The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-01

\ .-T i. a4s l Chicago's new special court for deal- ] ing with offenses against the autonlo- bile laws is proving so successful sew eraa other cities are considering the plans.
 Tractor engines are being utilized in
 Wfnona County, Minn., to. drag 12 miles of rough and uneven road with the result that a fine highway is be- ing created. The Automobile Club of Kenosha, Wis. is showing it's fnettle by bring ing suits against farmers for placing
 speed traps in the forms of bumps across the main travele6 highways The difference in the requirements of
 centrifugal governors according to speed or measuring speed forms subject at present deeply debated in Germany.
 The ordinance of Philadelphia, pro- hibiting the use Of all horns on auto- mobiles except those of the bulb type,
 has been modified to permit the use of any signal device, providing it has on- ly a single note which is not prolong- ed
 What rust is to fine tools, mud is to a smooth polish. The mud itself does not harm the car, but 1t is the removal of the mud that causes the trouble Unless mud is removed inn
 mediately the finish will come off with it.
 According to action taken by the Dunkard Church in a conference held
 near Englewood, Ohio, members can
 use automobiles for pleasure. The
 question precipitated considerable dis
 cussion when it came before the con-
 ference and there was much opposition
 to the ruling.
 Despite careful usage the backs of
 <aT Tsa
 apt to become denfed and scratched,
 particularly when much touElng IS
 done. On this account it is not bad
 plan to protect them with removable
 covers of thick carpet or padded oil-
 cloth.
 The Board of Works of Detroit,
 Mich, has been making practical use
 of a big 5-ton truck, which it recent iy bought for the use of the asphalt laying department. The asphalt is now loaded into the truck at the city asphalt plant, piping hot, blanketed with heavy canvas and rushed to the scene of paving operations. There the blanket is removed and the truck dumps the hot asphalt on the spot where it is wanted, thus doing away with second heating of the material and saving time and expense.
 Proof that Oriental Europe IS grad. ually arousing to an appreciatlon or the automobile. is afDorded py tne preparations which are being made for the eight days reliability run from RI,danest to Constantinople, a distance of about 1.060 miles. The run. which is Feing organized by the Hungarian and Rounaanian automobile clubs, will start to-day (Saturday). Already thirty entries from Australian. Hun garian and Roumanian motorists have been received It is the first tour of ;+e 1>iod in The linear EaaSt, s'
 When the paint has finally worn off the radiator the car owner should not attempt to renew it with the orr dinary paint used on metal surfaces. The warmth of the radiator will cause the paint to peel of much more quick ly than at any other point Special paint for tht radiator may be secured should, be remembered in painting ra- diators is that the paint will not hold well on the smooth surface. The ra- diator should be first roughened lit tie with smooth sandpaper and the paint applied very thin.
 Poetic justice has been handed out to the canton of Graubunden, Swift zerland for the antagonistic stand toward automobilists it has taken in the past. The canton is taking up loan Of 5000, 600 francs at per cent, but for the first time in Swiss financial history not even half of the amount has been applied for. This unparal- leled reluctance on the part of the cap- italists. who almost without exception are motor car owners. is traced back to Gral1bunden's anti-motoring atti- tude They refuse to support a cam ton as irnplacable in its ideas as Grau bunden has proved itself to be.
 The principle that father is liable for all acts of his son committed with his (the father's) consent, so long as the son is minor, has received fur ther extension by the Supreme Court of Kentucky There a father was held for damages caused by his son, while the latter was driving his faith er's car on a joy ride. in which the