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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-23
MILLION DOLLAR
AUTOMOBILE ORDER

. NEW YORK, Jan. 22.-The =
= biggest order for automobiles =
. ever placed by any dealer west .
. of New York city was placed .
= at the Garden Auto show last =
. week by r. p Brinegar, pfesi- =
. dent of the Pioneer Automo- .
. bile Co. of San Francisco. Mr.. .
= Brinegar placed an order with =
. Hugh Chalmers for 500 =
= Chalmers thirties and 100 .
. Chalmers forties of the 1911 =
. models. This is a total net =
. business, not including exact =
= equipment, of $1,2S0,0OO. .
= News of the big contract .
= soon spread about the garden =
= and was one of the sensations .
. OF the show among the automo- =
. bile men, especially those from =
= the west. Mr.. Brinegars Or .
. der is larger than any order =
. ever placed in the history of .
. the automobile business, with =
. one exception and by far the =
= biggest from the west. =
. Mr.. Brinegar said that al =
. though the 1910 season is not .
= yet over, still he was perfect Q
. ly willing to place his order 10 .
. months in advance for the 1911 =
. Chalmers cars. He has not yet q
. seen the 1911 models, but feels .
. he is taking no chances in =
. view of the wonderful record =
. these cars have made in the .
. past. .
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-23

ton of the state, and when Moscow
was reached, and DR.. G. l.. Gritman,
G. l.. Rubedew and Harry Moore
had been added to the party, it was
realized that a hard tussle, with lit
tie chance of success, confronted
the motorists over the 20 mile
stretch between Moscow and Pa
louise and the additional 10 miles to
Garfield, to say nothing of the snow
covered roads between the latter
town and Spokane.
81 am absolutely certain that we
went through snow that nothing
but steam engine with a snow
plow could make any Roadway" de-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-23
JEFF AND JACK BREAK
- TRADITION; BUGS WORRY
glared at Tommy. Both held heavy

glared at Tommy. Both held heavy
canes.
LET him come on" said O'Brien
valiantly. "I'll teach him."
"A-h-h-h-h-h!" said burns, who
had forgotten his lines.
1t was great stuff. Everybody
said so and talked about what a
terrific battle the two men would
put up when there was bad blood
between them.
SPRINGS NEW STEPS.
Later Tommy tried the same
thing with Jack Johnson in Austria.
liza, only in this case Tommy in
vented some new stuff. He picked
up a heavy iron inkstand and
threatened to smear Johnson
with it.
Don't stop him, gents!" said
Johnson. LET him have his OF ink
stand. Come on, Tawmy!"
Tawmy didn't come on, but it got
into the papers, and the Austria
lians ate it, hook, line and feathers.
Now, you can see where Jeff and
Johnson made their great mistake.
They ignored the traditions of the
part" as the actors say. They
talked business in business-like
way, making the serious mistake
of laying too much emphasis on the
dollar part of the bargain If Jeff
had hit Johnson with a table leg
and Johnson had countered with a
monkey wrench, think what 1t
would have been worth to the
fight! Would there have been any
talk about brother-in-law act
then? Not in one thousand years.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-23
LOCAL MEN BACK
FROMAUTOSHOW

Thomas J. Healey, president OF
the Pacific Motor Car company
and l.. II. Rose, president of the
DulmageRose Auto company, two
of the local dealers, who were pres,
/ent at the New York auto show
have returned to Spokane full of
enthusiasm for the greatest show
ever held in Madison Square gar.
dens and for the future of the
automobile industry.
"The attendance at the show was
mountaineering, declares Mr.
Healey. THE people crowded into
the show rooms in such large mum
bers that the admission charge was
doubled on Tuesday and Thursday
In order to give the dealers a
chance to get together. This did
not help matters, for there were
as many people on these days as
when the admission was less"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-23
LOCAL MOTORISTS BREAK ROAD
THROUGH 80 MILES OF SNOW

Breaking a road through snow
from one to three feet deep over 38
long, dreary miles was the expert
ence of Manager H. P. Banta of the
Northwest Auto Supply Co. last
week, and to say that he is proud of
the feat accomplished by his Frank
lin 40 is putting it mildly.
IN company with Harry Bohr, Mr..
Banta left Spokane last Sunday for
Palouse, returning Thursday after
noon, tired out from the battle
through the snow The Palouse dis
trlct was visited by the heaviest
snowstorm of the season just before
the local men started for that sec
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-23

clared Mr.. Banta in speaking of the
trip.
Time after time we thought that
the car would be completely buried
beneath the snow, and time after
time we were compelled to back up
and start ahead full speed in order
to break through a deeper drift
than usual.
DR.. Gritman Of Moscow, who
was with us on the trip, stated that
the work of the machine was a rev
elation to him and that had he not
been witness to the battle
through the snow, he would not be-
lieve such feat possible"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-23
MOTOR PUFES

John B. Lund, the manager of
the Seattle branch of the Ford Mo-
tor Car company, Is in Spokane
looking over the local territory.
Mr.. Lund has just completed a
months tour of Montana, and re-
ports that the auto prospects for
1910 are such that the number of
cars in that state promise to be
doubled by next fall.
The branch agency of the Ford
company at Endicott, Wash, is
preparing to do q land-office bust
ness this spring Four cars have
already been sold in that district
and the agency has been establish
ed only a few weeks,
Manager H. p Banta of the
Northwest Auto Supply company
reports the following Knox sales
during the past two weeks: F. j..
Holman, r. S. Griffith, j. P.
Graves (for the Spokane and In
land), D. X. Mcdonald, J. w. With
crop, Harry Mcleod, e. II. Stanton
and w. E. Parsons. Mr.. Parsons
has purchased an auto bus for the
use of his hotel.
Mrs. S. M. Wharton has pur-
chased a six-cylinder, seven-passen-
ger Pierce touring car.
DR.. A. A. Mathews is the owner
of a new Franklin roadster.
| IL Il
N. Hansen of Wasa, b. c., has
purchased Buick Model II.
| Although the Northwest Auto
| Supply company has taken the
agency for the Diamond Tire COM
| pany in Spokane, it is announced
that the company will still retain
the Goodrich agency.
|
r. J. Rockford, northwest dis
tributor of the White automobile,
together with d. j. Condor, the
weli-known demonstration, spent
several days in Spokane last week.
They report that the Pytcher-Tyler
company, the local agents, have or
| dered ten cars for immediate de-
livery. Mr. Condor is the driver
who annexed several races for the
White in Seattle last pctober
against high priced American and
| foreign cars.
The Pytcher-Tyler company eX-
poets to have their Hupmobile
demonstration in town tomorrow
This will be the first car of this
make in Spokane, but it is SO well
spoken of in other parts of the
country that many prospective buy
ers have postponed ordering car
until making an examination of
the Hupmobile.
One seven-passenger White
steamer and two five-passenger
Whites arrived here last week.
|
The Franklin Mutual Benefit So
ciety. which is composed of EN-
ployes at the automobile factory of
the Fl. II. Franklin Manufacturing
company in Syracuse, has 1885
members. The membership is fast
increasing.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-23
LOU DILLON AND HER ELDEST BORN

speed, and both were in 2:40. She
has, however, been quarters in 35
seconds time without number, and
her sweet action and tractability
have won the affection of her
handlers and give promise of ex-
IRENE speed. Lou Billings will be
trained at Memphis, and although
c. X. G. Billings, her owner, never
races his horses for money, it is
possible he will permit the filly to
compete in the futurities in which
she is entered, that the public may
get a glimpse of this famous bit of
horseflesh.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-23

Some day, maybe next summer,
we may be hailing Lou Billings.
first foal of the trotting queen,
Lou Dillon :5S1s, as a coming har-
ness champion.
If extreme speed in sire and
dam amount to anything, Lou Bill
ings possesses wonderful in.
hertance, for her daddy, John A.
McKerron 2:04R to wagon, was a
wonderful race performer, and the
sensational flights of her nanny
against time are familiar to every
one who reads.
Lou Billings has been driven but
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-23
SUNDAY s 9 s AUTOMOBILE 7 d~s % TON
RACING ON SAUCER TRACK

ers have Endorsed the construction.
among them George Robertson.
who will drive his new Simplex
racer on the track. Lewis Strang
and Ralph De Palma. The two
last named also have entered cars
for the opening meet In April.
Louis Chevrolet, Walter Christie,
Barney Oldfield and Joe Watson
are others who speak highly of the
innovation and have expressed a
desire to drive there also. The
National and Marmon teams have
been entered, and from present in
dications about every driver of note
will be on hand for the racing.
The timing of the cars on the
new track will be automatic, and
all records made on the course will
be accepted as authentic.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-23
FARMER BUYS
80 AUTOMOBILES

q DETROIT, Jan. 22.-Before =
Q returning to Saskatchewan. J. =
. C. Coe stopped off here and =
. bought 80 autos for his far .
. mer friends of the far north =
. west. He is not an agent. He =
Q told his neighbors he was 60. .
. ing east and they gave him =
. their orders, accompanied by =
. bank drafts. The deals were =
. mostly cash and aggregating =
q nearly 100000. Bumper =
. wheat crops in the northwest =
q were the cause of so much .
. prosperity. .
Q q - - - 80 q Z
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-23
BLANCHE BATES
BUYS CHALMERS

= A Chalmers-Detroit $40" was .
= ordered by Miss Blanche .
= Bates, star of "The Fighting .
. Hope" from the Chalmers-De- .
9 troit Motor Co. last week. .
. Miss Bates car is not to be .
q delivered until after the theat- .
= rical season. 1t is to be spe- .
. cially finished. All the metal =
q work will be nickel plated. .
= The machine is to be red with .
& special upholstery and trim =
o mings. Q
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-23

Why is 1t that with every chal-
lenge a fighter agrees to bet any
where from a hundred to five thou
sand dollars, and why Is it that
about once in q hundred times the
bet Is made?
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-23
PORTLAND AUTO SHOW

With the opening of Portland
local motorists viii be directed towards the Rose City large
OF dealers will
assist the Portandcrs in making somewhat III the
affair
Portland dealers declare this
anything judging preparations
uade hoy will make good their boast
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-23

Jack Gleason is a typical looking
sport" Richard might pass for
q parSOn
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-23

the
Spokane and that they This
the inability
extremely lucky tieup
two
plight would q
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-23
HILLMAN, OREGON

the main line of the Oregon Trunk chill Lne) and
the survey of the Deschutes Valley Railroad Chairman
Lne) in the Deschutes Valley Central Oregon proposed
electric line from Prineve county seat 10 miles away
Wonderful irrigated and dryfarming country all
sides County roads lead to all parts of Crook county
Irrigation bitches all sides now, representing invest
ments of $5OOOO00 HILMAN is the key to the entire
situation of the great empire being developed by the
coming of two transcontinenta railroads. THE MOST
ATTRA GIVE KIND OF INVESTMENT for SMALL
or LARGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY. One of the FEW
OPPORTU MITES OF LIFETIME
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-23
BENz|NE BUzz|NCS
BY HI GEAR.

By HI GEAK
"The of the Spokane
OF Paose for is there that hundreds be sold this
declared H. Banta of the
has returned from
THE PalOuse farmer taking
that before
farmers,
them the most expensive market"
city, i'm
of the country
the farming sections of this and neghbong
would have been considered
and money several The automobile industry in its
the northwest particularly this portion
automobile
doesn't the
the best that the
With the opening the automobile
considered
larger powered
Spokane auto dealers promise double the number
the
make good their promise
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-23

The Franklin Mutual Benefit So
ciety, which is composed of EN-
ployes at the automobile factory of
the H. II. Franklin Manufacturing
company in Syracuse, has 1885
members. The membership is fast
increasing.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-23
ROAD RACE IN THE LATE SPRING

inspection OF the along
the
led H. r. Banta
nothing be done until the summer
will be in good condition.
The roads between this city and Lewiston
would be practically
weather conditions where would
within
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-02-26
Story of Father O'FIynn.

Alfred Percival Graves tells in a
little book just published the story OF
the origin of his famous song, Father
O'F'lynn." The sprghtly air to which
his charming words are welded, and
which has long enjoyed wide popular
ity in this country, is stated to be the
Kerry version of "The Top of Cork
Road" Mr.. Graves first heard it play
Munster fiddler named James Buckley,
and the great delight of his early boy
hood was to dance Jig to it's accom-
pnniment. The air fingered in his
thoughts with many recollections of
his Munster home, and 1t was when
he met an Irish priest who was of the
old school and who possessed the GU
mulative humanities Of the old stock
that he penned his rollicking eulogy,
and 'twined it with that air which put
his feet in rhythmic movement in the
days of his youth. In the spring Of
1878, Mr.. Graves first conceived the
idea Of writing "Father O'F1ynn." The
words came into his head as he walked
to the home Office from Eastbourne ter
race. On reaching his desk he wrote
down the verses and sent them to The
Spectator, by which it was first print
ed. 1t was not published until 1882,
when it appeared in it's authors weH-
known collection, "Songs of Old Ire-
land" The success thereafter was as,
sured. 'i
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-02-26

the pace for all future time Here
was held the most important COM
mercinl transactions of the city, Here
orators and statesmen held forth to
the frenzicd throngs that often filed
the vast area. The sculptured ruins
afford Il magnificent panorama Of
present desoation and the faded glory
of former grandeur.
AT the very edge Of the Forum is
the Mamcrtinc Prison, a most noted
relic of ancient Rome. 1t is one Of
the earliest structures of the city,
being built many years before the
his works as the career media urbe
imminens foro.' 1t was used as
dungeon for distinguished prisoners,
It's only opening or ingress being a
circular aperture in the top Of the
arched roof through which the victims
were lowered. 1t is vividly described
spirntors" many of whom were here
starved to death. The great Cartha-
genian general, Jugurtha. who was let
down into this dungeon, killed himself
by striking his head against the walls.
AS there was no way of escape, no
water or food for the prisoners, they
torture 1t was formerly called tina
Tulianum, and tradition has 1t that
SIS. Peter and Paul were imprisoned
here just previous to their martyrdom.
our party visited this ancient prison.
1t consists Of two stories, the top OF
the upper one being now on level
with the street, the result of the
gradual accumulation of ages. The
lower story, where the prisoners were
kept. is reached by modern stairs and
a rude doorway of latter day con-
struction now gives access to this
ancient chamber OF horrors. This
grimy walls and roughly cemcnted
floors are in keeping with gruesome
history little altar stands against
the northern wall and visitors are
shown q pool of water that springs
up beside it which tradition says was
called into existence by the prayers Of
st. Peter during his imprisonment.
We each took a drink from it in honor
of the occasion. AS we were leaving
the prison we were surrounded by q
noisy troupe of ragged Juvenile mer-
chants who anxiously cndeavored to
sell us their wares, consisting Of pic
lures of the Mamertine and doubtful
souvenirs, also alleged photos and
snapshots Of some Of the famous
prisoners. Their enterprise and per-
sistency would do credit to the noisy
curbstone brokers of Wall street. T
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-02-26
Magistrate (to clergyman, sum
J. P. KANE.

Magistrate (to clergyman, sum-
moned for exceeding speed limit)-
Well, you say you were only going at
eighteen miles an hour, and the con-
stable still declares you were travelling
at thirty. Now, l don't like to doubt
either of you. Can you think why he
1t there any grudge he owes you?
Clergyman-No, 1 can't think of any,
thing-unless, perhaps, it is that / mar
ried him three years ago
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-02-26

Toward the close of recent law
eminent Harvard professor arose and
with a flaming face timidly addressed
the court.
"Your honor" said she, III l had
told you l had made an error in my
testimony, would II vitiate all have
said?"
Instantly the lawyers for each side
stirred themselves in excitement, while
his honor gravcly regarded her.
"Well, madam" said the court after
a pause, ''that depends entirely on the
nature of your error What was it,
please?"
"Why, you see" answered the lady.
more and moro red and embarrassed,
II told the clerk was thirty eight I
was so flustercd, you know, that when
he asked my age inadvertently gave
him my bust measurement"
An Irishman was sitting In r. depot
smoking when a woman came, and sit
ting down beside him, remarked:
"Sir, if you we're n gentleman you
would not smoke here"
Mum he sal, "if ye was a lady
ye'd sit farther away"
Pretty soon the woman burst Out
again.
"1f you were my husband Id give
you poison"
"Well, num-" returned the Irishman
as he puffed away at his pipe, If you
was me wife I'd take it."
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-02-26

that God loves soul much better than
we do, for His precious blood was
spilled for souls.
Il am in a position to speak on the
condition of the Anglican Church of
today, as l have followed its course
with interest Now ! can see it practi-
cally dividing into two schools,
division between broad and Unitarian,
or advanced or Catholic. The man who
wants to follow either school must feel
his Roman Catholic tendencies, and
therefore he becomes unhappy and
nervous. 1t is perfectly fair to say that
in the Anglican Church there is con-
stant sense of unrest. Men are looking
and looking earnestly toward Rome.
Within the bounds OF moderation l say
there is large number of clergy and
laity of the Anglican Church who think
they ought to make their submission to
is to be accomplished we must pray
for them. The Anglican feels deep
regret over q convert, regarding such a
one as lost, and in my own case, since
my reception into the Church on
November 6, a large amount of corre-
spondence has reached me. All of the
letters were very beautiful, including
one from an Anglican minister which
brought tears to my eyes; but only
two of the letters We're bitter.
"There is a small body of Anglicans
who are bitter, unkind and dishonest,
who, because they have no case to
plead, base their argument OH gossip
of private affairs. 1t is like the Elton
College boy who wrote this little
rhyme and the ladies will forgive me
for quoting it. 1t is on woman, and
runs this wise:
shes the gladness Of oil gladness
when she's glad
She's the sadness of all sadness when
she's sad;
But the gladness Of her gladness,
| And the sadness of her sadness,
Is nothing to her badness when she's
bad.
$50 with a small party of Anglicans.
When they find sou won't come back,
you're bad. But. after all, we must
pray for them, for the unrest and un-
happiness that thwarts them will sure
ly, sooner or later, give them courage
to follow us. We must not give them
the impression that Catholics are indi-
vidually infallible. have found in
three months that not all Catholics are
infallible To encourage our non i
Catholic friends We should be willing
to hear every argument from them,
and say we don't believe in their COL
lective infalibility. We must deal
with them with absolute courtesy in
what we say and what we write. For
many years | have read Catholic
4
find stinging little pieces about outside
churches. 1t really doesn't pay to be so
antagonistic, and that's the message
for my converts.
II know there are many outside the
Church who are anti Roman who are
desirous of hearing us. ] wanted to be
an eyewitness to the lessons Of the
Church, and God gave me q surprising
peace-not an enthusiasm, for have
not yet felt the converts JOY. But
didn't come into the kingdom of God
to secure peace, since it's peace, JOY
and righteousness once you surrender
to Gods will. Then the JOY will come.''