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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-02
MINING ENGINEERS
0LDSMOB|LE EIGHT
SEES HARD TRAVEL
Nevada Professional Man Uses
Automobile Over ALI Kinds of
Desert Roads-Trips Into
Death Valley Described.

r. III. Mclaughlin, mining engineer
of Goldfield, New, uses an automobile
In his professional work, and uses II
hard. His work takes him to places
inaccessible to other forms of swift
transportation, and the car saves time
and covers territory in great style.
Journeys that used to take a week of
weary travel by horseback or wagon
are now covered in day.
Few prospects are located today so
remote that an automobile will not
carry the mining engineer at least to
within a short distance of them, so
that the expert can pass judgment
upon them quickly, saving time for
both himself and the miner.
MUCH ROUGH GOING
Something of Mclaughlin exper-
fences in diving across deserts is given
in a statement received by the King
Motor company. distributors of Olds-
mobiles. The engineer uses an Odds
mobile Eight.
There are very few miles of boule-
wards in Nevada. There are many
hundred miles of splendid, dirt road.
however, and also many miles of eX
tremely rough going, especially in the
many out of the way places in which
my work has called me. ] made a trip
recently into western Utah. in the
lands that are supposed TO be oil-bear-
ing. Two or three trips have taken
me far down into Death Valley. and
others into the mining country around
Las Vegas. So far. ] have driven the
car 1900 miles over that sort of coun-
try, ana have just replaced the set of
fabric cars with which the car came
equipped. That is not unusual mileage
for California usage, but for Nevada
service II is quite out of the ordinary.
VISITS scoTTY's RANCH
Incidentally have stopped a mum
Der of times at Death Valley Scotty's
ranch, formerly known as Strangers
ranch which lies on the road into
Death valley from GoldfieHi. II Is a
years ago with trees and grapes. and
1t his headquarters now for the fire.
quent prospecting trips into Death val
ley. He likewise owns an OldsmohiIe.
/ one OF the big Limited models, and he
Is very proud of its performance as a
desert car. The extremely high wheels
give 1t unusual clearance and enable
him to go with it where 1t would be
impossible to take an ordinary car.
| There is some very interesting and
unusual country in the vicinity of
Scotty's ranch. Cinder mountain. an
extinct volcano, Is very interesting 10
the geologist, and the entire vicinity
Is very fascinating to one who Is fond
OF the desert country. In the early
days II was the refuge of bandits. both
from the Arizona country and from the
there"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-02
NEW ZEALANDER Tells OF REMARKABLE
| WORK Of FORD CARS DURING THE WAR

Lieut.. George A. Stitt, on his way
home, to New Zealand for formal de-
mobilization from the British forces,
was the guest of friends in New York
several days last week. Stitt served
throughout the Egyptian and Palestine
campaigns under Gen. Allenby and fol-
lowed that with brief tenure of SER
vice in His Majesty's navy as a lieu
tenant of engineers. "Georgie," a
thorough mechanical expert, has a
wholesome respect for American
lightweight automobiles as evident by
his own expressions OF admiration for
a popular light car:
Il often wonder when looking at !:
Ford IL the people of America, or for
that matter, the world, realize what a
wonderful part the Ford took in the
great war of 1914-1918. On every front
in every part of the world, in all sorts
OF climates. under all conditions the
Ford carried on standing up to the
test and getting there 1t speaks well
for the material and construction and
1t goes beyond that.
The Ford was wonderful car for
the Palestine campaign. On the
Western Desert and In the Soudan
It stands out above all others. Gen
Allenby chose it for his car and II
never let him down.. It did seem
queer to see a rusty looking car com
ing along with Union Jack floating
from the radiator and to know that il
contained the commanding general. He
picked 1t because it was the best and
1t always got there Just imagine
| yourself bowling along at twenty miles
| an hour over what appeared to be q
lovely undulating plain, when crash
wallup! After picking yourself out OF
the dust wondering, who threw that
brick you looked for Ol Jimmy Ford,
as we called him.
There he was now deep down in q
small 'wadi' Cmesas,' believe you
call them in this country Dowr
hearted? Not Bit just jerked him
out, Strengthened out a few of this
dents, pulled the handle and off again
We knew Old Jimmie would no,
mind little thing like that See him
going through the main 'wadi,' ovei
heaps of stone, through mounds OF
sand, thick punches of dust slipping
sliding. humping, and then out agar
into the plain plugging along as Though
| it were simple affair. Well it die
ones heart good to see 1t.
! "Out over the desert two hours be
| fore dawn, thirty miles or so to al
Arab or Turk outpost wanted looking
Unto, doing the job, then home again
! just like the cat. The desert Is MOI
all sand, you know. for there are
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-02
TIRE TALKS

When the frost is on the pumpkin
and the fodder is in the shock and
we've gained another hour by turn
ing back the clock. When we take
out the old wagon and we fill he:
up with gas, the motor keeps n
humming and the old bus shows
some class, we anticipate no trouble
as we beat 1t down the line, every
tire is inflated and she sure Is
working fine. We are making more
than twenty and she's climbing
right along, We give her gas
aplenty and the spark is coming
strong. Just then we hear sizzle
and the sound of rushing air, as
II starts q dreary drizzle we go
looking for our spare. While the
rain beats down upon us, we are
getting pretty mad, the dark Is
getting darker and our Thoughts
are getting bad. Just then light
comes flashing down the road ous
of the night and big auto
splashing comes honking into
sight. "Tire trouble?" Let me
help you, for you see, I've been
there. too. I have had my tire
troubles and I've been as mad as
you. But my troubles are forgot
ten and my blowouts are no more.
though my tires may be rotten,
don't worry on that score" Ar
norVd Tires" that's the story of a
trip that's free from care. can
travel in my glory and l never
need a spare. am rolling up tho
miles and I'm cutting down tho
bills and my face Is wreathed in
smiles as l 60 tearing through tho
hills. You can have the same
enjoyment though you travel near
or far by placing Armored Inner
Tires on your faithful motor ca.
You can get them in this city
whore they put them on for me at
tho Sales Agency on South Eighth
) street, known - the ?. and E.-Ad
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-02

partment of state was made possible
by using automobiles. Cars were pro-
vided for the royal party upon tele-
graphic request from J. N. Nye, agent
of the department of state, who accom-
panied the party.
The photograph shows the king in a
Goodrich equipped Pierce Arrow car
and was taken just as the car rolled
off of the ferry upon the kings arrival
in San Francisco. The kings car was
beautifully decorated with the national
colors of Belgium and American flags
1t was equipped with Goodrich Silver
town cord tires. With the king are
Mayor Rolph of San Francisco and J.
N. Nye of the state department who
was in charge of the trip.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-02

Washington where he was entertained
by the third assistant secretary of
state. The king spent a few days in
Washington and then went to New
York city where he embarked for
Belgium.
On account of the illness of President
Wilson the king did not visit the White
House until last Wednesday.
Although the kings trip was made in
a very short time, it was not in any
sense a confused or hurried one. His
itinerary was so planned to include
points of interest, and speed was made
in travelling from place to place with
out curtailing the time spent at places
visited. The strict adherance to the
kings schedule as arranged by the de-
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-02

noise. -,
On all speeds but high you hear more
noise as a result of the higher tooth
pressure, but that noise or hum in well
fitted gears and well mounted shafts is
a steady noise for any given speed.
In abnormal operation there may be
a rafting sound as though something
were loose in the transmission or the
sound instead of bling steady hum
10 a series Of howls varying with the
intensity while the car moves along at
the same speed.
These noises may be caused by lack
of proper fabrication, badly worn teeth.
gears shifted slightly out of position
Cooked over a trifle) high spots on
the gears caused by a soft tooth which
has worn down quickly, or by foreign
matter getting between the teeth; worn
shaft bearings, bent shafts, Clipped
gear teeth.
PREVENTION CHEAPER
A transmission may operate for thou
sands of miles with any of the above
but 1t is always cheaper to attend to
any serious matter at the beginning.
For example, shaft bearings when worn
badly allow the whole shaft to sway.
throwing all the gears on that and ad-
jacent shafts out of proper mesh. The
ly. The condition existing for some
time may call for practically new
transmission. Especially where bear
ings are adjusted should advantage be
taken OF the feature and the shafts
be kept in proper alingnment.
Rear axles of today are none too good
as a whole, but they would give far
better and longer service if the driv
ing were properly done. Quick en-
gagement of the clutch. heavy over
loads, even though for an instant, harsh
application of brakes on rough roads
lack of fabrication, are some of the
causes of worn pinion and differential
bearings and worn gears. The average
car has an adjustable driving pinion
and differential unit. When new these
bevel gears operate so that the gears
mesh in one certain way.
u BEARING CAGES BREAK
If bearing wears and allows the
pnion to change its mesh, or if the
differential bearing wear and allow the
whole unit to shift over away from
or toward the pinion, there is bound to
be noise produced and noise of an I'M
pleasant character. The bearings, IL
they are OF the ball type, with bali sep
arators or cages, may show a breaking
down of the cage. Pieces of the cage
fall between the gear teeth, chipping
them and causing NOR noise.
The bearings themselves then allow
more freedom of movement of the diff
ferentlal or plnlon. 1t is absolutely
necessary that the two gears retain a
fixed position, and as soon as there is
an unusual gear noise from the axle
the driver can say with certainty that
the gears are not running so or that
there is solid matter between the teeth
Where the pinlon is keyed TO the
end OF the propeller shaft there often
is wear in the key and keyway This
will allow the pinion rotational free
dom and will be heard in the form of a
loud clcik in starting the car or stop
ping. Usually while pulling this play
will not be heard
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-02
"H0D" ELLER, DIAMOND
STAR, WILL SELL AUTOS

'Hod' Eller, start Of the late world
series between Cincinnati Reds and the
Chicago White Sox, has been engaged
as motor car saleman by b. G. KuY-
man, manager of the Danville, Ill,
branch OF the Gibson Motor Car Co.
says Motor Age. Filler formerly was =
member of the Danville fire depart
ment during the winter months
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-02

King Albert Of Belgium completed
his tour of the United States when he
arrived in Washington, d. c.. Oct. 26.
Tn his trip across the continent and
return, the king has set a record for
travelling second only to the traveller
who possessed the Seven League boots.
Leaving San Francisco on Oct. Is, the
royal party visited Yosemite, Los An
geles, Grand Canyon and the Petrified
Forest in Arizona, New Mexico and
returned east over the Santa Fe trail,
arriving in Cincinnati, o.. on the END,
one week after leaving San Francisco.
From Cincinnati the king continued
his journey eastward and arrived in
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-02
ApvERTlsINo FREAK.

some inventor with an advertising
pug mas patented a rubber stamp to be
paced around an automobile tire and
.ahe INK, or rather paint. from tank
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-02
AUTO DEALERS ASKED
TO ROUNDUP BOxCARS

Notices are being sent out b. Dodge
Bros, Detroit motor car manufactur-
ers, to dealers through the United
States asking them to search out ali
freight cars which may be standing on
sidings. 1t is believed that work Of
this kind win aid materially in reduc-
ing the freight car shortage now, ham,
pering deliveries to dealers.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-02
WOMEN BUILD ROADS
FOR THE RED CROSS

Marash (Mesopotam5a). Oct. Is
Five hundred Armenian women en-
ployed by the American Red Cross,
have built 100 miles of stone roads
and reconstructed several steel bridges
in this section within the last four
months. The roads We're rebuilt in
order to facilitate transportation of
Red Cross supplies. There were no
male laborers to be employed so Cap
tain Edward Bickel of Seattle. who had
charge of the engineering work en-
gagged the women who were glad TO
have employment of any kind.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-02
DETECTING Leaks.

Radiator leaks are often very hard
to locate. especially when they are
little ones. In these circumstances.
empty the radiator completely and
blow smoke into Il through q jewelers.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-02
NEATsFooT GOOD On cLUrcH.

Contrary to very frequent advice.
the leather of the clutch should be-
kept soft by liberal application Of
neatsfoot oil so that 1t will engage
slowly instead of with jerk.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-20
NORWAY DISPLEASED
 BY OUR METHODS
Thinks United States Has Not Paid Enough For Ships Requisitioned
 By Shipping Board
Ru Axaneiatad Presa

Christiania, March 14.-Failure of Amer
 ica to come to an agreement with Nor
 vegian shippers, regarding the reauisition
 of shipbuilding contracts placed in Amer
 ica, which has for years caused stead
 ily increasing bitterness among business
 men, is now coupled with distrust as to
 the American governments methods or
 dealing with small nations and is unani-
 mouslv and severely criticised by the
 whole Norwegian press
 In answer to the criticism the Amer ican legation publishes statement de- lending the United States shipping boards unwillingness to meet the Nor wegian demands for payment of contracts at market value. It is stated here that the American shipping board offers to pay only for material and steel on hand when the United States government requfsi- toned the ships under construction. The Morgenbladet. whose editor is a member of Parliament. denounces Amer ican methods and declares that America should pay full market value of the whole contract especially as Norways rights are, he says, protected by the treaty of 1927.
 It is asserted that the Sl20O0. .0O0 offered for settlement only covers half the cost of direct initial outlay by Norwegians and only a quarter the cost entailed at the time of reauisitioning the shipbuilding cc cntracts This, it is charged, is contrary to the way America settled for British contracts requisitioned in the United States
 Although America can force her de cision she cannot prevent Norwegians ! from calling this procedure unfair and | urbusinesslike, the Morgenbladet adds
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-20

from the world, and there were good reasons. One of them was girl who refused to marry failure. Then ne was wounded by shrapnei--so badly that the surgeons had to noIl new face for him. and they gave him the face of another man.
 He went home. where nooodN kne" him. announced that Morgan nad lied hero's death in France and ocgan new life. This led at first ta s5rprls- ing success, but later complications especially in the case of the girl But the story ends as 1t should, after most unusual and exciting course or events
 Not war story, but. an after the war story.
 THE SKY PILOT OF NO MANS
 LAND"
 By Ralph Connor: George H. Dorar
 company. publishers. New York city. It may seem far cry from the roll ing prairies, the foothills and sio rugged canyons of the American west to the shell holes and the barbed wire entanglements from the North sea 10 the Vosges Yet the outposts of the civilization have shifted within three decades from the far west 10 the near east. and Ralph Connor with rare g St
  forces which have determihed liberty and freedom discovers to us in this new story-"The Sky Pilot in No Mans Land" " that the same men who mace the fight for freedom and liberty :n "The Sky Pilot of the Foot hills have once again by their undauhted spirit and high courage won tn struggle for humanity and civilization and saved the world from q new order of savagery and brutality. As in his tales of the west this story abounds in hu- manity, heroism and tenderness-ald again as in the western books, this enc is the dramatic recital of an eye-Wlt- ness for Ralph Connor is now as then the beloved sky pilot. the friend of ranehmen and of soldiersT-a grea. leader in the cause of freedom ani human love. Ralph Connor. who is Mai Charles w. Gordon of the Forty third Cameron Highlanders of Canada, wont to the front with one of the first contingents from Canada and is now Somewhere in France Long known for his vivid books and the old from tier "The Sky Pilot" Black Rock "Corporal Cameron and the still later book of the new frontier. The Major.
 DANGER AND OTHER STORIES By A. Conan Doyle; George H. Doran
 company. publishers. New York city.
 several Ol LncSe SUITES are dppSd' ing in print for the first time. Tha title story, Danger" wa swritten to warn Britain of the possibilities oi submarine attack upon the mercantile marine, and to emphasize the necessity for a tunnel passage between Eng land and France. He seems to want Danger" to be the most talked pf story in the book, but it does nos eclipse the others by any means. The Horror of the Heights" is in MT. Conan Doyle's familiar and justly famous style. It presupposes jungle of mon strous creatures in an upper air strats. "The Fall of Lord Barrymore' is spy story with an unusual ending. The story about the three children con tains very little description, but great deal of entertaining, if rather wise, converse ton between a father and his children.
 Liverpool dockmen refuse to load whis- ky for export, claiming that it is needec at home to check the flu.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-20
SIGNAL CORP s MEN IN ALASKA BRAVE
 WINTERS BLIZZARD
Little Is Heard of Them and Yet They Insure Com municatiOn With
 Nome
sv ksspeiat,d Pres,


 Valdez, Alaska, March W-(By mail) Up among deep snows and fierce gales. n some of the most lohely spots in the world in winter time, where the mercury sometimes is from 50 to S6 degrees below zero, the men of Uncle SAm's signal corps keep their faithful vigil.
 In lonely hamlets on the top of solitary mountains, their cabins buried in snow drifts, these men in khaki watch in the white silence over the slender wires of communication reaching from Valdez to the interior. and thence to the farthest confines of the territory, ending above Nome in the great white wastes of the sub-Arctic. From Maine, New York, Mis- souri, Texas, Nebraska and other states recruits come to the ser vice. There has not yet been the first Instance recorded of a man failing to perform the task allotted to him.
 Seventeen stations are maintained by the corps out of Valdez, leach completely outfitted. The Paci5c-Alaska cable after leaving Seattle first reaches the coast ot Valdez Here meSsa geS are transferred from the cable and sent out over the land lines.
 To reach his station or post of duty many Of the signal corLs men have to walk hundreds of miles. Then when the winter blasts hurl out over the white wastes, begins the signal corps man s vigil. Copper wires that link the great territory together and carry the news of the world, pass from Valdez through deep forests, tundra and morass, over lofty hills and through beautiful prairies to Fairbanks down the Panama river to Fort Gibbons, down the Yukon to St Michael and thence to Nome.
 Daily trails must be broken to other sta tions, lines repaired, treeY removed from the vicinity of the wires. The signal corps man must risk his life time and aeain for the careless or unfortunate trav- elers Some of his deeds have come to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-20

MEXICO: TODAY AND TOMGRROW.' By F. D. Trowbridge. The Macmillan
 Co., publishers, New York city
 E. D Trowbridge, author of Mex co; Today and Tomorrow makes a com prehen Eive statement of the general situatibn in Mexco-political. social. financihl and economic-witI ancient Mexico and the Spanish conquest as the backgT ound The events leadin7 ap to the re Pent revolution, and the social and ecd homie troubles following tae po- litical upheaval, are clearly set forth. A grar|hic picture is painted of life in Mexico during the chaos following the fall of the Diaz regime. Mexico's new constitution and her international re- lationsi and attitude toward foreign capita are reviewed, and the financial, agraran and educational problems which face her government are dealt with al length. The work is of timely interest as an up-to-date study of Mexi- can aff birs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-20
"OLD-D DAD"


 By Eleanor Hallowell Abbott; E. P.
 Dutton & Co.,, publishers, New York
 city.
 It is female of the species,' a certain Miss Claudia Merrimayne, the head of a school, who appears in Eleanor Hallowell Abbott's story, "Old-Dad.
 Miss Claudio Merrimayme makes an unexpected appearance in Daphne Bretton's room somewhere about the middle of the night and discovers that very pretty and preternaturally inno- cent young woman in a compromising situation and her wrath and indigna ton know no bounds. She promptly expels Daphne, and the affair becomes public scandal, figuring largely in Sunday supplements.
 Daphne returns home to the father she has as yet scarcely known, and he takes her with him on a hunting and fishing trip to Florida. There they live for a time on an island almost entire ly surrounded by lunatics. There is also an impetuous and frequently in toxicated young man of superabundant wealth, who falls violently in love with the beautiful Daphne, and mysteri- ous lady, whom the reader instantly recognizes as the destined second wife of Daphnes still young father, In fact with but single exception, all the dramtis personae presently meet in the cabin of a houseboat, in ap- proved musical comedy fashion, and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-20

Liverpool dockmen refuse to load whis- ky for export, claiming that it is needed at home to check the flu
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-20
1.-THE NEW ,MERICA"

publishers, New York city
 In this volume "The New America" by an Englishman. Frank Diinot, pre- sents in a series of short, VivIcioua sketches the impressions made on a trained observer from England oi lie m the United States during 1917 and laiS Manners, outlook and temperament are dealt with appreciatively, ana there IS a good humored analysis of now Arleri- cans e at drink dress and dmuse them selves The chapters incluoe "fhe Women of America" :" "American Hustle and Humor" President Wilson q: Close Quartfrs.' There is an intimate char acter %ketch at first hand of Gen. Rush c. Hawkins, who raised and commanded the New York Zouaves in the Civil war, with a narrative of some ot his con- vxersa tions with Lincoln.