oc-plain-dealer 1922-06-17

Autornob Section LEADING NE VOL. XXV—NO. 267 MURPHYHIGH MAN AMONG DRIVERS LOS ANGELES, June 17.—A. M. Young, secretary-manager of the Los Angeles Speedway Association, today announced the standings of drivers who appear today in the Uniontown speed event. These points, for the championship race during the 1922 racing season, have been verified by the Contest Board of the American Automobile Association, under whose sanction the races are held. The list contains also the award to Tommy Milton, whose name was left out of the list after the recent Indianapolis race. Jimmy Murphy 2050 Harry Hariz 1200 Tommy Milton 680 Frank Elliott 275 Eddie Hearne 320 Pietro Bordino 195 Ralph DePalma 155 Roscoe Sarles 140 Art Klein 127 Joe Thomas 112 Jerry Wonderlich 103 Ora Halbe 90 I. P. Fetterman 50 Ira Vall 40 Tom Alley 35 Peter De Paola 28 Eddie Miller 25 ALTNOW'S BATTERY IS SELLING FAST W. E. Altnow, proprietor of the Independent Battery Station, has been selling a lot of the batteries of his own manufacture, which he calls the I. B. S., after the station. Altnow is so sure of the quality of his own instrument that he offers a year's guarantee in case a battery is not repairable. The price also is unusually reasonable, while he is introducing it. He is agent here for the Columbia battery, which with its 10 per cent more power than the ordinary one and 40 per cent more satisfaction is becoming more and more popular here. With the extra amount of reserve space which the battery contains it has more room for a reserve quantity of electrolyte maintainable in each cell. Damage liability is less and less distilled water is necessary. The manufacturers are the oldest and the fourth largest in the country. Altnow inspects batteries free, cleans terminals and checks over ignition. Oldfield Tire Agency Goes to Nu-Way Firm The Nu-Way Tire Co., of 327 So. Los Angeles St., have taken on the distribution of the famous Barney Oldfield tires, and are ready to serve promptly both the wholesale and retail trade. Barney Oldfield, the famous racing driver, recently said: "Looking back over the years of automobile racing both at the time and since I was an active participant as a driver, I am struck with the idea that racing has always been a battle of... PARA-BELL TIRES MORE, MORE POPULAR Para-Bell tires, according to the boys of the Reliable Tire Co., are coming to the fore more and more every day. They report the equipment within the last ten days of several new cars with Bell Cords, something quite significant when the purchaser of a new car requests Para-Bell tires as the equipment. Recently purchasers of a new Chevrolet, an Oakland light six, a Ree speedwagon and various Ford cars asked that the Para-Bell tires be put on. The proprietors point out that the lack of premiums means that all of the money goes into the tire itself. "You can't really get something for nothing," they say. In the same way the company gives the buyer the benefit of the saving on advertising—it does not advertise nationally—with lower prices than competitors. A satisfied customer is the best ad they declare. Goes to Nu-Way Firm The Nu-Way Tire Co., of 327 So. Los Angeles St., have taken on the distribution of the famous Barney Oldfield tires, and are ready to serve promptly both the wholesale and retail trade. Barney Oldfield, the famous racing driver, recently said: "Looking back over the years of automobile racing both at the time and since I was an active participant as a driver, I am struck with the idea that racing has always been a battle of tires. "All of my own experience and what I have observed in constantly watching the great drivers of today leads me to the conclusion. "It's a source of gratification, therefore, to be able still to take some part by supplying tires that have eliminated nearly, if not all, the risk caused by tire troubles from racing. "It is common now to see races won without tire changes—a thing unheard of a few years ago. I am proud to say that every important racing classic of 1920, 1921 and 1922 was won on Oldfield tires. Not many people nowadays can handle a hammer or a saw, but there are a lot who can pound on jazz instruments very skillfully. Tramps and huboes are all in the South now, as if they stayed up North they might get put to work shoveling snow. A lot of people who don't advertise think business is dead. Total up the items of mechanical superiority, refinements and complete equipment of Studebaker Motor Cars that are not found in other cars at their price. Investigate the used car values of Studebakers compared with other cars at their price. Total up the items of mechanical superiority, refinements and complete equipment of Studebaker Motor Cars that are not found in other cars at their price. Investigate the used car values of Studebakers compared with other cars at their price. Consider the responsibility of the Studebaker dealer, his service department, and the interest taken in Studebaker owners after they buy their new car and compare with other cars selling around Studebaker prices. Get acquainted with Studebaker Motor Cars. Test their riding and driving qualities. Then you will appreciate that the enthusiasm of Studebaker owners and the popularity of Studebaker Motor Cars is based on a performance that IS NOT equaled by any other car of like price,—or by many cars of much higher price. Phone us, you'd like to see one? Harry D. Riley Studebaker Dealer "A Safe Place to Buy a Used Car" RADIO TONIGHT F. P. TAG Saturday evening the Taggart Company, local dealers will install a shop will be open all any persons interested cordially invited to car spect it. The sale of new cars ward with leaps and the greatest worry is cars from the factory report from Oakland Chevrolet cars are made factory is running at five three shifts, producing day. All models of the end exceedingly hard to get fact that the demand is than the supply. The 1922 models, enclosedly been on the coast a have obtained immediate A car load of enclosed about July 1 is expected. The telephone become hold necessity as soon crowd gets old enough dates. Good idea for motor non-skid tires, but a lot need non-skid brains. The hand that used eradle now seems to be typewriter. lain Deal READING NEWSPAPER OF NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTY Anaheim, California, Saturday, June 17, 1922 "Magic Circles” Now Is Big Cities’ Method of Traffic Control; May Be Adopted Here OLDEST RODEO CAR WAS FRANKLIN 1904 The oldest car present at the Ford rodeo in Orange was—You’d never guess which one, so we might as well tell you it was the 1904 model Franklin, demolisher of the previously existing transcontinental automobile record in America. The car, in its nice coat of crimson, didn’t look at first glance like an old car at all. So far as preservation goes, it isn’t an old car at-all. Bob White himself drove it. Anaheimers saw it during the Orange Show, but many Orange-ites didn’t. The aforesaid record established was 31 days, compared with 62 before that. Bob also had a Franklin touring car with a California top, another touring car with the usual top, a Franklin demi-cope and a Franklin with a Murphy top. The last was delivered yesterday to Adolph Dittmer, Orange druggist. A few other Anaheim distributors also were represented in the procession, but none to such an extent as the Franklin and Nash dealers. Speaking in behalf of the Orange County Auto Trades Association, Bob said that the latter as an association did not participate in the rodeo, although many of the members did. The rodeo itself was under the auspices of the Orange Chamber of Commerce; “Alexander The Great,” Why Not “Ford Great?” "Magic Circles" for the control of highway motor car travel in Southern California are being considered by many leading cities. Officials of the Automobile Club of Southern California declare that the circle system of travel control solves the difficulty of traffic jams where two lanes of motor cars converge at any street or road intersection. The scheme has been tried out by the Auto Club in Los Angeles with remarkable success, and already many of the Southern California counties are planning to adopt the modern method of eliminating traffic police by using this idea. A greater volume of traffic can be handled by the "magic circle," so-called, than by the traffic button it is claimed, and an actual check on its operation has been kept by the Club's safety bureau. The circle is between thirty and forty feet in diameter, with a concrete pillar in the center on which the club places metal direction signs guiding the motorist to local points of interest. This is capped by a flashing electric red light at night to warn motorists approaching the raised curbing of the circle. Grass can be planted within the curb and thus beautify the corner where it is erected. Los Angeles is planning to install a number of these traffic guides. BOB MARTLAND TO BE HERE TUESDAY With Bob Martland, secretary-manager of the State Auto Trades Association, present, and the election of officers scheduled to come off, the annual meeting of the Orange County Auto Trades Association on Thursday will be eventful. The executive board, consisting of the president and vice-president of the association and chairmen of the several crafts will dine with Martland, probably at the Elks clubhouse, before the meeting, and the general business session then held at the showrooms of the Bob White Company. Martland will give another of his impromptu, inspirational talks, touching upon a dozen different topics. He is expected without fail to say something about the proposed string of headlight stations to be established under the auspices of the State organization, with the authority of the State Motor Vehicle Department. Two candidates are being discussed for the presidency, in case Earl Matthews of the Orange County Ignition Works of Santa Ana declines the office. One is Harry D. Riley, the most presided over man in four counties, and the other Vice-President Bob Atkinson. Riley Gives Advice Good For Any Owner "With the approcah of the summer season and the wider use of cars in touring, a few hints to owners as to the care of their automobiles are timely," says Harry D. Rilye, Studebaker dealer. "While it is a good plan to have one's car gone over thoroughly by competent mechanics, there are certain things that every owner can look after himself." "The radiator has to be filled oftener because water evaporates more quickly in hot weather. At intervals it should be flushed out." "He sure your fan belt is properly adjusted." "In order to assure proper cooling of the motor during the hot months, the stark lever should be kept in an advanced position." "Pats such as spring shackles, wheel bearings, steering connections and universal joints should be oiled more frequently to save wear and insure another operation." "Use a heavier grade of lubricating oil in the motor, transmission and differential. The oil should be drained from the motor at intervals not too often." "Alexander The Great," Why Not "Ford Great?" (By FRANK CRANE) There is as much justification in calling Henry Ford of the United States, Ford the Great as there ever was in calling Alexander of Macedonia, Alexander the Great, or Charles of France, Charles the Great, or Chalemagne. For taking into account the change of times and of the materials which men have to work upon today as compared with those which they had to work upon in the world yesterday, Ford has done quite as much in the way of impressing himself upon his fellow-men as did the warriors of old. That by which we form this judgment is not mere popularity. Charlie Chaplin is famous, and so is Mary Pickford, Trotzky, or Landru. But they are famous only in the way of being nine days' wonder. They have succeeded in attracting universal attention, but when they pass they will leave nothing behind. K. Foch and Pershing and Hindenburg are famous, but only as parts of great machines in which they functioned but which they did not create. Ford is great. Fitting into the spirit of the times, embodying the genius of the people among whom he lives, he has done with pre-eminent success what in the opinion of his contemporaries is worth while doing. He has built up an enormous industrial plant and given employment to thousands of people at wages that are more than just. He has taken one of the greatest inventions of his age—the automobile—and brought it within the reach of the multitude, and this not by making it cheap and flimsy, but by keeping it of the very best quality. He has kept himself free from the domination of the financial barons. He has strictly adhered to the best standard of justice and ethics of his times. He has so far escaped the assaults of envy. The charge that he is ignorant is absurd, for real knowledge is not learning, but rather ability and common sense. He owes his position to no privilege. He has earned his money. His foolish attack upon the Jews only proves that he is human and liable to mistakes. When he passes he will have the most enviable epitaph a man can have, which is that he has left the world better than he found it. Martland will give another of his impromptu, inspirational talks, touching upon a dozen different topics. He is expected without fail to say something about the proposed string of headlight stations to be established under the auspices of the State organization, with the authority of the State Motor Vehicle Department. Two candidates are being discussed for the presidency, in case Earl Matthews of the Orange County Ignition Works of Santa Ana declines the office. One is Harry D. Milley, the most president man in four counties, and the other Vice-President Bob Atkinson, manager of the Reid Motor Company, Santa Ana. Anaheimers naturally are supporting Riley. Joe Stout of Knox & Stout, Ford distributors in Santa Ana, is being mentioned for chairman of the dealers' craft, an office which Bob White says he positively won't accept again. RADIO TONIGHT AT F. P. TAGGART CO. Saturday evening The Frank P. Taggart Company, local Chevrolet dealers will install a radio set. The shop will be open all evening, and any persons interested in radio are cordially invited to come in and inspect it. The sale of new cars is going forward with leaps and bounds, and the greatest worry is getting more cars from the factory. The latest report from Oakland, where the Chevrolet cars are made, is that the factory is running at full production, three shifts, producing cars every day. All models of the enclosed type are exceedingly hard to get, owing to the fact that the demand is now greater than the supply. The newest of the 1922 models, enclosed type, have only been on the coast a few weeks and have obtained immediate approval. A car load of enclosed models about July 1 is expected. The telephone becomes a household necessity as soon as the young crowd gets old enough to make dates. Good idea for motorists to have non-skid tires, but a lot of them also need non-skid brains. The hand that used to rock the cradle now seems to be hitting the typewriter. "I ensure your fan belt is properly adjusted." "In order to assure proper cooling of the motor during the hot months, the spark lever should be kept in an advanced position." "Parts such as spring shackles, wheel bearings, steering connections and universal joints should be oilled more frequently to save wear and insure smoother operation." "Use a heavier grade of lubricating oil in the motor, transmission and differential. The oil should be drained from the motor at intervals not to exceed every 1,000 miles." "The carburetor should be adjusted for summer driving so that the mixture will be cleaner than in cold weather. Only an expert, however, should look after this." "Braker should be carefully inspected to make sure that they are in good condition, for they are put to greater usage on city streets and country roads alike during the summer." "The owner should remember that tires expand more in hot weather, and therefore, the pressure should be taken by gauge about once a week, particularly if tires have been in use any length of time." "Before stirring on a long tour the tool equipment should be checked up and any tools that have been lost, replaced." "The instruction book is the car owner's best friend, and no owner should be without it. He should follow the suggestions it gives regarding the car, remembering that everything in the book is placed there in order that he may get the most efficient service from his car." After three hours of hird, steady running a locomotive is gone over carefully. Yet there are automobile owners who expect their cars to run month in and month out without attention. "When in doubt, make use of a service station. Instruction books are explicit, and yet there is certain work on a car which the novice is not capable of performing and which, therefore, requires the attention of experts. An owner should not tinker with what he doesn't understand." "In general, an inventory should be taken of the car before starting on a trip. Inspection should be made to determine that there is sufficient water in the radiator, oil in the motor, and oil and grease in other parts specified in the instruction book. Various results can follow lack of sufficient oil and water." SLEEPY DRIVERS PUBLIC MENACE It is reported by investigators of the safety situation in Southern California that lives are endangered on the roads by truck drivers who are forced to drive for so many hours at a stretch, in order to hold their jobs, that they fall asleep at the wheel, says the automobile club of So. Cal. If such a situation exists, it is unjust to the general travelling public, and drastic action will be taken by the Auto club to remedy it, say club officers. "Sleeep drivers have no business at a steering wheel," declares the club and the sooner they are ruled off the highways the better. If necessary, and it is found that truck drivers are compelled by their employers or choose to drive for so many hours without rest that they fall asleep, legislative action should be taken at Sacramento. "An automobile of any kind in the hands of a sleepy driver is a menace to the public, and a huge truck handled by a sleeper is much worse," it is pointed out. An effort will be made throughout the Southern California counties to have all employers adjust the hours of their drivers so that no individual will find it necessary to drive for a period longer than physical endurance can stand. Bus drivers must be relayed so that they will not be at the wheel for periods which makes them sleepy and so cause serious accidents, says the Auto club. A complete investigation of the matter is to be made by the organization at once. Question is what the anti-short skirt howlers will say, when in the near future the women don't wear any skirts at all? DEALER AGE COUNTY Automobile Section TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR RODEO CAR ANKLIN 1904 r present at the Ford he was—. You'd never e, so we might as was the 1904 model isher of the previouscontinental atomoAmerica. The car, in crimson, didn't look like an old car at all. ervation goes, it isn't all. Bob White himsaw it during the out many Orange-ites presaid record estabays, compared with 62 a Franklin touring california top, another in the usual top, a hope and a Franklin top. The last was dey to Adolph Dittmer. AUTO MAN ELOPES, MARRIES SECRETARY IN SANTA ANA Glenn M. Rives, sales manager of Chanslor & Lyons of Los Ongeles, dealers in auto accessories, and his former private secretary, Miss Morie LeVeille, stole a march on their friends today, when they appeared in Santa Ana and were married by the Rev. Father Henri Eummeien, local Catholic rector. Rives is wellknown in Orange county. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Tumber accompanied the two, who left at once for San Pedro where they will take boat to San Francisco enroute to Honolulu. Whys, Wherefores of Valve-in-Head Motor Internal combustion motors are operated by the expansion of heated gases generated as a result of the explosions, rather than by the explosions themselves, and the more perfectly the cylinders are cleaned out of expanded gases, the purer the incoming charges of gasoline will be and the more perfectly they will burn. As it is impracticable to use all the heat generated, because it soon becomes so great as to be destructive, the problem comes one of permitting only a certain amount of heat to escape and of cleaning out the expanded gases quickly and efficiently. LAWS TO BE ENFORCED RIGIDLY Unexpected raids on motorists who evade the highway laws of the state will feature touring here this summer, says county authorities through-out the southern part of the state. Officials of the Automobile Club of Southern California today issued a warning that motorists will be arrested this summer in practically every county for slight infringements of the law, as these small evasions often cause serious accidents. Here is what the auto owner must watch out for, according to the Auto club's legal department. Motorists must keep to the right hand side of the road or curb when driving or they will be liable to arrest for blocking the highway. If only one headlight is burning you can be arrested. Watch your tail light. If it is not burning you will be arrested this summer sure. Do not begin to turn to the left until you have passed the center of the highway or street intersection. Do not fall to give the proper hand signal when you slow down or stop. "Smart Aleck" drivers will be arrested at every opportunity. Auto owners who have acquired a habit of driving five or eight miles For The Great," Ford Great?" (INK CRANE) Much justification in Ford of the United Great as there ever Alexander of Maceer the Great, Charles the Great. account the change the materials which upon today as com-which they had to the world yesterday, write as much in the himself upon his the warriors of old. we form this judge-popularity, Charlie is, and so is Mary or Landru. But only in the way of wonder. They have meeting universal at-they pass they will find. thing and Hinden-out only as parts of which they func-they did not create. Fitting into the is, embodying thee among whom he with pre-eninent the opinion of his worth while doing. an enormus in-given employment apple at wages that one of the greatest age—the automo-t within the reach and this not by and filmsy, but by very best quality. self free from the financial barons.athered to the best and ethics of his escaped the assaults he is ignorant is knowledge is not ability and com-ition to no privi-d his money. k upon the Jews he is human and he will have the man can he has left the found it. gases generated as a result of the ex-plosions, rather than by the explosions themselves, and the more perfectly the cylinders are cleaned out of expanded gases, the purer the in-coming charges of gasoline will be and the more perfectly they will burn. As it is impracticable to use all the heat generated, because it soon becomes so great as to be destructive, the problem comes one of permitting only a certain amount of heat to escape and of cleaning out the expanded gases quickly and efficiently. These two things give the biggest reasons for the Valve-in-Head design, by which the valves are located in the tops of the cylinders, right above the pistons, with the spark plugs opening right into the cylinders also, says Bill Goodman of the Anaheim Auto Co., local Buick distributors. This means, a small, simple, compact combustion chamber with the smallest possible water jacketed or cooling space. In the L-head and T-head motors the valves are located in pockets at the side, necessitating a complicated explosion chamber with a materially increased water jacketed space to absorb heat and power. The Buick Valve-in-Head motor, because of its greatly reduced water jacketed space, does not waste heat, but saves it for power against the pistons which operate the crankshaft. And the dead gases are quickly and easily expelled through the large valves, instead of being forced around corners, as in the L-head and T-head types. The incoming gases (Ajax TIRE NEEDS NO BOOSTING; JAMES "Self praise is no recommendation. We only recommend the new Ajax tires and try to please you with our tire service," says James, the Vulcanizer. James quotes officials of the Ajax company, however, as declaring that this tire, for which he is distributor, is the most positive non-skid tire on the market today. The center line of cups does the trick. James and his man claim to be the speediest tire changers in the city. There is a feeling among the children that the movies should be reformed so that it will be safe for their parents to see them. Buick Keeps good company When you own a Buick and get well acquainted with Mr. Valve-in-Head and his "side partners" you'll know you're in "a good live bunch." Every one of them does Valve-in-Head a good turn and they've got team work down to science. In the first place it's the easiest and cleanest thing world to keep Mr. Valve-in-Head perfectly lubricating running smooth—Alemite tends to that, and for quite starting and steady lighting power, you can always go on the Delco Electrical System. Then there's the Storage Battery—it helped win the war, and now for ing Buick win the motoring public, and Cord tire long-economy end by taking Valve-in-Head over morse the money regardless of roads. When the Buick Special steep grade, it's just like going on the level. Valve-in-Stewart-Warner Vacuum Feed System guarantee at the Marvel Carburetor an even flow of gas and point where other types wheeze and gasp. Taking them altogether, it's as fluffy with as anyone would want to ANAHEIM AUTO CO Win Good Im Prop ANAHEIM FULLERTON Buick Distributors for northern Orange County WHEN BETTER AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT BUICK WILL BUILD THEM.