Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-27

( in tho heart OF Death Valley, Cal, o. *
BARKER, a wcll-known engineer of Los
I Angeles, with party of assistants. has
just left that city, to tour throug h
I Death Valley by motor car
According to the statements of sew
cral proSpectors. recently returned
from Death Valley, large quantities of
! molyhdcnitc, an ore very little known
! in mctallurCy, have been discovered in
that section. Molly hdcnite, by Il new
process 81 refining, can he incorporated
in steel 10 make the latter infinitely
stronger and lighter than any metal
heretofore discovered by mctallurGists.
With the present trend toward light
ness in tho construction of motor cars.
tho new ore would he of inestimablc
value to the automobile industry, and
tho Los Angeles engineers Will nvcst-
cato the region thoroughly before re-
turning.
IL /. Arnold. OF Los Angeles. has sold
Dodge Brothers touring car for the
trip into the valley. and il is expected
that the car will be subjected TO a ter
rifle test in tho desert regions. Enter
ing Death Valley the motorists will en-
counter every extreme of weather and
road conditions ranging from the climb
of six mountain ranges averaging more
than a mil. hi@h. to the bottom or the
valley, which is 900 feet below sea
level.
The Ohio Registrar OF Mo,orcars pre-
diets 10000 registrations in 1915.
ANY motor NAV choke If the throttle
is opened 20 wide suddenly when the
motor is heavily loaded. However. un-
der ordinary conditions, choking of the
motor usually is due to n worn needle
valve, which allows Of an ovcrrich mix
turc being fed at low speeds and the
correct mixture after the car gains
speed.
The old Rcistcrstown Turnpike lead
ing into Baltimore has been turned over
to the State OF Maryland. The tollEatcs
were destroyed. This marks the pass
ing Of the last toll road in Maryland.
The oceanic ocean highway has been
marked across the state of Illinois
This Trail enters the State at Hanni
bal. Mo. and passes diaEonally TO the
northeast. crossing the Indiana line
near Dana, TWO broad handsome Of
rcd above one Of Withholding painted
on all poles along tho route. Farmers
and highway commissioners are CO.
operating 10 keep this road up 10 the
highest efficiency possible.
Plans for ll2 miles OF perma nent
road work. entaling the expenditure
OF S7il,iSS, already have been approved
by the Washington Highway Commits
sion
Th" mex; annual meeting OF the
Southwestern Road Congress. organ
lied last October in Milwaukee. Wis
will he held this fall at Cedar Rapids.
Iowa.
Plans are icing made TO overcome
n la
TEX. that extends from the Gulf Of
Mexico inland for nearly 100 miles.
preventing through motor travel be-
tween certain points on the coast II
is planned TO construct a highway
across this twrnty-fivc-m stretch OF
sand, the work 10 ne don" Jointly by
camden and Willacy Counties.
Motorists will have no difficulty with
: Immigration officers in entering Can
ada. according to an official announce
ment received by authorities OF British
Columbia from the superintendent OF
lmmirration at Ottawa. Ontario. Re-
ports had reached Washington motor
lists mat passports would he necessary
IN order I" motor into the Dominion.
nut this ruling removes all doubt on
the question.
Grasshoppers are causing difficulty
IN Arizona motoring Recently Phoe-
nix and other towns in the salt River
Valley were visited by a plapuc az
srhSShopHcrs Thousands few. and
rrawled under each street light. In
the paved district Of Phoenix tho nave
ih"n's soon became slippery with the
, bodies of tn" insects crushed under tho
t'feS of cars. Several machines skiddcd
- -.-L moro Mcrc two or three near ac-