Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-20

p,"ne. LII TIE pashel AT the starting polllI
Dates for the Cleveland Automobile
cubs reliability contest will be October
.. and 8, while the course will In all
probability be three days triangular af-
falr. Last year the cars ran in and out
or the city each day. but the plan was
found not to give any too much salts
faction.
A motor truck used in hauling and
distributing crushed stone on roadway
near Syracuse. y. Y. has been doing the
aaliy work of six and two-thirdS teams.
Willch at - day makes the truck worth
*hi'io to the contractor. The total daily
expense OF operating the truck. allowing
Tor depreciation, interest on investment
S243O
10 clean and remove stains from light
colored leather. boil pint of milk. let
IL cool and add one drachm of sulphuric
acid. Shake well and then add half a
drachm of oil of lavender. one pint of
vinegar and the white of one egg beaten
TO froth. Rubbed on the leather with a
SOFT cloth, it greatly improves its appear
ance.
Boone. Iowa. now has an automobile
club with eighteen charter members.
1t is estimated that no less than fifteen
cars are being used in the campaign i'm
Wisconsin.
Never fill mechanically operated lubri-
eating tank when the engine is running
as air locks are apt to occur
A motor commissariat was tested dur
ing the recent German army maneuyers
and proved most successful.
The recently formed Automobile Club
OF Wilimantic, Conn, has begun a Wig
orous sign-posting campaign.
The Automobile Club of Buffalo now
has 1894 active members, making it the
largest in the country.
The Automobile Club of America has
1894 active members, though it has an
associate membership of 335.
Poughkeepsie. N. Y, will hold on Oc-
tober a race meet on the fair grounds
track, offering seven races.
Three years ago the first auto made its
appearance I'm Midland, Tex. Today there
are fOrty-one owned in the town.
Rough-faced English tweed Of London
smoke gray Is becoming popular for
cloth motoring coats
Over 500 cars have passed this season
through McConnellsburg. Pa, in the heart
of the Allegheny mountains and reached
only by the toughest of roads
A fixed course around Paris has been
selected for the eight-day taXicab and
light delivery vehicle competition next
month.
Space for the Chicago show will be al
ilotted on October by the executive COM
mittee of the National Association OF
Automobile Manufacturers.
Newport. r. l., society women have
introduced an automobile flower fad
Bunches of flowers are carried in vases
within the limousine.
A convenient brush for cleaning motor
sprocket chains can be made by wiring
three bicycle chain brushes side by side.
AS a result of the establishing of an
auto mail route, Seminole. Tex, now gets
mail in five hours, which once took seven
teen.
A reliability trial Of industrial vehicles
is being organized by the Austrian Au-
tomobile Club for October % to 81, in
North Bohemia and Moravia.
The French antarctic expedition to the
south pole, under DR.. Charcot carries
three motor sleighs, each capable of ac-
commodating four persons.
while intoxicated. a chauffeur has been
sentenced to fifteen days in JAN by a
judge at YonkerS, n. Y
At the present count it is reasonably
expected that twenty-six cars will be en-
tered for the grand prize race at Savan-
nah, on Thanksgiving day.
Automobiles have not driven all of the
horses out of New York. for a careful
equine census shows that there are 109, 900
of them left
The Directoire styles have had their
effect on motoring jackets, the sleeves of
which are noticeably smaller. Pockets
are larger and more prominent.
OF the total membership of 1895 in the
Automobile Club of America 1907 are &C
orary. with 26S subscribers to the bureau
of tours.
In 1916 the British parliament passed
law to prevent .scorching. owing to public
clamor over the speed of horse vehicles
some of which made twelve miles an
hour.
Plans are under way for the construc-
ton of an auto stage line from Seminole
talk of a line from Midland to Fort
Worth and to Dallas.
Automobiles OF Northampton. Mass.
recently banded together and succeeded
in having the brilliant, binding search
lights on the street railway lines dimmed.
An automobile stage company operating
between Sherwood, Mendocino county
and Eureka. Humboldt county Cal, has
added several new cars TO its equipment.
The youngest licensed automobile driver
in Colorado is Horace Littell, the twelve
year-old son of FL. H. I,ittell of Colorado
Springs. He holds a chauffeurs license in
Colorado Springs.
AS a rule back axles want very little
grease, and a good thick oil is all that is
required 1t is much better 10 put in q
little and often than To put in a large
dose at one time.
a cooperative plan to suppress auto
mobile speeding through Kenilworth. a
suburb Of Chicago. has been entered into
by the police of kenilworth and the
Chicago Automobile Club.
The Milwaukee Automobile Club is plan.
ming another two days outing tour this
season. The route under consideration Is
from Milwaukee to the Mississippi river
and return.
The st. Joseph (Mo.) Automobile Club
has offered q reward Of 500 for the con-
viction Of any person who throws stones
or missiles of any kind at automobiles in
the city or vicinity.
Joe Tracy. one Of the leading American
racing drivers, declares 1t will be posi-
hIa n make more than 100 ypilac bour