Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-21

which is arranged to be fastened to
the back of the hand with which the
driver signals
W. ]. Pyle of Farley. Iowa. is the
inventor of what he calls "vaporiZer
feed" by which he rarifies the cruder
oils and feeds them as a mist to all
sorts of gas driven cars. II has been
tested now for more than a year
Fylc has forwarded specifications and
diagram models to the United States
patent office.
The Pacific Northwest Tourist as
sociation wants a hundred thousand
automobile tourists In the Pacific
northwest next year. A great drive
is being organized to give the idea
publicity thruoUt the continent, and
every person engaged in the automo-
bile business or good roads movement
will be asked to help spread the idea.
The first conviction under the new
Ohio law, which revokes the license
Of an owner when convicted of driv-
ing motor car while intoxicated,
has been made in the courts of Stark
county. In addition to being deprived
of the use of his car for two years
he was sentenced to serve ninety days
in the workhouse.
The use of tractors for plowing
sugar plantation land in Hawaii has
increased from three tractor engines
In use in 1912 to 104 in 1917. Pre-
viously they were looked upon With
distrust, but today are becoming al
most indispensable In plantation field
work. Flowing was the first use to
which these engines were put. For
this purpose they replace mules to
advantage under practically all con-
ditions. For furrowing a small en-
gine is used, or two plows may be at
tached to one engine. Cane has been
cultivated with tractor engines sue
cessfully on one plantation. For this
work ten plows are pulled at one
time, thus cultivating five rows per
trip. A capacity of IL acres per day
has been recorded.
One of the old model "f"' Bucks
Is still in use In Cedar Lake, Ind, and
was one of the first taxicabs used on
the streets of Chicago years ago. Its
present owner says it has earned
more money in the taxicab service
than 1t could carry In two loads. He
believes it has covered more than
three hundred thousand miles-is still
lively as n cricket.
Col. f.. ID. Swnton c. T.. u. s. o.,
X. T.. assistant secretary of the
British war cabinet, who developed
the tank, which generally is ac-
claimed MS the most spectacular and
efficient invention of the war, dis
cussed the tanks on his arrival as a
member OF the new British mission to
she United States, headed by Lord
Reading. lord chief justice of Eng
land. Colonel Swinton. who is on his
first visit 10 America, told In detail
of the conception and development of
the tank and told of the marvellous
work which 1t is accomplishing on the
battle lines In France. He frankly
admitted that the original idea for the
Invention, which is doing wonders in
killing Germans and putting the
kaiser's machine guns out of commits
sion, came from America. The prin-
ciple in the tank came to the atten-
ton of the British army. he said. in
Whdt is known as the Holt tractor
manufactured in Peoria, Ill
The Hyatt Roller, the Buick car
which the Hyatt Roller Fearing com
pany sent on trip thruout the coun-
try lespite the fact that 1t was built
in 1908 ana still contained the origi-
mel Hyatt roller bearings. has COM
pleted the last lap Of its j2,000-mile
jaunt and reached Detroit last week.