The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1910-04-11

Among auto manufacturers there lis
strong and growing sentiment
against the freak car or racing mon
ster, the chief features of which have
been to promote transforming, to set
up false standards and generally be-
little the bona fide stock car i'm the
eyes of the public. Some manufacture
ers have steadily adhered to a policy
of not building any racing cars and in
contests enter stock cars prac-
tically the same in all respects as
those sold at agencies. The new con-
test rules of the American Automobile
association are a decided improve
ment and an advance in this respect,
and are heartily welcomed by the man
ufacturers. The evolution Of rules de-
filming the stock car was long and
tedious process, but the effect of the
victory Of the adherents of the genu-
inc stock car is somewhat lessened
when the regulations as adopted per-
NIT everything except valves, frames
and wheels to be altered.
The conservation of natural re-
sources and preservation of the forests
is a question of deep interest to autog
mobile manufacturers, and the matter
of supply and demand is becoming
serious. Poplar and ash enter into
the construction of the best automo-
bile bodies and it Is not very easy to
buy the wood without an exhorbitant
price for it," said General Manager II.
l.. Holmes, of the Jacks On Automobile
company. 'Why, poplar that should
be about SIS thousand is now about
$125, the best material having been
pretty well corne-ed, and the makers
who did not look out for themselves
have to pay the difference. Anticipat-
ing a certain contract one manufactur-
er Thought 100000 feet of it, and
after that it did not make much diff
ference whether he used 1t or not. He
could sell the lumber at about $4,000
profit and not touch it. All kinds of
lumber that enter into the automobile
have advanced In price remarkably,
and where the end is to be one cannot
say
Three or four years ago a great deal
of excitement was created out west be-
cause Hi Henry's minstrel show trav
elled about on their transforming trips
in one cylinder car while today most
every actor of note prefers to tour
from city to city in his or her auto
while making the seasons dates Last
year, even the baseball players caught
the fever, and Hans Wagner and two
members of the Pittsburg team bought
motor cars ana only left them to play
ball. After the season was over, they
became so enamored Of their motor car
that they went into business as agents.
Nat Goodwin travels in an automobile
that rivals a swell hotel in comfort,
while George Cohan, Mrs. Leslie Carter
and a host of famous actors and act
resses have one by one fallen to the
spell of the automobile, greatly to tie
detriment of the railroad. One reason
for this is the added zest of life, and
the recuperation to the jaded nerves
that the automobile gives them enab-
ling them to much better Withstand
the hustle and nerve-racking lives that
most Thespians endure.
A clever Boston automobilist by the
name of Baldwin claims that he has
eliminated the great bugbear of motor
car owners and drivers who desire to
tour or take long journeys The inven-
tor calls his device the Auto Guide and
with it the automobiIist may tour from
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or night without fear of losing the
road through the ineficiency of the
guide book or the puzzling map. The
Auto Guide itself is a cylinder of alum
inum which clamps securely to the
steering column. The interior mech
anism is free from complicated parts,
consists of brass reels operated by
which in turn are controlled by the
hand wheel and contains within
small, cylinder battery and a 2h
candle power light The whole fits
snugly into and is removable from
small fixed outer case which is clamp
ed to the steering wheel before the
drivers eyes. The route is thus under
the operators eye from the start to