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The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-03-13
Window in Car Ahead Is
Help to Avoid Crashes

The glass window light in the back
curtain of the car ahead can be very
useful. Through it lot of dangers
can be seen in advance, much to the
advantage of the man who is in the
wake
Where cars are running abreast OF
each other so that the road cannot be
seen by looking around the car ahead,
it is best TO drive just far enough in
back of the other car to look through
its window light and windshield at the
street ahead. When a quick stop is
necessary the stopping of the car ahead
will not be unexpected-nor so danger
Gus.
In close congestion where cars are
moving very slowly, and only a few
feet at time. the stop signal can be
saved a lot of unnecessary flashing,
and the battery current saved, if the
driver would use his emergency brake.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-03-13
Highways in Ohio Cost
SIP, TOP, 731 During Year

During the fiscal year ended June 30
last, Ohio spent $12,702, 731 for COM
struction and maintenance of high
ways, according to the annual report
of State Auditor Joseph G. Tracy,
part of which has been made public.
He said corrections in vouchers dur
ing the year saved the state $21,-
412.71.
The two inspectors provided by spe-
cial appropriation to make continu-
Gus inspection of construction and re-
pair work upon the highways, trav-
eled $500 miles and made 1000 in
vestigations during the year. the re-
port said
The method now in use in Ohio of
awarding road contracts on competitive
bids was commended in the report,
which declared the "cost-plus" system
the most wasteful.
1t was asserted in the report that
road contractors must be permitted to
make a reasonable" profit or time
will come when experienced contrac-
tors will not bid on jobs.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-03-13
ADVOCATE MORE CASH
FOR IMPROVED ROADS

Increased federal appropriations for
highway aid were advocated ut the
convention of the American Associa-
ton Of State Highway Officials held at
New Orleans 'for the mutual profit
Of more than 13.O00,000 American mo-
florists and all the states" according
to Charles NJ Babcock, Minnesota
commissioner of highways and former
president of the organization.
Discussions of good roads plans, poll
cies and progress of the association
made up the major part of the pro
gram. Delegations from nearly all
states in this country aud from several
Canadian provinces and European
countries were in attendance.
"The tax on automobiles now takes
five cents of every dollar paid for new
automobiles. tires and accessories and
three cents of the new truck purchase
dollar" said Mr.. Babcock This rev.
enue since 1917 has totaled $5S9,0l2,-
021, against 1924, 7S2,216 of federal
highway aid appropriations during the
same period The government Is there
fore using less than half the amount
collected directly as taxes from high
way users in the manner to give them
the most direct benefits
Besides these federal taxes, auto
owners are paying county. township
and city taxes. wheelage taxes, gaso-
line taxes and other levies on their
cars.
THE most constructive policy de
mands increase in federal highway
aid appropriations. ard certainly In.
sums closely matching federal income
from the automotive source. Any
other puts our government in the posi-
ton of retarding highway develop
ment, standing in the way OF the car
and truck owner. who would advance
the good roads program along the most
sound economic lines"
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-03-13
Paved Roads in Illinois
Pass All Other States

According to the latest report Of
the state highway department, Illinois
now has 1851 miles of paved roads
In service on the bond issue and
state-aid systems. This mileage does
not include pavements built BY coun-
ties cities or villages. A total of
1,011 miles of new roads were com
pleted in 1923-a record unequaled
by any state of the Union. BY the
end of 1924 officials estimate that the
state will offer AGO miles of state
pavements in addition to the local
roads.
This record construction work prac-
tically has completed the main or bond
issue system which serves both inter
state and intrastate traffic. These
pavements have been laid over the
natural traffic channels. They touch
all Of the principal cities and towns,
and directly serve so per cent of the
people living in Illinois.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-03-13
Mason Says Indians Were
First Good Roads Touts

The good roads movement in the
Americas had its inception at least
200 years ago among the Indians of
Columbia, DR.. ]. Alden Mason, archie
ologist attached to the Field museum
here, has found.
Long before white people had any
thoughts about the two American con-
tinents, the Indians of Colombia were
walking on stone paved streets, ac-
cording to DR. Mason, reporting on his
recent visit to the country.
And at that time the road builders
had some other object In view than
those of today. Instead Of building
streets TO keep their feet dry, the
natives are said to have been inspired
in all probability by a desire to keep
off ticks. minute insects, which infest
the territory"
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-03-13
STARTING ENGINE
IN ZERO WEATHER
Printing Is Probably the Best
Way Out of Predicanent
Warm Up Slowly.

(By ERWIN GREER, President Greer Col
lege OF Automotive Engineering, Chicago)
10 start ali automobile engine in
zero weather is quite problem, the
difficulty Of which depends upon the
construction and size OF the engine,
the quality Of fuel used, the strength
of the spark. and, of course, the height
OF the mercury in the thermometers at
the particular time.
AS a first aid in starting, printing is
probably the best way out of the pre-
dicament There are many ways of
printing an engine. The chief idea of
printing is TO get rich explosive mix
fure that will fire the instant ii touches
the spark gaps. After the engine has
been coaxed into starting it Wifi so
inclined-get up enough speed to run
upon its customary allowance of gas
oline. To make doubly sure it is adj
visable to pull out the primer short
distance to make the usual mixture
slightly richer than normal until the
engine obtains sufficient heat for av-
erage carburetion.
axe Time IN Warming Up.
Take time in warming up the en-
CINE. Don't stamp your foot down on
the acceIerator and allow the engine
to race like brokendown Lewis gun,
for with the poor fabrication, il usual
Iy results in serious damage. 1t is
bound TO have bad effect ii practiced
regularly Run the engine slowly for
three or four minutes before setting it
TO work, and you can economic not
only in repair bills, but also in oil and
gasoline.
When you start your car on cold
mornings, have you noticed that the
seif-starter whirs longer time than
it did in summer before the engine
starts? The self-starter is designed to
start the engine and will, if the bat
terry is in proper condition. But bear
10 mind that the current consumption
Is not by any means proportional to
the time that the self-starter consumes
to start the engine.
More Current Demanded.
The greater viscosity of cold oil in
winter will make the starting torque
so great as to demand three or four
times tile amount of current from the
battery than it did in summer. There
fore, assist the starting motor by pro-
ylding the rich mixture mentioned
All of this mixture does not reach the
cylinders. as much of it will condense
on the cold walls of the intake mani
fold. In doing this you remove a good
ly portion of the burden that would
otherwise be demanded from the bat
terry.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-03-13
Cause of Dim Lights

Did you ever wonder why the engine
does not show the accustomed pep or
why the lights burn dimly or the ig-
milton seems poor? Unfasten the wires
and bars at the battery terminals and
notice if they are clean. They must
be clean If current is to flow freely
Scrape off with stick any green or
white deposit you see, and spread a
little cup grease over the parts to pre-
vent corrosion.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-03-13
Frank Rikert, Who Left Illi-
nois for California in Gov
cred Wagon in 1864,
Wouldn't Take 500 for
Bottle of Tanlac.

Frank Rikert, well-known resident
of North Sacramento, CAL, who came
to the state from Illinois in covered
wagon in 1864, along with other hardy
pioneers, recently exhibited bottle of
Tanlac, which he had just purchased,
to a friend at his home and remarked:
IF | thought this was the last bottle
Of Tanlac would ever be able to buy,
I wouldn't take one hundred dollars
Tor it." thus proving the high valuation
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-03-13
Benefits of Good Roads
Reach Whole Community

The value of good roads is not TO
the tourist from out of the state, nor
to the tourist in the state anything
like it IS to the people who live along
that road who use 1t daily to get to
market, to reach the community school
or to visit other communities on bust
ness or pleasure. Given a good road
TO church and 10 school. and whole
community receives the blessings from
Admission Star.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-03-13

fitted over the dent so that the thread
ed end of the bolt passes through it..
BY means of nut and washer on the
bolt sufficient pressure can be exerted
on the depression to draw it out flush.
If the hole was made by collision
the same method may be used and the
opening filed with the solder left after
the bolt is removed. NJ T., in Popular
Science Monthly.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-03-13
WESTERN PIONEER TELLS
INTERESTING EXPERIENCE

he places on the famous treatment.
81 believe Tanlac really saved my
life when l took it after the Flu about
year ago" continued Mr.. Rikert, "for
the attack left me 20 pounds off In
weight, and unable to turn over in my
bed without assistance. / tell you, /
thought my time had surely come.
'But, thanks to my wife's insistence.
/ kept on taking Tanlac till I was able
to do all my work again, had back all
my lost weight, and I've been feeling
years younger ever since. Pm always
telling my friends about TanIac, and
can't say too much for it,"
Tanlac is for sale by all good drug
gists. Accept no substitute. Over ~
million bottles sold.
Take Tanlac Vegetable Pills
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-03-13
s50[L[z
NEWS M9sa ~

Backlash, when in the steering col
umn itself, is usually due to deprecia-
ton of the gearing and wear in the
various members which support the
column.
dynamo is machine for convert
ing mechanical energy into an cleo
trical current; starting motor trans
forms the electrical current into me-
chanicaI energy.
When spark plugs habiiually be-
come fouled with oil and SCOT It Is
good plan TO investigate and see
whether they may not be projecting
too far into the combustion chamber.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-03-13
Repairing Denied Gas
Tank by Simple Plan

If ever the gasoline tank Of your
car becomes dented. the tank may be
repaired simply in this manner:
The first step is to fill the tank
with water and drain it, to avoid any
possibility of a gasoline explosion
when solder is applied A round-end
carriage bolt is then soIdered firmly to
the center of the dinged portion Of the
tank. A crossbar with t%o blocks is
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-03-13

His skillful steering.
/ His ease of handling.
/. His thoughtfulness of pedes-
i TRANS.
His properly adjusted steer
ing apparatus.
. His strict obedience to every
traffic regulation.
. His extensive and intelligent
use of arm signals
His use of the brakes before
he gets to the curve.
His protection of his motor;'
his use of second and first
speeds.
His alternate use of foot and
hand brakes on long grades and
in emergencies.
His avoidance of all obstacles.
without endangering the occu-
pants of his car, or any other
car.
His respect for railway cross
,ings; he stops, looks and shifts
gears before he is actually on the
tracks.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-03-13
Disgruntled

whats the matter now, Grumps?''
saw, my daughter is wearing knick-
erbockers and my son is taking a
girls part in the college play"
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-03-13

Thanks cofac for Driving Piles Away

Thanks colac for Driving Piles Away.
4 thank you many times for your cure
for piles" writes Andrew Page, MADEIRA,
Pa. Il have had the piles for thirty-nine
years No man could suffer more than
did with them. l got so / could not
work. am entirely rid of them now"
COLAC PILE PILLS are real inter-
nal remedy drive piles away quickly and
effectively. Do away with salves, sup
positories, operations. Get Co1ac today.
Only 60 cents at druggists or 65 cents
postpaid in plain wrapper from Colac
Chemical Co.. Inc. Glens Falls, N. Y.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-03-13
A Fine Silencer

"Why do they cheer when fellow
gets hurt?'
$50 the ladies won't hear what he
says"
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-03-13
Almost

did his speech carry convictions"
'T'll say so. His client got ten
years"
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-03-13
'DAMDELIoN BUTTER COLOR

A harmless vegetable butter color
used by millions for so years. Drug
stores and general stores sell bottles
Of 'Dandelion" for 35 cents.-Adv.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-03-13

Those who don't go TO the ballot box
reason that their vote wouldn't change
anything.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-03-13

II your eyes are sore. get Roman Eye
Balsam. Apply it at night and you are
healed by morning. S72 Pearl St., N. Y. Adv
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-03-13

Perhaps it is conscience that keeps
the good man down. when the con
scienceless one goes right ahead.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-03-13
"CASCARETS" FOR LIVER
AND B0WELS-10c A BOX

Cures Biliousness, Constipation, Sick
Headache. Indigestion. Drug stores. Adv.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-03-13

oh, GirIs! Irresistible Beauty. French Pack
Pink Beauty Clay. Ladies. if you want .
beautiful complexion, send SOC for tube.
Mrs Irwin. % Bennett Bldg. Jackson. Mich.
AGENTS-Men and women. sell Greeting
Cards for all seasons Big commissions paid.
Write NOW. LEERAN GREETING CARD
co, Dept. B. 1896 Race St.. Philadelphia, Pa.
A ENTS
To sell wonderful Reflex Foot Relief"
powder. Relief for all foot troubles. Every
man and woman q customer. Make $40 day
easily. Send rs cents for sample. HEALTH
PRODUCT CO.. 773 Grove St, Irvington. n. j.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-03-13

Take Tanlac Vegetable Pills.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-10-02

his regiment into two commands
The regiment was divided into four
commands, General Custer command
ing five companies, Mapor Reno in
command of three companies, Gen
eral Benteen in command of three
companies, and Captain Tom Nc.
Dougall commanding one company
and the pack train.
Headed for Canada.
ION the tewenty-seventh day OF
June the Indians broke camp and
headed for Canada as soon as they
learned from their scout that General
Terry and the infantry we're coming.
1t seems strange that if Fleck was
with the pack train, he did not
know who was in command. Rain
in-the-Face was captured in the trad
ing store at Standing Rock, North
Dakota, and was taken to Fort Lin
coin, North Dakota. If Fleck is go
ing to continue lecturing on the
Custer fight and as a survivor Of
that famous battle, he had better
post up. He states there were 80
men with the pack train. There were
As in all. Captain Tom McDougall
was the dearest friend 1 had in the
army"
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-10-02

an elk's leg bone was used, and the
thread came from elk's sinew.
Their next achievement was the
making of two pairs of snow
shoes that we're heavy and clumsy,
but enabled them to walk over the
deep snow. AS they needed extra
covering for the cold nights of
midwinter, they took them from
the mountain goats. A deadfall of
their continuance gave them a
mountain lion, the skin being worth
four horses, and later other ami
mails.
Pitamakan proved to be almost
as %resourceful as the father in
Swiss Family Robinson" What
ever they needed, he found a way
of getting, Or making, and Thomas
likewise grew to be quite inventive.
Glue was in request. Goat hoofs
provided it, boiled in a pot that
Thomas made from clay. Fish
were caught with tackle of their
own manufacture. They even
turned t%ailors, with the result that
they had new shirts, leggings, and
mittens.
The winter was spent in hunt
ing and trapping, and by spring
the boys had a valuable lot of furs.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-10-02

drying and warming ourselves, w
should die"
Thomas realized their need o
fire, but could not see how they
were to get it, as the Indians hac
taken their flint and steel, and they
had no knives. Pitamakan ther
told how he had heard the old mer
say they made a fire before they
had seer flint or steel. The rair
and snow made it difficult to fine
any dry wood, but after a long
search they found some slivers Of
dry fir on the under side of a log
and a piece of birch the beavers
had cut.
Using fragments of obsidian for
knives they sharpened the point OF
a fir silver that was about twice as
large as a pencil, and made a small
hole in the center of the piece Of
birch. This hole was filled with
shreds of birch bark, and inserting
the fir silver, it was rapidly twirl-
ed, until the bark burst into flames.
But not all at first. 1t was neces-
sary to make a bow, using the
string from n of Thomas moe
casins, in order to twirl the stick
with sufficient rapidity.
After the fire was made. Thomas
brought in several chunks of dry
wood to make a huge blaze; but
Pitamakan rebuked him, saying
white people made a big fire, and
then stood back from it half freez-
ing. They would try the way of
the Lone People. He then built a
shelter close to the fire, shingled it
with fir branches, and made a bed
of them also. This shelter was in
the form of a half hollow cone.
For additional warmth they fas-
tened their capotes against the
walls inside.
One of their problems was solv-
ed. Then L hOmaS felt he must have
food or die. Pitamakan laughingly
him not to be an afraid
person. "Say to yourself I am not
hungry and keep on saying it,
and soon it will be the truth to
From which remark it would
seem our Indians anticipated Coue.
Their fast was broken by a blue
grouse killed with a blunt arrow
Shot from their rudely constructed
bow. They also caught rabbits in
snares made from their moccasin
strings. With obsidian tipped ar
rows, and a better bow, their own
handiwork they could hunt game.
. bear they killed with clubs sup
piled them with bow strings made
from its back sinews. The skin
was removed with obsidian knives.
Having shot three elk, they
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-10-02

General Custer and Mrs. Custer were
kind to him, when ne was a prisoner
in the guard house at Fort A. LIN
coin. North Dakota. Third, he don't
say where they captured Rain-in-the-
Face, although he claims to have Ia
ken part in that.
Body Not Mutilated.
"Reno and Benteen left the Reno
Hill. on the Twenty-seventh, when
General Terry came up and proceed
ed to the field where General custer
and his command fell. General Gus
ter's body was not mutilated at all.
sFleck states he is 60 years ola
now. The Custer fight took place 40
wears ago last June. From his state
ment he must have been IL or -
wears of age at the time. NO child
rem took part in that fight with Cen
Custer. Fleck tells about MS
friend Knapp, who lived in Mllwau-
kee. There was no person killed IN
the Custer fight by the name Oh
Knapp. $50
"He says General Custer divided
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-10-02
HOW P1TAMAKAM, BlACMF00T YOUTH, AND YOUNG THOMAS FOX
HELPED NATURE TO DELIVER THEM FROM DESPERATE SITUATION

knew they would be able to pro-
vide themselves with new mecca
sins, but first they built a lodge of
posts, poles and earth. This com
pleted, they removed the hair from
an elk hide by scraping it with a
sharpened elk rib. From half the
skin, stretched and dried, four pairs
of moccasins were made, large
enough to go over the rabbit skins
they wrapped around their feet.
Instead of a needle, an awl made of
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-10-02

replied Pitamakan. 1T is always
food with white people. Get up in
the morning and eat a big meal; at
midday another at sunset another.
If ever one of these is missed, they
say they are starving. No, brother,
we do not need food. We could go
without it half a moon or more, and
the long fast would only do us
good. 1t is fire we most need.
Were we to go out in the snow and
get wet, and then have no means of
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-10-02

taking their traps, guns and am
munition and each a buffalo rob
to sleep in. While near the SUNNI
of the pass they nearly lost thei
lives, because of the narrowness O
the trail, which was on the verg'
of a precipice, and paved with slip
perry shale.
On the west side of the noun
tains they entered the glacial re
gion, and finally came to Sal
Springs. Near there were many
beaver houses, and they decided te
camp and trap. They started tc
enter a grove when they were
startled to hear a sound of break
ing underbrush. Thinking it might
be Elk coming to drink, they re-
manned motionless, with their guns
ready to shoot, when a small party
of Kootenais burst from the thick
ct, and the men seeing the boys
raced in their direction.
The chief, on reaching them, or
dered them to get off their horses.
The Indians then took everything
they had from them except their
clothing. While laughing at their
helpless plight, the chief said: "As
you are only boys, we will not kill
YOU. Return to your chief and tell
him that we keep Dur beaver for
ourselves, just as the plains people
keep their buffalo for themselves.
Now 60"
The boys needed nc second COM
mand, but went, pursued by some
of the Indians, n of whom lash
ed Pitamakan with his whip, max
ing him cry, not for pain, but on
account of the humiliation of being
struck.
Toward evening it began to rain.
Wet, cold, and hungry, Thomas
said they would never live to see
their people again. Pitamakan was
more hopeful. But they must find
shelter, for rain in November was
often followed by snow. After a
search they found a cave,
or cleft in the rocks, where a bear
had gathered grass, twigs and
to serve as a bed for his
iong winter sleep. Once they heard
approaching footsteps and yelled
% brighten whatever it was. They
trusted it was not the grizzly. 1t
was a black bear, as they discov-
cred in the morning by its tracks
in the snow.
The rain had changed to snow
the night. Pitamakan asked
Thomas on awakening, What do
We most need?"
Thomas thought like any other
healthy boy, it was something to
Eat. Il expected you to say that.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-10-02
By Martha Edgerton P1assmann

NF EQUAL interest with the
story of Hugh Munroe, is
- that of Thomas Fox, and
both have been admirably told by
7. w. Schultz, in his two books,
"Rising Wolf" and with the In
dams in the Rockies"
Thomas Fox was a St. Louis
boy, in the days when St. Louis
had not grown to be a city. His
father and mother expected that he
would become a Presbyterian min