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The Detroit times., 1912-10-07
WHO'S WHO Nv AU7O CIRCLES

chimes find their way to the consum-
er, both I'm Detroit and outside of the
city which has won the name OF the
greatest automobile center In the
world. Serious deliberation will di-
rect your thoughts to the salesman.
always on the firing line to back up
his arguments that the machine he
sells Is the best ever.
Close application TO business, a
technical knowledge of automobile
construction and ability 10 analyze
and understand human nature are the
secrets OF success, according TO w.
X. Tracy, one OF Detroft's leading au-
tomobile statesmen. Although one OF
the youngest men In pnis branch OF
the trade, he has served eight years
In the salesmanship end. The min
ute you penetrate his personality you
will find he is fortified with a wealth
Of knowledge OF the industry he rep
resents. Before he entered the auto
mobile field he held = responsible
position with an express company.
He was sure Detroit was the only
city IN which to live when he came
here from Chicago eight years ago
and his advance simultaneously with
the phenomenal growth of the auto In
dustry has confirmed this conviction.
Mr.. Tracy has charge OF the Wood
ward-ave. branch OF the Oakland Au-
tomoblle Co.'s salesrooms.
The Detroit times., 1912-10-07
AUTOS BENEFIT
FARMERS GREATLY
Government Report is Proof Of
This Statement, Says
Cartercar Man

More tomobiIes-more horses
and more rules" Is the way Harry K,
Radford, general salesmanager of the
Cartercar company, states II. Some
have thought that the great growth
ow the automobile business was in-
furious to the general prosperity OF
the farmer. 1t Is a mistake. The
automobile has even helped to make
the farmer prosper as II has great
ly reduced distance for him and given
him more time.
The erroneous impression that the
automobile business was bad for the
farmer even spread SO far that IL
crept into and was accepted as cor
rect by financial circles. Facts prove
conditions to be different than sup
posed Let us see:
"The department Of agriculture al
Washington has issued bulletin over
the signature of Secretary Wilson
which proves some interesting and
surprising things. They are these
Since Americans have been building
automobiles the number OF horses in
the country has increased by third
and the price has more than doubled
This government bulletin is abso
lutely correct and Is based on the
taxation reports. II gives the number
of horses in the country and their
average price since the year 1867. In
1910, the year just reported, It shows
that the average price OF horses Il
greater than In any year since the
close OF the Civil War, at which time
the records were started
1904 In ~
featuring of motor cars began), there
were In the United States about 16,-
O81 900 head of horses worth at ar
average price OF $47.S3 In 1910 the
number OF horses increased to 81
100000, and the average price was
$108.20. The number OF horses were
increased almost one-third and the
price more than doubled.
The same increase Is also true in
the case OF the mule. Many con
tended that motor trucks would re
place mules TO such an extent that
their production would also be made
improbable. But these new figures
show that they also have increased
In number and price almost so pei
cent since 1894.
AT the Cartercar factory We have
never paid very much attention tc
the talk about the farmer not being
able to buy automobiles. We have
known better as the Cartercar was
one OF the first cars to be used gen
orally upon the farm. It's simple con
struction made an appeal early and
We have thousands OF cars today
which have assisted farmers on Ia
prosperity instead of holding them
back.
The Detroit times., 1912-10-07

where he lay and he was taken 10 the
hospital. A horsedrawn ambulance
could hardly have reached this man,
would have had 10 been carried long
way by hisc omrades.
One night when Capt. Marriott and
several brother officers were attend
ing a banquet In San Jose, an
order came, near midnight, for an nm
expected forced march and encounter
several miles away. A telephone mes
sage apprised the officers OF the nee
essity OF their presence In camp and
they reached the scene before the
wagons had been loaded for the
march.
Regimental headquarters were light
ed In each camp from the Prestolite
tank which had been made a special
equipment of the car, and at each
stop Capt. Marriott lighted his tent by
means Of an extension from the cleo
trio lighting and starting plant of the
car
Scores of people who came TO the
camps as guests OF the officers were
shown the war game from the car.
They were hurried about from point
to point on the firing line. being thus
enabled to see the whole war prob
lem" worked out at once.
I'VE demonstrated fully that the
automobile, as a successor OF the
horse and mule Is sure TO be big
factor In warfars. and that soon," said
Capt. Marriott. after the maneuvers.
Even II now they do call us "gaso-
line soldiers" II is vastly superior TO
using horses for mounts"
The Detroit times., 1912-10-07
BEST statesmen
HARDEST WORKERS
That is the Opinion of Regal
General Manager. Fred
w. Haincs

Business practice is Indispensable
TO a general allaround knowledge of
modern business principles" says
General Manager Fred w. Haines, OF
the Regal Motor Car company. The
automobile salesmanship, for the
most dependable automobile sales
men OF today are the hard workers.
Many young men start out as auto.
mobile statesmen who overlook the
first principle of any highly competi-
tive industry, namely, that business
does not come Of it's own accord. but
must be sought The biggest sue
cesses today among both retail and
travelling statesmen are the hustlers
who first make the business and then
let business make them. We are now
in one OF the greatest DEVELOPING
periods of the industry and the dc
mand for trained men is constantly
Increasing. The man who can bring
In the business Is worth his own price
and scores OF manufacturers are will.
ing to meet his figure.
I'm the near future the automobile
industry should see the development
OF more extensive schools OF motor
car salesmanship. Furthermore, the
manufacturer VIII see the necessity OF
even greater cooperation between
the factory and the dealers. This Il
being given special attention now N
our factory and many others, and al
ready many manufacturers are realiz
ing that with the assistance OF de
pendable, hard-working salesmen tn
industry will not reach its limit dur.
ing the present generation"
The Detroit times., 1912-10-07

or more entered. excepting only two
high-powered foreign-buit racers.
Evans and Tower closed their sea.
sons competition with a short cam
paign on the mile dirt tracks. The
Studebaker cars took TO the short
turns of the dirt courses, as though
built for the purpose and demon
strated ability 90 turn good mile
ring in close To 50 seconds. Prob
ably the most striking performance
was that scored by Evans at Cleye-
land, where from a standing start. he
won a fiye-mile event from a big field
in I.59-the first time that a light
car had ever approached 60-miie-afi-
hour speed on such track.
A pleasant feature of the Stude-
baker campaign was the fact that II
was marred by no accident. Despite
the terrific speeds developed. the cars
ran steadily and handled well. One
OF the unique boasts OF the members
OF the team was the fact that there
was never a time when the cars were
not I'm shape TO follow one race day
with another.
The Detroit times., 1912-10-07

gcles. Evans made one attempt AZ
The existing shortdistance marks. lie
turned the mile In 52:65; two miles
in 1:44:10: three in 2:35.S0; four In
3:2L35; five IN 4:15.95 and ten In
.S:31.35. The former records were re-
spectively 4:20.20 for FIVE. and S:4O16
for 10 miles.
On the same day Towers Stude-
baker-a twin OF the Evans car--es-
tabiished new class record for %
miles in 21:l2.i2.
The scene then shifted to the Gal
weston beach meeting where, after
finishing first and second In their
class. the Studebaker cars tackled the
frce-for.all contingent galaxy OF
cars surprising in number and class
anything gathered at any 1912 meet.
ing during the season, the Indian
apoiis Sweepstakes alone excepted.
white unable 90 defeat all the big
speed demons in any one race, the
Studebaker entrants amazed motor
dom by their speed and consistency
and closed the meeting with at least
one win over every car OF the score
The Detroit times., 1912-10-07

Having bettered, since May I. virtu-
ally every record on the books of the
American association for the light car
class. the Studebaker racing team has
disbandcd for the season.
Using continuously the same two
cars, Drivers Evans and Tower car
ried the Studebaker fortunes in a
rapid succession OF events on road.
track and beach. An idea of the
sensational success of their whirlwind
campaign may be gathered from the
wholesale slaughter OF records, which
resulted.
The first start was I'm the light car
division of the Santa Monica road
race. Before the date OF this event,
the best time on record for the class
was an average OF 59.S miles per
hour Evans clipped OF 60.2 miles
per hour, and Tower was close be
hind. In Tacoma's big road race. a
short time after, Evans and Tower,
finishing first and second, averaged
nearly G2 miles an hour.
On the mile board track At Los An
The Detroit times., 1912-10-07
$4,000 FOR ONE SET
OF ARTIFICIAL TIRES

An indication OF why tire manufac-
turers have not allowed themselves
to become disturbed over the syn
thetic rubber proposition was given
by several men interested in the re-
cent rubber exhibition at Grand Cen
tral Palace. II was learned that 4
set OF tires made OF artificial rubber
had cost no less than $4,000 TO pro
duce. sum which Is beyond the ex-
pectation OF the average automobil-
ist for some years OF tire use. When
one tire costs as much as an expen-
sive high grade car. the danger OF a
synthetic rubber Invasion doesn't
appal makers who use the natural
rubber.
The Detroit times., 1912-10-07
GLIDDEN Is JUST GOING
TO HAVE HIS OLD TOUR

Although the American Automobile
association has called of the Glidden
tour from. Detroit to New Orleans
over tl< Lakes-to-the-Gulf route,
Charles ]. Glidden. donor of the
classic Glidden trophy, will lead a
caravan of tourists over the identical
route that was adopted for the Ma
tional Reliability contest.
The tour will be conducted under
the auspices of the 50,000-mile Max
we'll club, a fourishing organization
of motorists who have been awarded
gold medals for driving $4,000 and 25,-
900 miles respectively. The run will
be open to all.
The Detroit times., 1912-10-07
Christy Mathewson Plays Role. Z @ .%s e, :,
Of Rescuer in His Automob93fl

wirler OF the New York
role OF rescuer Columbia kne @ s
the baseball fans of New York presented him last spring " ae
Ncholas-aye whcn
Jumping out OF his cat ana
moorcychs had beh
IN a n automobile. ,,,.,raat
situation
his policeman beside him.
his traffic the pitcher put on
hospital When the 'ou
he of roundy cheerea Iaa--
The Detroit times., 1912-10-07

Consider the vast number Of auto
mobiles that are manufactured in De-
troit every year. Ponder over the
channels through which these ma
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-28
Fargo Detroit Ice
Company

The Fargo-Detroit Ice Co. was organized
In 1903. This corporation absorbed the
business of the Fargo Ice Co., and of two
Ice firms at Detroit. 1t also acquired the
Pokegama Spring. the water from which
has been on sale at Fargo and other points
in North Dakota and the Red river valley.
since 1888. Many Dakota families have
used P~okegama constantly from the be-
ginning and its market has extended from
st. Paul to Seattle and Portland. 1t is used
by the Northern Pacific Railway Co. on
the dining cars of its entire system. An
extensive bottling plant has been built at
the spring, near Detroit, where the water
Tor the railway company is bottled. and
Where spring water, both plain and car
donated, for the general trade Is also nut
up. Planet ginger ale made with Poke
CANA spring water Is manufactured at this
plant, which is fully equipped with the
most up-to-date machinery for it's work.
Detroit lake ice continues to grow in
faYof It's use IN Fargo, Moorbead and
generally throughout North Dakota and
the Red river valley Is constantly increas.
ing. The output now amounts to about
two thousand carloads annually. A large
addition has recently been made to the
storage at Detroit to care for the increas-
ing summer orders. The machinery for
loading ice directly from the lake on the
cars is complete in every detail and most
efficient. With it the company is able,
during the cutting season, to load from
eighty to 100 cars a day.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-28
National Cash Register
Company

In January, 1904, Messrs. Ashelman Bros.
opened an Office as sales agents for The
National Cash Register CO., Of Dayton,
O., in a small room over the Broadway
Cigar Store. At that time, cash registers
were looked upon by merchants as a busI-
ness luxury and the line Of registers otter.
ed was crude and simple. Yet, merchants
who had bought and were using the ma.
chimes properly, claimed they were satis-
fed the register saved money. Having
faith in the business and believing that
North Dakota had a great future, the
energy Of these men was devoted entirely
to the selling OF National cash registers.
As the company improved their registers
and as the state grew In population and
business enterprise, the sale of registers
increased, until from the small beginning
of a second-story room and two men. the
cash register business now has fine ground
door Office at No. 51s n. P. avenue, and a
working force OF six persons.
During the greater part Of its existence,
the Fargo Office has ranked with the best
offices of the country for quality and guam
tity of business, a statement which re-
fleets credit on the business men of our
state, as being progressive and up.to-date.
Satisfied users Of National cash registers
are to be found everywhere. Over 1,Ooo,-
600 registers have been sold; new fields for
the sale Of registers are constantly being
opened and the time viii come when a
cash register will be used everywhere
that money is handled.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-28

allowing workmen to clean out and
examine the basins. Two feet of earth
is placed On top Of the basin, and this
will be sown to grass, and will pre-
sent a very beautiful appearance.
After leaving the sedimentation ba-
sin the water enters the conduit that
conveys it to the filter. The filters
are of reinforced concrete I7x2l feet in
size. In front of each filter is a con-
crete inlet chamber supplied with suit
able valves. Each filter is fitted With
cast iron manifold system set in con-
crete. Upon this manifold system
there is ten inches of properly graded
gravel covered with a screen and up
on this screen there is thirty inches of
filter sand. The water passes from
the filters into the clear well froia
where it is pumped into the pipes for
consumption.
The normal capacity of the filter is
1000, 900 gallons every twenty-four
hours, and the plant is equipped with
four filter units, and is so arranged
that two units can be added at a small
additional cost. In this plant the sand
bed is cleaned by both air and water.
The centrifugal pumps have a capacity
of from 100000 to 5000, 900 gallons
every twenty-four hours. These pumps
are turned by two steam turbines OF
40 h. p. and SO h. D. respectively. All
the exhaust steam lie condensed and
the water used again in the boilers.
The plant is lighted throughout by
electricity, and the chemical solutions
are fed by automatic control, which
makes it one of the best alters of this
kind in the world. The plant is
equipped with a complete laboratory
for water analysis, and it Is the pur-
pose to keep the closest watch on the
condition of the water at all times,
thus assuring our citizens of a pure,
unadulterated water supply
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-28
FARCOS DRINKING WATER TOBFPURF

The one important consideration in
the budding up of any city or com-
munity wherein man is to erect his
habitation n live his life, is the mat
ter OF pure water for drinking and
cooking purposes. In the past Fargo
has been somewhat handicapped in
this respect, having no available
source Of supply, but the Red river
Of the north. At certain seasons of
the year it was impossible to use this
water for any purpose, owing to it's
roily condition and to the amount Of
vegetable matter carried into it by the
flooding of the small streams tribu-
tary thereto. This condition made it
necessary for the people to purchase
artesian water for cooking purposes
and spring water for drinking pur-
poses, which became quite a burden on
the residents Of the city.
Science has now solved the problem
of purifying by filtration water from
surface streams. and with the build
ing during the past year OF the new
filtration plant, we will soon be in a
position where our water supply will
be adequate for all purposes, and as
pure as that of any city in the world.
The filtration plant erected is one Of
the fines in the whole country, not
quite as large as some, but in detail OF
equipment it is equal to that Of any
city. The water is taken from the Red
river at a point opposite Thirteenth
avenue south, by an intake pipe across
the end of which is q screen made Of
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-28

boiler iron, which prevents leaves,
sticks and other foreign matter from
entering the filter. Back from the in
take is a wet well connected to the
intake by an 1S-inch iron pipe laid
on a gravity grade. This wet we'll
Is divided into two sections by a cross
wall, and in each section there are
sluice gates, but so arranged that the
pumps may take water from either
side OF both sides Of the wet well.
In case it is necessary to clean the
well one side can be shut off from the
river and the water taken out. The
water after leaving the pump goes into
a mixing chamber, where it is agitated
and mixed with the lime SUFFICIENT to
soften the water. At the farther end of
the chamber the water PASSES through
a sluice gate and to s-edimentation
basin No. /, which has a capacity of
100000 gallons. AS the water passes
out of the mixing chamber the coagu-
lation of the sulphate Of iron or sui
plate of alum is added, which gathers
small particles of clay and bacteria or
animal life contained in the water, as
well as removing all ~deleterious prop
critics of the water. After leaving the
s~edimentation basin the water is con-
veyed into filters or it may be con-
veyed to sedimentation basin No. 3,
and as the water passes through this
basin it completes the chemical re-
action.
Every possible contingency that
may arise has been provided for in
this plant in order that the water may
be properly treated. Each n of the
sedimentation basins are 50x150 feet
in area and II feet deep. They are
constructed of reinforced concrete.
The walls are set in substantial foun-
dations and the floors are Of concrete.
Suitable manholes are constructed at
various points for the purpose of
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-10-21
Notesi

Don't forget your water rents-tbs!
are past due.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-10-21
Judgement of posterity.

A political boss cannot afford undying
enmities. Live and let live is his motto.
Hence the frequency with which a boss
will say to a man who has been attack
ing him unsparingly: That's all
right, am not SO black as you paint
me; but never mind. Some day you
may want me, and | may need your help,
and what you have said of me viii not
matter then"
In quite another class, says the 0cto-
Der Century" are the public men who
are content to let misrepresentation and
aspersions pass. serene in the conric-
ton that history will do them justice
1T is one thing to snatch hasty yer
dict from the mob in rough-and tum-
BILE personal controversy. Wholly differ
ent is it to await in confidence the con-
siderate judgment of generation to
come. Diaries and documents be-
queathed to posterity may sometimes
be the very best way Of meeting their
attack In John Quincy Adams Diary
many an enemy was eiabalmed in the
amber of his sober setting down of the
facts to whom in his lifetime he dis
dained to reply. Later examples will
occur to those who have read the
uldi iHS VI Ipth dItt Vi kNeNlEtdIN Htiits.
1t was understood that President BEN
iamin Harrison left some carefully pre-
pared documentary material relating to
one of his controversies with Mr.. Blaine.
This he directed was not to be used until
long after both were in their graves.
The appeal was from the newspaper
and the crowd to the historian.
The differing practice of public men
IN this regard appears to be partly
matter of temperament. Some are
1ocmics by nature. They can no more
lecline a challenge to combat than they
AN refrain from winking when dust
blows in their eyes. 1t is matter OF
,efex action. We also have to reckon
With the class of impetuous and rather
'iolent reformers who are always want
ng TO rise and hew Agag in pieces be-
ore the Lord. They are not stayed
" any cynical reflection that the crop
If Agags is inexhaustible, and elat
me can more profitably exercise his hew-
ng muscles in other ways. Nor are
hey checked, any more than some of
ur recent controyersialists were, by re-
Letting that too great fury of as.
ault injuries the man who makes it.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-10-21
TALK OF THE TOWN

All colors in BIC lining satins at Alb
bolts.
See the new values in separate skirts
at Ahbott's.
Come to Vaughan store, full Of new
winter goods,
As am to leave town at once, | viii
sell my household goods at private sale
Call any time. G. A. Murray, As Pearl
street.
Edward Burke. jr., who has been con-
fined to his home ON North Main street
for the past week by an attack of the
grippe, was able to be out OF doors to-
day.
Curtiss Turner. the fireman at the
power plant OF the state hospital at
Waterbury, who dropped dead Yesterday
morning. was brother to William Tur.
ner of Smith place and cousin OF Frank
Turner OF Hill street.
William Maiden of this city, who
graduated from Spaulding high school in
1911, has reported for football practice
at the university of Vermont and il now
playing regularly at left halfback on
the second football team.
have car of hand picked Lake On
tario Baldwins, shipped in bulk, due in
Barre Oct. 81. These apples will be sold
by your home dealers, who will have
samples Of them for your inspection at
their stores. Give them your order and
have them delivered direct from car. The
fancy No. ! in barrels, out of this same
orchard will arrive about Oct. 80. Sid.
ney f. Spafford, dealer in fruit and
produce. Wholesale only. Positively no
goods retaled.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-10-21
PRES. TAFT ARRANGES
TO MEET SEC. KNOX
Will Have First Conference Since Knox
Went to Japan to Attend Emperor's
Funeral

Beverly, Mass, 2l,-President Taft's
first conference with Secretary of State
Knox, since the latter left Washington
to attend the funeral of the late emper-
or Of Japan, will probably be held Fri
day. The question of Great Britain's at
titude towards free tolls through the
Panama canal for American ships is one
of the matters the president is DESTROYS
of discussing with Knox. The president
is also anxious to consider the Mexican
situation. Taft was the host to-day to
the mayors of fifteen Massachusetts
cities
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-10-21
roo LATE TO BE CLASSIFIED

TO RENT six rooms lower tat No. ~
Torsyth PIzcs Varast after Nov. lst. ksv a.
- West Street y l. smith. fSH
FOR SALE one GienEosd heater. ainnost
So knd in frsf-siass csnditieas ai@e q Esed
uookinx mage Gall ~ No. 50 Brpck street..
IN stairs. $50