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the history OF the company. exceed.
ing even the record monthly output
in September. 1926, of 81. 1853 cars.
The heavy winter production is the
result Of demand for ''the most beau
tiful car In Chevrolet history, = which
Chevrolet buyers have made upon
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riage, the longieared jug head,
marvel Of strength and agility.
But Dobbin and Jenny are both
of mortal flesh. and If the shrill
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The January, 1926. production in
its turn almost tripled the produc.
tion of January. 1925.
Under the tentative production
schedule for February, the COMPANY
will be prepared 20 make total OF
$4,000 units. which would establish
a new monthly production record In
The Washington times., 1927-02-16
Big Winter Demand
For Cars Reported

Responding to winter demand for unprecedented in
the history Of the company the Chevrolet Motor Company
~ January again shattered all production records for that
month by building 1856 units almost 10000 cars more than
were made in January Of 1926
The Washington times., 1927-02-16
Auto Transport Soon
MoUe Army

With people every walk Of life turning to- the automobile
20 transportation requirements, and with
ccYab kind Of motor conveyance from the little tin run
about that parks under the grape abor to the huge sevenon
truck available quantity it inevitable that later
the Government will turn gasoline for the transportation Of
Ifs military. fnrces y
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snappy. low-priced bargains in good
ffcation 1s5 Of today's Times and
Herald Classified Section. Save money
through the purchase OF one Of these
80 earA
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Have you read the Automobiles for
Sale Columns OF today's Times and
Herald Classified Section? Here are
real bargains at attractive prices that
you can't resist. Buy your car today.
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Every consideration Of economy
and efficiency argues for a motor
lied army, say officials OF the
sQuartermaster 3 Corps. Good old
'Dobbin was q faithful servant in,
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Day and night, through fair
weather and storm, an engineering
staff runs UP a total of nearly $780,
900 miles a month testing automo-
biles for one purpose, to obtain
facts about the cars of today that
heretofore have been little more
than neutrality-suspicious., to be sure,
of leading engineers, backed by lab
oratory tests, but never proved be-
yond possibility of doubt by actual
road performance.
VIII a car climb a steep grade
an high gear?
Will it hold SIS miles an hour?
VIII it hold the road safely at
that speed on turns, on gravel,
asphalt and concrete?
Will it's four.wheel brakes stop 1t
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safely on any type of surface-and
how fast will they stop? How
much pressure must the driver use
to make them hold?
Motive Is: Get the Facts
These and a hundred other ques-
tions that are of vital Importance
to the motor car owner and en-.
gineer. alike are answered by the
picked group of engineers whose
only watchword is, Get the Facts. {"
That they may get the facts of
a cars performance and that these
may be scientifically accurate, the
1914 miles of highway in the prov
ing ground include virtually every
type of road from dirt to concrete,
hills whose grades range from 7.6
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carried out on IL are run in both
directions and averaged to eliminate
any factor or error caused by the
wind.
These engineering tests cover ac-
CELEBRATION, deceleration, rolling fric-
ton, smooth road riding qualities,
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to "a per cent and q perfect flat
concrete straight-away nearly a
mile and half long. The grades
are acute to a tenth Of one per
cent. Not content with the knowl.
edge that their straight-away is per-
fectly level, the engineering tests
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fuel economy at various fixed
speeds as well as at maximum and
minimum speeds and other similar
performance factors.
A four.mile speed loop with
banked turns safe for a 65.mile.an-
hour clip and a hill road with
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the car under test can exert a
constant drag. With an altitude
box around the carburetor to vary
the atmospheric pressure the same
conditions that would be found at
Pixies Peak or Uniontown Hill
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grades running as high as II and
"a per cent are utilized for endur.
ancs runs. For testing pulling
power on long hills where endur.
ance is brought out under sus-
tanned speed Juggling a trailer has
been devised that when towed by
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can be readily duplicated.
Through the work OF the proving
ground year by year comparative
data Of immense value are being
gathered for the guidance Of On.
gineers and for the ultimate i'm
pfovement OF the automobile.
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General Motors Tests
Autos On 1925 Acres

Tucked away in the rolling Michigan hills 40 miles
northwest Detroit far from the booming trunk railways
miles from the railroad the most unique auto
mobile testing laboratory in the world writes Rockwell R.
Stephens Chicago Daily News 1t is the proving ground
of General Motors and its 125 constitute of the
busiest nerve centers in the immense corporation.
Evening star., 1927-11-18

the inevitability Of the city and are
trying to make the best of it.
The enabling act, which was intro
duced in the Senate at Richmond at
the extra session of the General As
sembly by State Senator Frank Ball
last Spring. prescribes that the people
lof Arlington County may vote upon a
specified form of city government,
which is set forth in considerable de-
tail. 1t proposes that the whole of
the county be included in the munich.
pality, except the town of Potomac,
in the southern portion, near the Po-
tomac Railroad yard, which already
has a charter. The town may remain
independent unless it votes to become
part of the city. That portion of Falls
Church which lies within Arlington
County is also left out of the proposed
new city.
In general, the bill would set up a
CITY similar to other cities of the first
class under the Virginia law. 1t pre-
scribes q city manager form of gov
ernment 1t would create a city coun-
ell of seven members. A civil and po-
lice justice court and corporation
court would be established. Existing
officers of the county would become
officers of the city during the period
of organization and until successors
are elected.
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a city government, delay in setting
up local control will be extremely
dangerous. Some contend that IL it
is prolonged for a few years more
it will be attended by disaster"
"It is not necessary to go into
cases." said one prominent citizen Of
the county to The Star. Every think
ing person cannot help but be adj.
vised of the innumerable harmful fea-
lures, now irremediable, which have
characterized the development of the
county for many years. 1t is appar-
ent to all that our local government
very soon be clothed with all the pow
ers Of city of the first class, IL
Arlington County is ever to realize
to the full extent the opportunities
fo.' development as an urban COM
munity Of high character which now
lie at our door. The proper develop
ment of the National Capital also
makes such a step by the county
necessary"
Some of this may he true enough,
the other side contends, but they ask.
What is the hurry?" They oppose
what they call rushing into a city
form OF government before we are
ready for it. and deliberately throw
ing away State aid for doubtful hene.
fits. when we know that it will in
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property and poll taxes by Al per
cent. Reversely, Arlington County. by
reason of revenue available to the
county and not available to Alexan-
dria City (namely, the State fuel tax
and State aid on roads,. is enabled TO
increase its income from general prop.
erty and poll taxes by only IA per
cent.
If the same percentage governing in
the case of Alexandria should obtain
for Arlington City. it is estimated that
a loss of S32,SS3 of State aid, received
by the county for the last fiscal year,
would be compensated for by the ac-
cretion to the revenues of S1S2 ,391
from sources available under n city
form of government, but which are
not available under the county form.
or difference in round numbers of
S15O,00O. Similar comparisons may be
made between Arlington County and
other Virginia cities, with like results,
it is contended.
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Members Of this Arlington County
Better Government Commission have
had before them a comparative state
ment to show the sources of revenue
which would be available to Arlington
City, to which 1t does not have access
under it's county form Of government
Inasmuch as counties and cities both
receive aid from State school funds,
that item is not considered in the com.
parison. The comparison with the in.
dependent City of Alexandria, which is
trying to annex another slice of Ar
lington County, is particularly inter.
esting.
Conclusions From Table.
The conclusion drawn from the COM
parative table is that, by reason of
sources of revenue available to Alex
andria and not available to Arlington
County, that city is enabled to aug
ment its income from the general
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crease our taxes-perhaps enormous

crease our taxes-perhaps enormous
ly."
The principal momentum for the
city movement comes from the newer
citizens of the county-many OF them
men and women from Northern
States, who have come TO Washing.
ton to earn their living and have be.
come dissatisfied with the voteless
condition Of this city. They have
gone across the river in large num-
bers to found homes and exercise the
rights which they have been used
to exercise in the States-the right
to vote in local and national elec-
tions-and to feel that they have
part in the government of their own
community. their own State and their
own country.
Older Residents Object.
Much OF the opposition to the city
government comes from the older
residents, who are conservative and
against change. They are satisfied
with what remains of the rural aspect
of the county. They are sorry to see
it going. They do not want a great
city to develop around their farms
or suburban homes. The old Virginia
families. very few of whom are now
left in the county, for the most part
take this view. although some realize
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Steady Growth Predicted.

This region, it is pointed out, con-
tains one Of the only remaining close
in, suburban areas adjacent to the
Federal City, a city which all author
ities believe is sure to develop to an
sxtent that will cause the nation and
she world to marvel. BY reason OF the
county's greater accessibility to the
downtown section of Washington
upon the completion OF the Arlington
Memorial Bridge, everybody in the
county believes that it is due for a
steady growth in it's population. 1t is
predicted that within % years the
whole of the county will be built up
almost solidly. 1t is believed that the
character of the development Of the
county will be largely determined by
the measure of governmental con-
troll vested in the local government
whereby it can be guided into the
Best channels. a
xbbn tha-ecc..r--n oI tnpss who VT
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-07-28
The Vanishing Hobo
(St. Paul Dispatch


Not long since. with the beginning of the har-
vest season there came to the communities Of the
great agricultural of the northwest what was
then regarded as the annual plague of hoboes-
farm laborers who dropped off box cars, brake
beams and blind baggage, in search CT work. Until
employed they managed to sustain themselves BY
jungle camps on the outskirts of town, with the
"mulligan" made from the geanngs Of neighbor-
ing gardens and chicken-coops During the day
time they lounged about the streets until employed
and furnished problem for the village marshal or
policeman at all times.
But they have vanished with all their picturesque
rascality. Evidently President Coolidge noted their
absence, last week. when he wrote to Secretary Of
Labor Davis, urging employment agencies under his
control to see that harvest hands went out to the
northwest in great numbers as usual, for there
is promise Of big crop.
A trip just made through southern Minnesota by
H. s. Jones. secretary Of the Minnesota Farm Blu
reau federation indicates that the shortage Of Ia.
Dor is not Is great feared from the disappearance
OF the hobo from the trains and towns and jungles
Instead. five or six Of them club together, buy
car Of ancient vintage, and make rural free de-
livery right to the farmers door, They are going
BY highway and not By railway. In this way they
save time and because our trunk highways run eas
and west while the harvest flows northward the,
can follow the clicking Of the binder . Il moves Il
the Canadian line and beyond Thu hobo has van
ished only to reappear in much more acceptabl,
and efficient suiss,
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Saint atSilllllel'@
RS1WG4 XSkzN s1e11Hsl1e z

$50 you've went and let her get away
with it,, Lawsy me. Mis- Hathaway!
thought you had better sense! A.
shuttin the ,prettiest girl in. town
uD in the same office with the best
looking young man
But Faith, unable to bear more,
rushed from the living room into her
bedroom, slamming the door behind
her. But like most slammed doors,
it punished the slammer. for the
noise awakened Cherry's baby, which
had been sleeping sweetly since Faith
had given her her six o'clock bottle.
tAsss5he bathed and dressed the in
FAINT, still nameless except for Cher
ty's affectionatc epithet, Midget
Faith tortured herself with picturing
the scenes that were being enacted
at Bob's office, Cherry fluttering
about, dressed like chorus girl in
the "SchOol DAYS" number, taking
possession of Bob's offices and his
business, offering him criticism and
advice in her high, musical, laughter
tipped voice; Bob debating, with
Cherry's chair drawn very close. one
of her dimpled knees touching Bob's
under the drawn-ollt leaf Of the desk +;
Cherry's lovely face glowing and
smiling or frowning over some un-
familiar word; the intervals between
letters, during which the two Of them
would talk. bright, friendly talk, such
as husbands and wives did not seem
TO u able to indulge in
Az eleven o'clock she made an ex-
cuse sto telephone her husband, 50
that she could interrupt, for mo.
ment at least. the scenes which hel
tortdred Imagination was picturing
And Bob was annoyed, abrupt.
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Editorial Comment
No Such Animal
(Sioux City (Ia.) Journal)

(Sioux City (Ia.) JournAl)
If Mayor William Hale Thompson Of Chicago ac-
tually believes he and Chief of Police Hughes have
driven the criminals from that city he is far more
credul0us than he ought to be while occupying an
important official position. If, on the ether hand,
he realizes that his boast that he would cow the
underworld in ninety days has failed he must think
the public is credulous in degree that would be
silly. N
When Mayor Thompson took his seat he made his
boast. Yes, he and "Go-Get-'Em Mike" Hughes
would accomplish miracle. They would make the
criminals Of Chicago pack up and leave, eager for
pastures new The underworld would want change
in environment, greatly would it fear the new
regime in Chicago. Now, after three months, Mr..
Thompson says it has been accomplished. that crime
there has been reduced 65 per cent It is as though
he had invited the publics consideration of himself
and the chief magicians.
Some criminals may have left Chicago since tn
mayor made his boast. Vacation time appeals tds3&
classes, and no doubt good many of the hijacksta
gangsters, robbers gunner, and the like are en-
joying themselves at various resorts in the Chicago
district. But they will be back on the job later as
Mr.. Thompson will see if he keeps his eyes open
Meanwhile, if news reports are to be believed, the
underworld vacationsts left others home to carry
on the work of crime during their absence In Chi
cag0 crime is a business
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Piper. They roll in the streets when
firemen turn on the water mains, and
they sail little boats down the gut.
tiers. Wt
At night there IL the great adven-
ture Of sleeping on the fire escape
or the roof. Tough on the old folks
yes, and on adolescents !,
but the kids! Oh. boy! They signal
from fire. escape to. A3re escape from
roof to roof. ,Jhsyo tew eaffs and
slaps and finally. ! AZ > tire humidity
envelopes them, 'they"Ysil ute q stu
por and sleep.
There is little rest for the
grown-ups. They sit all night upon
the roof tops or in the streets. The
tenements are emptied and the
streets are flood of reopie, all
seeking vagrant breath Of air.
And babies! Where do they all
come FROM; SO hot and restless and
i'll tempered?
Many tenement dwellers flee to the
day beside the pushcarts has been
too much for them. They must get
away or perish. All day long they
seem caught in kettle which fairly
.b0ils their pushcart wares old
men -. old women, standing in
the sun, -. standing and sitting
and pickering: Old man
long past their fourscore. Standing
accomplishing, hopping their brows.
!. While all the city steams and
complains. What iron Is in
their veins! What infinite capacity
for discomfort and resistancei
Standing throughout the day to buil&
uD their little fortunes. :, And
the heat closing in damper hotter.
I GILBERT SWAN.
| Copyright, 1927, .NEA Service, Incl
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vestors. Where issues formerly sold only in COB
lots to banks and big investors the chaps with $lOO
to spend q bond now cut some figure in the bust
ness, for there twenty million Of these small
investors today and their buying power is some
two billion dollars
Such a market is worth protecting, and it is to
safeguard these small investors that the need for
a Wall Street referee or dictator is seen.
Three courses open to the bond wholesalers:
They carry business through the od-fash.
Toned bucket-shop methods of craftsmanship; they
can 60 in for modern merchandising methods and
organize chain store systems; they go after
capital like Armenian peddIers carrying satchels
full of Irish lace from house to house.
In determining the ethics Of this bond salesman
ship of the future, the right kind Of dictator could
do much good in breaking down the foolish preju-
dices which are held against all bankers by
half-baked demagogues preaching concentrated mis-
information.
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Poets in Pig Iron

Aesthetic nncompoops bob up and to
chide the giants of industry because these giants
have heard of Aeschylus. Tagore. Bergson,
Brahms, or any of their buddies. 1t is perhaps
amentable that cannot all be geniuses of univer-
sal knowledge, and discuss the fine arts with IL
same familiarity with which we talk Of our besis
ness, but the trouble with the aesthetics is that
there are very few artists. musicians, or literary
ladies and gents who talk ntelligently outside
their chosen fields. This is just as much to their
dscredit as it is to the discredit of the business
man that he does not know the place of Robert
Browning in the revival of romanticisn,.
Just much creative genius 60 into the pro-
duction of piece of pig iron goes into the pro-
duction of piece of poetry. Artists seeking to
measure the intelligence of the world use yard
stick of their devising, and it's units do not ap
ply in all cultures. Questioned some Of the ave.
inspiring beauties of modern scientific knowledge,
these selfsame artists would be found woefully
dumb.
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Mr.. Bloom Saws


Congressman Sol Bloom of New York has put
into words a thought which has been troubling
many ardent Democrats. He expresses concern
over the two-thirds rule which prevails at Demo-
cratic conventions and makes an earnest plea for
its adjustment "for the sake of party harmony and
cooperation"
Z Mr.. Bloom points out that, although this rule
has been in effect ever since l844, "a Democratic
candidate never was elected because of it, but only
in spite of it, and has cost the party substan-
tial number Of victories, or, at any rate, has de.
prived US of our last chance of victory on a number
of occasions"
In this, Mr.. Bloom will probably find support.
The delegates who sat day after day in the con-
vention hall at New York in 1924 should certainly
agree with him. Supporters of the party who sat
by and watched the battle being waged and saw
the weak compromise which came of it, should
agree.
In view of present conditions, it would seem an
extremely wiseA thing for the Democrats to take
cognizance of Mr.. Blooms statements As it
stands the stage is all set for another Republican
and if he happens to be Coolidge there will be very
little argument about it. The Democrats will have
to do some very effective work If they want to
swing any votes at all. If they let their conven-
ton again become sideshow for the country ia
laugh at the only consolation they have the
day after election is that they furnished harmless
amusement to a lot of US.
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The Sanish Bridge

Another step forward for North Dakota was TAX
en- when the Sanish bridge bill was approved by
the legislature in 1926. Next month, celebra.
ton is to- be held to mark the formal opening OF
the bridge.
When the new structure is open for traffic, il
will mean that the Second state" Mckenzie coun-
ty, will have become to the fullest extent an in:
tegral part of the rest of North Dakota. The Will
liston bridge gave outlet to the county on the
north. The Little Missouri bridge will give an
other on the south, and the Sansh bridge will in
sure easier communication with points to the east
1t is gratifying to note that the bridges open
ing is so close at hand. Mckenzie county, with it's
nearly large that of Delaware and
Rhode Island combined, has been too long cut off
from the rest of US, and we welcome the oppor-
tunty to become better acquainted with our here.
tofore distant neighbor"
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DIR, v, n. Stickney

DR.. " II. Stickney of Dickinson is dead, and in
his passing the Missouri Slope loses one of its
finest characters and strongest friends.
Coming to Dakota territory in 1883, DR.. Stickncy
s-located at Dickinson, where he praciced until his
death. native of Vermont the country must
have looked strange to him at first, but he threw
himself into his work with enthusiasm and became
an enthusiastic exponent of the Slope country and
It's advantages.
His friends were legion. On horseback he rode
relays over hundreds of miles to for patients.
He was an intimate friend of Theodore Roosevelt
aHdsheIA&tS bring into being the memorials to the
lat& pretS&eht erected in this state.
! a comparatively short space of time DR.. Stick
ney Dickinson grow from a struggling COW
town to thriving city. His enthusiasm for the
town and surrounding country helped to bring man,
immigrants. His faith in the possibilities Of the
Slope country never failed
:. although he is dead. the memory Of what he has
done for western North Dakota will never be eff
faced. As time passes. he will be honored more
and more for his ability, his sterling traits. An |
greater Missouri Slope will stand as memorial
to him.