The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-14
MEET OF THE LA. W.
The Big Louisville Gathering Attracts
World Attention.
AUG. 10 TO15 ARE THE DATES
Programme of Events How q
Wheel Should Ee Cleaned and
Kept = Current Bicycle
Chat and Quips.

The national meet of the L. A. W..
which is to be held in Louisville, KY.
is already beginning to attract atten-
ton from wheelmen. The hospitable
Kentucky people are planning for the
entertainment of their guests and will
spread themselves to make it pleas
ant for them. A programme that has
not been adopted officially but as a
sample of what may be expected, has
been issued. The dates for the meet
are Aug. 10 to Is. The following Is the
programme proposed:
MONDAY.
MISUNDERSTANDING visitors and is
suing credentials (this department will
be open all week.
Afternoon-visit to Fountain Ferry
track.
Evening-"Smoker' at Fountain Fer
ry track. Picnic. possibly. at Phoenix
Hill park.
TUESDAY.
Morning-Runs about the city, to the
parks and to the knobs back of New
Albany. Century runs to Frankfort,
etc.
and other points of interest near the
city.
Evening-Another Smoker"
WEDNESDAY.
Morning-Kentucky division business
meeting at Jacob park.
Afternoon-Annual parade of L. A.
w. out on boulevard. Watermelon
feast or barbecue at Fountain Ferry
park.
Evening-Open house at the Iroquois
club.
THURSDAY.
Morning-Trial heats for races. Runs
Washington and Shelbyville
ACKNOWLEDGES.
EVemng-Great manufacturers pa
geant. Ball at the Auditorium.
FRIDAY.
Morning-Trial heats for races. Visits
to the tobacco works.
tAfternoon-Races.
Evening-Steamboat excursion for
L. A. w. members only.
SATURDAY.
Morning-Trial heats for races.
Afternoon-Races.
Evening-Louisville by gaslight.
railroad excursion to Mammoth cave.
SUNDAY.
Start of tours to Frankfort, Licking
fon, Paris, Maysville; Bardstown Geth-
semane Abbey, Pemyvllle Battlefield
High Bridge and Shakertown; Nam
cave.
A wheel should be cleaned and oiled
at least once a week. To clean the
Wheel, remove the lamp, place the
wheel upside down, resting on the sad
Gle and the handle bar, which rest on
cloth or piece of oil carpet to pre-
vent its being marred. Remove the dust
from the wheel with a dry brush. If
the rims or frame are muddy, use a
wet cloth, a small thrush will be found |
usetul In cleaning the sand or mud
from the hub and sprocket wheel. If |
the enmel or the frame appears streak |
ed after washing off the mud, it should |
De rubbed with dry cloth or a piece |
or chamois skin. Do not use oily rags |
on the enameld parts. The spokes |
should be cleaned with cloth. Every |
month the chain should be removed and |
soaked In turpentine, followed by kero- |
sene oil alone. The sprocket wheels
should be thoroughly cleaned before re-
placing the chain. There are a number
or chain lubricators on the market. in
GLIDING a mica lubricator. which will
not soil the hands or clothes. Manv
wheelmen lubricate their chains with a
semi-huid preparation of plumbago and
the solid graphite as we'll; only a small
quantity of lubricant is required After
the bicycle is cleaned IL should be thor
oughly oiled and the bearings should be
examined and frightened, If necessary.
When the bicycle is put up for the win
ter, 1t should not be allowed to stand
on the floor. 1t should be hung up with
the tires partially inflated. This will
tend 10 preserve the tires.-Minneapolis
Journal.