s. SATURDAY, OV. 8, 1021, THE DAILY BRITISH 1 EIT i WHIG. ~ In the Automobile World Perhaps Loose Door. i -- : Much of the creaking and rattling which is a source of annoyance to most motorists, could be eliminated by giving a few moments attention to the doors of the car. The conven- tional body hes at least two rubber bumpers for each door, these being designed to keep the doors tight. But in time these bumpers become flattened down and worn. : By wedging in a little backing in the form of a sliver of wood or a piece of tin the bumpers can be re- stored to their full efficiency--and the door rattles wiil vanish. While this is being done, a few drops of oil on the door locks will frequently cause many a baffling squeek disappear. Rattles and ev- en knocks are often traceable to tools or other loose particles in the door pockets, If things must be carried in the door pockets be sure to pack them in tight. FORESTRY BRANCH SUGGESTS AUTOS MAY START FOREST FIRES The following notice has bben sent out recently by the Forestry branch at Ottawa: : "Officers of the Massachusetts for- est service declare that the number of fires in the forests in the state bears a direct relation to the number of automobile licenses issued. As the automobiles increase so do the forest fires. claim that city ' people, .touring through the woods by automobile, leave their noon-day campfires burn- ing and so start fires. The state ment 'is probably justified but anal- yzed it simply means, more tourists, more firés. "The remedy is not fewer auto- mobiles but more widespread educa- tion as to the dangers of careless handling of fires in the forests. The more city people there are who go for their recreation to the forest, the better will the value of the for- est be appreciated and the easier fit will be to have conservation meas- ures carried out. If the subject is approached in this way the automo- bile will become not a menace to the . forest, but a great aid to forest con- servation." Rubber should always be cut with » wet knife, PPP P PRESSE > SEDAN NAMED AFTER > QUEEN'S "CHAIR CAR" +4 » Sedan designates the closed % car in which the driver and the + passengers ride in the same compartment. Its name is trac- ed back to the sedan chair of Queen Anne's time. The sedan chair was named for the city of Sedan, France, where this conveyance is said to have been developed. The en- trance was through a door in front with windows on both sides and in the rear. The win- dows were either fitted with curtains or glass. The two car- riers walked between poles or shafts fixed to the sides. e modern sedans are mis- nomers, in that it is possible to separate the driver from the passengers by raising a glass % partition, PEPLPPPPVPFIPO AT IGPP OOD 2 * * * + + * > * * + + * * * + * + + * * * * PPP 2424000000 % WHEELS NEGLECTED; BEARINGS GIVE OUT Caps Need Watching and Re- gular Adjustments Made. The common reason why the front wheel bearings of a motor ear give out is because the greasing of them is neglected. But the expert motor- They | jst knows that there is no excuse for this neglect. The front wheel caps should be removed every three to six months in the summer time, depending, of course, on how much the car is be- ing driven, Fill them with soft grease and screw them back into place. It should be remembered in doing this work that the left front cap may have a left thread instead of a right one. When the caps are removed the condition and adjustment of. the bearings should be noted. If they require adjustment or repair the car should be taken to a shop unless the owner feels competent to do the work. In putting the caps back into place extreme care should be used not to cross the threads. This is an error that is easily made since the threads are very fine and the diameter of the -|cap relatively large. LERD THEM ALL--6,000 MILE GUARANTER You Get. Value Fox Your Money ! EAGLE TIRES--80x8 }§ guaranteed 4,000 miles . ... $18.75 ATTWOOD & DINE 277 BAGOT ST. Phone 410w. WILLARD SERVICE STATION This is the time 6f the year that your BATTERY needs a lot of attention. Do not hesitate to stop at the Willard Sta- tion and we will gladly look your outfit over without charge, &lso starting and lighting systems. Enquire about new prices for WILLARD BATTERIES, I. LESSES 19 BROCK STREET. PHONE 1840. CLEARING SALE OF TIRES AUTOMOBILE BUSINESS the . Prices, Probably the most striking fact disclosed by the study of conditions in the automotive industry is that they continue to be better than ex- rected. August was the best month of the year, according to Automotive industries. When price cutting began at the end of August the general belief was that there would be a sharp falling off in retail sales on the theory that prospective buyers would hold off in the expectation of further euts. No accurate data was available oa this subject, but reports from num- erous distribution centres indicate that sales aré holding up very well in comparison with August, and that it there is a falling off it will not constitute anything in the nature of a "slump." It is not to be Axpected that sales will continue at the present level un- til the beginning of 1922, but nel- ther was it to be expected that busi- ness fa July and August, which has been a perennia] slack season wou'd be as good as in May and June, which ranked among the best months Gains Despite Cuts Made in 'of the year. Manufacturers believe there will be a gradual "tapering off" the rest of this year, but this "tapering off" is not yet strongly in evidence, Judging the rest cf the year by the cxperience of the first eight months, the decline in sales will not be as sharp as has been expected. There is in prospect an unusually heavy demand for enclosed cars, and many attractive new models will ba brought eut this fall at priees much less than those which prevailed a year ago. This will tend to stimu- late the sales. Production for the industry asja whole is running about 70 per cent. of the same period last year, but it should be remembered that produe- tion at the time had begun to fall oft because of the "buyers' strike" which was well under way. A fow of the quantity producers »"¢ run- ning their plants practically at ca- pacity, but it is probable that a ma- jority of the passenger car factories are running at not more than fifty per cent. of capacity, It is difficult to estimate truck production, but cn the whole it probably does no: ox- ceed 25 per cent of capacly. It is im- possible to fix percentages of "nore mal," becauss what is "normal" for the industry has not been deter in- d. CPPPPPPPRPPPPOS ORIENTAL WISDOM AND OCCIDENTAL CARS Motoring visitors to Japan receive from the police an English translation of the official trafic , regulations, some of which are as fol- lows: E "When you pass the cor- ner and the bridge, ring the born." "Drive slowly when you meet sheep or cattie; do not make them afraid, and care- fully make the sound." "Do not drive the motor when you get drunk, and do not smoke on the driver's seat. "When you drive the mo- tor car do not leave the driv- er's seat, and take care lest unexpected trouble happen." "When anything the mat- ter with your car, go to the police station and tell him." "Bpecial notice! You must never put overload on your automobile. The licensed capacity of your Ford car is five passengers, two in front and three in the rear of the house." Canadian motorist could well take a leaf out of the Oriental book of motor eti- quette. Shee PEEP bP Pee PEEP PP FRPP PRES PPP PIP RO Pree PRES EFSNOS N00 0 --ia Pack Plugs With Oil. A frequent and unsuspected loss of power is due to spark plug leak- age. Most plugs leak when ran very hot, and for this reason it will prove an advantage to make an occasional test at the end of a trip by dropping a little ofl around the packing joints and watzhing for bubbles. The leak- age can usually be stopped by taking up on the packing glands of the plug. Thin Out Mixture, When struggling with a balky en- gine do not pverprime. The usual tendency is to pull out the dash ad- justment and to put gasoline in the prim'ng cups. Many times the mix- ture Is too rich to fire. Leave the compression cocks open and spin the engine with the starter. This will ably start the engine, The Chinese invented motion pic- ALBERT L. CLOUGH Service Bureau Review' of Reviewd Filling Up With Anti-Freeze Use Alcohol And Water In Correct Proportions And Miz wen AVING CLEANED OUT AND rather than the amount of water 'STOPPED all leaks in the cooling System, it is well to look up in the obtain 'its liquid eapacity in quarts freeze. To be on the safe side it is instruction book or elsewhere 4s a basis for mixing the anti: well to use the stated capuoity, that actually escapes, as data for making the mixture, but it is a good plan to measure the amount which runs out from much less than the ator is stiil partly seldom n- four pe: At Abou: .. legrees a the fully filled system, in draining it and, if this is stated water capseity, it may indicate that the . During the first cold weather, it is 'sary to use a mixture stronger than one part of alcohol water 3} volume or a 20 i vé zero Fahren » alcohol mixture, which free eit, but in the "dead of winter," a 40% solution, freesing at 20 degrees below zero, may be required. Assuming the weaker mixture to be u , the following 18 the procedure: Measurs out as many quarts of denatured alcohol as are re resented b; the number of quarts of capacity In the rt : short run will thoroughly distribute the aleohel, through the water circulation 1s employed, if thermo-siphon to run until the liquid 1s circulation. Probab! little more water will has been caught in the gravity soale for liquids 1 slightly warm----enough , after the liquid has been be required to fe Jackets will have when at a temperature of 60 Fahrenheit hier than water wd the engine should be allowed to create the required in motion for a time a the system, as some air that been displaced. This solution should test about 0.975 on the above sero on a fressometer mas! thin down the mixture and will prob- ! | | ing a figure in freight transportation along the Mississippi. states of the United States, STILL ON THE DESCENT Brother Johnsing: De bottom ob o¥il aint ben 'teched sence de fall ob man! Brother Jones: Wot, Brudder Johnsing, ain't he landed yit? Absolute Evidence in Favor of Ground Cylinders All high grade automobile engines manufactured in this country as well as in Burope have their cylinder bores finish ed by grinding. Some of the American cars that might be mentioned are: Apperson Brewster Cadillac Cunningham Dorris Franklin Haynes Mercer Teniplar Holmes Packard Winton In fact, 84% of all the m anufacturers of pleasure cars use engines with ground cylinder bores, and 91% of the com« mercial motors are ground. Heald Machines are used ex- clusively. Automobile owners we have one of these Heald Cylinder Grinding Machines, and can guarantee first class work. Ground Cylinderg is a selling pélit with many cars. . Peerless Pigrce Arrow Rolls Royce Standard Stevens Duryea Stuts Hudson Kissel LaFayette Lineoln Locomobily Marmon Automotive Grinders R. M. C Corner of Queen and Wellington Streets. TAKING A MEAN ADVANTAGE Judge: What is your objection to answering that question? Defendant: Just this: When the plaintiff asked me if | loved her she failed to warn me that anything |- might say would be used against me. THE MOST PAINFUL EXTRACTION Patient: Doctor, when you get me undet gos, you will find my purse in the ether room. Kindly kelp yourself, thea, to the amount of niy bill BLUE GARAGES BLU BLUE GARAGES LIMITED Now is the time to have your engine looked over, Carbon should be removed. Carburetor should be adjusted to cool weather con- ditions. Battery should be attended to. You use your Battery fifty per cent. more now than in warm weather, both for starting and lighting. 1f you have Carbon removed and Carburetor ad- justed your engine will start better, thus saving your Batteries. : We employ expert mechanics in our repair de- partment. 3 Dealers in McLaughlin Buick Cars -- Canada's Standard Car. ; Agents for Prest-O-Lite Batteries, Blue Garages,Limited Cor. Bagot & Queen Sts. GARAG RAGE Hawk went what was said, FLEW IN" Mr. Lark: WM away very angry didn't she? Mrs. Lark: ence. Flew In a rage at She: Don't you think the bru- nette the more serious and sensible of the two? He: To be sure | do! Blondes are all light-headed, of course. The steam packe: Is again becom- Iron ore is mined in "wenty-four Auto Tops repaired, recovers. ed; slip covers; all kinds of cushions repaired. BOAT CUBLTIONS made all sizes with KAPOK filling. 800 PRINCESS STREET Phone 132, Jes FORD SEDAN === OR COUPE Drive a FORD SEDAN or COUPE this winter. It will give you a new con- ception of motoring comfort. You will not worry whether it rains, blows or snows--all kinds of weather are alike. And won't yéur wife and children appreciate it? . We are equipped to give you prompt and skilled service at any hour. VanLuven Bros. Phone 1609, 34-38 Princess Street. § i Ns and about 14 degrees od directly in freeing robe ht tect to § degrees below sero .and evaporates but little--30% of composed of equal parts of denattired alcoho! and glyesrine and 70% of whet, Glyeerine, r, » sally nd this solution taipot be tested wi ihe hydrameter, but glycerine offset by the sa n aléohel lost through evapora ~ " vi i ' PROVING VALVE TIGHTNESS -----" We will sell our entire stock of Tires at the following low 80x83% MALTESE CROSS, NON.SKID 80x38) DUNLOP TRACTION 8ix4 DUNLOP TRACTION Sard DUNLOP TRACTION S8x¢ DUNLOP TRACTION ,...... ..... . .... Also TUBES at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. Lemmon & Sons © 187 PRING ESS"STRERT aac Are You Not Taking a Big Chance Parking Your Car at the Curb? DO YOU KNOW THAT AN ABSOLUTELY THEFT-PROOF LOCKING DEVICE HAS YET TO BE DEVISED ? When yout car is left on the street what tection have you against loss of nea) WAL I In or Jarecls, ot uy accessary which is easily removed---your Spare Tires for instance. tresenaaa. 817.50 Badan sinirens ni. can usually be applied to overhead " valves, although ndt readily te those of the pocketed type. Foci. MISFIRING yen You City Folk--and You-Out-of-Town-People ~-wheti you are attending a show; dance or some similar entertainment, would you not en- Joy yourselves much more if you knew that your car was being properly taken care of 1 Regular Touring Car, Five Passenger is car is bigger, stronger, die pow. rm- erfuland better in: trfarand better inevery way than the Price F.O.B. Brockville $1,550.00 Canadian Briscoe Motor Car Co., Ltd. Ze | td _ ANGLIN BROS. Bay St.