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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-09-22

During last June and July, when it became
known among the trade that the Ford Motor
Company intended opening a factory branch in
Richmond, representatives Of eleven well-known
motor car factories came to Richmond for the
purpose Of interesting me in handling their cars
in this territory.
About twenty others wrote me- offering to
send representative if evinced sufficient inter-
est in their product to justify them in doing So
My ten years active experience in the auto
mobile business in Detroit Philadelphia Balti-
more and Richmond have given me, | believe
very fair general knowledge of motor car values.
eliminated, after serious consideration all
cars Which were not, IN my opinion, sufficiently
we'll constructed to furnish continuous satisfac-
tory service to owners, and at minimum ex-
pense for up-keep disregarding entirely the
much larger commissions allowed on such cars.
| also eliminated several exceedingly good
hlgh-prlced cars for the reason that the possible
sale OF such cars in Virginia is too limited to
justify the maintenance Of our extensive sales
and service organization in Richmond and Nor
folk and our dealers throughout the State.
determined to handle a thoroughly well-built
arWhich would furnish owners maximum service
at minimum expense, including first cost and
maintenance.
l interviewed the leading dealers and distrib-
utors IN SIX large cities in the Middle West, where
competition is constantly Keen TO ascertain which
cars were giving the best service to customers and
selling in the greatest quantities.
In Detroit the center Of the automobile indus
try, | found more Saxon cars in use than any
other makes, with the exception of Fords. In
indianapolis, Toledo, Minneapolis, Cleveland and
Pittsburgh the proportion seemed nearly as
great.
In these cities Saxon distributors have con-
tracted for from 1900 to 1000 Saxon cars each
for the present 1916-1917 season.
In answer to my direct question, as man to
man, these dealers advised me that the necessary
service work on Saxon cars cost them less money
per car than any other car they had ever handled.
1t is but reasonable to presume that car
requiring minimum Of repairs and adjustments
from dealer will render maximum of satisfac-
tory service to an owner.
During the past six years that have been
selling cars in Richmond my policy has always
been Satisfactory service to our customers,
regardless Of cost'-but the cost of such service
has been considerably more than I have ever been
willing to admit.
I visited the factories of several of the cars
which was Investigating to ascertain their policy
concerning the quality and quantity of the cars
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-09-22

they proposed to build not only this year and next
year, but for the next five years.
found the Saxon Motor Car Company had
grown faster than any other automobile factory
in the business.
The first Saxon car shipped from the
factory on March l, 1914, and in the first eight
months 6,915 Saxons were built and placed in the
hands of owners
In the next eight months December /, 1914,
to July 81 1879, with the Saxon Six added to
the line, 1888 cars were sold.
In the next twelve months august /, 1915, to
August l, 1916 26466 Saxon cars were delivered
to customers.
For the present 1861 season plans have been
made and contracts have been let for the produc-
ton of from $4,000 to $4,000 Saxon cars.
1t took the Ford Motor Company six years
before they were able to build and sell 10000 cars
IN one year, yet the Saxon Motor Car Company
built and sold over 10000 cars the second eight
months they were in business.
Surely such record would be impossible
unless Saxon cars were built right and giving
satisfactory service
found that units comprising Saxon cars were
secured from the best parts-manufacturers in the
business, each one the recognized leader in their
particular speciality
Motors for both the Saxon Six and Saxon
Four are secured from the Continental Motor
Company the largest manufacturers of high
grade motors in the world, who furnish motors
for such cars as the National Owen Magnetic
Velie, Paige, etc.
The Continental Motor has been chosen by
more than $50 manufacturers of automobiles and
trucks-frank acknowledgment that it equals or
excels any motor they themselves could build
Complete front and rear-axle constructions
are furnished by "Timken"-the largest manu-
facturer of high-grade axles and bearings in this
country. Thinker axles and bearings are used in
such cars and trucks as the Packard, Cadillac,
Hudson, Peerless, Stutz, Chalmers Premier,
Winton etc.
The Saxon radiators are furnished by the
Feeders Manufacturing Company. Feddcrs
radiators used nearly all racing cars
The strain of racing would soon wreck a cheaper
and less sturdily constructed product Feeders
radiators are also used extensively on high-grade
trucks where vibration would soon cause endless
trouble with inferior radiators. They are regular
equipment such cars as the Stutz, Pierce
Arrow National, Winton, Packard Pathfinder,
etc. The Coast-to-Coast Pathfinder" travelled
from the Atlantic to the Pacific with no leaks or
radiator trouble of any sort.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-09-22

The AtWater Kent ignition system, used on
Saxon cars, is also regular equipment on such
cars as the Peerless, Franklin, King etc. The
longest test that any ignition system has ever
been given is probably the recent 1O,850-mile
nonstop run on the king Eight" The Atwater
Kent system furnished 120,000000 accurately
time sparks at the rate of 1850 sparks per minute
for 10850 miles without touching any part of the
ignition system.
The Rayfeld carburetors used on Saxon cars
are also regular equipment on such cars as
Stearns, knight, National, Lozier, Winton, Cad
lilac, Haynes, Apperson, Jeffrey Kline, Mitchell,
Paige, etc. Rayfeld carburetors are extensively
used on racing cars for power and on pleasure
cars for exceptional gasoline economy and hexi-
bility
"Vanadium steel cantilever springs" are
rapidly becoming universal on the highest-priced
cars because of their strength and easy-riding
qualities.
Wagner two-unt starting and lighting sys-
TENS for Saxon cars are manufactured by the
Wagner Electric Manufacturing Company, who
have been building motors and generators for
nearly a quarter of century. With the expert
ence and wonderful facilities and organization of
the Wagner Company, it is no wonder that
Wagner engineers have advanced the art of
building far beyond all others.
1t is. and will continue to be, the policy of the
Saxon Motor Car Company to build "Saxons' of
the same high grade units and materials and at
as low price as quantity production will permit
In order to fully satisfy myself as to Saxon
performance and economy, I recently drove a
Saxon Six touring car from Detroit to Rich
mond The car carried five passengers. 1t
averaged nineteen and one-half miles per gallon
OF gasoline for the entire $50 miles. With the
single exception Of tightening a nut on the wind
shield, no adjustments whatever were made on
the car.
Two hundred Saxon Skies" in a recent 300
mile nonstop run averaged twenty three and
one-half miles per gallon of gasoline for the
entire $4,000 miles
Local Saxon owners in Richmond have told
me they have gotten much as twenty five miles
to gallon with the "Sx" and over thirty miles to
the gallon with the -Four
AS a result of my investigation, became con-
Vlnced that Saxon cars would give customers
more real service and lasting satisfaction than
many cars selling for considerably more money
and for less upkcep expense than many cars sell
ing for less money
The Alaska citizen., 1916-08-14

erable amount of development work has been done Compared with some of the small. rich leads on this creek the property may be called low grade one, but its i'm mense size. coupled with the close proximity Of unlimited water power makes it an economical property to work
 A year ago Mir Vance took d quantity of this ore out for mill treatment. and secured returns that were 50 satisfactory that he has now taken bond and option on the property and will immediately start further development on the claims If the result of this work demonstrates that the ore values run fairly uniform, the option will be exercised. He has already pur- chased tools and supplies and will send a body of men to the prop erty Monday. The placer claims will also be prospeCted with drill to demonstrate their value.
 MT Vance has ample capital be- hind him to carry out in full his projects. and it is probable that within a year a stamp mill of large capacity will be operating on this property
The Alaska citizen., 1916-08-14
IN THE llMElIGAT.

There are three old bal players who, rather unexpectedly, have pushed their way into the baseball limelght recently. First and most important, is Lee Fohl, manager of the sensational Cleveland Indi- ans, who set the American league by the ears by their ability to take and hold first place for a period sufficiently long to mark them as genuine pennant COnteders. If Fohl, formerly a minor league director, brings a flag to Cleveland, he will accomplish what seven predecessors failed to do, and they included Jimmy McAleer, Nap" Lajoie.. Jim McGune, Harry Davis and Joe Bir- mingham. Otto Knabe, formerly star second sacker of the Quakers and later manager of the Baltimore Fed team, is playing wonderful ball since he joined Tinker's Cubs, and is showing the same brand of pep" which once made him famous. Mike Doolan. another Quaker veteran, has been signed by McGraw for the Gi- ants, where, with his old team.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-08-14
ALASKA COPPER EXPORTS
 MORE THAN DOUBLED

During the six months of the ifs cal year ending July l, Alaska eX- ported more copper ore to the States than was shipped during the entire year of 1915 Figures were com piled at the Juneau customs house showing the volume of export busi- ness from Alaska during the past six months. The figures for the six months almost reach the half way mark of the entire volume of business for last year, and the next six months business will greatly exceed the mark of last year
 Copper to the value of STAB Ill has already been shipped this year and the next six months will see those figures doubled. The to- tai value of the exports during the six months was $23, ,S19,O01. The value of the salmon shipped during the first six months is negligible, as the large salmon shipments are made in the fall The same is true of the gold and silver exports. Tn were $5O.335. .683 The total value of the copper shipments for the entire year of 1915 only reached a valuation of $12.254 .163.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-08-14

memorandum receipt of the Super intendent of Sale"
 After the bidder on the lot has picked out the piece of property he wants and has agreed to pay a stipulated sum for the same, he will be asked to sign an application to purchase said lot In this ap- plication he agrees to all of the provisions of the above mentioned regulations, together with other pro visions regarding the sale of liquor. gambling and prostitution. He also agrees to do what Is required of him in the matter of civic improvement in that portion of the townsite where his lot Is situated
 The present intention of the Al askan Engineering commission Is to IL will be held at Nenana
 It will be held at Neana
 The land office officials are ex blaming one phase of the regula- tions which Is not as clear as il might be It Is in regard to the purchase of lots through power of attorney The land office officials
The Alaska citizen., 1916-08-14
General Mining News

thing yet in the Innoko, having found pay from $125 to $1S5 to the square foot of bedrock on No. IS below, left limit bench Canes creek. He has crosscut over one hundred feet and is still in the money. It is only eleven feet to bedrock and all frozen.
 w. A. Vinal will have the most successful season he has ever had on Spruce creek, having a large block sluiced off to bedrock which looks mighty good, showing gold all over it, as though spilled from some drunk's full poke.
 Extensive ground sluicing is being done on lower Ophir by Howry and Miller and by John the Barber and partners. They are doing well and have nothing to sell but gold dust
 Mrs. O'Donill and Bobby Geirke have sold the Ophir roadhouse to Mrs. w. H. Jones and Al Green berg. Mrs. O'Donill has gone Out side for good. while Bobby has gone up for a gasoline drill to prospect his Canes creek holdings.
 Johnny Eaton, with Frank Daw- son and Billie Bates. has bought out Jack Folsom on Moore creek and taken options on the extensive hold ings of Joe Smith on Moore creek. They intend to install dredge next season.
 John MinoQue, an oldtimer, was stricken with paralysis at Ophir, and died at Anvik on his way to the hospital
The Alaska citizen., 1916-08-14
NEW THREE CUSHION CHAMP
NEW YORK STAGES
 SENSATIONAL MARATHON

When Nillar kyronen, carrying the silks of the Millrose Athletic club, recently won the modified Mara thon in New York city from Han mas Kolehmainen, of the IrishAm erican Athletic club. and victor i'll the event the two previous years, he completed with honor one of the most remarkable distance races ever seen in America Kyronen and ko- lehnanen, both Films, not only led the filed of more than 1900 runners over the entire twelve and three quarter-mile course, but ran almost shoulder to shoulder nearly the en- tire distance. The winner breasted the tape only by inches at the fin ish by remarkable burst of speed His time was l hr 9m 10 S., and his rival was but one-iifth Of a s"c ond behind him.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-08-14

Three McNey. Wills or Langford could probably beat Johnson now with Langford having the least chance of the trio. for Sam Is un- deniably going away back. McNey seems to remain al the top of his form. while Wills is coming along with every fight. He is very formidable fighter, this long, brown fellow from Louisiana, and he could probably give any white man in the ring strong battle, not eX- cepting Willard
 Johnson would probably have no more chance of getting matches with white men than MCNey, Wills or Langford The mixed-Color bout has certainly passed out of the Ameri- can prize ring probably not to re turn for years. Johnson himself was responsible, and yet in going over the list of black fighters it is found that only Johnson was ever really particularly obnoxious to the world of sport.
 Cans. Dixon and Peter Jackson were all generally liked, Their conduct was creditable enough. as compared with the conduct of white fighters Certainly Langford Wills and McVey reflect no disCredit on the game, if there can be such q thing as refleCting discredit. on the box fight.
 None the less they are senti- mentally barred from meeting white men and the bar is getting higher every day And presently the few remaining black boxers will have fought with one another so often that it will be necessary to keep track of their standing with a table of averages like the baseball stand ing of the clubs.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-08-14
kUSkOkWIM NOTES.

The Union Construction Co. has taken a lay on the McKinnon in tereSt on Candle creek, where they, Tom Aitken and Henry Riley are installing an oil-burning dredge to be in operation by June l, 1917.
 William Chisholm, a trapper on the upper Kuskokwim river, is miss ing. As his life was threatened last fall in the presence of a third party, Dr. w. F. Green, the U. s. commissioner for that precinct, has parties searching for him.
 John Baker reported to Dr. Green having seen the skeleton of a white man on the North Fork Of the kus- kokwim river, and that the natives would not let him investigate to find out. if possible, the identity and cause of death.
 R. J. (Dick) McArthur is pros pecting this summer on the upper Stoney river in the Kuskokwim. McDonnill and Beavin are steadi- ly adding to their surplus on the hillside or upper portion of Candle creek, where they sluice or hydrau- lie everything into bedrock Hume.
 Fred Waugh had the misfortune to have his right shin bone broken iv rla hnI Il,y crushed by a large granite boulder falling on him while working for McDonill and Beavin on Candle creek. He is at the Mclean road house in Takotna
 The Kimball Plume Dredge Co., has acquired further holdings on Yankee creek, in the Innoko and is doing extensive prospecting with a new gasoline drill on lower Yankee where they have two miles of ground under option
 The scraping plants of Higgins and Harling. and Oleson and Mack ey and the Oregon boys are making things move-to their financial bene fit.
 Higgins and Thorne, with their self dumping scraper on No. above Canes creek, are in the pay with the plant working like a sew ing machine.
 Moses and Vebe's scraping plant on No. 2 above Canes creek is tear ing into the dirt also. This is ground they bought from Griffin ant Sankey.
 Sid Paulson and partners are hay ing successful season on No 4 below, right limit bench, Canes creek.
 John Reik has found the bes
The Alaska citizen., 1916-08-14
NOME TIN MINES
 SUMMER WORK

George F kilroy, local represen- tatiye of the Union Construction Co.,, states that the fifty-ton Ball test mill to be employed by Walter Johnson and associates at the Lost river tin mine during the summer has been shipped to Lost river and will be erected by M. J. Weller, an expert millman, who will also have charge of future mill operations.
 The company, which is officially entitled the Alaska Tin Co, in addi- tion to the work to be done on the lode property, also contemplates do ing considerable hydraulic tin min ing on the hillside where the mine is located
 It has been discovered that the eroded outcroppings of the ledge are rich in tin and wolframite, and can be easily worked by the instalia tion of a pipe line from nearby wa ter sources About two thousand feet of pipe will be laid and it is expected that from twenty to thirty tons of the disintegrated ore averag- ing sixty per cent wolframite and thirty-five to forty per cent tin can be cleaned up. Assays of the eroded deposits show values close to s2.OOO per ton.-Nome Nugget.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-08-14
Feature Film at
 Thorne' S Tonight

"Samson,' Henri Bernsteins mas terpiece, is to be presented in visu- alized form at Thornes theatre this evening. It was produced last even ing before one of the regular Sun day night audiences and was, gen. erally speaking, very well received, The price of admission to tonight 8 show, which starts at 8:3O o'clock, will be 50 cents.
 Samson" is not a biblical play, as has been generally supposed on account of it's title, but is play of tremendous force and sustained dramatic action, with climax follow ing climax in startling succession.
 William Farnum plays the princi- pal part, that of Maurice Brachard, the dock laborer who rose to be Samson of finance, with terrific power and at times with a primordi- al ferocity that is positively stun ming
 Edgar Lewis, the producer of Samson" has spared neither pains nor expense and has created q screen spectacle which surpasses the original play in driving force and virility. The settings have been ar ranged with marvellous fidelity and scrupulous attention to detail.
 Reused to titanic wrath by the falseness of his friends and by the fact that the wife he worships spurns his devotion, this modern Samson pulls down the structure of wealth that he himself has erect ed, ruins the rake who is pursuing his wife and crushes the crowd of sycophants and hangers-on that his benevolence has enriched. Sam son. rises triumphant over the wreck of his fortunes and secure in the love of his wife and with full faith in her, sets his face toward a fresh beginning.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-08-14
BIG MINING DEAL
 IS CONSUMMATED

VALDEZ, July 18.-One of the largest mining deals ever under taken here, both from a financial and mining standpoint, was con, summated yesterday when the pa pers were signed and sealed bond ing what is known as the Wentzler property, on Mineral creek, to H. w. Vance. The actual amount in volved in the transaction is not made public, but MT, Vance stated that if the bond is taken up the transaction will call for the expen, allure of million or more.
 The property bonded is owned by Chas. H. Wentzler, E. A. Sweet and Ed Wood, and was located sev- eral years ago. It consists of six quartz claims and several placer claims, located but a short distance up Mineral creek The former claims cover lead of about 200 feet in width. on which a consid-
The Alaska citizen., 1916-08-14
RETAINS LINK TITLE.

Playing with amazing skill, Mrs Quentin F. Feitner, of South Shore retained her title by defeating Miss in the final round of the annual women's metropolitan championship golf tournament. held recently at Baltusrol, winning by up and to play. As Miss Nellie Hyde previous to her marriage, Mrs. Felt. ner won this honor on several oc. CaSiOnS
The Alaska citizen., 1916-08-14
YOUNG HERCULES OF
 THE MIDDLE WEST

Western Intercollegiate Athletic As sociation field and track meet at Chicago was Arlie Mucks, of Wis COnsin. who hurled the discus 155 feet. ? inches, and bettered the former mark of 14O feet. ? 3-S inch es made by Johnny Garrels, of Michigan, in 1905
The Alaska citizen., 1916-08-14
OF A SPORTING NATURE

mates, Dooin and Lobert. he will serve on the emergency staff After being star shortstop and captain of the Philles for years. Mike jumped to the Feds in 1914 He was re- taned for time when the Cubs and Whales were merged, but re- gently an effort was made to ship him to the Southern association. He baked and the New York Ma tionals' manager saved him from a quick trip to the bushes
 NEW THREE CUSHION CHAMP.
 Charles Ellis. who recently de feated De Orc. formerly worlds champion three cushion billiard st, by a score of 150 to 129, halls from Chicago, the sportsmen's paradise of the middle west For two years he will have to defend the diamonl- studded emblem which went with the victory before 1t will become his property.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-08-14
NATATORIUM RE.OPENED


 In consequence of the requests of number of his former patrons. Fred Haggren has concluded To re open the natatorium. Those who particularly desired that the nsti- tuition remain open purchased tick cts enough to insure the running expenses until November 1 at least. The management announces that spe- cial days are to be reserved for ladies and children, He also states that heads of families may secure tickets for themselves and their families. good until November 1, for $10
The Alaska citizen., 1916-08-14

state that the power has to be re corded In the land office and that 1t must be definitely stated at the time that the purchase is made whether or not the purchaser is buying for himself or as an agent for somebody else. It is also nee essary that the transfers be rc- corded in the land office
The Alaska citizen., 1916-08-14

OLD PAPERS FOR SALE,