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The midland journal., 1916-08-18
A Few Smiles.
eeeeeeeeseseeeeoeeeeeess
The Mystery Explained.

w h y is IT,
queried the strang-
er within the gates,
"that so many of
the men in this vii
lage seem to have
an ingrown grudge
against the minis
ter?"
well, It's like
this, stranger an
swered the post
master, "he's been
here for nearly ff-
Nv uaorc and hoe
The midland journal., 1916-08-18

performed the nnrriage ceremony for
most of them
The midland journal., 1916-08-18
PERILS OF NATURE
BY DR.. SAMUEL C. DIXON.
Commissioner Of Health Of Pennsyl-

Vania.
Our streams. once undefiled by man,
ran from the mountains to the sea in
The midland journal., 1916-08-18

Do you think that Charles
public career begins with this
incident?
The midland journal., 1916-08-18
Good slnalna.

"This quartet is
splendid"
The midland journal., 1916-08-18

20 DE coNTDSUEns
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-02
BRITISH USE BUSES
AS RAILWAY "FEEDERS"

American steam and electric rail-
road companies, which complain OF
the decrease Of passenger traffic on
the profitable shorthslil lines, might
study the work Of British railroad
companies using motor buses and
motor trucks as feeders for their
passenger, freight and parcel haul.
age, tapping sections of the country
which. while fairly well populated, do
not permit of the installation OF per-
maDent branch lines on rails.
According to the latest report re-
ceived by the National Automobile
Chamber Of Commerce, no less than
z23 buses and more than $50 motor
trucks were employed in this service.
with satisfactory profits to the roads
concerned
Despite the requirements of the
war office, which took, large num-
Der OF the most modern OF these We
lfcies for its own use, the railroads
rave managed to keep a fairly large
neet going throughout the past year,
and preparations are said to be un-
der way for Considerable increases
this summer.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-02
REMEDY FOR Sc 6RCHING
CYLINDERS IS FOUND

A permanent cure for scorchins
cylinders has been found in the judi
cious use of . specially prepared flake
graphite, This lubricant. known as
Dixon's motor graphite. is unaffected
by any temperature encountered In
the cylinder and therefore undergoes
no chemical change
By the introduction of a slight quau-
tity of motor graphite, veIyety pro
tective coating is formed on the cylin-
der walls and piston rings.
The small particles Of this specially
prepared flake graphite fiji up the
minute holes and scorings that exist,
This not only lessons the friction, but
increases the compression. -
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-02
WHAT'S A name?
FRED JUNK Wins
MOUNTAIN Climb

Skidding around a .bairpin turn,
edged by a 2000-foot crop into space,
a low, gray car shot past Glen Cove
Inn, half way up the side of Pixies
Peak on the afternoon of August IL.
A rear from the exhaust and the ma
chine with a boyish looking driver at
the wheel disappeared from view. ITS
Junk" shouted a small urchin at the
turn. The crowd rushed up to view
the anticipated accident, Their fears
were relieved only when the small Toy
explained that be had merely an
nounced the drivers name.
From the top of the peak a few
minutes later came the telephone mes
sage that Fred H. Junk in Chalmers
Six had captured first place IN the
Glass F. event. Less Than Is seconds
behind Junk finished his teammate,
Roy Steinz, in another 1900 r. p NJ.
Chalmers. 1t was the first time in the
history of American hill climbing
events that two machines Of the same
make had finished in one-two order
/, Junk, the 20-year-old driver of the
winning Chalmers, refuses to believe
that his name spells anything less
than success. In Saturdays race for
the Spencer Penrose trophy he pitted
his car against monster racing crea.
TONS with twice the piston displace-
ment of his Chalmers and finished il
third position. St.. 4, -. +. /
Defeating old heads in the racing
game, such as Barney O1dfield,
Hughie Hughes, Buzane and Patter-
son, is, acknowledge a fair feat for
any driver.
But Junk, winner of his first race,
modestly gives credit to his Chalmers
SIX for the victory -..,...... rs
My little car simply ate up those
10 per cent grades on the Straight
Always and when 1t came, to the turns
d simple twist OF the wheel to right
Or left did the rest" says the youth
.ul pilot. - .....-'
In the opinion of race spectators,
however, Junk's skill in negotiating
The hundred. or more angles and turns
u the course was, largely responsible
or his win. ..r ..>.s.r.4 Il. a. ri.
On the most dangerous mountain
highway in the world, from a racing
he lost hardly second in
making the turns and was on his way
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-02
LARGE single
TRUCK TIRE IS
+
A MONEY SAVER
Society of Automobile Engi-
neerS Given Nine Reasons
to Prove Statement

AKRON, O.-Many suggestions of
savings for economy-alert truck man.
ufacturers, users and buyers in the
arguments for substitution of large
single truck tires for 3, 31a and 4-ihch
dual rear tires are enumerated by W.
H. Allen, manager of the truck tire
production for the B. F. Goodrich
Company, Akron, Ohio. Addressing
members of the Society OF Autano.
bile Engineers on the associations
summer cruise on Lake Huron, Mr..
Allen mentioned the following nine
practise: III.
Saving tire cost ranging between
8 and Is per cent. ..-. :-.. -.....:..
Saving in wheel cost The reduced
wheel cost is attributable to the mar
rover felloe stock and wheel rim re.
quired, together with whatever saving
may be made in connection with
wheel design. .->.. -. .....-...
Saving in cost or handling and APP
plying one tire instead of two ~
Saving in wheel, tire and rim
weight resulting in possible greater
operating economy and relieving I'M
sprung weight. ~
A large tire that viii adapt itself
better to uneven road surfaces, COM
pensate for excessive road crown and
carrying its burden as unit. rather
than alternately on one narrow tread
and then on the other. +
Greater ease of fitting non-skid
chains. .7
Better tracking with front wheels.
Ususally greater height of rubber
tread. thus providing greater cush.
ioning properties with consequently
increased tire and vehicle life.
Decreased strain on axle and wheel
bearings as result of decreased lever.
age obtained by the narrower wheel
tread. ..-.- "a
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-02
TRUCKS REPLACE
DESERT Mule IN
MlNNEATA Mine
Motor Now Used In Road Trip
From Trona to Rich Deposit
Eighty Miles Away

Making good in d country where
even the hardy mule proved a failure
is the achievement OF the 2 IL ton
Moreltbd distillate truck recently de-
hyerod 10 WI, Mann OF Trona, Cal.
The new Moreiand Is being used IN
hauling silver and lead concentrate
between Trona and the Minneata
The Minneaia mines are famous for
their rich deposits yet until the slc-
cessf0l operation OF the Los Angeles
manufa ctured truck they lay practical
~ abandoned owing to /. inefficient
transportation facilities. Mule teams
were tried on the strenuous grind but
proved unsuccessful as that method
was not only expensive but even the
hardy mule could not stand the fear
fii strain. 80
The found trip from iTrona to the
mines Is eighty miles and II requires
six days for an eight mule team to
make tlie trip hauling only three tons.
This mode or Transportation proved
practically prohibittve as hardly a
trip was made without the loss OF at,
least one mule. The intense heat Of
the treacherons Mojave desert and the
scarcity and poor Quality OF the water
never failed to take heavy toll from
the live stock.
According to word received from
Mr.. Mann the new Moreland Is now
making regular round trips every
other day, hauling capacity load
over roads recognized as the worst
in the state The grades run all the
way from ten to, twenty per cent and
they are filled with sharp rocks and
chuck holes Two and ohe-haIf tons
Of concentrate are now delivered every
day IN the bed Of an old dry lake
there seems to be no bottom. This is
one on the most severe stretches OF !
the entire trip and the one that has !
proven the waterloo OF many previous
trucking attempts. The work of the
new Moreland is already the talk Of |
the entire desert country the success |
Of which old settlers claim means the !
opening Of many mines in sections
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-02
u. S. PUTS STOP

In making effective a fraud order
denying the Use OF the United States
mails to the International, Automobile
eague, Inc, Ind the International An-
tomobile League g'iree Company OF
Buffalo, n. Y, and A. c. Bidwell, presi-
dent OF both concerns. the postoffice
department has sounded the death
kneIl OF enterprises which government
investigations show have Yictimized
thousands of motor car owners in all
parts of the country
For years this league has been
Using the mails TO obtain money by
false representations and pretenses
from automobile owners. dealers and
jobbers of automobile supplies" said
". III. Lamar, solicitor general-of the
postoffice department ''The order con-
cludes one Of the longest and most
important hearings ever held by this
Office The hearing occupied 46 days
and revealed a remarkable complex.
ity and variety of unlawful practises
employed by the president of the
league and his agents, in exploiting
the public. : ''..
The inquiry by the postoffice depart
raent into the business practises OF
the International Automobile League
was requested last March by the AssC-
ciated Advertising Clubs of the World
and the American Automobile Assc,
citation to protect motor car owner
as a part of the nationwide campaig?!
CT the Advertising Clubs for truth in
advertising and honesty in business.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-02
BICYCLE DAY HELD !.
IN los ANGELES

- y. . 4
That the bicycle has regained its
former popularity is becoming increas.
ingly evident From all sections of
the country come reports OF unprece-
denied interest in bicycling. Recent.
~ Bicycle Day was observed in Los
Angeles. Cal, and monster parade
staged More than two thousand
bicycles were in line. Among the
mounts were representatives OF every
type Of two-wheeier eyer built. Many
old-time racers were In line, including
Ed Lingenfelder, national 10-mile
champion in 1898, now manager Of the
Los Angeles branch Of the Goodyear
Tire & Rubber Company; Albert Shock,
Madison Square winner in 1856; Bill
Tufts, Fred LycLs, Ralph Hamlin, J.
S. Peach. Guy West and many others.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-02

up the next grade before the crowd
at a given point could IeaIZe he had
passed. ..
During t. two days racing over
the 121s-mile course to the summit
Of Pixies Peak the Chalmers cars were
the most consistent performers at the
meet, finishing in every event entered.
Both cars averaged 80 miles per hour
over the course, which is AZ per cen.
curves and has 10 per cent grades
over half its length.
On the second days racing clouds
drifted half way down the mountain,
obscuring the road andJ making 1t i'm
possible to see 25 feet ahead. Under
these conditions the speed made was
little short of phenomenal.
AS q test for stock cars, the Pixies
Peak climb, 14,109 feet into the
clouds, viii probably continue to stand
as Americas premier event for some
years to come.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-02
KEEP GREASE coPs
WELL FILLED, is HINT

Grease cups are placed on an au-
tomobile for a definite purpose. They
furnish needed fabrication. There
fore It is good idea to see that they
are kept filed. Not only that, but
make sure that they, are turned
down" at proper intervals.
considered worthless ow-
ing To the MANY failures OF chain
driven gasoline trucks.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-02

President Wilson's personal note
for concessions permitting
shipment of American relief supplies
to starving Inhabitants of Poland was
delivered to President Poincaire.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-02
Automobile
Rebuilding and Repairing
Truck and Pleasure Car
Bodies Builf TO Order

With greatly Increased capacity and
additional machinery the Body
Building Department is equipped to
turn out the highest class Of work
at the most reasonable prices in the
islands. Get an estimate and be
convinced.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-02

Governor Whitman opened the
Elks fair and carnival at Patchogue,
N. Y, by. pressing an electric button
that turned on 1000 lights. ~.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-02

Two hundred milk drivers of the
Telling Belle Vernon Milk Company
at Cleveland recently went on strike.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-02
Automobile Repairing and
Electrical Department

is also greatly increased in capacity
and equipment and with the, Black
smith Department are able to handle
every class ofrepairing. Every piece
Of work turned out is guaranteed
First-Class and satisfactory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-16

interested for many years in agricultural cooperation, and is the founder of the Southeastern Cooperative Agricultural society and is honorary secretary of the Agricultural Banks association and of the Englsh Land Colonization society. His multiple activities give him little time for recreations, but when he has any he dabbles in photography and bicycles in the country. There isn't the faintest suggestion of .'flapdoodle' about him. In discussing. with the greatest modesty his wonderful discovery, he insists on keeping his own personality not only in the background, butt out of sight. lie refused point blank to be photographed. and the excellent likeness of him which accompanies this article had to be ob- tained from one of his friends who got it by stealth
 WhenI asked Professor Bottomley what ne considered the most remarkable of all the results which he has obtained with his bacterized peat he nstanced the com- paratlve ones obtained on tract Of land treated, in different parts, with mo manure, artifcials, farm dung, and bac- terized peat The result of this experi- ment was that potatoes grown with the "humogen' represented an increase of 123 per cent as compared with those grown with no manure, 75 per cent as compared with artificials, and fl per cent as com rsred with farm dung. Beets represented similar increases of 281, 54 and 43 per cent and carrots 260, 20 and 2S per cent. Farm CTS may be interested in learning that the fertilizers were used to the following extents: Artificials,a l4 cwt. per acre; dung, 30 tons per. acre; bacterized peat, 1-5 tons par acre. sts 2, 8. 4sss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-16

The occupant of the cottage was in formed of the robbery, and was further
 told that he was suspected in connec-
 tion with it. Of course, he protested with much vigor, but his eloquence died down somewhat when he was ordered to produce his boots. He was, however,
 obliged to obey, and it was then seen
 that his boots fitted the plaster casts
 exactly. Thereupon the cottage was searched thoroughly, with the result that two pheasants were found cooking in the oven, and some more in bag upstairs.
 Shortly afterwards this man went to
 prison for six months with hard labor --on the evidence of the bloodhound,
 which was indisputable! Had it not been for, the hound, there is not the slightest
 doubt that this thief would never have
 been discovered. Encouraged by his sue cess, he would have doubtless continued
 to rob the surrounding farms and es- tates.
 | These two cases are sufficient to show
 how very useful bloodhounds can be to the police-especia,ly in rural districts. In this respect it is worth noticing that Sussex is the county in which these won- derful animals are used most extensively, though doubtless before long other coun- ties will follow this excellent example. The bloodhound of today, unlike his American predecessor, has no desire to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-16

London, April 1.-(Special Correspon- dence.) e.)-Yesterday I sat and talked with a short. thick-set, sandy-haired, fovial man. real dynamo of energy and with any amount of brains and imagination packed away in his craniurn, whose re- markable discoveries in connection with the fertilization of the soil promise to fevolutionize agriculture the world over. A man who may yet prove the literal regenerator of his country by rendering productive the millions of waste acres throughout Great Britain, and thus, by making this country self-support1ng, in. stead of so utterly dependent upon the outside world for it's food that only a couple of months of complete isloation would spell famine for it's inhabitants, banish once and for all the ever existent danger of it's being starved into suhjec- tion by a successful enemy.
 This is not the first time you{ have heard of Prof. William Beecrlft Bottom icy, of Kings college. London, ror hs is the famous discoverer of the process of "bacterizing'' peat which rend prs this hitherto waste product from 20 to S0 times as valuable a fertilizer as ctslinary manure, and. by it's use doubles or 'trebles tk- 1roauctiveness of the soil with, which it is mixed. You may have heard of the little short of miracles that se was wrought with it. Of how, using only a. little moss watered with "humog en, as he calls his extract of bacterized peat, he has grown potatoes in box on the roof of Kings college in eight weeks. Of how, in many cases, the size of plants has been doubled and trebled by his treatment Of how radishes and. toma-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-16
Tracked by Bloodhounds
From London Answers.

4I. g g4 I1s
 Bloodhounds! There is something all most terrifying in the name, and the fact that these animals are used in Brit ain to track down criminals will come as shock to many more especially so. to those who have read Uncle Tom s Cabin," and other books dealing with the days of American slavery.
 As matter of fact, however, the bloodhounds used in this country are ex- tremely gentle and lovable animals and spl endid companions while it is almost impossible to overestimate their useful ness. g3
 The first year in which bloodhound evil dence was accepted by a British court was 1910, when a hound named Shad- over was successful in a case in Wilt shire Three years later, a brother of Shadower's, named Flair, tracked down 19 9.lawbreakers, one of whom was mur- derer.
 Flair followed the murderer's trail for about a mile and a haif-from the spot where a police sergeant had been shot and finally led the search party to the River Avon. The hound stopped beside a double -barreled gun which was lying on the river bank One barrel had been discharged, and a quarter of mile fur ther down the body of the murderer was found floating in the water, the guilty WFetcu ildNlHS COinIillttcQ SuICluc.
 Another typical case was one of pheas- ant stealing. About dozen birds were taken from a wired-in aviary during the night, the theft only being discovered by the keeper when he came, with his assistant, to feed them at 8 in the morn ing. z It will be seen, therefore, that the thief-,had had plenty of time to get away with the swag.
 The keeper immediately informed the police, and the bloodhounds were wired for. They were brought at once in a motor car arriving on the scene of the robbery about midday--that is to say probably 10 or 12 hours after the theft had been committed.
 There were several footprints round about the aviary, which were examined; i; those of the two keepers were identified. and the hound put on the track of the others. After one or two false starts, the Bloodhound went off across a field to the road where the same footprints were visible to the party. Plaster casts having been taken of these, the hound took the line for about two miles across country
 He led the party to a row of cottages. and stopepd before the door of No. g.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-16

is made of the cost of the raw material fracture.
 'eThe principal question in connection
 with humogen," the professor added, lis
 can we supply it at sufficiently low
 rate? Dung's cheap, but. on the other
 hand, it is growing daily less plentiful
 as horses are replaced by motor trac-
 ton, and, consequently, is getting more
 and more costly. In this country the
 problem is becoming more or less vital.
 The farmer has to keep more stock than
 he wants in order to get manure. l
 was told the other day by one of the
 principal officials of the London General
 Omnibus company that up to date they
 have replaced over 5O,000 horses. Figuring
 10 tons year per horse, this means 5OO,-
 coo tons less of manure for the owners
 of the market gardens around London. Where are they going to get their fer tilizer from as time goes on?
 In Hampstead, the other day, was charged $5 for one ton of manure. The
 price generally, I believe, ranges at about $50 a ton. Our price for numogen, or
 bacterized peat: will be from: sl0 tos;s.s's a ton. but Mwjll contain 2a, go, even 30 times the fertilizing capacity of ordinary manure. A large grower of hops in Kent who is about to experiment. with cur product tells me that he has used manure at the rate of % tons per acre. You can readily realize the saytng-one ton instead of 05 Look at the saving in labor alone Consider, too, the saving in the matter of feeding stock ttening bullocks to get manure is pretty expen- sive.'' as yss.' Professor Bottomley, who has occupied the chair Of botany at King college since 1s93 is. .5S years old. He was born at Apperley Bridge. Leeds, in. 1863. and edsi. cated first at the Royal Grammar schoo' at Lancaster, and later at Kings colese, Cambridge He was science tutor ano lecturer on biology at St. Mary's Hospital Medical school from 1886 to 1891, and was Cambridge university extension lecturer from that time until 1894 He has been
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-16
AN OLD RECIPE ID DARKEN HAIR
 Sage Tea and Sulphur Turns Gray, Faded Hair Dark " and Glossy

Almost everyone knows that Sage Tea and Sulphur properly compdMnded, brings back the natural color and lustre to inc hair when faded, strea.ked or gray Years ago the only way to get this mixture was to make It at nome which is mussy anG troublesome.
 Nowadays we simply ask at any drug store for "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur compound" You will get a large bottle of this old time recipe improved by the addition of other ingredients for about 50 cents. Everybody uses this prepara- tell that you darl<eped your hair, as it does, it so naturally and evenly You danpen a sponge or soft brush with it one small strand at a time; by morning the gray hair disappears, and after an- other applica tion or two, your hair be- comes beautifully dark, thick and glossy and you look years younger. Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound is a delightful toilet requisite. It is not intended for the cure. mitiga ton or pre- vention of disease.-Adv
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-16
Not as Bad as That

From Answers. {
 Early one bright spring morning a rag ged tramp called at a country vicarage where the lady of the house had the name of being very charitable.
 Kind lady, he began whiningly, as hs doffed his cap politely, 1T ain't ad bite to eat since my supper yesterday, an ter-morrer will be the third day. ''Poor fellow.'' said the kind hearted woman. You must be hungry! But yoN look strong. Why don't you look for work, or. better still, join the army ?Y ?ss {
 'Ah, mum, ye see, I'm little bit silly" began the man in explanation
 'Yes; but silly people can often gel work" interrupted. the lady. S,
 "But I'm not that sil1y!'' finished tho tramp quickly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-16

savage" his quarry when once he has run him down. He is far too gentle for that. But, having done his work we'll and thoroughly, he does expect to be toi d so and to be made fuss of-just like his two-legged master and mistressess
 Were it not for his size, the blood hound would probably be seen in many homes, as it would be hard to find, in the world of dogs, a more lovable or faithful communion Nt