Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-13
The Peak Of Fashion is Climbed in High Never in LowEIees

AUTOMOTIVE ACTIVITIES
THRUOUT THE WORLD
Tractors are used in India for stump
pulling.
American farmers own approximate
ly :,as6.475 passenger automobiles.
Tho New York State Coat of Arms IL
to be displayed on all state-ovned auto
mobiles.
During the world war. 10000 tractor,
went into Canada duty free. at cost
of Sl7,ooo,ooo
Women employed as road builders
near PetroErad. Russia, receive the
equivalent of 30 cents day.
automobiie figures tho total value OF
TIE car Is in the nppei'nn"".
For ter years Wisconsin motor he
ense No. IL has been held by Emery A.
odell. postmaster of Monroe.
police seIgeants in Baltimore. Md.
must be operators OF motor vehicles.
Buenos Aires has tho only factory in
the Argentine producing pneumatic
tires and inner tubes for automobiles.
mobiles actually manufactured in
France remain unsold at the present
time.
In Manitoba. Canada one resident in
every sixteen owns an automobile. or a
total of 56,i5j cars for tho whole
province.
Road construction in Greece in ordin-
airy soil costs from $4,000 TO $4,000 per
mil: in roek soil from tl5,J0O to S2i.3o0
per mile.
Approximately 1000 motor vehicles
are registered in the Province of Good
Hope. South Africa. Tho number of
motorcycles is 1900.
Texas has tho Ereatest mileage OF all
roads combined, the total being l2S.asO
miles. Kansas ranks second with ILL.,
O5s miles.
Roads in France arc of three classes:
National. provincial and district. tho
state and county hiGhways.
Automobile license reciprocity is es.,-
mated to have brought Into Canada at
the Windsor border more than $4,000
600 during the past year.
course In highway engineering at tho
University Of Pennsylvania.
As revenue producer. the au.omo-
bile industry was the third in line for
tho fiscal year ended July ]. 1890, in
taxes collected from the sale OF auto
mobilos.
New York State. with a population Of
io.5si.s2s has one automobile in opera
tion for every fifteen OF its reridentr
or a registration of se2.17t motor ve-
hicleE.
Thiriy-two thousand motorists 4,
Pennsylvania during the year OF 1890
violated tho automobile laws. In a.
32b instances. tho violations were in tho
matter of liEhta.
Central hirh school in Houston. T,r
ls offering courses free for expert in
struction In auto mechanics. Tho legal
requirement In that students be at least
In Georgia there are under con,trpr-
ton or Just completed. more than 100
miles Of good roads and twelve nilcs OF
bridges, Involving total cost of III
5lc,o5i
Tho British Government plan. to
realize sSt,ooo.ooo from tho recently
proposed horsepower taxes. to cover
the expense of constructing and main
tanning highways in tho United King
dom.
Contracts for road building through
out Ontario. calling for expenditure or
moro than $4,000, 900. were recently an
nounccd, The work will begin AT ono.
to help relieve the Unemployment situs-
tion.
with Virginia leading with 5ii per
cent. every state in the Union showed
a gain in motor vehicle registration for
the paHt year, Tho majority of stateH
had increases ranging from IS to 20 per
cent,
Tho 1921 modes in American made
low. straight lines in deep set bodies
with moderately sized wheels and high
hoods 'olors are displayed in many
As result OF unusually mild
weather throughout the country this
States. approximately 5.ooo. 600 more
passenger cars and trucks are in 8erv-
ice th"n there were a year ago.
More than forty states In the Union
have established system OF man
main aystems is approximately $ per
cent. Of the total mileage OF rural roads
within tho United states.
During the first eight months Of 1890.
Albi automobiles were Imported into
of American make, and 1854 Of French;
ilU are reported as being Of German
origin, 2I9 Italian. and III English.
The Old Timers Club. which rcccntlv
held its annual meeting in Chicago. has
a membership Of more than 500 vet
Grams OF the automobile fraternity.
This organization is composed cNclusi-
vcly Of men who have been active in
the industry for five years or more.
In spite of tho fact that thousands Of
automobile tourists from all over the
world annually visit Switzerland. they
are not permitted to enter the CONF
munity of Grisons. The cantouat
authorities of the Grisons ordained in
1910 that motor vehicles may not use
tho roads of the canton.
Denver, Colo. Building operations
FOR 1870 were si.5ie.92o as compared
with Sc. s.I79ssO I'm 1912 according to 6g-
ires compiled by Frank NJ Ladd. city