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rush downstairs to find out what Santa
Claus has brought them-to go out into
the cold and deliver packages at other
homes where they are making merry is
not the most pleasant way to start the
day, but 1t is the one which falls to the
lot OF the poStman.
When 1 was ready to leave home
Christmas morning.. said one postman
of the city, II stole into the little parlor
10 get peep of the Christmas tree and
see how ii looked. l hated to lose the
pleasure of seeing the kids come in, but
| couldn't ask them to wait till l or
,, when I would be back home. Well.
l just left. that was all. and tried not
to think about 1t. On my route are many
people to whom l have distributed mail
for years. and every Christmas they re-
member me. / usually get number OF
gifts which are not only welcome for
the kindness they represent, but also be-
cause they are useful.
But one Christmas I was late in get
ting my work done. When I had but a
few more houses to distribute to 1 began
to think Of the little woman and the kid
dies at home. and I wanted to get there
as soon as possible. AT one Of the houses
the old lady who lived there came to the
door herself Merry Christmas. Henry"
said she. and / answered, Thank you.
ma am, the same to YOU Then she
asked me in and began to tell me all
about what Christmas meant and about
the Christ being born and all that. 1t
was regular sermon. Finally She left
the room. saying she had something tor
me- must confess had hopes of some
thing nice, as she was rolling In money.
Well sir. she came out and said to me,
Henry, here's nice rosy. red apple for
YOU And true as stand. she hands
mad. and l reckon the next place L
stopped they wondered where I got my
crouch. 1t wasn't the fact that she
hadn't given me anything so much as the
fact that she had talked so long and kept
me from home"
christmas is just like any other day."
said Maj Richard Sylvester Of the police
force. 1.-The men being on duty the same
as on any other holiday. Our rush sea-
son, though. concludes with Christmas
eve We have to be careful Christmas
week to see that the stores are protected
from shoplifters, that pedestrians are not
hurt and that the oh be joyfuls' are kept
in order. Christmas day the men have to
watch out for disorder and keep sharp
lookout for fires. as the majority of peo-
pie are so busy celebrating that they
have no time to be careful
Not only will the entire police force be
on duty, but Maj. Sylvester himself will
be at his Office at least half the day.
"Oh, 1t amt so bad. Not. at least, when
you're as used to it as 1 ann said one
guardian of the peace when questioned
regarding having to work Christmas day.
"Sure we have the same hours More
generally, because when We get through
with our beats We have to go on reserve
duty. All told. we work about fourteen
hours on holidays. Dsorderly conduct
don't bother us much on Christmas day.
We have few DRINKS, but not to speak
of. +One thing. though, that we have to
watch out for is fires. So many Christ
mas trees around make it possible for
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of the Babcock Electric Company. The
Dorsett Company is making extensive I'M
proyements to its present plant with
view to making it the finest south of New
York.
Washington car has just been deliv-
cred to J. William Webber. 1t is of the
TOW tonneau type, finished in olice green.
strined in black and gold. Fully equip
ped for long distance touring.
The Zell Motor Car Company has had
on exhibition during the past week a cut
out chassis Of a Chalmers car. Illuminated
in all of the important mechanical parts.
The Chalmers Bluebird, No. 10. winner
of several large road races last season, Is
also part of the exhibit. Lee Lorimer.
who drove the car to victory, is here
with the exhibit and took pleasure In tell
ing in a graphic manner the numerous
events in which he participated with his
car, He never failed, however, to tell OF
the fine qualities of the car Which ne rep
resented The Bluebrd is the same car
which won the Indiana trophy; the Mer-
rimac cup. the Massapequa trophy, the
Santa Monica cup and other racing events
last year The exhibition will continue
for the next few days.
X y;
O. T. Ritter of Winchester, Va, was in
town last week and after spending few
days drove a REQ touring car. for which
he is the agent through the Shenandoah
valley to Staunton, Va.
=.
8. B. Golibart has placed his order for
Chalmers go touring car to be fin
ished in blue, with cream running gear.
DR.. Henry d. Fry and party made an
initial road trip in Dr. Fry's Washington
car to Gettysburg. Pa, by way Of Fred
erick, Md. The trip was an enjoyable
one.
]. W. Eberly left a few days ago in
Hudson ''2o' touring car, which he drove
over the road to his home at Stras-
burg, Va. The car is finished in blue,
with cream running gear.
One of the attractions Of the 1910 Qlid-
den tour from the tourists point Of view
will be the historical interest attaching to
the various towns In Kentucky and Ten
nessee. The Gliddenites will travel
through much of the civil war territory
and through some of the oldest country
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In appeals the circuit
accordance with governing msdemeanof
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the game in this part of the country,
said Mr.. Butler. II can very we'll See
that it is progressing rapidly We have
accomplished much in this city and nope
to do more. My sole purpose in going
north and visiting other coast cities rs
simply to plan for the organizing of
racing circuit, a plan which | hope will
give Californians the best racing possible.
According to our plans we are going Ia
send the prominent racers from the east
during the winter months. when the rae
ing in the east is at a practical stand
still. ] think that in time We VIII nave
the country so well covered that there
will be continuous racing in every part OF
the United States. This is not my ma
trip here. Next winter / shall make an
other one. and by that time we hope To
have all our plans realized; I IKE TINS
new motordrome very much. 1t is
world heater. and | am quite sure that
it has opened the eyes of the eastern rae
ing followers
Model r Ford cars were delivered dur
ing the week to the following: Dr. Guy
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in the Union The official pathfnding
party has found the people in this ter
ritory hospitable and intensely interested
in the automobile. They are always willing
in fact, proud-to relate the historical
anecdotes of their localities
Bardstown. typical Kentucky village
strung out along the old Louisville and
Nashville pike was found by the path
finding party as intensely interesting
spot as any along the route. There are
few distilleres, a courthouse and some
private residences in Bardstown, which
cause the beholder to think that he is
gazing upon a vision born of too many
mint juleps. In this respect Bardstown
is by no means in class by itself.
In the run to Bowling Green from Louis
vile, over the old Louisville and Nash
vile pike. the party in the Chalmers
pathfinder stumbled upon vivid re-
mnder of the fact that Abraham Lincoln
was a native of Kentucky. There is near
Buffalo, KY. a splendid park filled with
mementos of the great President, and
called the Lincoln memorial farm. Those
in sea rch of Lincoln lore make pilgrim
ages to this farm. On Knob creek, just on
the border of the village of Athertonville,
Is a cabin, fourteen by twenty feet, built
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Display of numbers One o machine.
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arm implements, about self-propelled We

farm implements, about self-propelled We
hicles.
They both agreed that such vehicles
were impracticable. This started young
Selden thinking. When he entered Yale
in 1863, he attempted to do some reading
upon the subject. but found few books
treating of vehicles driven by their own
power.
He left Yale in 1869 and began the study
of law with his father. In 1871 he was
admitted to the bar. Since 1876 his legal
work has been entirely In the field of pat
ent litigation.
DESPITE the fact that his father discour-
aged his mechanical pursuits, desiring him
to give himself wholly to the law, he con-
tinued his mechanical Investigations. He
would often lock himself in his shop and
ponder over mechanical problems or make
experiments.
His first Investigations had in view the
development of the steam automobile,
which during the twenties and thirties of
the last century seemed to have such a
brilliant future.
In March, 1873. he abandoned steam
as a power for road locomotive and
began the study of engines using other
agents He investigated engines to be
operated by ammonia gas, by bisulphide
of carbon and other liquid fuels.
In 1875 he built and operated an en-
CINE that was driven by mixture OF
Laughing gas" and kerosene. This ma
chine was failure.
During 1876 he had reached the con-
cluson that road locomotion would be
achieved only by an Observation-Disclosures
engine of the compression type using
liquid fuel. At last he was on the right
road
After Mr. Selden gained the basic idea
Of his engine there followed year OF
thought and experiment. He had many
black days.
In October. 1877, he commented one day
that he couldn't carry on about doz-
en- patent law suits and do much expert
menting at the same time In the latter
part of 1877 lie felt that he had con-
quered, either by actual experiment or
by theory, all his main problems.
The time had come to build the en-
CINE. All this while people had continued
to sneer at him. and his speclncations
were often laughed at.
Finally, early In 1879 Mr.. Selden's long
dream stood before him in metal. Would
the engine run? Would his friends and
enemies still have occasion to laugh at
him or would it be his turn to laugh?
One day in 1878 the first test was made.
The trial took place in the corner of a
foundry boarded off into small room.
All was made ready. The ignition flame
was lighted. The f1ywheel was given a
spin.
There was a sharp explosion, then in
creasingly rapid explosions. The engine
ran!
Almost a year elapsed before Mr.. Sell
den could spare the money necessary TO
file an application for patent. The
chief claim of the application. which was
filed May 8, 1870. is as follows:
1.-The combination with road locomo-
tive. provided with suitable running
gear. including a propellng wheel and
Steering mechanism, of liquid hydro
carbon gas engine of the compression
type, comprising one or more power
cylinders, suitable liquid fuel recepta-
Gle. power shaft connected with and
arranged to run faster than the prope-
ling wheel, an intermediate clutch or dis
connecting device and a suitable carriage
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and L streets northwest. has closed
contract to handle the Courier car In this
city. The car is manufactured by the
Standardization Company of Dayton.
Ohio.
Automobile racing enthusiasts on the
Pacific coast are elated over the fact that
the coast is to have a new racing circuit.
which will include Los Angeles, San
Francisco and other centers, thus placing
the auto racing game on sounder basis
thereabout. The announcement that the
new circuit is to be formed was made
shortly after the closing of the meeting
of the new board motordrome at Playa
del Rey by A. s. NJ. Butler, chairman o.
the American Automobile Association con-
test board.
Mr. Butler, who will visit number Of
coast cities, winding up his trip at P'rt
land. Ore, said that his intentions we"''
TO organize n circuit. making the coas'
a prominent section i'm national automo-
bile affairs.
Il must state that ] am very we'll sat
isfled with the enthusiasm displayed owe
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body adapted To the conveyance of per-
sons or goods.
Owing to various delays the patent was
not granted till November ), 1895. Mr..
Selden tried in 1S7S-1ST9 to interest CAPT.
tai in his invention He laid it before
dozens of firms manufacturing carriages
and agricultural implements His offers
We're rejected with contempt and many
expressed pity for him.
He dismantled his engine and stored it
away in his cellar. Success and pros
perity were eventually awaiting Mr.. Sell
den
When two foreign gas engine designers
began their automobile experiments,
about 1883, and other European inventors
had proved that the gasoline motor car
was not only practical but had COM
mercial future. American manufacturers
commenced to awake. 1t was In May.
1905, following the Paris-Bordeaux road
race. when a Panhard machine won the
event at an average speed of eleven miles
an hour, that Mr.. Selden sat up and took
notice for the first time that his patent
was being infringed
He hurried to this city and got his
claims allowed after a fight with the
commissioner of patents. He now saw
that after ceaseless endeavor his ideas
were coming to the front. In 1899 there
were about fifty automobiles in operation
in the United States, interest in the
''horseless age beginning in considerable
volume.
During 1890 Mr.. Selden sent a copy of
his patent to the late Col. Albert A.
Pope of Hartford. Conn. Mr.. Selden
finally gave the Columbia and Electric
Vehicle Company an option on his pat
emit November 4. 1880, the first con-
tract was made between Mr.. Selden and
this company, giving that concern the
exclusive license. with power to grant
SublicenSe during the life of the patent.
After a wait of twenty-six years Mr..
Selden received a check for $500, the first
receipts derived from his patent. The
legal part of the Selden patent from that
time on is now history. The validity of
the patent was recently sustained by the
New York courts in favor of the in
ventor and today eighty or more com
panies, representing 80 per cent of the
gasoline automobile manufacturing trade
have been licensed and pay royalties that
make him a rich man.
His financial reward was twenty-five
years coming to him. but the royalties
under his patent will place him in the
rank Of millionaire inventors, something
which is rarity. AS rule, it is gener-
ally some one other than the inventor
who reaps the rewards of patent.
Mrs Eurnie l. Wood, wife of the late
Col Charles f. Wood. one of the found
ers of the Automobile Club of Washing
ton, has received her new Apperson tour
ing car of seven-passenger capacity
four cylinders. and rated at fifty horse
power. The car is finished in blue with
cream running gear, and is considered
one of the handsomest touring cars In
this city Mrs. Wood expects to tour to
Atlantic City. and from there through
the New England states. during the COM
ing summer. later going to Ohio for an
extended trip.
j. A. Muehleisen. manager of the Buick
Motor Company of this city, has rendered
his resignation as manager. to take eff
feet May ]. After short trip through
the west he expects to return to this
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of hewn logs. It. is the most remote build
ing on the farm of T. r. Ford. In this
structure Lincoln first attended school.
and there are irrefutable evidences to
prove that the shacks claim to distinc-
ton is authentic. The building is now
used as a manger. and so far as the own
err of the farm knows it was never pho
tographed until William \. ,Krohn. the
official photographer with the Glidden
pathfinder. snapped 1t.
The clay chinking has long since fallen
away from the square timbers, which re-
tain the scars of broadax swung by
some pioneer builder The roof of tarred
paper is a Earring note. and yet as one
stands in the little gully surrounded by
the ridges which have withstood cutiva-
ton up to the present time, one uncon-
sciously pictures an ungainly. touseled-
headed lad peeking through the chink
hole at the blue sky. where there f1oated
the ancestors of two turkey buzzards
that circled on motionless wings as the
patff1nders gazed upon the tumble-down
shed
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trouble was experienced at any time on

trouble was experienced at any time on
the trip.
A collapsible Studebaker landaulet was
delivered Friday to George Howard OF
this city. A Studebaker stanhope was also
delivered early last week to David s.
Barry.
B. F. Hoffman has received his new
Hudson zoo roadster, finished in gray
with red running gear
A Peerless touring car has been deilv-
cred to Charles kraemer.- finished in
brewster green 1t is four cylinder,
orty-horsepower car with seating ca
pacity Of seven passengers.
A. d. Carpenter of the l.. p. Dorsett
Company left yesterday on an extended
trip to Buffalo. y. T., where he will make
a thorough inspection of the electric plant
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Non.retdents highways not exceeding two peo
consecutive days In each calendar year
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Extracts From New Virginia Automobile Law.
Effective June IS, 1910.

on OF mote
a
twenty
-fve
$500
operating vehicles $3.50 chauneur
machine
intersection
outside
corporate limits o
to be
white light
light in rear.
Non.residsn exceeding two
consecutive calendar
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1IiI1,E considerable mas beeI
written of the history of the
AAI automobile, the wonderful
" stride which ii has made
and the various uses to
which it has been put, it is doubtless if
there are many who are acquainted with
the history of the inventor of the auto
mobile.
George 4. Selden's name is to the auto
mobile what Edison is to electricity and
Morse is to the telegraph. The life story
of this rugged New York state inventor,
whose first machine was driven by
Laughing gas and who was jeered at
when he tried to interest capital in his
invention, is of unusual interest at this
time.
Probably no legal battle for a mans
right under a patent has been waged in
recent years in the United States courts
of Importance equal to that made by
George b. Selden of Rochester. N Y,
known the world over as the father of
the automobile. Rarely has patent litiga-
ton involved such a vast amount OF
money or been attended with such con-
iidence on the part of the patentee I'm his
prophecy, made thirty years ago, as that
of the Selden patent covering the explos-
i've engine as applied to road locomo-
ton. and under which almost all the
prominent automobile companies are now
licensed to make gasoline motor cars
The inventor Of the modern gasoline au-
tomobile was born in Clarkson. Monroe
county. n. T.. in 1S46. Those were stage
coach days and the fact that it was slow
travelling with horses. coupled with the
fact that he one day saw heavy steam
roller clumsily working in the streets. led
the youth to thinking. When Mr.. Selden
was boy fourteen years of age he
CHANGED to hear a conversation between
his father. who, though a lawyer under
stood mechanics, and a manufacturer Of
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BY HOWARD FISK.

~%R 1HIIE considerable has been
written of the history of the
AAx automobile, the wonderful
w stride which IL has made
Arizona republican., 1910-01-25
TRANSCRIPT OF RECORDS.

The following is transcript of the record of deeds filed yesterday in the office of the county recorder. as fur nished by the Arizona Abstract and Title company: Phoenix National Bank to Joseph Thalheimer. deed to lots 2. 1. s, 10. 12 block IS. Phoenix. W. H. Stover and R. Keeran and wife to Trustees of Church ct al deed to lots and :. block 2I, Neahr's Addition.
 c. l.. Paga and wife to M G. Sea- leck. deed to SEA SEA SEA Sec $. T N. F g F..
 Justus Goebel, and wife to H. J, McClung. deed to Ea. SWA SWk Sec. A. T-2 N. R 3 F. and SEA NE A Sec. 27. T x. R F.. Sarah Shoot and Hannah Reynolds to Arrilla Moss. deed to part lot s, block 3, Calderwood Addition. Annie A. Golden to Annie Golden (mother). deed to lots 13 to 20 inclu- sive. block 37. Montgomery Addition.
 L. <. Land r & T. Co. to ]. Mar ley. Trustee. deed to lots :. 1. 6, block &. Harbert's Sub. W. Weigold and wife to l.. E. Gil- let deed to lot 24. block l, Sub. l., 25. Hadsell Addition.
 Tempe l.. and I. Co. to w P. Win deg. deed to lots 3l. g. B. block 52, Tempe.
 q. Nj Hahn and wife to Jacob Shy der. deed to Sls NE NWA SWh Sec. 3, T. 1 N, R 3 E.
Arizona republican., 1910-01-25
THE TALL TIMBER
 HAD BEEN REMOVED
Increasing the Difficulties of James
 DaIey's Way to Freedom.

Tt is hard to catch a squirrel in timbered country remarked James Daley yesterday morning as he was being removed from his cell at the county jail to be conveyed to Mesa where he was to undergo a prelim- mary examination on the charge of child stealing in the carrying away of the person of Miss Rhoda Beebe. husky infant of a little less than seventeen.
 MT. Daley uttered the foregoing truism with that air of confidence which has distinguished him ever since his incarceration and which has chiefly manifested itself in the exc cution of jig steps when people were around to observe how cheerful he could be in trying circumstances.
 Mir. Daley made no explicit appli cation of the axiom to his own case but it was plain that he considered himself in the light of the squirrel and the circumstances surrounding the affair were of the smilitude of tall trees with bushy tops and much intervening undergrowth.
 On his return last night. Mir. Daley was less jaunty; his dejected mood suggested the dropping spirit of a squirrel in a cage. He had plainly been frisking in a region where there was not much protecting timber.
 The especial tree in which he ex- pected to find refuge had been re- moved. He had counted upon the silence or misstatement of Miss Beebe.
 His confidence deserted him in a
Arizona republican., 1910-01-25

moment while sine was on the stand She was asked a certain question on which the fabric of the territory main- ly rested. It was to be answered by "yes" or mo" 'No" would adorn the landscape with underbrush wjlicll would screen the escape of Mr. Daley to the tall timber.
 But the answer was yes"
 No one had noticed that the atmos- phere Of the courtroom was unpleas- antly warm but it was noticed that so far as Mir. Daley was concerned there was an instant and appreciable increase of temperature. Great drops of sweat formed on his forehead and throughout the rest of the proceedings it appeared that when hope fled it abducted the defendants interest in his fate
Arizona republican., 1910-01-25

quail shooting. The birds, however. were rather scarce They disappeared almost entirely before the advancing army of motorists. This may be ac- counted for by the fact that hunters had covered the district pretty thor oughly during the day, so as to pro- vide a game dinner for the guests There was plenty of quail for all at the ranch. beside many other good things that the chef had prepared especially for the visitors.
 Those who made the trip were: George P. Bullard, Miss Florence Bull lard. c. H. Akers and family. MT. and Mrs. Vernon $. Wright, O. F.. Schupp, George Driscoll. Frank DeSousa. pr. l.. NJ. Swigert, A. G. Burtis. Will Cal lahan. Miss Anna M. Gleason. Miss Annette Elder. Miss Mabel Smith, C.. H. Stacy, O. H. Lock. George Hager man. Thomas A. Armstrong. E. J. Creech. l.. ]. Albers. l.. J. Fremeau. A. E. Gage. k. H. Cooley. ], C. ayne, w. D. Zier. George A. Paterson.
Arizona republican., 1910-01-25
SUPERINTENDENT OF
 CITY STREETS RESIGNS GRIGGs H. CARR, WHO HAS HELD POSITION FOUR. YEARS. QUITS. He Will Become Associated With M.
 L. vieux, Cement Contractor.

The resignation of Griggs H. Carr as superintendent Of the city streets. was handed into the city council Janu- ary 4, but only became generally known yesterday afternoon. The news was generally surprised as court esy to the poor councilmen. who are well aware that they will be flooded with applications and buttonholed at every corner by those who consider themselves eligible for the position.
 Mir. Carr decided to give up the po-