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The Washington times., 1925-01-24

Federal aid road building bill was
moved and adopted.
They were thinking far ahead
in those days, and there is no rea-
son why we should not be looking
still farther ahead today.
Pioneers Forged Ahead.
Building for the future means &C.
cepting temporary defeat or re-
verses cheerfully, taking them as
lessons for the future. Nowadays
we permit our most optimistic bust
ness prophets to predict a produc
ton Of five millions passenger cars
for the coming year and then talk
about "'hard times If for any rea.
son the industry falls a few thou
sand behind the mark. Yet in 1903
the industry manufactured but H.
900 cars as against a predicted sale
of. $4,000. This was a set back to
the A. A. A., too, but the pioneer
organizers were undaunted.
The history of the A. A. A. is
crammed full of the enthusiasm
and the practical vision of pioneer
motorists. There was the memoir
able tour from New York to st.
Louis in the amazingly short
interval of fifteen days. This re-
suited in a deficit of nearly 81 900
but no one but the pioneers who
made this trip or who watched It
with intense interest back at the
automobile factories can appreciate
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what it meant to the further pro-
gress Of motoring in America.
AS far back as April 5, 1911, A.
G. Batchelder succeeded in motor
ing across the continent. It mean.
to motoring what the self-starter
meant to the development Of the
automobile itself.
Later there were the Vanderbilt
cup races, notable events in the
history of the automobile because
they were the foundation of many
of the comforts and conveniences
which the average driver enjoys
today when he steps On the gas.
The rulings set forth by the A. A.
A., for instance, rapidly encour-
aged the manufacture of faster,
sturdier and finer stock models.
Just as quantity production OF
lower priced automobile helped to
build gigantic manufacturing enter
prises that now give, motordom the
financial strength to undertake new
models and finer cars, so did auto
mobile racing enable the A. A. A.
to come into possession Of funds
that were to furnish the basis OF a
still greater investment in organ1za.
ton activities on behalf Of the car
owner.
Many of the memories that the
twenty fifth anniversary OF the in
dustry bring to mind also recall
similar circumstances In the ranks
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cred at Chicago to organize the
American Automobile Association.
This was March 4, 1902, a men1-
orable date in the annals of auto
motive history because it marked
the beginning of the simplification
of touring, the building of good
roads everywhere, the enactment OF
good legislation and the hundred
and one other things that the aver
age driver today takes as a matter
of course. :,
While the American automobile
industry was busy developing the
automobile to a point where's it could
be trusted the A: A. A. was busy
figuratively paving the roads over
which that automobile was to travel
to heights which, even the most
optimistic. OF prophets dared not
predict. While the industry was
busy organizing its retail trade the
into organizing the motor clubs of
the country to point where ma
tioa1a1, coast-to-coast service for mo-
tor tourists would be fact
When the A. A. A. came into
existence there were but 28,755 au-
tomobiles registered in the United
States, most of these inactive more
than half the time No better
evidence is needed, feel, to reveal
the. vision which the pioneers of
automobildom had of the motordom
which is a reality today. 1t is to-
days lesson to allow our fancies
greater freedom when we consider
the possibilities for the future.
1t is important to note, however,
that despite the great vision of
these pioneer manufacturers and
car owners, the sound logic of or
ganization was at once apparent
to them. They did not try to let
motordom go its own way. They
made it what it is today.
FOrd's Contribution.
There were. in the manufacturers
group, men like Ford to turn fancy
into fact at the expense of hard
labor and unflagging confidence.
There were, in the automobile club
ranks, such men as A. G. Batch
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that never could have been accom-
plished without cooperation.
There lies ahead even greater
work for this partnership Of manu-
featuring interests and car owners,
and I sometimes feer that, we do not
have nearly as much vision as we
should If, within the next twenty.
five years, motordom expects to ! ac-
complishe what is now being, COM
memorated. ga
There are those motor club lead
ers who are looking forward to an
organization OF car owners SO sgigan-
tic and so strong. that whenever
there is a problem to be. solved.
whether it concerns safety, legisla-
ton. taxation or whatnot, car owners
will have the power, through their
own organization, to obtain justice
Immediately. When we entertain
visions OF this sort it is well to be
reminded that as early as December
g, 1902, a resolution endorsing
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cHRYsLER IS" CUT OUT
CHASSIS SEEN AT SHOW

THE Chrysler Six clit-out chassis
at the show is attracting rnIeh at
tention. From end to- end, every
part has been opened to inspection,
and IT becomes an easy matter to
demonstrate to the uniformed the
difference between water jacket
and a gear box.
Although cut-out chassis have
come to the show for years and
wears, this Chrysler Is one Of the
best that has been seen here.
Trained experts from the factory
are constantly on hand to explain
the mechanism.
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elder to devote mis- life to the work
of making Federal aid for road
building a fact.
While Ford is not a member OF
the manufacturers organization and
does not cooperate directly with
the representative body Of the in
dustry, there will be none to doubt,
feel, that he has contributed his
share to the popularizing Of the
automobile The lowly Ford has
been the starting point for millions
of car owners, and as such it's
manufacturer has been a strong
factor in the great partnership be-
tween the manufacturers and the
automobile clubs. While each in
terest has worked along it's own in
dividual lines, and pursued it's own
immediate aims, the general trend
and purpose have been alike.
Motordom's partnership has aimed
to make the automobile a practica
adjunct to modern life. 1t was JOB
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AS an enthusiastic motorist has
put it, add the years of car owner
organization to those of the autemo-
sbiIe industry's organization and the
whole of mortodom is about ready
30, celebrate its golden jubilee.
% Clubs Soon Followed.
go 1t is obvious that the automobile
had to precetle the automobile club,
but the club idea was quick to fol
jew. Some conception of the ur-
gent need that has always been
fsfelt for the national car owner or
EXAMINATION may be had from the
fact that just two years after the
First crude automobile show at Madi-
Fson Square Garden in New York
delegates from the nine pioneer au-
Stomobile clubs of the country gath
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Of the organized car owner. The
industry had It's serious setback
during 1920 and 1921, but 1922 was
to show encouraging Improvement
and 1928 was to reveal an unprece-
dented demand for cars that may
even be surpassed in 1925.
Consolidation Brought About.
The parallel setback and comeback
in the history Of the A. A. A. was
the split in the ranks two years, the
formation of the N. M. A. and the
great consolidation Of the two IA
tional organizations effected last
spring.
The industry's off years are
those in which its leaders lose that
great vision of a greater and bet
ter motor America, and it is
very much the same with the ma
tional affiIiation of the 600 leading
automobile clubs. They progress
when their leaders, as well as their
individual members, are looking
ahead.
The next twenty five years in the
industry's progress, and the CORE
spending period in that Of the A.
A. A., will rest with the motoring
enthusiasts of today. If we have
the vision great things will come
to pass-in my opinion, greater adj
vances than the whole of motor
dom has ever before achieved.
Motordom, its industry and its
individuals, should rise to great
heights of, satisfaction, economy
and safety because it has a flying
start. If the pioneers could give
us what we have today then surely
we who have no such staggering
inertia to overcome should be able
to push motordom up to a plane
that will mark advances worthy
Of celebration on motordom's next
i,lhilee-fha Golden one
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TIME PAYMENT
BUYING IS
URGED
Franklin Executive Says
Method Is Logical Eco
nomic Practice

"Since transportation or car fare
Is an item in the monthly budget Of
practically every individual, it is
not unnatural that automobile buy
ing is being placed more generally
on a monthly payment basis" says
8. E. Alderman, sales manager of
the Franklin Automobile Company.
"In all classes of cars, the time pay
ment practice is now prevalent.
1.-The plan is practical and sound
from every standpoint. 1t enables
many automobile buyers, including
business men, to use their money at
a more profitable rate than Is
charged by the automobile finance
companies.
Many folks, moreover, are en-
abled to own car before they have
accumulated the total amount OF
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Auto Industry Owes
. Much to A. A. A.
By THOMAS P. HENRY,
President. American Automobile Association.

thousands of who celebrate the automobile in
usyS twenyfth anniversary the first big milestone
motordom progress brings to mind the that has
been made in organization.
a The American Automobile Association is close to its
Silver Jubilee that it entirely fitting link its cee
bration of years progress with the twenty-five
.aHears of progress achieved by the automobile itself
The Republican., 1925-06-04
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
Prepared Especially For The Repub-
ican's Readers by Rev. u. S.
Wright, D.D.
PETERS BROADENING
VISION

Acts 10:1-11; 18.
Of truth | perceive that God is no respecter
of persons.-Acts 1924.
THE ROAD TO VISION
Visions are not vagaries in the
world of thought. There is both rea-
son and direction in their coming,
One significant thing is that they are
given only to adventurous minds. The
magi were faring across the sky be-
fore they followed their star. Jesus
saw the heavens open after He had
shared the baptism of repentance in
the Jordan. Peter had dared to smash
convention by being in Simon's house
and Cornelius had broken from the
faith of Rome before either received
his vision. 1t was not because the
air was soundless but because we
were too dull of wit to hear until an
adventurer caught the whisper from
the ethereal wave. 1t was not be-
cause there were no rays beyond the
range of the spectrum that we did not
see the vastness of our light world,
we lacked the seeing brain. Gods
Spirit holds torch blazing brighter
than in the old days wherever there
is Simon or a Saul to follow its
CLEAN.
There must be spiritual kinship. Je-
sus appeared only to believers in the
days following the resurrection. One
cannot hear Pittsburgh by tuning in
on Washington. Whatever our beliefs
concerning spiritualism there is vast
significance in the fact that only me-
diums catch the message. The note
that steals from the violin in response
to the chord from the piano is from
but one string. Peter with the salt
air of the sea in his face found Sim
on's fare immensely satisfying, but
was there contamination from his oc-
cupation? So he tarried with mind
a-quiver to know just what would
come out of his leap from the boat of
custom. He was walking waters of
unknown depth-would he hear the
voice again? And Cornelius had re-
Gently accepted Jehovah as his own.
He was evidently eager for more
light upon the perplexing questions
that he found pressing upon him thru
The Republican., 1925-06-04

the table with the dark-skinned presi-
dent of a great school, He might
preach Jesus to them, but to dine
with them was appalling, whether it
was in the first or the twentieth CEN
tury. 1t was not that these men were
not lovers of our Lord, but they were
in rut so deep that it had become a
grave. And we fellows on the other
side Of the road of years are finding
that the wheels have worn ruts these
days also and if too deep Gods car
will choose another route instead. But
Peter put the blame on the Almighty
for how could he withstand Him. "Did
he bear his trouble like a man." was
the query concerning a certain indi-
vidual. 'He did, indeed" was the re-
sponse, 'he put it on his wife" But
that same God had broken thru the
wall and the Gentiles were being born
anew by infinite grace. Whether Cor
nelius ever got into the church organ
ization is not told, but he got into
Gods heart, which is far more essen
tial for reality of life. And Peter
found his way, slowly enough but
surely, out into the wide reaches
where his Lord was seeking the
strays from a hundred faiths.
The Republican., 1925-06-04

Duke.
Monica Maroney was Queen of May
with Maurice Francis Treacy and
Charles Riley as her pages. Her maids
were selected from the High School
students.
The flower girls were Alice Brown
ing, Helen Shaffer, Jane Riley, Mar
garet Stanton. The angels were Mel
ma Helbig and Marguerite Shaffer.
Mary Helen Browning made the ad-
dress to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in
her well trained, clear young voice,
and Sara Catherine Stanton's suppl
cation to st. Joseph was inspiring.
The beautiful act of conservation
was delivered by Monica Maroney and
at its close she placed the lovely
crown of May blossoms tenderly upon
the brow Of the Holy Mother.
The entire ceremony was inter-
spersed by the new, fresh liquid
voices of the children, when they sang
the old, yet always new familiar May
hymns. The church seemed filled
with a flood of angelic harmony. 1t
was truly enchanting.
The beloved countenance of our
energetic pastor, Rev. Father John F.
Eckenrode, beamed with interior graf
itication. He made a brief address to
the children, their tireless patient
teachers and their happy parents, who
were at many pains to assist the in
structors to win the success of this
happy day, and to the many welcome
friends who were present.
The entire music of the evenings
service was rendered by the little pro-
cessionists, one Of them, the musi-
cally gifted Bernadine Stanton, pre-
siding at the organ. MI
The Republican., 1925-06-04

Send your Job Printing to The Re-
publican Job Printing department. II
will be done correctly and promptly.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-03

IF AN extra plate be accidentally
= placed on the table when 1t is be-
ing set for a meal it Is a sign that
some visitor is coming hungry. This
is superstition found in various Sec
tons of the country; the American
Folklore society specified Ohio as one
of its habitats. 1t is, of course, based
upon the idea of the ancients that
what was connected in thought must
be connected in fact, which idea pro-
duced the theory of that sympathetic
magic which, from primitive times. had
such strong hold upon the minds
Of our ancestors. They were diligent
seekers after the relation of cause and
effect. Every result had a cause,
therefore, every cause, every act, must
have an effect. What would be the
natural effect Of placing an extra
plate upon the table? Why, the effect
produced, or signified. by the associ-
alton Of ideas, which would be that
of someone coming hungry. Only ad-
NIT, as did the ancients, that what is
connected in thought Is connected in
fact and the rest Is easy-the Sc
quence of events clearly marked out.
1t should be noted, too, that in this
system of reasoning to avoid the cause
was to avoid the effect. Most of the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-03
Common Nail Cause
of Many Accidents

That nails are the most dangerous
implements in industry is indicated by
figures gathered in New York. In one
year compensation was made for 1 1888
accidents due to nails and, using New
York city's average OF 80 mishaps daily
from this cause, there are nearly 49,
600 such injuries yearly in the state.
From a list of 80 reports, 81 such ac-
cidents were cIassed as infections with
loss of time and 40, while not inyolv-
ing poisoning, compelled the sufferers
to stop work. Thousands of accidents,
it is believed, are never reported. Ac-
cording to officials, the nail hazard Is
becoming serious, and it's Importance
Is increased by the fact that almost
every part Of the human body is liable
to "attack" This is illustrated by re-
ports such as. stepped on nail in
floor" mail in guardrail tore his
scalp;" mail flew from box while load
ing truck, infected wound on nose :"
mail in bench tore Leg" 'fell down
and nail punctured stomach" A nall
elimination week has been recommend
ed@by the Labor department during
which all loose nails and those pro-
truding where they are likely 10 en-
danger persons, would be removed
Popular Mechanics Magazine.
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on the runnlng-board, Bill, and steer
till he's round the corner into the
straight. Then jump off-no one will
see you behind the headlights: I'm
going back to Maybrick Tower"
And then he heard sentence which
drove him impotent with fury. and
again set him struggling madly to
move.
"The girls there. Well get orders
about her in the morning"
There was silence for while; then
he heard Bills voice.
Lets get on with it. There's
Franz signaling. Well have to prop
him up on the steering wheel some
how"
They pulled Drummond out of the
back of the car. and put him in the
drivers seat.
Doesn't matter If he does fall over
at the last moment. 1t will look as
If he'd tainted, and make the accident
more probable" said the Italian, and
Bill grunted.
Seems a crime" he muttered, ito
smash up this peach of a car" He
started the engine, and switched on
the headlights; then he slipped her
straight into third speed and started.
He was on the running-board beside
the wheel, steering with one hand and
holding on to Drummond with the 9TH
er. And as they rounded the corner
he Strengthened the car up and opened
the throttle. Then he jumped off, and
Drummond realized the game at last.
A river was in front-a river
spanned by a bridge which swung
open to let boats go through. And it
was open now. He had a dim vision
of man waving wildly; he heard the
crash as the car took the guarding
gate, and then he saw the bonnet dip
suddenly; there was a rending, scrap
ing noise underneath him as the
framework hit the edge; an appalling
splash-and silence.
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c4 s@
BADLY KNEEDED

ROSCOE RICKETTS, yawned, rose
: from his easy chair, and remarked,
i think I'll go to bed early tonight.
If have time tomorrow morning I'll
stop in at the tailor's and have these
trousers shortened. They're nearly
dragging on the ground. Sometimes
almost wish had two pairs of trous-
ers."
Tee heel" tee-hee'd his wife to her
self. I'll shorten them myself while
he's asleep just TO surprise him. And
tomorrow at breakfast maybe I'll ask
him about that SIS hat l saw in Bee
singers window
At the same moment the same idea
was occurring to Phillba, Ricketts,
daughter, who needed new pair of
shoes to match her new stockings, and
to Foulard, his son, who had wen a
motor in lottery and wanted motor
boat to put it on.
Three times that night, dreaming of
burglars, Roscoe Ricketts,, who had
changed his mind about the tailor and
shortened his pants himself, awoke to
find member of his family replacing
his trousers across the back Of the
chair.
Il found these out in the hail." lied
FOulard.
II came in thinking perhaps these
had fallen on the floor and sure
enough they hady" lied Phillba.
"Horo'S thpSo cold his u;fo Xvho
never lied
The following item appeared In the
afternoon paper the next day: Roscoe
Ricketts,, prominent citizen with
prominent knees, was arrested this
morning for appearing on the street in
knee pants"
60 by George Matthew Adams.)
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nm IS IN Tie s.
IA JUNGLE
~ With checrups and the Quixies
@5Sii171 81 Grace bliss Stewart

But l should like to explore a little !;
an excursion to the mountains or
weekend on the Broad Plain, per-
haps"
oh, sir, that would be splendid!
I'm sure you would have warm well
come everywhere, except perhaps in
the mountains. You see, we Zebras
are shy lot. My branch of the fam
lily lives on the Broad Plain and is
more used to society, but my cousins
the Mountain Zebras, who live up
in the hills, just don't care for
company at all. l say they carry
1t too far, but everyone to his
taste, of course. Why, they even
post sentinels on the highest crags to
warn the herd when anyone is COM
ing, so they can all scamper away.
That's not very hospitable, it seems to
me. And they are so pretty, too, you'd
think they would be proud to show off
a bit. They haven't plain white legs
like mine, but are striped all over, way
down to their hoofs"
Thanks for the hint, Zippy. Well
try not to intrude on your shy cous-
ms" laughed Cheerups. "But l should
think all those black stripes would
make you very easily seen even at
night"
"Oh, no, sir; it's just the other way"
brayed Zippy with proud ring in his
voice. "They help to hide us in the
daytime, but at night we are almost
invisible. Its on account of the stripes
that we are SO inconspic-inconspic-"
"Inconspicuous, perhaps" added
Cheerups.
Eyes. that's it, sir, the very word
Pm not good at big ones replied
Zippy, feeling little embarrassed.
Now I've made quite long call for
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s A p r E r
u N. u. Service

The men wheeled him alongside his
own car; then they lifted him out of
his chair and deposited him on the
back seat. Then the Italian and the
other man who had been at the Ritz
sat down one one each side of him,
while third man took the wheel.
''Look slippy, Bill" said the big man
beside him. "A boat will be coming
through about half-past nine."
A boat! What was that about a
boat We're they going to send him
out to sea, then, and let him drown?
If so, what was the object of getting
his own car? The hat slipped for
ward again, but he guessed by some of
the flaring lights he could dimly see
that they were going through slums.
The headlights were on, and Hugh
judged that they were going about
thirty-five miles an hour. And he also
guessed that it was about forty-five
minutes before they pulled up, and the
engine and lights were switched off.
The men beside him got out, and he
promptly rolled over into a corner,
where they left him lying.
"This is the place to wait" he heard
the Italian say. "You go on, Franz,
to the corner, and when it's ready
flash your torch. You'll have to stand
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-03
BETSEY

THE quaint and charming name of
l. Betsey, so endeared to American
history, had its source far back in
early times when the Muscovite prin-
cess Elisavetta, the daughter Of Jaro-
slav, was the object Of the romantic
love Of the great poet and sea king,
Harald Hardrada Of Norway, who sang
nineteen songs of his own composition
In her praise on his way from Con-
stantinople and won her hand by his
sfeats of prowess.
Her name, which means Goods
OATH" appears In many romantic tales
and Danish ballads and finally spread,
in numerous variations, throughout
Europe by way of Germany. Elizabeths,
Tsabels, ELIAS and Elsbets were the
most popular names in Europe-and
still have tremendous vogue, for that
matter-but Betsey is typically English
and latter-day American.
Many famous women have borne the
name in this country. Betsey Ross,
whose skillful fingers fashioned the first
American flag, is heroine of history.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-03
Keep Smiling

There is something buoyant and
CHEEKY and breezy about any per,
son who can live above his sur.
roundings-that is, can find some
thing to cheer in every state, and who
prefers to ponder on the brightness
of the sun rather than discover the
spots in 1t.
If you would sing and whistle and
laugh more, heartaches would be few.
er. Laughter is contagious thing.
1t calls forth similar response.
People feel the tingfe of life, and ex.
perience its thrills as they laugh. And
there is such a lot In life to smile
over.-Exchange.