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.33 WHAT'S DOING HERE AND ELSEWHERE PERTAINING TO MOTOR MATTERS NEWS OF LOCAU AND NATIONAL INTEREST IN AUTO AND MOTOR CYCLE CIRCLES ASBURT TABIC ETEXIXG TRESS, SATURDAY, 'A IT. ST 32, 10U BRIGHTON BEACH CONTROL II Jeffery Four Wheel Drive Truck Now Taking the Place of the Army Mule appeared in the races held ther during the past week. The dealers along automobile row are showing interest in the meet and a numbcf have promised the association to do everything possible to assist in making the affair a gigantic success. Entry blanks will be issued tha latter part of this week and can be secured from Georg Bobert-son, 1TSS Broadway, New York. now being arranged by George Robertson, chairman of the racing committee of the Motor Dealers' Contest association, and he promises to give New Yorkers a variety of racing never before seen on the Brighton Beach track.

Fred J. Wagner, who ia now at Galveston, where he started tho Galveston Beach races, has wired that he has secured several of the cars which have RACES LABOR DAY Device Enables Persons Who Have Lost Their Legs to Operate an Automobile. Motor Dealers' Contest Asso Designed Primarily to Meet the Requirements of the United States Army Officials. ciation Decides to Hold Matinee Speed Events. Af meetlno- of the directors Of the II IDEA WILL BE FOUND USEFUL Motor Dealers' Contest association held recently it was decided to hold a IN' many quarters, and not least, by that most critical of all truck buyers, the United States Army, ths actual announcement of a full line of Jeffery trucks has been viewed with the liveliest Interest Hie keen interest As Quarter- matinee race meet at tho Unghton Teach race track on Labor day.

Ar-rnnrements for this meet are how un 4 der way and a sanction will be ap wL vc ffVvv Kir 1 plied for in a few days. Inasmuch as thn meet will be held after the Klgin Auto Slip Covers Ford Special Slip Covers fitted to a 5-passenger model in three hours. Made of drab mackintosh, black binding. Covering all up-, holstercd parts with pockets in doors. Price is now only $19.00, including attachment to the car.

rond race it is expected that there will be nn unusually large number or entries. The program of events is Any Car May Be So Equipped, as It 1 No Way Interferes With Pedal Action Drivers Will Under- stand the Simplicity of Its Operation. To make It possible for persons iwho have lost their legs or whose lower limbs are disabled through accident or disease, to operate an auto-taobilo properly, a hand-controlled Wrive has been designed whereby the Visual operations of transmission, fclutch and. reverse may ba accomplished by the handa Instead of by the foot.levers provided on most ears. device i3 constructed of aluminum, and consists of three levers and to.

frame attached to the steering column. From these levers threo cteel rods pass through the dash to bell i i C. W. MAJOR 4 i ABOUT i 1 tP I I Motor Cycle AND 0 CLINTON LADOW 143 Main Street ASBURY PARK Bicycle Repairs THE MOTOR SHOP IWTO Vkw 2U 21 So. Main Street Asbury Park master's department of the United i fact that in the Jeffrey line is found whnt Ihci, roll Via finoH it Auto and Carriage Livery' mi.tt A 73 tun HALF RATE LICENSE AFTER THIS Ml drivers who have not obtained licenses has been the means of causinn many to take out licenses who have driven heretofore without them.

"Then, again, we have found recently that tho shortage of work in several of the factories in this section has thrown many of the mechanics '11 load, lour-wneel drive and steer truck. The uevere and long continued tests which the Quad lias undergone at the hands of the army officers has rretty clearly established the fact that what the army mule has been to army field .1 Keep Your Gar in theRoad by keeping the dust of the road out of your eyes. There is nothing better for preventing smarting and itching and stopping irritation than a pair of our well made goggles. Buy your gasolene at the garage but buy youi goggles from me. Gasolene is for vour car-goggles for your eyes.

H. Willard Wiseman Optician now at 105 Emory St. Phone 13G0-R Asbury Park NOTE THE L'. CATION out of employment, ami nicy liavo si a. lV.4i.

mi of cliaiifti'm Those Taken Out Beginning IB in nine Sept. ,1 Will Hold Good Until End of Year. until work picks up again. We, nre issuing about permits a day, and r. total of more than S00 a week, for those who desire to take the examination t') procure drivers' license.

I believe that tho total of cars registered and the number of licenses that will be Issued this year will show an Increase of more than 25 per cent, over those work in the past, the Jeffrey Quad, or a car like it, it) sure to he In the future. The fact is that the big Jeffrey organization has turned its attention to the manufacture of trucks in all earnestness. These cars are not merely stop gaps, to satisfy the insistence of those few dealers sufficiently far-sighted to see the large and growing opportunities of the truck business, but a series of remarkable trucks, headed by the Quad. It is Indeed an open secret that several hundred Jef-fory and 14 ton-Jobs are now in active service, and the present announcement really Indicates the formal completion of the line. The merits of the general plan of design have been thoroly tested in service, so that the cars represent a seasoned product.

The Jeffrey line includes the four-: issued last year." Deputy Motor Vehicle Commissioner John It. Khodabeck, of Newark, has called attention to the tact that the half-rate license fee would go Into effect on Sept. 1. All cars that are registered this month will be required to take out license tags at the full rate for the different classifications, but on and after the first of the cumin? month these rates will be just one-half. The licenses are good only until tho end of December.

GIRL WORLD TOURIST. TAXICABS. TOURING CARS, nU All Kindt of Hortes and Carriages. Auto Garage and Boarding Stables. M.E.

SEXTON Phnn To circle the globe on a motorcycle is tho desire of Miss Delia Crewe of Waco. who has started on Journey which she expects to extend over nboiit three years' time. In the ine lourin sranni var jiiss Crewe is aoout nair over, we are registering wheel drive 1 ton Quud, a ton scores of cars every day," said Com-mipsloner Rhodaheck, "To date this year our office lies registered approximately 20 per cent, more cars than our record registry of year. The earries lier 1ukkus also lM'r only traveling eoinpunion, ret iiK. Trouble.

rldis In tli ni'1o ear. l'nini Warn Miss Crewe Is rirlintr to New York, from which point nhe will start across the continent to San uh. vr.nr.t. nnll for tha Orient In truck, and 1 ton truck. Trices vary Hand-Controlled Device Attached to Steering Wheel: Driver's Right Hand Is on the Transmission Brake; Above and Just Ahead Is the Clutch; On the Opposite Side of the Column Is the Reverse Lever.

cranks under tho hood. Tbe movements cf the latter are communicated beneath the floor to the transmission case. The levers are self-locking In any rosition, and return to normal when released by a slight pressure cf the fingers. But little effort is required to move them, and ono hand is always free for the steering wheel. The new device does not interfere with the pedaJ action, and a car so equipped may be driven by another fersnn i ordinary manner without touch.ng the hand control.

The fevico may be attached to any car. Topular Mechanics. from $1,300 for the ai ton chassis In lead, to $1,8." 0 for the lj ton chassis, and fur the Quad chassis. proportion of increase irt the drivers' The Jeffery Quad was designed pri license that have been issued is conmJ- tont Bml (1firr tourlnK the marily to meet the specifications of the t'nited States army, which called fur a motor driven vehicle that would carry riauiy man una, wiU Irtulll to the Unit There ore several reasons we base stales the Panama canaI. been able to note this.

One of them Is that the activity of the state motor rj- vehicle Inspectors in hnldln tip all AiWPrtlfiQ in Tf.O FVPninfl Pi the army load of IVi to 2 tons anywhere that four mules could pull It Motor trucks of the ordinary rear axle MODEL wif ooroierryoupuH I drive type have had some success in tho army, but never off good roads, and rarely in hilly country. Until now there never has been a time when four mules were not the only reliable means of hauling freight over the widely WSl frvf NEW STARTING DEVICES varying road conditions which an army must surmount across open country. 1QK torn The rear drive truck was impossible, LONG but the army mule, a pretty reliable burder bearer. In wet weather the THAT HAS IN DEMAND. INVEN7I0N BEEN mule was the only resource.

1 Fo the United States government asked for, and Jeffery built, a truck to do everything mules could any time mi Uii Rl Ifl Tfturtaf. Model B. 25. tplendidly. 19)3 MOON I uurir II.

fully tquiri I Does the Worl- Thoroughly and Csn Easily Be Installed on Any 1SH OKKLA0 lourinl. Electric ISIS IIH.AI. Tniig. utidrrihinf ii- and liiihtn. inwid NJJ.V (HKHIOIl: Ht't'tn.

KiuiuiKii I and anywhere. The best way to get a mental picture of tha superiority of this most inter yt llt i Aim Ltt. urann npw. luny efiuuiif'l. 1 or, i mn ii.n ivumfi, nr n.

i Hxttrt and liKhti. at a ulnoj III. Jo H-adiiti. lrlnc tuttei nd Type of Car. VUA 1014 UAKLA Ml 1 nuring, ira wlx-cij, tiiij lujti' will I esting Quad is to imagine yourself V'JA cylinder, t.ccuicauy cjuipijcu, iijicnuiu Wfl a haw.

ism 0KI.AM Kxulaici. like nw. rllmbinK a stefD incline. Think then EH 1014 HTt'DKRAKRR "RV Tmitina" l-rrW ri: Ej lieht a and atarter, drmounUUe 191:1 PI If'K Touring. II.

A-l condition. how vastly easier it is to progress if 'With tha Introduction of starting- devices for automobile motors on most cf the cars of the day a great demand has been created for a light, simple, iik tiinu lounns i 1HK Aiuii inuring, ciintiiiea.ciecinc ngrits, it i aci.i r- 78 hareain. I Ittlt I'. M. r.

S.MJ S. you can use your hands to pull as wen as your feet to push. If your feet slip vour hands still pull you forward. mi IdllOAhl.AMI MX (peedater, run 320tii mil H. MI I mi, i II.

I' i fcjf. efficient starter that can be readily In ive A 1U1S ill (ouiDDed. A-l con-i liilt MbHI'liK Ka.clut. ftv fut. eaulno twl diin fMt i-'l.

R.A 1913 ItVP K.artalor. wake otter. I I9I RBITTi.minK 30 II. lit? WA ISIS I'OBD Roadateri, lully equipped, low'. ISM M'I'I TZ i.

very eiuii'prd, KM Next week the 1315 Model will tio hero. Call or 'plirmn n10 and urrniiRe fur a ilcmoriMtratlnn, An fdeiil fur. This Iihv model lias 120 In. wheel tiafe tire. iinti-'-kid on renr, tiflnrf.

Fefril-i'liptlf. front end renr. Henr sprlnim l'i h'- loi-c, rear nxM full flontlnif. A piMfiM-t renin line, roomy 5 paHwenp-er hud deep rush-Ioiim rind latK (loorn. Center control, lefj drive, In.

RteerinR wheel, llKlnlnir And Ignition, fine man ton Iifllnor rnrtsins, clenr Vlvion wind Mileld, speedometer, rotm rail, font rail find a romnlMe wt of p'ifnn Bod Jiiek. Color uf cur, til 1 1 with maroon runtiitiir vnr. inemtier that ihlM new rnodel Hupp )r denlKned l.v the ratrn r.nrnnlzii Ion of engineers i lh little Hupp nnd the famous Model 3'! Tlnnt) wldcli t.a eor.tliiiierl at tl.nRO. Innlend of stalled on tho car not equipped with uch a device, and the tried and trusty car of yesterday which, when so equipped, serves its owner equally as tm ISIS "30" Koadnter, electric 1H fi.h -l'i I' Tomint. iMrgaln.

fM l.lll I flAVItl I.U I.I.. LVI Passengei lai'i HT1 OKIIAkKR Tnntin. Sfl 1.1:11.,.. 4 fSt'4 11J OAkl.AM) Vj" lourina luilv erjiiiwd nia. till UAKI.AMI Touring SMO.

erjiuwM hm. rr I'ntriJ A 1 1 1 1 it 11 nc. I L. i av well aa a new car. Such a device Is now on the market and meets every Ya A Aicrntft Wanted In all illed to Handle Our I.

Inn of I fd AutomnhllfHi. reguirernent. Throe Passenger Roadster $1,200 MODEL a ar am wa ma a. i mm 2H8-JI0 NORTH I1KOAI) I I I) l.I.I III V. inis aevice operates on compressed air automatically furnished by the motor, the pressure being; stored In a tffM Cloiea on nnnaay mimi inr i ron nuiietln KJ Si nil Inr I ron Ha: iraln Ttulletln small receiver or drum.

By simply pressing a button the air is passed It Is on such a system that the Jeffery Quad works. Tower is transmitted to all four wheels, and due to special differential system, as long as one wheel can get traellon the Quad progresses. The Quad will push and pull its way over ploughed land, saggy with ralni sand does not feaze it; it will literally climb over bipr logs placed in its road, and surmount practically any obstacle that offers it anything leys than a vertical resistance as high as the center of the wheels. It won't climb a wall, but it will clamber up a big pile of lumber, as the photographs show. Sixteen-inch obstacles are play for lf- Terhaps the most Interesting test the vehicle was subjected to, as shown by the accompanying photographs, was made on a pile of lumber in the Jeffrey yard, which had been built up to provide a test climb for the Quad.

The grade was 49 per cent, yet the Quad climbed It under load and demonstrated, the power of its brakes by stopping where it chose on the steep incline. Thin now model haw been tliomnc'dv from the receiver to a distributing de out. trnd'-r 'ill 'r' of cor.rlitlons trh Tice which by-paseos the pressure to $1,200 MODEL nine the first of tha vrnr. Th Hupp "ar Co. can not t'i experiment at the puhlle's ex-peiiHe.

The xploiidld reputation the previous modela pave pained for them I of too much value, for them to take any nee Vt itli. chi Auto Repair Shop Make a Specialty of Repairing FORD CARS Xhi f'-et Ine nn'l Mi idel 32 Hupi) are hrinRlnc today ih .,1 l.un 1 market L'renter on riereentaire rt their nriidnal cot fhnn nnv r.ther ear on the marl'er. nnn rne fact tlint we have not handled hi. are nnrt a Model Ilt'PP sine n'T rii.penr-triee In 1912, other thnn first er.r,rtf.,M or rnml BTuardn that TO POST DANGER SIGNS Announcement la made by Secretary the various cylinders of the motor In their firing order. This air pressure actuates the pistons of the motor, thereby providing a rapid and constant acceleration of the motor up to such time as the motor runs under Us own power.

The unique features embodied in this device ire as follows: An automatic accumulator of pressure which Is not a parasite on the motor, and "which perform Its duty efficiently end. without attention, a distributer valve comprising four piston valves positioned by a cam In time with the engine. These pistons valves provide for a distribution of pressure to the respective cylinders of the motor they control, and are only in action during tho starting moment, being Idle at all times when the motor Is running. This important feature reduces the wear to a minimum and is an assurance and guaranty that the device will outlast the motor. were bent, hv colllxlona.

ronvlneet ti thst sr fdllnp you the right car. William F. Sheliwortn or me Automo bile club of Essex county that a sign- tjosting day Is being arranged by bis AUTOS BOUGHT OR SOLD organization for the latter part of this month, when an attempt will be made to post danger signs at every bad spot thruout tho entire state. BROWN The tentative plans call for one day a La being set aside by every member of the club for this purpose and the auto- ist ranks will be divided into brigades to cover various sections. 401-103 COOKMAN AVE.

ASBURY PARK, N. J. Phone 1210-W. SI DIAT 26 Mechanic J. MOU I RED BANK Telephone, Day, 415-M Night, 108-M.

Arrangements are now being made for the club to have a large representation in the tercentenary celebration The Press Classified Pages bring gTeat results. which New York city Is to hold the last week in September. i.