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The Washington times., 1921-04-09
SEE 1921 GREATEST
ROAD BUILDING YEAR
10000 Miles Of Highways Con.
structed in 1920 Promise to
Be EcIipsed.

Five parallel transcontinental high
ways-duplicates of the Lincoln high
way-would represent the highway
construction completed in the various
States during 1920.
Approximately 10000 miles of new
improved roads were finished, ac-
cording to reports sent in to the
Travel and Transport Bureau of the
b. F. Goodrich Rubber Company. Es-
Inmates from State highway engi-
neers say that half agaip and pos
sibly double this mileage will be COM
pleted during 1921.
Nebraska, Texas, and Minnesota
were among the leaders in total mile
age OF new construction. Nebraska
built 1,3O7.5 miles; Texas. 976.69, and
Minnesota, 911.06. Nearly every State
reports mileage under construction
almost equal to the total actually
finished. Many OF the states were
unable to submit figures on highway
construction.
Nineteen hundred and twenty-one is
expected to be the greatest road
Luilding year in the history of the
country. Handicaps such as scarce
and high-priced materials and labor
A mild winter, which tended to lessen
the destruction OF roAds. and an early
spring are favorable to the road
building program for 1921.
The States able to furnish reports
and their mileages OF complete high
way follow:
The Washington times., 1921-04-09
HOW TO MAKE ELECTRIC
OIL GAUGE FOR AUTOS
Signal Will Show When Crank
Case Needs ,RefiIIinQ.

An electrical signal to show when
the crank-case OF a motor needs oil
may be made in an hours time by
with mechanical ability. Procure a
simple oil guage of a type having a
cork noat with extended wire and
white bali at the top which rises
when the case Is filled with oil.
Then take a piece of copper or brass
one-half inch wide by 5h inches
long and in 1t drill FIVE holes. one
directly in the center, one one-eighth
inch from each end. and two more
spaced one-half inch each way from
the center hole.
II the electrical system is ground
ed. place a little hard rubber BUSH
ing in one OF the two holes last
mentioned. and use with II small
bolt and nut such as any electrical
store will have. first placing fber
washers under the head and nut so
that the bolt does not touch metal.
From this bolt run a wire to a
light which can be mounted on the dash.
and extend another wire from the
light to any lighting switch. The
corresponding hole in the brass
strip Is provided with an uninsulat-
ed bolt and nut.
Next break of the little white
ball and insert the wire OF the
gauge through the center hole in
copper strip. then affixing in place
of the ball a disc of aluminium about
the size of quarter. Bend the
strip and attach.
The gauge which the writer has
in mind is designed for mounting on
one side of the cfankcase, in place
of the petcock, which is normally
used for draining the oil.
Now when the oil in the crankcase
is of sufficient quantity the alumi-
mum contact disc Is raised by the
cork float and the electrical circuit
is kept open. When, however. the
oil has fallen to the dangerous level,
the disc touches the two bolts, closes
the circuit. and lights the bulb on
the dash. which remains burning un-
til fresh oil is supplied. Road
bouncing will not make the lights
fash on and of unles sthe oil is get
ting low, and then the flashes will
give warning in time to prevent
trouble.-April MOTOR
The Washington times., 1921-04-09
OVER Nine MILLION CARS
REGISTERED LAST YEAR

With an Increase Of 1, ,645S4 in the
number of motor cars registered dur
ing the last year. the total for the
country now reaches 9.211.295, the
ratio of gain being % per cent, the
Bureau of Public Roads announces.
Registration and license fees netted
$1O2, ,034,106
In New York State alone the num-
Der Of cars registered in 1920 exceed
ed the total registration for the
United States in 1910, and the revenue
derived in the Empire State from this
source was about equal to the entire
registration revenues of the United
States in 1918. Ninety-six per cent
Of the 1920 revenue was applied to
The Washington times., 1921-04-09
WONDER PLANT TO
PRODUCE CADILLAC
Detroit's New Factory Regarded
As Ideal to Construct
"Perfect Car"

The great new factories of the Cad
lilac Motor Car Company now nearly
completed at Detroit are regarded as
another step toward the Cadillac ideal
OF producing an absolutely dependable
motor car.
Engineers and others who have in
spected this great plant have charac-
terized Ii as the most modern automo-
bile factory in the world.
The buildings. which contain forty
finished. A number of departments.
including the engineering department.
assembly and finish department and
parts department are already housed
in the new buildings.
Some idea of the vastness Of the
new plant may be gained from the
fact that the manufacturing of the
Cadillac has in the past been carried
on in seventy-seven different build
ings in Detroit. In the future, all
the operations will be confined to the
new plant. which consists of eight
great buildings.
or these, the greatest is the manu-
featuring building, which Is 500 feet
long by 800 feet wide, with a total
floor space of 100000 square feet.
Under the manufacturing plan. raw
material will be received at one end
of this mammoth building and Cadil-
lac chassis will leave the opposite end
under their own power.
Conveniently near rhe manufactur-
ing building is the heat treat building.
500 feet by so feet, where the metal
10 n ito St
the art it will be compelled to play
in Cadillace dependability.
The assembly building is the second
largest of the group, being S0OX360
feet, with floor space of 26S,000
square feet. After leaving the manu-
featuring building, a chassis will be
given a road test and then taken to
the assembly building where 1T will
be given further tests and will then
be fitted with the body and the many
accessories which are a regular part
of Cadillac equipment.
The storage building, which adjoins
the assembly building. has space for
1000 cars 1t is $50 feet by 140 feet
wide. The factory service depart
ment will also be housed in this
building.
The executive offices will be housed
in the handsome administration build
ing, 225 feet long and so feet wide.
The power plant Is one of the most
modern in the country as are the sup
Elementary buildings which complete
this unit.
In fact. every resource which great
capital and engineering skill could
give, has been concentrated to build a
plant which would aid in improving
the dependability of the always de-.
pendable Cadillac.
The Washington times., 1921-04-09
WALLACE Irwin
/ PRAISES MAXWELL
Author of "Seed of the Sum-
Gives Auto Credit for Stout
Performance.

Readers who thought they knew
wallace Irwin's distinctively original
Atyle never suspected that Mr.. Irwin
received aid in writing "Seed of the
Sun" his latest novel of California
life and Japanese activities along the
Pacific coast.
And yet, in a letter written to the
Maxwell Distributing Corporation,
New York city. Wallace Irwin makes
the open confession that II 1t had not
been for the aid given him by Bella
Donna, his fiery Maxwell steed. he
would never have been able to gather
tho material from which Seed of the
Sun" was written. .a.
But we will let Mr.. Irwin speak
for himself in his own original way:
TN December, I91si II made myself
. present of a Maxwell touring car
didn't get her for pleasure, prima-
rily. but for business. / had come to
California in search of material for
novel on the Japanese land prob
lem; and IL 1t hadn't been for that
cheerful little. Maxwell I'm not at
all sure that Seed of the Sun would
ever have gone to press.
CHEERFUL AND WILLING.
-She had a cheerful, willing dis
position. that dear little car / named
her Bella Donna"--heaven alone
knows why-and as Bella Donna she
carried me up rocky hillsides, through
adobe cuts, cross-lots through plowed
ground. everywhere and anywhere.
with no hope of earthly reward save
gas, oil. and water. and an occasional
friendly pat on the radiator.
II left her out in rain and fog
while / prowled through japanese
villages along the high dikes of the
Sacramento river. 1 slid her into
one-man power ferry-boats, skidded
her over sand-dunes, treated her, in
fact. to about every acrobatic stunt
known to the rough rider. The
farmers in the Delta country and at
Stockton and Fresno learned to call
her Bella Donna and to ask after hes
health and to wonder that she held
together and looked so new and fresh
after. wash and rundown.
COVERED $500 MILES.
II kept her nearly year and put
her on sale in the fall of 1920, when
my wanderings through the Yellow
Belt were done and Seed OF the
SUM- written. She had covered about
$500 miles and had never been in the
shop for anything more serious than
minor repairs. / was informed by my
interpreter that the Japanese had
given me a name which sounded like
Honorable Story Teller Unable to
Stop Going
81 may have been q cruel master.
but when Bella Donna went on the
auction block I was moved to tears.
She had teen a faithful slave to me-
and that she emerged from the ordeal
in splehdid physical condition is the
best possible tribute to the endurance
Of the good Maxwell car"
The Washington times., 1921-04-09
MODERN AUTO FACTORY
COSTS TWENTY MILLION

A modern automobile manufactur-
ing plant usually requires from 81
100000 to 100000 square feet OF
floor space, costs from s12.O00,o 900 to
500 1000. 900 and employs from 10000
to $1,000 men.
The plant includes chemical and
physical laboratories. experimental
department, foundries. forge shops,
heat-treating and carbonizing shops,
stamping plants. machine shops,
body. upholstery, painting and enam-
cling shops, etc.
The Washington times., 1921-04-09
liuhtS Aid Motorists.

For the convenience and safety Of
motorists in England. signs attached
to the roadside telephones are to be
illuminated that they may be more
easily located after dark. Through a
telephone system, operators OF cars
are able to obtain help from the mo-
torcycle repair patrols which keep in
constant touch with the call system.
The Washington times., 1921-04-09
From Palace to GARAGE.

The one-time palace OF Archduke
Franz Salvador, in Vienna, was re-
Gently sold. and Is to be concerted
into a garage with a capacity OF 1 900
cars. The purchase price was 67,-
600 900 crowns or about 100000.
The Washington times., 1921-04-09

Total ............. I,994.2l
with more than 81 ,000. 900. 900 now
available in State and Federal money
for highway work. the good roads sit
ration Is more favorable than ever
before in history.
The Washington times., 1921-04-09
YELLOW CABS
A Word to Our Patrons

We have been asked why the Termi-
nal Taxicab Company, with which we are
affiliated, did not itself undertake to supply
the service which the Yellow Cabs are giving,
namely, the general hacking and pickup
business on the streets. We are very glad
to have been asked this question.
The Washington times., 1921-04-09

PARKWAY 1865
and is
section the
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-07-16
PROTECTS POLE FROM DECAY
New PreserVatiVe said TO Be the Most
Elective That Has Been Put
on the Market

A new preventative which Is ex-
pacted 10 surpass other compounds
used for similar purposes. and which
it is claimed the life of wooden poles
into which it is introduced viii BE
prolonged by anywhere from seven to
twelve years. is being used The fluid
is composed of three constituents, one
of high penetrating quality, such as
zinc, magnesium or calcium-chloride
so$ution or sugar solution, and a
second Of high antiseptic value. such
as suoimate, plenol or cresol The
third aud most important element is
one Of long continued effect consist
ing Of slowly soluble antiseptic or
s'1Wly deCompoSing metal powder
This constituent in combination with
a granular substance such as pow
dered glass, is used to protect the
wood in the vicinity of the puncture
through which the other preServatives
are roduced-Popular Mechanics
Magazine
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-07-16

Piccadllly Circus and he snapped
yarns and magazines with them In
London hospitals. He grew homesick
for them last summer and caught the
next boat out Of Liverpool.
Although be win not be eligible for
membership In the American Legion
until be becomes an American citi-
zen, Grindle wanted TO show the ex-
service mems organization where he
stood. While II. hospital he passed
away his Idle moments In making q
large replica Of the American Legion
emblem on a brass plate. A buddy
lent him a Legion button as a model.
He took the plate 70 national head
quarters OF the Legion recently as q
token Of friendship and asked If some
one wouldn't have a law passed SO
he could become a citizen without
further ado.
Grindle Is now working In photo
graphic studio In indianapolis, Ind
counting the days until ha ran be
come & fnli-hedged buddy.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-07-16
FARM ERS
ARE WORKING HARDER

And using their feet more than ever before
For all these workers the frequent use Of
Aliens Foot=Ease, the antiseptic, healing
powder to be shaken into the shoes and
sprinkled in the foot-bath, increases their
efficiency and insures needed physical com
fort. Aliens Foot=Ease takes the Friction
from the Shoe, keeps the shoe from rub
hing and the stockings from wearing, fresh
ems the feet, and prevents tired, aching
and blistered feet. Women everywhere are
constant users of Aliens Foot=Ease Don't
get foot sore, get Aliens Foot=Ease.
More than One Million five hundred
thousand pounds of Powder for the Feet
were used by our Army and Navy during
the war. Sold everywhere.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-07-16

ts1t day and which found expression
after the armistice. when the Cine
inspecting the One Hundred and Fifty
first field artillery in Germany, left
a crowd Of generals. walked over to
a stubby little first sergeant, thrust
out his hand and said:
'Whitmore, l am glad to see you"
Whitmore was born in Dayton, o.,
n 1873; was brought up on a farm
ID Nebraska, and graduated from the
state university there in 1895.
He was contractor In Minneapolis
In 1917, when he presented himself
for admission to the first series of Of
acers' training camps. He was re
tected as being overweight. Back to
the farm went Whitmore. In four
weeks he took off 20 pounds and
asked to be admitted to the second
series Of training camps but the sur
geon said: TOO fat to fight" An
other examiner said: TOO old"
Whitmore went from recruiting Of
fee to recruiting office until he be-
came private In Battery B, One Hun
dred and Fifty-frst field artillery,
Forty-second division. He went over
seas with the outfit and served with
1t through the war, participating in
every engagement In which the Rain
bows took part.
When discharged lie was induced to
become state adjutant Of the Ameri-
can Legion for Minnesota. He has
done much for the development of
the Legion in the Northwest. Mr..
Whitmore recently resigned from that
position to accept the dictatorship Of
company formed for the manufac-
ture Of an automobile accessory de-
vice which he invented.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-07-16
Thousands Have Kidney
Trouble and Never
Suspect 1t
Applicants for Insurance Often
Rejected.

Judging from reports from druggists
who are constantly in direct touch with
the public, there is one preparation that
has been very successful in overcoming
these conditions. The mild and healing
influence of Dr.. Kilmer's Swamp Root is
soon realized. 1t stands the highest for
its remarkable record of success
An examining physician for one of the
prominent Life Insurance Companies. in
an interview on the subject, made the as
tonishing statement that one reason why
so many applicants for insurance are re-
jected is because kidney trouble is SO
common to the American people, and the
large majority of those whose applica-
tions are declined do not even suspect
that they have the disease.
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root is on sale
at all drug stores in bottles of two sizes
medium and large. However, if you wish
first to test this great preparation send
ten cents to DR.. Kilmer & Co., Bingham
ton, n. Z, for a sample bottle. When
writing Je sure and mention this paper.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-07-16

new hospitals for our wounded and
disabled men at Chelsea, Mass, and
Gulfport, Miss, as soon as we can re-
cruit 300 nurses to take care of the
boys" said Mrs Hickey.
The record Of Mrs. Hickey In the
World war includes service as nurse
with both the French and American
armies. She was a member of Base
Hospital unit No 81 at Toul and later
served as chief nurse at Fort Me-
Henry, Baltimore, Md.
Mrs Hickey can be reached at the
Polytechnic hospital, 345 West Fiftieth
street, New York city, and will give
full information upon request. APP
plication blanks, however. for this
service may be obtained from the
chief nurse, Polytechnic hospital, or d.
rect from the surgeon general, U. s.
public health service, Washington,
d. Q.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-07-16

Auer lie assumed his office, Sheriff
Robb set g pace that woke up the
county. He seized more Illicit liquor
and bootleggers in the first 60 days
Of his term than his predecessor OBJ
tanned in two years. His 81 deputies
were almost all members of the Amer
lean Legion.
Then he turned his attention to an
alleged graft ring composed of Des
Moines police officials. He caused the
demotion of the chief Of police, his as
sistant and the chief Of detectives.
Chaplain Robb was a theological
student at Drake university in Des
Moines when war was declared. In
some manner he succeeded in obtain
ing a commission as a chaplain In the
army before he was ordained and went
overseas with the One Hundred and
Sixty-eighth infantry. He served IS
months in France, was decorated with
a d. S. c. for bravery under fire and
was idollzed by the doughboys Of his
regiment
Upon his return he wrote and pub
lished The Price of Our Heritage" a
book depicting the prominent part in
the World war taken by men of Iowa.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-07-16

1 was wounded"
When pressed for details he owned
up to &c wounds in four major Of
fensives. a job was made for him,
clerical work that would keep his
mind occupied" but which would be
consistent with 26 wounds.
Evans was a private in the Twenty
eighth infantry, First division, A ma
chine gun got him at Cantigny, a
bay0net came next at Scissors; he
was struck by shrapnel In the ST.
Mihiel push and in the Argonne q
one-pounder shell hit him a glanelng
blow on the chin before 1t exploded.
When 1t went off almost under him
90 pieces of shrapnel peppered his
body. He remained on the battlefield
36 hours before he was picked up
"But I'm happy just tn same"
Evans says. This JOB keeps me from
being loafer and pays just enough
with my government compensation
for me TO get married. l guess
was born lucky"
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-07-16
Benefit Performance.

For some time he benign old gem
tleman sat watching the novice In his
vain attempts to land a fish Finally
the angler was reduced to his last
worm and stlll no catch.
"Cheer up, son." said the old gem
tleman. They're biting well for yon
at any rate"
mo, they amt" retorted the other
aggrieyedty. They're bitin' for their
own personal benefit, that's what they
are. "-American Legion Weekly.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-07-16

The other day when Jack came
home from kindergarten he left his
books on the floor and started out to
play when his mother called him back,
saying.
Here, Jack. put those books where
they belong How many times must
tell YOU about that2'
"Well, that's mp to you, mumsie,"
came the uneNpected reply.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-07-16

apolis, Ind, still
believes he was
b orn under q
lucky star.
He walked into
national h ca d
quarters of the
American Legion
the other day
seeking just any
kind Of work that
via keep my mind
occupied. - II g
said ne was an
overseas veteran.
100
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-07-16
FOLLOWED YANKS BACK HOME
Member Of London Rifle Brigade Likes
American Boys and is Anxious
to Be Citizen.
Tommy Atkins and the doughboy
might have ahed different views

when London en-
tertained a por-
ton of the Ameri-
can Expeditionary
Force, and there
are few cases
where Tommy fol-
low ed the Yanks
back home.
Baden Grindle of
the London Rifle
Brigade did. how
ever. The Ameri-
cans were his bud
dies up and down
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-07-16
cutleura Comforts Rabn,s Skin

When red, rough and itching with hot
baths of Cuticura Soap and touches of
Cudcura Ointment Also make use
now and then Of that exquisitely scent
ca busting powder, Cuticura Talcum,
one Of the Indispensable Cuucura
Toilet Trin.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-07-16

care for sick and
wounded veterans
of the World war
is being made by
Mrs. Mary A.
Hickey. assistant
superintendent of
nurses. L. S. pub
lie health service.
and q member of
Springfield (AIass.l
post OF the Ameri
can Legion.
1--WE are ready
TO omen I'D two
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-07-16

Mrs. Janssen's experience of interest chdless ~
Mlston, Wis."I give you of praise for v
medicine We are fond of children and for considerable time a
married feared would not have
hams Vegetable Compound, and it strengthened how b &
healthy baby girl suffered little childbirth and &
the credit medicine, and shall always recommend M
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doctor advised operation. My husband
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Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-07-16

holding down a
pivot in the cadet
battalion at the
University of Ne
braSka in 1895
when the future
general was a
c o N N an d a q (
there. Incidental
ly Mr.. Whitmore
and General Per
shing formed q
friendship on the
campus which en-
dureS 10 the pres
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-07-16

kono. chaplain or
the Iowa depart
ment of the Amer
lean Legion, to
the Off ce OF
sheriff of Polk
county, they dis
regarded party
lines for the good
of the community.
The Legion chap
lain ran far
ahead of his OPP
ponent in the face
of a landslide.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-07-16

young woman was ON a motoring
trip. when Tie smell cf sl1okr became
perceptihle. The man at the road
side garage told them it was a hot
box. "ltt take me about 20 minutes
70 fix g." Die said.
The owner stood watching him a
minute as he got TO work; then She
said: "Hy the say. while you're about
IL, ! wish You'd grind the valves. take
up a foot brake ami i'm all the grease
cups. AouN have To work lively. IN
give you j3,t half an hour"
The man craWled from under the
car ana stood mp. AS long as you're
10 such a hurry, miss" ne said crimly.
Il reckon you'd better git your horn
jackcd up and run "a new ear under
tt.'-Laiic> Home Journal
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-07-16
The Latest Allhl.

The BOSWELL, what excuse Ibis
time2 Grandmother dead again.
suppose2
The o. B.--No sir! Grandmother
wants me to take her to the game
and point out all the best-known play.
srS-American Legion Weekly.