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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-03
SUPERSTITION OF
AUTO RACERS
MANY DRIVERS HAVE oMENs
THAT THEY CARRY WITH THEM
DAVID BRUCE BROWN STARTS
HIS RACES WITH MOTHERS
KISS ON HIS LIPS.

Superstition plays an important
part in the career of every automobile
daredevil or speed maniac as he is so
often called. An ordinary incident
which would not so much as attract
the attention of the average man will
cause the great driver to fret and Oft
en- unnerve him until he is unfit to
start in n of the long grinds which
make up most of the interesting chap
tiers in gasoline history.
Barney Oldfeld, the best known of
all the great American drivers and
really the father of the speed gam in
this country, never starts in a race
without having tucked safely away in
the pocket in his shirt next to his heart
a beautiful prayer which his wife
gave him several years ago.
David Bruce Brown, winner. Of the
recent grand prize and one of the
greatest road drivers in the world, be-
lieves that a kiss from his mother
brings him good luck and he never
starts on a long grind without bidding
her the last goodbye.
The late Lewis Strang, who was
largely responsible for the wonderful
speed Of the Case car wore a heirloom
in the shape of a ring. He was al
afraid when in a touring car and
finally was killed while travelling along
a country road at a speed OF less than
five miles an hour.
Louis Disbrow, who succeeds Strang
on the Case racing team and probably
the greatest allround track and road
driver in the world today, says that
the figure five has played an important
part in his career.
When the Case entries were made
in the Indianapolis speedway $685. 900
race, Disbrow was named as the fifth
driver. At Savannah, Ga, Disbrow
finished fifth but was the first driver
to bring home an American built rae
ing machine in this event.
And go back through Disbrow's long
racing career and you will find the
figure five looming up Rear after
year and in fact since the day he was
born for he first saw the light on the
fifth day of the month.
Disbrow always wants the figure
five on his racing car and during his
1912 campaign he will wear a finger
with the figure five carved on it.
If time and space would permit it'll
an interesting story could be told of
the superstition of each driver who
has won a position in the racing
world and despite these superstitions
and the fact that they conflict with
the beliefs of the fatalist almost every
great pilot feels that what ever is to
will happen and nothing can
prevent it.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-03
The FORD GAR
IS A PARADOX.
ALTHOUGH PRICE is LOWEST
USES MOST EXPENSIVE STEEL
-vANADIuM STRENGTH OF
GREAT METAL ONE or SECRETS
OF CARS LIGHT WEIGHT.

Its a wonder Il me- said one Of
the big guns Of the automobile busi-
ness, that more manufacturers do
not use vanadium steel in the con
struction Of their cars. In my opinion
it is Vanadium steel that has made
the Ford car the marvellous success
that It is. It seems like a paradox
that the Ford car, which costs the
least money Of any car on the market,
is in reality made OF the steel which
Is most expensive.
Henry Ford spent 100000 in test
ing for the right heat-treatment Of
Vanadium steel and in determining
what was the correct proportion OF
Vanadium to mix with the molten
steel, to produce that wonderful alloy,
Vanadium steel. That big sum OF
money was spent at a time when
Ford had little, but 1t was the best
investment he ever made in his life.
His engineers and steel experts solved
the question Of steel to perfection.
They found the exact formula for
making the best steel and also they
were able to heat-treat it in the most
SS4ShlhAAC AIdIAIlSff W pIOuuC6 ulOSL eL-
icient results.
1T is that Vanadium steel which
makes the Ford almost i~ndestructibIe.
The other day / read in the paper of a
Ford car smashing into a tree and the
front axle actually wound right round
the trunk of the tree, but still It
didn't break. The molecules of Vana-
dunn steel are actually interlaced; that
prevents all possible chance Of crys-
utilization.
'In the matter Of ~insuring safety for
Ford drivers, the Ford has certainly
gone the limit. AS I understand 1t,
the parts of the Ford car are all given
just the right amount Of treatment,
according to the work they have to
perform.
Since special stress is placed upon
the axle, that is given a different
kind of heat treatment, than the steel
which goes into the cylinders, and so
1t is really a marvellous sight
to enter the heat-treating department
of the Ford company's great plant in
or the Ford Co.'s great plant in De-
Detroit, where this steel is being heat
treated. Every piece Of steel that goes
the a is given a special treat
ment; that makes the car so strong
that many parts are eliminated from
the a entirely.
THAT makes the cost of the car
cheaper, In spite of the high price of
steel itself, and of course, it makes
the car a lot cheaper for an owner to
maintain.
THE American Locomotive Works
also has a wonderful heat-treating
plant, and naturally advertises widely
that Alec cars contain heat-treated
steel.
Not many Americans know very
much about Vanadium steel. Vana-
dunn is a peculiar alloy that comes
from South America, principally from
1t has never been found in very
large quantities, which is undoubted-
Iy the reason it is so high priced on
open market today. But, as one
Of the great steel magnates said the
other day, there is a crying need
among the users of fine steel, for more
Of this excellent metal"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-03
kILTIE's BAND AT
ATLANTA SHOW.

The Kilties band Of Canada, one of
the most famous bands in the world,
has been secured for the Atlanta, Ca,
automobile show. Feb. 10 to IL, and
will be heard in two concerts daily
while the show is in progress. The
Atlanta engagement will be part Of
a trans-continental tour which this
band is now making. Its uniform is
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-03

For a home treatment OF d great
variety Of diseases. as well as 10
beautifying the complexion and remov-
ing wrinkles and blemishes from the
face. nothing is equal to the Arnold
Vibrator. For free demonstration call
at o "A Kennedy building, Fargo.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-03

A. z. Moore left for Chicago Thprs-
day to attend the auto show. He win
be gone several days.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-03
MoToR poINos.

Among those from Fargo at the
Grand Forks auto show was Joe e.
Fields. The Chalmers Co. did no have
any exhibit, but Mr.. Fields had plenty
OF good "dope" in his head for those
interested in his car.
VIM. Ball of the WhAa1ncl Antn GO
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-03

Geo. Rusk Is making q winning with
his fire-proof auto garage. The dealers
are all very enthusiastic over its mer-
its. as q storage place for automobiles.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-03

Manager Reynolds Of the Ford
branch made a trip through South
Dakota the latter part Of last week.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-03
WHEN AUTO BREAKS
LOOK AT REAR AXLE
FORD MAN SAYS 90 PER CENT or
BREAK. DOWNS RESULT FROM
POOR AxLEsLooP-h HOLE FOR
FoRDs HOW TRpusLE IS
AvERTEp.

1T has been figured out by one Of
the great steel companies said C. r.
Reynolds. the Fargo paanager OF the
Ford Motor Co, that so per cent Of
the automobile break-downs are a e
suit Of poor axles. or course. no au-
tomobile Is stronger than its weakest
point, and therefore the axle should
lie the strongest point In tbs car, or
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-03

VIM. Ball Of the wheelock Auto co.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-03

pulled off quite q stunt Monday al
Fergus Falls. He went down to try
and sell the seasons supply OF cars
for the auto company there, and when
he entered the office he found two
representatives OF the largest tire
company in this country in close ON
verse with Of the members of the
arm. MI. Ball did not hesitate but
slid out into the garage and catching
the other partner who was the real
purchasing agent got his order signed
up for the years business. Mr.. Bali
received a great many congratulations
at the auto show on his ability as a
tire salesman.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-03

J. r. Graham was called to Chicago,
Tuesday to meet one of his customers
and complete negotiations for the sale
Of a number Of cars. Mr.. Graham
visited the auto show in that city
while there.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-03

Do you know Carpenter was another
Fargoan at the Grand Forks Auto
show this week?
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1912-12-14

has come to that stage on train
diners and semi-fashionable hotels
as well as the real autoroatic eating
places where walters. though they
give themselves no unusual eNertion,
come as near to arbitrarily demand
ing a tip as is possible BY facile ex-
preston.
He is indeed a hero worthy to
have his noble breast adorned by
the Carnegie commission who can
pay his bill. brazenly stare the in
solent gacon in the face and retire
with dignity. II it is evident that a
waiter has gone to an exceptional
amount OF trouble to serve a fastid-
ious dinner then the gratuity should
be extended as a matter of courtesy.
but such a thing so seldom ccurs
that few men in the course of their
lifetime are able to have one of
those pleasant incidents slowed
away in memory.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1912-12-14
Concerning Tips

The manager OF a prominent hotel
is responsible for the statement that
twenty-fve-dollar tips are so COM
mon as not to excite comment
among the walters and that fifty
and hundred dollars tips are not
unusual. The head waiter Is usual
~ the recipient o these muniilcent
donations.
To paraphrase Henry James, only
those who have carefully saved
other peoples money could afford
to indulge i'll such extravaganza.
From the view point Of labor and re
ward there are no walters entitled
10 such perquisites. and few en-
titled 10 any. II anybody is to be
paid beyond the management which
furnishes the articles necessary TO
assuaging hunger the cooks and
dishwashers are to be considered.
This tipping evil is one that sends
manv people to the cheap restaurants
and hash houses where the price OF
eating is plainly marked on the
menu cards and a man doesn't
blush and feel like a culprit II he
leaves the table without dropping
q coin of no small dimensions into
the itching palm of one whose dress
suit is protected by an apron. 1t
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1912-12-14
Officers Agree
With Appeal

In n matter OF considerable inter-
est and importance the appeal a
few days ago published an article
to the effect that on information II
believed that open gambling was be-
ing carried on in this city. From
information, even since the article
was published. the Appeal still be
lieves this to be a fact, regardless
of the statement that the officers
have not seen it themselves, open
gambling" insofar that outsiders
have been able to enter undisturbed
or unforbidden where the games
were being conducted and witness
the play.
Now comes the morning News
with the advice that the Appeal
make a detailed Statement. arrest
the law breakers, etc. The Appeal
attempts to publish matters OF in
terest and necessarily much mus
be taken from information and
where the informant in one of in
tegrity it is taken for granted that
the matter is straight and is pup
lished accordingly as matter OF news.
The Appeal is not in the business
OF ferreting out law-breakers or
making arrests. it is modest enough
to leave that TO the authorities. In
this connection an officer told the
Appeal that he was pleased to see
the newspapers take up these mat
tiers at il helped him and also gave
him an insight into matters that
probably otherwise he would know
nothing about. He also stated that
it was his belief that gambling was
going on but thus far he had not
run on to any "open games This,
we believe is sufficient for anyone.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1912-12-14
Deception Hurts

A member OF one OF the large
" said: Honest advertising Is be-
ing given a sever blow by the mail
order houses" When asked for al
explanation, he declared that adve.
Using. to remain on a high level
must assure the customer an article
which is exactly as expected.
That is something the mail order
houses are not doing he added
so many customers are being de-
ceived by mail order advertising anu
buying so much stuff that does not
come up to representation that they
are losing faith
Now what the Chicago advertising
man says meets exactly the Chicago
or large center situation. He is tell
ing of a situation that the honest
manufacturer or jobber in the large
city is facing, due t the fradulenf
methods on the part of the mail or
der houses. But these same fraudu-
lent practices in an advertising way
only strengthen the position OF the
local merchant.
The local merchant advertises his
bargains, and the customers can
step into the store and see it the
advertised representations are true.
NJ fraud can be practiced by the
home retailer. What he offers fos
sale must be exactly what he says it
is through the columns of the local
newspaper.
The oftener the people of our
community who %patronize the mall
order houses, are "stung' in their
purchase. the sooner they will come
back to the old basis OF being strict
~ home buyers. What Abraham
Lincoln said about "fooling the peo-
pie" is true in the merchandising
field as we'll as in others, and the
mail order institutions are the ones
who are going to find out the truth
Of it. They can't continue to con-
duct fraudulent advertising methods
and retain the confidence of their
However, the very thing
they are doing is affording the home
of warfare in 6ghtinh the mail order
evil.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1912-12-14
PROPOSALS FOR SUPPLIES

Bids will be received by the Board
OF Examiners of the State of Ne
vada to furnish stationery herein de-
scribed for the use OF the State
officers.
Proposals will be received up to
(but net %including) December p, 1912,
on which day bids will be opened.
All bids should state the price Of
goods delivered at the State Capitol
and in every instance, when prac-
ticable. Should be accompanied by
samples. All articles to be the best
Of their kind and the amount re
quired as indicated and to be de-
livered before January 10, 1913, as
follows:
30 Gro. Faber's Rubber Bands. ~
x1-16 in.
IS Gro. Faber's Rubber Bands
3x1-l6 in.
20 Gro. Faber's Rubber Bands
2HxM in.
so Gro. Faber's Rubber Bands
2x1-16 in.
20 Gre. Faber's Rubber Bands 2Hx
Red Tape, 2 dozen spools.
II De-. Gray P1iab1e Rubber Fras-
10 boz. Comet Erasers. Typewriter.
2 Dez. Bottles Typewriter Oil.
10 Gro. Thumb Tacks.
5 boz. Stiff Back Shorthand Books.
Smooth Paper.
10 Gro. Tonopah Fl B Pencils.
3 Doz. Long Shears.
5 boz. (T) Desk Pins.
IS Gro. Esterbrook Quill No. 3l2
Pens.
5 Gro. Spencerian No, l Pens.
5 Gro. Spencerian No, 4O4 Pens.
5 Gro. Pacific R. R. Pens.
2 Gro. Esterbrook Falcon Pens, No,
GAS.
1900 Sheets "Remtico" Cor eauaD
Carbon Paper.
1900 Sheets Royal" Cor equal Car
bon Paper.
100 Small Jars OF Library Paste
With Wells.
40 Boxes of Manuscript Covers.
so Boxes Hotchkiss Staples.
6 Boxes McGill Fasteners. 81 in.
10 Boxes in Eyelets.
5000 Gem Clips Mol.
500 Mailing Tubes. lx1S in.
5000 Columbia Clasp Envelopes.
7x10H in.
120 Rms. Ruled Paper, Letter Size.
20 Rms. Typewriting Paper. Legal
Ruled Margin.
10 Rms. Typewriting Paper, Legal
for manifolding. ]
10000 Columbian Clasp Envelopes
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1912-12-14

Call and see Fritz at Fritz PLACE.
Anything you wish i'll the way of
liquid refreshments, and cordial
reatment assured.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1912-12-14
Tx1OH

7x1OH.
$4,000 Plain Envelopes No, 10.
10000 Plain Envelopes OK 81.
$50 Lbs. Wrapping Paper, 24x36.
The Board reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
Proposals to be addressed, sealed
to State Board OF Examiners. Carson
City, Nevada, endorsed "Proposal
for Stationery"
BY order Of Board of Examiners.
]. w. LEGATE,
Clerk.
November 20, 1912.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1912-12-14
CAST IRON

Would be just the thing for school shoes if it wer more phable
and not quite 81 heavy. The next best thing is u EXCELSIOR
SCHOOL SHOES for boys, made in Box Calf, Kid Pat and Gun
Metal For girls W have the SALLY WALKER in latest styles
and feathers. Box Calf. Kid, Pat and Gun Metal.
Let other dealers say what they have a mind to. re certainly
without exception, that these lines of shoes SIS a little the best
shoe it has ever been our privilege to buy or sell
f. BURLINGTON CO. 0nc)
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-05-22
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sljI(|&~

GGvF your mind IL still set on having
vacuum cleaner. I cav q very
good hand machine. q little fel-
low that you push back and forth on
wheels Seemed to work fine." said Mr..
Jar.
oh. We won't bother about Il now"
said Mrs. Jar. I'm more interested
In wondering where We will 10 this
summer than am In vacuum dean
ers."
Why. you were fretting Just the
other day because We hadn't electricity
an the house so you could have an cleo
trio vacuum cleaner" responded Mr..
Jarr.
'I've got Q lot of things 10 fret about
OF moro Importance than vacuum clean
ers!" said Mrs. ,'ar. coldly. II wish
my only trouble In this world was that
I didn't have vacuum cleaner!"
II thought 1t was the only trouble
you had by the way YOU talked about
IT," grumbled Mr.. Jarr, 80, like a biz
BOBBY. I got away from the Office early
and went around looking at vacuum
cleaners, and, as told you, saw 4 very
nice hand machine on Broadway-very
cheap. too Now you tell me you are
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-05-22


yelled, de wmisted, when she brings
Her to the centre of the stage. And
though she wear but a pink calico
frock and swing a pink sunbonnet in
one little hand, June gives her the
.lme wonderful setting.
And how sweet she is in the early
morning. that month. June! Who
would suspect her then-sweet little
rustic--of her designs? Here she comes
with tho roosevelt of Dawn fiuttering
In her wake. her white robe sparkling
with dewdrops. Low in the heavens
she filings her rosy veil. Softly she
calls. and violets. daisies and daffodils
nod their sleepy heads. stir lazily
among the grass, and with a little
shake OF their pretty selves peep out
from sheltering leaves.
with eager hands she scatters her
brilliant dew-drops everywhere. They
sparkle on her carpet OF soft green
velvet moss; they glisten on the vio-
let's purple caps; they dance on the
daisies stiff white skirts. and they
CLEAN on the daffodils' yellow gowns
No one IL forgotten In this magic
shower; the most humble brown twig,
the most commonplace old gnarled
trunk. the smallest moss-stained
pebble sparkles like a bit from fairy
land, Then one by one she wakes all
the tiny feathered members of her
great orchestra. Bobolink. sparrow
thrush answer sleepily at first. until
at last the woodland orchestra 10 In
tune and bursts into song.
Then on soft little rose cen ed
breeze. June flies to the windows OF
all her lovers.
"'Come and see! Come and see. she
cries with a soft little laugh. See
what have done. Go get that girl
NOW and bring her here, and I wouldn',
be surprised, no. not a bit surprised
IL could make her say "yes",'
And the lazy lovers just scold be,
cause she has walked them up. and ga,
there Is time enough-oh. yes, there 4.
plenty OF time-and turn over and 70 I,
sleep again. But the wide-awaks MAJ
who knows there 10 NEVER time enough
and that he who WAITS 10 LOST
husties around and--weli. II 10 usual,
the early bird who gets the girl
~ CTo b ContiQusdl
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-05-22
SSSSSSSSSS SSSSSSS* - SSSSS
Mrs. Jarr Threatens Her Husband
With a Genuine Fireless Dinner
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less cooker and they put the Sunday
dinner in It to cook Saturday and then
go or visiting, and when they come
nome the next day their Sunday dinner
Is cooked. Mrs. Omission has the
agency for a fireless cooker and was
here trying to sell me one"
II thought she was selling real es-
tate?' asked Mr.. Jarr.
She thought she was too" replied
Mrs. Jarr. But nobody 10 buying real
estate. Mrs. Omission says the women
Of this country are crazy about machin-
cry. They want horseless carriages and
freless cookers and sedf-playinG pianos
and such things. So. a. she has a hus-
band to support. and rea, estate Is dull.
Mrs. Omission has taken the agency for
freless cooker. She hopes II will help
her sell real estate. too"
''rf yom will tell me how freless cook
ers will help the sale Of real estate" be-
gan Mr.. Jarr. up
"Tli tell YOU II you'll only listen In
terposed Mrs. Jarr. Mrs. Dinkston
says women are In revolt against house.
work all over the land. The men are
striking against all kinds OF work. even
against baseball. which 10 play. 80 why
not the women?"
Eyes. why not?" asked Mr.. Jar. But
erB? II we had . freess cooker and
you went on strike that would near
that would have to get up early In
the morning and light the freless cook
er. eh?"
you don't have to light them.'
Cant they invent makeless bed and
a sweepless floor and cookies fire. and
a houseless homer" asked Mr.. Jarr.
| ~ bungalow Is a houseless home" re-
piled Mrs. Jarr. There are only a few
rooms in bungalow and they are all
on one floor. When You call at some
bungalows you pull a rope with a knot
In the end through n hole in the door
to ring the doorbell."
"why pull a bell rope. why not put
your hand down the chimney and open
the bungalow front door," asked Mr..
Jarr. But you were going to tell me
how a hreiess cooker eliminated house
work II one lived In bungalow"
| That's what I was coming to, and II
IL a real sensible and practical plan,
too" said Mrs. Jarr. well, this Ia how
Mrs. Dinkston explained It to me: You
live In a bungalow. she says. and you
have nothing but wooden cups, saucets
and dishes. After one dinner you burn
these in the stove or fireplace, and that
heats the iron plates for the freless
cooker or starts the things to roasting
and boiling before You put them in the
nreless cooker. Then, you see. you
have no dishes to wash"
"Ah." cried Mr.. Jarr. but how dc
you cook your fireless dinner first? YOU
haven't any wooden dishes to burn til
after you've eaten the fireless dinner
have your Besides, you say there'n b,
no housework. How about carrying ou
the ashes Of the burned wooder
dAshes7'
That's Just like you. finding nav II
svsyythipgl" cried Mrs.. Jar.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-05-22
Letters from the People

Exchange. where one can bring fancy
work. &C. to be soldf MRS, A.
Yonkers. N. Y.
'Tree" Days at Msseums.
10 tbs Editor Of Tl< Esening World;
What days arc free at the Museum
OF Natural History. at the Metropoh-
tan Museum Of Art and at the Bronx
Geological Gardens? c. FIJI.
A. Natural History Museum, admis-
sion free. Al Metropolitan Museum of
Art. fro, except Mondays and Thurs
days. At the Bronx Geological Gar
IDEAS. free except Mondays and Thurs
days.
"Wa1k While You CAM
To the Editor Of The Evening World:
In another month the average weather
will be too hot for walking except early
In the morning and after sunset. Walking
Is the best exercise known, and this 4,
an ideal time of year to store up health
for the long and fatigulng summer by
ta.ing long daily walks. Take sdysn-
take OF II. readers. II will save YOU
money and health, Don't walk when
you are tired and don't overdo Il. but
take brisk. regular walks. Beware. too.
Of cooling drinks" on tho FIRST warm
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