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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-11-03
Foresioht in Ruyinu

WHAT motoriSt pays for his car
nowadays is very largely a matter of
how we'll he can read the future. for
just as neglect of the car increases
its actual cost so also does poor
judgment in considering the various
propositions put up at the time of
purchase.
Motorists have heard lot about
orphan cars but now that the Ma
tional Automobile Dealers Associa-
ton has issued a statement to the
effect that the average business life
of the automobile dealer is 81 years
perhaps buyers will be more inter-
eSted in investigating the perman-
ency Of the dealer before purchas-
ing.
1t simply means giving the bust
ness to the reliable dealers who de-
serve 1t, which is just another way
OF stating the fact that a little fore
sight in this connection will greatly
increase the resale value OF the car.
thus cutting the actual cost.
1t is particularly important that
the motorist know the trend of
automobile design and be able to
differentiate between fads and logical
development. The next few years
are going to reveal some important
strlueS IN design. and the motOriSt
must use foresight to forestall the
possibility of being caught with a
car that is out of date. But on the
other hand. every wave of develop
ment has its freak ideas in BODY and
chassis design. Good judgment is
the only guide.
No motorist can be expected to be
mind reader, but judging from the
obvious mistakes car buyers are con-
stantly making it rather looks as
though little commonsense in buy
ing would bring about results that
would be satisfactory enough.
New Policy Model
People who drive in glass autos
need not worry. SO much about the
| cost of replacing any windshields or
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-11-03
Did Xnn Know

UId YOU KnoW-
That in testing and adjusting the
horn tone 1t isn't necessary to touch
the horn button? With a single wire
system merely shorten one of the
horn connections with a screw driver
or wrench. 1t saves a lot of steps,
That if the right brake band is
throwing grease, and there is no
time to Clean it off with gasoline and
insert new washer in the housing,
the particular band can be restored
to nearly normal efficiency by taking
up d turn or two On it's adjustment?
This will serve to compensate for the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-11-03

cular caution should be taken 70 see
that the grease plug Is clean when 1t
is put back. If the greasing job is
done out on the driveway it is a
simple matter for a pebble to lodge
in the plug. Covered with grease
il might pass unnoticed. until 1t
formed a fine abrasive to wear out
the ring and pinion prematurely.
Year Of The Bull
The popularity OF red as a fashion
able color for sport cars is being
somewhat upset by his majesty. the
bull. Quite a few motorists have al
ready found it somewhat embarrass-
ing to picnic in rural districts with
lire engine" cars. and just recently
''eXed bull actually mopped up the
road with two snappy looking red
motors. With the feminine con-
tingent going in strong for red shoes
and stockings. and with more wo-
men driving. il ought to be an active
year for the bulls. Perhaps If some
o: these motorists with red cars
would allow their neglected engines
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-11-03
Usage of The Road

a point to Introduce in defending
yourself when charged unfairly for
a mere technical violation, of the
speed limit is the term, usage of
the road" Regardless of laws
there are certain thirgs which
practically everybody does in driving
car. and speed in excess of the
technical limit is one Of them. To
single out any one motorist, there
fore, is an injustice; and particularly
so when such usage of the road"
may be entirely justified. The whole
thing comes under the head of COM
mon law: and as many officials
recognize 1t the motorist who hap
pens to be held for hearing would
do well to raise this point.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-11-03
Here's A True One

She was travelling close to forty
miles an hour when the motorcycle
officer drew up and placed her
under arrest for speeding
Now If you'll just follow me-" he
said politely. well run down to the
station and have this matter settled"
The Young woman was amazed at
the very idea of 1t. But officer.
haven't got moment to spare. I'm
dreadfully late already"
The officer himself admits he
couldn't resist the temptation to let
her off, but he doesn't advise any
one else to try it.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-11-03

windows that are broken, for a new
insurance coverage to indemnify
owners for broken glass Is now being
written. This doubtless reflects once
again the trend toward the closer
car.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-11-03
The Old Mechanic Saws:

You may be goin' through the
procedure of greasin' your car, but
are you really greasin' it? I'm al
ways surprised to find how many
conscientious car owners fail to get
tho fabrication where it ought to go.
"One car owner recently COM
planned of hard steerin' and upon
examination l discovered that the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-11-03
By Beck

to run when being attacked the
clanking of the loose valve tappets
would act as sufficient discourage
ment to his majesty.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-11-03
lioht on The Hin

II0nt on Inc nip
TAN lights for pedestrians-or
something in the way of a light to
reveal their presence-will be neces-
sary IL the increasing number of
cars makes it any more difficult to
cross a street or highway at night.
Motorists complain that they cannot
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-28
The Nosey Period

When history gets around to take calm survey of the
present period in national progress it will probably
term this the NoSey Period.
We have upon the time when minding your neigh
boris business is the great national pastime In every
city, every day least excited yes for the POI
lice to investigate neighbor who home with
packet of rasns who cut the lawn before breakfast
who took the Daily Dozen without pulling down the
blind
Ten years ago it serious crime that resulted in a
telephone call for the police Today nothing less than the
turning out of the militia will satisfy the thirst for action.
Probably much of this was incubated during the war
when fool government allowed volunteer sleuthing
petitions to hunt out alien enemies Much of it has
thru the festive activities of private temperance squads
that hold themselves above the law and the constitution,
and that seek to be privately responsible for the enact
ment of the eighteenth amendment.
Whatever the origin this pestferous pryng the fact
is the country over that we are in the firm grasp OF the
gossip the prattle the peekng busybody the mindthe
otherfelow business squawker and the most innocent
actions of the most upright citizen may easily result in
some hectic howl from erotic-mnded moron and
silly session in the nearest court.
The worst of it is that the average police department
paying much heed to this sort of puere twtterng
as it is matters of importance to the public safety The
spectacle of motorcycle squad of half dozen cops from
Headquarters tearing miles thru the night into the
most distant suburb because spnster boy
huggng his girl the school steps is a common
Meanwhile, the dangerous professional criminal
had it any easier.
Palm akeon many
burned during their takeof
Actress saying perfect
with such foolisness.
Illinois dishwashing Many
mothers hands beautiful
just game recently
Granestand burned
Henry political machine to have selfsarg.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-28
Nowhere to Go

Ten years ago. when the biggest auto manufacturers
we're IN l2-month turning out many the
smallest manufacturer today is producing in month the
business beginning to worry about the point of sat
uration. IL easily proved by figures and other sim
pie lying processes that about every family that had
income suitable TO go with automobile had purchased
one but ten later the manufacturers discover that
every citizen in the nation prospective buyer and that
family income has nothing 10 do with the market be-
cause the family income always be increased and
when 1t can't increase why the Observation-Disclosures
week plan gets in the business.
But there is point of Saturaon being reached that
cannot easily be overcome: that is the highway
geStion. Today driving, for the average motorist is
matter of stern necessity and of tension. Ii fire.
quently takes longer TO ten miles in your Sun
day boulevard than did with good stepping horse 20
years ago AS congestion increases accidents increase
the jas fill up the law has TO devote most of its time to
traffic cases and an increasing number OF heavy damage
awards against iuckleSS autosts is making driving real
peril for the with little property.
This highway congestion will become worse inevitably,
until the average autois his only matter of
business and the Sunday excursion viii be INDUCED in
only by the penniess and the reckless Mature drivers
with property and nerves will take street car gen
ie stroll in the park
Ten thousand dollars worth of tin Elias require about
million dollars worth Of roads. There not enough
roads to be had for the autos already service and there
is not money enough earth to build them.
When all those who have not yet experienced the pleas
of typical Sunday drive in their car get the
thrill the point of sauration will have been reached
Some New Yorker might get president II he didn't think the
United States suburb
Florida university has Bryan OF laws been
their dry nurse all along
Bulgarias zsnkuf sIoo smauif Rouso
Iodcron and karasson
boy take bath let him
this
Cincinnati attacked a Street car won
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-28
SCIENCE
"Claustrophob
A Mental Disease.
Fear Small Rooms.
Have Cure for II.

some persons arc afflicted with a
mental disease called catastrophe.
bia.- which IL more common than
might be supposed II sa4aaz =
dread Of enclosed places. Generally
lis victims Rro affected only when
placed in a very small room. such
a. a telephone booth Some are
affected. however when alone In an
ordinary sized room They feel they
arc confined by Tho wallis and they
suffer from fear that becomes a
terror unless they can suddenly
change their surroundings or have
their minds diverted
Tho opposite 10 this disease Is
agoraphohia. which means dread Of
open spaces. Occasionally tho two
diseases may so together, a person
may suffer intensely II put alone on
mountain height and also n locked
in small room
These and many other fears that
people have and which become dis.
tinct diseases cause more than hair
this Ills from which mankind suffera
The American Pharmaceutical aHso.
citation has announced the discovery
OF a drug with which experiments
are now being made In tho hope that
Il IL cure for many Of theso un.
reasonable and unaccountnble fears
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-28
LHILRCt the Ss EWINR
Endorses Education Plan

the same opportunity for an educa-
ton. and should meet in the same
classroom. entered the prepare.
tory department in 1855. and am
probably tho only one living in Sc.
attic who attended tho college during
Horace MannE life. n there is any
such one. nothing would give me
more pleasure than 90 got In touch
with him or her. Among tho later
graduates Of Antioch college IL Mar
ion Lawrence. the Sunday school
worker. Could Horace Mann be llv.
Ing now no one would lndorse this
new movement more emphaucaIly
than he Truly.
LEVI WRIGHT.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-28
TSRIEDA'S
i OLLIES

or course ! ENJOY n good Joke
ON someone else
stii, hope am not without
\ real sense OF humor
~ my own expense
was on the Twentieth Century
Limited.
One OF those fussy old men was
aboard.
lie had complained all night
That he could not sleep for the ter
rible racket.
! told the porter
! had heard none.
The porter's answer
Was not without humor.
But II cost him perfectly good
tip.
'Lawdy no. man. / knows YOU
didn't
1T was you who was making all
dc fussF'
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-28
Admirers of MuSsolini

this country. We don't hear that
nov. Even money see where KAT.
serism leads. Musolini D. travelling
the same road
with secret orders starting IN this
country 20 exercise control II they
get the power. II ~ just as well %
restrain our admiration for tyranny.
even tho II seems just now 70 be a
Faiutary one. Nothing win endure
but enlightened democracy.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-28
Mercv Severely Strained

Fuller and MCGEE, the New York bucketshop fellows
who baboozed their foolish customers out of $6000000
were given ndeternate sentences of year and three
months to four years each. They may, with good be-
havior, be free in year.
The same court has been sentencing grand arceniss
and burglars to- prison for full five years and
The judge explains his lenency to the bucketshop
thieves by saying they pleaded guilty and threw them
selves the mercy of the court They made mistake
in doing
Since the S35 criminal goes up for five years and the
S6000000 thief gets but year. the conclusion is easily
reached that the quality of mercy strained to the limit
in that particular court 1t is the kind of mercy that is
imperative unless appealed to- and its application
be measured by the crime under scrutiny. Little crime
little or mercy great crime, mercy apeny and in
proportion.
And yet people profess to wonder why contempt
of court is not infrequent.
their presidential
In UNI vote a. do"
Big ranom hit recently
waite u
Philadelphia fire been by the remarks
who missed his train
------
night
shot in ST. Louis Chicago
right at
Sahara desert has her water problem but we have prohibition
Arctic have their cold, but have foreign policy
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-28

Among many African races there
are no words 10 indicate time.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-28

II SEQ be the pa.Gpers" "a SIR.
Dooloy was wont 20 say. nat our
great money masnates or soino Of
them. az least have great admit.
ration for certain siKnor Muaso.
llni. now dictator of italy.
II IL a good teal Of what money
admireF.
The New York Evening Post says
that the Mu@olini spell has settled
down hardest over The minds of 20.
Der American business mea.' and
that they are almost ready 10 credit
him not only with creating order
and discipline IN Italy. but with
having created the Apennlnss. the
blue Italian skies and the beauty Of
the Bay Of Naples.
Well. what has Mussollni done
lie has established IN Italy an or.
der based on tyranny Ho has done
about the same that would happen
In this country II Gen. wood should
come home. organize a national as.
ISOLATION OF gunner, force his pace
into the presidents chair. sendinr
Harding 10 the quletude Of Marion.
/ o., and make congress support him
az tho point OF the knife.
The men who are quoted a. hay.
ing this great admiration for Muse
iini are Ar Pierson. president OF
the Merchants association. or New
York. Mr. Booth. president OF the
international Chamber OF Commerce
Of Rome. Mr. Paul D. Cravath. who
commends Mussoiini's fiscal policies
and STR. Julius Barnes. president Of
The Chamber OF Commerce OF the
United States.
II - only fair TO Say that one
may have sort OF admiration for
Muasollni without believing IN al he
has done But he has destroyed
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-28
BY HERBERT QUICK

democracy IN italy. 20 far rs one
man can do such a thing what be
has done win have 10 be undone.
sooner or later. and that IN an prob.
ability by bloody revolution. IL Italy
~ ever 20 have government Of the
people again.
II vas fashionable. prior 20 1914.
IN New York financial circles, 20 say
that we ought 10 have man like
the kaNer % airalRhlen Things out IN
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-28

Editor The Star:
/ wish 10 state TO you that nothing
has appeared In The star that has
given me more pleasure than the ar
ticle OF June 81. by Flora s. Orr. en-.
titled. Where They MIX Study and
Work" This marks n departure-en
experiment. you might say--ln odu-
cation. md judging from her article.
the first year has been a succesa
Yellow Springs Is ono of tho most
beautiful spots IN Ohio Antioch coll
lsRe was located there In tho early
soa. II was the conception Of Horace
Mann. that great apostle OF American
education He was tho president un-
I'll his death in 1859. one OF his ideas
was that the two sexes should enjoy
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-28
THE CITY MANS FLOWER SONG
By Berton Braley

LOVE 60 ride the countryside
And sec tho flowers bloom:
sentiment is in their scent,
Romance in their perfume.
love the rose that wildly grows.
The daisies bright OF hue.
(of nil the plants that meet my glance
| only know these twol
FTNiE goldonrod may Eally nod.
i The lllacs may be fair:
The cowslips may. aiong the way.
BE slipping everywhere.
Their scent / Whit. but what's the dir
Betwlxt them | don't know,
Or II YOU please, which grows on trees.
And which on bushes growi
A $ drive by gladly cry.
II Aren't those do-funnics sweet?
The ding.bobs sure arc quite domure:
That whoozls can, be beat"
I'm shy. you see. on botany.
Tho names I can't recall
But cnn smell them just as well
AZ tho knew them all.
Copyright. 1923. Tho Seattle STAR
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-28
LIKE nan PENNY

LONDON. June Is. ~ a London
business man left his gold. handled
umbrella in n tube train nine years
ngo. Tho other day Scotland Yard
notified him !; had been recovered
In firsrcihs- carriage on "A tmin
operating between London and Col.
chester The borrower had not
taken the trouble Of removing n
band bearing the owners name.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-28

Automobile repair specialists say that
e0'o of all cylinders that come to them for
reboring are found upon examination to
have Choke bored" appearance = ex-
cessively worn up near the combustion
chambers, while only slightly worn at the
lower ends.
There is one important cause for this :
lack of fabrication on the upper cylinder
walls. This usually is due to the use of an
oil too heavy in body, or one lacking
the right body at one or more ofthe vary
ing temperatures of engine operation.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-28
0O% of all
cylinder reboring jobs
AVOIDABLE
~

and continuously, little Zerolene works
into the combustion chambers with each
piston stroke. This oil is then consumed.
This would hold true of any oil doing its
work as well as Zerolene.
However, many oils, some of them selling
for twice as much as Zerolene, cannot be
permitted to do this for in burning they
would foul the combustion chambers with
an excess of carbon in very short time.
309o Less Carbon
Zerolene forms less carbon than
any other motor oil known to us. 1t
averages 309o less than other oils. The
carbon is soft and fluffy and most of it
blows out with the exhaust. For this rea-
son the Northumberland automobile
may be driven from 2599o to 509o farther
without having the valves ground or the
cylinders rebored
So More Gasoline Mileage !,
Tests show that Zerolene giving better
fabrication continuously, enables an auto
mobile to average S % better gasoline mile
age than when other oils are used.
Insist on Zerolene Even j 1t Does Cost Less
Zerolene costs less than other oils be-
cause of our facilities for producing and
distributing it in great quantities on the
Pacific Coast. We do not have to long
haul transportation and high merchan-
dising costs to make it available. All that
you pay for Zerolene goes to buy quality
only. Ask for Zerolene by name = at Stand
ard Oil Service Stations and at garages
and supply stations displaying the Zero
lene sign.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-28
Zerolene Prevents This TASTE

because tits made in bodies which en-
able it to penetrate to all bearing surfaces
and to reach all parts of the cylinder
walls and pistons in sufficient quaint
ties to keep them well protected with OIL
Furthermore, Zerolene is made from
carefully selected Western Naphthenic
Base Crude, which experts agree pro-
duces an oil having greater penetrating or
Crawling" qualities, and greater adhesive
ness, than oils made from any other crude
whatsoever.
And-note this well-ZeroIene main
tains constantly at all operating tenn
peratures just the right body to give
perfect fabrication.
AS a result, Zerolene gives adequate
protection all of the time to all the
moving parts of the automobile en-
CINE. In doing this it helps prevent
Choke bored" cylinders.
IN Unique Advantage
In lubricating the cylinder walls SO well
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-28
4 LETTER From
AVkIUUE TIANN

Dear Folks
70 what a day June3" u verse o. a poet
sings. Hs says les tho time when tho tune
dozens Of other things should reply. I just
while gwetesing In the tell him
"Tare,T vow-td call Il bit "wcl done"
I've walked for while IN tho moons heatt feels like
kitchen fire. wish Il stylish bare feet
swca-bcg pardon--pctspirc. I think OF time when
had and growied tho winters ways. but
now. looking backward murmur. "ohl Them the
happy dnyhg'
And what II day IN Juna1 Id tell him "A fun
days. work" For when you cooked like hashhouse
feel that TO shrk. And that Is the
qul; right here. this instant and The npo;to
dream Of gallon Of iceeod beer sound private
yacht
@,a1eae Mae~v
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-28

Women sleep moro lightly and re-
quire less sleep than man. according
20 a French scientist.
Evening star., 1923-12-16
Highest Station.
IT appears that the highest

IT appears that the highest telephone
station in the world is that Of the
meteorological observatory on the top
Of Monte Rosa. at a height or 1880
feet. Since the station is occupied
only for short period each year, the
poles carrying the telephone wire are
removed at the end OF each season
and re-erected when this is required.
1t Is interesting TO know that the
unusual conditions of weather which
are met with in the mountain region
do not hinder. but on the other hand
really favor the operation of the teIe-
phone line. Short poles are used and
at the center OF each span the wire
touches the snow, but as the snow is
quite dry 1t is a good insulator and no
leakage troubles are found. Indeed,
the final section of the line, from the
Col du Lys TO the peak, is simply laid
across the snow without the use OF
any other support. Where the poles
are used, to prevent any breakage Of
the wire owing to movements Of the
glacier. the line is carried through
rings on the poles and is not attached
fast to the insulators. The line
crosses two valleys each about $500
feet wide and naturally they must be
crossed by a single span. But the
depth of the ravines is so great that
the sag Of the wires is of no impor-
tance.