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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-11-13

Those who are engaged in agricul-
ture are finding the winter short
courses offered by the State Agricul-
tural college at the University of Yer:
mont to be very helpful in practical
work as the subjects considered are
along lines that come up in everyday
life of the farmer A new series of
courses will be started in the month OF
December, and it would seem TO be to
the advantage of the farmers of Yer
mont to take these courses if arrange
ments can be made. To residents Of
Vermont the tuition in these courses
is free, the only charges made by the
university being incidental fees to pay
for the materials used by the students
In the courses. Vermonters ought to
take advantage of the efforts made in
their behalf by enrolling in these
courses in large numbers.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-11-13
sPAULDING HIGH SCHOOLS
SCHOLASTIC HONoRS.

While the athletic representatives Of
spsulding high school are winning DIS
.inction on the gridiron. the represen-
atives Of the school are also making
name for the school in scholarship
For some time the graduates q the
rhool have been winning prizes sf one
art or another in Vermont colleges
nd IN institutions IN other states.
md the distinction vhirh this recgrd
iss brourht 70 the sehool Is now ae-
rntustrd By ths announcement -
-suhridrs. Msss, Of TIE list u srhcols
ghich wsrs ngishis this rear in the
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-11-13

That high wind which spoiled Presl-
dent elect Harding's fishing may nave
blown the country some good in that
it gave the incoming president chance
to give serious consideration to some
of the problems which will face him
early next March. There is need Tor
calm contemplation of the situation,
and President elect Harding, far away
from the turmoil, will find better OPP
portunity now than later for weighing
the matters of public policy.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-11-13

business visitor in town on Thursday
Her husband, who has been yard mas
ter at st. .Johnsbury for some time
past, has taken back his old position
and is running between White River
junction and Lyndonville.
Frank Rourke left Friday for two
weeks vacation with his people in Mel
rose Mass.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-11-13

The shoof and mouth disease has not
vet made its appearance in Vermont,
the suspected cases at Brattleboro be-
ing found to be nothing more than the
evidences Of the lack of proper atten-
ton given to some horses, according
TO the statement of the official who
made the investigation. This is re-
assuring news to the people OF the
state. Improper attention TO dumb an
finals can be remedied, but the hoof
and mouth disease is a more serious
situation and with dire consequences
should it be allowed to spread. Thore-
fore, watchfulness should be main
tanned lest the animal ailment gets a
foothold inside the state.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-11-13

The Haitians do not hate the Amer
leans, we have President Dartigue-
nave's word for it. However, that as
surance does not prevent the Z. B.
marines from taking their guns along
when they go to Haiti.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-11-13

In the parlance OF the small boy
France wants Germany to go get
reputation" before she seeks admission
to the league of nations.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-11-13
WILLIAMSTOWN
Card of Thanks.

To all friends who helped brighten
my stay at the Barre City hospital by
sending me flowers, cards and letters
and for their visits wish to express
nv appreciation and sincere thanks
Clarence H. Bailey.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-11-13

A north state man, in whose nome
whiskey still recently was found, was
fined $500 with costs of $50. That
NAV keep him still while.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-11-13
WASHINGTON
Notice to Taxpayers.

All taxes must be paid on or before
Nov. 90 to save additional costs OF
collection. All not paid by that time
will be collected at once with costs
added. G. w. Richardson, collector.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-11-13

A woman candidate for state auditor
in Massachusetts spent mint-mint
candy-S25 worth of it.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-04

Meuse-Argonne offensive Of General
Pershing. that victoriously ended the
world conflict for the Allies the long,
efficient line Of motor truck communi-
cation Of the Americans furnished an
indispensable factor in the downfall of
Germany.
With the advent Of the internal COM
bustion engine apout 1855 motor truck
enthusiasts began to see q glimmer of
hope. Experimentation characterized
the period from then until 1898, when
eight 5 h. p. commercial vehicles we're
made and marketed by a Cleveland
company--thc first motor trucks to be
produced in America on a commercial
scale.
The phenomenal progress Of motor
transportation is familiar to every one
To-day America possesses nearly T.
100000 motor vehicles and the most
extensive system of highways in the
world. High powered motor trucks
are rapidly replacing horse-drawn con-
veyances for city and industrial cen
ter haulage. Hundreds of suburban
rural and intercity motor truck lines
are in successful operation, but thou.
sands are required. Every kind Of
produce raised on farms, all sorts o1
goods bought by farmers and various
products of factories are handled
quickly and efficiently by motor truck
lines operating through rural commu.
mites. Thus, tho motor truck is stim.
ulating production.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-04
Current of Oil
To Transmit
Power in Drive
Centrifugal Pump and Tur-
bine Members Used by
Radcliffe to Eliminate
Gear Shifting

A newly perfected turbine drive
which endows the gasoline car with the
Aexibility and simplicity of control, of
the steam car, it is said, is one Of the
features of the New York Show.
The principles of the centrifugal
pump and the hydraulic turbine are
the bases of this device. Oil is the cir
culating medium which carries the inn
pulse of the ~motor-driven pump to the
ransmission-drivin turbine The as
sembly of the pump and turbine men,
bers in one compact unit is ingenious,
and hydraulic engineers assert that the
motor power is converted into flexible
hydraulic energy with merely nominal
losses. The device is already in guam
tity production and is to be marketed
as the Radcliffe turbine-drive.
The Radcliffe drive is a pre-war in
vention which has gone through long
phase of laboratory experimentation
and several hundred thousands of miles
of road testing. A limited number of
devices has been manufactured and
placed in private cars operated by
drivers of all degrees of skill and ex-
perience with good performance results
The operation of car equipped with
the turbine-drive is described as fol-
lows: "Slide into your seat, slip the
gear lever into high and push the
starter pedal. Throttle the motor
quickly down to idlipg speed. When
you are ready to go, don't bother with
the gear-shift or clutch. Just step on
the gas until the car comes up to the
desired speed. To stop, release the ac-
celerator pedal and step on the brake.
Any one can drive car with this de-
vice." he continued; "it does everything
but think for the man at the wheel
and even relieves much of the need for
thinking!"
The turbine-drive, although provid-
ing an efficient transmission of the
motor power, it is claimed, effectually
damps road blows and inequalities of
motor power, guarding every vital me-
chanical part from vibration and excess
stresses. Enthusiastic observers of
tests with the Radcliffe device say that
the smooth application of power
claimed for this device extends tire
life fully so per cent.
Automotive engineers have multiplied
cylinders and valves to get increased
motor f1exibility and high-gear ability
so it is not likely that the public will
permit this device to remain long q
stranger on the doorstep.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-04

when the average buyer figured up the
biggest load that he would ever want
to haul and then tried to buy truck
'g enough to carry it," says Mr.. Hunt.
But the experienced user has come to
realize that there is nothing SO expen-
sive as truck carrying half load
unless it is the truck which is so slow
hat it wastes the time of an expensive
iriver.
"Few users have loads which cannot
e split up into units of 1900 to 5000
which will handle ton with maximum
economy they have the most economi-
cal truck. If the truck has s.real speed
it will make two trips while heavy
truck is making one and handle the
same tonnage in an hour. Of course, it
.as lower first cost, and lower costs Of
speration and maintenance. It's biggest
savings over the heavy truck are on
he occasions when the two-tonner
must travel with half load.
"The fact that more trucks of three
9uarter-ton rated capacity were sold
turing the third quarter Of this year
.han of any other type, and that Rec
made almost as many Of these as all
he others put together shows, I think
re trend of popular favor. Speed plus
urdiness plus reliability have won
is leadership.
"Reo speed wagons operate regularly
~er schedules requiring them to de-
yer loads of ton to ton and a hall
t points twenty-five miles distant
xithin an hour. And they keep to thei1
schedules. know of one speed wagor
hat has delivered six tons Of Goa
from car to dwelling house basemen
in an hour, and that in pinches has
delivered fifty tons Of coal in day.
"A high-powered motor plus pneu
New-York tribune., 1920-01-04
Banner Year Is Predicted
For Bethlehem Motors

L. F. Harris, general manager # tie
town, Pa. enthusiastically regards 1920
as a bethlehem Year."
"With our plant running on a quality
in-quantity basis" says Mr.. Harris,
"and producing trucks, neither over
built to justify a price nor underbuilt
to meet price, fully expect Is per
cent sales increase this year.
"The instant success of the new
three quarter ton Dependable Delivery
will be partially responsible for this
jump, as it enables US to approach a
new class of truck users, but in the
main, the ever-growing popularity OF
sRs Foundations for my prsdction
New-York tribune., 1920-01-04
Pneumatic-Tire Truck
Is Packard Feature
Specially Constructed Cabs Also
Are Being Exhibited at
This Yearss Shoxv

Trucks especially designed and built
for pneumatic tires occupy THE most
important. place in the exhibit of the
Packard Motor Car Company of New
York at the Motor Truck Show. One,
a three-ton model, is equipped with a
covered rack body and closed cab. The
other model is two ton chassis.
Cabs are being shown which are
manufactured exclusively for Packard
motor trucks, and constructed to give
the driver ample protection in all kinds
of weather. The cab may be locked,
providing compartment where tools,
valuable papers and other articles may
be left safely. The cab is installed on
a three-point spring suspension, elimi-
mating shock and jolt which occurs
when cabs are fastened directly to the
chassis.
Other models include one and a
half ton chassis, four-ton model with
Babcock stake body, a six-ton model
with high rack body, two-ton model
with Moore elevating truck body for
coal delivery and five-ton model with
Wood hydraulic hoist and convertible
body.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-04
Battery Under the
Hood on New prem;..

Said one of the foremost electri.,,
engineers. who has been identis.a
with the automotive industry for man,
years, "no other accessory on the mod.
ern automobile is as much abused =
the storage battery. Usually plas,a
under a front seat or below the fos,
boards. it is neglected and foreortsn
When it has given the best it has even
under these handicaps, it cannot send
an S o S to the driver for help: Il
just simply dies and waits the plessun
Of it's owner to resurrect it.
"The best results are obtained fron
the battery in warm temperatures ani
when it can be filled with water 4
regular intervals. But not being II
sight or easily accessible, the driver
forgets its existence until it is ususly
too late"
The engineers of the Premier Mott,
Corporation, recognizing the logic q
this argument, have placed the bat.
terry on the new aluminumized Premk,
under the hood in a dust proof, oil
proof, asbestos lined steel box. Herr
1T is free from dust and grit, easily
accessible and even in the coldest
weather has the advantage of wan
surrounding temperatures.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-04
Transport Truck Co.
Will Increase Outpua

The new daylight factory Of the
Transport Truck Company at Mount
Pleasant, Mich, which is now in opera
ton, is one of the most modern and
complete motor truck plants in the
country. Nothing has been left un-
done that will facilitate increased pro-
duction and give comfort to its en-
ployees.
While the entire factory is foo
of light during the day, without an
artificial lighting, it is especially we.
lighted at night by an, improved ovei
head lighting system SO arranged thu,
shadow is absolutely eliminated.
Forced ventilation has been -sinstsilee
whereby the air in the entire building
is changed every hour.
The present buildings have capac-
ity of twelve finished trucks day
and plans have just been completed
whereby production will be increased
to thirty a day July l..
New-York tribune., 1920-01-04
Plan
Opens New Fields
To Many Districts
Transportation Problems of
Small Communities Are
Solved by Use Of Cars in
Territory Near New York

"The business men of America have
been ever ready to adopt methods and
machines that would increase output,
reduce time requirements or cut
COSTS" says Hal T. Boulden, vice-pres-
ident of the Selden Truck Corporation.
Accordingly the ship-by- truck move
ment has gained more than national
recognition. It stands for the future
growth of this nation and its business.
1--WE think Of New York as the big
business center of the United States,
and the motor truck, if used to facili-
tate the shipment Of goods, exports
and imports, to aid the great ocean
vessels or rail lines, will make New
York even bigger business metropo-
lis.
zone Of the most populous, richest
and heaviest manufacturing territories
in the world can be served from New
York by motor trucks.
"Within $50 miles is included the
nations capital, the capitals Of seven
states and three of our greatest har-
Ibofs.
"Boston, Baltimore, Washington,
Worcester, Providence, Troy and at
least seven other large cities are in
this area. Albany, Scranton, Hartford
and four or more other centers are
within 15O miles of New York City.
Bridgeport, Trenton, New Haven, Phil
adelphia and FIVE others are within 100
miles, while within fifty miles we find
Newark, Huntington, Babylon, Peeks-
kill and others.
i "All this territory is accessible to
the motor truck. The ship truck
movement will make possible the rapid
moving of many tons of freight--and
the motor truck is ready.
"This same condition exists near al
most all important centers. Roads are
poor in some places, to be sure, but the
millions to be spent in repair work
this year will remedy this.
\, "This motor truck show now being
held at the 9th Coast Artillery
armory has greater significance than
ever before. There you will see and
compare all the latest designs of these
sturdy trucks that will render pos
sibe the ship-by-truck movement;
the trucks will make possible greater
production, greater business and con-
sequent lower prices in time"
New-York tribune., 1920-01-04
Motor Trucks Prove
Big Aid in Solving
Traffic Problems
B. f. Goodrich Rubber Co.
Issues History of High
way transportation in
u. S: From Earliest Days

Every mode Of highway transporta-
ton from the days of ancient Egypt,
when bricks made of mud from the
River Nile were transported by man
power, and through the subsequent
steps furnished by beast and vehicle, is
'being actually demonstrated in America
to-day.
Practically every means of highway
transportation has had it's greatest ex-
pansion and efficiency developed in the
United States, according to the travel
and transport bureau of the b F..
Goodfich Rubber Co. In reviewing the
important steps in the evolution Of
carrying over the roadways the bureau
points out the dominant position now
bold by motor vehicles and the vast
possibilities of future development.
Americas first vehicle transporta-
tion system was established in 1892 by
Solomon Smith and James Moore, Of
Burlington, N. j., and consisted of
horse-drawn Canastoga wagons. A
Philadelphia paper. in March of that
year, carried the following announce
ment.
"Th;s is to give notice unto gentle
men, merchants. tradesmen, travellers
James Moore, of Burlington, keepeth
two stage wagons intending to go
: from Burlington to Ambov, New Jer-
sey, and back from Burlington to AM
boy again once every week or oftener
If that business presents"
From that advertisement have
grown all the schedules. time tables,
railway stations, freight depots, rural
motor express lines and the whole
complex system of movement which
has become the chief and indispensable
-
principle of organizing and selling
periodic transportation was destined
to creep over the entire land.
The scarcity of wheeled vehicles
gave great popularity and wide use
to sleds, and the winter season was the
favorite time to travel and transport
"a condition just opposite to the tour
ing and motor transportation of to-day.
However, there is a movement on foot
now to keep the roads cleared Of snow
in the winter months for motor trans
portation. It is fostered by the Good
rich Travel and Transport Bureau and
has the active support of the auto
motive world and all Northern states
highway departments.
Slowly the peope began to grasp the
meaning of wagon transportation and
its relation to them and the country
During the eighteenth century and up
until twenty-five years ago every man
ner of wheeled vehicle took the high
way for conveyance duty.
The era of automobiles and motor
trucks marked the next important step
in the march of highway transporta-
tion progress.
The first power vehicle really de-
signed for haulage was the French
Cugenot steam wagon, brought out in
1853. 1t was designed as a military
necessity, for the transportation OF
heavy ordnance. 1t was destined that
war was to prove the prowess Of truck
and highway transportation. for 14E
years after the Cugenot artillery
wagor was conceived trucks and taxi.
cabs furnished the unending stream o1
French soldiers needed to stem the
German offensive toward Paris at the
Battle of the Marne. And during the
New-York tribune., 1920-01-04
General Motors Plans
10000 Trucks in lo2n
Expansion of Michigan Pl,n, !.
Called For by Increase r
Advance Orders

Anticipating the market for ,o..
after research which covers ns& a.,'
this country but the export h.,a
we'll. the General Motors Truck c.
pany set the 1920 schedule Of p.oas.
tion at the 10000 mark.
To work out this schedule el.hc,..
preparations have been made :, ~
plant, already among the most er,..
sive in Pontiac, Mich. More than 4,
new pieces Of machinery have H..
added to the shops, the very l,s..
savers Of time and labor. rath..
drills, reamers and other appIi,,,.'
are making possible ain .cen,,..
into divisions of the almost inv;,,h,'
hair line.
A considerable addition to the om...
is necessitated by the robustnes. !,
the company that the eficienc, !,
manufacturing may not be hand;cs,,.,
by lack of cooperation elsewhere ~
Everywhere GMC dealers are re,...
ing an unusual outlook for 1924 ,S;.s
is at the back of factory plans. ~ ~.
survey is complete, taking in industr;s.s, ~
centers, lumber and agricultural A.. A.
tricts, road building-wherever ~ y.
motor truck can be used. w
An instance which shows the -
the vane is pointing is the receint !,
fiat schedule for 400 trucks FINN " y
dealer with small territory in y.
West. He insists on winter deI;vsrs. =.
so that when the forest has finished ;;.' =
seasons work and the farmer start. - :.
his, the trucks will be OIL hand ~ ~
immediate delivery. ~
New-York tribune., 1920-01-04
Pierce-Arrow Has
History of Its.
First so Trucks
OF These Vehicles, Made in
1911, ALI but Two Are
Still at Work These Days;
Have Earned Large Profits

"Wherc is the motor truck you
bought eight years ago? In service or
in the scrap heap"
These questions are put up to motor
truck owners by the Pierce-Arrow
Motor Car Company, whose exhibit OF
five and two ton trucks commands at
tention at the National Truck Show at
the 9Th Coast Artillery Armory this
week. The challenge is made in aNbook-
let, "The First Fifty" just published
by the company.
1--WE have an answer to the ques-
tions," says Robert c. Reid, truck
sales executive Of the Harrolds Motor
Car Company, Pierce-Arrow distribu
tors. ut is this: If it was Pierce
Arrow truck. it is in service-service
that long since has paid for the initial
cost of the truck.
I'VE know this to be fact. OF the
first fifty trucks manufactured in 1911
by the Pierce-Arrow company, one was
destroyed by fire, one was retired after
seven years of drastic use, and the
remaining forty-eight are still in op-
Grafton.
"The principles of design and con.
struction Of our veteran trucks are
adhered to to-day. Some of these
trucks have earned profits mile after
mile for as great as 100000 miles
Some are approaching the 100000
milestone, others have passed 100000
miles, and still others have seen 150,
0E ,~1 1.
make first cost insignificant"
Copies of "The First Fifty" which
outlines the history of each of tn.
veteran truck units, may be obtained
from either the Harrolds Motor Ca
Company of New York, or the Eli.
Motor Car Company of Newark, N. j.
both being Pierce-Arrow distributors
New-York tribune., 1920-01-04
ssSaturation Point
Far Away, Says Larson
Cars Growing Simpler and
Hence More Attractive to
the MANY Prosnects

Is there "saturation point" for au-
tomobiles?
Is any credence to be placed in the
"fear" of the modern Malthus, who
declares that automobiles are multi
plying faster than the population of
the country" and who implies that
something ought to be done about
it"?
To each of these queries c. n. Lar
son, of the Oldsmobile company, gives
an emphatic negative and says that the
show reflects the unprecedented vol
ume of business at the factories and
the prosperous and unusually healthy
condition Of the entire trade.
"The mere fact that the sales of
motor cars are jumping annually at
increasing percentages" Mr.. Larson
says, "has led some pessimists to pre-
dict that 'saturation point will be
reached if the present rate is main
tained. If the matter is investigated
it probably will be discovered that
these gentlemen with the ill-founded ID
forebodings sigh for the return of the
one-horse shay and the victoria and
barouche.
"Just so long as an automobile is
essentially a machine-and even the
human body is that-there will be de-
precation; and just so long as &here
is depreciation the world will need
new cars; just SO long as IAN automo-
bile continues to be the most COM
Portable and Convenient and healthfu,
mode of travel and at cost that is
certain to be lowered through new ip.
ventions, just so long will men and
women save and work that they may
own a motor.
"The failure of the population te
keep pace with automobile sales is nc
cause for solemn deliberation. That's
subject more suitable for those in
terested in eugenics rather than the
motor car.
"Ten or twelve years ago that cal
that was stalled or broken down, the
car that was in more trouble than the
owner could extricate it from, was {
common sight on the street. Notice
how infrequently you see it now"
New-York tribune., 1920-01-04
MaxwelIs Restricted
Intake Manifold

The restricted intake manifold, which
is a feature Of the Maxwell ton,and-a-
half truck, takes the place of me-
chanical governor, which is required
by some state laws. This device does
away with extra mechanical parts, with
the possibility for repair, and performs
the same operation.
The restricted manifold regulates the
speed of the truck to about twenty-five
miles an hour. This prohibits driver
from racing the motor and keeps the
speed within the limits set by the
states requiring mechanical governors
1t gives added life due to the inability
to race and rack the motor.