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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-09
Tells HOW To
CHOOSE AUTOMOBILE
Botterill Manager Says Buyer
Should Consider Company
by Which Car Is Made.

HWhat automobile to buy is, after
all, important only as a name tells
what you are buying in your automo.
bile. In other words, the automobile
buyer should learn how to choose a
motor car because it is the best In
the world that he can buy for the
money he wants to spend said Frank
Botterill, manager Of the Tom Botterill
Automobile company.
81 should say the greatest thing to
consider In buying a car is tho COM
pany which is behind it. Has the man
ufactuTer money enough to build the
cars he advertises7 Has he the ability
to manufacture such a car as he claims
to build2 Is the factory in which the
car is made properly equipped9 How
does the maker treat owners of his
cars after he has got hold of their
moneys These I regard as the most
vital questions to consider in buying
an automobile.
should say the next most impor-
tant thing to decide is the use to which
the car is to be put, so that the most
suitable type may be secured. Do you
want a car for touring or for town
use9 Are you going to drive it winter
or summer, or both? Will you drive
it yourself or will you have a chauf-
feur' For touring you want lots of
power and speed; for town use you
want perfect control and a car easily
handled in crowded streets. If you
buy from company which specializes,
these things may mean much to the sue
cess of your purchase
The stamina of the mechanism-the
construction-should next be consid-
cred, You certainly want good car,
one in which every part is carefully
made Of the best materials. Prefer
ably. you want to buy from a company
having large enough product to take
advantage Of wholesale prices in buy
ing materials, making quantity 3 means
to get quality; one large enough to be
and human manufacturing equipment,
But you want to stop short of the car
made in a factory where large output
IS carried to excess.
In construction, have special regard
for simplicity and accessibility. 1t
takes mechanical engineer to under
stand the operation and construction
of some automobiles, and the average
buyer is not mechanical engineer.
Under the head Of construction should
also be considered the body of the car.
After all, you are going to ride III the
body, You must remember Is it roomy
and coElfortableo Is the upholstering
good? Is it convenient7
"And. last of all. look at the finish
That is the last thing to consider be-
cause it has the least to do with serv-
ice. But be sure it is good when you
do get it. A poorly finished car soon
loses caste; and there is lot of truth
in the saying that when one part starts
to give, the whole follows fast"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-09
Auto Replaces Horse Both in City and on Farm
CALIFORNIA OFFICER USES
AUTO TO ASSESS PROPERTY

The automobile has found useful field
In the service OF officials and others
whose duties require them TO cover large
sections of territory, especially in the
western part OF the United States.
For somo time ranchers have been
using motor cars In travelling over The
large territories owned by them.
The board OF supervisors OF Los Ange-
les county, California, after investigation,
has purchased a touring car, believing
an automobile essential to the perform
ance OF duty by County Assessor L. ".
Hopkins.
MIR, Hopkins and his deputy cover an
area about the size of the state OF Con-
necticut and place value upon property.
Until recently they covered the country
as best they could with horse and car
riage, but for some time this service has
been considered inadequate
The county consists OF thckly popu-
lated and rough sections with few nhabi
tants, all OF which much be assessed In
the southwest corner are the Santa Mon
lea mountains. toward the north Is the
Sierra Madre range and big timber re-
serve. The county is about seventy miles
wide by eighty miles In the other direc-
tIon,
Officials of other counties and branches
OF government on the Pacific coast are
watching this car, having expressed their
intention of placing an automobile In
service should Mr., Hopkins meet with
marked Success.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-09
RUNAB0UT AUTO DEFEATS
STORM KINGS EFFORTS

The efforts of the storm king to tie
UP the city OF OTTAWA as he had III the
days before motor cars became common,
were thwarted recently. when. despite
his most strenuous labors, a runabout.
driven by DR., George .MacCarthy. ran for
number Of hours, being the only moving
wheeled vehicle.
The storm broke before daylight and
when Ottawa awoke il found itself in the
midst OF the worst blizzard I'm years. The
electric cars went out OF business imme-
diately. and those Ottawans who were
able to breast the gale walked down town.
IL they got there at all.
Fortyfive plows and squad of 100
men worked TO keep down town sidewalks
clear. The railroad trains were hours
late and the telegraph system was de-
Or MacCarthy. however refused TO be
beaten by tho weather, He brought out
his car at Z o'clock In the morning and
proceeded to several remote sections of
the city. including New Elizabeth and
Rockcliffe attracting considerable atten-
tion as he made his morning calls with
ease. while those who depended
on other forms of traffic were severely
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-09
MOTOR TRUCK TAKES
FARM HORSES PLACE

baled in the field, TO the barns or store
houses. It also carries stones 10 the
crusher.
mot a day has been lost for repairs
and not one cent has been paid put for
this purpose said Minton. THE eX
pense OF operating the truck Is about
equal TO the cost of maintaining two
good teams with oats at GO cents: that
Is oats versus gasoline and oil. But no
four pairs OF horses could carry the loads
SO far In the same time. IL at ALL
THE Packard takes three to four tons,
as bulk necessitates, and proceeds up hill
and down at ten miles an hour. whether
the distance he 1--WE miles or fifty. Keep
Ing il within horses limitations, say
a round trip OF twenty miles with time
to unload. the truck will do In three
hours what viii employ two teams for
seven hours. This Is all the horses can
do that day while the truck can repeat
the journey two or three times IL neces-
sary and suffer no hardship. IL would
take from eight TO twelve horses TO
equal the performance OF the truck. One
man can drive the truck but IL would
take two, four or six men TO drive the
horses"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-09
ADVISE YOUNG MEN TO
BECOME AUTO DRIVERS

few years ago the automobile was
considered q luxury to be enjoyed only
by the privileged few. Today 1t is
necessity and its MANUFACTURED said to
be the third greatest industry In the
United States. By June over $4,000 new
cars will be in service. These tremen-
dous figures show the great opportunity
the automobile business offers to young
men. Authorities say IL is but a matter
OF time when the horse will be entirely
displaced by the commercial car Auto
mobile fire engines are now being adopt
ed III some big cities and the taxicab is
a fixture in all cities and many towns
The life of chauffeur is pleasant and
remunerativc. say automobile men, and
the opportunity 10 enter this profession
was never so good as at the present tlme.
Tho great middle west has adopted the
automobile with even greater enthusiasm
than the east. Garages are springing up
everywhere and men are struggling 70
be first in the new, industry. This field
offers many lines OF advancement. such
as chauffeur. mechanic, salesman and the
like .
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-09
USE TOURING CAR
TO FISH ON |CE|
Two Syracuse, N. Y, Men Claim
to Be Original Auto Izaak
e WaltOns.

A new form OF Ice fishing has hes,
introduced by George E. Messer and e.
thur Wheeler Of Syracuse, N. Y. whc
believe they are the original motor car IT,
fishermen.
All winter these men Travelled aha,,
IN touring car on the surface OF c,ne,d.
lake, twelve miles from Syracuse. ana
pulled many large strings OF fish thrones
The Ice while seated on the running bos IA
The idea had its origin when Wheels.
who has a farm near the lake. looks
at the smooth. hard surface and decidez
10 Try MS car out on the ice A 'fe~
days later he ard Messer, with nshi,.
tackle and implements, went 10 Sa,,tE
Bay, drove onto the ice cut holes and h
q short time had a good catch OF fiai'
Seated on the running board. with III.
automobile to windward and with ,a,,~
robes about their legs, they Yished h
comfort. -
Oftentimes as a diversion they toni,
run OF several miles over the lake fhc
Ice forming an ideal boulevard The
were always able to reach the fshInc
grounds. and return in short time am
declare that riding in a motor car to fbc
place where the fish bite best liz rnuni'
more comfortable than walking on .fhc
ice. -
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-09

The performance Of a motor truck at
Arcadia Farms, Duchess county, New
York. shows what this vehicle can do
when operated intellieently In connection
with large agricultural enterprise. The
property embraces 1900 acres two thirds
OF which Is under cultivation. The equip
ment includes modern machinery for
farming on large scale.
My main object In using motor
truck was to save my horses said Maui
rice NJ. Minton. the proprietor.
The truck has carried from tho rail-
road station to the farm. u distance OF
four miles, over 1000 tons OF fertilizer,
two A0-ton carloads of coal. 900 bar
rels or cement and carloads of various
other materials II has carried five car
loads OF grain 10 the station and trans
ported 600 tons of small stun. Frequent
iy IL has gone ia Fishkill Landing, ten
miles distant. twice day with heavy
loads
Its short trips are Innumerable. 1t
takes grain TO the mill and brings back
the ground feed 1t takes tree trunks
to the sawmiil and carries back beams
and planks. II carries hay or straw. as
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-09
AUTOMOBILE DOES
MUCH FOR FARMER
Brings Better Roads, Declares
General Manager of EMF
Company.

"With the coming of spring and the
subsequent increase in touring, the mat.
ter of good roads is once more brought
TO the attention of motorists says
General Manager Walter f, Flanders of
the EMF company, makers of the E.
M-F and Flanders motor cars. "Good
roads and the improvement Of the high.
ways are the paramount issues with
motor car owners. Without good roads
touring loses most of its fascination.
"The whole country is stirred as new
or before relative to this great ques
tion. If there is anything in the world
that a good citizen, who loves his state
and has civic or state pride, desires
above all, it is to have the city's and
states reputation maintained Today
the public finger is pointing to the duty
of the states toward this question. A
commonwealth reputation for enter
prise. progress and all that goes to make
it worth living in, is determined large.
ly by the character of its roads--the
great arteries through which flow the
business and pleasure life of state.
"Good roads do not interest motor
car owners alone; the farmer, horse
owner and pedestrian are all vitally
concerned IN highway Improvements,
Whenever farmer loads his wagon he
has in mind the worst part of the road
over which it has to go, whether that be
one foot or five or 600 feet long, or has
100 feet or 100 miles of good road at
each end he knows that its worst hill
or mudhole limits the size of the load
he can haul. Because this is so, every
bit of road constructed In this country,
connecting these roads on which we
have spent money, should be made so
good that no mudholes, no steep grades,
no ''worst spots' i'll short, will be left
to limit the wagon load to less than can
be without difficulty hauled the entire
length of the system of improved roads.
There must be no breaks in this chain,
no interruption in these great arteries
through which flows the industrial life
of the state.
s'There has been no vehicle like the
automobile and there has been no class
of people like motor car owners that
has done so much and spent so much
money In the Improvement of the high
ways. The coming of the automobile
has been blessing to the farmer, as
the automobile has brought much better
roads.
"Each automobile association, club
and individual owner should take to
heart this great question of road i'm
and do his utmost to further
carry on the Improvement of our high
WAYS -
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-09
SAYS IMPROVEMENT
IS ORDER IN AUTOS
Sharman Company Reports Ar
rival of Ten New Cars, With
Several Sales.

Improvement is the order os the day
in automobiles says Sam Sharman OF
the Sharman Automobile company. "and
l want TO say right here that the Stod-
| dard Dayton people are among the most
In this line. Every person who has
owned or driven a car knows of the trou
| BILE at times in starting the motor. This
! is especially true In cold weather, and
| 1t has remained for the Stoddard- Dayton
people 10 patent simple device to over
come this difficulty.
IA small button has been paced on the
radiator. which when pressed injects y
| small quantity of gasoline into each of
the cylinders This is made possible only
on the Stoddard Dayton on account OF
the pressure gasoline feed. and il Ia so
simple there is not the least chance Of
rars use pumping system to accom-
blish this. but II causes both delay and
trouble, so II ran be seen the Stoddard
people have again Slipped one over Oh
their competitors.
Mr, Sharman reports the arrival OF ten
new Stoddards in the past week They
| came in both nickel and brass trim
mings. fore door style This. gives the
Daytons on exhibition for the first time
this season. Mr.. Sharman reports many
visitors these dave especially persons In
from the country on account of confer
ence. Several sales are reported in tho
week.
Another carload of Hupmobiles is ex-
.pected by the Sharman company the coir-
,nr week. which WIN give 1t a chance IL
catch up on back orders on this car
I The country people especially are taking
| 10 the Hupmobilc, which is proving TO
| ne one of the least expensive cars &c
use on the farm. The cost OF upIseep cuts
| considerable figure with the farmer anG
the Hupmobilc has made a reputation
for itself along this line.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-09
AUTOMOBILE HELPS COTTON
GROWER KEEP REPUTATION

An automobile has been the means of
saving for a Georgia cotton grower his
reputation for delivering the first bale
OF cotton at the Atlanta market each
season for many years. Competition for
the honor. became acute the present year
and many growers tried to steal march
on negro named Deal, who has always
had that distinction. Long realizing the
great utility of a runabout he bought one
and soon after II was delivered TO him
he learned OF the effort to land the first
cotton in Atlanta. Deal paid no atten-
ton to his rivals. but as soon as he
found that they had sent their stuff TO
Atlanta by mule he loaded his own cot
ton into the .runabout and easily saved
his title, delivering the bale at the stores
before the first mule reached the out
skirts of the city.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-09

If you DON It find Just what you are
most in need of in The Tribune want
columns try an ad yourself. State your
requirements and you III receive replies
that will bring you just what you are
seeking Call Bell $500 or Ind. $50.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-09
Reports Cadillac Sales.

The Raymond Bra cken Automobile
reports the sales of the follow
ing 1911 model Cadillac machines: DR..
William woodring. Bingham Canyon: A.
F. Doremus. Seymour n. Bailey, Joseph
F. Burton George Y. Wallace. Joseph
William Taylor, Louis Cohn, Russell
Tracy and William j. Browning, all of
this city Five of these cars were sold
within the last two or three days, The
Tracy. Cohn, Browning. Woodring. Bal
ley and Doremus machines have been de-
1iyered
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-09

Good results always follow the use
of Foley Kidney Pills. They give
prompt relief in all cases Of kidney and
bladder disorders Try them. Schramm
johnson, Drugs, five stores.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14
TYPHOON KILLS 500.
Great Devastation Ashore and Afloat
in Japan.

Victoria B. c., Aug. 14.-More than
500 lives were lost and great devasta-
ticn ashore and afioat resulted from q.
typhoon and tidal wave which swept
over Japan July % according to ad-
vices brought by the Canadian Pacific
Liner, the Empress of japan. The fish
ing fleets from ShidzuOka suffered Sc
Verely. More than 200 fishermen were
drowned.
At Toxic a tidal wave swept away
many houses, including = large tea
house with 80 people. The Suzaki Ii
censed quarters .on ShimagaWa bay
were demoralized, scores of persons be-
ing drowned, crushed to death or NOR
tally injured. The noted Sherigawa in
laid work factory collapsed and is en-
ployees were killed, those who escaped
swimming to roofs Of neighbortng
houses after crawling from the debris
4 torpedo boat was swept in shore at
Toxic and several steamers folndered,
while big liners dragged anchors.
Eight of 40 men on the AOmori Maru
survived when she went down in the
typhcon off Kuno, and 100 fishermen
were drowned off there. The Japanese
naval training squadron was crossing
off Tosa and two Seamen were killed
on the Hashidale and seven injured,
three mortally. A dredger at Chiba was
lifted from its moorings and cast far
ashore AT this place "a men who went
to save a fishing depot were caught in
a tidal wave and So were drowned
Messages from many points tel sl'nllar
tales of disaster of fishing vessels sunk;
rivers overlooked. floods and sea walls
broken.
Thousands of houses collapsed, the
number in Toxic and vicinity alone be-
ine, over i. 600. according to official sta
tistics. The warehouse and factory
district suffered severely at Toxic.
eight warehouses, containing goods
worth 5000, 600, mostly rice. sugar, pa
per and fertilizer. being demolished.
The loss there was over 100000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14
WHO DID REAR QUANTRELL?
PaoIa Man Denies Story of Raiders
Early Life.


Paolo. Kan, Aug. 1.-THE story
that a Rantoul woman's family raised
Quantrell. the guerilla, has brought
out the following protest from S. j.
Shively of Paola:
The report is a gross error The
father of Mrs. Sparks was H ". Bee
son. who lived many years and died
in Paola. The father of Quantreu was
a school teacher of Canal Dover, Ohio.
and a very highly respected man, and
died after his son William came to
Kansas.
The mother of Quantrell died only
a few years ago. Quantrell came to
Kansas in 1857 with Colonel TORY,
and only lived in the Beeson family
about two months. He fell out with
one of the Beeson boys and left. and
stayed with different families near
Stanton until after he had a lawsuit
with Mr.. Beeson. when he left and
made his home in Lawrence, under the
name of Charley Fort Quantrell al
ways thought we'll of his Stanton ac-
quaintances except the Beesons.
Many parties living here now knew
Quantrell when he taught school near
Stanton. Among them J. B. Hobson,
F. W. Robinson and Mrs. B. F. Simp-
son knew Quantrell we'll during his
boyhood years in Canal Dover and
lived at Stanton while Quantrell made
his home with the Torreys. Bennings
and others. She was the daughter of
Colonel Torrey and now lives in Paola.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14
GAVE HER SALT PETRE.
Sedan Woman Who Wanted EPSON
Salts Sues for $1O,2 O4.

Sedan, Kan, Aug. 14.-In the dis
trict court Mrs. Ora Jones, by her at
torney. J. E. Brooks, filed a suit for
$40, 2O4 against E. I. Fish of the City
Drug store. Mr.. Fish has engaged
Attorneys Sproul and Ferrel to defend
him
The suit is based upon the allegation
that when Mrs. Jones, about year
ago, went to the city drug store to buy
some salts she was given box con-
tanning salt petre by error. She claims
that the error was made by Earl War
reno a clerk, in filling the boxes with
salt petre instead of EPSON salts, and
that one of the boxes was sold to her
instead Of a box of salts. She alleges
that a long illness followed her use of
the medicine and that she believed she
suffered $4,000 worth of physical pain
and $4,000 worth of mental anguish
besides being compelled to pay S2O4
in doctors bills, medicines, ETC., in
order to recover even partially.
She claims that Mr.. Fish was re-
sponsible for the error as proprietor
of the business and asks judgment
of $4,000 against him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14
FIGHT RUSSIAN THISTLE.
Reno County Spending Real Money to
Exterminate Invader.

Hutchinson, Kan. Aug. 1.-THE
Russian thistle, the curse of western
Kansas and eastern Colorado, is in
vading Reno county.
Scores of the thistles are being
found by farmers. and if they go to
seed this fall, there will be widespread
devastation by the pest. which will
kill out growing grain in fields.
The county commissioners of Reno
county, recognizing the Importance of
quick action has issued a notice to all
township trustees ordering them to
comply with the law requiring that
such injurious weeds be killed in all
the roads.
The trustees are now looking after
this. and in every part of the county
the road overseers. aided by the
farmers, are waging war on the this
tie.
Reno county has been FIRE of this
pest, but it is claimed that the bal
last brought in by the Missouri Pa
cific, from western Kansas. for bal
lasting the track on this division, con-
tanned the seeds of the thistle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14
PRINTERS IN CONVENTION
Fifty Seventh Session of the Union
Opens in san Francisco.

San Francisco. Aug. 1.-THE fifty
seventh session of the international
Typographical union was opened here
today with an address by Mayor P. II.
cCarthy and remarks from repre-
sentatives of the daily press, the COM
mercial printing branch of the industry
and from representative of the local
typographical union. Response was
made by President Lynch of the Inter
national Typographical union.
While the union was organized in
1852, this is the fifty-seventh conven-
ton that has been held by the Interna-
tional Typographical union: it Is not
the ftfty-seVenth annual gathering. In
1854 the organization adopted the bien-
NAL idea and no convention was held
IN 1888 or in 1897; a return to annual
conventions began with 1898, and they
have been held yearly since that time.
The reports of officers submitted 10
the convention today shows that for
the fiscal year ending May 81. 1910. the
membership of the International Typo
graphical union earned S45,602 ,944. or an
average of 1858 per member For the
fiscal year ending May 81, 1911. the
membership earned the total of S49. no. q
Cos. or an average per member of 1878.
The average membership for the fis-
cal year ending with May, 1911, was
hlUSo. while the average membership
for the prior fiscal year was 47,S4S.
These figures represent an increase
in earnings OF more than 81. 600 900, and
S,247.
1t was stated in the reports that at
this time the average paying member
ship was more than $1,000
The convention is quite largely at
tended. and viii be in session through
out the week.
T ess-