The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1913-08-30

recklessness. The woman who rides
Goes so in a prudent, careful manner.
Ine man who carries wife. sister or
sweetheart with him on a tandem ma :
chine, rides carefully. And lately has
come the sideear. which attached t.
any motorcycle. offers every comford
70 lts passengers. This also has tend
| ed to establish more firmly the proper
observance OF all rules for safe and
comfortable riding.
The commercial DEVELOPMENT of tho
| motorcycle has had much to do with
Its growing popularity. There is hard
ly a business of any sort but what
somewhere motorcycle is found as
one OF the important cogs that help to
grind out Its success. Iteis said 81 900. :
wv worth Of motorcycles are used in
the service of Uncle Sam" in the mail
service and in the army. Colleges and
universities use them in their field
work. All kinds Of small merchants
ma them Invaluable for delivery pur-
poses. contractors. by means Of a
motorcycle, can keep twice as MANY
JOBS go1ng-and can boss all Of them.
llmekeepers are enabled to cover three
tlmes as much ground. Drunmers are
using them instead of trains. Banks
ana trust companies use them in their
rental departments. MESSENGER and
delivery boys find them a profitable
investment. Tn>'.s = = :" : - -
IN fact, wherever swift, dependable.
comfortable, economical transporta-
tlon IS required the motorcycle has first
call among certain classes This field
or usefulness is growing constantly.
Inc motorcycle is making good in it
wherever 1t is given an opportunity
Ano Wherever 1t makes good, a dozen
near or its record and finally. in turn.
md uses for machine themselves,
MINISTERS and doctors have taken ad-
vantage OF motorcycles, and in fact,
there seems to be no profession, bust :
ness or industry in which it is not
represented. .'ts. .- .. ..
y. Used for Tours.
Cross-the-contlnent motorcycle trips
are no longer novelty. A tour
through several states is co1Cnon-
place. All America is stirring with
tne desire to be out and going. Not
everyone can afford to go in an auto
mobile and those who cannot are going
on motorcycles. The low cost of. oper-
alton commends itself to its deyotees.
But perhaps, above all, is the ease and
simplicity of operation, the convent
ence and the comfort which are now
features OF velya1nodern and standard
motorcycle. * ;tssay-.@str E.T' -" ~ ;"
There. is no question but that the
~c-HAS AASto q DlS llSlu dl1 OF It's
own. There is no question but that
its popularity is growing rapidly.
There is no doubt that in it's class it's
development and perfection fairly may
be compared to the automobile And
there is no doubt that its position is
as firmly fixed and as stable as that
of the motor car.
One other illustration will Indicate
the e"owth of motnrcycling during the
last few years. Five years ago the
Federation of American Motorcyclists
had about 1000 members. Today it
has in excess of 10000. This repre-
sents only a portion of. the country's
motorcycle riders, for not all of them
are members of this organization. But
taking the figures as a basis, they show
that there are twenty times as many
motorcyclists today as there were five
years ago, The greatest increases in
membership have come in the later
years and it is believed that the F. A.
nj. membership will reach 10000 before
1913 has. passed into history as the
greatest. yearsin all the annals Of mot
orcycIing.