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Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-12
FOR HUNDREDS
OF YEARS HAS
1T BEEN TRIED
H0RSELESS DRAWN VEHICLES
ANCIENT AMBITION
sELF-MovINe MACHINES DATE
FROM 200 3. c.
Greatest Progress In Motor Machines
Made Within the Past Fifteen
Years, and Vet in
Infancy
tCont,nued FROM PAGE one,

riages by stationary steam engines for
the purpose A company was actually
formed to promote the scheme, and
they did build two Of the cars, but OF
course never proved successful.
The period from 1921 to 1S40 was one
of the most intense activity in steam
carriage building, and in London alone
in the year 1888 there were as many as
twenty drays and carriages in opera
tion, and companies were formed TO
transport passengers between London
and other English cities.
About the year 1870 several engineers
in Scotland took up the construction
of steam carriages and high-speed
traction engines. In 1857 X. w. ThoIn-
son, who was the inventor of the pneu-
matte tire, invented what he termed a
steam road engine, the wheels of which
were fitted with thick solid India rub
Der tires and large demand for these
engines sprang up. They were really
traction engines and some of them
were geared to run at high speed Tor
hauling omnibuses, etc, and were sent
to India and other places for trans
portation of passengers.
A highly interesting carriage was
built in 1872 for Charles Randolph, VINO
after retiring from the firm OF Ran
dolph & Elder of Glasgow had devoted
steam road engines, and this carriage
was run about the streets of Glasgow,
experiencing no difficulty in threading
its way among the other vehicles and
the pedestrians of the Scottish metrop-
oils. It could be stopped in its own
length and turned in a space of forty
feet.
In America the inventive mind had
been at work since the year 1853, when
]. K. Fisher built steam carriage
with which a speed of fifteen miles
an hour had been attained, which was
all right on the pavements, but the
construction Of the machine was too
light to stand the roads.
The pioneer in the manufacture or
invention of electrically propelled We
hicles appears to have been an Amer
tcan blacksmith, Davenport by name,
and resident of Vermont. A good
deal of thought was being given to
electric magnetic motors at this time
and Davenport worked out his motor
and carriage quite Independently. Tt
was constructed and taken to London
to be exhibited. The electric vehicle
progressed with gradual success until
they were able to carry their own
stored power and were the beginning
of the perfected machine of today.
Many inventors worked upon the de-
velopment of the electric machines and
all with success. Companies We're easy
to form, money was forthcoming and
advancement made with the PROPOSE
tions The movement received a great
impetus when Gramme discovered the
reversibility of the dynamo electric
generator.
The first electric carriage that can
be said to have been practical and
approaching a satisfactory issue was
that of Pouchain in 1898. This was a
six-seated phaeton on four wheels, and
had a battery of fifty-four elements,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-12

capital into the line of manufacture,
but the tires, the accessories of the
automobile are almost beyond computa-
ton.
That the industry is still in its in
fancy there can be but little doubt. Ger
tainly until the aeroplane takes the
motor cars place in practical use the
automobile will continue to grow In
popular favor for pleasure use.
The utilities of the automobile are
confined only to the actual demands of
the owner, as they can be made avail
able for almost every purpose known
to man for his assistance in either per-
formances of economical work or for
the pleasure of the owner.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-12
TIRE MAKERS
FILLING ORDERS.
DESPITE RISE
Continued from Page Ono,

CONTINUED from Page One)
for the invention and present perfec-
tion of the pneumatic tire.
The pioneers in each field. the tire
maker and the carbuilder, have worked
hand in hand, year after year.
New records for speed and endurance
are being made each season, many of
them being of international Importance.
If rubber could only be found nearer
home than in South America, the prob
lem of reducing the cost of the raw ma
terial could readily be dealt with, but
unfortunately II must come from that
distance.
What a delicate operation is the ac-
quirement of the right material is
shown in this interesting little sketch
of the origin of tire materials furnished
by the Firestone company:
"The rubber used in Firestone tires is
known as fine up-river Para. 1t is
gathered by native blacks from the
rubber forests that abound in the head
waters of the Amazon river. The har-
vest season is confined to the months
of August to November inclusive, for
at other seasons the forests are COM
pletely inundated and 1t is impossible
to reach the trees.
Contrary to the popular impression,
rubber is not taken from the sap. but
from the milky juice or latex found
only in the bark of rubber trees.
''The native encircles the bark with
his hatohet, draining off the white juice
into cups. The contents of the cups
are accumulated In vessels near the
natives hut, and when enough is got
ten together he constructs a fire of
euchary nuts and leaves, and in the
smoke of this fire holds paddle dip
ped in the milky juice, turning it round
and round until the juice is fumigated
and dried upon the paddle.
This operation is continued until a
large ham or biscuit" Is accumu-
lated on the paddle, after which the
biscuits are cut open and allowed to
dry ready for export.
1.-THE name Para comes from the
chief city of export at the mouth of the
Amazon river. The rubber is then ship
ped to New York and thence to the
Firestone company, and goes through
many processes of cleaning and mixing
before it is pronounced ready for man
ufacture,
THE cotton for Firestone tires is
grown from seed derived from the Sea
islands, off the coast of Carolina. 1t
is known as Sea Island cotton and has a
longer staple and tougher fiber than
any other cotton grown. Cotton is Sc
lected because it will combine best with
rubber"
The tire produced from these mate
rials by the varied and interesting
processes to be studied in the plants
of any of the great concerns like the
Goodrich, Goodyear, Diamond, Hart
ford. Empire, Home, Sterling or G.
and ]. has some terrific experiences to
undergo. The strain put upon it in or
binary driving is terrific, but in the
case of tires fitted to racing machines
It is something past belief.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-10-24
Chrlstlan church.

AZ the Dhri,tiru chu rl toda, at
both services Dr n G. Connolly .hc
pastor win preach having returned
from the piusbur Centennial rcly.
bratiou of thr church there Dr CON
nelly viii have an nIcrc,tiug review
of the HE event fo. his members and
friends this morninr and on lr. in.
yitcd 20 hear him
At the evening service Mis-. Van
Wormc- choir leader. has prepared
special music aud another interesting
sermon viii De- heard rlr christian
EndcaNor viii meet no G.l1 md every
member is urged % Dee present 10
greet Dr Connolly ou his ryuu from
the east superintendent l. r. Mason
of the sunday school Wishes 'o SOC
as macy ou' gs possible
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-10-24
THE FIRST CASE OF
|NFANT|LE PARALYSIS
CHILD OF MR. WILLIAMS AT ORR
HAS tan EPIDEMIC IN KAN.
SAS AND MISSOURI

Il j. with some degree of interest,
coupled with some alarm that physi.
clans in this section are noting the
reports OF an epidemic of infantilc
paralysis, the latest being f.om east.
crn kansa. and some cases from Mis-.
souri,
Ardmorc, or rather Ca ter county,
has furnished the first case OF this
kind. It being that Of the little fou
toenmonths old child of Mr.. and Mrs
Williams who live near Orr.
lnfantilc paralysis is not new dis.
ease by any means but II Is seldom
that there is an epidemic OF II AT Ia,
present, it being confined mostly 10
isolated cases
The case mentioned is under the
care OF DR.. Booth OF this city, who
says that the first symptoms ar.
vomiting, followed by partial pa
ralysis of tn" lower limbs. II Is sci.
dom If ever that the patient RECEIVERS
entirely and the limbs gradually lose
all power of action and as a result
grow smaller while the rest os the
body goes on with its natural growth
The disease j. most f,cqucnt in chill.
dron during their second years. Du,
grown persons are known to have Il.
The case of the little Williams child
Is being watched with much interest
by the physicians OF Ardmoro and vi.
cinity It Is brought here .cgullro
for treatment
Physicians have as vet found no
specific remedy for the disease and
are also at loss 20 know what
causes H.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-10-24
ARDMORE To PLAY
GAINESVILLE TODAY

with the passing of the baseball
season \rdmo e. has taken mp the grid.
! ou game in good fashion and from
now until Thluhsg wing there will be-
few Saturdays and sundays that will
nor see game pulled off at Lorcna
park
This at crnoou thr team of the local
athl tie, ,club will play the team from
Gainesville. the latter hovi, accepted
a challenge lat" s.crdly afternoon.
Nr'mnrc has done somc practice
since th" last game and j., In goou con
dit.ou The announcement is made
that the iai -rN viii be- admitted free
at ibis afternoons game, which will
%. called 40 three o'cl ck
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-10-24

% allow the water 20 br ,urHed on
again, having failed 10 pay thoir
wa.eg rent whcn ii was due. and as
a r,sul; the cutoff man has visited
them and thcy are without watcc
but still tnCy mink T. all right 20
.pongc off their ncighbOr,.
The city officials are putting in
meters a. fast az possible and all
who do not wish 70 pay the small
amour required may do without IT,,
but it D.. likely that those who have
been permitting the free use ~
their supply TO athers will discor;n-
Nc the courtesy and very rightly too
The law gives the city officials no
other recourse than to cut off tn"
water when the rent shall not nave
been paid on a cer9ain time, and
there is penalty, which must bp
paid before Il may b. turned on
again.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-10-24
RE TA|LERS LIKED
THEIR NEW ROOMS
ASSOCIATION DEDICATED COM.
MERClAL CLUB APARTMENTS
FRIDAY NIGHT.

IN, regular meeting of the Ard.
more retailers association was held
Friday light in the new rooms of the
Commercial club ON the second floor
o. the Guaranty Bdnk building, and
so surprised were they with the new
arrangement that little OF business
nature was attempted and some 50.
glal Intercourse was indulEcd In.
small amour, OF routine busi.
Gces was looked after and matters in
connection with tho proposed banquc,
were considered. but the date for It
has no. yet been determined upon
Following short meeting those
present were invited TO the store OF
VI !. Lane. whore that genial mcr.
chant served light lunch
Yesterday at the CONNIE Cal club
was a quiet one VIII the exception
OF rnfunding fares. several ticket
being presented from yar'oui mci
chants. and one o. which were items
from eight different stores This II
one Of the popular features OF the as.
.oriatiau ana is rapidly gaining IN IA.
Nor
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-10-24
MILTON PARK

NUJD aud I1lpI u StaIT.
Judge Gar IS well acquainted with
Tho new appointcr and knows him for
a splendid southern gentleman aud
one who fought valian,ly ia the
causc. Mr.. Taylor j. about seventy
years Of az" and is retired stock.
man Judge Galt says it Is not likely
that an election to till his office viii
be- held until the next reunion OF tho
oklahoma department.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-10-24
Throw Away Your
Lemons

Smi,r and look pleasant, try
boosting for 80 days Especially boos'
Ardmorc and II you don't feel be.
ter and Your business isn't better,
wen give YOU CaD OF tho.c ln'
ma calcss lots in Highland Park
Addition We know youm be happy
then
McELROY & SASS, Agents.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-10-24
NJ ELRON d SASS.
CHANGED Grade.

Tho boald OF city commissioners
met in special session yesterday aft.
crnoon and changed the grade on y
street. southeast
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-10-24

Lldic. fire." this aftornool a. I.o.
rcua park, foot bali, Gainesville ys.
Ardmorc. Game called promptly at 3
O'Clock
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-10-24

IN the future al foo ball games
will be- called az three o'clo.k, sharp
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-10-24
General Order No. i24.

The resignation of Majo. General
W VI Cross. Commanding Oklahoms
Division of United Confederate We.
crans. owing to III health. is accepted
with great rcg.ot The Senior Brig.
adler General William Taylor. OF A.
tus. Okla. will TAX" command OF the
oklahoma Division until AN election
can be- held. aud major general OF
the oklahoma Division can be elected
By ordc- of " l.. Cab"ll. l.icuten-
ant General. l. G. N's, Trans Missis.
sippi department.
Official.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-10-24

Chocolate cream walnu.s n Sol
umonS Steam Bakery. 9i-3
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-10-24
Danderine

just as surely as rain and sunshine
raises crops. II produces a thick
growth OF luxuriant hair when all
other remedies fail. We guarantee
Danderine. All druggists sell II -25c,
soc and 81 per bottle. To prove its
worth send this ad with l0c In stamps
or silver and we will mail you q large
free sample KNOWLTON DAN
DERINE CO., Chicago. III.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-10-24

when duty calls on "a man he is
apt to be out.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-10-24

Foot BAH today al Lorcna park az
three o'clock sharp lGtI.s free.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-10-24

Tine Daughters of the Contcdcracy
viii mu,, with Mrs. Addugon NJ n.
day afternoon AZ 800 O'Clock.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-10-24

Whipped cream chocolate at Sol.
mons Steam bakery p.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-10-24

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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-02

handshakes, so few invitations to mix
with the world, SO few who care if
she gives up or not, until at last
she does give up and very often ends
her life with her own hands. All!
the prayers that are offered up
all over the world for the dear girls
who must go out and face a rough
world to work for their daily bread.
Are not these prayers mockery when
we almost hold our skirts when we
pass them by. Would to God peo-
pie would quit praying for the Lord
to do things that they can't stop to
do themselves.
Yes, there are thousands who are
forced to give up; there is nothing
else they can do.
Again, if you go to the bGttOm and
sift ont people who give UP you will
find some of the best; those who
have aimed high and failed, and no
| longer have strength of mind and
body to start up the ladder again.
No, they haven't the strength ito do
| it and all the world trying to hold
them down. l hope the Lord will
make allowances for the people who
are paraEyzed by the hard hearted
mess of Gheir fellowman; and, dear
Lord, be merciful to the class of peo-
pie who rejoice to find poor human
being down and can't get up, and
at last has given up because there
was nothing else for him to do. The
world is fun of men and women who
have failed. They are good people,
but in some way they can't make
ends meet, and they are gradually
giving up. 1t is creeping over them,
and they haven't the power to cast
it off.
There is one great comfort to those
who give up, and that comfort is ''He
knoweth all things" He knows our
weakness, knows that we pray for
faith, but we let the little cares and
worries of life cheat us out of this
great blessing. Help us, oh Father,
to hold out faithful to the end Help
us that we may never give up until
we reach the end. We can give up
then; the struggle will be over, and
those who have been strong in the
fight will find reward reward of
crown full of stars And the little
lamb lost in the storm and had fallen
and given up the good shepherd took
it in His arms and gave it new life
Anderson Is. CO. Intelligencer.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-02
THOSE WHO GIVE UP.
BY An Old Country Lady.

If there is anybody on earth that
needs help and needs 1T quick it is
people who have given up. 1t seems
to me it would be a grand thing to
have missionaries to go oUt among
those who have found life too full
of cares and are ready to give up.
Wouldn't it be a good time to reach
mans soul when his body needs
help? l think you can reach his
soul easier by trying to help has body
than to neglect his Body and make
great to do over his soul. There are
hundreds Of people reckless with
their soul because no one cares for
their body Thousands kill them
selves every year and send their
souls to destruction because no one
is willing to help them provide for
their living. No wonder lots of poor
people give up. Financially they
have nothing, and spirituality with
some is becoming such a moCkery
that they can't do anything but give
| up. No wonder we have so many
suicides. The world is busy telling
broken hearted people That there is
a glorious place for them after they
die, and the poor wretches have to
die to get 1t. Haven't you seen PEG
pie who would do anything for your
soul, but not a thing for your bodyf
A lot of us could take care of our
souls better if we were not dogged
to death. That is why we are al
ways giving up-we need help and
can't get it. We are told forty times
| lox ~
die. We want some one to tell us
! how to live. When our time comes
] the Lord won't forsake us, and we
are willing to risk Him. NOBODY
would ever give up if they were not
forced to do it; and some one IS re-
Isponsible for it. When you read OF
a suicide do you ever stop to think
what caused it? You had better
ask who caused the poor creature to
lgive up. We have things brought be-
fore us every day, enough to cause
isuicides. Sensitive, high-minded per-
lsons can't stand everything.
Again we say there are hundreds
of reasons why hundreds OF people
give I'D. Yes, the world is full or
Ineople who are almost ready to give
Inn. and woe to the man or woman
who lays a straw on the shoulder
of some poor soul who hasn't q ray
of light and hope to keep him here,
Ivet clings to life and sees nothing
ahead but to give up at last. So it is
with the old father when his worth
LESS children bring him down to pow
arty. The same with the old mother
as she learns that her sons are pro-
figates. and her daughters a disgrace
70 their sex. There is the working
girl who tolls early and late-ano
gets so few smiles, so Few nearly
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-02

N the affected section of the town
has escaped injury. Some are but
slightly damaged, others seriously.
The foundation walls have been
cracked and plaster shaken down,
wooden walls have been wrenched
and pulled out of plumb, brick walls
nave been cracked, and it is almost
useless to make repairs as long as
the subsistence continues. The set
thing of the houses has jammed the
doors and windows, and many doors
have had to be broken in order to
permit the people to get in and out
of their homes.
The worst feature of the situation,
however, is the constant fear of the
residents, who do not know at what
minute there may be a settling of the
surface which will totally wreck
their houses, and each night they
retire ready to jump up and run for
safety at the first warming of dan
ger. Watchmen are maintained
along all the streets.
There is also constant danger of
fire and explosions from the gas es-
Gaping from the broken gas mains,
and it is fortunate that the weather
is warm, as people are feauful of
keeping lights or fires in their houses
during the night. Gas is also escap-
ing through the assures in the earth
from the mine workings, and the air
is heavy with this and with the IL
Eliminating gas. Water mains are
frequently broken, and the authOri-
ties are having much trouble in maxi
ing repairs. Almost every street in
the affected district has sunk from
six inches to three feet, and there
are depressions and assures ON every
hand.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-02
THREE THOUSAND LANES.
Which Make Damascus the Paradise
of the Arab World.

NnCn Make Damascus the Paradise
of the Arab World.
The chief attractions at Damascus
IaFe the world-famed gardens which
surround the city, the glimpses we
I;get of oriental life as found in the
bazaars, streets, the shops and last,
but by no means Of less interest, the
famous Mosque of Omciades.
One hundred and fifty square miles
tof green lie in compact order round
about Damascus, spread out with all
I the profusiOn of a virgin forest Or
Echards and flower gardens, parks,
plantations of corn and of other pro-
duce pass before the eye in rapid and
tchangeable succession. In the gar
dens of this old, old city, with it's
horribly shabby, dirty houses and
leaning broken mud walls, are more
I than 5000 miles of shady lanes
through which it is possible to ride
Hedged with sweet pink briar roses
and canopied with the foliage of wal
nut trees these lanes offer a paradise
of rest to all, irrespective of class or
social position. Through the shade
one catches glimpses of glowing
pomegranate blossoms; across the
borders of thorny struggling rose
bushes vines trail and always one
hears the sound of little waterfalls,
as soft and Elusive as fairy music.
Making a pilgrimage TO the city after
weeks and months of ,dreary and des-
Olate desert life the running water
is JOY to the sight and music to
the ears, and it is something to walk
through shady lanes, to admire the
variety of landscape and the beauty
of scenery in a land where the sun
beats down all day with unremitting
force till the earth is like a furnace
of iron beneath sky of molten brass.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-02
SANCTUARY FOR DRUNKARDs.
Salvation Army Has Colony for In
ebriateS OFF New Zealand Coast.

OSeAN0bAOu ARMY HAS "a OOAOuy AOr IAl-
ebriates OFF New Zealand Coast.
'Drunkards' Island" is the name
by which the Salvation Army's latest
colony for inebriates, off the coast
of New Zealand. is known to pass
ing marines, says an Auckland dis
patch.
The Salvation Army has completed
plans for isolating confirmed drunk
ards on two islands-one for men
and one for women.
Only one island is available at
present, but the success of this set
tlement has been such that the New
Zealand government and the Saliva
ton Army may acquire another for
women.
Pakatoa is the chart name of
"Drunkards' Island" 1t is an ideal
little colony of seventy acres, set in
the Huraki gulf, twenty-five miles
from Auckland. The only communica-
ton with the mainland is by the Sal
walton Army motor boat, and the
residents have no means of reaching
a public house. All spirits and al
coh0l in any form are forbidden on
Pakatoa, and the colonists lead the
simple life on a fruit diet, without
drugs or policemen
The New Zealand government re-
Gently passed an act giving magis-
t1faltes power to commit persons who
nave been four times convicted of
drunkenness to Pakatoa. The resi-
dents work at market gardening,
fruit culture, frame making and the
manufacture of children's toys.