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Lovelock tribune. (Lovelock, Nev.) 1898-1912, 1911-06-22
wINNEMUCCA TO PLAY
LOVELOCk NEXT
SUNDAY

rhe baseball lovers of Lovelock
will have chance to see a good
game of ball next Sunday. when
the local team goes up against the
team from Winnemucca. This game
was decided upon at a meeting of
the payers held last week. At the
meeting, Jack Welch was elected
captain of the Lovelock team, and
R A. Mcguire, manager.
Winne:nncca is said to have good
team this year, and the contest Sun
day will no doubt be we'll worth the
admission price of SO cents.
expect to also try their hands at
the ranching business. With Thos.
Smaston, they have taken up three
40 acre tracts, on the flat this side
of the Young ranch.
They will irrigate, the land by
pumping ard are now sinking we'll
to secure water for that purpose.
They figure on getting water at
distance of about 80 feet, since the
well of the Western Gypsum com
pany, located near by is down only
25 feet, aud d good flow was obtain
ed at that depth.
Lovelock tribune. (Lovelock, Nev.) 1898-1912, 1911-06-22
LONELOCKERS IN ELKO
;From Flko Free Press

c. NJ s;ain, one of the best known
in Elko today, enjoying a short visit.
Mr. Sain was a resident of Elko
County for several years, when he
published~an owned the Gold Greek
News and Mountain City Times.
Since leaving here he has published
several books which have brought
him into marked prominence in the
literary world.
Warren c. Noteware, associated
with United States Senator Geo. S.
Nixon and II. Stoker, former reg
ident OF Elko, in the ownership OF
what is known as the Big Five
ranch, one OF the largest cultivated
tracts OF land in Southern Humbold
county, arrived from Lovelock yes
terday, and will remain in Elko sew
eral days. Thirty-four years ago
then only hoy, Mr.. Noteware lived
In Elko He was attending the uni
VefSity NHeH IHe OIdIO > iHSeituioA
of learning was located here, and
numbered among his college chums
i. . Henderson, jeff Bradley, Crit
WisemaL, Barney Gallagher, Mel
Wines and Miss Emma Donaldson.
yno utter became Mrs. Jeff Braaiey,
Mr. Noteware notes many wonderful
and substantial changes in the town
and believes Elko, at no far distant
date is destined to be Denver"
OF the West"
Mr.. Noteware's mission here Is
In the interests OF the ranchers Of
Lovelock valley He is taking meas-
ureIsents CT the Humboldt river at
this point and collecting other data
in connection with the water flow
of the Humboldt
lIlko Independents: WA
1--WE were pleased to meet Hiram
5toker today 1t is his first trip to
Elko after an absence of fourteen OF
fifteen years He notes many i'm
provements In the town and meets
many of his old time friends. While
lie looks considerably older than he
did when he was one of us, still
his seventy years seem to rest light
ly on him He reports his family
we'll and all of them doing well. He
thinks of returning tomorrow to his
home at Lovelock. it8BE ess3l
Lovelock tribune. (Lovelock, Nev.) 1898-1912, 1911-06-22

ment in the county jail for not long
er than six months, or by both such
fine and imprisonment.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-08
RUBBER OUTPUT
IS ENORMOUS
Worlds Supply for Last Year To-
tailed l52, 1897 1853 Pounds, Valued
at 1865, 1853, 445.60.

(Reprinted, in part, from Automobile.)
There Is an absolute demand at
$40 per pound for every pound oil
Para rubber that can be produced.
Such being the case, it is evident that
the supply OF wild rubber is in danger
of falling below. the required amount.
All the more urgent, then, Is the
need of increasing the rubber planta-
ton areas. In 1880 the first piece or
rubber seen in America was brought
from India. AS it was>9ound 20 be
useful In rubbing out lead-pencil
marks. II was named India rubber.
There was put one piece OF rubber III
London in 1910. \ curiohunter Iald
a shopkeeper three shillings for II.
Sailors arriving in the United States
from South America in 1928 wore rub
Der shoes comprised OF single PIECE.
Goodyear vulcaniZed rubber In 1873.
AS late as 1866 rubber shoes and rub
Der bottles aggregating 1000 tons
yearly were imported into the United
States from Brazil In 1916 an Eng
lishman filched 10000 Para rubber
seeds from the Amazon river region
and shipped them to Kew gardens,
London. Two thousand OF the seeds
proved TO be sound. The seedlings
we're planted in Ceylon. They propa-
gated BY the year OF 1898 the East
India government had solved the prob
lem of plantation rubber culture. IL
was not until 1907 that the industry
began to cut any appreciable figure
in the worlds agricultural work.
The total output of rubber last year,
including all sorts, amounted TO 69,372
metric tons 2,204.S pounds to the tom
or 152,897.2 69 pounds, whose value
reckoned at s2.40 per pound the price
10 which rubber had settled in June,
1910, was S366, 953, 1850. In April,
1910. the price of rubber vaulted to
the highest point in history, namely,
S3.l2 per pound. The price OF all rub
Der is based on up-river fine Para. The
name, Para is used to designate the
kind of rubber which is gathered
along the Amazon river and its tribu-
taries The worlds supply OF rubber,
not including Guayule and Pontianac,
comprises three classes: Para, plan
tation and other sorts. Plantation
rubber is the product OF Malay and
Ceylon plantations In quality and
price il is identical with Para rubber
In almost every particular
IT was not until 1923 that the
Americans began TO get any sort Of a
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-08
REAUY MIXED
PAINTS

Few persons realize the develop
ment OF the prepared paint industry
I'm the past few years. For some time
the principal material in the prepar-
alton OF paints was white lead. Be
fore the days of prepared paint 1t was
the only legitimate painting material
known. Mixed by hand with linseed
oil and the necessary colors, turpen-
tine, and dryer, il was all that the
painter and consumer had TO use.
While IL was not entirely satisfactory,
yet the habit OF using ii was SO strong
that il made the introduction of any
Improvement extremely difficult.
When prepared paint was first put
on the market. IL was considered an
inferior substitute for white lead, as
indeed much OF ii was. The very
early paints embodied an idea, which,
in the hands of skllful men, was
capable of splendid achievement. But
the development OF the idea was slow.
Good prepared paint as we know il to-
day was not possible, 80 or even 20
years ago, because the value of the
various materials and their use was
not known then. The knowledge OF
paint uidhiH6 Hdo lldu d BIduudi
growth. II was not long after the
first attempt that the real compete
ton between prepared paints and
hand-mixed lead and oil started, but
consumers were slow in finding out
the advantage of using good prepared
paint over lead and oil
AS the knowledge of paint making
grew, and formulas were improved,
the use OF prepared paints increased
Lead and oil are prepared by hand,
using stick or a paddle in the hands
or the painter. In prepared paint it
is done by machinery, the object be-
ing to secure the finest grinding and
the most thorough mixing. Ii is cas-
lily understood that the more finely
the pigments are divided by grinding,
and the more thoroughly they are
mixed with oil. the better work they
can do. Uniform grinding, by which
the paint mass is of equal density. and
thorough mixing, by which the pig
ments become thoroughly impregnat-
ed with oil, are important factors in
the quality OF paint
To get the best work out of ma
chimes and TO properly and accurate
ly combine the various ingredients,
IT is necessary TO have skilled work
men. Materials, machinery, and the
men are by no means the least i'm.
portant
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-08
WOOD STAINS.

Great improvements have been made
in the decorations of wood I'm the past
decade. A few years ago nothing but
paints and varnishes were used for
decorating the interior OF homes Then
stain was introduced, and met with
great favor. Much interior decorating
is now done with stain, covered with
varnish, shellac or wax. All these
products are manufactured on big
scale by American companies.
Almost the first thing to be con-
sidered in fitting up rooms is the
woodwork and the decorations OF the
side halls. There was a time when
anything but hardwood looked cheap
and was never employed in house
where any claim for elegance was
made. No matter how hideous or out
OF keeping with the remainder OF the
house, hardwood was used 1t was
dark. as rule, heavy, and gave one
an idea Of gloom In otherwise light
and sunny rooms. In small apart
ments the effect was depressing The
cost was large, and many a house.
which had been supplied with the sup
posedly necessary woods, was minus
much that would have added 10 its at
Effectiveness and comfort.
Paints and stains hold the secret
Many decorators advise against the
use Of oak nowadays, except for GER
tain rooms where a particular style
or period is to be considered. The
grain and the polish the surface will
take are the features which make a
wood valuable as woodwork II is
these qualities that make the old
woods that are occasionally found so
valuable and so beautiful. They are
as hard as metal and will take a pol
ish that will reflect like a mirror.
The comparatively recent advent
into the realm OF building OF re-en-
forced concrete and cement construc-
ton has opened up new field for
painting materials that has not here
tofore been exploited. II has also pre-
scented some new problems which can
not be solved except with specially
prepared materials
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-08

benefits OF humane, ethical and social
character. The time is near when a
philOsophic retrospect will reveal the
motor truck as having been not mere
" a great mercantile economizer but,
moreover, a distinct factor making for
progress In civil and social life.
Scarcely does il seem farfetched 10
add that the substitution will glorify,
TO some extent, the humble occupa-
ton OF the cartman and the wagon
driver
With the emancipation OF the horse
will come relief of humanity from
many painful sights of hardship and
cruelty TO the animal that are incl
dent TO his servitude; there will come
also freedom from the unsanitary
stables indoors and from those
stables between sidewalks" other
wise known as the streets OF the city:
above all. there will arrive the eman-
cipation OF the stableman and the
driver from debasing drudgery as
handservants to dumb beasts. Under
these generalities come the humane,
social and ethical benefits referred to,
and they are by no means trivial
After paying full tribute 10 all sin
ceTe dHtClou lOT the nurse, III may Dt
fairly questioned whether the man or
the beast has been more ennobled by
their 1000 years OF association. IL
will be well to have the cursing jehu.
who fiays his tired back To his proper
level, but 1t will be better TO have the
capable and considerate driver pro
NOTED to the higher grade of labor
represented by the motor truck. II
Is with reason that the chauffeurs are
envied by the horse drivers OF both
coach and cart. Operating an engine
is a higher brade OF work than driv-
ing a beast and the psychological eff
feet induced by washing the feet and
belly of horse, is very different from
that reached through cleaning the
transmission and engine OF an auto
mobile The man on the motor truck
with his ability more developed will
have made self-respect than the horse
driver and will be better member OF
society in whatever strata he may
move. This will be social gain, so
that among the many boons TO be be-
slowed by the motor truck, will be
that OF establishing a higher grade or
intelligence In the personnel of those
who guide heavy vehicles through the
city streets
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-08

eyery action OF the entire body. "
will. OF course, require some time 10
reach this point, but working basis
has already been established. The
executive organization has been com
pleted and plans have been formuiat-
ed for the welding together OF all SUD
salaries In such way as to obtain
for each all the benefits OF consolida'
ton. At the same time, each will re
tain the individuality which mas
brought its output into prominence.
The Oldsmobile will still be the Odds.
the highest type OF car that Is pro
duced: the Cadillac will retain its dis
tinctive Cadillac characteristics; the
Buick will still be the car meeting
the popular demand. as Its 10000
users already testify; the Cartercar-
THE Car Aheau'-will continue 10
be the greatest friction-drive car
built: the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Car"-the Elmore, the Welch--each
will retain all the strong features and
special characteristics which have
placed IL where IL now stands In the
world OF passenger vehicles; while
the Rapid and the Reliance trucks
will continue to excel in the CONNER
cial field.
TO these strong points will be add
ed the advantages to be derived from
consolidation, all OF which can scarce
ly be estimated. or, rather over-est-
mated All material will be stand
ardiZed The finest testing laboratory
in the country will be established and
all materials will be subjected to the
most complete and exacting testing
equipment that can be obtained. Elk
ports and technical men OF the high
est reputation and experience will
conduct these tests: thus insuring
TO every product the highest state or
mechanical perfection. We have
yearly capacity OF about $4,000 cars.
machinery that Is absolutely modern.
and the equipment for making every
part OF the car from the raw ma
terial The cost of manufacture or
every operation will be analysed and
reduced to a minimum.
Every indication points to the con.
clusion that the day OF inflated profits
IN the automobile business has
passed The public is more discrim.
mating. more conservative, than dur.
ing the days OF development OF the
passenger car. And with the increas.
ing uso Of the car as a matter OF
real economic need. has come the
cooler estimate of real worth in the
article purchased, resulting I'm a de
mand for a good. tried machine at a
price which must meet the popular
estimate OF value To make such
cars at fair prices. is going to require
close attention 10 details OF expense.
together with production in large
quantities az greatest efficiency. II 10
along these lines that General Mo-
tors Co. is to be operated.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-08

said "Our methods will be such that
in compiling what records We re
quire for the conduct OF the business
in general We will at the same time
serve the operating department In
gathering and reporting accurately
any data desired By the various SD.
perintendents The entire business
must move as one unit--the united
strength and cooperation OF all de-
partments is an absolute essential.
We will weed out every doubtful as.
set and reduce its book value to &C.
tua value every liability vii be
stat ed AT its limit. so that actual con
ditions will be reflected. and reserves
will be set aside to provide for every
possible contingency
To state tile matter concisely-the
accounting department OF General Mo
tors Co. and it's subsidiaries is TO be
standardized along modern lines. cen
tralized and perfected. so that the
finance committee can readily follow
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-08
GENERAL MOTORS
COMPANY

No Won know what General Motors
Company is planning?
II is planning to build its giganuc
organization upon a foundation so
strong and so we'll balanced that IL
will stand firm and immovable, with
a capacity to meet any and all condl-
lions. To give this foundatloh lts
base. the highest efficiency must be
maintained in each department, anu
the first step In this direction Is now.
being taken by the comptroilers ue,
partment, in charge Of Mi Z. A.
Magee.
MIR. Magee comes TO General Motors
from the Laclede Gas Light Co.. OF ot'
Louis. The story of his past achieve
ment indicates beyond a doubt that
the direction and control OF General
Motors Co.'S vast accounting opera
lions have been placed In the hands
of one thoroughly equipped to assume
them.
The comptroller OF each subsidiary
company will be responsible TO MT.
Magee and he in turn will be respons-
ible TO the finance committee All
the varying details and methods en-
ployed by the several companies VIII
be made to conform to standard
method comprehensive enough to
embody the multitudinous transac-
lions necessary in the conduct and
MANAGEMENT OF such concern as
General Motors Co. The operations
of each subsidiary company will be so
analysed and tabulated as TO present
a clear and concise statement OF facts
concerning such operations, Indeed,
the cardinal principle of the account
ing department will be that all state
ments must reveal the exact status of
AFFAIRS al all times
The subsidiary companies have been
grouped into convenient geographical
divisions, and each group is under a
comptroller Most of the companies
have auditors who are I'm immediate
charge OF the companies books The
Buick, largest Of these sub-cCmpanles
is to have a general auditor, an aud
itor OF receipts and an auditor OF eX-
penditures rhe principle OF audit
before creation OF liability" Will be
followed and no obligation or expend.
iture can be made without the comp.
troller's countersignature thus the
accounting department will perform a
real checking function. The records
OF this department will also show with
absolute accuracy every operation Of
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-08
Marine UphoIsterY.

Important among the features OF
marine supplies is the manufacture
Of bedding and upholstery Detroit
with its greatness as "A marine and
seaport center, has created con
stantly growing business in these
lines The maker varies from manu-
featuring bedding for the small %.
foot harbor sail or motor boat TO tit
ting out great ocean greyhound.
and the upholstery business embraces
every conceivable demand from the
needs of a small yacht TO the uphoi.
stery OF a monster floating steamship
or steamboat palace
Detroit marine bedding and uphol-
stery are popular because the Detroit
manufacturer knows his business. has
The best materials in the world TO
select from and employs workmen
who are in skill and conscientious
workmanship credit TO American
Industry.
The marine bedding and upholstery
man frequently has a hard time or
It," a demand may come at an mn.
expected moment and Unusually does.
for an estimate for an extensive or.
der. the work TO be completed within
a seemingly alltoo-short period or
time The work may entail complete
replacement OF mattresses. etc. or IL
may mean tearing ont OF old uphol.
stery and the installation OF new. the
work in both branches being done 10
satisfy exacting conditions. The yacht
or the ship may sail within few
hours. but the marine bedder and up
holsterer is expected 10 complete his
work on schedule time.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-08
MAKING A GOOD VARNISH.

Vast quantities Of varnish are made
in America every year. There are a
large number OF plants in Detroit de-
voted exclusively 10 this line or man,
ufacture.
The gums used in varnish produc-
ton are imported from Asia in large
quantities The Oldest history we have
of yarnish making was that used by
the Egyptians for coating their mum
my cases These are, without a
doubt. $500 years old and upward.
and analysis has proved that the var
nish was made from fossil resins
probably brought from Africa, and an
essential oil like the oil OF cedar or
about the same as oil OF turpentine.
Varnish making In the United States
does not date back much more than
100 years, the first factory for making
varnishes being built in New York
city about the year 1900.
There we're no varnish makers in
modern sense until the nineteenth cen
tury--that Is, no established business.
but each important manufacturing es-
adjustment had its own varnish
maker
Varnish. which was first made for
the burial cases OF Egyptian mummies
and the identifying OF the headgears
OF Chinese royalty, today has many
different uses. The gun or resin
most largely used in its manufacture
is Zanzibar copal Kauri copal, which
Is used for general purposes, comes
from New Zealand and New Gale
donia. Copal signifies any kind OF a
resin exuding from trees, but as
now used, copal is general term,
embracing all varnish resins.
The varnish manufacturers work
begins after the gums have reached
the factory. After having carefully
sorted and prepared them according
to the nature of the desired finished
product, the usual practice Is to fuse
and melt them. When melted, the re-
CURED amount Of oil, which in the
meantime has been heated to about
the same temperature is added The
melted gum and hot oil readily unite,
but IL a perfect union is assured, pro-
longed heating or cooking Is neces-
sary, otherwise there are possibilities
of the oil and gums separating upon
cooling. The solvents are mainly tur-
pentine, benzine, benzoe. and alcohol.
That linseed oil Is the life OF any
varnish has long since been estab-
lished as a fact For this reason, the
oil used must be absolutely pure, we'll
aged and free from mucilaginous mat
ter. After the process OF cooking,
cooling, and adding of liquids has
heen finished, it is then ready for
altering This operation is a very i'm
portant one OF inestimable value to
the quality of the finished product.
From the filter the varnish is stored
in large steel tanks for aging. The
longer varnish stands in these tanks,
the clearer and more brilliant il be.
comes. Therefore, adequate aging is
indispensable to all high grade var
nishes.
In strictly up-to-date and modern
varnish factory. the product is check
ed not less than three times for body,
color and uniformity. during the pro
cess Of manufacture before IL reaches
the storage tanks After having gone
through the schedule outlined, the
varnish remains i'm the aging tanks
until II is sufficiently matured to meet
all the requirements for which II is
intended
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-08

practical understanding OF rubber as
a commodity that might be shaped
into wearing apparel A number OF
sailors arrived from the Amazon river
region, having their feet encased In
elastic shoes, each composed of one
piece They could be put on and
pulled of at will The sailors eharae-
terized the material out OF which the
shoes were made as a gum, which,
they said, the South American Indians
procured by gathering milk from
trees Having smoked the latex. they
moulded the rubber TO their feet.
For a considerable time thereafter
sailing vessels coming up from South
America TO the ports OF New YORK,
Boston and Salem carried cargoes or
rubber boots and rubber bottles. The
Yankees fetched their own wooden
lasts To their shoemakers TO have rub
Der shoes made from the raw rub
Der, which was sometimes brought
into port They paid as high as So a
pair for overshoes The bottles that
came in were curiosities. having been
manufactured by the South American
Indians They moulded the raw rub
Der over Jumps OF clay, and the rubber
having hardened they dissolved the
clay, leaving the rubber bottle. BY
the year 1866 the rubber shoes and
bottles reaching the three ports
named amounted to 1000 tons an
nually.
In 1S43 native OF Connecticut sue
ceeded, after heartbreaking expert
ences that frequently brought him to
the verge OF starvation in vulcanizing
rubber AS result OF his victory II
is now possible To subject vulcanized
rubber to atmospheric conditions
ranging from IL degrees below zero
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-08
Ship Yards.

The enormous harbor transporia-
ton traffic IN and about Detroit has
necessitated ample provision on The
part OF ship builders to construct all
kinds OF craft one local ship yard is
so we'll equipped with yard-room and
appliances that 1t can build anything
from a row boat TO a steamship--and
even equip the latter with engines.
boilers. and everything necessary.
This concern makes a specially of
harbor craft of all kinds and sizes. la
Guiding lighters. canal boats. barses
vessels for railroads city and Federal
governments, transportation and tow
ing lines.