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Evening star., 1925-08-30
new MOTOR FUEL
FOUND BY RUSSIAN
"Carbonan," Tested by French
Navy, Proves Efficient in
Gas Motors.

A new liquid motor fuel, called car
bonan, successful, 1t is claimed, in
French navy tests, has been invented
by prominent Russian engineer
named Makhonin, according to ad-
vices from Horton, Norway, to the
American Chemical Society.
This fuel" says the message, 'at-
tracts much interest in countries not
producing oil, since coal-tar and the
tar oils produced by the destructive
distillation of wood and peat may be
converted into d. high-grado motor
fuel
"Coal-tar is used as raw material
without any other treatment than
separation of the benzine preceding it,
The details of the apparatus have not
as yet been published
"Carbonan, which is not inf1am-
Evening star., 1925-08-30
EMORY CLOTH VALUABLE.
Can Be Used to Advantage by Auto
Owners.

The emery cloth is convenient for
enlarging a hole, or for smoothing
the sides of hole. An electric drill
is mounted in the wise and bar of
steel is machined at one end to fit
the chuck OF the drill. Tho other end
Of the bar is slotted and a strip of
emery cloth is inserted in this slot
and wound several times around the
bar. The emery cloth is inserted in
the hole TO be ground and the drill
started. BY this method holes can
be ground larger and smoothed on
the inside without trouble. When the
hole that is to be ground is located
in such way that 1t cannot be moved
to the drill where it is mounted, the
drill may be removed from the wise
and used as hand drill with the same
attachment.
Evening star., 1925-08-30
LAY OFF THE CLUTCH.
Racing Motor, Then Disengaging,
Is Harmful to Car.

and then letting in the clutch will re-
suit in serious damage to the rear end
and force the clutch plates to slip
and burn. Coasting down steep hill
order to permit the engine to help
slow down the car. is just as harmful.
The thing to do after coasting Is to
speed up the engine before clutching
Evening star., 1925-08-30

law, may range from 80 days TO one
year in Jail for the first offense. and
from six months to two years i'm
prisonment for subsequent offenses.
No person awaiting trial on this
charge is allowed to drive a car. In
case of conviction, the permit is re-
voked for three months. The suspen-
sion may be continued by the commits
sioner if he believes further punish
ment is justifiable.
Evening star., 1925-08-30
Good Motor Conduct
Marked by Cour-
teOus Consideration

Courtesy should be the watch
word of all motorists" advises
Paul b. Lum, president of the
Washington Automotive Trade
Association. "Just a little con-
sideration for the other fellow
will often prevent embarrassing
situations and in many instances
serious accidents.
Getting out of line in congest-
ed traffic, unnecessarily cutting
in front of cars, trying to pass
cars on blind curves and other
selfish methods of driving should
not be INDUCED by good motor
car drivers"
Evening star., 1925-08-30

mable ut ordinary temperature. can be
used in explosion motors without
changing the construction Of the car
buretors.
"A statement from the French nav,
where the fuel has been tried in sub
marine motors, declares that carbona
gives 10 TO Is per cent higher eff
cheney than benZine. Makhonin is Of
the opinion that it will show d still
higher efficiency, about 40 per cent
more than benZine, in a motor espe-
cially designed to suit the new fuel"
Evening star., 1925-08-30

the route heads almost directly south
to Baltimore. BY traversing the
streets indicated on the diagram the
motorist may pass through Baltimore
and avoid the heavy traffic. Queen
Chapel road, near Hyattsville, avoids
the railroad crossing at that point
From York to Washington via Balti-
moro is S95 miles
Evening star., 1925-08-30
RUST REMOVER NEEDED.
Should BE Used When Adiustir Q
Hydraulic Brake Bands.

1T isn't often that tl'- bands OF
hydraulic brakes neeo 4rtention. but
IL they should need adjustment it is
advisable TO allow a little rust re
mover to soak into the threads of the
adjusting nuts before trying to turn
them with a wrench. On this type
of brake the threaded parts are very
thin and easily broken If roughly han
died when rusty. At the service sta
tions the rust is removed before tho
brakes are touched.
The Coconino sun., 1925-12-11
COLORADO SENATOR TO
OFFER GRAZING BILL

:
Legislation designed to bring graz
ing privileges on public domain under
close government control will be
sought in the coming congress in a
measure to be offered by Senator
Phipps, republican, Colorado.
The measure will provide a license
fee for grazing privileges and will
have for its chief purpose protection
of the homesteader and rancher from
wasteful use of grazing lands by
nonadic herdsmen.
"One of the major problems of my
state" Senator Phipps said today, is
that arising from uncontrolled graz
ing on public lands which often results
in the denuding of the land by herds
owned by nomadic herdsmen who do
not interest themselves in the preser-
vation of grazing on the public do
main. The honesteaders and ranch
ers, living adjacent TO the public lands
in question, should have first rights
to the grazing privileges and should
be protected from the devastating
herds which consume forage which
should be. allowed to mature for the
winter use of homesteaders and
ranchers.' =
The fee proposed to be charged,
would simply cover. the cost Of the.
administration Of the law with pro-
vision that any excess should be
turned over to the state in which the
land was located to be applied to road
and school funds.
The Coconino sun., 1925-12-11
FLAGSTAFF'S WATER SUPPLY
UNIQUE AND GREATEST PER
CAPITA IN UNITED STATES

{ But water builds cities in Arizona.
And Flagstaff is building that way,
The following article by r. E. Nc
Donnell of the firm of Burns & Nc
Donnell Engineering company OF
Kansas City, published in the. October
number of "Aquafax,D an engineering
journal published in New York, as its
name indicates, and published in the
interest of water Facts" will give
our people some idea of just how i'm
portant an improvement Flagstaff
has made in the past summer. Under
the title, of Flagstaff Adds to It's
Water Supply" Engineer Mcdonnell
says:
The town of Flagstaff, Arizona,
was Incorporated in 1894. In 1900
the census gave a population of 1871;
in 1920, the population was 1888, a
80 per cent increase; in 1920, the
population was 1886, or nearly douF
bic that found in the previous census.
Water in this territory is scarce
and is difficult to obtain in quanti-
ties sufficient for towns use.
This Scarcity is reflected in the
rates. When compared with those of
other states, Arizona's rates are found
to be the highest. In comparison
with the rates of the central states,
the tabulation below is of interest.
The water user is, therefore, ac-
customed to paying three times as
much for water in Arizona as be
would in the central states. The daf-
ficulty of procuring an adequate sup
ply makes the first cost approximately
three times as high. Yet this high
cost has not prevented most Of the
towns from installing thoroughly
modern, high-class waterworks.
Hstaliations.
Arizona, which has an average am
nual rainfall of 10 inches, is COM
PEELED to spend more money per capi-
ia for its municipal water supplies
than any other state in the union. It
is not uncommon for water for rail-
roads, hotels, autos and domestic uses
to be hauled one hundred miles o..
more The water tank of the over.
land autoist is just as essential as the
gasoline tank. In fact it is often
more difficult to find water supply
than a gasoline supply.
Railroads have their instructions to
save the boiler wash water and not to
blow off steam from the boilers ex-
cept at points where even the smallest
amounts of water may be saved. One
of the large lumber mills on account
of the shortage of water, is, at the
present time, using treated sewage as
a boiler water for its operations.
The town Of Flagstaff is fortunate
in having a very good supply. Water
is furnished to the Santa Fe railroad
for engine use and It is hauled in tank
cars to the Grand Canyon for the
The Coconino sun., 1925-12-11
LONE AUTO TAKES, AN
EXCITING RUNAWAY

Sunday morning Mr.. and Mrs.
George Hunter and son, accompanied
by Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Sleeth and
small daughter, drove to Topock in
Mr.. Hunters new Oldsmobile six
sedan. About two or three o'clock
in the afternoon George parked his
car near Johnnie Carrara,s service
station, headed toward the river. The,
brake was set tight and the car SEEM
ed perfectly safe, although there was
a. very strong wind blowing at the
time. While the party was eating
Mr.. Sleeth looked up and saw the car
rolling toward the river. He ran to
the car, jumped into it and tried to
turn the car or stop it, but in vain,
due to the short distance before reach
ing the cliff. Sleeth remained with
the car until the left front wheel
went over the brink and he left the
The Coconino sun., 1925-12-11

Naturally, as in the construction of
any large municipal enterprise,
building a half million dollar addition
to the Flagstaff water supply during
the past summer has been attended
with the usual amount of grievances.
Few public projects go through with
out troubles and trials Of some kind
or other. Even fixing. of an alley may
cause disruption and grief, political,
personal, petty and otherwise with a
city council.
The Coconino sun., 1925-12-11
JusTTFIIED

~Jedge, yo' honaf,o complained an
irate colored lady, to the court, "dis
yeah no count husban' O. mine
drinks"
"Yassuh, jedge, yo' honah, All does
drink some" admitted the husband.
But, jedge, dat woman dom treat me
right. Why; All pawns de kitchen
stove t'~git iii money am she don
miss it TO- two weeks.
The Coconino sun., 1925-12-11

car, falling and scrambling out of the.
way of the oyerturning car which
nearly caught him. This first turn
The Coconino sun., 1925-12-11

Mr.. Hunter is now preparing to bring
the car to Kingman. It was covered
by Insurance. Kingman Miner.
The Coconino sun., 1925-12-11

over kept the car sonersaalting down.
the 400 foot embankment until it hit
the base Of the cliff total wreck.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-02-26
PROCEEDINGS OF
ASKOV COUNCIL

The village council of the vii
lage of Askov met in said village
on Jan. "a, 1925.
All members present. Minutes
of last meeting were read and
approved.
The resignation of Svend Peter
sen as justice of the peace in
view of the fact that it conflicts
with his position as postmaster,
was accepted.
Following bills were allowed.
S. NJ. Mailing, wood ..s...$ 100
Askoy Hdwe. Co.. police star.
club, paint, bulbs, casting etc. 1925
General Light & Power Co.,
Dec. service ............... 1880
Jens Nielsen, Evinrude fire en-
CINE and fixtures ........ .272.75
There being no further bus
mess the council then adjourned.
A. Gravesen,
Attest: Mayor.
Fl. Petersen,
Clerk.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-02-26
GIVEN PLENTY GROUND

w. P. Hogan who edits the pub
LEGATION called Hogan's Mirror
which is published bi-weekly by
the Hogan Mercantile Co. at Ker-
rick, occasionally expresses an
opinion besides announcing to the
trade the many advantages of
buying at their store. Following
is one of his latest expressions:
Most newspapers rightfully
allot some space for expression
of public opinion. The Askov
American is among such papers
and they exhibit a spirit of fair
play that is worthy of note. We
are wondering, however, if they
are not allowing themselves to
be stepped on when they con-
tinue to allot space to one Got
HEB Voegel. who comes through
pretty regularly with long ar
ticles that say less for the space
they take up than an advertise
ment for Near Beer. We believe
if the Editor of the American
would consign this mans articles
to the waste basket we would
not miss much"
We rather expected to be cal
led by some one for granting the
party from Grasston all the space
he desired. We wanted to show
the public that this is free
press, for free expression Of
thought and inasmuch as at least
one of his articles was a drive"
at the American no one else
could feel hurt. The question is:
Does that kind of writing get us
anywhere1 There are bound to
be differences of opinions but ex-
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-02-26

provements and cost him proba-
bly, Sc.
Further, the trunk highway
plan is taking only part of the
money that road users would
have to spend for extra tires,
gasoline and car expense if the
program was not carried on.
What is not put into the road
must come out of the rig as
many have learned. The great
majority of Minnesota car own
ers would not return to the road
conditions of five years ago for
a double rebate of the taxes they
have paid. What more need be
said of the plan?
Minnesota Highway Dept
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-02-26
NEW UNIVERSITY PLUM
CHRISTENED RADISSON

Another plum originated by
the fruit breeders of the Univer-
sity of Minnesota has been given
a name and will no longer be
known by its number only. Min
nesota No. ISL, which was devel-
oped at the Fruit Breeding Farm
on Lake Minnetonka, has been
christened the Radisson by the
executive board of the Minnesota
State Horticultural Society and
added to that great galaxy of
plums, the Underwood, Tonka,
Red Wing, Mound, Mendoza, and
others.
The Radisson is even earlier
than the other university plums.
In the normal season it ripens in
the vicinity of the Twin Cities
the last of July. Its quality"
says w. H. Alderman, chief of the
division of horticulture, ranks
with the highest. 1t is a very
large fruit. beautifully colored
with deep rich red. and has yell
low flesh, sweet and juicy. All
in all, it is one of the most prom
Using of the new plum varieties"
The name Radisson is the Sc
quel of contest held as a fea-
ture of the university's exhibit,
The Story of the Plum" at the
1924 State Fair. Nearly 1900
persons submitted names. Two,
Ray P. Speer of Minneapolis, and
Charles HARRISON of Excelsior,
suggested Radisson. Five trees
of the new variety will be given
each as prize.
Because it has not been fully
tested for hardness it is not as
yet recommended for planting in
extreme northern parts of the
state.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-02-26

any life, that most wonderful of
all phenomena, the twice-born
man.
Jesus answered and said unto
him: Verify, verify. ! say unto
thee, except a man be born again.
he cannot see the kingdom OF God.
That which is born OF the
flesh Is flesh, and that which Is
born OF the Spirit Is spirit. Marvel
not that / said unto thee. ye must
be born again."
There are untold riches await
ing those heirs of the kingdom
who have, through the cares and
attractions of this world, let loose
their hold upon Him who has the
words of eternal life"
The invitation from the church
is an invitation to these missing
heirs to come back and receive
their great inheritance.
Tomorrow the church doors,
everywhere in Duluth, swing
wide to welcome all who come.
Accept their invitation. Go to
church. Renew the old broken
relationship with the visible
agency of the invisible glory. And
in it find the peace that passeth
understanding.
Acqualnt now myself with Him.
and be ut peace; thereby good
shall come unto thee
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-02-26
Opinions of Others
Editor. Askov American:


Editor. Askov American:
In the Feb. 18th issue of the
American comes to attention a
communication from Gottlieb
Vogel of Grasston, saying in re-
ference to state highway finan-
cling:
II noticed the stanza en-
towering the legislature to
provide the needed funds in
case the above (motor veh-
icle taxi method fell short"
There is no such "stanza" or
provision. The only funds that
can be lawfully used on Mime
sofa trunk highways are the mo-
tor vehicle tax revenue and that
from a gasoline tax when one is
levied. The legislature cannot
change this provision of the
state constitution limiting trunk
highway improvement and main
tenance OUTLAWS to receipts from
those sources.
The writer goes on:
II am unable to decipher
a way that can possibly be
employed by the state to
avoid an unjust taxation of
the farmer and those others
who use gas for purposes
other than travelling on a
highway"
However, the attorney general
easily solved the problem, if any
there was, and advised legisla-
tive committees some time ago
that a valid law may be enacted
exempting from taxation any
and all gasoline not used for
highway vehicle purposes.
1t is not the practice here to
answer communications in news
papers when the writers do not
take the pains to first obtain the
facts as basis for fair argument.
But inasmuch as space has been
given to a half or mis-statement
of fact, perhaps it will be worth
while now to correct the wrong
ideas that many readers may ma
turally get.
The majority will recall. per-
haps, that the original state high
way plan was for a system of
$500 miles and that was to be
maintained and improved with
the proceeds of lieu taxes on mo-
tor vehicles, which it will be
distinctly remembered, was to be
a more onerous tax than the
personal property tax and the
minimum average on passenger
automobiles was to be SIS year.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-02-26
STARVED SOULS
Duluth Herald).

There was published last Sat
urday in The Herald, there is pub
lished today, and there will be
published every Saturday for six
months at least, page advertise
ment that has an interesting
story connected with it.
This page advertisement is
paid for in large part by the con-
tributions of large number of
local citizens who are doing it
solely for the good they may do
by doing it.
They are men, in the main,
who have learned by personal ex-
perience what religion can do and
has done for mankind, who rea-
lie that without the leaven of
religion society is utterly soul
less and lost, and who know that
anybody who can help a neighbor
to renew his associations with
the church is doing that neighbor
a good turn.
So these advertisements, paid
for in this manner, are invita-
tions TO go to church. The mat
ter that appears in them is pre-
pared by volunteer committee
of local clergymen representing
different creeds; and there is
in that matter, and in the invita-
ton it sets forth, no tinge of
sect, no reflection OF any particu-
lar belief except the conviction
common to all Christian churches,
that only through the name and
spirit and life and words and
deeds Of Christ Jesus can human
ity be saved from the coil of fear
and pain and sorrow and trouble
in which it finds itself sadly en-
meshed; that there is none other
name under heaven given among
men whereby we must be saved"
Religion isn't just going to
church. It isn't just formal
statement of a belief. II isn't just
listening TO sermons. singing
hymns, or participating in a rit-
ual. All these are part Of re-
ligion-perhaps it might be said
that they are the habilaments of
religion.
Religion is spirit, principle
of conduct, a way Of living, a
plan Of human relationships, a
chart of the high road through
this brief space Of human life
mapped out, for Christians, by
Jesus of Nazareth. who was at
once the son of David and the
Son of God. Churchgoing, creeds,
sermons. hymns Of praise and
thanksgiving these are its vest
ments; not it, though essential to
it.
There is a soul, and there is a
body. The body, we all know, can
be starved: but we do not all
know that the soul can be starved
too. The starved body dies, but
so does the starved soul; and
there is nothing more tragic in
all this world than a body that
goes on living when the soul has
died.
Yet the death is only a SEEM
ing, for the soul never dies. II
can be awakened into being, its
essential unity with the universal
good that is God can be realized.
and its revival can produce. in
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-02-26

The legislature addeu teh
routes to the system bringing
the total to 1000 miles but made
no provision for a corresponding
provision in revenue for trunk
highway purposes. Instead, the
average tax on automobiles has
been considerably below the $18
figure agreed upon. Last year
the net tax on passenger cars
averaged about $3.50, whereas
an $18 average would have yield
ed $2,0O0,000 more funds for
needed road work.
The Minnesota highway pro-
gram favors the farmer as does
no other highway development
plan in the United States. 1t pro-
vided last year about $10,50O,00O
of current income for the main
highways which serve four out
of five road users in the state.
The same year more than $751;
100000 was raised for the local
county and town roads used by
the other fifth. Yet some agita-
tors try to argue that too much
money is being used on the state
roads.
Of the motor vehicle taxes
the only money collected for
trunk highway purposes in the
state-more than half is paid by
car and truck owners in the cit
les and villages. The federal
government has contributed a
goodly percentage in aid. So the
farmer pays not to exceed %
cents on the dollar of the fund,
all of which is used on rural high
ways. Farmers living off the
routes, but using them in the
majority, pay the small motor
vehicle taxes, if they happen to
own cars, toward the trunk high
way fund. And farmers living
on and using only the trunk
highways pay four, five and six
times as much in county and
township road and bridge taxes
used entirely on the roads for
farmers of the first group.
Taxes on automobiles in Min
nesota are less in proportion
than those on pianos and other
property subject to the personal
tax-and the good roads are
thrown in free. The Minnesota
tax on motor vehicles, trucks and
BUSES and penalties added in, is
only $16.72 gross. The average
motor vehicle tax over the Uni
ted States is $2O.35. Minnesota
citizens by a great majority
pledged a more onerous" or
heavier tax on automobiles than
on other personal property and
an Is dollar minimum average.
The proposed 2-cent gasoline tax,
if added, will call upon the aver
age owner to pay altogether an
annual sum comparable with that
collected in other states. 1t will
give him in return the use of
100000 of extra highway i'm
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-02-26

pressions must be based on facts
and not hearsay and assump-
tons. Probably Mr.. Vogel needs
company-somebody 10 talk to
more than he needs newspaper
criticism.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-03-10
J.. !. CHTTTY, WELL-KNOWN IN
DAWSON, DIES AT Fl. GAINES
Deceased Married Miss Annie Cheat
ham, of Dawson Was Court Clerk.

The Fl. Gaines Georgian prints the
following account of the death OF Mr.,
]. ]. Gritty, a prominent citizen OF
this section who had many friends in
Dawson:
After a continued illness of almost
years duration Mr.. J. J. Gritty died
Wednesday afternoon about $50 at
his home in Fort Gaines. Though he
had been back from Dothan hospital
but few days the condition OF Mr..
Chitty was not thought to be more
serious than usual, and his sudden
death came as a shock to the members
OF his family. Mr.. Gritty was born
July 81, 1856, in Henry county Ala.
He lived the greater part OF his life in
Fort Gaines, where hundreds OF friends
attest the noble qualities which char
acterized his life In 1886, he married
Miss Annie Cheatham, OF Dawson,
who survives him The deceased was
for ten years clerk of the superior
court OF. this county, performing eff
GENTLY and faithfully the duties OF this
office in an uninterrupted term from
1910 to 1920, when impaired health
forced him to give up his work Mr.
Chitty was 90 years old and was a
faithful member OF the Baptist church"