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The daily morning oasis., 1919-10-12
CAR FEE SYSTEM IS
QUITE COMPLICATED
Amount Collected for Various
Vehicles Is Not Uniform.
Confusion Caused by Widely Varying
Requirements fo: Registration or
Licensing of chauffeurs, Own.
ers and Dealers.

The amount Of fees collected per
car for either pleasure or commercial
vehicles is as yet far from uniform and
is still further complicated by the
widely varying requirements for the
registration or licensing of chaffeurs,
owners, operators, dealers. etc. Thus,
if the total gross registration and
license revenues be used as basis of
revenue, and the total automobile
trucks and vehicles as basis for
motorcars, 1t Is found. that for the
entire United States the average fee
per car was $S.37. On the same basis
the state of New Hampshire received
in 1918 gross revenue Of $2052 for
each motorcar, while Minnesota re-
ceived only about $1,75 annually for
each car, as the registration Ia that
state is for Q three-year period.
In most states motorcars are taxed
as personal property in addition to
the required registration fees. In
Delaware, Idaho, Iowa, Michigan, New
York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South
Carolina, Pennsylvania and Vermont
registration fees are in lieu Of all other
taxes. Therefore, In making any COM
parisons in fees as between the several
states, this fact should be borne in
mind.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-10-12
ELIMINATING BODY SQUEAKS
Held in Position by Bolts, Will
Stop Noise.

Motorcar frames are not at all rigid
under the distorting influences Of an ir-
regular road surface, whereas the body
work is. very much less free to bend
and give. This gives rise to slight rub
bing at various places where the frame
is in contact with the body sills, and
since these points of free contact are
not fabricated squeaks result. The
remedy is to insulate the body from
the frame with thick leather straps or
washers, so placed as to be held in po-
sition by the bolts securing the two.
In like manner the filler board used
with some types of windshield to
make it conform with the outline Of
the car dash can be prevented from
squeaking by the insertion of strip
Of leather or felt.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-10-12

Since the war came to Europe the
eyes Of the farmers, particularly the
dairy farmers, have been opened to
The distinct advantage derived from
the use of the mOtortruck over the rail-
road for the collection and delivery of
milk, writes Jack Brooks of England in
Dairy Farmer.
In the last few months the number
of motor vehicles for the handling Of
milk by road has trebled, especially in
Britain, where the business Of produc-
ing milk for consumption by the pub
lie has outgrown every other kind of
dairy enterprise by leaps and bounds.
To rhe majority Of dairy farmers,
time means money, and experience has
proved that the saving Of time Is one
Of the most appealing assets Of the mo-
tortruck's general efficiency in farm
ing work.
The British railroad companies
charge two cents gallon up to 30
miles and cents a gallon up to 100
miles to transport milk from the dairy
farmer to the big milk depots Of the
wholesale dealers in the various hooks
and crannies of the country. Empties
are returned to. the farmer without ex-
ira charge. This is not excessive and
by actual comparison with the cost Of
the matortruck is, indeed, slightly
cheaper. But there are several fac
tors inseparable from the total cost
Of transporting this milk that are
not included in this fiat rate Of trans
port charged by the railroads. And
it is these "extras" which, to the think
ing dairy farmer, mean just that diff
ference between small margin and q
generous margin Of profit.
Advantage Of the Truck.
For instance, the cost of transport
ing milk from one railroad station to
another does not include that expense
entailed In getting the milk from the
dairy farmers premises to the rail-
road station of departure. This may
be distance of one mile, or it may be
ten miles. Then there is the time
spent in transferring the "churns"
from the vehicle to the railroad trucks,
more time spent at the other end In
taking the churns out again, and the
possibilities Of delays on branch lines
aud the waiting on the platforms un-
der hot sun.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-10-12
SPICK-AND-SPANNESS.

The motor car has become an i'm.
mense social adjunct This, to 6
large extent, because of its popular.
jty with women. AS natural conse.
nuenco is general appearance is OF
great and growing importance This
is fully realized by the manufacturer
who constantly strives for grenta" c.
1ciency and more elegance and COM
fort in his product, which he aims to
make ga thing of beauty and joy
forever"
But, with use, of course, no car can
retain its spick-and-spanness without
care and attention from the owner.
Travel stain and shabbiness newt
ably follow usage, and then it is
that TIE nrcNlenns nf tre inevperienc-
ed owner begin. Mud, dust and greasa
faces, and the question arises, how
can they be removed without deteri-
Grafton and loss of pristine luster?
The problem centers here particu-
larry around surfaces of the car
body and the top than elsewhere; and
to those only experienced with waste
ful, destructive alkali soaps for wash
ing, and the lampblack, benzine pre-
paratlons for dressing tops, it is a
problem indeed. The one rui
paintluster the other is absolutely
useless for waterproofing, preserva-
ton of fabric, and maintenance of
line finish. To those, however, who
take occasion to investigate and test
the best now available for washing
cars and dressing tops, it is no prob
lem at all.
The ablest chemists of America
notably those of the Woodtite Labo-
ratoffes,~ have attacked these annov-
ing features and successfully produc-
ed a perfectly harmless and thorough
iy effective liquid soap on the one
hand and waterproof preservative
OF nigh finish on the other. The
thorough and exhaustive tests of
kantmar Autowash and Toptite
that followed their discovery were
so eminently satisfactory that these
two auto accessories are now sold the
world over, under the positive guar
antee that they will do all that is re
CURED in their respective spheres Or
usefulness.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-10-12
PAGE EIGHT
Al FINE TRUCK

Yesterday Rose & Chalmers, agents
for Chevrolet, Oldsmobile and aMr-
mon cars, received a three-quarter-
ton Oldsmobile Economy" truck.
Mr. Rose has been busy ever since
demonstrating it to Nogales mer-
chants.
The Economy" truck was designed
by the Oldsmobile company to meet
III edemand for truck between the
light delivery truck and the heavy
duty truck. In this model they have
devised a truck that is speedy and
reliable with a capacity up to ap'
proximate:y 2O0O pounds.
Several splendid features are EN-
bodied in the chassis of the "Econ
omy:." oMtor. clutch and transmls
sion are in one unit and so located a!
To hermit each to be readily acces
sible for, necessary attention. Con
struction is standard Throughout
which assures consistent performance
ar low cost of operation and mainte
nance. The motor is four cylinders
cast in block with a removable cylin
der head and valves in the head. One
of the greatest features of the ma
chine is the Oldsmobile-T -Torbenson In
terna1 Gear Drive, which reduces the
weight of one of the most important
units of truck, which is usually the
heaviest member-the rear axle.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-10-12
FROM WAR TO PEACE
IN MOTOR INDUSTRY
Automobile Trade Did More Than
Its Bit to Help Win War.
Fleet Of American Trucks Coming In
to Use for Additional Transporta-
tion Facilities Needs Services
of Released Soldiers.

AS single industry the automobile
trade Gid more than its bit to help win
the war. Not only did manufacturers
come up to specifications in quantitJ
and quality of delivery, but they built
better than it was thought they knew
how. Proof of this was given the 9th
er day when, at an auction of old army
cars in France, the French and tfie
English bid higher prices for the cars
than they cost the American govern
ment new. An army of men was en-
ployed to run these trucks and cars
on the firing line. They gained more
experience in month of that sort of
work than they could have gained in
a lifetime of peace work.
The rolling stock will be left abroad
but the men are coming back. They
are being released daily from the mill
tary service, and are returning in large
numbers to civilian life. There is no
lack of work for them to do. For the
fleet Of American trucks now coming
into use for additional transportation
facilities all over the country needs Just
such men-men who have learned how
to act in any emergency, who feel al
most Immediately the idiosyncrasies of
every motor, who have acquired an eff
cheney under shell fire that will make
them leaders in their work In peace
times.
Col, Arthur Woods. assistant to tho
secretary of war. who is in charge OF
the unemployment work for ex-servict
men, announces that number Of sucl
men, are now available for private EN-
ploy. The automobile industry will
not lose this opportunity of obtaining
men who, to their pre-war ability, have
added the exceptional training and eX
perience Of months on the firing line
These men will be In demand, and can
be obtained through governmental and
welfare employment agencies, who will
put them in touch with employers who
need their services.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-10-12
HOW SUCCESS WAS WON.

The story of Spoktite, the stuff
that "tightens wheels and keeps 'em
tight" is a striking illustration of a
good thing.
By large investment for advertis-
ing space in the public press Spoktite
is now known Ground the world and
back again"
Convinced that they had product
of genuine merit for which there is
universal need and no rival whatso-
ever, the manufacturers of Spoktite
ever, the manufacturers of Spoktit
were determined that the public
should know about it in the widest
publicity. They confined their cam
paign wholly to newspapers, which
promptly created the present enorrn-
Gus demand. The moral of all this
is: If you have something to sell that
the public really wants, the best med
ium for results is newspaper adver-
tising. The success of The Woodtite
Company is thus no secret, and the
same path to success is open to all
who have something of genuine merit
to offer and the enterprise to avail
themselves of it.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-10-12

Undoubtedly, the greatest advantage
the industrial motor vehicle has to of
fer over the railroad train in the ship
ment of milk is the avoidance of trans
shipment and the elimination of sew.
eral landings. With the motortruck
the dairy farmer sends his milk d.
rect from the farm to the market. At
least four landings of the milk be-
tween departure and arrival are avoid
ed, and there is a resultant saving of
time, labor and last, but by no means
least, the risk of damage. OF course,
the motor cannot compete with the rail-
roads over long distances, but since it
costs as much to send gallon of milk.
in Britain, 20 or 25 miles as to send
1t so miles by rail, and 55 or 60 miles
cost as much as 100, the use Of the mo-
tOrtruck for these shorter distances
under each rate is to the farmers ad-
vantage.
Saving In Cost.
Looking into the cost from a COM
parative point Of view, we find that:
Thirty "churns" shipped, say, 27 miles,
cost by rail, 5000; by motor $3.50.
The average churn (used on rail-
roads) holds II gallons. Thirty
churns would thus total 5000 at
two cents the gallon. A three-ton
metortruck costs, on an average Of
$4,000 miles, $3.50. Fifty-four miles at
25 cents per mile gives the cost of the
trucks trip. Then the railroad Is un-
doubtedly cheaper, you say.
Yes! But what about the cost of
shipping the milk from the farm to the
station, which Is not included in the
railroad fiat rate? And the further
away you are from the station, the
greater the expense. And what about
the return Journey7 With the proper
type of truck, the empty churns can be
stacked in half the truck space, the re-
naming half being available for load
at no additional cost. Even If the
dairy farmer does not in every case
wish to load up for his own purposes
his available body space on the return
journey, he usually can utilize it for
load Of his neighbor, which is prac-
tically the same thing. No one knows
better than the dairy farmer just what
he can save by getting return load
home at no extra cost.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-10-12
Many Automobile Owners.

This country has more than six mil
lion automobile owners, one to every
eighteen of the population, and about
fifteen Of these ride in automobiles.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-10-12
Ralph MuIford.

600-mile race, giving Ray Harroun, the
winner, a real fight for the money.
Mulford was forced to change a tire
near the finish and probably he would
have won had this not occurred.
AS the race driver, Milford dis
played most Of his skill in the big road
races when that form of automobile
racing was popular in America, AS a
speedway driver he has had varying
luck and during the contest for the
American speedway championship in
1917, which was won by Dario Resta,
with the late John Aiken second, and
Edward Rickenbacker, third. Mulford
failed to get among the leaders.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-10-12
DISPLAYS SKILL AS DRIvEi
Ralph MuIford Originally Sprang Into
Fame as Winner of 1910 Road
Racing Championship.

Natural aptitude to understand an
international combustion engine made
star racing driver of Ralph Milford.
He originally sprang into fame as the
winner of the 1910 road racing cham
pionship, and capturing the Vanderbilt
cup race the following year. He was
also runner-up in the first indianapolis
The daily morning oasis., 1919-10-12

Contrary to the general supposition
1t is more dangerous to be in advance
of, than behind, the procession in the
matter of introducing improvements
in a motor car,"I said F. II. Akers,
sales manager of an eastern motor
car concern.
II am reminded of this by the fact
that just at this time all manufacture
ers are either eQuipping motor trucks
with pneumatic tires or making it
optional with the buyer.
''After the most exhaustive compar-
ative tests with several trucks of the
same model, some equipped with
pneumatics and others with solid tires,
our engineers found that from every
standpoint the pneumatic-tired truck
was infinitely superior.
"First-It was more efficient for the
reason that it would travel at nearly
twice the speed and thereby make
twice as many trips in given time.
Upkeep Cost Less.
"Second-The upkeep cost was al
most unbelievably less, due to the
fact that not only did we obtain more
mileage on set Of pneumatics than
on solids, but that the air cushion ef
fects wonderful saving on the
chassis.
"Not only that, but after 1000 or
5000 miles the resiliency in the rub
Der has been exhausted or, as the mo-
lorists say, the rubber tires (not a
pun, but meaning fatigue) and ac-
Iuires more the consistency Of wood
than of gutta percha.
"AlsO our engineers found that the
The daily morning oasis., 1919-10-12
CLEARANCE FOR INLET VALVE
and Consequently Do Not
Expand as Much.

Inlet valves do not run as hot as
exhaust valves and consequently do
not expand as much. For this reason
less clearance is allowed between the
stems and pushrods of mechanically
operated inlet valves than is allowed
In the same units Of exhaust valves.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-10-12

RAGS WANTED-Will nav s
cents per pound for good clean rags.
Oasis office.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-10-12
WHEN HOOD HANDLES RATTLE
Noise Made Is Most Annoying ane
Can Be Cured by Occasional
Tightening of Screws.

The handles fastened on the hood
to permit of raising and lowering the
part are apt to get loose and rattle
after the car has seen considerable
service especially if they are attached
with screws. The noise they make i,
most annoying, and the only cure is al
occasional Tightening of the screws.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-10-12

fuel consumption was less for the we'll
known reason that any pneumatic-tired
vehicle requires less power.
Another factor that was much in
favor Of the pneumatics was the alb
sence Of injury to loads Of fragile ma
terials. Perishable goods suffer less
In pneumatic-tired truck than they
do IN solid-tired vehicle, even though
the latter 60 at half the speed.
Lighting was another problem.
"First we had kerosene lamps and
then came the carbide tank.
with some reason there was OBJ
lection to this on the ground that it
was dangerous.
IA lot Of people had to be convinced
that II the car got into smashup the
gas tank would not explode.
1T sounds ridiculous at this late
date, but it is a fact, that although
every motorist wanted to get away
from the drudgery and the danger of
cranking his car there was a tremen-
dous opposition to every form Of self
starter.
I'VE expected and were prepared for
a battle when we decided that the
right thing for a light, high-speed
truck was pneumatic tires, but we have
always believed it was our duty to give
the buyer the best our experience die
tated and so we went through with 1t.
Everyone now admits the pneu-
matic-tired truck is inevitable, because
1t Is the solution of most of the truck
Ing problems, so we feel well repaid
for our missionary work."
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-12-19
COMMUNITIES BUILD
HOMES FOR WORKERS

LOUISVILLE, Ky, Dec. 4-(Associ-
ated Press)-The setting aside of a
million dollars by the city for cree
ton of model cottages to be sold to
workingmen at reasonable rates, is
being considered by the Louisville
Board of Trade. The board recently
received a report from a committee
which investigated the plan adopted
in st. Louis to relieve the house short
age.
The st. Louis plan, similar to the
Louisville project, was devised by the
st. Louis Chamber of Commerce, and
nearly $4,000 900 worth of stock in the
new Home and Housing Association
has been sold. Construction OF model
homes in groups of twenty to fifty
will be started soon, according to the
committee.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-12-19

and its work, that use be made of the
school plant wherever possible, that
teachers and children be called upon
to take part in community work. 1
believe it the duty of every teacher
in these Islands to know considerable
about the plantation and it's work, its
people and their conditions, including
possibilities for improvements. They
should adopt the broader educational
view, which is to educate our boys
and girls to be better workers and not
educate them away from work. There
has, | fear, been a considerable tend
ency to do the latter. Almost every
teacher has made the mistake of
creating the ambition in our boys to
rise" to a position in life where they
can wear clean clothes and work in
doors. The result is that most often
u boys, upon graduation from school
prefer a white collar position" to a
job in the field, even at less a and
longer hours. This is a b~ack-to-the-
soil age. The Great War has taught
us the necessity of creating workers
with the soil. Education that does
not stimulate this ambition is mis-
applied, for the simple reason hat a
great proportion of our school gradu-
ates should go to work on the planta-
tons. Elsewhere in this paragraph l
speak of plantation officials familiariz-
ing themselves with the school plant.
They should, however, go further than
this; they should, wherever possible,
assist the school in the education of
the plantation child. A good example
Of how they can do this may be found
in the Boy Scout organization. The
Troop committee of the School Boy
Scout Troop should consist largely of
plantation men. If possible the scout
master should be one.
One way in which the school can be
of assistance to the child, through the
plantation, is in doing pioneer work
which will prepare the plantation and
the worker for welfare work. Here
we are treading on more or less
dangerous ground. Welfare work
must come, not as a benevolent kind
ness or gift to the people, but as part
of the regular plantation program; as
a paying proposition. Creating this
feeling among our laborers is not an
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-12-19
MUSICIANS TO PUBLISH
OWN MUSIC

SPOKANE, Wash, Dec. 4-(Associ-
ated Press)-Music writer's of the
Pacific Coast are organizing a writer's
and composers publishing association
which is to be incorporated within a
few weeks and which later hopes to
establish a publishing concern for
putting out the compositions Of its
members, it was announced here by j..
Louis MacEvoy of this city.
1t is hoped to establish such a print
shop here during next year, Mr.. Mac
Evoy said, and to publish an official
musical paper.
Many music writers of the Pacific
coast have achieved notable successes
of late" Mr.. MacEvoy stated. Their
commercial advancement has been
limited only by the number of songs
they have been able to get printed.
Because of numerous printers strikes
it has been deemed wise to organize
a publishing association"
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-12-19
Ways of Connecting the Public
School With the Plantations


The title of this paper names one
of our local educational problems.
When n realizes that the great ma
Jority of our Island public school
pupils are plantation children, many
of them workers themselves; that the
cost of their education is largely
borne by these same plantations. it
makes one wonder why there is so
little connection between the two in
terests. This situation is, l believe,
quite unique in an American commun-
ity. have heard plantation managers
as well as school officials, express the
opinion that school and plantation in
terests clash. If this is so, there is
something radically wrong with our
educational system or the plantation
policy or both. Personally, l am in
clined to think that this theory is un-
founded. l believe that in the last
few years these two interests have
come to realize that "in union there
is strength" that the interest of one
must necessarily be the interest of
the other. The war has been partly,
if not largely, responsible for this.
The plantation community looked to
the school child for assistance in all
war activities, particularly as a pro-
pagandist in educating his parents.
The school teacher and pupil looked
upon he plantation officials, especial
ly the manager, as a natural leader
in war activities. Naturally they
learned to know one another better
and both found the other reasonable
and approachable.
Cooperation Needed
In the new era into which we have
entered, l hope to see much closer
cooperation between the plantations
and the schools. This, 1 feel, is essen
tial to both. It will tend to create
a viewpoint more or less similar. The
school child will benefit thereby. 1t
costs money for education. 1t is there
fore of interest to the schools that the
plantation succeeds financially. For
the plantation to succeed, it must
have healthy, intelligent workers.
Where can such workers be developed
better than in our public schools? By
closer cooperation l mean that planta-
ton people, managers in particular,
will be more familiar with the school
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-12-19
TOWN OWNS

REDLANDS, Cal, Dec. 5-(Associ-
ated Press)-Redlands, as a munich
pality, has gone into the amusement
business.
It has purchased a theater and made
w. l.. Fowler, city trustee, manager
Of it.
The city plans never to donate the
use Of it's theater for any event, but
to handle it in a strictly business way,
with the municipal eye open for all
possible profit.