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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-11
IMPROVED DETRIMENTAL
RESULT OF WAR TEST

It remained for the war in Europe
to bring out the latest development in
automobile manufacture And the
wonderful performance OF the Jeffrey
quad" on the battlefields Of Europe
has given to the public a knowledge
of the genius OF an inventor who is
winning international renOWn.
Except for minor improvements the
manufa cturers of motor cars were at
a standstin until the introduction Of
the self starter Broken arms were
responsible for that
Now comes a radical change in the
differential gear. Motorists know what
being stuck in the mud means on a
long tour, especially when they have
been away from a friendly garage
They have condemned the motor when
the engine was doing its level best to
help them out
But the fault was really in the diff
ferential While one wheel was at
dead stop, the other was spinning to
no purpose. The car didn't move.
Now comes an imprOvement-knOW
as the n & S. differential-that acts
on both rear wheels to the. end that
when the wheels get trapped in mud
or. sand, the new differential makes
it easy for the engine to pull the car
out of the hole.
Besides being used with success on
the Jeffery war cars in Europe,
special type of II. & s. has been de-
signed for use on Ford cars.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-11
WOULD PUT END TO
BOGUS AUTO SCHEMES

In the endeavor to root out some of
the cooperative schemes and projects
for the sale Of worthless devices, the
American Automobile association has,
through its various state and local or
ganizatiOnS now embarked on q sam
paign directed at frauds. At a recent
meeting OF the executive cOmmittee,
subcommittee was appointed to in
vestigate all fraudulent enterprises
that are reported, make public the op-
erattonS of the various men and con-
Germs, and prosecute the offenders.
The cooperative company. which is
one OF the most popular Of the fraud
ulent schemes. is to be a particular
subject OF attack The plan is to sell
SO; often more These memberships
are supposed 10 entitle the holders to
large discounts on accessories parts
and supplies. and an Impressive caIalOg
is shown, with a startling discount list
Buried away somewhere IN fine print,
however, is a protecting clause to the
ERECT that goods would be sold only
when they were in stock Orders for
standard magnetOs. carbureters, oils
and accessories are never filled be-
cause the goods are not in stock
and cannot be at the prices quoted
Some OF these companies operate
solely for the membership fee, while
others try 10 gain a profit also by the
substitution Of inferior goods for that
ordered one company has in its men,
bership contract a most inconspicuOus
clause to the effect that failure to
notify the company so days before the
expiration Of the membership enrOls
the member for another year, and under
this some men have been bounded for
various sums Other companies offer
insurance, without either the means to
give nor authority from the state to
do an insurance business.
Ineffective OF harmful preparations.
such as some Of the radiator COM
pounds, and gasoline power increasers,
are also to be revealed in the broad
light OF publicity.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-11

lew owners have had the expert
X ence of riding in a common farm
4 wagon from which the springs
have been removed. but those who
have viii always remember the ride
The general shaking up that goes with
a ride of this kind puts them in posi-
ton TO imagine what the effect would
be If the springs of their auto were
not doing their work. II would be a
very disagreeabie mode Of transporta-
ton, 10 say the least No pleasure
could possibly be connected with II, as
compared with trip in a modern mo-
tor car.
We have made this comparison to IL
lustrate that there is a difference in
the riding qualities OF car in which
the springs are properly fabricated
and one in which the springs have been
rendered ineffective through indiffer-
ence or total lack Of attention.
II is only few years since the auto
mobile designers figured out the spring
suspension by making up and trying
out set Of springs for various roads
and conditions, rather than reliable
engineering data He was compelled
10 resort TO a certain amount of guess
work in his calculations (if he made
good quality tht he really made sure
of Was the actual strength of the
springs themselves.
No FIexibility in Springs.
This resulted in hard riding cars, the
springs being heavy enough to sup
ing insufficient resiliency or flexibility
10 afford easy riding. The direct result
OF this design was frequent spring
breakage through crystalization, and
fabrication Of the spring leaves was
hardly thought necessary. Today,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-11

joy the knowledge that the possibility
of spring breakages are absolutely
minimized-
One of the most annoying sorts OF
rattles about a car is usually caused
by side play in the spring ends in the
shackles.
The direct cause of this looseness is
lack of lubricat ton Driving over mud
DIV roads. then allowing the car to
stand without proper attention to these
shackles. permits the mud, to work into
the shackle bolts, which naturally
brings about this result much more
quickly
A common practice of taking up this
play is to tighten the spring bolts,
thus clamping the shacl1le bracket or
frame end, as the case may be. against
the spring to take up the play This
method, while effective for the time
being. is only temporary relief. There
is only one permanent and satisfactory
way Of taking up this play and that is
by the use of shims. said shims to be
shackle. or bracket After the shims
are in place, the bolts should not be
drawn up too tightly. Leave just
enough to take UP the play. At this
time both the shackles and bolts
should be examined for wear. It is
well TO check up the latter to see that
the lubricant is coming out Of the hole
in the center of the bolt, and that the
passage leading from the grease cup
through this hole is entirely free.
Turning up the grease cups on the
spring bolts once a day will insure the
maximum life Of these parts.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-11
G mn mn SE0ncE.

necessary The same advice apulfes
10 the artificial leather products. For
mohair, the whisk broom deftly used
furnishes the most dependable results
The use of benzine. gasoline. naptha,
alcohol. or any other solvent. for clean
ing the mohair top should be strictly
prohibited In coating the leather,
rubber or artificial leather top the
observation-disclosures rule should read:
"Apply SparinglV-" A little OF such
mediums may with profit to the car
owner go long way At the same time
some good reliable dressing material
becomes a necessity in due course
Frequently a motor will develop a
knock that is not particularly distinct,
but that it is very desirable TO correct.
The sound may be intensified and its
location rendered less difficult by the
use OF slender pine rod One end OF
the stick is placed on the motor as
the knock is suspected to proceed, one
finger laid over the top Of the stock
and the ear applied TO the finger The
closer the stick is held to the sourse OF
the noise the louder the sound will
seem
Two men driving from Seattle to
New York had trouble en- route with a
lealIy radiator and when far distant
from garage one of them thought of
COIllntdA d SoOu IciiGuE- AGCOEQ-
ingly a handful OF the meal. purchased
OF a farmer, was placed in the radiator
and the leaking stopped. This sub
stance settles over the hole causing
the leak Although no further trouble
was encountered with the radiator
leaking, the motorists stated that it is
a difficult matter to get all the corn
meal out Of the water system In in
stances of this sort steam or water un-
der pressure should be forced through
the cylinder jackets and radiator in an
attempt TO free the parts Of the meal
Many Of the radiator compounds on the
market use this principle for stopping
leaks.
Automobile wheel rims are not made
to withstand the rough use of direct
road contact. If you absolutely have
to run home on a rim get some rope
and wind around the wheel or stuff
the casing full of cloth. or twist a rope
out of hay and replace the inner tube
with it.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-11
By W. BINKLEY.

however, it is a necessity, for with
their present knowledge of spring de-
sign and spring material they are able
to produce a light spring which has
ample strength, besides having won
derful flexihility.
Such springs do a great deal of
work, and when car is being driven
over even the most moderately smooth
roads, the spring action is considerable.
Spring breakages are an infreQuent
occurrence on modern automobiles of
good designs, but il is possible by lin
ting the flexibility of a spring through
insufficient fabrication. to impose upon
it such heavy duty and excess friction
that not only its riding qualities and
resiliency are affected, but the tendency
to crystalize and break is considered
increased Well designed springs will
stand a great deal Of abuse, but, like
all moving parts Of a complicated
mechanism, they require attention oc-
easiOnally-
Lubricants Needed.
To illustrate this need of lubricant
in a spring we offer the following ex-
ample:
Compare a spring which is made up
Of numerous steel leaves, to the leaves
Of a magazine. When the magazine
is bent from one position TO another.
on each other. If several pages of the
magazine are stuck together with muci-
lage and the mucilage allowed to dry,
or If the magazine be Wetted so as to
cause the paper TO stick slightly, 1t will
be more difficult to bend any quantity
another Any section wetted or stuck
together in this manner will become
practically solid and stiff.
These same conditions apply in the
case Of the spring action of your au-
tomobile- When the spring is manu-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-11
HINTS FOR MOTORISTS
zTORO RUZO

An ignition ping "a slight knock
was cured on certain make OF car oy
putting in longer spark plugs The
original ones did not extend below the
valve caps. which were very deep,
therefore it was difficult for proper
combustion to be secured
When a fuse has burned out and
there are no spares at hand a tenn
porary repair can be made by simply
wrapping the old fuse in tin foil and
putting ii back in place. Tin foil
from a cigarette box. or bar of ehoco-
late is all right and one layer is SUI
ficient.
Valve grinding compound may be
made by mixing grease and an ahra-
sive such as emery or carborunlum
the compound perfectly homeOteneous
1t would be well to melt the grease in
order that the mixing might be better
done Different grades Of compound
can be made as desired, varying in
coarseness or fineness according TO the
character of the abrasive powder used.
X
When timing gears or gearset or rear
axle gears become noisy and there is
no means Of adjusting the use Of gra-
phite will be helpful Some owners re-
sort to the method Of using ground
cork or sawdust with heavy oil No
engineer would recommend this. but
In looking after the automobile top
fabrics, the feathers, hand or machine
buffed. so long as the enamel remains
in good condition. viii need when mud
splashed or stained with the accumula-
tions of travel scarcely more than
wiping off with a soft wool sponge
wet in a weak solution of CASTLE soap
and soft water. It is a good plan to
defer the application of dressings, re-
novatorS. etc, until the wear of the
goods makes these renewal mediums
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-11
PATROL SYSTEM FOR
ALL STATE ROADS

The Maine state highway commission
has decided TO put all the state roads
under a patrol system. Men will be
stationed at various points and they
Will make daily tours over the stretch
allotted to them and make any repairs
necessary where the highway shows
signs Of breaking up. Paul D. Sargent
chief engineer Of the commission. says
that the proposed highway system un-
der contemplation. covering 1890 miles.
will touch 23S cities and towns and
serve IS percent Of the population Of
the state. The number OF miles covers
only five percent of the total mileage
OF the state.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-11
SPRINGS REQUIRE GOOD CARE;
LUBRICATION IS NEEDED Of TEN

The Spreading of a Mixture of Good Lubricating Oil
and Graphite Will Make Springs Last Much Longer
Than When Neglected; the Tightening of Spring
Bolts Causes Only Temporary Relief.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-11

SAXON
TERMS
$3.50
8
Get An Auto
FOR
Christmas
Pay Later
"Your Credit Is
Good" is a slogan well
known in other lines of
business, so we know no
reason why it should
not also apply to auto
mobiles. We want every
family in Ell Paso to
have a car and know
that the Saxon line viii
meet your needs. You
can have a Saxon road
ster that viii seat two,
has plenty of room and
viii give all the service
that can be obtained
from a car costing many
times as much.
Should you have more
than two In your family,
we advise the purchase.
of a Saxon six the
big roomy touring car
for five passengers. No
one is crowded, the carts
modern and up to date
In every respect. You
have every modern con-
venienee at your service
and the cost is well with
in the reach of every
family of m od ate
means.
Or if you have a small grocery,
confectionery. butcher shop or
other business requiring a quick
economical delivery service, let US
show you the Saxon light delivery
car.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-02-12
DEFEAT OF THE SHIP BILL
IS SAFEST WAY OUT

Lewiston Tribune, Democratic.
The circumstances surrounding the
shipping bill are such as to make its
defeat seem more welcome than its
success, for several reasons. Primar-
lily, the policy is of too dubious con-
sequences to make its enactment pru-
dent or desirable. No experimental
policy should be put into effect that is
SO seriously antagonized and ques-
toned as this policy is. Sometimes
bare majorities are as valid as over
whelming majorities, on questions
concerning which the country has had
opportunity to form mature judgment.
The tariff is such a question, and so is
currency legislation. The countary is
thoroughly informed as to both, the
differences being only as to detail, and
in those relations the governing party
has not only the right but the duty to
put its policy into effect, against any
sort of partisan obstruction that NAV
arise. On questions of prohibition
and woman suffrage, bare majority
on either side may be confidently ex-
pected to write the statute according
ly, The shipping bill, however, car
rieS no more sanctity with it than
would a bill to appropriate the rail-
ways or the telegraphs, unless and
until the country had digested the
subject and granted authority to un-
dertake the venture. The ship bill is
an emergency measure, designed to
met ruinous condition that has sud
Only confronted American commerce.
AS such, it would naturally receive
very liberal treatment in the legisla-
tive body, especially among members
who put the public interests above par
tisanship-and there is no difference
in the various parties as to the rela-
tive proportions of each. The meas
ure, however is feared to be so poten-
TALLY dangerous that it has aroused
the most stubborn opposition that any
administration or party measure has
encountered for many years past.
While those fears NAV be, and prob
ably are, unfounded, still they exist
and are entitled to as much weight as
the equally speculative views of the
affirmative side. The nation ought
not to be saddled with an expert
mental measure that is as seriously
opposed as this measure is.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-02-12
ABSOLUTELY
Without Pain !!!!!

Guarantee to Extract Live Nerves
NJ One Sitting Without Any Pain
Whatever. The Following Hard
Times Prices Are My Prices:
Pyorrhea at Price Ranging From
$500 to $500.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-02-12

that has been made for this ill-con-
ceived Government ownership
scheme.
Be it remembered, also that in the
very nature of things an enterprise
which private capital and the best
brains of the country have failed to
make profitable can never be run at
a profit if handled by the Govern
ment Our humanitarian navigation
laws render it certain that Govern
ment-owned fleets will be run at a
loss. That loss must be made good
from the treasury, and to this extent
the proposed Government-owne fleet
will become tax upon the people
manifest injustice.
The last and, surely the most i'm
portant objection of all against this
fatuous bill is the grave and ever
present danger which it will introduce
in the international situation. The
right of search on the high sea exists
and is recognized; contraband of war
is liable to find its way into the bot
toms of ships, whatever flag they
fly; and situation is conceivable in
which the right of search might be
exercised on a ship that was sailing
under the Government flag.
Is the Presidential hand which
wrote the so-called Declaration of
Neutrality" prepared to sign a meas
ure which might easily upset in a
single day, the neutral attitude which
the Presidents proclamation has thus
far so successfully assured?
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-02-12
LIVESTOCK MEN HOLD
THEIR ANNUAL MEET
At EMMETT
Emmett Index.


Stockmen from all parts of the
country have been in town this week.
1t being the season of the year when
Forest Supervisor G. B. Mains makes
the annual allotment Of the range in
the, Payette National forest, to the
various stock interests of this sec
ton.
The sheepmen had the first inning.
the organization being known as the
Payette- Idaho Wool Growers associ-
alton which convened Saturday. Mat
tiers of interest to the members was
talked over and officers elected as
follows:
President, John E. VanDeusen; Sc
cretary-treasurer, Andrew Little; Ad-
visory Board, Andrew Little, ]. E.
VanDeusen and Walter Little of EN-
nett, J. E. Clinton, Jr., of Boise, and
Henry Greenfield of Midvale.
Other prominent sheepmen present
were Dudley VanDeusen, Emmett; A.
Cruikshank, Montour; J. Bruce, Ola;
R. F. Bicknell, Boise; Sam BalIentyne,
Boise; John Little; John Mcconnell;
T. A. Quickert, French, Idaho; f. P.
Gilbert, Notus; Ed Doherty, New Ply
mouth; f. Tenneyson and others.
A plan of handling range designed
to keep it at a maximum of forage
production was discussed and adopted.
This plan is known as the deferred
system. 1t provides for a period of
rest for a portion of each range al
lottment sufficiently long to allow
the plants and grasses to reseed A
series OF experiments and studies ex-
tending over a number of years by
the Forest Srevice evolved this plan.
Its ultimate purpose is to maintain the
carrying ability of National Forest
range land at a maximum fixed point,
and thus to put the stock industry
upon a more permanent footing on
Forest range.
Wednesday the Payette Valley Cat
tie and Horse Growers association
met and discussed matters of mutual
concern and elected the following Of
hcers: President, W. G. Johnson, of
Payette; secreta1ybtrdasurer, L. T..
Pope, of Sweet; Advisory Board, H.
B. Pence of Payette; Julius C. Chand-
Ter, Ola; Sam Charters, Garden Val
ley; Thos. Hartley, Middleton, and
Jas. Burke, Horseshoe Bend.
About so members from Squaw
Greek, Garden valley, Jerusalem and
Payette valley were present. The
grazing season on the reserve opens
April ! and the year long rate on
cattle is 81 cents, horses 81 cents and
sheep 13A cents The four months
rate is about half the above.
The Jerusalem valley cattlemen and
horsemen also formed a local organ
ization here this week, ~electing the
following officers; President L. D.
Robbins; Joe Burke, secretary-trea-
surer, F. N. Prout; Advisory Board,
Joe Burke, Henry Reid and Ole Han
son.
All of the stockmen present this
week contemplate a very bright flu
ture for their business.
The Payette forest this season will
range 10000 head of sheep and 6,1OC
head of cattle and horses.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-02-12

seamen by the navigation laws of the
United States, the cost of running
an American ocean-going steamship
is so much greater than the cost of
running ship under a foreign flag,
that successful competition in the
deep-sea trade is an absolute impos
sibility.
Time was, moreover, when it cost
very much more to build a ship in
American yards than it did in foreign
yards; but the margin of that differ
ence has been gradually reduced, until
now it is comparatively negligible in
comparison with the vast difference
in the cost of the operation of ships.
Everybody knows that we have
failed to build up modern merchant
marine, and everybody knows just
why we have failed Today the Gov
eminent, with the strong backing OF
the President, recognizing the failure
of private enterprise, wishes to go in
to the shipping business itself and
fly its flag over fleet of Govern
ment-owned ships, hoping thereby to
build up an American merchant mar
inc, and promising, when the new ven
in favor of private operation iand
ownership.
We wish to put ourselves on record
as stating first, that the whole scheme
bristles with fallacies; secondly, that
the latest trade returns show that a
Government owned fleet is unneces-
sary; thirdly, that it will work in
justice to the private owners of ocean
going ships; and, last and most i'm
portant of an, that this shipping bill
may we'll prove to be snare which
will sooner on later entangle us in
the great European war.
In the first place, the Government
is violating one of the fundamental
If unwritten, principles upon which
government is based if it enters into
a business enterprise in competition
with the private interests of its citi
zens. Such action would be wrong
in any case, and it IS particularly
vicious when the interests against
which the Government will compete
are already having the greatest diff
iculty in keeping their heads above
water. 1t should be the policy of The
Government to encourage our Strug-
ShllS not 10 uTlNe
1t from the seven seas!
Furthermore, the plea of the PresI-
dent that the war. has so disorganized
the carrying trade that there are not
enough ships to handle our imports
and exports, has been completely
demolished by the recent trade re-
turns, which show an increase of ex-
ports for December, 1914, over those
of December, 1918, of over $l3OO0,000.
AS we said at the outset, facts are
what we should keep our eyes upon
not theories. And if ever cold, hard
facts demolished a plausible theory
these trade returns for December have
swept away the one plausible plea
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-02-12
DORMAN DISCOVERS THE
De FACTO GOVERNOR
OF THE STATE
(Boise Statesman.)

Challenging the evening paper to
reproduce certain of its editorials of
the past, H. w. Dorman, president of
the state board of horticulture, has
issued a reply to the attacks recently
made on him in the editorial columns
of that paper.
The attacks on Mr.. Dorman were of
a more or less personal nature and in
reply he speaks personally of the edi-
tor of the paper, who is also secre-
tary to the governor. The editor
asked why Mr.. Dorman did not resign
from the horticultural board. Mr.
Dorman answers that he will resign
his position if the editor of the even
ing paper will resign his.
Mr.. Dorman says he submitted his
reply to the evening paper with the
request that it be printed, but that he
was not extended that courtesy. His
statement is as follows:
When | gave a statement to the
press on January 81, as president of
the board of horticultural inspection.
defending that board against an utter
ly malicious and unwarranted attacl.
which appeared in Capital News edi-
torial Of January % and demanded
proof of the charges therein made
that the affairs of the state board OF
horticulture have been run with a
great amount of recklessness. little
economy and small efficiency" | had
taken it for granted that Governor
Alexander had dictated this editorial
to his private secretary and that he
would reply to my statement and at
least try to justify himself for the
charges he had made.
Fails to Obtain Answer.
Instead of such a reply, | was as