oc-plain-dealer 1923-07-14

AUTOMOBILE TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR NO. 274. of the MOTOR CYCLE OFFICERS TO GO? Shakeup Possible by New Law Effective on Aug. 31 That the tenure of office of the County Motorcycle Officers may be short, owing to an alleged conflict in the law, is the statement of a prominent attorney in a position to know. This man is inclined to think that the Breed bill conflicts with the existing law, which says that such officers, it is asserted, because Carry's allotment of the State's collections from license fees. The case of O. K. Carr is different from that of the regular motorcycle officers, it is asserted, because Carr has become a special investigator of the District Attorney's office. Superior Judge R. Y. Williams, it will be remembered, handed down a decision that County Auditor W. C. Jerome was obliged to honor the warrant of Carr for his salary. NEW BUSSES ARE PUT ON IN ANAHEIM New busses, larger and more comfortable than the old, are being put on the Center and Los Angeles street routes by the Anaheim Transit Co. The Nu-Way Tire Co., "prolongers of tire life," are keeping the tires of the concern in condition. Besides being a good deal more efficient, the new busses are much more attractive than the former ones. USED CAR LOSSES CUT FOR FIRST TIME More than one thousand motor car dealers attended the four Pacific coast district meetings under the auspices of the National Automobile Dealers' Association which began at Los Angeles were continued at San Francisco and Portland and wound up at Olympia on June 28. Easily the most important topic of discussion was the used car situation. Resolutions were adopted at the various meetings declaring that the work has been done this year by the executive staff of the N. A. D. A. in investigation of the used car merchandising and the character of the publicity that has been used in connection with the publication of the analysis of the used car situation, have brought about a substantial change in the handling of the used car. The directors reported that this work has already resulted in many dealers taking measures to curtail their used car losses through proper purchase and resale of used cars. The reports which the directors were able to present, from their own observation in the districts they represent. existing law, which says that such officers, it is asserted, because Carr's allotment of the State's collections from license fees. The case of O. K. Carr is different from that of the regular motorcycle officers, it is asserted, because Carr has become a special investigator of the District Attorney's office. Superior Judge R. Y. Williams, it will be remembered, handed down a decision that County Auditor W. C. Jerome was obliged to honor the warrant of Carr for his salary. Meanwhile Will H. Marsh, director of the Motor Vehicle Department, this week sent out a statement, as follows, in which he indicated that he was to appoint such officers: "Boards of Supervisors of the counties of the State are being mailed contracts by the Division of Motor Vehicles, covering the employment of traffic officers as provided by the 1923 Motor Vehicle Act. The new law provides that upon the submission of a list of names from their respective counties the Chief of the Division of Motor Vehicles may make appointment. The officers so appointed in accordance with the Motor Vehicle Act are empowered to enforce all of its provisions. This portion of the law is effective August 31, 1923." All Kelly Tires Now Made in Cumberland The Kelly-Springfield has closed its Akron plant, which has been sold to the Goodyear Co., and also the Buffalo and Wooster plants. The closing of the Akron plant, reported earlier in the week, was confirmed by Sidney Walters, local distributor of the tire. But—a great big But—production has been concentrated at the Cumberland, Md. factory where 14,000 tires daily are being turned out, Walter declares. Concentration of manufacture at the one point was in accordance with an agreement reached with the City of Cumberland, according to which a two year limit was set for this after the opening of the new plant. The city gave the company a bonus of $750,000 and a big tract of land. VISITS HAWAHAN ISLES Ralph Goodale of South Los Angeles-st., left on the steamer City of Los Angeles, for Hawaiian Islands, where he will pass a month's vacation. He will visit with his sister Mrs. George M. Hargrave, in Hilo, and stop at many places of interest en tour. A professor of psychology in California has invented a method of photographing thought. But you have got to be thinking of something in particular before the machine will work. It would be a mistake to try it on some of our present-day statements. Read Plain Dealer Want Ads. REBURNISHER COST OF REALITY Perfect cylinders, never before, it is said, and are pence and half the time visible with the Red Devil machine, a demonstration took place this week at accessories store. As a means of putting round into cylinders, we block off the machine has the ordinary re-boat beat a dozen ways. New Pistons and rings may fraction of the time used and the cylinders are new and polished to a smoothness. An important factor is the compound which the machine. The machines are built and when the blades they may be replaced pense. The two borees 2 13-16 to 3 1-4 inch to 4 1-8 respectively. Several of the machinists on the spot. The demonstration was of Don Hupp, factory who used a Chevrolet or Others present were Stuart McQuay and Norrisigan of Chanslor and Ligas, both of whom use the machine. Garages using it here isfactory results, says... All Closed Car Comforts The Hudson Coach provides every closed car advantage. It puts value in the real things of automobile worth—utility, comfort, reliability, and fine performance. And the saving is from $500 to $1000 over closed cars of comparable chassis quality. At Open Car Cost HUDSON Coach $1450 Speedster, $1375 7-Pass. Phaeton, $1425 Sedan, $1995 HUDSON ALSO BUILDS THE ESSEX Essex Prices are: Touring, $1045; Cabriolet, $1145; Coach, $1145 All Prices Freight and Tax Extra R. W. Townsend, Inc. 226 So. Los Angeles St. Anaheim—Phone 775 506-8 No. Broadway, Santa Ana 1,630 Turns of Over 20 Degrees to Big Bear COP-LESS TRAFFIC JAMS ARE PROBLEM Cop-less traffic jams-traffic tangles where there are no traffic officers on hand—are causing a lot of worry to auto owners through the country, as well as to the pedestrians and others, and a few well-almed words of advice have just been issued from the Auto to make the suburban roads and city streets safer for humanity. It is the reckless and heedless auto driver who "busta" into a street or road intersection with little thought of how badly he may tangle up motor travel in that vicinity, say club officials. When you approach a busy crossing, the best thing to do is to stop, look, and listen. If you are going to turn to the right, then edge over near to the curb on your right hand. If you are going to turn to the left, then edge over toward the left of your side of the street, and if you are going straight ahead over the intersection, then steer a middle course. LAUDS SCENERY OF VISTA GRANDE A. Bevillard, of the Anaheim Ignition Depot returned Saturday from the Fuller Mill Creek camp, where he went with his family two or three weeks ago, enthusiastic over the scenery encountered. Fine pine tree adorn the region and there is plenty of wood for fires, says Bevillard. The entering road is good, and only Carload License Talk about 000 mark plates. Re-read of Will H Division car load "Star" w million, factory b Vehicles be a very plates with the highw OVERLAND AUST Australia road record touched for tumbled from American c In settingures an Ov of 579 mile bourne ac desert in 139 miles p Back in a Brookland time shatt up a records between bourne. The become a c trailans w unbeatable The car Australian "THE N-DURANCE ESSEX" CROSSING DEEP CREEK BETWEEN LAKE ARROWHEAD AND BIG REAR REBURNISHER CUTS COST OF REBORING Perfect cylinders, never possible before, it is said, and at half the expense and half the time now are possible with the Red Devil burnishing machine, a demonstration of which took place this week at C. J. Nenno's accessories store. As a means of putting back the round into cylinders without taking the block off the machine, this tool has the ordinary re-boring machine beat a dozen ways, Nenno declares. Pistons and rings may be fitted in a fraction of the time usually required and the cylinders are as true as if new and polished to a mirror-like smoothness. An important factor in the work is the compound which is sold with the machine. The machines are built in two sizes and when the blades are worn out they may be replaced at small expense. The two bores fitted are 2 13-16 to 3 1-4 inches and 2 1-4 to 4 1-8 respectively. Several of the machines were sold on the spot. The demonstration was in charge of Don Hupp, factory representative, who used a Chevrolet cylinder block. Others present were Stanley Clemens of McQuay and Norris and Tom Dugan of Chanslor and Lyon, Los Angeles, both of whom gave talks on the use of the machine in other territory. Garages using it here have had satisfactory results, says Nenno. Many and varied have been the observers who have ridden with "Endurance Charlie" Holdson as he drove the N-Durance Essex on its daily mountain climb. Some thought only of the scenery, others were impressed with the driving, while still others remarked upon the engineering skill required to lay out a road such as the Rim-'o-the-World drive. "It gives me a great 'kick' to watch the behaviour of my observers," said Holdson. "One fellow sat all day clicking off a counter-to see how many turns there are in the road from the foot of Waterman canyon to the foot of Mill Creek. How many do you suppose there are? One thousand, six hundred and thirty seven. These are all turns of over 20 degrees—not just little 'snake wriggles.' No wonder the average driver is tired when he drives over this road in two days—one day up and one day down. "Another man was inclined to think along engineering lines. "Taking the weight of the Essex Coach as 2700 lbs. and the average load carried as being 540 lbs. we lift a total of 3,240 lbs. over the mountains each day. The total altitude reached in 30 days is 280,500 feet, or 9 1-2 times the height of Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world. "Multiplying the weight by the altitude gives us the foot-pounds, which comes to 908,820,000. This is equal to 27,540 horsepower. Since one horsepower is equal to 746 watts of electrical energy, the total watts developed is 20,544,340. Assuming that the average 5-room bungalow can be lighted by five 30-watt globes you could light 27,378 such homes, with a total of 684,461 lights. Holdson only has one more week to go in completing his 30 round trips from Los Angeles to Big Bear Valley in 30 consecutive days." LAUDS SCENERY OF VISTA GRANDE A. Bevillard, of the Anaheim Ignition Depot returned Saturday from the Fuller Mill Creek camp, where he went with his family two or three weeks ago, enthusiastic over the scenery encountered. Fine pine tree adorn the region and there is plenty of wood for fires, says Bevillard. The entering road is good, and only the first six miles of it are at all hard. Bevillard advises Anaheim to stop at Vista Grande, from where there is a wonderful panorama which includes the San Gorgonio Pass and San Jacinto peak. The camp is approximately 11 miles from Idyllwild. The only criticism he had to make was that the place was chilly without proper covering. The temperature never rose over 15 degrees. Bevillard caught a nice mess of trout there. Some six miles away as a crow flies is the Snow Crek region near Whitewater. This is on the other side to the San Jacinto mountains, and only 1800 feet high, compared with 5000 feet for the other camp. The temperature got up to 115 by day and wasn't much below that at midnight. Fishing was conspicuous by its jack of results. Indications point to the consolidation of Columbia Motors and the Liberty Motor Car Co. with a shift of the former's car manufacturing to the latter's big and finely equipped factory. Holdson only has one more week to go in completing his 30 round trips from Los Angeles to Big Bear Valley in 30 consecutive days. COLUMBIA NOW DISTRIBUTED HERE "A motor car is only as good as its chassis", says V. V. Vanderlip, Oldsmobile and Columbia distributor quoting the factory slogan. Experienced motorists who recognize immediately the remarkable value offered by the Columbia, invariably ask: "How can such a car be produced at such a low price?" The answer is to be found in specialization. The chassis of the Columbia light six is the combined product of America's leading builders of specialized units, mammoth organizations which have chosen to put their tremendous financial and physical forces into doing one thing expertly, rather than doing many things in a passable manner. Their immense volume, added to Columbia's, has produced a better car at a lower price than most engineers believed possible. This plan, too, leaves Columbia engineers free to specialize on the all important task of combining these units into a powerful smooth-running, dependable chassis. The light six is the elixar of eight years experience in building specialized motor cars. This chassis is the reason why Columbia holds a commanding lead in definite, provable value. 6-cylinder, 50 h.p., Red Seal Continental Motor, Cylinders, "L" head type, cast en bloc; 3 1-8" bore, 4 1-4" stroke, 195.6 cu. in, displacement. Timken Axles—front and rear, Durston Transmission, Timken bearing, front and rear axles, Stromberg Carburetor, Borg & Beck Clutch, Gemmer Steering Gear, Auto-Lite starting, lighting, and ignition. Spicer universal joints. Low set, deep cushioned Seats. Barrel head lamps with non-glare lenses. Heavey weight. Deep drawn fenders with paneled crown. Wheelbase, 115 inches, 31x4 Cord tires. (Continued on Page Three) EECTION naheim SATURDAY, JULY 14, 1923 Carload Million-Mark License Plates Received Talk about passing the 1,000,000 mark on California license plates. Read this announcement of Will H. Marsh, chief of the Division of Motor Vehicles: "A car load of plates carrying the 'Star' which is symbolic of one million, was received from the factory by the Division of Motor Vehicles this week. It will only be a very short time until star plates will begin to appear upon the highways." OVERLAND BREAKS AUSTRALIAN MARK Australia's vaunted automobile road record, which has stood untouched for nine years, has been tumbled from its lofty pedestal by an American car. In setting up new antipodean figures an Overland car made the run of 579 miles from Adelaide to Melbourne across the dreaded Coorang desert in 14 h. 13 m., an average of 39 miles per hour. Back in 1914 an English car with a Brooklands track reputation for time shattering performances hung up a record of 14 hours and 54 minutes between Adelaide and Melbourne. This feat gradually grew to become a classic in the minds of Australians who regarded the time as unbeatable. The car left Melbourne under Australian Auto Club observation at REGISTRATION MAKES BIG JUMP Motor Vehicle Dep't Business 20 Per Cent Larger in June, Report Comparative statement issued by the Division of Motor Vehicles for the month of June with the same month a year ago shows the following registrations: Receipts Motor Vehicle Fund June, 1922, $189,456.00; June 1923, $846,766.90 or an increase of $57,310.90. Receipts, Transfer and Operator's Fund, June 1922, $39,114.35; June 1923, $50,494.55 or an increase of $11,379.70. Registrations June 1922, 24,489; June 1923, 33,482 or an increase of 8,984. While an increase in the business of the division of more than 20 percent is shown, Will H. Marsh chief of the division reports a comparative payroll reduction as follows: Payroll June 1922, $26,486.55; Payroll June 1923, $25,997.10 or a Aheim Ignitture day from up, where he two or three over the pine tree there is plenty Bevillard. Good, and only at all hard heimers to from where orama which into Pass and exactly 11 had to make shilly without temperature trees. Bevilltrout there. as a crow region near on the other mountains, with, compared other camp. up to 115 by below that at conspicuous the consolidaand the Libth a shift of facturing to neely equipped ures an Overland car made the run of 579 miles from Adelaide to Melbourne across the dreaded Coorang desert in 14 h. 13 m., an average of 39 miles per hour. Back in 1914 an English car with a Brooklands track reputation for time shattering performances hung up a record of 14 hours and 54 minutes between Adelaide and Melbourne. This feat gradually grew to become a classic in the minds of Australians who regarded the time as unbeatable. The car left Melbourne under Australian Auto Club observation at 5:30 in the morning and at 1:57 hit the dreaded Coorang Desert—92 miles across and emerged at 4:50, averaging 32 miles per hour, the driver and the mechanic having had their goggles broken by flying stones and the car having lost both headlights. Darkness fell about six o'clock and the steep tortuous passes over the ranges into Adelaide were covered under a severe handlecap. The scheduled time to reach the post office in Adelaide was 7:50 p.m. which gave the car a lead of four minutes over the previous record. With goggles and lights the drivers could have unquestionably been in by 7:15. Great crowds were gathered in the streets at Adelaide to meet the Overland which made all Australian records limp. Utah is estimated to have sold about 6000 cars during the first half of this year. The state of Washington now has 1 car to each 6.5 persons; Los Angeles, 1 to 3; Chicago, 1 to 20. Receipts, Transfer and Operator's Fund, June 1922, $39,114.85; June 1923, $50,494.55 or an increase of $11,379.70. Registrations June 1922, 24,489; June 1923, 23,482 or an increase of 8,984. While an increase in the business of the division of more than 20 per cent is shown, Will H. Marsh chief of the division reports a comparative payroll reduction as follows: Payroll June 1922, $26,486.56; Payroll June 1923, $25,997.16 or a decrease of $2,489.40. Local Tire Firm To Sell Business Tompkins & Dandy exclusive distributors of Racine, Miller and McClaren tires, are negotiating for the sale of the business, and meanwhile have cut prices almost to cost. Both men are in poor health. These are all good tires, the McClaren having been used for a long while the year through on the Crown Stage buses, where, because of speed maintained, they received the hardest kind of usage. Reorganization of Stuts representation in Southern California has finally been completed by the Stuts Motor Car Co. of Indianapolis. Never allow the pipe leading to the gasoline tank to rub against any part of the mechanism. Buick Roadsters To Select From— distinctive Buick Sport Roadster is an excellent example of skill that Buick has displayed in developing roadster types for motoring tastes and requirements. in the four and six cylinder models the Buick line of roadsters des a wide range of selection for those who desire the inti- of this particular design. other for business, professional use or for pleasure driving the break and Buick roadster suitable and perfectly adapted to the need. FOURS 2 Pass. Roadster $1050 3 Pass Coupe $1415 5 Pass Touring $1075 5 Pass Sedan $1655 6 Pass Touring Sedan $1540 2 Passenger Sport Roadster $1250 ANAHEIM AUTO CO. WM. GOODRUM, Prop. Angeles Street. better automobiles are built, Buick will bu