oc-plain-dealer 1923-05-12

That satisfying "at home" feeling which the Ford tourist always has felt wherever he has gone will be stronger than ever this summer. There are now nearly 6,000,000 Ford cars in use in the United States and he will come upon more members of the great Ford family in the towns and cities and along the highways of the nation than in any year herefore, says George Dunton, Ford, Fordson and Lincoln distributors. In the last year alone 1,500,000 new Fords have gone into use throughout the country. In addition to the Ford dealer organization of more than 9,000, there are over 14,000 authorized Ford service stations in the country, making a total of more than 23,000 points of contact with the motoring public. Naturally the increased use of Ford cars has brought a corresponding increase in service responsibilities. Ford dealers everywhere, acting under the definite service policy of the Company, are fully prepared to meet the new responsibilities. Their mechanics, many of them graduates of the Ford serve course are expertly trained in meeting all service requirements, and the dealers have provided themselves with special and approved equipment which enables them to meet any demand, promptly and efficiently, this affording the Ford owner every facility which contributes toward making motoring as inexpensive and as enjoyable as possible. GET A USL FOR THAT TRIP: ENNIS The battery is the heart of a car's power, says George H. Ennis, exclusive distributor in Anaheim of the USL battery. It is the first part of a car that should be looked after on a long trip or when going camping. USL at the present time is building approximately one-third of all batteries for initial equipment outside of Ford Motor Co. and are furnishing a considerable part of Ford's requirements. Six prominent car builders have changed batteries within the past year—five of them changed to USL. No automobile builder who has traversed the lengthth of the valley, 100 miles of which is below sea level; enjoying the numerous benefits of a desert sandstorm, and bucking six miles of sand dunes were among the many novel and extremely interesting experiences of a Franklin party in this awful valley. The out trip was made via Saugus, Palmdale, Vietorville and Barstow, thence across the Death Valley by way of Garlic and Cave Springs. Cave Springs, at an elevation of 6290 feet, was rather chilly, so the party hustled down the thirteen miles to Saratoga Springs, which lie 360 feet above sea level at the south end of Death Valley, in record time. Saratoga is one of the most interesting of desert oasises. Here the water bubbles up so hot you cannot put your hand into it, and flows into a pool whose constant temperature is around 25 degrees, which makes it an unusual and ideal bathing place. From Saratoga the Camel proceeded down the valley and the party orisis who met comparative eighteen years ago dunes' came off littered the tide Since then a Hole-in-the-Rock miles below S of Salt Creek impassible strife. However, the shifting sand westward was Franklin Camel that the party over and throne they coul 13 CHEVROLET CARS SOLD IN NINE DAYS With sales of 13 cars in the first nine days of May from the Anahelm branch of the Frank P. Taggart Co. Chevrolet salesmen here declare "business is good." The 13 cars included two coupes, six sedans and five touring cars. A recent caller was C. W. Lynn who was on a trip to Canada and back, with many side trips in his sedanette, reports that in the 5600 miles covered only 10 gallons of oil were used, while the gas mileage averaged 30 miles to the gallon. The Goodyear straight side cords were never off the car, although they were the original tires and had seen 16,000 miles previously. They look as if they would go 10,000 miles more. A sense of humor is what would keep men from making such haste on such insignificant errands. ESSEX Coac Built by HUDSON $1145 Touring . $1045 ESSEX Coach Built by HUDSON $1145 Touring - $1045 Cabriolet - 1145 Freight and Tax Extra Things That Count in a Moderate Priced Closed Car The Coach is a Hudson-Essex invention. It was created to provide closed car comforts at little more than open car cost. An entirely new closed body design that eliminated old costly manufacturing methods and production on a scale unknown in the closed car field gave it unequalled price and quality advantage. The Coach is built for service. On either the Hudson or Essex chassis it is ready always for any use—a shopping trip or a transcontinental tour. More than 40,000 Coaches are in service. HUDSON Super-Six Prices Speedster - $142 7-Pass. Phaeton 147 Coach - 152 Sedan - 209 Freight and Tax Extra Townsend & Medbery, Inc. C. C. GRIFFIN, Mgr. 226 S. Los Angeles St. Anaheim—Phone 775. the vallelow sea bus beneand buckles were extremea Frankley, via Sauland Barh Valley Springs, of 6290 the party miles to 360 feet end of st interference the cannot ows into temperature makes bathing orists who may reach the valley in comparative ease by way of Shooshone Ryan and Furnace Creek ranch. But the upper end of the valley, where the Camel did quite a bit of prowling around, boasts only a few ancient state signs that are not reliable as guides of distance. An old Mormon trail ran from Boundary Canyon, via Stovepipe Wells to Imigrant Spring, but over ten years ago the "traveling sand dunes" came down the valley and obliterated the track in Mosquito Flat. Since then a cut off route, from Hole-in-the-Rock Springs in Boundary Canyon to Salt Well, some six miles below Stovepipe, thence by way of Salt Creek, has eliminated this impassible stretch. However, this six mile stretch of shifting sand dunes from Stovepipe westward was conquered by the Franklin Camel in two hours. Now that the party knows the best way over and through the dunes they believe they could accomplish the feat FLOTO WON'T REFEREE KANSAS CITY , May. 12—Jack Kearns, manager for Jack Dempsey, world's heavyweight champion, today wired from New York to Otto Floto of the sports department of the Kansas City Post that he would insist on Floto refereeing the Dempsey-Gibbons bout for the championship July 4th at Shelby Montana. Floto wired a reply that on account of his health he would be unable to act referee. One of the outstanding features of this 740 mile trip was the performance of the tires, three of which came with the car and have run 10,000 miles. No changes were made on the trip, and when one considers the rocks, the salt beds and the long grinds through sand, the showing was remarkable. WILLARD BATTERY As with every other product daily use and demand, engineers continually experimenting in tempts to develop new and better materials in storage batteries, says Bevillard of the Anaheim Ignite Dept. Seven years ago all battery manufacturers were using wood for insulating and separating the plates in storage batteries. But the wood insulator compares a weak link in the battery because it could not be made to last the life of the plates. Frequent and costly repairs were the common result. All the engineering and experimental departments of the larger battery companies were continue wrestling with this problem, namely to find a separator that would be at least as long as the plates, so that would have uniform porosity qualities. Rubber is the best insulating material known and it is acid resistant as well. But the great problem was to make it porous. Every method receivable was tried to pierce rubber with a large number of tiny holes but it seemed impossible to pierce sufficient number of them enough to obtain porosity and still keep the insulation quality. It remained for T. A. Willard president of the Willard Storage Battery Co., of Cleveland, to solve this problem. He hit upon a way to canize into rubber blocks thousand of cotton threads running horizontally the length of the block. The block was cut into slices so that each slice was pierced from face to face with 196,000 threads. It was Willard's first supposition that those threads when immersed in the acid of the battery would dissolve out and leave the thousands of tiny holes he wanted. But here he failed to take into consideration the fact that acid eats and destroys only when exposed to air. The threads immerse in the acid do not dissolve out but served as thin wicks to conduct the electrolyte from one plate to the other and besides helped to maintain the natural strength in the insulator, a part of which would have been lost and the threads been dissolved as he supposed they would. of 6299 years ago the "traveling sand dunes" came down the valley and obliterated the track in Mosquito Flat. Since then a cut off route, from Hole-in-the-Rock Springs in Boundary Canyon to Salt Well, some six miles below Stovepipe, thence by way of Salt Creek, has eliminated this impassible stretch. However, this six mile stretch of shifting sand dunes from Stovepipe westward was conquered by the Franklin Camel in two hours. Now that the party knows the best way over and through the dunes they believe they could accomplish the feat in an hour without ever getting out of the car. Climbing sand dunes may sound like a stretch of imagination, but anyone adventurous enough to attempt to follow the Camel's tracks will find it is a most necessary operation; one that calls for a car of light weight and flexible construction. Some old prospectors not later on the journey inquired which way the Franklin came, naturally supposing the party took the cut off, which is bad enough to provide thrills for such hardy explorers as Doug Rhodes and Ollie Lewis, road scouts for the Auto Club. Learning that the Franklin came straight through on what was the old Mormon route the prospectors immediately crowded around to see just what the car was like and remarked on the small tire size (32x4 is standard on the Franklin). According to them, two prospectors on foot constituted (1912) the last party through before the Franklin. And the grave of one of them, who perished on the trip, is but a stone's throw from Stovepipe. As near as can be determined the Camel is the first motor car to ever negotiate this difficult stretch, and is likely the first automobile to even attempt the feat. From here the Camel made the stiff climb to Imigrant Spring over rocks, then down Wildrose Canyon to Penamine Valley, from which the party saw the peak of Whitney, 14,501 feet high, the top of the United States ever as Death Valley is the bottom. Ballarat, an "almost deserted" mining town, was visited and the return via Trons. Randsburg and Mehave was without particular inclination. One of the outstanding features of this 740 mile trip was the performance of the tires, three of which came with the car and have run 10,000 miles. No changes were made on the trip, and when one considers the rocks, the salt beds and the long grinds through sand, the showing was remarkable—a showing, according to Bob White, only possible with a Franklin. Needless to say, Mr. Noble, the scientific member of the party, is a Franklin owner and has traveled many a desert mile in his faithful air-cooler. But here he failed to take into consideration the fact that acid eat and destroys only when exposed to air. The threads immerse in the acid do not dissolve out but served as wicks to conduct the electrolyte from one plate to the other and beside helped to maintain the natural strength in the insulator, a part of which would have been lost had these threads been dissolved as he supposed they would. The Threaded Rubber Insulator now put into batteries as original equipment on 134 makes of cars in the United States has proved even more satisfactory in practice than even the wildest dreams of its inventor, T. A. Willard. It has reduced the oach unt in a closed Car HUDSON Super-Six Prices Speedster $1425 7-Pass. Phaeton 1475 Coach 1525 Sedan 2095 Freight and Tax Extra bery, Inc. 506-8 N. Broadway Santa Ana REO The Gold Standard Based on the volume of value and below it, this latest Reo power in the closed car dollar. Above the Frame,— There’s a craftsman-built body, with sturdy steel panels over a rugged hardwood framework, braced with drop forging,— Beauty of appearance which follows the careful blending of quiet refinement with modish trends,— Interior appointments that spell ultra comfort, and a goodness of materials that adds longevity to the comfort qualities,— A compactly arranged instrument panel and the unique Reo dual foot control, which put unusual neatness and roominess in the front compartment. DALE E. W. CROME 336 South Los Angeles Street 412 West Fifth Street REO MOTOR CAR COMP HILLARD BATTERY with every other product in demand, engineers are actively experimenting in at-develop new and better fea-storage batteries, says A. of the Anaheim Ignition years ago all battery manu-were using wood for insul-dual separating the plates of batteries. The wood insulator comprised link in the battery because not be made to last the life rates. Frequent and costly were the common result. Engineering and experi-partments of the larger bat-ponies were continually with this problem, namely separator that would last as long as the plates, and have uniform porous is the best insulating mawn and it is acid resisting. But the great problem was porous. Every method con-tried to pierce rubber large number of tiny holes, needed impossible to pierce a number of them small obtain porosity and still insulation quality. Ned for T. A. Willard, of the Willard Storage Bat-fof Cleveland, to solve the He hit upon a way to vul-rubber blocks thousands threads running horizon-length of the block. The cut into slices so that each pierced from face to face 20 threads. Willard's first supposition threads when immersed in the battery would dis-land leave, the thousands of we wanted. He failed to take into con-fact that acid eats and when exposed to air, immerse in the acid did out but served as tinyDUCT the electrolyte from to the other and besides maintain the natural insulator, a part of have been lost had the dissolved as he supposed Getting rich is just a matter of exchanging the living problem for the servant problem. The condition of Nicolaf mine has taken a turn for the worse, accord-ing to news from Moscow today. His paralysis has increased and he is un-able to talk. No Extras to Buy The New 1923, 2-Passenger HAYNES 57 SPORT ROADSTER With transcendent completeness of essential equipage, this newest Haynes offering combines the pow-er and dependable performance of the famous Haynes light six motor. It is a vision of desirability—an unceasing gratification to all whose love is for a sport car in the truest meaning of the name. HULL - WITMER HAYNES CO. 133 So. Los Angeles tS. Anaheim, Calif. It is a vision of desirability—an unceasing gratification to all whose love is for a sport car in the truest meaning of the name. HULL - WITMER HAYNES CO. 133 So. Los Angeles tS. Anaheim, Calif. Five-Passenger All-Steel Paneled SEDAN $1885 At Lansing, Add Federal tax REO The Gold Standard of Values REO The Gold Standard of Values A theme of value embodied above the frame, its latest Reo Sedan puts more purchasing ed car dollar. To substantiate this: Below the Frame,— There’s the distinctive Reo chassis, where major power units are cradled in an inner frame, suspended in and below the main frame,— The rugged Reo six-cylinder 50 h.p. engine, with a 4-bearing crankshaft, correctly located valves, ground cylinders, aluminum alloy pistons and never-failing cooling and lubrication systems, so that power will always be plentiful and dependable. And a 13-plate clutch; an amidship-located transmission with large faced, quiet running gears; a sturdy rear axle; and long, flexible springs. And the price is $1885! DALE & CO. E. W. CROMER, Mgr. Angeles Street Anaheim Santa Ana