Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-16
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Automotive Activities Thru
out the World

Iowa has the largest number Of
automobiles U7T.55sb on farms.
Ten tons is the maximum weight for
I motor trucks on highways In Ohio.
/ New York has 72I.4ss automobiles.
! or one to every IL of its residents.
Highways Of from SO feet to SIS
| feet in width are under construction
I in China
Operators of motor buses in Lon
I don. receive a bonus for avoiding ac-
cidenis.
Automobiles. decorated for the pur-
pose Of advertising. are forbidden on
the streets of Cleveland, o.
An added tax of from cent to .
cents on gasoline is now imposed on
motor vehicles in IA states in tho I'm
/ ion.
In Japan. when anything goes wrong
with an automobile. owners are in
structed to notify the police immedia-
iely.
fen different kinds of motor trucks
AMI twenty different kinds Of pas
senger automobiles are manufactured
in Detroit. Mich
The present average wholesale price
OF gasoline in so prominent cities OF
the United States Is 20 cents a gallon,
as compared with zeS cents January !.
The annual cost of operating motor
vehicles in the United States is esti-
mated at Ss.ss7, 900. OF which
s7s4. 900 900. or 11.s per cent is spent
for gasoline.
Automobile interests in this country
II is announced. are now registering
the most sales from the urban CEN
ters of the south. Pacific Coast and
| Middle West States
The new worlds record for motor
cycles over dirt track for one mile II
44.o5 seconds. five miles. 3 minutes
/ 45.34 seconds: and 10 miles minutes
$3.50 seconds
! An automobile in Belgium /. known
as Suelpanrdelooszondt
petrolcumrytuig." literally translated.
| 1t means ''Fas; -horseless- with out
rails petrol vehicle"
| Women arc found to use more care
and have fewer accidents while op-
Grating motor vehicles than men.
They. too. are credited with showing
more courtesy on the highways
Court convenes at 500" Is a warn
! ing sign to motorists OF the danger Of
fast driving. and is conspiciously post
cd on several prominent highways
leading into Quincy. Macs
Compulsory State automobile in sur
ance may be issued In California, as n
result Of the appalling increase in
motor vehicle accidents. largely caus-
cd by irresponsible or uninsured op-
eratcrs-
Through the work Of the and-Aufo-
mobile theft committees. automobtlo
clubs In cities of Texas are Aidins
owners to recover stolen cars. Atfor-
neys are employed by the clubs to
/ prosecute the thieves
In England. an attractive automo-
bile is sold, built on racing lines with
/ long and impressive hood. which
houses merely the passenger's feet. tn .
motive power coming from = motor
| cycle engine al the rear.
Because the automobile has now be-
come a more essential part Of the
equipment Of church. according to
Superintendent Robert r. BiEgar. a
car for every pastor is the goal OF the
Bloomington uil) district of the Pres
| byterian church
The motion picture course OF in
Eiruction on the elements of the auto
, mobile. now used in schools. colleges
and universities. contains as sets in
reels each. The film. which took n
year 10 produce. Is nearly 100000 feet
In length
For the first time in French history
the traditional horsc-drawn victoria
gave way to the motor car. when Cen
cral Pershing was received at Elysce
Palace. I'm Paris. by President Miller
and. The American party arrived at
the Palace entrance in an automo-
bile.