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New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-05-03
AUTOMOBILE DON'TS

Don't put oil In the engine
without first making sure that 1t
is free from dirt and lint.
Don't race the engine when 1t
is not drawing the car. There
Is no worse abuse.
Don't neglect to keep the radi-
ator filed with water. Also use
a good anti-freeze solution in
cold weather.
Don't fail to inspect the level
Of liquid in the storage battery
every two weeks.
Don't drive with your feet on
the clutch or brake pedals.
Don't let your car stand with
headlights full on. 1t Is unnec-
sary and 1t runs your battery
down.
Don't drive fast on slippery
streets.
Don't drive with fully retard-
ed spark.
Don't start motor with wide
open throttle or advanced spark.
Don't neglect the fabrication
of your car.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-05-03
Ground Plan for Community Hog House.

especially during the season of early
filters, is done more quickly, inasmuch
as a number of houses do not have to
be visited to see that the windows are
not covered with snow or sleet, or
otherwise ~obstructed.
(3) The artificial exercising Of
young pigs that are subject to thumps
and kindred troubles is easily done in
the community hog-house alley, a
number Of filters being driven at the
same time, this being in marked con.
trast to the more individualized eff
fort necessarily practiced in the
able isolated house system.
(4) Ventilation is more readily
controlled because but two or three.
hardly more. ventilators within close
range need to be visited.
(5) The exhibit to prospective buy
ers of promising pigs is more quickly
made.
(6) The hitching of the horse to
the feeding wagon twice or three
times daily is dispensed with; it is a
case of simply walking to the commu-
nifty house and getting busy"
"a With all the SOW under m
cover during the narrowing season,
the efficiency of a unit of labor is in
creased.
(S) There is no moving of a num-
Der OF houses to take up ones time.
(9) The repairs and maintenance
are more easily kept up In one big
house on a permanent foundation, and
within relatively easy reach (near the
farmstead buildings), than a number
Of small houses with somewhat I'M
stable underfootinss, and generally
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-05-03
fGB[1C
ROADS
WAR ROAD BUILDING POLICY
In Communication to Highway Off,
Gals, Secretary Houston Out.
lines Government Plan.

Secretary Houston of the depart
ment of agriculture in ii communities
tion to the American Association OF
state Highway Officials has set forth
squarely the policy which he thinks
should be followed in highway con
structlon during the war. Secretary
Houston says:
5 far as 1t Is practicable to do so,
ms department will urge the mainten
ahce or the highways already con
structed; the construction and com
pletion of those highways which are
vitality important because of their bear.
Ing upon the war situation or for the
of commodities; the post.
ponement of all highway construction
relatively less essential or not based
upon important military or economic
needs. The department is preparing
to suggest to the state highway depart
ments the preparation of n schedule
OF work for the federal aid projects fol-
l9lS In line with this policy"
In carrying out the policy thus an
nOunced there has been SEN out by
the office of public roads of the de
partment Of agriculture schedule forms
on which the states are requested tc
set forth their proposed federal aid
work for the 1918 working season.
These schedules call for u description
of each road. the character, quantity
and rail haul of the materials to be
used, the probable cost. the amount o.
federal funds desired, the specific pur
pose of the improvement. Its bearing
upon the war situation, and what eff
feet a delay Of the work until 1919 OF
later would have. With the informa
ton thus assembled and classified, al
efficient road construction program il
assured. While 1t is impossible to max.
any definite statement regarding TIT
transportation Of road materials, thu
expectations are that the transpOrta
ton situation will be improved ant
the shipment Of such materials fOi
essential projects can be made.
Road construction and maintenance.
in the United States involve an annua
expenditure of some $500, 100000, ant
there Is scarcely a section of the coun
try that Is nOt seriously affected by ,
marked disturbance in road work.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-05-03

hear the layman say that certain
roads are very expensive and unsat-
isfactory. He often passes Judgment
upon a road and condemns it without
any investigation of its cost or how
economical and satisfactory 1t might
be If properly maintained.
'The average road engineer is CON
frOnted with the problem of educating
the public to an appreciation of the
principles Of economy in road improve
ment as much as with technical mat
tiers. such as the selection of a type of
pavement and the method of properly
after construction"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-05-03
HERE ARE HINTS
TO KEEP FINISH
Also a Few "Don'ts" Cited About
Proper Care and Appearance
Of Automobile.
FAILURE TO WASH PROPERLY
Varnish Of New Car 10 Hardened and
Benefited by Frequent Washing
With Clear. Cool Water
Garage Gases Harmful.

You can abuse the engine pretty con
sistently before 1t begins to complain.
You can abuse the finish once or twice,
and then you have no finish to abuse.
The appearance of the car and the ap-
pearance Of the finish are one and the
same thing, and appearance goes a
long way toward determining the value
Of a house. a horse or an automobile.
The lack Of washing and failure to
wash properly will do more toward
running the appearance of the car than
any other thing. The varnish of the
new car is hardened and benefited by
frequent washing with clear cool wa
ter. Mud, allowed to dry or freeze on
the car, takes up all the oil from the
varnish and leaves the finish streaked
and spotted.
Dirt is not the only enemy, for
garage gases and even the atmosphere
Of some cities attacks the finish of the
car which Is not frequently washed.
Examine Other Fellows Car.
Before you turn your car over to a
garage for regular washing. examine
the other fellows car, and see what
they are doing to 1t. and once you find
q man who knows how to care for the
car properly let him wash it every time
1t needs 1t. A single washing, lone
carelessly. will destroy the luster that
careful washing has preserved for
months.
Start in by cleaning the top. Give
1t a good stiff brushing to remove the
loose dust and then either sponge 1t or
use a soft brush with clear tepid water
and CASTLE soap.
Go over the leather upholstery with
a wooden cloth dipped in clear water
to which has been added a few drops
Of ammonia. If the upholstery Is of
cloth it can best be cleaned by spong-
ing with water containing a little salt
and alcohol.
Now you are ready to use the hose.
the water over every part of the body.
This serves to wash off as much of the
dust as Is possible and to loosen the
mud, or ice. or snow, so that with a
little patience 1t can be floated off. In
cases where the car is exceptionally
dirty it Is well to let it stand Is min
utes and then shower it again.
Take a soft, clean sponge and, fol-
lowing 1t with a gentle stream from
the hose, 60 lightly over the body.
Special Brushes Needed.
Grease and road Oil collect on the
chassis and their removal requires
more vigorous treatment and separate
tools. Special brushes will greatly ia
cilitate work in inaccessible corners
The caustic action of an alkali soap is
necessary for the removal of grease on
the chassis, but eve when used here
1t Is advisable to employ 1t in the form
of a soap solution made by dissOlving
a pound Of soap in a gallon of warm
water.
The soap is, of course, rinsed off,
and a hard s:ream may be used in the
chassis to advantage, but 1t should not |
be directed against the wheel hubs, for |
dirt may be washed In and reach the |
bearings.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-05-03
Lake II~Iopongo.

into La Libertad are much traversed
port for San Salvador.
The mountain scenery on the way
to Santa Tecla, 1850 feet above sea
level and but II miles from San Sal
vador, is inspiring. The great coast
range Of mountains sends out giant
spurs and hogbacks to the very shores
Of the Pacific. and between these lie
numerous watercourses that run to the
sea. The region, OF which the extinct
volcano, Quetzaltepeque, is a magnif1-
cent feature. Is very mountainous and
rugged and Is intercepted by magnif-
cent and fertile valleys.
Santa Tecla, also known as Nueva
San Salvador, lies at the base of the
mighty volcano San Salvador. It is
connected by railroad and also by a
fine venue with the nearby capital +;
1t will be the most important city be-
tween San Salvador and La Libertad
when the railroad spur to that port
has been constructed. The city is well
Illuminated at night, has attractive
drives, fine public buildings, churches,
barracks, hospitals. beautiful resi-
dences, villas, and suburban homes
and estates, magnifcently kept up.
with fine lawns and gardens and all
the appurtenances Of fashionable coun-
try homes. From a social viewpoint
1t Is almost a part Of San Salvador.
The city has a population Of about
1900; 1t owes Its origin to an earth
quake which overwhelmed the capital
about two generations ago.
San Salvador a Handsome City.
There Is nothing Of the "dolce far
niente' type about San Salvador which,
with Its %environs. has a population Of
$4,000. With the exception Of Pana-
ma City, San Salvador has more au-
tomObiles than any other Central
American city. Moving pictures, too,
are popular in the capital and through.
out the republic. The city attracts
by its beautiful, shaded parks with
their fine sculptured monuments, the
splendid national palace, the cathedral,
the National university and the Poly.
technic institute.
The cathedral presents perhaps
more the typical French renaissance
style than the typical cathedral in the
capitals Of the new world, though It
is a most ornate and beautiful work of
architecture. Altogether San Saliva
dor has a distinct European note In
the mir Of its shops and stores. The
broad streets, fine cement curbs, the
ornate, low-lying buildings with their
handsomely grilled and latticed win
dows. the beautiful, semitroplcal parks
with their luxurlant foliage and COM
Portable seats, where the visitor may
watch the parade of fashion and the
many cosmopolitan elements Of the
city, engage in social chats. make new
acquaintances, and listen to an excel
lently rendered cOncert-all these rem
der a stay In the capital a pleasant
event.
Forty miles to the northwest is San.
tn Ana, second city Of the republic. |
and rightly accounted one Of the lead.
Ing cities Of Central America. Santa
Ana will be the first important city Of
Salvador to be reached by rail from
the north when the line to connect
with the Guatemalan systems is built.
The city has a population of between
$4,000 and $4,000 and an elevation Of
100 feet. 1t is a lively, prosperous,
community, with an air
Of assured stability. It's business
houses are many.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-05-03
IMlsleadtnu Proverbs.

Nothing succeeds like success" To
paraphrase PLATE. ".What is success?"
And is 1t not often true that in many
young lives a failure, or what seems to
be failure. is the best thing that can
happenT Look before you leap" i'm.
plies a delay and doubt, desirable
enough in some cases, but fatal and ut
terly reprehensible in others. The nec-
essary qualification takes the point
from the proverb as 1t does from
Speech is silver, silence is golden"
There r t mieswhen silence is mud.
and when speech. fearless and direct,
is above diamonds and rubies.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-05-03
SENSE OF SMELL IN HUMANS
Less Acute Than Those Of Hearing
and Seeing Because < is Of
Less Need.

When a a climbed into the trees
and spent generation after generation
running through the branches he had
little use for an acute sense of smell,
for It was practically impossible to
trail his friends, his prey or his enc
mics through the trees. because they
left no such scent on the limbs as
they did upon the ground. Hearing
and seeing became more important
and were sharpened to take the place
Of the dying olfactOry talents. Doctor
Jones says that despite the poor con-
dition Of our noses as gatherers of in.
formation, the smelling sense "still
shows q subtle power as a memory
sense"
Dudley Kidd has noted this feature
in investigating the psychology Of Ka-
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-05-03
Newfoundland Wealth,

AS producers of wealth the farmers
are so far ahead Of any other class or
element of the population Of the Do
minion that It is rather difficult for a
Canadian to realize that there is any
large party of the North American
continent where like conditions do not
prevail. And yet Canadians have only
TO cross the threshold Of their eastern
front door, and visit their fellow Brit
n of the ancient colony in the gulf.
to come upon such conditions. In New
fOundland it is the fisheries and not
the farms that hold first place as
sources of wealth. Many of the fish,
ermen are farmers so that the people
on the land have a share in both
sources of national income.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-05-03
HEADLIGHTS IN GOOD FOCUS
Some Light Up Road More on Sides
Than Center-Plan Given for Best
Adjustment.

Are your headlights In proper focus?
II not, you are not getting the best use
from them. Some light up the sides
OF the road more than the center, and
some light the road too far ahead.
Point your car directly at a white wall
30 or 40 feet away and adjust the
bulb Of one lamp so that there is no
black spot in the center Of light. Then
adjust the other lamp to light up the
sides Of the road.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-05-03
COMMUNITY HOG
HOUSE IS LIKED
Found to Be Preferable to the
Small Movable Type.
PERMANENCY IS ADVANTAGE
Design Shows Structure Containing
Twelve Pens and Large Feed
Room With Concrete
Run Yards.

Mr.. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building work on the farm, for
the readers of this paper. On account of
his wide experience as Editor, Author and
Manufacturer. he is. without doubt, the
highest authority on all these subjects.
Address all inquiries to William A. Rad
ford, No. 1927 Prairie avenue. Chicago,
ILL.,. and only inclose three-cent stamp for
reply.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-05-03
SOCKET WRENCHES ARE BEST
They Save Time and Keep Nuts and
Bolts in Good condition-Don't
Round Of EDGES.

The man who buys a box Of socket
wrenches is making a good investment.
They save time and keep nuts and
bolts in good condition. since they at
perfectly and do not round off the
edges. Open-end wrenches are next
best. II you must use a monkey
wrench, set it up carefully and avoid
rounding off the nut corners as much
as possible.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-05-03
Queer Reckoninos Of Distance.

In rural Germany they speak Of
places being SO many hours distant
meaning, of course, by walking; and
In the rural parts of Schleswig-Hol-
stein they say that a place is a pipe,
or two pipes, or three pipes of, accord
ing TO the number of pipes one could
smoke while walking there. Shorter
distances are reckoned by banks. A
village under a mile away would be
two or three dogs barks! It is as we
say, within calling distance"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-05-03
TRAINING MEN FOR SERVICE
School Opened to Provide Technically
Trained Drivers-Every Man
Will Be Paid.

To provide technically trained men
in the automobile industry, especially
for automobile service stations
throughout the country, a %well.known
motor car company is opening a tech.
nical service training school, open 10
men who have not had any automobile
experience. Every man accepted fjr
the school will be paid while bel ig
taught.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-05-03
Important Surgical Discovery.

A new theory Of the shock, or low.
cred vitality. attending many surgical
operations is that it is due to clogging
Of the smaller blood vessels with fat
globuIes. Investigating, DR.. w. T.
Porter Of the Rockefeller institute
found that shock is most common in
patients with a fracture Of the thigh
hone and those with multiple wounds
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-05-03
Farmer and the Auto.

Like business and professional men.
farmers are placing greater and great
er demands on motor cars. AS a util-
ity the automobile will continue to
grow in use because Of the convenience
1t brings and because Of the great
possible.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-05-03
Timepieces Need Care.

Clocks will keep good time IL they
are not wound too tightly and never
allowed to run down. An eight-day
clock should be wound once In four
days, and then half or little more than
half way each time. A watch that
is wound twice a day will keep better
time than If it is wound up quite tight
every "a hours.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-05-03
BY WILLIAM A. RADEORO.

If you want to make money on hogs,
you must give them a proper place to
live in. The best profits are made
only when a dry, sanitary, comfortable
and convenient hog house is provided.
1t Is a mistake to think a hog does
not need to be protected from the
weather. Having been originally a ma
tive of warmer climates, nature has
not provided a pig with much in the
way of protective covering. He has
no thick coat of hair or wool or feath-
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-05-03

fir children. When Kafirs are ques-
TONED as to their earliest remembered
Impressions they usually state that
these we're connected with the senses
Of taste and smell. The next things
they remember are connected with the
sense of color; then impressions Of
sound and of form follow last Of ALL
Chicago Herald.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-05-03

through fatty tissue. and laboratory
studies showed the probable cause.
Producing labored breathing by add
ing carbondioxide to the air inhaled
overcame the impeachment in most
cases. starting the blood back to the
heart. with recovery from the shock.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-05-03
Fine RUNNING Motor.

An automobile dealer says that any
one who wants to have a fine running
motor should put a couple of quarts Of
light or medium lubricating oil in with
every ten gallons of gasoline pumped
into the tank.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-05-03
Wild Guess,

"Why do they refer to a Statesman
as a sOlOn?"
"The word is derived from the dead
languages" answered the mar who as
sumes to know everything, "and re-
fers to a statesman's instructive de-
sire to get on a platform and do an
oratOrical SOLO"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-05-03
Watch Shackies Closely.

Watch the shackles and do not allow
mud to accumulate, for small particles
of flinty grit in the mud make their
way into the working parts and cause
excessive wear. Lubricate the shackle
bolts generously.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-05-03
. Couldn't Be Modern

John was a good man." said the dis
cOnOlate widow, but he was so old
fashioned to the last"
How SOL" asked the sympathetic
friend?"
well, he got killed by a runaway
hOrSa"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-05-03
Isolated ~"CIodhopper,"

Isolated by bad roads the farmer
surely is a "clodhopper," and must
keep hopping fast and for long hours
or his income will be buried deep un-
der his transportation expenses.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-05-03
Bell Prevents Accidents-

A new piece of automobile apparat.
us gives warning by ringing a bell when
the a is backed. 1t will prevent many
accidents.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-05-03
Keeptno Count

"Do you think the recording angel
can keep track Of all u misdeedsf'
"Why not? My wife, who is only Q
fallible mortal, never loses count"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-05-03
Towing Heavy rrailers,

A motor operated capstan and spring
buffer coupling have been invented by
a Partisan for towing heavy t~railers be-
hind automobiles.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-05-03
TOOL REMOVES C0TTER PINS
Implement Can Be Made From an Old
File or Similar Article-oper-
alton 10 Easy.

The tool shown here can be made
from an old file or similar tool. BY
lightly tapping the head of the tool
with a hammer, as shown in illustra-
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-05-03
Large and Thrifty Pigs.

Pigs sired by mature bOars are gen.
orally larger and more thrifty while
young than those sired by immature
boars.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-05-03
Comfortable Barns Best.

Comfortable barns keep dairy cows
warm far more cheaply than high
priced feed.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-05-03
Cause Of Luna Disease.

Hogs should not be allowed to root
In the hot steaming manure, as it is
sure to cause lung disease.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-05-03
Soldiers Relish Pork.

You may love the American hog,
but the boys On the firing line will
enjoy the pork. ,
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-05-03

Improvement IN Old Adape.
II at first you don't succeed. try.
try again, but be sure to try a little
harder than you did before, and iust
q little differently, too.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-05-03

ton, the outer pin is started. says the
Stewart Lever. The tool Is then re-
versed and the pin drawn out by
means of the hook.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-05-03
Renovate the Car.

Why not do some r~enovating Of the
automobile before good roads GOMEZ
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-05-03
Material for Good Butter,

Good butter can be made only from
good, clean-flavOred cream.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-10
CHEER THAT'S NOT FLAWLESS

Lots of caterpillars last fall. Hor- nets build their nests high in the trees. A printer at Munice, Indiana has seen two singing bluebirds in his yards. early every morning of late. Chipmunks' storage plants are only half filled. An Omaha man has four hens ready to set.
 This is the kind of cheer they are sending up from the States to en- courage us to expect "a short. open winter" We sniff about and remark that the signs, taken in conjunction with the present weather. look good to us-that is, they all look good to us except the prophecy presented by the Indiana printer.
 What an Indiana printer sees early in the morning doesn't signify. It is just as likely to be pair of Andes candors warbling on the clothes line as a couple of gentle bluebirds