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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 30, 1910)
t Automobile Department ALL QUESTIONS CHEERFULLY ANSWERED THHOUCW THE COLUMNS OP THIS DEPARTMENT contact becomes uncertain, and causes tbe engine to miss or stop altogether. This poor connection will usually be found in the battery box. If you have located the trouble in tbe ignition system, note the following points: When you turn your engine and do not get a buzz, it indicates one or more of the following troubles: (i) disconnected ground wire irom coil to engine; (2) disconnected or broken wire in the battery circuit (break may be inside insulation); (3) tinier does not make proper contact; (4)brokeu connec tion inside of coil; (4) coil has been wet or is damaged; (6) vibrator contact points stuck; (7) weak batteries (may de tested by pocket ammeter). 1 Exchange. E. I. Gregg has a new Ford auto mobile purchased from The Nebraska Land and Auto Company of Alliance Kearney, Nebraska, is making trade excursions through the surroundihg country by means of autos. Why not organize an auto club for Box Butte county? There are plenty of car owncrB in tbe county and a club would be of great benefit if properly managed. Lincoln is putting in a new police patrol automobile. ' Light lubricating oil is always tbe best. The reason for oil being dark and heavy is the presence of impur ities, These impurities burn at tbe high temperatures reached and coat the cylinders, causing trouble. All good auto oils are made from crude petroleum. Oils made from other sub stances decompose and injure the metals. Most of the cars manufactured are shaft driven. The only exclusive chain driven cars are the Simrlex, Pope-Toledo, Empire, Cbadwick, and Peteral. Tbe best way to remove carbon from cylinders is to take them apart and scrape. Kerosene Ib used by some as well as decarbonizing solutions which are manufactured for the purpose. If your engine knocks examine the cooling system. Perhaps the water does not circulate properly. Never stop your car as quickly as Eossible unless absolutely necessary, iegin to slow down before you get to tbe stopping place. It will lengthen the life of your car. If your starting crank works hard put a few drops of oil on the spindle. Jt will make a big difference. A stiff releasing spring on the start ing crank is unnecessary and causes the crank to release itself when not wanted. An extremely light spring will serve the purpose. Mr. J. W. Guthrie, the enterprising insurance man, made the trip to Chad ron and return in his Reo auto last week. The Thiele Cream Company's auto delivery wagon is kept busy hauling shipments of ice cream to the depot. Do you want to see the latest cata logue of tbe new cars? We have a large file of auto catalogues at The Herald office. B. H. Fcrnald. Auto Livery. Prompt Bervice. Phone 15 or Red 187. tf Win," Kintop, the popular auto driver for James Keeler, is kept very busy making trips these days. A clattering sound caused by the brakes 1b an indication that tbe friction surfaces are too dry- A mixture of oil and graphite or the graphite grease you buy at the supply store will remedy it but you must be careful not to get too much on or tbe brakes will slip. The steering gear should always be carefully watched. On most cars pro vision is made to take up tbe lost motion caused by wear of the parts but some cannot be fixed. A car with a very loose steering gear is dangerous and if the looseness cannot be taken up a new steering gear should be pur chased. If you desire to get any information regarding the dealers in certain cars in Nebraska or surrouudingl territory you I will find this kind of information at The Hprntd nflinp. Makfl tise of this tie-1 partment. We are constantly adding to our files and will booh have a 'com plete file of information for our readers of tbe auto department. HINTS FOR LOCATING TROUBLE IN ENGINE. It is sometimes very perplexing when an engine, stops suddenly, retuses to start, or misse, to tell just where the trouble lies. We give here a general outline oi a process of elimination to ascertain whether or not tbe trouble is in tbe ig nition system Turn the engine over slowly and see whether each section of the coil buzzes. If tbey all buzz, the trouble is not in the (a) batteries; (b) timer; (c) connec tions on primary or battery circuit; (d) primary windings of coil; (e) contact points on vibrator. This leaves the high tension wiring, including tbe pround wire, spark plugs, and second ary winding of spark coil Remove tbe spark plugs, reconnect tbe wire, and lay plug on top of cylin der so that the threads of the plug touch the metal, but do not let tbe top of the plug to which the wire is attach ed touch any metal. Then turn the engine over until your bear a buzz. See it you get a good spark. Repeat this for each plug. If you get a good spark at each plug, you have eliminated all ignition troubles. It sometimes happens that there is a connection loose, but not entirely broken. When the engine is Btopped, this connection may touch and apparently be O. K-, but when tbe engine is running tbe The following rules have been adopted by and will bo enforced by the Chief of Police of xMliance with regard to automobiles and covering the move ments of hacks and other vehicles: 1. Always keep tbe right side of the street under all circumstances. 2. Slacken speed and turn corners carefully. 3. Must have two white lights burn ing in front, and one red light in rear of machines between sunset and sun rise. 4. Speed limit not to exceed ten miles an hour. This is important on account of thp great number of visitors who will be in the city within the next few days, and streets will be crowded. 5- Every machine must have a loud-sounding alarm of some descrip tion and same must be sounded at the approach of every crossing, and when a warning is necessary to pedestrians, teamsters, etc. Approved CHIEF OF POLICE. Proclamation Regarding the discharging of Are arms, fire-crackers, torpedoes, or other fireworks of any description on the main street of Alliance, known as Box Butte Avenue:- At a meeting of the Alliance City Council on the night of June 24th, the mayor approved an order prohibiting tbe firing of the above mentioned articles on the above street, commenc ing on date June 25th. This order will be strictly enforced, and all violators will be dealt with ac cordingly. F. W. Harris, Mayor. Frank Irish, Clerk There Can Be No Drouth in the Salt River Valley of Arizona The huge Roosevelt Dam creates the largest reser voir in the world, holding' enough water to irrigate the entire Salt River Val ley for three years in case of no rainfall in the moun tains. The climate is su perb, the soil the best in the world, and the land is still cheap. r SEE LLOYD C. THOMAS at THE HERALD office for information I A Word from the Producers of that Ptize Piano w? No American Newspaper has ever offered a better one in a Voting Contest I 3 "The piano furnished by us to THE ALLIANCE HERALD, to be awarded by it to the lucky contestant in its present stirring VOTING CON TEST, is as fine an instrument as has ever been turned out by an American maker. The stir, the enthusiasm, created by THE HERALD in its ambitious cpntest, has caused some inquiries to be made of our Omaha house in regard to the piano. The public at large, and contestants par ticularly, have our assurance and GUARANTEE that this very instrument has been SPECIALLY produced for us by THE KOHLER & CAMPBELL CO., of New York City. It is the self same 4 BENNETT ' piano that is now giving unbounded pleasure in HUNDREDS UPON HUNDREDS of the finest homes in Omaha and other western cities, It bears our NAME, and OUR name is too valuable an asset to trifle with. The lady who may be fortunate enough to WIN it will echo our statements to a CERTAINTY." THE BENNETT PIANO COMPANY'S HEADQUARTERS, OMAHA, NEBRASKA : 4$ -vvvK,-AAAf I WE SHALL BE WELL REPRESENTED ' JULY We have arranged to send one of our Gen eral District Hanagers to Alliance, to remain during the entire month of July, he to make his headquarters at our Alliance establishment. A 5 Our District Hanager. together with Mrs. J, T. Wiker in charge of our Alliance store, will J attend to the exceedingly large number of peo- pie. who have become interested in the superb ? pianos handled by the Bennett Co. since these 7 instruments have been brought to their notice so prominently by The Herald Voting Contest, i W kp ' Bennett Pianos are Honest Pianos! S RICHMOND "EXHIBIT PIANOS for ALLIANCE We have reserved for our Alliance house, c fifteen pianos that were on exhibition at the I lk.1 r 1"X -. A. 5A f A ixauonai riano ueaier s association convention which was held in Richmond, Va., during Hay, 7 ft The Omaha musical populace went into j ? ecstacies over these "Exhibition" instruments r 3? 7 and purchased all of them eagerly, excepting t only the fifteen that have been set aside for 7 Alliance. i Even though these are SPECIALLY design- J ed and built pianos they were bought by us at a c discount and will be sold at a discount in Al- liance in July. X-v y St Arrange for an exciting fjnish to THE HERALD'S VOTING CONTEST. See the most popular lady awarded a piano that will be viewed and heard with pride for YEARS. Then, if you are interested in a piano as good, get in touch with the largest, most genuinely important western piano concern. THE BENNETT PIANO COMPANY ALLIANCE, NEBRASKA m t : f Headquarters at Omaha, Nebr. Other Stores Throughout the West g ,