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The Washington times., 1918-02-09
THE "GIVE EN- A LIFT" CLUB
Do You Belong?

Here's organization, composed of seappointed men,
berS Washington who drive automobiles down
every morning and stop gve lift" to the many people
fockng the street waiting for standing in c
badly managed street
The price of admission merely the wish to help embellishments
bersp unlimited open ALL Washington is its headquarters,
and the conged oroughares of early morning its many meet
ing places.
GAppoint yourself member today Turn the atmosphere of
empty haempy from of thougheSsneSs to of
goodfelow feeling and go bed with the selfsasfacon that
have done good deed that day and day belong
the "Give EN- Lift' Club
The Washington times., 1918-02-09
SERVICE NOW HAS
IMPORTANT PART
IN AUTO SELLING

Clarence Hawkins decides TO buy an
automobile. He lives In town of
10000 inhzbItants-biE enough to
support several automobile agencies
One OF the agencies sells the Sphinx
and another the Thunderbolt Clsr-
snce's wife likes the Thunderbolt for
no other reason than that It has such
r8vishlng little side pockets for odds
and ends and that the extra seats
can be made to vanish magical a
Clarence decides on the Thunderbo:,.
Clarence tells the man across the
street, and the man across the street
promptly tells the Sphinx agency. The
next afternoon the Sphinx agent-an
energetic blond who looks like the
young man in the collar advertise
E,ents that we see in all the magazines
drives up to CIarence's door in a
gorgeous Sphinx.
"Take a Ride
He knows Clarence. Haven't they
played tennis together at the country
club? There is nothing unusual in
his asking Clarence to take q ride.
And so Clarence steps into the vacant
seat in front
OF course Clarence has to tell about
his prospective Thunderbolt-just as
II the Sphinx agent didn't know.
Good car" comments the Sphinx
man.
Clarence feels reassured.
But what kind OF service DO you
expect to get?" adds the blond young
man.
"whss do you mssnr" queries clar-
6nce.
'suppose your Thundsrbolt was TO
break down. How soon would you
EOt repair parts?"
Clarence hadn't thought Of that.
what Service Means.
me Sphinx agent sees his chance.
I'll show you what service means"
BEys the young blond Sphinx.
:, They stop at q drug store In the
hSxt town.
~Ca1l up the Thunderbolt agency.
Gay that you are broken down here,
but don't tell them who you are"
/ The Thunderbolt agency IS very
pofry TO hear of the accident The
parts that Clarence wants are not in
ttock. It will take from three to
AVS days before they can be obtained
from the main factory.
"Csil up the Sphinx agency now"
Once more Clarence obeys.
''Stay where you are" says the
Sphinx agency. gwen be with you in
half an hour"
This Il how Clarence came to buy
. Sphinx.
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about IN breaking out the roads for
single track to guide them in their
arduous work, the trail-maker gaug-
ing the center OF the highway by the
fence posts.
In passing through Van Buren,, Ohio,
Harry Myers, one of the party, had a
narrow escape from injury when he
was speeding UP to top a sharp rise
at q railroad crossing, a child was
playing in the road just over the en-
bankment. To keep from running the
little chap down, Myers was forced
to turn out sharply.
Snow Hid Ditch.
The snow, which had drifted along
the road. obscured a deep ditch which
paralleled It, and in the twinkllng OF
an eye his car was catapulted into the
ditch, where It lay on its side, with
the wheels still spinning. Myers was
precipitated into a snow bank. from
which he emerged looking like a
polar bear, but otherwise unhurt
Aside from a broken Windshield and
smashed top, a hasty examination re-
vealed little damage to the car.
Toledo was reached about 9 o'clock,
ninety snowy miles having been reeled
of. After a brief rest the Minute
Men started on. feeling that their
troubles were over. The drivers were
congratulating themselves when they
lost the trail. and found themselves
again in snow up to the axles.
At this juncture the Lexington
party was subjected to the worst ais
couragement of the entire trip. for, in
attempting to wheel the last car
about, IL slid over a bank, with moth
ing to do but dig it out even though
the thermometer was then registering
Is below zero.
Get Car Back on Road.
After three hours of back-breaking
labor they finally succeeded in getting
the car back on the road, and return
ed to Monroe, Mich.
Nothing further interfered with
their progress to Detroit, which was
reached shortly after o'clock Satur-
day morning, a few hours before the
show opened.
This midwinter drive over 316
miles OF snow-drifted highway in
thIrty-six and one-half hours actually
spent on the road, and with less than
thirty gallons OF Gasolene per car
used, was heralded as a recOrd-break-
ing accomplishment by automobile
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CENSOR IN BAD WITH
GIRLS HE ONCE KNEW

LAFAYETTE. Ind, Feb. 9.-GIrIs IN
West Lafayette are up in arms over
Uncle Sans censorship. and. likewise.
several young men in Battery c, the
local unit OF a regiment OF field artil-
lery in France. make no secret OF
their Indignation.
1t is all because Lieutenant Floyd
Sense happens to be battery censor.
and the censorship regulations are
unyielding. He has to read every
thing, and as he was prominent So
cially in West Lafayette and knows
well, anyway, it's annoying. to say
the least.
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been intrusted with the distribution
of them, as they are given away free.
OF the several gases thrown off by
the exhaust of an automobile two are
particularly dangerous. One is carbon
monoxide. 1t Is particularly deadly,
and Is present in large quantities in
the fumes thrown off by engines pro-
PEELED by gasolene explosions. 1t is
also found in the fumes escaping from
burning gas OF a gas stove.
The other deadly gas thrown Off
by an automobile exhaust Is carbon
dioxide. While not present In such
large proportions, it is a constant
danger in the small garage. 1t Is both
poisonous and suffocating, but does
not produce death quite as quickly
and certainly as the carbon monoX-
Ide.
Owners OF automobiles are caution
ed to be especially careful with their
The Washington times., 1918-02-09

been intrusted with the distribution
of them, as they are given away free.
The Washington times., 1918-02-09
/ y New Two Power Ranger Better Than Ever

truly than ever, Peerless-all
that the name implies.
And from the standpoint of
low cost it is likewise without
peer in its class.
Eighty horsepower is not
operated at so little expense in
any other car.
The Washington times., 1918-02-09
"GOT TO Die SOME TIhE," !"
SAYS CONVICTED YOUTH

NEW YORK, Feb. 0.-"Whats the
use OF worrying? I've got TO die
some time" said Paul Chapman, six
teen-year-old choir boy. while a jury
was finding him guilty of participa-
tion in the murder OF two jewelrymen
during a Brooklyn robbery.
The jury found him guilty in the
first degree.
The Washington times., 1918-02-09
IF DREAMS CAME TRUE.

Mr.. Bagsful-What would you
think II you got q letter containing
the most abject praise OF yourself and
which ended without asking any sort
of favor?
His Best Friend should think
was asleep and reaming.-Answers.
The Washington times., 1918-02-09

Even an auto will lay down on q
fellow IL it's badly tired.
Now that we have sslf-starters for
autos, why doesn't somebody dis
cover a crankless public garage?
Speaking OF sherbets and other
frozen dainties, how many times has
your radiator frozen so far this
winter:
The only way they could keep
Hiram Perkins from a-burnin' up
the county pike in his 43cylinder
Bang was tuh sell him asbestos
tires.
The only reason a wise-scre buys
$1,000 green car worth $500 is
because the color's becoming.
The hot-dog man nowadays uses
Ford truck, rendering service a la
carte.
He who skids and gets away will
live to skid another day.
On a hot summers day. ~ Juliet
gets overheated, remember, there's
a fan in the motor.
There are more miles to the gal
Ion OF gas when your engine hasn't
so much work to do. The harder the
engine has to struggle to overcome
inertia and friction, the slower the
speed, and, naturally, the less dis
tance you can travel on a gallon OF
gas.
Once you have cut down friction
to practically nothing, you are on the
high road to perfection in motor
travel.
Go where you please with your mo-
tor car, but before you 80 chart your
fabrication course, and you will not
be hung uo on the country wayside
miles from nowhere with a seized
piston or a hot box or any other Of
the thousand and one fabrication
troubles.
Dixon's, the graphite people OF Jer-
sey City, have anticipated the needs
OF the car owner and have prepared
fabrication chart to cover all fea-
lures of the fabrication question.
Makes no difference what car you
drive, you can tell instantly just
what grade OF lubricant Is needed for
each and every part. This is exceed
ingly valuable to the car owner. as
II gives information that is strictly
unbiased as to any make OF car. The
dealers throughout the country have
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men who heard the thrilling story of
the trip. But the worn-out members
of the little party, nursing frostbitten
faces, hands. and feet, could take
small comfort in that fact.
The Washington times., 1918-02-09

cars in small private garages. II the
engine Is to be run, the doors and
windows should be opened and the
owner satisfy himself the ventilation
is free.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-09-05
RLAISDEI,T,

Miss Nellie Lee. has departed for
Fort Benton, Montana, where she has
accepted position as primary teach
er in the city school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Hoefus have re-
turned to Algona, Iowa, after month
visit at the B. Spencer home.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. S. Brye are visit
ing at the o. Moss home at Hatton,
N. D., parents of Mrs. Brye.
Mrs. H. Wagner is convalescing af-
ter six weeks attack of Iritis.
Forrest Rice, son Daniel, and Miss
Ida Nelson spent last Sunday and
Monday at the F. Blinker home, the
merchant prince at Bowbells.
Mrs. j. F. Wood of Minot was visit
ing at the H. Wagner home. Mr..
wood is a messenger on the Great
Northern, where he has been a val
liable employe for a number of years.
They recently purchased the Hunter
Wagner property in Minot
Louis Anderson recently purchased
the Matt Baker residence.
A large crowd attended the dance
Saturday evening at the new hall in
McAlmand township.
G. N. Gulso is contemplating NOV
ing near Helena, Montana, on a large
ranch. He will ship his thorobred
cattle.
Mrs. Hans Larson is one of our
most patriotic women, driving bind
er every day. The Larson's have
an immense crop, some wheat on their
homestead will make 5 bushels per
acre. They have 400 acres to harvest
with very little help.
The postmistress will occupy the
old printing office building, which will
be more convenient for the postoffice.
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RYDER.

The first wheat threshed, owned by
Dickinson & Christensen, averaged
| IL bushels to the acre.
John Campbell is building a gran
airy on his farm west of town.
Mrs. Oakley and Mrs. Braaten at
tended the ladies aid here Thursday
H. s. Anderson was called to Chi
cago last week by the death of his
aged father.
0. J. Bye returned from business
trip to the Twin Cities.
The Presbyterian ladies' aid enter.
tanned by Mrs. Campbell Thursday
was well attended.
Men and women shockers 90 OUT
most every evening and set up wheat.
Mrs. Gilbertson returned from Bis.
marck hospital Friday.
DR.. and Mrs. Huber and Mrs. Lu.
blens made an auto trip to Des Laci
Saturday to view the oil wells.
A baby daughter came to brighten
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Erb
August 20.
Rev. and Mrs. Richardson and Miss
lnwood autoed to Minot Monday.
Mrs. Cameron, who has been visit.
ing her daughter, Mrs. Rev. Richard
son, the past two weeks, returned to
her home at Bottineau, Monday.
c. S. Officer was a Minot visitor
Saturday.
Rev. Holm has accepted call by
the Rose Valley Norwegian Lutheran
congregation north of Ryder.
Edgar Graham arrived home last
week. He has 30-day furlough and
will help his father in the harvest
field.
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WILLIS TOWNSHIP.

Most all of the wheat is harvested
In this locality and farmers have be-
gun on their oats, which is fair crop
for this season.
Tracy M. Palmer received letter
recently from his friend, Bert Stacy,
who enlisted some weeks ago, and is
now stationed at Camp Meigs, near
Washington, D. C. Bert said he
spent two days in the kitchen and out
side Of that he liked army life fine.
Adolph Klimple moved his thresh-
ing rig and cook car to the Benedict
country where he has a 60 day thresh-
ing run guaranteed him. He began
Sawyer is Mr.. Klimple's engineer.
Donald Bivins purchased team of
mules of Irwin Miller few days ago,
consideration 1926.
Robt w. Willitts Of Joy, ILL.,, called
on his friend, E. E. Diehl Saturday Of
of last week. Mr.. Willitts and his
wife and daughter were visiting in
Minot a few days. They started to
come up in their car from Illinois, but
got stuck in the mud in the eastern
part of North Dakota.
Tracy M. Palmer has been driving
a header wagon for Welding & Nell
son the past ten days on their wheat,
but they purchased binder head for
their header and will tie their oats.
They have 60 acres of oats that are
away above the average, and fifteen
acres of millet that will cut between
A and tons per acre, and % acres of
extra good fax. Billy says he has no
occasion to holler this year.
Chas. Brooks has secured position
with his team hauling threshing coal
for Jim Wilson's rig. Mr.. Wilson
started up on Andy Louis rye.
Guy Putney threshed wheat last
Friday that made bushels per acre,
and Mr.. Whitman has 100 acres of
wheat on backsetting that will make
Is bushels per acre.
Antoine Williams, who enlisted some
months ago, wrote US a long letter
from the army barracks at Fort Tot
ten, N. Y, and we also see one from
our old friend, Fred H. Dickerman
somewhere in France.
Ola Wallace laid down his saw and
hammer on the Great Northern for
one week and came out and cut wheat
for E. E. Diehl.
| MISS V1dUIc hairy u \ q 10 = uAAol
Mimi, came Tuesday and will WELD
the rod over the pupils at Center
school the next nine months. School
begins Monday, Sept. 8. She will
board with her sister, Mrs. Harvey
Gadbaw, who resides on the 0. Dalen
farm that was formerly Paul Kim
pies homestead.
Tracey M. Palmer went to Minot
Monday morning to remain until
Wednesday to have dental work done.
John Coons and Stewart Reed made
/ SO tons of hay apiece between showers
in the Beendict neighborhood week be-
fore last
William Klimple and family attend
ed church in the south, Mills Sabbath
day.
Z. Jess Giles, the genial Logan post
master, was caller in Willis town.
ship last Tuesday
M. H. Putney cut a portion Of Mr.
Willman's wheat at 81 per acre.
Fay Gadbaw has hired out to Wal
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-09-05
DR.. G. Roy Ringo has
moved his offices into
the Roell building, 119
South Main Street.
Telephone SO.
stt
QUESTION CLEARED UP.
MinOt Readers Can No Longer Douhl
G the Evidence, %

Minot Readers Can No Longer DosA<
tB the Evidence.
Again and again we have nsai q
strangers in distant towns wAD have
been cured by this or that nsiisme.
But Minot's pertinent question los n
ways been "Has anyone here in Ninot
been cured?" The word Of soSanG-
er living hundred miles away nay
be true, but it cannot have the sans
weight with us as the word Of or own
citizens, whom we know and respect,
and whose evidence we can 30 easily
prove.
John A. Botz, ST., retired farmsR,
81 Conrad st., Minot, says: n over
lifted and strained my kidneys 90 they
didn't act right. I had attacks a
backache, headaches and dizzy spells.
The kidney secretions were irregular
in passage and obliged me to get up
at night. Doan's Kidney Pills had
been used with such good results In
my family that I got box. They
cured all the pains and put my kid
reys in good shape"
Price Coo, at all dealers. Don't SIM
ply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Botz had. Foster Milburn Co.,
Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
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Presidents Statement

Presidents Statement
"Industry plays as es-
sential and honorable a
role in this great struggle
as do Our military anna
ments. x 4:
Therefore, I. soietnnly
urge all employers en-
gagged in war work to re-
irain after August 1st,
1913, from recruiting TN
skilled labor in any man
ner except through this
central agency. III. S.
Employment Service.]
II urge labor to respond
as loyalty as heretofore to
any calls issued by this
agency for voluntary enlist
.nent in essential industry.
And | ask them both alike
to remember that no sac
rifce will have been in
vain, if we are able to
prove beyond all question
that the highest and best
form of efficiency is the
spontaneous cooperation
OF 4 free people,
WOODROW WILSON.
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what did we promise
our boys in France?

Just this: That every minute of
the day, every time they went into
trench, every time they went
over the top, in a night patrol,
every time they swept forward to
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to be found to replace him. He
loses time in moving. He takes
time to catch on to the ways in
the new plant.
When a, manufacturer needs
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100000 skilled and unskilled men
monthly.
Let's keep ALL the essential war
work going at top speed. Tell
your labor needs to the local Ex-
amlner-ln-Charge, local agent of
the y. S. Public Service Reserve or
TO the Director General at WASH
lngton.
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ter Dom at $12 per month untn De-.
LIST and began work last THURSDAY.
Clarence Mackey says he has Dors
rye threshing than he is able " -.
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minute Of his working day where
It does the most good. Every
working minute lost or wasted
means less help for our men across
the sea.
And there are not just minutes
but whole days lost every time a
man changes his job. A man has
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-03-29

Paid Advertisement prspslTea;
and published bv w. H. Timlin, Jr. TOR which
81 90 has heen paid.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-03-29

WANTED Lace Over curtains to
press and do MP AedreS's hrs j
knoll. 245 Mortor avenue o. tele.
phone Wauwatosa 75sL 5wS
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-03-29
OFFICIAL NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Common
Council OF the City of Wauwatosa, will at an
adjourned regular meeting to be held on
Wednesday. April 3rd. 1918, at 80 o'clock +.
NJ consider the kind or kinds of pavement for
which bids have been received. which is 10 be
constructed ON Fifth Avenue. north Of STATE
Street the above portion of street To be paved
wit, one of the following kinds of permanent
paveaents on a concrete base, to-wit:
Bitaminous Macad2m.
Reinforced Concrete.
Asphalt
Brick.
Bituminous Concrete on Concrete Founda-
ton.
majority Of the frontage Of the above mem
toned street shall present petition IN writ
ing signed BY them as hereinafter PROVIDED
requesting that the pavement be made with one
Of the kinds ~ the above mentioned pavements
ON In. cid straef. the Council shall lei the
Each person signing such petition a. owner
OF such property shall be required 70 fnvniSh
a written description of his property ano bis
place Of residence and aiiix thereto an aida
Wit that he Is such owner and resident. II no
petition be presented by the owners Of a ma-
iority Of the frontage. TO be 80 improved, the
Common Council may select the kind Of pave
ment and award the contract therefor.
The lowest bids submitted for the several
types Of pavement are as follows:
Concrete. S2.f5 per square yard
BItuminous Macadam. $l.25 per SQUARE
yard
Asphalt no bid.
fs.s1fied b,icI. ss.25 per square yard
Bituminous Concrete on Concrete Founda-
tion. no bid.
Dated At w.tuwatosa. Wisconsin this 10Th
day Of March, 1918. -,
C5fF Clerk.
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OFFICE or CITY CLERK
To the Electors of the City of Wauwatoso:

For Mayor. .,...,......... ~.
For City Clerk ard Actingcomptrollei
For City Treasurer. ,.....s.
For City Assessor. ..........
For Alderman, First Ward. ....-
For Alderman. Second Ward
For Alderman, Third Ward, .........
For Alderman. Fourth Ward. .......,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-03-29
COMMON COUNCIL.

Regular meeting, March 18th, 1918.
at 1880 o'clock P. M.
Present Aid. Hanson, Hayes. Jones,
Krafczyp, Marquardt, Notbohm,
Whip. Wright 8.
Mayor Koenig in the Chair.
on motion of Alderman Jones, the
reading of the minutes of the last
meeting was dispensed with and min
utes were approved as printed.
Bills and payroll were then intro
dueed, read and referred to Committee
on Finance.
An ordinance to Change and perma-
nently re-establish the grade of Gov
eminent Avenue and of Watkins Ave-
nue. read and referred to Committee
on Plats and Grades.
The City Attorney spoke briefly on
the street railway situation.
Report of Special Committee on inn
provement of street car service on the
Walnut Street line. read and ordered
placed on file
This report was published. March
22nd, 1918.
Petition of f. T. Samson and others
praying for the abatement of nuisance
in the way of dumping ashes on GER
tain lot in the First Ward, read and
referred to Committee on Streets.
From Board of Public Works
Be 1t Resolved by the Common
Council of the City of Wauwatosa, Wis
consin. that the City Engineer be and
he is hereby directed to proceed as
expeditiously as possible to provide
for all underground construction in
Washington Street from Second Ave
nue. to the easterly limits, in order that
said Washington Street may be inn
proved with permanent pavement,
which may be laid with some certainty
that it will not be disturbed
On motion of Alderman Hanson, the
rules were suspended and the fore
going resolution was adopted.
Your Committee on Finance, to whom
was referred the bills and payroll,
returned same and recommended that
they be allowed and ordered paid.
No separate action being asked, on
roll call said bills and payroll We're
allowed and ordered paid.
The Committee on Streets reported
back the petition of f. t. Samson and
others praying for the abatement of
nuisance. with a resolution. After dis
cussion the matter was withdrawn
from the Committee on Streets ana re-
ferred to a special committee consist
ing of Aldermen Notbohm, Hanson and
Krafczyk
Resolution adopted confirming
Assessment of Benefits for laying sani-
tary sewer on Twelfth Avenue.
On motion of Alderman Hanson, re-
port of the Board OF Public Works on
garbage collection was adopted.
Bid of Wauwatosa Gas Co. for lay
ing sewer pipes in Fifth Avenue
accepted
Resolution adopted providing for en-
tering into contract with F. G. Holton
for laying water service pipes and
house drains.
Resolution adopted providing for
entering into contracts with +. E. Ka-
minski for laying sewer and water
main in F'ifty-seventh Street.
Matter of improving Fifth Avenue
win permanent pavement laid over
until after hearing.
Memorial to Hon c. C. Jacobus urg-
ing the improvement of North Avenue
from Third Avenue to easterly city
limits. unanimously adopted, and the
City Clerk was directed to transmit
said memorial to Hon. C. c. Jacobus.
Nj. las Johnson smoke at some
length on the desirability of water
and sewer in the southeastern part of
the city
There being no further business,
and on motion Of Alderman Hanson,
the Council adjourned.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Mr.. Pel1y's action in withdrawing
from the mayofslty race in this city
is very highly appreciated by me- l
have no reason to doubt his statements
relating to the support which he had
been promised, and his action, there
fore. in withdrawing because he CON
sidered | was entitled to another term
is so much more commendable.
HANS A. KOENIG.