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The Washington times., 1922-10-29

when negotiating newly surfaced
gravel roads and some of the turns
In the road loom up suddenly. We
were not long In arriving at con.
clusions and decided that we would
be much safer on the>parrow side
roads. In our opinion the turn-overs
were caused by a lack of judgment
on the part of the drivers, that Is,
they did not Judge distance properly,
or could not see far enough ahead,
the turns and soft spots and realize
the danger after they got into 1t. 1t
was only lock that many of them did
not turn over or clash with q car on
the other side of the road. I personal
ly believe that most Of this IL due to
the recent change of speed laws in
Michigan. The maximum limit has
been increased from twenty-five
to thirty-five miles an hour and
naturally drivers not accustomed to
handling cars/at higher speeds are
liable to get into trouble by mis-
Judging distance before slowing up
for traffic obstructions. o..
People learning to operate motor
cars should take the matter very
seriously and proceed cautiously until
they have formed thorough ac-
quaintance with the countless dan
gers that lurk on the straight-aways
as well as on the turns. Slow up on
wet streets, use anti-skid chains on
wet dirt roads. When your non.skid
treads on the rear tires wear, switch
your front tires to rear wheels X the
front treads are in better condition.
Start to slow up two hundred Seet
ahead Of a turn when travelling at
thirty-five miles per hour. Slow up
when approaching bridges fresh
gravel or newly graded roads. and
beware Of railroad crossings.
Every driver should train his eyes
to see all road Instructions, at least
five hundred feet ahead, as well as
to the right and left and learn to
keep your eyes ahead when shifting
gears or various mechanism on the
dash, for these can be reached by
the sense of feeling rather than sight
This is very important in emergencies
and should be practiced at all times.
The Washington times., 1922-10-29
HYLAN WOULD OPERATE
BUS SYSTEM IN N. Y.

Mayor Hylap OF New York recent.
ly issued statement urging the
New York State Legislature to en-
act a law enabling him to put in
operation municipal motor bus sys-
TEN in New York City.
He based his plea on the necessity
Of conserving coal during the hard
winter ahead and on the general
usefulness even after the coal crisis
has passed.
Mayor Hylan has been one Of the
first city executives to appreciate
and proclaim the virtues Of the
motor bus as a city transport me-
diunl.
The Washington times., 1922-10-29
CAR SPRINGS
DEVICE OF ROMANS
investigator Tells of Develop
ment From AncientOays
Until Present.

Research shows that the earliest
attempt to relieve the passenger Of
a vehicle from road shock was made
during the reign of Alexander
Severus. ruler, OF the. Roman empire
in the third century.
The body was fastened to the
center of two poles. which ran the
full length Of the vehicle and rested
upon the front and rear axles. The
passengers enjoyed the benefit Of
any resiliency the poles Possessed.
The first patent fer q steel spring
was issued in England TO Edward
Knapp in 1926, but 1t was not until
forty years later that the first ve-
hicle on steel springs became popu-
lar. This was the Bruette. which
resembled q mounted sedan chair
and which was pulled by a runner
in a manner similar to the Jinrik.
sha of Japan.
The man-power carriage gave way
to a horse-drawn coach, mounted
upon two transverse springs. the
ends of which were suspended by
heavy straps to two rigid uprights
at each end of the chassis. There
were various variations OF this
principle applied on vehicles, but
until the advent of the platform.
and the eliptical spring travelling any
The Washington times., 1922-10-29
NEW REQ PHAET0N !
WINS BEAUTY PRIZE.
Takes First Place From Thirty
.,; Cars at Recent vir-
= ginia Fair.

The new REQ Phaeton. which has
Just. been. announced by the REQ
Motor Car Company. has not only
been attracting unusual attention
throughout the country. but 1t has
already beGr chosen as the blue rib
bon winner ;. an Automobile Beauty
Contest. according to j. B. Trew,
Of the Trew Motor Company. -.
In competition with approximate
ly thirty other cars the REQ Phaeton
was awarded the first prize at The
Roanoke, Virginia Fair which has
Just closed. The winnn ng car was
driven bv Mrs. Charles Carper.
The Beauty Contest" which fea-
tured the closing Of the fair. con.
sisted not only of the exhibition of
the various cars, but In their per-
formance as demonstrated by the r
fair drivers. Each driver was re-
quired to drive her car past the
Judges stand in the grandstand, turn
around and back. and then come to
stop in front Of the stand. After
this she was required to start the
motor Of the car and shift gears be-
fore completing the test.
The Washington times., 1922-10-29
BY RAY MCNAMARA.

II every automobile driver was
aware Of the many hundred dangers
that come in his path daily and could
be relied on to use good Judgment
and to do the right thing at the right
time, there would be no need of speed
regulations and other traffic laws
pertaining to motor vehicles. Since
the rate Of speed has a great bearing
on the seriousness Of accidents. this
item receives the greatest attention
in the enforcement Of traffic laws.
However, q great many dangers exist
when travelling under~the legal rate
OF speed which every motorist should
guard against. N 49,. E. -"
In discussing Safety First" cam.
paigns recently with the proprietor Of
q large garage he advised me that an
abnormal number of cars were being
turned over in the bitches every
week. In his opinion, the increase
over last year Is out of all proper
d tions to the increased number of
cars In service. Most of the cars in
volved In the turnovers were new
ones. showing that lack of familiarity
with the car might have had some
bearing. However, we decided to
make a check on the nature of the
road and other details that might
throw some light on the subject.
An investigation showed that In
practically every case, as near as we
could learn, the cars had been driven
too fast. In several cases the, drivers
had run over turns on the road. A
great many happened on straight,
wide roads with soft gravel surface,
which caused skidding at high speed.
A few were caused by striking the
curbstone while rounding corner
too fast on city streets. Mostly all
of these accidents occurred on dry
roads. within the legal speed limit
and could have been avoided If the
drivers had been aware of the
dangers that lurk on the straight
aways as well as the turns.
After the above check we made a
tour over these particular roads dur
ing the traffic rush and observest
the actions of many of the drivers
The Washington times., 1922-10-29

distance In q horsedrawn vehicle
was only possible in the case Of
robust persons,
These -eiliptical springs were used
on the coaches that piled in all parts
of the world before the day OF the
railroad. They have been modified
and improved into such combinations
as the transverse, the deep cham.
bered, the three-quarter elliptical,
the semi-elliptical, the cantilever and
the fiat spring. which have made
easy automobile riding possible at
the present day.
The Washington times., 1922-10-29
Pedestrians
Blam e dior
Many Accidents

With all the agitation about
the increasing Of automobile
accidents, the newspapers take
but little account Of the increase
In the number Of cars or of
population. The percentage Of
accidents as compared with cars
In operation Is continually de-
creasing, which Is sufficient evi-
dence OF more care or greater
skill on the part Of drivers, for
The tendency on the part of
pedestrians is to become more
and more careless as they be-
come accustomed to the traffic.
A few years ago only the most
reckless would start across a
street when there was a car
coming within a block. Today
men. women and children dive
recklessly into a ruck Of taxi
cabs, busses and trucks, trust
ing their lives to the skill Of
the drivers and the efficiency of
brakes. 1t Is not the number Of
accidents. hut their infre-
quency, considering conditions.
that should cause astonishment.
The Washington times., 1922-10-29
Motor Speed Stars
will Race At
=. Cotati n

SANTA ROSA, Oct. 2S.-
Those who follow the course
Of the roaring road will be
treated here, October 20, to as
rare an example of what hap
pens "when Greek meets Greek"
as they will probably ever see,
when the five greatest stars Of
the automobile racing sport
gather for the hundred-mile
match race set for that date,
on the Cotati mile and a quar-
ter bowl. .... -...... ..-..~r
Tommy Miller, 1921 speed
champion; Jimmy Murphy, 1922
champion-to-be; Bennett Hill,
who leaped overnight into
prominence by his sensational
Fresno victory September 80;
Harry Hartz, junior speed king
Of the. world, and Frank Elliott,
a favorite in Northern Califor-
MIA because Of his double VIC
tory here in the sprints Aug
ust 8, win all be contestants.
The Washington times., 1922-10-29

the heated water rising to main.
tain a flow. With the pump system
there will always be a certain
amount OF circulation. but even
here Il Is important to keep the
water supply up TO level. .'..e
Oviously, there must be no leaks,
nor leaks In the pump glands. hose
connections etc. The overflow pipe
from the radiator must be kept clear,
SO that no steam will be trapped.
Dirt or muck In the radiators lower
tank or In the water jackets will
interfere with the proper circula-
ton of the liquid. In cases of
chronic overheating. the water sys-
TEN should be thoroughly cleaned
The Washington times., 1922-10-29
AUSTRALIA GOING IN
FOR GOOD ROAD BUILDING

The Australian government has
sent an, engineer of roads and
bridges to this country to study the
construction Of AHaerican highways,
particularly as to the cost Of laying
the different types Of roads. dura.
and grading. &p We,
Australia 10 contemplating an ex.
tensive road.building program.
The Washington times., 1922-10-29

Before the leather upholstery be.
comes brown and shabby, II should
be washed with soap and water. and
when dry. given a treatment with
leather dressing. -
The Washington times., 1922-10-29

tight. but not under tension. The
pulleys on which the belt runs
should be correctly aligned SO that
there is no binding.
In air.cooled cars with a two
compartment hood, the shelf should
fit tightly so that there are no air
leaksr to upset the cooling. .'
OF course, the water system must
be kept properly filled with water.
Especially IL this so with the thermo-
syphon system, which depends on
The Washington times., 1922-10-29

out. 1t must be remembered always
hat an obstruction anywhere In the
'ystem will throw the whole opera.
ion out of gear. Sometimes, for
Instance, cheap or old hose connec-
.ions will collapse and obstruct the
flow of water 80 that overheating
becomes chronic. '. p. ~. g. =
Spark tiWing is a matter that has
much to do with the engine tenn
Derature. Most drivers know that
unning for long on retarded spark
:auses overheating. II the timing
II the spark has been upset by i'm.
roper adjustment Of the breaker
Joints, a badly worn breaker cam
T other trouble. overheating will
esult. ..'. .' . g.. p. f.. d.
Finally. carbon deposits and the
characteristics of the fuel that Is
being burned wiliSaffect engine tenn
era ure. A heavily carboned en-
gine win cause almost Immediate
oyerheating, with knocking and mis-
In ,,t.s ..I Is. HU.Jj Sas> a. ny me
will act exactly as'if 1t had no wa.
ter. although the cooling system
NAV be full a,.A' #...
Whenever ovsrheating develops.
the car owner will be wise to begin
an immediate investigation and foi.
low through until he has located the
cause OF the trouble
and cured Il. ". 4
The Washington times., 1922-10-29
to Engine Perform
ance and May Cause Serious
Damage to Power Plant. I
BY ALEXANDER JOHNSTON.
Editor Of MeTeR.
ENGINE overheating is q con.
III. .1tti,., thaH a. ,,ot ,rnNnoa 40

&<@sr.s - e.SAs4&s
TNNGINE overheating is con.
Ia dition thai. Is not confined to
any one season. The engine
is quite as likely TO overhead in the
fall or winter as In the summer.
Most car owners assume that over
heating is merely q petty annoy.
ance to be met by filling the radia-
tor oftener. This Is a grave error.
overheating Is condition that is
always Injurious to engine perform.
aflce. and may cause serious injury
to the power plant. Il Is some
thing to remedy as soon. as 1t
appears. 49,
There are a number of causes
that produce overheating and only
by process Of elimination can the
cause be, located and the condition
cured. The first place to suspect
is the fan belt. The belt should be
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-05-05
HALEY WOULD ENTERTAIN
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION

A vigorous effort is to be made to
have the Democratic. state convention
held in HALEY on August p. AT a
meeting of the Haley Commercial
club the proposition was discusse1
and the club as an organization de
cided to back the movement.
A committee of FIVE was appointed
to devise ways and means for securing
the convention, with personnel as
follows: Ben r. Gray, A. W. Ensign,
w. A. Brodhead, NJ. H. Brownell and
Richard B. French.
This committee met in executive
session Monday evening and began
active work on the preliminaries.
Should the convention be held here, a
royal welcome will be extended the
visitors and elaborate entertainment
provided.
The date of the convention being in
the midst of the hot weather and the
nights there being cool and comfort
able, the committee is quite confident
that with the arrangement of a suit.
able entertainment feature and with
plenty of accommodation conveniences
the midsummer visitors could not fine
more suitable place for holding the
convention.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-05-05
MALES OUTNUMBER
FEMALES IN L. 5.

Details of the figures of the United
States census of 1920, as given By the
census bureau in Washington, show
that in the entire population of the
United States the males number 3d.
900,431 and the females 5l,S10,1S9.
The white population is 94,820,915,
and this comprises 4S,430.655 males
and 46,390,260 females. The negro
population of 10,463,131 comprises s.
2O9,436 males and 5,253,695 females.
The remaining elements of the popu-
lation-Indians, Chinese, japanese,
etc.-taken as a group total 426,574,
and this comprises 260,340 males and
166,324 females.
For the total population the sex ra-
ito expressed as the number of males
to 100 females, decreased from log in
1910 to 104 in 1920; for the white
population, it decreased from 1865 to
1O4.4, for the negro population, it in
creased from 9S.2, and for the Indians.
Chinese. Japanese, etc, it decreased
frora 1857 to 1866.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-05-05
PRICES OF WOOL
RISE TEN CENTS

The Boston wool market has broad
ened this week. Buying is in greater
volume. Speculation has increased.
Secured WOODS, mostly second clips
and all grades of low woods, are being
absorbed. Much of this is going TO the
mills. Prices of low woods have risen
ten cents a secured pound in a fort
night, half of the rise coming this
week. News comes from territory
wool sections that manufacturers and
dealers are competing for the new
clips. Shearing is getting under way
in eastern Oregon and shortly will be
in full swing in all the territory wool
sections, except the colder mountain
states.
Quotations for the best fine woods
are 80 to 80 cents TO the growers,
which is considerably above the level
of the early contracts.
1t is said that the principal buyer
of these wools recently paid as high
as 81. 10 to $l.15 clean for choice Ariz-
ona. Some excited members of the
trade are mentioning this as the prob
able standard Of price for the new
clip fine staple wools. Other territory
wools remain exceedingly scarce here,
with prices unchanged. Prices of
fleeces are advancing again. Ohio fine
unwashed elaine has sold at as cents
for half-blood combing, but this grade
cannot be quoted above az to 43 cents.
Three e-eights-blood combing is quot
able at 38 to 80 cents, quarter-blood
combing at 80 to 81 cents and fine un-
washed clothing at 3S to 80 cents.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-05-05
LAWS PALSIED ARM
IN ELECTION FRAUD

Judge Padgham has been advised
that a new hearing in the Viei-Sun-
mers election contest has been grant
ed by the Supreme court at Boise,
the same to come up some time this
month. Thus it is that through the
laws delays that the man elected has
teen deprived of his office and the
people of his services for almost the
entire term for which he was chosen.
In this case there was a palpable
fraud committed to start with at the
ballot box in the Depot precinct and
the highest court in the state has in
effect said so. There might have been
other frauds at other precincts TO
change the result from what the
voters intended. And yet the palsied
arm of the law here at home in the
Office of the prosecuting attorney has
had too much other employment than
to start even the slightest investiga-
tion of this great crime. 1t is shame
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-05-05
BURLEY OFFICERS
CHARGED BY JURY

After being in session 25 days a
grand jury has returned indictments
against the commissioners Of the Bur
ley highway district ami some of the
officers of the Burley State bank
which closed its doors January II,
1921. The bank officers indicted were
S. G. Rich, president; w. L. Burton,
vice president; w. A. Bulge, one of
the directors, and Win II. Young,
cashier.
They We're charged with making
excessive loans in violation of sec
ton $500, Compiled Statutes, which
provides that:
Law Claimed Violated.
THE total liabilities to any bank
for money borrowed, including in the
Liabilities of the company or firm the
liabilities of the several members
thereof, shall at no time exceed ~
per cent of the aggregate paid in cap
ital and surplus Of such bank.
The banks officers We're also IN
dicted on the charge of receiving
money after the hank was insolvent
Members OF the Burley highway
district were indicted for violation OF
the nepotism act, which provides thai
no such official shall employ or other
wise favor any relative while holding
such position. Ii is alleged that L. NJ
Savage employed his sister as secre'
tary in the Office of the district. The
ether two commissioners indicted
were c. II. Overstreet and o. p. An
larSnn
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-05-05
MAKING USE OF
PUBLIC LIBRARY

Miss Margaret Shoup, in charge Of
total of 1923 books now on the
shelves, with 4SS membership cards
issued The librarians report for
April shows donations from Miss NJ.
E. Lunney of Beyond the Frontier by
Randall Parrish; from Mrs. Ira Gable
Of vols. l to inclusive of the Great
Republic by Master Historians; from
Miss Lena Shoup, Rosary and Brok-
en- Halo by Florence Barclay, Song of
the Lark by w. S. Gather and The
Worn Doorstep by Margaret Sher-
wood; from Mrs. j. A. Vaughn, The
Making of Bobby Burnt and The
lingo by Chester, Polly of the Circus
by Mayo, The Devil by Molner, Patsy
by Crockett, The Circle by Thurston,
The Prodigal Judge by Ketser, Mr..
Bingle by McCutcheon, Adventures of
Francois by Mitchell, The Egotistical
/ by Thompkins, Hearts Haven by
Blake and Three Laws and the Golden
Rule, The Grain Ship, Sinful Peck,
The Wonders of Science in Modern
Life, all by Morgan Robertson; from
MIS-. DuIl6lRu ne OIL range vase VI
Cavendish by Parrish, Okewood of the
Secret Service and The Man With the
Club Foot by Valentine Williams, The
Grell Mystery by Forest. Within the
Law by WELLER, From Now On and
The Sin that Was His by Packard,
The Cruise of the Shining Light by
Norman Duncan, The Lawbreakers,
Law OF the Gun, z and The Men Who
Wrought, Cullum; Scientific Sprague
by Linde, The Mystics by Thur
ston, The Gun Brand by Hendryx, The
wilkins Skull by Carling and Children
of Giheon by Besant.
Numbers of the volumes mentioned
above have been placed upon the pay
shelf. Other new pay shelf books re-
ceived; The Head of the House of
Combe by Frances Hodgson Burnett,
The Beloved Woman by Kathleen
Norris, The Valley of the Giants by
Peter B. Kyne, Quilts Window by
George Barr McCutcheon, Casey Ryan
by 3. M. Bower, Sleeping Fires by
/ Gertrude Atherton, Brass by Charles
| G. Norris, The Black Star by Johnston
McCulley, Rogues of the North by
Albert NJ. Trevnor. Martie, the I'm
conquered by Kathleen Norris.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-05-05
SHOT OUT ONLY
! GOOD EYE HE HAD

DR.. Hammer was called to the Hs-
gel ranch this morning at the report
that Evald Marcossen had shot HIM
self. 1t was found that the man,
who had already lost the sight of one
eye, chose the other optic for the
mark of a pistol fired by his own
hand, but the wound will not have a
fatal result. 1t passed in at the tenn
pie and out through the good eye
without touching a vital spot. He
had used a mirror.
The shot was fired at about 3
o'clock. Mr.. Marcossen is a brother
of Pete Marcossen, is associated with
him in business, the two having been
prominent as potato growers, both
good citizens. There is much sympa-
thy for them in the rash act of Evald.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-05-05
MILLIONAIRE COMMITTEE
FRAMES TRAIFF BILL.

| believe that any party that would
go out before the people of America
and make campaign on the theory
that they were going to wipe the civil
service law and rules off the books
and 20 back to the pie-counter sys-
TEN, would be swept out Of existence
with an avalanche Of votes from
which they would never recover
Senator George w. Norris (Rep.,
Nebr.l.
The Harding administration is
trampling upon the principle and the
policy of the civil service almost
daily, by dismissing employees with
out warrant and discriminating again
Is applicants in the matter Of appoint
ments.
Government finances are in the
worst jam they have been in since
the war Secretary Mellon estimates
the total leficit for the fiscal year be-
ginning July next Of nearly half
billion dollars.-David Lawrence,
Washington correspondent.
Already there have been two de-
fcieney bills passed for 1922 and the
larger deficiencies are yet to come,
but this does not prevent the persons
who falsify figures for the Harding
administration from claiming that
administration is making great saw
ings.
He gave a list of the eleven rich
men:
chairman Joseph w. Fordney,
Michigan, millionaire lumherman.
nicholas Longworth, Ohio, mil
lionaire by inheritance, interested in
various banking and industrial enter
prises, including an interest in 1ye
and chemical companies.
"Ira c. Copley, Illinois, multi-mil-
lionaire, controlling gas companies
| and three newspapers of the 18th dis
trict, interested also in mining and
other properties.
Luther w. Mott, New York.
wealthy banker, former president of
the New York State Bankers asso-
citation.
Isaac Bacharaeh, New Jersey, mil
! lionaire real estate broker, first vice
president and director Of the Second
National Bank and also director of
| Atlantic Safe Deposit and Trust Com
pany at Atlantic City.
Allen r. Treadway, Massachusetts,,
millionaire hotel owner and magnate.
"Charles b. Timberlake, Colorado,
wealthy banker and stoek-raiser.
George NJ. Bowers, West Virginia,
millionaire banker AMI orchardist,
president Of Peoples Trust Company,
| MartinsburR. w. Va.
Henry w Watson, Pennsylvania,
wealthy retired business man, who
made his fortune in various CONNER
cial and manufacturing enterprises.
"Alanson b. Houghton, New York
"a member during the special session
| hut recently resigned to become Am
| bassador 10 Germany. a multi-mil-
| honaire glass manufacturer.
Thomas A. Chandler, Oklahoma.
millionaire oil magnate.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-05-05
To Make Trip in Canoe.

Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Forester and
Rev. George McDougall expec to
leave as soon as the water rises in the
river for Great Falls. They will make
the trip in Mr.. Forrester's fine new
canoe. The jaunt was made a year
ago by Rev. MacDougall and DR.. r. r.
Rathbone and both are ardent en-
thusiasts of the trip, which was the
first of the kind ever made down the
Missouri. Later. Mr.. Forester and
Rev. MacDougall expect to make the
trip own the Salmon river in the
canoe.-Dillon Examiner.