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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-03-10
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village and
Advertisements.

Bin is coming. Bil Who? WHY
Dollar Bin, on Wednesday, March
18th. sits
New Shipment Of Blue Banner chic.
colates, at special price Of SOC per
pound at the Fruitland,
Cleaning, pressing repairing and al
terlng Of all kinds neatly done at j,
c. Jensen & Co., Merchant Tailors.
Mr.. and Mra. Leon A. Orr have re-
turned home after spending a week
with Mrs orr's parents IN Albany.
Fish, spinach, cucumbers, radishes,
green onons, new beets, new carrots,
new and old cabbage at the Fruit
land.
Beyies Of pretty girls in startling
costumes in Honeymoon Lane at
the Opera house next Wednesday
and Thursday 53t2
There will be a special meet ne of
Bennington council, Knights Of Co
lumbus, tonight ter benediction to
take action upon the death Of John
/ p Mulligan.
Bennington council, Knights OF
Columbus, viii hold special meet
/ ing after benediction tn s evening to
take action upon TIE death of John
p. Mu'ligan,
The guests are coming. You are
sure Of your dinner, but wee BIT
worried about the dessert Flavor il
with Bakers vanilla and your wor
! RES will be over
I Did you enjoy THE Runaways
and "The Rose Grip Then you viii
4 like the Phibrooks new musical CON
edy Honeymoon Lane at the Opera
house next Wednesday and Thurs
/ day. SGT.
Auction One bay work team, on,
pair double harness, one Watson
wagon and one lumber wagon. being
a portion Of the estate Of the late
Henry Campbell. Tuesday afternoon
al two O'Clock on the fourteenth o.
March at Harry Greenberg's 10+
River street Terms cash John G
Huntington, Agctioneer
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-03-10
Separate Skirts

Tweeds in plain and plaid models Also the
new stripe Prunellas which are very much in de-
n1and. Good assortment in black and navy Skirts
All sizes Prices Attractive
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-03-10
STARTS MUGS SICKNESS

A clogging mass Of undigested food
that remains fermenting in the stom-
ach or intestines sends the poisons it
develops through the entire human
body. Keep the bowels open" is one
rule Of health recognized by I'll schools
OF medicine. Foley Cathartic Tablets
cleanse the bowels, sweeten the stom-
ach and benefit the liver. For indiges-
ton, biliousness, bad breath, bloating,
gas or constipation, no remedy is
more highly recommended. No grip
ing or nausea.
Sold Observation-Disclosures
Evening star., 1922-12-24
BROKEN GLASS COSTLY
TO DISTRICT MOTORISTS
N. M. A. Secretary Urges Police
Action Against Persons Response
BILE for Tire Menace.

That the dropping of glass upon
Washinigon's streets and letting the
broken particles remain to slash cost
ly automobile tires is a growing evil
that should have police attention, is
the opinion of officials of the District
division Of the National Motorists
Association.
Declaring that each succeeding day
brings to N. NJ. A. headquarters an
increased number of complaints. and
that the growing cost to car owners
! makes it imperative that the guilty
, be brought into court and prosecuted,
the organization is perfecting a plan
to this end.
While many articles of broken glass
are found on the streets, the milk
bottle seems to be the chief offender.
! according to Secretary Raymond Beck
| of the N. NJ. A.
Whether this happens because
! ,i miIk men try to carry too many
sumers do not care how they rid
| themselves of empty bottles. we are not
prepared to say" said Mr. Beck But
we do believe attention to this by
She police in the residential dis
tricts would soon reveal the guilty
parties"
While the remains of all sorts of
glass containers play quite a pro-
! minent part in increasing tire costs.
il is the dismembered milk bottle
whio, is more frequently found and
| which is doing the greatest damage
according to the n. NJ. A. secretary
Most glass is encountered in the out
! lying districts. he says.
Let the dropping of glass upon ouy
streets be an objectionable offense
and letting it remain there a punishi-
able offense, and we will have less
of the former and none Of the latter
is the way Mr.. Beck sums up the
matter.
Evening star., 1922-12-24
MICHIGAN 1928 AUTO TOUR
HAS l4O MILES HILL CLIMB
More Than 100 Cars Already Listed for
Event Next Summer-Capital Is
Autoists Objective

feet long. over six feet wide and
nearly six feet high. 1t is finished
inside in solid oak. upholstered in
tan Spanish leather. has two bed
rooms, combined living and dining
room. bathroom and seat. bowl. Law
atory shower bath. folding tub and
bath cabinet, dining table. wardrobe,
writing desk with typewriter. gas
cooking range. refrigerator. kitchen
cabinet. kitchen sink. electric fan, etc.
The windows are draped with fine
shades. The floor is covered with
linoleum and rugs. There are tap
estry upholstered, spring cushioned
chairs. The beds are in the side
walls and drop out with the doors
on each side of the body.
1t is interesting to know that this
motor Pullman car can be fully
equipped with provisions, bedding.
twenty gallons of water in the tank.
fifty pounds of ice in the refrigerator.
gas tank full and with four passen-
gers. With such load this car has
travelled about 1000 miles since July
90. has not had single puncture or
blowout and the original air has not
been out of single tire.
Evening star., 1922-12-24
DEALERS URGED TO BE CAUTIOUS
TRADING IN USED AUTOMOBILES
Many Dealers Meet Waterloo in Stocking
Up With Secondhand Cars, Says
Association Manager.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, December %.
QUIT trading used cars that you
can't sell quickly" is the advice given
to automobile dealers by c. A. Vane.
general manager of the National Au-
tomobile Dealers Association.
THE dealer who might otherwise
be reckoned financially successful has
met his Waterloo in his own used
car department" Vane declared.
Many dealers are now carrying used
cars they will never be able to dis
pose Of at anywhere near the price
at which they were acquired. and the
longer they are held the greater the
loss Will be.
"As a means Of remedying this con-
dition-I do NOT suggest it as a sure
for the 'used-car probrem'-1 recon-
mend that every dealer who expects
to stav in this business and who
hopes to make any money out OF II
will make a survey of the sales pos
sibilfties of his territory and deter
mine in his own mind Just what used
cars he can afford to take with
rea sonable assurance that they Can
be disposed of.
This will not be difficult problem.
Ninety per cent of all the motor cars
manufactured are being made by 1if-
teen manufacturers The remaining
10 per cent are being made by 100
manufacturers. ] have been in nu-
merous cities of this country Where
from six to ten automobile dealers
would be able to supply the volume
of motor transportation for that COM
munity, and find that there are any
where from ten to thirty dealers, all
with tremendous overhead and all
trading their shirts off. The truth
of the matter is, and 1t might just
as well be eaid now as any other
time, there are too many factories
and too many so-called dealers in the
business. and the public is paying for
this economic waste.
The automobile dealer must pay
cash for all merchandise he buys
from the factory. and 80 per cent of
his sales to customers are on time.
Anywhere from 20 to S5 Per cent of
his total sales involve used car
trade in. and unless the dealer can
acquire this used car at a price low
enough to make profit he is trying
10 row upstream without oars.
Used Car Figures Little as Asset.
THE bankers are no longer paying
any great amount of attention TO the
used car as resource i'll dealers
application for bank credit. and its
time the. dealer awoke to the fact
that he Is about the only one in COM
mercial America today who regards
the used car as an asset.
I'VE are now making a survey Of
the used-car situation in Pennsyl-
vania OF 800 dealers addressed,
complete replies have been received
from 252. Replies are being returned
Evening star., 1922-12-24
PEUGEOT SPEEDER WINS
RACE OVER WILD COURSE
Makes High Average on Sicilian
Route With, Sunbeam Car
Running Second.

Andre Boillot, driving a Peugeot
with a four-cylinder Knight-type
engine. won the sixth Coppa Florio
race, held over a wild Silician course
east Of Palermo. on Sunday November
8. The French driver covered the
1855 miles in seven hours nine min
utes, seven seconds. making an aver
age Of 37.5 mile: per hour.
Second place in the race was won
by II. o. D. Sergrave on a six-cylin-
der Sunbeam one hour six minutes,
behind tho leader. and only one min
ute f1fty-five seconds ahead of the
third man Bequet. on a knight sleeve
valve Peugeot. No others succeeded
in going the entire distance within
the time limit.
Nine cars lined up at the start.
The race was of a most gruelling
nature. the rough roads and fast pace
being responsible for the elimination
of more than fifty per sent of the
competitors.
For the sixty-seven miles of the
circuit it is estimated that there are
1000 distinct bends. the altitude
varies from sea level to 3.40O feet,
and some of the stretches have a
surface Of such a nature that no rea-
sonable motorist would consent to drive
over it at more than six miles per
hour.
Evening star., 1922-12-24

In a letter and statement issued to Its
members and motorists generally
throughout the District. the National
Motorists Association has outlined ten
problems Of a constructive character
which should be looked after IN the
interest of safety first for all Of the
year. The points are:
An immediate survey should be made
and a chart prepared showing the loca-
tions Of accidents. This will determine
where accidents occur in greater num-
bers. An investigation and study
should be made for the purpose Of de-
termining why accidents occur IN
greater numbers at these locations and
steps should be taken to eliminate any
physical conditions or causes that con-
tribute to accidents at these locations.
If simply a question Of congestion at
these locations. then steps should pc
taken to relieve congestion. II possible.
or greater protection provided Tor Doth
pedestrian and motoriSt.
Right-of-wny Misnomer.
The so-called "right. .of-way" is In
most cases a misnomer and not always
Understands BILE in its operation. both
by the pedestrian as well as the motor
:st. Pedestrians should cross streets at
designated crossings. distinctly marked
IS such, and his rights should be abso-
Iu.eley protected at these crossings. and
4 he is to use the street or roadway
between intersections 1t should be with
-he knowledge aS to what constitutes
he right Of the street vehicles between
intersections
4 more thorough marking of traffic
ines should be instituted throughout
-he District. 1t Is known feature Of
traffic psychology that the motorist will
invariably adhere to the white paint or
cement PAINT lines on an asphalt street
which are so laid out as to keep traffic
III alignment. This has met with con-
siderable success in New York, Detroit,
Cleveland and other large traffic centers
Evening star., 1922-12-24

The "Michisan automobile tours"
annual trip for August, 1928. has
been completely laid out and the en-
tire route has been driven over by
the general manager of the tours
during the last four weeks. j. H.
Brown of Battle Creek, Mich, who
originated these tours under the title
Of the Michigan Farmers automobile
tours. has announced that SO many
have asked to register for the fifth
annual tour from Michigan to Wash
ington. d. c.. and return. that he has
had to list more than 100 cars al
ready.
These trips have been attracting
nationwide attention. and the 1923
tour to Washington already has cars
registered from nine states outside
of Michigan. The manager has lin
tied the cars to 210, and about 500
tourists. This will be the greatest
automobile tour caravan ever seen
in the United States.
Proposed Route.
The route will be from the George
p. Horton farm at Fruit Ridge. and
night camps will be at Fremont and
Akron. Ohio: Grove City. Pa: Pitts
burgh, Uniontown, Cumberland. HaE-
erstowr, Md: Frederick and Wash
ington Returning the route will be
by way of Uniontown, wheeling
GAINESVILLE. Columbus and Flndlay.
Ohio. This route both ways is en-
tirely improved and there will be no
detours on account of road construc-
ton.
Mr.. Brown has arranged details at
ashington for fine camp and pro-
gram for six days. He has conferred
with the Department of Agriculture.
Postmaster General. s.. }. Lowell
master of the National Grange. T. Y.
Atkeson, Washington representative
of the National Grange. and other Of
ficials, and these men are enthusiastic
over the plan and will take charge
of. the program in Washington and
give the tourists the time of their
lives. over a month has been de-
voted to going over the road by Mr..
Brown and his new REQ Pullman car
The route has over 140 miles OF
mountain drive each way, commenc-
ing at the Uniontown speedway, the
foot of the west slope Of the Ale
gheny system. and ending at the
foot of the east slope of the Blue
Ridge between Hagerstown and Fred,
erick, Md The mountain drive Will
,be divided into two-day stunt each
way, making about sixty-f1ve miles
up and down more or less steep anu
long grades and hairpin turns each
day. This will make an easy drive
for the cars, as many of the drivers
who have registered have had some
experience in going up and down
steep hills, including those members
who took the tour to Pittsburgh
Uniontown and Wheeling last year.
The REQ Pullman in which Mr..
Brown covered the route is an un-
usual one in many respects. The
body and its complete equipment was
designed and much of it personally
constructed by MIR. Brown.
Has Speed Wagon Chassis.
1t is mounted on a REQ speed
wagon chassis. The body Is fourteen
Evening star., 1922-12-24
New Road to Richmond.

The motorists OF the District are
greeted with the information that the
Spotsylvania section of the road to
Richmond can now be avoided by
using the new section north of Fred
ericksburg through Bowling Green
and Ashland into Richmond. This
affords a fairly good road through
out the entire distance of 133 miles. y
is the report of the n. NJ. A. path
finder car which has just surveyed
the route. The touring bureau of the
national association has printed COM
plete tour cards showing all of the new
route, with mi'"ages. etc, for free dis
tribution,
Evening star., 1922-12-24

at the rate of about fifty a day. These
252 dealers had 2.445 used cars on
hand on December I. which they had
acquired al a cost Of Sl.0l4.3o2. The
present actual market value of these
cars they estimated at $s44 64S, or a
fiat loss Of S169.674 to start with. BY
the time there is added to this figure
the cost of conditioning the car for
resale. the selling cost and the legiti-
4, mate items of overhead expense.
probably another $160.000 loss " i'll b.
suffered. Forty.two dealers reported
the actual value Of the cars the same
as the acquisition cost. Forty-five
reported an acquisition cost lower
than the present actual market value.
but 165 dealers reported the acQuisi-
tion cost higher than the present
actual market value.
THE truth of the matter is, there
/ are number of used cars ON the
| market that cannot be moved AT any
price. They are mainly from fac
tories that in the past have guttcd
their dealer organization and who
refused to give proper service or even
build the right kind of an automo-
bile
Used cars must he moved mainly
on price il they are to he moved
quickly. The price cannot be to,
customer is attracted TO "A new car
of lower new list price. and th..
used Car goes a-begging.
Would Make Buyer Pay.
There is no particular reason why
the dealer should be the goat IL
taking a used car off the hands OF
the original buyer who made mis-
take. If the buyer selected thu
wrong car. let him pay for his mis-
take. There is no necessity for you
as a dealer to do it. If the owner OF
that car wants one of your new We
hicles. let him leave his old car with
you to be. sold for him at the best
price obtainable on the market. but
get his order for your new car be-
fore you make this kind Of an agree
ment with him."
Vane called the attention of the
Indiana dealers to the growing men
I ace of legislation against the auto
mobile, and urged the dealers and
tradesmen to strongly support the
state trade association, and IF they
could qualify. TO join the National
Automobile Dealers Association and
share in the big business dividend
that is being provided through the
service features of the association
Evening star., 1922-12-24
SCORE "PREY|NG"
UPON MOTORISTS
Florida Citizens Denounce
Acts of Fee-Grabbing
Officials.

Fee-grabbing officials who prey
upon the motor tourists for petty
violations Of the law were denounced
in no uncertain terms at a mass meet
ing of Florida citizens held at Clear
water, Fla, in response to a call is
sued by the Clearwater Motor Club'
affiliated with the A. A. A. Citizens
from jacksonville. Tampa and st.
Petersburg were present at the meet
ing.
Citizens of Clearwater charged that
arrests Of motorists for petty onenses
had been so fragrant and the social
ed costs in the case so high that tour
lists were deliberately routing their
trips so as to avoid passing through
Pinellas county. Hundreds of COM
plants had been filed regarding the
abuse of the fee system by omciais In
this county, and when F. A Parker,
manager of the Clearwater Motor
protest against methods in force in
Pinellas county the courthouse was
packed. 80
One Justice Impressed.
One justice of the peace, whose
costs in certain cases had been as
high as $16.45, making fine Of 81
and costs amount to s17.45, was suf-
ficiently impressed with the purpose
of the meeting as to promise to throw
out all petty cases coming before his
court. He explained. however. that
the deputies and other officials work.
ed on fees, and that they would prob
ably continue to be jealous about
making arrests until some action is
taken to divert these fees to the use
Of the state.
Mr.. Parker declared at the conclu-
sion Of the meeting that concerted
effort Of Florida A. A. A. clubs would
be made to induce the legislature to
pass a law turning all fines and costs
over to the state for road improve
ment. He declared that the fee sys-
tenn is at the bottom of most Of these
petty arrests and that it should be
attacked at its source.
Fight ON Fee System.
This question will come up in sew
eral state legislatures next year, ac-
cording to A. A. A. national officials.
There is a concerted movement in
class Of official who works on the So
with an official who will give some
attention to the more serious crimes
committed in his community, and not
spend his time looking for some in
offensive motorist whose tail light
happens to have gone out.
American Automobile Association
officials feel that Florida Is to be con-
graduated for taking this forward
StoD
Evening star., 1922-12-24
BALTIMORE,MAY HAVE
FIFTEEN-M minute PARKING
Police Commissioner Drafts New
Rule for Presentation to
City Council.
Special Dispa tch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. December 23.-Police
Commissioner Gather announced that
his proposed amendment to the city
parking laws. including provision
for a fifteen minute parking limit
in the business section, will be COM
for introduction in the City Council
after the Christmas recess.
Both the Automobile Club of Mary
land and the Retail merchants
Bureau of the Merchants and the
Manufacturers Association are op-
posed to the reduction of the limit
Of two hours now allowed automobil-
lists for parting in the business zone.
"The traffic situation in the down.
town section Is becoming a serious
problem" said the commissioner "a
fifteen minute parking limit in this
section would help to lessen the con-
gestion."
Evening star., 1922-12-24
MARKING OF TRAFFIC LINES
URGED TO GUARD PEDESTRIANS
N. NJ. A. in Letter to District Motorists
Outlines Ten Problems in Interest
of Safety First.

One Of the large contributing fac
tors to accidents is the parking of
cars too near .he intersec ion of
streets. The District regulation pro-
vides for a clearance OF twenty feet
from the street intersection. In
within two or three feet of the in
tersecting crosswall line, thus OBJ
structing the view of the street We
hicle when approaching the intersec-
tion. The District regulation should
provide for clearance Of at least
throughout all of the District.
The d-fashioned lighting system
on many of our main traffic thorough
fares should be remedied at once with
modern lights, the same as any pro-
gressive American city. If the mo-
torist is prohibited from using
strong headlights. then the city
streets should be lighted for the pro-
lection of all vehicular traffic as well
as the pedestrian.
No Lights ON Bicycles.
Bicycle drivers are required to
show a light. but on many of our
poorly lighted streets 1t is the ex-
perience of motorists in this District
that this regulation is not being OBJ
served, with resultant accident to the
bicycle rider and in many cases to
the occupants of the motor vehicle.
A larger budget for street and
highway improvements should be
created for the District
The bad condition Of streets is
often a contributory cause Of acci-
dents.
The National Motor Association has
a list of locations in the outlying dis
tricts where guard rails should be
erected and painted white. so as to
be seen at night. and where the same
methods used by ~highway de-
partments should be employed for
the guidance and protection of We
hicular traffic in the District.
Complaints are being received at
National Motor Association headquar-
ters as to the recklessness of drivers
of light delivery trucks
Evening star., 1922-12-24

into use. especially in continental
Europe. Not only can cars be stop
ped more quickly. but they can be
driven safely on wet days and in ice
and snow without chains. In stop
ping car equipped with four wheel
brakes all four wheels may slide and
the car as a whole slip forward. How
ever. there appears to be little or no
side skidding. This is especially
true II the brakes are connected
diagonally in pairs-that is. left hand
front wheel and right hand rear
wheel. With this arrangement op-
posite wheels are able to roll freely,
retaining their directing qualities.
Evening star., 1922-12-24
ERSKINE HEADS COMMITTEE

y. r Erskine of South Bend, Ind
director of the National Automobile
Chamber of Commerce. has been mad
chairman of the dinner committee OF
that association. The annual dinner
will be held at the Hotel Commodore
| in New York on January 81 Other
members of this committee are: f. {.
Chandler. w. G. Durant. +. ]. Haynes,
r. f. Olds. N. l. Pulcher and L. V
] Rick kenbaCker.
Evening star., 1922-12-24
Fight ON Fee System.

The Boss-We need a far-sighted
man for that job, you know. Do YOU
really think Jones is that sort?
His Partner-Well, he and belong
to the same church and I've attended
more than a dozen Sunday school
picnics with Him and he's never for
gotten his umbrella.
The Boss-He'll do-Legion Weekly.
Evening star., 1922-12-24

New Clerk-You say the articles In
this basket are 10 and Is cents? How
can / tell them apart?
Proprietor-Easy enough to do that
Whichever ones the customers pick out
are Is cents-Life.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-10-20
BRYAN COUNTY BOY NOTED
AS INDIAN ARTIST
Overton Colbert Well Known Bryan
County Boy Becoming Noted for
Work in Indian Lore

AS writers, painters. musicians
and orators in all ages have striven
by their various professions to per-
petuatc the memory of certain peo-
pies and things, we now have man
who by his talent for painting is en-
deavoring to perpetuate by use Of the
brush and easel the Indian Life of
the Five Civilized Tribes.
He is no less than Overton Col
bert, son of Holmes Colbert of near
Durant--a Choctaw Indian and Bry-
an County boy.
Overton for the past few years has
been in New York, studying his art,
and his success has been wonderful
made more so by the unique nature
of his work. that of depicting Indian
Life as it originally was.
Some few months ago banquet
was rendered Overton in New York,
at which time many of his works
We're shown, with the result that he
has been accorded much honor in Art
circles on account of his work.
Several weeks ago his canvasses
were displayed for time in the art