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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-02-07

Des Moines insist that they have re-
ceived more free advertising than
could have been paid for with the en-
tire amount Of money that 1t cost to
construct the road. All that was
necessary hey say. was to have some
organization which made known the
necessity and advantages to be de-
rived. and all hands. farmers, capi-
talists and auto enthusiasts turned
out en- masse and the road was built.
Every farmer along the road did his
share Of work and the story goes that
the road was completed in one day.
Iowa now has q number of organi-
cations, private in their nature. for
the building Of additional roads for
auto travel.
In Indiana and the other states,
great progress has been made. Con-
vict labor for the building of roads,
is theme upon which many Of the
legislatures Of the country are de-
batting.
Smaller Communities
Los Angeles county, alone has
spent 100000 on the improvement
Of her roads. Under the California
laws commission is appointed which
has complete control Of the building
and establishment Of roads. Funds
are provided by taxation. Since Los
Angeles county has taken up the work
of good roads the commission has
been assured BY adjoining counties
that they too will avail themselves of
the provision Of the legislature and
build roads conforming to the ones
now under way by Los Angeles coun-
ty. Thus the work will spread from
county to county say the commits
sioners and in the very near future
the entire state will be traversed and
cross sectioned with one complete
system of the best roads ever built
in America.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-02-07
Here It is-the $1,000 Independent
car for 1911. The word Independent

Here It is-the $1,000 Independent
car for 1911. The word Independent
is used to distinguish this car from
the average $1,000 car as made by
the four score or more companies
which are members Of the Associa-
ton of Licensed Automobile Manu-
facturers. The average $1,000 inde-
pendent car IL bigger than 1t was a
year ago, but it still has to grow a
little before 1t will be az big as that
built by the A. l.. A. NJ. members. In
a sentence. 1t is 20-horsepower, four
inch bore, 4 and one-fifth inch stroke,
ninety-nine inch wheelbase. has one
type cylinders (they are cast separ-
ately), 1t is water cooled by themo-
syphon circulation, 1t uses a tubular
radiator, has single high-tension
ignition system. uses circulating OIL
ing system, possesses cone clutch,
is provided with a three-speed Sc
lective gearset. uses shaft drive and
has gravity feed Of gasoline to the
carbureter.
The $1,000 Car Of this year is little
different from that Of a year ago, ex-
cepting in details. The wheelbase has
increased from ninety-two to ninety
nine inches, and whereas the car last
year had q multiple-disk clutch. this
year 1t has q cone one. But although
'the general lines or characteristics Of
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-02-07
OPTIMISM PERVADES
ATMOSPHERE FOR
11|RE MEN
&HInE E M
They Are Confident of Good
Season With Healthy De.
mand For Product

With his finger on the pulse OF the
trade. q prominent tire nan has pre-
dtcted that the year Of 1911 will be
an exceptionally good one so far az
his industry is concerned.
THE way look at it," said he,
there will be 4 brisk demand for
tires for the first six months Of 1911
and the industry will be kept on the
jump to fill the orders. In case the
crops turn out the way they are ex-
pected to, the last six months will be
fully as good as the first six. This
prediction is made without taking
into consideration the demand for
cars themselves. Statistics show that
an owner usually gets at least one
new set of tires each year and with
the vast number of cars now in use
1t readily can be seen that this one
item alone means q tremendous lot
Of business for us. =
Seriously, though, think the COM
ing season is going to be a good one
for all branches Of the industry. /
think the manufacturers Of cars have
In general been so conservative in
making their plans for 1911 that there
will be no overproduction and conse-
quently no let up in the demand for
motor cars. In fact, many conserva-
tive dealers realize this. and in the
larger cities It is no unusual thing
to hear Of some agents who have stor-
ed away in warehouses from 100 to
200 cars picked up during the slack
months which will be ready for it's
delivery when the demand comes in
the spring." =
Show time rolled around with the
tire men in an exceptionally good
humor. With the prices Of crude rub
Der apparently right. the tire men
look for good year and are proving
that they have been busy during 1910
on new ideas for 1911.
No very radical changes in the tire
situation have developed for the new
year, and 1T 10 evident that the fac
tories have devoted considerable Of
their time to the development Of the
non-skid tire which appears in great
er number than ever before Those
concerns which have new things to
announce invariably produce nom
skid as their trump card when called
upon to open the 1911 bag Of sur
prises. This non-skid comes in va
rious forms, seach idea, however, be-
ing to produce something that will
prevent a car from skidding. While
the steel studded tire continues in
popularity, it is easy to be seen that
the designero.have worked on the the
DRY that rubbLf can be made to an
swer the sam purposes. Therefore
thew have nr0zluce6 eoods with NON.
skidding propensities in which rub
Der Is the most important considera-
ton, said rubber consisting of an
extra tread so to speak, which gem
orally is corrugated or has raised
knobs or lettering which serve the
same purpose.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-02-07
- y y y y y y = y > &
WILL MAKE GREAT
j. MOTOR TRUCK RUN !

Chicago. Feb. THE Chicago Mo
tor club is undertaking the promo
ton Of the most strenuous reliability
run for commercial motor vehicles
that ever has been attempted in this
country-a trip from Chicago to New
York. In which an effort will be made
not only to demonstrate the road eff
ficiency Of both trucks and light de-
livery wagons, but also to show con-
clusfvely the cost Of operation. The
contest committee Of the Chicago Mo-
tor club settled upon this big event
at Its meeting recently. when It out
lined It's plans for the coming season.
1t was. settled that the truck run
should be held in July, probably the
latter part Of the month, when the
roads are the best. and that the af-
fair should be spread over ten days,
with the business machines being
called upon to run at least 100 miles
a day. The pace will be easy, ap-
proximately ten miles an hour, which,
it is figured. will be easy for all of
the contestants in the run.
In addition to the truck contest, the
club also announced four other big
events. all Of them repetitions of con-
tests held during 1910. The season
will open with a fuel economy run
for pleasure vehicles in May; then
will come the annual hill-clinb at Al
gonquin in June. the truck endurance
run will take place in July, and in
August the national stock chassis
road races will be run at Elgin. The
/ .0o0-mile reliability run for pleasure
cars. which has been a fixture Of the
local organization for the last four
years, will be put on in September.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-02-07
design have changed but little, there
has been a most pronounced accent

design have changed but little, there
has been most pronounced accent
given to certain phases of construc-
ton that last year seemed little un-
certain. To explain: The percentage
of those makers building this price of
car using l. head cylinders has jump
ed from fifty-eight to sixty-one per
cent. This. is not q big leap, but it
tells the story. 1t says that makers
are learning the problems of manu-
facture and 1t tells that It IL cheaper
to build an L-type Of motor than It is
one with a T head.
Water Cooling Increases.
The percentage of those using wa
ter-cooled motors has jumped from
seventy-one per cent last year to
ninety-two per cent this year. This
is in keeping with the great trend OF
present-day construction. There was
a time when many thought the air.
cooled motor would rule i'm the low.
powered field, but these figures seem
to point in another direction. In
connection with cooling 1t cannot be
overlooked that thermo-syphon water
circulation has risen from seventy.
two per cent year ago to eighty-five
per cent this year, and by next year
1t will be still higher. Thermo.
syphon is bound to come still more
! in cars of this class, and 1t will be Z
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-02-07
ROAD BUILDING HOLDS FRONT rank
IN CREATION Of AUTO SALES CENTER
What Some States and Smaller Communities Have Done
Grand Forks Has Real Interest in This Question-Of
Vast Benefit to the City

No person will take exception when
the statement Is made that the own
or Of an automobile and the farmer
are vitality interested in the estab-
lishment Of a complete and extensive
system Of good roads throughout the
state Of North Dakota. Discussion
upon that point is useless.
10 the city Of Grand Forks as a
commercial center, financially inter-
ested in the PRONUNCIATION Of such a
system? The answer given by every
individual Tor many miles adjacent
to Grand Forks must necessarily be
In the Affirmative. Grand Forks Is
the commercial center of North Da-
kota and supplies much of the terri
tory on the Minnesota side of the
river. It is Of Grand Forks that the
surrounding country for hundreds of
miles thinks when it thinks of trad
ing point. Is 1t not advisable then
that access to that city be made as
easy as possible? If the country dis
tricts were populated thickly enough
the interurban electric railway might
partially solve the problem or If there
were railway service to the city each
morning and returning train each
evening, those facilities would in a
certain measure be an excuse for neg
lecting wagon roads.
But to deal with facts and not the
cries the problem of proper road
building for auto and team travel
is very serious one. These roads
are the avenues over which a large
percentage of the commerce Of the
city must pass. The farmer trade.
to use worn expression, represents
the major portion of the business of
any North Dakota community. Can
Grand Forks exist without it? Yes.
However. that existence would be one
which nobody desires or would ever
tolerate. 1t would be too scanty and
slow for the live ones here. They
would move out Grand Forks must.
therefore, get the farmer trade and
she must get 1t over these self sane
highways with which this article
deals.
Would you, Mr.. Reader. travel two
through the mud II you had an equal
" advantageous trading point at
either end of those roads? To illus
trate. An auto owner must come to
Grand Forks or 60 to Fargo. He lives
fifty miles FROM Grand Forks and
forty miles from Fargo. From his
place to Grand Forks the roads are
good for auto travel. From his place
to Fargo there are in all ten miles
of rough roads with a little mud here
and there. Will the Grand Forks or
Fargo merchant get the benefit of this
mans trade?
1t is an absolute fact that the great
majority Of the people travel in the
direction Of least resistance. Grand
Forks Is spending hundreds of thou
sands to make the city attractive to
the trader and visitor. Let her spend
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-02-07

a few thousand only for the improve.
ment Of the roads and thereby elimi-
nate the discomforts Of a trip to the
city and she will have accomplished
much.
And 50 It might be written without
end. Let it sufice to say that better
roads mean larger fields to conquer
from a commercial standpoint, q
much greater center for the lover OF
out of door life. and work Of beauty
thetics.
What the Government Does
The federal government deals
with the road problems through the
bureau of agriculture.
During the past year the Office of
public roads has continued giving in
struction in the methods of road
building peculiarly adapted to each
locality. This instruction has been
given through the medium Of OBJ.
ject lesson roads. built at local ex-
pense, under the supervision of an
engineer from the Office. The advis.
DRY work Of the Office covered wide
field. relating to construction Of va
rious types Of roads. surveys. use OF
convicts in road work, bridge con-
struction, maintenance, use of the
split log drag. road materials. effect
Of motor vehicles on roads, the is-
suance Of bonds for road improve
ment, the drainage Of roads and other
work along similar lines.
The Office is assembling reliable
data as to the progress Of road i'm
proven.ent in the United States and
the relation of roads to agriculture
Through an organization composed OF
special agents in all parts of the
United States the Office soon will be
in a position to receive prompt re-
ports Of progress along all lines
This Information will be dissent
mated in such way that the work
in the various states can be corelat-
ed and co-ordinated as to minimize
the duplication which is now so much
in evidence. In the routine testing
and examination Of road materials
great progress has been made along
established lines.
What the States Are Doing
The river to river road through the
state Of Iowa has attracted a great
deal Of attention throughout the
United States. And this road. over
300 miles in length, and running
across the entire state, was started by
the city Of Des Moines, Iowa, with
no other object in view than making
the city easily accessible from all
parts Of the state by auto. And what
has 1t accomplished? Des Moines
lies in the center of the state and is
the hub Of the automobile industry
of Iowa. This road and this alone
80 it is reported. has brought no less
than three conventions to the capital
city since its completion some eight
months ago. For having started the
movement, the Commercial club of
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-02-07

steady but perhaps slow gamer in
cars of the higher classification.
There has been q tremendous gain
In the use Of the cone clutch. Last
year it had q following Of but fifteen
per cent; this year 1t has risen to
forty-nine, having Jumped into the
lead over the multiple-disk.
The use Of the single ignition sys-
tenn has grown from thirty-nine per
cent q year ago to fifty-one per cent
this year. and in the total beats out
the combined forces of the dual and
double types.
Shaft drive is more firmly
entrenched than ever, which has been
due to some extent to the vanishing
of the motor buggy during the past
year.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1911-01-14
NAMES KEPT SECRET
TWENTY-FIVE INDICTMENTS RE-
TURNED IN LOS ANGELES
TIMES EXPLOSION CASE.
All Of the indictments Charge Murder
or Connection With the Crime,
But Names Of Those Indicted
are not Made Public.

Los Angeles-The grand jury In
the Los Angeles Times explosion case
returned twenty-five indictments late
Thursday.
All the indictments charge murder
or connection with that crime. 1t IS
not likely that the names of any OF
the indicted persons will be made
public until after arrests have been
made. 1t is believed that a large
number of San Franciscoans have
been indicted.
Wholesale murder, the outcome OF
a dynamite plot, is understood to be
the charge set forth in all the indict-
ments, but it is believed that not
more than three or four men are nam
ed in the true bills.
The return of the indictments was
the elimination of a disaster that ex-
cited the people of Los Angeles to a
degree that for a few days bordered
almost upon panic, and resulted In
the offering of rewards aggregating
almost 100000. Union labor, which
the Times and its proprietor had OPP
posed, was injected into the situation,
and when the special grand jury was
impaneled on October it was imme-
diately confronted with two conflict
ing theories. One of these, supported
by the findings of an investigating
committee appointed by Mayor Alex
ander, was that the Times plant had
been blown up by dynamite conspira-
tors. The other, presented by COM
mittee named by the state building
trades convention, then in session
here, was that gas was responsible.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1911-01-14

Washington.-A contribution de.
signed to clarity the confused situa-
ton that has arisen over the right
of the United States to fortify the
Panama canal was submitted on Sun.
day by former Senator Foraker OF
Ohio to President Taft, who made IL
public.
Throughout the period in which the
-Pauncefote treaty was negotiated
and ratified, Senator Foraker advised
John Hay, then secretary of state, and
made many of the suggestions that
were incorporated into the treaty pre-
serving to this Cover nment the right
to take such means as it deemed nee
essary to protect the canal and the
shipping, without specifically author.
lied Notifications.
Senator Foraker's letter to Presi-
dent Taft reviews the acts CT the SEN
ate in connection with the treaty.mak-
ing with England and laws passed
subsequently to the ratification of the
existing Hay-Pauncefote treaty.
Senator Foraker shows conclusively
that the United States reserved the
right of military patrol, and that Eng
land always understood that the canal
would be fortified by the United States.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1911-01-14
NOW AFTER ATLANTIC LINERS
Government Charges Steamship Com
panies With Combining on Steer
age Traffic.

New York.-The federal govern
ment brought suit on Wednesday in
the United States circuit court under
the Sherman antitrust law against
thirteen of the principal trans-Atlan-
tic carriers, which are estimated to
control 80 per cent of the steerage
traffic, worth to them $55,000,000 a
year. Twelve officers of the defend
ant companies, all resident in Ameri.
ca, are named as co-defendants.
These companies, the government
charges, entered into an illegal con-
tract February 5, 1908, at London,
England, by which they constituted
themselves the Atlantic conference,
with power to apportion all traffic
pro rata, impose heavy fines on men,
bers of the conference for violation
of any article of agreement and wage
competition against all lines outside
the conference. AS a result it is al
legged, the Russian volunteer fleet,
plying between New York and Libau,
was driven out of business and the
Russian-American line was forced to
enter its membership.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1911-01-14
VIEWS OF WooLGRoWERs.
Livestock the Only Practical and
Proved Insurance Against Forest
Fires

Portland, Ore.-At the Friday ses-
sion of the National Woolgrowers con.
vention, Secretary Walker of Chey-
enne, in his annual report, urged that
the association organize a tariff board
of its own, with a we'll equipped bur,
eau Of publicity as an auxiliary in
sustained effort to educate the people
on the subject of the tariff as it af-
fects woolgrowers and manufacturers.
Judge S. A. Lowell of Pendleton,
Or, who delivered an address on
Forests and Flockmasters," charged
the BLACK horse cavalry" Of the east
as responsible for most of the timber
thievery which has "plundered the
people of their heritage
Daniel p. Smythe, secretary of the
Oregon Woolgrowers' association, Pen
dleton, Or, in an address, asserted
that livestock, especially sheep, is the
only practical and proved insurance
against fires in national forests. He
pleaded for scientific investigation
and revision of the restrictive meth
DDS of the forestry bureau, and ridi-
culed The policies of Clifford Pinchot,
closing with the declaration: "One old
eve is worth a dozen forest guards"
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1911-01-14
One Reason for Many Divorces.

New York.-Mrs. Carrie Chapman
Gait, head of the Woman's party in
the battle for equal suffrage, thorough
ly agrees with Judge w. B. Neff of
Cleveland, o., that what makes di-
vorce frequent in this country is the
fact that women now find it easy to be
financially independent of their hus-
bands" There can be no question as
to the correctness of this view," said
Mrs. Gait when asked for her opinionl
of the statement
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1911-01-14
Given Toga Of His Father.

Charleston, W. Va.-Davis Elkins,
son of the late United States Senator
Stephen B. Elkins, will be the sue.
cessor to the vacancy caused by the
death of his father for the few days
that will elapse pending the election
Of senator by the legislature. Gov.
ernor w. E. Glasscock signed the COM
mission Sunday night and Mr.. Elkins
accepted. Davis Elkins is the eldest
son of the late West Virginia states
man. His home is in Morgantown, w:
Va, but he is now in Washington, at
the home of his mother. Mr.. Elkins
Is president of the Elkins Coal and
Coke company and the Morgantown g.
Kingwood railroad.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1911-01-14
MET DEATH IN CHURCH.
Candle Comes in Contact With Decor.
atoms and Place of Worship is
Turned Into Roaring Furnace.

Mexico City.-Fire and panic which
occurred while a New Year religious
celebration was in progress in
church on a ranch, near San Luis
Potosi, cost the lives of seventeen
and serious injury to more than
eighty, chiefly women and children.
News of the disaster reached this
city Monday. The victims were work
men employed on the hacienda and
members of their families.
The small church was packed. In
the course of the ceremonies candle
fell from it's socket and ignited dry
moss with which the building was
decorated. The flames spread quick
ly.
OF those who escaped death by
burning or suffocation, many were
killed or injured by being trampled
in the rush to escape through the mar
row entrance. Few escaped without
injury.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1911-01-14
INCREASE IN CONGRESSMAN
Proposed Reapportionment Would Give
Utah, Idaho and Montana one More
Representative in Congress.

Washington. - The apportionment
bill introduced by Chairman Crum-
packer on Friday fixes the membership
of the house at 433. The bill was re-
ferred Immediately to the census
committee where the entire subject
will be taken up.
Should the bill as presented become
n law, it means an increase over the
present membership as follows: Ala
bama, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Ida
ho, Louisiana, Michigan Minnesota,
Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon,
Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah and
West Virginia, one EACH Illinois, Mas
sachusettes, New Jersey, Texas and
Washington, two each; California and
Oklahoma. three each; Pennsylvania
and New York, six each.
A majority of the members of the
committee believe that this plan will
prevail.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1911-01-14
STOPPED THE ELECTION.
Voter, When Challenged, Throws Bal
lot Box Into River.

Huntington, w. Va.-Municipal
elections were held at a number of
small West Virginia towns Thursday,
but at least one of these villages re-
mains in doubt as to whether it held
an election. At Kermit, Mingo coun-
ty, where the Adkins family of feud
fame is somewhat numerous, Dick AID.
kins was refused a ballot by the cleo
ton commissioner. Adkins declared
that if he were not allowed to vote,
he is avowed to have taken the ballot
box and tossed it into the Tug river.
This ended the election so far as Ker-
nit was concerned.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1911-01-14
Robbers Stay Saloon Man.

INLAY Nevada.-Three masked men
on Friday night entered the saloon
conducted by Eugene Quilici, one and
half miles from this place, and shot
the owner lead, following by shooting
his wife in the back. She is believed
to be fatally injured. The robbers
took $1,000 in cash and departed in
the darkness. Southern Pacific train
No, was passing at the time and
the bandits may have escaped on It,