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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-04
AWARDS TO PACKARD
 ARE SIGNIFICANT

Latest advices indicate that the Packard awards at the Panama Pacific international exposition are much more significant than was indicated by the first announcement.
 The grand prize, which was given to no other automobile company, was awarded by the superior jury for quail ity of material and workmanship, ir- genuity and skill in design and con struction, the magnitude of the busi- ness represented and the length of time the exhibitor has been engaged in mar ufacturing.
 In addition to the grand prize, the Packard was awarded the first of the three medals of honor Other exhiLi- tors were the recipients of 15 gold medals, 13 silver medals, nine bronze medals and two certificates of honora- ble mention. The awarding of one of the Is gold medals to such a famous ear as the Rolls Royce. of English manufacture, is illustrative of the sub stantial character of the competition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-04
TWELVE CYLINDERS THE ULTIMATE OF
 MOTOR BUILDING
Dickson Says Motor Engi. neers Have Reached Limit of Motor Construction
 With Latest Model

What's to be the limit in the number of automobile cylinders? Less than one year ago eight-cylinder motor cars were un- heard of. Today eights are common. and two of the oldest and most reliable auto manufacturers are building 12-cylnder cars. With this rapid progress following so closely the various stages of two, four and six-cylinder cars, it is only natural that the public asks, Whats the limit? When will the number of cylinders for motor cars stop increasing?"
 "rhe increase has stopped now with 12 cylinders says George M. Dickson, gen eral manager of the company building Ma tional 12-cylinder cars Dickson's reasons for this belief that the lend" has been reached so far as numbers go are based on technical knowledge of internal com bustion engine principles which put into every day language means simply this: The 12 is the accomplishment of the pur- pose that has inspired every change from one cylinder up. In other words, Dickson says that engineers had definite things to accomplish with motors, and that one by one they have overcome obstacles and achieved the desired results from increase cylinders. This desire among automoUne engineers has been to make the power of a gasoline motor a steady push, rather than series of jerks. There is no doubt but that the six-cylinder motor was, and still is, a decided success" continued Dick son, and that the same Reasons that led engineers to adopt the six also led them to attain perfected results from a 12 which is the epitome of all cylinder efforts since the beginning of motor car engineering.
 "One-cylinder motors had the field ex- clusively for two years before the two cylinders appeared. The two cylinders were the largest for period of about two years Then came the four-cylnder motor which had the right of way at least four years before the first siX-cyinder motor, which was the National in 1905. SiX-cyl- finder motors were the largest for a pe- riod of nine years. i. e., until 1914, when the eight-cylinder appeared The eight cylinder held the field for less than year. Thus the conclusion is that the six-cylin- der was more nearly correct as evidenced by the fact that it has headed the list for the longer period. Now the 12, being the highest attainment of the six, is un- doubtedly the ultimate of motor building. '
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-04

tour from New York to Chicago that at least the main travelled roads are vast ly improved over what they were a short time ago. She also declares that there is a noticeable interest in and enthusiasm Tor good roads in all the states she has passed through. The good roads move ment is something more than sporadic efforts, annual road bees. or tour de force like the Lincoln highway effort-it is now a part of the spirit and life of every community.
 With the exception of a few insignif- cant stretches. Miss Sawyer made the trip from New York to Chicago, via Philadelphia, Washington and Pittsburg, in comfort and with good speed. One delighted her were the excellent con crete highways of Wayne county, which lead into Detroit and which make tour ing from the county line in like driving over an asphalt pavement in good re- pair.
 While Miss Sawyer admits that cross country touring for women is greatly advanced and made far more comfortable and safe by such cars as the Paige with It's fiexibility, ease of riding and sim plicity of control. yet the advance of the good road movement is giving a great boom to countrywide touring for wom- en. Give the women a good safe car, easy to handle and good highways and the women drivers will multiply enor- mously, she says. and she believes also that she has discovered already in her tour the car and ample evidence that good roads are rapidly increasing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-04
PROPRIETY
By MARGARET ADAMS

If I had to define a sense of pro- prety I think I should describe it as an alleged virtue of whose existence we only come cognizant when we discover we haven't got 1t. As far as I can make out the sense of pro- priety in ones self is the perfect ca pacity for imagining impropriety in ther people.
 Elderly ladies. disappointed spinsters particularly, specialize in 1t to their own complete satisfaction, though it is not so much the fact that they themselxes possess 1t that delights them, as that other people don't, The outward visible signs of it are sniffs, You will very seldom find a pretty girl in the world who seems to pos sess it--according to the gospel of someone or another.
 l believe that in many types the fact of her being pretty is an obvious pre- supposition that she lacks, or that if she doesn't she ought to. Things that ar ugly girl can do without lot or hin- drance become, according to Mrs. Grundy, hopelessly impossible in a pretty one.
 The argument from Mrs. Grundy's side is, I will admit. founded on a tiny substratum of truth, though it is a very tiny one. A girl who has really beautiful eyes is always suspected Of handing them round to all and sun dry in generous and injudicious doses. even if 1t is only because they are beautiful.
 No one would suspect her plain sis ter, who has one eye permanently skidding in the opposite direction to the other, of ever cherishing a forlorn hope that she can attract attention, how ever hard she might really try.
 Similarly, a pretty girl who dresses herself throughout to correspond with the obvious advantages that a kindly providence has bestowed upon her, has only but to cross her legs in draw ing room, without a passing thought to the fore shortened effects, to raise a series of painted elderly eyebrows at the magnetic effect that a nice taste
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-04
The Black Hander
From the Washington Star:

From the Washington Star.
 Former Attorney General Wicker sham said in New York to reporter
 Germany, in her efforts to palliate her breaches of international law breaks all the rules of logic as thor oughly as the boy who wrote the black hand letter.
 This letter, which was slipped under the door of a tobacconist whose win dow had been smashed by a baseball said:
 Deer sir, your winder was broke ny a bad boy wot threw it threw for the purpus. The ball belonged too me but an enemee of mine sneaked it and done the deed too put the blayme or -me. I am sorry he dun it and that il have give you payne, and l have perse- cuted the perpetraiter wot dun it. But you would not have thee innercent suf- fer for the gilty, so, if you have a kind hart. all will bee forgiven If you drop thee ball over thee wall. If you doe not, beware (Signed) INNOCENT
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-04

to Boston and the shore line to New York From there he drove along the coast roads of New Jersey, and then in land to Washington.
 Commenting on his trip he said: From the time we started east from Buffalo until we arrived here we have hardly been off hard-surfaced highway, and it is certainly 6 revelation to know so many miles may be travelled with such perfect comfort and such surety of road condi- tions as has been our experience. l am told that we are not yet through with 1t, as we shall continue on this through Maryland on our homeward trip. During this trip we have met many a vesterner and several friends on tour and each is enthusiastic in his praises; each Is a con- vert to the type of road we havs exper- fenced and all of us are going back home with two fixed resolves-one Is to repeat our trips next year, but more important than that will be the propaganda of edu- cation which we shall spread as to the value of the hard surfaced road out in our great prairie land. We have the wealth. but it has only been such exper- fences as ours that will teach the value of the highway that can be travelled re- ga dless of weather both as automobiles on pleasure bent and as the raisers or foodstuffs that must be hauled to market regardless of weather conditions and with regard only to market conditions We have all become converts and boosters for the hard-surfaced road"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-04
Nature the Designer

From the Engineering Magazine.
 There was a certain college professor of machine design who was as original in his views as he was able in his sub ject. One of his pet theories was the in- terrelation between nature and correct design. Boys" he would say, there has been only one designer who never made a mistake and the more we study his work, the better machine we will build. When you put legs under a ma chine, think of a horse COW, and get them as far apart as you can-don't get too much overhang at either end And speaking of a counterbalance. Study the kangaroo. there Is no prettier ex- ample of equilibrium in all positions The further over he leans, the more his tail comes into action off the ground. And again, in speaking of general design wherever possible, try to work for elastic ity as against rigidity. You will find very little of the rigid in nature, and little trees often survive a gale by bending where the big ones are blown down. All of which was undoubtedly very true and made more of an impression on his hearers than some of the more compli- ca ted mathematical demonstrations that followed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-04

in silk, lace and ribbons can have on the rising male generation.
 1t may have been possibly thought out to four places of decimals on her part, or it may not. But the result and the comments thereon are inva- riably the same.
 Even my dictionary won't assist me. It describes rropriety as suitable ness" and that bewilders me even more. It seems to me so absolutely suitable that a girl with pretty eyes should use them for the benefit of mankind
 1 remember once sitting out with a pretty girl at a dance. There was no one about, and it was In shaded corner of the conservatory. You can fill in details yourselves. During the occasional lapses to conversation that must occur I remarked "Y our mother told me today you had no sense of proprietyr' Pause with ecceteras. Then, q think" murmured soft voise from somewhere in the region of my left shoulder "I have nice sense of impropriety, don't you?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-04
WONDERFUL RECORD IS MADE BY HUDSON Car Runs 100000 Miles Without Repairs-Minor
 Parts Needed

Hudson statesmen the world over are telling their prospects the proof of the Hudson Six-4o supremacy lies in the record of 50,00o,O00 miles traversed by the 15,o00 Hudson Six-4Os in use." says Brad ley J. Saunders of the Saunders Motor Car company, local Hudson dealers.
 That this Is valuable sales argument is proven by letters frequently received by the Hudson Motor Car company from owners of older Hudson models stating the wonderful mileage they have secured and the economical upkeep expense of lthese cars. One of the most recently received of these letters, from G. A. Saun- ders of Skelton, Va, speaks for itself l am yet running my Hudson road ster, Model 20 says the letter. I have gotten 100000 miles and she will now have to go to the shop for the first time. I have the same spark plugs in it that came in 1t, and the engine has never been taken down. You have fur nished me with all of the repairs that have been put on it, and 1t moves as smoothly and nicely now as any new car.
 However, I have several parts that are now worn, and I want them shipped to me by parcel post c. O. D. at once.
 
 propeller shaft front bearing cage, 30 cents front wheel outer bearing assem- bly, for both right and left wheels, with balls complete, $1.5O. Total, s2'
 Think of that record" exclaimed MT. Saunders. One hundred thousand miles and now in the shop for the first time The original spark plugs in 1t and an engine that has never been taken down Only few minor repairs made previous ly and now only g worth of parts needed. When Howard E. Coffin and the Hudson organization built like that in 1910, | think what they are able to do now after their five years accumulated ex- perience.
 "All the lessons learned by years of Hudson experience are compounded in the sixes now being built. It is along these lines that the performances of old CT Hudson cars are valuable. It is only rarely that these elder members of the family are mentioned. Yet now and again an instance of this kind has value. This is one of them"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-04
Suffrage Soap Box Passes

From the Boston Post
 In the earlier days of militant femin- ism. each suffra gist assigned to speak in the open air used to carry a soap box to stand on.
 friend at suffrage headquarters now tells us that the famous suffrs SC soap box has been banished.
 The soap box was used last summer on the Common by the suffrage speak CTS as a rostrum and in spite of it's lngainly bulk was carried back and forth each week.
 My correspondent writes that a fold ing "box" devised by male syripa- thizer is now in use. The folding s,.nd Is made of sheet iron with four '4sgs that fold back under each corner and when folded there is scarcely more bulk than two sheets of heavy cardboard It is the intention of the "suffs" 10 use this folding "box" for all their speaking around Greater Boston this summer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-04
AUTO BUSINESS IS BETTER THAN EVER
 SAYS REQ MANAGER
Industry on Firmer Basis Now Than Ever Be- fore in History, Is
 Assertion

.ro,ditions in the automobile busi. ness are more settled than at any pre-. vious time" says Richard E. Scott. gen
 eral manager of the Rec Motor Car
 company.
 "I can't recall a time when the out 1ool was so clear or the industry on a frmer basis than right now con- tinued the Rec man.
 nro the man on the outside l suppose it looks just the reverse-what with the many innovations, the many types or mnlti- cylinder cars and the other seem- ingly contradictory announcements, to- gether with the apparent slashing or prices.
 "But if you look below the surface you will see that these are but indi- cations of stability-frantic breaks Tn
 prices in midseason, the adoption of new radical types of motors, etcetera, are but efforts on the part of some makers 10 get a place in the sun Tn previous years the most disturb ing elements have been the wars Of sixes and fours,' or similar contro- versies in which two factions about equally strong. have been aligned against each other Inat served to divide the audience to buyers and to
 make all hesitate This year, however, there is no agreement save among the older concerns-and they are with one accord bending their efforts to the refinement of existing standards and ignoring the efforts of newer concerns to establish new ones-without having agreed among themselves as to what shall be the basis of that new stand ard.
 "As a result we find buyers, instead of being confused by the arguments of the many belligerents are, in their buying, at least, playing the part of neutrals,
 and giving their support to the estab- lished order of things. For example, we have never known the demand to be so brisk for conser- vative types as now, while those whose purse of preference dictates a larger car, seem perfectly satisfied with
 sizes. Of course we are all watching
 the novelties with interest as we'll as
 curiosity, but like President Wilson. we are more anxious to keep out of the fray than to engage in it, since the chances of glorious victory are many times discounted in our minds by the hazard of an ignominious failure.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-04
Sure of If

From the Baltimore American.
 ''As hosts, when they give their din- ners. have the Come-ups any savoir faite2
 You bet they've got anything that's in the market"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-04
Just So

From the Kansas City Journal. 'The doctor knows I hate camphor." ''So?''
 Yet first he made me sniff it and now he has prescribed it as a liniment.' ''I cali that rubbing it in.''
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-10-29

The reports Of c. c. Dunn, Water
Master for Little Wood River, and
Of H.. J. Borneman, Water Master
for Big Wood River were examined
and approved.
The petition of residents of School
District No. IL, in which they petition
- the Board to annex part of their
.erritoly to School District No. IL of
Cooling County, was not granted
In the matter of the Shoshone Falls
Grade, the Clerk was instructed to ask
The State Highway to submit a de
finite plan before the Board or have
a representative to appear before the
the Board on Oct. 10, 1915.
The following claims against the
Current Expense Fund were examined
and allowed or disallowed and the
Auditor is hereby instructed to isue
warrants for the allowed portions;
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-10-29

On September %, Geo. F. Gorow dis
covered sickness among his hogs, an.
wired the state veterinary, who
came to Richf ED and pronounced it
cholera, and gave the whole herd the
serum treatment, few days later the
disease appeared on the company farm
and about the same time on the farm.
OF Chester Johnson, all or which was
treated by the state veterinary or his
deputy. A meeting was Immediately
called by the farmers and purse
raised to hire q compstant veterinary
to take charge Of the situation, quar-
antine the effected herds, compel a
general cleaning up and disinfecting of
the premises of every hog raiser on
the tract and see that every man kept
his hogs within his own yards or pas
lures to prevent the spreading of the
disease. The majority of the farmers
realizing the Importance have COM
piled with these orders, however there
are some who still persist in letting
their hogs run at large and in the road
and over other peoples land, these
people should be compelled to confne
their hogs, or the law should be in
volked to make them do SO, Is it is
menace to the whole track.
Gorow has lost 80 out of l23 the COM
pany has lost ~ and Chester johnson
3d. Assistant veterinary Seabury was
hired for month to take charge and
all of the above mentioned herds were
treated by Mr.. Seabury or state vet
Urinary Bodle. Mr.. Gorow expressed
his opinion that it either WASH t cholera
or that the serum was no good.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-10-29

The figures show plainly enough how
Canada has prohted by that Democratic
reduction of the tariff. which was espe-
cially heavy on many of the commodities
brought from the Dominion. it appears
that last year we imported from Canada
goods worth $780, 689, 600 which was $40
900, 900 more than in 1918, $52, 900, 0UC
more than in 1912, $50, 900, 600 more
than in 1911 and $65, 900, 600 more than
in 1910. On the other hand, our ex-
ports to Canada were $40 600, 900 less
than the proceeding year. Canada is
selling US a great deal more than ever
before, and what she sells comes into
direct competition with the products oil
American farms, forests and fac cries,
and the Democratic Tariff helps her to
do it. That Tariff works much more to
Canada's advantage than any recipro-
dity arrangements would have done.
Troy IN. W Times.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-10-29
County Commissioners Proceedings

er, Commissioners, and ]. w. Lundin
Clerk.
The quarterly reports of Harlan D.
Hest, Prosecuting Attorney, and ].
W. Lundin, Clerk, Auditor and Re-
corder, were examined and approved.
The following claims against the
Current Expense Fund were examin-
ed, allowed or disallowed, and the Au-
ditor is hereby instructed to issue
warrants for the allowed portions:
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-10-29

With its customary contempt for the
intelligence of the voters of Idaho, the
Capital News presents another set OF
figures which it says shows big re-
duction of state expenses through the
efforts of Governor Alexander.
1t shows that the state levy this
year for ordinary running expenses is
$3.50, 900 less than for the preceding
year, and says no hocus-pocus of poll
ticians can explain it away. If the
Capital News means Republican poll
ticians they will hardly try to explain.
it away since they alone are responsible
for the reduction
The legislature was Republican in
both branches. The senate pareo
down the appropriation bills of the
house for state institutions some $780,
900 and the house accepted the cut.
This one thing accounts for most oil
the big saving There were few cuts
in salaries and other minor items, max
ing tne total saving nearly $500, 000.
The governor had nothing to do with
this except that he did not oppose it,
but signed the bill.
There were people who had faith in
the credit and honesty of the state
and advanced money. furnished sup
plies or performed labor to the state.
The total of this was about $50, 900 and
for which there was no funds, avail
able The measure for the relief of
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-10-29
Second Day of ssa

Second Day of Sea-
Shoshone, Idaho, October IL, 1915.
The Board of County Commission
ers convened this day pursuant to
adjournment. All members present.
PERMISSION was given w. D. Yre-
denburgh to assign his lease OF the
County Poor Farm to Clarence Gro
theirs, and 1t was agreed that Clar-
ence Crothers will lease the said
Poor Farm beginning with March l.,
1916, for a period of one year for a
cash rent of $4,000 per year, and
would be allowed so cents per day
for all inmates
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-10-29

these creditors was vetoed by Ajax
ander except as it applied to friends o.
his. He allowed about $l6, 900 ard re
pudiated about $35, 900 Of honest debts.
He saved that amount of money anu
got even with those who had not been
his political supporters. That s35, 0o0
of honest debts repudated represents
every dollar Governor Alexander has
saved the people. -Nampa Leader.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-10-29

In the mater OF the Shoshone Falls
Grade, 1t was agreed that the County
would assist the Falls City Highway
District, in repairing the, grade by
appropriating an amount of money not
to exceed $25O0OO. of this amount
$1250.0O is ordered paid at this time
and $125oOO some time sitter Sept.
l, 1916, providing the State
would appropriate like amount and
the Falls City Highway District
like amount.
Whereupon the Board adjourned
until November 8, 1915.
[signedl ROBERT J. MCMAHON.
Chairman
Attest:
J. W. Lundin. Clerk.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-10-29
Aapen Wood for Matches.

Aspen wood Is used almost excll
siyely In making matches in Swedel
as it Is easily cut and porous enougl
to be readily impregnated wi'b SUI
pbur or paraffin
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-10-29

Must Build Ones own Fortune.
Men are the architects Of their re-
spective fortunes. 1t is the nat of
fate, from which no power of genius
can absolve you. Genius. unexerted.
Is like the poor moth that hutters
around candle till 1t scorches itself
to death.-William Writ.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-10-29

Shoshone, Idaho. October 10. 1915.
The Board of County Commission
ers convened this Gay pursuant to
adjournment. All members present.
In the matter OF the delinquent
taxes Of Mark Johnacn, the Board
saw At TO reduces said taxes to the
original tai plus 10 por cent.