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Evening star., 1924-01-06
Motor association Head attacks
False Sentiment OUer Fatalities
Thinks Money Used to Build Monuments to Victims
Should Go for Constructive Efforts to
Eliminate accidents.

riety of casualties. Behind this one
could not possibly detect any clear
cut conception Of the Importance Of
getting at the real cause of the trou-
BILE.
what are we to think of a city
that puts a lot of Boy Scouts out on
the streets to undertake so serious
task as the direction of traffic? What
are we to think of the city that per-
mits it's traffic officers to encourage
high speed at crossings and to intimi-
date drivers who slow down as n
safeguard against striking pedes-
trian just because that pedestrian Is
not supposed to have. the right of
way? What are we to think of the
city that keeps its streets in semi
darkness, necessitating the use of
headlights with their consequent
binding?
There is too much loose thinking
on this accident question and not
enough action. But action that origi-
mates from loose thinking is worse
than none at all. When the automo-
bile driver is asked to pray that ne
won't run over a child while every
will be more likely to it is time to
call halt. 80. r-srs,
Need Uniform Laws.
Small children cannot be educated
to look out for automobiles, and
drivers cannot ne eApeCttu W SiNc
their complete attention to the mat
ter of safe driving so long as lack
of uniformity in laws and traffic
regulations is permitted to confuse
them.
People who drive automobiles and
who know the conditions see to it
that their children keep off the
streets. other parents Will have to
do accordingly. And where tenement
conditions exist, it is the duty of the
police department to reroute traffic
so that only an occasional vehicle on
a necessary mission will be permitted
to operate where children are play
ing.
1t leads to hypocrisy and fanaticism
of the most unfortunate sort. An
estimate of the deaths in the United
States during the first ten months of
1928 places the figure at 1.325,00O, OF
which but $4,000 are said to be due to
motor vehicle traffic. This indicates
clearly that there are many far
greater causes of death. But do We
witness the dedication of monuments
to the memory of those who are vic
Tins of Brights disease or tuber-
culosis?
"On the contrary we find scientists.
societies and the public investing
their thought, energy and resources
into the removal of the causes of such
disease. The same attitude must be
taken toward the automobile situa-
tion. and the National Motorists
Association has the assurance of its
affiliated clubs that the progressive
clubs, motorists and officials are
working along these lines"
Evening star., 1924-01-06
Let Us Now Resolve

AISe ~ . ANOW ASVoVAvS
That cutting corners on car ex-
penses is as foolish as cutting corners
in driving.
That courtesy in driving pays, not
because 1t Is always appreciated, but
because it safeguards it's originator;
That it's always train time at grade
crossings;
That conversation and driving do
not mix;
That 1T is no longer possible to offer
the alibi. MY brakes wouldn't hold /;
That the main point about the Main
street of any town is the greater ad-
vantages of using the less popular
streets;
That the next garage Is the best
place to have the brakes adjusted;
That a weak battery can be as dam
gerous as bad brakes or loose
wheel:
That the pedestrians error doesn't
alter the fact that your car injured
him;
That the experienced driver always
assumes that there is ten times as
much to be learned as he already
knows;
And, finally, that there Is no better
time to put these resolutions into
.urGg than today.
Evening star., 1924-01-06
The Old Mechanic Says:

Since rentin' out a part of my shop
for storage I've certainly been sur
torists shut of their engines at night.
You might imagine that switchin' off
an engine was about the easiest thing
about drivin' car, but I've repaired
cars long enough to know that there
are lot of angles to stoppin' the en-
there'll be trouble in store.
Last night when that seven -passen-
ger bus was brought in the driver
raced the engine like the old Harry
argument was that this caused the
engine to turn over half dozen or
more revolutions of its own momen-
tum after the ignition was switched
up with gas vapor. which would stay
in the cylinders all night and help
him get a quick start in the mornin'.
The theory Of il was fine. but I no.
tice that he cranks the car just as
much in the mornin' as anybody else.
He doesn't realize that even though
the engine spins over few times
while the ignition is Off the valves
keep on operatin' just the. same as
.hough the engine were runnin'. This
vapor goes out the exhaust. and that
when the engine settles down for the
night there is only one cylinder under
compression. And because the valves
gradually leaks out: 1t will also leak
past the rings, either as gas or as
gasoline condensed because of the
cooling of the cylinder walls.
Another chap pulls out the choker
an instant when shuttin' off the igni-
ton. This Is even worse, because in
addition to wastin' even more fuel. II
drenches the valve heads with raw
gasoline. This causes the valves to
stick. and also helps to thin the
crankcase oil.
The best way to stop the engine,
from my experience, is to switch it
or while it's runnin' slow and then
switch en- the ignition an instant
afterwards to make sure that the gas
yapor is pretty we'll burned.
Evening star., 1924-01-06
Worth Remembering.

Don't follow car that is passing
another machine. Nothing is more
dangerous in the process Of passing
cars, for should the driver ahead find
IL necessary to take his place in line
quicker than he had counted, you will
be unable to get back into line and
will, therefore. be trapped.
II nervous about passing over a
narrow bridge when other cars are
approaching. endeavor to follow In the
path of another car. It Is then only
necessary to see that you are running
directly behind him, for IL he clears
Evening star., 1924-01-06
ANNUAL AUTO SHOW AT
new YORK ECLIPSlNG
ALL RECORDS THIS YEAR
CONTINUED from Sixth Page.)

Continued from sixth Page.)
note that Grand Central Palace. the
former home of the national automo-
bile show. is this week housing the
national motor boat show. The two
industries are closely allied, and the
leading figures of each. all of whom
will be in New York this week, Will
find much of interest in the newest
products Of the other.
No Real Sensation.
Many shows of the past have been
marked by the introduction of rad
ical innovations in mechanical and
body design-in fact, nearly all great
changes in the construction and fit
ting of the motor car have been
reserved by manufacturers for this
great annual event. Peculiarly
enough, the current display. while it
marks the Introduction to automobile
show patrons of two features that
are likely to exercise an enormous
effect on motor ears in general, can
sensation.
Four wheel brakes and balloon tires
are the two mechanical innovation
that stand out among the features
of the big armory. They are new,
SO far as the show. is concerned, but
both were brought out months ago.
Among the initiated. at least, the ef-
feet of four-wheel brakes is well. un-
derstood, though the CONSTITUTIONAL
features shown at the armory differ
widely enough on various cars to
make a close study of the entire
principle we'll worth the motorists
time 49,.
The surprising feature OF the four
wheel brake situation is the rapidity
with which it is being adopted.
Almost an experiment up to last mid
summer, as far as the general public
was concerned, this form of braking
is shown on surprisingly large
number of cars in the national show.
As corollary, the makers who do
not consider the time ripe for the
adoption of brakes all around have
paid special attention TO rear wheel
and transmission braking and are
offering more dependable means of
stopping their cars than ever before.
1t has invariably been the case in
the automotive industry that the ap-
pearance of new method of treat
ing an important requirement has
been followed by an era of improve
ment in the earlier forms. This is
the case in the matter of brakes at
the present time; it was equally the
case years ago, when the introduc-
tion of the so-called "noiseless"
sleeve-valve motor was almost in
Evening star., 1924-01-06
Facts and Figures.

With the aid of modern machinery
and system how many cars can an in
of a year? In view of recent state
ments this interesting query can now
be approximated sufficiently to give
the motorist an idea of how easy 1t Is
to make automobiles when brain is
largely substituted for Drawn. One
organization should turn out 100000
cars in 1924 with a total of 10000
employees Interested in the manufac-
ture of these cars. That means that
each employe is responsible for IA
cars per year. Let's see, how long did
1t take Henry Ford to build the
grandfather f1ivver?
Evening star., 1924-01-06
Back Seat Passing.

No one likes to take a back seat,
especially in motoring
1t has long been noted that the ia
vored members of any family were al
ways entitled to the front seat in the
can the remainder being awarded the
cold breezes and the sickening sway
of the hack seat Unquestionably the
increasing popularity of these chum-
my closed cars, in which the folks in
the back are close on the heels of
those in the front, represents a revolt
Of the folks on the back seat.
Then. too, there is less and less need
for the back seat. The folks who
used TO stand for II now buy their
own gas and do their own devilment
The back seat may soon be history.
Evening star., 1924-01-06
Buick Co. President
Sees Excellent Year
For Motor Dealers

The we'll being of the autornotive
industry has usually paced general
conditions of like nature, and
believe this will be the case in 1924,
says II. H. Bassett, president of the
Buick Motor Company.
The many factors upon which the
fullest prosperity Is contingent seem
to be working out in a manner that
warrants us to thoroughly believe
that 1924 will yield bountiful re-
wards.
the new year by preparations look
ing to an even larger production
than our ord-breaking output of
more than 100000 in 1928.
Evening star., 1924-01-06

Erecting monuments to the men,
cry of children killed by motor cars
as a means of preventing automobile
and pedestrian fatalities was assailed
yesterday by Fred II. Galley. executive
Association, as representing - "the
most fanatical safety plan conceived
within recent years"
ANY city that sanctions the erec-
tion and dedication of such a monu
ment is backsliding on accident-pre-
vention work" declared Mr.. Galley, Elf
the fatality rate is go alarming the
cost of the memorial should be in
vested in removing tangible causes of
fatalities, educating the police to
stop encouraging motorists to hurry
at crossings. keeping children off the
street and lighting the streets. These
monuments, il the truth were adj
mitted. are memorials to the stupid
ity displayed in accident prevention.
This statement from the y. NJ. A. is
believed TO be the result of tend
ency to instill fear into the hearts
of motorists instead OF removing the
cause of fatalities, eliminating in the
recent dedication Of memorial mon
Iment to sacrificed child life in st.
Louis.
Effect on Morale.
The y. NJ. A.. Mr.. Galley says. has
consistently pointed out that the mo-
rale Of the automobile driver is seri-
ously affected through the playing of
dirges and the painting OF motor
transportation as IA death dealing in
strument. The association, which en-
braces more than $50 automobile clubs
throughout the country, charges the
originaters of such plans with a
brand OF inadvertent hypocrisy that
ser|%s to defeat the purpose of acct.
den: prevention.
'.Th.~ S~io'uobile drivers of the
country are perfectly we'll aware of
the necessity for preserving the lives
of children, or the lives of any one
else" Mr.. Galley said. What the driver
wants is a little cooperation from
the authorities and the general pub
lie. And you can't get that chanting
requiem airs. 1t requires better laws.
better traffic control brake inSpec-
zion, proper care of cars, better street
lighting. genuine police protection
for children and pedestrians, educa
tion in safety.
Unfit Policemen.
"Our investigation of this matter
brought to light the fact that hun
dreds of police officers charged with
the responsibility for lives of thou
sands Of school children were merely
part-time officers serving the bal
ance of their time as school janitors
Often they We're not fitted for so seri-
Gus a task, thus encouraging confu-
sion. which Is the basis OF q wide va
Evening star., 1924-01-06
The Sunday Motorist
EDITED BY WILLIAM ULLMAN
An Abridged Magazine for Car Owne,

rag or whatever you are using to
tank. be sucked to the strained OF
the vacuum tank and there clog the
line. 1t may, be the cause of a stan
The right Nrear wheel comes loose
quicker than any other and should be
looked at more frequently. II only to
caused by it's wobbling or running
out of true. The. right rear wheel
tends to pull off the axle when cor
the opposite effect applies to the left
wheel. Right hand turns are invariably
made at higher speed than left turns
And the right rear wheel frequently
strikes the curb in turning All this
serves to loosen 1T and makes 1t all
the more necessary for the driver to
inspect il frequently.
Evening star., 1924-01-06

Che approaching cars and the side of
the bridge, you will do likewise.
When putting the car away in
tight place In a public garage shut
off the engine and step out when the
car is half I'm its stall. With the aid
of the garage attendant, push the car
all the way back and block the front
wheel. When you come for the car
next day 1t will not be necessary to
crawl over tenders in order to reach
the drivers seat and release the emer-
gency. Just kick aside the block and
pull the car out
Evening star., 1924-01-06
TRY HEAVY PAPER.

For those motorists who have diff
fculty in regulating the flow Of air
through the core OF the radiator In
winter weather. the advantage of
using heavy black paper over the
lower half of the radiator instead of
or leather is worth noting.
Paper shuts of some Of the draft Of
cold air and, therefore, prevents
of the intake manifold and
but, being thin, it does
not keep the radiator so warm as to
it to boil over.
Evening star., 1924-01-06
IRONY Illustrated.

/ Penitentiary- made license tags for
motor cars are cause for reflection.
A motorist gets sent to jail for his
crimes at the wheel and the first
thing he knows he is set to work
making license plates to enable his
friends to join him!
Evening star., 1924-01-06

Anyway, the more motorists there
nre the fewer pedestrians thererl be
to worry about.
Evening star., 1924-01-06
Keep These in Mind.

Don't dust around the rear of the
car while gasoline Is being pumped
In A piece of lint from the duster,
Evening star., 1924-01-06
Commentaries.

She insisted that the officer was
wrong in accusing her of driving
twenty seven miles an hour. for she
hadn't been out a full hour anyway.
Silence is golden, and particularly
so for the party who feels tempted to
argue with the traffic cop.
A motor trip is a success or a fall
ure depending on who pays the hotel
bills.
fCopyriobt 1924
Evening star., 1924-01-06
Views on the News.

The recent collapse of an eastern
motor concern that started with the
idea of offering prospects more than
double what their old cars were worth
in exchange for new machines proves
the old truism, that no one can Ignore
the common sense rules of business
and still stay on, no matter how much
money they have to lose But the les
son is chiefly for those motorists who
now drive orphan cars. and who will
find a fine loss facing them when they
again decide-or are forced-to make
a change.
1t was the gift of brand new
limousine that induced sixteen-year-
old bridegroom to return to his new,
hfty-year.old wife. Just another case
of the hazards of motoring.
Do the financial writer's mean that
some Of the motor car makers are
thinking of merging-or submerging? :?
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-11-19

belts until Magnus sprung this sur
prise.
Magnus is an honest man.
Honest men are supposed to wear
suspenders.
Whenever Magnus makes speech
he takes off his coat to prove to the
down-trodden people that he is too
honest to wear belt around his
pants.
This is perhaps the first time in the
history of political campaigns in the
land of the Stars and Stripes that
suspenders have been given their des-
serts.
Instead of hanging by the proven
bal thread, it seems that the fate OF
our country at this time is hanging
| by a pair of spenders-Magnus'
suspenders.
A cold spell between now and cleo :
ton day might prove the worst thing
that ever happened to this country.
Magnus would have to keep his coat
on.
1t takes good horse sense to wear
suspenders, and it seems as though
Magnus has it. Anybody who posi-
lively knows that George Washing
ton and Benjamin Franklin made a
mess of rigging up the United States
Constitution must have horse sense
until they couldn't haul it all in one
load.
Of course, Magnus didn't get around
/ to hit Wall Street between the eyes
with his milk stool down in Washing
ton, but then he might have busted
his suspenders doing it-and what
would an honest man with coolies of
horse sense do in campaign like this
one with pair of patched galluses :?
"By golly," Magnus says, II must
tell you about that milking contest !
had with Secretary Wallace" etc.
Magnus is all right He is good
honest man. He is so honest he
wears suspenders. But why stop
there? Magnus might be sufficient
ly honest to wear the best suspenders
on earth, but what assurance is that
of his capacity for understanding the
perplexing problems of today? Mag
nus johnson is not statesman. Mag
nus reminds us Of the old gag about
the pig. They said a sow might GO
to Rome, but she'd still be sow when
she came back.
| Last year everybody voted for Mag
nus because they wanted to take g
slap at Preus.
The situation is quite different this
year. There is man opposing Mag
nus who has been at work in Wash
ington for the past ten years, and
whose capacity for craftsmanship and
whose friendship for both the farme,
and laboring man is such that he
challenges anybody to produce one
instance where he has voted against
the interests of either.
That man is Thomas Schall. Tom
Schall is blind, but he is better man
to represent Minnesota in the U. s
senate than Magnus johnson would
be should he live to be as old al
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-11-19
The Marion School
District No. Ia


We have Health Honor Roll. The
pupils who have brushed their teeth
and cleaned their finger nails every
day get a gold star.
Miss Miller and the Rasmussen
family spent pleasant afternoon at
Fred Hauptli's, last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank j. Freidley
were visitors at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. R. Kormon.
We got new soap fountain for our
school last week. 1t helps US to keep
our health chores about, washing our
hands before each meal.
Miss Kennedy was visitor at our
school Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. Bert Barnum and Miss Miller
attended the meeting of the Larkin
Club Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. VIM.
Hawton joined the club.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Day and family vis-
tied the George Tetrick home Sum

Mr.. and Mrs. Day and family vis-
tied the George Tetrick home Sum
day.
The Little Citizerf,s League met
Friday afternoon to elect new officers.
They were elected as follows: Presi-
dent-Marcella Zieske, vice-presi-
dent-Leonard Williamson, secretary
Mildred Barnum. The president
appointed the monitors for the vari-
Gus duties.
The Child Welfare Club, New Avon
Unit met at the home of Mrs. Bert
Barnum, Thursday afternoon.
The first and second grades have
begun the study Of the Pilgrims this
week. They are making several in
teresting booklets to illustrate the
Pilgrim stories.
We did not have school Tuesday
because it was Armistice Day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Zieske were Wis
itors at Rob Mosiers home Sunday
afternoon.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-11-19
Should the Nations Fate
Hang on Suspenders?

(Sherburn Advance Standard.)
The fellow in this years campaign
who is not wearing suspenders is a
marked man.
He might just as well hang his pol
itical harp on a willow tree and go
fishing.
Magnus Johnson will no doubt win
out this fall if his suspenders hold
out.
From all reports Magnus is max
ing his suspenders one of the leading
issues in this campaign.
People had forgotten all about sus
penders and were all wrapped up with
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-11-19

ING. On cold frosty morning when
The mallards are flying and the air
has stab of winter in it, the hunter
will enjoy a ride into the country, a
sneak behind pond dam, the flutter
and quacks as the ducks rise, and the
pleasure in bringing them down.
Perhaps the Tribune editor never
had an old single-barrelled hammer
gun when he was boy and perhaps
he never crawled on his belly after
the wise old mallards. He probably
spent his spare time taking the girls
home from school or playing croki-
mole with his grandma.-Emporia
Gazette.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-11-19

through q muddy field to get .
pot shot at some innocent little
ducks. which, if he gets them and
cooks them, do not grade up with
a second class beefsteak for eat
ing qualities. But he will come
back to town and spread him.
self all over the place Dragging
what a grand time he had, when,
as a matter Of fact, he actually
wished a good many times that
he was back in his warm bed and
faced only the prospect OF eat
ing hearty breakfast of eggs
and bacon. But he will go on
for a good many years, kidding
himself and telling vast quaint
ity of lies about the sport OF
duck hunting. The only cure
for this particular species of liar
is old age and rheumatism
Colby Tribune.
All of which sounds funny to every
body except the hunter himself, an
a few connoisseurs of food who know
that the breast of a blue wing tea
or a slice of wild nnallard can't be bea
as table food.
The exploits of the duck hunte
seem foolish to the man who doesn'
hunt, just as the pushing of gol
ball around a pasture sounds FOOLS
to the hunter who doesn't play gol1
But there's just as much sense /
crawling through wet grass to tax
a shot at an innocent little duck" a
there is to spend an afternoon whang
ing a rubber ball which you can't ca
when you get it back where you start
ed from.
But so long as man retains the in
stinct of his hunting ancestors, Their
always will be thrill in duck shoot
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-11-19

Blessed are the meek. How an i'm
portant man suffers when the public
won't share his good opinion of HIM
self!
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-11-19

Methuselah. He has been tried and
not found wanting.
Talk, like suspenders, is cheap. The
people of Minnesota should demand
something more in their would-be
United States senators than the cap
pacity for pulling off clown acts at
county fairs.
Let's bring the United States sena-
torship from Minnesota out of the
funny column this fall.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-11-19

Mr.. p. LaDuke, Farmer, Says, "You
Bet Rats Can Bite Through Metal"
"I had feed bins lined with zinc
last year, rats got through pretty
soon. Was out $18. A SIPS pkg. of
RAT-SNAP killed so many rats that
I've never been without it since. Our
collie dog never touched RAT-SNAP."
You try it. Three sizes, 35c, 65c,
$1.25. Sold and guaranteed by Far
rell & Keefe and Public Drug Go.
18-2ts.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-11-19

The objection to most high-brow
literature is it's pompous way of say
ing something. everybody knows.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-11-19

When you go hunting for reaction
aries, just poke around in nice soft
snaps.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-11-19
Quack, Quack

The average duck hunter is
liar. He will crawl out of bed
at a. M, ride many miles in the
cold morning air for the privi-
lege of crawling on his belly