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Mothers Pension Buys Plano.


(Chehalis Bee-Nugget.)
A Bellingham woman was granted a
mothers pension of SIS a month.
Whereupon she purchased a 1920 piano
on monthly payments. Question: Who
is buying that piano?
Why Not Raise belgian Haress
CLARKE County SUM-
AS beef and pork are getting scarce,
what's the matter with the small farm
err raising Belgian hares? Millions Of
frozen hares and rabbits are shipped
to England every year from Argen-
tine and Australia.
Not Exactly Fair.
(Ellensburg DAWN
One of our merchants recently asked
us to submit bid on 500 envelopes,
500 statements and 500 letter heads.
Did we grant his request? No!
Some people seem to be so dreadful
ly afraid that the printer will rob
them or make such an enormous profit
on $3.50 piece of work that it is
deemed business sagacity to call for
bids.
Now, suppose the printer should 60
to the grocer and ask for bids on his
household necessities as follows: On
pounds of sugar, bars of toilet soap,
5 bars of laundry soap, pounds of
coffee, a plug of bootjack tobacco,
pound of starch, a 1-pound can of bak-
ing powder, ETC., etc. Wouldn't there
be some smuggling around that store?
Wouldn't they size up the printer as
mighty small piece Of humanity?
Wouldn't it be the talk of the town for
a month to come? And, wouldn't they
have the cases on him proper? But is
not the printer as much justified in
asking for the bids on his necessities
as is the merchant?
Do you think the printer would cut
prices on work because he was bidding
on job? If he did or does, he ought
to be operated upon for ''simples."
Do you think the grocer would cut
his prices on $3.50 order for his
goods? Not much, Mary Ann.
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the lights about to be turned out. SO we

the lights about to be turned out, so we
remained over night here. The odometer
showed 1923 miles. which we had cover
ed since leaving Ocean City at noon. The
route from Newark to Washington is
familiar to many motorists, being over
what S termed the short route from
the National Capital to Philadelphia
Being only eighty miles from Atlantic
City, we enjoyed a SIDE trip to the sea-
shore resort motoring to Wilmington.
where we caught the $50 ferryboat
Tuesday morning for Penns Grove, N.
j.. arriving at our destination at 1
o clock We spent the night at the sea-
shore and at 7:30 O'Clock Wednesday
morning started for home. The weather
was clear and cool. and for the first
time in three days 1T was necessary to
use warmer clothing. We caught the
1915 boat from Penns Grove, and at
1880 were in Newark once more. from
where the story of our Ocean City run
will be continued.
Turning to the left after passing
through the town. we went over a fine
macadamized highway the entire ds-
lance into Eikton, where the new cement
road starts asd continues into the little
town of Northeast. Here the stretch be-
comes somewhat sandy, and extends into
Perryvilie on the banks Of the Susque-
hanna river. A tire blowout just out
side of Perryville caused an hours de-
lay Pulling into Havre de Grace at 1:SO
O'Clock, we had dinner, and at 8 O'Clock
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by the express. SO ran out to wave US
across the tracks at this place. Just
after crossing the tracks we had hardly
motored more than half u mile when We
found the road inundated with water.
Stopping at a farmhouse, we inquired
if the roads were in that condition all
the way to Ocean City, and if it was the
natural condition of the highways in
that section We were Informed that
there had been a three-inch fall of rain
just prior to our arrival, and that 1t
was one of the worst storms in that
vicinity in years. Up to this time we
was as clear as crystal 1t was on this
account that We could not figure out
where all the water came from.
We also learned that the route we
were following was along the line of the
new state road, and that we would
on. 1t all came true. for 1t was after
leaving Pittsville that we encountered
the worst stretches on the entire trip
For miles and miles we plowed through
mud up to the running board of the
car and very often over it On we
showed, and at times the best speed we
were making was five miles an hour,
and this on low speeds. Willards was
the next town on the trip, and three
miles out from this place we went
dition existed all the way from Pitts
willie, only here we found conditions
worse.
Continuing to the town Of Whaleysville.
we picked up a she'll road. and to our
disrnay discovered that it only extended
through the town. Crossing and re-
crossing the railroad tracks time and
time again. we passed through ST. Mar
tin and thence into Friendship Here
we were advised to go direct to Ocean
City instead Of through Berlin. owing to
the road construction work. Turning to
the left. we followed the road to Tay-
louisville and later into Ocean City. All
the roads through this section were found
deep with sand and progress was slow. 1t
would be hard to describe the actual
road conditions as we found them. 1t
would be paying some of them comp!i-
ment to call them roads. We reached
| the stage where. upon inquiring the right
direction instead of asking If this was
| the right road, we would say is this
| the right way eliminating the word road
| entirely 1t answered the purpose just
| as we'll. To those who have motored
| through the Perryville stretch or the
sand roads in the vicinity OF Benedict
| I might say that they are boulevards
in comparison with the axle-deep stretches
which we went through. Even up tc
| the doors of the hotels or Ocean City
do these same conditions exist. 1t is
\ characteristic of the land In the vicin
1 ity of the coast and is. therefore, nat.
/ urally to be expected. But We didn't ex-
/ pect to find il so deep that the axles
i Of the machine would scrape through It
But such wa the case. and the fac
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lowest speed. The deep sand played
havoc with the speed table and conse-
quently no attempt was made to make
speed. which would only have been det-
rmental TO the machine. AS II was.
we came through IN good shape, with
the exception of tire trouble, which
caused slight delays on the first and
last days of the run. Motorists who at
tempt this run are cautioned. however.
unless their cars have ample power.
which is necessary in order to battle
with the heavy sand. not to make the
run. With the completion of the state
combination water-land trip Is recon-
mended There is a good road from
Claiborne into Salisbury and excellent
time can be made over It,
Starting from the National Capital
last Sunday morning at 4:So Q CLOCK
the route was over the Baltimore
Washington boulevard, the Monumen-
tai city being reached in one hour and
ten minutes running time. The street
lamps were shining brightly when we
pulled away from Washington. ana
they were still burning when We pulled
into Baltimore. Once in the city we
took things easy and headed for the
Light street wharf OF the Baltimore.
Chesapeake and Atlanta Railway com
pany where we ran our car aboard the
steamer Cambridge. During the week
machines are carried down to points on
the eastern shore on what are calico
freight steamers, and Sundays author-
itv must be secured from one OF the
officials of the company before the ofi-
GERS of the boat will permit the car 10
be put aboard. Reservation space for
the machine having been secured the
day previous we were enabled to con-
tinue the trip. The car had to be ready
to he put aboard at least an hour be-
fore starting time.
Promptly at 1:30 o'clock the steamer
pulled out according to schedule. The
distance between Baltimore and Clai-
borne is forty-four miles. which was
negotiated in three hours and twenty
minutes. The trip proved delightful
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Return From Long Tour.

Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Harris ana
daughter Martha returned last Monoas
evening in their Hudson car. after ~'1oo
mile tour through the north. covering
nerio6 of four weeks. Leaving Washing
ton they motored to Frederick, Harris.
nnre and Williamsport, following the
Snsouehanna river. From WiiIiamsport
thew continued to jamestown anu buHaio,
where Mr.. Harris attended the convention
~ the National Rotary Club, winch was
IN session for a week at that place. From
there they motored along Lake s ontario
lake. They encountered splendid roads.
which abo1nded IN beautiful a1 ,s ssenery ss and
aavev n. Y. broke spring, while travel
Ing over what he considered .ie .l the worst
ming the trip after repairs had been made,
they went to Plattsburg. N. Y. The roads
to the Canadian border line did not appeal
10 them, SO they did not cross the line
but continued up the western side Of Lake
Champlain. coming down the east side.
crossing over to Mount Washington and
Breton Woods. The homeward, trip was
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NFW CErENT ROAD NEAR LINTON

one, particularly as the sun was shin
ing brightly and the day an ideal enc.
The scenery along the route Of the
steamer was attractive and the atmos-
phere invigorating. Although we had
enjoyed breakfast about $3.50 o'clock,
just before starting on the long trip,
the breakfast bell aboard the steamer
sounded rather tempting, and as a con.
sequence we Med into the dining cabin
and INDUCED in a second breakfast.
After that we spent the remainder Of
the boat journey viewing the scenery
and repairing d puncture in spare
tire.
Landing at Claiborne.
At 1870 o'clock, after the passengers
had gone ashore. we slipped out onto
the dock at Claiborne and within a
few minutes had left the salt water
behind US and were heading for our
destination. From Claiborne the route
led through Mcdaniel and St Michaels
over a good gravel road. Keeping
straight through the latter town we
crossed the railroad tracks and into
Royal Oak post office The tele-
graph wires were followed at this
point into Easton. which is one OF the
largest towns on the eastern shore.
Turning to the left in front of the
courthouse, We next came into Bethle-
hem, fifteen miles from Claiborne.
where we arrived at noon Here we
were told that fine state road OF
cement construction is being built to
Rhodesdale. Following a dirt road we
motored into Hurlock. where a detour
was made to East New Market, on ac-
count of the road work The road is
rapidly nearing completion, and will! be
in good shape for next summer.
We found a splendid shell road from
Hurlock to East New Market and tust
outside of East New Market struck a
me oiled macadam highway which
connected with the cement road from
Preston. Just before entering East
%ew Market tire blowout caused a
delay of fifteen minutes. The day was
an extremely hot one. playing havoc
with the tires. The oiled road ex-
tended from East New Market through
the little village of Rhodesdale, WHARF
we again crossed the railroad tracks
to Brookview. Here the fine road stop.
ped, and after crossing q bridge over
tributary of the Nanticoke river. we
took up with a fair dirt and gravel road
A short run brought us into Eldorado
forty-eight miles from Claiborne
Turning to the right at a store W.
followed a sandy road through the
woods and so pulled into Sharptown.
4 we'll constructed bridge crosse,
| the Nanticoke river just on the out.
skirts of the town. which occupies q
commanding position along the riyei
bank. Turning to the right In the
center of the town, we resumed oul
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TonAro CANNING EAcTORI

dinner At l o'clock we were on our
way once more. and then the trip
through fifty miles of deep sand COM
menced. Here again up the road we
discovered that rain had fallen and the
wet roads, with pools of water the en-
tire width. told us that we had a
muddy path ahead of u.s. From Ber-
lin we went to Friendship, where we
crossed our trail on the trip down and
headed in a northerly direction through
the state Of Delaware, through the
owns of Shovel. Bishopville, Shelby
vile, Frankfort Dagsboro. Millsboro
nd into Georgetown. One of the most
amusing things on the trip was the
speed signs posted on the outskirts of
some of the towns informing motor
lists that the speed was eight or twelve
miles an hour Just imagine reading
signs Of this character. with your ma
the center of town with sand up to
the axles and hardly able to make
more than four or five miles an hour,
and you can readily appreciate the
amusement they afforded.
Roads Improve Somewhat.
Just before reaching Georgetown the
road showed signs of Improvement,
while the first grades on the entire
trip on the eastern shore were en-
countered. They were only slight,
however, but attracted our attention,
as they were the first we had seen
since leaving Baltimore. Another thing
which attracted our attention through
this section was the large number of
c inning factories We passed fully a
hundred on our trip, and all Of them
working to capacity All along the
roads we came across farm wagons
loaded with hundreds Of crates o. to-
matoes. In some of the towns we
saw long lines of these wuvOns await
Ing their turn to dispose of their loa,lr
IN some places the hampers were piled
high in he air, while the owners st ,od
around the factory buildings. The to-
mato farms We're strung along the
the villages seemed deserted. as nearly
every member of the families was out
picking the product for shipment II
well worth seeing. The tomatoes are
they enter the factory until they come
out in sealed cans
Arriving at Georgetown at 4:2O o'clock,
we TOOK on supply of gasoline and oil
and then proceeded northward to Ellen
Gale, where We came on to good gravel
road, although quite sandy in places. 1t
was relief, however. to get out Of the
heavy sand onto a road with founda-
| ton. As we neared Lincoln things con-
| tinued to improve, for through here a
| new state road has been built. over which
good time can be made. We took ad-
| vantage of 1t and made the best speed
during the entire day. Milford was
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ocean lily. Mo- by AulO-
mobile" makes an excellent
title for the story which
is about TO be told of a
trail-bIazing expedition in which a
party OF motorists from the National
capital participated last week. Two
routes were laid out between these
points. one being a combination land
and water trip. the other an all-land
trip. and as 4 result much valuable in
formation regarding the section of the
country traversed and road conditions
was secured
The route going was from Washing
ton to Baltimore over the boulevard,
which was in excellent condition. and
with which nearly every motorist In
the National Capital is familiar From
Baltimore we put the machine on
board a steamer for Claiborne, on the
eastern shore OF Maryland, from which
place we made the balance of the trip
overland to Ocean City. The return
trip was from ocean City. through the
entire state of Delaware to Newark.
where turn was made over the
Washington Baltimore Philadelphia
short route" to this city.
The distance from Washington 10
ocean City via Claiborne, including the
forty four-mile boat ride. measured
1883 miles. while the all-land route is
2:S4.7 miles. Not only is the route via
Claiborne nearly fifty miles shorter.
but when the touring season opens
road all the way from Claiborne to
ocean City. Unfortunately for US. we
found the new state road already under
construction between Salisbury, "a
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tnat We had nusH-Po"eAeu eof was ~
our favor.
Arrival at Ocean City.
We arrived at Ocean City shortly before
o'clock Sunday evening, having covered
1443 miles by land and "A miles by boat
or a total distance of 1853 miles from the
National Capital. Our actual running
time on the trip, including the three-hour
run by boat ON Baltimore to Claiborne.
was ten hours and ten minutes. In
Guiding the four-mile detour at East
New Market the total mileage was 1928
miles. When the new state road Is com,
pleted the distance will be, as stated
above, 1888 miles
Ocean City is one of the most popular
summer resorts in that section and large
numbers of Washingtonians gather there
every summer to spend the heated term.
Many residents of the National Capital
own Gotta ges along the ocean front, and
enjoy to the fullest extent the pleasures
of the resort. During the evening we
were the guests of Judge Ashley NJ.
Gould, associate justice of the District
! Supreme Court. who has one OF the hand
| soonest cottages on the beach. Later IN
/, the evening we enjoyed the scenes along
| the boardwalk. which extends along the
, ocean front similar to the one at Atlantic
| City. The buildings and amusements
| along tie boardwalk resemble Atlantic
i 1lCy somewhat, except lildI lIlc I0SOAt i0
| on a much smaller scale. A number OF
hotels line the boardwalk. making easy
access for the guests when the bathing
| season is open. In spite of the lateness
| of the season many wee out enjoying the
| cool breezes and salt air, while the
/ amusement places were well patronized.
| A good nights rest and q dip in
the ocean prepared us for the return
| trip. On arising the next morning the
results of a heavy shower were no.
ticeable, but in a short time these dis
appeared and the sun came out as
4 bright as ever. Everything being in
readiness. we started on a gasoline
hunt for we had exhausted nearly
every drop in the tank of the machine
on the trip down. At every place we
inquired we were told that, the sum-
mer season being over. all of the gaso-
/ line had been closed out. Finally,
through the courtesy of the manager
| of one of the fishing hamlets on the
outskirts of Ocean City. we secured
enough to fill our tank. and at 1880
o'clock Monday morning started on the
homeward-bound trip, only this time
| over a new route.
| From Ocean City we retraced our
| tracks to Taylorsville, going from
| there to the enterprising and hustling
little village of Berlin, not Germany.
but Maryland. 1t being noon, and
not knowing where our next stopping
place would be, we decided to stop for
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-..ched at 5:25 o'clock and. crossing the
raiIrnad we headed for Frederick Mag
noI;a, Rising Sun, and at $50 o'clock
pulled into Dover, the state capital. AT
Ris;np sun we landed on a fine macadam-
Ted road which extended into Dover. An
other halt was made, this time for supper,
and that over, we resumed our journey at
8 O'clock and were soon passing through
tbe little villages of Smyrna. Blackblrd.
Middietown, Mount Pleasant and Summit
Fridge new state road is being con-
structed north from Dover, and aithough
NJ 5atours were necessary, still IN some
nIaces II was rather rough going for a
rh;le At Summit Bridge We crossed the
hridre over the canal. and turned to the
LIT FOR Glasgow, which was reached at
10 a. clock The road to the left here goes
n Elkton, Md. and can be taken instead
of motoring all the way into Newark,
he, five miles beyond. The road is
rather rough nearly the entire distance to
Elkton, the distance being about five
miles. AS we were travelling over fine
smooth macadamized road which extend
I'd through Glasgow straight ahead into
Nawark we decided that we would go to
Newark and spend the night instead of
1o,np to Elkton. The route to Newark,
While a few miles longer. is an excellent
road. and Is recommended to motorists
instead Of that to Elkton.
Might Stop Newark, Del.
We arrived at Newark about 1888
O'Clock, and found everything quiet and
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Hampshire. through Concord. to Boston.
Mass. where Mr.. Harris attended the
New England photographers convention.
which was i'm session in that city. The re
mainder of the trip was via New Haven
to New York, thence to Philadelphia,
Wilmington and Baltimore to this city.
They were thoroughly delighted with the
run and the section of the country
traversed.
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Journey over another fine stretch OF
macadamized road. which continued Tor
thirteen miles. The road had peeh
oiled and resembled very much IN APP
pearance the road between Mechanics,
Vile and Leonardtown. 1t was ieVeI
the entire distance, and where IT let
off a gravel road began, and this was
equally good
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Nearing Salisbury, Md.

The next village on the itinerary was
Byrds. which was reached at z CLOCK.
After crossing the railroad tracks once
more, we arrived at Salisbury, Nd IN
connection with the road from Claiborne
to Salisbury the greater portion OF II
was fine. with the exception OF lie"
short stretches. The distance is seventy
three miles, which we covered in three
hours. The road was level the entire
distance. and all that could be desired.
A stop was made at Salisbury for din
ner, and at o'clock the last leg OF
the journey was begun. We were warned
before our departure of the fierce con-
dition of the roads, but, undaunted bA
what We had heard, we followed a por-
ton OF the new state road under con-
struction between Salisbury and ocean
City, and within a short space or time
had left Salisbury far in the. back
ground. About four miles of the new
road has been completed and the re
ing course. At the end of the cement
road a shell road takes up for a short
distance. and finally disappears In the
heavy sand just beyond.
When We entered the deep sand 1t was
only the beginning of what was to fol
low. We traversed three miles of 1t,
and then came into Parsonburg, and
another three miles into Pittsville. Here
we crossed the railroad tracks just as
the Baltimore Flyer" as it was called
by the residents, came speeding down
upon u.s. Some of the citizens at the
station were afraid we would be struck