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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-09-05

seventy feet in height and thirty-one feet in diameter. while William Me Kinley close by is two hundred and ninety feet high and has Q diameter of twenty-eight feet. In Mucr grove stands the Dalton, twentx-seven feet in diameter and two hundred and ninety-two feet in height. Garfield Grove boasts of the great California" a giant Sequoia that lifts it's head two hundred and sixty feet in the air and has a diameter of thirty feet. The Theodore Roosevelt tree has not been officially measured up to the present time, but is perfectly formed tree and very large. All the Sequoia bear large cones.
 The discovery of the big trees is attributed to a hunter named Dowd, while he was chasing bears iii 1850, but it is claimed that John Bidwell. another hunter had actually visited the same grove year before.
 Fine Trails And Camping Sites
 There are excellent horseback trails
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-09-05

MT took our Government a long
 time to awaken to the fact that our
 forests were being rapidly denuded - and that unless something was done 1t would be only a short time when the damage would be irrepar- able. This means a vigorous policy of permanent standing for 1t takes centuries for forest to reach it's full growth and a temporary policy Of short duration would yield little or no results.
 Two of our national parks contain the tallest, the biggest and the most symm etrical trees in the world. They are the Sequoia National Park and its little sister, General Grant Ma tional Park. which is only few miles distant. They embrace a fairyland of forest set amidst mountain scenery of unsurpassed beauty.
 They lie on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Cali fornia, south of Kings River Canyon and west of the Canyon of the Kern.
 Established In 1890
 Both these tracts of land were set aside as National Parks in October of 1890 by an Act of Congress, and are governed by the National Park Serv- ice of the Department of the Interior. They COnIdln dI IedoI 1A-OUV trees lIletl are over ten feet in diameter. For some strange reason the soil of the Sierra Nevada Mountains is best fitted for these giant trees. and they have grown up in groves and consist of two kinds. the Sequoia giganta, known as the big trees and the Sequoia sem perverviens, the technical name for the beautiful redwood. The former are the largest forest trees in the fI,o Iro f,,I Both trees are named for a mixed blood Cherokee named Sequoia, often known as George Guess, famous as the inventor of the Cherokee syllabagy.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-09-05
Something About These Tracts of Land Set Aside
 Government for the Protection of Our Giant Forests.

Born in 1760. he lived with his mother at Cherokee town near Fort Louden in the eastern part of Tennessee At an early age he became a hunter and fur trader, and also developed a mechanical ingenuity in making sil- yer ornaments. Sometime about 1909 he became impressed with the diffi- culties of his own race to communi- cate with each other by writing and set about to make a system whereby this might be accomplished Seouoia spent years of labor in the work and was ridiculed by his own people, but when several years later 1t was per fected and submitted to the Cherokee chiefs for a public test it's value was at once recognized and in a few months thousands of illiterate Chero- kees were able to read and write in their own language.
 Parks Close Together
 As the parks are near each other both are usually visited on the same trip. Sequoia contains 161, ,597acres and ranges in altitude from 1000 to 119OO feet. There are millions of seuuoia trees in the park ranging from tiny baby shoots a year old to the great trees which must have been growing during the days of Pharaoh. There are pines and frs as well and flower ing shrubs of many species, all adding to the beauty of the place. But it is the great trees which attract the tour ist. The giant trees are buttressed at base, they taper gradually and are frequently one hundred to one hundred and fifty feet without a branch. The wood is coarse grained, light and soft but especially durable when in con tact with the ground. The bark is sometimes two feet thick and f1uted. The heartwood is of a deep red and turns much darker upon exposure while the sap wood is white and, thin.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-09-05

She supported Edith Wynne Matthi- son in ''The Piper" She also appeared with Richard Bennett in "Passers- By"
 Tom Moore And Hazel Daily
 From Moore and Hazel Daily meet their Waterloo in Stop Thief" the picture adapted from the Broadway success by Carlyle Moore.
 ''As a merry pair of crooks they have had things all their own way but now, with a revolver drawn on them, the tables are turned. The plan was to be there for the wedding, clean out the house. stage a wedding of their own. go straight, and live happily ever after! But the bridegroom was not so slow-so the ending was not exactly as they had anticipated. but very happy Plenty of laughs and thrills with Tom Moore at his best.''
 Lila Lee
 Lila Lee made her first hit as a child when she sang Look Out For Jimmy Valentine" in Gus Edwards
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drama "called" and she migrated to these shores. where she soon became one of the stellar lights in the Triangle Armament. Starring engagements in Missing Dawn "A House Divid- ed, ," t"The Moonshine TraiI'' and other films subsequently, established her as a prime favorite in the realm of the canned drama.
 Wesley Barry
 r The newest star of screenland is Wesley Barry. freckle-faced boy of Daddy Long Legs.'' 'fGo and Get It." Don't Ever Marry and "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm fame
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-09-05
The General Grant


 General Grant National Park near by offers similar attractions although it is not so large, containing only 2,536 acres. It is the smallest of our national parks and was established for the protection of the General Grant Tree. which is noted for it's enormous size. There is 1uxuriant forest surrounding it and camp sites can be obtained in this park as well as Sequoia.
 The General Grant is second only to General Sherman in size and is sup posed to be about the same age. It was named by Mrs. .Iucretia P. Baker. who was member of a party which camped near the tree in 1867. This noble specimen of tree life has 9 height of 264 feet and a base diamete2 of thirty-five feet In the same section is the George Washington, only few feet less in height and six feet smaller in diameter.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-09-05

Although but thirteen years of age. little Wesley is one of the most popu- lar characters of the screen world. For three years he has been carefully coached by MT. NeiIand,' and during this time he has been given more inn portant work in each succeeding pie ture. And now Wesley plays the big part in his own production, 'tDinty, a story especially written for him by MT. Neiland and Marion Fairfax. ~ In-this picture Wesley plays the partreef a newsboy whose chief characteristics are to scrap and his love for his mother, played by Colleen Moore.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-09-05

BLK to the motion picture public in E the late fall. promises to be one 2 of the biggest events of the sea- son. Otis Skinner, who by reason of his remarkable characterizations has been a conspicuous figure on the American stage for a good many years, makes his debut a screen star in "Kismet," playing the famous role of Haji. the beggar. In this role Mir Skinner enjoyed the greatest sue cess of his stage career
 "kismet" has always appealed to me as the most ideal of my various vehicles for screen interpretation" !" said MT. Skinner. 1n fact, it is the only one of my plays that l have been really anxious to see upon the screen. but I would never consider its being filmed unless it could have the sort of mounting that I really believe it is worthy of. And now it is being presented in a manner I had never dreamed of.''
 Shirley Mason
 At the age of two and a half years Shirley Mason was booked through the agency of Mrs. Taliaferro, mother of Edith and Mabel, for a part with Peter F. Daly. A year and a half later she was engaged by William Faversham for the role of Little HaI' in .The Squaw Man" Her correct name is F1ugrath. She has two sisters. Viola and Edna, the latter is working in pictures in England. She appeared in Augustus Thomas famous play, t'rThe Burglar" later appearing with Joseph Jefferson in Rip Van Wrinkle" |"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-09-05

Winchell Smith, and Captain Swift. D by Haddon Chambers. He is now working on ''The Romance Pro moters," adapted from a well-known story that appeared in Ainslee's Magazine.
 Sylvia Breamer
 The battling Kangaroo used to be only claim to fame. That
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-09-05

was before the spreading of flmania. Now, the Antipodes has annexed a new and more 1ustrous laurel to it's terrestrial brow. It has become famed as the home of two of f1mdom's most ravishing heroines-Sy1via Breamer and Enid Bennett. Sylvia started her histrionic acrobatics in Australian stock companies. Then the silent
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-09-05
Kismet On Screen Starts Stage Life As Wee Tot StopThief-AnOtherC Child Star Holds Record A Freckle Faced Fighter.

N AISMET." which will be presented &k to the motion picture public in Fl the late fall. promises to be one
 2 Nof the biggest events of the sea-
The New York herald., 1922-01-08

laying our plans for this year we have
been fully aware of the competitive ma
ture Of this industry In fact. no one
welcomes such condition more enthu-
siastically than we do. Competition al
ways arouses more public interest in a
product or an Industry than does monop-
oily 1t gives people the desired opportu-
nifty to make comparisons, point by
point, 10 judge the merit quality and
value, for instance, of one car alongside
of others. and IL brings the great re-
wards and success TO the manufacturer
who offers the most.
The Studebaker policy OF maintaining
the highest standards Of quality at the
lowest possible prices has been proven
correct and will be continued as in the
past The public. by its choice of our
product and by originating the slogan,
"This is "A Studebaker year." has in
dorsed that policy.
Studebaker has reached that position
where its resources, stability, manufac-
turing experience, engineering skill and
efficiency methods are second to no man.
uufacturer In the industry. These ad-
vantages, coupled with the confidence OF
the public In the name Studebaker and
it's products. give us the right to believe
that 1929 will find us occupying a place
of even greater distinction than 1921.
The New York herald., 1922-01-08
PERCY OWEN OFFERS
NEW LIBERTY SIX

The announcement has just been made
that the Liberty Motor Car Company is
presenting new Liberty Six and the
price is to DO sf,295. +. o. b. Detroit
This price. It IL stated. Is placed on the
new model d series. a car which pre-
sents entirely new body lines and i'm
portant mechanical betterInents, and IS
superior in numerous respects to the re-
cent Series c.
''JTor several months" Percy Owen,
president of the Liberty company. said.
I'VE have concentrated every effort on
the perfecting and production OF this
new car. We have gone about II TO
the exclusion ofe everything else, with
the fixed idea of producing the best pos
sible car at the fairest possible price.
Every possible method has been applied
to improve production methods and to
reduce construction costs so that the
price OF the new car would, IL possible,
be made lower than tho price at which
any car Of equal quality has ever been
sold.
"rhis new Liberty sells at lower
price than the Series G. 1t is infinitely
better than earlier models OF the Lib
erty and offers much greater value. We
are perfectly willing to have it judged
in comparison with others, with the
price left entirely out of consideration.
"Car for car we believe il will equal
or surpass anything of its kind, and
considered on a value basis we don't
believe dollar can possibly puy moro
quality, better performance or more
service than this new Liberty repre-
SentS."
The New York herald., 1922-01-08
STEVENS HAS 1896
RACE WINNING CAR
Only American Car in London
Brighton Run That Fin
ished First.

Among the many interesting things TO
plant up i'm Chicopee Falls, Mass, there
is nothing which arouses so much at
tention from visitors as certain queer
looking little vehicle. Back in 1896, ths
Presidency, this 'horseless carriage"
was shipped over to England There It
was destined to record an event OF tre-
mendous import in the history of Amer
abroad even by name. 1t captured the
first long distance international road
race in competition against the world.
The race took place over a fifty-two
ton. In all there were fifty entries, the
pick OF Great Britain and Europe
Americas sole entry, Duryea, crossed
the finish line more than an hour in adj
vance of its nearest competitor.
Contemporary accounts OF the race
record the fact that the route was 80
densely crowded for ten miles inside the
city limits OF London that It was impos-
sible for one car to pass another. The
Duryea did not have chance to show
It's real mettle until the open country
was reached. Then at last 1t was able
to open up, and astounded tho 10000
cyclists lined up along the road by forg-
ing into the lead at a speed which for
part of the distance reached seventeen
miles an hour.
Tho following contemporary and
from this distance somewhat humorous
account of the Duryea and its trip is
quoted verbatim from the London
Graphic of the following week:
"In oil motors 1t seems impossible---at
any rate so far-to stop the engine and
quickly restart again. Tho restarting Is
such an elaborate business that tempo
rary stoppages are effected by merely
disconnccting the engine from the drlv-
ing wheel of the car. The engine then
goes on buzzing away by itself, doing
no work, but creating vibration, which
shakes the occupants OF the car in a
most disagreeable manner. The oil
motor cannot be a success as long as
the starting difficulty exists.
"As to the complaint about the smell
of oil motors, I cannot help thinking II
has been exaggerated. The car / rode
In made no great smell that could dis
cover. and my opinion was confirmed by
bicyclist who followed us for a milo
or two. Some of the cars did, IL appears
from general testimony. give out a good
deal OF smell. We have to remember
that we are dependent on oil motors
There is at least one steam motor on
the market, though, that, I believe
smells from different cause--and there
IS electricity"
We can look back and smile at such
description now. And yet it is an
astonishing fact that the design Of this
model was in several basic essentials
similar to present cars. 1t was equipped
with differential. a spray carburetor.
electric ignition, water cooling-all fun
damentals of the modern cars. These
have been improved and refined, but
they have never been replaced.
The New York herald., 1922-01-08

three passengers and 275 pounds Of bag
gage Mr.. Wills made the trip over roads
no had never covered before In the re-
marhable time of 90 hours and 26
minutes The last six hours the car
passed through heavy rain and thick
fog.
The motoring public of California were
specially impressed with the run made
by Frank Morris and Clark Rogers of
the Western Motors Company, who drove
from San Francisco to the Yosemite
Valley in hours and 2S minutes and
returned In 6 hours and 81 minutes.
The elapsed time was 13 hours and 22
minutes for the 1913 mile round trip.
This Is one of the hardest mountain
trips In tho world and motorists who
mako one way In the time 1t took the
Wills Sainte Claire to cover the round
trip consider they have done very
credltable Job.
! Still another spectacular perform
ance was run from New York to Bos-
ton and return. This was made I'm the
same car Mr.. Wills used in tho Detroit
New York trip. No adjustments were
necessary. The total elapsed time from
New York to Boston and return was II
hours and AZ minutes.
The New York herald., 1922-01-08
THE MoLYBDENUM CAR.

The Wills Sainte Claire. now making
its initial appearance at the automobile
show. is known as the Molybdenum car.
Molybdenum is an alloy of steel adapted
by c. Harold Wills, who desired steel
of special quality superior TO vanadium
or any other alloy so that he might
realize his ideal in building his new car.
Molybdenum is Il supersteel that com
bines to a hitherto unapproached de-
gree great strength with toughness, dur
ability. resiliency and resistance to VI
bratiop. 1t makes possible car of
great strength and durability. yet Of
light weight. The Wills Sainte Claire
is the only car of Molybdenum construc-
ton on the market.
The New York herald., 1922-01-08
WOMEN DRIVERS NOT
CARELESS, SAYS JUDGE

Judge Lawrence C. Fish, Magistrate
of Brooklyn's Traffic Court and national
traffic authority. has nothing but kind
things to say OF the lady driver. Whiis
visiting the factory OF Dodge B-otheru.
motor car manufacturers. Judge Fish
registered his opinions on the much
mooted topic:
"It Is not fair 10 call women careless
drivers" he said. "As a matter OF fact
out of the thousands OF cases OF trafic
violations coming before tho Brooklyn
Traffic Court only about per cent. of
the offenders are women. And they re-
quire to be treated no differently from
men, especially as there a-o 50 tsw OF
them. Since the passing OF the Suffrage
amendment the penalties accorded wom-
en- and men have been alike. although
naturally the lady Is treated with more
courtesy.
"Of course" said Magistrate Fish with
smile, "it is more than likely that In
the case Of minor accidents a man will
often fail to bring a charge before the
court because some charming lady driver
gave him a fetching smile In lieu of
damages. But such cases, in proper
tion to the total number must be few
The long line of traffic offenders which
passes before Judge Fishs bench every
day qualities him to speak with author
ity. On busy days It Is not an unusual
thing for 500 cases to be brought up ana
disposed of in his court IN the course on
a single day.
Judge Fish commended the wo-k beius
done by Dodge Brothers to help increase
copvfctious of u1Ofor. car fh{avea AZ 49,
ular intervals bulletins are sent out
from the factory listing the car and
motor numbers Of stolen cars reported
together with the names of the owners.
The bulletins reach every dealer and
service station in Dodge Brothers wide>
ly extended organization and a national
list Of police bureaus.
The New York herald., 1922-01-08
HOW 1T WAS DONE
BY STUDEBAKER
Harry Biggs Tells Interesting
+ lyWhy 1921 Was a Stude-
baker Year.
ny 1T. A, BIGGs,
yfce-Presidept the studebakcr
COrporutiou

In<the long run value tells. whether
" an automobile or any other article,
and the manufacturer who offers most for
the money rises to the greatest success.
There may be times when this fact is not
so apparent For instance. when this
country. returning to an era of peace.
faced a great Gemand for goods with
production at a low ebb. previously ac-
cepted standards of value were for the
most part lost sight of.
This period--the year 1919, to be
exact-paved the way for Studebaker's
rise to the position of the worlds largest
manufacturers of six cylinder cars. True.
the prices of Studebaker cars went up.
as prices of everything went UP, but our
profits were no -@reater, for our prices
The New York herald., 1922-01-08
WILLS ST. CLAIRE
HAS MADE RECORDS
Ran From Detroit to New York
in Less Than Day.

Wills Sainte Claire cars, now being
inspected for the first time by visitors
at the automobile shows. attracted in
stant attention when they arrived on tho
market less than year ago, because
they were the first independent Offering
Of C.. Harold Wills and because they
of innovations. the use of Molybdenum
steel, for instance.
These new practices in automotive de-
sign and construction made interesting
The New York herald., 1922-01-08

strated that It's performing powers and
its roadability are of an exceptional
order.
One of the first and most sensational
runs was from Detroit to New York In
day. Mr.. Wills did all the driving on
this trip. although no is not and never
has been a professional pilot. Using tho
standard stock touring car and carving
The New York herald., 1922-01-08

and convincing reading. The all impor-
tant question of performance, however,
was matter that could only be IL
Illuminated by actual trials on the road.
During the last six months the car has
figured in u number of road runs and
flights SO spectacular in
nature and results that Mr.. Wills's crea-
ton seems to have thoroughly Demon
The New York herald., 1922-01-08

"A really fine motor car attracts an eager
and an appreciative market in America
as surely as magnet attracts steel.
Of all the conveniences and commodf
ties of modern civilization, it is still the
one most desired.
But it must be truly fine, in the strict
and literal meaning Of the woodland
that fneness is the fruit of combination
Of elements rarely attained.
Engineering genius is not enough, nor
metallurgical skill, nor mastery of design,
nor scrupulous choice of materials, nor
fine manufacturing equipment, nor un,
limited financial strength.
After all these have been supplied, the
history of the past twenty-five years
has proven time and again that some,
thing else must be superadded which
spells the difference between the ordi
nary and the exceptional
That something else is almost like trains,
mutation of the lifeless metals which
enter into the construction of the car.
1t endows the completed product with
an entity as much its own as the per,
sonahty of human being.
The New York herald., 1922-01-08
Humanizing the Motor Car

Neither technical skill, nor scientific &C.
curacy, nor soundness of theory, nor all
of them combined, necessarily confers
this peculiar identity upon motor car.
Motor cars are built for human beings,
who react to them continuously, in
brain and body, with every pulse Of the
motor and every turn of the wheel.
1t is important therefore, that engineer.
and designer, and metallurgist. and
manufacturer, alike, shall warm the cold
process of theory and practice, with
constant remembrance of flesh and blood.
When such Car is achieved, it is not
merely mobile in the highest sense of that
word, but instantly obedient to every
demand of human ease and enjoyment.
1t is only achieved when the individual
craftsman submerges the ego Of his
genius and unites with his fellows in
harmonious groupaction under inteli'
gent direction.
When such group,action and direction
are assured, and when the hard me-
chanical processes are mellowed, and
sofened, and humanized - then, and
only then, does a motor car become
the perfect personal servant.
THEODORE r. MaeMAl
The New York herald., 1922-01-08

The PecrlcssMotor Car Company has
been acquired aud is being Operated
by r. Fl. Collins and his associates