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Arizona republican., 1917-11-14

six-cylinder Jordan motor. 3hx5H, cast en bloc, A positive system of starting and lighting. Stromberg car buretor. horizontal plain tube type
 Wheel base 127 inches. Weight 3O50 pounds aluminium used extensively
 Vanadium steel springs, 59 inches in the rear, 37 inches in front, 2A inches wide, semi elliptic. \
 Timken axles and Timken bearings throughout. Fedder diamond core ra- diator with Boyce Metometer. Gemmer steering gear. Short turning radius.
 Powerful Brakes
 Multiple disc dry plate clutch and three speed transmission with chrome nickel heat treated gears and shafts. Cane shift with extra long levers. Ad tery. Motor driven tire pumps. Drive, Hotchkiss type through tubular pro- peller shaft, double universal joints, oil tight Powerful brakes
 Firestone oversize tires, non skid on rear. Eighteen gallon rectangular gasoline tank with gauge and Stewart Warner vacuum feed to carburetor. Tilted rain vision shield. Firestone de- mountable rims. Tire carrier.
 Most complete equipment-tonnea foot rest, tool roll, tire repair kit, large Spartan electric horn, electric lighted instrument board including speed ometer, ammeter, oil pressure gauge, combination ignition and lighting switch and carburetor air adjustment. Solar headlights, large and powerful, equipped with small bulbs for dimming lights. Special design one-man De Luxe Neverleak top, anchored to wind shield. Long round tan leather robe strap with dog collar snap. Curtains attached securely at all points,
 Three Different Styles
 There are three different styles of fered, namely, the Jordan seVen- passenger Luxury car the Jordan four passenger sport model and the Jordan sixty roadster.
 The Jordan is light, perfectly ball.
Arizona republican., 1917-11-14
HUGE ESTABLISHMENT
 SURPRISE ID TOURIST

Visitors in Flagstaff are at once surprised and impressed with the magnitude of Babbitt Brothers gen eral merchandise store. Naturally the visitor is surprised to find in a small city a mercantile establishment whose buildings cover the greater portion of an entire block and have an actual floor space of 115,O00 square feet. '-\
 It is hard to realize that this bik store was established but twenty seven years ago in small frame building the dimensions of which were 1SX30 feet.
 In addition to the main store in Flagstaff Babbitt Brothers own and operate branch stores in the follow ing Northern Arizona towns: Will Hams, Ash Fork, Kingman, Holbrook, Winslow, Oatman, Tuba City, Red Lake. Canon Diablo, Yucca and Cibicue.
Arizona republican., 1917-11-14
HIGHEST GLASS AUTOMOBILE |S
 SAVER IN END

The Pierce-Arrow automobile, sold by the Babbitt-Polson company, has many strong talking points. The pur- chaser of a Pierce-Arrow secures a car of life long durability at a cost which, when spread over years of ser vice. over continents of travel, is in significant Its natural age is greater than that of lesser cars, just as the na- tural age of the oak is greater than that of the birch. It has not yet real azed all of its potential mileage because t Is still too young.
 Luxury
 Luxury IS something more than com fort. something more than beauty and something more than style. It is even something more than a combination of all three. It lies not only in making cushion soft, 1t includes arranging that cushion at angles and heights to suit the position of the body. It means something more than an engine that cesselessly propels a car; it conceives en engine which starts and stops with 50 little friction that one glides from rest to motion, or from motion to rest. Luxury Is sensuousness. softness, sil- enca The Pierce-Arrow has luxury.
 Grace
 The shape of the Pierce-Arrow car its natural silhouette-expresse power fin lines of grace. That grace fulness is the gracefulness of propor- ton. of design It Is grace of feeling ks well as 8 grace of form. In its operation the car gives soaring sense of lightness which almost spurns the prosaic roadway and gives to the act of riding in 1t a feeling far beyond propulsion by machinery.
 Worth
 The cost of the Pierce-Arrow repre- sents merely the least person can get out of 1t Its worth is the sum of all its desirable qualities multiplied by the years over which 1t continues to give the full quota of these qualities. Divide that by the cost of the car, and the quotient is Insignificant. It Is easily possible for the owner to get more out of 1t than Is represented by what he paid for 1t. just as 1t is easily
Arizona republican., 1917-11-14

the concrete, while relying on it in the abstract. His social map is laid out in terms of Pierce-Arrow dependabil- ity. The greatest quality of the Pierce-Arrow is it's unobtrusiveness performing it's work like we'll trained servant without boasting or sulking.
 Prestige
 Pride it is said cannot be taken from a man-the satisfaction that comes from possessing the real thing, the best thing. It is satisfaction to own sterling instead of plate, ma hogany instead of veneer, diamonds instead of paste, pearls instead of glass. The great popular mind has fixed the place of the Pierce-Arrow.
 Utility
 The final status of the motor car is utility-a rarified, exotic, unusual util- ity-but still utility. The wider life, business, sport, society," depend upon dependable transportation. The mind of the owner of a Pierce Arrow does not run on ahead in vain speculation as to whether the car will be on time. He interrupts no plans, breaks no en- agreements, omits nothing that depends upon the faithfulness of the Pierce Arrow.
 Speed
 The Pierce Arrow car yields speed without effort. Somewhere between thirty-five and forty miles an hour 1t gets it's second wind, it's natural speed, that delicious feeling of power which every athlete knows, due to the per feet working of all his muscles under perfect control Accents and descents, or straight-away levels are all alike to the Pierce-Arrow. Speed is it's natural gait It gives always the sense of re- serve power.
Arizona republican., 1917-11-14
W. E. Gardner, Manager

W. E. Gardner, manager of the nix. came to Phoenix when the con- pany did, two years ago. He has been associated with the Babbitt brothers interests for six years, first at Flagstaff, then at Williams and then Phoenix. He has dealt ex- clusively in automobiles for the Babbitt brothers and is considered one of the most capable managers in the business.
Arizona republican., 1917-11-14

anced automobile with powerful ac-s celeration, with unusual fleXibility of applied power. It travels with silent power and ease on high gear from two to sixty miles an hour. It will demon: strate on any hill with any stock car made.
Arizona republican., 1917-11-14
Pierce-Arrow is Car of Long-Life Durability

possible for an insured man to live longer than the years set down in the actuary's table.
 Style
 By the sound progress of art resting securely upon utility, all the great things in the world have been produced In this spirit. the creation of every part-always creation, never imitation; finding the cars own reason for de- velcpment within itself-has produced the Pierce-Arrow car, a machine of such great utility to it's owners and of such aesthetic beauty in itself, that 1t has a style of it's own and a model to be admired everywhere.
 Comfort
 The comfort of the Pierce-Arrow car is sometimes more than physical com fort. It is also mental comfort, free dom from anxiety, from fear and from disappointment. It is not merely soft cushions. absence of vibration and the minimum of noise. It is also the men, tai rest that comes from the convic- ton that all these qualities are per manent and dependable; that they are not the result of some supreme effort on some particular car, but that they are all part of the regular days work the natural and customary product of the car.
 Distinction
 There is an impressiveness about the Pierce-Arrow car. composed equal ly of character and prestige, which is best described as distinction. Charac- ter is what it really is-the result of an Ideal never relinquished. the aim to build not to meet a price but to meet exacting conditions. Prestige is the estimation in which it is held, shared equally by the man in the car and the man on the curb. giving to 1t and re- ceiving from it a desirable individu- ality. The Pierce-Arrow both has and confers distinction.
 Beauty
 The Greek formula has been realized In the Pierce-Arrow car, to wit: in order to make a thing useful it is not necessary to make it ugly. The Pierce Arrow body Is no makeshift creation of the old coach builders. Instead it has been created out of its own use and environment created by artists, | and every now and then the. artists working upon this body find the neces- sity for some individual expression some Towering of their inspiration which expression. because 1t its sound and sane, appropriate and reasonable, Is. in the only just sense. beautiful. Balance
 Pierce-Arrow automobiles represent the highest average of desirable motor car qualities possible. No one desir- able quality has been sacrificed to an- other. balance of all desirable oual-
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-28
Why Should We Wash7

Why does a boy object to washing
his neck and ears? Or object still
more seriously to having them washed
I have evolved q scientific and psyche
logical reason which is complete an
swer to the question, but l prefer TO
answer II by making personal confess
sion based on my own boyhood expert
,ence, says Edwin Fuller In the Moth
er's Magazine. AS a small boy, OBJ
jected to washing my own ears because
] could not see-the dirt and because
believed II unnecessary waste of time
which might be used more profitably
in play; and / strenuously objected to
my mother performing the operation
because she always hurt me. 4,
There is no period of the boys life
more trying to the parent than the
period between eight and twelve, ex-
cept only the age of early adolescence
The chief characteristic of early boy.
hood is individualism. He now recog.
nizes himself as an individual entity
not correlated to society at large He
feels no obligation to humanity be
cause he does not yet realize that he Is
an integral part of II. His individual
ism manifests itself In selflshness and
;self-centeredness.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-28
TRY THIS TO DANISH
ALL RHEUMATIC PAINS

People who have been tormented
for years--yes. even so crippled that
they were unable TO help themselves
have been brought back to robust
health through the mighty power Of
Rheuma.
Rheuma acts with speed; Il brings
In a few days the relief you have
prayed for. IL antagonizes the poi
sons that cause agony and pain in the
joints and muscles and quickly the
torturing soreness completely disap.
pears.
II Is harmless and inexpensive rem.
edy. but sure and certain, because IL
ia one discovery that has forced
rheumatism and sciatlca TO yield and
disappear.
Begin the Rheuma treatment today
and II you do not get the joyful relief
YOU expect, your money will be re.
turned
w. l.. Gokay always has supply
and guarantees II TO you,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-28
BACK TO FIGHT THEIR KIN
@Ralnbow" Division Contains a Com
pany Of Pennsylvania Germans Who
Still Speak Mother Tongue.

Easton, Pa, the mountainous little
city which guards the eastern entrance
to the Lehigh valley, suffered recently
the deeply moving shock Of pathos and
patriotism which must come to the
towns and cities of America, one after
another, as the flower of their boys in
organized array march of to war, says
the Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Easton's military organization. af-
fectionately known as the City Guard,
is now the One Hundred and Forty
ninth machine-gun company. 1t left
for Mineola. N. Y, to join the "Rain-
bow division, the first stage of a
swift journey to France and the battle
front.
In the ancient city of Speyer, upon
the Rhine, is line Of tombs in which
repose the old warrior emperors of
Germany. The legends say that they
arose by night over a century ago, fer
ried the Rhine, and caused the defeat
of Napoleon at Lepsic; and that they
will arise again to protect Germany In
her greatest crisis. This company of
Pennsylvania soldiers, heavily tread.
Ing through the streets of Easton, pre-
scented far more impresslvely impend-
ing fatality, for these were Pennsyl-
vanla German boys. Their names were
Ridenour, Lehr, Richenbacher, Kocher,
Darmstadt, Kiefer, Scherf, Selple, Vol
kert, and so on.
Two hundred years ago their forefa-
theirs came to America from the Pfalz,
of which Speyer was the capital, and
these boys, Notwithstanding their edu'
cation inlbur greatest schools and col.
leges, and their two hundred years OF
family history upon American soil, still
speak with fluency the ancient dialect
Of the German Palatinate, locally
known as Pennsylvania German.
Fate is sending these boys back to
the land Of their forefathers to
overcome by their living presence
the spiritual assistance of the
ancient kings Of Speyer. 1t Is
Rhenish legend against Pennsylvania
machine guns. And theirs indeed is
soldier blood. Their names reflect
many soldiers Of distinction from this
county in the Revolutionary, Mexican
and Civil wars, their fathers having
made in their time the same march
of the same route as that made by the
boys on their way to camp.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-28
She Was Out Of n.

Old zeb Jackson, the champion
whitewasher walked down the main
street OF the village one morning
dressed in his best suit, with large,
brilliant buttonhole bouquet and with
cotton gloves on his big hands.
"Hello, Zeb," said the postman, fare
you taking holiday"
"Dlsh yerc," said the old man with
n proud wave Of his huge hand, "dish
we're am nah goldlng wedding ami
versary, sab. Ah'm celebratln' hit"
but your wife," said the postman,
us working as usual. I saw her at
the wash tub as passed your house."
"Heri" said Zeb holly. "She amt
got muffin ter do wifi hit. She's nah
fou'th."-0maha Herald.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-28
Spirit of MartYrdom.

Here and there may be found per-
sons not recognized as great and yet
really great. They are working for
great ideas. For their efforts they
may be severely punished. Can II be
said of them that the rest will follow
Surely 1t can. They are the pioneers.
They blaze the paths for other great
persons who reap the reward of what
they have done. They are very pa
thetic, these martyrs. And yet, in n
sense, they are not pathetic at all.
They have the joy of working for some
thing worth while, even of suffering
for 1t and perhaps going down to seem
ing defeat. Theirs is the spirit that
animates many of the young men at
this moment Offering their lives to
their country Suddenly, by means of
their self-saeIfice, life has become
enhanced for them and death itself has
taken on a kind of beauty.-New York
Evening Telegram.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-28
The Evolution Of a Soldier.

When a billion antityphoid germs are
sportin' in your veins
And you take a 10-mile practice
march each mornin that 1t rains
-Blisters populate your feet,
Hardtack takes the place of meat
Then limitations started in the Army.
First it's Forward March" then
Column Left" or Fright Front
into Line"
And the captains nasty habit is TO
bawl out,
Double Time
Noncoms, too, enjoy a chance
To revive you from your trance
II you're dreamin' when you're drillin'
in the Army.
Though you're standin' stift and
streamin' in a buzzin' mess o
feas,
And the absent.minded officer forgets
to say "At Ease"
Keep your eyes straight front and
sweat:
Grumblin' curses never yet
Cooled your temples-or your feelins
lin the Army.
In the evenin' close to time for Taps
you're apt to think of home,
Where there's someone sittin' solemn
eyed and solvln'-all alone
Bigger problems in her heart
Than are usual as the part
or a General who commands a dozen
armies.
And you recollect the tablet on the
corner of the square
Tellin' all about the gallant men who
persisted flghtin' there,
It's surprisin' how you feel
That tho wordin' reads more real
When you're drafted as rookie In
the Army.
But you're eatln' like q tiger ant
you're drinkin' water straight
And you're diggin' model trenches
when you want TO dissipate
Soon your face will wear tan
That you'll swear requires can
Filled with saddle soap, for Shawn II
the Army.
SO you'll Danish what Is back behint
and welcome what's ahead,
And you'll take an oath to keep a
bat I'll Kaiserism's dead;
Never failln' in your step:
Always willin'-full o. pep
Just worthy Sammy soldier in thu
Army.-Lieut. John c. Madden
! In st. Louis Republican.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-28
ThouqhtIessness Rebuked.

My sister came to make US a visit
and Peter, q neighbours small boy, was
an interested spectator when her trunk
was being unpacked. Timldly he asked
her II she had brought any candy with
her and upon receiving negative an
swer, inquired If she had any gum. This
also producing no results he said
"Didn't you fink there was going to be
any wittle boys in this townT-Chica-
go Tribune.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-28
N0T34~Es,

To the taxpayers OF the towns of
Bennington: A rate bill, Ct the town
taxes OF 1917 has been placed in my
hands for collection as follows: 80
cents on the dollar for the town tax,
20 cents on the dollar for the town
highway tax. As cents on the dollar
for the town district school TAX. !
hereby demand payment OF said taxes,
and nouify you that Twill attend at the
Bennington County Savings bank from
8 o'clock a. m. until 3 o'clock p. m
There will be discount of 4 per cent
on town tax II paid within 80 days
G. II. Dewey, treasurer.
Bennington, VT, July 10. 1917.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-28
sNsjs
Triumph Of Justice.

When we attack only injustice, soon
err or later we must triumph. In order
to insure triumph, then, wish nothing
but what is Just. Respect the rights
even of those who have trampled your
rights under foot. Let the safety of
liberty, the property Of all, without ex-
ceptlon be sacred In your eyes, 70,
duty extends equally to all.-Lamen'
nais. ths
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-28
saaall
Condition Of Life.

1t Is true that air and moisture con-
ditions are necessary conditions which
make possible soil life, but they do
not constitute life. We have seen a
previous article state that warmth is
a cardinal point of life action. When
we speak OF life In a soil we must con-
template active life represented by
some kind Of growth or development
and a dead soil is characterized by
inactivity or inactlon.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-28
Cosmle Dust.

When a shooting star" strikes our
atmosphere, It's energy or motion is
transformed into heat, from the fric-
ton produced by the air. and the
"stnr" is literally burned to ashes.
These ashes fall upon US in contin-
ual shower, and constitute the greater
part Of what Is commonly known as
cosmlc dust.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-28
comMENos FRANK L. GREENE
Finds list. District Congressman ;
Growing Force In Washington

Finds list. District Congressman a
Growing Force In Washington
In something Of the spirit OF the in
dividual who used to prate "There
were giants In those days." the spe-
cial Washington correspondent Of the
Springfield Republican turns the
searchlight on the New Englanders
in the National House" and draws the
conclusion-which none will dispute
that the influence of this section is
not what IL was in the so-called lower
branch OF congress, but points out in
dividuals who are recognized as capa-
bio men.
A large part OF the article is deyot-
ed to Massachusetts men. Maine,
which once had the strongest delega.
ton in the Union at the period when
Tom Reed vas speaker, Dingley
chairman OF the ways and means
committee, with Boutelle and MILL
ken occupying other first-class chair
manships. is not considered Of sufii-
cient Importance to be given q word.
And In this connection, gentle read
err, can you tell from memory, the
name OF single congressman from
Maine today The New Hampshire
representatives are dismissed with
the statement that they have not
been in Congress long enough to
make an impression there.
When our own state comes up for
consideration the representative of
the First district is given this COM
mendation, which his hundreds of
friends at homo believe is merited:
From Vermont comes Frank Les
ter Greene, who probably is one of
the very best known New Englanders
| in the House. He is rounding into an
| experienced member, being now in
his fourth term. Mr. Greene Is a
student OF affairs and up to date His
chief work has been on the military
affairs committee, where his public
service has been OF q very substan.
tlal character. His influence In the
house is likely to increase rapidly, es
pecially II the republicans should
gain majority there in the next few
years.-Brattlebor Reformer.
| Mill I~4- N~xP
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-28
Not Altouether Good.

Marlon's aunt was n visitor at her
home and Marion was n much admired
and petted little girl. In burst OF
affection her aunt said one. day MA
rion, you're such good little girl"
But the sturdy youngster replied,
Sometimes l am and sometimes
don't"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-28
Self-Windlnu.

Bloggs had just bought n new dog,
and took Moggs to bave look at II.
They hung over the stable door and
peeped at the puppy, who was twist
Ing round and round In frenzIed eff
fort 20 catch It's own tall.
"What sort o. dog do you call thatr
asked Moggs.
"0h," replied Bloggs, II bought him
for watch dog"
"0h, l seei" remarked Moggs. II
suppose hes winding himself up nowT
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-28

The 100 per cent efficiency that is
being strlven for can't be reached In
days efforts. 1t may tatn hun.
dred, and even then don't he dlscour-
aged If 1t seems that you will need to
try another hundred.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-28
A Recovery.

Brown-"Is your brother, who was
so deaf, any betterr Brldget-"Sure,
hon be all right in the morning."
Brown-"You don't say so9' Bridget
"Yes, he was arrested yesterday and
gets his hearln' In the mornin'."
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-28
Mlaht Get the Worst of Il.

: "Dar ain many Of u.s." said Uncle
Eben, $50 free from faults dat we can
take a chance on de argument dat
could start If we tell other people
bout thelr'n."
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-28
loves Demands,

'Tove requires not so much proofs
Rs expressions of love. Love demands
little else than the power to feel and
require ve."-Richter.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-28

"Some men tries to make deirse'fs
disagreeable," said Uncle Eben; IAN
some don't have to try"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-28
Great Fire Loss,

; The annual loss by fire in New York
city is said to amount to SG,000,000.