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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-18
TOP,LOOk And
LISTEN Means
Much ON ROAD

Every one Of the $500 deaths
which occur annually at railroad
crossings is preventable by the OBJ.
servation Of simple rule on the part
of the motorists" declares Charles
8. Rieman, vice-president and gen
eral manager of the Elgin Motor Car
CORPORATION of Chicago, and an ARGENT
advocate of the safety first eoc-
trtne. The simple rule is to STOP
look and listen. And the most I'M
portant part of the process is to look
NOT in one way, but both ways.
This failure to look both ways Is
declared to be responsible for more
deaths and injuries by automobilists
at railroad crossings than any one
thing. Statistics prove it. In Cal1for'
MIA. for instance, tab was kept on
motor car drivers crossing railroad
tracks. OF 1900 who were Checked
only 27.S per cent, or slightly more
than one-fourth, looked both ways for
trains: 2.7 per cent looked only in
one direction. and sos per cent looked
neither to the left nor right. Is 1t any
wonder. that so many fatalities oc-
cur when such carelessness as this
runs riot?
at every railroad crossing in the
country, there is a warning sign. Yet
the public utilities commission In IL
linois made the startling discovery
that in one year 95 people were killed
and 241 were seriously injured at
grade crossings. Without exception
these accidents could have been pre-
vented by needing the warning to be
on the lookout. They didn't look
both ways'-that's the answer.
"Now, one trouble seems to be that
motorists are so accustomed to seet
ing Stop, Look, Listen signs that
they have come to look upon these
signs as being ornamental instead Of
useful. Two railroad systems are do
ing Q noteworthy service to correct
this trouble by placing warnings &C
crossings, reading, Stop, LOOK Dotnl
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-18
DEFEC7IVEBATTERY OFTEN CAUSES
CORROS|ON OF METAL ON AUTO

water is added, and If the motorist
will take a few moments occasionally
to do this there should be little
trouble with corrosion.
Eat the same time it is well to see
that the hold-downs are tight to pre-,
vent unnecessary vibration. A thin
coating of vaseline on all metal parts
not lead coated will also help, act,
ing as insulation.
Parts that have become corroded
should be well cleaned with a solu-
ton of weak ammonia and coated
with vaseline
Many bad cases of corrosion are
caused by the overflow of battery
solution, due to overfilling the bat
terry cells. In adding distilled water
the cells should never be completely
filled. The proper height of the So
luton is about one-half inch above
the battery plates.
when the battery is being charged
the solution expands and gives off
gases. The untitled portions OF the
cells are needed to accommodate the
expansion and gas. II the cells are
completely filled with solution the ma
rtural result il an overflow. thrpu2h
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-18

half miles an hour. Il made the HIN
on the Honolulu side Of Aiea from
four to five miles an hour.
The Chandler after reaching the
level space which lies beyond the last
Aiea hill. ran from there to the bot
tom Of Red Hill at the very low speed
Of two to three miles an hour. Dur
ing the entire trip the car was never
out Of high gear nor did Il ever stop.
In making the ascent Of the famous
Red Hill, the cars speed ranged be-
tween four and a half to seven and q
half miles an hour. II pulled up this
long. hard grade in high gear making
five and q half most OF the time.
The Fort Shafter Hill gave the most
trouble but the car pulled Il aver
aging a little under six miles an
hour. The steep grade at the top
OF this hill and the tortuous curve
makes it very difficult to negotiate
at such a low speed and especially
In high gear. Moanalua Hill was
made at even lower speed. This hill
was made under five miles an hour.
After seeing the Chandler make
this remarkable performance and over
such a long pull, Mr.. Dodge's friends
concluded that the Portland owners
must have been telling the truth and
that the Chandler was some puller"
In high.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-18
ample SUPPLY Of MILITARY TRUCKS
FOR WAR PURPOSES IS NOV ASSURED

war has set aside from the contin-
gent fund q sum sufficient to com.
plete the work Of standardizing parts
for military truck, based on the
best American and foreign exper-
fence, which will serve In the future
as the standard American Army
truck. Much of this work already has
been carried out voluntarily by the
members of the Society Of Auto
motive Engineers, cooperating with
the officials Of the quartermaster
corps. II Is hoped that under the
new authorization Of the war depart
ment the enire work Of designing and
testing will be completed before jan
nary / and that construction Of the
new standardized trucks can then be-
gin. ....-s
The experts of the quartermaster
corps. together with their civilian ad
visers, have reached the conclusion
that Il Is only by thorough stand.
ardization program, by which manu-.
facturers Of parts can all be turned
TO making the same INTERCHANGEABLE
designs. that the army can be as
sured Of ample supplies for possible
greater demands on the capacity OF
the industry in the future. It H.
pointed out that not only win the de-
mand for trucks grow az more Amer
lean troops 60 abroad, but that, Il
future allied offensiyes should drive
the fighting more into the open, more
rapid and extensive supply transport
facilities viii be needed. The stand.
ardized truck whose design Il final
" to be completed under the depart.
ment's authorization will be entirely
suitable for commercial purposes, a.
wen as being the best military truck
,,.E Soaf0uaH
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-18
MOTOR TRUCKS
ORDERS PLACED
BY uncle SAM

NEW YORK, N. Y.-Award Of con-
tracts for 1850 motor trucks by the
United States quartermaster's depart.
ment few days ago represents the
largest single motor vehicle order
placed to date by the war department.
Smaller orders for trucks have been
placed and are now being filled and
others are under negotiation. It 10
estimated that 10000 trucks at least,
will be needed for an army OF i ,000f
600 men, and coming at q time when
the regular demand for motor trucks
for Industrial purposes IL near the
record level, government business
will tax truck manufacturers to the
limit. Estimates of army require
ments have been as high as 10000
trucks.
The output of the entire country
in 1916 was only about 100, 900 trucks,
and the scheduled output for 1917 has
been placed at between 10000 and
10000 Some estimates have been as
high as 100000 for this year. Under
the spur of war needs IL Is not url-
likely that even this number viii fail
short of satisfying both government
and regular line requirements.
Motor truck manufacture on . sue.
cussful scale has been development
of late years. As recently as 1872,
the truck output of the country was
only $4,000, including all kinds, and
in 1915. it was 10000, and about 100.-
900 last year. In this period, 1872
1915, passenger car production IN
creased from $4,000 to 100000.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-18
LEWIS AU1OPARTY ARRIVES SAFELY At
LAKE TAHOE, CAL, after LONG JOURNEY
"Seeing America First Party Visits Many Points of Interest in
Oregon and CaIforna-Pass Through Great Snow Sheds
of caIfornia-Auto Party Meets Number OF Honolulu
People Journey-New Way to Raise Money is Discovered
By ONE OF THE PARTY

FHnIN
at that. Coming into California from
Oregon one does not get very good
impression of California, roads very
rough and hilly and not much atten-
ton paid to them.
We thought We would spend the
night at q little station, Gazella Inn
by name, but on stopping and giving
the place the once over, 1t proved
q little too much for US. 1t appeared
to be a shipping station for cattle
and sheep, and catered to that class
Of people who handles stock, after
they had finished their shipping.
There were several hundred big fat
! steers there already for shipping hav-
ing the appearance of being put off
the train to rest up before finishing
their journey.
We arrived at the Ell Monte hotel
at Weed, lumber mill camp at the
foot Of Mt. Shasta, at 6 p. m. Weed
Is the first little town that We came
to in the state Of California and the
place Is a lumber and box mill COM
pany employing over 1900 men and
you notice the difference immediate
ly. The place is wet, the men have
the appearance of spending their
spare time in the saloons and there
are six or seven Of them; it being
Saturday night conditions might have
been a little extra, but the men had
the appearance Of being regular old
soaks. One could not but notice the
fact that all of the dogs that were
running at large wore muZZles. II
appears that a young man fresh from
one Of the colleges in the East was
visiting out that way some two years
ago and overheard the farmers
around there mention the fact that
the coyotes were playing havoc with
the poultry. He conceived the idea
Of innoculating the coyotes with the
germ Of hibaphinia, not knowing or
thinking Of what would follow. Some
few OF the coyotes have contracted
the disease and they seem to lose all
sense of fear. Even in the first
stages Of the disease they attack
horses, cattle, sheep, man: in fact
anything that they see. They have
caused the death Of numbers Of live
stock, and attacked q man without
fear, while one young man was try
ing to defend himself with q Ratchet
he stuck his tongue out q little way
and the coyote split his tongue In
half and his people Immediately
rushed him off for medical assist
ance and saved his life after a hard
struggle.
We visited the Shasta Springs and
partook Of the water. Things were
rather quiet around the Springs. It
being Sunday, there was nothing
much doing.
In travelling along we noticed a
sign leading into a farm house, read
ing Meals sold here" So Mr.. Lewis
turned IN and the lady of the house
got us q little lunch, As 1t was past
lunch time we had to be satisfied
with cold meal. The place Is
known as the vollmers ranch, stu.
ated in the Sacramento valley. and
Continued on page three)
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-18

believe that we left off the last
letter something like they do in The
moving picture right in the most in
teresting part of the story. H. an
not mistaken We we're crossing the
Willamette river by ferry; there II
wire rope stretched across the river
from shore to shore some 20 feet
above the water and when any one
wishes to cross the river the men IN
charge pull the front Of the scow uI
stream and the current of the river
takes you over and as It is a public
highway there is no charge.
After crossing the river you can
see free camping ground signs and
auto parties camping all along the
highway. Cherries are offered you
by the farmers for three and one
half cents per pound and in the cities
you have to pay from Is to Is cents
per pound.
Arrived at Cottage Grove where we
spent the night, about p. m.
Friday, July 18th
The party left the Oregon hotel at
Cottage Grove Rt 1905 a. m, and
we had not Travelled far when we no
ticed a fire raging over on our left
along the foothills, and we learned
q little latter that 400 acres Of hay
and grain hth been destroyed by the
fire.
We passed through q little village
and railroad station named Umpqua.
The same name as your weli-known
race horse. There was also bank
and an advertising agency In the
same town.
The local road committees around
this section could do some real good
II they would fix the approaches to
the bridges and railroad crossing as
they are simply fierce, far worse than
anything that we have yet run across.
Around Cottage Grove and through
Myrtle Creek valley to Ruddle the
farms are very rolling and poor land
and have their hands full making o
living. ..#-S F.
We arrived at the Josephine hotel
Ut Grants Pass about 7:35 p. m, and
the little town has concrete streets
and well lighted streets, and. II was
band concert night and everyone was
ont 10 enjoy themselves and the mu-
si1. The population il around 5000.
Left Grants Pass 1880 O. m. Rath-
or good gravel road and some con-
crete from Central Point to Medford,
passing through the valley where
Medford Is situated the farms are
much better In every way than any
thing We have yet passed on the
California side of Grants Pass. a
Sew . Rather e., -.
In coming around q turn In the
road we found two men killing q
rattle snake, the first and only rat
tier that We had seen; they were
busy with their stones and sticks and
soon had Mr.. Rather where they
ne'1id handle him. e
We passed the Oregon California
state line about 1855 p. m, and the
first business enterprise we, saw was
Q large lumber mill off some distance
from the road. and very poor roads,
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-18
OWNERS OF CARS
CARELESS, SAYS
SHERIFF RI ROSE
No Other Property is So Care.
Iessly Handled BY Owners
as is the Motor Car

In answer to critics about the theft
of motor cars in Honolulu, Sheriff
Charles Rose calls attention to the fol-
lowing sensible sermon to owners Of
automobiles, as published in the New
England Motorist:
NO other property is so carelessly
handled by the owners as is the mo-
tor car. No man would think of hitch.
ing a horse to a post and leaving it
there the better part of a day. If he
did SO he would have himself to blame
if the horse was somewhere else when
he went to get it. Even in the old
bicycle days we took precaution to
lock the wheels or the sprocket so
that the machine could not be rid
den and in some instances the ma
chimes were locked to the side of the
building.
Apparently no such precautions
are taken with the more costly mo-
tor cars. Taking the switch key from
the car is not a proper safeguard.
With a couple Of bits of fine wire
the thief who has not duplicate key
and who knows his business can
0AuAI Iuo CuIIcuL dIOuHu Inc SWITCH
in almost less time than it takes to
tell it and the police have no means
of knowing by the looks of the man
who comes after a machine in a bust
nesslike way whether he is the owner
or just plain thief
There is not the slightest excuse
for the way in which many cars are
left lying around loose with apparent.
ly no effort being made by the own
ers to prevent the cars from being
stolen
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-18
Y. D, ADAMS URGES MORE EXTENSIVE
2 ADVERTISINGOF BIGISLANDT TOUR

/ through Waimea, making q side triu
to Honokaa along the way. and final.
ly back to Hilo where he took the
boat again for Honolulu.
The change of climate and seen.
cry that can be realized in a short
distance is something l believe quite
unique to the place." he says. I'VE
left the volcano when It was quite
chilly, but we had not Travelled 80
miles down into the Kau district un.
I'll we struck pleasant, warm eli.
mate again. Passing through this
country we saw nothing but the bar.
rem land Of the lava flows, but only
for q short time, for not far away
were the forests of Kona. At waimea
1t was quite cold, the Temperature
ranging around so degrees. 1 left this
place in an overcoat, but took II off
after We had gone some 20 miles to-
ward Kohala.
After We had passed over the big
mountain not far past Waimea. we
could look down onto Kohala, which
appeared very much like a small
New England village. The roads Of
Kohala were q little dusty, but the
climate was wonderful"
A narrow escape from possible de-
struction by great rocks which the
late earthquake on Hawaii started
rolling down onto the road on the
Hamakua coast Of Hawaii was ex.
perienced by the Adams party. They
had planned to drive into Hilo from
Honokaa by moonlight, but upon
hearing that one Of the bridges on
the way was closed up, they post.
poned 1t until the next day. In the
meantime the earthquake occurred.
and as the party passed over the
road the next day they saw planta.
ton laborers removing great rocks to
allow the traffic to pass. These rocks
had rolled off the side Of the range
along the ccsst at the time Of the
earthquake.
cit would be we'll worth while to
advertise this trip much more ex.
tensively than we have ever DONE"
declares Mr.. Adams. ''The trip
through Napoopoo near where Capt
Cooks monument is located and
where there are all the old relics of
Hawaiian civilization, there Is much
interest that makes the trim we'll
worth while. All through the islands
there Is q variety of interesting things
to attract any sightseer.'
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-18

Top picture shows the start Of the
Chandler chummy Roadsters high
gear test. The car was In high gear
the entire distance from Pearl City
Junction to Honolulu and averaged
under five miles per hour. In center
IL the Chandler "chummy" Roadster
as II finished Its high gear pull from
Pearl City Junction. Bottom picture
shows the Chandler coming up Aiea
hiIf' on high making under four miles
an hour. Notice the person walking
along beside IL.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-18

the vent holes, which is bound to
cause damage.
"A simple way to determine the
height of the solution over the cells
is to use a piece of glass tubing of
convenient length. Insert the glass
tube until it restsI on top of the
plates, place a finger firmly on the
upper end to create a vacuum and
withdraw the tube. The liquid in the
tube will indicate the height Of the
solution above the plates"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-18

ways, listen The novelty OF this
wording should have a SOLDERING ef.
feet at the start, and should be the
means Of preventing many an acct
dent. It Is to be hoped, however.
that the good which this campaign
does may spread, and that its helpful
ness may become thing of pernnan-
encv.4
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-18

Sweden and Holland declare their
people viii starye and freeze If the
United States tightens her embargo
too-much - /
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-18
!. GRANT DEALER SEEKS TO
BE NAMED GRANT

= Constantinople Christian Fran <
y gopolu Of Bucharest, Rumanla,
y yesterday filed petition In the
= superior court for change OF
= name. 4"
= He recites: 'That a large :
\ number Of his business asso-
= ciates address him by the name
= OF Grant. for the reason that he
lis now and for some time past
y has been In the automobile bus
y mess dealing in Grant automo-
= biles."
= Frangopolu asks to be re-
\ named Grant.
The St. Johns herald., 1917-03-29
MARCH 29, 1917.
WHEN PA IS SICK.

When Pa is sick he's scared to
 death An Ma an us just holds our
 breath, He crawls in bed and puffs and
 grunts, And does all kinds of crazy stunts. He wants Doc Brown an mighty
 quick, For when Pas i'll he's mighty
 sick. He gasps and groans. an sort O
 sighs, He talks so queer an rolls his
 eyes. Ma jumps an runs, an all of us, An all the house is in a fuss. An peace an joy is mighty
 sceerce- When Pa is sick, it's something
 fierce. -Ex.
The St. Johns herald., 1917-03-29

Winslow Mail: The grand jury in Gila county have reported to the court the result of their in vestigation into the reckless ex- penditures of the money derived from a road bond issue by the board of supervisors, and after censuring the board make the re- quest that their resignations be demanded, and in the event of their refusal to resign that recall proceedings be instituted. The trouble with all the road bond is- sues lies in the fact that the ex- tra large sum made available for improving the roads is very liable to be squandered without giving the people adequate return for their money.
The St. Johns herald., 1917-03-29
A Bilious Attack.

When you have a bilious attack your liver fails to perform its functions. You become consti- pated. The food you eat ferments in your stomach instead of digest ing. This infames the stomach and causes nausea, vomiting and a terrible headache. Take Cham berlain's Tablets. They will tone up your liver, clean out your stomach and you will soon be as well as ever. They only cost a quarter. Adv.
The St. Johns herald., 1917-03-29
Why That Lame Back?

That morning lameness-those sharp pains when bending or lift ing, make work a hurden and rest impossible. Don't be handicap ped by a bad back-look to your kidneys. You will make no mis- take by following this Tucson res ident's example
 Mrs c. J. Baughn, 6I7S., Third Ave, Tucson, Ariz., says: suf- fered a great deal from my back, mostly when 1 was on my feet. My kidneys didn't act right and caused me no end of trouble. I tried a great many medicines, but could see no change until I used Doan's Kidney Pills. They fixed me up all right, benefting my system and helping me in every way. Price 50c, at all deal CTS. Don't simply ask for kidney remedy-get Doan's Kidney Pills the same that Mrs. Baughn's had. Fostes-Milburn Co.,, Props. Buffalo, N. Y. Adv.
The St. Johns herald., 1917-03-29

A Severe case of small pox was discovered in Winslow last Mon day. Mrs. Lucia Gonzales, who lives on the south side, called to see her doctor regarding the in- famed condition of her face, and it was at once pronounced as small pox. She was immediately placed in quarantine, and prompt steps were taken to stamp out any spread of the disease. Wins low Mail.
The St. Johns herald., 1917-03-29

majority present, held this third day of June, A. D. 1916, as shown by the minutes of said corpora tion.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, 1 have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal this the day and year last above mentioned. w. R. HAMMEL, \ Notary Public, Apache County, Arizona. My commission expires January Is, 1920.
 Filed in the office of the Arizo-
The St. Johns herald., 1917-03-29
PROPOSALS FOR BIDS.

Sealed proposals will be received up to 12 o'clock, noon, on We'd nesday, the 18th day of April, 1917, at the office of the clerk of the board of supervisors, St. Johns, Arizona for the erection and completion of a two-story court house and jail building for Apache County, Arizona; all to be in accordance with plans, spec ifcations and details furnished by Frost & Frost, architects, El Paso, Texas, and Tucson, Ariz.
 Copies of the plans and specifi- cations are now on file at the of flee of the clerk of the board of supervisors, St. Johns,- Arizona, and the offices of Frost 6 Frost, architects, Ell Paso, Texas And Tucson, Arizona. Contractors wishing to secure a copy of the plans, specifications and details may do so by depositing a certi- fled check in the sum of $25. co with Levi s Udall, clerk of the board of supervisors, same made payable to him or his order, which will be returned provided the plans secured are returned to him within 15 days from the date of sending. Unless they are so returned said check to be forfeit ed and proceeds to be used for securing another copy from the architects.
 Above proposals to be sealed and addressed and delivered to Levi s Udall, clerk of the board of supervisors, St. Johns, Arizo- na, on or before the above date and hour. Each bid must be ac- companied by a certified cheek for two thousand dollars condi- toned upon the bidders furnish ing a good and sufficient bond in the amount of twenty-five thous- and dollars and entering into a contract within 20 days from the acceptance of the bid.
 The board of supervisors re- serve the right to reject any or all bids Each bidder is request ed to state, in connection with his bid, the time within which he will complete the building after the completion of the contract. Dated at St Johns. Arizona, this sixth day of March, 1917
 HEBER JARVIS, Chairman Attest: LEVI s UDALL, Clerk
 3-8-4-I2
The St. Johns herald., 1917-03-29

na Corporation Commission this eleventh day of Sep, A. D. 1916. at 10:O0 a. m. at request of Beck CT Mercantile Co.,, whose post of flee address is Springerville, Ari- ZOna.
 Arizona Corporation Commission,
 By F. A. Jones, Chairman.
 Recorded at the request of Becker Mere. Co.,, Sept. IS, 1916 at p. m. and duly recorded at Book No. 1 of A. of Inc. page 159. Records of Apache County, Ari- zOna. (SEAL)
 Ethel Greer. County Recorder.