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The Southern farm gazette., 1909-06-12
Editorial Comment: wcedcra have

Editorial Comment: Wccdrra have
been advertised in The southern
Farm Gazette, but IL must be- admit.
ted that the manufacturers Of weed
err are not living up 10 their splendid
opportunities. In falling To keep \
standing advertisement in this paper
Our correspondent IS wrong. how
ever. In concluding that the wecder
Is Of no value simply because the
manufacturers are not sufficiently en-
terpriging to advertise their wares
Despite this fact. large numbers Of
weeders are being bought and used
with great satisfaction by the read
ers OF The Gazette. II r. true that
our methods of preparing the land,
or rather. our failure TO prepare the
lana, before planting and our method
OF planting on very high ridges. are
not such as present the best opportu-
The Southern farm gazette., 1909-06-12

leave lot Of manure p h. fields n
help the crop along
The clover makes "a a. fal, feAd
Mine is six inches high ..e own N
June and July. and cove .ha ground
\ 22-degree freeze thia H..t had M
effect on II. ! want 70 -.r 3 s 10 al
acres the next soason. atf.r having
Il works for me En- H,n'er and
builds up my land when most grasses
are dead \. " WoRDEN
Coffee Co. Tenn.
Editorial Comment: This letter
of Mr. Norden's was written In De.
comhor last. but now IS tho time to
SOW tho turnlps and crimson clover
II ia certainly a combination worth
trying.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-16

of how Iowa farmers not only well
coined the e. M. f. go" Glidden path
finder party. but he says that parts of
the road could not have been nego-
tiated at all but for the assistance of
the farmers along the route, who got
out and scraped the roads over which
the pathfinder was expected to pass.
"Out here in Iowa. says Lewis, Us
where they have the wire fenc tele-
phone systems. Every top wire in the
fence that runs along the main road is
a telephone wire-that is, it Is made to
perform that function. Every farmer
has his phone. Until I learned this L
was at loss to know by what signal
the residents in every house learned of
our approach, for we noticed that
when we We're within a few hundred
yards there would be an exodus from
each house in turn. -Everybody-men
women and children-came running out
to the road to wave us 'howdy, and
good luck to ye as we passed. We dis
covered the wire fence telephone was
the medium. When we had passed one
farm house the good folks ran in and
accommodatingly notified the next
neighbor we were coming. You can't
imagine, unless you have driven for
four weeks in rain and snow as we
have, how that rural welcome warns
the cookies of ones heart.
mot infrequently the good wife
would hail US with a proffer of a cup
of hot coffee which she had waiting,
for these farmers had followed the
progress of the car from day to day
and hour to hour Needless to say, we
stopped often and whiled away some
pleasant minutes beside glowing fires
slipping hot coffee or fresh milk
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-16
f. M.F. MAKES
IMPORTANT DEAL
SELLS ENTIRE OUTPUT TO
STUDEBAKER
FLANDERS GOES TO HEAD OF
NEW CONCERN
Domination of Industry by Few
Mammoth Concerns May Be Pres
saged in the Latest
Transaction
PAGES 1 TO u

Men with their ears close to the
ground and in touch with the trend Of
the automobile industry look upon the
Studebaker e. M. F. deal consum-
mated last week as one of the most
significant events of recent occurrence.
AS there is considerable misunder-
standing as to just what the nature OF
this deal was it may be stated authori-
tatively that Messrs. Fred S. Fish and
Clement Studebaker, jr., purchased the
stock of Messrs. Everitt and Metzger
in the Everitt- Metzger- Flanders COM
pany and that further, the StudeDa-
ker Automobile company has contract
ed to purchase and market the entire
output of the z. NJ. F. 80" cars after
September /. 1t will be remembered
that the big South Bend company con-
tracted for one-half this seasons out
put of the E. NJ. F. factory shortly
after the Detroit concern was organ
lied last July.
The car has scored such a tremen-
dous success throughout the country
that the Studebakers set about to con-
troll the entire output for years to come
and the deal is finally contaminated as
above described.
Walter e. Flanders who has all
along been regarded as the power be-
hind the e. M. F. company, retains
his title of general manager, and sue
ceeds to that of president, previously
held by B. F. Everitt.
To men in the trade the significance
of this deal is in the evident purpose
of the Studebaker company to assume
the commanding position in the trade
that the magnitude and resources Of
that concern enable it to take.
Twill the Studebakers stop there?"
ask the wise ones. 1t is not to be sup
posed for a minute.
docs this recent deal presage the
domination of the automobile industry
by few mammoth eoncerns?" ask
others.
Perhaps.
Anyway, we may expect the Studeba-
ker company, with its 5000 distributing
agents and immense financial re-
sources. to play leading part in the
automobile industry hereafter.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-16
RUBBER MEN WILL
PICNIC SATURDAY
Rubber! Rubber!

Rubberi Rubber!
A long-lashed maiden, with thai
peachlike complexion that comes with
health and clear conscience and not
from the top drawer. shifted haughtily
as these words fioated to her. She
was sure that the affront had been
intended for her, and she had not rub
bered." She had looked straight ahead
and had not seen those horrid men. SO,
there!
As matter of fact, they were not
"horrid men" at all, and neither had
they addressed their remarks to any,
one, much less to so handsome a crea-
ture as the one that had really passed
across their vision without being no.
ticed. They were rubber men," whose
sole ideal in life is to sell more rubber
goods than the fellow at either elbow.
This entire incident is really advance
anticipation of what may occur a week
from last night, when the annual pic
mic of the rubber men, will be pushed
boldly in front of the spotlight which
centers in a general way on gasoline
row.
At O'Clock next Saturday evening
$50 rubber men, automobile dealers.
newspaper men and a large number OF
allied acquaintance will leave Los An
geles for Catalina island to spend the
night and to participate in the NAM
moth barbecue on the Sunday afternoon
following. From this city to San Pc
dro they will go by special train. where
the good ship Cabrillo will be boarded
and headed across the bounding wave
to the tune of a big brass band and
other strange noises not yet categorical.
Free transportation will be given all
the guests, as well as all accommodate
lions at the hotel at Catalina, and all
the other frills that may be classified
as sidelights.
Arriving at Catalina Saturday even
ing, a special vaudeville entertainment
will be given the merrymakers, and
all lights will be turned out at mid
night for a good nights sleep, prelimi-
nary to the following days festivities
maybe.
on Sunday morning boat win be
taken for the fishing grounds, and to
the bottom of the ocean by the sub
marine route. At II o'clock an excur-
sion to Camp Banning or Pebbly beach
will follow, where the afternoon will
be spent.
An extensive program has been pre-
pared for the festivities, including all
kinds of sports, racing bathing, etc,
for which some very elaborate prizes
have been hung up by the merchants
of this city. These prizes total value
of $500, and include clothing and
about everything else that might be
classified under the general head Of
haberdashery.
At 2:30 p. m. the big barbecue will
focus the consideration and appetites
of the picnickers, and perhaps num-
Der of suspicious looking inner tubes
will be unvalved of their contents to
lend sociability to the occasion.
At IL o'clock in the evening a spe-
cial boat will bring the party back to
the city This is the picnic to which
al Igasoline row looks forward as one of
the red letter events of the year, and
next weeks outing promises to OUT
shine anything yet attempted by the
rubber men,"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-16
'ALCO' JOINS
MANUFACTURERS
is WORKING UNDER THE Sci
DEN PATENT
Locomotive Concern Adopts Auto
Building as Result of Experience
of a 5erIiet Importing
Concern

The Association of Licensed Automo-
bile Manufacturers has admitted the
American Locomotive company to
membership, that company having been
granted a license under the Selden pio-
neer patent on gasoline automobiles.
That such an important company
should acquire license under the Sell
den patent at this time is not only a
matter of considerable interest, but
perhaps very significant, inasmuch as
the trial of test cases of the Selden pat
ent, which is claimed to cover all gas
oline automobiles now being CONNER
cially made, is about to be had in the
United States federal court, the cases
being on this months calendar.
The manufacture of automobiles was
taken up by the American Locomotive
company largely as the result of the
experience of former company which
began operations by importing the
Berliet car. The Locomotive company,
however, has made cars in the United
States only. Their automobile business
is grounded on good, substantial COM
mercial lines, and they have estab-
lished a quality of product exemplified
in and we'll known as the "Alco" car.
They have also turned out for some
time a high grade taXicab. Those who
have had the opportunity of investigat-
ing their business motor vehicles, in
Guiding a line of trucks, have been well
satisfied of the meritorious standard of
design, material and workmanship rep
resented thereby, al well as by the 9TH
err product of the company, all of which
justifies the association of the company
with the leading as well as pioneer
manufacturers, comprising the mem
bership of the Association of Licensed
Automobile Manufacturers,
w. H. Marshall is president OF the
American Locomotive company. The
general supervision of the company's
automobile undertakings devolves upon
III. f. Ball, vice president. The direct
active management of the automobile
business is in the hands OF James
.Iovce. general manager, long known in
the trade The principal automobile
designer of the company is B. D. Gray.
chief engineer.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-16
NASH AND FENNIMORE
TO COME CLOSER IN
New Specially Arranged SaIesrooms
Will Be Opened at Corner of
Olive and Tenth
Streets

Nash & Fennimore, the local representatives
'of the Lozier car, will. by September l. be in
stalled in very handsome quarters at the south
east of Tenth and Olive streets At
least the display and salesrooms of this well
known firm will be located at that point after
that date, although the present repair shop
will be continued in order to protect the out
standing yearly contracts to Lozier purchasers.
These new salesrooms will. it is stated, be
among the most attractive in the city and viii
be specially fitted up before occupancy. This
new move on the part of the Lozier dealers will
have the effect of bringing that into the
heart Of gasoline row and relieve 1t from what
doubtless has been felt as handicap resulting
from the distance out of its present quarters.
The new salesrooms will be 5Ox6O feet in di-
mensions. with glass walls IA feet high. with
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-16
TWO THOUSAND BOYS TAKE
PART IN MARATHON RACE

ST. LOUIS, May 1.-Two thousand
boys contested here today in a five-mile
Junior Marathon" race under the
sanction of the Western Division A. A.
u. The course lay through the city
streets, starting at the east end of
Forest park and finishing at the court
house corner on Broadway. The race
was run in two divisions.
Hermann Erleben, the 16-year-old
brother of Jos. Erleben, who captured
the recent Marathon race of the Mis-
souri, Athletic club, won the first di-
vision contest for working boys, cover
ing the course in 1853 AS.
Donald Hart, 16 years old, won the
schoolboy Marathon section of the race.
His time was 2S.03 20.