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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-26
OIL COMPANY USES
1900 WHITE TRUCKS

The largest single fleet OF high.
hIgh.gr motor trucks Is owned by
the Gull Refining Co, with head.
quarters at Pittsburg. The company
at tho present Is operating 1851
White trucks. with 100 more on
order for early delivery. Tho Gulf
Refining purchased It's first White in
1911. and since then has steadily
added from 100 to 200 trucks each
year. tho trucks being operated In 20
states from Maine 20 Texas.
The oil industry uses many thou.
sands OF trucks. Sc companies alone
operating 1852 Whites in fleets OF
10 or more. Fifteen Of these com.
panies operate fleets OF more than
100 White trucks. In addition. there
are scores Of oil companies operating
Whites In fleets OF less than 10.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-26
Road Bulletin
KING COUNTY ROAD BULLETIN
Thomas u. Keenan,
King County Engineer

King County Engineer
Week Ending July 20. 1894.
All paved roads In good condition.
Henton-MapIe valley: Renton to one
milo beyond Elliott closed: balance In
good condition. detour 20 Maple Valley
via Cedar Grove and Hobart ronds
Kent Black Diamond; Paved for IL
miles out OF Kent; three gravel roads
at end OF paving; good gravel.
Maple Valley Black Diamond: Good
gravel,
Enumc lsw- Franklin; Good. Use caution
In spproachIng Green river gorge.
Sunset Highway
Renton-Issaauah: Paved.
Isssquah- Preston; Paved.
Preston-Fall City; Good gravel.
Fall City-Denny Creeks Good gravel;
Denny Creek to Summit. fair gravel.
Isssquah Newport: Excellent.
Auburn Black Diamond; Via Soos Creek,
gravel section good
stevens Pass Highway; Open to Alpine;
fair condition.
woodinville -DuyaIl; Good gravel
Kent-Des Moinesi Good gravel.
Des Moin-s -Tncon,s Iiirbiins; Good; loose
gravel IN places. south end rough.
Sncbes Pnssi Excellent condition In
King county; open to White river
emp.
Lake Forest Park North Trunk connco-
tioni ono mile pavement excellent;
balance good gravel.
Bellevue Richmond. Good.
Redmond Fall City! Good gravel,
Des Moincs Trestio No. 0gGA on brick
road, north OF Dos Molnoa, closed Do
tour 10 right at north ond OF bridge.
For further Information. call MA IN.
5000, local aot
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-26

COMPLETE accessory equipment.
y the first ever attempted by tho
Chevrolet people. is making the new
sports touring model big feature
In Seattle. according 20 officials Of
tho Westlake Chevrolet Co.
Tho first model reaching this
Seattle agency was on the display
floor just 10 minutes before It was
purchased.
The sports touring has standard
Chevrolet chassis with a hand.fin-
ished body by the Fisher Body cor.
poration. II is Duco.finished in
gray.blue.
Gray fabrikoid upholstery gives
II an exclusive tone and additional
equipment includes nlckeled bump.
ers. radiator shell and cowl lamps.
There is also motometer, disc
wheels, plate glass windshield wings
and large steering wheel and rub.
Der covered running boards.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-26
MORE CARE SHOWN

Motorists are more careful In
crossing railroad tracks. report off.
cials OF the Long Island railroad.
This Is made after n check Of repre-.
sentative railroad crossings.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-26
WITH HOME BUILDING

Increase OF auto sales In the las,
three years has risen virtually parai.
lei with home building. according 10
figures filed by the r. w. Dodge Co.
and the National Automobile Cham.
Der Of Commerce.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-26
POPULAR SHORT TRIP

one OF the popular shorter trips Of
The country is the tour around Lake
Erie. This includes Niagara Fails.
the St. Clair flats and beautiful Can.
adam country.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-26
WHITE MINERALS

Most OF the variety of license tags
in the United States have white nu.
merals on colored background
Eleven states are using black back.
grounds with white numerals.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-26

shop and started making Eagle
boats for the United States
navy and Ford ears for the rest
OF the population.
BY 1894 the town had grown so
big that Il was made the state cap.
ital. But II wns not success. The
minute legislator would get there
he would throw up his Job and go
to work for Henry Ford. So. in
1sF they moved tho capital TO
Lansing. where there would be
nothing TO disturb the deliberations
OF the lawmakers.
Detroit is a real pretty little vii.
lage. with street cars. IA moving
picture theatcr. several papier.
mache hotels and 81 public parks.
Belle Isle. the largest of these
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-26

In the last 10 years tho American
public invested over $4,000. 900. 900
for motor vehicles.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-26

WILLIAM HoRsTMAN OF San
w Francisco. Calf. shown above.
proprietor OF the California Expo
sition shows. Is engaged In the
novel enterprise OF driving Flint
Six car over a prescribed course
OF 1880 miles on a bet. II he wins
tho bet he will set back the money
he paid for tho car he ~ driving.
and brand new car besides; and
u he loses. he keeps tho car no
Is driving and pays for another.
NJ. u. Baker. manager OF tho So.
attic Automobile Co. Is shown at
tho left. with Hortsman az tho
right. on tho top deck are two
OF HIS nassrnTrrr
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-26
DRIVE MADE
ON BET

The bet. which was mada by an
automobile executive on tho coast.
was that a Flint car could bo
driven from san Francisco TO Van.
couvcg Canada. on only three Hcrv.
Ices each way. or a total OF ak for
the round tfip.
when Mr.. Hors,man arrived In
Eugene, Ore. last week.. no had nj.
ready gone 1000 miles without any
repair. and was beginning 10 feel
pretty confident that the car would
stand up under the course OF pun.
iAhment prescribed for Il.
Il have always been high.
priced car enthusiast" no stated.
and have seven hlgh.priccd cars
right now. This friend OF mine
made this little bot with mo 20
prove that the Flint Is as good a.
any OF thctn. and am beginning 20
believe that he knew what he was
talking about"
Mr.. Horstman II carrying four
passengers with him. and with his
baggage has i.T0s pounds weight.
besides tho car. which no must
carry over tho entire course. The
trip Is from San francisco 10 Van.
couver. u. c.. over the Canadian
Rockies. and back thru Montana.
Idaho. Texas. New Mexico and
Mexico.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-02-22
4h9can8leA

ment on the billboard that you order
ed taken\ down that Ruth told me
the gossip" q
81 won't have Ruth Ellington Cos
siping about me-" he. said angrily
again. "She ought to be trying to
keep her own name out of scandal
Gus mouths instead Of retailing what
is said about others
II won't have it, Jack. Ruth Ell
lington has never in her life done
anything that would call for criti-
cism from any decent man or wo-
man. She has been unfortunate in
her selection of husband-that is
all. She seldom gossips. The rea-
son why she related to me what is
being said about you is that she
wanted topersuade me to stay away
from your mother for a while, at
least until Miss Perier's visit is
over.
GAS n was, she didn't say very
much because, before she could do
so, I told her I really did know the
parentage of jack"
what did you say to herr" asked
Jack quickly.
II told her I knew Sydney Carton
was his father" s.
Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Irc.)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-02-22
MIR. McADOO'S AVAILABILITY

Since William G.. McAdOO sent
forth his request for conference
of his political friends in Chicago
to determine whether or not the
Teapot Dome saitair developments
In Washington had disqualified him
as a candidate for the Democratic
presidential nomination, a new en-
barrassment has been injected in
to the McAdoo complication.
This embarrassment is to be
found in the speech made by Rep
resentative |. M. Foster of Ohio at
the Lincoln day meeting of the
Washington Republican club, and
printed in full in the Congression-
al Record. This speech had to do
with the legal business in which
Mr. McAdoo or his firm has en-
gagged since he quit Mr. Wilson's
Cabinet as Secretary of the Treas
sci for various wealthy clients
having been transacted while the
Wilson administration was still in
power.
The employment Representative
Foster cited had to do with picture
film industries to which. according
to the speaker. Mr.. McAdoo, "as
Secretary of the Treasury, had
awarded Liberty bond advertise
ments in fabulous sums" with
shipbuilding and coal interests
with which Charles w. Morse was
identified conspicuously, and with
the prosecution of private claims
against the government.
What with extensive extracts
from the testimony of Mr.. McAdoo
in the Morse trial, and other eta
tiOns Of Mr.. McAdoo's activities af-
ter his retirement. Mr.. Foster as
sembled 4 very interesting story
which would seem to have a proper
bearing on the question Mr.. Nc
Adoo's political friends are asked
to decide.
Mr.. Foster assumes that Mr. Nc
Adoo had "a legal right to pursue
the course he did" He made no
charge that Mr.. McAdoo has stem
ped outside the bounds of the law.
He did raise a question of legal
propriety and ethics, involving the
kind of service a retired govern
ment official Of high rank might
properly render soon after his re-
tirement.
There won't be any issue in the
Chicago conference, we take it.
about the legality of Mr.. McAdoo's
employment following his re-entry
into private life. The issue will
simply besWhether the Information
that has been made public about
this employment has rendered Mr..
McAdoo unavailable as a presiden-
tial candidate, and made it unwise
and futile to carry on" further in
behalf of his candidacy. AS the
question thus resolves itself, the
matters called to public attention
by Representative Foster are peril
nent for the formulating of de-
cision. If it should be decided that
Mr.. McAdoo should keep his hat in
the ring, these things are bound to
be stressed by his political oppon-
ents within and without his own
party. The present, therefore. IS
the time to take careful reckoning
OF them as campaign potentialities.
Minneapolis Tribune.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-02-22
ONE BOOM PUNCTURED

The action of the McAdoo conference in Chicago in voting
him complete eXoneration and demanding" his leadership
in the forthcoming presidential campaign without it's
humorous side For those who gathered there the
most part embroed in the McAdoo campaign such an
extent that it not to be expected that they would do
otherwise The gathering of few of the faithful and the
attempt disspae all criticism with sweep of the hand
is quite like Harry Sinclair completely absovng Albert Fall
in the Teapot Dome affair. One southern delegate, is
reported sought entrance to the McAdoo meeting
denied because he not "a true McAdoo booster" Of
would have done to delegate enter
the meeting and spoil the unanimous endorsement given
presidential candidate.
Mr. McAdoo appears to have been engaged in perfectly
legal and legitimate business representing Mr. Doheny
and he received fees which make the average mans
bulge it is perhaps tribute to Mr. Dohenys lberality
not to any particular gain that might through the
poyment of former cabinet officer The reports of Mr.
McAdoos appearance before departments while
Mr. Wilson still president and the reports of exorbtan
fees which he obtained for negotiating coal contracts with
Italy is hardly such plain
But Mr.. McAdoo has been bahed in OIL The people will
be suspicious of who clever to get $15OOOC
for representing Mr. Doheny for very short time Right
wrong, it will weigh heavily against Mr. McAdoo. He
promises to do what must be considered most improbable
cut taxes and pay the adjusted compensaton-and it will
require quite much dextery his part place himself
in the right light to gain considerable block of votes for
the presidency.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-02-22
ANOTHER PLEDGE OF PEACE

American inventors have Just
floated a loan OF $150,O0O,000 for
the Japanese government, thus
forging another link to bind the
two countries in a friendship that
Will be further guarantee against
Japanese aggression upon the
western coast
Ties of undying friendship were
woven when American relief was
SO prompt and generous last fall
after the earthquake and now f.
nancial alliance is added to the
other bonds. Nations don't usually
go to war against their creditors
and most Of this loan is being TAX
en- in this country, though part Of
what will ultimately be an issue
of 25o millions IS being offered in
England
Japan wants the money, not for
military expenditures but for re-
construction. 1t is to be used for
rebuilding the damage caused by
the disaster of last October. Vast
sums Of money and years of time
will be required for this work and
it is not likely that Japan will have
time or opportunity to think Of
war for couple of generations.
Contrast between the credit
rating of Japan and other nations
which need money is striking.
The reason for the comparative
ly high credit position lies in the
fact that Japan lisp practically un-
mortgaged nation. The increase in
its public debt in the last ten years
has been small and has been main
~ due to productive expenditures,
such as railroads and harbor i'm
provements. Its per capita debt as
OF July l last year was only $38.S7,
as compared with $215.19 for the
United States and $798.54 for Great
Britain. The external debt is only
about 80 per cent of the total debt,
or per capita debt of $11.SO. ia
pan today presents the spectacle
OF a great industrial nation con-
fronted with the necessity of i'm
mediately performing one of the
greatest construction jobs in his
tory, and possessing almost un-
limited credit abroad with which to
pay foreign nations for performing
part of that wOrk.-Aberdeen Is.
D. American.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-02-22
LETTER FROM LESLIE PRESCOTT
TO LESLIE PRESCOTT.
CONTINUED .

l hesitated, little Marquise, before
| started to tell of the gossip that
was going around town. AS if to
change the subject from what Ruth
had told me to something entirely
foreign, Jack spoke, when had you
planned to 60 down to mothers, Les
lie ?"
II had expected to 60 Thursday
or Friday of this week, but now !
: think I'll wait a week. You don't
mind-do you? She is perfectly we'll
now, Jack, and it will not make nuch
difference if l do not 60 right away,
will it?" made my voice as casual
as possible.
mo dear, don't think it will make
any difference at ALL" Jack answer
ed in the same tones.
From the relieved intonation of
his voice I knew, little Marquise,
that he had heard the gossip and
was glad l was going to stay home
during Paula Perier's visit. Realiz-
ing this, felt quite relieved that
NOVEL only need tell him as much Of
the story as l pleased.
We always shrink from saying
things that will humiliate those we
love, unless we are very angry with
them. ! hope l shall never be argry
enough at Jack to say unforgivable
things, for l have peculiar di.po-
sition, little Marquise, that makes it
impossible for me to forgive great
wrong.
OF course, fly into regular fury
at times, but that is just brain
storm. sincerely hope I shall new
err feel that slow anger toward my
husband that I have felt once or
twice in my life; an anger that has
burned out every emotion but hatred
from my soul.
Jack cooled down greatly when he
found was not going to his moth
er's as soon as l had planned. He
sat down in his chair again and took
up the paper as though he had de-
termined upon long cozy evening.
at home.
Presently he said, II see Paula
Pegier is going to make a personal
appearance here thistWAek.s
eyes, it was about he advertiser.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-02-22
ADVENTURE OF
THE TWINS
BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON

When the giant farmers wife fish.
ed Nancy and Nick out of her miR
pail, thinking they were flies, she
threw them down on the grass be-
side her.
"Fie upon you, pesky things!" she
cried. Hasn't one enough troubles
with all the work to do, without be-
ing bothered so! / hope the big
green frog will get you and gcbble
you up-and all your relations"
The Twins had to laugh, even
though their breath was nearly
knocked out of them, and they were
half choked with the milk they had
swallowed. >
Better keep out of her way or
she will put her foot on you," said a
voice beside them. COR worse still
the cow may take a notion to eat the
grass where you are hiding. Better
come away" /
And great creature came up
close beside them and looked at them
with its big eyes. 1t appeared to be
almost as large as a pony to the as
tonished children, but in way,
more like a camel, for it had tive
humps to its back. However, il was
nothing so unusual-it was merely a
Beanstalk Ant. Here everything was
hundreds of times as big as they
were at home. i.
"If you like | will give you a
ride" offered the ant kindly. But
do hurry. saw the rooster coming
this way and if he sees US it will be
'Eenny, meenY, miny MO! l reed
some food so down you GO with all
three. And l for one have no de-
sire to be one of the courses Of Mr..
ROSTERS dinner. There he comes
now. Quick! Jump on"
Up scrambled the Twins-Nancy
on one hump and Nick on the other,
and away went the big ant bumpity
bump toward his ant-hill house which
happened to be right in Mrs. Giants
flower garden.
But just as he reached it, the
giants daughter came into the gar
den and the ant was so frightened
that he scrambled into his round
doorway, scraping off the Twins as
he passed through in the most un-
mannerly way.
And Nancy and Nick, with no time
to lose, climbed up rose bush and
into big pink rose and hid.
Suddenly they felt violent jerk.
The giants daughter was picking
flowers and she had pulled off the
very rose in which they were hiding.
"Oh!' gasped Nancy, holding tight.
"What's going to happen next, Nick?
Beanstalk Land just seems to be one
escape after the other. We're al
ways in trouble"
"We're all right" said Nick brave
ly. eve might be in worse places
than a nice pink rose"
"That's right" laughed Nancy,
"This is lovely bouquet" said
the giants daughters voice just then.
'I'll take it into the house and put
it on the table. l am sure there is
not lOvelier rose than this pink
one in all Beanstalk Land
With that she smclled the rose so
hard that the Twins were afraid they
would be caught in the draft and dis
appear up her nose like Willy Winkie
up the chimney. But nothing more
happened and the next thing they
knew they were being carried into
the house and, set in glass vase
with other flowers on table, that
looked as large as a corn field.
Ito Be Continued
Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.)i
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-02-22
CIGAR

The cigar invented just 1875 years ago. Previously
tobacco smoked only in pipes In 1899 Mrs Prout of
South Windsor Conn., made the first cigars and began SELL
i"G, hem.
More than 10 billion cigars year turned out by
f!c les But the cigar is steadily losing out Cigarets
became respectable during the World War and are gaining
popularity Women alone smoked billion cigares last
the trade estimates Quite shocking for grandmas
America taught the world to smoke tobacco says Her
bert Dunh the pipe maker The history of tobacco is his
hobby and he doubts the claim that tobacco smoked
China thousands of years ago.
When the first white explorers to America, they
found the Indians regarded smoking somewhat religious
ceremony believed that tobacco had medicinal powers and
frequently had their witch doctors prescribe like the
thirsty under prohibition.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-02-22
xxx (Continued)

%~bN \NOUllViuCOJ
Perhaps you have heard-Mrs.
Oglethorpe. / should think. would
be very much disposed to talk
about old times-that I was a great
belle in New York-belles were
fashionable in those days Of more
marked individuality. ! suppose
no girl ever had more proposals.
Naturally l grew to understand my
power over men perfectly. had
that white and regular beauty com
bined with animation and great
sex-magnetism which always con.
vinces men that under the snow
volcanic fires are burning. | was
experienced, under the frankest
exterior. in all the subtle arts of
the coquette. Men to me were a
sort of musical instrument from
which | could evoke any harmony
or cacophony 1 chose.
What held the men ! played
with and rejected was my real gift
for good fellowship. my loyalty in
friendship. and some natural sweet
ness of disposition. But such
power makes a woman. particular.
~ while young. somewhat heart
less and callous. and l was con-
WINGED that | had no capacity for
love myself: especially as l found
all men rather ridiculous. | met
Otto Zattiany in Paris, where he
was attached to the Embassy Of
the Dual Empire. He was an i'm.
petuous wooer and very handsome.
did not love him. but l was fas-
cinated. Moreover, was tired Of
American men and American life.
Diplomacy appealed to my ambi-
ton, my love of power and intrigue.
He was also nobleman with great
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-02-22
OIL EVEN THICKER THAN HEADS.


Oil and water will not mix-not
until the oil becomes gasoline and
some garage man does the mixing.
In Washington, they are trying to
mix oil and politics. The politics
may rise to the top.
Politicians, you know, are. good
mixers. They mix lots of things.
Rut feverything may come out all
right in the white-wash. Right now
everything is coming out all wrong
in the backwas h.
SOCIETY.
Perhaps the winning dogs in the
New York dog show claim their dog
ged determination pulled, t h IN
through. Anyway, it was good dog
slow except that no prizes were
awarded to hot dogs.
HEALTH HINTS.
Norway has law making girls
learn to cook before they marry.
HOME HELPS.
So many men think women's place
is in the kitchen.
AUTO NOTES..
From the amount of hot air being
used the political band wagons will
have balloon tires this year.
TAX NOTICE.
Pay your income tax. Spring is
coming. What could be worse than
spending spring in jail?
MARKETS,
After we learn to read those crazy
signs in stock quotations we will
give you some markets.
FINANCIAL.
The coal dealer hopes spring never