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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-11

| to the drive of the engine and the
action of the brake; and
/" 4. To possess the maximum degree
| of practicable lateral stability, so as to
give steadiness of running and avoid
side slips, which, in so far as the tires
are concerned with it, seems generally
to be primarily due to the serious liza
bility of ordinary pneumatic tires to
roll, and is then only partially checked
by the commonly adopted non-skfd
devices.
Poor Gasoline.
Numerous reports of carburetor
trouble have brought to light the fact
that, result of the enormous de-
mand for gasoline, not only for auto
mobiles, but for motor boats and sta
tionary engines, the quality of that
necessary liquid has again been re-
duced.
Not more than five years ago latest
gasoline was advertised and guaran=
teed, and it was no uncommon exper-
fence to find garages where Essence"
testing so or better was for sale. Re
cent tests have shown that the STAN
dard is now we'll below SIS and in
many cases the quality has sunk to 81.
This deterioration has been met
year by year by the carubretor experts,
who have continually improved their
devices. Even with their improve
ments, however, many cars do not
start on their first cranking, which
was the rule rather than the exception
a few years ago.
Furthermore, the kerosene mixer is
nearly out of the experimental stage
and further refinements may open the
heavier fuel an additional source
of supply. In Europe, however, it is
felt that neither gasolene nor any of
the heavier oils will furnish the final
solution of the fuel problem as their
price and quality can be regulated
by any monopo1istic corporation.
To this end, both the Royal Auto
mobile club and the Societe d Encour-
agement have offered large cash
prizes to the inventor who will give
to the world a substitute for the light
er oil as a source of fuel.
To the American this problem is not
acute it is to the European mo-
torist. He can still buy gasolene,
even though it be of low quality, for
eighteen to twenty-three cents a gal
lon. In England, however, sixty two
cents is the usual price, while in parts
of France seventy-fve cents has to be
paid
The danger of the curtai1ment of
the gasolene supply is a source of wor-
ry to the automobile manufa cturers.
Heavy Loads, Narrow Tires.
The Massachusetts highway com
ficia1ly states in its annual report, that
the greatest cause of the destruction
of modern roads is not the automobile
nor the motor truck, but the heavily
loaded vehicle drawn by horses.
In two instances quoted in the cur
rent report, fifty to seventy-five ice
teams day, carrying three tons or
more each on two and one-half to
three inch tires broke up within
month the side of the road on which
the loaded teams travelled, while the
surface lasted three months on the
other side where the teams came back
empty. For miles beyond the ice
houses the roads are still in good con-
dition. These roads are of macadam
treated with heavy aspha1tic oil.
The traffic study shows that it is
not the number of teams, but heavy
teams-two or more horses. and heavy
loads on narrow tires-that cause the
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-11
Automobile News
Fall Touring

Never before in the history of auto
m obilism has there been such a vast
volume of fall touring as has just re-
Gently set in with the advent of the
three-day holiday including Labor
Day. 1t would almost seem, accord
ing to Mr.. H. D. Rrandyce, Secretary
of the Touring Club of America, as if
a majority of motorists had postponed
their summer outings until the
droughts and heat of the torrid sea-
son had been dispel1ed by September S
cooling breezes. Another reason may
be found in the recent completion of
a great deal of such needed road-con-
struction, which has lately thrown
open to traffic some of the most i'm
portant trunk lines in the East. Thus,
for example, the Harlem Valley
road from New York to Pfttsf1eld, via
Lake Mohapoc, Pawling, Armenia and
Great Darlington, is now in excellent
condition.
The travel to the White Mountains
and to the Maine resorts was never
heavier than at present, and the no
tells in those vacation centers are
profiting by the splendid condition OF
the roads throughout the rem otter
parts of New England.
In New York State no less the re-
sorts in the Adtrondacks, the Cats
kills and the Lake District are feel
ing the effect of the States advanced
highway policy as expressed by the
two recent issues of road-construction
bonds; and in some places the re-
sources of the hotels are taxed al
most to the breaking point.
The same is true of New Jersey and
Pennsylvania, in which states the
macadamization of the arteries of
motor travel has assume ed almost uni
versa1 scope. Atlantic City and Cape
May, Asbury Park and the other
ct Tko1o no
Water Gap and Eagles Mere, Bed
ford and Cambridge Springs, in popu-
larity-. These places are now Access
sible from almost every direction over
well-night perfect roads.
The recent dry spell has had 10
terrors for the automobilist, for pc
troleum or other oil products have
taken the place of water a, dust
annihilator; and the freedom from
rainy days or thunder-showers makes
automobile touring an unalloyed
pleasure.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-11
Motorcycle Cheats the Sea.

A motorcycle which rescues and re-
suscitates is being used at Redondo
Beach, Cal, this summer, and has
greatly lessened the usual seasons
toll of lives.
This 1ife-saving motorcycle, though
very little heavier than the average
machine, is capable of carrying four
persons in emergency. 1t is specially
equipped with a reel, a buoy, and L.,
500 feet of steel wire, together with a
pulmotor for resuscitation purposes.
The outfit can travel seventy miles an
hour and is thus able to reach any
point of the long beach quickly. This
is the first machine of the kind ever
used, and has proved successful in a
number of tests. On occasion it has
been made to serve as an ambulance.
Autos Improving Roads in China.
1t is entirely possible that the auto
mobile will play an important part in
ma, possibly almost as great a, part as
the railroad. Motor trips into the
interior are becoming more and more
frequent, and as the use of the ma
chimes increases, the demand for good
roads will inevitably become more and
more pressing. Recently, N. A. Pog-
son made a trip across Shantung
starting from Tsingtau and finishing
at Chefoo. The car was of Ameri-
can make, a thirty-two horsepower,
four-cy1inder touring car, weighing
one ton. The motorists encountered
all sorts Of difficulties, including even
faulty maps, as well as sandstorms
and bogs, but arrived safely at their
journeys end, with the car unharned.
In commenting on this, a Chinese pa
per, besides comp1irnenting the mod
ern automobile on its reliability, seems
to be of the opinion that the construc-
ton of good roads would be of more
benefit than the building of expensive
railways
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-11
Gave Too Much Value.

Following the recent receivership of
the RICH Corporation, Detroit, Mich,
the plant of the company has practi-
caIIy closed down. The receiver found
for the money that the cars were be-
ing manufactured and sold at an ac-
tual loss. Numerous conferen ces
among the creditors and with the re-
ceiver have been held with a view to
determining whether the plant should
remaining assets of the company
should be disposed Of just as they are.
A is Per Cent. Reduction.
Superior productivity is held respon-
sible for the ability of the REQ Motor
Car Company of Lansing, Mich, to
produce a new series, REQ the Fifth"
having practically all the features of
its inlm ediate predecessor at Is per
cent. reduction in price. Whereas
the last series had a list price of ST.
OBS, and actually sold for s1,395 when
equipped with top and windshield,
Gray & Davis starter and other equip
ment, the new series, with practically
the same outfit, sells for $1,175.
Grinding and Adjustment.
When grinding in valves use grind
ing paste, instead of coarse emery
Drivers too frequently neglect to keep
the valves up to the concert pitch.
They should be slightly ground in OF
touched up after every 5000 miles
run approximately. Some only grind
in the valves once in aEblue moon, 9TH
ers go to the extreme and almost grind
the valve away altogether, the result
in each case being unsat isfactory Care
should be taken that the valve stems
do not get bent, particularly in the
smaller engines where the stems are
somewhat slender. 1t should be re-
rnermbered that after grinding in 4
TvaJIT he ia hi
adjustment. The amount of clear
ance left between the tappet and the
valve stem, when the valve is closed,
should be exactly 4,0OOth of an inch,
roughly the thickness of a thin piece
of note paper.-MOtOr Print.
Auto Truck VS.. Railroad.
''The future will no doubt see the
motor truck, when operated on first
class highways, a means of solving the
railroad situation says G. w. Martin,
jr., manager of the motor truck tire
department of the Goodyear Tire &
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-01-28
THE BARRIERS POLE

The origin of the BARRIERS pole is
usually traced back to the fact that
BARRIERS were originally also sur
geons, and the red and white striped
pole is supposed to have represented
the white bandage and red blood
(blood-letting was one of the chief
remedies applied by surgeons) incl
dent to the latter calling. But this
does not explain the pole itself, May
it not have been used as a pun on
poll? The word poll" was in con-
slant use for head down to the sew
enteenth century, as we can read in
Shakespeare plays. All the crafts
in medieval and Tudor times had
signs illustrative of their industry,
which they displayed in their pa
geants, in the market and often in
the quarters in which they lived. In
the larger towns all engaged in an
industry lived in the same quarter
or street. The BARRIERS may well
have been puzzled for an appropriate
emblem. and in those boisterous
mirth-loving times may have hit or
punning device as we have sug-
gested. A pole was the more APP
propriate, as shaving" was very lit
tie practised, except amongst monks
and the clergy, and they probably
shaved themselves. Doubtless, how
ever, the current Interpretation of ths
red and white stripes is correct
Dundee Advertiser.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-01-28
RATIFICATION OF INCOME TAX.

THE RATIFICATION by the House of Assembly of the
income amendment the Federal Constitution doubtless
prefges similar action by the also the ratification
houses of the amendment popular election
United States senators The income amendment provides
of increased for the
of national calling for extraordinary expenditure
There income during the Civil Supreme
Court decision adverse the consuionaity of the idea
the way. The amendment the disability imposed
by the Supreme Court New Jerseys ratification will make the
threefourhs the
The proposed change in the method of elecng United
States is experiment but at least will put
to the illogical system recently introduced of choosing senators
primaries with only fraction of the electorate voting
the Legislature abdcatng its constitutional right elect The
character of the of future will be the
the wisdom of the change in the mode of election
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-01-28
COURT FAvoRITE

When the Empress of Japan recent
ly visited Nagoya on the occasion OF
the Tooth day memorial service at
the tomb of Mein Tenno, she ex-
pressed a wish to purchase a Chin
dog, for which breed of animals Ma
goya is rather famous. Five were
selected for Her Majesty's inspection
and were taken to the palace. Like
more distinguished guests they were
introduced to the presence one by
one. Number three, which is blessed
with the name of Name, or Beans"
overlooked the Difference due to
royalty, and, dashing across the
room, made one spring onto her
Majestys lap, where he curled hinf-
self up and parked shrilly at anyone
who tried to remove him. The dog
having thus expressed it's willingness
to join the suite, the Empress bought
him for 100 yen, and he returned to
Toxic in the Imperial cortege.-Dun-
dee Advertiser.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-01-28
ENGLAND's sUFFRAGETTE REVOLUTION.

SUFFRAGETTISM HAS become to England a more men
acng thing the labor strikes dsaec
Ireland perhaps Boer There are familiar
dealing with troubles of that character Consabular
troops settle matters with of men,
poor government to do when its problem is how
with of nfuate women? Until recent period
and married and died in England and never
thought to the franchise When few OF the erhood
demanded in the of all the women OF
the Kingdom be made voters forthwith the
treated joke and few women took seriously
tuppenny about the franchise But propaganda was
that converted thousands and made thousands OF
of whom have misty ideas of what the franchise
That the British legislator ntimidaed by the
the suagette manifestations has been evident The
ministry half surrendered The dropping of the franchise Dill
by the legislative necessity has now
that Justly gives the The
militant sufrages have declared by their peculiar
methods and considering what they have done in the past
there is for London to be apprehensive
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-01-28
CAUGHT ON THE FLY.

A federal jury has held the wall
paper trust guiltless of wrong doing.
But there are those who will always
believe that some of its paper is a
crime.
Paris dressmakers say skirts will
be tighter. Not unless they are
painted on.
One way to get even with the food
trust is to stop eating. This is one
of the very poorest ways.
There is said to be in New York
a young man who possesses the sixth
sense. New York is the place to use
it all right.
German aviators are on strike. In
aviation evidently everything goes
up excepting wages.
Now they say that Buffalo Bill
wears a wig, but nobody has the
hardihood to start story to the
effect that Colonel Roosevelt has false
teeth
Lincoln split rails. but the modern
statesmen split hairs.
T. Jefferson's authorship of the
Declaration of Independence is now
disputed. Some day, probably, some
body will claim that Joe Bailey, of
Texas. didn't write the constitution.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-01-28
MUSICAL TONES ARE
FOUND IN ARCHITECTURE

1t has long been believed that each
of the mammoth buildings of the
world will vibrate in response to some
special musical tone. Architects be-
lieve they have found the tones for
such famous structures as the Cathe-
dral at Cologne, Notre Dame in Paris
and st. Paul's in London. Certainly
it is true that each of these buildings
returns to the ear of the listener that
one tone intensified and augmented
to a surprising extent. The corollary
statement that this keynote, if sound
ed long enough and with sufficient
force would bring disaster, has never
been proved.
When the conversation turns to the
skyscraper one often hears timorous
folks say: well, it's all very fine
for those who like it, but I'd rather
stay nearer the ground" Yet, the
steel and stone giants, where the ele-
vators whirl up twenty, thirty, forty,
fifty stories, have stood all the tests
their histories have made possible
and there, far above the dust and tur-
moil of the streets, thousands pursue
their business in absolute safety
Christian Herald.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-01-28
RURAL SCHOOL ENJOYS
ALL UP-TO=DATE DEVICES
KirksviIle, Mo-, Has Wonderful
Nutshell" Institution.

How a small one-teacher school in
the country may have all the conye-
niences popularity supposed to be the
exclusive privilege of the city schools
is demonstrated in the model rural
school at Kirksviile, Mo-, according to
II. w Foght, specialist in rural edu-
cation for the United States Bureau
of Education. Indoor shower baths,
drinking fountains and a modern
heating plant, are shown to be posi-
BILE in the country school, however re-
mote from the city. Furthermore, the
cost is said to be within the means of
a comparatively small community
The Kirksville school is conspicu-
Gus for its utilization of every avail
able inch of space. 1t is only a one
story building, slightly wider than the
typical Missouri country school, but
the attic and basement are both put
to valuable use. The attic is en-
ployed for manual training and do
nestle science, and there is an excel
lent herbarium. The basement con-
tains the heating plant, q combina-
ton of hot water and hot air, very
economical in use; the fuel-room. a
bulb-room for the outdoor garden,
and a darkroom for developing pho
| tographs
| The machinery of the school plant
| consists of an ordinary pneumatic
pressure tank, operated by a gasoline
| engine. A septic-tank sewer system
| is maintained at small expense.
The main floor of the building, be-
besides containing the classroom
| proper, has a small community
| library, separate from the school
library. emphasizing the purpose of
the rural school as a community CEN
tire. The classroom itself occupies
most of the floor The desks and seats
in it are both adjustable and movable,
with individual platforms; and when
| all are removed to one side, as many
as 200 people can be accommodated,
| thus making it possible to use the
! room for community gatherings. The
| stereopticon in the wall of the class
room emphasizes still further the fact
! that this school is built for general
community use, as well as for ordi-
! nary school purposes.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-01-28
STATE CONTROL OF THE NORMAL SCHOOL.

NORMAL SCHOOL education should be State duty ana
the left to take of the high school,
elementary other schools that belong to their
systems The teacher graduated from any normal school at
liberty seek and find employment anywhere in the State IL
the school supported by the district the people OF that
pay the cost of training teachers for other
districts normal schools The two State normal
overcrowded and bills have been introduced IN
the Legislature schools to be located in
State. Newark has splendid new
building nearly completed that will serve the purpose
of State and be used next fall to relieve
demand upon the school Upper Montcar The building
Board of Education with the
consent of the city, and this if the Legislature shall
approve Normal School has dormitories but is
pleasant residential neghborhood full of homes and the
easily accessible by railroad and trolley from many
directions
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-01-28
A COAL COMBINE PROBE NOW.

A TIMELY MOVE by the Democratic majority in the
Assembly the resolution for investigation of the coal
this State Recently the State Board of Education
purchasing the public schools in the
impossible to competitive bids and that it
combine of coal dealers existed to maintain certain
prices Every municipality and county government has the
experience In Jersey City Investigation by the Morris
Commission brought facts prove the existence
combine and the evidence be laid before the Hudson
grand jury If consider only the public schools
appreciate the done by combination in the coal trade
very large part of the cost of maintaining the schools
scented the consumption of COAL and of only
dollar in the prices paid makes formidable item the
bill of expense of public education legislative
ee has the power compel the attendance of witnesses and
production of papers, lay situation
trade Jersey showing the hidden connections
between the coal railroads and the dealers
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-01-28
SENATE PAGES

A 1O-year-old boy has been ap-
pointed as a page in the Senate at
Washington, and is said to be the
youngest page now in service. The
youngsters who serve in this capacity
are not greatly to be sympathized
with as child laborers, though their
status has more than once been dis
cussed in connection with child labor
legislation for the District of Column
bia. The little chaps have short hours
and their light duties are not such as
necessarily to interfere with their ed
ucation, while the mimic sessions,
which. after the Senate has ad-
journed, are sometimes discovered in
progress, with a four-foot page in the
Vice-President' chair, demonstrate
that they have picked up something
about parliamentary law, as well as
certain of the idiosyncrasies of the
elderly men who may now and Their
be seen affectionately plnching theiI
rs.-Springfield Republican.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-01-28
COMMISSION TO AID
FARMERS OF TEXAS

The Texas Farm Life Commission.
recognizing the advantages of CO.
operation to the business, educational
and farming interests in every
county, is undertaking the appoint
ment of local farm life committees
in each county in the State. The
county members will include one
banker, the county school superin-
tendent. the president of the County
Farmers Union, the local farm
demonstration agent and the secre-
tary of the local commercial organi-
cation.
Until the county committees be-
come well established active work
will be launched in twenty-five
counties. Within a short time, how
ever, the Farm Life Commission
plans, the local county organizations
will all be appointed and assisting
in the various departments as out
lined.-Commercial Secretaries Bull
letin.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-01-28
BANANA WEALTH

Eighty seven per cent of the total
exports from Puerto Cortes (Hen-
duras) in 1911 consisted of bananas,
2,407,056 lunches of which were
valued at oevr 100000. One of the
most fertile banana regions is that
along the banks of the Ulua River.
There is no large enterprise or indus
trial development in the district,
which derives its principal support
from bananas. The railroad, now
controlled and operated by the gov
eminent OF Honduras. received from
fruit transported ton fully IS per cent.
OF its gross income. A river trans
port company is expressly operated
for carrying bananas from river
plantations to ocean-going vessels at
the rivers mouth. -London Stand
ard.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-01-28
On the ~ - -
SPUR q qzn
MOMENT
By Roy K. Moulton

OH, CARRIEi
Oh, horrorsl Carrie Chapman Gait,
Now you have told the women that
They should wear trousers like the
men.
They'd be emancipated; then.
You say the girls should, sluff the
skirt,
Your message is clear-cut and curt.
Theirs not to stop and make reply;
Theirs not to pause and question
why;
Theirs but to wear mems pants or die,
Oh, Carrie!
You say the skirts are now so tight
A girl looks like a perfect fright.
OF modern skirts you make much
sport,
You say they make the girls looks
short;
But please include this in your song
They also make the men look long.
To share your views we must decline.
You say the female form divine
In trousers would dress simply fine.
oh, Carrie!
Oh, fair, untrammeled suffragette,
There's something you've not learned
as yet;
All married men know and allow
That in most homes wives wear 'em
now.
There's not the slightest doubt of
that.
Ask any of us, Mrs. Gait.
For years you have been prone to
mock us;
Upon the suffrage stage you knock
us;
But we ne'er thought that you would
shock us,
Oh Carrie.