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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-02-08
SIX MILLION MOTORS
IN UNITED STATES

Automobiles used in the United
States during the last year showed
an increase of more than 100000
over the preceding year. Nearly o.
600, 900 motor vehicles were registered
In all of the States by the first OF the
present years, 945,422, to be exact
while the registrations on Jan. l, 1918.
were 4,941,276.
Indiana has between 100000 and
100000 This is a highly interesting
fact, particularly so because the fac
tory production was SO severely cur
tailed during the year in which the
country was actively engaged In the
world war.
It indicates that the unsold balances
of the big. productive year of 1917.
when the high record of more than
1,74O, 900 passenger cars was achieved,
were readily taken up. in great part
for transportation and other essentia!
uses during the period OF railroad and
freight congestion.
Production of passenger autOmo-
biles fell off by more than 100000
from the 1917 schedule, the total be
ing 926,3S8 cars. This was due not
only to the restrictions placed upon
the industry in respect to steel and
other materials. but because a large
majority of the motor plants placed
their factories at the disposition o.
| the government for the manufacture
of a great variety of war munitions
and at the time of the signing of thu
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-02-08
Automobile Growth
Is Wonder of World

"In April 1900, the largest automo-
bile company then in existence, an
nounced in one of the automobile
journals of that date, that they were
manufacturing automobiles at the
rate of almost two complete machines
week." says Fred Bethard, local
dealer in Chevrolet passenger auto
mobiles and trucks.
Compared with the present scale
of production the above statement
seems almost incredible, especially
when you stop to consider that 1t
was only nineteen years ago. Today
the automobile industry is the third
largest industry in the country. In
it are employed over 100000 workers
with 10000 dealers and $4,000 gar.
ages. Closely affiliated with 1t are
| over 1000 manufacturers OF tires,
parts and other accessories. AS soon
as industrial conditions become more
settled the production of the most
popular makes Of motor cars will run
up into the thousands weekly"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-02-08
SHIP BY TRUCK
SAYS BETHARD

"Vast motor freight, express, and
mail routes will soon spider-web the
entire United States" prophesies
Fred Bethard. local agent for Fire
stone Truck Tires. Nothing can stop
this wonderful development.
II couldn't begin to cite the in
stances. Already mail routes extend
from Portland, Maine. through Hart
ford, New York, Philadelphia, Balti-
more, and Washington to THE
Palms." Virginia. Furniture travels
1876 miles from Idaho to Utah in H
teen hours; how many days would
the old freight method have taken?
Packing companies have started to
transport fresh meat in huge refr1g-
orator trucks. Live stock Is being
brought to market in Omaha, st. Louis
and Cincinnati. A daily motor truck
line is rendering commercially acces.
siblc not less than one hundred miles
Of Arkansas mountain country
Througout the West, farmers are send
their grain and a wealth OF other prod
ucts to town by means of trucks.
81 haven't time to speak of the In
terstate Motor Trucking Association.
recently formed in New York City,
and their proposed transportation
show this winter in the metropolis:
of Secretary Redfield's belief that mo.
tor express will revolutionize trans
portation; of Ontario's 100000 rural
express company and other companies
appearing elsewhere; of the increas-
ing use of the motor truck trailer; OF
the formation of return loads bureaus,
or of the possibilities in the way OF
multiplying our supplies of food. sup
plying and stabilizing our barkts, and
even fedeing the world.
"The results? Last year 1924 hogs
enjoyed their last auto ride into Gin
cinnati from radius of thirty miles
Your furniture is handled twice in
/. stead of six time, and benefited &C
cordingly.
Your fresh meat arrives fresh in si'
hours instead Of shrunken from tw'
days and a half of evaporation. Be
TWEEN January /, and June 80, 1914
our fifteen national mail routes avel
aged more than $500 miles daily
cleared over $125,000, and justifie
their being extended to the Pacific.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-02-08
indiana Active Use in l9

armistice the value Of war contracts
assumed by the automobile makers az
gregated more than one billion dollars.
Made War Goods.
Many factories, making some Of the
best-known cars, were entirely engag-
ed in war work. The National Auto
mobile Chamber Of Commerce esti-
mates that the total production for
1919 will probably not be in excess
of 100000 motor cars, and It is In
teresting to note that the president OF
the National Chamber predicts that,
in view of the present demand, there
should be a potential market for near
ly 100000 cars.
An instructive fact in American au-
tomobile development Is that. al
though passenger cars were very
properly limited in production, the re.
strictions on commercial car manu-
facture were less severe and there
was an actual increase Of nearly 80
per cent. in the output OF motor
trucks. Never before were SO many
commercial motor vehicles made in
the United States as in 1918. the mum
Der being 227,251, as against 128. ISL
for 1917. This enhanced production
was due primarily to war needs.
More than $4,000 motor trucks were
sent overseas for the American Expe
dictionary Forces and several thousand
army transport wagons were USED
here. Motor trucks were also used fol
home transportation to a greater ex
tent than ever before, and the organ
ization of many express and rura
motor lines has opened new opportu
mites of quick delivery from the pro
Queer to the consumer. The highway,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-02-08

01CASN6x 0AA0C A&sASO . . eAAs - ~eAsAS@
that It's going to mean more in the
tire business than 1t ever meant IN the
racing game.
''I'm not going into anything blind:
never did In any race ever drove,
and I figure this tire business isn't so
very different from . hard handicap
race.
II figured that the dealers, the
boys who handle the tires and sell
them, are the referees; SO went into
the wholesale and retail tire business
out in Los Angeles. / wanted the
dope from the Dealers angle, feeling
that already knew what the user has
been wanting,-andI got it.
'I've spent twenty years designing
the 'Oldfeld' tire and believe it's
right. My organization plans are tho
result of practical experience. As for
the user, I'll leave it to him. I've been
one long enough to know how he
judges tire.
my factory and sales organization
are all set, and we'll begin deliveries
March FIRST. We're on sound f.
nancial basis to carry thru all our
plans. Just now I am busy making
our agency connections, and by late
spring we'll have national distribution
for the 'Oldfield' tire-or my name
isn't Oldfeld."
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-02-08
BARNEY OlDFIELD|
TO BUILD TIRES
Dean Of. Drivers Heads Big
Tire Company

CLEVELAND. Barney Old6eld,
for twenty years tho foremost figure
in automobile racing and driving
circles, has entered the field of tire
manufacturing a. President OF The
Old6eid Tire company. e corporation
capitalized at $500, 10000 with head
quarters at Cleveland.
The motoring public who have fol-
lowed Barney's career az driver.
will see the clear logic that has led
him to embark upon his new venture.
No man has demanded moro Of tires
than Oldfeld. No man knows better
than he their supreme importance In
racing or touring.
From his earliest driving days
Barney has credited all of his wins to
his tires. s'How did ] do itf-the
tires held up," has become almost an
Oldfield slogan. 1.-THE engine-surel
And the build of the car, and I am
not the man to take any credit from
good, aggressive driving. You know
me! But only one thing will make or
break you-the tires"
When seen at his train after a
characteristic Oldfield trip from Los
Angeles to Cleveland to sign the In
corporation papers, he said
''Sure, it's true. I've always want
ed to build tire that's better than
any tire I've ever used, and now I'm
going to do it. It's an ambition that
started with the first race lost.
1--WE used as many tires as most
men. I've toured every state In the
Union under all conditions. In fact,
believe I've done more touring than
any man In the cc1ntry, and know
what a tire must u to satisfy the man
that drives.
That's tho kind Of a tire the
'Oldfield' is going to be. Yes, that's
the name. and you can bank on II
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-02-08
Auto TInepes Steal
SCI, OOO, 600 Annually

at Is estimated that the cost to car
owners from thefts run close to
$50, 100000 yearly" said member OF
the McConaha company. today. Full
~ ninety per cent Of this loss could be
prevented by the exercising of prop
er caution on the part of the owners.
But despite every warning the loss
from thefts is increasing every year.
ITO meet this condition, the Hud-
son Motor Car company has regular
publication, containing full descrip-
ton of the Super-Sixes taken by
thieves, which goes to every Hudson
dealer in the country with instruc-
lions to report the car as soon as It
enters his service station. In this
way hundreds of owners have recov.
cred their cars"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-02-08
WHEN A FAMILY
NEEDS A FRIEND

In the Absence Of Doctors Nobly Gone
to War, After influenza, the Grip
Those wonderfully useful medicines.
Hoods Sarsaparilla, Peptiron and
Hoods Pills-comprising the new COM
bination family, treatment-are warm
ly recommended.
II taken regularly, Hoods Sarsapar.
lila before meals, Peptiron after meals
and Hoods Pills at night as needed,
they are reasonably sure to keep
family in health and prove to be re-
liable and always ready friends. They
purify the blood, build up strength
and regulate the system.
Get all. or any one. as you think
you need, from your druggist today.
Adv
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-02-08
FIGURES SHOW
REAL ECONOMY
IN TRUCK use
Farmers Will Use 100000
Trucks and Retire | ,2OO,-
600 Horses.
0Y F. w. FEM
(Secretary Rural Motor Express Com
mittee, National Automobile

m1tto0, Nat1Onal AutOmOUilc
Chamber of Commerce)
It has been said that when things
have grown so old that they are al
most forgotten they again become new
and are adopted to meet present needs,
and transportation over the highways
Is one of them. 1t comes to US out
Of the misty past
In our onward rush in the utiliza-
ton of modern methods. we had per-
fected transportation on land and sea,
but the former was over steel rails.
We had neglected our highways, for
transportation machine to operate over
them.
The coming Of the motor truck filed
that need, and it came in a time of
national peril-when three-fourths of
the world was carrying on a war for
liberty and justice.
Highways Not Developed
But the development of the highways
has not kept pace with the progress
Of the motor truck, so with the over
burdening of our rails we found our
selves in possession of a machine
which was flexible and rapid enough
to reach our most remote sections and
swifter in bearing its burden than any
form of transportation that had yet
come to us. Despite the fact that the
highways were in most cases unim-
proved. and in many cases almost i'm
passable, the motor truck never failed.
1t has hauled it's load from farm to
consumer, from the mine to the steel
mill, and from the steel mill to the
point of final utilization.
Every dealer should do his utmost
to encourage the organization of rural
motor express lines-he should either
get others to operate them or operate
them himself, as many are doing. for
aside from serving his country in a
vital necessity he is serving himself.
Farmers Use Trucks
Farmers throughout the country will
have in use 100000 trucks by the end
of this year. and according to estima.
ties, will retire 100000 horses. Every
horse displaced means five acres Of
land that can be devoted to raising
food for human beings.
Fruit, vegetables, milk and eggs ar.
rive in market or direct to the door OF
the consumer, fresh and desirable, on
the day they leave the farm, and COM
mand the highest market prices. 1t
is regarded by agricultural experts as
the most encouraging and potent in
dication to the farmer that no matter
what his production, his produce will
find a speedy way to market.
The motor truck dealer must realize
that If the farmers product is not
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-02-08

OF the country will be used moro nee
ly than in previous years for transpor-
tation.
Within the last few months the Post
Office Department has opened many
new parcel post routes. and their sue
cess has stimulated the establishment
of privately owned motor traflic
routes. This has opened up the prob
lem Of a comprehensive system OF ma
tional highways and better State
roads, and the efforts already started
to accomplish some Of these objects
are practically certain to result. IN the
near future. in providing system OF
well-connected highways far superior
to anything the country has had in the
mast
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-02-08
$500, ooo, 900 EVERY YEAR
SPENT ON NATIONS ROADS

Government road officials estimate
that road construction and mainten-
ance in the United States involve an
annual outlay of over $500, 100000, a
sum which, if capitalized at per cent,
would represent an investment of
Sc, 600, 100000. There has never been
a nation wide traffic census to show
either the direction of volume of traf-
fic over these highways.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-02-08
CUT THIS OUT--I- IS WORTH MONEY
nnN'T> MISS THIS Cnt ont this slim

DON'T MISS THIS. Cut out this slip.
enclose with sc and mail it to Foley &
Co, 1885 Sheffield Ave-, Chicago. ILL.,,
writing your name and address clearly.
You will receive in return a trial pack
age containing Foleys Honey and Tar
Compound. for coughs. colds and Group;
Foley Kidney Pills, for pain in sides
and back; rheumatism, backache, kid
ned and bladder ailments; and Foley
Cathartic Tablets, wholesome and
thoroughly cleansing cathartic, for con-
stipation, biliousness, headache, and
sluggish bowels. For sale by A. G..
Iuken &, Co.-Adv.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-05
GERMANS STILL MAINTAIN
THEY ARE not TO BLAME
FOR STARTING THE WAR

Berlin. Tuesday, June 3.-Prof. Hans
Delbrueck. General Count Max Mont
gelas and Prof Weber German experts
at Versailles have drawn up long
memorandum ON the question of re-
sponsibility for the war which will be
presented as a reply to the entente
commission report ON the subject
The memorandum argues the neces
sity of submitting the the question TO
an impartial commission for mveSu
cation and denies there was any secret
plot between Berlin and Vienna TO de
struy Serbia 1t says that the German
government could not accept the ef
forts of Sir Edward Grey, the British
secretary. for foreign affairs in 1914
who Offered to mediate because it
doubted his powers to check the war
like aspirations of Russia Emperor
Nicholas proposal to refer the dispute
to the Hague also failed. it is said,
because on the same day that the pro.
posal was made the mobilization of
thirteen army corps was expected.
Russia's imperalist policy, the mem
orandum argues, made war with Ger
many inevitable. 1t says that Ger
many'S war against France was one
of defense and admits that Germany's $
naval policy was of such a nature as
to arouse the distrust of Great Britain.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-05
RECORD SEAT SALE
REPORTED HERE BY
CHAUTAUQUA LEADER

q. W Stocking, representing Inv
Redpath IIorner. Chnutauquas, ls IN
Ardmorc completing final arrangements
tor the chautauuua which Is scheu
ulcd to open in Nrdmorc sunday
"Ardmurc Is the incest place | have
visited" was the remark made by Mr.
Stocking when questioned upon the
success Of the ticket sale. Continuing
he said: Prospects are that Ardmor'
Is To be- our best chautauqua town ON
the entire circuit embracing practical
Is every state from Kansas to Calitor'
MIA. The ticket sale is going over IN
fine shape, aud II Is very gratifying
tu US 10 bee able tn ten YOU that YOU
are going to have one of the best chau'
tauuuas ever held in Ardmorc."
Some changes have been made IN
the program, published recently. Ralph
parlette viii give two lectures the
opening date. Sunday. instead of one as
was announced Mr. parlctte has three
lectures University of Hard knocks.
THE Biz business Of Living and
Are You Shaking Up or Rattling
Down" lie viii give one of these sun
day afternoon, and another sunday
night Nr Parctte has been "A lectur-
cr for twenty-five years ana has lectur-
cd in nearly every state in the Union,
In addition to the lectures. programs
will be given by the Victory Players.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-05
ASSESSED VAL UAT|0N
Of OKLAHOMA N UST Be
RAISED 40 PER CENT

Oklahoma City, June 4,-The assessed
valuation of Oklahoma must be raised
10 per cent, according 10 IN" state
mcnts made by members of the state
board of equalization at Saturdays con
ference Of county assessors' county
clerks ana county commissioners, VINO
met with the board In the house OF rep
rescntntiyes. Many of the county OF
ficials. anticipating the necessity Tor
higher assessments, have advanced
schedules on an classes of property
I'm Oklahoma county according To Ns'
SCISSOR Beatty. the assessments are 10
hr made ON real valuations lie cited the
instance Of Morris n CO., which, lac SAID
owns property within the county lhnt
Is worth S5.OOO,OOO, but has only been
assessed $500, 900, This was pointed
IA ns an Instance Of laCl; OF equality IN
assessment which Is not within the JnrN'
diction of the state hoard OF oqua'IN'
ton to correct. but is "a matter solely
within the power of the county 'uthorI
ties.
Assessor Short of McCurtain county
objected to citing his county ns a gar
lug example ol low "H7''n''i'''''' W ''
lands. lie pointed out that there Is
much land in that county which rs not
worth 80 cents an acre" In defending
the average assessment in McCurlain
me- said that two years ago good iarm
land was assessed at $l5 an acre ana
this year It will Doe $50 or S35.
Governor Robertson, Secretary ol
state Morris. Treasurer LeecratI Al
torncy General Freezing and Auditor
Carter. members of the state board "l
eouali2ation. were present at the meet
ing and were frequently asked for Sus
gestions and advice.
one of the problems Of several asses
sors referred TO the assessment OF prop
erty owned by charitable, church ana
rratcrnal societies.
\ new law eXempts the property o'
religious. educational and lraternM or
carnations, even though 1t may n'
rented for business purposes, proVldlhi
an the income from the property Is uSe'
for religious or charitable purposes
The state board of equalization Is II
session today hearing several corpora
tions which are seeking to nave the III
creases in their assessments cut down
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-05
RIFE As
TO CHANGES IN TREATY

Paris. Tuesday, June 3.-The atmos-
phere in peace conference circles was
fun of speculation today as to possible
notifications in several clauses of the
treaty with Germany but nothing tangi-
Bile is expected to develop until the out
come of the joint meetings of allied eX-
perts becomes known 1t is expected
that some of these meetings will be held
tomorrow. At the meeting of the coun-
ell of four. this afternoon, President VIII
son made another effort to bring about
an agreement as to the principle of the
reply to the German counter proposals
but the meeting ended without an
agreement
1t is understood that Premier Glenn
enceau maintains a formal attitude
against any revision of the treaty
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-05
FOR NOBBY
CLOTHES INCREASES,
SAY MAIL ORDER MEN

Chicago. June 4.-The plain tailored
suits of inexpensive quality whlch
painel popularity among women dur'
ing the war period are now pelhs p"'
aside for lighter weight lace eli'''S'
such as gcorgctte and silk nets, nc
cording to a report of a large mill or,
der house dealing with the effect oi
war ON the mail order business
While total sales were little AFFECT
ed by the war and the armstlce' tho
demand increases with the lhiluN ol
overseas soldiers Travelling bags ana
trunks a,c being sold in great quantity
with the Increased travel and the sales
of household furnishings, classed as
mXuries during the war PERIOD nave
shown a remarkable raise
There Is also big Increase IN the
demand for working gloves. Sald th'
report, This report Is due TO open
ing of factories which were closed ana
TO the return of men 10 the farms
one firm said the armstice produced
little. if any immediate effect upon
sales. hut that February sales began
To tan Off "due To the fact that people
generally were looking for lower
priccs?"
Special sales effort IN the way "i
special sales catalogs became neces-
sai.y. and as a result sales for March
were considerably Increased over 1918.
Despite the tendency To hold OIL
buying in the nope that priues viii come
down" people are buying goods con
sidercd cNtrayagauces during the war.
Another large mail order house said
the most noticeable demand Increase
had been for young mems apparel.
The demand for mems and women's
wigs has been unprecedented, according
to one mail order house. This was
attributed to the epidemic of Influenza.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-05
EX-GOVERNOR GUY Of
CH|CKASAW NATION
IS DEAD At SULPHUR
WAS SHOT THROUGH BODY At
GETTYSBURG; HE REARED AND
EDUCATED MANY ORPHANS.

sulphur, Okla, June I.-3N Governor
William Guy of the Chickasaw nation
died at his home in sulphur Tuesday
morning of heart failure, lie arose
early in the morning feeling fine, ana
while building a fire ne fell over ana
expired Immediately,
Governor Guy was one OF the interest
Ing pioneers of the old Indian territory
days and a hero Of the Clyil war II"
was born near the old Boggy depot IN
the Chickasaw nation, in lSl1. Al the
outbreak of the Cyil war in 1861, he
was young lad attending school az
Holly Springs, Miss, and immediately
ioiurd the Confederate forces, onllStng
In Company +. 18th mississippi Barks
dale brigade. Iougstrcets division. army
of Northern Virginia. At IN" BATH" OF
Gettysburg he was shot through ana
through Frtyfiyr years ago Tuesday
tne date of his death. hc was in the
trenches at cold llarbor fighting Gran"
For four days he fought there. during
which time Grant lost 10000 men VAN
out a foot advantage.
After the civil war Mr.. Guy "" elect
cd governor of the Chicknsaw nation
and served during notable days. ll"
always has been active I'm tribal ana
governmental affairs, Tie could nave
been rich, but died "a poor man, from the
sole fact that he has reared, iathered
and educated more orphan children from
his own private purse than perhaps
any other man in oklahoma lie is sur
viyed hy his widow ana one daughter
\
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-05
GERMANS WOULD CREATE
PARTNERSHIP WITH l. -

Berlin, Tuesday. June 3.-There seems
to he a widespread demand ON the part
of the Germans that efforts be made 10
induce America to enter into a sort oil
limited alliance with Germany or take
mrotectorate over this country, giving
germany financial aid and protection
and taking in return the Hohs snare .,
the profits of the countrys lhuuSIr'''
activities. This sentiment which lirs'
made its appearance last December up
pears to have become stronger very re-
Gently.
Privy Councillor Bergman, formery
a partner in the German Edison com
many, and one of the largest eIectrich'
magnates here. suggests u German
American partnership with America
the senior and controlling partner