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The Washington times., 1921-05-28
HEAVIEST TIRES
! ARE ECONOMICAL.
\ EXPERTS PROVE
Cost Per Ton Mile 10 Less Tha /,
With Lighter Air-FlIIsd
Truck Tubes.

DID you know that contrary tc
eomznonly accepted opinions. II 10 &C.
eualiy even lees costly per ton mile
30 haul on heavy duty pneumatic truck
tires than on the smaller pnsuma tics
The bigger the tire ordinarily. the
lower the cost As charges for haul
age are made By weight and distance.
rather than on distance irrespective Of
load. costs should also be figured on
this basis-
At today's tire prices, 34x6 tire and
tube equipment plus war tax for q
= ton truck figured on q 10000 mile
basis, costs .04S2 cents per ton mile.
For q 1-ton truck, 34x5 front and 38x6
rear. tires cost .0462 per ton mile. A
2-ton tire equipment using 36x8 and
40x6. costs .O345 cents per ton mile.
The 3 ~ ton truck requiring 38x7 and
%4xl0 tires, cost .037 cents per ton mile.
Five years ago II would have seem
cd incredible IL the claim had been
made that air cushioning in a tire
built of cotton and rubber could stand
the jar punishment of the road under
. load of three tons per tire, for thou
sands Of miles. Yet tire manufactur-
ers, according to the Miller Rubber
Company. have now gone q step fur
Their than merely turning q great mass
OF rubber and fabric into a finished
tire-they are making these tires low
er in cost ton mile to the truck and
fleet owner.
The Washington times., 1921-05-28
HoMESEEKERS GOING TO
IDAHO IN MOTOR CARAVAN

In view of the fact that the State
Of Idaho has arranged to sell largo
and well irrigated farms at an ex
tremely low figure, a motor caravan
of homeseekers from New York city
II preparing to leave for the south
ern part of Idaho. The caravan
will consist of 1913 families, COM
prfsing about $50 persons. The
party will be\ transported in 1876 au-
tomobiles, to which will be attached
230 trailers. carrying portable houses
and supplies. The emigrants will
pitch their houses along the route
when stops are made at night and
will do their travelling between 8 a m.
and p. m.
The Washington times., 1921-05-28
BREAK WORLDS
RECORDS IN RACE
Of MOTORCYCLES
Speedfssts at Golden Gate Con-
tinue to Grow In Popularity
With Sports Lovers.

Motorcycle racing has met the full
appreciation Of California sport fans.
IT is making such . strong bid for
pablo favor. II is said. that II 10 some
where near on q par with baseball
and football. The crowds which
fiocked to witness the speed duels on
the Fresno and Los Angeles board
saucer speedways and more recently.
or the fast dirt track at Bakersfield,
strongly indicate this At least.
At the speed carnival held on the
Beverly Hills track. At Los Angeles,
couple of weeks ago, new world
records for Ave and twenty-five miles
were set up. An average OF 100 miles
an hour was maintained In the hve-
mile event and the speeds ATTAINED
in the other events were equally re-
markable. Interest In this event was
given q decided impetus because OF
the challenge issued several days be-
fore by Otto Walker. one Of the noted
riders, and directed at several OF the
famous car drivers. walker offered
to wager 5000 that he could beat
any of the fastest cars in a match
race for any distance. In practice
trials he developed q greater speed
by three mills An hour than the four
wheeled speed demons turned up In
the meet held a week before. His defy
went unaccepted.
History was created At the Bakers
field. Cal, meet May 8, also. when
new one-miIs dirt track records were
established for one, nve and ten miles.
Jim Davis turned the f1ve miles at an
average OF practically eighty-one
miles an hour, an astounding speed
for a one-mile circular course.
Both the Los Angeles and Bakers
field meets were attended by huge
crowds Of people. Many Los Angeles
fans journey to Bakersfield to watch
their favorite riders perform on the
dirt track after seeing their thrilling
performances on the Los Angeles
things. motorcycle RACING has certain
ly found a permanent berth on the
Pacific coast sport calendar.
The Washington times., 1921-05-28
MoToRcYcLlSTS PLAN
cROSS-coUNTRY TOURS

Motorcyclists in every corner OF
the land are porting over maps and
route books these days, getting camp
Ing equipment in readiness. and
otherwise laying plans for long cross
country tours. Never before have
there been SO many riders who are
hearkening to the call OF the open
road. Riders in the Middle West and
many even from Eastern States are
making plans to tour to Yellowstone
Park this summer with their motor
cycles.
On the other hand, many motor
cyclists are planning to take in the
sights and attractions OF the country's
largest city and other interesting
points along the Atlantic Coast The
greatest attraction for the embryo
tourists. however, appears to be the
Government National Parks. in the
Western States.
1t 10 quite natural that this Is the
case. however. as the average motor
cyclist of today Is a red-blooded per-
son to whom the great outdoors and
hand OF nature has a great appeal
The Washington times., 1921-05-28
TIRE FROM WtiALESklN
CHEAPER THAN RUBBER

At the automobile show In Seattle,
Wash, tire was exhibited ma
tfrom the hide OF a Pacific Coss.
whale. The whale skin. thick and
rubbery. was soaked in the tanning
mixture until perfectly soft and
then plunged into the mold. At the
tannery II was said that such tires
can be manufactured at one-fourth
the cost of those of rubber.
The Washington times., 1921-05-28
X-Ray Motor Ambulance.

An X-ray motor ambulance intend
ed for the sick or injured in civil life,
who are too i'll to be moved is oper-
ated in London and surrounding
area of twenty-five miles. Accom-
panying the car is an operator. a
staff of specially trained assistants
and ambulance men. Free service is
extended to the poor.
The Washington times., 1921-05-28
Approves u. s. Road.

Prof. T. Takakuwa, Of Kiriu Uni
versity. in Tokyo. and imperial COM
missioner of the Japanese govern
ment. sent abroad to investigate types
of highways in Europe and the United
States. approves OF the type OF road
way used in this country for the i'm
provement and road building program
in Japan.
The Washington times., 1921-05-28

The word Limousine 10 named
after the headlcovering in the form
OF q Golf or hood, with . cape at
tached. worn by women around the
city OF Limoges, France. the capital
of the old province OF Lmousin-
The Washington times., 1921-05-28

Total levies assessed upon motor
vehicles in this country exceed S31S,-
100000. OF this amount over &14s,-
000, 900 is in Federal taxes.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-12-22
JAPs ARE FAR FROM sToLID
Writer Declares OrientaIs Have At
tanned Self-control, but They Are
Fond of Jokes.

Among the misconceptions in regard
to the japanese is the belief held by
many foreigners that they are a stOlid
people. One might search the die
tionary and not find an adjective less
applicable TO them. They have, ii is
true, attained a self-contrOl that de-
ceives superficial observers, but under
this restraint is all the fire and motion
and effervescenee of the Latin races
or the Celts. One expression of this
volatile and effervescing spirit is a
quick wit and a keen humOr. A very
slight acquaintance with japanese art
will reveal this quality expressed in
many fOrms-in designs for fabrics,
lacquer work fans, carvings, brOnzes,
screens and kakemonO, and last, but
by no means least, in many of their
delightful Illustrated books.
Comic pictorial work probably goes
back in Japan to the first immature
sketches of her earliest aAtists, and if
the greater part OF this work has been
lost in the serious religious art that
followed, there are still fragments that
indicate the humOr which animated
even the men Of the YamatO-ryu.
Among these early examples are some
drawings discovered a few years ago
on the pedestal of one of the carved
wooden figures in the Nara museum.
The work belongs to the TempyO pc
riOd eighth century, and was
found when repairs necessitated the
removal of the figure from its base
Slight as the drawings are. having
been dashed off in a moment of wait,
ing, perhaps. by some old artist priest
the technic in them is by no means
crude or primitive.-Scribner'S Mag
! aZine
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-12-22
HAVE MANY HUMAN TRAITS
Scientist Who Has Studied Monkeys
Makes interesting Report Con-
corning Their Habits.

Monkeys tlirt and make love. They
love to dance. and have some steps
that could he converted into modern
dances for humans. Like humans,
they are social creatures. They work
and play and rest together"
These are a few Of the conclusions
reached by Professor DOhein of Bres-
lau, who has been experimenting re-
Gently with number of monkeys and
chimpanzees from Guinea and the
Kamerun.
He discovered that they made espe-
cialIy strong friendships. Two of his
chimpanZees, Nan and KOnsul, were
inseparable. while the whole company
showed Il tendency to cling together.
The monkeys have rhythmic
sense and respond quickly TO dance
music. They have several distinct
games of their own. resembling child's
play, and likewise indicate some signs
of military training, for they march
sOldierlike.
Professor Dohein discovered, too,
that monkeys have many of the
facial expressions and many gestures
of humans They can easily register
pain, surprise, admiration, tenderness.
They have language of their own.
They are quick to warn each other of
danger. They have regular greetings.
Their alphabet is similar to the .hu-
man, but they can understand Span
ish more readily than other tongues
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-12-22
Mint once Privately Owned.

Uncle Sam didn't always have q
monopoly on coinage and printing
bills, nor did he have any particular
laws governing his money. Then one
day three men opened a mint Of their
own in Denver, and out or this mint
grew the United States mint in Den
yer; a law fOrbidding private coinage
WAS enacted, a law fOrbidding imitat-
ing United States coin or bill and
various and sundry other laws that
Uncle sam now has thrown around his
money and its production.
This private Denver mink too. is
responsible for the thousand or more
men drawing good salaries to see that
these various laws are Obeyed. and
courts and lawyers for many years
past have worked and are working
because of this mint.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-12-22
SIGN-MAPS ASSIST TRAVELLER
Example Set by State of Maryland
Might Well Be Followed by
Other Commonwealth.

Maryland has set an example that
might prOftably be followed by all
states. says the Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Instead OF the curt and usually IN
satisfying road sign that leaves the
traveller frequently more puzzled than
before. Maryland has begun to erect
siEn-maps that tell the traveller where
he Is; that indicate the general direc-
tlOn to other points and the distances
between such points. Thus, instead
Of being told q road leads to some
place the tourist may never, have
heard OF, the sign-map will show him
that IT is either on or on the way to
the place he is anxious to reach.
Such sign-maps should not be neces-
sarlly expensive to put up, nOr elabor-
ate. In fact, the simpler the better.
But how many times has a lost motor
list sighed for some such simple de-
vice that would show him where he
was and how he could get to the
place he was trying to reach? The
ordinary road signs, even when legi-
BILE, are seldom of much value except
TO local people. who do not need them.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-12-22

demonstration last spring If the
farmers In the district would con-
tribute materials and labor. The re-
Spouse was gratifying. Nineteen men
and five teams We're furnished. and
in two and a half days the road and
bridge were completed. Everything
needed was on hand in the community
so that no time was lost going TO the
mill for anything. the only expense
being S1.20 Invested in nails. The
road was constructed with both gravel
and corduroy.
The demonstration was one OF the
most successful ever carried out in the
country. Nothing could have met with
more general approval and satlsfac-
lion. One farmer who makes two trips
to market a week said he would save
over SO on every trip over the new
road because of the shorter haul.
About 500 people will be benefited by
the improvement.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-12-22
BETTER
ROADS
COMMUNITY BUILDING SAVES
Farmers in Alabama County Get To-
sether and Reconstruct Washed
Out Bridge and Read.

prepared BY the United States Department
or Agriculture.)
Because of 100 yards of flooded,
swampy area, farmers in Autanga
county, Ala, were obliged for several
years TO make a detour Of four miles to
reach the market the town, the corn
mill. strip MILL gin house. church. or
school. There had been a road IN use
fer many years which led across
creek at the heart of a marshy dis
frict by means Of q bridge. This road
was long neglected through lack OF
community cooperation and in the
winter floods Of 1919 the bridge was
washed away so that the road became
entirely impossible.
The county agent from the United
States Department Of Agriculture and
the State Agricultural college felt that
some action should be taken, and
offered 10 conduct a road-building
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-12-22
"PerpetuaI caIendar,

The Rev. Francisco Scatigna OF
LOcOrOtondO, in the province of Bari,
Italy, claims to have DISCOVERED a
perpetual calendar" which has
bafied science for centuries. His
calendar consists Of two discs, one
superimposed upon the other. by the
turning of which the correct day,
week and month may be obtained. The
great astronomer Herschel declared
that Il perpetual calendar never could
be devised.-FrOm the Argonaut.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-12-22
MINNESOTA SPENDS Big SUM
More Than $2s, 900 Paid Out for
Construction and improvement
OF Highways.

Minnesota is spending more than
$26, 900, 900 on roads this season, &C
cOrding to announcement by the state
highway department. This big fund is
made up entirely OF automobile and
local tax revenues and federal aid. ex-
cept for 100000 of county bond
money. Charles N. BabcOck. state
highway commissioner, estimates that
about $1S.5OO.OOO will be expended this
year for maintenance and permanent
improvements on the 7,000-mile system
OF state trunk highways.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-12-22
Wl.a Man censervea strensth.

To comprehend a mans life it is
necessary to know not merely what
he does, but also what he purpOsely
leaves undone. There is a limit TO the
work that can be got out OF a human
body or brain and he is a wise man
who wastes no energy on pursuits for
which he is not fitted. who from among
the things he can do well, chooses and
resolutely follows the best.-W. E.
Gladstone
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-12-22
The Case of Schumacher VS.. Brun-
gardt

gardt
Il do not find anywhere that bind
ing contract has been made or per
formed Judge 1. T. Purcell said, in
ruling on the demurrer to the
evidence in the case of Schumacher
VS.. F. B. Brungardt, and then con
tinued by saying, ''if the boy and the
girl in the case had tried to
stay and help the foster mother,
things would or might have been
different, but as it is viii
have to sustain the demurrer"
1t was long drawn out trial. Many
witnesses appeared on both sides.
Clifford Schumacher was a founding
picked up by the Sisters of Charity in
New York The hospital was crowd
ed about thirteen years ago and he
and great many other orphans were
sent out to Kansas to be placed in
charge of people who cared and were
able to take care of them. Clifford
was sent to the home of Jacob and
Anna Maria Schumacher, who were
childless. They sent him to school at
Victoria and later to the Benedictine
College at Atchison. After he finish
ed there he got a good position in
Kansas City, Mo. When he came to
the Schumacher home, he was prom
ised one-half of the property when
the foster parents died. Paulina, the
woman or girl in the case, was left
homeless when only small child, and
was taken up the same way a few
years before Clifford came. She stay
ed with the Schumacher family for
about fourteen years. Her marriage
to Mr.. Dreher was approved. She
went her way to live with her hus-
band.
Mr.. Schumacher died. Mrs. Schu-
macher felt that she was deserted and
SO she went to F. B. Brungardt, her
nephew, and for one dollar and a
promise to be cared for during the
rest of her life, she decided her land
worth about 100000, to him. He has
harvested crops and expended some
money to care for her. This deed
was executed about five years ago.
When Clifford and Paulina found
out that their foster mother did not
care for them, they commenced to
look for the cause. Just as soon as
they learned the disposition of Mrs.
Schumacher's real estate they started
suit to set aside the deed and asked
for a decree for half of the property
to be turned over to them upon the
death of Mrs. Schumacher. The case
was full of thrills for it showed the
hard struggle made by those parent
less children to better their condition.
| On several occasions the promise was
made to them that what the foster
parents had would be theirs after
they had passed away. Paulina work
ed on the farm, both in the house and
out in the field, for fourteen years.
I Once she felt discouraged and
left the Schumacher farm and obtain
ed work at the Brunswick Hotel. She
was urged to come back and again
was promised everything the old peO-
pie had. She did return and in a few
| years met and was wooed and won by
Mr.. Dreher. None of the agree
ments claimed by Clifford or Paulina
were in writing. The demurrer set
ties the case until or unless the Su-
preme Court reverses the ruling; pro-
viding, however, that the motion for
new trial filed is not sustained. It is
understood the case will be appealed
/ if motion for new trial is overruled.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-12-22
Road In South.

A stretch Of hsrd-surfaced road in
the southern states, % miles in length,
was difficult TO be found six years
ago, whereas at present there are any
number Of hard-surfaced roads from
% to 100 miles in length.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-12-22
PrIeon coIor sehemes.

Color schemes, suggested by an ex-
pert as suitable for prisons, are pink
for boy thieves, yellow or orange for
eonvicts guilty Of lOng-premeditated
crimes and violet and black for bur
glars. All cells should have blue cell
Ings. and gray should be avoided.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-12-22
Path of Duty Is First

We must not waste chances of bet
tering ourselves-unless we make
something Of our own lives we cannot
do much for other people; yet the nm
est way of lettering ourselves is in
the path of duty. kindness. unselfsh-
ness.-Arthur L. Salmon. in Chicago
Daily News.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-12-22
AId for Ameriean Motoriats.

To enlighten them upon the usually
confusing foreign trafie regulations,
Americans motoring through France
are supplied with code Of the read"
booklet by the minister OF public
works.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-12-22
eeoaraphIeal and spIrituaI.

At bennington there stands a tree
which claims. or has claimed, to be
the geographical center Of England
A few miles away lies Stratford on
the Avon, so near the geographical
center that one might fancy it placed
there on purpose to signify it as the
spiritual center Of ENGLAND.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1921-12-08

not get far because it travels very slowly
and in circle. Some two years ago it
referred this important matter to ''per-
mament commission of experts" This
commission ran true to the general type
of commissions. 1t began to collect data
for discussion by the Assembly of the
League. The commission being a per-
manent one there was of course no need
for haste. The data for discussion has
not been gathered, but it is hoped by it's
members that at least a partial report
can be made to the Assembly next Sep
TENDER, when its next meeting is to Re
held. There are now strong reasons for
hoping that in a few days an agree
ment for the limitation of armament will
be reached at the conference in Washing
ton, which did not take steps around the
problem but met it face to face. This
will not phase the permanent commits
sion. 1t will 60 right along with the
collection of data and the League will
pretend to be doing something and will
live as long as money can be obtained to
pay the salaries of its expert nurses.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1921-12-08
JACKSON.

Miss Verna Boyd is at Brooks, where
she has employment.
Rev. F. S. Dolliff spent THANKSGIVING
at Belfast with his wife and daughter.
Harvey Kicker, student of B. H. s.,
spent the holiday recess at his home here.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Roberts are receiving
congratulations on the birth Nov. % of
son.
Mrs. L. G. Boyd of Monroe was the guest
Thanksgiving of her mother, Mrs. Carrie
Morton.
Mrs. ANNE Stevens recently spent sew
eral days with her daughter, Mrs Emery
Amsden.
Miss Merle Wright has returned from
weeks visit with friends and relatives
at Brooks.
MI H. E. Chase has gone to Lowell
Mass. where he will join Mrs. Chase,
who has been there for the past month.
Miss Hattie Mckinley, senior at B.
H. S., spent the holiday recess with her
parents Mr. and Mrs. j. H. Mckinley.
| Misses Vera and Irma Roberts, seniors
at B. H S., spent the holiday recess with
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. q. C. Rob-
erts.
| George Marden and Olive Hatch of
Albion were guests Thanksgiving of
Miss Hatch's parents, Mr.. and Mrs M.
l.. Hatch.
Mrs. L. R. Stevens and daughters
Madeline and Glendora have been visit
ing her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Crosby at Kenduskeag.
| Friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Will Gould are
| pleased to see them about town. Mr.. and
Mrs. Gould have returned from Titon, N.
H., where they have been employed since
! spring.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1921-12-08
THE HUGE POSTAL BUSINESS.

Some figures Of the United States DOS
tai service, which Postmaster. General
Hays presented in an address the other
day can hardly fail to impress the Ameri-
can with q new sense of it's extent, and
incidently to make him less irritated if
now and then a letter goes astray OF
reaches its destination less promptly than
expected. These delays in delivery, of
which so much is made, are quite as likely
to be the fault of the mailers as of the
postmen. In New York city alone, there
are 250, 600 letters readdressed daily by
clerks from city directories; and there are
100000 undelivered letters handled an.
nually by the division of dead letters, all
owing to the neglect of the public in ad-
dressing the mail.
There are 326, 900 employees Immediately
connected with the operation of the mails.
serving 11O, O00, On0 customers. The depart
ment has the largest express company in
the world, handling this year over 2, $780,
COG, 600 packages. It has over 500, 600 de-
positors in postal savings, the largest saw
ings bank in the world, with rs per cent.
OF them of foreign extraction. In every
single hour of the twenty four /, 400, 600
letters are mailed; in every day of the
year IS, DOC, 600 lie tiers are sent. Debts to
the amount of $500, 600, 600 are satisfied
each year through the sale of $50, DOC. 600
money orders. Every day $4,000 rural
carriers 60 out in the morning serving
$500, 600 families, and before shutdown
every day travel /, ITO, 900 miles.
When Mr.. Hays entered upon his work
in the department, it seemed to him that
the field in which the greatest progress
could be made in the shortest time was In
improving the morale of the service. Now
he finds that this confidence has been
fully justified, and that "by merely intro
ducing different spirit into the relations
between the department and the employ
es, by making them more comfortable
and giving them assurance about their
future commensurate with their worth
and importance az Q matter of simple
JUSTICE" the department could accom-
plish the equivalent of adding many
thousands of employees. Now, he says,
I'VE are getting away in the postoffice
service from any idea that labor is COM
modify. boston Herald.