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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-21
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-21
CHEvROLETS VISIT

Louis Chevrolet recently visited Birmingham, and by so doing he en- hanced the value of the Chevrolet cars. which had previously been pass ing muster on the stock boards away above par anyhow. The Chevrolet is getting in strong in the local popu- larity contest. The price appeals to tho thrifty man, the self starter ap- peals to every man and the service is an asset to the dealer, consequently the town is getting full of Chevro- lets. Sterling Edwards is fighting like 2 country cur on downtown corner, trying to get moro cars-more cars-he can say nothing else-for the people want 'em, he says.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-21
GARAGE LOAFERs

Loafers used to hang out in livery stables in the days when the horse was king: now the tribe of sun dodgers is inclined to trans- fer it's love and affection to the garage. Especially is this true of the small town or suburban es- tablishment. The man who knows the first clements of successful busi- ness management will promptly forbid this from the very start. He need not waste any politeness in impressing upon the do-nothings that 1t Is their absence only which is desired. All of this was laconi- ca1ly recognized and guarded against by sign saw in an up- to-date garage on the road to the White mountains. The sign read: 'If you have nothing to do, don't come here to do it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-21
FIELD FOR INVENTORS

Some one of these clever invent ors who are only wasting their time and genius in efforts to pro- duce the punctureless pneumatic and other such truck should bring out fat mans shoehorn guar anteed to squeeze two of him into the seat of flivver with room for comfort besides. Once this is on the market, the inventor need never worry, no matter how high they put the cost of living or any thing else
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-21
New Advertising Manager for Mitchell Motors Co.

The Mitchell Motors company Unc.) of Racine, Wis, announces the appoint ment of Frank A. Kapp as their adver- Using manager.
 Before taking up his new duties on September 15, MT. Kapp was associated with Willys-Overland Qnc). He had been in their advertising department three years, during which time he held various positions. each of which enabled him to add to his retail experience such information as now makes him well fitted to take charge of the Mitchell $1 100000 advertising investment.
 Tn speaking of Kapp's appointment Otis c. Friend, president of tn M1tch- ell company, said: We feel that Frank Kapp is just the man we need to push our broad advertising plans for 1918 through to successful completion. AL though he has been with us but few weeks we arc already started on an advertising and merchandising plan for 1918 that. we are sure, will meet With dealer and consumer approval every where. I might add that this Is just the first step of the Mitchell company to bring with us a group of young men particularly well qualified to give spe- cial thought and attention to the prob lems of our rapidly growing dealer or ganization."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-21
BRIDGES AND cuLyERTs

Absence of bridge at a treacner- ouS stream crossing may result in complete te-up of traffic at times of urgent need, while the existence of a defective bridge may at any time cause loss of life.
 The lack of suitable cuiverts along the otherwise good road may doom the road surface to speedy destruc- ton from flood water and thus se- riously hamper traffic and cause the loss of many thousands of dollars ex- pended in the construction of the roadway. Hence it can be readily understood why very large propor- tion of our 800 100000 annual outlay for highways is applied to the con- struction of bridges and culverts. Also it can be easily understood why it is more imperative that the greatest care and skill be used in the construc- tion of bridges and culverts than in the actual roadway itself. In the for mer case efficiency is of vital im- portance to transportation, while in the latter case it is only of material importance.
 Wooden bridges are claimed to be the source of more accidents and fail ures than all other types of bridges combined. This is due partly to the fact that the wooden bridges are gen. orally designed and constructed by men who have no technical knowl- edge of bridge engineering. These wooden structures are frequently too light to carry motor trucks, traction engines and horse-drawn vehicles car- rying exceptionally heavy loads. Tn addition to this fault of original de- sign, the wooden structures are usu- ally allowed to deteriorate rapidly for lack of attention. Failure to regu- larly inspect wooden bridges and to remove rotten timbers. tighten loose joints and to replace broken parts, must of necessity result in disaster.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-21
GARAGEMEN, TAKE HEED

Those telephone people have it right when they preach the doc- Urine, Tt is the man with the smile that wins" Never was any thing truer since you were born, and of no other business is equal ly as true as it is in the garage one. Here it is that personality counts greater than anywhere else. While there can be no disputing this, there are far too many es- tablishments of this kind. when protected by a stretch of unoc- upied territory surrounding them, and thus enjoying temporary mo- nopoly of the motoring trade that at once display the personal sign of take it or leave it, which more quickly antagonizes customers than anything I know of. The garage game is already fierce one, and it will get no miider as times acid test is applied to 1t. So, MT. Garageman, get out your smiles now and keep them always on tap, for remember
 The dollars Turk
 Where smiles abide
 With them that work
 A l. -. d.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-21
WHAT IS A GOOD ROAD?

One of the statements made by Logan Waller Page Tn his article, Better Roads for America" in a cur rent issue of Milestones, is especial ly significant for the good roads en- thusiast This is to the effect that care must be taken to select and con struct exactly the kind of road re- quired by the conditions. A road that is good for one place is bad for another. Many good roads have ended in failure and the entire movement been discredited. Enthusiastic mo- torists have oiled roads that should not have been oiled in way that do more harm than good, and many peo- ple have thus been convinced that oiling roads is worse than useless.
 Read engineering Is becoming an exact science. Much expert informa- tion is available. As usual Uncle Sam stands ready to help, this time through his bureau of good roads and rural engineering, of which MT. Page is the director.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-21

of the particular place. such as trees, houses, etc., that may obstruct his view. If the surroundings demand it, he must not only stop, look and listen, but should get out of his machine and walk ahead to make certain the way is clear. Unless he takes these pre- cautions the probabilities are he will not be free from an imputation of negligence that will seriously interfere with his right of recovery in case of accident
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-21
LEARNING

The best educated man we know failed to finish high school. This is not because he failed to finish high school and continue with us to college but in spite of it. He might haves educated himself (you will note we do not say been educated") in school better than out His departure from school was really the beginning of his education. He worked long hours and then read long hours. The re- suit of broad and thorough reading, coupled with wide experience, was a remarkable education. The point of 1t all is that education Is something which each must achieve for himself, and it is not so important where he gets it as that he gets it, and keeps on getting it. The boy or girl who comes out of any school with the mo- tion that his or her education is com plete is pretty certain to be a fail ure.
 It is the fashion nowadays for suc- cessful men to tell others how to at tain success. They disagree in many things, but 1t is significant that they all agree in including some such re- quirement as read a lot" or study constantly" It is never too late to learn, and it Is never time to stop learning more.
 GASOLINE
 A group of oil experts may insist
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-21
LEGAL POINT FOR MOTORISTS

Probably more serious accidents oc- cur among motorists at railroad crossings than at any other points in the highways, hardly a day passing that does not see two or three acci- dents of this kind chronicled in the press. These accidents have become so frequent and so serious that they furnish a most potential argument in favor of the abolishment of grade crossings. In the light of all this, 1t behooves the motorist to know just what is expected of him by the law at points of this kind.
 From the cases reviewed. 1t would seem that the courts have placed the duty to stop, look and listen at rail- road crossings squarely upon the mo- torist. He cannot hope to recover for injury received at points of this kind unless he can show entire freedom from contributory negligence.
 And in exercising the required care he must of necessity take into con sideration the physical surroundings
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-21

William F. Melhuish, president and gen. eral manager of the Fulton Motor Truck company of Farmingdale, l.. l., is an- other truck manufacturer who is in favor of one great annual motor truck exhibi- ton. MT. Melhuish believes that the time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-21

of exhaustion, but there are others of apparently equal ability who scoff at the notion and take an optimistic view. In this country there are still millions of acres of oil lands which have scarcely been scratched. The Mexican oil fields can increase their production more than tenfold once the transportation difficulties are solved Costa Rica gives many evidences of being rich in oil, and work is being begun there. Apparently there is Still plenty of oil in sight and the means of production and distribu- tion Is being improved
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-21

der control. The passenger cannot be sure The driver knows just what he plans to do. The passenger does not
 All of which explains why we should be lenient with the ''rear-seat driver. The way to cure the disease is to let the other fellow drive once in while.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-21
HUDSON sUPER-sIxES

Ruth Law did not have to put the baby doll Hudson Super-Six on the map in Birmingham. but she did call special attention to them, as she tore over the city in a special car rendered her for the occasion, and the red wheels and red decorations
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-21
HEARD ABOUT AUTOMOBILES HERE AND THERE
PASSING THE BUCK ALONG
 By JEFF BAILEY THE FEWER ROUTE

around the hood made comment free on the Hudson line, as well as their red lines. These cars are certainty very attractive
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-21
WORK FoR PENSIONERS

The suggestion of southern road official that any. prisoners of war who may be brought to this country be put to work at road improve ments is of special interest to motor ists. Under proper supervision there Is no reason why this should be either unsuitable or improper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-21
CHAMPION GOOD THING.

No. indeed, nobody can ever make good any assertion that the automobile owner is not the cham pion good thing of the world since its beginning. Thousands of garages are golden monuments to the motorists willingness to part with his money, while every po- liceman can testify to the philan- thropic eagerness of the man in the car to pay for the privilege of escaping royal summons to traffic court. There are exceptions to every rule, of course, but as a rule the automobile owners life is one long. sweet song-a song of giving"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-21

Thomas & Thomas. consulting automo. tive engineers of the Garfield building are at work upon problems which have to do with the use of kerosene for fuel and will shortly make known the result of their investigations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-21
The dollars Turk
 Where smiles abide With them that work And them that ride.
SAVING THE MoTORIsT

Trouble with the people who are constantly preaching to automo- bilists how they must conduct themselves so as to make motor ing use of the highways conform with the ideas of the self elected rulers, is that the preaching ones think themselves a shade or two better than the rest of mankind. motor car users especially Here is a subtle resurgence of the spirit of that splendid gentleman in the New Testament who thanked God he was not as other men are. My own opinion is that if the auto- mobilists are really in need of be- ing saved, it must come as a re- suit of inward grace, not from out side interference. But you couldn't expect vociferating reformer to ever see 1t in so sensible a light.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-21

is ripe to talk of such an event to be held at some point in the central west, preferably Detroit and his company would support such an event. he says, as means to show the great growth of the industry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-21
STRAW-SAND TAR ROADS

For the first time an experiment in temporary improvement of deep sand roads by use of carpet of straw, hay. or wire grass, sprinkled with tar or bituminous produce, will be tried on Wisconsin high ways inf the vicinity of Rio, Colum- bia county, says writer in the current issue of American Motor ist. It is hoped to devise methods which will fit the road for travel at small expense, and it is pre- dicted that this straw carpet will last three years where traffic is not heavy. Other experiments in resurfacing highways are to be tried on the Baraboo -Kilbourn road. Thirty -four hundred sections have been staked out and the treatment of each will be different.
 SPEED
 We once rode with man whose wife claimed that he drove too fast. We rode with him in front and his wife and our wife insisted constantly during the 30-odd miles to our desti- nation. that we were speeding. So he let her drive on the way back, tell ing her to drive as slowly as she de- sired. We men rode in the rear seat, and when we were back in town, the auto clock showed that we had re- turned in 10 minutes less than was required for the trip out.
 This doesn't prove that women drive faster than men. Had the situation been reversed the results would doubt less have been the same. It only proves that 1t is often more wear ing on the nerves to ride in a mo- tor car than it Is to drive one The driver knows that he sees everything that he does see, and. Is of course not worried by other things The passenger cannot be sure that the driver sees all that he does The driver is confident he has the car un-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-21

GASOLINE
 group of oil experts may insist that the gasoline supply is in danger
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-05
A ,yotbcr,, Hattie.

written for The Times Dispatch,1
When they placed you there in my
arms that day and said:
otis little son." laughed,
AS I looked on your puckered face and
thought
Will you some day be a MANI
The years Slipped by like merry song;
For you were my own little chum
We grew on, together, young mother
and child.
And the days were never too long.
Then In one year you seemed TO spring
Into man, full-grown, and I Won
dered
With bated breath almost,
If your soul had also bloomed.
7 dreamed how in the years to come
Your strength would be my shield,
And how I never could fear to grow
With your youth to lean upon.
Then all at once upon this calm
a storm broke fierce and cold
Your country called for it's men To
come forth,
And fight for their freedom of old.
Dear son OF my youth, must you suffer
and fight
For the things of tho future-to bring
the world light?
Yes. courage is needed-you are thu
son OF this land
So so forth and conquer-bo provon q
N. B. MORRISON.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-05
FIrep,oos Paint

e. D. W., Frcdericksburg.--v
substances have been proposed as
fireproof coatings for the protection
of woods employed for building pur-
poses. but most of them have been
abandoned as being either 100 costly or
not sufficiently durable. The following
seems to SUCCEED. The paint consists
of twenty pounds finely pulverized
glass. twenty pounds finely pulverized
porcelain, twenty pounds Of any sort
of stone in powder, ten pounds calcimcd
lime and thirty hounds water glass (sili-
cate of soda). such as usually found In
been powdered as finely az possible and
sifted. are moistened and then Intimate
ly mixed with the water glass. This
yields q mass of sIrupy consistence that
may be employed for painting either
alone or mixed with color. The addl-
ton Of the lime gives q certain unctu-
osty to the mass for whitewashing
and it's combination with the silicio
acid of the soluble glass serves to
bind the other materials together. Tho
proportions Of tho different elements
above mentioned may be changed, save
that Of the water glass, which must
remain constant. These elements may
even be replaced one by another. but
Instead OF the siltcate Of soda (soluble
glass OF soda) soluble glass of potash
might be used, but the former is less
expensive. The coating is applied with
brush, as other paints are, as uni
formly as possible over the surface to
be protected. The first coat hardens
Immediately, and a second coat NAV
be applied six hours or more after.
ward; two arc sufficient.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-05
TOTAL ECLIPSE OF SUN
TO OCCUR JUNE 5, 1878.
VIII BE Visible in It's Totally Along
sixty-NIile Strip Extending
Across u. S.
FROM PACIFIC TO ATLANTIC
Astronomers Throughout Country
Preparing for Work Of Observa-
tton--Center OF Strip Within Four
Niles OF Observatory at Denver.

DENVER. COLO, November 4.-As-
tronomers throughout the country al
ready are preparing for the work of
observing tho total eclipse of tho sun.
which Will occur June 8. 1918, ana
which will be visible in It's totally
along sitxy-mile strip extending
across the United States from the
southwestern corner of the State of
Washington on the Pacific coast to
Florida on the Atlantic. Astronomers
consider themselves unusually FORUM
ate In their opportunity for observing
this eclipse, one OF seven visible in tho
United States during tho present CEN
fury. I'm that the center line Of this
sixty-milc strip passes within four
miles Of the observatory at Denver
University, whore photographs Of the
coi ona OF the sun Will be taken with
the aid of the great telescope which Is
equipped with n twenty-inch lens.
According to Dean Herbert A. Howe,
head oi the department of astronomy
at Denver University, this Is the first
time that tho path Of n total eclipse has
touched an observatory containing a
! telescope OF this size. and astronomers
arc hopeful Of learning more definitely
the composition of the suns corona,
the sun when the solar body is OBJ
scured entirely by the moon.
The altitude of the Rocky Noun
tain region is particularly favorable to
| observations" said Dean Howe, ''and
astronomers from all parts OF the
United States arc preparing to mako
observations in this vicinity. Because
or the moisture in the air on the Pa
cifc coast as we'll us the low altitude
there and at points east of Colorado.
the Rocky Mountain region is virtually
| the only place where satisfactory OBJ
| servations can he made"
Professor Edwin b. Frost. director OF
the Yerkes observatory OF the Univer-
sity Of Chicago. already has made ar
ranEements to use the facilities of Dem
yer University for making his observa-
lions and now is constructing special
| apparatus TO be used In connection
with the telescope equipment here. z
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-05

II Is DetlcT 10 speak OF absolute zero without
Lutte la e. In the
and al the heavenly GodiSs someWha as ~,
things that float and circulate in it,
ge"erals uG aSsola ute soro
whether i does or no: there can be little doubt
tho sh the
sses point
ana Whsh has been by
Of sssken
Se the II is Ss of dn a s
r. yamshes Sn and Where
The zero of our ordinary thermometers is not
s o" oas is
seIow as veil as ABOVE the only
below s" minus can the oSf
HE IN sgnS IN 1he aero Of
he wss5 of al 81
low the temperature of melting ice on tn. the
entii6 purposes. zero corresponds with the tenn
perature of melting ice
n0 s hss s s sshsF Of
pSrature above which every degree is called
any eorresponding difference in their nature Or
se SO 'n HAT s the OF
there Is no mnas but every deErsS
Of temperaturs measurement, because, Lord
the fact that gas its By
Two hundred : and seventy. third part Of its
amount for every change of one degree cent?
grade in its temperature.
If. then. the temperature should fall to 273
degrees below zero centigrade, the gas would
the other hand, #, while the iemperatgrc. is
;a7s degrees below Zero eentisrade !hcre, would
s sre osa BE 3
eous pressure Is due TO agitation or inc mole ,n
cause Of heat So by going doWn mathemnti
reached a point where there is no heat, pres
sure and no activity and indeed, rs some have
This is, certainly the extraordinary conclu-
that gases change their rate of contraction and
very, low. that the state of things at the
as has been imagined.
in any eSperiment, but It has been approached
in asf m nd ii
Ing gases Liquid air is st % degrees above
grade zero LIQUID houm has boiling point point
only degrees above absolute zero, and has
ONLY degrees Without Yet showing signs of
solidifcation
sos What would really hapnesn;, as Judged by our
or what would happen to the whole universe ii
ulative question. toward the solution Of which
science cannot GO very far.
For For many PURPOSES It is both Interesting and
iute zero, instead of from our conventional
perature into a Kelvin, or absolute teinreratHre
It is only necessary to add. ags hraicaIly 273 to
20 degrees centiGrade correspond to 2os degrees
shsolute and minus 20 degrees cen.igrade to
degrees, absolute zero is about 46o degrees be-
low the nn zero and 40 Is The
responds to 500 degrees absolute zero.