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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-07
PARIS DRIVERS FACE
MEDICAL INSPECTION
Doctors Believe Physical Examine
ton Prerequisite to
License.

PARIS B.-An automobile death ilst
of 200 persons each month Is arousing
medical specialists to seek a way OF
checking the mounting accident rate.
Police reports in the Paris district
show that slightly. more than half the
fatalities are due to "imprudence, put
the doctors think that. some OF the I'm :. :,
prudence is q wrong label Tor pnyslcai
incapacity.
DR.. Raoul Blondel suggests that de-
fectiye sensibilities and faulty reactions
often are to blame. Medical tests Tor
drivers licenses have been proposed, put
the government decided such program
unavoidable because Of Its expense ana
inconvenience.
Nevertheless, many medical author
tiles are urging the adoption Of such q
plan to be administered through CEN
trail examination institutions. The
physicians say that licenses should be
in force for q period of only five years,
when another examination should be
considered necessary.
Tests made Of 100 ohauffeurs ex-
.amined by Paris bus system and 100
| men otherwise acceptable who had not
taken the examination showed that the
former had 16 per cent fewer accidents.
This. the doctors argue. indicates the
value of physical examinations as pre-
requisite to obtaining drivers license.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-07

Only II per cent Of all cars are in
cities of 100000 and over.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-07
SPRING HIGHWAY
| BREAKUP STARTS
Many Communities Suffer
From Costly, Muddy &
HOduSss

In Spring the road builders fancy
turns heavily to thoughts of the high
way "break-up." More American road
dollars will be: consumed this year in
repairing the havoc wreaked by snow,
ice and rain than ever before, reports
from all over the country indicate, ac-
cording to E. E. Duffy, highway educa-
tional writer.
Ice coatings and intermittent freez-
ing and thawing weather have SO weak
ened vast mileageS of Northern rural
roads of low-type surfaces that ordi-
nary traffic has battered them out OF
travelable condition, or has made travel
over them tedious and uncomfortable.
In the South moisture Is taking its
annual toll with countless country dis
tricts all but isolated because of high
way impaSsability.
Street Surfaces Punished. .
Unstable street surfaces, too, have
undergone extreme punishment during
the last few months and repair gangs
are out patching up. the ruins OF
Winter
The high cost of travel over mud
roads Is indicated in the recent expert
ence of w. Z. Buck Of Georgia, a ven-
tureSome gentleman who consumed IL
hours and As minutes in making b 1876
mile trip, OF which only 80 miles was
over dirt. All it cost him, in addition
to gasoline and changed attitude
toward the world, was the slight total
of $20.90 expended for these items
Pulled out OF mud, 81; ditto. $3.50;
ditto, so cents: rope, $1,4O. chains, Sc;
washing car, $3.50. -
Twenty dollars added to an auto
mobile license fee would doubtless cause
many motorists TO paint lurid pictures
in the sky Yet Mr.. Buck, in one trip,
expended that amount for the privilege
of uncomfortably using public high
way which, when the roads are dry,
carries considerable traffic. His ex-
perience pictures graphically that in
one way or another poor roads cost
more than good roads.
Truck Laws Enforced.
Most States now enforce load limita-
lions: on trucks, but even this necessary
but drastic step frequently fails to keep
the roads in a paSsable condition for
passenger cars and BUSES. Consequent
ly in the early and late Spring COM
mercfal transportation is not only fire.
quently tied up for weeks, but also
pleasure and other business motoring Is
at a standStill T. Unfortunately this
means to many communities that the
world has stopped moving, ~
South Carolina in the effort to re-
duce the mud road bill Immediately
has just passed a sos, coo, geo bond issue
which will place most of the State high
way system beyond the reach of Win
ter destruction. Georgia is considering
q $75,000,000 issue. Economies effected
through such action are expected to
more than offset the improvement cost
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-07

INDIANAPOLIS (P)-The man who
runs the largest and best known auto
mobile race track in the world says
he known no more about motor cars
than the ordinary owner. -,
He is T. E. Pop" Myers, vice presl-
dent and general manager OF the In
dianapolis motor speedway. For ~
years Pop. as he is Familiarity known,
has guided the destines of the organi'
zation. which annually stages the ooo.
Unlike most men prominent In the
automobile world, Mr.. Myers did not
gain his start as race driver, me
. chanic or an inventor Oh some in MI
cate thing which improved the efficien~
CIV of the motor. He, was office man
aeer for a realty concern operated by
Carl @. Fisher and the late James
A. Allison, two OF the founders 81 me
speedway. rs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-07
Indianapolis Speedway Manager Admits
He Knows Little of MotorCar Mechanics

Things were not going Just right in
the ONCE of the speedway and Mr..
Myers more or less was drafted into
service there. He made = number Of
changes which saved the speedway
money, and as he learned more about
the business, he soon convinced its
owners that they could forget all about
the details.
Although he has known almost every
great race driver in the world, Mr..
Myers has cared to ride with few. He
went around the famous Sheepshead
Bay course with the late Johnny Aiken
on one occasion and has had taste
of speed on the local track.
Edward v. Rickenbacker of Detroit
is president OF the indianapolis Motor
Speedway hi1b the details OF manage
nient Tall III the hands Of Pop Myers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-07
Plugs Help Improve Motors.

Today's high compression motor car
engines would be unable properly to
function If spark plug manufacturers
had not radically improved both the
design and the production processes
Of their product, points out r. A
Stranahan, president in the spark plug
industry. This constant advance in
designing and manufacturing spark
plugs has been of equal value in the
development Of airplane engines and
motors for heavy duty on trucks and
buses as we'll, adds Mr.. Stranahan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-07
Duray Abandons Speed Test.

Leon Duray has abandoned his at
tenpts for the 91-cubic-inch straight
away speed record now held by the late
Prank Lockhart. On Duray'S second
visit to Dry Lake at Muroc, Calf, con-
tinuous rains covered the surface with
several inches of water. making for I'M
possible driving conditions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-07

That the rate of tread wear is
doubled with an increase of but is
miles an hour has been proved by tire
men.
1t was found after exhaustive tests
that cars travelling at IS miles and
then increased TO so miles per hour
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-07

of the carcass and the whole carcass
will weaken.
For this reason and to better serve
the car owners who are not satisfied
unless they are speeding, Deluxe ana
super tires are being built with greater
strength in carcass and much thicker
treads. These tires are built to take
the punishment OF high speed. and still
give extra rnileage-some OF them last
ing as long as the average man Keeps
his car.
The average life Of motor vehicle
Is seven wears .et
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-07
Wear of Tires Doubles as Speed Hits 50
Miles Per Hour, Road Tests Reveal

would show the rate of tread wear at
so miles that was shown at IS miles.
But that is not the only result of fast
driving and the heat that naturally
follows. Under such a strain the car
caSs of a tire will become softer-there
will be more give and play to the cords
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-07
Haulage Under 100 Miles.

Most of the haulage by motor truck
is less than 100 miles. In California
IL per cent Of the truck operation is
for more than 100 miles, but in most
States 95 per cent OF the truck haulase
is for less than this distance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-07
Yagle Rebuilding Wrecked Car.

I'd Yagls of Philadelphia. owner OF
the speedway car Keech campaigned
last year. is having 1t completely re-
built at the Miller plant on the coast.
The car was badly wrecked at Salem
last Fall. A new frame has been In
stalled, a new body designed and built
and the engine reconditioned. Yagle
has not yet nominated a driver.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-08-15

peated, called Carp to his feet and he
crossed to the door to answer it. Nor
row dismounted and came to the door.
He nodded briefly to Slade, hesitating
on the sill as If surprised to find him
there. Carp lost no time in stating
his proposition. He spoke jerkily.
II want to get out" he said. "I'll
sell for five dollars head"
Morrow held up hand to silence
him.
''Ill likely buy-but never talk
business In crowd" He crossed the
room and sat with his back to the win
dow. There's plenty of time"
Il take it I'm the crowd" Slade re-
marked. $50 I'll step out"
Morrow stiffened suddenly In his
chair as cold ring was pressed
against the back of his neck through
the crack of the window. At the same
instant Carp had tilted back and
raised one knee. The gun that rested
on his leg was peeping over the table
at Slade.
"Steady!" he ordered. "Sit tight I"
The window was thrown up to its
full height by Waddles and the cur
tain snatched away from the gun
which Harris held against MOrrOw's
neck. Carp Tipped back his vest and
revealed a marshals badge.
I'D as soon take you along feet first
as any way" he said $50 if you feel
like acting up you can start any time
now"
SHADES eyes came back from the
two men at the window and rested on
the badge.
$50 that's it." he said with evident
relief. "a real arrest-when / figured
it was an Old-fashioned murder you
had planned. What do you want with
me?"
moved MOrrow's gun.
"a number of things" Carpenter
said. constructing the homestead laws
for one"
Slade shook his head and smiled.
you've got the wrong party" he
said. "You can't prove anything on
me-"
II don't count ON that" Carp said.
you've covered up right WELL We
know you work through Morrow but
can't prove word. We've got enough
to hang him; but 1 expect maybe
you'll get off,
Continued Next Week.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-08-15
A LITTLE TALK ON THRIFT
(By S. w. Straus)

The Chinese have proverb as fol-
lows: 1.-THE gods cannot help man
who loses opportunities" One of the
great values of thrift lies in the fact
that it enables us to take advantage
of opportunities when they come.
Il had a fine opportunity but was
unable to take advantage of it because
1 could not raise the money" This
statement, often heard, typifies the
experiences of many. Disraeli pointed
out that, "the greatest secret of sue
cess in life is to be ready when your
opportunity comes There are a
great many ways to be ready when
your opportunity comes and all OF
them are the results of thrift. II
we are to take advantage of oppor-
tunities for advancement and improve
ment, we must be ready from the
standpoint of education, ability, health
and money
1t is not the point of view of this
writer that opportunities come in
frequently. 1t is rather our view
point that when we are ready for
them, opportunities of advantage will
not be long delayed. The great point
to bear in mind, however, is that op-
portunity will mean nothing to us un-
less we are fully prepared to take
advantage of it when it does come.
Opportunities are more powerful
than conquerors and prophets wrote
an old philosopher. This is true only
of opportunities that are taken ad-
vantage of. Lost opportunities are
without value.
These thoughts should be of special
interest in these days when there is
tendency to disregard the value
of patient thrift. To many, the pro-
cesses of systematic saving and pru-
dent investing seem a little slow. Elk
perience, nevertheless, has shown that
advancement through thrift is in
many cases rapid because of the OPP
portunities that are unfolded for those
who prepare themselves in every way
for these circumstances.
Thrift is the happy forerunner Of
improved opportunities.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-08-15

ize remaining sugar, add nut meats,
and turn into a slightly buttered pan.
Cool, pound, and pass through PURGE
strainer. Add to custard, cool, then
add one cup heavy cream, beaten until
stiff, and vanilla. Freeze.
Watermelon and Fresh Pineapple
Cocktail.
Combine pieces of fresh pineapple
and watermelon several hours before
serving. Chill thoroughly.
White Cake.
2 cups sugar.
1 cup sweet milk.
egg whites.
p cup butter.
3 cups flour.
3 small teaspoons baking powder.
Cream butter and sugar, add milk
and flour alternately, having first
sifted flour several times. Add fla
voring. Beat thoroughly, after each
addition of flour and milk. Lastly
add the beaten whites of eggs. Bake
in slow oven.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-08-15
Two Minute Talks"
BY
MISS AUBYN CHINN
FRIED SPRING CHICKEN

Ummm! Can't you just taste that
fried chicken? For nothing could be
so good as the first chicken fries OF
the season.
1t is very important that the chicken
be fried until it is tender and just the
right, crisp, golden brown, with the
taste that only real butter-frying can
give. 1t is better to use butter not
only for it's delicious flavor, but for
the growth-promoting and protective
qualities which it provides.
Here are suggestive menus for
fried chicken" dinners, and a good
recipe for frying spring chicken:
Broiled Spring Chicken
New Potatoes in Corn on the Cob
Cream with Parsley
Cabbage Salad
New Beets, Picked
Bread and Butter
Burned Walnut Bisque
Plain Butter Cake
Watermelon and Fresh Pineapple
Cocktail
Southern Fried Chicken
New Potatoes with Peas in Cream
Cucumber Salad
Hot Biscuits Butter
Raspberry Sherbet
White Cake
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To BrOil Spring Chicken.

Sprinkle with salt and pepper, and
place in a well-greased broiler Broil
20 minutes over clear fire, watching
carefully and turning broiler so that
all parts may be equally Drowned.
The flesh side must be exposed to the
fire the greater part of the time, as
the skin side will brown quickly. Re-
move to a hot platter, spread with
soft butter, and sprinkle with salt and
pepper. Chickens are so apt to burn
while brOiling that many prefer to
partially cook in oven. Place chicken
in dripping pan, skin side down,
sprinkle with salt and pepper, dot over
with butter, and bake Is minutes in
hot oven; then broil to finish cooking.
Southern Fried Chicken.
Sprinkle with salt and pepper, and
coat thickly with flour, having as
much flour adhere to the chicken as
possible. Cook chicken slowly in but
ter until tender and well Drowned.
Serve with white sauce made of half
milk and half cream.
Burnt Walnut Bfsque.
cups scalded milk.
3 egg yolks.
l cup sugar.
2-3 cup chopped walnut meats.
1 cup heavy cream.
ga tablespoons vanilla.
Few grains salt.
Make custard of milk, eggs, one
third of the sugar, and salt Caramel
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you raise the money TO pay that many
sc oncer'
I'm sort Of expecting maybe the
Three Bar will make up the deficit"
Alden said. ITS cheaper than paying
rewards. That's another reason
don't think Cal had a hand in this
blacklist report"
: The storekeeper grinned.
Surely not. Surely not. I'd never
suspect him Of that" he said. "But
all the same it's working just as well
AZ If he really had"
The first warm days Of spring had
drawn the frost from the ground. Bill
lie rode beside Harris down the lane
to the lower field. A tiny cabin stood
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-08-15
THE STORY

! CHAPTER vI1.-Sherif Alden be-
gins a search for the slayer Of the
! rustlers. but can get no evidence
Deane urges Billie to marry him and
but the girls heart Is set on the re-
habilitation Of the ranch, and she puts
him of. At dance given to celebrate
which Billie is present, Foster kills q
rustler named Garfield. and Harper
and is himself killed as he boasts he
has slain four men to avenge Bangs.
CHAPTER K.-Cabins are rapidly
1 being erected and land plowed for Gull
tivation. The Three Bar beef herd. on
the way to the railroad. is stampeded.
| evidently at the instigation of Slade,
but little harm Is done. Harris Is con-
WINGED rustler named Lang did the
actual stampeding. Billie makes a grim
finish against the outlaws who have
terrorized the law-abiding element of
! the community.
Continued from last weekly
"Folks are considerable like sheep"
Brill observed. 1t occurred to him
that In every saloon and in every
bunk house within hundred miles
the topic of conversation was the
same.
He lowered one lid as he looked at
the sheriff and jerked his head to-
ward Carson.
Hes broke-and reformed" he
said. Absolutely"
The sheriff drew Carson aside.
"If you're wanting a job I'll stake
you to an outfit and feed you through
till spring. Forty "a month from then
on. I'll need parcel of deputies,
likely, after that"
you've got one" Carson stated.
"Ill sign now"
The storekeeper, the sheriff and the
new deputy stood at one end Of the
bar.
Its queer that folks don't see the
real object of this rumor," Brill OBJ
served.
Its object is to clean out the hard
est citizens in the country" Carson
said. That's why they're named.
Why else?"
1.-THE object is to clean up the rest
Of the country first" Brill said.
Carson grunted his disbelief.
IF Harris only wanted to wipe out
those on the list he wouldn't go to
all this FUSS" Brill explained. He'd
Just put on an extra bunch of hands
and raid the Breaks himself. Swear
he caught them running off a bunch
of Three Bar cows. Simpler and con-
siderable less expense"
'Then what's the object Of this
bounty?" Carson insisted.
That's aimed at the doubtful
folks" Brill stated. "FOlks that was
on the fence-like you. This death list
makes them spoOky and they turn
into good little citizens in one round
of the clock. 1t leaves the worst ones
outside without a friend. Every one
lined up solid behind the law. Pub
lie sentiment will start running strong
against those outside. Then it'll be
easy for the sheriff and a bunch of
deputies-like you-to clean the coun-
try up from end to end, with the whole
community backing your play"
Carson considered this for some
time.
"Well, / can furnish the deputies"
he said at last. Boys that are strong
for law and order from first to last"
1--WE got about all I need" the sher-
if said. "a dozen or so. Mostly old
friends of yours. I've picked 'em up
on and off in the last two weeks.
They're strong for unfolding the last
letter of the law-just like you said"
"A dOzen?" Carson asked. How'll
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-08-15

Overhearing young travelling man
criticise the pie, restaurant keeper
said: pie, young Teller? Why 1 made
pies before you were born" Eyes,
but why sell 'em now" replied the
travelling man.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-08-15

"Sir, l want to marry your daugh-
ter" said fellow to his girls father.
well, you are lucky" the old man
replied, "her mother made up her
mind some time ago that you were go
ing to, whether you wanted to or not"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-08-15

'This saxophone cost me $75," said
a member of the band to friend at
the concert That's a lot of money
to blow in,' was the reply.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-08-15

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-19
Realtors to Fly to Convention.

Five Houston realtors who have made
plans to attend the annual business
meeting of the National Association of
Real Estate Boards, to be held in Bir-
mingham, January %, "a and IS, will
make the trip from Houston to Birming-
ham via airplane
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-19
1928 BUILDING COSTS
ABOUT SAME AS 1927
Straus Reports Trends in Monthly
Figure Different, Finding
Approximate Reversal.

The monthly average of building costs
for 1928 was about the same as for
1927, it is reported by S. w. Straus.
THE trends, however, were different.
Whereas the end of 1927 found the in
dex about As per cent below that of
the beginning of the year, the year
1928 showed an approximate reversal
OF this condition." the report con-
tinueS.
The seasonal weakness in the build
ing material markets was not very pro-
nounced during December, building cost
indexes showing practically no change.
For the most part the markets held
their own and the price declines re-
ported in brick and cement were not
sufficient to Offset firmness and slight
advances in other materials. The policy
of curtailment of lumber production,
although not altogether successful,
proved effective this past year. Struc-
tural steel shapes had a firm market
which, 1t Is expected, will be carried
into the first quarter of 1929.
If the recent action of the Interna-
tional Union Of Bricklayers, Masons
and PlaSterers, may be taken as cri-
terion, union labor will continue to
stand for efficiency in industry. This
labor as one of the factors of produc-
ton views its problem upon a sound
economic basis. The building industry
may feel assured. according to the &C
tons of these labor bodies, that labor
will be a cooperating influence during
the ensuing year.
THE index of labor costs rose less
than l per cent during the veal"
StrauS finds.