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Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-28
STOCKS,

The following is summary Of yesterday's trans. actions the New York Stock Exchange to s D. m.
Arizona republican., 1917-03-18
PRODUCING FooDsTuFF

There is no doubt but that the east is very much concerned about the problem of food production, and al- most as important is the question of means of conserving food supplies, preventing waste and making the supply of eatables go as far as possi- ble. Probably most of the eastern states are taking steps to insure if possible food for the people of that state. For the first time in history probably, the far eastern states are Investigating the possibility of obtain ing food from Arizona. Letters are being received from state officials in various eastern states, and at least one commission firm has sent a rep resentative here to study our cOndi- tiOns with view to obtaining certain fruits or other food products from this section.
 There is little prospect that we will be shipping any considerable supplies of food products to the east for many years. Our problem should be to sup ply our own markets as far as possible. So far as the shortage of food in the east is concerned it concerns us only so far as it makes certain that some of the food products, which we do not raise at home and must needs ship in from the middle west will be higher in price. Some of the products which have been shipped into the state and so have competed with home grown
Arizona republican., 1917-03-18
STUDEBAKER MANAGER
 GIVES TIMELY ADVICE

"The average owner of an automo- bile doesnt like to take advice, says Max Hagelstine, service manager of the Studebaker corporation, but warn the motorist of impending trouble and he'll stretch a point to heed it. So 1 hope this advice will be taken as a warning that spells trouble if it is not given the attention it deserves.
 Tt is obvious that the idea of flood ing the carburetor is to obtain a tenn Dorarily enriched mixture, but the val ue of the flooding is lest if it be done when the cylinders and induction pipe are full of mixture. When using the 'choker' the carburetor needle is lifted free of the seat, all air passages are closed, and raw gasoline is supposed to be thrown into the cylinders in or der that your starting condition will be similar to that when a motor is primed. But ignition does not occur immediately when there is kerosene in solution with the gasoline, and if the choker is used excessively an ac emulation of this solution will surely find it's way into the oil pan.
 T have seen the owner of an auto mobile pull the choke switch way on and then press the starter button in effectually five or six times in cold
Arizona republican., 1917-03-18
SAXON
 MODEL |S B|G
 PRIZE EXHIBIT

That c. D. Messner of the Messner Auto Supplies company is one of the most enterprising and energetic motor dealers in the city was recently evil denced when he attempted to secure tn latest Saxon model, Glover Leaf" for the local auto show. After ex- periencing difficulties that would have discouraged the average dealer, MT. Messner finally succeeded in land ing his prize" here in time for dis play during the closing day of the show.
 When plans were first laid for the Phoenix auto show, MT. Messner de termined to exhibit one of the latest Saxon models, known as the 'chummy roadster." This machine has only been on the market a few weeks and proved so popular in the east tha.r the Saxon company had made no at- tempts to make western shipments
 The local dealer wired the Saxon company that it was essential that he have one of these machines for dis play at the local show. After much difficulty, he succeeded in convincing the home sales department of the necessity for the model.
 The auto was immediately loaded and started it's long western trip. MT. Messner, of course, kept an eagle eye for the machine. The show opened, but no Saxon. Messner thereupon got busy and finally located the car. It was on it's westward journey. Thurs day and Friday passed, but the car did not arrive. Finally MT. Messner got word that the auto had been side tracked at Maricopa and could not be brought to Phoenix until the first of the week.
 This information did not prove en- tirely in keeping with his plans, how ever, so he got in communication with officials of the Arizona Eastern at Tue son and, after much effort succeeded in securing permission to have the freight car attached to the evening passenger train from Maricopa. As a result, the car arrived here in time to be put on display Saturday. It proved one of the sensations of the show.
 The Glover Leaf model displayed at the Phoenix show was the first ever shown in the southwest. In fact the Saxon company has made no effort to put this car on the western market the eastern demand being larger than the output
Arizona republican., 1917-03-18

weather. He finally gets an explosion, but the constant flooding of the carbu- retor causes this solution of kerosene and gasoline to mix with the oil, thin ming it and causing it to lose it's lub- ricating values.
 When starting your motor in cold weather, try turning the engine over a few times with the switch off before using the 'chOker In this way the air is expelled and a thin mixture of air and gasoline is inhaled in its place. Flooding then gives a temporarily rich mixture in the cylinders. and the en- zine should start at the first trial. This is the procedure the professional driver very often adopts when his mo- tor is cold
 During a continued cold spell it would be decidedly advantageous for the motor car owner to use fresh oil frequently. draining the oil pan and washing it thoroughly before refilling. Of course it would hardly be possible for an owner to make a chemical an alysis of the old oil, to determine whether or not it's lubricating qualities had been exhausted but from its con sistency it should be easy to decide if fresh oil is needed However, with the coming of the warmer months, it will not be necessary to do this quite so often. This may add slightly to the operating expense, but it certainly can not be nearly so expensive as the in stallation of new bearings. pistons, and possibly a set of cylinders.
Arizona republican., 1917-03-18
EEFIC|E NCY |S
 KEYNOTE IF B|C
 CHALMERS PLAN I

Probably the first demands of the average motor car buyer, after he has satisfied himself as to the mechanical excellence of a car, is concerned with riding comfort. He is critical in his examination of the upholstery. He wants to be sure that the cushions and seat backs are covered with genuine leather and not cheap limitations that will wear out promptly. He demands a top that will shed water like ducks back side curtains that fit so snugly that they are absolutely badweather proof.
 trip through the various depart ments of big automobile plant where quality cars are turned out, reveals some interesting facts on the process of building comfort into a car. The upholstery and top making depart ments perhaps best illustrate this fea- ture.
 At the Chalmers plant we use three large COW hides in the leather work on every Chalmers Six. Awaiting their turn at the cutting tables, are scores of great black hides draped over huge racks. The average skin contains sixty-five square feet of leather and no hides under sixty feet are accepted. Only large western cattle afford hides large enough for this work. All hides are carefully inspected and must be absolutely free from defect or blemish before they will pass muster.
 It is not practical to attempt to cut more than one hide in a single opera tion, because of the varying quality and difference in size of the hides.
Arizona republican., 1917-03-18
THE GREEN soReHUMs

The Farm Bureau is asked when to plant milo, and if it is advisable to plant it early.
 Milo is the most common of the grain sorghums for this valley In Kansas and Oklahoma Kafir is in the lead. Some good farmers believe that Kafir will out yield milo and that it has some other advantages such as being easier to harvest, and not in-' 1ured by birds to quite such an extent, but the fact remains that most farm- CTS seem to prefer the milo. one req son being that it natures some three weeks earlier than Kafir, and as most of the grain sorghum follows a grain crop, the element of time is import ant
 All the grain sorghums are what IS commonly called hot weather plants and do somewhat better in the warm est part of the season and make but a slow growth while the weather is cool. The same conditions which favor the growth of grain or even corn does not seem so favorable to the grain sorg- huns. There are some farmers who plant the grain sorghums early say in April, and make two crops. The flrst crop. although it makes a slow growth at first, natures in time for a second  crop to mature. The first crop will be about the same as the crop would be if planted in June and harvested in the fall The second crop will be somewhat less with smaller heads and more of them, making it little eX- pensive to harvest, but makes excel lent feed for stock if turned onto the field Birds probably injure the first crop a. little more than they do the second. or the crop that natures in the fall.
 If land is idle now. there is no crop which can be putin to fill the inter- val to good advantage and it would be as well to plant to milo next month. and cultivate so as to keep weeds in check, with a good expectation of mak ing a profitable crop.
 Dairy products have not been ship ped into the state in such large quan titles the last few years, but with the
Arizona republican., 1917-03-18
With The Farmers Of The
 Salt River Valley
 weekly Republican Maropa will and a76 Telephone

demand so great in the east, there will be less and less of a tendency to turn it this way, with the consequence that prices of dairy products must inevit- ably remain higher for the next few months than usual. The stocks of cold storage eggs are believed to be well used up, and if prices remain above the price which will justify plac- ing in cold storage it is sure that they will be used more largely fresh and the consequent quantity of eggs to go in cold storage this coming season will be even less than it was last season. All of this is of help to the poultry keeper in this part of the country.
 There is hardly any food product which can be produced here which it does not appear now will be higher than for many years, and it is for the interest of every farmer who can do so to take account of his conditions, and study the situation closely to see where he can produce more human food
 We have never been compelled to study the economies of food to any great extent in this country although it became necessary in Europe many years ago. In many of the. countries
  come necessary, and each acre must produce it's maximum. This has meant in many places that more people must subsist upon plant foods and less upon meats, for it is a fact that an acre of ground in grains fruit or vege tables produces far more human food than that same acre if it is producing food for animals which must in turn feed people, whether it be from meat, milk or eggs. We do not expect to see that condition here soon, but it cer- tainly does stand every one in hand to sell or be prepared to sell as much foodstuff as possible. We will have more people in the state than ever be- fore, and. will receive less food stuff from the outside.
 High school egg laying contest for week ending March IA.
 The hens continue to make gains. 1S eggs more than last week were
Arizona republican., 1917-03-18

products will be turned east from the middle western states, and will not come to our state unless the price is much higher than ever before.
 We have depended upon the wheat fields of Kansas to feed our people when our own crop was not sufficient, and it never is. What shall we expect this season with the acreage of wheat cut down from the average probably 15 per cent. Does it not seem likely that with war conditions prevailing there will be high prices for wheat and other grains which may be used in place of wheat!
Arizona republican., 1917-03-18

laid or a total Of s09 eggs. The average was A IT c3aily. Four hens laid seven eggs each during the week, and 15 laid each. Pen No. 12 laid five eggs four days cut of the seven. Pen No. ,. R. l.. are in the lead this week with B eegs This lacks but two of a perfect score of 100 per cent. Hen No. Al got cholSed and died. Hen No 45 became broody early in the week. A hen has been supsti- tuted for No. 41, but has not laid as yet.
 The record for the week and total follows:
Arizona republican., 1917-03-18
DECLARES a% DIVIDEND

Announcement has been made by the Smith Motor Truck corporation of Chi- cago, that the board of directors had declared a dividend at the rate of ? per cent on it's preferred stock, payable early in the year. to stockholders of record. as of December 31. This is the first regular dividend on the $2,O00.- 900 preferred stock, issued in Novem- Der of 1916.
Arizona republican., 1917-03-18

Pen No. still holds the lead ir total number of eggs laid, gaining ; over the Brown Leshorn pen No l :. which is the nearest competitor.
Arizona republican., 1917-03-18

Hire a little salesman at The Re- publican office. A Want Ad will see rnc-e o,lstnrra~s than vor can
Arizona republican., 1917-03-18

High school egg laying contest fol week ending March IA.
 The hens continue to make gains IS eggs more than last week were
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-12-07
ROAD BUILDING LARGE TASK
President Of National Highways Asso-
citation Tells How a Great sys-
tenn Can Be Built.

Thanks to the pushfnl, pervasive
motor car, American road building has
"got a move on" at last. There Is ev-
erywhere the cry for roads. The draw
back has been that, as yet, there has
been no coordination Of these multi
tudinOus enterprises. The president
of the National Highways association.
Charles Henry Davis, in a recent paper
stated that we spent last year $780,
955, 1867, or more than twO-thirds the
total Of money expended so far on the
construction of the Panama canal
for road improvements throughout the
country. Mr.. Davis contention Is that
good roads, roads that run for thou
sands Of miles through state after
state, are, properly, not the RESPONSE
bility Of the state, but Of the nation.
He would have the federal government
build a system of national roads join
ing the West with the East, the NOrths
and the South, connecting every part
of the country, as is the Ease with the
national highways Of Europe, and. as
history shows, such as was the essen
tial equipment Of every first-class
power of the past, according to the
Boston Evening Transcript.
How would such an enormous cOn-
struction be paid for and kept upf
Suppose" asks this eminent engi-
neer, "the government built 100000
miles of properly planned roads. and
at the same time purchased, say, 800
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-12-07
At Any Rate Brilliant Young Chi.
nese Who Studied In United
States, Has Kept on Going.

A brilliant young Chinese gentle
man, Quo Ti-Chi by name, is among
the eminent military and naval lead
ers comforting ut Shanghai in the name
of the Chinese Republic, writes Cir
ard in the Philadelphia Ledger.
"Quo," as everybody called him,
graduated several years ago at the
University of Pennsylvania.
He was president of the Economic
club, an editor of the undergraduate
magazine and Il skillful debater.
met him at Il Phi Beta Kappa din
ner at the University club, when he
was n of the speakers.
"Do you say "a Chinaman' or "a Chi
nese'?' | asked him.
lie smiled. "You wouldn't say AN
A~mericaman,' would you?" he an
Swered.
He told me that when he went home
for vacation he had to travel 1000
miles inland up the t%reacherOus
Yangtse-Kiang to reach his home.
Quo became secretary to the first
vice president. later the president OF
the republic. Young as he is, he is
m of the big men among his people
today.
Judge Gest suggested that his last
name might well be "Vadis." At any
rate, he has kept on going.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-12-07

40 tli not speak until COurtenuy was
out OF enrsllot. Then:
Men OF the 'HIlls!'" he called.
"Kuch dar nuhln hal! |"
"Nnhin hal Huh! !" shouted Isrnail
$50 speaks a man! Hear that. ye
mountain folk! lie says. There Is
nc such thing as fear 7"
In his place In the lead. King whis-
tied softly to himself; but he drew an
automatic pistol from its place be-
meath his armpit and transferred it to
II reader position.
Fear or no fear. Khyber mouth is
haunted after dark by the men whose
blood feuds are too ree'ting raw to
let them dare go home and for whom
the British hangman very likely waits
Il mile or two farther south. 1t is one
OF the few places In the world where
a pistol Is better than a thick stick.
Boulder, crag and loose rock
faded into gloom behind; in front on
both hands ragged hillsides were be-
ginning to close in; and the wind.
whose home Is in Allah's refuse heap,
whistled as 1t searched buslly among
the black ravines. Then presently
the shadow Of the thOusand-fOOt-high
khyber walls began to cover them.
After a while Kings cheroot went
out, and he threw it away. A little
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-12-07

grow very narrow, and All Musjid fort
away. at the widest guess. Then King
drew rein and %dismounted. for he
would have been challenged had he
ridden much farther. A challenge In
the Khyber after dark consists inva-
riably Of n vOlley ut short range. with
the mere words afterward. and the
wise man takes precautions.
"On with the mules packs" he or
dered, and the men stood round and
stared. Darya Khan, leaning on the
only rife in the party, grinned like a
post-Ofice letter box.
"Truly," growled Ismail. forgetting
past expressions Of a different opinion,
this man Is as mad as all the other
Englishmen."
"Were you EVER bitten by oneY" won
dered King aloud.
"GOd forbid"
"Then off with the packs-and
hurry"
Ismail began to obey.
"Thou! Lord Of the Rivers! (For
that is what Darya Khan means.)
What Is thy calllngY
"Badragga" (guide), he answered.
Did she not send me back down the
pass to be n guide? II she says l ain
badragga, shall any say she lies|"
~ say thou art unpacker Of mules
burdens" answered King. "Begin"
For answer the fellow grinned from
a to ear and thrust the rifle barrel
forward insolently. King, with the
movement of determination that a man
makes when about to force conclu-
sions, drew up his sleeves above the
wrist. At that instant the moon shone
through the mist and the gold bracelet
glittered in the moonlight.
"NIay God be with thee !" said Lord
of the Rivers at once. And without
another word he laid down his rifle
and went to help off-lOad the mules.
King stepped aside and cursed soft
ly. But for a vein of wisdom that I'M
his pride he would have peck
the bracelet there and then and
have refused to wear it again. But as
he sweated his pride he overheard Is-
mail grOwl:
"Good for thee! He had taught thee
obedience in another bat of the eye!"
II obey her." muttered Darya Khan.
II, too" said Ismail. $50 shall he
before the week dies! But now it Is
good to obey him. He is an ugly nan
to disObey!"
II obey him until she sets me free.
grumbled Darya Khan.
Better for thee !" said Ismall.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-12-07
Didn't Love Her Enouoh.

mo, Herbert" she said in a low
tone, cit is impossible. l fear to trust
my future with you"
and why?"
81 have watched your conduct very
closely. 1t lacks the mark of such de-
vOtion as my soul Graves"
"DO / not come to see you four
nights in the week?"
Yes, but l have detected a calcu-
lating selfishness i'm your nature which
] fear"
"What do you mean?"
You have never yet failed to leave
in time TO catch the last bus"
But that Is only common sense"
81 know it is, Herbert, and, there
fore, it is not love"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-12-07
Every Scrap of Value.

Every scrap of waste fabric, rope or
paper is of value. Clean white cot
ton rags are the most valuable, but ev-
cry species of rag. no matter how old
or soiled, can be utilized. Even our
old black stockings return to us in the
form of roofing paper and are highly
valued by the manufacturers of this
material. And there is going to be a
tremendous demand for roofing paper
after the war, because of the whole
sale destruction of buildings for which
it has been responsible. Wooden rags
that are not good enough for emanu
facture are used for the same purpose.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-12-07

c0rtcd, mounted on Il mare the very
dead spit of the black one you say
you wanted to buy"
Courtrnay whistled.
Tin sorry. King. I'm sorry to say
he lied"
King threw away his less than half
consumed cher0ot and they started to
walk together toward Kings camp
After n few minutes they arrived at Il
point from which they could see the
prisoners lined up in a row facing
Rewa Gunga. A less experienced eve
than Kings or Co~urtenay's could have
recognized their attitude of reveren'
obedience. Within two minutes the
Hangar stood facing them. looking
more ut ease than they.
81 was c%autioning those Savrges,"
he explained. 'Thny're an escort. hut
they need a reminder Of the fact. else
they might jolly we'll imagine them
selves mountain goats and scatter
the 'IIills
He drew ont his wonderful cigarette
case and offered it open to Courtenay,
who hesitated. and then helped him
self. King refused.
Major Courtcnay has just told me-"
said King, that nobody resembling
Y%asinini has gone up the pass recently.
Can you explain?"
"Do you mean, I explain why
the major failed TO see her? Pom nv
soul, King sahib, d'yOu want me to
insult the man? Yasmini is too Jolly
for me or for any other man I
ever met and the majors n man, isn't
he? He may pack the Khyber so full
Of men thar there's only standing roorI
and still she'll go up without his leave
If she chooses! There is nobody like
in all the world 7"
The Hangar was looking past him.
the great gorge that lets the
north of Asia trickle down into India
md back again when weather and the
tribes permit. His eyes had become
Interested in the distance. King won
1ered why-and looked-and saw.
saw, too.
"Hail that man and bring him here !"
he ordered.
Ismail. keeping his distance with
Ears and eyes peeled. heard instantly
hurried off. Fifteen minutes later
IN Afridl stood scowling in front Of
hem with a little letter In a cleft stick
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-12-07

III ms hand. he held it out and Cour-
tenay took ii and shifted.
"Well-I1l be blessed! A nOte"-
sniff-snlf-"on scented paper" Sniff
sniff! Carried down the Khyber In a
split stick! Take 1t, Knights adj
dressed to you"
King obeyed and shifted too. It
smelt OF something far more subtle
than musk. He recognized the same
strange scent that had been waited
from behind Yasmini's silken hangings
in her in Delhi. As he unfoldpd
the note-it was not sealed-he found
time for n swift glance at Rewa Gun
gas face. The Hangar seemed inter
"sted and amused. The note. In Eng
lish ran:
Dear Captain King: Kindly be
quick to follow me, because there Is
much talk Of n lashkar getting ready for
a raid. | shall wait for you in Khinjan.
whittier my messenger shall show the
way. Please let him keep his rifle. Trust
him, and Rewa Gunga and my thirty
whom you brought with you. The mes
senger's name is Darya Kahn. Your serv-
ant. Yasmini."
He passed the note to COurtenay,
who read II and passed it back.
"Ill find out" the major muttered,
"how she got up the pass without my
knowing it. Somebody's tail shall be
twisted for this !"
But ne did not find out until King
told him, and that was many days
later, when n terrible cloud no longer
threatened India from the north.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-12-07
GOOD HIGHWAYS IN ONTARIO
Approximately $4,000 Miles Of Road
in Province@3,000 Miles In
Fairly Good Condition.

The province of Ontario has ap-
proximately $4,000 miles of road.
More than $4,000 miles have been
treated and are in fairly good condi-
ton. About 10000 miles are we'll
graded earth roads; about 5000 miles
are surfaced with broken stone and
about 10000 are surfaced with gravel.
In the city Of Toronto there is one
motorcar to every twenty-five inhab-
itants.