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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-13

parliament At present the roads Of
Great Britain are divided into three
classes: main roads, by-roads, and
private roads. The new law when en-
acted will add to these a fourth road,
hitherto unknown in British highway
nomenclature: National roads. These
will be constructed. repaired and main
tanned solely at the expense of the
central government.
Speaking on the subject in the
house of lords, lord Montague urged
upon the government the necessity for
a central highway department. He
pointed out that there are $780, miles
Of main and secondary roads in the
British Isles, and that Is, 600, 900 pounds
sterling about $50, OOO.O0O) is being
spent annually upon their improvement
and maintenance, and that there is no
department of the government which
is directely responsible for the roads
and the expenditure of the money. He
stated that the development of the
highways is rapidly becoming a nation
al question which the government
should weigh seriously. Other brief ad-
dresses indicated that there exists a
widespread feeling that the bill for es-
tablishing National roads, and Great
ing a national department of highways.
should be put forward as a govern
ment measure"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-13
ARIZONA'S MOTOR
VEHICLE MEASURE
Secretary of State Explains New State
Law, Which Motorists Consider
an Unjust Measure.


Automobiles have had considerable
( trouble interpreting the automobile act
J passed by the first legislature of Ari-
iona.
That it was a money making scheme
cloaked under the good roads move
ment IS denied by no one and that it is
unfair and unjust IS plainly seen from
that provision whereby the owner of a
light second hand car not worth more
than $500 is taxed the same as the
owner of d new $4,000 car. providing
that both cars are rated at less than
! 10 horsepower, based on the A. L. a.
" formula.
The Tucson Citizen has taken the
matter up with the secretary of state
/ and Osborn.s thorough answer to the
question follows.
1T has been brought to my atteD-
Ton that there Is much confusion in
the minds of Tucson autOists concern
ing the Arizona motor vehicle law. and
II IS no wonder since the Legislature
amended the present law in a number
Of instances and provided that the diff
Ierent amendments became effective
on different dates
The Arizona motor vehicle law en-
acted during the 1912 session of the
legislature became effective Septem-
Der 20. 1917, therefore. the Arizona au-
tomoDlIe year began on that date and
should end on September 10 1913
However, to avoid confusion I prepared
an amendment to the law providing
mat the auto year should conform to
the calendar year. that is. il should
commence on January l. and end on
december 81. following. This amend
ment was enacted into law BY the
legislature. but that body added a
clause that it should not become effect
we until October of this year and
made no provisions for the time inter-
VenlnE between September / g. the end
Of. the present auto year, and October
J. the date on which the new law be-
comes effective.
However. I viii, on my own initia-
tive, extend the present automobile
year until January ], 1914. in order
mat we may start with a clean slate at
that time, consequently all auto Ii
lenses issued during 19l2-1913 are and
viii be good until December 81 OF this
year, and viii not have to be renewed
until January /. 1914
In putting the present law into
operation. Immediately saw that il
was unfair to charge a person taking
OuL a Incense Tor car late in the auto
mobile year. that is, after six months
the tuu amount of the annual license
therefore I prepared another amend
Ihent providing that when a person
taxes out a license after six months of
snail pay but One-half the annual IL
cense fee. and 7 am glad to say the
legislature enacted this into law hut
sorry to say. added a clause providing
lnIll January / 1914. therefore it is
lmpoSsib for me to give the autOists
the benefit OF the reduction this wear.
ana Tor this I am extremely sorry.
me new automobile law is now be
ing printed and a COPY will he mailed
70 you as soon as If is received from
the publisher
In conclusion permit me to saw that
this office to couztrlIe the provisions
OF the motor vehicle law literally. and
to assist the motorists of Arizona in
every way possible"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-13
EFFICIENCY Is NEW
ENGINEERING GOAL
Europeans Point Way-High Cost of
s9Gas'7 and Trend of Taxation Now
Influence Design of Cars.

Europeans Point Way-High Cost OF
aGas- and Trend of Taxation Now
Influence Design of Cars.
How to make the automobiles of
the present not more beautiful, not
more powerful. not more durable, but
more efficient is the task which every
American designer and manufacturer
must tackle right speedily" declares
Clement Studebaker, II.
1--WE have the beauty, the power. the
durability and we have them all at
an amazingly low cost in the typical
popular priced American cars. But
American standards Of efficiency are
still below those which prevail abroad,
especially in the cases OF the leading
costly types.
What sane business man would, in
euipping a plant which could be sue
cessfully operated by an engine of
certain power. buy for 1t a power plant
Of four or five times that slzez and
what office system IS 1t that puts Two
or three men at work on task which
one man can perform without being
over worked Yet how often is II that
the very man who would shudder at
such waste, buys motor car so
over powered as to be aosoiuteIy
wasteful!
Mind you, am not denying the lux
urlous, high-powered touring car It's
rightful place. There are persons, I'M
QOuDLeQly. whose MGdAlu anu QNSAA z LUZ
display can be satisfied by nothing
else. But, for the average prosperous,
conservative American, there must be
something which will come closer to
his established ideas of true eff
cheney
Europeans have, perhaps on account
OF the high cost of fuel, developed
small motors to a wonderful degree.
In fact. there are but few foreign cars
sold with cylinders of more than three
and half inches bore. The general Gus
tom of taxing cars on basis of cyl
inder bore has also proven a mighty
incentive to this evolution.
Both these conditions are appearing
in the United States. Legislation of
this sort made its appearance in many
states last year; it will be even more
beyond doubt. in 1914.
These two considerations must
sound the kne1 of the large, wasteful
motor which, for the sue
cessfuI performance of its duty relies
on its brute force, rather than its re-
finements of carburetiOn and its anti
friction devices.
and I shall miss my guess by a wide
margin if in the years to come, the
tvDicaI American car will not feature
efficiency in an economical
motor"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-13
Z 80 ODD FELLOWS LII hold

~ L PASO ODD FELLOWS VIII nold
their annual encampment in the
IL valley somewhere Saturday az
ternoon and Sunday, returning to town
Sunday evening The eataDIeS are 70 De
carried out on a truck of the 4etton
Paint company and the lodge members
to the number of so or So viii make the
trip out in automobiles They had
planned to go to Hueco natural park
but could not secure automobiles
ms is an annual affair, the lodge
members last year making the trip to
Vinton, Tex, where they spent Two GAYS
at the encampment, while several mem
bers of the subordinate lodge attended
then and several will go this time.
Because he did mot like the prospect
Of riding home through transforms,
Bert NJ FutrelI, of Sweetser, Ind, left
his two-passenger Buick at the Inter-
national Auto company to be sold and
he and Mrs. Futreu went on the train
Thursday. They bought the car In In
diana last spring, toured out to Cliff
ton. AriZ., and there shipped the car to
California. After touring mat state they
drove back from California to Ell Paso-
Here they decided that here to the
rains, the roads might be muddy on
the way back to the Abe Martin does
trict" so they left the car and went by
train
". H Hamilton and family drove
down from Carrizozo, \. NJ, during the
week in their AbbOtt-Detroit and will
spend the winter here to give the two
boys the benefit of the FL PasO schools
En- route here they broke a front
spring on their machine.
T r H Smith drove down from Las
Cruces in his AbbOtt-DetrOit on a bust
ness trip Thursday
L o. Inman left Friday night in a
new Hudson, which he is to deliver to
NOrdhaus and Taylor at Deming, n
NJ, for the international Auto COM
pany.
WIN - tn s,tn,,nr
around in his Chalmers 40" which ne
had painted a gray color with the
wheels in red 1t looks like a new car.
Dr. ". B. UrmstOn has bought a new
twO-passenger Ford
Dave Crockett has a five-passenger
AbbOtt-Detroit, which he purchased
during the week
NJ H. Cook has bought a five-passen-
ger Overland car
Miss Grace E Peak has bought a sew
en-passenger Premier
T. Jones has new five-passenger
Studebaker.
O. G Baker. of Corona. \ ~, has
bought a seven passenger Studebaker
"35-" He drove il back home
W A Baird bought five passenger
Haynes and will drive it down into
Mexico by way Of Maria and oJinaga-
z. A Wayne, general manager of the
Ernestine Mining company at MogOllon,
n. NJ, bought a two-passenger Buick
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-13
Odd Fellows Make Trip into Vally
Two-Day PasOIndiana Man Sells
Automobile Here and Takes Train HOme-New Sales in
0 Automobiles

, this week and drove it back home
A. Goodman has a new hve-passen-
ger Hudson.
P H. Bailey has bought the two
passenger Lambert that w R. Bigham
used to run.
Ray Honeywell has another new car
This time it is a 1914 model Hudson
So"
Geo. W Sharp has bought a five
passenger Ford so that he can get
around to his new house more quickly.
". ". Stewart, manager Of the Par
raj Light and Power company, Of Par
raj. Chihuhua. has bought a new Over
land automobile, which he is driving on
the streets while he is here with Mrs
Stewart The car attracts much at
tentiOn. as it has a reserve gasoline
tank strapped to the bonnet
Emil Heisch and Louie Keppeler, OF
Albuquerque, are preparing TO make
the run 10 their homes in AIbu-
Querque from Ell PasO on a pair
of twin Indian motorcycles They
drove here by way of Roswell and Will
leave Monday over the Las Cruces
road
Harry H. Bailey. armed with a Her
will leave Monday in his krit touring
car for the dam He viii also go to
Palomss hot springs for a short visit
and to the baths for his rheumatism
Mrs. Bailey is in California, where Mr..
Bailey left Wednesday
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-13
BISBEE HAS A CAR
FOR PHOENIX RACE
May Have Several Other Cars in
Eventually - Bisbee ArranEes to
Entertain Ell PasO Committee

Bisbee, Ariz. Sept. 13-Thit city's
first entry TO the FL PasO-Phoenix
road race was announced today. when
J. H. Jacks. a lumber dealer and in
YestOr, stated that he would place his
REQ in the event The car is now be-
ing stripped and newly geared for the
event which Mr.. Jacks is wagering
freely that he viii win
1t is expected that before entries
close there will be several other Bis
bee cars entered Meantime prepare
tions are being made to entertain the
FL PasO committee, which viii shortly
go over the route of the race This
committee will be met at Douglas by
a Bisbee delegation Of 200 in autOmo-
biles and escorted to this city Later
there will be a public reception at the
Copper queen hotel followed by a
banquet.
Bands will greet the committee on
arrival of the automobile procession
from Bisbee. and a parade be made
through the city in which il is ex-
pected that more than $50 locally
owned automobiles will participate
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-13
Two More Road Loggers Coming
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Viii Arrive Shortly From the East

" WO more road loggers are on
their way to FL Paso, both CON-
ing from the east One is com
ing from San Antonio, mapping the
San Antonio-San Francisco highway
and the other is on the way from
Houston over the socaned '.An-South-
ern" highway as distinguished from
the Southern National Highway Of Dell
Potters.
D. E, Colp, secretary Of the Eexar
County Highway league will leave
san Antonio September Is on an au-
tomoDlle trip covering practically all
OF the border counties west of san
Antonio to FL Paso. The trip viii be
made IN the interest Of the San AntO-
nlo-Frlsco road, called by its promo
Jers The Southern lateral of the
ooulneIn Irans-C Continental Highway
association This division of the
highway recently was organized at 2
meeting al Del Rio, in which practi-
calIy every good roads association
IN west Texas took part.
Mr.: Colp VIII make a complete log
Of the entire route and in addition
will hold meetings in those counties
as yet unorgaDized with a view to
arousing interest in the project that
IL may be brought to a speedy con
summation. He likely will meet with
officials in the counties already or
gained for the purpose of Obtaining
closer cooperation on the part of eac6
working unit. Mr.. Clop is president
of the division, a distance of about
$50 miles. and plans to have If com
pleted long before traffic TO the pan
anna exposition begins.
The towns Mr.. ClOp intends VISITING
on his trip include Hondo, Uvalde De1
Rio, Conlstock, Juno, Ozona, Sheffield
Fort Stockton Alpine, Maria. sierra
Blanca and FL PasO- Returning he
VTill visit the route west Of Del Rio.
The trip will occupy about two weeks.
3. L Ferguson, a pathfinder for the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-13
TIRE INITIATION;
WHAT rs BEST TO DO

Initiate a tire slowly at first There
are a great many views as to the
proper pressure, but it is ruIable to
initiate the front tires to a pressure
euivalent TO II or Is times their cross
section and the rear tires to a pressure
equivalent to 90 times the cross sec
ton; for example. 34x4 tires on front
wheels should have from IS to u
pounds pressure, while on the rear
wheels the pressure should be about
81 pounds. The tire should round out
pretty well and not flatten under the
weight Of car and passengers.
'Rejnflate TIE tire occasionally, as
the inner tubes are permeable. When
the rubber Is heated to so degrees or
more, Is or 20 percent Of the pressure
then is lost
Remember that your pressure gage
on pump may not show an accurate
pressure in the tire owing to the fric-
ton of the valve inside or plunger. On
this account II is best to get pressure
reading from the tires.
There iS not so much danger from
initiating the tires hard as is generally
supposed The well pumped up tires
do not bend so much in displacing the
air. the friction and heat is lower and
counteTa cted by expansion"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-13

American Automobile association. IS
coming west from New Orleans
through Houston, San Antonio, Dallas,
Fort Worth and west Texas to Ell Paso
logging the "ali-SOuthern route" He
came out Of Louisiana into Texas at
Orange and from Orange through
Beaumont to Houston. He says the
route is perfectly feasible. From Dali
las he will route 10 FL Paso through
San Angelo, Fort Stockton, Alpine,
Maria and Sierra Blanca
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-13
OI,DFIEI,D Is CREDITED FOR
WORLDS ALTO RECORD

Los Angeles. Calf. Sept 13.-Barney
OIdfieId has received credit for a worlds
record he made last April at Bakers
field, Calf, where he drove car one
mile on a circular dirt track in IS rs
seconds
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-13

The New ZfeEer will keep up the
equation of the old with a few extra
TllIs thrown in gratis-Advertise
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-13
KELLY KNOCKS OUT CLIFFORD.

Salt Lake, Utah. Sept 13.-Lee Kelly,
of St Louis. knocked out Jack Clifford.
of salt Lake. in the seventh round OF 4
scheduled 20 round bout at Bingham
last night The men weighed in at
135 pounds
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-13

Four cars sash, doors and mouldings,
Dought for spot cash. at bargain prices.
Lander Lumber CO.-AdYertisement
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-13

The New Zieger VIII keep up the
reputation OF the old with few extra
frllls thrown in gratis.-Advertise
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-13
Chairman Rinehart Wants to
Start As Soon As He Can

Bisbee Wires That Wants to Give the Chairman and
His Committee Dinner Douglas and Ell Paso
Now Raising Their Part of the Purse-Condi
ton of the Road Beyond Tucson Is Report
ed in Very Bad Condition Now
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-13

their annual encampment in the
IL valley somewhere Saturday af-
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-11-28

Cahokia creek. Practically all of the
waterfall of the plateau was formerly
carried through the lower area by the
Cahokia creek to the Mississippi
river.
In the event of heavy rainfall the
water from the plateau would augment
the drainage of tho lower area, and the
Cahokia creek would overflow its
banks in the lower area. High water
In the Mississippi river and the Ca
hokia creek would frequently occur at
the.same time. The Mississippi river
water packing up into the channel OF
the Cahokia creek would meet the
downward rush of the water from the
plateau and the result would be a
disastrous overflow. The Mississippi
river inundating the area from the
west and the Cahokia creek overflow
ing In the central part furnished
enough water to almost submerge the
area. These overfiows occurred fire.
quently. and caused great inconven-
ience to traffic and devastation of
property.
Keeping the Mississippi river out CT
the area was simply matter of build
ing levee high enough. but harness
ing the Cahokia creek was a problem
presenting a number of difficulties.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-11-28

Lurau wades over into the stream seats him.
self smooth brown boulder and as each
Disciple comes out in turn he gives his feet
vigorous scrubbing with brush of cocoanut
husk and piece of yellow soap.
The of Christ healing the lepers, as pre-
sented at Hivaoa. is. perhaps. the most realistic
tableau in particular at least that is staged
in any of the passion plays. Real lepers appear
the stage
In the early days of the play the parts of the
lepers were taken by entirely whole and healthy
people. but the missionaries were never able to
make the people understand why. with many
genuine lepers ready at hand any make believe
in this particular need be INDUCED in. Finally
several of the lepers themselves. Christian
verts, came to the fathers and asked what was
the use Of curing a lot of we'll people in the
play when there were many sick people about
who really needed curing? The upshot of the
matter was that half dozen lepers were al
lowed upon the stage at the next performance.
Following the week of the play 1t is said that
very marked improvement was evident for
several months In the condition of every one
OF the unfortunates that appeared upon the
stage. Since then the missionaries have not
had the heart to refuse the prayers of any of
those who have to them at Easter until
now 1t is necessary to divide the lepers into
ferent squad to appear each night. The govern
has been marked decrease in the leper NOR
tality of the island since this practice has been
inaugurated.
One OF the most interesting characters in the
play is the Judas. From the first 1t has been
the aim of the fathers to impress the natives as
strongly as possible with the real goodness or
badness of the various characters of the play
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-11-28
GUARDS OFF FLOODS
East Side Leyee and Sanitary
District of Illinois.
Section 10 Municipality Chartered by
the State and Has Power to Collect
Taxes to Keep the Mississippi
River Within Bounds.

East st. Louis.-The east side levee
md sanitary district, In which the city
OF East st. Louis is situated, is a mu-
nicipality, chartered by the state of Il
linois and given power to levy and
collect taxes for the purpose of pro-
viding flood protection and drainage
for $50 square mile area situated on
the east side of the Mississippi river,
opposite the city of st. Louis
The area extends about 80 miles
along Nhe Mississippi river, and is
bounded on the east by a chain of
bluffs. Within the area is a large in
dustrial center, and very prolific ag-
ricultural dietrict. The principal city
in the area is East st. Louis. which
has population of $4,000. The other
cities are Granite City, National City,
Madison, Venice, Brooklyn. Nameoh
and Cahokia.
In the past this area has had to en-
dure many floods, resulting from an
unusual combination of causes. The
estimated cost of the work provided
for in the present plans of the east
side levee and sanitary district is So
100000. The east side levee and sani-
tary district as municipality embrace
large territory, including the cities
mentioned, but is in no way directly
connected with them. The district
is governed by board of trustees
elected every four years. which board
appoints a chief engineer, a treasurer,
clerk and attorney
To appreciate the significance of
tho measures taken by the east side
levee and sanitary district toguard
against future floods in the area. it
is necessary to have a clear under
standing of the causes of the frequent
floods.
The area is comparatively low,
and the Mississippi river formerly
spread over a large portion of 1t.
Through the area runs stream call
ed Cahokia creek. Lying northwest
of the area is 200 square mile plat
eau, which forms a watershed for
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-11-28
Poor Charities.

There are charity societies, as all
the world knows, that only give to the
poor quarter or half cent of every
dollar they take in. most of their sub
scriptions going for salaries to Off
GERS and Investigators for expensive
rentals, etc.
Richard March. the charity expert
of Denver. Colo, was condemning
these charities. He said:
"A mans wife shouted up to him
the other day:
Don't you think this blue over
coat with the strapped-in back is too
new and fashionable, George, to give
away?'
It's the agent of the Alpha Incor-
porated Charities that's at the door,
isn't it?' Z
"'Yes, dear
"'Then let the coat 60, said George
Itll be old enough and old-fashioned
enough before it gets to the poor dub
that is shivering for it now
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-11-28
CHILDREN Love
SYRUP OF figs
II Is cruel to force nauseating,
harsh physic into a
sick child.

Look back at your childhood dayA
Remember the dose" mother insisted
pn-castor oil, calomel. cathartics-
How you hated them. how you fought
against taking them.
With our children it's different
Mothers who cling to the old form OF
physic simply don't realize what they
do. The children's revolt is well-found-
ed Their tender little "insides" are
injured by them.
If your child's stomach, liver and
bowels need cleansing give only deli
cious California Syrup of Figs" Its
action is positive. but gentle. Millions
OF mothers keep this harmless fruit
laxative" handy; they know children
love to take it; that it never fails to
clean the liver and bowels and sweet
en- the stomach, and that teaspoonful
given today saves sick child tomor-
row.
Ask at the store for 50-cent bottle
of california Syrup Of Figs" which
has full directions for babies, children
of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
on each bottle. Adv.