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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-09
cling to thee eech passing hour
Jest like a flea.

L cnng TO thee eecn passing hour
Jest like a flea.
oh, tender, luvly April bloom,
Thou art the wurfd & all to me,
& l shall cling t thee till doom
Jest like a flea.
& 1 shall cling to thee till doom
Jest like a flea.
What do you think of that? Mister
Mayfair asked ma. Doant you think
hat is pritty fly?
1t is pritty flea. sed ma. if you want
my candid opinyun.
You doant understand Mister May
fairs artistick mater, sed pa. He is
a true poet.
I newer knew a true poet or any
other kind OF a poet to use the word
flea in a poem, sed ma, unless he
wanted a rime for the word .notwith-
standing.
Madam. sed Mister Mayfair, you
are making a Jest of me.
Sir, sed ma, l cud not maik a Jest
of you.
After Mister Mayfair had went
hoam pa toald ma that she shud not
have speak so harsh to him, but ma
sed that the day was dawning wen
wimmen wud have thare rites & have
a chanst to talk the way thay wanted
to to thare husbands trends. so she
was Citing in practice. I CESS ma
doesn't need vary much practice.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-09
BOYS POTATO CLUB
GETS INSTRUCTIONS
Advice Is Being Sent
Out By Agricultural
Agent.

Instructions for the scientific grow
ing of potatoes, including the selec-
ton of seed, the preparation OF the
seed bed, and the cultivation of the
crop are being tent out today to the
members Of the Boys Potato clubs
OF Marion county by H. L. Smith,
county agricultural agent. The in
structions are as follows:
ut is very important that each
member who begins this work with
the intention of winning one Of the
valuable prizes offered for the best
results, must have the plot Of ground
accurately measured. One-eighth OF
an acre contains COS square yards or
20 square rods.
Potatoes can be grown upon
type of soil in the state. Sandy or
clay loans, however, give best re-
suits. Heavy clay soils should be
well drained and r improved by
liberal use of barnyard manure.o
Grass land should be plowed eight
inches deep in the fall or winter SO
plenty OF time will be given for the
sod to begin to rot. Unless the ground
has been packed very hard by rain
1t will not be necessary to pillow again
soil Is very compact, blowing again
in the spring will aid very much in,
Tightening the heavier soils.
Narrowing should follow the plow-
ing Immediately, and when weeds ap-
pear before planting the potatoes, the
harrow should be run over the
ground again to destroy these weeds.
This will help make the seed bed mel
low from o to six inches deep and
leave the surface practically level.
The disc or cutaway harrow is a SPLEEN
did tool with which to follow the pIow
In order to %pulverize the soil. The
Acme harrow puts the ground in good
shape to receive the seed. The bet
ter you prepare the soil the more
certain you are of having one OF the
conditions necessary for q large
yield.
ABOUT four loads of barnyard ma
nure should be plenty for * acre of
potatoes. Manure should be well rot
ted. Fresh manure should never be
applied to potatoes In the spring of
the year. Potatoes should follow
clover. cowpeas or soy beans. Never
lime the ground Just preceding the
potato crop. Two hundred pounds OF
q 8 per cent nitrogen. To- per cent
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-09

The address OF Mr.. E. M. showalter
at the Chamber of Commerce meeting
held last night on the bridge question
seemed TO EXPRESS the views OF the
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-09
Worth While ouotatIon.

Worth While QuofatIon.
Some people ere always grumbling
because roses have thorns-I am
thankful that thorns have ROSES
Selected.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-09

to Toxic. as German ambassador to
Japan. and in 1912 he was appointed
Prussfan minister TO Bavaria. Since
then he has remained In Germany.
and has spent much time with the
Kaiser.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-09

LIT Pays to Advertise in The wess
viralnian.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-17
GASOLENE GOSSIP

around IN agony. am sure tina. AZ least hall
dozen Of those which started for the Aston Cup had
we'll developed cases Of anthrax. II was too bad
Fred Wagner, the starter. did not then know abou.
the wonderful serum, that he might have saved
one or two of them TO help fill up the finish line.
Two or three OF the gentlemen in the judges
stand laughed when a timer said he saw the me-
cbanic in one Of the traers, which was suffering
intensely, reading a short story magazine as hs
toured along the backstretch. When he passed the
prandstand he held II down out Of sight In order
70 assist In the deusion of speed which his driver
desired to convey TO people in the grandstand, bat
4, Is reported that as soon as he was out OF the
sight Of the $50 boxholders he whipped IT out again
and entertained the driver for another lap
Yes. {, is true we do need few new racing cars.
7 am Interested 10 see what the Sheepshead Bay
Speedway management can muster up Tor ITS lOV-
mile race for the Hardness trophy. on the forth
coming Election Day. When the sun went down o /
the Aston Cup race meet do not believe there were
four cars left out of the twenty starters that could
have gone another hundred miles without the aid
of a team OF mules.
And have not heard that any of the dead ones
have since come to life.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-17

=, .vcrv r,r hut there (, a widespread objection 10
tho man who blows hts horn because ne Is irrtated
by tho DELAYS Of traffic, TO the chauffeur who mas
oversight and dashes 10 meet his boss, blowing hi'
horn madly for every one TO jump and TO the rag
chauffeur who drives up TO his closed garage AT :
o'clock in the morning and blows his horn until the
rarage keeper and everybody else for two blocks
around has been awakened.
There is, unfortunately, no way TO regulate these
di turbers OF the peace except by taking tho pres
.nt form Of electric horn entirely out OF the hands
Of all car owners and allowing only buzzer or
some equally mild warning signal.
In doing this tho aldermen with whom have
talked feel that they must give some consideration
10 both the makers Of electric horns and the car
manufacturers It would be unfair to pass an ordi-
nance 70 take effect within less than year, and
some think that two years should be allowed
In the mean time 1t is difficult TO regulate the
nuisance The police cannot catch the offenders.
They are too numerous, and tho police cannot tell
where they are going to break out next
There is nothing in the present city ordinances
which applies to the horn blower, and X the police
should take a few offenders into the courts on n
public nuisance charge the magistrate would doubt
less let them 90, simply because the city ordinances
do not make electric horn footing an offence
There would have been an ordnance IcSuIdti'h
the automobile horn long ago bad the Board OF
Aldermen known how TO get at the rather delicate
subject II was up for discussion about three years
ago but at that time the electric horn Industry was
confined to one or two large makers, who wero try
ing to get ordinances passed In the larger cities
compelling all car owners 10 carry electric horns
Imagine the sudscty Of this movs!-snd be
leve few Of the Western cities fell for It. Since
then tho United States courts have thrown down
tho bars and horn making 10 an open sport. There
must be q hundred noise msahne factories In OPP
Grafton and the electric horn is so cheap every car
maker puts them regular equipment
This is the reason the nuisance has grown to such
uncomfortable proportions, and In such short
time. Every driver has electric horn, instead Of
every other one every third one, AS was the case
three years ago, and the result is that what was
designed as a warning signal and lifesaver has
developed into q nerve wrecker and public null
ssnce.
Motorists who realize that the electric horn Is
the most Objectionable feature Of tho automobi'e
OF to-day are willing to come forward and advocate
its adjustment. At the time, the Board o.
Aldermen knows that when the proposed ordinance
is introduced there is going to be wild howl from
the horn makers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-17
Bv HANK CALDWELL.

engine for the coming year, and our expert - -
duty bound TO boom that engine, be II iour' SA'
eight or twelve
II il interesting therefore, to see what an eng'-
uecr who is in a position to be fairly lndepehuc'''
has to say. In recent paper on "Nulu-Oy,
Engines" Herbert Chase, chief engineer OF '"e
Automobile Club of America, favors the four ana
six cylinder motors rather decidedly
"It Is almost automatic in the mechanical world
he saws that in any machine minimum huinoei
Of working parts is essential TO lowest upKeep cost
and freedom from trouble. II Is futile TO eNpec.
this rule reversed in mechanism such as that usea
TO propel motor vehicle.
"Tbe renair bill for ovcrhaullng an eight or
twelve cylinder motor must certainly be larger toah
that for a four or six But. says the salesman
prompted By an ingenious sales englneer)' INC
smaller and the lighter parts in this JOB put ieS'
strain on the bearings ard these will last twice as
long a, those IN our earlier models plausible
argument, indeed but why not utilize tho same
small lightweight parts in four or six cylinder
motor thereby increasing its speed and consequent
~ its power without adding parts Apply thes'
principles to the motor and gear the car properly
and one has what seems certain 70 De "uc"
favored moderate price car in the near future In
fact these features are already incorporated IN
quite number Of cars now produced. 20 IN"
mult-cylindcr design thouCh useful ana successlui
in the large and powerful car, is By no means the
only solution TO the problem. Cars Of this type are
certain to meet sharp competition from the less
extensive cars Of fewer cylinders"
Mr. Chase thinks there still many possibilities
in the four and six which keen engineering talent is
certain TO realize He calls attention to the latest
racing machines, where the multi-cylinder motor
4, not to be found-an eloquent testimonial, he
says TO the dependnbility Of the four-cyhnder
motor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-17

years ago. and rs the fines. e,,f
wouldn't sell It except for the fac, 81. vi
wants something more up-to.date in ,.'v vi
Here the two statesmen get togethsr-,,.
with the old and the man with the new "a, ~
They hight it out on the basis OF you a., *
price for my fine old car and III pay Va, ' - N
price OF your new model provided vov A.,
freight and allow me per cent diseou,,s q
And that's why the automobile ssle,n,,,
on the long Selling face" He Is up ss,,,. N
game. lie isn't in the business Of .en,, ~
cars any more. lie is down on the hal.
secondhand furniture dealer.
Nearly every customer comes IN :.
something before he buys. And no, ,n,,.
the man with the used car to sell I, -.
salesman. He's business man who Ia. 80. Nsr
buy a new passenger car He may be yo,.
il in part for pleasure but he want, 70 A..
he buys his desk or the fixtures for II, Ga. ."
SO we have the reason why the autonoAa.',
man has lost his glad hand and his s.r,,, 80
He approaches the prospective buyer a.,
tackle a hard Job. lie watches every va, ~
ducks every move knowing full well tia, -. :"
pect Is looking all the while for an opepin, D. ~,
him an upper cut
Every car is sold to-day under high pr...,,.
the best salesman turns tho trick lie mus, q. .
not merely be a good salesman; h. mus, h.
buyer.
His first duty is 20 dodge the buying o, ~. u
car, in part. II not entirely, and after hs A.,
WINGED his customer that his old car 4, "A, ~.
half what he thinks It IS he mus. turn eou.lx..
around and make him believe that bis h..,, ...,
is worth more than be Is asking for Il
When he fails In this he must pass ths l,~
to tho sales manager or the sgsnt k!m,.li =
guilty prospect can be allowed to sesp. a.
petition is too strong.
Every morning the sales managsr ev>s n =.
ness knowing he has . hundred hard uut n -.
and forty six-rsil hurdles to Jump bsfon Ina.
The automobile sales manager on Brssdvy "a,
be man who can take his punishment svs, \,
in the day and six days week.
He Is a serious man because he has h II p.
good old times, when it was easy to put s,v ..
pleasure car and when men bough. withsu, lsslI,,
twics, are gone forever, and can see husdr,l, /.
my old friends who started In the automobile i,s
ness ten years ago as happy as kids who haA Fec,
a gold mine, now gray and withered, with vdsp.I
byows and dropping shoulders.
Not few Of them have withdrawn To Bn,tn
Yonkers or Newark, unable to meet the elssd
conditions. Managers have begun to look for ys..,
blood-boys from college or who have had yu
or so behind hardware counter.
The old fellows tell me they cannot III o.
mans doorstep or break into his Office and cell d,
a car like book agent would hand him hI,x,
Of the inhuman race
The automobile business Is very serious, a.! 4
there are any young men who are trying to 9.
into it because they think It is easy ny sdua b
them is to keep out.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-17
War in the Ford Plant.

tn. split in the Ford cabinet was quite surprise
TO every one in the trade. Movements at the fofu
factory are getting 20 be Of national importance
They sre almost as serious the big slides IN the
Panama Canal.
knew Jimmie Couzens, the Minister OF Internal
c..r, h,d not been at the works for about two
months but hardly thought he would walk out
And am wondering II he has not taken Henrys
utt.ranc.s more seriously than Henry takes them
himself.
Mr.. Courens IS very frank, sincere man, ou'
be IL only forty-three years old, and II he startS
out now 70 spend the several millions which he has
accumulated during the last thirteen years the
industry will lose one Of It's most respected men.
heard that he has been disposing Of some Of
his stock in the company, but l DO not believe It
lie Is said TO hold about 10 per cent Of the total
stock As he said when he resigned the other day,
he raised the first $1,000 to get the company going
and worried himself bad-hesded financing II during
the first few years.
Even those who are close TO inner chambers OF
tbe Ford work. were astonished when the Dodge
brother. recently threw their stock in the Ford
Canadian company on the market II may be thai
they knew Mr.. Couzens was getting out and feared
that Mr. Ford's stand on the matter OF the Anglo
French loan would oiure Ford business in CANADA
and England John T. Dodge and his brother,
Horace r.. before they entered the light car manu-
featuring field built aNles transmissions and othe
parts for the Ford company. They were very close
10 both Mr. Ford and Mr.. CouBens, and, like others
who have followed the development Of the Ford
company they knew that 70 Mr.. Couzens belonged
large portion Of the credit for the success Of the
business
II may be perfectly true that the Ford company
would no. have grown in thirteen years from q
m baH mt bee o
the work Of Nj CouIens, but do not ever lose sight
Of the fact that Henry Ford is the whole works
and that be will be It as long as he lives
heard one Of the biggest men in the company
say once that he believed II Henry Ford had lived
hundred years ago he would have been looked upoL
as q witch He meant that he could so far into
the future his foresight often seemed superhuman.
II you 60 out 70 Detroit they will point out TO
Won half dozen men who made Henry Ford, but
I notice that in most cases they were 80 busy
making him they forgot TO make themselves.
And further than this, it is noticeable that as
they dropped out OF the organization one by one the
Ford production grew annually larger.
would not say that the withdrawal OF Mr.
Couzens Is not going 20 be noticed around the Fori
factory He was not only master in the art OF
quantity production, but he is wonderful
ganizer and director Of sales
Mr. Couzens has sold the Ford car in every part
81 the world but while he has been doing this
Henry Ford has held on TO sc per cent of the stock
Of the company. He fought the powerful A. L
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-17
More Racing Cars Wanted.

David Beecroft, editor Of Automobile" and vel!
known mechanical and motor racing expert calls
wildly in full page editorial for more racing cars
He speaks Of our bg-minded car manufacturers and
pleads with them to help out the racing game OF
the new speedways. lie says we must have hve or
six new teams of at least four cars each.
II the American manufacturer OF cars does not
want to come back into the racing field Mr. Beecrof'
asks him to build racing cars to sell to private
sportsmen.
1t Is always refreshing to watch the enthusiastic
Mr. Beecroft working overtime, but want to see
the big minded manufacturer, and IL cannot sc,
him | want to see the flock Of sportsmen who are
going to support racing teams.
Mr. Beecroft says, in polite words, that the pres
ent generation of racing machines is down and OUT
In this he Is quite correct. Most OF them were
knocked under the ropes for the last time at
Sheepshead Bay October g.
1t was painful to watch number OF them limp
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-17
The Stutz a Simple Car.

The victory Of the Stutz cars, when they captured
first and second positions in the Aston Cup race on
the new Sheepshead Bay Speedway ptted against
field Of twenty starters seven Of which were %
European make has directed attention to tho ma
chanical details of these remarkable machines.
The motors are made by the Wisconsin Motor
Company of Milwaukee. Simplicity and light parts
seem to be the keynote Of the success Of the
engine The valves are large and the system Of
fabrication is unusually simple.
The bore OF the engine Is 1915 and the stroke
81 inches. The maximum power is obtained at .
speed Of 5000 revolutions a minute. On q block
test this speed gives 1870 horsepower. The valves
are is Inches in diameter with a LIT Of three
eghths Of an inch. The spur gears that drive the
cam shaft are extremely small.
In view Of the fact that few Of the in the
race were able to lubricste under the high, con-
tinuous speed which Is possible the board
track, the Stutz oing system stands out as par
ticuarly successful. The oil pump Is outside Of the
crank case This not only gives rigidity to the
case, but assists In keeping the oil cool.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-17
REQ Back on Broadway.

The REQ agency, one Of the Oldest
automobile sales houses in Manhattan,
has come back to Broadway and is
open for business in the new REQ
Building at Fifty-fourth street.
r. +. Ingersoll, manager Of the REQ
Eastern branches. picked this promi-
nent corner out about year ago and
arranged for new two-story building
to be occupied exclusively by mis- com
pauy.
Before he could get in the business
the Manhattan branch had outgrown
the new salesroom. and yesterday morn
ing H. W. Castor. advertising manager
Of the Eastern REQ branches, was out
scouting for additional room
The REQ line for 1916 consists OF
four cylinder touring car at ss75; a
six-cylinder AT 81 $50; three quarter
ton commercial wagon AT sl,075 and a
two-ton truck at 81 $50.
The service department is located
on the second floor Of the new building
This should prove a great convenience
for REQ owners. Very few car agencies
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-17
Electric Horns a Nuisance.

The Board Of Aldermen Of New York City Is
going TO take up the automobile horn nuisance this
winter, and from talk which had last week with
II. H. Curran vice-chairman of the board hnc
leader Of the majority, am convinced that we can
look for ordinance which will either rigidly
regulate the blowing of horns within the city limits
or abolish the present style of Objectionable horn
entirely and permit only an electric buzzer.
Alderman Curran told that every member Of
the board with whom he has talked on the subject
realizes that the city must at have ord
nance which will efectuallv control the who
abuses the privilege of having electric horn on
his
There is no violent objection he said, TO the prea
ont style of horn. which is part of the equipment
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-17
The New Man at the Wheel.

what you probably want TO know, though IS
something about the man who is going TO take Mr..
Couzens's place in the Ford factory. His name Is
y. A. Hawkins, and he has been for several years
the general sales manager. Mr.. Hawkins is man
about whom George Broadhurst might write q
thrilling play. lie IS native Of Detroit, about
forty-Avc years old, tall and slender, wizard Mt
figures. an expert bookkeeper and accountant,
general Of salesmanship, and works harder than
Lord Kitchener
About six or seven years ago Hawkins lanoed
back IN Detroit his native city, busted and with
out lob He opened school OF auditing and IN
vented system Of loose-leaf bookkeeping for large
commercial houses The business OF the Ford com
ranv had grown so rapidly the factory bookkeeping
department was standing on its head. and the com
panv's accounts were tied up in a hard knot Mr
Ford called Hawkins In TO straighten them oua
Within six weeks Mr. Ford had not only direc
line on his factory business, but he knew as much
about his branches as his branch managers.
Mr.. Hawkins was going back TO his school, but
before be left Mr.. Ford called him into bis Office
Hawkins" he said, chow much can you mako
out Of this school Of yours"
We'll" said Hawkins. ~ think can make sbou'
$4,000 year"
That's pretty good" said Mr.. Ford but II you
stay here you can make $4,000"
And he is there yet. The resignation Of NJ
Couzens places him at the head Of the works, and
while none Of US know what he gets many say II
exceeds 100000 8 year
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-17
An Easy Tire to Repair.

cord tires can be repaired so we'll
that the repaired portion is fully as
strong as any part OF the tire. To
prove this, suppose tire has been cut
or injured so that it is necessary TO
remove the cut or broken cords In order
to make the repairs. The cords are
taken out by stripping off enough Of
the thread to expose the cord between
the two pins where the cord is looped.
The bead covers are removed and the
beads forced away from the tire far
enough to allow the pins to clear, after
which the broken cords are slipped off
the pins.
~ repair may cover space OF
several inches and include both plies
if the injury il great enough to cut
through both. Owing to the fact that
the cord tires do not stretch, We keep
what are known as cord sections. These
sections are taken directly from tires
made for such repair work The cord
section is fitted directly in the space
whence the broken cords have been
removed. fitting perfectly over the pins.
as we'll as conforming TO the original
shape and size Of the tire. The re
paired section of the tire is then yul-
canized.
an conclusion. I would say that cord
tires have these advantages over the
other types: Greater engine eff
cheney; gasolene saving, which gusran-
tees greater mileage; additional speed;
quick starting; easier guiding. thus re-
ducing the work of steering; greater
coasting ability; greater strength;
practical immunity from stone bruises.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-17
&c. Schmidt Heads Pullman

10 is healthy and gratifying sign to
see SO many men who have for years
lccn leaders In manufacturing lines
entirely apart from the automobile
business. coming into the motor field
John G. Schmidt, the head OF half a
dozen large corporations in York, Penn,
has lately taken over the Pullman
Motor Car Company, and the benefit OF
his influence is shown In the snap
Of the 1916 models and the interest
which dealers in all parts Of the coun-
try have manifested IN the new line
Mr.. Schmidt has been president OF the
Standard Chain Company, Of York. for
sixteen years. lie Is also member
Of tho firm Of Schmidt & Aul,, one Of
Oh largest paper mills IN Pennsylvania
and rs director IN several other long
established companies OF York