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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: NOVEMBER 5, 1916, 13 B COLE MAN'S 'DON'TS' FOR AUTO DRIVERS fi "01 r t t V It is Poor Policv to Abuse What Deserves' Best, of i! rfAi;fiT,Traa4ment. u WATCH YOUE CAE ALWAYS "A. F. Knobloch. general manager of the Cole Motor Car company of Indianapolis, where trie widely known Cole Eight is manufactured, is a firm believer in the theory that anything with merit is worthy of good treat ment," says Low Traynor, local Cole representative. If he has one partio ular hobby, outside of-the manufio ture of automobiles, it is 'Sensible operation of automobiles' after they have left the factory. With this in view, he has prepared a series of 'Oon'ts' for automobile drivers and he does not hesitate to acquaint the pub' he with them." Here are some of his "Don'ts": Don't put oil in the engine without first making sure that it is tree from dirt and lint Don't race the engine when it is not drawing the car. There is no worse abuse. Fill Radiator. , I Don't neglect to keep the radiator tilled with water. Also use a good utt-freeze solution in cold weather. Don t neglect your tires: use the pressure gauge and maintain between seventy and eighty pounds pressure. Don t fail to inspect the level of liquid, in the storage battery every two weeks. Don't drive with your feet on the clutch or break pedals. Don't let your car stand with head light full on. It is unnecessary and it runs your battery down. Don't drive fast on slippery streets. Don't drive with fully retarded spank. Don't start motor with wide open throttle or advanced spark.. Watch Gauge. Don't neglect the lubrication of your car. Watch your pressure gauge. Don't drive fast around turns or over rough roads. Don't apply brakes .suddenly, ex cept in cases of emergency. Don't attempt to shift into reverse' gear when going ahead. ' . Don't allow your clutch to' engage suddenly. 1 w 1 Don't drive on crowded thorough fares until you thoroughly master the operation and driving of your car. Don t attempt to start motor with y of the transmission sears in mesh. ave gear shift lever in neutral. Don't leave your ignition switch "on" when motor is' not running. Let Carburetor Alone, Don't taraptr witlj your carburetor unless you know it is out of adjust ment, and not even then unless you know just what you are doing. Don't fail to tighten up spring clip nuts at end of 800 or'1,000 miles. Don't fail to tighten up all body bolts at end of every 800 or 1,000 miles. i : .. Saxon Six Rides the. Ruts Along Border Just recently a, Saxon Six touring car made a run from San , Antonio; Tex., to San Diego, Cal., taking in every militia camp on the border and traversing roads in the Texas wastes that never before have felt the "wheels of i motor car. It carried represen tatives -of a film company and a mo tion picture outfit . Reports from various points along' the border are full of praise of Saxon performance. Starting from Sah An tonio, the party of movie operators encountered the ' severest rainstorms that have swept across that section of the" country in twenty-two years. Near Fiijley, Tex., the Saxon plowed through miles ot mud and not once was it stanea. r rom came rass. after a strenuous trio, the partv wired li Saxon dealer at San Antonio that the car was "in better condition than when it left there. Unlike the usual border trip, which follows a more or less beaten path, the", route of the "movie" car was cir cuitous and led into the desert coun try; Uncle Sam's soldiery, late milit iamen of the forty-eight states, are not all encamped along the main trails. They are lodged in little passes, at -water holes and along the bluffs of the Rio "Grande, miles from vil lages or railroad. In fact, they are everywhere that Villa or Carrama troops might pick as a place to cross the boundary line.. And the "movie" car visited them all. Between Del Rio and Juno, Tex., the: Saxon forded the Devil's river in five places. Out of Lanno Grande it traveled a road that motor cars had never taken before, and at San Ignatio ran':into heavy rain' and high water thai threatened to nalt the trip. The Saon, however, went through the flood district without trouble. Velie's Big! Sales , Win Floor. Space First choice of exhibit space at the New York show, beginning January 6, is governed by the number of cars built by exhibiting companies. The largest builder chooses first, second largest next, and so on. Four, floors of the Grand Central Palace will be required to house the complete car exhibits this year, so those given space on the main floor are naturally representative examples of the vast proportions to which the industry has grown. Not only will the Velie "Biltwel" six be found on the main floor with the largest producers as heretofore, but it will have advanced just 25 per cent in the ranks of the big builders t' i,,year. V Omaha Ranks High as Tire-Repairing Point November 1, according to Henry Nygaard, proprietor of the Omaha Tire Repair company, marked the sixth year of this business. Nygaard claims that each year the business has shown a marked increase andthat in yolume of tire repair work ""Omaha ranks high, owing to the large num ber of autmobiles in this territory. iE, Legora 8 howt Hpeed. Th way Harry Legoro. the Yale ttar, la tsarina un tha gridiron makea It apparent that he la out to ahow Princeton and Har vard that Iw ahould have beQ' barred from tthlattca for Ufa. - BATTERYRODBLES Careless Motorists Soon Sun Into Difficulties Due to - Season's Changes. SAVES MONEY AND WORRY A frequent complaint now to garage man and battery or electric system ex pert, with the coming of shorter days, has to do with the battery. "It is more difficult to keep the bat tery charged at this time of the year than it is in summer," said H. C. Bro kaw, principal of the West Side Young Men's Christian Association Automo bile school, New York City. "The reason is that the sun sets earlier, and just as our electric light and gas bills mount at home, because we light the lamps earlier, so it is with the auto. The driver who obeys the law uses more current. "A complaint came in the other day from an owner who was experiencing trouble with his electric plant, The lights would not work right when he was running. Starting out there was light, but after running a short time there was trouble. The lamps were fitted with dimmers, and these would not work at all times; sometimes one would light and the other fail. Next the horn electric refused to honk at times and got so it would only work after the car had been running half an hour or so. This was the case I was asked to diagnose. "While trying to determine the cause I began to question him. I found that the owner was employed during most of the daytime and only ran his car nights, with the exception that he was making long trips on Saturday and Sunday, and ran quite late into the night both days. During the week nights his trips were short, with nu merous stops. This caused a frequent use of the self-starter. He found it took longer to start the car, a natural result of the cooler weather. Starving the Battery. "I became convinced that the bat tery was being starved; that is, that it was not getting enough charge to keep, the storage batterv at its best. There seemed to be no trouble with the wiring,-and I told him he had bet ter have the battery charged and see if his troubles would not end. He protested that his generator was Sup posed to attend to the charging, but he had it done at the garage and his difficulties were solved. "His. trouble was that he did most of his running at night and, as he carefully observed the speed laws, consequently the generator did not generate very much extra current and the battery was being recharged at a very low rate, while being discharged at a regular high rate. In other words, he was chopping off both ends burn ing both ends of his candle. He was using ah excessive amount of cur rent and generating less than usual, because of running at night, starting often and running slow to observe the speed laws. Up to a certain point, the amount of current which goes into the battery is increased in pro portion to the speed of the car.; "Generators are constructed so that they will deliver a normal charge to the battery for normal running; they must not be constructed so they will send out in excessive current, or they overcharge the battery, and that is harmful. The sun sets much earlier and the cool weather makes it neces sary to use the starter more. . In warm weather one little kick will start the car off; in cold weather it takes often from half a minute to a minute. Effects of Cold Weather. "Most engines now are equipped wifh carburetor check and priming devices to facilitate starting when the engine is cold, but even with these extra current is consumed in turning the engine over more to start than when it is warm. Then, too, the storage battery drops off in effi ciency as the temperature is lowered and will not deliver so much current on a full charge as at a higher tem perature. This comes at a time when there is a greater call on the bat tery', and where a battery falls down under such circumstances as those above related, it is wise to get an occasional charge to help out the gen erator. "It is becoming the practice to take all current for lights, ignition and other purposes direct from the bat tery, using a generator to recharge it Inside of a year at the most the bottom of the battery will become filled with a sediment from the plates. This causes an internal short circuit and the battery will discharge itself inside instead of outside. At least once a year a battery should be taken apart and the sediment cleaned out. "Some generators are constructed so that they can be adjusted to de liver more current on demand; that is, there is one adjustment for summer and one for winter running. Wherever it is possible to thus adjust it should be done. Otherwise, when a battery loses voltage it, can be taken off the car and be charged. It need not be necessary to leave it for a twenty hour charging period; if taken soon enough it can be charged in six to ten hours, or when the car is laid up over night. Two nights would be enough- at any rate. New York Times. Zulu Rid Croeeea Wavee. Tha Zulu Kid la matched to fight Jimmy Wilde in London for the nywetghttltle. A Wllda.Zulu battle ought to furnish aoma genuine excitement. Don't Tamper With Your Carburetor When it comes to tampering with the carbureator on a car, the best ad vice is "don't." So says Max Hagel stine, manager of the service depart ment of the Siudehaker corporation. "The first thought with so many motorists is to change the adjustment of the carburetor with every decided change of weather," said Mr. Hagel stiue. "They seem to think the car buretor ought to be adjusted one way when the day is dry, another when it is wet, still another when it is hot, and again when it is cold. ! "Now, it is true that the mixture should be rich or lean, according to the kind Of weather. But adjustment of the carburetor is the wrong way to secure the proper mixture. The right way is to make use of the 'choke,' 'which on Studebaker cars is located on the dash. Pulling this 'choke' out secures a rich mixture, and that method should be adopted when the motor is cold. After the engine is running for a while and gets warm, the 'choke' should be pushed in. "What happens when the carburetor has been tampered with to seture a rich mixture is that gasoline is UN LIGHT SIX invites any car in its class to show better hill climbing ability A 230 cubic inch motor that pulls like a 600 inch We guarantee 15 Miles or better to a gallon of gasoline Let Us Show You Immediate Delivery W. T. WILSON AUTO CO, 1910 Farnam St. Omaha, Neb. Doug. 60Z. I A Crest Loss arid a Greater Gain ,This business has rounded out twenty two months of existence by distribut ing to owners more than one hundred thousand cars. ' . ' : Pricje-concessions on this car are rarely . asked, and never given with Dodge Brothers consent or to their knowledge. You can therefore figure accurately ' the amount invested by the public in Dodge Brothers cars, by multiplying the output by the retail selling price. One hundred thousand, cars at $785 per car means a sales-total in less than two years time of $78,500,000 or, with freight-cost added, considerably more than $80,000,000. ' i, There have been no bursts of speed in the up-building of this great business. At no time has there been even an at- "' tempt at stimulation of sales or of production. - Never for a single day has production been speeded up for the sake of attain ing a total. On the contrary, it has been held down every day within the limits of close, careful, conscientious manufacturing. Both production and sales have been stable,, steady and spontaneous scru pulous care in the one, producing huge volume in the other. At this moment, as at every other period, although producing a large volume every day, Dodge Brothers are "losing business" by their policy of keeping production within the bounds of continuous betterment In that sense they have doubtless suf fered a great loss in the past and will endure a great loss in the future. But over against this great loss is an infinitely greater gaiiv The people of the United States have implicit faith in the integrity of Dodge Brothers manufacturing methods. One hundred thousand owners or rather, one hundred thousand families are practically of one mind concerning the car and the men who make it This business and its product are blessed with a friendship probably with out parallel in the history of American manufacturing. Fresh from the factory, or sold at second-hand, from one end of the nation to the other, the car has special value and a special reputation, because of the name it bears. Because of the name it bears, you may be sure that the principle behind the car will never be changed a hair's breadth. , Dodge Brothers have only one idea in the upbuilding of their business. That idea is to build so soundly and so well that the good will which they have won will grow and endure forever. The taaoUne oootufoptioaj la omeaualle lava, Tha tin mileage to uoueuaU Ugh. MURPHY-O'BRIEN AUTO CO. 1814-18 Farnam Street Phone Tyler 123 Omaha, Nebraska The price ot tha Toortal Car or Roedater, couplet to I7SS If. o. b. Detroit) Tha price of the Winter Touring Car or Road iter, corapiotB, Including regular mohair top, to S50 U. o. b. Detroit) iiuiiihi iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiMiiiiiiniiiiiiiiimiiiiiiini"""""'" iiiiiiimmiwiiii iiuiniilliiiiiiliiiiiiiiiniipii wasted and the condition in general invites the formation of carbon de posits. That means loss of power, and incidentally it militates against economy, aside from the likelihood of petting the carburetor mechanism out of adjustment. So my advice is to leave the carburetor alone. "Troubles are likely to occur frnm a continued improper mixture of gat and air, due to a wrong adjustment of the carburetor. If the owner forgets the existence of hii carburetor and lets if alone to perform its functions, he will find that he will secure the most satisfactory results from his car. He will get better performance, great er economy and longer service with out the necessity of giving attentiqn to the mechanism." Tough Job for Brown. In meeting Tale, Harvard and Colgate, one right after another, the Brown foot ball team la bound to flnleh the aeetton with plenty of foot ball In their lyiteme. . r ..... ' " ' ' " ' IS j feJ M ' ' 11 .II s -lyt.-v':: "....;; - . - ,-,hij y ;;, Sir,. -"v.' ;. , 3 a iiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiintiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiitiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinjl Willard-Trained Service requires more than the willing ness to serve. It requires the ability. , In every one of the 775 Willard Service Stations are men who are not only will ing, but able to give you expert battery service. ' . . They are trained in the Willard factory, j so that they know the storage battery thoroughly. . : . Their training and experience enable them to see beneath the surface indica tions of trouble. If you take a run-down , battery to a Willard Service man, "he doesn't just charge it. He wants to know why it is run down, and he prevents a repetition of the trouble by getting at the root t ; ' , : . ' But repairing is the least part of his work. His job, primarily, is to keep your ' battery free from, the 'need of repairing. Do you know the Wiliard Service man ' , in your town? Look him up. He'll keep . your starter on the job, and your lights bright. He's interested in your battery and can tell you some interesting things about it A visit will be worth your while. .Nebraska Storage , -.v., v.. Battery Co . 2203 Farnam St, Omaha. . Pheaa Doug. I1M. . '. ; ) ' . RVfl ht $ lad to tut jwur kuitmy ml mny timm. WUUri 5leraf B'UtrUi fr for tU ly car italtrt, furorM and all Willard Smic Statiant end factory Bnmcku.: iSllllllinilllllllllUUUIIIIIIIHNUiilillllllS uu 1 ft1 x" " J '-I o ana r m::W JWif VtMlanujaaneaa 1 IIIIIIHIIIII"1""""""""1"""""""""!!!!!!!!)!!!!!;, L S Hastings FOR h - SUPREME JUDGE ( DAVID CITY, Neb., Nov. 2, 1916. To the Voters of the State of Nebraska ) We, the undersigned residents and business men of all parties of David City, desire to recommend Hon. L. S. Hastings of David City to the voter for the position of supreme judge. ' , : ; : ' . Mr. Hastings has teen a resident of' Butler county for thirty eight years, twenty-eight years of this time he has been actively engaged in the practice of law, and has attained a high place in his profession. , 1 He has served the county as state senator, county attorney, mayor of David City and president of the board of education, all oj which places he has filled with credit and efficiency. - Mr. Hastings stands high in the community as. a citizen and p lawyer. He has always been progressive on all public questions jW that were for the advancement of his home community. 1 It is a pleasure to the undersigned, regardless of party,' to P recommend Mr. Hastings to all of the voters at the coming elec- m tion, honestly believing that if he is elected he will bring to the I highest court a well balanced mind of high legal attainment ; H T. B. MYERS, Chairman Butler County Democratic Committee. S ED. L. RUNYON, Chm. Butter County Republican Central Com. W. F. DELANEY, County Treasurer. ' S E. J. DWORAK, Cashier Central Nebraska National Bank.'- . 1 ARTHUR MYATT, Mayor of David City. 'M C. O. CROSTHWAITE, Cashier City National Bank. S C. D. COE, Cashier Butler County State. Bank. .... 1 M. J. BOUSE, County Clerk. ' ' 3 JOS. C. HAVEL, Clerk of District Court, 1. ....:. ,: ' iigaiiBH