liz its scope. Export shipments alike
are showing equal increases.
To keep up with this insistent de-
rIand for Cleveland cars. the factory
has been obliged to enlarge its work.
ing forces and the plants as aswhole
are working overtime to I'LL orders.
Approximately 10 per cent Of the
total volume Of Cleveland cars be-
ing built are inclosed models. this
being no doubt due to increased pop-
ularity of the closed car and because
the recent reduction in Cleveland
closed car prices has put these
models within the reach of those
who in the past have been obliged
to buy an open car because OF the
difference existing between open and
closed car prices.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-25
PEERLESS PUTS
OUT MEDIUM
GAR
Six-Eighty Is New Model in
PopuIar-Priced
Motor

The Washington branch of the
Peerless /. Motor Company has on
display a complete line of the
new model Six.Eighty--a popular.
priced addition to its regular line.
The new car, a Peerless devel-
opment throughout, is now In
production and incidentally the
announcement of the new Peer
less marks the company as the
first of the high-grade car manu-
facturers to actually enter the
popular-priced field with car
bearing it's own name and in.
dorsement. The Peerless Com
pany have been manufacturing
high-grade motor cars since 1901.
The Six-Eighty, in six body
STYLES, and carried on a ll6-lnch
wheelbase, is Peerless engineers
conception of a. car that VIII
meet the present demand for high
quality in a medium sized, compact
personal car for ordinary, every.
day uses. Balloon tires, four-wheel
hydraulic brakes and a high-effi'
cheney Peerless motor, with
seven bearing crankshaft and Ian
chester dampener, are but few
of the features offered in this
new car.
The motor and parts are lubr1-
Gated with oil efficiently screened
and rectiEied and driven by
larger gear pump. Oil capacity
of the crankcase is seven quarts.
The Six.Eighty is equipped with
a single.plate disc clutch with
graphite thrown-out collar requir'
ing no fabrication and making
for very easy gear-shifting. The
shifting lever travels only five
and one half inches. Springs, ra-
diator, frame, wheels and other
mechanical items in the SiX-Eighty
follow lines of regular Peerless
practice.
The bodies include the standard
sedan, two-door sedan, close coupled
sport sedan, business coupe, sport
roadster and sport phaeton. the
five.passenger sedan in the new line
is listed at $1,595.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-25
AUTOMATIC TRAFFIC
LIGHT is IN PLACE

The blinking warning Of Wash
ington's first automatic traffic con-
troll light will greet motorists to-
night as they approach Eighteenth
and New Hampshire avenue north
west, it was announced today at
the office of the Director of Traffic.
Officials of the District govern
ment. will be on hand when the
light is put in operation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-25

!, it not been for the. fact that the
owner did not drive very fast until
the odometer was safely past the
500znile mark, which was on the
last leg of the home stretch.
Would Have Avoided 1t
The repairer suggested that if the
owner had accelerated the engine
and watched the ammeter before
starting out on the trip he would
have detected the high charging
rate and saved himself a lot OF
trouble.
Much that passes for inspection
appears to be the basis for additional
trouble. Many q car owner lifts
the hood at the filling station to
see whether he has enough oil in
the engine. only to fail to note that
the car is not standing on level
bround.
IL the oil supply is tilted away
from the indicator he probably will
put in a quart or so more oil than
he needs; IL the supply is tilted the
other way he Is likely to be run.
ming with too listle oil in the en-
CINE without knowing it. In either
case the inspection is sufficiently
hasty to cause him nearly as much
trouble as he would have were he
to overlook the inspection alto.
gether.
Like a little knowledge. q little
inspection is dangerous thing. But
that is far cry from the seemingly
little" inspection which can often
forestall so much trouble. Most
serious electrical troubles have their
small beginnings in loose connec-
tons and worn spots on the insula-
ton.
If the connections for the relat,
or cut.outzare not kept tight at all
times the generator may be dam
aged 1f the heavy cable from the
posittpe poll OF the storage battery
to the starfer switch is allowed to
saw egainst me of the floor boards,
Il may YEA through the insulation
and cause short circuit at very
inappropriate moment. II the fuse
holders are not kept clean, or are
allowed to become rusty, there is no
telling just what might happen on
the road.
Horn Button BothersOme
It is the loose horn button which
causes the driver so much trouble
and embarrassment when the warn
ing fails. 1t is the dirty relay con-
facts which stick after the engine
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-25
]. c. HAOGART, JR., NOW
REPUBLIC TRUCK HEAD

J. c. F1aggart. jr., has been elect-
ed vice president Of the Republic
Motor Truck Company, Inc, Alma,
Mich, according TO an officialgsan.4
announcement by O. w. Hayes, presi-
dent.
Mr.. Haggart has been associated
with the Republic Truck Company.
for the past nine years, both. as
chief engineer and assistant to the
president.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-25
Sir E. M. Edgar Bankrupt

!, LONDON, Nov. 25.-Sir Edward
Mackay Edgar, member of the
banking firm of Sporting and Com
pany, has been declared bankrupt.
He was born in Montreal and
married Miss Ethel Beatrice Pinder,
Of Montreal; was a. prominent fig
ure in the social world and princ1-
pal proprietor of the Saturday
Review"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-25
Most Auto Troubles
Easily AUoidable
By J. LEO sUGRUE
Times Automobile Editor

There is an automobile repairer in certain New England
town who has earned reputation among local be-
beforehand what sort of experience they
are going to have with their
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-16
CHILDREN'SDAY
PROGRAM AT THE
BAPTIST CHURCH

An Interesting service is planned
at the First Baptist church Sunday
morning at IL o o'clock, the chill
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-16
Extensive Plans
Made For Coming
Irrigation Tests

What are declared to be among
the most instructive field demon
stration meetings ever arranged for
Imperial valley are scheduled for
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of
next week. At these meetings j. b.
Brown, irrigation specialist of the
Agricultural Extension Service of
the University of California and T..
S. Department of Agriculture will
discuss all phases of soil moisture
regulation in vineyards and alfalfa
fields.
Extensive preliminary arrange
ments have been made for these
meetings, according to Farm Ad-
visor f. l.. Garthwaite. For the al
falfa meetings, two of which will
be held on Wednesday and the third
on Thursday morning, the owners
have irrigated adjoining borders mt
different intervals of time, and in
addition have made three basins in
to which different amounts of water
will be turned and allowed to seed
down into the soil. For the demon
strations trench will be dug in one
of the borders to determine the
depth of penetration of the water,
and also to study the development
of the roofing system of the alfalfa
plants.
A number of soil borings will
then be made to determine the
depth of penetration for the differ
ent times of irrigating, and for the
different parts of the borders. DIR.
Brown will then discuss the penetra-
tion of water in the numerous types
of soil found in Imperial valley, the
water. holding capacity, the opti-
mum and minimum moisture con-
tents and the willing points, and
will then apply these principles to
the alfalfa field under discussion.
The full schedule of the meetings is
us follows:
Wednesday, May 20, at $50 a. m.
on the F. B. Fuller ranch, ~ miles
south of Main street, FL Centre and
4 mile west of the Ell Centre Ca
lexico highway.
At 1:30 p. m. on the II. E. Hook
er ranch 21a miles south of the
Alamo store cast of Holtvillc, or .
miles east and Y mile south of Con-
ley's corner ON the Holtville- Bonds
Corner road.
Tuesday, May 81, $3.50 a. M. on
the James Havlik (old Johnson)
place opposite the w. A. McFadden
ranch due east of Westmorland.
The meetings for grape growers
will be held Thursday afternoon and
Friday.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-16

cy and general managership of the
firm. Application has been made
! to change the name of the compa-
ny from tho Leon +. Shelter Co.
to the Sperl Motor Car Co. Sperl is
a widely known figure in Los Ange-
les automotive circles, as he has
been continuously associated here
in automobile sales work since 1912,
and his 13 years experience has in
cluded executive positions with
some of the largest motor ear com
panies of California.
Sperl yesterday announced the
promotion of Dewey Rickenbacker,
brother of Capt. Eddie Rickenback-
er, to the position of retail sales
manager. Rickenbacker has been Il
member of the local sales organiza-
tion since its inception, and last
year won the distinction of leading
all the Riekenbacker statesmen in
the United States III volume of re-
tail sales. In the wholesale sales
work, w. X. Cowan remains in
charge. Cowan is Il real pioneer of
the motor car business in Los Ange-
les, for he was the very first motor
ear dealer in Southern California,
and during the past three years he
has built up a vary efficient dealer
organization for Rickenbacker all
over Southern California.
The sales territory. of the new
company will continue to include
the IL southern counties of Califor-
mia and Sperl is more than pleased
with the outlook for Rickenbacker
here this year.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-16
New Magazine
Now Available

Economic Geography is tht>hame
given to new magazine, Il copy of
which has been placed in the maga-
zine racks at the Ell Centre Library
The magazine, very well arrang-
ed and designed volume, is publish
ed by Clark University at Concord
New Hampshire. The editorial Of
fices are, 1T Worcester, Massachu-
setts. The period of publication
isyannounced to be quarterly. ~
{ Aside from number of carefully
written articles dealing with such
economic factors as the relation of
geography to timber supply; the
potential wheat supply; the coal
resources of Canada, and the dis
tribution of population and cultivat-
ed lands, the advisory staff of the
new publication includes names
that rank at the top of the list of
experts in economic matters.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-16
3 CalifOrnians
Give Richfield
Oil High Praise
BY United Pres. Leased wire

LOS ANGELES, May 16.-Three
swift young Californians, Earl
Cooper, Harry Hartz and Tommy
Milton, nor only swept to victory
on the Charlotte, n. c., annual 250-
mile Dixie Classic, staged last Mon
day, the Confederate Memorial Day,
but also did this with made in
California gasoline in their tanks.
Following general press wires
from Charlotte, to the effect that
Cooper won the race, establishing a
new track record of 122.03 miles per
hour, with Harry Hartz and Milton
respectively second and third, came
a wire from Cooper that he used
Bxchfield gasoline and Richlube oil
in his victorious racing machine.
Hartz and Milton also swept into
second and third money with this
gasoline whose colors are the same
as the colors Of the native sons of
the golden west, blue and gold.
1t was generally agreed here, fol
lowing receipt of the news, that
this victory Of California fuel on
track in the heart of the far
SOUTH was wonderful ga for
products Of the golden southland.
Richfield gasoline and Richlube
oil, by their wonderful performance,
helped stie hnateAially in establishing
new recofd,'' wired Cooper to G. nj.
Fuller, president of the Richfield
Oil company.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-16

dren S day program being amounc-
ed for shat time. Almost the en-
tire service viii be occupied by the
boys and girls and young people of
the Sunday school. Parents of the
Sunday school pupils are specially
invited to this service.
"Some Pcrilous Pitfalls.' will
be the title Of an unusual sermon
to be delivered by the pastor, Rev.
c. E. Flannagin, at the evening
service. Some of the statements
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-16

The men S chorus will furnish
special music for this service.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-16
Troop 3 Stands
Second On List
County Contest

That Troop of the Boy Scouts
of which DIR. Norman L. Dupont is
scoutmaster is now standing see
ond ON the list in the six months ;
efficiency contest being held by
the boy scout troops of the valley
will be an itom of considerable
local interest in scout circles. Troop
8, Calexieo, has the high rating up
to and including the first of the
month, having Il total of 1875 points,
Troop ) coming next with 3125.
Ranking order of the other three
high troops shows Troop IL of
Brawley 300; Troop l, Calaxieo,
2s0o and Troop 20, another FL Cen.
tro troop, 2510.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-16
on-Fiction


My Impressions Of America
by Margot Asquith. 81
"Why the Weather by C. +.
Brooks. THIS is the outgrowth of
daily explanations of the weather
to Dr. Brooks classes in nleteorolo-
gy at Clark University.
"Wby ! Believe in Religion by
G. r. Brown. This deals with six
broad planks in the platform of
religion.
"Church Socials and Entertain,
ments'' by C. b. Case.
"Parlor Games and Parties for
Young and Old' by c. b. Case.
keeitations for Every Ocea-
sion' by c. b. Case. The best new
pieces to read and recite and few
favorites of an older vintage.
1.-THE Amateur Electrician S Hand
book" by A. +. Collins. A book
for the boy or man who wants to
make or do things electrical.
'A Everyday Manners for $Ameri-
can Boys ande Girls a.. a.
2 Home Games and Parlor Amuse-
ntents. "a a. 80
Fishes by D. S. Jordan. In
this volume the author has gathered
all that an educated man is likely
to know or care to- know, about
fislfes. s-..-
Art of Driving an Automobile "
by G. III. Pratt.
Practical House, Wagon and
Automobile Painters. bv W, u.
White. Includes sigh printing, and
valuable hints and recIp6s.
with Lawrence II, Arabia - by
Lowell Thomas Colonel Lawyence
is Kipling hero in real life.
"A Wanderer Among Pictures
by T.. Y. Lucas. This book con
tains more than seventy beautiful
reproductions and it covers the art
collections of London, Paris, Ma
drid, Milan, Florence, Rome, etc.
1.-THE Steel Square and Its Uses "
complete up4to-date encyclopedia
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-16
new BOOKS
LOCAL LIBRARY
Fiction

Georgian Stories 1914'' twenty
two stories by notable younger writ
ers who began to publish i'll the
Georgian period.
Orphan lsland'' by Rose Macau.
lay. A social satire on the Veto
rian age.
His wife-in-law y by M. C. Dem
Ter. A strange love story that runs
its dramatic course in a little town
on tiny island tucked away in
the heant Of marsh, in South Am.
erica.
" Where the Sun Swings North
by Barrett Willoughby. A realistic
romance of love and adventure on
tho outskirts of civilization in Alas
ka.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-16

often made by people will be dis
cussed including IN try anything
once, II don't see any harm i'll
it, and I'm out for good
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-16
SHEPHERD TRIAL
BEGINS MONDAY
by United Press Leased wire

CHICAGO, May 16.-With both
sides announcing readiness, Judge
Thomas j. Lynch Of the criminal
court today cleared his docket in
preparation for the sensational
Shepherd germ murder trial,
scheduled for Monday.
William ID. Shepherd, charged
with killing his youthful ward, Bill
lyaMeClinsock,s to obtain the Nc
CEmtock fortune, today said he was
supremely confident of acquittal,
Mrs. Julie Shepherd, his wife, who
was cleared by the grand jury of
any connection with the death of
Billy or his mother, Mrs. Emma Nc
Clintock, said:
'HThe hand of God saved me from
this ddspicable plot and lie will
save my 'Darl'.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-16
Defense Test
Is Rejected
ny United Press Leased Wire

WASHINGTON, May 16.-Presi'
dent Coolidge has definitely decided
to reject the war department't' re
eommendation for national det
ense test on Armistice Day,
The white house spokesman said
today the President had not yet
made up his mind on the general
question of holding the defense test
at some other time, such as July 4.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-16

on the practical uses of the steel
square.
"The Letters of Algernon Charles
Swinburne. -
"Farm Animals; horses, cows,
sheep, swine, goats, poultry, etc"
by f.. V. Wilcox.
National Costumes of the Sla-
vic Peoples by the Young Wo-
men s Christian Association.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-16
SPERL. new HEAD
RICKENBACK Err
CONCERN IN |. A,

An important change on motor
ear row was recorded last week when
Harry A. Sperl, for the past three
years vice-president and general
manager of the Southern California
Rickenbacker distributing agency,
purchased the interests of Leon T.
Shelter, aifd assumed the presiden-
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-16

Portugal s president has resigned,
and we don t blame him since they
have China money there.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-05-14
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