Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-20
Cutting Teeth Is a Bawl-Bearing Operation

DIGEST
ACTIVITIES
THRUOUT THE WORLD
Importation of automobiles for ssls
in Italy is entirely forbidden
Ohio, with a total of 61s.ooc motor
vehicles has 1o3 times as many cars
as Japan.
Tho total automobile. revenue for
1921 in New York State is estimated at
S11 ,00o,o
Chief highway engineers of Calf
fornia and New Jersey arc paid at this
rate of $4,000 year.
spite of tho absence of suttahl.
roads, there are now between 400 and
500 automobiles in Guatemala
now totals s,f7s,552 miles. or ten times
tho mileage of the railroads.
worn or partially destroyed tires on
the highways is strictly forbidden.
three of the largest meat packers in
Chicago operate fleet of 515 motor
trucks.
Road construction cost In Francs
during pre-war years. si3.es5 per mile
but has since then Increased $50 to 900
per cent
For tho frs. time sl.-whcolcd motor
omnibuses have recently been placed
on the highways of Paris for passen-
ger traffic.
Tho annual cost of road Inainte1anee
merely tho lighter repairs. aggregates
about S5.5oo.ooo.
Among tho queer hobbies Of ths
screen starH. Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle
enjoys getting into bathing, suit TO
wash and polish hin automobiles
In Los Angeles there are 500 motor
trucks daily operating QUE of the city
as common carriers and serving the
whole OF southern California.
For tho fiscal year ended July J..
1920. slit,f?t.s3s,1a was collected az
taxes from the SAFE OF motor vchiclcS
by tho internal revenue bureau.
Automobile tourists in Italy arc not
permitted to remain In that country
more than six months. and. at tho end
of the first three, tax must be paid.
spectors in Pennsylvania weighed 4o7s
motor trucks In various sections of ths
State and found 1855 to be overweight
Anfnmnhtle tOnrfafa ~
heavily In come parts of California and
Florida this winter that they had TO
have camping placer provided for them
Arizona, Illinois. Kansas. Miehis an.
Nebraska, Rhode Island and Vermont
have adopted black and white as
color combination for 1891 nutomobils
license plates.
4 "nllent policeman has been placed
near the southwest gate of the White
House. in Washington. II In equipped
with an acctylcne lamp. flashing SO
time1 minute.
Postal chauffeurs In Hortor who
drive at a greater rate than IL miles
an hour in their efforts to speed do
livery or mako up for lost time VIII be
dismissed from the service.
Road construction and maintenance.
provincial problems and foreign gov
ernmcnts arc doing much work toward
highway development.
Tho Ice highway project h. h.,, IN
dorscd by President Wilson and Pres
ident-eleet Harding az an appropriat.
memorial to tho Southern leader horp
in virginia III years ago.
"A reSur Of the campaign against
the the Illicit commerce in. liauor. NOR.
worth $1,000. .oOo, 900 ara
now in possession of tho Federal Gov
crnmcnt.
Motor mechanics is now taught I.
ronns women students of wellesley
is conducted by Professor Lucy WI
son. of the phynics department. ana
thirty pupils form the Glars.
Because the An.i-horss 1hisf As.e-
citation in Missouri now and then
catches 2 horse thief and stringu him,
M, bill was recently introduced ,,
the state Legislature TO make tho steal
Ing of a motor vehicle a capital offence,
Because there arc several particular
lv fast automobiles i'm this eonnt,T
there is a plan among motor interest,
TO- get up a sqbseription to send Amer
IN the French Grand Prir automobile
raco this year.
new automobile disk wheel. con-
sistinE OF thin slices of wood glued to-
Eether under heavy pressure. haa made
"" appearance recently. The grain OF
each layer of wood runs in n different
direction from that of the next: II in
resistant. and 10 said not to crack or
warp.
IN Fennsylvanis bill ia TO be pre-
sented at the present session of the
state legislature empowering councils
or cities and borouEhs to pass ordin-
ances designating hrtghtly-iiEhtod dis
trietS as light zones within which
cars may be parked at nights without
,,ho necessity of keeping their lights
,iEhted, The bill will provide that the
UNITS or these areas he distinctly
marked by appropriate siEns.
Auto Thermostat
A warning meter. which is fitted IN