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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-29
MOTOR CLUBS AND MOTORISTS

The membership of the Touring club
of France is 10000, with annual dues
of 6 francs.
The Automobile club of Maryland is
to have a monthly publication 10 tur-
Their its interests.
The Automobile club of Milwaukee
will for the next years have fifteen in
stead of nine directors.
Forty acres of land has been pur-
chased by the Automobile club of Kan
sas City for club house site.
The Automobile Dealers association
of Boston has fixed March to 13 as the
| dates for its seventh annual show.
The Automobile club of Philadelphia
grows rapidly, tWenty-siX new MEM
| bers having been added in bunch at
the last meeting.
The Automobile association of Great
Britain has added to its other activities
the exposure of anti-motoring men
dacities.
The Motor union of England is in
bad way, due to the differences or the
members over plans to stop 1nconsld-
crate driving.
The 900 automobilists of Moline and
Rock Island, ILL.,, and Davenport, Iowa
are likely to combine as the Tr1-Clty
Motor club
A new motor club is being discussed
in San Francisco, all of its runs to be
informal ones on Sunday, with no rae
ing of any kind.
one afternoon of the Olympia show
in London was given over wholly to
the Ladies Automobile club of Great
Britain and Ireland.
One of the first big events of the
winter for the New Jersey Automobile
and Motor club will be a smoker at the
club house in Newark.
Luncheons and matinees are given
frequently by the California Woman's
Automobile club as a winter diversion
to hold the members together
The Baltimore county commissioners
have given 800 road signs to the Mary
land Automobile club, which will have
them suitably painted and placed.
The headquarters of the Touring
| Club de France are in the house IN
Paris that was used as a residence by
the notorious Nine. Humbert before
she exchanged it for prison.
Mrs. George NJ. Pullman, who has
been travelling over Europe in a mag
nificent automobile, advises those who
have due regard for their health to
find other cans of transportation.
A world tour that runs in 1911 has
been arranged by Mr.. and Mrs. H. A.
Hover, who have already completed
some 1000 of the $1,000 miles they expect
to drive before they round up the trip.
! It has been decided by the Society of
Motor Manufacturers and Traders of
England that it is of advantage to
prohibit racing cars being shown at
the coming exhibitions, the Olympia
being the first to bar them.
The Automobile club of Wilkes Barre,
Pa, has taken practical means to Sc
cure better streets in the city by hav-
/ ing the mayor and board of aldermen
/ indicted for maintaining a nuisance in
/ failing to have the streets properly re-
] paired.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-29
CAMEL SUPERSEDED
AS DESERT TRANSPORT
Air=cooIed Atmosphere Solves Prob
lem of Transportation in Arid
Regions in Satisfactory
Manner

The air-cooled automobile wins
where the camel fails.
That is the discovery made by Texas,
which at places within its wide ranging
boundaries has great areas practically
destitute of water.
For over half a century this has given
the Lone Star state a transportation
and traffic problem, for beasts of bur-
den going into these arid but not nee
essariIy waste places. have had to les
sen their carrying capacity in order to
take along water with whic. to quench
their thirst.
A skeleton Of a camel recently found
in a gulch near Spofford Junction, has
brought anew to public attention one
of Texas early attempts to take ad
vantage Of the resources OF all parts
of the state.
It was a few years before the Civil
war that the ship of the desert" was
imported and was subjected to an at
tempted adjustment to new environ
ment California has adopted the AZ
rican ostrich, and it was thought that
Texas might adopt the African camel.
The first lot came with Arab attend
ants from Alexandra, Egypt in a bark
and a brig and landed at Galveston,
where they We're kept for several
months, then being sent to a ram h
near Houston, owned by Francis r.
Lubbock From there they were driven
into western Texas.
The animals were scattered and given
a chance to make themselves at home.
But they did not meet the require
ments Then, too, they did not thrive
and their number gradually descreased
While there is a story that few Of
their descendants are now running wild
in the mountains of New Mexico and
Arizona, it is commonly held to be a
myth.
Thus the immigrant camel failed. H.
could go a long time without taking
a drink. That was his strong point
but even in that respect he is out
classed by Texas new solution of the
problem, the air-cooled motor car like
the Franklin, with which the demand
for water is entirely eliminated.
1t has taken fifty years for Texas tc
pass from the camel to the automobile
stage, but now a Texan or a visitor
for that matter investigating the great
undeveloped resources of the state, can
in an air-cooled motor car penetrate
any region in the state quickly and
comfortably. The entire n.-tion is thus
nut more directly in touch with the re-
qions along its southwestern border. in
the increasing development of which
The automobile promises to be an es-
eential factor
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-29
SPINAL MENINGITIS NOT
CAUSED BY MOTORING
Pierce Arrow Testers Average 1926
Miles Daily and Show No Signs
of Trouble When Given
Examination

A recent cablegram from Paris said
that prominent American motorist
had been removed to a sanitarium in
France, a victim of spinal meningitis
This was brought on, his French ply
sicians were reputed to have said, by
excessive motoring. In order to test
the truth of the matter as far as pos
sible two Pierce Arrow testers, Edward
Retling and George Ulrich, were sent to
DR. Z. r. Linxlater of Buffalo by the
Pierce company and subjected to
thorough physical examination. Both
Retling and Ulrich have been testing
Pierce-Arrows since 1901. Factory rec
ords show that both men have averaged
slightly over 1876 miles a day since
January 1, 1901, which would place
their total mileage at approximately
356,875 which is regarded as much
greater than would be attained by any
man who toured merely for pleasure
and then only portion of the year. A,
the conclusion of the examination DR..
Linl1later pronounced that both were
in splendid physical condition. Neither
he said, was in a condition that would
make him any more susceptible to
spinal meningitis than the ordinary
healthy mortal who had never Travelled
in q motor car. LAS far as motor car
riding being responsible for acute
spinal gitis-there is nothing to
that" the doctor said, "since it is an
infectious disease and, If anything, rid
ing a great deal in the open air would
have the effect of bracing the system
and making it better able to Withstand
the inroads of that or almost any other
disease"
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-29

The danger of purchasing second
hand cars without having expert ad-
vice on the matter was well illustrated
by a man who secured a thirty horse
power machine of a well known make
for about $780, only to find that it took
about a gallon of fuel for every ten
miles travelled and that it used up tires
faster than any vehicle should.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-29

The son of a wealthy Wisconsin man
has applied for patents on a new type
of motor car which he expects to mar
ket at $3.50. 1t is significantly added
that the features of the new car are
kept secret for the present.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-29

Help the other fellows youngsters Al
Christmas festival.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-29

Eat at the AngeIus grill.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-29
AUTOMOBILE TOPICS

Superstition received a solar picks
blow at Savannah last week. The
number 10 was not excluded from the
drawings in the grand prize and light
car races. The superstitious are ready
to say Il told you So if anything
should happen to either of the No. lbs.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-29

1t is something of a joke on Albany,
N Y, motorists that the chief prize
in its endurance race should have been
won by a woman-a mere slip of a
girl. to be exact.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-29

Mail check for Herald's Xmas dinner.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-29

1t is reported that the last stage
coache used in the Yellowstone park
is to give way to an automobile. I'M
agine Deadwood Dick holding up an
automobile and calling on the chauf-
feur to surrenderl
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-29

At this late day someone rises to
remark that the abandonment by
France of the Bennett cup race KILLED
the goose that laid the golden egg" for
the automobile industry. 1t is a
great pity that this was not discov-
cred earlier
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-08-12
The Dom. Worry Theory.

The usual advice given to the wor-
rier is, Don't worry" This advice is
foolish because Impractical. Nc one
can stop thinking one type of thought
except by substituting for II another.
Besides, It - dangerous advice, for,
even supposlng one could mechanical
" put an end 20 worrying state of
mind. he would htmply be like an en-
sineeT who should plant himself on the
safety valve Of bis engine The energy
expended In IVORY, turned inward on
itself, would tear the mental mechan-
ism to pieces, Mo- What the wor-
risd man or woman needs evidently
10 to be taught how TO find health
ful outlet for his or her nervous power
thus going to waste. II We say Don't
worry" let us also be careful to add,
But work" and let us also point Que
what kind OF work should be under
taken and the spirit In which 1t ought
to be done In other words, what the
worrier needs is re-educstion.-Rev s.
3 AcComb In Harper's Bazaar,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-08-12
A Wash Twice a Vsar.

4 chRrming Hungarian countess
once said o me, What Is so nice
about the men from England is that
they look SO clean, as II they had just
come from a swim" or course we
pride ourselves on our morning tubs,
splash and splutter and shiver and pol
ism up with rough towels. What dirty
people those English are" remarked
an Italian, when they ind 1t neces-
sary to wash all over every dayl Why,
I only wash twice Year, / have
met Chinese who regard washing all
over as q proceeding decidedly i'm
proper A Chinese Is washed when he
10 born. and he has NO other altogether
wash till he Is dead. But we British
people have adopted cleanliness only
OF recent years. Small houses have
their bathrooms. but very few houses
built over half century ago were pro-
vided with bathrooms suppose
those must have been the days OF the
Saturday night wash In the kitchen.
Certainly our gay cavalier ancestors in
silks and rufiies must have been a
dirty gang Handkerchiefs were not
invented, and the velvet cloaks must
often have been greasy. The rollick-
ing old times were very dirty old
times.-"Baths, Pleasant and Other
wise 1"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-08-12
jefferson pavis' Ambition.

Jefferson Davis was man OF mos,
sincere conviction aud courageous &C
ton. and when the Southern Confeder
scy was about to be organized his sin
gle ambition was the command OF the
Confederate army This | had from
his own lips ut his residence at Beau
volr, Aias., some fifteen years after
the war. He told me that when be
started for Montgomery. Ala. when
the movement began for the 0rgani
Gstion Of the Confederacy he hoped t.
be called to the command of the army
but before he reached Montgomery BIZ
was advised of his election as pro
visionary president When he reached
the new capital Of the Confederacy
he found II impossible to change condl
tons. and he was compelled to accept
the presidency, aud he entered upon
that duty as eOnscientiously as any
public rasn ever entered upon an Of
fetal career Colonel A K Mcclure
In Confederate Veterans"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-08-12
GOOD TIMES IN sIoHr.

The splendid crops which are assured
all over the country viii hasten the re-
turn of good times The hard times
we have just been experiencing viii
soon be over and another era of pros
perity will set in. The high price OF
living and the extravaganza Of the peo-
pie in general was the cause of many
hardships when money got scarce last
fall, but this should prove lesson to
the improvident to prepare for future
panics for they are bound to come aboas
every so often under existing conditions.
Some day we may have laws that will
prevent few men from controlling the
entire financial system of the nation
but until that time comes we shall
never enjoy undisturbed prosperity, as
we should in country of this size with
all its wealth and magnificent resources.
Lancaster Herald.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-08-12

Senator William b. Allison, Iowa $
grand old man, passed to his long re-
ward at his Dubuque home on recent
day, His record as representative
exceeds that of any other citizen in the
country's history. He had served con-
tinuously thirty-six years in the United
States senate, and on June first was
renominated TO. an additional term of
six years Previous to his senate ser
vice he was member of the House of
Representative for eight years ALI
soh was an honest and spright public
servant and his death is mourned by
citizens of the whole country.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-08-12
GIVE MILWAUKEE REPUBLICANS A CHANGE

There is much dissatisfaction ex-
pressed throughout the state over the
fact that two or three self-constituted
managers are attempting to force their
peculiar political methods upon the re-
publican party with respect to the
nomination of a candidate for lieuten-
ans-Rovernor 1t is generally conceded
that Milwaukee city and county, with
q voting strength of one-sixth or one
seventh of the entire state, is entitled
to representation on the republican
ticket. When Mr.. Connor announced
his determination to retire from the
position of acknowledgement it was
accepted as the logical move to allow
and urge Milwaukee republicans to
name some gentleman for that position
on the ticket Unanimously they Sc
lected Mr.. James f. Trottman, man
well qualified by education and stand
ing and party utilization to fill the place,
and leading German AmericaE. At
the last moment the elements referred
to, entered candidate against Mr..
Trottman, John Strange of Oshkosh,
the defeated Lenroot candidate for the
same position two years ago. If the
parties who instlgated this contest
were striving to iniure the republican
state and national tickets il occurs to
the CENSOR they could not more GER
tainly do so than by opposing repre-
sentative German American from Mil
waukee. Wisconsin party men should
concede to Milwaukee this small honor
by giving the nomins lion for lieutenant
governor to James +. Trottman, the
unanimous choice of republicans of the
metropolis.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-08-12
Poor E.ea.e For GrumbIins.

Don't complain about the heat. It's
great. It's good for crops. Don't get
mad when your good natured neighbor
remarks to that effect. Don't think ne
has fallen a victim to the silly season.
He's all right. He has recognized the
eternal, Interchangeable truth. The heat
is good for the crops. And the crops
are the stuff. The farmers are all
smiling and sweating, And we're all
farmers. That il, some of US are farm
ers, and some assistant farmers-para-
sites, you might say. The farmers must
live, and so must the parasites. If we
didn't have some weather in July and
August, January would be a darned
sight colder than ever we have seen it
yet in this blessed land. l. the heat
makes you miserable, try and bear up,
comfort with the thought that the
same heat is making good crops at the
rate of several million bushels a day.
The heat is all right. It's great stuff.
It good for crops. Elk.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-08-12

Advance agents of prosperity and
the home missionaries Of business
throughout the length and breath of
the land, " an army of more than 5000
commercial travellers will invade New
York on Friday and Saturday of this
week to make first move in an en-.
thusiastic and vigorous campaign tc
start things" prosperityward from
Maine to California and from the great
lakes to the Gulf of Mexico.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-08-12
A Ysa. story.

For fourteen years Bava Luchman
Dsss received from the priests VI the
Black Caves of central India the nec-
esssry education In order to become q
yoga. IS a yoga must be capable OF
taking the Iorty eight postues OF the
Hindoo Idols, Perhaps the greatest
trick consists in balancing himself on
the ends OF his hngers while the whole
OF his body Is In the air, Bava stated
that IN order 10 obtain the rank OF
yoSa In the Black Caves OF India he
SAd 10 Continue In this position ON the
- OF his angers under the eyes OF
dyes. without a seconds inter
even days and nightsL-Strand
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-08-12

Wisely said by one of authority;
That so many thousands Of city youth
get cut into the country TO work every
summer is good thing. II not only
has passing value in the change of
scene and better health conditions, but
il familiarizes them with country life
and farm work. If the experiences
thus gained serves TO lead many to give
up q precarious existence in the city
for wholesome, renumerative and in
dependent life in the country so much
the better, both for them and for the
nation.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-08-12

MRS. jerks, II you are kind lady
with cents that she didn't need an |
was a little boy that didn't know any
better an asked her for 1t, do you think
she could maybe afford to lend it to
him IL / promised her faithfully that
he'd pay 1t backr"-Kansas City News
book
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-08-12

The Labor World, organ of the eastern
miners and iron and steel workers. has
come out with an editorial strongly in
dorsing Taft for president II says the
best interests of the lsboring men would
be conserved by his election and cen
sures Samuel Gompers severely for his
political activities in the interests OF
Bryan.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-08-12

Deposits have increased in state banks
of Wisconsin to the extent of SIOO. 600
in the last two months, according TO a
report ISSUED 10y Commissioner of Bank
ing Bergh, Deposits that have in
increased are those of business men. indi-
eating that commercial money is easier
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-08-12

Dodgeville Chronicle: The forward
ing of Roosevelt policies by Taft meth
DDS will mean that this country of
Uncle Sans will be making progress
in the right direction for the next four
years
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-08-12

And now Mr.. Bryan is angry because
Candidate Taft is infringing on his
preserves-talking into photograph rec
ords to be used in the campaign. Bryan
certainly ought to have patent on
everything that is laxative, for he has
never done other than talk during his
existence,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-08-12

Announcement is hereby made that
am a candidate for nomination to the
office of state senator, on the republi-
can ticket, subject to the will of the
voters of Vernon and Richland coun-
ties at September primary. Your
support is respectfully solicited.
ID. G. JAMES.
RicEland Center, July 20.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-08-12

Every man to his trade, remarks an
exchange. hr. Bryan's trade is of a
talker. He is getting rich at his trade,
and shouldn't aspire to statecraft, of
which ne has only theoretical knowledge.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-08-12

Colonel Henry Casson is in New York
on political mission. He expects to act
as assistant secretary to the republican
congressional campaign committee with
Chicago as headquarters.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-08-12

Having decided to submit my candi-
dacy for the republican nomination for
State Senator, to the voters of Vernon
and Richland county, | respectfully So
licit the support of all members of that
party, at the primary election which is
to be held September l.
r. H. De LAP, SR.
Richland Center, Wisconsin.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-08-12

Annual session of the Farmers Ma
tional Congress will be held in Madison
this year, opening the week of Septem.
her 2lst. II is expected to be one cf
the largest national gathering of the
year with an attendance of from five
to ten thousand industrial workers. re-
presenting every state in the union.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-08-12

| hereby announce to the republican
electors of Vernon county that am a
candidate for nomination to the office
OF County Treasurer, subject to res Its
OF the September primaries. Any sup
port given me viii be thankfully re-
ceived. Very truly yours,
A. w. DONOVAN.
Clinton, June 10, 1908.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-08-12

lam thankful to my republican friends
for pa st support and solicit a continual
ton OF their favor in the present cam
paign for denomination as clerk of the
court. HENRY c. COSTING,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-08-12

Announcement is hereby made that
| am candidate for reelection to the
office of District Attorney of this county
subject to the primary election. | can
only renew at this time former pledges
OF faithful and efficient administra-
ton of the affairs of the office. Thank
ing You, | am, Very truly,
j. HENRY BENNETT.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-08-12

Upon request of my friends, hereby
announce myself as candidate for cot nty
treasurer. subject to the republican
primary election.
Town of Jefferson. HENRY RENTZ.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-08-12

CLEMENTINE;
Don't try TO make angel food unless you
use Gold Medal Flour. BELINDA
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-08-12

| wish to announce to my friends and
to the republican, electors of Vernon
county that / am a candidate for the
office of Sheriff. Any support | may
receive from you at this time or at the
September primaries will be greatly
appreciated. Respectfully yours,
P. S. CURTIS.
Viroqua, June II, 1908.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-08-12

hereby Announce my candidacy for
the nomination as Representative to
Congress on the republican ticket, at
the September primaries. If nomina-
ted and elected, promise to support
all Legislation which is IN TIE best in
terests of my district The support of
all electors is earnestly solicited.
ARTHUR w. KoPP,
Platteville, Wisconsin,