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The Coconino sun., 1926-10-15

Justice of Peace Tom Pulliam says
cattle thieves have degenerated a lot
since the old days. Now when one
kills someone else's beef the officers
get right out and look for the hide
and finding it and the brand have a
cinch on the rustler. In the old days,
Tom says, the fellow that killed some
one else's beef the first thing he did
was to eat the brand, and the Of
ficers had no proof.
The Coconino sun., 1926-10-15

Speed Campbell was dancing and
his partner said: "Please excuse me
for walking on your feet
"Oh, that's all right" said Speed.
81 walk on 'em myself"
Speed, chairman of the Hiram club
meeting last Friday, introduced Mrs.
Grady Gammage, who was to do a
reading as related b. marriage to
the president Of Flagstaff Teachers
college,"
CHIRPS-TWO
Marvin Leamon furnishes the fol-
lowing set of instructions with each
Chevrolet he sells:
/. When you get behind the v,leel,
first of all get your bearings.
2. These will be found under the
hood in the little box with wires
around it.
3. Take off the radiator cap and
place bearings inside. If they float
they are no good.
4. Take your seat again and throw
out the clutch. You can either throw
it in the street or in the back of the
car.
5. Put on the gas and pull on the
emergency brake sideways. If the
car doesn't start look at the battery.
6. If there is any water in the bat
terry, pour it out before it causes any
damage.
7. Then look at the carburetor and
on finding that part, take off the top
and wash the inside out with water.
They often forget to do this at the
factory. =.
8. Now you are ready to start. Ii
you can't start the car now your top
is either too low or else your balloon
tires are raising the car off the
ground and the wheels can't get
started.
9. Leave all the air out of the tires
so the car will stay on the ground.
10. If the car won't start now it IS
not your fault, because you tried
hard enough.
The Coconino sun., 1926-10-15
Hard Fall

First: "Say,. did you hear about
Willet's accident? He fell out of a
second story window"
Second: Break him up any?"
First: "No. He lit on his back,
and held the quart in. his hands,"
The Coconino sun., 1926-10-15

George Hanley says since he got
his balloon pants he's realized fo1
the first time what they mean by the
wide, open spaces"
The Coconino sun., 1926-10-15
On the Team

On the Team
Man without eyes (eyeless): DO
you go to college?"
Man without nose (knowless):
"Naw-I just play on the football
team"
The Coconino sun., 1926-10-15

eyes," Charlie Keller told the Gus
toner, 1--WE have several kinds of
cake-pound cake, angel cake and
stomach ache"
The Coconino sun., 1926-10-15

Earl. Slipher was almost killed
Sunday. A copy of one of the Los
Angeles Sunday papers was on the
piano and it fell on him.
The Coconino sun., 1926-10-15

Il could go on kissing you forever" :"
Really, and to think it was only
yesterday father said you lacked ap-
plication."
The Coconino sun., 1926-10-15

An undertaken in London who ad-
vertised free funerals for all suicides
has been arrested and charged with
contributing toward the extermina-
ton of the Scotch race.
The Coconino sun., 1926-10-15

trout to Frisco, where they got 3
good price.
The Coconino sun., 1926-10-15

Eddie Tackitt, night marshal, found
a man lying in the street near the
curb without any hat or coat. Here,
you, get on your feet" Eddie COM
manded. "Good Lord" the fellow
moaned, shave they come off, too?"
Those horse animal are,
Trotting among these plain.
Him like to wandering near and
far,
I'm love he just the same.
ANDY MATSON.
The Coconino sun., 1926-10-15

The meanest bet of the hunting
season was made by Joe Schmidt, who
taunted man into betting him two
to one that he'd get a deer or turkey
his first trip out. He got neither.
The Coconino sun., 1926-10-15

The meaneSt bet of the hunting
season was made by Joe Schmidt, who
taunted man into betting him two
to one that he'd get deer or turkey
his first trip out. He got neither.
Captain Roy Potter says in one of
the southern states they have an edu-
cational test for colored men who
want to vote. If he says he's a dem
ocrat, they ask him if his father fit
in the Confederate army. If he says
yes they ask him if he chaws terbac-
GER. If he says yes, they tell him to
go ahead and vote. If the colored
man says he's republican they ask
him to define the bimedial theorum.
When the train pulled IN woman
rushed up and asked Moki Travis
where it was going and he said
Winslow and Albuquerque and points
east, and she told him not to hand out
any more information than she asked
for because she wasn't bit interest
ed in what direction it pointed.
Homer Byron rushed in all outa
breath with nickel in his hand.
"What does the buffalo on this nickel
stand for?" he painted. Doc Miller
took it, looked it over carefully, and
said he was dinged if he knew. "Why,
it's because there amt no room on
the nickel for it to sit down." Homer
hissed, and sped down the street to-
ward other luckless victims.
. Walter Bennett up at Ed Babbitt's
had quite a conundrum to solve yes
terday. A Florida tourist wanted to
trade four bucketsful of Florida land
for four new tires for his Ford and
Walter had quite a time figuring
Florida land values before he finally
decided he couldn't make the trade.
The Coconino sun., 1926-10-15

Fred Pipes made a fool bet on the
baseball series. He bet two to one
that Babe Ruth would make three
home-runs during the series. And
Babe made three in one game.
The Coconino sun., 1926-10-15
CHEERFUL CHIRPS
(By "DEL.C
Mostly nonsense a
along and is grabbed off, :
(By DELI

Joe Blumberg says the time he was
worst scared was when he Tell off a
pier into the ocean and couldn't
schwim a schtroke. Joe says he just
kept right on talking an first thing
he knew he was swimmin' fine.
The Coconino sun., 1926-10-15

Speed Campbell was dancing and
his partner said: "Please excuse me
for walking on your feet
"Oh, that's all right" said Speed.
81 walk on 'em myself"
Evening star., 1926-11-14
RAIL LWAY-MOTOR TRUCK
COMPETITION EXPLAINED
Roads Report Big Increase in Less
Than-Carload-Lot Ship
moOfS

Motor truck service is competitive
with rail service only to a limited ex-
tent on the short haul and almost ex.
clusively to less-than-carload ship
ments. testimony adduced at hearings
held by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission throughout the country indi-
Gates.
In this connection Railway Age re-
ports an astonishing increase in the
merchandise and less-than-carload
traffic for the steam railroads during
the present year. The report indl'
Gates that for this class of traffic 10,-
O39.50O new cars have been required
for the first 80 weeks Of 1926, as com
pared with 9,S2i, ,437 cars in 1925,
9.3o0.62S cars in 1924. 1904, 125 cars
in 1928 and S,950,807 cars in 1922.
These statistics bear out the tcsti-
mony given by many truck operators
and shippers throughout the country
in the course of the Interstate Com
morce Commission investigation that
motor truck service is essential and
is largely q feeder service to the rail
lines rather than competitive with
them.
This phenomenal increase in pack
age freight handled by the railroads
has taken place during a period when
there are 100000 motor trucks in
service in the country and at a time
when new trucks are going into serv-
ice at the rate of oyer 100000 year.
Evening star., 1926-11-14
MOTORISTS WARNED
TO WATCH OWN CARS
Care of Lights and Brakes Is Indi-
vidual Problem, Says A. A. A.
General Manager.

Fall and Winter being the most fer
tile seasons in the production Of traf-
fic mishaps, individual motorists are
called upon now to exert every pre-
caution against accidents, which usu-
ally are more serious in their results
This is the warning sounded by
Ernest n. Smith, general manager of
the American Automobile Association.
in urging every car owner to see that
no feature of his automobile is allow
ed to function inefficiently during the
months just ahead.
Safety. in every one of it's aspects,
is an individual problem" says Mr..
Smith. For instance, let us take the
case Of headlights. With days be-
coming shorter, lights are being
brought increasingly into service.
Glaring lights, the cause Of an aston
ishing percentage of the serious traffic
accidents, abound in every city in xthe
country. They are Illegal in many
places, but enforcement of such regu-
lation is almost impossible. 1t is flat
ly. up to each individual car owner
to see that his own lights are in
proper adjustment. If he will con-
slider the part he can play in reducing
accidents by this simple step, it is al
most certain he will not lag in TAX
ing 1t.
Brakes. obviously. are another ire.
mendous factor in accidents. 1t is
against the law to drive a car with
inefficient or inadequate brakes, hut
it is Impossible for any one but the
driver to tell how we'll his brakes are
working unless a serious miShap calls
police attention to their inadequacy.
The American Automobile Associa-
ton. in its campaign for greater
safety,G points out that unequalized
brakest which may be serWiceable on
dry phvenents, are in some ways
worse than inadequate brakes at this
particular time of year. UnequaliZed
brakes, as every one knows, cause
skiddi,g ard during Fall and Winter
seasous they are the primary cause of
hundreds OF serious accidents.
"If jcVerN car owner will see to it
that these two features Of his car are
in perfect condition, the seasonal ac-
cident. toll viii be- greatly reduced"
Evening star., 1926-11-14
BAY STATE REPORTS
fewer NEW DRIVERS
Examination Declared Too Hard
for Many Applicants; Reve-
nueS Increase.

While the revenue from registration
and license fees paid by Massachusetts,
motorists increases. driving licenses
are becoming fewer in number, ac.
cording to latest official figures.
Although 101 ,416 persons obtained
original driving licenses during the
first nine months of 1925, there were
only 94,23o successful applicants dur
ing the same period Of this year. Vir-
tually as many persons tried for the
licenses as before, but the examina-
tion is said to prove too hard for a
large number. Examinations this
year exceeded those of last year by
4O,873 to date.
Receipts from registration and
license fees during the first nine
months Of the present year have
sWclled the State road fund bv S12.
2b2,2S5. The increase was ascrjhed
not only to higher registration fees.
but also to the increase in number
OF vehicles registered. While 723 G91
passenger cars and trucks were on
rolled during the first three quarters
OF 1925, the 1926 registrations during
the same period have totaled 1929
Evening star., 1926-11-14
EUROPE APPROVES
u S. MOTOR SYSTEM
industrial Methods Largely
Copied, Is Report of
George F. Bauer.

Methods that have proved so sue
cessful in America are being copied
in all phases of European motor
transport and. industrially. the United
States never has enjoyed greater re
spect and admiration in Europe than
now, according to q report made by
George f. Bauer. manager or the
foreign department of the National
Automobile Chamber of Commerce.
who has just concluded a conttnental
trip which took him into IL Euro
pean countries.
Manufacturers in all kinds OF
business are studying the principles
by which mass production was made
successful in America\ and are en-
deavoring to apply them to their pur
poses." says Mr.. Bauer.
"The benefits of cooperation i'm
mass selling are being more and more
realized. The Royal Automobile
| Club of Sweden has made great prog
reSs In this regard and is actively IN
terested i'll furthering all work OF
highways and intelligent legislation.
Conditions i'm Switzerland.
Similarly. in Switzerland. petty jeal
ousies are abandoned and through co
bile Gu. the Touring Club and tn"
TRAFFIC League definite strides are lie
ing made to advance motor transport
to a stage where it can eConomicallN
help agriculture and commerce.
"Chiefs OF police seem anxious To
learn of innovations In traffic control
So one can see several traffic towers
in Berlin and attend safety congresses
in Vienna that are based on prime
pies enunciated at the Hoover confer
ence in Washington.
"In Genoa, Italy, pedestrians are
compelled to walk in the direction
facing motor traffic. The object IS to
prevent accidents in narrow streets.
In this city more parking space Is
also being provided by moving the
statue of Garibaldi.
MANY unique methods of advertis
| ing are also being employed. In Bar
celona one can see a large advertise
ment that covers the banister along
steps of an electric street car of two
deck type devoted to eXtolling the
merits of an American automobile.
Advertised i'm Thcaters.
| Advertisements of the different
uses of the automobile are given In
certain French theaters where do
mestic manufacturers use lantern
slides to point out the various eco
nomic benefits of motor transport.
| THE farmer in Norway has become
an enthusiastic supporter of the auto
mobile, which is being used In man
ners similar to those in the United
States. In Denmark 1t Is now Gus
tomary to see at the flower market $
in Copenhagen light delivery automo-
biles so constructed with glasS-in-
closed bodies as to facilitate without
trouble the display of wares to pos
sible buyers.
There is a definite movement to-
ward adoption of gasoline taxes In
Germany. Denmark and even Eng
land. instead of present arrange
ments. There is an increasing recog
milton that lower taxes usually mean
| increased volume of returns and larger
| total revenue. With it's application
to Europe, motor transport will in
| crease greatly"
Evening star., 1926-11-14
NOW, YOU HAVE IT

ANSWERS to last Weeks questions.)
/. The idler gear of set of front
end timing gears Is the one operating
between the crankshaft and acces-
sorry shaft gears.
2. To detect a weak valve spring,
insert the end OF a screwdriver be-
tween the coils of the suspected
spring while the engine is idling. This
increases its tension and closes the
valve promptly. If the spring has
been faulty the engine Immediately
will run better.
3. Twelve coats of lacquer are con-
sidered necessary for a good refinish-
ing job.
4. The detonation knocking) of
gas vapor itself is believed to be due
to one part of the mixture igniting
before the rest. When one part ig-
mites first, it raises the compression
of the unburned portion to a point
where the engine knocks as If too
much gas were being fed.
s. In 1911 there were 270 makes Of
cars in America.
tCopyright. 1920
Evening star., 1926-11-14
MOTORING
BY WILLIAM ULLMAN.
81" Still Is Worlds Best Auto Driver.

thing is alniss in this business of de-
termining what constitutes good
driving
Although accurate statistics are
not available-which makes the point
harder to dispute - there probably
are as many techniques for making
All automobile scurry safely over
the streets and highways as there
are individuals who know the first
principles of making them scurry.
In proof of this, tell your best TREND
to get behind the wheel OF your car
and try to be deaf and dumb while
he crashes through the gears, or,
possibly, through something much
more damaging.
His technique doesn't fit your car,
that's ALL
Will YOU admit this? You will
not. You never CRATE the gears, SO,
naturally when some one else does,
it is explainable by the fact that
hes a rotten driver, anyhow" In
the meantime, what is the gear-grat-
er thinking? Well, he is busy with
an idea that doesn't reflect any too
handsomely on the way the car was
"broken-in." This car" he reasons,
"is accustomed to poor handling.
When | get in here and try to drive
it properly it is SO used to abuse
that it doesn't know how to respond
to any other treatment
TAKE the case of the car that is
l. driven by both husband and
wife.
Even before the day of Nhe auto
mobile, according to reliable lntor-
nation, husbands and wives found
subjects on which their opinions
were somewhat divergent. Then
the automobile came along and the
family car became a subject on
which their opinions always differed
There probably is no one topic III
the universe upon which husband
and wife can get SO far apart.
Ask any wife who has mastered
the art of driving and she'll tell you
and not conhdentially - that her
husband is without doubt the worst
driver in the universe.
Ask any husband the same ques-
tion and you get an answer that VIII
be word for word the same, except
that the gender will be radically
changed.
In the early days, when the auto
mobile was confined to circles where
the blood was blue, gentlemen inn
peccably clad i'll linen busters, wear
ing goggles and "motah" caps. de-
vised certain little games and stunts
that they used to satisfy themselves
of their driving superiority. These
varied from obstacle races to speed
tests. to lodging tests and many
others.
THERE are, in certain sections OF
l. the country these days, signs
that such entertaining competitions
are possible of being revived. In GER
tain localities woman drivers-par-
ticularly-are getting their pictures
in the papers, showing how they ne
rotiatcd their way through sharply
curving traffic lanes, around posts
and cardboard boxes to win various
driving honors. :.
To the practical minded individual
this suggests something that mlgnt
be of utility. Most Of the competl-
tions of this kind are between wom-
en-. Why not an open championship
as in golf? Why, if both are ready
for a show down, don't wives and
husbands get into such a contest to
settle once and for all which IS the
more adroit driver?
The loser, of course, should pay
for the new tenders.
(Conyright. 1929
Evening star., 1926-11-14

Next to having on hand plenty of
tools, the best way to get around
knotty problems in repairin' or serv-
icin cars is to know how to use what
tools you have. There's a sort of
knack to combinin' tools in order to
get the results that could be had more
simply with special one.
For instance, by holdin' one jaw of
an open-end wrench with q monkey
wrench or a pair of pliers you can
make it q sort of socket wrench and
get a lot of leverage on nut that is
in an out-of-the- place.
If wrench is too big for the job,
all you have to do is place a thin
strip of metal between one side of its
jaw and the head of the bolt. This IS
handy practice. because it usually
happens that the car owner has a
wrench with a jaw too big for the nut
he's tryik to move.
a screwdriver and hammer make a
Evening star., 1926-11-14
The Old Mechanic Saws:

good substitute for spring spreader.
Lift the body and frame so the spring
leaves will not be under pressure and
then force the ScreWdriver in at the
spring ends to spread the leaves.
If you have sheared off a cap screw
head and are puzzled to know how to
get the renAinin' broken part out, all
you have to do is take a hacksaw and
cut slit across the remainin' part.
You may have to mar the surroundin'
part a little, but this usually isn't
serious. Then take a screwdriver and
remove the broken section.
If you've lost the handle to the
jack. just take a monkey wrench. at
tach it to the end of the jack shaft
and use it for handle.
1T you haven't got a wrench or a
spark plug socket wrench and want
to remove a plug, just tap the edges
OF the nut gently with a hammer.
That will loosen it until it can be un.
screwed by hand.
Evening star., 1926-11-14
Motor Running in Closed Garage Can
Bring Fatal Poisoning In Three Minutes

phere dangerous to persons exposed
to it.
Precautions are simple. Keep doors
or ventilating windows wide open
when running the motor inside the
garage.
Collectors OF statistics on this par
ticular kind of accidental death say
further that tho warning applies not
ONLY to the making of repairs in the
garage. but even to starting the car
there in cold weather. when many
attempts arc made before the engine
will run smoothly.
/. The carbon mOnoXide gas which is
discharged in III" motor exhaust is
one OF the deadiest known. 1t is a
by-prOduct of incomplete combustion.
\ dangerous quality of it is the fact
that it is absolutely odorless. and that
it overcomes a man before he knows
that he is in danger. Hence the ne
cessity for the ironclad rule against
even starting the motor in a closed
small garage.
Evening star., 1926-11-14
Thieves Fight Shy
OF Electric Autos
In Stealing Cars

The theftproof car seems to have
been found, and, strange to say. 1t
is no new invention, but has been
with us for many years.
1t is not a car equipped with a
locking device that defies the ef-
forts of the most expert purloiner
of automobiles. This car that is
given the "go by when the thief
is stalking his prey is none other
than the electric vehicle.
The electric is safe, not because
1t cannot be moved, but because
the thief. having once started off
with it, cannot go far before he
will be forced to stop for recharg-
ing of the battery. This exposes
him to speedy capture. Maximum
speed, also, is greatly limited and
hinders a quick getaway. AS a
consequence, insurance companies
give lower rates to owners of
''electricS."
Evening star., 1926-11-14

Remember the guns loaded. Uncle
Sans scientists are telling Washing
ton motorists again.
Automobile owners who work on
their own cars in private garages are
warned of the constant danger of poi
soning from automohilc cNhausts in
small garages. The approach Of cod
weather increases tho hazard because
- the tendency of ~ a:n"tou" mo
,.llanic 80 close the doS~S to keep out
the cold.
Deadly poisonous carbon monoxide
gas in fatal quantity will he dis
charged from a running motor in q
small garage in three minutes. cX-
rerts say. The average 23-horse-
power automobile engine will give off
about 112 cubic feet of carbon monox-
tde gas minute. In a closed garage
measuring about 10 by 10 by 20 feet,
a few minutes will make the atmos-
Evening star., 1926-11-14
DOOR LOCKS FOR SAFETY.
Alighting From Left Side of Auto
Held DANGEROUS.

Persons still alight from automobiles
on the left side without a glance al
oncoming traffic to see whether II IN
safe. The suggestion has been made
that this dangerous practice might he
obviated by making the doors on that
side of the car more difficult to unlock
BY the time one had succeeded i'm
releasing the catch one might he re-
minded that greater care is necessary
when one descendS from the car into
the traffic stream.