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Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-19
NATIONAL DESIRE is
FOR BETTER ROADS
CONVENTION AT CLEVELAND
WAS ENTHUSIASTIC
Rural Communities Everywhere Are
Stirred Up and Realize Neces-
sity for Improved Road
Conditions

Never in the history of automobiling
has there been such widespread inter-
est for good roads as at the present
time. Owners and users of automobiles
are not the only ones, however, to
whom this fact is clearly apparent. The
farming and the rural communities in
all parts of the country, perhaps moro
noticeably in the southern states and
those of the middle west, are showing
an earnest desire for improved methods
of highway transportation,
That this movement for better roads
is a national one, which is destined to
increase, is strikingly evinced by the
eagerness of the business men of st.
Louis to have the third annual Nation
al Good Roads Convention held in their
city. The invitation presented at the
recent Cleveland convention by the
business men bore the Endorsements of
Governor Hadley of Missouri, and
Mayor Krisemann of ST. Louis. Those
who extended the invitation showed in
a convincing manner the growing de-
mand for better roads not only in their
state but throughout the middle west,
and ST Louis will therefore be the
scene of the next convention in Octo-
ber, 1910.
Plans have already been outlil.ed TO
make this convention more important
than the two preceding ones in the
practical demonstrations of road build
ing. Realizing that endurance, COM
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-19
ANOTHER WORD TO AUTOMOBILE
DEALERS TIRE AND ACCESSORY MEN

THE HERALD of October 10 occasion taken to refer
to the evident prevailing here among the newspapers
that automobile be obtained only by knock
ing" This brought by the knowledge that the knock
delivered this paper by of the circulation route This
ignored but answered forcby by sixteen auto
containing almost seventy columns OF display ad
vertsne automobiles unprecedented
in all the history of Los Angeles.
Failing in purpose to the another
time cunnngy and Iagoe suggesting the dealers
advertising The Herald uniorn other
words that had for advertising than
Others
nothing conceal from any dealer; believes in
publicity itself freely generously auomo
which the public is interested sparing neither time
diligence space this this latest attempt
influence business openly and frankly.
association is formed for the potec
ton The meetings character
This paper has objections every member of that association
taking the bills them this paper regular
a meeting called for the and each showing to every
member of the association the invoices rendered by The Herald
fraction of penny between these
any The Herald will give the firm making the
complaint full page display advertising for four consecutive
Sundays and all the publicity they furnish without OF
charge for the This applies tire dealers and
sorry
The automobile display advertising in The Herald
IS inch of fourteen lines automobile deal
the city No firm paws penny pays
ton of penny less and the circulation of the paper increases
this will not always prevail for those not using its
columns.
There old trade propostionthat 6s
per inch when expired dies i'm
voluntarily, has nothing to do with the question
may be stated here without fear of contradiction that
the automobile purchasing of the subscribers The Her
aid will than avoraby compare with that of any publication
in Southern California.
may be repeated here that The Herald nothing
sell sells that
fecty willing leave discerning public fidelity
tanning the best information covering the
automobiles the diligence securing and the generosity of its
columns giving them become informed interested
playing no favorites and without fear or favor.
D. w. SEMPLE Automobile Editor
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-19

bined with reasonable economy, is the
present day problem for good roads in
most of the suburban and rural dis
tricts of the country, Logan Waller
Page, director of the United States Of
flee of public roads, is preparing to
send several of his experts to ST. Louis
and neighboring localities for the pur-
pose of cooperating with state and
county engineers in experimenting
with improved methods of construc-
tion.
The object of this work on behalf
of the government is to show that it
is possible to build roads capable OF
withstanding heavy and continuous
traffic without the expenditure of ex-
cessive sums of money, provided the
work is done by engineers of reason
able experience in the method of road
construction.
The delegates at the Cleveland con-
vention represented twentyfour states
and eighty-nine cities. The southern
states were represented by Texas.
louisiana Georgia, Arkansas, Ken
lucky and Oklahoma, while those from
the western localities were Michigan,
Indiana, Missouri, Colorado, Minnesota
and Illinois. Some the cities repre-
sented by several delegates were st.
Louis, Denver, New Orleans, Atlanta,
Washington, d.. c., and Wilmington,
DEL, while the larger cities, such as
Chicago, Cleveland, Pittsburg, Phila-
delphia, New York and Boston, each
had a score or more of delegates.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-19
DELMAS LEADS COAST
LEAGUE IN BATTING
Angel Shortstop Hits at .444 Clip in
Series Just Brought to
Close

Bert Delmas. shortstop of the Los
Angeles club, showed the way to the
other coast league regulars in batting
last week, with an average of ,444. Out
of twenty-seven trips to the plate he
found the Sacramento pitchers for
twelve safeties.
Arthur Ross and John Beall hit for
400 and .S75 respectively. Beall has
evidently regained his batting eye
During the last two weeks he has hit at
a S46 clip. The Seals who hit over 300
are Miller with an average of .S91;
Davis, .34S; Mohler, .316, and zeider,
.313. In the forty-six games in whicn
Miller has played since joining the san
Francisco club he has batted 81.
The Beavers who hit over 300 are
Fisher, Speas, Ort and Graney. Ote
johnson hit but 100 in the series with
the Vernonites, which brings his sea-
sons average down to .29l. Myers,
Darringer and Doyle are the Senators
who hit above the 300 mark. Myers
headed the list with .429. Duffy Lewis,
Maggert and Terry McI<une are the
Commuters 300 men,.
For the season to date Duffy Lewis
stands next to Ote Johnson in batting,
with an average of .2S9. Brashear ana
BrOWn, with averages Oh .41A anu 'olo'
are the Vernonite regulars who hit over
300. In the club batting Sacramento
heads the list with an average of .2lO
The Angels are second with .267, while
San Francisco and Portland are tled
for third honors with averages of .259
Each team was at bat 1876 times and
each secured forty-eight hits. Oakland
leads in team fielding with an average
of .957. San Francisco is second IN
fielding, standing one point below Oak
land Vernon. is third with an average
of .946
Following are the batting and field
ing averages for the Pacific Coast
league series which opened October u
and closed with Sundays games Octo-
her IT, The Los Angeles-Frisco and
Sacramento Oakland games of last
Tuesday were not considered when com
piling these averages:
Following are the club batting and
fielding averages for the series, to-
gether with the times at bat, runs, hits,
fielding chances and errors:
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-19

| trip in front of the little mountain
store where the card of certihcation is
| issued that the car arrived there, its
| time of arrival and the details neces-
sary to conform to the rules laid down
for contestants for the cup. The Royal
Tourist made this trip last Saturday
and captured the trophy in the re-
markable time of 50 minutes and 40
seconds. This was not done without
one of the most sensational escapes
from death or serious injury to Billy
McDonough, who was the mechani-
clan for Al Livingstone. the driver on
I the trip.
The center picture shows the nervy
mechanician as he was thrown from
the car in running over rock, and
the photograph discloses the clothing
torn from the person as he was
thrown. Striking the ground, the
heavy car--welghing all of 1000 pounds
grinding along, came within but an
inch or two of McDonough's head, and
had 1t passed over him at any vital
spot McDonough would not probably
be alive today. But with that genuine
nerve and loyalty that human nature
seems to display occasionally in the
human breast Mac arose and ran for
his seat on the machine, jumped on
and said to Livingstone, in words not
quite permissible in a well regulated
newspaper column, "Drive on, AL;
never mind me-make her win this
run" And Livingstone, who knows no
more about fear than a child does
about who discovered the north pole,
| drove on, and "made good"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-19
WORLDS CHAMPIONS
ARE WELCOMED HOME
Pittsbure Gives Pirates Royal Greet
ing-Big Parade Is Headed by
Mayor and National
Guard

PITTSBURG, Oct. lS.-Pittsburg to-
night celebrated the victory of it's Ma
tional league baseball team in the
worlds championship series. A great
parade marched to Forbes field, where
the exercises were held.
Mayor Magee and other city officials,
members of the Pittsburg baseball club,
and the Fourteenth and Eighteenth
regiments of the national guard OF
Pennsylvania formed the vanguard of
the unique assemblage.
Practically every political club of AL
legheny county was in line, as were
also about 100 athletic organizations,
Each section of the city constituted a
division of the parade, while the busl-
ness men and varied trades unions
marched in another class.
Forbes field was taxed to its capacity
Mayor Magee, Congressman James f.
Burke and other prominent citizens of
the city made addresses.
Mayor Magee presented each player
with a check for his share of the re-
ceipts of the worlds series,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-19
ONTARIO NOTES

ONTARIO, Oct. 1S.-Manager Pinches
of the Ontario opera house was the
victim of petty theft last week, los
ing a new revolver, part of the prop
erty of the company.
w. ]. Hanlon, assemblyman from the
seventy fourth district, was a visitor
in Ontario this week. He was guest
of his colleague, j. Wesley Flavelle,
who showed him the points of interest
in the colony,
After having been charged with a
violation of the pure food law G. F.
Howard, a local grocer states that the
case against him has apparently been
dropped. The trouble was all caused
by a deficit of less than an. ounce in
one of the pound packages of macaroni
which he sold.
The authorities have been able to
obtain no trace of the burglar who
attempted to enter three houses here
during the past few weeks.
A. A. Moore, who has purchased the
east wing of the Ontario hotel is MAX
ing arrangements to move the building
to lot on West A street, where it
will be used as a boarding house.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-19

ment as they do in speed and power.
Rakish little roadsters built for two"
stand side by side on the floor with big
seven passenger touring cars, with full
equipment of brass and nickel finishing
and embossed leather. There are Ii
mousines of the latest and most modish
designs, the cars society has adopted
for theater or reception use. These are
the real aristocrats of the automobile
world, and their equipment and finish
are a work of art.
Features of the Cars
The 1910 models are noteworthy for
the new lines that have been generally
adopted in the body designs. Straight
lines and unbroken panels are notice.
able with nearly every make. Another
feature is the care that has been taken
this year to eliminate from dashboards
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-19

and drivers seat all possible mechan-
ism. The clumsy spark coil boxes of
other years are conspicuous by their
absence, and fabrication has been
brought to such perfection that the
sight-feed apparatus of which makers
boasted a year or so ago is no longer
seen on every machine.
From start to finish the exhibition is
an instructive one. The cars are we'll
placed, and enough of the exterior
equipment has been removed on at
least one machine of each model to all
low a visitor to see just what makes
the wheels go round" No man can go
through the big room and pay even
slight attention to the displays without
gathering a considerable fund of knowl-
edge on automobiles, their construc-
ton, durability and usefulness.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-19
FIRE ORDINANCE CASE
WILL BE TRIED TODAY

ONTARIO, Oct, 1s.-Tomorrow morn
ing the case of j. D. Grizzell, charged
with violating the fire ordinance, will
be tried before jury in the local court.
This is one of the most interesting
cases ever brought before the public of
Ontario. Grizzell, having secured a
permit through a mistake on the part
of the city clerk to erect frame struc-
ture within the fire limits, absolutely
refuses to make any change in the
structure He has hired an attorney
and will fight the case to the highest
courts, he states.
The building he erected IL be 1g used
as a grocery store, and he 5recting
two other structures of cement be-
side 1t,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-19
Has business in Frisco

There are a great many automobile
dealers and others deeply interested in
matters evidently this week in San
Francisco, for the places usually oc-
cupied by them are vacant. Inquiry
reveals the fact that there is Portola
festival in the northern city this week
which may be the real reason for the
exodus northward and the swelling Of
the Southern Pacific receipts in the
passenger department. A, w. Crlppen
went to that city Saturday and will be
gone for about a week. Another au-
tomobile row man missing from his
desk is w. d. Newerf, the Goodyear
tire representative.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-19
FAST MINES STILL
TIED FOR HONORS
Deciding Game in Trolley League VIII
Be Played sunday Between
the McCormicks and
Santa Ana
TROLLEY LEAGUE STANDING

BY the defeat of the Giants baseball
team by the Santa Ana nine and the
victory of the McCormicks over Pasa-
dena the Trolley league pennant race
is still neck and neck, with but one
more jump to the wire,
With Clark twirling and Weisel re-
ceiving, the crack Los Angeles team
experienced little difficulty in slipping
over an 8-to-1 score on the Crown city
aggregation. Fourteen bingles were
secured off the Pasadena curve ar
lists. Score:
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-19
FrankIIns Sales Last Week

Ralph C. Hamlin reports the follow
ing sales of Franklins for last week:
Model G touring cars to W. Fl. Wild
brands, DR., Lee Hagerdorn and Ed
Arnellsteen; model G runabouts to DIR.
Kern of Riverside and Ray Costerison
OF this city; model d touring car to
q. ]. Blanchard and a model d close
coupled to DR.. Rea Smith.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-19
Once Again

Santa Ana took game, which lasted
six minutes longer than did the Pas
adena- Mccormick affair. from the
Giants, winning to 8. The Giants are
used to this sort of thing, having at
present a .090 per cent average. Cole
man held the Giants down to few
scattering hits and was accorded good
support throughout, Detailed results:
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-19
McCORMICKS
SCORE BY INNINGS
SUMMARY

Three base hlts-Harrls. Weisel. Two
base hits-Kimmerle Kerwin, Sacrifice hit
-Plake. Struck out-By Clark, 12 by
Phrman, 2, Time--1:30. Umplre-Red Tay-
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-19
VERNON
HOW CLUBS BATTED AND FIELDED

Following are the club batting and fielding
averages for the series, together with the times
at bat, runs, hits, fielding chances and
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-19
SCORE BY INNINGS
BUM NJ ar 7

Three-base hits-Meats, C. Head. Two
base hits-Slaback, Pryor 2. Sacrifice hit
Hubert Struck out-By Coleman, 3; by
Langford, T. Bases on balls-Of Coleman,
!; off Langford, A. Left on bases-santa
Ana, g. Giants O. Double plays-Angle to
Meats. Hit by pitcher-Robinson, Coleman
c. Head Langley. Passed balls-Meats,
Langley 2. Time-1:S6. Umpire-Fernan-
dez.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-19
Atlas VaIveleSs Cars

st45O to $4,000. according to model ana
Hnish. BFKINS-CoREY MOTOR CAR co
Plco and Flower sts. Fs635-
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-19
SAN FRANCISCO
AUTO SHOW IN
BLAZE OF GLORY
Gas, Steam and Electric Cars, and Run
from Pleasure Vehicles to
Ambulances and
Trucks

San Franoisco's third and most ex-
tensiYe automobile show is an accom-
plished fact. That it will be the most
successful there is every reason to be-
lieve, for all conditions are favorable
1t comes at a time when the city is
filled with pleasure seeking tourists
The place of the exhibition in the EN-
porium building is in the heart of the
shopping and hotel district of the city
and is also well within the lines OF
march of the Portola crowds.
In addition to this, the Portola au-
tomobile show is the first exhibition
of 1910 cars. OF the thirty-three diff
ferent makes of automobiles shown by
the dealers many of the cars have had
to be brought across the continent
especially for the exhibition. Not a
few automobile factories have been un-
able to put their 1910 models on the
market as yet, but in order to be rep
resented at the show rushed the exhibit
ton cars to completion before they
were ready to offer the same models to
their dealers even for demonstration
purposes.
over 15o Cars on the Floor
The thirty-three makes mentioned are
the products Of thirty-three different
factories. While there is similarity in
all automobiles along certain lines,
there are wide divergences in the de-
tails of construction. OF the 100 cars
on the floor at the exhibition there are
no two exactly alike.
Gasoline cars predominant, of course,
but every kind of motive power used
for automobiles in this country is rep
resented at the show. There are sew
eral makes of electric cars, type that
has attained great popularity among
feminine drivers and professional men.
There is Also an exhibition of steam
cars one of~them an ambulance sue
cessfully operated in this city.
OF the gasoline machines there are
all kinds and conditions They range
in power from slow-sped commercial
trucks, whose 12-horse power rating
gives them ten or fifteen miles an hour,
to great six-cylinder racing cars, able
to turn off seventy-tive miles an hour.
The cars vary as widely in equip
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-19

~ 4 WINTON SIX and
Chadwick TRAXEs ,,S,i3g ~ \ MrHdER AdT1s
ARD MOTOR CAR co. F56o9; Bdway. 4lsV
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-19

n Sole Distributors for Southern
AHnNAT California Pioneer Auto
OSsAAOOS mobile Exchange
605-T-9 West Seventh Street
Smyrna times., 1909-06-30
GRANTS DEATH ACCIDENTAL
Coroner GaYnor's Inquest on Conduc-
tor Who Was Killed, Held Saturday.

Coroner GaYnor's Inquest on Conduc-
tor Who Was Killed, Held Saturday.
Coroner Gaynor held an inquest
Saturday night in the case of Edward
E Grant, a conductor on the Will
mington City Railway line, who was
killed by being crushed between two
cars near Shellpot Park several nights
ago. The verdict was to the effect
that the man met an accidental death.
1t was testified that Grant was going
toward Shellpot and a tripper, with
Harry Hammond as motorman, was
coming toward the city. Grant for
some reason unexplained, stepped on
the inside running board of his car
just as the other car came along and
struck him. He was crushed be-
tween the cars and died almost in
stantly. The jury exonerated Ham
mond from all blame
Smyrna times., 1909-06-30
COUNCIL INSISTS ON BEST
BLOCKS BEING FURNISHED
THREE CARLOADS CONDEMNED
AND SHIPPED BACK TO MAKER
Excavation on Main Street About Com
pleted and the Concrete Work Will
RI. Begin Friday of This Week.

Smyrna Town Council has condem-
ned over three carloads of vitrifed
block which were sent here under the
orders of Amber, Davis Company our
street contractors. The vitrifed
blocks have been arriving lively and
have been under the most careful in
spection and scrutiny and when the
carloads of inferior blocks arrived last
week, Council as we'll as Amber.
Davis Co. refused to accept them. The
result was a conference between Mr.
Amber and his brick manufacturer
in Smyrna yesterday. The three car
loads of block will be shipped back at
the epXense of the maker Both Coun-
Gil and the street contractors are be.
ing praised by the citizens of Smyrna
for the care and attention being
taken and their attitude assures one
thing and that is that the blocks shall
be of the best Patten make. The
work of excavation will be completed
to-day and the force of workmen will
be put on grading the street intersec-
tions. By Friday the contractors will
begin the concrete work. The stone
and cement are expected here on most
any freight. This work will take
but a short while and if nothing un-
forseen happens to prevent and bar
ing delays, Mr.. Patterson end his
force of men will leave here by the
middle of July. They will be sue
ceeded by the bricklayers, one cap
able of laying 25, 900 or 80, 600 blocks
a day. The contractors hope to have
the entire section of Main street
blocked by August the first.
Smyrna times., 1909-06-30
LICENSES MUST BE PAID

Act Of Legislature Makes This Com
pulsory on and After August |, 1907
Smyrna merchants and business
men should bear in mind that on and
after August l, 1909, every individ-
ual, firm, association of persons or
corporation holding any State license
authorizing the conduct OF any busi-
ness, trade or vocation, shall expose
said license in conspicuous manner
in the principal Office or place of
business. For failure to comply with
said act as passed by the recent Leg
islature and now become a law, it
shall be deemed a misdemeanor and
upon conviction thereof shall be fined
in any sum not exceeding 500. Rev.
enue Collector Harry w. Chairs will
see that the law is rigidly enforced.
Smyrna times., 1909-06-30
HARVESTING FINE WHEAT CROP
Farmers of Smyrna and Vicinity Have
a Setback on Account of Rain
Wheat Prospects Very Promising.

setback on Account of Rain
Wheat Prospects Very Promising.
Farmers of Smyrna and vicinity
have been busy the past week or so
cutting wheat. The storm of Satur-
day and Sunday with it's deluge of
rain has much interferred with thresh-
ing, all of which was a disappoint-
ment to many farmers. The scab
has not appeared in the wheat fields
IN this locality to the extent it has
up In New Castle and lower Kent.
Wheat around ia this vicinity has
been looking comparatively good.
Around Dover the blight has been
more or less marked. However, the
farm owned by DR.. Moore of FELTON,.
has produced some of the most re-
markable wheat in Delaware. James
Morris, the tenant of the place.
which is situated about two miles
west Of FELTON,, has finished reaping
his crop, which in some places was
nearly six feet high. G. L. Jester.
who drove his binder, took to Dover
stand of wheat of both the Fulcaste
and Russian red varieties taken from
this field. The wheat stocks are tied
to a long stick and measure within
an inch or two of six feet in height
from the lowest root to the topmost
beard. In the neighborhood of Mid
dletown it is predicted that there will
be full crop of wheat this year and
that the continued clear, dry weather
has enabled the farmers to get the
harvesting done with most favorable
conditions. The country roads are
full of threshing engine and harvest
ing outfits and some of the farmers
want to catch an early market as soon
as their wheat can be properly cured
and stored, while others intend to
hold awhile. Some have already sold
their wheat to spectators on agree
ment at over dollar a bushel.
Smyrna times., 1909-06-30
BIG POTATO CROP PROSPECTS
Larger This Year Than Ever Before
Says State Board of Agriculture.

Larger This Year Than Ever Before
Says State Board of Agriculture.
The potato crop in Delaware has
been estimated by the State Board
of Agriculture and from returns
already received from its agents as
to the probable delivery, the potato
crop of 1909 will be far greater both
in quality and quantity, than was
ever known on the Peninsula. Esti-
mates for Selbyille and Bridgeville,
two of the largest shipping points,
have not yet been completed. George
town will have twice as many pota-
toes to ship as last year. Dagsboro
will ship 1900 barrels; Frankford,
1000 barrels; Greenwood, 1900 bar
rels; about ten carloads each. Laurel
will ship the enormous output of 100
carloads or more than five heavy
rains. Seaford will do equally we'll
with 100 carloads. Delmal will ship
about fifty carloads.