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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-14
BIG PARADE HERE TODAY
BOOSTING "SHIP-BY-TRUCK''
National Movement Celebrated Here For the First Time
Dealers Work Hard o Make 1t Success

The first "Ship-by-Truck" day. the
big national movement fostered by
the Firestone Tire and Rubber Com.
pany and in which practically every
truck and tire manufacturer and
dealer all over the country is CO.
operating. opened up here to-day
with a big parade in which it is es-
timated there will be at least two
hundred trucks representing every
dealer and many lines of business.
Following the parade which was
started from Front and Market
streets around IL o'clock. a mass
meeting was held in the Chestnut
street auditorium in which several
prominent speakers gave their views
on the Ship -by-Truck" movement.
That the movement is well placed
and sure to he of benefit to every
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-14
AUTOMOBILE NEWS
AND
ADVERTISING
The Handling Of Inner Tubes
TIRE TALK NO. q
BY GEORGE G. MCFARLAND
Local Firestone Dealer

What the air container of the bas-
ketball or the football is to the whole
toy, that, the inner tube is to the
tire. Be careful of it and you ride
on a first class cushion of air, be
careless and you are going to ride
all the sooleT on the rim and the
locks.
If tire users better understood the
construction of inner tubes, and what
is lnorC TO the point, would put in
practice what they know, the COM
fort of riding would be greatly en-
hanced. Let me emphasize several
points in this article:
The trouble sometimes starts
when the tubes are bought. They
come in cardboard boxes to be sure,
but that is no reason why they
should be kept in such containers
any longer than is necessary. There
is danger that the gum, and the
danger is all the greater If the gum
is of the pure Para variety. will be
chafed, and eventually cracked and
ruined. It is a matter of economy
to purchase a tube bag, which soon
pays for itself.
The value of fresh air may be en-
phasized to advantage in relation to
tires as it has been in respect to
lungs. If your machine is to be
laid on the shelf for few weeks.
remove the stale air, pump in
enough fresh air to "round OUT the
tubes, cover them against the light
and jack up your car. On general
principles, tubes should be filled two
or three times year with fresh air,
since the effect of stale air is in it
self deleterious.
Reverting to the subject of pre-
serving tubes in cases. given size
of tube should always be placed in
the same size of case. Just as it is
inadvisable to wear shoes either too
large or small for ones feet, so is
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-14
MOTOR DEALERS
OUTING JUNE 10
Big Time Is Scheduled to Be
Held at the Monn
Cottage

t'Hail. hail, the gangs all here" is
what the Harrisburg Motor Dealers
will be singing next Thursday, June
the 18th, when the whole shubang
gets together in a real old time out
ing at the Nom Cottage along the
Conodoguinet Creek. And real
time it is promised to be according
to the committee in charge of ar
rangem ents, but what these real
times are to be-ah, therein lies the
secret-to a certain extent.
TO start in with, we are told,
Harrisburg to the cottage In which u
splendid prize will be awarded TO
the dealer coming nearest to that
certain time, And then when they
get there-oh. boy, Good time
galore. There will be athletic
events, stunts, sports, baseball an
everything, And eats. oh, lady, lady,
They say that is to be the best part
of it, oodles of everything delicious.
The picnic is being staged by the
Harris sburg Motor Dealers Associa-
ton, No stone has been left un-
turned by the committee to make it
huge success, There are about
sixty members in the association and
when these boys get together there
is something doing every minute.
The route to the Monn Cottage is
out over the Carlisle Pike to the
second road from oysters Point
where you turn to the right and go
down to the creek. following the
road along the creek to~the first
house above Good Hope Mill. There
is plenty of room for everybody ana
V0aJ ei1ad nrOUH iS nXneCtPd.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-14

community has been tried and
proven during the recent war time
when the railroads were overtaxed
and it was necessary to bring the
truck into play in inter-city hauling
Several of the large concerns in the
east established regular routes and
rlany concerns sprang into being
whose business was that of hauling
long distances. 1t is not an uncom-
mon sight to see trucks here from
Philadelphia, New York, Baltimore
and the other large cities of the east,
and there are several concerns in
Harrisburg that does the long dis
tance hauling plying between here
and Philadelphia and New York and
other large points.
One factor that stands out in the
ship-by- truck movement is that
the farmer is enabled to bring his
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-14

it imprudent to keep a tube in the
wrong sized container. 1t should be
obvious that 4 X inch tube, If
stored in u 4-inch case is sure to be-
come wrinkled and creased. and it
should be equally obvious that 4
inch tube in a Il Inch case is
bound to stretch and get flabby. as
we'll as to suffer the ill effects of
heat and action due to displacement
of air; and yet people who are
aware that shoes which are too
small and shoes which are too large
are similarly harmful to their feet,
will thoughtlessly or persistently
ruin their tire equipment by tho
kind of performance which l have
just suggested.
l alluded in the last article to the
importance of fabrication. Before
leaving the question of handling in
ner tubes as they should be handled,
let me emphasize the value of lubri-
cation. Care should be exercised
that the lubricant is distributed
evenly. If the soapstones or mica,
or tale is dumped" at one spot, sur
plus heat is generated, which dries
the rubber locally and promotes
cracking. The same undesirable re-
suit comes from using the lubricat-
ing agent too freely; for some peo-
PIE, actlng upon the mistaken prin-
ciple that if a little of anything is
good. more is better. are inclined to
overdo the lubricating expedient
They overdo it just as they injure
the lining of their nostrils by en-
ploying salt solution that is too
strong for those tender mem branes.
Do not minimize the Importance of
fabrication, but be certain that the
right amount is distributed often
enough in the right way and in the
right places.
(To BE Continued Next Saturday,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-14

Far be it from us to give Mr..
Ford any free advertising, but the
Bronx, \. Y, Home News calls his
proposed $500 car Car to Fit All
Pockets"
A small car obviously.-Motor
7 ;fa
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-14

A Galveston moterist whose busi-
ness takes him on long trips has
something to explain on his return
from q present sojourn in Louisiana.
Bum town." he postcarded the
wife, bum eats, bum business. bum
weather-lots of Motor Life.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-14

The Renaud tank was we'll Sob
rickayed Baby" A most natural
pet name foir a creeper type of me
chanicaI war wager.-Motor Life.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-14

produce to the markets in much less
time than heretofore and at a much
decreased price. thereby making the
price of his products to the con-
sumer cheaper. Another is the good
roads that are sure to result, for this
movement. Taken in all, while it is
yet in its infancy. Ship -by-Truck"
will soon be one of the big realities
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-14
HARRISBURG TO BELLE
~. FONTE VIA LEWISTOWN

that you think it's time you are
mem ber
Added features are to be band
concerts and dancing to the melo-
dious tune of an orchestra. 1t Is
expected that there will be at least
six hundred people there. so pack
your troubles in your old kit bag
and come along"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-14
LOCAL ACCESSORY MAN
BACK FROM CONVENTION
AT HOT SPRINGS

Troy B. Wildermuth, president of
the Front-Market Motor Supply Com
pany, has just returned from Hot
Springs, Va, where he has been at
tending convention of the Auto
motive Equipment Association.
Mr.. Wildermuth reports that much
was accomplished toward the bet
terment of this great industry. This
association which has Mr.. Wilder
muth on several of it's important
committees. consists of the larger
jobbers and manufacturers of auto
motive equipment throughout the
United States and Canada.
Instead of going by rail Mr.. Will
dermuth motored to Hot Springs and
says that the roads are good the en-
tire distance except for about sixty
five miles through the mountains
between Staunton and Hot Springs.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-14

There is Ffscher's restaurant in
New York, whose speciality is the
cooking of vegetables by steam, "aIl
Of the mineral properties being re-
tanned"
Joe Phone inquiries If this refers
to sand in the spinach.-Motor Life.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1919-06-13
MARRIED

M. J. Madigan and Miss Pearl West
miller stole a march on their friends
the latter part of the week and quietly
went away down the line to Minneso-
ia points, where they took upon them
selves the solemn obligations of matri-
mony. They returned to Underwood
Wednesday and received the usual
demonstration from the younger bunch
that evening.
Both bride and groom are known
nknow in Underwood. The latter has
been here for several years and for
some time past has been the propri-
etor of the popular confectionery, the
Sugar Bowl" The bride has grown
to young woman hood here, her home
being in the country near Underwood.
Their many friends extend congratu-
lations and best wishes.-Underwood
Times.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1919-06-13
MURDER AND SUICIDE AT PLAZA

Joe Eberheardt and wife, of Plaza,
are dead as result of murder and
suicide Monday evening" Eberheardt
was known as Hamburger Joe" and
had conducted a restaurant at Plaza
for many years and was about As
years old. Monday he and his wife
quarreled over money matters, and
in a fit Of anger smashed up the cook
ing stove, mirror and some furniture,
and assaulted his wife, injuring her
on one leg. Tuesday morning when
some one went to the house both
people were found dead. Joe was
sitting in chair and had been shot
in the back with a rifle. His wife
was in the bed with bullet hole
through her forehead, and the rifle
lying beside her, which would seem
to be conclusive evidence that she
had committed the crimes. The coron-
'er of Mountrail county was summoned
to investigate the case.-Ryder News.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1919-06-13
WATERS SAYS He
Will QUIT when
He FAILS TO Do
AS TOVNLEY ASKS
IN LETTER TO GRANT YOU
MANS HE ACKNOWLEDGES
"A. c." AS REAL BOSS
TO RESIGN WHEN
HE'S NOT LOYAL
MINOT BANKER READY FOR
THE FRAY-PROMISES
REAL EXPOSURE

J. R. Waters, bank examiner and
manager of the Bank of North Da-
kota, in a letter addressed to Grant
Youmans, of Minot, and made public
In Fargo today by the organ that A.
C. Townley owns, acknowledges that
he is responsible to Mr.. Townley on
ly in the conduct of the bank exam
iner's office of this state.
This astounding acknowledgement
on the part Of Mr.. Waters comes on
ly few days after Mr.. Waters was
made manager of the Bank of North
Dakota AS manager Of the bank,
in case the state bank law is approved
in the referendum, he will have con-
trel of about one-fourth of NortA Da-
kota
Dealing with the subject that has
come into the controversy between Mr..
!YouRlans, Of Minot, and A. c. Town
ley, and invilved in which is YOU
.san's charge that Townley approach
ed him with an offer to influence the
superhumcn court of North Dakota in
deciding the Youmans-Hanna case
in MI YouRan's favor, Mr.. Waters
writes in part as follows: ],
Now l want to say that Mr.. Town.
ley has never said word to rae m
regard to taking any drastic action
actisn against you or your bank. or
kany other man or bank, in the state Of
(Nefth Dakota" writes Mr.. Waters.
He, (Mr. Townley,) has allowed me,
If you will excuse the expression, to
use my own judgement in handling
bank affairs in this state and has
never horned in in any way. This
perhaps is one Of the reasons am so
loyal to Mr.. Townley.
And when I cannot be loyal to
him (Mr. Townley) or the Nonpartisan
league, am going to 60 to rthe COVER
nor and lay my resignation on his desk
and tell him that do not feel a man
can be honest and serve two mosters,
and for this reason, want him to &C
cept my resignation. l am not going
out to fight anybody: in fact / do
not believe in swapping the hand that
feeds. me-"
Youmaas Ready to Fight
According to dispatch from Minot
Grant Youmans is prepared to fight
Mr.. Townley, and he promises "the
biggest exposure of Tewnley and his
methods that has yet been made in
the state"
Further than that the dispatch
says, Mr.. Youmans refuses to COM
ment.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1919-06-13
WHY THE TAXES ARE HIGH

Bismarck, N. D., May S0.-The
state of North Dakota is paying Emil
Watson, an employee of the Ohio
Workmen's compensation bureau,
$4,000 for two months service as ad-
visory to the North Dakota compen-
sation commission, it was disclosed
at a meeting of the state auditing
committee board yesterday when the
bill for this amount, approved by Sec
retary John Brown and Commission
er John N. Hangar of the compen-
sation> bureau was presented. The
period, which is covered by Mr.. Wat
sons $500 runs from May l to July
1.-The Fargo Forum.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1919-06-13

admit the farmers union and other
farmers, organizatio to its mem
bershdp with full rights apriyilege
hitherto denied them SE ->Sass 81 " sgs:. &.
The legislature contained only six
Nonpartisan ,leaguers ID the house
and but one in the senate, out Of q
total Of 1873. The league exercised no
influence whatever on. the work q
the session When GTownley was Isl
Lincoln, . member of the house moy-
:,sda tos invite him to address:it:: The
motion was promptly turned down ~
an aJmpst nRanimous vote, j. e '&?:s I; /
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1919-06-13
Mixing Poison to
Kill Grasshoppers

Reports are now coming from Wash
burn, Falkirk, Underwood, Coleharbor,
Turtle Lake, Dogden, Ruse. Benedict
and Max stating that crops are being
destroyed by the grassheppers. The
grasshoppeEs are SO small at this
time that in many eases they we've not
notices until the gsain began to dis;
appear. Many of taem are only one
fourth to one-half inch in length and
their color in some cases is SO much
the same as the greAndt hat unless we
look for them carefully we may not
notice them at al.
Large Fields Destroyed
In some cases about twenty-five per
cent of the crop has been eaten off.
In other cases fields ranging in size
from 80 to $50 acres in size have been
eaten off SO close to the ground that
the field locked as though nothing
had ever been seeded One farmer
told us that he was out to look over
one field and decided that there was
no danger. Two days later he was
out again and the field was almost
ruined. Every farmer should look
over his farm carefully to see if there
are any grasshoppers at the present
time. Rye fields that have been stub
bled in are good places to look for
them Many are also found along the
edges Of the field or along the road
side.
Poison Grasshoppers Now
If grasshoppers are found, now is
the time to poison them before they
begin to fly and before the damage to
the crops is done. It will also take
less poison to kill them now, and If
we kill them now they will not be here
to lay their eggs in the fall.
County Has Purchased Poison
Most of the grasshopper poison pur-
chased by the county has not arrived.
Oue mdu WILL Uc dppO1AtCu III AOoI VI
the towns to have charge of distribu-
ting the poison to the farmers.
The County Commissioners also
have appointed a township committee
man in each township to have charge
of seeing to it that the grasshoppers
are poisoned where he believes they
are found in dangerous numbers.
In order that every bsdy may have
a chance to see the grasshopper poi
held as follows:
Turtle Lake, Thursday June 18th, at
. a. m.
Russo, Thursday June 18th, at p. m.
Garrison. Friday June 18th, at 9 a.
Roseglen, Friday June 18th, at p.
m. ,: - %t.-:>.ta,"- J.: [f.,.-,s
, All those who can should attend and rsd !
see the grasshopper poison mixed. l' J. ).
Demonstrators have already been
held at Washburn and Underwood
whore the grasshoppers have done the
most damage. \ :.i.f5 s. &C. T..
{continues on Page -
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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1919-06-13
$500 Farmers
~. ,..
(. {. {. Hear Leaguers
!. At Turtle Lake
Il
GENERAL LANCER
AND SENATOR MEES GIVEN
SPLENDID RECEPTION IN
MCLEAN COUNTY
Is DENOUNCED
SHOW HOW LEADERS OF! GREAT
> AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZA.
:. TION PROVES FALSE :

!: Turtle Lake, N. D., June 7.-Attor-
;ney General LANCER and Senator F. W.
sMees, Nonpartisan league leaders who
ssare touring the state in opposition to
the Townley socialist domination Of
3the farmers movement, spoke here
Friday evening to an audience of more
than $500 farmers, gathered from all
parts of Mclean county The meeting
has been scheduled for local hall,
but it early became evident that the
room would not accommodate the
crowd, and the speakers finally de-
;liyered their addresses from an i'm
;provised platform in the open air.
III! LANCER denounced Townley for his
for his attempt to die
tate to state officials against the die
States of their own conscienees, and for
his false leadership of the farmers
movement, which is plunging the state
sinto the most radical socialism and
paving the way for Bolshevism. Ian
ger challenged Townley to prove his
assertions that the officers who have
Eturned against him have become tools
of big business, TRAITORS, crooks, fools
and cowards." LANCER declared that
lhe was here in North Dakota fighting
the farmers battles before Townley
seVer conceived his dream of a social
list utopia, and that he was eontinu-
Ding to fight, in spite of the effort of
T0Wnley and fello W socialists to
hamper x
sSSsBosh LangeT and Mees thoroughly
endorsed the economic feature Of the
s1s az; ave program and urged th,e.AsaEsas
ers to vote yes on the Industrial COM
mission and the Bank OF North Da-
kota bill at the referendum election
June 26. They denounced, however,
Townley's efforts to save alleged
graft and personal spite measures :"
by convincing the people that unless
they vote seven times" the league
program would be jeopardized. The
speakers showed that the printing bill,
framed and forced through by Job W.
Brinton, owner Of a string of league
newspapers; the board of adHlinistra-
tion bill; the one-man tax commission
bill, the judicial redistricting bill and
the immigration bill not only were
measures passed for private profit: or
the qualification of personal jealousy;
that they not only had not place in
the farmers program, but that they
were actually inimical to the league
movement and, if persisted in, might
result in wrecking the great organiza-
ton which the farmers of North Da-
kota have spent three years time and
three millions in money to build.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1919-06-13

Wesley Williams. who has been in
the employ Of the Taylor, Baldwin CO.
since his return from the army. depart
cd from Garrison Monday to assist in
managing the confectionery. at Wash
burn, which the Williams Brothers 70
Gently purchased. wesley,'s many
friends wish him the best Of success
at the" county seat.-McLean County
Independent
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1919-06-13
Robinson Gives
Hall Credit Fol
Best of Fal,'nh|
VENERABLE LEAGUE JySTICE I,E:
CLAREs SECRETARY OF sTAT h
RENDERS GOOD sERVICE
MANDAmus CASE ARGuER
STATE CONTENDS THAT BANKsE1E
NORTH DAKOTA BOND ISSUE
DosEN'T EXCEED LIMIT }' S

Justice James E. Robinson, the VEN
erable league member Of the supreme
court, declared from the bench during
the hearing on the mandamus3 action
brought by Attorney General Lannser
against Secretary of State HaaIlsto
compel the latter to sign the Bankof
North Dakota bonds that he:s Judge
Robinson) was confident that Id adopt;
ing the stand which he has Mr. Hall
was actuated by the, highest motiYss:
that he had in mind the welfare of The
people as whole, and thathes was
be given credit for having brought the
matter before the supreme cpurt f
speedy adjudication which
settle for once and all and question:
to the legality of the bond issue
Assistant Attorney General, ibs
E. Sheets, representing AttorneysGeRl
eral LANCER as chief council for tise
state, conceded at the beginning ID HI
there was no ground for impHgnii
Halls motives in the mattGr.sS NH
Sheets expressed the convictio thu
Mr. Hall had acted in good faith
entirely within his rights: Frederic
A. Pike, special counsel engaged ssbV
the industrial commission fortIlB
Bank of North Dakota, appeared with
the state through the courtesy Of
terney General LANCER, and he hriefIg
addressed. the oourt. w. HI. St,1tsn1an
Of Mandan appeared as counsel fsr
Secretary Of Stats Hall. HI$s II IsS
The arguments were along lines all
ready presented. The state Sconten
Aeds-that the. people in ratifying the
league amendment to the constitu-
ton permitting the state to bond to
the extent of two million without Sc,
curity had nc intended This provision
to letroact SO as to include within
-.llS III SN uCUC l1ulR' thO P10V,UOO
bonded deb edncss existing at tie
tA1e the amenarlen: Nas aW rted. The
state argued that the !egisl ture had
evidently al ,pte>! tho same wv whom
:, ~ssed iii bill au;ncriZlng and III.
recting bal issue Of two million
to furnish capital for the Bank of
North Dakota without providing that
the same be secured.
Secretary of State Halls contention
was that bonded Indebtedness exist
ing at the time the amendment was
adopted must be considered; that un-
der such consideration an issue of
two million in unsecured bonds at this
time would be unconstitutional, and
that property security must be, pro-
vided to legalize the bonds. Attorney
Stutsman quoted at length from de-
bates of the constitutional convention
of 1899 to support his stand. At the
conclusion of the arguments the court
took the matter under advisement.