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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-23
ONION DOOR MEETS

ITS WATERLOO
DIES MONIES, Iowa, September g.
Judge Lawrence de Graft of street car
injunction fame has cited the owners
of a local restaurant building, from
which the smell Of friend onions is
said to have offended the nostrils Of
lawyers, tenants of the Iowa Loan
and Trust building, to appear before
him to show cause why they should
not be held for contempt in failing to
obey a recent injunction order.
Upon the petition of the attorneys
Judge de Graft issued the injunction,
which contained the mandate that the
onion odors should be carried above
the office building by means of a chin
ney.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-23
TAXING THE CATS

Berlin, Aug. 2O-Though the taxation
of cats has been discussed for some
time, the drastic step has been averted
here. Munich, however, decided to put
the threat into operation, and a charge
OF $1.25 per cat per annum is to be
made It is not, in the first place, as a
source of revenue that the tax is to
be imposed, for ostensibly the pur-
poses sought are the public health
and the protection of birds.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-23
PULLED WRONG TOOTH.

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 1.-Princess Sieta,
ruler of a Peruvian Indian tribe, who
can trace her ancestry directly back
to Atahaulipa, the last of the Incas
slain by Pizzaro, will appear in Justice
Walkers court, September 81, and
prosecute a dental company for $500
damages.
The princess AYERS the dentist who
attended her not only drew the wrong
tooth, but severed an artery from
which five quarts of royal Peruvian
blood escaped before a physician
could stanch the flow.
The princess and her husband, Jack
Chism, an American, are touring the
United States She will return to Peru
in October. She is the active ruler of
the country, which covers a territory
more than 500 miles square, and her
word is supreme.
Her husband is an American cowboy,
who rode horseback from the Texas
panhandle to Peru. He is devoted 10
his princess wife. They are accom-
panied by two servants, Peruvian In
dams, who can speak no English
save few words.
The suit against the dentist was filed
today The princess was treated Au-
gust 20, it is alleged, and for several
days she was in a hospital.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-23
Bishop Trust Co.,
Limited
924 BETHEL STREET
Honolulu
NOTICE..

On ana after October 2, 1911, anu
until further notice, the BERNlCE P.
BISHOP MUSEUM will be open t the
public from 10 a. m. to p. m. daily
except Sundays, Wednesdays and the
four yearly holidays, Decoration Day,
Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day
and Christmas Day. No permits to
visit the museum will be issued to
passengers on through steamers on
Wednesdays as formerly.
BY ORDER u lie TRUSTEES.
September 1, 1911.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-23
PROPOSALS TO HETTws SON.

NEW YORK, Sept. 11.-If Colonel
Edward H. Green, son and heir to the
major part of his good mothers,
Hetty Green's, many millions, were
not monogamist in principle, he might
find it easier to dig his way from
under something like 5000 proposals
of marriage.
The last total made by Colonel
Green's secretary had 6242, and,
while American girls were still very
much on the job of landing the Texas
croesus, their alien sisters were rep
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-23

resented by no fewer than 1881 offers
to love him
The colonel has quietly admitted TO
his friends that his half Jest and pos.
sibly half earnest declaration OF
some weeks ago that he was open tor
proposals had been better left unut.
tered.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-23
THE RURAL UPLIFT.

Has your family been of much as,
sistance to you in running the placer
81 should say So" replied Farmer
Corntossel. Food has been so high
that the summer board season would
have been a failure if it hadn't been
for mother and our son Josh"
"They saved the expenses of help?"
mo, sir. But Josh is a right good
hand in a poker kane, an the way
mother picked up bridge was some
thin amazin'. Washington Star.
zine Job Printing, star Office.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-23
EVERYWHERE A FAvoRITE.

The uniform success that has at
tended the use of Chamberlains Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy has
made it a favorite everywhere. 1t can
always be depended upon. For sale
by all dealers. Benson, Smith G. Co.,
agents, for Hawaii.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-23
TRIAL COURTSHIP PLAN
CONTINUED sroIa Lage III

idea, But, at that, l don't think that
the scheme is necessary. The old
way of wooing is good enough"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-01
MOTOR TRUCKING AT
 ARCADIA FARMS.

The performance of a motor truck at Arcadia Farms, Duchess County, New York, shows what this vehicle can do when operated intelligently in connection with a large agricultural enterprise. The property embraces eighteen hundred acres, two-thirds of which is under cultivation. The equipment includes modern machin- cry for farming on a large scale. My main object in using a motor truck was to save my horses" said Maurice M. Minton the proprietor. The truck has carried from the railroad station to the farm a distance of four miles,
 over 1000 tons of fertilizer, two for ty-ton car loads of coal, 2,500 barrels of cement and car loads of various other materials. It has carried five car loads of grain to the station and transported six hundred tons of small stuff. Frequently it has gone to twice a day with heavy loads. Its grain to the mill and brings back the ground feed. It takes tree trunks to the saw mill and carries back beams and blanks. It carries hay CT straw, as baled in the field. to the barns or store houses. It also carries stones to the crusher. ''Not a day has been lost for repairs and not one cent has been paid out for this purpose" said MT. Minton. '"The expense of operat- ing the truck is about equal to the cost of maintaining two good teams with oats at sixty cents; that is oats versus gasoline and oil. But no four pairs of horses could carry the loa ds so far in the same time. if at all. The
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-01
SLICED OFF HIGH CENTERS.

Among the supervisors of Chey- enne County, Nebraska, not little perturbation and much curiosity has been aroused by some Jack the rounded center of the country roads Nobody suspected an automobile. Of course not. Why should a mot car acquire or indulge propensity for excavation or excorlation? At first the County Board of Supervisor; top was accidental. But when evil dence became plentiful in various parts of Cheyenne County the Solons of the prairies began to feel a bit unified about it. They set a watch. But no person was seen at work shaw ing off the high centers. They sent out a couple of patrols, in sombreros and chaps and mounted on bronchos, who spent 8 week riding up and down the sand and clay mixture that passes for a public highway after be- ing graded up by teams and scrap CTS. At the end of the week the patrols reported laconically and with grammar. We ain't saw nobody do- in nothin'.'' So a stretch of road was graded and rounded off again along the center, and piece of all iron crOwbar was driven into 1t until flush with the hump of the highway InaC soon IOlu Ine Idle, WHICH was this: George Rogers, who lives in Sid ney, is owner of 1908 Mitchell rum about. His business takes him a good deal over the county roads, the high centers of which sometimes bothered his car. So he had attached to the under side of it's front axle a long, sharp knife-parallel with and about three inches below the aXle-with which he pared off the tops of the high centers as neatly as a beauteous damsel in g manicure parlor trims a finger nail
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-01

Ons. It costs eight-tenths of a cent per mile under normal conditions to operate a Brush. This includes gas- oline and oil only. Two cents a mile for depreciation and tires is a very liberal allowance and will allow for all repairs and also for the purchase of new delivery wagon before the car is worn out. One car wI,.. driy- CT does the work of two >o.ses, two wagons and two drivers, and does t easier and cheaper, counting all cost and including depreciation and tires In an actual test made in November over streets one-half of which were unpaved and muddy, one Brush car covered thirty-six miles, delivered l39 packages of laundry, took in all the laundry on the trip, each package being tied before being placed in the wagon, between the hours of 7 A. M and F. M. The total cost amount ed to 41 cents Including the allow ed depreciation of 72 cents, figured at cents per mile, and one drivers wages, $2, the total comes to $3.1e Regularly two horses and wagons and two drivers have been employed to do this work and 1t required from seven in the morning until six and eight in the evening. Following is the cost of the horse delivery sys- tenn: Two drivers wages, s4; hay and oats for two horses, 75 cents: depreciation at the rate of 1 cent per mile, 36 cents. This brings the to- tai to $5.11.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-01
EXCELLENT ROADS FOR
 MOTORING IN INDIA.

The American people may claim 10 manufacture the best motor cars In the world and their claims are ac- cepted and acknowledged by the au- thorlt1es, but it is up to the foreign CTS to have the best roads on which to run their motor cars. Any Am erican who has toured abroad is only too willing to acknowledge the su- periority of foreign country roacs over those of the western continent. Even the roads of far away India are like boulevards compared with some of our western prairie roads.
 Some very interesting data in re- gards to Indian roads has recently been received by the Ford Motor Co. of Detroit from their dealers at Bonn bay, India. Messrs. Hill Sawyer and Company have been making many motoring trips throughout India in their Ford Model T demonstrator They report the roads in most parts of India to be very broad and level, with no slope in the center such as our American roads are wont to have for the purpose of draining off water. Un- der the hot Indian sun, the ground of the roads is baked until it is per fectly smooth. MT. Sawyer states that in all the miles and miles they travelled they never met with bad stretch of road.
 One of the very noticeable, sights is the old fashioned toll-gate. The gate keeper, who is usually native presents a rather peculiar sight to the American motorist. as he stands dressed in his native costume, in the middle of the road and waves a flag for the motor car to stop. Old fash toned and slow, as the native may be- the gate keeper is on to the speeding pranks of the automobilist and is on a continuous lookout that no motor car shall pass by without paying his small toll tn inc 1<aanar The tO11- gate house as a rule is of the low matched roof Indian type and makes a very different picture from the one the American is likely to see while touring in his own country. On ac- count of the excellent roads around Bombay, many of the well-to-do na- tives have been interested in the mo- tor car, and MT. Sawyer has sold many Ford Touring cars to the In- dian merchants.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-01

the United States Tire Company. "The majority of tires that go wrong do so because they have been ridden with out sufficient imitation. The weak est part of a pneumatic tire is the side walls, for here most of the bend ing action takes place. The more the side walls are bent the sooner they will break down and separate. If 8 tire is run partially inflated this kneading action is violent, and the tire is bent sharply every time it hits an obstruction. If a tire is kept prop erly inflated the converse is true The average motorist infates his tires un- til they look fairly round under a load and then lets them go at that But a tire may be perfectly round under load and yet have only forty five pounds of air in it when it should have ninety. No amount of kicking or feeling or looking at the outside of a tire will tell what the air pres sure is inside. The use of a reliable air pressure register is the only way to accurately determine whether or not your tires are sufficiently infiat- a6 ''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-01
LARGE FOREIGN DEMAND
 FOR AMERICAN CARS

So great has been the foreign de- mand for the light weight Model T car manufactured by the Ford Motor Company of Detroit, that the export shipping department. of that com
 pany, have been working overtime 10 fill orders. Ever since the first of the year. The Ford export depart ment has been making average daily shipments of eighteen Model T cars or over hundred cars week which in itself is an industry that many auto mobile concerns would be proud of. The destinations of these cars are va ried, some being sent to England, some to Europe, to Australia, a car load to Africa, another to Japan, in fact every civilized country on the globe has had its shipments of Ford ca rs
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-01
BULL TERRIERS LONG TRIP.

Probably no dog for years has had the varied career and experiences that have fallen to the lot of ''Si- beria,' the pure white English bull terrier that is accompanying Dr Charles G. Percival on the 10000 mile trip of the Abbott-Detroit Bull Dog which has been 23,000 miles and is now headed for Mexico. "Si- beria'' is a canine soldier of fortune and was found stowaway on the French liner Madonna from Mar seilles when she arrived at dock in New York. City last September and when no one appeared to claim the magnificent brute he was sold at pub- lie auction by the Appraiser of the Post of New York according to the Custom Laws At this sale he was bought by Dr. Chas G. Percival, ed- itor of the Health Magazine, under whose auspices the longest automo- bile trip in the history of the indus try is being made. The car was named the .'Bull Dog' and Siberia has ridden on the trip ever since with the exception of a month when he re- sided in veterinary hospital in New ark, suffering with a broken leg, which was broken while attempting to jump out of the Abbott in New ark, while the car was going at a 30 mile an hour clip, Siberia hav- ing tried to answer the challenge of a Newark dog.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-01
MOTORISTS CROSS ON THE ICE.

Twenty miles across the frozen ice fields of Green Bay in a Ford auto- mobile is one of the recent trips made by the Twin City Auto Co.,, of Marin cite, Wisconsin. It was a cold jour- ney all right, and Messrs. Grinnell and Brott of the above Company state that they do not care to make any more long trips over the ice. The Twin City Auto Co.,, are dealers for across the hay was made in a Ford Model T. Touring Car. The ice has been exceedingly heavy on Green Bay this winter and seeing their opportun- ity of making a complete crossing on the ice, the motorists set out for the cold trip. It is the first time that an automobile has ever succeeded in crossing Green Bay on the ice, as on previous attempts. large cracks in the frozen fields made crossing fmpossi- ble The Ford car made the distance ty-five minutes. On the trip over, the motorists say the driving was very good although the ice was found quite rough and packed in some pla- ceS. Tn returning, MeSSrs. Grinnell and BrOtt were unfortunately hinder ed in making fast time on account of a large crack in the ice. They suc- ceeded in bringing their car across the open water. however, by means of large blanks, which are used by Men ominee stage coaches for such pur- poses. Several places in the ice were crossed where the ice was heard to times the drivers thanked the light weight of the Ford car TOT Keeping them from an uncomfortable icy bath.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-01
ADVICE TO BEGINNERS.

"The most difficult task for the driving novice to master" says a re- liable automobile instructor, "is gear shifting The disengagement of the clutch, together with the speed lever movement, is quite as difficult at first as batting the head with one hand and rubbing the chest with the Oth- CT. If there were not so many things to do, all at the same time, the begin ner would be less confused. How ever, driving is a simple art when once mastered.
 Preparatory to starting the engine one should always be cautious. First note that the gear level is in neutral position; then set the emergency brake. This accomplished, the dar- ger of being runs over by ones ear is eliminated The next very impor- tant step is to fully retard the spark lever. With this in a safe position to avoid the fatal kick back and the throttle partially open, the engine is ready for the switch and cranking Assuming that the engine is now started, advance the spark to the nor nal position on the quadrant and ad- just the hand throttle until the mo- tor runs smoothly and without rac- ing
 ''The driver is then ready to take his position behind the wheel. Since most operators use the foot accelera- IOI III ptGIcICuCc lO tie tie, let me assume it's use in the pres ent instance. Before starting the car it may be well to note few aont's- namely, don't pIace rh. hands above the center of the ste6f- ing wheel at any time; don't take a death grip on the steering wheel, as it looks awkward and is tiresome and dangerous; don't race the motor; don't move the gear lever without disengaging the clutch; don't let the clutch in fast, especially when start ing the car from a standstill; don't move the foot away from the clutch pedal when the car is moving; ii should always be in position; don't ssart the car on any other than frs speed; don't slip the clutch too much as it will burn or wear beyond re- pair; don't watch the fellow behind as he is watching you, and don't take your eyes off the road for any rea- son whatever while the car is rolling
 With engine started, and bearing those 'donts' in mind. I will proceed to start the car. First throw out the clutch, release the emergency brake and place gear lever in first speed. Then let clutch come back easily, accelerating engine as it takes the load. When the car is rolling from first to intermediate gear. This operation must be accomplished be- fore the momentum already gained is lost, or it will be necessary to star over again on first speed. Havins gained the intermediate speed and as sun1ing the next to be the high, one should accelerate considerably and then repeat the former clutch ant lever movement.
 At first it will be found difficult tc judge the proper time when to shift the gears quickly and noiselessly Most beginners dwell too long upor the shifting of the lever and hesitate to ho ol
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-01
LONGEVITY RECORDS.

A rivalry has sprung up among E. ME branch houses throughout the country in an effort to obtain posses sion again of the first EMF "3O'' that went into their respective terri tory. Some have already succeeded while others have been unable to re- buy the first EMF "30' because the original owners decline to part with them. Since ''Bullett,' the ninth car built and which has travelled 75,000 miles, began to make itself known from the Atlantic to the Pacific, there has been a scramble to secure an EMF of the first vintage and eclipse Bullets mileage. There are now several old EMF '30s'' running in an effort to pess Bullets" record. In Spokane, Washington, xsrMaude" has already covered over 42U00 miles and is still going. "Maude" was among the first batch of cars to be shipped from the Detroit plant. In Louis vile, Ky, is another contender for Bullets laurels. "Old Betsy" also of the first vintage, is plugging along each day, and has already piled up a mileage of 51,000 miles. "Old Bet sy's" chassis is as good as ever, but she has been stripped of her touring body and is now just common freight carrier and is being used for delivery purposes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-01
WON BY A WOMAN.

When two newspapers, the San An tonic Express and the Corpus Christi Caller, organized an endurance run between those two cities, they were not expecting entries from women drivers But Mrs. J. H. Fletcher of San Antonia entered her Hudson "20'' roadster and named herself as the driver. That was not the last sur prise for the managers of the big run however. Mrs. Fletcher won from q field of fourteen expert drivers, there being no women among her competi- tors. She drove her Hudson from San Antonio to Corpus Christi in six hours and thirty-four minutes, the distance being about 200 miles. For her. victory Mrs. Fletcher received from the two newspapers the finest silver cup ever offered for automo- bile contests in Texts
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-01
COST OF MAINTENANCE.

Interesting figures on the mainten- ance and cost of the modern runa- bout are given in a pamphlet issued by the Brush Runabout Company, furnishing concrete cases which are typical of the average Brush owners experience with Brush delivery wag-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-01
RECORD ORDER
FOR 5O.OO0 TIRES

What is unquestionably the largest single order for automobile tires ever recorded in the history of the motor car industry in America has just been placed with the United States Tire Company to be filled through its four big branches, the C. X J. Mor- gan & Wright, Continental and Hart ford Rubber plants. The order is for 50.000 tires and was given by the United States Motor Company which controls the output of Columb bia, Max well. Brush and Stoddard-Dayton mo- tor vehicles.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-01
NEED OF GOOD ROADS.

With the coming of Spring and the subsequent increase in touring the matter of good roads is once more brought to the attention of motor ists," says General Manager Walter E. Flanders of the EMF Ccmpa ny, makers of the EMF and Flanders motor cars. Good roads and the irn- provement of the highways are the paramount issues with motor ear
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-01

u.
 Joints which have copper asbestos washers should be put down with a paste of black lead and boiled oil. Care must be taken not to get this paste in screw thread, as the ut- most difficulty will be experienced in shifting it after it has set
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-01
ENORMOUS SHIPMENTS.

e Few zpeople realize what the enor- nous Shipments of automobiles mean to the railway companies getting hauls out of Detroit. Some of the thirty-two companies making cars in the City of the Straits are putting out an unusually large number of cars just now. Take the Hudson Motor Car Company, for instance. For a high-class car like that, the Hudson s shipments are of staggering size. Dur ing the past week fourteen furniture cars filled with Hudson "33s'' and '"20s" left the Hudson shipping docks every day, except on Saturday when a train of 25 freight cars was requir- ed to haul away the shipments to Hudson dealers. Three automobiles are put into each car. Each week s shipments of Hudson cars represent nearly a quarter of a million dollars, just at present while the spring busi- ness is at it's height. The Hudson car is carried by the B. M. Jennings Co.,, of Fairfield ave, who will be pleased to give demonstrations by ap- pointnent
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-01
WORM GEAR COMING.

To what extent the worm drive will figure in the automobiles of next year and the years thereafter is one of the questions that now are confronting z the trade. That that form of trans mission has been receiving increasing attention has been apparent for some time but the impression has prevail ed that such attention has centered chiefly on the application of the worm gear to commercial vehicles, ali though it has been known that a few manufacturers, were trying it out on pleasure cars also. According to a man from the West the number of those who are engaged in similar ex- pertinent is much greater than is SUD-
 posed to be the case. Claiming 10 know whereof he spoke, he named practically all the older and better known makers who, he said, have obtained worm -geared hubs or axles which they are putting to the test on