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Evening star., 1918-01-27
:DOPEY DAN AND LON
The Guy Who Told You So.

to toss you lii chunk O. advice. but II
you don't wanta use it. it amt no fault
o. mine! Nobody's payin OF on that
don't think" stun today! In TIL great
world drama that's bein presented now
every actor is supposed to think. an
them what can't learn their parts are
soon dropped from tn cast! Get me!
o. course, you know all about tn guy
who don't think No! Well. he's a twin
brother to 'th' gink who can never be
nected with tn ''geezer who does as he
pleases'' an tn "pretzel who told you
so"-in fact, they all belong to tn
pest" family. an amt to be tolerated
durin' these blood curdlin' days! Listen!
Here's a III titbit about tn last named
in tn bunch! 1t might do you good:
No doubt in yonr rambles you've run across him.
TIL gink with TIL know-it,ali bull;
tn Eoof who. If health could be turned into
wealth, would soon have his pockets chock
tn geezer who waits It'll alrs said an done.
m an sus. Euns dGw, on tn .tS
guy who sings II told you so!''
When Congress convenes he takes in. all scenes
that happen on Capitol Hill.
He'll set there quite mum. to air appearances
dumb. until both houses decide on a blu.
Then, quick flash, uptown he will dash to
:. let a few in on tn know.
An when "e1tras' come out he'll stand by an
shout. ''Old stuff, folks; just told yod
so!''
Should you ask his advice regardin' tn price
you've Just paid for n automobile,
He'll wink his off eye, squnt up at TIL sky, as
much as to say it's steal.
But in a week it TIL boat" springs a-1eak, an
you can't make tn bloomin' thing 60,
You'll hear brother "wise" an his outlandish
cries as he screeches his IT told you so!'
When they tabooed all meat an cut out tn
wheat. in order to conserve our food
He give a tee-hee an claimed tn decree was no
doubt quite misunderstood.
But at tn last when mo heat" day was passed,
an butt-in was stumped where to 60,
he simply set down an explained with frown.
Its tough, pal. but told you so!''
o. course, like all men. he'll sure have 4 end.
an like others will have to relate
His bad deeds an good. an Just how he stood
when he raps at TIL heayngly gate.
We'd love to be there to watch his wild stare
when Saint Peter says, 'You hike below
Just to see il he'll moan In that nerve-rackfn'
tone, Its my finish, but told you so."
DOPEY DAN.
Note.-Lon says it mighta been crool
in Nero to keep on fiddlin' while Rome
was in flames. but that tn old rooster"
didn't have nothin' on tn "geranfum
who takes day of to inform you he's
just come into a fortune when you're
tryin' your durndest to ketch up with tn
gas bill
Evening star., 1918-01-27
KING OF JERUSALEM TITLE
REVIVED TOPIC IN PARIS
Assertion Is Made That Three
Crowned Rulers Now Living
Can Claim It.
(specfal Correspondence of The Sunday
star and New York WORLDLY

fsnecial Correspondence of The Sunday
star and New York Worldly
PARIS, January 15.-Now that the
holy places in Palestine have been
freed by allied troops from their Ger
man-Ottoman rulers, the question OF
kings of Jerusalem has been revived
here.
ing can claim the title-the King Of
Spain, the King of Italy and the Aus
trian emperor.
Properly speaking, Victor Emmanuel
of Italy relinquished the title on his ac-
cession to the Italian throne, but on
all the coins issued by the kings of
Sardinia there were the words: king
of Cyprus and Jerusalem"
Charles of Austria and Alfonso of
Spain hold the right to the title
through the courts of CASTLE and Bour-
bon-Espagne. AS the Golden Fleece has
been shared by both Austria and Spain,
and. as the title of King Of Jerusalem
has been ovindicated by both houses, it
Is at present held by Emperor Charles
and King Alfonso XIII.
Never has such a short-1ived kingdom
diverse origin. Jerusalem was q king
dom from 1898 to 1887, when Saladin
captured the city. It was revived for
ten years I1S2s to 1880 by Emperor
The first King of Jerusalem was
Godefroy de Bouillon, who refused the
title and only reigned one year, when
he gave over the throne to his brother
Baudouin. es>
Up to the time Of its extinction there
ware tan kings Or queens of Jerusalem,
Evening star., 1918-01-27

now

By GEORGE ". CABLE sf the vigilasts.
The thought that I cannot put away
is that whatever I might save now and
fail to save now may be a hundred
times the worst waste shall ever have
committed. though / have, like most
Americans. many a past wasteful habit
to regret.
1t will be far the worst. because not to
save now is to throw away the CO.
operation of millions of others; because
not to save now will tend to prolong
the war; because not to save now will
multiply tho wars privations. lengthsp.
its death roll and the vast procession of
its MANNED men. and will make SAVING
more difficult and less effective by and
by, when we shall be compelled to save
through cruel conditions from which
saving now might have saved us.
Evening star., 1918-01-27

The 1861 automobile year, ended
June 80. has undoubtedly made the top
figure in automobile production until
the end Of the war. Henceforth there
will be general reduction in output
schedules of passenger cars-in fact, it
has already set in, and in the. coming
year it is estimated that not over 70
per cent or IS per cent of the contem-
plated production will be reached.
The industry has qualified by it's ac-
compllshment of the past ten years for
selection with the steel industry as the
basis of the second-line defense of the
country in the present war, and now
will go ahead to prove it's capabilities
OF providing for the motor transporta-
dition. for a large part of the war
equipment Of the country's Army and
Navy.
Evening star., 1918-01-27
GROWTH IN AUTO
INDUSTRY GIGANTIC
Output Reaches Phenomenal
Figures, Capital Invested
More Than Billion.
AVERAGE LIFE FIVE YEARS

The call to contribute over s1,0oo,-
100000 of products for prosecution of
war comes to the automobile industry
after ten years of phenomenal growth,
period when output expanded from
200 motor cars day to 5000. The
capital invested increased from scat
tered units of a few millions each to
an aggregate of billion and a quar-
ter, including parts and allied manu-
facturers, employing over 100000
people.
The automobile manufacturers them
selves today are estimated to repre-
sent an investment of S736,000,o 900, their
salary item per annum amounting to
S2sS, 100000. In the past ten years the
American automobile industry has man
ufactured about 5s53.o00 motor vehi-
cles, of which 4,sOs,ooo were made in
the past five years.
There was registered throughout the
country July 1. last. 100000 motor
cars, indicating the average life of an
automobile at just under five years. 1t
is estimated that cars in use now num-
Der 100000, of which 100000 are
trucks.
Evening star., 1918-01-27
THE EXPERTS SAY.

When clutch starts slipping badly
it is needless to race the engine in the
hope that the car will move faster
Rather operate the engine slowly with
slighk change of speed, so as to
cause the f1ywheel to carry the clutch
around. When the engine is raced it
makes matters worst all around, for
the clutch does not hold and there is
possibility of burning it up altogether.
Changes in temperature exert an ex-
tremely unhappy effect on the finish of
the car because of the difference in the
coefficients Of expansion of metal and
paint and varnish. To insure the high
ly finished surfaces from cracking the
car should be housed in garage main
tanned at a nearly uniform degree of
temperature. Also car owners who
utilize their barns as garages make a
mistake in so doing, as the ammoniac
gases always present in stable are
ruinous to the vanished surfaces of
the car.
A satisfactory tire paint for finishing
the inside of tire after repairing may
be made by mixing thoroughly one gal
lon of gasoline. one-half pint Of C-35
cement. one and one-half pounds of
soapstone and one-half pound of whit
ing.
When brakes do not hold 1t is usually
because the surface of the bands have
become hard and smooth. Clean them
with a thin brush and kerosene. rinse
off with gasoline and permit them to
dry. Then spread on lubricating oil,
being sure every spot Is covered. This
will raise the fiber, soften the material
and the brakes will be effective. This
should be done at night. for it will be
dangerous to attempt using the car
until the oil has had chance to do its
work
On many makes of cars the wind
shield is held in place by steel arms
which protrude through the cowl and
are fastened on the under side by
nut and lock nut. Sometimes these
nuts work loose from the vibra ton
is allowed to move slightly. The first
evidence Of this is seen in cracked
finish in the vicinity of the windshield
supports. In making the necessary
periodic inspection for loose nuts and
bolts these windshield supports should
not be forgotten.
Sometimes driver says his mag
neto always misses when 1t rains. A
magnetic may be short -circuited by rain
getting into it, but do not condemn the
magnetic before looking elsewhere. Dis
tributor and spark plug terminals are
not covered with insulation, and so
may leak current. Short-circuits may
develop in secondary wires. Spark
plug cores may be cracked If no
faults can be discovered outside of the
magnetic, put a leather cover over it
and end your troubles.
A simple six-volt electromagnet for
rechargtng magnetic magnets may be
made by winding about 300 feet Of No.
10 guage B. & 8. wire on the two one
half by five inch soft iron cores. This
design should give an intense mag
netic pull, for 1t contains about 10000
ampere-turns and the strength of an
electromagnet is dependent upon the
number of such turns. The entire coil
will consume about ten. amperes at six
volts.
Evening star., 1918-01-27
xxi" in the Navy.
From the London Chronicle.

From the London Chronicle.
Navy cocoa. which Princess Mary
thought might be good to eat as cho-
colate. is known aboard ship as XII. It
Is served out in the first dog watch
every Thursday, and 1t is drunk when
ever circumstances Gin other words, the
ships "crusher," or policeman) permit
The men CRATE down a liberal quantity
Of 1t (for XII Is less concentrated than
basins with sugar and condensed milk.
At sea special cauldron of XII, pre-
pared by the ships cook, is sent round
action stations in "fannies," or large
pitchers. Midnight for the guns crews
OF our fleet is the hour when the XII
boat arrives.
Evening star., 1918-01-27

operate under the river without en-
Idangering the public health by the
gases which their exhausts give out.
and he denies the suggestion that the
tunnel would not be practical because
carbon monoxide would be present IN
dangerous quantities.
through the tunnels under the Thames
river without disastrous results is cited
by Gen. Goethals. who favors q single
tunnel large enough to provide for slow
trucking below and faster cars above.
Evening star., 1918-01-27
PLANS AUTO TUNNEL.
Cen. Goethals Urges Outlet for N. z.
Traffic Under River.

a tunnel for motor-truck trafflc will
30 built under the Hudson river from
Manhattan to New Jersey. II the plan
outlined to New York and New Jer-
ssy onicials by Gen. George W. Goe-
Uals Is accepted. Gen. Goethals is
fn favor of constructing tube of suf-
fcient height to accommodate trucks
with roadway above for
motor cars.
sIt Is his idea that motor vehicles can
Evening star., 1918-01-27
The Wiser Way.

From the Detroit Free Press
What sort of a man is Green?"
Fine. The best ever"
'Is he trustworthy"
very"
Would you lend money to him?"
'.As to that can't say. I've never lent
hm any I've only borrowed from him. -
Evening star., 1918-01-27
AUTO NECESSITY ON
FARM AND IN WAR
Problem Is to Find Enough to
Meet Needs of
Country.
MAKE FOR EFFICIENCY

Suppose" said Col. clin Long, local
representative OF the Studebaker Cor
poration, I'VE shpuld wake up some
fine morning and find that overnight
some learned savant had decided that
the automobile was a luxury and an
unnecessary plaything, toy for an
overgrown boy. And suppose some
fourteen hundred thousand farmers
living in the east, west and south-cen-
were told they would have to give up
their automobiles very soon because
somebody decided they were unneces-
sary and that no more were to be made
after the present supply had run out!
Suppose a ukase were served on
some 400, 900 business men in this coun-
try that automobiles were unnecessary,
and that they had better get ready to
buy horses again as soon as their pres
ent supply of automobiles ran out!
Suppose our learned savant had decid-
ed that automobiles were not necessary
to our armies, nor to the Red Cross,
nor to any one interested in the trans
portation of the vital needs of war!
Such Talk Is Ridiculous.
"It seems ridiculous. doesn't it? It Is
hardly less ridiculous than the amount
Of talk we hear and writing we read>in
reference to whether or not the auto
mobile is necessity.
"The Dominion of Canada alone col
1ects $4,590, 600 year in duties on the
automobiles sent to that country. Our
conservative cousins to the north are
not giving $5.000,000 to their govern
ment Just to bring in toys. The prov
t,1 o,.f1
IAN unprejudiced investigation in
Canada shows that "A per cent of the
automobiles owned in Manitoba, Sas-
katchewan and Alberta are owned by
farmers. 1t is stated on good authority
that one of the reasons why north
west Canada has been such a wonder
full producer of wheat has been because
the general use of the automobile has
increased the farmers efficiency. saved
his horse for planting and harvesting
and carried a considerable portion of
the 'threshed wheat to market.
Auto Not Plaything in Canada.
1--WE mention Canada. because we
know that Canada after three years Of
war is not buying automobiles as play
things or luxuries. Canada is buying
them because they can make Canada
more efficient and more productive.
after this country has been in the
war 1OT InTee years the chances are
that our great north-central and south
central states will need more automo-
bileS than 100000; but even if we do
not supply another farmer with an au-
tomobile. it will require half a million
automobiles alone to replace the cars
now in use in only twelve great north
central farming states.
'1t would. of course. be absurd to say
that every automobile is an absolute
necessity to the man who owns it. It
1a rid in,,Io ~
Lutte necessity to the man who owns it
today or the man who owned 1t ten
years ago, but we do not condemn the
horse as unnecessary and luxury be-
cause few sports had fine horses for
pleasure purposes.
ct do not think we have to worry
about the man who is going to buy the
Evening star., 1918-01-27
Or Blow a shoe-Horn.

From the Christian Register.
Mrs. Johnsing-can't stay long. Mrs.
Snow. just come to see ef yo' wouldn't
join de mission band
Mrs. Snow-Fo' de Ian sakes, honey,
doan come to me! I can't even play a
mouf organ.
Evening star., 1918-01-27
.....4, ,soe, 600 Total. i.

1Otdl n ,SOS,ouU 1UldI.. 1,V1f'ooV
Grand total 10 years, 5.s53, 900.
OF the 43S manufacturers of automo-
biles and trucks, it has been estimated
that twelve turn out 80 per cent of the
total output The feature of the de-
velopment of the industry in the past
ten years has been the growth Of the
individual companies which today stand
at the forefront of the business-Ford,
Willys-Oyerland, General Motors, Chev-
rolet, Dodge Brothers. Maxwell, Stude-
baker, to mention only few of the
largest.
Those of these concerns which were
in existence in 1908 were small strug
Cling concerns just barely getting
started in the manufacture of a vehicle
propelled by an internal combustion
engine.
Started in 1914.
Dodge Brothers was not started until
1914. its originators having been as
sociated with Henry Ford; Chevrolet
formed in 1912. and not until 1915 did it
start production on a large scale; GEN
at the beginning Of the period under
discussion, as consolidation of the
Buick, Cadillac, Oakland and Olds
companies; Maxwell, in January. 1913.
succeeded to the business of the old
United States Motor Company, which
Willys-Overland Company was born in
1912 to take over the former little
company. which was organized in 1908
as the Toledo Motor Company; and the
Studebaker Corporation was formed in
1911 as a combination of the Studebak-
er Brothers Manufacturing Company.
incorporated in 1868. and the Everett
Metzger- Flanders Company. which had
been formed in 1908. The Ford Com
pany was started in 1908.
The Ford company in tho entire 1908
year made 6,39S cars. At the rate of
production a month ago this output
would be reached in about two days.
Output in the 1917 season was 735, 900
cars. and between July l and a few
months ago. when work was begun on
war orders, a schedule was being MAIN
tanned of 100000 per annum. Produc-
ton of growth of other companies was
only slightly less striking than that of
the Ford company.
Evening star., 1918-01-27
Definite Figures Lacking.

Definite figures of output in years
past were not available, but the fol-
| lowing table presents the approximate
motor car output, both passenger cars
and trucks, for the country, year by
year. since 1908:
Evening star., 1918-01-27

Mrs. Ralph Smith is the first woman
candidate for the British Columbia leg
islature. The by-election will take place
in Vancouver, which was her husbands
Evening star., 1918-01-27
Pill-Box Warfare.

From the Passing Show.
I've taken some pills in my time, Bill,
but this is the first time I've taken the
bloomin' box"
Evening star., 1918-01-27
Table Shows Output.

In the table below are presented the
output statistics for the past three
years of the leading representative
companies, SO far as are available.
Where official figures are not made
public, as is the case of the Dodge. es-
Inmates are made.
Evening star., 1918-01-27

automobile because it's o luxury. We
are pretty safe in assuming that even
II his patriotism does not prevent the
increased cost OF living In these war
times. 1t will prevent his extravagance
without the necessity OF special leg
islatfon
Evening star., 1918-01-27
500, 600 Cars Needed on Farms.

Let us worry ourselves far more
about how We are going to f1nd 100000
cars a year to take care of the farm
ers. who really need them in twelve
great farming states in this country,
and while We are worrying, let us
worry about the automobile needs of
some thirty-five or forty states, not in
Guiding these twelve great farming
states. Let us worry about the Cana
dian farmer who will need his auto
mobile next year just as he found it
necessary this year
The great problem before us today
Is not one deciding whether the auto
mobile is necessary or unnecessary, but
how We are going to find enough of
them to take care of the needs as abso-
Lutte necessities to millions of people,
and most of them who need them to in
crease their efficiency and productivity"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-08-21
Make Roads Narrower

As one rides through the country
and views rank strip of weeds
along each side Of the road, he be-
comes more impressed than ever with
the movement that is now receiving
much attention in other states. The
plan proposed is to narrow the roads
to the width actually in use and then
keep the entire roadway in passable
condition instead of having something
like four rods between the fences
with driveway in the center which
is too narrow for two teams to pass.
The forty foot road with good drain
age bitches at each side would be far
better. This would release the strips
of land now raising weeds for much
more beneficial use. 1t is only occs-s-
ionally that a four rod road is neces-
sary; three rods are sufficient and the
road can be kept up easier and in
better northumberland Cur
rent.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-08-21
SHUTDOWN NEWS

The Young Ladies Aid will meet
Thursday August 20 with Mrs. Otto
Peterson.
Bridges were washed out and
shocks were standing in water after
the rain Thursday night. This was
the heaviest down pour we have had
this summer.
Mr.. Seifert from North of Clements
had the misfortune of running off
from the bridge with his car west of
the Peter Thorsto1 place. Luckily
no body was injured. The forks on
the car was bent, but with little re-
pairing he was ready to go on
Miller Jensen and his crew has a.
gain started to work to the branch
of Ditch No. 38, running through Sun
down.
Leola Jensen arrived home last
Sunday after staying at the S. J. Han
sem home in Brookville for the past
two months.
A large crowd from here went to
Springfield Saturday to attend the
funeral of Mr.. Henry Kagel.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-08-21
BEFORE THE RAILROAD AND
WAREHOUSE COMMISSION OF
THE STATE OF MINNESOTA

In the matter of the Application
of the Redwood Falls Electric Tele-
phone Company to increase its local
telephone rates at Redwood Falls.
Minnesota.
Whereas, The Redwood Fall Elec-
trio Telephone Company, being cor
poration has filed an application with
this Commission for authority to in
crease its rates for business and re-
sidelce telephone service within the
village of Redwood Falls, County of
Re.wood, State of Minnesota, the
proposed rates being as follows, to-
wit:
Individual Line Business, 1925 per
month gross.
Two party Line Business, $500 per
month gross.
Individual Line Residence, $3.50 per
month gross.
Two party Line Residence, $1.25 per
month gross.
Three party Line Residence, $1.OO Ter
month gross.
Rural Switching, 25 cents per month
net.
All gross rates to be payable month
ly II advance, with a discount of rs
cents per month if paid on or before
the 10Th of the month in which the
service is rendered.
1t is therefore ordered, that the
said matter be heard at the CONNER
cial Club Rooms in the village of
Redwood Falls, Minnesota, at 200
o'clock p. m. on the 10Th day of Aug
ust A. D. 1918, and that all parties
Interested be heard at said time and
place,
By the Commission,
A. c. Clausen, Secretary.
Dated at St. Paul, Minnesota, this
18th day of August, A! D. 1918.
sit
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-08-21

didate announced before the primaries
and it was expected she would have
no opposition at the polls, but Miss
Middleton, who just recently returned
from teaching at Morris, had decided
to enter the race. Under the law it is
impossible for her to get her name on
the ballot, so she will have to run a
"sticker" campaign. So far as we
know both these young women are
competent to- perform the duties of
the office, and the result is likely to
depend on which proves to be the
most effective campaigner.- Lyon
County Times.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-08-21

vented if all will turn in, and stack
during the first bright days. Where
part of the neighbors are shock thresh-
ing, the others have to neglect their
own grain in order to help.
Special care must be used now to
avoid threshing grain that is not in
condition to thresh. Some grain re-
Gently threshed can hardly be accept
ed by elevators or safely stored. Fur
thermore, grain il this condition can
not be threshed clean. The food ad-
ninistration rules prohibit the thresh-
ing of grain in this condition and if
necessary steps will be taken to pre-
vent it-Mankato Free Press.