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The Meeker herald., 1916-07-01

The American government now har-
vests and markets Its own scalSkins,
and under the careful policy OF protec-
ton in force an inexhaustible supplyis
predicted within the next few years,
Because the war has shifted the worlds
fur center from London to St Louis
Uncle Sam will get about ~ per cent
more than usual for his 1913 crop.
The Meeker herald., 1916-07-01
A Record In Ga. Pipes.

There are gas pipes and gas pipes.
In tunnel under the East river In
New York engineers have Just laid
two of The larges. gas pipes ever made
They are of iron. six feet in diameter.
with wallis two and IL quarier inches
tIIick. and they are nearly IL mile long.
The Meeker herald., 1916-07-01
The New Butler.

We have butler now. Good lands.
He's dignified and grim:
In fact, the entire family stands
In perfect awe of him.
He sinplifies housekeeping. though. .
In terror of his frown.
Each day we all discreetly go
And get our meals downtown.
louisville Courier journal.
The Meeker herald., 1916-07-01

Newlywed lat dinner,-This lettuce
is something fierce! Did you wash 1t Z
Mrs. Newlywed-Of course l did. And
used perfumed soap too.-Iudge
The Meeker herald., 1916-07-01

In crowded trolley cars. perhaps.
You've seen folk Carried on their feet.
The ladies hanging on to straps.
The men all hanging on to seats
New YORK Sun.
The Meeker herald., 1916-07-01
Girls.

The way they act shows love is blind.
And makes one jealouS as othello:
For when they fall in love you find
It's always with the other fellow.
Pittsburgh Press
The Meeker herald., 1916-07-01
The
Scrap Book
II Came Back.

Sandy Brown, n grocer In n small vii
lagc in Scotland. discovered u bad two
shilling piece which his wife, who was
The Meeker herald., 1916-07-01

Bins-Borely is going to take up rail
reading. Bang-So many nice girls
have told him to make tracks that I
don't wonder at it.-Town Topics.
The Meeker herald., 1916-07-01

Willie-Paw. Is 1t proper 10 say that
man was given In marriage:
Paw-No. my son. A girl IL given
in marriage. The man always gets
sold.
Nav Willie, you go out In the back
yard and stay tbere.-NIiiwaukee Sen.
tincl
The Meeker herald., 1916-07-01

Farmer Bili is cautious man,
And Safety first" his rule:
He always wears chain armor
In Harvesting n mule.
-Richmond Timcs-Dispatch
The Meeker herald., 1916-07-01
har WAtacloo.

Young Mrs. Justwed's gone insane:
They say that she will die. for
II sihatound her hubby's dairy book.
And IT was writ in cipher,
The Meeker herald., 1916-07-01

do you do anything for your tiesh?"
II should say SO. ! keep getting fat
ter and fatter" Wisconsin State Jour
nal
The Meeker herald., 1916-07-01

HSd'n <hiA Line.
She Y00iSblset A3e Attm credit for
Il, ss.u i, ,1ok1fHTttY. u T. .s 'ss'a
freist "eent.-'udse. .s1sfW
The Meeker herald., 1916-07-01
PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.

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The Meeker herald., 1916-07-01

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-06
Touring Week Is
Assured Success
Entire Motor World
Boosts - Helpful
Hints.

With automobile manufacturers,
dealers and motor car owners giving
National Touring Week August 6 to
12), the big boost they are, it seems
to be assured of unparalleled success.
Motor car owners all over the
country are planning to take their
vacations this week and to see the
scenic wonders of their state.
Here are some suggestions that
are helpful when planning a tour of
this kind:
Before starting out on an extended
trip be sure to go over your car thor
oughly. Tighten every bolt and nut,
put fresh oil in the oil cups and turn
them up. A frightened nut, says an
exchange, may save hours OF trouble
and worry on the road. But your
preparation is not completed after
the mechanical adjustment has been
attended to. Tools and supplies
should be taken to provide against
emergencies. Include in the outfit
the following:
One extra casing (keep covered) ,
inner tubes for all castings, two extra
tubes properly wrapped or bagged to
protect them from oil and prevent
chafng, one box self-vulcanizing
patches and one box perma-
nent puncture plugs (for small
punctures), one tire sleeve, one set
of tire applying levers, one box pow
dered soapstone or mica to be used
between casing and tube to prevent
sticking, one can plastic to repair
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-06
, Baltimore from Elizabeth, New

to Baltimore from Elizabeth, New
Jersey?
Go from Elizabeth through Rah-
way, Princeton, Trenton, Lang
horne, Philadelphia, Wilmington,
Elkton. Belair to Baltimore. The
roads have recently been repaired
and are all in good condition except
the New Brunswick road. Keep off
of it. Detour.
Does this trip take more than a
day? If so, what hotel would you
recommend?
1t can be made in a day, but it
would be better to split it up into
two days. Consult the Hotel Blue
Book for a good hotel.-Bureau of
Tours, Automobile Club of America.
r. L.: The rubber tube connec-
ton on my water cooling system is
leaking. | do not think this should
be, as the car was new last fall. 7
am having a new one fitted, and
should be glad to know if there is
any way of preventing a recurrence
of the trouble.
Assuming the tubing is of reason
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-06
Pathfinder Completes Run
1cith 4. 4. 4. Seal
Still Intact
Car Arrived in New York Tuesday, and at Sleeps
head Bay Made 60.7 Miles Per Hour
Before Seal Was Broken.
By M. l.. ELSASSER.

water bags filled, Weidely swung into
the seat, and with the engine purring
merrily the Pathfinder swung over
the long trail to the land of the ris-
ing sun, bearing with it the we'll
wishes Of the rugged old rancher In
that mountain state.
2IT Grades Through the Sierras-
But to get back to the story.
When the car got to San Fran
cisco, after coming up through
Fresno, the Lincoln Highway seal
was added to that of the A. A. A.
In addition, the entire trip was sane
toned by the Lincoln Highway Off
Gals. In the northern part of the
state some of the most severe grades
of the whole trip were encountered.
/ Out Of Colfax to the summit of the
Sierras, Emigrant Gap, there was
q forty-mile climb. Hero the car
climbed a 21Ts grade, making not
less than twenty-one miles an hour.
On the entire trip across CONT
nent the Lincoln Highway was fol-
lowed and every precaution was
taken to confirm the entire trip. The
Twin Six was escorted every foot OF
the way by some person in no way
connected with the Pathfinder con-
Germ. Either the machine carried a
passenger, a man from one town to
the next, some newspaper men who
would 90 from one point to another
to vouch for the fact that the run
was made according to the regula-
tons, or there would be some pilot
machine.
For instance, between Sacramento
and Reno the President Of the Sac
ramento Chamber of Commerce,
John T. Shelton, was the pilot. He
stood sponsor for the fact that the
car made this run under the condl-
tons stipulated. BY the way, in one
place on this run the pilot car was
/ forced to back up stiff grade which
the Pathfinder made.
Climatic Difficulties.
OF course, all sorts of climatic diff
fculties were encountered. Between
Reno and Salt Lake there were five
DAYS of desert driving. The men
were in their own dust, that terrible,
biting, alkaline dust that every one
who has travelled this country knows
all too we'll. The thermometer
showed 105 and 106 degrees most of
the time. Still, the car and the men,
dusty to be sure, came through in
good condition.
Between Reno and Ely, New, the
car climbed the twelve-mile 24To
grade, through Lucky Boy Pass, that
was even worse than the worst
grades in the Sierra Nevadas. Be
tween Fish Springs and Salt Lake
City it towed a five-passenger tour
ing car that weighed $3.50 pounds.
Between Rock Springs and Laramie,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-06
SEQnA@OnMaM'
Truth in Ads Gain,
Another Victory.
The Beginning of Strong
Campaign Against
Motor Frauds.

Another big victory for u.
vTruth in Advertising" campain
has just been won. The Associated
Advertising Clubs Of the World and
the American Automobile Associs.
ton in March requested the Post OF.
fee Department TO make an inquiu
into the business practices Of the IN.
ternational Automobile League and
the international Automobile Leagu
Tire Company, of Buffalo.
On August 3 a fraud order wa;
made effective in Washington deny.
ing the use of the mails to this con.
Germ. This sounded the death me.
of enterpriseS which government in.
vestigations show have victimizei
thousands of motor car owners in all
parts of the country. According to
Merle Sidener, chairman of the Wig.
lance committee of the A. A. C.
w., this achievement marks the be.
ginning of a vigorous campaign
against frauds in the motor field on
the part of the Advertising Clubs
This campaign will have the cooper.
alton of the American Automobile
Association and will be backed
whole heartedly by the automobils
industry and motor car owners.
The facts disclosed by the govern.
ment's Investigations of this case re.
veal an elaborate scheme which has
enabled A. C.. Bidwell, as presider.
of both concerns, to amass a huge
fortune. 1t is shown that he en-
ployed agents who solicited members
for the league, representing that the
league had contracts with manufact.
urers of standard automobile tires
and accessories which enabled it to
sell members such articles at dealers
and manufacturers prices. The man.
ufacturers of these products testified
that no such contract existed
Through its agents the league alsc
represented that it could sell certain
cars to its members at liberal dis
counts. The manufacturers Of thest
cars told the government that ths
league could not obtain the cars Il
sell at such discounts. To impress
car owners with the leagues buying
power agents are said to have great
" exaggerated the number Of it
members.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-06
Urged Uniform
Regulations
for Traffic

An appeal for the adoption Of uni
form traffic regulations in the cities,
towns and villages throughout the
State of New York was made in an
address at Kingston, Wednesday
July 26), before the convention OF
the New York State Association OF
Chiefs of Police by Frederick Il.
Elliott, of New York, executive sec.
rotary of the Safety First Fedora
ton of America.
"That there is at present chaotic
condition as regards traffic regu'
lations caused primarily by the vary
ing traffic ordinances in force IN the
municipalities and villages through,
out the commonwealth is admitted
by every one conversant with the slt'
uation," said Mr.. Elliott. Nearly
every city has street traffic regula-
tions that differ in some important
principle from those of other cities
and it is impossible for the travelling
public TO be familiar with the pro-
visions of all.
Every locality now frames us
own traffic ordinances, following no
general policy, thereby creating
variation in important requirements
in detail of enforcement and IN pen
alties imposed. In some instances
the local ordinances conflict with ths
state laws, while others contain pro
visions which should be the subject
of legislative enactment rather than
of local regulation. Realizing TINS
situation year and a half ago, tne
street traffic committee of the Satey
First Federation undertook 10 codiiy
the traffic rules of the prlnclps,,
cities, in the belief that STANDARD
code of traffic regulations could DC
framed suitable TO the needs OF az
communities, or at least would &c
uniform as TO cities of certain size
II was contended that such an &C.
complishment would be most satls,
factory TO vehicular operators ana
drivers who wish to obey the law
but many Of whom, through excus,,
able ignorance, make infractlons o.
the regulations and become confused,
resulting in complications which are
frequently followed by some form Oh
an accident
The announcement of this accom-
plishment after study and invesu'
cation of the subject extending over
eighteen months will be welcomed oy
every one familiar with the present
chaotic condition, caused primary
by the varying traffic ordinances W
force in our municipalities,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-06

Wyo., the-men drove through floods
that simply wiped out sections of the
road. But the car battled through
the mud in fine shape. Weidely said
that they struck hub-deep mud in
many places. q.
The Pathfinder had worlds rec
ord when it was only through the
Rockies. When it went over the Con-
tinental Divide on high, it established
a worlds record, according to Ralph
w. Smith, president of the A.
A. A. and member of the contest
board, who certified this fact.
When the Twin Six landed in New
York on Tuesday it was greeted by
a crowd of enthusiastic Pathfinder
owners and newspaper and moving
picture people. Muriel Ostriche, of
the World Film Corporation, greeted
Driver Weidely for New York City,
and the Pathe, Universal and Strand
news photographers were there to
film the cars arrival and its trial at
Sheepshead Bay. For it was then
driven to Sheepshead Bay, where,
with the A. A. A. and the Lincoln
Highway seals still intact, it made
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-06
QUERIES AND ANS w FRS

ably good quality, it ought not to
give trouble unless you occasionally
drop lubricating oil on it. This will
cause rapid decay. Possibly this
caused your recent trouble, but it ic
also possible that last winter you
used an anti-freezing solution Of
which glycerine formed a part. This
is only guess, but if it happens to
have been the case, it is suggested
that you use solution of denatured
alcohol and water next winter. This
will not affect the rubber.-W. f.
Russell, Manager Buick Service
Department.
VI. l.. W. What is the best route
to Bear Mountain Inn on the Hud-
son?
Go over the Dyckman Street ferry,
turn to right up Palisades Avenue,
go through Tenafy, Cresskill, Dem
Arrest, Closter, Norwood, Worthwhile,
Tappan, Orangeburg, Blauvelt, West
Nyack, Valley Cottage, Congers,
Haverstraw, Stony Point and Temp
kins Cove.-Automobile Club of
America, Bureau of Tours.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-06

f. Yer Linden, factory manager
and associate executive of the Olds
Motor Works, Of Lansing, Mich, has
been created general manager OF that
concern, following the resignation
last week of Jay Hall, his associate
on the Olds executive committee.
With the appointment of Yer Lin
den the committee system of man
agement at the Olds Motor Works is
abolished and the organization is
once more under one-man control.
Yer Linden has been in the automo-
bile business many years and is
thoroughly familiar with the prob
lens of the industry. His speciality
has always been production. Before
ioining the Olds organization Yer
Linden was production expert Tor
the Buick Company, managing Plant
No. 1. Before that he was in busl-
ness for himself under the corporate
title of the Michigan Auto Parts
Company, which was bought by the
General Motors Company in 1909
His early training IN production
methods was gained with the Ameri-
can Radiator Company, q nationally
known concern.
Washington, d. c., is not only the
home of the National Museum, but 1t
also boasts of the only known Car
buretor Museum, found at the gar
age of Irving Donohue.
Mr.. Donohue has been a specialist
in carburetor trouble, and in the
course of several years has collected
an almost unbelievable number and
variety of defunct carburetors, of
both foreign and domestic makes,
which he has replaced with Ray
fields. 1t is an interesting display,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-06
News and Notes

covering the entire gamut Of car
buretor construction, from the days
of the "one-lunger" up to the latest
models, and is a collection that will
some day have high historic value,
if not an intrinsic one.
The recent 300-mile nonstop run
arranged for the dealers by the
Saxon Motor Car Company certain
ly developed some remarkable re-
suits for at least part of the Saxon
Six equipment. A total of $4,000
miles was covered during the rum
this record being made by 206 Saxon
Six stock cars, and in all parts OF
America, the individual runs having
been conducted by Saxon dealers.
In view of the diversified condi-
tons of travel the average mileage
of 23.5 miles to the gallon is consid-
cred an indication of high efficiency
The Frye Motor Company, of St
Louis, the winner, averaged o4.Z
miles per gallon of gasolene; the
Northwestern Automobile Company
of Minneapolis. averaged 1896 miles
C. J. Allen, of Geneva, n. y, aver
aged 32.15.
Charles Kuehn, FOR many year;
connected with the Packard Motor
Car Company advertising depart
ment. at the factory in Detroit, has
Joined the Cheltenham Advertising
Agency, of New York. Mr.. Kuehr
is well known to advertising men In
all parts of the country and he goes
to this broader field of activity ably
equipped to take up national adver'
Using work. He will be stationed IN
the Cheltenham New York City
office.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-06

TWO1 A pleasure jaunt
ANs@n across the continent on
krl&NES I high, in a Pathfinder
tESSM Twin Six touring car, is
E-Gl what Walter A. Weidely
lUS~Al and Heinie Scholler
have just finished. The
car in which they took the trip
was regular stock car, with muller
cut out. In fact, TO guard against this
point being contested it was built at
the factory in Indianapolis, under
the direction of Chester Kicker, an
A. A. A. representative. All except
the high and reverse gears were
taken out, and the transmission was
sealed by the A. A. A.
The machine was then shipped to
Los Angeles. To insure against any
possibility of change having been
made en- route, the car was again
gone over by a Western representa-
tive of the A. A. A, Al Waddell. 1t
was again affirmed that the car was
purely stock.
Those Water Bags.
From the time that the car was
started on its journey from the San
Diego Exposition Grounds, on July
8, till it reached New York, on Tues
day afternoon at l 80 o'clock, Walter
Weidely, who did most of the driving,
declared that the most irksome thing
about the trip was filling his water
bags. According to him, there was
only one time that he got out Of doing
Thu, and that was at kearney's
Z.anch, Somewhere in Utah"
This ranch was in a God-forsaken,
desert part of the country, miles
away from the nearest neighbor.
The boys stopped here for the night.
There was an old, squeaky piano,
sadly out of tune, in the farm house,
and Mr.. Weidely entertained the
rough old farmer with some Of the
late popular songs.
When it came time to say goodby
in the morning Heinie Scholler set
out to grease the car, and Weldely
to attend to his appointed task, that
of filling the water bags. Old Mr..
Kearney, thinking of the long, lone
" hours that he would spend there in
solitude, volunteered to fill the bags,
if Mr.. Weidely would only play Just
one more tune" on the piano. SO
Weideiy obliged with Hello, Broad
way" and wound up with the inevi-
table Cowboys Lament" drawing
the Clone prairie" part all over the
ranch. Kearney said he wasn't much
interested in Broadway, with its
broken heart for every light, but he
"shure did like that lament tune. 1t
has some real feelin' in it, and APP
pealed to the artistic nature of a
Utah rancher."
With the concert finished and the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-06

COT miles an hour. This was done
Just to prove that the car was not
specially geared. 1t was gone over
and affirmed by Harry Tarantous,
A. A. A. technical man.
With all the hill climbing and with
all the climatic difficulties encoun-
tered on the way the car made a re-
markable record. 1t came through
without any mechanical adjustments
except a broken spring clip. Its
mileage for the entire trip averaged
1912 miles to the gallon.
The way that every one, motorist
or not, gloried in the bigness Of the
undertaking was attested by the re-
ception and the notice that it rec
ceived all along the way. 1t was ex-
hibited in eight different hotel lob
bies, and was greeted by prominent
men and officials in the various
towns it passed through. In Chi
cago William Hale Thompson, the
Mayor, welcomed it into the city.
In fact, the run was a success in
every respect. 1t was even more
than that. 1t marks an epoch in
transcontinental touring.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-06

The holder Of the new transcon-
tinental automobile record, leaving
Columbus Circle, New York, at 80
in the morning of Monday, July "a,
Samuel b. Stevens, of Rome, n. Y,
chairman of the Motor Reserve
Division Committee of the American
Defense Society, made the trip from
Columbus Circle 70 Third and Mar
ket streets, San Francisco, in 3 days,
IS hours, and 30 minutes, smashing
all previous records. The trip was
made under the auspices of the
American Tafense Society to demon
strate the advisability of a motor
reserve division for the United
States Army and of military control
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-06

nounced the purchase of the entire
business of the V-Ray Company, of
Marshalltown, Iowa, the widely
known spark plug manufacturing
concern.
V. n. Hansen, president of the
V-Ray Company, has already iden-
titled himself with the Stewart-War-
ner organization and will have
charge Of the spark plug end Of the
business
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-06

Across the American continent in
one day is the unique record made
by Haynes automobile on June is.
Of the elapsed twelve hours, which
broke by many hours any previous
transcontinental automobile records,
only . hours and 40 minutes was
actual running time. Part of the
trip was made on railway ties, as
the Haynes had been given the RICH,
Of way,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-06
Women Make Long
IDrive in MaxweU
Tour from Texas to De-
troit, Making Econ
Omy Record.

The Maxwells seem to be making
a hit with the ladies. A few min
utes on the street corners here in
New York will convince you that
that is the case here in this city,
and from reports that come in this
town seems to be no exception to
the rule.
For instance, Mrs. Dick O'Bannon,
of Sherman, Tex, motored into De-
troit last week in her pet, Bill"
Bill" is a Maxwell touring car. This
trip was one on which the men were
not invited. Besides Mrs. O'Bannon,
there were Mrs. r. f. Minshew and
her three children. Including the
luggage and camping outfit, the
Maxwell was loaded with about 1000
pounds.
Still, according to the careful &C
counting of Mrs. O'Bannon, the car
has averaged "a miles to the gallon.
The women have driven through
Texas, Oklahoma, Karsas, Missouri,
Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Michigan.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-06

Lansing. Mich.-Jay Hall, general
sales manager ard associate executive
Of the Odds Motor Works for the last
three years, has rendered his resigna-
ton TO that firm, to take effect Au-
gust /.
No announcement of his plans is
made, but it is rumored that his res
ignation is merely preliminary to an
appointment Of even greater respon-
sibility than his present duties.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-06

D. g.: At what temperature will
gasolene vapor, such as used in the
average motor, explode without
ignition?
This question is hard to answer,
because you have given so little in
formation. 1t would depend on the
amount of air that was in the mix
ture, on the strength of the con-
tainer and on the general condition
of the motor. If you will send US
more details, we may be able to an
swer Manufacturing Depart
ment, Standard Oil Company.
K. NJ: What are the best roads
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-06

cuts in castings, six valve insides, six
valve caps, three dust caps, air
pump, collapsible water bucket, jack,
complete tool kit, raincoat, one set of
chains, two extra spark plugs,
Manila rope or wire forty feet a.,
one extra water tank for drinking
purposes and radiator five gallons) =,
one small medical kit, face cream for
sunburn and stained goggles yellow
or orange).