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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-04-15
BIG MILEAGE FOR TAxICAB.

Circle the globe four times and you
have made some trip, Ell, what? Do
ing 100000 miles around Harrisburg,
Pa, might not be quite as exciting
as girdling the earth, but it tells a
wonderful story Of the endurance of
a Ford Model T used for taxicab pur-
poses. If there is anything on earth
that beats the punishment admins
tered to taxis, it has not yet been re-
ported, so for the present the palm
must be awarded to the Ford car, No.
1921. whose taXim eter showed 99,993
miles the other day and didn't have
any room for registering any higher
mileage. The taxi company thought
little of the performance, since they
had three other Fords all of which
had surpassed the 1900 mile marx 1ll
The Harrisburg people just naturally
took it for granted that their cars
were supposed to run on forever.
Maybe they will, for they have shown
no disposition to break into the has
been class. Treasurer Meals COM
mile Ford show that no car could
have been put to more ruthless treat
ment' OF course, being used as a
taxi, an absolutely accurate record of
the cars life was kept. It was used
more in stormy weather than under
fair skies, and withstood almost con-
slant service day and night 1t was
driven by a score Of careless chauf
feurs and never received any real at
tention.
But from Santa Cruz, Calf, comes
word that F. c. Royse's Ford car
completed it's 100000 miles last Octo-
berber and that it looks fit for anoth-
err such q record. The California
car has outlasted five coats of paint,
but mechanically is as sound as It's
first day out of the factory. ''The ex-
PLANTATION of the ever-wear qualities
Of the Ford" said a mechanical en-
eineer recently in speaking of the
lasting features of the car. sis that
no delicate parts are used in it's con-
struction. All frills are barred from
FOrdS"
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-04-15
ALL AMATEUR REC


A new amateur has broken into
the motorcycle game and has broken
all amateur records up to 20 miles.
This new rider is Donald J. Johns,
of Los Angeles, and his record break
ing ride was at the Modordome. Johns
is only seventeen years old.
Johns time was: mile; Al %; 2
miles, 1:23 As: 8 miles, 2:07; miles,
2:492-5; miles, 1892 3-5; miles,
4:16; miles, 1850 1-5; miles 5:42-
1-5; 9 miles, 6:25 2-5; 10 miles,
1908 4-5; IL miles, 1852; IL miles.
1885 2-5; 13 miles, 9:19; IA miles,
10:O22-5 Is miles, 10:46 1-5; 16
miles, 11:3O; II miles, 1918 1-5; 10
miles, 1887; 10 miles, 1870 is; 20
miles, 1923 2-5.
The previous amateur records We're:
1 mile, :43; miles, 2:1O; 4 miles,
1884 1-5; 5 miles. 1898; s miles, 4:21:
miles 5:04 As; s miles, Sat 3-5;
9 miles, $50 3-5; 10 miles, TIA; IL
miles, 1853 AS; IL miles, SAB As; Is
miles, 9:27 2-5; IA miles, 10:11 2-5;
Is miles, 1886 1-5; Is miles, 11:41-
1-5; II miles, 1925 1-5; Is miles,
1900 As; 10 miles, 1854 As and 20
miles 1888 2-5.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-04-15
HOW TO sKILIY TIRES,

J. D. Anderson, General Sales MAN.
ager of the United States Tire Com
pany, recently accepted an invitation
to ride with a motorist of the speed
maniac type. This driver rounded
corners on two wheels, bobbed in and
out of car tracks without slackening
his pace. applied his brakes with
sudden and violent force, threw in his
clutch so abruptly that the rear
wheels spun around once or twice be-
fore the car got in motion, and finally
drew up at the curb, running so close
to it that the castings of his tires
were ground as effectually as though
he had used g. grindstone in the OPP
Grafton. The driver later complain
ed about how much it cost him for
couldn't understand it as he always
bought the best quality of tires, but
didn't seem to get the mileage out
of them he should. whats the rea-
SOM" he asked Mr.. Anderson.
Without comment the United States
motorist over to a mirror and left
him standing there. There's the
reason" he remarked, and the motor
list seemed perplexed What do you
mean?" he inquired.
Il mean that you yourself are to
blame replied Mr. Anderson There
isn't a tire manufacturer in the world
who can turn out tires that will
stand up under the usage you give
them. Even if Your tires were made
of iron you would still have trouble
because you are a reckless driver. You
may not realize this fact, but never
thelesS you are.
Fifty per cent of all pneumatic
tires that go to pieces do so not be-
cause they are worn out but because
they receive careless handling. Ev-
cry time a driver applies his brakes
with violent force, causing his wheels
to scrape along the pavement or road
way he lnf1icts an injury to the tread
that cannot help but materially re-
duce the mileage he will get out of
the tire. The same applies to faul-
>ty starting of the car. And the grind
ing effect eXerted on the castings by
running in street car tracks and
scraping along the curb in stopping is
sure to lessen the strength and wear
ing qualities of a tire. Rounding
expensive way of showing skillfuI
driving. Don't complain of tire cost
if you do it. Your bills are sure TO
be out of proportion to mileage SER
vice obtained.
1.-The speed at which a car should
be driven Is a question every motorist
has to settle for himself. And his
pocketbook must be the reckoning.
basis. Speeding and tire economy
have absolutely nothing in comm on.
High speed produces high cost of tire
maintenance You can't get away
from this fact.
In the nature of things the manu-
facturer must shoulder responsibility
for great deal of tire trouble, but
he should not be blamed when the
driver of the car is clearly at fau1t >"
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-04-15

Up to the present time the Packard
establishment in Paris has been de-
voted to extending Packard service
to owners who had taken their cars
aboard. A growing demand in France,
encouraged by Packard tourists, for
car combining a reasonable amount
of speed and power with high stand
ard of efficiency and adaptability, has
Influenced the company in extending
it's sales operations to French terri
tory. A dependable car, completely
equipped, for one fixed price, is de-
clared to possess certain advantages
in competing with French dealers
who quote a figure for the chassis
and have supplem entail prices for such
essentials as body, top and tires, as
well as the usual accessories.
1t just happens that the move IN
Paris is coincident with a venture in
Buenos Ayres. Louis r. Mack, re-
Gently associated with Alvan T. Full
Ter. the Packard dealer in Boston, has
applied for this territory and recent
ly sailed for Buenos Ayres to look
over the ground. Import figures show
a large demand for high grade Am
erican cars and he is confident of
working up a prosperous trade. 1t is
unlikely that other dealers will be al
lotted territory in South America.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-04-15
AMERICAN CARS IN FRANCE.

In extending it's sales activities to
the French capital, the Packard Mo-
tor Car Company has departed from
long established policy which limit
ed it's field to the United States, Cam
ada and Mexico. Herbert Hughes.
who came up through the Packard
shops and now ranks as a technical
expert, viii look after the selling end
of the enterprise in Paris as well as
aiding Packard tourists in getting
through the red tape Of the continent
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-04-15
E. n. DILLON e. co.

1t is the general understanding
that there is a syndicate in Brazil
which is gathering up Para rubber
with the intention of forcing the
price of crude back up again to a
high point. An authority on the
crude rubber market says he believes
that If this syndicate continues its op-
erations the demand for Para rubber
will lessen to such an extent that
permanently lower prices are inev1-
table
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-04-15

just returned from their trip with
photographs substantiating their
claim. 1t is said that fully one hun
dred cars have attempted to climb
this mountain but failed. The
grades are so sharp that it is difficult
in a long pull to lubricate the front
cylinders of motors.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-04-15
EVERY "a HOURS.

An idea of the enormity of the tire
industry in America may be gained
from the daily output of the Hart
ford branch of the United States Tire
Company. Every twenty-four hours
the Hartford plant turns out COM
plete over 1000 automobile tires, l.
600 inner tubes. 1000 bicycle tires
and 100 solid motor truck tires. The
output of the four other branches of
the United States Tire Company is
fully as great
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-04-15
ANNOUNCEMENTS OF
1912 PACKARDS

In announcing it's 1912 line of cars,
the Packard Motor Car Company OF
Detroit supplements it's well estab-
lished Packard go" and "18" with a
Packard Six This new Packard
like the others, is made in a variety
of open and enclosed styles so there
is complete line in each of the three
sizes. The ''3O'' remains the
standard car, the six being ad
ded to meet the demands of those who
seek more speed and power than is
practicable in a four-cylinder car of
universal utility. In all three sizes
the chassis is Of typical Packard con-
struction with detail refinements in
line with the company's policy of de-
Velop1ng certain type each succeed
ing year. In the 1912 cars, the
clutch is combined with the motor by
encasing both the clutch and fly
wheel in rigid extension of the
crank case. By this change all parts
are protected and the rear bearing OF
the clutch shaft is permanently lined
up with the motor. Inasmuch as
there is a rigid rear axle unit, COM
prising the transmission final drive
and diferential gears the entire mo-
tive and transmission elements are in
two units without any intermediate
mechanism The price of the Pack
ard Six touring car in standard
equipment is $4,000. The siX-cylin-
der motor of the Packard Six is Of
IL inch bore by 5 IL inch stroke
and it develops 4S horsepower, A. l..
A. M. rating. The wheel base of the
Packard Six touring car is 133-in-
cheS.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-04-15
a 200 MILE TEST

A Sampson four ton truck loaded
to full capacity and driven by w. Is.
Ingwersen, arrived at Chicago last
week after completing a test run of
more than 200 miles, starting at
Rock Island and including the cities
CT Princeton, Peru, LaSalle and Jo-
liet In each city where stops were
made, shippers asked Mr.. Ingwersen
to put the truck to special tests to
show its adaptability to their partic-
agreed that a good hard cross coun-
try run of 200 miles or more was an
excellent way to show the service that
can be expected of such vehicles.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-04-15
S35 Isn't Much for a
$40 Suit

We have established our
prices at SIS to $5o-it has
become a slogan; a watch
word of quality and full value
given.
This year We procured a
supply of foreign woolens
that when made up would
have we'll warranted doubling
prices. Even more than that
will be paid for them along
Fifth Avenue.
But our price remains the
same, for Our customers ben
eft and all the new folks who
care to bank the saving. A
call is convincing.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-04-15
COOPERATIVE SHIPPING.

Parcel delivery by motor car is an
entirely new and profitable form Of
cooperative shipping which has
been developed to a well-paying ba-
sis for operating companies and a de-
cided economy for firms having large
deliveries of small packages. It is far
reaching in its scope, capable of enor-
nous development, more convenient
to the householder and a branch Of
motor car utility which will require
thousands of automobiles specially
built for the purpose. While the par
eel delivery is not new, the adapIa-
bility of motor cars for this work was
not fully appreciated until the most
conservative tests during a long pc
Rod revealed it's ail-around economy
and productiveness. Department
stores, shoe stores. clothing stores.
tai1ors, mems furnishing companies
florists, cigar stores and multitude
of other merchants in every city, were
sending small army of delivery wag-
ons, boys on bicycles and street cars,
over exactly the same routes daily,
many of them making deliveries to
the same residences, or apartment
houses; ringing the same door bell an
unnecessary number of times, getting
in one another's way and losing time
at apartment house dumb walters, ana
in many ways causing a great confu-
sion, loss of time and money, when
one delivery would answer the pur-
pose much better, cost the merchant
less and be far more satisfactory to
the customer. Leading merchants
in several cities were asked if they
would give a company their special
deliveries and q good share of their
general delivery work provided a re-
'Sponsible company agreed to estab-
lsh q centrally located receiving sta
ton in the heart Of the retail district,
and dispatch stylish, fast motor de-
livery wagons to the different sections
of the city OH express train schedules.
The plan met with instant success. AS
a result, the Central Motor Company,
a division of the United States Motor
Company, has built for this work, a
special motor wagon selling at $3.50.
This is the only motor wagon of the
kind ever built. Being a business
which pays almost from the start, its
adoption will be rapid. Auto deliv-
cry companies, expressmen and trans
fer companies finding that they can
handle it in connection with other
business at very little additional over
head expense, Immediately wrote to
the New York office of the Central
Motor Company. asking for reports
giving details OF operation and profit,
and the company has been put to a
big task to cope with the interest
shown.
$500 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL.
Mount Hotham has been conquered
by an automobile after years of eff
forts by Australian motorists to reach
It's snow-capped peaks $500 feet
above the sea level. Two Americans
in a Maxwell climbed to the highest
point in the old coach road up the
mountain after driving several miles
through gum tree forests and crossing
vast waste of fern and sand. J. p.
inf, ordS nh
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-04-15

Wants. To Rent. For Sale, Etc, 1
cent a word In Farmer Want Column
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-04-15

why do you make that patient
wait three hours every day in your
ante-room
HE needs rest explained the doc
tor, ".and> that is the only way I can
compel him to take it."-Courier-
Journal.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-04-15

Funeral services over the remains OF
vVilhelmina E., wife Of George H.
Remington, and daughter Of William
Richardson, were held this afternoon
at 2:3O O'Clock, at the home of her sis
ter, Mrs. James Nolan, 2S3 Pequon-
mock street Interment followed in
Park cemetery.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-04-15
A SANITARY TOUR.

Twice across the American CONT
nent by automobile. with five side
trips from each of forty cities total
ing a mileage greater than the cir
that will be made by B. Q. Ti!den.
President of the American Sanitary
Works. starting next Wednesday.
April 20, from 57th Street near
Broadway, N. Y. Mr.. Tilden with
several associates will conduct ma
interest of sanitation. He has pur-
chased so horsepower Stoddard-
Dayton automobile with special equip
ment and will be on the road cont1n-
uously for eight months, travelling
more than $4,000 miles. The trip viii
will include the Hawaiian Islands.
British Columbia and a large part of
Eastern Canada. In addition, the
coast on the Atlantic and Pacific
Oceans will be skirted for a consider
able distance to take in the larger
continent new routes will be map
ped out. The outgoing trip will take
a central course, while the return, via
Vancouver, will necessitate the laying
of a new trail over the Cascade range.
the Blue Mountains of Oregon, the
Occur D'Alene Mountains and the
Rockies, into Southern Montana. In
this way, the sanitation experts will
render an invalua BILE service to the
cause of good roads by gathering road
information and pathfinding. They
will fly the pennant of the Automo-
bile Club of America and make their
data available to its touring bureau
Accurate records of the cost of op-
Grafton and maintenance will be kept.
The chief purpose is to enable B. o.
Tilden to address the boards OF
health, sanitation commissions, civic
bodies n1um herS' trade aSSOcia lions
and organizations of architects. 1t
will be purely scientific and bust
ness trip promising much toward the
promotion of public health. Plans
for the trip required that every need
be anticipated by carrying special
tomary top, windshield, speedome-
tiers, ETC., the car will carry one five
foot crowbar, ak, shovel 400 feet of
motorope, block and tackle, special
presto gas tank, gas generator, power
air pump, chains, mud hooks, two ex-
ira tires, dem ountable rims, special
lunch box to hold three days rations
for four people. five-gallon radiator
tank, one-gal1on tank for drinking
water, tire trunk and compartment
for three suit cases, dry and storage
batteries; hub windlass to be used
with motorope and crowbar in pulling
car up the banks of dry river beds
or out of gulches; besides a great
quantity of maps. road books, licen-
ses. revolver, kodaks and supplies.
'B. o. T." as President Tilden is
known, is a practical mechanic hav-
ing risen from the ranks of journey
men plumbers to the head of one of
izations in the country. He is an
authority on sanitation and the men
who will assist him are known
throughout the entire plumbing trade.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-04-15

Mrs. Denis Cullen died, last even
ing, at her home, 1853 Connecticut
avenue, after an illness of one week
with an acute attack Of appendicitis.
She is survived by her husband, four
children, Elizabeth, Rosemary, Mar
garet and Edward. one sister, Rose
Boylan, and one brother, John Boy
Ian Of Providence. r. I.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-04-15
OBITUARY

F. Raymond Beardsley, a member
of the firm of Beardsley & Beardsley
grocers at Hanover and Seeley streets
died. last evening at his home, 10Y
Seeley street, following an attack of
hemorrhage of the brain. He had
partaken OF his evening meal when
seized with the attack. DR.. c. P.
Halter was called and ate ded his
patient until II o'clock when he pass
ed away He had been a sufferer
with chronic Brfght's disease. The
young man was % years of age, was
well known and liked, news of his
death coming as great shock to his
many friends, especially as he was
out and around attending to his bus
mess during the day. He is surviv-
ed by his mother, Mrs. Mary n.
Beardsley and his brother, George
Beardsley.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-09-28

Not chance for dull at the
Every of the
exhibits
Professor in
afternoon the band will
which
for equally large the thrilling relay
circus vaudeville
o O. world
program of the night
to
sandwich
stand the big night
this
Colonel w; Hills
with bullets which
living of pioneer n
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-09-28
Sure II Was His Wife.

Three o'clock was the very earliest
tie man could get up to the store. so
his wife asked him to meet her then.
II don't know ip what department
shall be at that time" she said. but
Just before | will telephone to the
clerk at the information bureau near
the main entrance, and if you will just
step over and ask him he will tell you
where i am"
At two minutes past 3 the man
sought information as to the whert@
abouts of his wife.
81 have a message" said the clerk.
from a woman who said her husband
would inquire for her about 3 o'cloci,.
Maybe it is. for you. She said TO tel
you that she has gone to Blanks ste re.
over on Sixth avenue, to finish her
shopping because the clerks in this
store are impudent. the place is,fll ven
tilated and she couldn't find anythlns
she wanted here anyhow and never
has been able to find anything here
and this is positively the last time
she will ever try to find anytime
here. OF course that might have been
your wife,
"Oh, yes" said the man; that was
her all right."-New York Sun.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-09-28
Duel Wife hiorsawhins.

a novel but brutal fornSiof duel be-
tween two carriers took place at Baia.
Hungary. Being both in love with the
daughter of the farmer who employed
them. they decided TO fight for her
with their heavy horsewhips. the girl
agreeing to act as umpire and accept
the winner In order to insure that
there should be no running away. they
fist fastened themselves to two posts
in, the ground. The girl gave the sig
nal to begin. .dnd the two men. who
wore stripped to the waist. began TO
belabor each other with such fury
that long bleeding welts soon COW
cred their faces. arms and bodies.
Unable to bear the horrible sight. the
girl ran away for help. When she
came back with some of the neigh
bors they found the two men lying on
the ground covered with blood and
exhausted. The duel was Occurred
draw.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-09-28

The Indians had cultivated the coccus
cacti. from which the color is derived
in pre-Collmbian times. and after the
Spanish conquest the industry devel-
oped rapidly. The city of Oaxaca was
the center of the 'cochineai country in
the days Of Humboldt. but only few
plantations of the nopal CACTUS. on
which the insects are fed. now remain.
The female insects only ard used to
/ form dye. and they are gathered by
brushing the branches of the nopal as
soon as they begin to lay their eggs
They: are then desiccated in ovens or
killed with boiling water.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-09-28

Possibly Spokane growth
will eighteenth
exhibition 1911 1904 the total numbe entries
good
which
The
writing
block, Spokane Wash
exhibit
the grounds
pea.
building where
a the children who be left there.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-09-28
CochincaI Insecss.

Before many years cochineal scarlet
will have become thing of history
only, like the Tyrian purple of antiQui'
ty. That is the conclusion Of NJ. Leon
Diguet. who has been studying the
state of the cochineal industry in Mex
leo. The first specimens Of cochineal
were taken to Europe by the Spanish
adventures in the sixteenth century
TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1911-11-14

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