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Arizona republican., 1922-02-12
MOTORISTS
KNOW OWN CAR
Ry z. <. Haust

IL the average car owner were
asked whether he could identify his
own car under any act of circum-
stances, his impulse would be to re-
turn an unqualified and indignant
affirmative. The police Of one OF
our large cities would disagree with
him lust as unqualifiedly
AS a matter of fact most car own
ers depend for Identification on some
scratch on the body. some broken
screw in the chassis or some other
equally uncertain factor. They do
not stop to consider that our big
manufacturers are turning out mod
els in ten thousand lots that differ
from each other in not the slightest
discernible degree. BY the time
successful thief has run stolen car
through his Service station" 1t
would puzzle the most careful owner
on earth to identify his vehicle.
An instance in point is found In
the recent experience of a car owner
in a middle western city who lost mis-
car, a touring model of a popular
make, and after some weeks of anxi-
Gus waiting was summoned 10 police
headquarters to see whether he could
identify a vehicle answering to his
description of his lost car,
Arriving at the police station he
found a small group of other owners,
who had assembled to try to identify
the same car to see which he had
been summoned. The hopeful owner
had a number OF marks by which he
felt confident he could prove his
ownership of the restored vehicle.
Arizona republican., 1922-02-12

mechanism Is taken down and the
different parts redistributed with
those from other cars OF the same
make and model to turn out what
amount to new vehicles.
The only safe method of placing
Identification marks on a car is to
place them on all major parts of the
mechanism. Perhaps the most salts
factory method of doing so is TO
place punch marks on the various
units. All such marks should be put
in places where they will not be
readily discernible. for instance. on
the inside of the axles, on the fly
wheel, on the upper side OF the gear
set housing. After the marks have
been made they should be rubbed
over with grease until they are as
nearly indistinguishable as possible.
The car owner can have a prick
punch made with his initials on 1t
in very fine type and with this IL is
possible TO place Identification marks
on the various parts that will gen.
orally escape notice and yet remain
permanently.
The owner whom I know has had
the upholstery of his front and rear
seat lifted up and has tackled his
card on the wooden framework of the
seat This is not at all bad. because
the thief would seldom think TO look
in this location for an Identification
mark of any sort.
Arizona republican., 1922-02-12
soro the information so obtained

sorb the information so obtained
thoroughly.
There is one very important part Of
an automobile which because 1t is out
of sight, does not often come to the
attention OF motorists, and yet car
will not run without it-and this is
the piston ring.
Pistons are smaller than cylinders
therefore the clearance between the
piston and cylinder wall must be
sealed by piston rings. If this is not
done, the piston on the upward COM
preston stroke viii not compress the
charge Of gasoline to a completely
combustable form, consequently
weak explosion and lack of power
will result.
If you have ever loaded a shotgun
you know that the killing or shooting
power depends not so much on the
kind or quality Of powder but rather
upon the tightness Of the packing or
Arizona republican., 1922-02-12

There was a bent screw in one part
of the chassis, a dent in one fender.
a scratch of peculiar shape on the
dash. The car with which he was
confronted was undoubtedly OF the
same vintage as his lost boat. but un-
happily It was painted a rich ultra
marine blue, instead Of the dark
green that had graced his vehicle.
The most earnest scrutiny failed to
disclose any of the distinguishing
marks on which he had relied. A
slight chipping OF the new coat of
enamel revealed the fact that II had
been put on over a previous coat OF
dark green that our friend had de-
scribed, but two of the other as
sernbled owners had put in bids for
dark green cars and eventually one
of them managed to identify the car
by a chip In the gearset housing.
The Identification was not particu-
larly convincing. but in the absence
of anything better il served 10 give
the car to the owner who had been
able to describe the imperfection.
AS a matter OF fact no car owner
ought to depend on such casual
means OF Identification as slight i'm
perfections that may have accrued
during the operation OF the vehicle.
When the professional automobile
thief steals a car he takes 1T TO what
amounts practically to rebuilding
factory. In many cases the entire
Arizona republican., 1922-02-12

One of the happiest men ever seen
in these parts, even in the recollec-
tion Of old timers. is L. M. Burkhead.
sales manager of the Smith Motor
Sales company. Burkhead has espe-
cial reason to feel elated. His old
baby" the Hupmobile. is about TO
return to Arizona. When the news
was broken to him he Immediately
proceeded to execute a fancy high
land fling, and while engaged In this
Arizona republican., 1922-02-12

hilarious proceeding was sketched by
The Republican staff artist.
Burkhead is an old Hupmobile
dealer. In the early days, he han
died the Hup line in FL Paso and
later handled the sales OF the car
while connected with Babbitt Broth
ers, who had the Arizona distribution.
He swears by the Hup and declares
that what he will do in the way of
sales and distribution will amply JUS
tify his happy frame of mind.
Arizona republican., 1922-02-12
wadding rammed down on the powder
charge
Waste Oil-FouI PLUGS

charge
Waste Oil-Foul Plugs
When you are using the ordinary
type of piston ring, the oil is apt 10
creep past the piston into the combus-
tion chamber and foul the motor and
spark plugs with carbon deposits.
Oil does not explode like gasoline
it burns and the result is the for
nation of carbon in the cylinder
domes, on the piston heads, spark
plugs, valve seats and behind the
piston rings and will soon score cyl
iuders and do other damage of equal
severity AS a rule carbon can be
detected by pre- ignition troubles,
knocking, loss Of power, and not
enough mileage from gasoline and oil.
When any or all Of these symptoms
are noticed it is pretty safe to get
new piston rings. While there are
many good rings on the market we
have secured unusual results with
Peerless rings, which on account OF
their simplicity and effectiveness
correct permanently many ills TO
which a motor is subject.
Arizona republican., 1922-02-12
PISTON RINGS
MUST SEAL To
CURE EVILS

BY George Pepperdine. President Of
The Western Auto Supply Company.
Motor car owners are wise when 1t
comes to suggestions and information
pertaining TO their cars. They read
widely in the automobile sections Of
newspapers and magazines and abb
The Snowflake herald. [volume] (Snowflake, Ariz.) 1913-1969, 1922-06-02
ss:S;! e r.: PUTNAM FADELEsS DYES 4 TO-
MADE HIS MEANING CLEAR
Old Darkys Description Of Wife's
Falling APPLY Spelled Out Word
He Didn't Understand.

Moses Djggs, an old Alabama darby,
had been arrested for having more
than one wife, the last woman being
the complainant. He happened to be
well known locally and considered an
orderly character.
''How many wives have you hadY
demanded the examining judge.
ask, yo honah," was the reply.
"Why couldn't you get on with
them?"
"Well. sub, de fust two spilled de
white folks clos when dey washed
'em; de thu'd worn't no cook; de forth
was ject nachera1ly lazy; an de fifth
III tell you, jedge, de fifth. she"
"Jncompatibilityf
mo, yo' honah," said the negro,
slowly, cit worn't nothin' like dat. Yo'
Jest couldn't git on with her onless yo'
was somewhars else. "-Harper's Mag
aZine.
The Snowflake herald. [volume] (Snowflake, Ariz.) 1913-1969, 1922-06-02
DIVORCE RING" THE LATEST
Fad Recently Adopted by Those Freed
From the Marital Tie by Court
Proceedings.

From time immemorial woman has
worn on the third finger of her left
hand plain band of gold as symbol
of her hOnored position of wifehood.
And when death takes from her the
partner of her life she signifies her
loss and grief by wearing appropriate
garb.
But in what a different manner to-
day the widow of the present, that is,
the one who by the sanction of the
courts, has resigned her job as wife,
makes known to all the world her re-
newed state of single blessedness. For
the grass widow of today has
adopted the latest of fads, the "di-
vorce ting." The jeweled symbol of
the severance of the marital tie takes
the place of the former gold band. 1t
is made Of gold or platinum on which
is mounted a broken Cupid's bow at
the end of which is set a jewel to rep
resent divorce. Should the wearer
once more embark on the matrimonial
seas and again come to wreck then
another jewel is added to indicate the
second divorce, and so on.
The Snowflake herald. [volume] (Snowflake, Ariz.) 1913-1969, 1922-06-02
HUMAN EYE SELDOM PERFECT
But Probably Few Persons Realize
That They Are Either Left or
Right-Eyed.

Few persons. perhaps. realize that
they are SO much RICH: or left-eyed as
they are right or left-handed, remarks
the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Sit down i'm chair and fix your at
tentiOn on some object on the other
side of the room. Quickly hold your
finger up right in front Of the object
and instantly shut your eyes. Then.
without moving your head or your
finger, open your eyes one at time.
If when you open your right eye you
find your finger directly in front OF
the object. you are right-eyed. In that
case you will find your finger very
much to the right of the object when
you open your left eye.
If you are right-handed you will
most probably find that you are right
eyed.
This is due to the fact that Of the
two halves of your brain one is slightly
more developed than the other And
the organs and limbs on that side Of
your body which is controlled by the
more-develOped half are able to car
ry out your wishes more easily and
quickly than those of the other side.
The Snowflake herald. [volume] (Snowflake, Ariz.) 1913-1969, 1922-06-02
MAZE FOR EMPEROR'S TABLE
Massive Silver Set ORDERED by Ma
poIeon Put on Exhibition at
New York

The massive silver set of 919 pieces
ordered by Napoleon /, during the
hundred days, delivered after his alb
dication to Louis XVIII, and used by
the French royal family at Tuileries
palace from 1915 to 1880, has been
placed on exhibition in New York.
Two bullet holes in the soup tureen
bear evidence of the revolutions it has
passed through Each article bears
the Bourbon coat Of arms, the fieur
de lis surmounted with the crown and
is stamped with the official govern
ment mark, the mark of the chief
craftsman and of the guild. Napoleon
/ ordered this set of silver from Bien-
nails on his return to France from his
first exile on the island of Elba. 1t
was made during the hundred days of
Napoleon's second reign, but before it
could be delivered Napoleon was
forced to ahdicate and was again ex-
lied this time to end his days on st.
Helena. Louis XVIII, his successor,
paid Biennais for the silver and had
the Bourbon coat of arms placed on
it. The set of silver passed finally to
the heirs of the due de ChambOrd and
through them has come to North
America.
The Snowflake herald. [volume] (Snowflake, Ariz.) 1913-1969, 1922-06-02

| one! You didn't seem so frightfully
glad to see me, Nobel"
"Am II" he whispered. II mean-I
meant mean: Didn't II"
"No!" she laughed. You looked
you looked shocked! 1t couldn't have
been because l looked Ill or anything,
because I'm not; and if l were, you
couldn't have told 1t, through two
wells. Possibly I'd better take your
expression as compliment" She
paused, then asked hesitatingly, "Shall
II"
This was the style the Atwaters
held Julia responsible for; but they
were mistaken: she was unable to con-
troll 1t. She at once went cheerily on !:
Perhaps not, as you don't answer. |
shouldn't be so bold! Do you sup
pose anybody'll be glad to see me?
T- T." He seemed to hope that
words would come, oil In their own
good time.
"NOble!" she cried. Don't be so
glum !" And she touched his arm
with her muff, a fluffy contact causing
within him short CONFUSION, natural
ly invisible. mobile, aren't you going
to tell me what's ali the news?'
'There's-some," he managed to in
form her. "Some- some news"
"What is it?"
"It's--it's-"
"Never mind" she said soothingly.
'Get your breath; can wait. j hope
nOthing's wrong in your family,
Noble
"NO-Oh, no."
at isn't just my turning up I'M
expectedly that's upset you so, of
course" she dared to say. Naturally.
l know better than to think such a
thing as that"
"Oh, Julia!" he said. ooh, Julia |"
What is it, Noble?"
"NOth-ing." he murmured, disjOint-
ing the word with a gulp.
allow odd you happened to be there
at the station" she said; lust when
The Snowflake herald. [volume] (Snowflake, Ariz.) 1913-1969, 1922-06-02
The Greatest Dam.

The worlds greatest dam, the Sonar,
Is being rushed to completion on the
Blue Nile river, 1000 miles south Of
Khartum, Africa, where Lord Kitchen
er became famous.
This dam will bring under irrigated
cultivation 100000 acres Of farming
land now idle. 1t will run swarm OF
factories, mightier than the pyramids.
Ancient way of cOnquering a terri
tory was to enslave the Inhabitants.
Modern mans great cOnquests harness
natures forces and free human labor.
The Snowflake herald. [volume] (Snowflake, Ariz.) 1913-1969, 1922-06-02

my train came in! You're sure you
weren't going away anywhere?''
mo; oh, no."
contident,ally. you're the only per-
son iii town that knows I'm home.
Noble"
I'm glad" he said, humbly.
She laughed again. II came all o.
q sudden-on an impulse. It's little
idiotic. I'll tell you about it, Noble.
You see, ten or twelve days ago
wrote the family more or less indis-
Greet letter. That is, told them
something / wanted them to be dis
Greet about, and, of course, when ] got
to thinking it over, ] knew they
wouldn't You see, wrote them
something l wanted them to keep a
secret, but the more l thought about
IT, the more I saw I'd better hurry
back Yesterday 1t got into my heed
for home"
She paused, then added. $50 l did '
About ten or twelve days Is long rs
anybody has right to expect the At
water FIRMLY connection to keep the
deadliest kind of secret, isn't it,"
And as he did not respond, she eX-
planned, modestly, "Of course, It
wasn't very deadly secret; it was
really about something of only the
least Importance"
This was so frightful an under
statement that the Jar Of 1t restored
Mobiles voice to startling lOudness.
"Only the least importance he
shouted. with a man named Crum y
"What!' she cried.
"Crum!" Noble insisted. That's
exactly what 1t said his name was y
"What said his name was?' asked
Julia, excitedly.
"rrhe North End Daily Orioie.
sWhat in heavens name is THAR
Its the children's paper. HerDerts
The Snowflake herald. [volume] (Snowflake, Ariz.) 1913-1969, 1922-06-02

The Splendid Matches.
ashes making a splendid match"
$50? How much is the man worth ."
The Snowflake herald. [volume] (Snowflake, Ariz.) 1913-1969, 1922-06-02
And Still Goino.

This is q bad time for young men to
impose on the old folks by sitting up
with their daughter while coal oil is
10 cent? a gallon and with an upward
tendency-Forty-fiv Years Ago Item
in Newton Kans~ n-Republican.
The Snowflake herald. [volume] (Snowflake, Ariz.) 1913-1969, 1922-06-02
Expert Advice.

The Bride-I'm i'll an awful mess
here. mother. / simply can't get my
expense account to balance.
Mother-It's quite simple, my dear.
Deduct the items you can remember
from the amount you had TO begin
with and call the difference sundries.
Life.
The Snowflake herald. [volume] (Snowflake, Ariz.) 1913-1969, 1922-06-02
Avoidinn Extremes.

"Do you admire skirts so short as
to justify the term 'flapper'?"
mo" replied Miss Cayenne. "yet
don't want them SO long as to brush
the street There should he happy
medium between the f1apper skirt and
the topper skirt"
The Snowflake herald. [volume] (Snowflake, Ariz.) 1913-1969, 1922-06-02
Definitions.

Merit-The thing that gets You
everything desirable you have.
Pull-That which obtains for your
neighbor everything worth while that
comes his way.
The Snowflake herald. [volume] (Snowflake, Ariz.) 1913-1969, 1922-06-02
inventor Well Rewarded.

For his invention of babbitt metal, a
soft, anti-friction alloy used for bear
ings. Isaac Rabbit received a reward
Of $4,000 from congress.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-09
RANDOM NOTES

Mrs. r. J. keif is improving rap
idly following an operation recently.
Mrs. II. N. Maloney returned he ffie
yesterday after long visit TO friends
in the north.
Rev. ]. A. Bryan win occupy his
pulpit at the Third Presbyterian
church Sunday, having recovered
enough to be out again.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. f. Anderson of Ok
lahoma City are the guests of Mrs.
Anderson's sister, Mrs. #. J. Bender.
Miss Anna Robbins who has been
attending school in Gadsden. will
spend the Christmas holidays with
her parents. MIR. and Mrs. r. W. Rob-
bins of Ragland.
Miss Mary Alice Eastwood will ar
rive Saturday after visit in the
east.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. r.. Mcwane left Fri
day for trip east.
Mrs. w. c. Patrick OF Charlotte,
N. g., has returned to her home after
a visit to her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. J. Moulton.
Miss Mamie Edwards of Enterprise
has retlrned to her home after visit
ing her sister. Mrs. Malcomb Bethea,
and DR.. Bethea.
Mr.. Roy Turner is improving at the
Baptist hospital.
Mr.. John Maynor is improving
after an illness of several weeks
Miss Lucille Howard is i'll at her
home on Crescent avenue.
Miss Elizabeth Crow, who Is at
tending Virginia college at Roanoke.
Va, will spend a part OF the Christ
mas holidays in Washington, d. c.,
as the guest of Mrs. w. ]. Montgom-
cry, and the latter part OF the season
in Roanoke, where she will visit
friends.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-09
NE " VERSION Of
SHAKESPEARE PLAY
Fritz Leiber to Open Weeks
Engagement at the Jeffer-
son Monday

Fritz Leiber. vigorous young ro-
mantle actor and local favorite, sup
ported by company of selected mer-
itAwill come to the jefferson theatre
next Monday night to open a week S
engagement of ShaKespearean roper
tory under George Ford's direction.
new and altogether interesting
style of Shakespeare is promised by
the Leiber management.
This youthful star and company
rome to Birmingham direct from
triumphs in the east and Chicago.
In the latter city Leiber opened a
four weeks engagement and from
the start sold out houses resulted,
duplicating his record in New York
last stason OF playing to more than
1905 people in five weeks on
Broadway. Those who have watched
Shakespearean presentation for years
claim the demand for his plays this
year is unparalleled.
Mr.. Leiber will inaugurate his
visit here with a new version of the
amusing farce, Tanning of the
Shrew."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-09
THREE CLAIM TAINTED
MEAT CAUSED ILLNESS

Alleging that meat purchased from
the concern was tainted and unfit for
human consumption, and that when
they ate of a portion OF It they be-
came violently i'll, R. 7. Blankelship.
Mrs. Wauneita Blankenshlp and Mrs
Emma Blankenship filed suits
against the Evansville Packing cons
pany Friday in the cir, nit court for
damages aggregating $4,000. In the
three suits the plaintiffs alleged that
the spoiled goods were what is
known as pork ribs and were pur-
chased November 25, 1922.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-09


French girls dlssect their love ad
nauseam. If not in love with some
one or other (and really don't think
1t matters much to them who the man
is, just so long as he's peg to hang
1t on!) they don't exist! They feel
their life is absolutely unjustlfied. no
matter what vital work they may be
doing, or what business niche they
may be filing.
A French girl in love is absolute
ly merciless in her pursuit. The man
has no escape from her. She lives,
breathes. exists for him alone!
Just watch the little "midinettes"
work girls from the great ateliers
in Pars) emerge from their sewing,
or hat making, at half past six or
seven o'clock. For a good half hour.
they've been renovating their COM
plexions, eyelashes. coffure, &C., IN
preparation for a meeting with their
sweethearts. Can American girl could
never, never take such pains with her
appearance as the French girl does
and that's saying somethingD
They come out from the work
rooms and--like so many homlng
pigeons--grab their swain. clinging
like the ivy. and using every known
and unknown vile to hold him, keep
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-09
MENU HIS WOMAN
IS HELD PRISONER
BY MASKE D MAN.
Trained Nurse Found Bound
and Gagged Near Street
Car Line--0fficerS Baf-
fled by Case

Memphis, Tenn, December s.
After q day of investigation. during
which dozens of persons have been
questioned. police and detectives as
signed TO the case early tonight
stated that they were without clues
to the identity of the men or man,
who is believed to have abducted Miss
Jennie e. Rogers, trained nurse. last
sunday morning. and after holding
her prisoner for five days, left
her, bound hand and foot and gagged.
beside a street car track In q Mem
phis suburb. where she was found
early today.
Miss Rogers is unconscious at the
hospital where she was taken, after
she was found by the crew of pass
ing street car before daylight today.
She occasionally had lucid moments
when she calls for her mother and
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-09

sad To BE Clever
1t isn't intelligence. Very clever
people are generally Stunned as IL
they had the plague. Most folks arc
as afraid of wit as IL 1t was con-
tagious. and they feared they Nigh.
be rash enough to break opt with a
sudden humor.
1t isn't birth, for when a Colonial
Dame begins to shin up her family
treo, the world hastens to leave her
alone on her perch, and there is
nothing in America more lonesome
than a pedigree.
On the other hand. we all know
plenty of people who have no par
tioular attraction that We can put
our finger on, and say, This is why
they are so admired. and sought
after, land have so many dinner in
vitations." They are neither witty.
nor wise, nor handsome. nor rich. nor
in any way remarkable, but they are
universal favorites in society, and
we wonuer why.
Patient Listeners
The answer Is very simple Social
success Is the reward of the patient
listener The secret of popularity
consists in heroism in being bored.
OF course. none Of us escape the af-
filcatfon OF boredom, but most OF us
suffer 1t under protest, and do not
attempt to conceal the agony In
flicted by the tedious. The popular
person is the one who can sustain
the misery of ennui. and make no
sign, even though his own desire to
boast, AMI love OF talking, are gnaw-
ing at his vitals. 1t is Spartan
virtue, but it pays.
The bitterest truth in all the world
is that nobody wants to hear about
US, but they are eternally absorbed
in the smallest and most common
place detail about themselves. Tho
most brilliant conversationist who
ever adorned a salon, does not begin
to thrill US like the astute individual
who will let us tell him the story
of our lives.
The first requisite of those who
would be popular is to be a trieless
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-09

What Is perhaps one of the biggest
and best melodrama thrillers of all
time, Is being shown this week at
the Alcazar theatre in picture form,
namely. "Ten Nights in a Barroom."
This famous old subject has been so
delightfully."- told in motion picture
form until every one who has seen
it at the Alcazar this week have been
unanimous in their praise of it being
far better than the original book and
stage drama. which has played to
millions
T In addition to the main feature at
traction, the Alcazar is showing
Felix Gets Revenge" cartoon
comic that is just about as funny as
any subject ever seen here, and the
antics of this crazy cat are laughable
In the extreme. The musical program
handled by Messrs. Hamrick and
Taylor, 1.-THE Souths Premier Organ
ists," is proving an excellent added
attraction.