Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-24

Dllc dSSOCldttOu SluCc llo Aoi hutAOhi remarked recently that any automo- |bilist who does not join the national governing body is no better than a tax dodger who enjoys the benefits of municipal work and shirks con |tributing his share. He has represen- tation without taxation, and similar |ly, all motorists share to some ex- tent in the good work accomplished by the American Automobile asso- citation.
 Heavy crude oil will be used in |sprinkling city boulevards and coun- |ty macadam roads in Missouri the coming summer Last year light oil was used with satisfactory results in Kansas City and this year several of the counties will make experiments with oil for road sprinkling. The boulevards were sprinkled with oil four times during 1906. which laid the dust so that 1t was not necessary to sprinkle them with water. which resulted in a considerable saving.
 That the federal government has been taking considerable interest in the movement to popularize American automobiles abroad has been proved several times recently. The latest indication of the activity in this re- spect is the fact that the bureau of manufactures at Washington has secured printed copies of the entry blanks for the Scottish reliability trials for touring cars in addition to the rules and regulations to govern the contest. These blanks may be secured from the bureau of marlu' factures, department of commerce and labor by an interested manu' facturer. The entries close att noon on May IA.
 Word comes from France that the municipal council of Paris has graht ed the use of a part of, the Place des Invalldes, the municipal Serres on the banks of the seine. and the Avenue Dutuit to the promoters of the tenth annual automobile salon from October to December 31, at I rental of S1.OOO. Two years ago the show committee used the big greeh- houses on the river bank as an annex last year the Esplanade des Invalides one of the largest and most central open spaces in the city. was taken and a handsome temporary building erected. This year. owing to the show being decennial event. both spaces have been secured. in addition to the Grand Palais.
 Boston is to have c track ract meet on Decoration Day. conducted under the auspices of the Bay State Automobile Association. All of the events are to be for stock tourins cars and efforts will he made tc secure the presence of high powered racing machines. The principle con test is to he a 1O mile event. which will he the first contest Cf the kind ever run in Boston. The racing com mIttee of the B. s. A. A. Is now try ing to figure out some handicappina plan 90 that high powered runabouts may compete in the 10O mile event.
 Like anything new in . great many things for which they were really In no way to blame. but while an cpti elan of Toledo has charged automo bling with being directly responsible for a certain kind of trouble he add' that the pursuit of the sport will brin: a cure for the trouble. He has as serted inst the sir pressure agsins' the eyeballs of motorists is extremely irritating and unless the eyes O. drivers and passengers in open body cnrs are protected by eoggies fhey are liable to be injured He says however, that nature will come to It. own rescue as eutomobiling grows in universal approval and that it will proiuce tougher and hsnjer eyebaI muscles than have existed Ir the past