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The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-01-29
Do Not Run Motor With
Battery Out of Place

Never run the engine with the stor-
age battery out of the car or discon-
nected, unless you first see to it that
the generator is rendered imperative.
Whenever the generator is being
driven by the engine it is delivering
current to the battery, but if the bat
terry is not in the circuit it is not hard
to understand that the generator will
build up a voltage which will very
soon damage or burn out the windings,
to say nothing of what II might do to
the conlmutator and brushes
Even if the battery is defective and
Viii mot charge, it should be left con-
nected to the electrical system until
it is replaced by another battery; that
is, If the engine is to be run in the
meantime. Or, If no substitute bat
terry is obtainable for use during the
time the other battery is undergoing
repair, the car can be run without
fear of damage to the generator If
the field winding is disconnected. In
some cases the generator is of the
type having thermostatic control, and
this requires the short circulting of
the generator, usually across the ter
minals.-Mo Life.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-01-29
IlIiteracy in Alaska
Proves Serious Problem

Illiteracy constitutes grave problem
in Alaska that will require serious con-
slderation in the process of its solution,
declared H. L. Faulkner, authority on
education, speaking before educators in
the United States.
Mr.. Faulkner spoke under. the aus
pieces of the American Legion, depart
ment of Alaska. which Is sponsoring a
campaign to reduce illiteracy in the
territory.
"Illiteracy is subject of particular
graveness in Alaska at this time," said
Mr.. Faulkner, "for within the past
month from 500 to 1000 illiterate men
and women in the First division alone
were taken to the polls on election day
and voted as a machine. In the First
division today illiterates are sitting on
grand and petit jurles and on city coun-
ellis; helping to make and enforce, or
preventing the making or enforcement
of laws they cannot understand
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-01-29
Why One Cannot See So
Well in GIaring Light

An observant chauffeur, passing an
automobile with glarlng headlights,
noted that objects at the side of the
road which had been distinctively WIS.,
ible dropped out of sight when the
bright lights were thrown upon them.
Since one can see better in a little
light than in no light, he wondered,
why can one not see better in bright
light than in moderate light?
The answer is, paradoxically, that
the less light there is the better one
sees, for the brighter the object the
less efficient is the eyesight. If, after
we have been In darkness, we sudden
ly turn on a bright light and look at
our eyes in the mirror, we can see
the pupil of the eye rapidly growing
smaller If we reduce the light the
pupil dllates again. What happens
is the same as in the camera when we
adjust the shutter to the intensity of
the light.
The colored iris of the eye CORE
spends to the shutter. 1t consists
chiefly of muscle which, as the light
Increases, is stimulated to contract,
thus drawing the curtain and shutting
out some of the superfiuous light. 1t
usually takes a few seconds for this
adjustment to take place. Thus when
we emerge from darkness into light
we are blinded until the iris can shut
out some of the light from the eyes.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-01-29
Colorado and Wyoming
in Contest With Utah

The department of Utah, American
Legion, began recently a five months
membership campaign in competition
with the departments of Colorado and
Wyoming, ending on March 81, 1925,
it was announced recently by j. G..
Rebholz, chairman of the Utah de-
partment membership committee. The
outcome will decide the Rocky Noun
tain membership championship, ac-
cording to Mr.. Rebholz A feature of
the campaign will be the awards to
local posts of Utah and to the indi-
vidual member of any post with the
highest enrollments to his credit be-
fore December 81, 1924. To the post
with the highest membership standing
In the department at the close of the
campaign next March will be pre-
scented a silver loving cup. The stand
ing of the posts will be figured on
the basis of the paid up membership
as of December 81, 1924, compared
with the paid up membership at the
close of the contest. At the state con-
vention Of the winning department
stand of Legion colors will be present
ed to the victor. The colors will be
bought by pooled fund from the
three departments.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-01-29
HINTS TO WOMEN
WHO DRIVE CARS
Attend to Business in Hand
Is Advice of an Auto
motive Engineer.

CBy ERWIN GREER. President Greer Col
Iege OF Automotive Engineering. Chicago.a
1t is to be confessed, at the begin
ming, that my discourse is not directed
at all drivers, but at comparatively
small number of motorists with driv-
ing experience which should have
taught them better, whose handling of
their cars leaves, in my opinion. some
thing to be desired.
Ladies, don't loIl. 1t Is distressing
to see even mere man sprawled
out behind a steering wheel, but far
more so in the case of woman.
The woman who holds herself well
has a way of making a good inn
preston wherever she may be. and
this applies equally whether she is
driving car or sitting at dinner
table.
/. What Men VIII Think.
Don't take advantage of the fact
that you are a woman, because,
though most men drivers will make
way for you even when you are In
the wrong, they will think the less of
you while they do so. And there are
some men who will Insist upon their
rights" as motor car drivers. Should
you encounter this last named species
there is likely to be a crash
Don't thinS about the possible I'M
preston you may be making upon 9TH
err road users. Attend strictly to the
business In hand There still exists
In the minds of a good many people
an idea that II is not safe for women
to drive automobiles. Do your best
to destroy tils false impression by
handling your car with care and con-
sideration for others.
Don't imagine that other drivers will
unnecessarily stare at you. If they
do, it will be not because they are
admiring you, but because you have
done something that has made them
doubtful of yoar ability to drive. Show
them that you are mistress Of the art.
Don't Be Careless.
Don't shave things. Leave that
trick to the barber. Good drivers give
other vehicles clearance.
Don't drive carelessly over wet
streets. A hole full of water may not
mean much to you, but to the pedes-
trian who receives in his face the wa
ter elected from the hole by your
tire, 1t is a matter of nomenclature
able moments. Remember the slime
that you were spattered with mud.
And If you must speed, buy rae
ing car. Those things were built es-
pecially for people who have nowhere
to go and who want to get there in
hurry.
Now pass this little article on to
friend husband-tliat he, too may read
and gain driving wisdom thereby.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-01-29
Fill Grease Gun Properly

AS in most other things, there is a
correct and an incorrect way of filing
a grease gun, and unless the job Is
properly done, pretty sad mess re-
suits. Remove the nozzle of the gun
and then push the piston down as you
feed the grease in with a wooden pad
die of some kind. If the piston works
hard. pull it down an inch, fill the
space with grease and pull the piston
down again, repeating until the gun is
filed. The suction of the piston will
draw the grease down so that the va
cant space can be filed without diff
Guilty.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-01-29
LEGION MEMBER, II,
MADE GOOD RECORD

Robert Thomas Wilson, seventy-one,
member of Grand Forks post of the
Legion, North Dakota, in addition to
being one OF the oldest active Legion
members, has service record which
bears scrutiny.
in 1917 in charge of a shipload OF
horses bought by the allies and, though
his passports did not permit him to
remain in France, he was determined
to see something of the war. After
many narrow escapes from the French
police he finally arrived at the front
line and "got into it" being sworn into
the service on the front line on July 2,
1917. Commissioned as a first lieu
tenant, he was assigned to duty with
the Second pioneer engineers, with the
duty of artillery observer.
On several occasions Wilson acted
as range finder for the One Hundred
Fifty-first field artillery, in which his
two sons were serving. He did not
know, or find out, that his sons were
in service in his vicinity until after the
war.
He was wounded on several occa-
sions, but at the present time is hale
and hearty for a man of his age, with
no visible marks of the war except a
missing forefinger which was torn
away by an explosion of shrapnel
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-01-29
European Nations Solve
Automobile Problems

Percy Owen, the United States gov
ernment's automobile expert, has just
returned to Washington from an IL
spection tour of Europe, where he
studied motor and traffic conditions.
He is the chief of the automotive d.
vision of the Department of Commerce
and one of the pioneer automobile men
Of the country. Several European
Countries gsaia Mr. Owen, shave much
to teach America in the way of auto
mobile regulation. The two great CEN
ters London and Paris, for instance,
have effectually settled the parking
problem by having none. They adhere
to the simple principle that streets and
highways are for traffic and not for
storage. In London there is no park.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-01-29
Gave JOB to Legion Man

Governor Friend W. Richardson OF
California thinks well of the advice or
Legionnaires. He asked the advice of
Legion men in picking man to fill the
position of secretary to the Veterans
welfare commission and recently had
this to say about the Legion's choice:
Il gave the job to a young man whom
J had never seen In my life but who
had been recommended to me by the
Legion and he has delivered the goods
100 per cent. l think the boys are
running that department of the gov
eminent in good shape and without
partisanship.'
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-01-29
Double Tonnage Since War

Freight hauled over British high
ways has increased from $50 per cent
to 200 per cent since the war, accord
ing to a road survey near Sheffield, re-
ported in Motor Transport (British).
Seven thoroughfares studied were
supporting over 10000 tons of traffic
daily and 16 between 5000 and 10000
tons.
THE percentage of heavy motor
vehicles has, of course, greatly In
creased" states the report, "the pre-
war figures being 10 per cent as against
a present average proportion of Sc per
cent"
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-01-29
GOOD 80
ROADS
PAVED ROADS PROVE
BOON TO VILLAGES

With the completion Of another thou
sand miles of concrete highways in
Illinois, there is additional proof that
the new hard roads, instead of being
curse to the villages and smaller
towns along their route, are blessing
instead. The pessimists in the ham,
lets have argued ever since these inn
proYements were first projected that
they would sound the death knell of
the rural settlements and that trade
would centralize In the larger at the
expense of the smaller 1t was main
tanned that farmers who were former
ly forced to trade at the village store,
due to the embargo of mud, would pat
ronize only the more pretentiOus
stores of the city.
This gloomy condition has never
been realized. The ''Illini boulevard"
which connects ST. Louis and Chicago
with band of concrete 300 miles in
length, will not show a single town
that has deteriorated since the new
road was completed. Investigation has
revealed that in every instance the
population has held steady and. in
most instances, increased, while there
has been no loss, either in the number
of inhabitants or in business.
With thousands of tourists passing
through daily In automobiles. each
town has become more careful of its
appearance. A more attractive front
has been displayed. There has been
universal cleanup. Attractive filling
stations line the new highway, sur
rounded by shrubs and flowers and
with well-kept lawns and driveways.
They replaced dilapidated buildings or
other eyesOres. Rubbish has been re-
moved. Stores and residence premises,
visible from the hard road, are well
maintained. There is an air of neat
ness and orderliness, never before as
pronounced. 1t is an ever visible in
vitation to halt and patronize the
gas stations or other places Of busi-
ness.
A count, maintained for several days
during the tourist season, led to the
estimate that during the year 1000
cars from other states passed over
the new boulevard every day on the
average en- route either to Chicago or
st. Louis. This means. more than 300,-
600 for the year. Probably the occu-
pants of every car spent from SIS to
$40 on the trip for supplies or food.
The villages received their share Of
this sum, enormous in the aggregate,
perhaps 100000. Roadside stands,
where farm products, fruits, vege-
tables, eggs and butter are on sale,
have been opened at many places be-
tween the villages and have been
profitable.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-01-29
If EVERY WOMAN
KNEW WHAT MANY
WOMEN KNOW

few would suffer the Ills so many
women now endure. Constipation Is
the cause of most of the ills that an
noy and distract the woman of today
And it's all so unnecessary, because
Beecham's Pills relieve constipation.
giving women the sought-for relief.
They are gentle and efficient, taste
less, non-habit forming, purely vege
table, small, and the easiest Of all to
take.
Good for old and young alike, men,
women and children. If you suffer
from constipation, sour stomach or
biliousness, get relief today by taking
Beecham's Pills.
Buy box from your druggist. 25c
and Soc.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-01-29
Distinguished SerUice'
for Ten Kansas Posts

Ten posts of the Kansas department
Of the American Legion qualified for
the "Citation for Distinguished Serv-
ice,". offered by National Commander
James A. Drain to those posts which
on December / had enrolled mem
bership for 1925 equal to their mem
bership at the close of the books for
the 1924 convention. The posts quail
flying were: Tracy Blair post, Buffalo;
Frederick Phillips post, Council Grove;
Charles Ernest Scott post, Dodge
City; Aaron A. Platner post, Ellis;
Charles Walters post, Fredonia;
Stephenson post, Greensburg; Harvey
vile post, Harveyville; Arthur n.
Wear post, Horton; Earl w. Taylor
post; Seneca; Thayer post, Thayer.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-01-29
Abolishing Death Trap

Elimination of six dangerous grade
crossings on the Montauk division of
the Long Island railroad east of Ja-
maica, including the crossing at Mer-
rick road, Springfield, generally re-
garded by experts as one of the most
dangerous crossings on the Long
Island lines, was ordered by the New
York transit commission. One-quarter
Of the $1.400,00O cost viii be met by
the state. cne-quarter by the city and
the remainder by the railroad COM
7any
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-01-29
May Hold Memorial for
Late Samuel Gompers

Memorial services for Samuel Comp
ers, veteran president of the American
Federation of Labor, who died recently
in San Antonio, have been suggested as
a part of the program of the 1925 ma
tional convention of the American Lee
gion at Omaha. Frank Haucke, de-
partment commander Of Kansas, pre-
sented the suggestion to national head
quarters Of the Legion for approval.
Mr.. Gompers, speaking of the Ameri-
can Legion, once said: THAT the
pleasant relations between the Ameri-
can Legion and the American Fedora
ton of Labor be extended to every post
and local union of both organizations.
is my earnest and most sincere wish"
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-01-29

friendly relations and real understand
ing between those countries and the
United States than have all the Off
cial representatives of the government.
The commandership of the depart
ment of Panama is thus one of the
most important links in the chain of
Legion officers. That post is now held
by William Byrne Boggs. Boggs was
born january IL, 1892, at Frametown
in West Virginia. AT the age of nine
teen he enlisted in the Coast Artillery
corps. Upon the declaration of war
with Germany, he was commissioned
and assigned to duty in the adjutant
generals department as assistant adj
jutant general for the Panama canal
department He was discharged from
service June 30, 1919. He was mar
ried to Miss Esther Bye Of Minneap-
oils, Mimi, on May /. 1917. at Girls
tobal, Canal Zone. They have two chill
dren. Dale, aged six years, and Carol,
aged five.
The new commander has been &C
tive in the work of the Legion in
Panama since its organization. He is
member of Panama Canal post, No.
/. He was for three years a member
of the post executive committee, two
years member of the department
executive committee and one year an
alternate national executive commit
teeman. He is at present employed as
assistant surveying officer in the
executive department of the Panama
canal.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-01-29
IF MOTHERS ONLY KNEW
Tombs of Distant Times
Or. BriOadelFs camphOrOIs. Atlantic cIty. N. ].

The worlds oldest stone buildings
are reported to have been discovered
near the famous pyramids of Sakkara,
about fifteen miles south of Cairo.
They are two royal tomb chapels of
the third Egyptian dynasty, about
1000 b. G.
Built in a style differing in almost
every respect from what is known as
Egyptian architecture, the chapels are
believed to have been the burial places
of princesses or queens. Fragments of
gravestones of, royal prineesses are
said to have been found by archeol-
ogists who have been digging on the
site.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-01-29

U X-GOVERNOR WILLIAM
~ E. GLASSCOCK, OF West
Virginia, in communication to
Legion officials of Morgantown
endorsing American Legion
week there, said of the Legion:
Il consider it the highest
privilege accorded any young
American to belong to the Amer
lean Legion. 1t is an honor to
be eligible to membership in this
organization of service men. /
have never been able to under
stand why any young man who
is entitled to membership is not
an active member of some post
of the Legion. / am sure that
there are many of us who are
not eligible to membership who
would esteem it high honor to
be a member of the Legion. The
good you can do as an organiZa-
ton can hardly be estimated
and it seems to me that every
ex-service man owes it to him
self and his comrades, and es-
pecially his disabled and more
unfortunate comrades, to place
himself in the best possible po-
sition for service. But he can
not occupy that position unless
and until he unites with his
comrades in a strong virile or
ganization dedicated to the noble
purposes promulgated by the
American Legion and for which
1t exists"
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-01-29

John Liska, high school youth of
Wisconsin Rapids. Wis. has been an
nounced as winner of the n. S. Fire
stone four-year university scholarship
for the best essay in the fifth annual
good roads essay contest. More than
100000 high school students through
out the United States and territorial
possessions sought the honor which
fell to this lad.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-01-29

Ing at all, except for taxis at fixed
spots in the center of streets. Mr..
Owen was the first automobile sales
man on Broadway. % years ago. About
that time he was an internationally
famed auto racer and piloted an
American car In one of the early
James Gordon Bennett international
cup races In Ireland.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-01-29
Rheumatism or Tender
lnfIamed Joints
Eased and Soothed at the First
Trial of C AMPHOROLE

No need to suffer from Rheumatism.
Simply spread CAMPHOROLE on
thick1y, bind with a hot, dry flannel
You will be astonished how quickly II
soaks right in to the bone and soon
soothing and reducing the infiamed
surface, and you will soon move with
out any pain.
No matter how long you have suffered
from this most distressing complaint, you
will find a speedy relief from your suf-
derfui results are realized at the very
first trial Go to your druggist and
get trial size jar of CAMPH0ROLE
for a few cents. You cannot afford to
neglect this opportunity. Your druggist
Is authorized to refund the 35c If not
better than anything you have ever used.
A A GDS s,'z;lso:j'alo6 B.xr.
Druggists $50 Substitutes
Or. BrIgadeIrs camphorOle, Atlantic CITY. MI.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-01-29

Paris merchants are displaying
manikins cut from thin slabs of wood
instead of the expensive wax affairs
Evening star., 1925-11-14

FORD TON TRICK. 1929, rrcondtuoard mo
See Mr.. lie Vey. Parkway Motor Co. Iurs
Wisconsin ave West lh3. oprn sunday
FORD TON TRUCK 1924. stake BODY .,..
good tires. motor IN excellent shane ..r-
stull edulpped. Phone Col 243@-W
FORD OSE-TON TRUCKS-4 10 se.sa,
from; all types Of bodies Sl25 and In
easy terms. Finance Co.. is2 Pa ave- r-'s
PIERCE-ARROW 312 ton true. nYx aaag
with top If desired: good condition Mar
AUTO TRrCKS-Two Nash Cj4.- our -r.
den. excellent condition. good terms 20
right parties. The Commercial N,t.l-t.
Bank. Washington. d. e..
FORD Ton TRUCE. 1875. metal 5oiv -.
and starter used three months Terr-
Evening star., 1925-11-14
ONCE UPON A TIME
THE STORY
UP TO NOW

~ HERE WAS ONCE A
WICKED WOMAN WHO
WAS ukklkp TO HER
STEP. DAUGHTER. BUT
THE THREE LITTLE
ELVES WE'RE HER
FRIENDS, AND WISHED
hER WELL. FINALLY
SIZE MARRIED the
kiko. hER WICKED
sTEP-MoThER, WISHING
TO MAKE HER OWN
DAUGHTER QUEEN. ONE
pAV ThRGW TINE REAL
QUEEN FROM THE
CASTLE INTO A sTaGAM
FLOWING DT. THE
QUEEN BECAME A DUCK.
EVERY NIGHT SHE
RETURNED TO SEE HEA
sA2I. ONE NIGHT SIZE
TOLD THE KITCHEN
bOY, WHO SAW HER,
TO ASK TIE KING TO
WAVE HIS SWORD
rhREE TINES Oven
HEH.
Evening star., 1925-11-14
Your Car in Trade.
Open Evenings.
Very Liberal Terms.

STERRETT & FLEMING,
Inc.
Home of Certified Gold Seal
Used Cars.
1881 14th St:
Champlain at Kalorana Rd.
Phone Col. $3.50.
WE HAVE SATISFIED
THOUSANDS OF
PURCHASERS
and if you are desirous of
purchasing a good used car WE
CAN SATISFY YOU. Our
reputation for fair and square
dealing is beyond reproach. The
same careful attention is given
the used car purchasers as those
who buy new Bucks.
Hupmobile 1923 coupe.
Dodge 1924 touring.
Ford 1924 touring.
Buick 1923 7-pass. 6-cyl. sedan.
Buick 1924 4-pass. 6-cyl. coupe.
Buick 1924 5-pass. 6-cyl. sedan.
Buick 1925 5-pass. 6-cyl. sport
touring.
Chevrolet 1924 sedan.
Chevrolet 1924 touring.
Ford 1924 coupe.
Ford 1923 Fordor sedan.
Hupp 1923 touring.
Buick 1924 4-pass. coupe.
Buick 1921 5-pass. 6-cyl. sedan.
Open Nights.
Any Demonstration.
EMERSON & ORME,
1920 NJ St. NV.
Evening star., 1925-11-14

CHEVROLET SEDAN and touring. late - !;
no reasonable offer refused; terms. fhohe
MnndsIde DO r for demonstrate on.
Evening star., 1925-11-14
FOR SALE-AUTOMOBILES.

TOURING. 1928: mechan-
fcaIly perfect. tires practically new; many
extras: SI75: less for cash. CleveIand