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Selfish Citizens.

There are in both towns and cities
men who will not 20 along unless they
can see some special personal benefit
to accrue from the efforts they are
asked to make. In towns this sort OF
citizen is sometimes a distinct liability
and has to be made over into an asset
in cities, however, he n frequently
be ignored, and is unless politics is so
rotten hat he has TO be given a share.
In both towns and cities this sort of
chap is sometimes shrewd, crafty, and
numerous enough to get his chestnuts
pulled out of the fire for MIN. and IN
the larger cities to assume leadership
and control the situation. as is the
case in New York city. Some one has
said, II takes all kinds Of people to
make n world, and this is true of cities
and towns which go to make up the
NOTWITHSTANDING.
, 1923-05-17
INFORMATION DEPARTMENT
GRASS MAKING GOOD GROWTH

Denver.-Grass Is generally COM
mencing to make a good growth in
Colorado on the lower levels, but feed
ing is still necessary in some sections,
according to reports of the United
States Division of Crop and Live Stock
Estimates. Moisture conditions are
generally favorable and present pros
poets Indicate hat rapid growth may
be expected with the advent of warmer
weather. The condition Of ranges is
reported as 81 per cent of normal com
pared with 50 last month and SO on
March l. Rain is still badly needed in
most of the Southeast. The supply of
hay is practically exhausted in many
sections of the state and prices are
high. Old grass is also short and a
larger growth of new grass Is needed
before livestock Will improve much in
condition.
Cattle show a seasonable decline in
condition, being reported as SO COM
pared with OIL on April 1 and 90 on the
LIST Of March. Some reports are re-
ceived of cattle starving and being I'm
derfed, due to scarcity Of grass and
high price of hay. An average calf
crop is expected, but some losses are
resulting where cows are thin and
weak and short of milk for the calves.
A shortage of cattle is reported in
some sections. Marketing of cattle has
been very light during the past month.
, 1923-05-17
Utilizing shade Trees.

Europe has lied and utilized the
beauty of shade trees to an extent un-
dreamed Of In the United States. While
most of the streets, laid out In the
Middle ages, are too narrow to per
NIT planting them. the beautiful boule-
Yards may have two, four and some
times six rows along the entire length.
Country roads nre Invariably lined
with archlng shade trees, which add
greatly 10 comfort and scenery for the
pedestrian or autolst. Looking across
~rarden-like fields u sees parallel
rows OF trees and knows that they
mark another road. or possibly a canal.
In a few places dense %evergreens are
used, 70 darkenlng the road MS TO make
1t necessary to use automobile lights
even at noon on II bright day.
, 1923-05-17
USEFUL AS THREAD CLEANER
Fairly stiff Piece Of Wire Bent Nearly
Double With Ends at Right
Angles Is Handy.

Every car owner who cares for his
own vehicle has had more or less
trouble with grit and other foreign
matter getting into the threads or
bolts or in the tapped holes about the
chassis. 1t is hard to dlslodge this
dirt except by a special thread cleaner
Of some kind. by taking a fairly stin
piece Of wire and bending nearly
double and then bending the two ends
nt right angles to the body of the de
vice and filing these ends to fit threads
Of the screw II very efficient little
cleaner Is produced.
, 1923-05-17
Community;
8 Building
NUT TREES HAVE REAL VALUE
No Argument of Value Can 30 Ad.
vaneed Why Those Speeies
Should Not Be Planted.

For roadside planting many Of the
best authorities urge the use OF nut
trees, as combining the elements of
shade tree beauty with those o? crop.
producing utility, writes Charles La.
throp Pack in Trees as Good Citi.
zens,' which goes into every phase of
tree planting. They argue that for
size, attractiveness, and purely orna-
mental effect some members of the
nut group are among the most desir-
able of American trees, and hat they
excel most other trees of hardwood
timber value in rapid growth, length
of life, and resistance to insects and
diseases.
With this blend of the artistic and
the practical, the advocates of this
type of planting are constantly gain
ing new followers, and the growing
of nut trees along the highways is
steadily becoming more frequent.
Perhaps the first objection offered
when this type is suggested is the
likelihood of raids on the nut crop by
people passing along the highway.
The simplest reply is, even in the
event OF olnplet loss or the crop.
the property owner is as well Off as.
he would have been with nonproduc-
ing species.
His highway has the benefit of the
shade, the landscape has had the
added beauty and plcturesqueness pro-
vided by magnificent trees, and his
farm has the increased value that
comes from these advantages. To
carry the reply still farther, it may be
pointed out that complete loss is
neither necessary nor profitable.
, 1923-05-17
nunoo Men Work Box Game

Quincy, ml.-Representlng themselves
TO be the beneficiaries in their uncle's
will, two strangers induced Julius Gun
derllk, nm employee OF n cement plant
at nlasco, NO., south OF here, TO match
$4,000 OF their currency with $500 OF
his own, on the plea that n bequest for
charity In the win must be met. Gun
derllk put the swindlers' money In n
trunk. and. after waiting an hour for
them to return, examined the roll and
focnd It currency OF the right color.
but bearing pictures Of bulls instead of
Indian heads. The swindlers escaped.
, 1923-05-17
LOOSE WHEEL CAUSE
OF PECULIAR NOISE
Cars With Semi-FIoating Rear
AxIes Give Queer Creaking
Sound When Starting Off.

Ever notice how some of these
cars with semi-foating rear axles give
a peculiar creaking sound when they
start OFF, asks a Louisville repair
man. 1.-The noise seems to come from
one of the rear wheels and sounds
like something in need of grease
When 1 spoke to one party about the
noise his left hind wheel made each
time he let In the clutch he explained
that the trouble was due to the left
brake band. He said 1t needed clean
ing and readiusting. I asked him
where he got the fool idea, knowing
we'll that some service station me-
chanic who used to wash ears before
he decided there was more money in
pretending to be a mechanic gave him
this line of talk.
"Well, there's nothing wrong with
the brake bands on these cars and
never was. It's simply a loose wheel
on the axle. A lot of drivers don't
believe this when l tell 'em because
they unscrew the hub cap, take out
the cotter pin and find hal the nut
on the axle seems tight enough. But
that's just the point. The nut is
tight to furnish plenty of pressure
between the wheel and the axle, but
not tight enough to keep the wheel
rigidly attached to the axle. The
shaft turns slightly in the wheel hub
when the clutch is let In. making the
anne sort of noise you would get by
screwing a tapered glass stopper into
the neck of a vinegar cruet."
, 1923-05-17
rrees on Country Roads.

Dwellers In towns and cities are not
the only persons with n definite duty
as 10 the planting OF shade trees. Itu-
raj communities also have n RESPONSE
bllity In this respect, since shade IL as
necessary TO country roads MS to city
streets. The farmer certainly deserves
ns much rs the urbanlte In the way Of
beauty. health and comfort.
, 1923-05-17
CHANGES In Veterans Bureau

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. changes in
the administration of the United States
Veterans Bureau-designed to assure
better care and vocational training for
World war veterans-have been deter
mined upon by Director Frank t.
Hines, II has been announced. The
changes Include decentralization of the
bureaus activities, consolidation of
overlapping authority, and a gradual
reduction OF personnel.
, 1923-05-17
uTHM1BlLE
5 z s

Blow out carburetor and gasoline
lines TO eliminate water and sediment.
A weak clutch spring can be re-
paired temporarily by placing washers
under It.
Extreme care should be taken to
see that nothing ON the car scrapes
the tires as they revolve.
A "rear-seat driver" who annoys
the operator Of an automobile. should
be asked to get out and walk.
A very useful article to have In the
tool box is the type OF clamp v~arlously
known us n "C' clamp or n ~" clamp.
A loose ly-wheel Is distinguished by
a hard continuous rattle or a series OF
sharp knocks, particularly at low en-
CINE speed.
A little oil on the clutch thrust
bearing may facilitate gear shifting.
II surely will prolong the life OF that
important member.
A cloth molstened with gasoline.
used once or twice n week, to remoye
mud from tires, will greatly lengthen
the life OF the rubber.
, 1923-05-17
CAREFUL DRIVING

on wet streets the careful
driver Is even more careful.
Sklddlng, once started. Is hard
to stop. Turning the wheels In
the direction OF the skid VIII
help. But this is dangerous In
nsmuch as usually there are cars,
or children, or curbs, In the way.
The only skid that you can con
troll absolutely Is the n that
doesn't startl
SLOW, even turns; slow, even
stops; slow, even starts VIII
avoid skids.
DO not disengnge your clutchl
Tire chains r Of assistance
on wet or muddy roads.
Clear vision, obtained by wind
shield wlpers, Is also essential.
, 1923-05-17
CATARRH

Catarrh is n Local disease greatly In
huenced by Constitutional conditions.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE con-
sists OF al Ointment which gives Quick
Relief by local application. and the
Internal Medicine. a Tonic, which acts
through the Blood on the Mucous Sur
faces n assists in Kidding your System
OF Catarrh.
Sold by druggists for over 90 Years.
+. j. Cheney & CO., Toledo, o.
, 1923-05-17
PRECAUTI0N FOR HAND PUMP
Good Plan to Give Few Strokes Be.
fore Attaching Device to tho
Tire Valve.

When using n hand pump It is best
to give the pump a few strokes before
attaching II to the tire valve. In this
way matter that may be clinglng to the
pump valve will be prevented from
getting into the inner tube.
, 1923-05-17
answered BIZ Another Question

Teacher-If one man can build n
house in twelve days, six men can do
1t in two days.
Bright Pupil-Then if one ship
crosses the ocean in six days, can six
ships ross in mt dGy?-LondOn An
swers.
, 1923-05-17
REMOVING RUST FROM RIMS
Jack up Rear Wheels and Start En-
CINE in High-Application Of
Emery Paper Does Work.

To remove rust from the rims Of n
car, jack up the rear wheels and start
the engine running In high. The
wheels will spin and emery paper is
applied TO the rim with a block and
the rust will be eaten Off in short
order.
, 1923-05-17
Orinin of mRunnalown

"Rungalown comes from "bonglaw,"
meaning Bengalese, or built in the
style of the Bengals, an East Indian
tribe.
, 1923-05-17
Just Girls.

Maybelle-'Hns he proposed to you
yet?' Ethyle-"No, but he has an en-
gagement ring in his voice"
, 1923-05-17
And wal Worth While.

II n little town could be Interested
IN making Itself beautiful. that alone
would keep It busy 20 hours a day.
, 1923-05-17
L~UBRICATI0N IS
MOSTESSENTIAL
Life of Automobile Depends
Greatly on Frequent 0iIing
During Simmer Months.

During the summer months, when
the motor car is being used so ex-
tensively, owners cannot place too
much emphasis on the necessity of
careful and regular fabrication. At
this time of the year the car is seeIng
more service than in any other season,
and the life of the car depends upon
the special attention hat 1t receives.
Theory Of fabrication.
The theory of fabrication is to pre-
vent any two pieces of metals, that
are working one against the other,
from touching. This can be done by
having a film of oil between these
two metals. And on this film rests
future satisfaction of the bearings,
cylinders, pistons and rings.
OIL should be drained from the
motor crankcase and replaced with
fresh oil at stated intervals. While
the motor is new tile oil should be
drained and the crankcase flushed
with kerosene, and new fresh oil put
in, at the end of every 500 miles for
the first 1900 or 1000 miles. After
that 1t should be changed at the end
of every 1000 miles.
Remember that the additional mon
ey spent in regularly draining off all
old oil and reflling with new is money
saved through the long life of your
motor.
, 1923-05-17

II you would amend men, begin with
yourself.
, 1923-05-17
SWAMP ROOT FOR
KIDNEY AILMENTS

There is only one medicine that really
stands out pre-eminent as a medicine for
durable ailments Of the kidneys, liver and
bladder.
DIR. Kilmer's Swamp-Roo stands the
highest for the reason that it has proven
to be just the remedy needed in thousands
upon thousands Of distressing cases.
Swamp-Root makes friends quickly be-
cause its mild and immediate effect is
soon realized in most cases. II is a gem
tie, healing vegetable compound.
Start treatment at once. Sold at all
drug stores in bottles of two sizes, medium
and large.
However, if you wish first 10 test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
kilmer & Co, Binghamton, N. Y, for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper-Advertisement.
, 1923-05-17
Height Of Something or Other.

To give your wife cash as n birth
day present and have her go and pay
the first installment on something
with it.-Life.
, 1923-05-17
Use Pure Mineral Oil.

Never use anything but pure mineral
oil in the motor. Touring over heavy
and billy roads uses up oil much faster
than city driving. By putting in an
extra pint of oil every hundred miles
or so you are avoiding trouble with
bearings and cylinders.
DO your oillng before you hear a
squeak" for that sound implies a
rusted or dry bearing, and when once
in that condition, trouble is sure to.
follow.
The construction of some cars
makes fabrication easy and effective,
especially those cars which are
equipped with a double oiling system
known as ~force-feed and constant
level splash system. which insures
positive fabrication of all moving parts
at all speeds.
, 1923-05-17

Ever notice how easy It Is to roll
Oft a pay roll?
, 1923-05-17

As n rule a man who can handle
men likes to.
, 1923-05-17

HOHM-ALLEN JEwELUY co.
mig. and repairing. All orders promptly
attended to. Est. 1879. 10th & Champa.
, 1923-05-17

HOTELS.
WiNDsoHt, 18th & Lnrlmcr. Rooms 75c
UP. special rates to permanent guests.
, 1923-05-17

RUSH SERVICE occurred IL
you mention this paper when writing
firms below.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-27
PRAISES CITY'S PARKS
William Clark King, Landscape ar
chitect, Says They Are Be. in South.

William Clark King. landscape ar
chitect and horticultural botanist. will
address public meeting of the Acad-
envy of Arts and Sciences Friday even
ing in the private parlors of the Men
ger Hotel at S:1j. Mr.. Kings sub
ject is the "Naturalistic Style of Land
scape Gardening" His address comes
under the section of botany and horti-
culture and is the eleventh number on
the regular program of the Academy of
Arts and Sciences.
Mr.. King is a graduate of the Mass
achusetts Agricultural College and the
A. & NJ. College of Texas. His adj
dress is a study of the city beautiful as
an accomplished fact in the methods
and plans set out for civic beautifica-
ton by landscape artists.
Mr.. King said, "a city can be made
beautiful in its gardens and vacant
grounds. as well as any private home
or wealthy section. He said this was
accomplished by landscape architects.
by a specific and definite plan of work
for the whole city's- Identification and
is as much a science and art as the
architecture of public buildings.
churches and libraries. Mr.. King
while here has made a study of the
parks of San Antonio, and he frank
~ says that a very fine work has been
done for this city in its park develop
ment. probably the best in the south.
Preceding Mr.. Kings address pro-
gram of vocal and instrumental music
of exceptional merit will be given I'M
der the direction of Nine. Frida
Stjerna and Mrs. Lula Griesenbeck as
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-27

duced at the regular session; one OF
the bills makes it mandatory to place
pledges prescribed by the state execu--
tive committee of political parties and
such pledge shall be uniform in every
county in the state; another requires
voter to declare party affiliation on
his poll tax, but allows party at
filiation to be changed during the
month of April; the third forces poll
teal parties casting 10000 votes or
more in the general election to hold
primaries, and all primaries on the
same day. This would force the Re
publican party to hold primary
election. willie the fourth bill. de-
clares that in no event shall negro
participate in a Democratic primary
in the state of Texas"
Among the other bills introduced
was one by .Finlay imposing license
on persons selling raw furs and also
preserves fur bearing animals. The
uniform warehouse receipt law by
Westbrook; bill by Carpenter and
Burmeister,' extending oil and gas
permits on land situated in the bed
of Red River involved in the Texas
Oklahoma boundar- suit. The others
are of minor Importance.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-27
PFE|FFER HAS
NEW PLAN FOB
TAKING CARS
Submits Measure and OBJ
tains Governors
Approval.
ADD TO REVENUE
Proposei Bill Would Insure
Collection on All
Automobiles.

An amendment to the state highway
laws or general laws. which would
bring thousands of dollars into the cof-
fers of the city of San Antonio and
other Texas cities. was presented to
Governor Neff by Commissioner Of Tax
alton John =. Pfeiffer Thursday. Com
missioner Pfeiffer personally submitted
the amendment to the governor and
was given assurance of the latter's
support.
Under existing conditions, Commits
sioner Pfeiffer said Friday. San An
tonic collects only about 30 per cent
of the taxes due the city on automo-
biles. Under the amendment which he
has offered. it would make it possible
to collect virtually all of these taxes.
1t would mean, he said. that he city
revenues would be augmented by MAN.
thousands of dollars.
AT present, Commissioner Pfeiffer
explained. an automobile owner takes
out his license at the county license
inspectors office. but in many In
stances fails to render his automobile
at the city tax assessors office. This
is true when the owner only has an
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-27

automobile and no real estate. The
tax assessor then has no way of know
ing that he has car.
One practice. the tax commissioner
said, is to register the car in q county
other than the one in which the owner
lives and as a result neither county
collects any taxes. Automobile con-
Germs. also, he said, take in cars on
trades and hold blank transfers until
the automobile is again sold. In this
way the city loses track of the origi-
nal and subsequent owners, he con-
tends.
The plan proposed by Commissioner
Pfeiffer in his amendment is to re-
quire the automobile owner to take
out license for his car in the county
in which he resides. 1t further re-
quires that each application for an
automobile license be accompanied b.
a receipt showing that the taxes on
it have been paid for the next preced-
ing year. Unless this were done, no
license could be. issued by the county.
In case the owner has lost his tax
receipts. the amendment provides that
he can furnish certificates from the
city or county tax collector. showing
that no taxes are due on such prop
erty. This of course would not ap-
ply to new automobiles just purchased
ms there could be no taxes due on them
but would apply in the payment of
taxes on old cars from year TO year,
or on second cars just purchased.
My plan" Commissioner Pfeiffer
said. would not ndd 81 in taxes to
the taxpayers. but it would force every
one who owns an automobile and who
should do SO. TO nay his taxes on it.
In other words. it world justly dis
tribute the tax burden"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-27
RULING WILL
! YIELD STATE
MORE MONEY
Gasoline Tax Law Will
Yield Nearly Twice as
Much as Result.
II BILLS INTRODUCED
Educational Appropriation
Measure Carrying Sl0,-
4 100000 Passed.
Austin. Tex, April 27.-Instead OF

Austin. Tex, April 27.-Instead OF
netting the state 100000 in reve-
nue. annually. the one-cent gallon tax
on gasoline, under the construction
of the law placed thereon by the at
torney generals department, the new
law will yield between S4,000,0O0 and
S5,000,000 a year.
This was the intention Of the author
and supporters of the bill when 1t
was introduced and passed at the
regular session of the Thirty-eighth
Legislature, but the language of the
act was so ambiguous that 1t was
the only way the act could be con-
strued, that is 10 require the tax to
be paid by every person, firm or
corporation selling gasoline subject to
the payment of the tax.
Z 1t is freely predicted that unless
the law is amended during the pres
emit special session of the Legislature,
its validity will be assailed on the
ground that it imposes double taxation
and is also discriminatory.
Chief Clerk CASTOR of the comp
troller's department. stated. however,
. that the ruling of the attorney gen
z erals department is being followed
and the department is planning TO
collect the tax from wholesalers, re-
tailers; distributors and jobbers in
gasoline.
A bill was introduced in the House
! late Wednesday by Representative
Hardin. of Kaufman, which proposes
to repeal the S1,000,000 appropriation
made for the Texas Psychological Col
lege.
The bill does not repeal the act it.
self, since that does not come within
the governors call" said Hardin.
Even the strongest supporters of
the Neurological College will admit
that the treasury of the state is not
in condition to bear this S1,000.OOO
expense at this time"
Representative Patman introduced
a bill imposing an occupation tax on
pipe lines based on gross receipts.
The Senate committee on state af-
fairs, by a vote of ) to reported a
2 per cent gross production tax on
crude oil late Wednesday. while the
bill by Representative Coffee. as it
came from the House, carried per
cent tax.
The five senators voting for a .
eper cent tax were Hollbrook. Ridge
way, Stuart. Floyd and Davis. while
the four voting for a 8 per cent tax
were Rogers. Clark, Baugh and Wood.
This means the Senate will deter
mine whether the tax will be . or
8 per cent.
1t developed in an informal discus
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-27
MAY USE SUBMARINES
TO KEEP RUM FLEETS.
OFF OF TEXAS COAST
Gulf Stote. Dry Officials to
Ask for Undersea
Boats.

Dallas, Tex. April %. - Federal
prohibition officers in Texas will
join officials of other gulf states in
requesting the government TO assign
submarines along the coast of the Gulf
of Mexico to combat the rum fleet
operating in those waters. Frank Cole,
state prohibition director for Texas,
said here yesterday.
Most of the liquor reaching this
state is brought in by medium of q
rum fleet operating from Mexico
and Cuba, he said.
Beautiful Roselawn Cemetery, not
a graveyard, a beautiful, well kept
burial park. Crockett16SS.-(Adv.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-27

follows: Piano solo. (a) Nocturn Opus
by Chopin; Berrabbit, played by Miss
Olga Heye; contralto solo by Miss
Perry with Miss Lucy Banks at piano;
soprano solo by Mrs. J. VI. Krakauer.
The meeting is open to the public.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-28
Ring CHAMPS MUST
HONOR CHALLENGES

Continued from Preceding Page).
holder of championship and such a
challenger will not be considered as
fulfilling the requirements Of the law
above referred to concerning cham
pionships."
Aimed 1t e. y. Money
William Muldoon, chairman of the
commission, declared that the ruling
was aimed at champions who persist
in ignoring legitimate challenges and
60 about the country, picking out for
opponents such men as they feel sure
of defeating" Under the new ruling,
he pointed out, they cannot 60 on
such transforming trips without risk
Ing the loss Of their status as cham
pions in New York.