The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-03-05
HONk HONKS.
BY Chofer.

Federal registration OF automobiles
| is lot better now than a possibility
AS result of the meeting of the leg
ls!ative convention of the A A. A.
there is good chance that congress
will pass the regis tration bill
That an automobile could buck the
SHOWS that had put interurban trcl
leys out of business and get away with
it was demonstrated by a coroner the
other day.
Coroner S. 4. Clarke. of South
Bend, Ind, went to Buchanan, Mich,
and back in fine style in a Franklin.
when other vehicles except sleighs
and light automobiles were put out of
commission by the drifts.
With campaign of education that
is expected to be of far-reaching ef-
feet, those interested in the Selden
patent are endeavoring to show motor
car buyers the many advantages of
buying cars licensed under that patent
which Judge Howe of the United States.
circuit court of New York held re-
Gently to be valid and. to cover the
modern gasoline automobile.
For the first time since the de-
eision, Charles Clifton, the president
| of the Association of Licensed Auto
mobile Manufacturers, has talked on
the subject Among other things. in
the interview given out. he says:
Many promoters pointing to the
profits made by a few of the old time
manufacturers. encourage the fornna
ton of companies and try to induce
innocent people to place their money
in the enterprises, holding Before them
the alluring idea of getting rich over
night Such affairs. it seems to me.
are doomed TO failure and the stock
holderaS are almost certain to lose
every. dollar they put in
With Frank X. zirbies. one of
Americas most famous road drivers
lat it's wheel, the Mitchell Ranger
which recently acted as pacemaker in
the national highway tour from New
York to Atlanta, started from Cincin
natl recently to cover the 1910 route
of the Glidden tour which begins
about. the middle of June and winds
| up about three weeks later in Chicago.
The early start of the pathnnding
automobile over the Glidden tour
route that traverses ten states, nearly
! half of them below the Mason and
Dixon line and much of the itinerary
over territory never before invaded
by the annual touring cavaloade. is in
response to an unparalleled demand
from motorists all over the country.
as we'll as the. big manufacturers. for
data ON, the course selected for the
greatest reliability contest of the
western hemisphere.
That the sixth lGliddcn tour will be
a supreme test for the mechanism Of
the best cars made in the country is
! the verdict of the technical automobile
men who laid out the touring route.
AS planned for 1910, the tour will be
| about 1900 miles. The principal cities
in which controls may be expected af
ter leaving Cincinnati. are Louisville.
| KY, Nashville and rleanpn1s. Fem.
Little. Rock and Texarkana, Ark, D.l
las and Fort Worth Tex, Oklahoma
! City, Okla, Topeka and wichita. Kan.
st. Joseph Mo-, Des Moines. Cedar
Rapids and Davenport, Ia, Rock
Island, Moline and Chicago, Ill.
That the tendency OF the great mass
i of motor car buyers in Europe is
more and more toward American built
cars, is shown by the enormous vol :
ume of export business recorded In
the industry. We, are making almost
daily Shipments to points in EUROPE
and ali over the world. wherever the
motor car can be used says 4. r,
lBenson, Cadillac sales manager. 1T
lis not at all unusual for us to receive
cablegrams from intending buyers ask
ling how soon car can be shipped"
/ Report has been had by the Ander-
son Carriage Co. Of what may be vel
Jconsidered the remarkable pertor
nance of an Edison storage battery in
a. Detroit electric carriage. e. j. Earl
ing, president OF the Central CoaI Co.
of Milwaukee, has advised the Detroit
manufa turers that he recently Sc
cured from his Detroit electric, EQUIP
red with one Of the new Edison bat
teries, a total of 1853 miles and that
4 it requirs.i three days to discharge the
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