The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-23

l ssbipnaents of automobiles and parts I thereof to Alaska Hawaii and Porto Rico have amounted in the past H"e l years to about $2, ,O00,00
 Beeswax makes good substitute TOT l enamel on rims Alter heatIns iI'5 ln.9 rims with a blowtorch, it can easily be applied. It will spread easily over the rIlsted surfaces
 The Chicago Motor C1ub. has decided l to hold g. big demountab1e rim tire competition some time in May Ihe l technical committee of the club was empowered to make regulations for the Reports made by the contest board of the A. A. A. make 1t apparent that this year will be 3. banner one Tn aue a national and local importance nav ing heen scheduled than ever before Arrangements for the inter-c4ub re- liability contest between the Long IS- land Automobile Club and the Cres- cent Automobile Club, on May 2l-2z, are nearing completion, and the m terest taken in the event by motorists of Long Island and Brooklyn is 1n- creasing.
 Grant winner of last years Wander bilt cup race, will be in the lists again this year as competitor. Grant mas sent in his application for Feglstrat1on to the contest board of the A. A. A. and announced that he will drive a stock chassis in road races, but not on the track.
 The Worcester Automobile Club has made a, preliminary announcement Of it's fourth annual hill climbing contest. to be held on the Dead Horse 6alI' cester Automobile Club has received enc of the four hill climb sanctions 1s- larger than before. Glasses will be so arranged that cars of all types and motive power will be cared for.
 The automobile owners of Ukiah, Cal, and vicinity have formed a. club to advocate the improvement of the highways It has been decided to set d 7alx lxi which the automobile owners. about fifty strong, will march out with DICK and shovel, and go to filing UT up ruts. s. thusiastic good roads advocate and has aided the cause for better highways In the western State tremendously. For roads are planned by him. These reads are designed to serve 75 per cent. estimated to be near the 1,25O.0O0 mark. and will touch eleven cities. also talk ing in large number Of smaller towns between Spokane and Puget
 Kansas farmers spent s, 200, 900 for automobiles during 1909 and O,OO0 population forty automobiles were sold last year to farmers near the town and retired farmers in the town Careful estimate of the number of automobiles owned by farmers in the United States is 76, ,000
 r A new process for paving streets with vuIcanized rubber has been in- vented by a, Brazilian. and promises to revolutionize the rubber trade in that country. Vulcanin, as the com pound is called, is a. mixture of crush ed stone or coarse sand with a vulcan izing medium, the composition of the latter being a, secret of the nlanufac- turers.
 Quite an extensive program has been arranged for the first grand circuit speedway meet at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, on May 27-H, the entry blanks foA which have been is- sued. Exclusive of the national cham pionships which will be held on May 30, eighteen events are carded for the two days that the meet lasts
 Twelve bona f1de nominations have been made for the international 24- hour race meet which the Motor Rac- ing Association of New York, is to conduct at the BrightoR Beach Mo- tordome on May 1914. As that is the limit set on the number of cars to be allowed to compete in that event. any other prospective entrants will have to wait for later contests.
 The Chicago Automobile Trade As sociation is planning to conduct a. big floral parade of motor vehicles over one of the boulevardS of that city, May z. More than 100 cars have al- ready been promised and it is planned to have a pacemaking car head the procession and to keep the pace down to twelve miles hour in order that to try for the prizes will not be both cred by dust. There will be three prizes for the cars decorated with nat ural flowers. three prizes for the best floats three prizes for the best dec orated eleetrics. and three prizes for the cars with the most unique decora- tiOnS.
 An order has been sent out to steam boat inspectors by the United States Inspector General at Washington stat ing that the law prohibiting the trans unless the lights are exting11ished, will