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The Washington herald., 1920-08-08

begins just after crossing the bridge
over the great Seneca branch. out
side of GaitherSburg.
Warning should again be given OF
the sharp left turn at Damascus
and again the hard left turn at
Ridgeville where this road joins the
Baltimore pike to Frederick. When
the later town is reached the party
decides to stop for a dinner with
host Dixon at the Wayside Inn.
ell-filled with rich, fried chicken
and all the decorations the party
resumes it's run to Boonsboro where
a turn was made on the last tour to
the Antietam battlefield.
During the run to this point the
Columbia was given a real test of
it's Notwithstanding abilities, as
BraddOck Heights must be crossed
and also the historically famous
South Mountain. And 1t was at
these points that the Columbia dem
onstrated that superabundance of
vitality which left no doubts in the
minds of the pathfinders that the
unlucky thirteen was passed with
that car to which a blizzard, bog or
mountain is nothing more than
pleasant drive in the city.
In Middletown the party stops to
view the house where Rutherford
B. Hayes, who later became Presi-
dent of these United States, was
nursed back to health following the
battle of South Mountain.
During the ride from Middletown
the party is given treat to
view of some of the richest farming
country in Maryland. Large fields
thick with shocks of golden wheat
are seen on every hand. and now
and then the chugging of an engine
may be heard. A look into the
fields shows a traction engine turn
ing the wheels of a big threshing
machine, separating the kernels
ON the straw. If the wind is
right you may get, as the pathfind
irg party did a shower of chaff
from the thresher's blower, and also
an inhaie>of the fresh straw odor.
Here and there, too, may be seen
field of rye, all stacked up, which
brings to mind the great possibili
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
Motor Cars a Necessity,
Not Luxury, Says Banker

z. c. Stokes, former governor of
New Jersey. who is now president
of the Mechanics National Bank OF
Trenton, n. J., a member of the Fed
eral reserve system, has written the
following letter to the United and
Globe Rubber Company, Of Trenton,
n. j. as to his views on the auto
mobile industry.
"As a banker, interested In the
prosperity of the country and the
necessary maintenance and develop
ment of an industry that furnishes
employment and wages and thus
promotes the general welfare OF the
masses, ! beg leave TO call your at
tention to the reported action of
some of the Federal reserve banks
in chasing automobiles as non-es-
sentials in the extension Of credit.
'It might be well to call the at
tention of the banking fraternity to
the Importance of the automobile,
not only as factor in the neces-
sary transportation facilities Of the
country, but as a contributor to one
of the largest of our industries and
promoter of the happiness and
morals OF our people.
1T is a mooted question whether
the automobile industry stands sec
ond or third In the country. II all
the parts in connection herewith
are Included, II ranks second. What
individual banker has right TO say
therefore, that an industry which
by the common judgment Of the peo-
pie Of this country has attained
such proportions in our industrial
life is a non-essentlal7 Burke said
you cannot indict a whole people.
No banking fraternity or govern
ment has a right to say an industry
of such size as the automobile in
dustry. based upon the needs and re-
quirements of the public. is unnec-
essary and therefore unworthy Of
credit.
The automobile is OF immense
value to the nation as a promoter of
the spirit of contentment and as an
effective suppressor of the spirit OF
unrest. No owner OF an automobile
even though II be a pleasure car,
who is able to enjoy. its use for his
family or his friends. is likely 10
become bolshevist or a communist
He fayors the continuation of things
as they are because he has a means
of happiness in his swn possession,
and therefore is against any up
heaval of the present social order.
Next to the church there is no
factor in American life that does so
much for the morals OF the public as
does the automobile. Formerly the
pleasures of life divided the family.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
ROAD'SSLOPE
WEARS TIRES
Those on Left Side Last
Longer Because Of
This

The fact that tires on tn. rtekd-
hand side of car wear out faster
in proportion than those on the left
hand side often puzzles motorists.
The popular supposition that this
wear is caused by turning many
corners to the right is incorrect. The
fact is that the increased wear is
actually caused by the pitch Of the
road which throws more of the car
on the right side than on the left
The round OF the road from curt
to curb Is far more important in de-
termining the sequence in which
tire. normally wear out-right
rear, left rear. right front, left front
than is gutter wear and sbrasions
from grinding of and on pavements
The slope OF the road causes the
right rear tire to carry more weight
than the left rear tire. Thus the
right rear wears the faster OF the
two. The right front also. accord
ing TO Miller Tire and Tube Experts.
will wear more rapidly than the
left front for the same reason.
However, as the left rear wheel
receives a driving pull while the
right front does not, IL will wear
the faster Of the two. Under aver
age conditions the right rear tire
wears out first and the left front
last.
To secure uniform wear from a
set of tires, change them around
about once a month. Particularly is
II important TO reverse the rear
tires. After the rear tires are Vorn
oowb rVvsrss them with the AouG
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08

haps will run him afoul Of the tou,
regulations. The run must. b. con
tlnued around the block.
1t is just 2 o'clock when the town
is reached. The party parked the
car and started for a tour Of the
town atoot. Hagerstown has a non
ulation of 1900, and is Of consid-
eraole Importance as a manufactur-
Ing and railroad city. Ii is. per-
} aps, the busiest town in this sec
tion of the State. The surrounding
country is historically Interesting
Old Fort Frederick, a pioneer from
tier fertilization. IS twelve miles
west of the town. The famous Ma
son and Dixon line is four and a
half miles north. Six miles to the
south is the Potomac River and
West Virginia. During the civil war
hagerstown was an important base
of operations.
An hour in the town and the
party decides to begin the return
trip. Settling back on the luxuri-
Gus cushions. and with the mapping
completed the party heads out Of
the town through Frederick street.
again to enjoy the fresh breezes
and again drink ir the beautiful
scenery.
When Boonsboro is again reached
Jack spies an important looking
monument in front Of the town
bark and calls for a stop while he
adds to his Photographic collection
a picture of the handsome marble
and bronze monument erected by
the citizens Of this town to the
memory OF boys Of that hamlet who
served during the war with Ger
many.
All during the run back. as on the
trip west, the party is greeted by
many motor parties from all parts
of the country, heading to and from
the National Capital. Half way up
the long incline on the lee side Of
South Mountain the car is brought
to a stop at the mountain spring
where chat is INDUCED in with a
party of several motorists who have
halted to get a cooling drink from
the spring and to replenish their
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08

The father had one avenue Of recrs-
alton, the mother another, the chill
dren another. Today our rozdsides
are crowded with family picnic par
ties, who carry their lunches with
them and who take their outing q
a unit. Any device that brings tn
Tamily together as a unit in their
pursuit of plessJ re, is a promoter o.
good morals and yields a benehcenr
influence that makes for the good OF
American civilization. II every fam
lily in the land possessed an auto
mobile, family ties would be closer
ard many OF the problems of social
unrest would be happily solved. tn,
banker who says that = device OF
this kind is a non-essential pos
sesses a narrow vision and fails 10
see the far-reachinE influence Il has
for good. The automobile lie one OF
the country's best ministers ana
best preachers"
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
Maryland Road Commission
Announces Detours Necessaru

The Maryland State Road Com
mission has announced the follow
ing detours, made necessary by
road construction and repairs:
Garrett County, Oakland to Crel-
Intake main road from Oakland
toward Crellin. Bear to left Q.3)
turn sharp to right (2.3) and gain
concrete road under construction
C25). Follow same into Crellin
Length of detour "a miles. Con-
dition, fair.
washington County. Hancock to
warfordsburg Road Turn into
Brooks avenue from Main street
Hancock. Turn right (O.D into
High street. Turn left (0.2) into
the Baptist Church road. Turn
sharp left 1.7) and keep straight
ahead to the Pennsylvania State
highway. Turn right into same and
follow to Warfordsburg. Length of
detour 2.5 miles. Condition, dirt
road in bad shape.
Frederick County, Between Lewis
town and Creagerstown-Turn right
from State road 8.3 miles from
Frederick. follow county road TO
Utica Mffis C1.4) turn sharp left
and come back into regular route
C2.6); thence to Creagerstown-
Length Of detour IS miles.
Frederick County. Buckeystown.
Dickerson-rurn right from con-
crete road 81 miles south of
Buckeystown and Greenfield cross
roads. Turn left (o.5) and (2.4) and
again at (2.s) in Tickville. Turn
right C3.2) at which point you re-
gain main highway to Dickerson.
Length Of detour 81 miles. Condi-
tion good
Carroll County, Westminster to
New Windsor-Follow Uniontown
road from Main street, Westminster,
for a distance of Is miles, turn
road about one mile west of Avon
dale. Length of detour 3.5 miles.
Condition good.
Carroll County Union Mills TO
Iittlestown Northbound traffc
turn to left at Silver Run Church
and follow county road Is miles.
Turn sharp right and regain main
line (3.5) about (o.4) miles south
Of the Maryland-Pennsylvania line.
Baltimore County, Reiserstown
Toward Hanover, Pa.-Turn right
from concrete road to woodensburg
and follow along main road for a
distance of IS miles, regainins
Hanover pike IS miles north of
point OF leaving same. Condition
good. This detour crosses the
Western Maryland Railroad tracks
four times.
Baltimore County, Psrkton to the
Pennsylvania Line-Turn right at
the cross roads one mile north of
Parkton station on county road.
Turn sharp left at church Old bear
left tls) and come back on York
road (o-s) miles north of the point
Of leaving same. Length of detour
z.s miles Condition good.
Howard County, ClarksyiIle to
Highland - This road has been
opened to trafic due to the con-
tractor being unable to- obtain ma
teria& Noties Yiil be given whom
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
Watch Rear Axle.

The intense mechanical strain
undergone by the rear axle calls for
the most scrupulous watching to
keep IL in condition. This is the
center of intense mechanical activ-
ity. carrying all the pushes and
pulls and iolts and jars of the whole
car. The car owner should there
fore guard against any rear axle
trouble. The safest way Is to have
the axle examined by an expert as
soon as slight trouble develops.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08

ometer on the handsome instrument
board of the car show it at the SO5
Nnark. Slowing down in respect to
the Maryland speed laws, it's well
for the party, for, at the sos mark
the road comes to an abrupt end.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
PATHFINDING, AS THE CAMERA VIEWS IT.

l. w. H. traffic
the
e
"Columba the Gem OF the Highway"
vhich
:
a. o Iane- South
them
a drink
water.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08

ties IL 1t were not for fear OF run
ming afoul of the Volstead amend
ment.
Enjoying this rich scenery the
party soon finds itself rolling into
Funkstown. A glance at the speed
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
Use New Tires.

1t is good plan to carry a used
tire as a spare and use the newly
purchased one. For a new tire held
as a spare is a temptation TO the
tire thief. k-
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08

I of HeaHpa
nds" the thirteenth tour the Frederick Mdde~n Boto and Fqnk
best roads the State Maryland feeder the West through
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
Oil Spring Shackles.

Rust often clogs the small vents
of the spring shackles and keeps out
the oil. By using common Kerosene
occasionally, these holes can be kept
,open.s
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
Storage Battery Mounting.

II the storage battery is not Sc
cured tightly In its place, the vi
bration and 1olts of ordinary travel
may very possibly break some of
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-07
Jim COrbeH Picked to
Teach Boxing to Club

New York, n. Y, Feb. flames J.
Corbett. former heavyweight cham
pion OF the world. has consented TO
take charge OF boxing activities
under auspices OF the new Con-
tinental Athletic club OF New York.
according to Frederick Jansen, who
Is in charge OF The clubs athletic and
sport activities
Corbett viii be the chairman Of
the boxing committee Of an advisory
members sport congress. a feature
introduced by Mr.. Jansen in plan
ming the clubs activlCies- Other
celebrities IN sports. such as Charley
Brickley, famous Harvard football
star, and Walter Hayes, who has
helped % make tennis history around
Chicago and throughout the middle
west. viii be associated with the
clubs sport congress.
The Continental club viii FIJI a
long felt want in New York, for de-
spite the fact that many small clubs
exist, the New York A. c. is the only
big standardized athletic club. The
club was formed last sumner BY
". 7. JacEmans who has organized
athletic clubs IN many other cities II
viii have a fine Is story modern city
club house facing Central Park. and
VIII De equipped with every known
athletic club convenience
The Continental club has 4 charter
which permits It 10 stage boxing
bouts. and in obtaining Jim Corbett
Il has made a highly popular move
in the metropolis. The club expects
to be in operation within a year and
Will make application FOR member
ship IN the A A Z.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-07
dilors Decree Hip
Pockets Must Go

Cincinnati Ohio. Feb. Now that
national prohibition has arrived. viii
the hip pocket In mems trousers dis
APPEAR
The latest decree OF the smart
tailor indicates its disappearance
at least. eventually.
Make them smaller" IS the man
date just received by Cincinnati cut
ters-
The tailors point out that Il is
Illegal TO carry gun, that IL is IN
handy for the men 70 carry their
handkerchiefs In the hip pocket and
that. so far. about the only thing a
flask can contain. available for the
hip pocket, is wood alcohol And no
one wants that-if they know Il.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-07
Special Flying School for
Women Obened in London

London. Eng, Feb. IA special
flying school for women has been
opened at Eastbourne BY the East
bourne Aviation company.
we have had a large number Of
applications from women anxious 70
learn to fly" an official stated
1t Is extraordinary the interest
they take in flying. The fee. OF
course. is fairly high, chiefly due TO
insurance rates and other heavy eN-
penses. but by spring We anticipate
having a fairly big school going.
There viii. undoubtedly, be a
boom IN aviation as a sport for the
moderately well 10 do person this
year"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-07
22ND ANNIVERSARY Of FIRST AUTO
SALE IN AMERICA COMES IN APRIL
Charles Clifton, One Of Few Living Who Were in at
Start Of Industry Recalls Early History First Amer
lean Automobile Built in 1887, but Was Worthless;
Duryea and Haynes Built First That Would Run

Europe. has found its greatest de-
velopment in the United States
Many Of the American pioneers are
still living and reaping the BENEFITS
Of their early sacrifices
Charles F. Duryea, Elwood Haynes,
the Apperson brothers, r z. Olds
Alexander Winton, and Henry Ford
are today national personages- Their
genius has brought 10 millions OF
their countryme nundreamed og pleas
ures and prosperity.
Auto nm Experiment.
Fifty years ago the automobile
was the experiment Of few lntrepia
inventors. Il was classed. by tha
public, with the fancies OF Jules
Verne. wonderful but Impractical
The pioneers did not conceive THAI
their inventions would grow into the
third greatest manufacturing indus
try in the country.
Surprising as 1t may seem. the
automobile Is the progenitor Of the
locomotive The first automobile was
built and tried fifty years before the
first railroad track was laid
capt Nicholas Joseph Gugnor is
credited with having constructed. N
1853, the first mOtor-propelled road
vehicle that actually ran steam
was the force. This machine was
clumsy, over-balanced and difficult
to steer. II was partly wrecked on
one OF its trips and never rebuilt.
It was placed in the Conservatory Of
Arts and Trades in Paris where It Is
still an object OF much interest
First American Car.
in 1857 Oliver Evans, OF Phila-
delphia. built the first American
automobile under a patent granted
by the state Of Maryland. It also
was so awkward and heavy that pub
lie opinion vetoed its practicabiltty
and the inventor was forced to aban-
don his further experiments In 1881
Walter Hancock, an Englishman,
built a steam car that he called the
Infant This car made regular trips
between London and Stafford and
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-07
Hard Liquor as Dioidends
to Breweru Stockholders

Boston. Mass. Feb. Here are
at least & few brewing companies
that are getting rid OF their hard
liquor" without loss
The Harvard Brewing corporation
Is giving away hard liquor" 20 its
stockholders in the form OF an extra
dividend The only requirement IS
that each shall carry away his own
dividend" and that Il shall not be
sold or negotiated
The other brewing companies fol-
lowing this plan are the Providence
breweries. Each stakeholder re-
ceived two barrels.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-07

in 1892 the distance was extended 70
Brighton This vehicle carried eleven
passengers and was run at an ave--
age speed Of nine. miles an hour.
About 1874 Gottlieb Daimler and
Carl Benz began their basic expert
ments in the field OF internal COM
busrion, hydro-carbon motors On
Nay S, 1879, George Baldwin Selden.
% Rochester New York, filed an ap-
plication for a patent, covering .he
force OF a road vehicle and upon the
vehicle as a whole This application
was the pioneer patent OF the IN
dustry. Selden did not build q car
until some years after his patent was
granted. While Carl Benz. OF Mann
helm. Germany. built the first inter
nal combustion. hydro-carbon motor
propelled vehicle in 1855. It was not
until 1888 that the automobile prac-
tically as IL is known today was
launched Panhard & Levasser. IN
that year, manufactured $50 motors,
nearly all OF which were sold
First Car That Would Run
IN America. Charles E. Duryes,
and Elwood Haynes were the first
to build gasoline vehicles that would
run. The exact date on which these
respective American pioneers RAJ
their cars is not accurately re-
corded, but IL was some time in 1887
To Alexander Winton goes the credit
OF selling the first American auto
mobile. On April !, 1855, he sold
one-cylinder Wlnton automobile 70
Robert Allison. OF Port Carbon. Pa
Allison ran the car for two years apd
at Winton's solicitation. sold 1t back
to the Winton company, where Il Is
stin in existence.
"Au these vehicles were OF tho
s'horseless carriage" type. Il was
not until 1901 or 1902 that the auto
mobile, based upon the European
Panhard & Levassor type, was intro
duced. The difference between this
European model and the 'horseless
wagon" was that in the former q
central frame 20 carry the power
plant and act as the keystone OF the
car structure was developed. This
idea is basic in modern automobile
manufacturing.
History OF Motor Truck.
@Tbs history Of the motor truck
antedates the passenger automobile
Gugnot, in France, Hancock and Rus
sell IN England, and Owens IN
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-07
Wdr Hero Nearly Killed
After Sduing 8 in Fire

South NorWalk, Conn, Feb. L.
After having carried his mother and
father and six sisters from their
burning home. Salvatore Fratino. q
war hero. rushed back into the
structure. by this time a mass OF
flames, in an attempt 10 save his
grandfather. Salvan Fratino, aged
So. he found the old man uncon-
scious or dead In his bed and at
tempted 20 carry him out but was
overcome and fell Il was only after
his clothes were in flames that he
managed TO roll to the stairway and
tumble down
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-07

ONE Of the few men who were in
~ a. the very start Of the automo-
Bile Industry is still alive and active
in the interest OF motor cars He
was a young man when Haynes was
building the first car and no one was
fighting selden's patent This nan
Is Charles Clifton, president OF the
National Automobile chamber OF
commerce. and was not only present
a. the recent automobile show in
New York. but gave an interview
which recalls many Of the early fac
tors OF the game" This Interview
was printed IN the New York Herald
and IS here reprinted:
The twenty second anniversary OF
the first sale OF a motor vehicle in
the United States viii come in April
OF this year" said Clifton. The
automobile. which was conceived IN
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-07
Withdraw the Amy From
Ireland, Says London Daily

London, Eng. Feb. As a pre-
liminary move toward the real set
Element OF the Irish problem. the
labor paper, Daily Herald, says:
Bring away the English army.
1T Is the symbol as well as the
weapon Of tyranny II is an insuper-
able barrier to settlement It Is a
perpetual reminder OF Irishmen OF
Lloyd Georges ineffable boast that
Great Britain. the vastest and
strongest power in the world. with
navies. armies, air fleets, tanks
artillery and gas. Il prepared 10
fight little unarmed ireland with
determination and resolve"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-07
California Pioneers
SET NeuSbdbers Right

san Francisco. CALI. Feb. T.
Every time an aged Californian dies
certain papers IN the state remark
that the last remaining member OF
the old pioneers has passed away.
This is the statement OF the Society
OF California Pioneers. 50 Just to set
the editors Alright they have sent out
list Of 30 names. all being actual
pioneers.
These men came 70 California be-
fore 1850 and were members OF the
famous Vigilants.
Now all the editor has 70 do Is -
them off the list and some day he can
write that last remaining pioneer"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-07
Coast College Ball
Team to Tour East

Berkeley. Calf. Feb. 7.-Permis-
sion has been given the University
OF California baseball team by the
executive committee OF the asso-
clated students 20 tour the east this
summer, meeting many prominent
colleges OF the Atlantic coast and
middle west, including dates with
the Big Three" teams
The first game Is scheduled with
the University OF Utah on May Is.
other games follow: May IS. Michi-
gan: May IS, Cornell; June 2. Har-
ward; June 9, SYRACUSE June 10.
Dartmouth June II, Princeton:
June u, Pennsylvania June 19, uli-
nois.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-07
Church Without Spires
to- Haze Root Garden

Pittsburg. Pa. Feb. IA church
that viii attract i planned by the
west and Christian church. at High
land avenue and Alder street With
this determination IN view the
trustees announced that a new edi-
flee TO cost 100000 with a roof
garden, and dormitory for the mem
bers, would be built Immediately,
The new church viii be six stories
high and steeples and spires viii be
absent All funds set aside for the
building viii be used 20 make the
church auditoriums and roof garden
places where the members OF the
congregations will find pleasure.