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Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-09
HOWARD is PLEASED

Charles S. Howard, head of the How
ard Automobile company, which is the
Pacific coast distributor of Bucks and
Oldsmobiles, has returned from Los
Angeles to San Francisco with most
encouraging reports. 'It is not a
question OF prophesying what to be-
lieve will come to pass when the busy
season begins" said Howard, "but it is
already a fact, and our Los Angeles
branch has been kept hard at work to
its fullest capacity through the entire
winter season, and our demonstrators
are hardly given a moments rest.
The recent success of the Buick-4O in
the 5O-mile race at Ascot park, Los An
geles, following closely upon the heels
of winning that grilling race across
the desert from Los Angeles to Phoe-
nix has materially added to the popu-
larity of the Buick in those sections"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-09
BETTER ROADS
MADE POSSIBLE
AUTOMOBILE CLUBS LEAD IN
HIGHWAY WORK
South Leads in Developing Thorough
fares Up to Date in construc-
tion and Capable of Proper
Maintenance

Never before in the history of the
United States, perhaps not in the
world. has there been such widespread
interest and practical activity for
good roads as is the case today. The
good roads conventions that have been
held during the past year have been
remarkable, not only in number, but
in the results accomplished. In the
south sentiment for improved high
ways has crystallized into definite ac-
ton, in most cases being led by the
governors and leading state officials.
Many miles of new roads are now
about to be built, hundreds of miles
are already under improvement and
substantial appropriations have been
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-09
FAST RACERS
COMPETE TODAY
DE ROSTER AND OTHERS TO
TRY FOR RECORDS
Weeks Practice Spent by the Crack
Riders viii Show Results When
Races at Coliseum Are
Called

This afternoon at the Coliseum track
the motorcycles will be in evidence,
with the fastest machines ever brought
to this coast. And the occasion de-
mands it. The worlds records are to
be fought for by long list OF trade
and professional riders on specially
constructed machines of five and
seven-horSepower, and it is the de-
termination of each that the records
of the world are to be made to look
like stage coach time, for this Will be
the first time that professional riders
have had the opportunity to have their
mounts on the first saucer track ever
built in the United States.
There arc already five men entered
for the 100-mile event, provided De
Roster rides, concerning which the
Frenchman has appeared Indifferent.
De Roster holds the worlds records for
from thirty to 100 miles, and it is
doubtful if these records would have
been attacked but for the work of
Jack Prince, who designed and built
the Coliseum track and proved that
his theory of a racing track was the
best ever devised.
1t Is scarcely necessary to Introduce
Jake De Roster to a Los Angeles au-
dience for the reason that he has
made good wherever he has been en-
tered and on whatever track He is a
quiet. unassuming fellow, with the
widest knowledge of the motorcycle
and especially the skill of handling a
fast machine. The machine Jake rides
is of the most sensitive construction
delicate in every part and the care it
receives if devoted to many child of
the poor would be a mercy.
Along with the Frenchman will be
his old-time rival, anxious to grab the
100-mile event from the now holder.
Eddie Lingenfelder has had the De
Roster bug in his head for many
moon, and thinks the time has arrived
where he may capture the trophy from
De Roster, and to that end has been
practicing hard on the local saucer
all the week, proving up the time of
his machine in every way possible.
When the weeks work ended last night
he appeared we'll satisfied with what
he had been doing. Mitchell, Whittier
and SdmuelSon have not had a mo-
ment's rest an afternoon the past week,
and have been as earnestly engaged in
practice as the two other riders. The
100-mile event promises to be the
worlds record breaker in speed.
The program for the afternoon is as
follows:
Six miles, 21 laps, for private owners,
stock machines except handle-bars.
Four miles, IA laps, handicap.
Five miles, 171a laps, open to all Z
horsepower machines.
One hundred miles, $50 laps, profess
sional free-for-all.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-09

flexible ox-hide band, which is an in
tegral part of the tire, and not IN at
tachment. In this leather tread are
imbedded from three to five rows OF
hardened steel rivets or studs. In the
Michelin construction the full resll-
iency of the tire is preserved, because
the lower side walls, or that part I'M
mediately above the beads, is of rub
ber which permits the tire to absorb
all shocks and jars, the same as any
other good pneumatic tire. At the
same time the oX-hide leather band
protects the tread from cuts and pune
lures, which prolongs the life OF the
envelope.
1t is stated in a circular issued re-
Gently that the danger of skidding is
greatest when travelling over Belgian
block, brick or asphalt, which is par
ticularly slippery after a light ram,
and that anti-skid tires of the type
described practically eliminate this
dangerous tendency. 1t is pointed out
that Chevrolet used Michelin anti-skids
when he averaged seventy miles an
hour with his Buick car in the River
side Mattituck race on Long Island in
September.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-09
To the Automobile
Buying Public
What Is a Licensed Car !?


Whlc gasol autom
5
OF
the
LICENSED CAR MEANS STANDARDIZED AUTOMOBILE.
valuable
sbty OF legal enangemens
AssocIA
standards of the -
LICENSED MOTOR CAR ASSOCIATION OF LOS ANGELES
pleased
pefs OF inc Licensed
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-09
WASTES FUEL

A waste of fuel will result from lack
of synchronism in the action Of the
valves of a gasoline motor, and not
only that, but a falling off in power
output as well. A careful adjustment
of the valve tappets to compensate
evenly for wear on the end of the valve
stems and tappet heads should at all
times be maintained. Another cause
of waste fuel is in leaky valves or pis-
ton rings, resulting directly in lost
compression
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-09
THIBAuLTIs BUSY MAN

e. j. Thibault, manager of the Moore
Motor Supply company, is busy pack
ing up the stock of supplies and access
sories formerly occupying the retail
department of the establishment, prep
aratory to shipping them back to San
Francisco. and hopes to be able TO
close up the retail affairs of the con-
Germ before the first of next week.
After that time the Moore Motor Sup
ply company will devote itself eX-
clusively to the wholesale trade, car
rying a line of the most representative
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-09
MANY EMF SALES

The following sales of Studebaker
EMF "30" cars have been made by
the Lord Motor Car company during
the past week: o. e. Dutton, E. Bar
tells, f. H. Mitchell, j. D. Huston, II.
r. BAH. f. e. Lamberton and Tracy
E. SchoultZ.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-09
Money in Water

Rill-Here's a man says if you give
him plenty of water he can make
money
JiIIEIs he an irrigation crank or
Wall street manufacturers statesman.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-08-25
Where Millions Are Entombed.

The catacombs at Rome were the
burial places of the. early Christians.
They are about $50 miles in extent and
are said to have contained 100000
bodies. During the prosecutions of the
Christians under Nero and other Ro-
man emperors the catacombs were
used for hiding places. Under Diocle-
tian the catacombs were crowded with
those for whom there was no safety
in the face of the day. The art of the
catacombs is unique and most inter-
esting. Simple designs are etched in
the slabs which seal the tombs. Now
and then are small chapels where
paintings are to be found. All are
Bible illustrations, so that the cata-
combs may be said to be a pictorial
Bible in effect.-The Christian Herald
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-08-25
PACKERS FIGHT COMBINE
IOWANS FILE COMPLAINT OF
DISCRIMINATION.
Corporation Charged With Buying
Available Supply Of Beef to Det-
riment of Independents.

Washington, d. CT. NJ. Sinclair
& Company, limited, beef pack
ers of Cedar Rapids, Ia, in a COM
plant filed with the Interstate Com
merce commission, charge 20 central
western railroads with discriminating
against it in the matter of rates and
regulations in favor of the so.called
beef trust of Chicago.
1t is set forth in the petition that
the Sinclair company is being direct
ly forced out of business and that un.
less relief is forced shortly it will be
ruined.
The complaint charges the defend
ants have created conditions under
which the Chicago packers are en-.
abled to purchase pork and other meat
in Iowa and ship to their packing
houses in such quantities and at such
rates that the Sinclair company can
no longer obtain an adequate supply
for its own business within the state,
but is driven elsewhere to make pur-
chases, thereby greatly adding to the
original cost of these products. 1t is
further charged that the company is
forced to pay increased freight rates
and charges which, it is claimed, OPP
crate as a serious burden and disad-
vantage, and is intended to favor its
competitors.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-08-25
BROWNE JURY is FILLED
Seven Hundred Veniremen Are Exam
lned-Work Of Choosing Twelve
Men Was Tedious.

Chicago, Ill.-A jury to try Lee
O'Neill Browne, Democratic leader
of the lower house at Springfield,
for the second time on a charge of
bribing Representative White to vote
for William Lorimer for United
States senator, was sworn in by Judge
Kersten in the criminal court.
The sensational expose of alleged
rottenness in the state legislature and
the first trial itself, which resulted in
a disagreement, made the work of
getting new jury a tedious one.
1t has required three weeks and the
examination of roo veniremen to OBJ
tain the ~ men. Out of the army of
veniremen, 115 were dismissed by the
court when they admitted that inves-
tigatOrs had talked about the case to
the members of their families.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-08-25
FORMER OFFICIAL COMES OUT
FLATLY AND CLASHES WITH
PRESIDENT LEWIS.
MINE HEAD MAKES REPLY
in Union Affairs-War of Words
Throws indianapolis Conven-
ton in Uproar.

indianapolis, Ind.-With the Illinois
coal strike dispute as the under
lying cause, John Mitchell, for
mer head of the miners union, and
President Thomas l.. Lewis, Clashed
at the miners convention. Mr.. Mitch
ell came out fatty in favor of the Hi
nois miners in their fight for the de-
mands of the Peoria convention, and
President Lewis in a hot reply held
up to severe criticism the acts of the
former head of the miners in the an
thracite coal strike in 1902.
In announcing his views to the con-
ycntion Mir Mitchell took occasion to
deny a rumor circulated among the
delegates that he came to IndianapO-
lis to influence the miners and advise
them to accept a compromise agree
ment with the Illinois Coal Operators
association. He declared President
Lewis and the members of the inter-
national executive board had laid
| themselves open to severe criticism
for modifying the Illinois wage scale
without the consent and concurrence
of the Illinois miners and the district
officials.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-08-25
NEWS FROM MISSOURI ;
Famous Mineral Waters.

millions of gallons OF highly medi-
Gated spring waters are wasted an
nually in Missouri simply because
their values are not generally known
and the demand for them is not as ex-
tensive as it ought to be and will be"
announces the opening paragraph Of
the chapter in the 1910 Red Book, de-
voted to the Mineral Waters Of Mis-
souri,, Their Curative Properties" In
1909 over 100000 gallons of Mis-
souri's natural mineral waters were
shipped to the large cities of Missouri,
Illinois and other states and there
sold at wholesale for about $4,000.
For st. Louis this amount of money in
cludes the receipts for indicated
waters which were used for bathing
purposes. AS it now is, what waters
are not made use of for commercial
purposes, including bathing, are al
lowed to run to waste, the consump-
ton, not near equaling the flow at
most springs. If all was bottled there
would be enough natural mineral
waSer in Missouri alone to supply the
entire country and the income from
the sale thereof, at ten cents a gallon,
would reach several million dollars
But all this is a thing for the future
as the day is surely coming when not
a drop of these precious waters will be
wasted, and all will be used every
where to give renewed health and
more vigor to the invalids of the land.
Beside making the above facts known
about the natural mineral waters Of
the State Labor Commissioner ]. C..
A. Hitler goes further into this inter-
esting subject with the declaration:
"Missourians, when i'll and in search
of health restoring waters, need not
| leave the state to find them as in
various localities are springs, gushing
forth clear and sparkling, and filled
to the overlooking with medical quail
ties. The water is free to all, as a
rule, and is ready without further
preparations, to begin its curative
| powers. And that the waters of Mis-
souri's mineral springs have curative
powers is attested to by the thousands
who have used them, and by the con.
| slant growing demand for the same
In the Ozark regions are acres OF
springs Of valuable and highly cura
tive waters, now not made use of be-
| cause they are not easily accessible
and it is a difficult task to bring theiI
| product to market, but the time is
coming when they will make that sec
| ton of Missouri famous as a health
resort. Even the regular fresh water
springs Of this part Of Missouri have
been pronounced the purest in the
country, being, when not medicated
entirely free of foreign substances
Probably this is the chief reason why
the Ozark mountain counties of Mis-
souri, have the lowest death rate foi
the United States, and reduce the gen
eral death rate for the state to ia
annually, per 1000, which makes Mis-
souri, the most healthful common
wealth of them all.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-08-25
BROWNE JURY SELECTED
Tedious Work Caused by investigating
Approaching Prospective
Jurors.

Chicago, Ill--A jury to try Lee
O'Nen Browne, Democratic leader OF
the lower house at Springfield for the
second time, on a charge of bribing
Representative White to vote for
William Lorimer for United States
senator, was sworn in by Judge Ker-
stem in the criminal court.
The sensational expose OF alleged
rottenness in the state legislature and
the first trial itself, which resulted in
q disagreement, made the work of OBJ
tanning new jury a tedious one. It
has required three weeks and the ex-
animation of 700 venirement to select
the u men.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-08-25
FRENCH DEDICATE STATUE
Replica of Houdon's Statue of Wash.
ington Now Represented In Ma
poeon Hall at Versailles.

Versailles, France.-In the Napo-
leon Hall of the Chateau of Yer
sailles, in the presence of the French
minister of war, General Brun; the
French ambassador to the United
States, NJ. Jusserand, and his wife;
and the American ambassador, Robert
Bacon, and Mrs. Bacon, the bronze
replica of Houdon's celebrated statue
of Washington in the state house at
Richmond, Va, presented by the state
of Virginia to the French republic,
was dedicated
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-08-25
To Construct Good Roads.

Curtis Hill, state highway engineer,
visited a number of towns along the
Frisco to arrange for a special train
which will start from st. Louis on the
Frisco, September u, to herald the
cause of good roads to the people of
Southwest Missouri. Men experienced
in highway building will accompany
the train and the best and latest i'm
proved machinery used in the con-
struction of roads will be shown. One
stop will be made at some point in
each country and the machinery will
be used in tha construction of piece
Of road near the railroad.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-08-25
Has a Family of Firty-six.

Judge and Mrs. A. G. Williams of
Blue Springs have sc children, grand
children and great grandchildren, and
the majority of them attended party
in honor of Mrs. Willimas' 70 birthday
anniversary. The reunion was at the
home of Adrian Young, three and one
half miles from Blue Springs. 1t was
in this home that Judge Williams and
his wife were married 80 years ago.
Mrs. Williams was born near Blue
Springs in 1889 and has lived in that
vicinity all of her life.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-08-25
JAPAN TO ANNEX KOREA
Final Negotiations for Deal viii Be
Concluded Within Three Days,
is Published by Toxic Press.

Toxic, Japan.-The long awaited
annexation of Korea by Japan is about
to become a reality, according to spe-
cial dispatches from Seoul, published
by the Toxic press. The dispatches
announce final negotiations for the
annexation were begun by Resident
General Viscount Terauchi, the Jap
anese resident general in Korea. The
resident general outlined the 0ondi.
tons on which Japan will sign the
agreement for annexation.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-08-25
ANGEL OF CRIMEA is DEAD
Florence Nightingale, Famous Eng.
ish Nurse Who Saved Thousands
of Lives, Succumbs.

London.-Florence Nightingale, the
famous organizer of nurses in the
Crimean war, died at her home in
London.
She was the first woman to follow
a modern army into battle as nurse.
and in the Crimean war gained the
title of Angel of the Crimea" She
was the only woman who ever re.
cGived the order of merit.
Although Miss Nightingale had
been an invalid for long time, rarely
leaving her room, her death was
somewhat unexpected.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-08-25
Better Than a Drug.

THE late Senator Platt," said an
Albany legislator, had a cynical wit.
Talking about a politician who had
changed his party, he once said to
me:
Circumstances alter everything
political views, religion, even health.
"'Why, I've got friend who is at
flicted with insomnia in it's worst
form, and yet every morning that
man sleeps as sweet and sound as a
newborn babe when his wife crawls
over him to start the fire."
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-08-25
SHERIFF ARRESTS BANDIT
Man Who Engaged in Pistol Battle in
Hot Springs Was Wounded
and Surrenders.

Little Rock, Ark.-Oscar Chitwood,
alleged horse thief, who, with his
brother. George, engaged in a battle
with Sheriff Jake Houpt and his depu-
ty, Sid Houpt, on the streets of Hot
Springs, Wednesday, is locked in jail
here.
Chitwood was discovered by two
deputies hiding in the woods. He was
weak from the loss of blood and did
not resist arrest.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-08-25
Boy Killed by Machine.

Jesse Griffin, 10 years old, employed
by the contractors constructing the
Armour-Swift-Burli bridge over
the Missouri river, was alone inside a
60-foot tube cooling 6-inch steel drill
by pouring water upon it. His cloth
ing was caught by one of the immense
steel shavings of the drill and he was
drawn into the device. He was in
iured so badly that he died two hours
later at the Post Graduate hospital.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-08-25
Mitchell criticises Lewis.

The action, he added, was viola
tiCn Of the fundamental principles of
self-government. He admitted, how
ever, that the compromise, so far as
it covered the subject of wages, was
better than anything the miners had
ever been offered He commended
the members of the board for their eff
forts to bring about q settlement of
the strike, but insisted that they went
beyond their authority in fixing the
terms of the contract, outside of the
one already adopted by the Illinois
miners at Peoria.
The position taken by Mr.. Mitchell
was greeted with storm of cheers.
President Lewis in reply to Mr.
Mitchell hayed the former president
for extravagant expenditure of funds
for organizing purposes in 1902, de-
claring that hundreds of thousands of
dollars of the unions funds were vast
ed. This, he said, was shown by the
fact that the membership in the an
thracite coal districts had dwindled TO
almost nothing when he took office.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-08-25
Mrs, wlaaIn,s Idea Of london.

During the recent visit Of Mrs. Wig
gin, the American author, in London,
an interviewer called on her. With
pencil poised, the interviewer asked:
And what do you think of London,
Mrs. Wiggin?"
you remind me-" answered the au-
thor cheerfully, "of the young lady
who sat beside Dr. Gibbon at dinner.
She turned to him after the soup.
"'Do, dear DR.. Gibbon,' she said,
tell me about the decline and fall Of
the Roman empire"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-08-25
Postrnasters Get Vacation.

Observation-Disclosures postmasters
of the fourth class have been granted
leave of absence to attend the meet
ing of the National League of Post
masters of the fourth class at Helena,
September 1880.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-08-25

Willie-We were playing insurance
company at school today and the boys
treated me mean.
Mama-How?
Willie-I was the president of the
company, and before 1 could resign
they fired me.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-08-25

Considering the size of the heads of
some Of the hatpins that the girls are
wearing, they certainly do not come
under the law forbidding the carrying
of concealed weapons.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-08-25
Elbow Touched the Wires.

While repairing a casting James F,
Grayson allowed his elbow to touch
one of the countless wires in the
transformer station of the Kansas City
Electric Light company at Thirty-first
and Holmes streets, and fell dead in
stantly, 1900 volts having passed
through his body.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-08-25
Tobacco Man Declared Insane.

New York.-Col. Joseph B. Hughes,
former head Of the Continental To-
bacco company. has been declared in
sane by a sherifrs jury. He was ex-
amined on his wife's application. He
Is 81 years old.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-08-25
Europe Fears Cholera Pest.

London, England-With cholera ep-
idemic throughout Russia and South
ern Italy and with scattered cases in
Austria, Germany, Holland and Fin
land and Asia, from Southern India to
the Chinese frontier, British health
authorities view the situation with
alarm.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-08-25
smuaaIed Chinese cauaht.

Portland, Ore.-An attempt to SNUG
gle 26 Chinese was frustrated by In
spector Barbour when that number Of
Chinese stowaways were discovered
in the chain locker of the steamer
Kumeric.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-08-25
shoe Wasn,t EoxY Bank.

Big Rapids, Michigan.-Stephen
Fox of Sheridan township is poor
er by $3.50 than he was a few days
ago. Thinking that an old shoe was
safer than a bank, he deposited that
amount in the shoe. Mrs. Fox, think
ing that the shoe was worthless,
threw it into the fire.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-08-25
Sudden Heart Stroke Fatst.

Mrs. Virginia Watson, widow of the
late j. Christy Watson of Jefferson
county, died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Matte Evans, in New
Madrid. A sudden heart stroke is as
signed as the cause of death.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-08-25
Kentucky Postmaster Is arrested.

Paducah, Kentucky. NJ Richard
son, postmaster at Laketon, KY, was
arrested at Quebeck, Tenn, and
brought here by Postoffice Inspector
Griswold to answer a charge of EN-.
bezzling $173.2S.