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Arizona republican., 1920-10-10

even to the transmission, but work in syncronisns on the rear axle distribut- ing the driving power equally to both wheels. A few weeks before Milton lowered the worlds record the en- zines were installed in separate bodies at Los Angeles and each won a victory on the coast track. Working together the sixteen cylinders complete, gives the 'Duesy' a power plant acknowl- edged the best in the world.
 Barney Oldfield, that grizzled vet eran of the speed game. who ten years ago held the worlds speed record, is | a great admirer of Milton and immedi- ately after Tommy dropped the record | he wired the following message: Tommy Milton, Daytona:
 When I broke that record you were in short pants. I hope you remain the record holder until I grow a gray beard. Never look back.
 BARNEY OLDFIELD." And Tommy Milton has neved looked back. but is continually striving to flower the time so far that his record will remain a permanent figure in Automobile statistics. Milton has wag-
Arizona republican., 1920-10-10
BY BOB HOLIDAY Special Writer, Republican

Having succeeded fn getting in the limelight through the medium of a spreading rail which wrecked Gov ernor Cox's train in a very successful manner, Phoenix is about to enter the lists again and endeavor to dominate the news O. the day. It is just the case of an automobile race this time but a race so extraordinary that no doubt motor speedway history will be changed and few new things learned about the use of steel, gasoline and rubber
 For a good many years Phoenix has been possessed of a speed plant second to none in the country. It has been generally conceded that the dirt oval at the fair grounds was just as fast as they make them. Time after time dirt track records from one mile to a hundred have been broken at the fair
 grounds. The fame of the Phoenix track has spread far and near, and
 whenever a bevy of speed fiends take
 notion to circle the oval in a friendly endeavor to prove that the laws of gravity are all off, the world generally ! knows abou- it and sits up and takes
 notice.
 And that's what is happenning to- day. Castor Chevrolet. Tommy Milton and Omar Toft in a three -cornered race. over a distance of 100 miles is
 the dish be ng placed under the col llectivc noses of Phoenix fans. A purse of s10 900 has been hung up just as a s'fcht incentive for tho speed persons Ita uct out and hustle a little faster It might also be mentioned just as a side light that chaperoning the big af- fair is ono person named Oidfield who at one time won frequent fame on tho
Arizona republican., 1920-10-10

cree and representative of the Ameri- can Automobile association. is one of the leading automobile racing officials in the sport. He is known all over the country for his fair decisions and his knowledge of the racing game and the three competing racers were unani- nous in accepting him for refree in to- days race. He organized and spon- sored the first Los Angeles Phoenix road race which at one time was listed among the real classics in the automo- bile racing world. The race pilots re- spect the rulings of Mir. Bullard and his word is final with everyone con nected with a race over. which he pre- sides.
 Veteran OldfieId on the Job l IL would not be fair to discuss the merits of the drivers and officials of today's race without saying a word about Barney Oldfield, the old race track veteran, donor of the diamond studded medal offered the winner oi | the 100-mile race.
 Barney started racing back in 1902 driving the first automobile ever built by Henry Ford. For years Oldfiel6 was invineible; he drove on every track in the country during his l' years at the game and he still hold: every dirt track record from one tC fifty miles He retired from the rae ing game IS moths ago to head biz tire concern in the east.
 Oldfield's most Drized possession i
Arizona republican., 1920-10-10
Thrills To Great Abundance
 Promised Phoen3T Fans Today

auto race tracks with his ability to go just little bit faster than the other fellow. Barney still likes to see the chug boats go sailing past but he re- fuses to sit behind the wheel of one. Business cares have caused this and not old age as popularity supposed. But Barney will be here just to look on. He has put up a cute little diamond studded medal for the winner of the affair and has seen to a number of other details calculated to make the affair more interesting.
 In other words they have had to come to Phoenix to decide the 100- mile dirt track championship. Milton and Chevrolet both think ;le Phoenix track is the fastest in the country and inas- much as they crave nightly to lower
 the dirt track record for that distance,
 they have picked on Phoenix as the
 proper place in which the deed shall be
 done
 The record for that distance over the dirt route was made in Phoenix less
 than a year ago by Eddie Hearne when | he rambled around the century mark | in one hour 29 minutes and nine sec- onds. Milton who has travelled faster | in an automobile than any other man ! in positive that he can beat Hearne' S record and as a matter of fact has placed a triffling wagor of $500 that he | will do so.
 The seat sale for the event has ! broken all records. Practically every ' box has been disposed of days in ad- vance of the races, but there are a lot ! of reserved seats where the big timer can bc seen 10 every advantage on all
 sides of the track, and especially the
 turns where the excitement usually comes.
Arizona republican., 1920-10-10
TIMING DEVICE
 WORKS WONDERS
 CATCHING SPEED

Appropos of the great racing game of today. the question of accurately timing the racers Is of tremendous im- portancc.
 The ordinary methods of timing are not effective whom such terrific speeds as those Of recent months are taken Into consideration.
 Motor for September, carries a very intcrrstin~s article on the methods In usc for accurate timing. When it is considered that a SS0-pound projectiio from a naval coast gun travelled 17.SSf wards in 5Q.53 seconds recently. while Milton has travelled 3.752 yards fin the same time. it will be seen that the pro- iectiic only travelled slightly moro than than four times as fast as the racing car.
 The projcctilc's speed was measured hv the timc it actually took it to travel over tho distance given. On the con trary. Milton's time was caught on every lap Co the hundreth part of a second.
 catching the time of 23 cars.- states tho article. "al1 going at a speed of from sS to s3 miles an hour on every one of two hundred laps for each car a total of fe00 separate operations for thc timing instrument, is not an easy tack. Particularly is this difficplt when eisht or ten pass the tape at the same time
 Al the Indianapolis speedway race Odis A. Porter handled the timing. The timing instrument he uses is a very delicate aSscmblaEe of electrically cor related mechanical devices. and is sC e~iicatc and sensitive that it will reg. lsfcr fractions of second up to one two hundreth part
 Upon the accuracy Of this machin' depend tho inuis's of the victor. wheru th~ race is very close. and enc sccoud' laying down on the job when a dozel cars are roaring down the spCedwa stretch would cause hopeless confu sion.
 Tho important mechanism consist of a series or disks. four fin number with raised numerals. each disk grad uated. The first disk registering q hours fs connected with a second dis registering in minutes. The third disl similarly graduated. registers second and is connected with the fourth dis which is graduated Into siXucth part and is connected electrically with th second hand of a ships chronomcter.
 Every tick of tho second hand send Inc wheel around in one complet revolution. and every revolution of th "hundrcdths" disk causes Che disk reg lsfcrinr seconds to turn over. Tf second disk kicks over" Che minut disk. and so on.
 small stecI v.irc stretched ero' fhr anreHu.at course connects with O instrument Whenever a cor uass' over the wire on electrical conta
Arizona republican., 1920-10-10

causes the' timing device to record the time.
 striking arm above the disk, strikes on a strip of paper. registering the imprint of the numerals on the four disks. The machine recovers from each operation quickly enough so that another registration can be made by another car passing over the wire within 5-1O0 of a second after the ma chine has registered.
 It has been possible to catch the time between thc front wheels and the rear on machine passing over the wire at 60 miles am hour. although the front wheels Geprcss the wirc and tho roar Whccis soquCUty do not hit G. However thc time rcgisrcd at this enec1 shows a difference of only four lhuudrcdths of a second.
Arizona republican., 1920-10-10

BuIsTd UfTlclsT Referee George Purdy Bullard, official ref
Arizona republican., 1920-10-10
Speed Kings Out to Lower Records

cred $500 that he will lower the pres ent fair grounds time at least three minutes, the official time for the local course being S9 minutes and seconds. Milton has the nerve and he has the machine; he will be out there trying this afternoon.
 CrevroIet Nervy Pilot Gaston Chevrolet, driving Monroe Special. which won the Indianapolis Speedway Ss0.0O0 race last spring, will pilot the same machine around the
 Phoenix track this afternoon, against
 Toft and Milton, and Gaston hopes to
 beat Milton's time If Chevrolet beats
 MTton's time and Milton lowers the
 track record by two minutes the Mon roe Special will be covering the lOO- mile course at a terrific rate of speed.
 Chevrolet holds the title of worlds speedway champion. He is a native of
 France where he first entered the rac- ing game 13 years ago. He won many races in Europe before coming to this Icountry, and jumped into the limelight in the United States by winning the Chicago Speedway Motor Derby in l1916. Shortly after he captured the Chicago title he took part in races at Sheepshead Bay. Uniontown and Gin
 cinnat where he was a consistent winner for years.
 His records and titles are more nu- merous than his rival, Tommy Milton.
 On May 31 of this year Chevrolet achieved the greatest honor which can come to an automobile racer. winning !, the SSO. 900 Indianapolis Speedway In ternational sweepstakes over a 5O0-
 mile course. defeating g. of the great est drivers from all parts of the world . He leads the percentage table of tho . ! American Automobile association b, l 36 points.
 { Chevrolet is known as one of tn l. most intrepid drivers in the game. H d co-operates with his brother Loui e Chevrolet in building the racing ma f chimes which he pilots.
 e Toft Old in the Race Game
 Omar Toft, the third driver in to O days race. was born in California 9 e years ago. He started racing in l91 d driving several of the fastest car k manufactured including the Simplen l. Opel. a European car of note, Merce Y des. Mercer. Stutz, Deusenberg an a Miller. He was leading in the frs Ie Los Angeles Phoenix desert race whe ,e an accident to his machine put him ou
 of the running. He won many dir le track races in all parts of the countr ss and the George Washington Sweep m stakes at Ascot park.
 k Toft was always considered grea ,- driver on the speedways, winnin er many seconds and thirds defeatin m some of the best drivers in the racin s game He won the 50-mile track rae IS at the fair grounds New Years day. ,e Toft retired from the racing gam
 last spring to embark in business i IS this city, but he could not resist tn " lure of the race track and accepte l. Barney Oldfield's offer to furnish hr ,t with the famous French Frontcnac [ ST uphold the colors of the West in tn III l00-mile race against Chevrolet an le Milton
 Iv Bullsrd Official Referee
 George Purdy Bulard, official ref
Arizona republican., 1920-10-10
BY ED HARRINGTON Sportina Editor Republican

When the official starter drops the flag at the state fair grounds this aft ernoon three of the most daring speed demons in the world will be on their way to break the 100-mile dirt track record.
 Tommy Milton worlds speed king. who covered the Florida beach at the rate of 156 miles per hour is beyond question the greatest race pilot the world has ever known, not excepting the great Barney Oldfield, the original speed king il the auto game. Milton's 16-cylinder Deusenberg hurtled down the Florida beach. May 31 at better than two and one-half miles per min ute with thousands of onlookers hold ing their breath as the iron monster shot fire and smoke along the sands crossing the line a mass of seething flames.
 The Deusenberg power plant is Of freak construction, an idea that had never before been put to a test in world record races The two separate mo- tors are independent of each other
Arizona republican., 1920-10-10
LIGHTER CARS
 IN L|MELIGHT
 FOR 1921 TEST

According to reports from the coast, it looks very much as though the Rev. erly Speedway classic will ring down the curtain on the 1s3 cubic inch rac- ing engines.
 It is believd among the engineer cir cles all over the country that the next motor will be the 122-inch engine. which has already developed rapidly in France.
 As small as the 1ss-inch engine is. the little 122-inch is still smaller.
 The 1S3-inch engine has certainly been a success in view of the fact that this has been the first racing reason in which the light power plant has pre- dominated.
 These little motors develop around 90 horsepower. yet they are only six per cent larger in piston displacement than the standard Ford engine. They will turn over at the rate of 5000 revo- iutions per minute and will run for hours at practically full speed.
 The tire ghost has lost a great deal of it's terrible appearance as the new cars are of extremely light weight bringing much less strain to bear upon tho rubber. a point that is very vital | in present day racing. Even spark plugs have been made almost trouble proof
 In the matter of chassis balancing, il is a fact that for holding the track tho ! 8OO-inch motors have nothing on tn light racers. SO careful has been tn, balancing of the entire chassis layou on the new racers of today.
Arizona republican., 1920-10-10

the Master Driver of the World medal which he won in the Los An geles to Phoenix race in 1914.
 The big race this afternoon VIII start promptly at o'clock and in less than two hours the champion dirt track racer of the world will be named and Phoenix will go on the automo- bic map as the city where the leo- mile record was shattered.
 Automobiles will be permitted to park inside the fence until 2:55 p. m. when the gates will be closed. Visitors from every section of the Southwest will be here to witness the race.
 Bill Pickins promoter of the race, stated last night that every available space in the park will be filled, the at traction being the biggest drawing card ever held in the state
Arizona republican., 1920-10-10

Japan has an annual poetry contest ill which some 30,o00 persons take part.
 There is a market scarcity of plate glass in this country because we are sending plate glass to countries who used to send it to us.
Arizona republican., 1920-10-10

It is said sat lightning strikes loamy soil 22 times where it strikes a chalk soil once.
Arizona republican., 1920-10-10

The pressure at the center of the earth is calculated at be 600O tons to the square inch.
Arizona republican., 1920-10-10

Ninety-five percent of the worlds total known vanadium is in mine in Peru
Arizona republican., 1920-10-10

Texas. Georgia and South Carolina produce more than one-half of the cot ton ln the United states.
Arizona republican., 1920-10-10

The first tenement house in New York City was built in 1893.
Arizona republican., 1920-10-10

Motor Bugs who pride themselves on knowing every car from a Sow-bug Cyclecer to d one million dollar Rolls Fast, may know what this car is. Nine chances to one they would have 10 lcoll up the Gumber. or take a reading glass and examine the name plate minutely, like they have to with every other car.
 BUT. There probably is not q school boy in Phoenix who couldn't tell at a
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1920-12-16
The Red Cross Meeting

The regular annual meeting Of
the Red Cross was held Sunday
afternoon ct the Court House,
with Chairman Airey presiding
and the routine business was fol-
lowed by the election of the Board
of Directors, who at their annual
meeting in January will elect the
officers for the coming year.
Miss Hook, field director for
this district. was present and
made q most interesting talk along
the lines that the energies of the
Chapter are directed and gave out
. number of excellent suggestions
for the work of the coming year.
She met again on Monday after
noon with the Board who resrond-
ed to the questionaires she gave
out preparatory to the survey she
is making of the district and ex-
pressed her pleasure at her oppor.
tunity of working with the Nat.
chitorhes Chapter whose reputa-
ton il known shruout the Division
not only for what it accomplished
during the war. but the splendid
manner in which It is carrying out
The very important and absolutely
needed Peace-time program.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1920-12-16
A French Her0's Opinion Of
American Women

General Robert George Nivelle,
the great French hero, the defen-
der of Verdun, while in New Or
leans being feted and entertained
the other day. paid a splendid tri-
butte to American women, whom
he said helped to save Verdun;
their work, deyotion, sympathy
behind the lines being so great
that it cannot be over estimated.
He frankly admitted that the
war has made me change my IDEA
of women. Once I thought the
business of women was only to in
spire ideals which they would then
prevent US from carrying out. But
today they are our sisters and
citizens with us IN the great fs-
public of courage. In reconstruct
ing the world in the larger sense,
women play as important part
IS they PLAYED during the var.
70 win peace they Will stand with
lighting radicsls and pro6teers.
Che world needs fe male hands"
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1920-12-16
Now is the Accepted Time

If the number of phone mes
sages, letters and personal re-
sponses can be judged as an indi-
cation that last weeks editorial
about the importing OF gas for
domestic purposes struck popu-
lar want. then the editor is salts
fed that she struck a chord that
will echo and re-echo until the
need is satisfied,
She has been asked to continue
to play upon it until some definite
acton is taken and to urge that
it be taken at once.
Information was volunteered
that gas could be piped in much
nearer home than from Monroe
or even Caddo fields, one telling
of the recent bringing in of a big
gas we'll out on Bayou Pierre,
which information has been SUBJ
stantiated.
So again, we urge the Chamber
of Commerce, or the City Com.
missioners to look into this very
important matter of piping gas in
to Natchitoches for domestic pur.
poses; ut least, see if it is feasible
and if SO, let's get busy. ..-
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1920-12-16
Women as Lawmakers

Statistics compiled by the Ma
tional Woman Suffrage Associa-
ton show that twenty-nine women
won seats in state>legislatures dur
ing the recent election, which is
approximately one-h half of the total
for all previous years. Fourteen
states hoEored their women in this
way, every section of the country,
north. south, east and west, being
represented.
Connecticut has the distinction
of leading the list of women law
makers with a total of 5. Kansas
is a close second with 4. Utah and
California have 3 each. New Jer-
sey and Oklahoma 2 eacn, and the
following states have elected one
weman in their respective legis-
Iatures: Idaho. Indiana. Michi-
gan, tana. Nevada, New
Hampshire, New York, Oregon
and Vermont. As shown by the
list, east and vest are about even
in the progress made by women
candidates for legislative seats.
Doubtless other states would be
included in this list lf'they had
held primaries since the ratiGca.
ton Of the woman suffrage amend
ment.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1920-12-16

changed many a barren. or I'M
slightly spot into place where
beauty dwels, whose loneliness
will grow with the years.
Nature is constantly making a
magnificent struggle to cover up
the ugliness wrought by man;
lets give her fair chance to do
her magic work.
Organize; select a good leader;
then enlist the Boy-Scouts, the
school children and all others who
will help in this work
PLANT TREES NOW; Ger
tainly not later than the second
week in January. Plant trees and
thus learn to know the vast joy of
working hand in hand with nature.
An excellent line of sterling silver
and gold belt buckles for men at
RICHARD DE VARGAS
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1920-12-16
Plant Trees Now

Arbor Day comes at time of
year that is totally unsuited to
tree-pIanting in the South. Our
summers are too long, hot and
generally dry. Many of US have
thoughtlesily followed the custom
of planting trees in the spring;
and with what RESULT Almost in
variably they died the following
summer. We thus became dis
couraged and felt that it was USE
less to plant trees.
Those of you who have had
such an experience, try this plan;
plant trees in December. Be sure
they have good roots, and plant
with care. These trees will get
the full benefit of the winter rains,
new roots will grow to replace
hose which bruised or broken.
and they will get firmly set be-
fore the trying test of summer
comes.
In selecting them let US give
first place to our beautiful native
trees. For the river country. the
pecan and the magiicent llveoak
certainly stand at the head of the
list. For the hills, there are the
elms, almost all the oaks, syca-
mores, populars, naples and
others. And do not forget our
own lovely magnolias. Even they
which are considered difficult to
transplant. will live in almost any
locality, if set now.
If you want q beautiful effect
quicker than can be detained from
the slow-growing trees. try COM
bining them with quicker-growing
small trees and shrubs. The large
growing trees should be planted
good distance apart: SO between
these, try grouping some of the
old fashioned Towering shrubs,
such as crepe-myrtle, oleander,
syringa, spiraa, altheas, forsythia
etc. This has been done in many
places. and the effect is charming.
Some of the imported trees, such
~ the japanese Varnish Maple,
ere very efs.aental, and of rapid
growth.
Some of our wild shrubs add
swall trees are very beautiful:
where there is space for massing,
the red-haw, hiacx-taw, 'possum-
haw and s!oes are very eifectva;
then are the holley. choke bury
and will cvas-appae, One Of our
most beautiful wild trees, ths deg
wood, will not stand cultivation.
Use judgment in the selecting.
plan year planting carefully, and
10 q few years you will have
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1920-12-16

A proclamation issued BY Gov.
Parker designating Dec. 1918 as
Olean-up-week and sent Us too
late for last weeks issue. urges
that every Ex-Servlcs man in the
parish, b interviewed 70 asoertain
whether he IS in need Of treatment,
hospitigation, or compensation,
and that be reinstate his War
Risk insurance, II not 81, at least
q pert Of il. Three days Of the
weak still remain. and il i hoped
thst il every Ax-ssrvice man III
the parish. has not s yet done 90.
be will make every abort 70 look
aftsr his war risk insuranss g
vpce.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1920-12-16
Court House News

Judge j. w. Jones and District
Attorney, s. B. Thomas, having
received their commissions from
Gov. Parker certifying that they
were duly. and legally elected to
succeed Judge w. I. Cunningham
and District Attorney j. H. Steph-
ems, we're sworn in and took official
charge Of affairs when court con-
vened Monday of last week for
the Grand Jury or Midwinter
Criminal Term.
The Judges charge to..the jury,
while brief, was to the point,
strong and forcible and special at
tention was called to the violation
Of the law for concealed weapons,
prohibition etc.
The grand jury as published in |
the venire was sworn in with P.
". Williams . foreman and Sam
Green. clerk, which while still in |
session expects to conclude it's Ia
bors today.