The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-06-03
MATTERS OF INTEREST
TO OWNERS OF AUTOS.

| / MATTERS OF INTEREST /.
/ TO OWNERS OF AUTOS.
Taxicabs are now running in Johan-
nesburg, South Africa.
/ Worcester. Mass, chauffeurs have
Iorganized club. .-..
i Ball bearings were first patented by
an iron founder named Vaughn, "f
Carmarthan, England, in 1894.
A state publicity committee has
been instituted by the Connecticut
Automobile association.
In Turkish Arabia and Mesopotamia
where no railroads exist, nor any
wagon roads, automobiles could be en-
ployed to good advantage. The coun-
try is perfectly smooth and level; in
fact the American found it as good as
most travelled roads at home.
The French steamship line has in
augurated a service of automobiles TO
convey passengers from Paris to the
docks at Havre.
Under Delaware's new motor law
nonresidents are allowed the same pri-
vileges as are accorded nonresidents In
the states from which they come.
Professor Alexander Graham Bell,
inventor of the telephone, who has
gone to Europe with Mrs. Bell, will
make an automobile tour of the south
of England.
Fashionable women are now decor
ating the interiors of their limousines
with flowers in harmony with their
! lcostumes. For instance, lilacs with
a lilac gown, roses with a red froclx
- etc. Gee &hiz! ...-.
! At present there is no field for auto.
: mobiles In eastern Siberia A few
3 years ago there were a few, but on ac.
count of bad roads and steep hills they
/ proved failure, Kerosene is abund.
ant, but gasoline scarce.
So much rigor has been shown by
the Paris police against automobile:
T with smoky exhausts that contractors
8 have of necessity been obliged to pay
Q close attention to matters OF lubrica,
q ton ~
!, After bringing the car to stop, thu
\ change gear lever should always bt
n brought back to it's natural position
2 This removes the possibility of trying
:. to start the engine and suddenly pull
a ing the car onto you.
el Cagno. the racing driver, who par
: ticipated in the Vanderbilt cup races
d has been engaged by the pope to driv,
e the $500 motor car presented to tn,
8 Ipontiff by an anonymous friend, TO
t use in the vatican gardens.
The suggestion of Governor Crother
: Of Maryland, that convicts be uset
! to construct improved state highways
4 has aroused considerable comment
n practically all of which is of favor
n able nature.
: An ordinance has been pending be
. fore the city council of Greenburs
Ind, making 1t a misdemeanor fo
children to play in the streets. l
! was introduced on the suggestion q
i the automobile owners, but has arous
ed much opposition.
i. concession has been granted by thu
Turkish government for an automo
bile truck and passenger line in north
ern Syria. A large company contem
lplates establishing line from Aleppo
Ithe scene of the recent massacres, tt
Bagdad.
French constructors, encouraged b,
lthe numerous races for single cylinde
Icars have developed type of engin,
lof but 3 9-10 inches bore which viii
develop no less than thirty horse
Ipower and give speed on the level .
sixty miles an hour.
An armored automobile car, armet
with rapid-fire guns. preceded the nev
sultan Of Turkey on his first tril
through the streets of Constantinople
Scratches on a celluloid storm from
Ican not be removed. A new piece D
lcelluloid may be bought at small cost
but precaution should be taken to plac
a piece OF paper over the celluloi
Iwhen storm front Is rolled up. Thi
will prevent cracking.
An unusual cause for short circuit
ing of magnetic recently came L
Hight. The owner found a broken bal
In the armature shaft bearing,
piece of the BAH had worked out o
the race and lodged in such q position
as to form an internal short circuit
Citizens Of Kokomo, Ind, will cele
brate the sixteenth anniversary Of TIL
compIetion Of the first automobile Il
that city on June s. There viii be
parade and several contests under tn
auspices OF the Kokomo Automobil
Iclub.
by raising the spray nozzle In tn