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The San Francisco call., 1910-09-04
new AGENT FOR
PULLMAN CARS

C. B. Gardiner. the representative of
the Pullman motor cars on the coast,
before leaving for the state fair at
Sacramento on Friday last announced
that the factory had closed with j. c.
Moore for the. agency for Pullmans in
northern California
There will be no change in the loca-
tion of the agency, the quarters at 81
Golden Gate avenue being retained
At the state fair three models of
Pullmans are being exhibited.
An interesting sale is reported Mrs
Frank Buck, the wife of the noted au-
tomobile owner, has Just purchased a
1911 35 horsepower. four cylinder Pull
man touring car.
III. A. Heilbron of Sacramento, who
has been summeripg at Pacific Grove,
has come up to the citysin his Pullman
and will spend the next 80 days in San
<francisco.
1t is estimated that $400 000. 900 is
invested in motor manufacturing plants
in the United States. giving employ
Inent to 100000 persons
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-04

The Quaker City motor club has sent
out the entry blanks for the 200 mill
stock chassis road race, which will be
laid over the course in Fairmount park
Philadelphia, October 8. The club will
again cooperate with the city authori-
ties. and charitable institutions will
benefit from the event.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-04
n 'oSNf " 't
FRANKLIN TRUCK
ECONOMY WINNER
Makes the Best Showing in
Contest Recently Held in
Philadelphia

With an expense of s-o12s5 per ton
mile a Franklin truck was the winner
in the manufacturers division of class
A in the motor truck economy contest
recently held in Philadelphia. The
winner had a carrying capacity of one
ton and was pitted against cars rang
ing in capacity up to one and half
tons. II carried full load through
the run of two days. the course of
which was from Camden. \. j.. to At
lantic City and back. a distance of 12O
miles.
The expense char9eable to the sew
eraI contestants covered not only gaso-
line and oil but time due to delays, re-
placements and repairs. The winning
truck. however, had no expense except
for fuel It's expense was S0O41l less
than that of the second truck, which
had a score of S0175s. The expense
OF the winner Of third place was
Se2sS2. and in the case of fourth place
the expense was s02531. in each case
the figure being that per ton mile.
The highest cost per ton mile was
S06SI4. or more than five times as
much as the figure for the Franklin
truck The average expense of the
trucks which finished, Is in number
out of q total OF Is, was S.o39fo; eX-
Guiding the Franklin the average score
was Se373S The expense of six was
above the average, and that of nine
was below the average
The total expense for the Franklin
truck was s1.54172, all included under
the head of gasoline and oil, the road
score having been perfect. The time
schedule required an average speed of
Is miles an hour, touring car speed,
and the run proved sufficiently arduous
so that three of the Is starters did not
finish W. r. Coughtry drove the
Franklin.
The number 13, the hoodoo of which
has been often defed by the Franklin
figured repeatedly in this event. The
Franklin carried the contest number
13 Thirteen manufacturers were rep
resented in its class. In addition the
start was made on Friday and the
finish was on the 18th of the month.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-04
CHASE WAGON IS A
winner once MORE

W. H. Durphy, local agent for the
Chase motor delivery wagons. yester-
day reported that the Chase made a
lantie City reliability run er CONNER
cial vehicles. This is but another gem
set in the crown of Chase victories,
and Durphy says that the everyday
performance of the Chase wagons
proves that a perfect score is their
regular record. Durphy also reports
that the sales of these popular cars in
Kansas City, Portland and Seattle are
exceptionally good. and that the out
look for continued business is splendid.
He reports the sale of Chase panel
top delivery wagon to the Oakland
towel supply company.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-04
successfully climb the California hill NTH heavy load
CARTER CAR FINISHED
IN FINE FRENCH GRAY

) Another carload of 1911 Cartercars
has been received by the Cartercar au-
tomobile company, the local agents. The
most striking of those in the shipment
was one in French gray with lighter
stripping. 1t is the most striking car
that has come from the Cartercar fac
tory, appearing to better advantage
than any of the others that have been
received so far this season.
About 5000 automobiles. valued in
the aggregate at Sl,5O0.000, are now
being stored in Kansas City, Mo-, wait,
ing for the farmers in the south and
southwest to dispose of their crops. AS
soon as the agriculturists see a balance
on the proper side of the ledger they
will invest in automobiles, and the the
dealers are getting ready to supply the
demand, which is sure to come within
the next few weeks.
George Robertson and Ralph de
Palma have been matched to meet in
what should prove to be great con-
test at the Belmont driving sclub's-rack
at Narbeth Pa, on september -. The
are to decide the question of suprem
acy. In the event of tire trouble to
either contestant the heat in which 1T
occurs, must be run over Ihe prizes
offered are S1,500 to the winner and
$500 to the loser.
Farmers living in VineianI; \. J.. are
organizing an automobile league to
chase horse thieves. 1t is conceded
that in one hours time 10 automobiles
could cover all the roads leading out
county now offers $500 reward, and the
autoists think that sum is worth work
ing for.
Between $4,000 900 and 100000, 600
is now being paid annually to railroads
for freight by motor car makers.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-04

Berlin street officials believe the best
pavement for automobile traffic is inn
pregnated wood blocks, which. they
claim, do not wear out tires so quickly
are freer from dust than other types.
to surface binders than other types.
Asphalt. however. is still rated the best
all round pavement for heavy traffic.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-04
AGE Of THE MOTOR
TRUCK is HERE
Many Merchants Installing
Motor in Place of Horse
nraWn Vehicle
Has Proved to Be Much Cheaper
and Mere Reliable Method
of Hauling
Bv R. R. L'HoMMEDIEU

The commercial vehicle has come to
stay. Within the last three months the
motor truck has been taken up by
nIany OF the leading firms which had
used the horse and truck for drayage.
The economy in time and money has
been proven and their capability is now
without doubt Many merchants
have held eff buying because they were
afraid that the trucks would net stand
up under the work required, but this
doubt has an been swept away and
il is now not case OF viii they do
the work, bUt what is the best vehicle
TO buy2
Not only are the retail merchants
buying the light delivery wagons. but
those who hava To do heavy hauling
are installing The new mode of freight
handling. The builders of automobiles
have seen the present conditions COM
ing and have been experimenting for
some time, and now have vehicles
which can meet every demand.
The horse viii soon be reiegated to
the backgrognd. FOR the motor truck
has been found to be much cheaper
even at this early stage. Within five
years the motor truck viii be as COM
mon on the streets as the pleasure
vehicle is at the present DAY.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-04

1t is estimated that the United States
spends S2S7 100000 a year on horse
vehicles. sl10.0oe,000 for conyeyances,
SIPS. .000 600 for horses and S52,90e. 900
for harness.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-04

James Al Carples. general manage
Of the Licensed Automobile Dealers
association mas Just returned from
three months European trip Carples
met the members Of the United States
tariff board in Paris, and has been
appointed special United States tariff
commissioner TO investigate automobile
production costs. He has finished his
work on the continent and in England.
and is now ready TO proceed with his
investigations in this country. He
that the American automobile manu-
facTurerS no doubt would treat the
United States tariff board and its work
with as much harness as the torel gn
manufacturers have done, and that he
thought Il would not take him long TO
Hnish his report. In discussing his
trip, Mr. Carples said.
There IS no overprodUction and no
wildcat schemes are on foot to dis
courage production or capital The con-
flnenIal manufacturer seems TO be try
ing his best TO build a sufficient num-
her OF good cars to supply the dema nd.
His energies being bent in this direc-
Ui0n. he is not making any frantic ef-
forts TO force the growth of this de
mand- except in one direction. export.
All foreign motor car makers are
anxious for export business and give
70 the wants Of the export trade their
best attention as well as an induce
ment Of 8 and 10 per cent discount
over the local trade
Germany and France foster the COM
mercial or freight vehicle industry. and
the development of this field under the
patronage Of the government has been
exceedingly rapid. The subsidy offered
by the government 10 the ma akers TO
produce trucks has had two results
the ma ker'S striving to satisfy the
government, knowing he viii find an
outlet for his product when this is
done. and. second. the government
having invested In these vehicles it
takes care 70 build good roads to suit
them. 50 that they viii fare better
Much has been said here about finan-
cial sCringency. depression of industry
even another crisis. 1t appears from
my travels and inveSti cations that the
cereal crop on The continent is a failure
and that the fruit crop is absolutely
ruined by the heavy rains. Large
orders for delivery have already been
received here. and before the end of
the year the United States viii be the
cultural and banking elements will
benefit directly and. therefore. the
rest Of the nation must benefit indi-
rectly.'
Fire Commissioner Waldo of Grea ter
New York declares that Years trial
Of 45 horsepower automobile hose
cart has demonstrated that il can cover
more ground in less time and carry
twice as much hose a much less ex-
pense than when horses are used Nine
more motor propelled pieces of FIRE ap-
paratUs are to be bought bv the cifv
flgures given out by the commissions er
show that it costs - times as much to
maintain team of fire horses as il
does one auto cart.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-04

Announcement that Senator Frey
inghausen of New Jersey will be an
active candidate for the nomination for
governor has aroused storm of pro-
test among motorists of that state
owing to his determined opposition in
the legislature to more liberal auto
mobile laws.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-04
1911 CADILLAC CLOSE
COUPLED CARS. ARRIVE

The Morrison-Cole motor car come
pany yesterday received the first ship
ment of the 1911 CadiIlacs with the
close coupled tonneaus. These models
are in strict keeping with the touring
car models which arrived short time
ago. There is refinement in every line
The cars We're surprise to every one
along automobile row yesterday when
they arrived There is no question
that the 1911 cars are the best ever
turned out by the Cadillac factory.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-04

Germany has created new job for
some one of it's favored sons. and
Kaiser Wilhelm favors the innovation
jects. In other words, Germany viii
have an inspector of aerial ships. Here
after no balloon will go up in Ger
many until il has been passed upon by
the Inspector. No airship will sail
until its papers have been counter
signed by authority. No aeroplane will
be permitted to go skimming over the
country until it has been viewed and
passed. Any one violating these rules
will be declared guilty of 1ese majestic
Douglas Island news., 1910-03-23

Mrs. l. D. Carpenter left on the Hum boldt for trip to the States.
 Sam Boast, who played slide trom- bone in the Treadwell band, left for Caldwell, Idaho, to take position and play in the Idaho State band.
 The Treadwell barber shop is under the management of Mr. Dave Housell in the absence of Charlie Spores, who is in Seattle.
 The launch Grace E., which was sold by Mir. Bennett to Mir. c. Goldstein, of Juneau, was delivered to him the other day. The Mable is also 10 be seen on the route between Sheep Creek and Treadwell.
Douglas Island news., 1910-03-23
Sale of Fancy Work

The ladies of St. Luke's Guild will hold a sale of fancy work at Fraternal hall on Monday evening, April 4th. beginning at 7:30 o'clock.
 Every body invited. There will be a fish pond for the children. Box lunch es will be sold for 50 cents-enough for two.
Douglas Island news., 1910-03-23
Mass Meeting

A mass meeting of the voters of Douglas will be held at FraterDal hall on Saturday evening at 8:30 o'clock to nominate candidates for councilmen and school director.
Douglas Island news., 1910-03-23
Close of the Registration Books

Notice is hereby given that the Regis tration Books of the City of Douglas will close on Saturday evening, April 2ud, at o'clock.
 JOHN HENSON, Registrar.
Douglas Island news., 1910-03-23
The Douglas Island News.
THE LOCAL FIELD.
A Simple Distinction

De wise folks dat meet each day Is dem dat alluS thinks my way. De foolish folks, it's plain to see, Is dem as diSagrees wifi me.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-01-21
LOCALS.

The lid is getting loose on the
political pot.
Where are the PLEASE Keep
Off The Grass" signs.
A. w. Lucas pays the highest
cash price for hides, furs and
pelts.
Sunday school will be held at
1000 a. m. and Preaching a
1900 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. every
Sunday at the Ekalaka church
by Rev. Mrs. F. D. Bohr.
Lost-One gold watch, with
the initials "A. F. o." engraved
on case. Lost between Norman
street and Dan Dague's ranch.
If found kindly notify this office
and receive reward.
Grand Ball Friday Feb. II at
|. O. 0. F. hall given by the
Entertainment Committee of
Beaver Lodge No. IS. Everyone
invited to attend. Good music
and a good time guaranteed.
A Miles City man purchased
twenty cents worth of steak
last week receiving a nickle back
in change. When he got home
he couldn't find the steak.
At last he discovered the nickle
in his coat pocket, and this gave
him a clue. He had the meat in
in his pocketbook. Forsyth
Times-Journal.
A Missouri exchange threat
ened last week to publish the
name Of the young man he seen
with his sweetheart's head on
his shoulder if he didn't cone
across with a dollar on subscrip-
ton. TWenty-seven young fell
lows slipped in and paid a dollar.
The editor has letters from two
Or three others saying they will
hand him a dollar the first time
they are in town.
If all the sheep of Montana
were punched into one big ami
nal it could easy stand astride
the Rocky Mountains and brush
the flies off of San Francisco with
it's tail; all the horses punched
into one would pillow a furrow
for the Panama canal; all the
cattle would make a beef steak
for the world and all the cussed-
ness would make the devil
think he had lost his little old
hell. Forsyth Times-Journal.
Since our offer Of a years
subscription Of the Eagle free to
to the person telling us the date
Ok the neE. year with So Fridays
we have received at least 20
answers. mos. Of which are the
same. Mrs. T. S. Conger, being
the first to send us the correct
date will receive the free sub
scription, her answer being 1915.
Mrs. Lula Baird of Baker, Mont.
sends u a list of years in which
cident occurs which are 1915,
1920, 1926, 1882, 1887, 1913,
1913, 1854, 1860 and 1865 which
= Us appear to be correct.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-11-22
NO HEALTHY SKIN LEFT

my little son, boy Of five, broke
out with an itching rash. Three doc
tors prescribed for him, but he kept
getting worse until we could not dress
him any more. They finally advised
ne to try q certain medical college,
but its treatment did no good. At
the time l was induced to try CUT
cura he was so bad that had to cut
lis hair of and put the Cuticura ONT
ment on him on bandages, as 1t was
impossible to touch him with the bare
hand. There was not one square inch
Of skin on his whole body that was
not affected. He was one mass OF
sores. The bandages used to stick to
his skin and in removing them 1t used
to take the skin OF with them, and
the screams from the poor child were
heartbreaking. l began to think that
be would never get well, but after the
second application Of Cuticura Oint-
ment I began to see signs OF improve
nent, and with the third and fourth
applications the sores commenced to
dry up. His skin peeled of twenty
times, but 1t finally yielded to the
treatment. Now l can say that he 10
entirely cured, and a stronger and
healthier boy you never saw than he
is to-day. twelve years or more since
the cure was effected. Robert Wattam.
1148 Forty-eighth St.. Chicago. Ill.
Oct. 8, 1909"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-11-22
All Dodge Soup.

Soup is probably the most unpop
ular dish in the luncheon menu of the
New York business girl today. She
acknowledges that 1t may be nour
ishing and all that, but 1t simply does
mt taste good to her. The only time
so down town business girl says
that the girls she knows resort tc
soup is when their finances are at =
very low ebb.
What would astonish you. though.
says this same girl. rs the number OF
mothers that think that their daugh
ters should eat soup every day. and
try to persuade them to do 1t. They
say soup is so sustaining Well, per,
haps 1t is. can't argue as to that
But | know soup doesn't taste espe
cially good, and doesn't make anv
too good foundation for an after
Moons work. 1t would be different
If we could have soup. then a meat
dish, and then a dessert; but yerv
few girls, tell you. can afford that
$50 we all cut out soup. Probably
1t disgusts the dietician young won.
en- just out of college. but We all feel
we know what's best for us."-New
York Press.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-11-22
LIVE STOCK NOTES.

Do not let the mare run down in
condition.
Bacon stands nearly at the head Of
our meat products.
Shear the sheep before their wool
gets to be a burden.
A good way to cure a skittish horse
is to take of the binders
Figure on from Is to 20 bushels OF
corn for every 200-pound hog.
Keep the sheep pens clean Dirt
and foul odors affect sheep quickly.
Keep an account with your hogs
this year and see just how you come
out with them.
Pigs thrive best when they can have
access to a clover pasture in connec
ton with concentrated food.
Too much hay blOats horse !;
crowds his lungs. makes his wind
short and may produce heaves.
If good lamb comes from a good
eve, save 1t for your own flock Don't
let any butcher talk you into selling
it.
Look out for the holes in the fence
when the pigs are small, and it will
be easy to hold them when they ara
hogs.
Sell your wool on Z rising market
Nine times out of ten you will miss
it If you try to keep 1t for something
better
By docking and castrating lamba
when the animals are from eight to
ten days old. they receive practically
no set-backs.
There is little money in poor sheep
They will just about eat man out OF
house and home Good ones or uoue-
that's the motto for ns all
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-11-22

1t while she cuts away the old putty
Then the new pane is set in and made
fast. Miss Aileen set out to accom-.
plish this task.
Mid-afternoOn came along while she
was still working. So did Phil Walker.
He was walking out from town for
exercise. He didn't know what house
his uncle lived In, and he decided that
the sensible thing to do was to make
inquiries. He rang the bell at the
Travis mansion. and as he rang he
wondered If that mighty cookbook
ing girl" lived there.
No answer. He thought he heard
voices at the rear of the house. The
sensible thing to do was to go around
and find the owners. He found them.
Miss Aileen was standing on the
crest Of the stepladder, sleeves rolled
up, old skirt on, and bareheaded and
her hair tous,ed and flying about
That's the way a glazier glazes
The cook was hanging to the step.
ladder like grim death and throwing
out suggestion now ana then, and
the stage setting was ready when the
young college man appeared. There
was yell from the cook! There was
an exclamation from the mistress
There was roar from the family
dog, who has been held back until this
moment to complete a dramatic stu
alton.
The cook let go. The stepiadder
wabbled Miss Aileen came down Mr..
Walker stepped backward, and 1t
seemed to the deg as If the three
people were all mixed up for mo.
ment. Then he took after the one
who fed, nippei him and chased him
off the grounds and down the road,
where exJudge German, standing at
his gate, threw up his arms and
called out:
What villain has dared to set a
dog on my favorite nephew! Tell me
his name that may give him seven
kinds of lawi"
Phil thought he understood the case
and when he got his breath he tried
to explain. II was a case of natural
cause and effort. Let any young man
discover girl outlying in pane OF
glass from the top of a stepladder
with the family cook braced to pre-.
vent a wabble, and the family dos
doing In the sunshine, and exclama.
lions. falls and bites must follow. It's
like the stock market when a report
is circulated that John Doe is dead
It creates a furry He held NO one
to blame.
Say, boy" replied the uncle when
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-11-22

Como and put In your vacation
with me. House in the country. Lake.
Fish. Golf. Mighty good-looking girl
only eighty rods away. Cupid. Moon.
light. ETC."
So ex-Judge German wrote to his
nephew, Phil Walker. Just before COL
lege vacation. The Judge was a bach
elor sixty years old. who had bought
a manor house on retiring from the
bench. He was alone except for his
servants, and Phil was his favorite
nephew.
Judge German had caught only a
brief glimpse Of Aileen Travers as
she crossed the lawn of her mothers
grounds next door. Any lawyer could
have made case of false pretenses
out of that letter, but Phil Walker
replied that he would be happy to
come. Miss Aileen Travers was Just
TWO weeks ahead of him on vacation.
She had got home and settled down
for the summer before he was due.
When at home she was the man
about the house. She could handle
saw or hammer, and when the lawn
mower got out of killer she had a
way of fixing 1t up instead of sending
1t off to town to be tinkered at. She
reached home on this occasion to find
that many things needed her atten-
ton, and among them was the glazing
Of pane of glass in the kitchen win
dow. This was left to the last, but
on the day her mother and little sis
ter went away to be gone till night
the cook was informed:
Nov. then. II James got that pane
Of glass and some putty. we will fix
that window. We shall need the STEP
ladder"
It's the easiest thing in the world
for smart and good-looking girl to
putty in pane Of glass; She first
takes out any fragments of the old
pane. Then she mounts to the top of
stepladder and has the cook hold
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-11-22
Science and Cheese.

A medical authority kindly assures
US that as long as cheese isn't de-
cayed 1t will not affect the health OF
the consumer. This is a fact that we
have suspected for q considerable
time. But how is the ordinary cheese
epicure to detect the difference-un-
less he waits for results?
There is cheese so thoroughly dis
guised in the costume and aroma Of
decay that its proper standing on the
sanitary testing table would puzzle a
cOnjuror.
For instance, there is the brand
known as limburger.
But why pursue this subject!
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-11-22

Half Z million In counterfeit coin
has been recovered by the United
Bates In the past year. Has any one
heard Of any real money being recov-
orodY