Argus-Leader from Sioux Falls, South Dakota • Page 27

EtPTN THE DAILY ARGUS-LEADER. SIOUX FALLS, S. D- VIKING SALESMAN Highest Auto Road Scales Mount Evans EUROPEAN TOURIST TRAVEL EXPECTED Hupp Traffic Survey Discloses Queer Road I 'J I I 1 1 EXTRA PLANTS MAY BE KEPT ALIVE IN CELLAR Ambitious flower lovers sometimes find themselves possessed of more house plants than they have room for during the winter months. Extra plants need not be thrown away, says Prof. W.

H. Alderman, chief in horticulture at University Farm, St. Paul, but may be kept alive in the cellar until spring. He advises cutting the tops back part way and then keeping the plants fairly dry, giving them sufficient water to keep them from becoming dried out. Another plan which Mr.

Alderman suggests is to take cuttings or slips from these plants and start them in- a shallow box filled with sand. A good many of these cuttings can be packed into a small box and by spr'ng would make a good supply of well-rooted young plants to plant out for the summer. In propagating cuttings keep them well moistened and give them a little bottom heat if this Is it morning sermon, that the is dies might have something to thinlc about during the sermon. AN INCIDENT Among the good old O. A.

R. Methodist of Gettysburg wera Daniel Bryson and his wife, Susie. In 1882 Susie decided to become a candidate for superintendent of public instruction, was present in the state republican convention at Madison, and was invited to a seat upon the platform. Almost instantly when the convention convened, a telegraph boy came in and handed a dispatch to the chairman, who passed it on to Mrs. Bryson.

She opened it and screamed and there was a general hulabaloo. It developed that it was a report of the Gettysburg cyclone and of the de struction of the Bryson home. Instantly it was proposed that a collection be taken for th benefit of the Brysons and in few moments a half dozen hats filled with silver dollars wera sent up. The chairman called seme one out of the audience to make the presentation speech. Someone 'did arise and one of the finest and most effective impromptu addresses to which I have listened.

Thirty- two years went by and in an address at Gettysburg I attempted to relate the story and said that Coe I Crawford made that address. Ben Hoover called me at once and said the speech was made by Will B. Sterling, I wrote to Senator Crawford for information. Ha replied that neither he nor Sterling made the talk but it was produced by Amerlcua Melville. Jean Sargent Jean Sargent is president of Gettysburg Kiwanis.

In the legislature of 1923 he pulled the finest legislative stunt nave known in a good many years of intimate observation of legislation. Almost single handed he forced Forest City into the bridge program and made it one of tne five Missouri river bridge vated town east of the Missouri, is making genuine progress; I believe second in the state in prowth during the past 10 years, better than 40 percent. Evidences of prosperity abound. The town has been lifted out of the mud with a general system of pavement. Dave Mc- Cullough, who is specializing in saying gracious things Just now, called attention to the fact that Potter county had come through the depression that has been so conspicuously fatal to financial institutions without loss of a single bank.

The Methodist Church The Kiwanls festivities were held in the parlors of the Methodist church, an institution with a history. The town was founded by a colony of old soldiers many of whom were Methodists and they early perfected a church organisation and built a comfortable church home, but in 1892 a cyclone scattered it far over the prairies. A better building was raised on the old, site and improved from time to time until it was commodious and convenient but four or five years ago it was swept away by fire. Asain it has- been restored with as fine an edifice as graces any community of its size in South Dakota, having every appointment of modern church building. Liberal An Incident illustrative of modern liberalism occurred.

Ths Pierre visitors provided the program and caused the attendance of two little misses who have a wide reputation throughout the district the Misses Dunn, of Orient for their graceful dancing When it was learned that the function was leing held in the church building there was some dismay on the part of the promoters cf that part of the program but a leading member of the church assured us that the church parlors were constantly used for community affairs and there was no objection whatever to the little ladies dancing there, and how they did step it off. But there was a time within the memory of men now living, as Mr. Macauley would put it, when such an exhibition would have created a scandal that would have wrecked commonwealths. THAT REMINDS ME In our staid old CongrecRtlonal church the your.g ladies applied for the privilege of holding bridge parties in the parlors in aid of the building fund. I did not object, but The hlchest auto highway In North America will scale Mt.

Evans, near Denver, when completed this summer. A panoramic, view from the summit, man ia standing, is shown OFFICIALLY. WEATHER SOMETIMES 'BOLONEY Superior, Wis. (IP) To the weatherman, the "weather is often "boloney." 'Bologna," as Forecaster Herbert W. Richardson points out, is the word used in weather dispatches indicate a certain barometric pressure.

In winter the prediction is often for "Yimtusser," which means snow. "Work girl." "weeping" and "wagon" are various types of thunderstorms. Russia Sets Minimum "For Women Students Moscow. (iPt Russia wants to educate its women. The commissariat of education recently decreed that women must compose at least 20 percent of the students In all Industrial and technical schools and not less than 30 percent of the students in agricultural, medical, pedagogical and other professional schools and universities.

THE COCKLOFT (Continued from page 8) sltion on top of the mountains of the prairie the most ele L. L. Leavltt L. L. Leavitt, who has been In the automobile business in Sioux Falls for the past 10 years, is now connected with the Sioux Falls Motor company as a Viking salesman.

And the other tests determine such important factors as weight, number of threads to the Inch, percentage of mohair, wool and cotton and the thickness an quality of the mohair pile. Each Ford body tvrie is uphol stered in the kind of material best suited to it. The town sedan, de luxe sedan and de luxe coupe are finished in either a rich mohair or a beautiful bedford cord. The cabriolet is upholstered in bedford cord. The Tudor, Fordor, standard coupe and sport coupe have upholstery of long-wearing fabric of a warm, soft, pleasing appearance, the high quality of which is made possible by the tremendous purchasing power of the Ford Motor company plus the fact trmt a large percentage of it is made by the company itself.

The Ford roadster and phaeton and the rumble seats of the sport coupe and cabriolet are upholstered in artificial leather. This, too, is constantly tested in the laboratories to maintain the Ford standards ot quality and durability. crossings. He simply accomplished the impossible. Much of Gettys-bury's present prosperity is the result ot that work.

If any man deserves well from his community It is Jean Sargent. Medicine Rock I learned to my great satisfaction that the Kiwanis is about to spon sor a project for the preservation of Medicine Rock, the most important historical relic of Central Soth Dakota which is being destroyed by vandals. It is time, for the tourist movement over the bridge at Forest City passes directly by the rock and manes it a peculiar object of hun- nisn attack. suggested that the privilege be ex tended to the nours or tne Sunday Now itlaait Rules; Contradictions Regulations in' 18 Principal Cities Differ; Confusing to Motorist Detroit, Mich. An American motorist tourine through 18 of the principal cities of the United States would be considerably confused in obeying the traffic rules and regulations governing state and city thoroughfares, if the replies to a national traffic ouestionaire con- i ducted by the Hupp Motor Car cor- poration are to be relied upon.

Such controversial subjects as hand sig-i nals, speed limits, parking and other i city ordinance provisions are being studied bv Hupmobile In its na tional traffic survey. The facta presented herein are the first of the tabulations completed by the corporation. So many discrepancies are re vealed in the survey among the rules of the 18 cities studied, that it would be next to impossible for a motorist to make such a trip with out breaking many traffic regulations. In fact, the mere act of stop ping to inquire directions oi a trat-fic patrolman in some cities would be breaking a law, while equally absurd infringements, usually not punished, are apparent throughout the country. For Instance, to follow out the letter of the law a motorist should stop his car and "brush off, pick up or otherwise cause to be removed" glass and other debris found on the highway which might, be dangerous to motor cars or other vehicles in certain communities.

Don't Compare Laws Most apparent, however. Is the fact that practically without exception every municipality has gon ahead and made its own laws without reference to what other cities have done on similar subjects. In many cases, these queer traffic quirks are the result of laws being passed to cover either conditions existing at a particular time in the past, or to take care of emergencies that would arise within the immediate future. In many cases, too, these peculiarities were so quickly outarown bv the swift development of modern traffic that they have for years remained in obscurity. While such acts have never been repealed, they will doubtlessly remain, for the most part, unenforceable.

In almost every case, the survey discolses, the larger cities have nad no plan tor the control of traffic that would adequately care for those conditions tijat were Douna to arise in tne next two. five and even ten years. This is particularly true in the matter of street widths, dead-end streets, traffic signal posts and other features which will "free up and relieve" the increased traffic pressure of the future. OWNER-CARE REDUCED TO MINIMUM BY BUICK Owner-care of an automobile has been reduced to a minimum in the past decade and the 1930 Buick. with its centralized group of lubrication system and other features of convenience, requires remarkably little effort on the part of its owner to keep the car in smooth trouble-free operating eondition.

Occasional chassis lubrication and a change of oil in the crankcase. together with battery inspection at stated inter vals is about all that is regularly re quired today. But 26 years ago, when Buick first started to Duiid automobiles, all mo. torists were confronted with a real Job or work to keep their cars in operating condition. For instance, one of the early Instruction" books in the days of the two-cylinder, chain drive models, set forth instructions that demanded some real work on the part of the motorist.

Remove chain from car fre quently," said one paragraph, "and soak in gasoline to remove all tranes of oil and dirt, place in kettle of melted tauow in which has been mixed one or two tablespoonfuls of flake graphite. The chain while in melted tallow should be moved around so as to allow the tallow to work into the pins of the chain. After taking the chain out, allow it to drain and replace on the car." Today, the drive shaft, which many years ago replaced the chain drive, is completely covered on the modern Buick and automatically lubricated, and is seldom touched during the entire long life of the can FORD COMPANY SUBJECTS UPHOLSTERY TO TESTS In the laboratories of the Ford Motor company there is an energetic little machine that takes a strip of cloth and rubs it and rubs it and rubs it in a determined effort to wear it out. Nearby is another contrivance in which pieces of cloth are subjected to the action of a mercury arc lamp capable of giving one whole season's sunburn in just a few hours. At a table a chemist Is boiling samnles in strong acid while beside him an assistant is poring studiously into a microscope.

Upholstery used in the Ford car is intended, with proper care, to last as long as the car itself. It is to insure that the quality of the materials is constantly up to the standard necessary to make this long life possible that these and other tests are performed. ine ruDDing machine, for instance tests the wearing oualitiea of the cioin. a lew nours or the mechanical rub Is equivalent to several years of actual usaee. The mer cury 'arc lamp, enclosed In a quartz iuoe, simulates strong sunshine and soon discloses whether the colors in any piece of upholstery will fade.

Washington JP) Latin-American countries have 44.000 miles of airways in regular operation, three times the number they had the first of 1929. Oiaange every 10,000 tMiles lTorn-oat spark plug catue hard starting, alow pick-op. poor idling, loss ot power. A new let will ia- aura eaoy starting, fast pickup, bril liant performance. See voir dealerto- iL Ut anH ieiritt npon AL Spark riufa.

TO BREAK RECORDi Americans Take Cars for Foreign Motoring; 1930 Promises to Be Big Year Tourist travel to EuroDe is expect -J, to establish new records in 193U the number of Americans their cars abroad in the first ft; months was 25 per cent in ex-lL of the number in the same Sriod last year, the foreign travel Son of the American Automo-association announced today. It the same time, the foreign "vel agency, anticipating a rush Zrd when steamship lines place m-w rates in effect for the summer Slams, after July 15, stated that a nffirp has been opened on fourth floor of the Chrysler rfding in New York City, to facilitate services to those go- A. unit cited some lot hi contributing factors to the heavy wrist travel this year: 1 increased faciliucs and simp-ititd arranpements for motoring hrffliehout the old world makes it for the tourist to visit the jw places and historic shrines in economical way. 2 Steamship lines offer new and mproved service in the tourist ca- class, with ample means of handling automobiles on the same vMsel at moderate rate. o.n.

on steamships lines will reduced 12 per cent for second fisss and cabin accommodations, (festive July 16, Eastbound, and October 1. Westbound, i The attraction of the Passion p'iav at Oberamrhergau. Germany, Jrith the last performance sheduled for septemoer xo. 5 The appeal or late summer md early fall for motoring tnrougn the British Isles. France, Germany, Holland.

Switzerland, Austria and Hungary. September is also very nleasant in Norway, Sweden, Den mark and Finland. MOTOR CAR ENGINEERING IS SEEN AS SERIES OF PROGRESSIVE STAGES Hmr everv new automobile de todav depends upon pre vious developments through a series of progressive steps or stages was ritfd in a recent interview wiui Fred M. Zeder, vice president in charge of engineering or tne cnryS' forooration. "Thirty years ago, there was no such thing as a spark plug." said Mr Zeder.

'A hot tube as the accepted wav of firing the mixture. the motorist succeeded in heating the tube to the right temperature with a blow torch, the engine would start, Often it was a laborious task. Fortunately, electric spark ignition replaced its use. With electric ignition, came the storage battery. The generator made the batterv practical and sounded Ihe death 'knell of troublesome dry cells.

"Improvements in the storage battery soon made the magneto un necessary, and developed tne distributor and coil- as we now have ihrni for ienition Dumoses. "Formerly, oil was carried by "mrate leads to each oart to b' lubricated and after being used once was allowed to drip on the hiehway. With today's lubrication rstem of force feed by oil pump, oil filters are made possible, permitting oil to be used over and over acain. Wear is minimized because oil is kept clean. "Then came the air cleaner-which further protects the engine by dust from entering the carburetor.

This saved additional wear H'ston and rings. 'Dopd gasoline made higher "imoression and higher powered enanes possible. Balloon Tires "Balloon tires brought about a it type of spring suspension and vastly increased the utility of shock abPThers. "Introduction of allnv metals made lighter pistons possible, with improvements- in the tensile strength of all metals, lighter reciprocating parts. This made more flexible performance and sensitive motors.

'Various manufacturing Imnrove- ments, saving time and money have course been a major factor in whime production and lower cost of cars. Quick drying, durable lac-Jiers paved the way for mass proration at lower costs, while con-ww systems and sub-assemblies speeded tip production on the final ssembly line. The vacuum fuel svstem made it IWKible to place the fuel tark at the rear of the car an obvious fety factor and the fuel pump made this fuel system even more Positive and advantageous. "In this connection, I have often wn asked what has been among most revolutionary mechanical "wnvwms in cars during tne Pest three years. I believe this dis-wtinn belongs to the fuel pump wi down-draft carburetion.

fuel pump, as used bv Cfhro-r. made down-draft carburetion JJMWe because It supplies gasoline aLPS carburetor uniformly and n-draft carburetion provides a "Mural and even flow from the car-or downward into the cvlin-Z for Increased power, L3r0V(l acceleration, easier start- neater flexibility." i.t?reP traffic conditions and the S.ua tncrease of hard surfaced "'Wars have had a direct bearing fnsineering of motor cars, "ceordine to Mr. Zeder. Automo- Wo sfs have worked tire-W to meet the chanpin pnnrti- bora. CARBON ON VALVES RUINS CAR'S MOTOR A grain risnJ I- I I ataf no more tne operation of a fine apiihan carbn is to the perfect fc? motor car.

iMnmrfTii Brcn enemv 01 an Si 0f the nw gasoline while cnoke- nd tTOm ttanThi cf oiI into the cj-linders eLm craPk case by the terrific tne combustion hrniam st." irmuife20si' toeether with in-l i lubricating oil, forman(1 P8r- Jwrer orbon cake. Certain of fupl contain gums fcit-lk. Lwhlcn lso add this "tainam- Certain lubricating g( resi- 01 or "Www wd' th is this to gather on i hMrtmT tnem- and the tmtaknri lnese deposits serve rrupting 4fi cak. P01111 that eukept out of a v. froS? troubles as sticky coirs' nd excesl tJSr2' riowadavg bv 7 r1w-Solve.

the Alemite 50 a It 37 to of ton of car as the the of in of a two are and 100 the for Dest A3 J'. 1 Its series of loops, curves and hairpin turns were frequently blasted out of the towering granite, and snows repeatedly hampered progress. The altitude forced workmen to go at their Job gingerly, resting often to regain their breath. Jhe highway is a continuation of the Denver mountain parks system, and Is named for John Evans, second territorial governor of Colorado. The last 25 miles of the drive, which has a maximum grade of six per are continously above a 10,000 foot altitude.

DEALERS' ORDERS OUTSTRIP DESOTO SIX PRODUCTION Detroit With orders from De Soto dealers steadily, outrunning production by 50 percent, the introduction of a finer De Soto six at a lower price Is already an assured success, according to L. G. Peed, general sales manager of the De Soto Motor corporation. Heavy shipments have been followed by demands for further stocks, and orders already on hand cannot be completely filled for some time, despite production being pushed to the utmost. Trainload shipments have featured the reception of the six since its first announcement May 25.

The first of these was routed to Philadelphia, comprising a total of 29 carloads, this also being the third full trainload directed to dealers in that city this year. Other heavy shipments by rail Include 19 carloads to Los Angeles, 19 carloads to San Francisco, and 10 carloads to Dallas, Texas. Each of these shipments represented orders placed by individual dealers. In addition to its first request for 19 carloads, San Francisco ordered a further total of 108 sixes to be shipped by boat from New York City. Executives' of the corporation returning from general meetings with dealers at 25 key points rerjort an enthusiastic W'elcome for the improved six, Mr.

Peed states. On the West Coast, where Mr. Peed ner- sonally conducted several large meetings, attendance ran 100 percent of the dealer roster, one dealer driving more than 700 miles to inspect the improved line. The optimistic business outlook noted at these meetings has been verified by subsequent orders. Mr.

Peed noints UUb. Mid-western dealers have adont- ea tne anveaway method of obtain mg prompt first deliveries. On May 24 driveaway deliveries at the iacrory reacnea a total or 150 cars. The larger cities In the Great Lakes region have been surDlied bv boat smoments to nve main points. "Evidence of De Soto's strong position in the industry," Mr.

Peed states, "can be seen not only in the orders for the finer six, but In the undiminished retail deliveries of the De Soto straight eight, world's low est priced eignt ana companion line of the six. "While our lareer shinmentu noiaDie ior tneir size, it is important, to note that all of our dealers are placing orders in a steady stream. Production will be pushed me utmost to meet tneir de. mands for both the sx and t.h straight eieht as ouicklv a nn. Aeronautical: Pioneer Awarded Mendel Medal Villanova.

Pa. Pi Dr. Altwrt. Zahm, who ran wind tunnel tests on a flying boat a year before the Wright brothers flew, has been awarded the 1930 Mendel medal of Villanova college. The medal recognizes the pioneer work in aerodynamics done by Zahm, now chief of the division of aeronautics in the library of con gress.

As a student in Johns Hopkins university, he oreanized th flnt in ternational congress on aerial navigation, held in 1893 at the Chicago world's fair. He was first to challenee the statements of Samuel Pierpont Langley and Sir Hiram Maxim that the air caused no friction on flv. ing body. 'itizens Develop Airport THat Pays; Give It to City Tulsa. Okla.

(JPt After nrovid- ing this city with a needed airport and developing it into a Drofitabl? enterprise, Tulsa business men will turn over the field to the municipality. How well they succeeded In their effort to give Tulsa a prominent place in aviation is shown bv the fact that the number of rasspiwpri handled at the airport in March ex ceeded the combined February totals of Etrrone's three leadin? air ports at London. Paris and Berlin. The Tulsa field cleared 9.209 passengers in March, nearly 3.000 more tnan tne numoer handled by Crov- doa. LeBourget and Temnlehofer ports in the previous month.

When the need for an adeauate airport became apparent two years ago ioiiowing announcement that airmail service had been obtained for Tulsa, the group of business leaders formed the Tulsa- Airport corporation realizing the opportu nity to make the city an aviation center mieht be lost if the building YoiHifi IFfiastfc liiae (Dsur Costs MM Moire Why buy a lessen car? Forget "list prices" and get the facts. Get the actual costs trade-in, financing and extras considered. You will be astonished at how little, if anything, more it costs for the outstanding advantages of the Essex Challenger. The ESSIES Challenger is a SUPER-SIX Denver The highest automobile road in North America will be completed early this summer. Snow-clad nine months out of the year, Mount Evans, rising 14,260 feet above sea level, will be grooved by a modern, 18-foot Jiighway almost to Its summit.

The road-will end in a mountain "saddle" tust below the mass of granite blocks which mark the summit. Started ten years ago by the stata highway department, the road has been constructed against what seemed at times to be overwhelming odds. Reserve Power Is Big Reliability Factor Oakland Eight Boasts V-Type Engine With 85 Horsepower The reserve Dower Drovided bv a big rugged V-type engine of simple design which dtVelops a full 85 horsepower at only 3,200 revolutions per minute, is largely responsible for the two outstanding characteristics of the new Oakland Eight periormance ana renaomty. Naturally the public is more fa miliar with the Oakland's feats of performance because those achieve menus could be demonstrated im mediately after its introduction. But it is only now, after more than five months of owner service that the exceptional reliability of the Oakland is becoming apparent, Long ago the Oakland engineers knew the reliability of the new Eight and so did the engineers of General Motors.

They road tested complete cars a distance of nearly one million miles before giving the final nroduction okey. The big Oakland engine provides power-to-weignt ratio said to be exceeded only in special racing cars. develops one horsepower to each pounds of car weight a ratio uiat enables tne car. always, to re main bigger than its Job. The massive mono-block with crankcase and both banks of cylin ders formed in one rigid casting; the oversize main bearings which carry the heavy crankshaft, so sturdy that it remains free from vibration throughout its entire range of engine speed; the full presure lubrication to every vital point all these factors contribute toward the reliability or the oak land Eight.

But of equal importance is Its souare" ratio of bore to stroke. The stroke of 3 inches Is less than the diameter of the bore and from one to two inches shorter than the stroke of many automobile engines, This exceptionally short stroke confers reliability in two different ways, in the first place It reduces a minimum the "orbit" of the moving parts within the engine and consequently lessens the internal stresses which they create. This might be illustrated by swinging a weight on the end of a cord. A considerable pull is felt when the weight is swung at the full length the cord. But as the cord is shortened the pull progressively be.

comes less. In the second place the short t)is travel appreciably redures the rate of wear on pistons and cylinders. The piston of the average American automobile travels up and down in it cylinder a distance about 2.400 feet for each mile the is driven. The Oakland Eight piston travels only 1,782 feet per mile. During the course of a 12.000 mile year of driving the Oakland piston travels approximately 1.400 iewer miles in its cylinder tnan does the average piston.

In as much the wear on pistons and cylinders 1s in direct prnporrion to piston travel, ine uagiana gains consider ably in reliability from this one fea. ture. MAIL PILOTS TO TEST. VISUAL RADIO GUIDE Bellefonte. Pa.

(m Air mail pilots will "ride'" radio beams on New York-Cleveland route in first service trials of the fed erally developed visual direction system. Servicine a section known as one the worst pieces of flying terrain in the country, a beacon transmitting station will start operating June at Bellefonte, the midpoint the route. Pilots will pick up the signals at distance of 125 miles with "reed boxes." devices Installed in the cockpit. Two metal strips, or reeds, are vibrated by the signals, forming white vertical ribbons which equal when the pilot is on tne course, v- The device was developed by the aeronautics branch of the department of commerce, in its research division at the bureau of standards, ha successfully passed laboratory and flieht-s tests. Beacon sienals have kept test pilots on their course 250 miles from a transmittini station and undei atmospheric disturbances at miles.

The indicator is unaffected by static and detects deviations as small as one degree from true course. new product, which is applied by merely pulling a smau control on the dashboard. Carbo-Solve acts chemically upon carbon cake, dissolving the Binder and permitting the deposits to be expelled narmiessjy through tne exnausr. Drivpr rennrt this a sure cure the sluscishness that even the "I used to own a. light car that did pretty tcell in tire, oil and fuel economy.

But when I escaped frequent outlay for repairs or adjustments, I considered myself lucky. Since own ing my Essex I have learned 'repair expense not a matter of luck. With its wonderful performance, it truly the greatest value among cars. Come examine and ride in the New Essex Challenger. See how little more it costs.

Then no lesser car can satisfy. Essex costs so little more and yet it is a big car, with big car comforts and advantages. You ride with ease andt plenty of lonnging room. Yon have the security of the biggest, finest car. Greatest of all, you have the pride and satisfaction of ownership expressed in these letterstypicalof thousands.

"In ten years I hate owned thirty automobiles, from $1,000 to $6,000. My Essex Challenger does all that any of them did. It is roomy and comfortable. The motor is a wonder. In 7000 miles I have not spent a cent for service.

For Ihe Coupe Seven other modeU just as attractively priced. Wide color Uetroit, far torn choice at no extra coat. SIOUX HUDSON-ESSEX CO. Wholesale and Retail 117 N. Dakota Ave.

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