davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1915-11-21
BUYING OF MOTOR CAR
/. FARMERS INVESTMENT
Ten States in Grain Belt Show Total
of $50, 730 Machines in Operation,
0ne-Half Owned by Changers.

There are 42.34s.sss farmers IN the
United States.
Long ago the American farmer dis
covered he could not compete success
fully with his prosperous rseighbor un-
less he adopted the most modern agri-
cultural equipment. The man with the
hoe has given way to the tractor
Evening star., 1915-11-21

driven cultivators: the cradle has been
replaced by giant power harvesters
that reap and thresh the grain IN
day: the family horse has been pen
stoned of for a faster carryall--the
motor car
With the average farmer the buying
Of a motor car liz an Investment. With
him time is money. and the automobile
saves time. When trip to town Is
necessary the car will make the jour-
ney in but a fraction of the time re-
quired by the horse and buggy.
More Than Quadrupled in Four Years
Four years ago. in the ten states in
cluded in the grain belt" there were
$780, 900 motor cars. At that time the
proportion of farm cars was less than
one In eleven. January l. 1915, in these
same states-Minnesota, Iowa. Illinois.
Wisconsin. Nebraska. Missouri. North
Dakota. South Dakota and Oklahoma
records showed a total of 559,72o motor
cars in operation. In four years this
number has more than quadrupled.
OF this tremendous total one-half the
cars are owned by farmers
Cost More Than $3.50, ,OoO, 900.
In these ten states alone the motor
cars operated Dy farmers cost more
than s25o, 100000. These same farmers
are spending more than 100000 day
for new cars.
With the widespread adoption of the
motor car has come a continental ref
ormation spreading broadcast the slo-
gan. Good roads" From New York
to San Francisco stretches the Lincoln
highway; from the Twin cities to Port
land leads the Yellowstone trail. the
Dixie trail has opened the southland
from Chicago to Miami. Fla: the Pa
cific highway is well under way on the
west coast.
Miles of Roadway Resurfaced.
This reform Is everywhere: thousands
Of other miles of roadway are being
surfaced and made navigable for the
ever-increasing feet Of motor craft.
The motor car has done more than
any other single factor to free the
farmer from the life of an exile. 1t
has broadened his social horizon and
placed his occupation on the plane OF
other businesses
BY broadening his line of travel it
has given him a basis for comparing
his own conditions with those of his
neighbors. Better homes. better barns.
better stock and greater prosperity are
the result.
Evening star., 1915-11-21
Chevrolet Deliveries.

Among the purchasers during the
past two weeks Of Chevrolet cars are
the following: T. H. Eddy, L. Z. Lear,
l.. c. spangler, Conrad Posey, Capt. H.
s. Randall, E. B. Cue, II. Buickholder,
Charles C. Shank, L. O'Neill, D. J. Lew
is. T. A. Frye. T. d. Mudd and J. A.
Lewis.
Evening star., 1915-11-21
FOR THE MoTORIsT.

A new first aid case has a white wick
er panel on the cover with a red cross
showing through. Inside there are six
compartments. The box is ten inches
long by seven wide and three deep.
Quite the latest automobile coat Is OF
purple leather, lined with plaid silk
and trimmed with a two-inch band of
patent leather, which Is edged with
two-inch band of otter fur. 1t Is in
full raglan model, with convertible col
lar and slanting slit pockets on either
side. It is trimmed with black-horn
buttons with purple leather centers A
purple velvet eight-piece tam-o'-sfan-
ter cap, with a black silk turban head
band and long black silk tassel fall
ing from the center of the crown, is
worn with the coat
For cool weather touring Donegal
tweed suits in the three-piece models,
with stitched hats to match. are suit
able. The touches of color are In the
lining of the jacket, the game bird
wings on the side of the hat and the
knitted silk scarf If extra wraps are
needed the kennel coats in the loose
model, waterproof lined to the waist,
are excellent.
Three new sweaters are worth while
a peculiar plaid effect running through
1t and with border. collar and cuffs of
weblike weave. 1t has sash with Ion g
silk tassels, and the buttons are of the
same material. with pearl rims.
The second is in a two-color plaid.
Green and yellow is perhaps the most
striking combination shown. The third
is made like a Russian smock coat,
held in place with a buttoned girdle eff
feet.
The bird d-cage-carrying fad has found
its way into the limousine. Tiny will
low cages swing over or under the
flower vase. Some are inha bited by real
birds. while others have painted wood
en- or stuffed birds fastened to the
perches.
A bright red devil with pitchfork up
lifted is one of the latest mascots.
new robe is made of a white fringed
blanket rug with a civet fur center,
the fur being trimmed with six-inch
tails.
Soft hats with plaid silk crowns and
stitched velvet brms trimmed with
suede buckle straps make good extra
hats for wear with tweed coats or cor
duroy Norfolk suits
Evening star., 1915-11-21

John Baumgardner. seventy-five. for
twenty-four years general manager
and superintendent of the Frederick
(Md) brick works, was killed at the
plant when a bank of wet clay fell,
burying him under II.
Evening star., 1915-11-21
New Vim Truck Owners.

Among the latest purchasers of Vim
light delivery wagons are Thomas F.
Keane, T. T. Keane, l.. A. Finn. W. e.
Groomes and Stokes Sammons.
Evening star., 1915-11-21
Aviation Helps Motoring.

Take, for example. the problem of
flying. In the beginning 1t was rem
dered possible largely by what we had
learned in racing with motor cars. Yet
already we have learned points from
the construction OF aero engines which
can be probably incorporated in build
ing motors for car service. Indeed, the
very latest pleasure carriage develop
ment, the advent Of the twelve cylinder
Evening star., 1915-11-21
A Wilcox-Trux Purchaser.

A Wilcox-Trux was delivered during the
past week to H. L. Meeks of this city.
Evening star., 1915-11-21
A Chandler Purchaser.

George w. jackson Is the latest pur-
chaser of q 1915 Chandler. seven pas
senger touring car. with full equipment
Evening star., 1915-11-21
Spring Building Inadequate.

This arrangement would enable that
best part of the chassis ordinarily oc-
cupied by the driver to be used by the
patient, the whole of whose body could
accordingly be brought well between
the two axles. There is nothing to the
speed at which these ambulances have
to be driven that would render 1t un-
desirable to accommodate driver and
attendant above the motor. Nor is this
all, for our present system Of spring.
ing is at best a mere combination OF
makeshifts in that all springs are the
result of building up laminations Of
steel plates
Each spring so built UP can give the
smoothest riding only at certain vibra-
tions and certain loads. whereas the
whole point of having motor vehicle
for any sort of service is that you can
use it either with full load, with part
load, or without any load; also that you
can drive it over any sort OF surface,
at any speed of which it is capable,
from the slowest to the fastest. No
form of laminated steel spring can,
therefore, be quite suitable for the pur-
pose. Possibly pneumatic suspension
will prove a successful solution OF the
problem"
Evening star., 1915-11-21
WAR SPEEDING Up
MOTOR DEVELOPING
Use During Fifteen Months
Has RevoIutionized Methods
of Handling Armies.
EMPLOYED IN MANY WAYS
ON ALL KINDS OF ROADS
Commercial Cars Bound to Profit
From Improvements Forced
by Hard Usage.

The fifteen months OF war now COM
markable series Of changes and de-
velopments in the story of the motor
movement This Is the first campaign
in which the motor has been employ
ed as an essential part Of equipment.
Previously. it had been used only as
a highly interesting experiment in aux
iliary equipment and as something on
which no degree Of reliance could be
placed.
But during the last year 1t has be-
come absolutely essential to the ef-
ficient prosecution Of the campaign,
and 1t has besides altered the whole
aspect Of warfare alike in countries
equipped with elaborate roadway sys-
TENS and in those that lack them. by
speeding up the rate at which military
operations can be executed. Some OF
the lessons to be drawn from the year 8
experience are outlined as follows by
H. Massae Buist, in the London Morn
ing Post:
Value Of Armed Car.
"In the German invasion Of Belgium
last autumn motor vehicles played an
enormously important part in enabling
the enemy to push forward more rapidly
than he could have done had he had to
depend entirely on his cavalry. The
armored car early proved it's value for
this sort Of patrol work. 1t exercised
another influence on the cavalry arm in
that. by expediting the rate at which it
was possible for the invader to push for
ward, it placed correspondingly a greater
strain on the mobility of cavalry. and to
that extent used up the horses of the
enemy at an additional rate, as instance
the extremely i'll condition into which
they got last autumn.
Thus, in this connection. the advent
Of the motor vehicle to modern warfare
made possible operations beyond the
scope of cavalry unaided and at the
same time put a greater strain on that
arm. 1t has also speeded up the move
ment of the main armies, because, un-
like horses, motor vehicles do not tire
during the spells in which 1t is possible
for men to work them,
Evening star., 1915-11-21

chassis, is as much due to what has
been proved possible in connection with
aviation and with racing .motorboat
practice as it is to the trade circum-
stance that in America It has been pos
sible to make and market eight-cylin-
der cars so cheaply as to upset the
whole proposition, of selling six-cylin-
der chassis there.
THE motor ambulance is the machine
for which the ordinary pleasure car
chassis. unaltered, has proved most
suitable. The provision of these ambu-
lances has undoubtedly contributed
enormously to the saving of life and
suffering But the best of them scarce
ly begins to realize the possibilities OF
a motor vehicle for this service in re-
gions in which roads are either lacking
or are torn up as a result of warfare.
True, we are no longer accepting am
balances having the excessive overhang
SO common among those presented at
the beginning Of the war. But that IS
only a slight improvement, for even to-
day the driver of the average motor
ambulance sits in the best sprung posi-
tion. At least part of the patients
body as ne lies f1at-usually the feet
and the lower part of the legs-pro-
jects behind the back axle.
Nor can you have motor ambu1ances
with too long wheel bases, because 1t Is
often necessary to turn them in brief
compass. Obviously the driver should
not be placed where he sits in an ordf-
the motor must be accommodated in the
same part of the chassis, then the am
bulance driver and the attendant seated
beside him should be placed above the
engine, as they are in certain types OF
French and German motor buses.
Evening star., 1915-11-21
No Touring Cars Procurable.

There would be no difficulty with
reference to small cars and runabouts.
but no touring cars could be expected.
owing to the action of the war Office.
One company did not expect to be able
to forward further cars until toward
the end Of the year. An idea Of the
state of affairs in England was given
by the fact that one company had not
sent a single car to it's clients in 1915.
Dozens of firms were in the same po-
sition. The shortage of British and
continental cars meant an enhanced
market for the Americans. There
seemed to be no way Of preventing this
position.
Naturally 1t was expected that there
would be much less motor car business
than formerly. Some people would not
purchase American goods for patriotic
reasons, but it had to be remembered
that the Americans were making capi-
and would unquestionably increase
their turnover. A certain number of
English cars were available still. and
more were coming forward. Another
importer confirmed the shortage, par
ticularly in regard to commercial
vehicles. which were required for war
purposes. A large number of cars had
undoubtedly been sold in Auckland,
but in his opinion many more would
have been disposed of had the war not
occurred. He contended that the Amer
lean cars on the whole were better for
such a country as New Zealand and
of American cars were largely increas-
Evening star., 1915-11-21
Not Designed for War.

For the student of DEVELOPMENT the
most gratifying thing about remodel
ing the proposition of modern warfare
made possible by the advent Of the
motor Is the fact that nearly every ac-
complishment to date stands to the
credit OF machines neither specially de-
signed nor produced for war work. How
much more, therefore, shall we be able
to do In the future when we design
and build each motor vehicle for the
special war work 1t Is intended to dor
Some guess of the possibilities NAV be
realised from the extraordinary results
obtained by the motor engineer when
he builds a car for a special purpose.
such as racing. and as distinct from the
standard vehicle with which he sup
plies the public Size for size and
weight for weight. his competition car
can do anything UP to twice as much
as the machine standardized for the
public. But the racing car is no more
suitable to fuldll the everyday require
ments OF tho general public than the
ordinary touring car and town carrta ee
chassis are Ideally suitable to such
highly specialized work as war service
presently. however. as the motor
vehicle for war service becomes a more
highly specialized product, there will
be discovered In the course of its evo-
luton points which can be incorpo-
rated in private and In industrial We
hicle construction with as much advan-
the racing machine to the touring car
or to the town carriage. 1t Is just be-
cause Of the reciprocal nature of all
motor development that progress is as
rapid as 1t Is. 1t is gainful to the
whole movement to multiply the total
the liquid fuel. portable. Internal COM
bustion engine Ia evolved.
Evening star., 1915-11-21
WAR HITS MOTOR TRADE
IN NEW ZEALAND
British Factories Unable to Make
:. shipments-Chance for
q. S. Cars. e

The motor trade in New Zealand is
feeling the effects Of the commander
ing of: British factories by the war
Office. Large motor cars and lorries
Of British make are practically un-
procurabie and all business Is subject
to delay, according to United States
Consul General J. s. Britain. stationed
at Auckland. '
"a great number of the factories are
engaged on war material. he reports,
though in certain cases the motor car
department is not affected, at least so
far as small horsepower cars are con-
cerned. Many OF the works have sent
q large number of men to the war and
labor is scarce. A we'll known motor
car importer stated that there had been
delays in shipments from England
owing to shortage of labor in the
docks, the paucity of ships and to the
difficulty of securing rail Transports
tion, as the great majority OF trains
were declared to be used for the move
ment Of troops. So great was the dock
difficulty that some of the ships had
to come away only loaded up to half
their capacity. 1t looked as though
New Zealand and other dominions
would for time have to do without
English cars, except those in stock or
on order
Evening star., 1915-11-21
Simple and Speedy Operation.

I'm this war, though De Vets rebel
lion was in the nature of a surprise,
the queiling OF it was an operation as
simple as 1t was speedy Yet the rebel
had precisely that mobiHty which en-
abled him to elude US fifteen years ago.
The difference was provided by the fact
that we employed motor vehicles in
stead of horses. But these cars were
not built for military use, being merely
machines owned by members Of the Jo-
hannesburg Automobile Club, many de-
signed for use only on roads as we
understand them in Europe The work
In hand, however, required that the
cars should be driven across country in
all manner of directions over the yeldt
where there CHANGED to be neither road
nor track, and across the beds of rivers
moreover, the vehicles usually car
r1ed something more than the normal
ioao. scarcely two cars were of kind
or MODEL Thus from the point of view
OF military service 1t would have been
impossio Die to select anything in the
way of motor vehicles less suitable for
the task. OF course. many of the cars
oroke down. rs they are breaking
down every day in the war area in
Europe. But the thing that counted
was that more cars got through than
feil out of the running. while Of those
that failed 1t must be observed that M
to the point at which 1t broke down
each assisted to keep the enemy on the
run. To that extent it did its work
toward rounding him I'D
Evening star., 1915-11-21
Used for Moving Troops.

They have been variously employed
for moving masses of infantry rapidly
from one part Of the battle area to an
other, for taking troops to and from
the trenches, for ambulance work, for
taking ammunition in some cases quite
up to the firing line, for doing the bulk
Of the commissariat transport, for con-
veying the staff with a saving of time
and fatigue impossible by the use of
horses, for portable workshops, baths
ana operating theaters, for rushing and
holding positions before infantry can
come up, and in a dozen other ways.
Indeed, the motor has entered more or
less directly into every phase of the
campaign in Europe.
Nor is this all. In countries where
roads are. for the most part lacking the
motor has played and is playing a
highly important part. as instance it's
use for offensive and other work in the
Gallipoli peninsula. Perhaps the phase
which has most vividly brought home
the change wrought by the advent of
the motor to the conduct of military
operations has been its employment for
the capture Of De Wet and his rebels.
The lay mind is enabled to appreciate
the advance in warfare because the
scene was Identical in nature with that
Of fifteen years ago, when something
in the neighborhood of a quarter of a
million of our soldiers were engaged
for two years endeavoring to round up
De Wet and the Beers.
Evening star., 1915-11-21
A bright red devil with pitchfork up
lifted is one of the latest mascots.
new robe is made of a white frtnged
blanket rug with a civet fur center
the fur being trimmed with six-inch
tails.

Soft hats with plaid silk crowns and
stitched velvet brims trimmed with
suede buckle straps make good extra
hats for wear with tweed coats or cor
duroy Norfolk suits
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1915-09-30
Gather SNeef Clover

Sweet clover is growing in abund-
ance along the road sides in many
parts of the country A farmer
near Coloma has secured the crop
from a cemetery 70 haul to his farm
and the dry stems with the ripe
seed in them will be scattered over
his fields and particularly along
guIies. Most of the seed is now
mature and should be cut at once
The high price Of the seed makes it
profitable to save the seed from
roadside plants Sweet clover is one
of the best crops to plant upon
fields intended for permanent pas
tire. The bluegrass is always more
green and of heavier growth in al
fafa or sweet clover than where
growing alone W NJ Cook. County
Agent, Carroll County,
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1915-09-30

We desire 10 thank our friends
and ueighborS. as well as the Odd
Fellows, for the many acts of gen
erous Kindness to us during the III
ness and at the death of our son
and BROTHER, John e. Masters
a J AND MANUEL NASrERS
Prof v. K. Farrar. who is teach
ing at Milleryille, was in Marble
Hill last Saturday and made this
office an appreciated call. He in
formed us that his son Homer, is
teaching school in New Mexico.
Homer had been an invalid for a
dozen or more years His trouble
was pronounced tuberculosis and
We have never known a person TO
make ~ heroic q fight for his life
as he. lie took the outdoor cure
For several years he occupied a bed
on the porch at the home of his
"a her, aud no matter how Indictment
or bitter cold the weather might be
he could not 5e induced TO move
igto the house. Then he spent
some tire ut the state sanitorium
at Mount Vernon. returning home
somewhat improved. but no one
dreamed tat he would ever he able
20 teach again. His recovery is
very little snort of miraculous. but
il certainly Is verv gratifying To the
family. who as sisted him 50 patient
~ ia his battle. aS well as his
friends.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1915-09-30
a.E s.s:ss..seseS,ses.s
ALL DEALERS

James 7. Pair of Shrum was in
town yesterday,
Ennis Clippard was at Cape Girar-
deau on business Monday
Merchant D. W. Burford of Lutes-
vile made this Office a pleasant call
yesterday.
VIM NJ Green has purchased the
mercantile business of B n. Boiling
er 4 Son at Zalma.
Viii Sullivan is at home on a
short visit and was welcome caller
at TINS office Monday.
Mis-, Reta Robins opened school
in the Crossroads district, about four
miles north Of town, Monday.
a iow water bridge was construct
ed across Hurricane creek on the
jackson road the first Of the week.
Deputy County Clerk }. A. Rich
ards was at Cape Girardeau the first
OF the week TO attend the democratic
meeting.
Rev | n Sherrow is at Sikeston
this week. attending the st. Louis
Annual conference of the NJ. f.
Church, South.
Miss Nollie Schrock. stenoerapher
for the BoIIineer County Abstract
COMPANY, is visiting and attending
the fair at Cape Girardeau.
Mrs W A Reynolds and little
daughter Miss Virginia, went to the
Cape yesterday to spend a few days
visiting friends and attending the
fair.
Judge Huck will hold an adjourn
Ell term Of Circuit court here next
Monday TO hear the case Of this
special road district against the
County court.
Herman Elfrink has bought the
mercantile establishments of F. G.
Chppard and A HuIShof at Leopold
and consolidated the two stores with
his harness business
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1915-09-30
~. LOCAL NEWS

Old papers for sale at this Office.
Born--To Mr. and Mrs Lee Grader
September q. a fine hoy
for Sale Twelve Jersey milk
cows and eteh, Jersey hcifers
GrnpCr ] ElrYNh. Leopold, Mo
6 Il Snidcr Is ATTENDING the Ma.
SONIC Grand hodge in s, Louis tins
week
4 number ~ our people will VISIT
the fair n tn" Cape during the
week
wanted $500 College students TO
board Everything furnished
Mss \ 4 FssSS~owrH
Ben Rose. Who has had employ
mcnt tn Illinois The last several
months. returned home last Mon
day
OAK. ASH and MAPLE FLOOR.
lNG-~vr;s iu@ prtc> at X c & c
r RwsryrS lnte>villc. Me- Il
r q Ciip.ani Of Latin Mas in
Mart,lc il;tl llst Saturday and hrs
uo'hrt Ny, Emma Clippari ac.
cmppant~t him home
.tofitc kn, correspondence re.
eariine my timber lands addressed
To the undersigned viii receive
prunp, attention ] { mA~s, lnteS-
willie. No
Hf and Mrs Il 5 Solder and
daughters Misses tula AMI E1Gle
went oyr1 "a '}c Cage last Sunday
in the raf With G Il Sorder
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1915-09-30
Trustee S Sale.

yl-I-.,---- ~ - -, 4------- -------,---
,o,o r,... "a ill., ID ~. ~
H., 49,. ,,.;,., ,.,,,.. .,,.-..,..4
,,,.,r.d =, ,,,. ,,,,4.r...,,.a .,,,.... ,,...,
,.,..;u 4,a4 Il, .,,..., ,,.t:.4 XII. 49,
20 ,,. H..
p.,r,....a. .,,-,,. 1,-s ,..'-r4. ,..,a.,...
,.',...,...
t....-... s,t....
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1915-09-30
SHlge Good AZ Once

Save waste by feeding silase as
soon as the siIo is filed if you want
to, says j. 6 Watson, of the Mis-.
sour College Of Agriculture 1T is
not siIaGe, but only green corn, fine
ly cut, until heating and fermeata-
ton have proceeded for a lew days,
but the animals like il. Such ear,Y
feeding makes use Of a top layer
that is usually allowed to spot II
it is allowed to rot, mt it " e. Ho
farm animals can a 4 il or trouble
may result"