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Arizona republican., 1918-03-03
MOTORISTS ENTER
 THRIFT MOVEMENT
 CONCERNING TIRES

"The thrift movement that is sweep ing the country at the present time, said Ed. Rudolph yesterday lis hay ing a fine influence on the motor car and tire business, in my opinion.
 While it is an admitted fact that at first many car operators and prospec- tive car buyers were a little afraid that car expenditure were not in harmony with the movement for thrift and economy: they are now coming around to the point where they realize that the car is d necessity and that they have, in many instances been operating their cars at a higher expense than is nec- essary
 For example many people have felt that tire buying was a matter of luck and. as they bought tires, it was just exactly that. People did not. use their judgment. Most of them kept trying a new brand every time they bought d tire. The result was that they got very little satisfaction either on the work done by the tire or the service given by the people of whom they purchased.
 The people who want the most for their money are now coming in and Investigating Firestone tires. which more than ever are being sold on the solid basis of construction. The move meut towards thrift has resulted in more converts to Firestone cord and Firestone fabric tires than during any simila period in my experience.
 MT. H. $. Firestone, president of the Firestone Tire x Rubber company has long believed that everyone can save money on tires if he observes more precautions in driving his car He feels that the careless driving which injures tires and leads to their being punctured or blown out early in their history, can be stopped in a large measure if people better understood tires.
 This propaganda by Mir. Firestone has resulted in moving pictures being shown in thousands of cities in the country in cooperation with the chiefs of police of these cities. These films show the need for more careful driv- ing. which in turn affects the service given by the tires.
 Quick starts and stops are not only dangerous 10 the lives and limbs of the occupants of the car and pedestrians but are terribly injurious to tires.
 People are learning nowadays tC drive carefully. to keep out of street car tracks, to avoid rubbing tires against curbs. In other words. they exercise the discretion and judgment in handling their cars that they would in any other part of their living. And this idea is producing dividends, not only in greater safety but in remark able saving in tires and car up-keep.
 Regular Firestone customers hay, long realized that the name Fire. stone' assures them most miles pel dollar But even they did not under stand just what has been put int, Firestone tires in material and con. struction which produces this result am busy every day now. showin, Firestone cross sections, Cord an, fabric, 10 Firestone users and to dog ems of other car owners who up to thi time have never investigated tire con struction at all
 "The Firestone special reinforce ment places the bending point wher
Arizona republican., 1918-03-03

ing their machines to the fullest extent for the relief of the congestion" said Miss Jeanette Rankin, first woman ever to sit as a regular member of the house of representatives, in a recent lecture before the Woman's club of Worcester, Mass.
 "The lady from Montana" as Speak CT Champ" Clark addresses Miss Rankin when recognizing her when she wants to speak on any measure, saw Worcester from the tonneau of a Studebaker six The Studebaker branch manager placed a fleet of Studebakers at the disposal of Miss Rankin and her party during their stay in the Massachusetts city. Miss Rankin chose, for her personal car, a brilliant red 1918 Studebaker sport model-a car whose long, low-hung graceful and rakish lines and beautiful ap- pointments never fail to captivate the heart of the feminine motor enthusiast. And, let it be known right here, the energetic and aggressive congresswo- man from the west is an ardent motor fan.
 The automobile today is not lux ury." said Miss Rankin with empasis, in the course of her lecture. There are uO pleasure CdIS UONdudyS. Jney are all passenger cars-and as such they become necessity cars. We can't get along without the motor car now anymore than we can get along with out the telephone. The passenger car of today has lifted mighty burdens from the shoulders of the railroads and 1 predict that the automobile is destined to play an even more import ant role in the solving of the nation S transportatio nproblems.
 'The gasoline shortage in this coun- try at the present time is not correctly understood, according to information which I have gathered in Washington. The situation, which threatened last summer to result in a shortage, has changed radically. Gasoline economy due to the campaign recently encour- aged by the government bureau o1 mines, the drilling of new oil wells decreased use of gas during these past winter months, and lack of shipping | facilities to export to Europe have al | combined to cause consumption to fal considerably below production.
 Don't let anybody tell you that tfer. | isn't any gasoline-there is. There
 a lot more where the present suppl,
 comes from, and when that is gone W, 1 are going to manufacture gas out o
 ore in Montana. But that's anothe | story
Arizona republican., 1918-03-03
PRODUCTION OF JORDAN MOTORS
 HAS INCREASED

fifty per cent increase in the pro- duction of Jordan motor cars made possible by the immediate addition of S20O,OO0 to the capital, and the placing of Jordan stock on a definite paying basis is part of a plan announced at a meeting of the board of directors following the annual stockholders meeting held in Cleveland.
 At the national automobile shows it became apparent that the sales possi- bilities of the Jordan company had reached a point where, unless provision could be made for increased produc- ton, the growing demand could not possibly be supplied.
 During the past year Jordan did a business of approximately s3,00O, 900 on a working capital of S300OO pro- ducing and selling more than 2OOO Jordan cars.
 In the last quarter of 1917 Jordan | earnings amounted to 16.7 per cent on the capital which is equivalent to 66.S | per cent for the year.
 The expense incident to starting a new business, putting a, new car on the market, and establishing Jordan reputation has now been absorbed and the earnings as shown by the last l quarterly statement have been very satisfactory.
 The new plan was suggested to the 1 board of directors by prominent Cleve- land interests who have watched care | fully the development of the Jordan company, and who are aware of the fact that manufacturers and dealers have been unable this winter to accu- mulate the usual stocks of cars for spring delivery.
 The plan provides for the sale of s200,OOG of preferred stock now in the l treasury, with one-half share of com mon stock given as a bonus with each share of preferred. This stock will be be fully paid and -assessable.
 The preferred stock now held by the original stockholders, together with the new preferred issue will be placed on a per cent annual dividend basis. to be paid quarterly
 | The new issue will first be formally offered to the present stockholders who may subscribe pro-rata to their present holdings. In the event that the tissue is not all taken by them it will be then available to new subscribers Control of the Jordan company re- mains in the hands of MT. Jordan and
 his working associates.
Arizona republican., 1918-03-03

much bigger cars than Fords and had
 seen them all bring up to a trembling
 stop, as he whiZZed by with a pitying smile. Mir. Green knew his tried and
 trusty Ford and believed he had the right of way. and if the motorman driving the street car, thought he could deprive him of that right, why Provi- dence help the foolish pride Of both the conductor and the street car. It was the impression of all who saw them meet, that the two had an even break. The motorman got in the first blow, catching the Ford right at the front door. When the dust settled, the street car had been knocked from the car tracks into the gutter and brought up against a lamp post, while Green and his Ford were still trying to topple the car over. Green states that if it were not for his being a little slow on the start. and letting the car get in the
Arizona republican., 1918-03-03
PEOPLE WHO NEED
 AUTOS ARE ID BE
 BUYERS IN FUTURE

"Who will buy the 1918 output of automobiles?"
 General Sales Manager Jno. D. Mans field of the Dort Motor Car company finds the question easy.
 ''The same people who have always bought them and always will buy them those who need them. And this year there are more people than ever be- fore" Mir. Mansfield continued. That is because it is necessary to get about more. In addition to their usual duties. which are more strenuous and exact- ing than ever ,men find themselves confronted with patriotic obligations that take a large part of their time.
 "Thousands of Dort owners have volunteered for Liberty bond, Red Cross, Y. M. C. A. and other work in- cidental to the succeful conduct of the war. They are the best of the agricul- tural and industrial sections in which they live. They freely and gladly give the time necessary for these added ac- tivities, but to do it and still keep pacs with private demands. they must move quickly and promptly.
 Their engagements must be scheduled and met on time. The use of any other conveyance than the au1 tomobile is out of the question, under the circumstances.
 "The war and the big part the autos mobile has played in it has forever eliminated tEe term pleasure car.' It always was inappropriate, and now that passenger cars, as well as motor trucks, are performing so potent a, part of the worlds necessary work, it is permanently taboo.
 "Who will buy cars this year? The farmer, the manufacturer, the mer- chant, the salesman, the professional man and all those who value time. They will also be bought for the recre- ation they afford in these troublous days when fresh air and change of scene are more than ever necessary to the health, vitality and efficiency of the nations man-power."
Arizona republican., 1918-03-03

Motor trucks haul ice through city streets in summer. but it has remained for Wellesley, Mass.,- that center of culture and femin- inc learning-to discover how to harvest ice with a motor. And once more necessity is the parent of the idea.
 Reuben Currier cuts ice from Morse's pond in Wellesley. He was particularly anxious to get at the job early this winter, for the first ice was thick and clear and fine. Ordinarily, his work requires p horses and S5 men. But both horses and men were scarce this winter, so Curriers' ingenuity devised spiked rims for the rear wheels of a Dodge brothers touring car. After that the ice harvest pro- ceeded merrily-and profltabiy- the Dodge brothers car doing the work of four horses.
Arizona republican., 1918-03-03

The motorman driving the Grand av- enue car that suffered an encounter last Wednesday afternoon, with a Ford driven by William Green of Scottsdale
 is sadder and wiser man. And all because MT. Green approaching Wash ington at Fifth avenue at the same time with the trolley, successfully proved that his was the right of way.
 The motorman of that particular car has had experience with drivers of other autos, who timidly have drawn up and let him whiz by; but in MT. Green he met man of better cour- age, and in the little old Ford he met hls Waterloo. It was serene MT. Green who saw the street car bearing down upon him and it was an over confident, bell-clanging, aggressive motorman, who was challenging him to dare to take chance. He had dared many a bigger man than MT. Green in
Arizona republican., 1918-03-03
Matched Race
 For OperlQnd
 and MdiS Car

Local automobile enthusiasts be- lieve there is sufficient public in- terest in the outcome of the recent fifty miles free-for- all race at the fair, grounds to warrant matched race between the snappy little Overland eight" and the "Mais Special 24,' the principals in that event.
 The Overland has practically "cIeaned up' all Arizona racinq cars and has met defeat only at the hands of imported products, it is declared, and is therefore en- titled to claim the championship Of the state.
Arizona republican., 1918-03-03

it should be. The added measure of rubber in the Firestone cushion layer and the thicker tougher tread-all these are interesting car owners as they study methods of reducing costs.
 ,'I am confident that this is going to be one of the biggest years for mo- toring the honest, dollar for dollar tire dealer has ever seen. The war has been instrumental in placing mo- toring on the basis which it belongs that is, as necessity to our every day living and not as a useless luxury and pleasure"
Arizona republican., 1918-03-03

First the car was tried with the ice marker and then with the growing blow, and it was found that a much larger expanse was covered than with horses. Then the car was turned to hauling the ice from the far side of the pond to the ice house channel; and it easily lowed cakes 100 feet long while men laboriously poled cakes only five feet long.
 The equipment necessary to fit out the car for work on the ice was simple. Tires and rims were removed from the rear wheels and in their places, on each wheel, was applied a demountable rim fitted with sharpened studs or spikes. These gave excellent traction on the smooth ice. Ordinary skid chains were used on the front wheels to insure proper steering.
Arizona republican., 1918-03-03
CONCESTED RAIL
 SERVICE HELPED
 BY AUTOMOBILES

Instead of curtailing the use of mo-
 tor cars of every description, as has been the need in France and England, in order to conserve the meager sup ply of gasoline, American car and truck owners will be doing the coun- try large service in the present pass enger and freight congestion, by us-
Arizona republican., 1918-03-03
BATES BAR ROADWAY

Carrying $500 pounds each of cot- ton cake three Maxwell trucks traveled l20 miles to Dallas, Texas, a few days ago. They were carrying goods for the M. & L. Transfer and Storage com pany. On the road the drivers were compelled to get off their trucks to open 56 gates. Under these adverse conditions the trucks averaged F miles to the gallon
Arizona republican., 1918-03-03

first blow, breaking ore of his wheels. he would have knocked over the lamp post and tipped over the car.
 Twenty minutes after the occurrence. MT. Green was on his way to Scotts~ dale, a new wheel having been furn ished by Ed. Rudolph. He doesn't mind the two dollars the wheel cost him, but he feels rather bitter about not hitting the car first. It took a couple of hours to get the street car back on the track Manager Mitchell of the Street Rail- way company knows MT. Green for a determined individual, hence he no doubt has ordered every man in his employ, that right or wrong. give all Fords the right of way, and come to a dead stop when they see MT. Green approaching.
Arizona republican., 1918-03-03

Do not wait till tomorrow-phone that WANT AID. to The Republican and dispose of. or get what you want.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-03
BIRTHS MUST
BE REGISTERED
lowa's New Vital Statistics Law Is in
Effect and Will Prove Of
Considerable
Value.

The vital statistics law, passed by
the thirty-seventh general assembly,
went into effect Tuesday. Through
this law births, deaths. marriages and
divorces will be recorded by the
county clerk and reported to the
state board OF health. Heretofore
only deaths have been reported.
Physicians must file birth certif
Gates with the clerk of the district
court within ten days. This certifi.
cate will give the name of the father
and mother, their occupation and
residence, where the birth took place
and physician in attendance.
The need of a vital statistics law,
with births officially recorded, has
been especially emphasized this past
year in the registration and draft of
persons between the ages of twenty
n and thirty.
DR.. G. H. Sumner, secretary of the
state board OF, health, tells of a dis
pute which arose in Lucas county
over the age of a young. man thought
to be of draft age. Several Of the
neighbors remembered that on the
same day the boy was born another
neighbor's COW gave birth to a calf
and the calf, being pure bred, was
registered. They looked up the date
Of the birth of this calf, which had
been duly registered in the pure bred
herd book, and through this con-
hrmed the date Of the birth of the
boy.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-03
Ebo WA SAW
. A:GATEcIT T.!

turned Monday from their wedding
trip to st. Louis, made a few days
ago.
Charles Plantz Of Peoria, spent
Sunday with his brother, Truman, and
his sister, Mrs. Fannie Green,
Walter Kraehling of The Gate City,
was here Monday in the interest Of
the paper.
Sixteen Warsaw people chartered
a trolley a the other night, and at
tended the Baby Welfare dance in
Keokuk. Keokuk gets many dollars
from Warsaw people who are in
search of amusement, and that city
don't want to lose sight Of the fac.
The examining board at Carthage
are promised to be kept buster thar
ever during January.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Stephens
were favored by the following Christ
mas visitors: Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
Fletcher and Miss Clara Stephens,
Mrs. Fletcher's sister. all Of Hanni,
bal, Mo-; Mrs. A. F. Meller and
daughter, Mrs. Mary Lange, and Miss
Loretta Harmon Of Keokuk, and Il.
A. Cole Of Davenport, Iowa.
Rev. G. G. Maple OF the NJ. E.
church, took The New Year as the
text Of his last Sunday mornings
sermon.
Prof. and Mrs. F. E. Cook enjoyed
a family reunion recently with Mrs.
Cooks brothers, George D. Roth, Of
Quincy, and Harry w. Roth, of st.
Louis.
A shining example Of generosity
and patriotism was recently reported
of a family Of four in Davenport,
Iowa. who gave every month $1,000
to. the Red Cross, or $3.50 each; hard
to beat.
The Bulletin last week sent out
with each number Of the paper a
beautiful souvenir supplement, your
Flag and Nine" published by the
National Committee on Patriotic
Literature.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-03
D0UBLY proven
Keokuk Readers Can No Longer
Doubt the Evidence.

This Keokuk citizen testified long
ago.
Told of quick relief-of undoubted
benefit
The facts are now confirmed,
Such testimony is complete-the
evidence conclusive.
1t forms convincing proof Of merit.
Mrs. Mary LANCE, Adams House,
says: Whenever 1 get a cold 1t Is
sire to settle in my back and for sew
eral days it is misery for me to get
around. At such times sharp pains
dart through my kidneys. During one
Of these spells I began using Deans
Kidney Pills and they o put me in
good shape"
Over eight years later Mrs. Lange
said: "Doan's Kidney Pills have cured
me of kidney weakness and I don't
hesitate to praise them when I can"
Price Coo, at all dealers. Don't
somply ask for a kidney remedy-get
noan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. LANCE had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-03

WARSAW, Ill, Jan. 3.-Miss Laura
Fry, a student at the state normal,
is spending the Christmas holidays
with her parents.
Emil G. Smith and wife Of Mil
waukee, Wis, returned home Mon
day; they were called here by the
fatal illness of Mrs. SIS mother,
Mrs. Fenor.
Band practice of the Tenth regi-
ment band has been postponed until
after the holiday excitement.
Our merchants enjoyed a holiday
trade that exceeded previous years,
and a large proportion Of it came
from the farmers.
Miss Pearl Plank of Chicago, is
spending the holidays with her sis
ter, Mrs. J.. C. Crawford, and her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Plank.
The postoface was so crowded with
Christmas mail that additional. cler-
ical help was necessary.
VIM. l.. Sack and wife are home
from a Christmas visit with rela-
tives in Chicago; Marvin Sack spent
several days there, and returned
Saturday.
Roy Williams of the Twenty-third
engineers, stationed at Jefferson
barracks, Mo, writes that he with
his regiment has been ordered to
Camp Meade. Maryland.
Mrs. Frank LeBron, Sr., Of Keokuk,
spent New Years day with her son
]. w. Kirkpatrick and family.
Will Plantz Green of Indianapolis,
Ind, was in town Monday, enroute
west on an important business trip
connected with his association; he
may be gone a month. Mrs. Green
will arrive shortly and will visit her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Ed
during most Of the month Of
January.
Wendell Sack and wife Of Chicago,
are visiting his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Halsey X. Sack.
Mr.. and Mrs. John l.. Schram re-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-03
BODY
is COSMOPOLITAN
State U~nIversIty o. Iowa Students
Who Number Three thousand
Represent All States,
8katIQflcQ SHOW


IOWA CITY, Iowa, Jan. Sit would
be difficult to find q more cosmopolitan
group than the student body at the
State university of iowa. In the three
thousand men and women there, eight
different countries, twentyeeven states
every county in Iowa and practically
every Iowa town has representatives,
South Dakota, with a delegation OF
thirty-four students, leads the lists OF
states, but Illinois is close behind with
twenty-nine representatives, and Min
nesota sends eighteen students t1
university. Wisconsin ranks
next with ten and Montana and Ne.
braska follow with eight each.
Other states are represented as fol|
lows: New York, z; Indiana. s; Mis-
souri,, 6; Texas, 8; Ohio, s.; Kansas, 81
Idaho, 4; North Dakota, 3: Oklahoma,
3; Michigan, 8: Massachusetts,, o.
washington. Q; Oregon, 2; Penney
vania. 2; West Virginia, O. Colorado,l
2; Wyoming, /; Arkansas, 1; Rhode
Island, ]; Washington, D. c., /.
from China to Porto Rico. The
Philippine islands have six students|
enrolled in the university; China hasi
one and Porto Rico has one. Russia,
the only European nation which Isl
represented this year, has only one
student. One Armenian is taking
work in the college of medicine and
the only delegate from India Is a mem.
Der of the faculty.
The total number of students with
homes outside Iowa is almost two,
hundred. Germany has in former
years usually been represented by two
or three students, but this year not 81
student claims that country as
his home. South America is not rep
resented this year, and the reason fofI
fact is not so obvious.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-03
COAL EXPLODES
AT FIT. MADISON
Police There Investigate Unusual
Circumstance Surrounding Arci-
dent-May Have Been
ALoaded."
The Fort Madison Democrat saw,

The Fort Madison Democrat says:
Investigation of an accident in
which one man, C. e. Smith, who
gives his residence as Hunter, Mo-,
was injured and another slightly hurt
in an explosion which occurred near
the plant of the Brown Paper COM
pany here, late Tuesday afternoon,
has been started by the police.
A lump of coal taken from a car
or from a Santa Fe coal pile in that
vicinity exploded when it was placed
on a fire kindled by the two men.
Smith was severely cut about the
face and head and part Of his cloth
ing was blown away. The other man.
who was some distance from the
fire, received slight burns about the
face.
The cause Of the explosion is some.
what mystifying to the police, but
there is a possibility that the coal
contained dynamite. That substance
has been found in many car loads of
coal within the past few weeks and
the government has started a rigid
and nationwide investigation to de.
termine its source. 1t is not con-
sidered improbable that the sub
stance which exploded here was
dynamite or some similar high expIo.
sive.
Had it been placed in a stove or
In some enclosed firebox the explo.
sion would have been more violent
Immediately after the accident
Smiths companion took the injured
man to the Brown paper mills and a
physician was summoned to attend
him. He was then removed to the
Sacred Heart hospital. The man re.