Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-04-24


OF the present year.
The roads about Salt Lake City arr
declared to be ideal for automobillng
at this season of the year.
Nearly 1000 pupils are in attendance
at the automobile school of the West
Side Y N. G. A, New York.
The directors Of the Long Island Au-
tomobile club have voted unanimously
to admit to membership women who
own cars.
The members of the st. Louis Auto
mobile club have approved OF the p. an
to establish a cbauffeurs' information
bureau.
President Underwood of the Erie
railroad has a tonrins car fitted with
Hanged wheels Tor use on inspection
trips
Most automobilists are barred from
Turkey, as the Ottoman empire doe
not permit the use of gasoline within
its borders.
A new field for the gasoline engine
is shown in small motor connected
directly to dynamo for lighting small
buildings or yachts.
The New York police department
has ordered a number of motorcycles
capable Of speed of 100 miles an
hour for its bicycle squad.
A German has invented a motor, the
power for which is provided by the
successive explosions of small qualti-
ties of gunpowder in cylinder
Despite the numebr of six-cylinder
cars on the market the makers of the
one and two-cyhnder machines report
doing as much business as ever.
Park commissioners in Spokane.
Wash, are ready to receive bids far
the Mantle Park boulevard, which will
be one of the best driyeways in the
Northwest.
Queen A4exandra's private autono-
bile will be carried on the new royal
yacht which bears her name in which
she and King Edward will tour tbs
Mediterranean.
Following the lead of w. e. D.
Stokes, several New York motorists
are sending their cars one day each
week to hospitals in order that the pa
tients may be given airings
There are more automobiles in Cali
fornia for its population than any state
in the union. There are more high.
priced machines sold in California
than any other state.
The good roads movement is gaining
ground in Tennessee. The legislature
has a bill contemplating the co-opera.
ton of the various cities in a complete
system of highways of the first class.
An Indiana clergyman, Rev. q. T.
Sweeney, has been granted permission
by the state to construct a railway to
be operated by automobiles between
Seymour and Brownstone, Is miles
apart
Missouri good roads advocates are
endeavoring to have the legislature
approve a bill providing for the use OF
coDvicts in Hbuilding two translate
highways, from east to west and north
to south.
For the month of January, 1907, the
exported from the United States reach
ed the sum of $376,467, as compared
with $297,694 for the corresponding
month of 1906.
In purchasing a closed carriage one
should examine the 9 ass very closely.
Imperfections in windows are very
when a person is travelling
through a country where the scenery
is one of the attractions
To obtain the horsepower of an au-
tomobile divide the total capacity of
the cylinders, expressed in cubic
inches. by ten The figures of the
quotient viii very nearly represent tn
horsepower in majority of cars.
Fast autorobiling, it is contended
by an expert, is the best form of ex-
ercise for lung development. for .
man who constantly has to face a gale
of necessity keeps his lungs filled with
air that is changing every minute.
Although the Philadelphia notorious
fanchise was killed in the closing
hours of the last city councils. due it
is Sttiu. W SITcSL TdIiWdy OppOSibtpIi.
n new ordinance was introduced in
the new councils which were organized
last week.
For the Pekfn-Paris endurance con-
test, for which no entry fee is charged,
IS cars have been entered The cars
will be shipped from Paris to Picking
about April Ia and the participants will
follow a month later to begin the re-
turn run.
Owners and drivers of chain driven
cars will find their machines will I'm
better II every time the car is washed
the chains and sprockets are brushed
off thoroughly with kerosene and
rubbed over with light coat of graph
lite and grease.
Honduras has only one road suitable
for autos, but that road, which leads
from San Lorenzo UP among the noun
tains to Tegucigalpa, 5000 feet aDove
the sea, is considered the finest in
Central America. 1t cost s2,500.000 in
gold to build
In addition to establish a regis
tration bureau for chauffeurs the
Cleveland automobile club is compil-
ing for publication a register of the
numbers and names of machine own
ers in the city and vicinity, as well as
a., oh ff ,af.