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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1915
Page
17
A technician named Andy Girard warns car owners against adjusting the carburetor while the engine is cold. He urges adjustments after the motor has run for about an hour, noting that cooling and warming can change valve tappets and other parts. Early cold settings may fail as the engine warms up, causing poor operation.
The article discusses how tire life varies with care and maintenance. Frank E. Carroll notes some tires endure 3000 miles while others reach 6000, largely influenced by attention given by customers and dealers. It highlights service stations, proper air pressure, and timely quick repairs as methods to extend mileage and keep customers returning.
Six Carlisle Indian School students are working nine months in Ford Motor Company plants as part of their college training. Carlisle’s Peter Colac, a Menominee and former Carlisle football captain, leads the group among the demonstrably successful Americans. Clifford V Herbert, son of composer Victor Herbert and a Cornell graduate, also works inside Ford, teaching higher mathematics at night for the shop foreman.
In 1941 the Metz Company advertised a $1,000 cash reward to anyone who could drive a Metz car up a graded hill on any paved highway in the United States. A New York man claimed the feat on a hill near Hemlock, New York, arguing it was too steep for any car. Metz resolved to pay, then declined, prompting plans to modify their car to climb such gradients. Mr. Metz and expert driver John Medann set out to test the claim on a clear day.
A vivid reminiscence recounts a perilous ascent of the Bak-Jor hill by a car with Mr Moly and companions. They start from the bottom, reach a near precipice, pause to satisfy locals, and after debate prove the feat by finishing the climb and returning home without incident.
California enacts a new motor vehicle law, the Mouser bill, signed by Governor Johnson, ending the old California horsepower rating and replacing it with the American Licensed Automobile Manufacturers standard. Registration fees are set at 40 cents per horsepower, with new truck and special-vehicle surcharges, nighttime lights for horse-drawn vehicles, and revenue sharing of speeding fines. The act keeps a 30 mph speed limit, tightens drunken driving penalties, and outlines detailed fee schedules for motorcycles, cars, and commercial vehicles.
Dabney Mer of the Osten Motor and Machine Co announces the invention of their renail shops moving from 2364 Lyashington to 2440 Grant. The company has just finished installing one of the newest and most up to date Val caniaing plants in this part of the country. Special men have been engaged to attend to this end of the work.
After an accident closed the Dublin and South Haslem Railway workers called on Ford dealers at Bray and Greystones to aid the public. Ford owners and assistants drove cars for fourteen days, covering the Windgates climb twenty eight times from dawn until 10:58 p.m., using the momentum comparison of a modern twelve car railway train.
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