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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-30
MEXICO TO USE many
. TRUCKS |NFEWY YEARS
To Prepare for Traffic, Exten-
sive Highway Program Now
Under Way-Motor Truck to
Play Great Part.

Manuel Rodriguez Gutierrez, Score
tary of communications and public
works Of the Mexican government,
makes the prediction that thousands
of motor trucks will be in use in
Mexico within the next few years. In
order to prepare for this traffic an
extensive program of highway con-
struction is now under way. In an in
terview on the subject a few days ago
he said:
Il am now starting ons trip tn
Sinaloa to reconstruct the wagon road
from San Marcos to Topic for the use
of motor trucks. The Southern Pa
cific company built the railroad from
Laquemada to Topic, but the revlu-
ton has damaged it severely in parts.
This stretch is the most difficult part
of the line. 1t is only $50 klometers
in length, but as it crosses the barran-
cas-, or deep abysses, in the mountains,
the repairing calls for very heavy
and consequently slow work. The
Southern Pacific will begin to recon-
struct the railroad, which has suffered
the loss of bridges and tearing up of
highway over which not only the mail
will be carried, but truck and wagon
loads of merchandise and produce.
by having the national road put
in condition we have connection
from here to Nogales. Gangs OF
men are now working on this l am
making the trip by automobile and
expect to have a hard time for the
road is in bad shape-but I'll get
there just the same.
I'VE are anxious to get these wag-
on roads in to shape, for the motor
truck is going to play an important
part in the economic life of Mexi
co. Their usefulness in this country
has already been established. Good
roads in the farming regions will
mean motor transportation in ever
increasing number for the farmers
crops. He will send them to the mar
ket and get good prices, while the de
mand is strong, and the motor truck
just like the tractor and the improved
farming machinery, will immeasur-
ably stimulate agriculture.
Engineers are now studying out
wagon road from Pachuca to lima
pan, where there is a rich gold and
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-30

silver and iron field. From here comes
the best Iron produced in Mexic. Other
engineers are studying various routes.
We are working on the wagon road
from Mexico City to ChilpancinRo.
which will benefit the state of cuer-
zero, rich in mining and agriculture.
Then we have engineers working in the
state Of Sinaloa and the governor of the
state Is building a road from Dimas
station on the Southern Pacific to San
Dimas in the state of Durango, an
other rich mining place.
"All road building is extended
to grading and fixing for motor truck
travel. Az said, the use of the motor
truck is becoming general in Mexico
You can find them Ia all the states.
This year we have made the big
gest crops known for a long, long
time and the markets were better sup
piled than ever in the big years of the
past due to the motor truck. AS soon
as the railroads are all builded and an
adequate supply of rolling stock Is had
of course, they will be the main car
fier of freight; but at present, and
| until this comes to pass, the motor
| truck Is relied upon for all classes OF
produce, from ores to wheat and from
fruit to manufactured articles. They
| have proved our salvation. And even
after the railroads are hauling the
long hauls, the motor truck will be OF
as great an Importance, for they will
be the feeding lines for the main sys-
tenn. They will bring to the rails the
shipments.
THE nations telegraph lines are il
| splendid condition, and 1 state, with
out reservation, for l know and you
| who have used them, know, that in
Mexico you get better service than in
| the United States. The telegraph
| lines are under control of the govern
ment, as is, of course, the postoffce
The latter has superior service also
In these particulars we have demon
strated that government control is sue
cessful."
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-30
DURABILITY OF CAR
PROVED BY HARD RUN
Maxwell Auto Finished Hard
Seven Day Non Stop Sealed
in High Gear" Run With
Ease-Covers 4241 Miles.

On March 16, at Los Angeles, Cal,
a Maxwell car finished a seven day
non stop motor sealed in high gear"
run. During this phenomenal drive the
car was sealed in high gear and the
motor was never stopped during the
entire period. The only stop was due
to traffic CONNECTION and it was neces-
sary to stop the car.
All starting and running was done
on high gear owing to the fact that
the ear was put in high gear at the
start of the run and the gear shifting
levers sealed. This performance is
considered q marvellous demonstration
of stamina, power and perfection of
mechanism. During the seven days the
car was run night and day and COW
cred 4241 miles.
The outstanding feature of this
sealed in high gear" run was the
tremendous test on the clutch trans
mission, Gin short every mechanical
feature of the carr in successfully sur
viving the tremendous strain of start
ing and stopping with it's load of three
men, extra gasoline, oil and supplies.
Due to traffic CONGESTION the car was
stopped and started which was all
done in high gear, at least 1000 times.
All over the United States Los An
geles is noted for the crowded condi-
ton of traffic in it's streets. Each
day this Maxwell car traversed these
crowded streets threading it's way in
and out, stopping and starting and was
subjected to strains and stresses far
beyond those of ordinary driving.
This test from a practical automo-
bile standpoint was a great demonstra-
ton of the wonderful durability and
power of the car in question, and has
added another to the already great
number of records held by the Max
well car
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-30
Problem Is to Get the Greatest
Tonnage Average Both Ways
Percentage of Empty Haul
Must Be Reduced.
BY WARREN B. BULLOCK.

(Formerly Captain, Motor Transport
Corps, U. S. A.
Copyright 1919 by Warren B. Bullock)
How can you get the greatest service
out of your trucks, at the lowest cost
How can you cut to the lowest point
the cost per ton of hauling the freight
which you have to transport?
There is just one answer and that
is an efficient dispatching system.
No two concerns operating fleets of
motor trucks have exactly the same
problems. Every company must solve
more or less for itself, it's own problem
of collection, or distribution, or both
of freight which it is to transport. But
i'll general, the success or failure of a
motor truck fleet rests upon the perfec
ton of its interior organization, its
dispatchng from the desk An eff
Gent or inefficient dispatcher can do
more to make or break a fleets record
for cheap haul than any other single
element. 1t is the problem of keepin g
the average load to the maximum
which he must solve, the avoidance of
a one-way trip with big load, and
a return trip light.
To handle full load in and out is
impossible in almost any concern at
all times, but the problem is to get the
greatest tonnage average both ways. To
get full load out, and pick up load
to bring back means the reduction of
the cost of motor trucking one-half.
To operate truck at a cost of SO or
s12 per day with efficient dispatching,
getting load both ways, means a very
Ii, fnr n,, l,a ~ ho,,
hand, the same truck, making one way
loaded, the other light, doubles the cost
per ton mile. In other words, it will
take two trucks, at $50 or $24 per day,
to do the work done under the other
method, at $40 or $12. And this differ
ence in the operation of a single truck,
or pair of trucks will pay the salary
of Il mighty efficient dispatcher, and
leave a handsome balance to the good
on the books of the operating firm.
This problem of dispatching was one
of the hardest problems Uncle Sam
had to meet in organizing the transport
service for the army, and the way he
met it is worth knowing by the pri-
waite operator. 1t was hard to meet be-
cause at the outset of the war the sup
ply of trucks was far below the neces-
stiles of the various camps and can
tonments. 1t was also hard to meet be-
cause dispatchers We're inclined to IA
vor officers of higher rank, regardless
of the needs of the case until it became
a general rule that the dispatcher was
king of his kingdom, and responsible
only to his immediate chief for the
efficient handling of his job To the
credit of the service, however, it must
be said that as soon as the needs were
recognized there was the broadcast will
ingness to cooperate with dispatchers.
One of the best examples of a short
haul problem is dispatching was at a
southern camp, where the conditions
were almost duplicate of those to be
found in any wholesale business estab-
lishment, though typical probably Of
dozens of army camps.
Every morning, owing to the climate,
it was necessary to secure early and
quick distribution of meat from refrig-
orator cars about the camp. The cars
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-30

any definite public statement Of his
plans, Mr.. Wills announces that he is
going into n manufacturing business
somewhat similar to the one to which
he has given nearly two decades of his
extraordinarily successful and brilliant
career. He expects TO open temporary
offices in the Book building and is
not affiliated with any other company
or organization
1t is generally conceded that c. Har-
old Wills is responsible for two vastly
important factors in the amazing sue
cess of the Ford Motor company. The
first of these factors is the designing
of the Ford car. Mr.. Wills has had
charge of the designing and the manu-
facture of every automobile that the
Ford Motor company has produced
since its organization, June 16, 1908.
The second important factor in Ford
success is the work Mr.. Wills has done
in designing, organizing and develop
ing the huge manufacturing equipment
and facilities which have made it pos
sible for the Ford Motor company to
produce nearly a million automobiles
a year.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-30

times, but the percentage of empty
haul can be materially reduced. At one
camp, the installation of dispatcher
with bean on his shoulders" cut the
cost of per ton mile of operating fleet
of over &c trucks, so per cent in single
month.
Now, Mr.. Truck Owner, figure out
this saving In dollars by efficient dis
patching, for your own fleet, on basis
of as low cost as $40 per truck per
day.
Next week-How Uncle Sam Trained
$4,000 Truck Drivers.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-30
WILLS To ENTER
MISUNDERSTANDING
Expert Recently With Henry
Ford to Go Into Business
Similar to That Which Made
His Brilliant and Successful
Career.

c. Harold Wills has severed with
the Ford Motor company and Henry
Ford business relations, which cover
a period of nearly Is years.
Mr.. Wills association with Henry
Ford beginning March 20, 1901, ante
dates the organization of the Ford
Motor company by two years. In fact.
Mr.. Wills was the first associate Mr..
Ford selected in his original venture
as an Independent motor car manufac-
turer.
While unprepared as vet to max e
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-30

Do not attempt to adjust carbu-
rotor by moving the different parts Il,
random. If you change an adjustment
ana no improvement is shown, put it
back. More carburetors are thrown
out of adjustment by unskilled med
ding than by road vibration. Study
your instruction book, consult experts
occasionally, experiment carefully and
you will soon be able to keep your car
buretor in adjustment to give the
greatest power to your engine.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-30

Increased amperage may be secured
from partly run down dry cells by
crowding the material near the carbon
element down with a small bit Of wood
and a hammer. This loosens the OBJ
sluctlng material from around the
carbon and permits free chemical ac-
ton. The, asphaltum material may be
sealed again by the use Of little heat.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-30

uses his hand to determine fabrication
failure, and this is hint that the car
owner can put to good use. Failure
of fabrication permits excessive fric-
ton, and friction generates heat. Any
part which is discovered to be too hot
to the hand held near 1t is probably
suffering from faulty fabrication.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-30

The correct mixture at high engine
speed is determined by flashing the
throttle open to note IL engine picks up
smoothly and evenly. If it backfires it
is getting too much air and the high
speed adjustment must be changed to
give it less.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-30

Use your horn judiciously in warn
ing pedestrians. The average auto
mobile horn has an effect Just the
opposite of what is desired. 1t fright
ems and causes indeciSion.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-30

PHONE 70 70. baggage wagons
Prompt service. Peasley Transfer &
Storage Co.-Adv.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-30
ANNOUNCEMENT

Having sold garage business and interest in Emmett
locating Boise to continue the automobile bust
ness. Temporarily we will be located at the corner Of
18th and Main In the future we will occupy
of the most up to- date garages in the city, location
nounced later.
We are distributors for Nash and Monroe and
expecting their arrival daily.
We truthfuly say that these two cannot be
ceed in Beauty, Power, Durability and Equipment with
in their class.
TO our friends patrons and all lovers, if not pros
pecve buyers, extend cordial invitation to call and
let the pleasure of showing you the merits of the
Nash and Monroe
1t will pay you to see our line before purchasing.
THE WILSON GARAGE.
Distributors for the Nash and Monroe Cars.
H. G.. Wilson
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-24
PATRIOT REFUSES CHECK
FROM U. S. FOR $4,000
George C. Roeding Secured IS, 900
Tons of Pits and Shells
for Gas Masks.

After devoting eight months to Sc
curing $4,000 tons of fruit pits and
nut shells for charcoal for use in gas
masks, George c. Roeding, ranch
owner Of Fresno, Calf, has turned
down a government check for $4,000
for his services.
The check has been returned to
Capt. w. E. Brophy of the chemical
warfare service here, with thanks,
and the statement that Mr.. Roeding
does not accept money for his serv-
ices.
1t is declared that Mr.. Roeding was
in Washington shortly after the
United States entered the war. and
heard two Army officers discussing
the shortage of raw materials for
use as absorbents in gas masks.
Mr.. Roeding offered his services to
the government, with the result that
he was soon collecting the materials
for the government on coSt-plus
basis He organized the collection
service, and saw to the conversion of
the shells in two plants, one of which
was located at San Francisco.
In addition to the check which he
refused to accept, Mr.. Roeding was
sent a personal letter of thanks from
Secretary Baker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-24
BUILDING PERMITS.

Permits for buildings, other than
private garages, have been issued dur
ing the week by the building inspector
as follows:
Autocar Company, brick service sta
ton at northeast corner of 18th and
u streets northwest; $4,000.
Peter NJ. Dorsch.' brick stable al
1S17-19 18th street northwest; $1,000
Middaugh 4 Shannon, frame dwell
ings at 4s07 Arkansas avenue, 1905
Emerson street, 1913 Emerson street
1915 Emerson street. 1900 Delafield
place 1922 Farragut street, 1926 Far
ragut street; $4,000.
Edwin Edwards. frame dwelling on
Wheeler road near Bellevue south
east: $4,000.
Berkeley L. Simmons, brick apart
ment. PSI California street north
west: $4,000.
T. r. Ansberry, brick dwelling, 2S33
Woodland drive northwest; $25,00Q.
York Theater- Corporation, brick
theater at Georgia avenue, Quebec
and Princeton streets northwest; $780,
600
Citizens Savings Bank, brick build
ing at 1886 New York avenue north
west: $4,000.
p B. Samuels, brick dwelling, 1921
Livingston street northwest; $4,000:
L.. f. Breunlngef & Sons, brick
dwelling, 1901 Colorado avenue north
west: $4,000.
E. l.. & F. J. Wenger. brick dwelling,
1440 Montague street northwest; Slo,-
600
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-24
RENT QUESTION IS
). |. AS ANCIENT AS MAN
Lithuania, Oldest Republic in Eu.
rope, Has Solved Land
Problem.

| Next to the ownership. of women
and herds of cattle. landholding Is
probably the. Oldest form of private
property in the world From the out
set it was bound to be one of the
most important forms of private
!, property for no matter how plentiful
| land might be-, it was, nevertheless,
| always at the basis. of human life.
! Nomadic tribes - needed grazing land
| for their herds. and wars for the pos
session Of fertile, we'll watered terri
; tory are recorded as early as human
| history can be traced.
! When agriculture became an i'm
! poEtart means OF obtaining liveli-
! hood. the importance of landholdlng
increased; and since agriculture tend-
ed to. stabilize life. fixing desirable
plains and valleys as the perma nent
ah6de,of large tribes. landholdlns pc
gan to be regulated by methods other
than the primitive one of take what
you can get and hold on to what
you can" In this manner rent is
born, for as soon as the possession
of land is recognized and protected
by society any one wishing to use
parcel of land already in the hands OF
another must be prepared to pay
market price for its use What the
market price is depends on the con-
dltions of the time and the place, in
the same way as the price for any
service is paid in the prevailing coin
and quantity
a. The oldest form of rent is probably
the payment of work for protection.
Some arrangement had to be made by
the owners of small parcels to protect
them against the aggression of their
more powerful neighbors, or against
the invasion of foreign tribes. In
such cases they turned naturally to
their Weather tribesmen, and prom
ssed to contribute whatever might he
agreed upon between them in return
for the desired protection. Money
being quite unknown at this early
date. the payment took the form of
work and farm products. to which
might be added the promise of mill
.tary service.
The power thus granted tended to
bscome centralized the commoner
going to the lord, the latter to the
-oHerlord, and SO on. Ultimately, too,
the original nature of the bargain is
lost sight of, and the lords of various
degrees become in various measures
owners of the land they are defend
ing. From that time on the actual
occupant Of the land pays rent. That
tfon of the land. he pays for the use
Of the land How this occurred in
Lithuania, the oldest European re-
public, now seeking independence and
recognition, and how conditions were
| changed by the present government,
makes an interesting story.
l. The Lithuanian nobility took title to
the land in the thirteenth and four
teenth centuries, when the country
was being attacked from all sides and
some sort of defense had to be or
ganized. From that time until the
nineteenth century the peasantry
were practically landless, but in 1864
each peasant was made owner of the
parcel of land he was actually cufti-
went it made Lithuania a country of
prosperous farmers who could afford
to educate their children and give
them a good start in life.
But some elements of the populati
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-24

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-24
Get One Year for Taking Autos.

Randolph Hilton, eighteen, and
Lionel c. Anderson, nineteen. have
been sentenced by Justice Siddons in
Criminal Division 1 to serve one year
at Occoquan following their plea of
guilty to three cases Of taking auto
mobiles without the permission of the
owners The offenses were committed
more than a year ago while the boys
were still young. and taking this into
account the court gave them another
chance by placing them on probation.
He warned them that another infrac-
ton of law would put the sentence
into effect.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-24

still remained with insufficient land
or no land at all. This condition was
remedied by the present Lithuanian
class all the land belonging to the
state and the land abandoned by the
Russian absentee landlords. Thus
Lithuania is now once more the farm
ing community it was before its par
tition by Russia and Prussia, and is
waiting only for recognition and free
trading opportunities with the outside
world before it takes it's place as
prosperous commonwealth. Lithuania
presents her solution of the land
problem as an additional basis for
recoRnitiOn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-24
BUILDING SOLD

The Jenifer building. at the north
west corner of 7th and D streets
northwest. has been sold for a price
reported to be 100000.
This building. which is six stories
high. is comparatively modern, and
has a frontage Of 66 feet on 7th
street and 50 feet on d street.
The property is said to have been
purchased by an out-of-town business
concern. Joseph l. Weller represented
the purchaser and the National Saw
ings and Trust Company represented
the seller.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-24
Gen. Mackenzie Is Retired.

Maj. Gen. Alexander Mackenzie, L.
S. A. retired. formerly chief of En-
gineers. has been retired from active
duty and will proceed to his home In
this city. At the outbreak of the war
he offered his services to the govern
ment and was assigned to duty IN
charge of important engineering
projects on the Mississippi river with
headquarters station at Rock Island
III.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-24

One of the commonest of all street
superstitions is that there is tremen-
dous good fortune ahead of any one
who meets piebald horse IN the
street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-24

What was known as tear gas. to
produce blindness. was made of bro
mine from salt wells
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-03-20
WILL TRAIN NEGRO WOMEN.

In order that negro may better prepared to
take of the houses the white folks" ALSO
that they may their children better cit
of America the Woman's Department of the Cen
tenary of the Methodist Episcopal church, South is
planning to inaugurate many practical things their
benefit.
One of the most important things the o.
Southern Methodism will do will be Immediately
two dormores will increase the capacity to accommodate
churchs industrial training school, The erection of these
two dormores Will the capacity accommodate
800 girls building teaching industries will also be
erected at Paine College and administration hall with
a well equipped library The Bethlehem House Au-
gusa will also remodeled and equipped, thus Offering
larger facilities for developing the work among the
gro and girls there
The Bethlehem House of the denomination at Nash
vile will have its capacity increased by the erection of
administration building providing chapel class and
club rooms equipment for industrial training and gym
nasum These Bethlehem houses are among the most
important phases of the work the of the Metho-
dist church doing and is their intention to multiply
With the development of practical work for the young
negro woman it is hoped that the women of the race
will educated to build up better genera
ton in the years to come.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-03-20
RHEuMATICS
GET BUSY!
THEY ARE ALL RECOMMENDING
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Go to your druggist and get SOC
or $500 bottle and insure your share
of LIES comfort and happiness.
For sale by Howells Pharmacy and
leading druggists everywhere. adv