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Bisbee daily review., 1921-10-23
Willard Company
Urges Frequent
Test of Battery

How can that little glass doflitter
tell whether "A battery is fully charged
or not?" obviously queries some fair
lady motorist during the days work
at the average battery service sta
ton. And many Il man would like
to know more about the same sab.
ject but he does not like to confess
his ign0rance-his curiosity is not
quite so keen.
z The ieEplanation is simple indeed.
and very reasonable when one gives
1t sufficient consideration II hap.
pens that the sulphuric acid used i'm
u battery solution is heavier thyn wa
ter alone, and the hydrometer used
for battery testing merely indicates
the relative weight of the solution
compared with the weight of pure wa
ter.
When a battery is discharged
great amount OF the acid in the
Bisbee daily review., 1921-10-23

Not a piece of the road was washed
out anywhere and very slight damage
was done to the grade at any point,
owing to the drainage precautions.
The road was never impossible at
any time.
FL Paso is making no mistake in
tying up" with Deming, Lordsburg,
Douglas, Bisbee, Tombstone, Benson
and Tucson in the routing OF traffic
to and from California.
from TucseA the traveller has the
choice of going on to California by
way of Phoenix, if he wishes, but Tue
son people urge the use of the road
way of Ajo as the quickest and the
best. 1t is 100 miles shorter by way
of Ajo to Yuma, they assert, than
way of Phoenix, with better travelling.
w. ]. Rand of FL Paso who made
the trip to California recently by way
Bisbee daily review., 1921-10-23

Cau for meeting of the board OF
directors OF the Southwestern Bank
head Highway Association, signed by
President Fred Suffer of Bisbee and
Secretary Ely Martin, of Douglas, was
received in the city yesterday. The
meeting will be held in Tucson Mon
day afternoon and will constitute a
conference with Colonel Ed Fletcher,
of SanDiego, and other prominent
road officials and boosters of South
ern California and Southwestern Ari-
IONA.
The recent impasse between the
Bankhead Arizona, New Mexico and
Ell Paso officials and the officials of
Marieopa county caused by the action
of the board of supervisors of Marico-
pa county in refusing. their coopera-
tion in signing the Bankhead through
the Southwestern states with South
ern California Auto Club signs will
also be discussed at the meeting. At
the last meeting of the directors the
president and secretary of the asso-
citation were instructed to go to Phoe-
nix and confer with the proper Off
Gals OF the capital city. Before this
could be done, however, telegram
was received from the Southwestern's
director in Phoenix informing the as
ISOLATION that Phoenix and the Mari
copa county board of supervisors had
decided to stand pat" According to
Secretary Ely Martin, however, the
Phoenix people have since wired Of
ficials of the organization that the en-
tire matter had been due to misun-
Outstanding and that the various an
giles of the question could be concil-
lated. Director Roy Wayland, of
Phoenix. according, is expected to at
tend the Monday meeting.
Plans Are Outlined
President Suffer. of Bisbee, Direct
or ]. ]. Bowen, of Bisbee, Director
George Buxton, of Douglas, Ely Martin
secretary of the association and of
Douglas, will be in attendance from
Bisbee and Douglas. Tombstone will
probably be represented by it's direct
or. A. II. Gardner, and other commun-
tiles along the line of the Rankhead
west of FL Paso are expected to at
tend
Director Bowen, yesterday, received
a letter from the Tucson Chamber of
Commerce, outlining a meeting of
road boosters upon the arrival of Col.
Fletcher. At the time of the dispatch
of the letter from Tucson the date of
the arrival of the San Diego party was
not known. Secretary Martin. how
Bisbee daily review., 1921-10-23
CALIFORNIA AND ARIZONA ROAD
BOOSTERS WILL MEET TOMORROW
IN TUCSON TO TALK OVER PLANS

ever, received a telegram from A. E.
tishburn, chairman of the Pima coun-
" highway commission, in which he
SAID Ihat he was accompanying the
party to Tucson via Yuma, Ajo and
intermediate points and would arrive
IN the Old Pueblo Sunday night.
The letter from the Tucson Cham
Der follows:
Colonel Ed Fletcher in company
with the Chief Engineer of the High
way Department of the State of Cali
fornia, will be in Tucson some time
the latter part of this month. The
purpose of the visit of these gentle
men is to make a personal inspection
II the road from San Diego to Tucson
va yuma, Stovap and Ajo- 1t is
quite possible that they will continue
on over the Bankhead Highway from
Tucson to FL Paso, but in any event,
Col. Fletcher is DESTROYS of meeting
with representatives from various
cities interested in the highway from
FL Paso to San Diego, via Tucson
Ajo-Yuma. No doubt you know that
California will expend approximately
100000 in the near future to COM
plete the highway from Holtville to
Yuma and also that the Yuma County
road bonds for the completion of the
road from Yuma to Stovall, thence to
the Pima County line, will be sold
within a few week.
THE reason for requesting you to
come to our city at this time is to as
sist US in initiating a bond issue of
100000 to complete our section of
the highway amounting to approx
mately Seventy-five miles from Tue
son to Ajo and from Ajo to the Yuma
county line.
1T is rather a coincidence that the
question of signing the entire Bank
head Highway from FL Paso to San
Diego at this time is being gwen con-
siderable attention. We in Tucson
feel that the time has some for show
down and that since we have been
unsuccessful in having our section of
the Bankhead Highway completed to
Phoenix and thence to Yuma, that we
should provide another route across
our state to the coast.
I'VE will know within a few days
the exact date of Colonel F1etchers
arrival in Tucson and will notify you
by wire of this date and we sincerely
hope that you will consider this mat
ter of sufficient Importance to come
to Tucson and assist us in project
which is also of great interest to your
own community.
I'VE will appreciate hearing from
you on the matter.
Yours, very truly, e.,
Tucson Chamber of Commerce,
30. H. Mcpherson, Secy.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-10-23
Auto Ailments Are
Easily Prevented
By a Little Care

Frank Thayer of Lowell offers the
following advice for the care of cars
by local motorists:
Every car demands good care. When
you consider the number of revoiu-
tons your engine must make every
milo it is run, and the lack of care
that most cars receive, it isn't sur
prising that some cars frequently run
badly
The very first thingLkeep the in
side of motor free from carbon
Have your valves ground, and proper
ly adjusted, and all carbon burned
and scraped out. After this is done,
it is a wise idea to run kerosene
through the pet-cocks, at frequent in
tervals. After the kerosene is equally
distributed through the various cylin-
ders, the motor should be given sew
eral turns. Then apply the switch,
giving the motor medium amount of
gas. In cold weather this treatment
would be applied only when the en-
CINE is warm, after running
Examine your spark-plugs at least
once a week. Keep them clean and
free from carbon. See that you have
no cracked or broken porcelain, as
this Will cause a missing cylinder. Al
81 see THAT the pOrceidlnS are THOR
oughly frightened by the small nuts
that are at the top of porcelains. Each
plug should be thoroughly frightened
in the cylinder head.
ID is a wise idea to flush out the
radiator occasionally. This operation
together with keeping the cooling fan
well oiled and in perfect running con-
dition, will give you good cooling
system.
Oil should be drained from the
crank case every few hundred miles
of running. The crank case should
be thoroughly flushed out and new
oil put in. The same should be done
in the transmission and differential,
and these cases should at all times
have the proper amount of good
| qualify of oil and grease.
The brakes should be properly adj
! justed, and refined whenever they re-
! quire it. A mountainous country is
! hard on brakes, and safety requires
| they be in good condition.
With proper care, and not spaSmod
| lie and in. frequent overhauling, an au.
tomobile can be one of the greatest
sources of pleasure and convenience.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-10-23
ST UDE: BAKER TO
PRODUCE 10000
CARS This YEAR
$4,000. Light Skies Already
In Use Throughout Nation;
New Record Is Predicted

In the third quarter of this year
Studebaker sold approximately $4,000
cars, or nearly as many as in the sec
ond quarter, which previously ranked
as the largest three months period OF
over SO per cent in the corporations
history.
FOR the nine months Studebaker
has turned out in round numbers 55,-
UUO cars so that, allowing for the sea-
sonal decline in the final three months
the full years showing should be close
to 10000 cars, new high annual to-
tai. The best previous year was in
1916 with 65,SS5 cars, while in 1920
output was rising $1,000 cars.
Studebaker has more cloSed-car
business than it can currently handle
it has beeni for weeks oversold, not
witnstanding the Detroit factories are
concentrating almost exclusively on
these types. The plans early in the
summer called for big play in the
winter months on closed jobs.
1t is only fair to say that demand
for open cars has fallen off over so
per cent in the last month with Tie
advent of colder weather and with the
increase in sales resistance that all
of the big companies have been ca
periencing. The reduction has been
chiefly in the eastern and along the
lake states whence came the biggest
business in the summer. The south
ern and most of the western grain
states have been rather more than
holding their own.
The Light Six" for the manufac-
ture of which the new South Bend
NJ 10, fo
the expectations of the management.
Already $4,000 of these cars are on
the highways and next year their pop
than this. The recent price reduction
on this model has stimulated sales.
For the full year it now looks as
though Studebaker would earn be-
tween SIT and SIS share on the com
mon, after taxes, or, say, 81 to So
more than it did year ago. The
fourth quarter of this year should be
quite satisfactory in point of net
whereas, in 1920, due to inventory
adjustments, earning power from Oc-
tober to December was virtually nil.
r. NJ Henderson, local manager of
the Western Union Telegraph com
pany, gives the following account of
the performance of his Light Six Stu
debaker which he purchased from the
Bisbee Auto Co. on April 81, 1921:
Il have now run my Light Six 5000
miles without spending one cent for
repairs. Most of this running has
been on country roads. On a recent
trip covering 1872 miles l averaged %
miles to gallon of gasoline. do not
feel that this was as good as it could
have been as twelve miles of this trip
was of the worst kind of sandy road
bed and some very steep climbs. The
tires are stip in fine shape, hardly
showing any wear"
Bisbee daily review., 1921-10-23

a delightful place.
Even the desert" between Benson
and Tucson, clothed in it's green vege
tation since the summer and fall rains
is beautiful. It's giant cauliflower
cacti are very interesting. i
West of Tucson to Ajo, they say
the road is graded for almost 100
miles crossing through Que of the
most famous Cacti forests in the west.
Telephone pole cacti' as tall as a
three-story house, barrel cacti bigger
than a barrel, "cauliflower cacti' as
big as an Ell Paso valley cottonwood
almost, and ether desert vegetation
lend charm to the route.
No More Desert Terrors"
The terrors of the desert have been
taken away by the sinking of water
wells every 20 miles along the high
way west of Tucson.
The Pima county road officials have
yet to grade the road across the Pima
reservation, distance of so miles, to
give a paved road all the way to Aju.
West OF Ajo they have little more
work to do to reach the Yuma count.
line with a graded roadway.
1t is III miles from Tucson to the
Yuma line by way of Ajo, and 1853
Yuma county is now building in the
| direction of Ale and must construct
| Al miles of road. Much of it is in good
condition now and it is easy to cover
the distance between Tucson and Yu-
ma in a day.
West of Yuma, the going is report
| ed fair to Holtville, much OF it over
! planked road on which mainten-
| ance crew is kept busy. This is over
deep sands.
Ten miles of concrete road will be
built soon out of Holtville towards
4, Yuma. The road between Holtville
and San Diego is already paved all the
! way.
| But the road between Tucson and
Ell Paso is already goodwill the eX-
| ception of that short stretch between
Lordsburg and Rodeo-and the trip
! is well worth the experience of any
FL Paso. motorist.
The Arizona people have not con-
fined their work to building the road
but maintenance crews are kept con-
stantly at work.
The road is dragged after every
rain and as soon as the rocks begin
I to crop UP in the macadam, the sur
face is scarified and rolled, to pack
! it down solidly again.
/ Splendid concrete bridges span all
OF the places where there is danger
! from water.
One of the finest concrete struc'
lures in the southwest crosses Glen
ega wash near Vail, carrying the road
over the wash and the S. p. railroad
at the same time. Other splendid
structures are built everywhere.
The road and all the culverts and
bridges withstoOd the heavy floods OF
the past summer. That is test enough
Bisbee daily review., 1921-10-23
SOUTHERN ARIZONA ROUTE ONE
Of BEST AND MOST PICTURESQUE
ROADS IN WEST, SAYS FL PASOAN

G.. A. Martin, of the FL Paso Herald,
in a recent story in his paper, after
attending a special meeting of the
Bankhead Highway Directors held in
Tucson last week, said many things
which he knew, saw and observed,
and we give our readers the high
spots" of that story, which is now a
bit of history, relative to the only
road from Ell Paso through Deming,
Lordsburg, Douglas, Bisbee, Tomb
stone, Benson and Tucson to the coast
El Pasoans who have not travelled
over the southern Arizona highway--
known yariously as the Borderland,
the Bankhead, the Old Spanish Trails
and the Dixie highway, since all of
them follow it-have no conception of
what a wonderful piece of road these
Arizona people have built in the last
few years.
1t is no eXaggeration to say that the
road between Rodeo and Tucson, by
way of Douglas, Risbee, Tombstone,
Benson and Vail is as smooth as a
floor.
rhe speed with which the distance
can be covered depends absolutely
upon the speed in the car and the will
of the driver at the wheel and the
throttle-and the temper of the speed
cop. 81
Thirty to 40 miles an hour was our
regular speed and from that to so we
beat it over this road without any
more. inconvenience than if we were
covering the distance between FL Pa
so and Anthony on the concrete pave
ment
Scenery Beautiful
The soil in this part of Arizona
makes a natural road, where it is grad
ed, graveled and kept dragged, if pro-
tected from the floods and protection
from the floods seems to have been
the first consideration of the Arizona
road builders. The rainy season IS
just past and it was the worst in the
history of this part of the state-for
many years anyhow-yet the state
highway is "50-mile road"> any
where.
Every arroyo or creek is bridged
every wash is crossed on a concrete
dip that is constructed so that you
dip it without jolt, and wherever
there is a hillside where rain might
send water pouring down onto the
grade, there is ditch above it to
carry it off before it hits the grade.
These Arizona people along the
southern route are the most enthusi-
astic good roads boosters in the world
Theyshaye a goodroad and they know
,, it and they are telling it to the world.
Ell Paso people cannot realize the
good quality of this road without ira
verSing it.
l would recommend run from F.
Paso to Tucson some time just for fun
1t ought to be pleasure.
Tombstone, Bisbee and Douglas are
interesting and Tombstone canyon is
Bisbee daily review., 1921-10-23

battery solution has combined with
the lead compounds in the plates. Nat
urally the solution is weak in acid
and the float rides deep. But when
the battery is fully charged and acid
Is in the solution-the solution has
become heavier-and the hydrometer
float rides high.
The Willard Storage Battery COM
pany and many other manufacturers
recommend the regular and frequent
testing of batteries with the hydro
meter. Unless a battery has been
meddled with by some inexperienced
person, this makes a reliable test
of the state of charge.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-10-23

OF Ajo and Yuma. and returned By
way OF Blythe and Phoenix, reported
the Ajo route by far the best.
So far as signs are concerned. the
Arizona highway builders have al
ready signed the road between ROdeo
and Tucson SO that there is no trou-
BILE in travelling it.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-10-23
PROMOTER Is BANKRUPT

NEW YORK, Get. %. - Franklin
Helm, a promoter who figured in de-
velopment of spruce lands in west
ern states for manufacture of air
planes during the war. filed volun-
tary petition in bankruptcy, placing
his liabilities at S1,406,443, with no
assets. The firm of Harvey Fisk and
Sons, was one of the principal credi-
tors, with a claim of $500, 900.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-10-23
MMM
#M/
26 Times
a Year
Your Battery
Needs
Attention

Batteries are all alike in this:
they all should have water put
in every other week-26 times a
year.
But every make of battery is
different in the way it is built in
side. Only one-the Willard
Threaded Rubber Battery-hss
Willard Threaded Rubber Insu-
lation between the plates.
If you want less trouble-less
worry-and more miles of un-
interrupted service per dollar
drop in!
The Home news., 1921-01-21
$50, LOSS BY
 FIRE AT WINNIE.
Flames for a Time Threaten Entire Business Section
 of the Town.

Wynne, Jan. 18.-Fire in the business section of Wynne early this morning entailed a loss estimated at more than $30,00O. The blaze was dis covered in the second story of the Mike Drexler general store about 2 o'clock. The Drexler building and the stock, valued at $20,000, and an adjoining frame structure, occupied by Louis Goldburg, cobbler, were destroyed. Goldberg's loss was estimated at $500. MT. Drexler carried S1Q,000 insurafce.
 The hall used by. the Knights of Pythias, Ben Hur and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, was gutted. Val uable records of the lodge, and practically all the furniture, were destroyed. The lodges loss was estimated at $4,O00, partly covered by insurance.
 The N. Katz grocery was damaged about $7;5OO from water and smoke. The build ing was flooded. The loss is partly covered by $5,000 in- Surance. The Hub clothiers sustained a loss estimated at $500, covered by insurance. The Longest & Thompson drug store, which occupied the first floor of the lodge hall. build Ing, sustained damages esti- mated at $1,000, fully covered by insurance.
 The origin of the blaze is not known. It started in the second story of the Drexler building, which is used as a store room. Prompt and eff fective work by the Fire De partment prevented a spread @of the flames. s.-Arkansas Ga zette.
The Home news., 1921-01-21

Messrs Roger Fakes, Robert Clayton and Tom Daly were in Newport Saturday taking the civil service examination for railway mail clerk.
 Messrs H. w. Jernigan, w. B. Fakes, w. O. Scales and J. F. Morgan attended the Farm CTS, Merchants and Bankers meeting in Little Rock this week.
 Mrs. J. F. Morgan and little grandson, T. J. Fakes, IT,, returned Sunday to < their home in Little Rock, after a visit here to friends and rela- tives.
The Home news., 1921-01-21

MT. and Mrs. H. L. Ball were Little Rock visitors last week.
 Mrs. E. w. Chaney spent the latter part of this week in Little Rock.
 The Stokes & Miller Cafe voluntarily quit business the first of this week.
 MT. J. P. Taylor has rented the Sanitary Barber Shop and now has charge of same.
 Messrs Dewey Hays and Robert Short left Tuesday for a visit to the oil fields at El- Dorado. . Mrs. J. w. Wilder was the guest, the first of the week, of Mrs. -. Coffin at Wynne.
The Home news., 1921-01-21

MT. J. c. Pulley is back at nls place in the Sanitary Bar per c Shop and invites his many Trends to call on him.
 V, Mrs. Jimmy Foster of Wynne arrived Monday and was the guest of her mother, Mrs. ' M. E. Powell, until yester- gay, Thursday, when she re- turned home,
The Home news., 1921-01-21
School Directors

McCRORY SPECIAL L-J. P. Taylor, Pres. c. G. Mo- Crory, Sec; L. J. billiard, w., o. Scales, D. M. Huff and Walter w. Raney. The McCrory School Board meets second Monday night of each month in the office of The Home News.
The Home news., 1921-01-21
Courts-Southern District
District and Go. Officials

Circuit Judge. ...J. M. Jackson Pros. s.Atty.. ........John E. Miller ChanceryJudge AL. Hutchins ( ounty Clerk Roy Mitchell Circuit Clerk, Geo o.Haralson Sheriff and Col, w. N. Wilkes Treasurer -----...--E. E. Blaylock
 Representative E. w. Clancy Surveyor, ...............Alex Bellis Assessor, .......... Chas. Jackson State Senator, ..........Ed Roddy
 put Schools J. T. Caughley
The Home news., 1921-01-21
Rock Island Railway Company GOING NORTH: (EAST)

Ji.neys McCrory all trains at Jeks which is only miles west of McCrory.
The Home news., 1921-01-21
CARD OF THANKS

We thank each and every one for their kindness shown us and for the kind words of sympathy that were spoken in the loss of our dear wife and mother. Also for the beautiful floral offerings.
 R. l.. DEES,
 JOHN DIES,
 WILLIE DAVIS,
 PAULINE THOMPSON. Adv. 1-21-1tc.
The Home news., 1921-01-21

The home of Aunt" Ann Garner, col, was destroyed Friday night by fre.$ Nothing at all was saved.
 Miss Thelma Smith who is teaching school at Hilleman, spent Saturday and Sunday here with homefolk.
 Miss Nora McDearman who is teaching school at DeView, spent Saturday and Sunday at her home in Weldon.
 Mrs. Clair c. Carson of Cleveland, Ohio, arrived Satur- day and is the guest of MT. and Mrs. G. L. Carson.
The Home news., 1921-01-21
GENERAL DIRECTORY
Courts-Northern District

February and August.
 CHANCERY COURT-Second Mon- day in January May and =. ember.
 COUNTY COURT-First Monday in January, April, July and October. in January, April, July and October.
 Courts-Southern District CIRCUIT COURT-First Monday in March and September.
 CHANCERY COURT-Third Monday in January, May and ~.ember.
 COUNTY COURT-Second Monday in January, April July and October.
 PROBATE COURT-Eirst Monday following that of the Northern Dis
The Home news., 1921-01-21
RAILROAD TIME TABLES, MccRoRY, ARK.

Corrected to Jan. IA, 1920)
 The Missouri Pacific Railway Company
The Home news., 1921-01-21

I4,
 The Missouri Pacific Railway Company
 GOING EAST: (NORTH) No204 Local Passenger, arrives at Ill No 22O Memphis Hot Springs Special at Jeks. 25O,p No202 Sunshine Special, arrives at McCrory-- No 296 Local Freght arrives McCrory ... 10, am. 4 GOING WEST: (SOUTH) No233 Local Passenger arrives at II 28, No219 Memphis Hot Springs Special Jeks. 223, No201 Sunshine Special arrives at McCrory..- 01 No 295 Local Freight, arrives at McCrory 19,pm Rock Island Railway Company
 GOING NORTH: (EAST) No607 Local Passenger arrives at Jeks. Il lo681 Local Freight (Mondays, Wednesdays and
 Fridays) arrives at Jelks. 10 :25, GOING SOUTH: lWEST) No eos Local Passenger arrives at 3:15, ,pm No.6S2, Local Freight, (Tuesdays Thursdays and
 Saturdays) arrives at Jelks........... :45, I'm. Jineys from McCrory all trains at Jelks which only two miles west of McCrory
The Home news., 1921-01-21
THE HOME NEWS
Published Every Friday at McCrory, Ark WALTER w. RANEY, Ed. and Pub. subscription $1.OOPer Year in Advance
 PHONE: 40

Entered as second-class mat ter August 26, 1915, at the post office at McCrory, Ark, under he Act of March 3, 1879.
The Home news., 1921-01-21
McCrory City Officials

Mayor, Walter w. Raney.. Marshal, --.------Frank Shue Recorder .--.---......-..V. B. Huff Treasurer, Geo. w. Barber
 Aldermen: K. A. Drewery, Geo. Raymond, HIP. Riggs,Jr., w. P. Musgrove and T. E. Dye.
 Council meets first Monday night of each month in office of. The Home News.