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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-18
AUTO DISPLACES
RAILWAY TRAINS

1t is said that II. Fl. Franklin makes
more practical and extensive personal use
OF the automobile than anyone in this
country With him the automobile not
only dlsplaees the horse and street car,
but railroad trains as we'll On all bust
ness trips In the east and as far west
as Chicago, Mr. Franklin drives his ear
His most frequent trips are to New York
and Boston. TIE distance from Syracuse
to New York is 300 miles, to Boston $50
miles. These trips are made in one day
In the winter as well as in the more
favorable touring seasons.
As a rule Mr.. Franklin does his own
driving and uses a sedan throughout the
entire year.
Hard steady driving on long trips is
the test of a motor ear" Mr.. Frank
lin says. Il test out In this way every
model we build and have done so for
years. Our engineers feel that I am
harder on an automobile than the public
and that if car meets my requirements
| it is a good car to sell. The long drives
I make are not tests of physical endur-
ance. because we require that the Frank
| lin car shall not be hard on the driver or
occupants. But the trips do test the car.
] usually drive each model 5000 to. 10 900
miles. Careful record is kept of all adj
| justments, gasoline and oil consumption,
tire mileage, etc. for checking up with
the Franklin standard"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-18
PAIGE DEALERS
JUBILEE MONTH
Celebrate Success With the
Paige Cars and Sell
Many

Several of the Paige dealers throughout
the country are signalizing the success
the new Paige Six has won by a eelebra
ton they call THE Paige Jubilee Month"
These celebrations take on the character
of an open house reception held every
day and evening, with special deeora IONS
and other fixngs. special exhibitions of
the Paige line and other features. and are
much like an automobile show in minia-
ture. The interest and enthusiasm aroused
has been great and the result in actual
business done has been remarkable
Chicago. for example, is now in the
midst of its Paige jubilee and has stirred
up considerable excitement along auto
mobile row where the Paige has been
very much in evidence.
The fast selling of the Paige Six and the
increased demand aroused by the Jubilee
celebrations explain why the Paige fac
tory has been running and will continue
to run night and day in order to meet a
demand for cars which is ia king their
large resources to the limit.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-18
MATHESON is DODGE
SERVICE MANAGER

Announcement is made by Dodge
Brothers of the appointment Of C. w.
Matheson, formerly New York district
representative of the company. as man.
ager of the service department Mr..
Mahtesons headquarters will be at the
general offices in Detroit, and he will
take up his new duties at once.
Formerly president of the Matheson
Motor Car company, Mr.. Matheson has
been prominent figure in the automo-
bile industry for the past Il years. and
brings to his new position a thorough
knowledge of every phase of the business.
Under Mr.. Matheson's guidance a serv-
ice department will be organized that
will be second to none in the automobile
industry.
p. r. Hough, formerly assistant mana
ger of the Denver branch and assembly
plant of the Ford Motor company, has
Joined the sales staff of Dodge Brothers
as district salesman. Mr.. Hough will be
stationed at Omaha and will assist Dis
trict Representative c, l.. Hurst in look
ing after Dodge Brothers interests in
that section.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-18
RUSH MOORE IN CHARGE OF
BARRETTS LOCAL OFFICE

far the best from a stadpoint of beauty
and business as we'll He said it was with
a feeling of trepidation that he left At
lanta to come TO Birmingham, for he
knew that the industries from which Bir-
mingham lived were in large part. icie-
lie did not believe there would be as
much business for the automobile dealer
as there Was in Atlanta.
Since coming over here, however, and
finding out for himself that Birn Algham
people have money and are willing to
spend 1t, Mr.. Moore has decided that At
lanta's automobile business was like unto
that of the dove of peace in Europe
practically nonresident
Mr. Moore says he don't know where
birmingham people get their money IL
iron and steel Is all the city has for
support. But hes SAYS, they all seem to
have it and everybody is either buying q
car or trying TO find what they desire In
an automobile.
j. c. Barrett & Co. have engaged dis
play rooms on Twenty-first street, south.
where is also a service station for Max
we'll owners. Mr.. Moore says they In
tend to place the Maxwell before the peo-
Pile of this district.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-18

Highway construction by state prisoners
in the southern states is the subject Of
an investigation which the national COM
mittee on prisons and prison labor and
the graduate highway department of Co
lumbia university have Jointly under
taken. Convict road work in the north
suit of the study being published in the
January issue Of the proceedings of the
Academy OF Political science.
The possibility of employing the mis-
demeanant in road work is also under in
vestigation at the present time. When the
three studies are completed. the prison
committee Will be in position to afford
accurate and scientific information to all
those attempting to direct convict road
work, no matter in what section OF the
country their work lies or what type Of
convict they are called upon to handle.
The southern study is being conducted
by James Wilmot, c. e., who has been
in charge of convict road gangs in Louis
lana and other southern states, and Is ia
miliar with both the southern convict and
The southern road.
The need for good roads in the agricul-
tni.al districts of the south is admitted
by all. while already in Alabama. Georgia.
Virginia. North Carolina and other states
it has been demonstrated that the con-
yiot can be most useful factor in pro-
curing these roads. Up to the present
time the work has been hindered by the
faulty legislation under which it has had
10 be developed, and the weakness with
which even this faulty legislation has been
administered
The convict has to certain extent bene-
flied by the healthy outdoor work and
the fact that he is trained in work in
which there is constant demand for
laborers and in which ii is easy TO obtain
employment upon release. Up to the
present time wage has not been paid the
prisoner for his work on the roads in any
of the southern states, or in any state
but Iowa. The popularity of convict road
work has seemed to lie In the fact that
it is a cheap means Of securing good
roads through the exploitation of the pris-
oner.
The national committee on prisons and
prison labor holds that the value OF
the prisoners labor is the same as that
at which free labor can be secured to
do the same work and that only when
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-18
AND GOSSIP OF INTEREST TO THE AUTOMO]
MISTER SQUEEGEE
OUT FOR LADIES

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mister 'pueesee' 'ne quaiht isu'e
used in Diamond tire advertising, has
Joined the ranks of the equal suffra-
p;sts
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l,9'.o''
chairman OF the bahai suffrage associ-
alton of Huntingdon, Pa. Recently Mrs.
Chisholm clipped from Huntingdon
,,az,.s,,., M. ad,.artfssnent 1, ,,;c,nra az NJ,
-.
'queesee' "iiien was pasleu upon pieee
of yellow paper-yellow being the equal
c1fffrn pafpp-1nn beside II fba ladx+
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-18
ADVERTISER GPAYS

pany records a remarkable response to
its announcement, made recently, in con-
nection with S-V motor truck tires, to the
effect that purchasers under fair condi-
tons would receive their money back from
Goodyear If S-V tires fail to prove SUI
perior to competing makes on the basis
of cost per mile
The announcement was made in the
Age-Herald little more than week ago,
and the result is such as to more than
confirm Goodyear belief in the value of
newspaper and class duplication adver-
Using TO reach its trade.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-18
efficiency HALF Established

The establishment of Efficiency hail.
an auditorium with a seating capacity of
500 set aside in the big Cole factory for
standard lectures, is the latest efficiency
step taken by the Cole Motor Car COM
pany of Indianapolis, makers of the STAN
dardized car.
j. +. Richman, factory production man
ager of the Cole Motor Car company, Is
a "fiend" on efficiency. He believes
that the task of the American manufac-
turer is to weed out every process in
production which does not contribute
definitely to the improvement of quality
and the reduction of costs.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-18
MOTOR SPEEDWAY
HAS DISTRIBUTED
MUCH PRIZE MONEY

Including the next indianapolis 600 mile
rate, the indianapolis motor speedway
will have distributed more than $3.50, 900,
or a quarter million dollars. in prize
money to various contestant who will
have competed in its events
The track was built in 1909. That year
and the following saw more than $4,000
offered for series of minor events. In
1911 $4,000 was put up for the first 500
mile race In 1872 $4,000 was offered,
which has been the standard figure ever
since.
1t has always been the policy of the
indianapolis speedway management to
put up as much money as the ENTERPRISE
would stand. The recent announcement
by a director that 1000 mile race for
100000 is contemplated is in line with the
same policy.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-18
AUTOS FOR MAN WHO
DRIVES HIS OWN CAR

the man who does his own driving. This
explains its increas sing vogue.
With the coming of the popular priced
car, the chauffeurs sphere of activity II
narrowing to the essentially high priced
machines. In fact, even among the owns
ers of high priced cars there is an in-
creased tendency to get the full fun out
of motoring by doing their own driving.
1t has been found that the great par
centage of cars go to men who have nd
need for chauffeurs 1t is foremost
triumph of American motorcar construc-
ton that automobiles have reached a
point of convenience, safety, consistency
and reliability that makes it speedily
possible to convert the Inexperienced pur-
chaser into a skilled pilot.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-18
TO INVESTIGATE
CONVICT ROAD WORK

this wage is paid will convict labor be
efficient labor.
Mr. Wilmot's study will include careful
investigation of the labor cost for this
work as well as of the different systems
OF control and on this scientific data
the committee will base recommended
lions which it is Hoped will lead TO the
efficient development of convict road work
in the southern states.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-18

Rush Moore has taken charge OF the
Birmingham office of J. c. Barrett & Co..
district distributors for the Maxwell car.
and will Immediately begin the work of
placing Maxwels throughout the city.
Mr.. Barrett's office Will remain at Ems
ley, as heretofore. and the work he has
done in this territory will not be inter-
fered with by the work of Mr.. Moore. .
Mr.. Moore formerly was The Maxwell
Motor Car company in Atlanta, where
he lived for two years. He left the Max
well people and became associated with
concern selling much heavier car After
six months with the latter concern, he
came to realization. he says. that the
light car was the only car enjoying great
sales at the present time and decided to
resume his connection with Maxwell.
Mr.. Moore lived in Birmingham previous
to going with the Maxwell company in
Atlanta and, while he admits that At
ianta is a great and beautiful city, he
is of the opinion that Birmingham is by
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-18
War Delays liberalization of Road

Paris. April 5.-(Correspondence of the
A Associated Press War has delayed the
extensive work undertaken by the West
ern State railroad for the Identification
of its suburban lines. II was expected
that this would be finished early this
year, but it has been necessary for the
government to issue a decree extending
the time to May, 1918.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-18
Goodyear Service Stations Tires in Stock

Anderson Motor Co., $40 5. Goth st.
Dirmtpgbam Garage 2OaD Ave-, s stt'
DirminGhsm Motor CO., 80l .. 21st ~.
Blackjack Tire - Rubber Co. 40 =. Goth st.
Urownel1 Auto Co., xslG, 321 ,. 2Oth 81.
Capitol Park Auto Co.. 9Th Ave. ana goth ST..
Coke Motor SaFea Coz @d1..A C.-
Drennen Motor Car CO., 22S s. 10th st.
Drennen & Co. Dept. Store, 2O31 Ave.
VI. a. Hines, 512 s. Goth ST.
Highland Garage Co., 2Gf2 Magnolia Ave.
Kennedy Tire Co., $40 n. Goth 81.
Morris Auto & Fire Co... @13 $. 2ist 81.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-18

RObertson Tire 4 Rubber Co., 1912 4th Ave.
ssnMdrrs Meter Gsr Coz 303l Ave n
ThoFntO9 Tire Cos 401 8. 2Oth st,
XtmbNylK. Thomas HARDWARE Co., 9nl8 list Ave.
TeErent City Meteor Co. II. r. u. No. 3
He0eauner Motor Co., Bensenner, Ala
Leng.LcMis Hardweys Goa Ressemer. Ala,
B. HichardnOn AntO Co., Blossburg, Ala.
Wade DRUG Co., CaleFa, Ala.
Enaley Motor Co., Ensley, Ala.
MorrisOn Motor Car CO., EnsIey, Ala.
G. G. Shaw 4 Son.. Jemison, Ala.
r. w. HOseIey, M0NteyalIo. Ala.
TalIadega Hardware Co., Tniiadega, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-18
German Mules Captured

London, April 5.-(Correspondence of the
Associated Press.)--A large consignment
of mules intended for service drawing
German ammunition wagons has just
reached London and is following a more
peaceful occupation in the London streets,
harnessed to the delivery carts of the
army and navy stores The animals were
taken from a German steamer on her
way home from the Pacific.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-18
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Norwepian ShiDbuilders Do Well

Christiania. April 5.-(correspondence of
the Associated Press.)-Norwegian ship
builders can scarcely keep pace with the
demand for vessels. The ship owners
find the war so advantageous to their
trade that, in need of more vessels. they
are turning TO obsolete craft. They are
taking old whalers and other vessels that
had been marked for the grave, fitting
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-18

It still has our exclusive
No-Rim-Cut feature. Il has
in each base 126 braided
piano wires to make the
tire secure. It has hum
dreds Of rubber rivets.
formed before vulcaniza-
ton. to combat loose treads.
Our All.Weather tread
is still doubl<thick; thicker
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-18

them with gasoline engines and screws
and pressing them into service The local
shipyards were never so busy as now
In tonnage per capita Norway's mercan-
tile marine is the largest in the world.
1t has 527 tons for each thousand inhab-
itants as against 242 in Great Britain.
The wrecks of Norwegian ships during
the past year do not greatly exceed nor
NAL, although a third of them were
caused by mines and torpedoes. When
the war ends Norwegian ship owners ex-
pect to put out new lot of Atlantic
and Pacific freighters and compete Sc
riously for the trade then TO be had.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-18

Join in this co-opera-
ton. Ally yourself with the
largest maker. and the one
who serves you best.
Thus you will help to make
Goodyear tires better and
cheaper still ANY dealer
will supply you. ,nsa
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-18
Hidden Extras

Note that every hidden extra is retained
Our Fortified Tire is still OMAR cured to
save blowouts. Yet that one extra-used by
no one else-costs US $450,000 yearly.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-18
The Cooperative Tire

than ever in some sizes. 1t still has those
sharp, tough, resistless grips.
Those exiras--all exclusive to Goodyear
are all retained, despite our price reductions.
Still That 100000
And we still spend on expcrts--on sbora.
tory work-S100O00 yearly. That is to test
tires built in different ways. to learn how to
build them better. And every improvement
we discover is adopted regardless Of cost.
Years ago these extras compelled price
ohe.6fth more than others Yet men Aocked
to these tires by the hundreds Of thousands.
Goodyear became as it is today - the
worlds largest-sellins tire.
As this multiplied output brought our cost
down. your cost came down too. Last year
we built about one tire for every car in use.
This year you get in Goodyears value never
before known in tires
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-18
Three Reductions

Note that in two years we made three big
price reductions. The last--on February LIST
brought the total to As per cent.
Yet in those two years we made expensive
improvements-tw two of them very expensive
And not in one iota has the tire been skimped
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-18

Goodyear attained the top place in the tire
field by building cooperative tires.
We have given you every saving you have
helped us make-and more beside.
The more you bought the better we built
them. and the lower we sold them to YOU
The Parker post., 1915-01-02
THE MIRACLE.

Consider the pumpkin.
1t hideth itself amidst the growing
CCrn..
1t is the lowliest of all things that
grOWeth in the fields.
The proud farmer spurneth it and
the small boy laugheth it to scorn.
The wise man of the agricultural
college lectureth not upon it. Never
hath it caused a car shortage.
The bugs devoureth it not and the
the beetles and the worms and the
moths and the weevils and all the
mighty host that preyeth upon the
naughty corn and wheat and spuds,
give it the gO-by.
Hehold it is the goat of the vege-
table kingdom.
Yet there cOmeth a day when the
wife of the husbandman cutteth the
pumpkin into golden squares and boil
eth it i'm the syrup of the sugar cane
and addeth thereto sweet spices, yea
even cinnamon and cloves and ginger
And 10, a miracle lis wrought.
She bringeth forth from the oven
he pumpkin pie, and the odor there
of is sweeter than the .breezes from
Clutch.
And the husbandman and the small
boy and the hired man falleth down
r alteration and watereth at the
mouth.
Tor it is a morsel fit for kings
and princes.
You know it,
The Parker post., 1915-01-02
TO TEST VALIDITY.

PHOENIX, December 30-To test
the validity of the recently enacted
eighty per cent law, Struckmeyer anC
Jenckes Wednesday filed suit in the
superior court asking a restraining
order against Attorney General Wiley
E. Jones and County Prosecuting AT
torney Frank H. Lyman.
The plaintiffs are zee Huez Wa,
Yee Wei, Gwan Sick Nam, Ong Pok
Yip, Lee Dick Gin, George Sugaya,
Miguel L. Lapolente and Flavo R. Ba
bazaz. The petition sets forth that
the plaintiffs bring the suit for the
relief of themselves and 1000 other
alien citizens of Arizona who are di-
rectly affected by the law in question
They allege that they are property
i'm the United States and that the
new law is violation of the four
teenth amendment of the constitu,
tion of the United States and of the
treaties now in effect between the
United States and China, Japan and
Mexico, of which countries the plain
tiffs are citizens.
The Parker post., 1915-01-02
LIQUOR TRANSPORTATION

The Santa Fe is reminding wine
and liquor shippers in general, that,
owing to the new prohibition law
in Arizona, which becomes effective
January 1st, it will be necessary for
the railroads sreving this state to de-
cline to accept for transportation to
Arizona points any shipments of in
toxicants after January 1st. Like
wise, it will not be possible to accept
such shipments which cannot be de-
livered at destination on or prior to
December 81, 1914. The instructions
do not apply to shipments of liquor
between points in Arizona over a
route entirely within the state, nor to
shipments from Arizona to points
outside of the state.
The Parker post., 1915-01-02
THINKS WELL OF PARKER.

Deputy United States Marshal Chas
E. Price has returned from an auto
mobile trip down the Colorado river,
via Parker to Blythe, Cal. He gives
good description of that section,
says the Arizona Gazette.
I'VE went south from Parker, keep
ing to the east side of the river
through a splendid valley that is soon
to be thrown open to settlement, y
said Price.
''It can be supplied with water from
the Parker project or by pumping, as
1T is only a short distance to water
in this valley. The Santa Fe Rail-
road company has completed survey
ing from Parker to Ehrenburg. The
country is so very level that the ex-
pense of grading the roadbed down
through this country is very small.
with the railroad running down
there will go many settlers who will
reclaim the desert and make one OF
the most beautiful valleys in the
west Connecting up with traffic on
the California side at Blythe by way
of road bridge, it will develop one
of the finest sections of agricultural
land in the southwest
"Ehrenberg is an old town on the
Colorado river 43 miles south of Far
ker and at one time was village OF
$500 people. AT present there is
nothing left but the old buildings
where once there was splendid busi-
ness houses.
1.-THE ruins of the ancient city OF
La Paz is ON the road to Ehrenberg
from Parker and lies in the midst OF
this fertile valley, where once upon
time thousands of people lived.
placer mining and stock raising sup
ported this ancient city, but what be-
came of them the guide could not
tell.
YBlythe is situated in splendid
section of the country with a perfect
Irrigation system. Many of the farms
are in a fine state of cultivation.
Many acres of cotton could be seen
from the road, with cotton pickers
and wagons loaded with the seed
cotton, in the fields and on the roads
Oh the way to the gin at Blythe,
wb4-e they are tumbling out from 20
10 so bales per day. Splendid fields
pf kaffir corn and alfalfa dotted with
many stacks of hay and herds of cat
IL made the country good indeed.
The Parker post., 1915-01-02
Oreiana Case Postponed.

The case of the State of Arizona
VS.. Trinidad Gonzales, wherein the
latter is charged with branding two
fourteen-months-old calves, commonly
Known as "Orejanas'' or "sleepers, -
came up before Justice of the Peace
Collins Tuesday evening The ami
mails were seized a couple of weeks
ago Ly Inspector Nichols of Bouse,
after they had been sold by Gonzales
to E. F. Lauten. Numerous witness
es for the defense testified that the
animals were freshly branded, and
that they were from II to Is months
old. The defendant was given until
Z o'clock January 4, to produce the
mothers OF the calves and unless this
is done judgment will be rendered in
favor OF the state. In this event the
animals will be sold at auction to the
highest bidder, and the money deriv-
ed from the sale turned over to the
Livestock Sanitary Board, as pro-
vided by law.
The Parker post., 1915-01-02
NEW GAME LAW.

= new game law that should be
passed by all states would contain tn
following:
Book agents may be shot be-
tween October 1 and September l;
spring poets from March l to June l !;
automobile speed demons from Jan
uary l to January l; road hogs from
April 10 to April Is; amateur hunt
crs from September 1 to February 1;
war talkers-no closed season; am
man who accepts a paper for two
years and then, when the bill is pre-
scented, says, I never ordered 1t,
mey be killed on sight and shall be
buried face downward in quick-lime
50 as to destroy the germs and pre-
vent the spread of the Infection"