The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-21

sivsly whore road improvement should
be undertaken in order to make this
good touring route throughout. AL
ready the sentiment 10 gaining head
way to build a highway bridge across
the Powder river. doing away with
the necessity OF humping over the
railroad bridge on the ties. The Vel
/ lowstone valley can also be made a
through highway of great interest and
Importance by the State of Montana
and a sentiment 10 that end was much
encouraged by the good roads conven-
tion at Montana. Mr.. Westgard says
that 1t will be comparatively easy to
construct good road either across
Tor around Dead Mans Guich
When this expedition left New York,
1t was expected that Mr.. Westgard
would arrive In Anaconda in time for
the good roads convention, which was
opened July sth. Delays in the Vel
lowstone valley. however, interfered
with"that plan; but information as to
mis- progress was forwarded to the
meeting In Anaconda in time to bs
considered by the delegates
Z. 8. A. Buys Warren Car.
me department OF the interior has
purchased for the use OF the United
States reclamation service in Oregon
Warren 1912 model BOX touring car.
The government bought this car af-
Ter exhaustive tests along the line Of
power. speed. durability and cost OF
operation. This Is tho first OF several
purchases to be made for the use OF
the reclamation service in various
parts of the West.
Abandons Yearly Model idea,
- "a nc waite" eaxn f'anv has given UP
e7urety the idea or announcing and
bringing out new models at a Ger.
tain specified time each year. Here
AFTER the various car. Will be known
by their model letters, without ref
erence to date, and n model Will con-
time Irrespective Of the year trtff
1t is found advisable to change II. AT
that time the current model, designa-
ton VIII be dropped, and a new one
used to differentiate between the old
and the new cars
Any change in models that is found
advisable will be made as soon as n
is apparent that such n change will
be real improvement to the car. in
stead of waiting and holding all
changes until the end of the season,
10 that the purchaser of a White car
will at all times be sure of getting
the latest and most highly developed
car that the White company can pro-
duee at the time that he makes his
purchase.
This policy has been decided upon
by the White company because II
seems to be the logical and common
sense method. The practice of MAX
ing changes in a car. oftentimes SO
unimportHrit as to be absurd, at a GER
tain time each year, for the mere
sake OF bringing out something diff
ferent places a false depreciation on a
car of last years design, and creates
an artificial demsrld for the so-called
new models which practice does not
seem to he In accord with sound
business principles. For these reasons
there win be no 1913 announcement"
made by the White company.
Revised for Automobiles.
Stewart Mcdonald, Of the Moon Mo-
tor Car company. has a new one. A
St. Louis society belle became very
much interested in the mechanism Of
her car and determined to understand
everything about 1t, so she visited the
plant.
! He took her all through the works.
and then the demonstration showed her
the principles Of ignition, how the
spark exploded the gas. and how the
power was transmitted to the rear
wheels.
"oh! isn't It interesting Mr.. Nc
Donald. I understand IL perfectly how
the engine makes the back wheels go.
It's awful simple. but what in the
world makes the front wheels go?"