Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 119, 29 March 1919 — Page 24

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1919.

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KEEP IT GOING :k'tC r (-''; ; ,. .', : -; Semi-ibipnthry , Examinations of Storage Variety; Would Prolong Life. v -. , A Automobiles today almost without exception are. equipped with electric lighting and starting systems. Most of them 'have both, though a few have only the" lighting system. .This means a storage battery to supply the current Thus spoke H. MVRiggln; manager of the Richmond Battery arid Radiator company.:- Here's 'Some other valuable advice from "Mr. Riggin:" Eleetrtcity is something the average man neither cares nor worries about so long as it functions properly, but Jet it feet out 'of order and he blames first the car then the battery service. Storage batteries,- like everything else about an automobile,- require a certain, amount of attention. They are usually neglected because being hidden either under the seat, swung on the frame of the car, or in a box on the running board they are forgotten. It is only when they fail that the fact they are part of the car equipment is remembered. It is too late then. . Loses Juice In Cold Weather ' By semi-monthly visits to some refutable battery expert the cause is discovered and remedied,' either by removing the battery, finding out what is wrong and remedying the trouble, or," if it can be fixed without removal, thework Is done then and there. ', While batteries are being repaired or recharged a "loan battery," as it is termed, is put in the car so as not

to. Ue the machine up. For this service a nominal charge is made. Often, especlaly during the winter months, it is found that a battery runs down because the car is not used enough during the day to keep it recharged. In cold weather lights burning for long hours at night draw moro Juice from the battery than is restored by the running during the time tho machine is in use. This is not the battery's fault. In fact, it can be laid at the door of no one.

Haynes Not for Sale t . After 23,009 Miles The Haynes Character Cars are daily proving their inherent qualities of beauty, strength, power and comfort. Many letters are received every week at the factory 'from delighted users, according to Leo Bowers of the Central Auto Agency. "For instance Dr. Fisher It. Clark of Stockton, Cal., in v 1915, bought a Haynes touring car. Two months later, after traveling 4,000 miles in it, he wrote expressing his delight with

the car."

"Last summer A. R. Lyon, the Haynes Stockton representative, offered to buy the car back for what Dr. Clark paid for it." , "I should say not!" exclaimed the doctor Indignantly. "I've had that car three years now and I've driven her over 23.000 miles without a thing going wrong. The motor purrs like a satisfied cat, and in the hills it pulls wonderfully. I have spent less than fifty dollars on repairs and I get better than seventeen miles out cf a gallon cf gas. No siree, I won't sell it." "And there you are. A Haynes with a record like that is one to make the company proud of its cars."

Failure to lubricate permits excessive friction, and friction generates heat. Any part which is discovered to be hot to tho hand if held near is probably suffering from faulty lubrication

USAGE IS BEST TIRE TEST, SAYS DEALER "Few business men can make the tests of tires which are made by some of the great corporations before which tire they will use," says a local United States . tire distributor. "But many a business man makes simple, practical test3 of tires by placing different makes on his cars. The United States Tire company receives many flattering letters from customers of this sort. The United States Nobby Cord, the big pneumatic for truck use, is proving especially popular at the present time. "We have received such excellent service from your Nobby Cord pneumatic truck tires that we thought you might be interested in knowing about it," writes the Boulevard Transportation company of Wayzata, Minn." "We have been trying out 38x7 Nobby Cords against 40x8 tires of other makes and In spite of the heavy load

ing of our trucks the Nobbys have out- i run the large size casings. Your tires j

are averaging from 12,000 to 15,000 miles."

FRENCH OWNER IS BUSH ENTHUSIAST

That French owners are just as proud of their Buicks as the owners in this country is shown in an interesting letter from Sergeant Owen Grills, with the American forces in Blois, France, according to H. W. Chenoweth. "In taking the liberty to write the Buick Co.," says Sergeant Grills, "I

feel as though I were writing to some of my personal friends. I have driv'en Buicks ranging from the old Model 10 to the latest out up to the time I left, and I lnow that no one can ,do that without feeling as I do. "And I want to tell you right now that tho little 6-45 is far ahead of anything within five hundred or a thousand dollars of the Buick price. I am not writing you with a month's experience back of me,: but with seven years' work with every American make of automobile on the market. Since I have been here I. have had quite a little work with European makes. ' "But, the real reason for this letter was t6 tell you of a happy little surprise today. I started down town and as I passed the market I heard an engine running with a cut-out open. I said to the corporal with me, 'Say, that sounds like a Buick to me.' "On going where it was, there stood a little Model 25 and on examination it proved to be a 1912 model. To say I was surprised wouldn't express it at all. - "So I played on the Klaxon until the

Frenchman who owned the Buick showed up. After jabbering with him I found out that he had had the car about two years and that repairs had only cost him twenty francs or about four dollars in real money. He said he wouldn't sell the Buick for the original price. "He expressed himself as being very proud of his Bu-eeck, as he called it, and said that he was going to get one of the sixes as soon as possible."

Choose Right Track, k Is Expert's Odvke ., " Choosing the light truck for the job. This is the question confronting hundreds of business men who have decided to discard the horse and wagon for motor truck haulage, says F. E. Slick, manager of the Standard Supply and Transportation Co., dealin Republic trucks. First, suggests the B. F. Goodrich Rubber company, the prospective buyer should carefully analyze his hauling needs. Making the wrong selection in buying either one or a fleet of trucks means a serious waste. Merchants, manufacturers or farmers must first analyze his hauling problems by consideration of the fundamentals their importance ranking in the order named: Size of the average load, power, governing speed, size of body, wheel base, type of truck. The size of the average load is the factor which determines the carrying capacity of the truck selected. The operator hauling small units ha3 a different problem from the owner who

CAUSE OF SHORT CIRCUITS

A painter's brush that is thick and soft will be found better than waste ( for removing dust from the motor, j There are so many small projections ; that waste is generally a cause of bad I language and little else.

The inside of copper wire of tho sort used for battery connections frequently corrodes until it is completely eaten through, when it part3 and a short circuit results'. This trouble is caused by the sulphuric acid, gas in the ceils, accentuated by the damp air

about the battery. If the wires are coated at and around the terminals

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be effectually protected from the acid fumes. , .

They Are Always Grateful For Cuiicura Soap Because, it means skin comfort and skin health. For shaving, bathing and shampooing it is wonderful. Its pore-cleansing', sterilizing properties will prove a revelation to those who use it for the first time. Assisted by touches of Cuticura Ointment, it does much to clear the skin of pimples, rashes, eczemas and irritations .and the scalp of dandruff and itching. SKF" Cuiicura Toilet Trio Consisting of Soap, Ointment and Talcum are indispensable adjuncts of the daily totlet in maintaining skin rurity and skin health. By bringing these delicately medicated emollients n frequent contact with your skin as in use for all toilet purposes, you keep the skin, scalp, hair and hands clear, sweet and healthy. The Soap, Ointment and Talcum 25c. each everywhere.

hau!s heavy machinery. Tho former

may select any capacity truck he desires, while- the - latter must select a machine capable of carrying a maximum load in order to avoid the evils of overloading. The power of the truck selected should be determined only after careful consideration of the weights to bo carried; the character of the service., and the percentage of grade in the zone traveled by the truck. Probably most important is the grade percentage.! Hill country demands a different gear ratio than for machines that rui; over level ground the engine of a hill-climbing truck should have a longer lever with which to work-

in 1899 New York automobile laws allowed automobiles to travel not more than four miles an hour around street corners.

Michigan U. to Conduct Course in Road Building An Indication of the awakened interest in the construction of good roads is seen in an announcement just made by President H. B. Hutchins that the University of Michigan will open a course la highway transport Its object 13 to train men to take responsible positions in the road building program of the country. It is believed that many of the army transport men who hav8 been engaged in driving trucks with heavy material over the roads in this country and Europe will be anxious to acquire expert Information regarding road building and maintenance with a view of making highway transportation their Ufa work.

AnnrnTimntpiv 25.000 persons were

injured by automobile ana roo.or trucks in the streets cf Greater Ncv

York during 1917.

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