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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-11
MOTOR ADJUSTMENTS
NEEDED IN SUMMER
Different Temperature Conditions
Make Checking of Car
Necessary.

Do you have trouble getting away to
q fast start in warmer weather? Does
your engine miss during a hard pull or
flatten out in hard performance? If
SO, there are several parts of your car
that should be checked to eliminate
these performance difficulties.
Spring and Summer driving provide
considerably different weather and tenn
perature conditions than Winter, which
should be compensated for by changes
in carburetor adjustment. These ad-
justments will be quickly and economi-
cally made by the authorized service
station for your car. A check-up OF the
ignition system should be made.
Still another source Of trouble may
be found in the vacuum tank of the
gasoline line, while the gasoline filter Of
the modern car often accumulates suffl-
Gent foreign matter to cause stoppage.
These conditions should be remedied in
the Spring and Fall of the year to give
the best possible services. The gasoline
lines can be blown out and the gasoline
filter cleansed with gasoline. The tank
and carburetor should likewise be
cleaned. With these precautions regu-
larly taken there is little reason to fear
trouble from these sources during the
Summer months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-11
URGES |NTERS1AoDq
AUTO TRAFFIC BODY
Association Makes Plea fW
MotorWays Commission Pro-.
posed in Senate Bill.

Support of legislation for the crea-
ton of United States motorways com
mission was urged last week by the leg
islative committee of the American Mo-
florists Association.
Purpose of the commission, as pro-
vided for under the terms of a bill
favorably reported to the Senate re-
Gently by the Senate committee on
post Office and post roads, is primarily
to speed up interstate automobile traffic.
THE need for this is apparent to
every motorist making a trip of any
considerable distance" declares Thomas
j. Keefe. general manager of the A. M.
A. valuable time could be saved daily
to millions of motorists by the simple
expedient of by-passing large cities.
Transportation needs, not only of the
present time but of the future, demand
greater freedom from traffic congestion.
THE purpose Of the commission is
to study proposals for the establishment
of national system Of express motor
ways, with a view to making recon-
mendations to Congress with respect to
the establishment and maintenance of
such system" General Manager Keefe
explains.
THE construction of motor highways
and the speeding up of the Federal
aid program, being participated in by
the 40 states ana the FEDERAL Govern
ment. is not keeping abreast of motor
vehicle traffic, which is doubling APP
proximately every five years. Through
automobile travel demands greater speed
and less congestion, If the maximum
amount of efficiency is to be obtained
from motor vehicles.
1.-THE creation of commission to-
| study the proposal Of a great network
| of express motor ways connecting the
North, South, East and West would
| do much to straighten out the Nations
vehicle traffic and would mean millions
saved to motordom in time and cost Of
operation" the A. M. A. statement con-.
clIIdes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-11
Detours Average
$50 on Roads East
OF Mississippi

There are an average of $50 detours
on the highways east OF the Mississippi
throughout the year, with an even
greater number at the season Of the
year when motor touring is at its
height. according to the National Tour
ing Bureau Of the American Automo-
bile Association
The national motoring body, which
maintains a Geographic service on high
ways and publishes hi-monthly detour
maps. said this condition emphasizes
the importance of securing adequate
highway information in advance Of a
contemplated trip.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-11
Indian Picture Writings.

Shavano Valley, six miles from Mont
rose, is the location of some of the most
interesting and numerous petroglyphs
or Indian picture writings in Colorado.
It was once the Winter camping ground
Of the Utes and was entered only by
narrow trail. A good auto road, join
ing with the Chief Ouray Highway from
Durango to Grand Junction, now goes
into it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-11
Inland Sand Dunes Accessible.

The great inland sand dunes Of the
San Luis Valley, Apache and Ute pic
tographs near Monte Vista and gro
teSque rock formations of Wheeler
National Monument are all accessible
from the San Luis Valley, one of the
largest valleys in the world entirely
surrounded by high mountains.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-11
DRAINING is GOOD PLAN
Advised Now for Transmission and
Differential.

It is a good plan to have your trans
mission and differential drained and
flushed out now, whether you have been
using Winter grease" or not. If you
have O light lubricant in those points,
you will want it replaced, of course.
But even If you have gone through the
Winter with your Summer grade Of
grease, it is a good plan to have the
teeth washed" now.
A good flushing will remove all the
minute particles of steel which have
worn of in the course OF driving.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-11
Need Valve Caps.

when you buy q new OF used car b.
sure that II IA provided wlth Ia com.
plets equipment of valve and duat caps
Dealers often neglect n supply them
for All Ave or ain wheels. ssnarislly the
xpaTaA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-11
Rock Erosion Of Interest.

The remarkable monoliths and ero-
sions of rock in Colorado National
Monument near Grand Junction, are
proving of interest to increasing num-
bers of visitors. The Serpentine Trail
Is o new scenic trip In this area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-11
Watch Curbstones.

Watch out for high curbs when back
ing into diagonal parking place in
strange towns. They will often bend
rear fender badly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-11

Two hundred million tons Of farm
products are hauled yearly by motor
transport.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-11
Average Life of Auto.

The average life Of an automobile
Is ga years, according to the District
Of Columbia Division Of the American
Automobile Association.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-02-27
Government February Crop Report

to producers than during the past
crop year.
Barley: No material improve
ment in demand for United States
barley is in prospect for the crop
year beginning August 1, 1880. Pros
pective numbers of livestock in
dictate no expansion in domestic re-
quirements while European pros
spects suggest only a slight in
crease in foreign demand.
Corn: With normal planting con-
ditions AN increase in corn acre
age in 1880 of nearly 2 per cent
might be expected. Should an av-
erage. yield per acre be obtained
corn production would be about 5
per cent larger than in 1929. With
the possibility of lower feeding re-
quirements and no material i'm
provement in commercial or Euro
pean demand for American corn,
prices for the 1880 crop are likely
to be lower than for either 1923
or 1929 crops.
Potatoes: Preliminary reports on
acreage which growers intend TO
plant in 1880 indicate total potato
area of 100000 acres. This is near
ly per cent larger than the area,
harvested in 1929. If the intended
acreage for 1880 is planted and a
yield in line with the trend in re
cent years is secured the total pro-
duction in the United States would
be around 421 900 bushels, which
would be about the quantity pro-
duced in 1924 when the December 1
farm price was 62.5 cents per
bushel compared with 1914 cents
per bushel on December 1, 1929.
Hay: The outlook for both farm
and market hay suggests the ad-
visibility of further increase in
the acreage of legume hays and
decrease in the acreage of timothy,
prairie and other grass hays.
Beef Cattle: The outlook for beef
cattle in 1880 appears less favorable
than conditions which characteri3-
ed the industry in 1929. Slaughter
probably will be about the same as
in 1929 and demand is expected 10
be slightly less.
Dairy Products: Dairymen face a
period of readjustment. While an
annual increase of about one per
cent in milk cow numbers is nee
essary to increase production suf-
ficiently to balance increasing de.
mand, the number was increased :
per cent in 1929. The number OF
heifers to cause still further in
creases in cow numbers in 1880
While the underlying situation is
not so bad as would appear from
current butter prices the duration
of the period of readjustment will
depend partly on the promptness
with which producers adjust their
methods to meet the situation, by
close culling out Of their old OF
low-produclng cows, and by eithe,
marketing a larger quantity OF
milk in the form of veal or, in the
beef sections, allowing more calves
to run with the cows.
Hogs: The prices of hogs in 1896
are expected to average at least as
high as in 1929, and possibly high.
er. A reduction in slaughter sup
plies is indicated but this probably
will be partially offset by a decrease
in foreign and domestic demand for
| hog products.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-02-27
Disease Experts Predict
Occurrence of Wheat Rust
Surveys of Forms of Spores Elk
pected to Aid Northwest
Growers

st. Paul, Feb. 21-A statement
recently issued by E. c. Stakman,
M. N. Levine and J. M. Wallace Of
the section of plant disease at the
Minnesota Agricultural Experiment
Station here, in Phytopathology, a
scientific journal, indicates that it
may become possible to predict the
probable occurrence of wheat rust
epidemics.
This statement is based upon sur
veys of the various forms of spores,
made by the Minnesota Agricultural
Experiment Station in cooperation
with the United States Department
of Agriculture since 1917. These sur
veys were begun in the spring of
1917 following the terrific stem rust
epidemic of the previous year. Two
sources of such epidemic were re-
garded as worthy of consideration,
one, the spores from barberry BUSH
es and the other, wind-blown spores
from the south.
AS a result of these surveys, the
report said that when most of the
barberries have been eradicated
from the spring wheat region there
probably will be only one important
source of incubation in the spring
and this will be spores blown by
persistent winds from Mexico and
Texas.
AS the rust ordinarily develops
fairly abundantly in Mexico during
March and April, and by May is
usually abundant in Texas, the
plant disease specialists believed it
will be entirely possible through
surveys to determine what forms
of spore arc present in the far
south in time to predict the prob
ability of epidemics in the north
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-02-27

filled to capacity-all mining plants
closed down-all rushed to stake in
ground at new discovery-planning
out unusually well-visted prospect
shaft-told to pan for ourselves
temperature still 40 below broke
piece, held pan with dirt into tub
boiling water to thaw out-panned
finding about two dollars ninety
six cents worth fine looking washed
gold in two pans"
Thus reports to the Army Scar
geant William N. Growden, signal
corp operator at Ruby, Alaska, who
was bitten so hard by the gold bug
that he asked and received five
days leave, Travelled 20 miles a day
by dog team with an Indian guide
to reach the discovery grounds
only to find them virtually all
staked.
But he went on to Diamond Creek
and staked claims on ground over
looked by others.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-02-27

The Railroad and Warehouse
commission has ordered that a
hearing on the petition be held, at
which time the railroad will pre-
sent its arguments in favor of the
change and atw hich all those inter-
ested in opposition to the proposed
change may also have hearing.
The hearing has been set for Tues
day, March II, at 2 P. NJ, and will
be held at the Great Northern sta
ton building in Long Prairie.
Those interested should bear the
date and place in mind and be
present.
The Leader understands that if
the petition of the Great Northern
is granted that the Round Prairie
station will be abandoned and that
the railroads business will be ham
died by custodian. Under such
an arrangement all freight intend
ed for unloading at Round Prairie
would have to be prepaid, as all
station agents would be advised
not to accept freight for Round
Prairie unless it was so prepaid.
Express would also have to be pre-
paid, and in the case of freight,
those for whom the freight was IN
tended would be required to meet
the train to receive and sign for
the shipments. The custodian, we
understand, would care for express
until called for by tose to whom it
was billed. In the matter of pas
senger traffic, all travellers from
Round Prairie would be required
to pay fare on train, as there would
be no tickets sold by the custod'
ian.
The hearing and it's proposal to
abandon Round Prairie as a regu-
lar station on the Great North
ern's Sank Centre-Bemidji branch,
is just another evidence of the
change which has come in ship
ping and travel with the advent. of
the bus and truck lines. A large
percentage of local freight hauled
along the line of the railway is now
given to the truck lines, which be-
cause of their deliveries to the
doors of the patrons and because
of their favorable rates are adj
vantageous for merchants to use.
Carload lots, however, are still
handled by the railroads. Almost
all passenger traffic has disappear
ed from the "K" line, due to the
better service given by the busses
and also becuse so many people
own and operate their own auto
mobiles. The hearing is a signifi-
cant sign of the times, and there
may be other places along the
Geat Northern lines which will be
similarly abandoned in the event
the hearing on the Round Prairie
station results in the railroads IA
yOr
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-02-27
Cheap Cosmetics and
Paint Ruin Complexion
Improperly Used Will Do More
Damage to Beauty Than
Old Age

st. Paul-Feb. 26-More natural
beauty of women has been ruined
by dangerous paints and cheap cos
metics than by any other method
There are harmless toilet prepare
tions which benefit the skin, but
there are thousands of others on
the market SO dangerous as to
transform the beauty of a Cleopa-
ira into the visage of a hag."
! age itself cannot work the hav-
&C in the beauty of woman which
some cheap, dangerous cosmetics
do" declares the Minnesota Med
ical Bulletin. There are some I'M
scrupulous manufacturers who do
| not hesitate to use harmful and
even dangerous chemicals in toilet
preparations, so long as they can
sell them at profit.
Serious cases of poisoning have
| resulted from the use of hair dyes
and face creams containing lead;
arsenic in hair tonic has caused
trouble in some instances Severe
attacks of illness have been traced
to the use of so-called rice powder
containing bismuth. Certain face
creams, skin bleaches and hair
dyes have been found to contain
corrosive sublimate, a preparation
OF mercury. One. chemical with a
very long name, sometimes used in
hair dyes, is so dangerous that it's
use is prohibited in two or three
European countries. Wood alco-
hol, which is readily absorbed and
very poisonous, has been used in
some toilet preparations. The re-
peated application of these poison
Gus preparations has resulted some
times in severe and unsightly skin
eruptions, and at other times in
much more serious illness.
Unfortunately one cannot tell
from looking at toilet preparations
whether they are safe to use or
not. For this reason it is best to
buy only those which are put out
by firms known to be reliable, es-
pecially avoiding those for which
extravagant claims are made The
American Medical Association has
published pamphlet on Cosmetic
Nostrums and Allied Preparations
which most public libraries probab-
ly have. This gives the facts about
many widely advertised prepara-
tionS.
MANY toilet preparations are
botn safe and useful. AS for the
use of rouges and preparations
commonly classified by the uninit.
lated under the head powder and
paint these preparations undoubt-
edly have legitimate field of
usefulness. Nevertheless, one has
but to walk down Main Street of
almost any city or village to dis
cover young women who have made
a signal failure in their attempts to
improve on the handiwork of Ma
ture and make themselves look like
movie queens Some Of them are
not only defeating the efforts of |
Nature to make, them good looking
and attractive, but are jeopardiz. |
ing their health at the same time"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-02-27
$4,000 FOR TODD ROAD

A highway which is described as
the poorest in Todd county will be
reconditioned and Strengthened out
following special allotment from
the state gas tax fund of $4,000.
The highway known as the Long
Prairie Morrison county road. Todd
county will seek to have this linked
at the county line with an extension
of the 12-mile corner on trunk high
way No. %. This is expected to be a
great improvement on the present
traffic conditions in the locality of
the road and will link Long Prairie
with Highway No. % at Little
Falls.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-02-27

Herald Want Ads are money
getters. Try one next week.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-02-27
G. N. Co. May Discontinue
Station at Round Prairie
Hearing VIII Be Held at Long
Prairie on Tuesday, March IL
Authorities Say
(Long Prairie Leader,

The Great Northern railway sta.
ton at Round Prairie may be clos.
ed at an early date, providing q
petition with the State Railroad
and Warehouse commission meets
with approval. This fact became
known this week when the com.
mission advised The Leader that
the Great Northern had filed APP
plication for authority to substi-
tute custodian service for the
agency service now existing at
Round Prairie, alleging that the
revenue derived from the business
Of the Round Prairie station does
not warrant the continued main
tenance of the agent there. The
railroad sets up in its petition that
the custodian service sought would
desult in an approximate saving of
SO per month to the railroad.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-02-27
In Local Road Construc-
Ton Minnesota Stands 3rd
Indiana, Ohio, Only States With
More Miles of Secondary High
ways Surfaced

Minnesota ranks ahead of all
the states, except two, in the i'm
provement of it's local roads, G. M.
Babcock, commissioner, of highways
told the county commissioners at
their annual state convention in
Minneapolis today. (Feb. 20 Mr..
Babcock's message, due to his
absence, was read by ]. T. Ellison,
chief engineer of the State Highway
department.
Quoting reports of the U. S.
Bureau of Public Roads, Mr.. Bah
cock said that on Jan. 1, 1929, Mimi
esota had 27,6O7 miles of local
roads surfaced with gravel, sand
clay, or higher types. Indiana with
46, 4O3 and Ohio with 36,748 were the
only states shown in this report as
having a larger mileage thus inn
proved. Wisconsin had 1929, Ill
inois. 1880. Iowa 10000, Missouri
8O61, North Dakota 7OS, South
Dakota, AT, Nebraska TIA. anc
Kansas, 1856.
"These figures include all road
except the primary or trunk high
ways" Mr.. Babcock said. 1T will be
noted that states like Illinois, Iowa
Wisconsin and Missouri, which are
far ahead of us in paving and other
improvements on their trunk high
ways are far behind us in the sur
facing and improvement of local
roads. Now am not quoting these
figures in criticism of these states.
For one thing they do not have
gravel as plentifully as we have.
Time may also show that by paving
all of their main trunk routes and
stopping the expensive mainten-
ance, they will in a few years be
able to concentrate on their second
airy roads and get ahead of us in the
improvement of these routes. But
these figures should refute the
charge sometimes made, that Mimi
esota is spending too much on the
trunk highways and neglecting the
local roads"
Up to rs years ago, Mr.. Babcock
said,. the cost of rural roads was
paid entirely by taxation Of farm
property or poll taxes, except in un-
usual cases of donations or special
appropriations. Today the people in
the cities and villages pay almost
half of the cost of rural roads, plus
the cost of their own streets. He
estimated that in 1929 they paid $11,
100000 in gas and license taxes into
the trunk highway fund and $4,000,
900 in gas taxes, state aid, and
county road taxes towards the Sec
ondary roads. The amount paid by
people outside the incorporated
cities and villages toward the trunk
highway fund was estimated at
$5.2OO,OO0, and the payments to
state, aid county and town roads
funds at $14,2OO,OOO.
1t is perfectly proper that urban
residents should help pay for rural
roads, Mr.. Babcock said, both be-
cause they use these roads and be-
cause roads promote prosperity and
thus help all the people the state.
He said he was not sure the dis
tribution of cost was just right, but
"as long as the money is well spent !
and good results obtained, I do not
believe anyone will find fault. But
If either we in the State Highway
department. or you county boards
do not get the best possible returns
for every dollar, there will be COM
plant, and just complaint, from the
people who furnish the funds"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-02-27
Alaska Ecited Over
the Latest Gold Strike
Many Brave 40 Below Blast To
Stake Out Claims On New
Found Mines.

Washington, Feb. "a - From the
far reaches of the Yukon river,
where the temperature hovers
around 40 below zero, the terse
staccato of telegrapher's key has
brought vivid picture of Alaska's
latest gold strike.
Richest gold strike in history
this camp struck at Poorham few
days ago-every man in whole
vicinity that can get transportation
of any kind going or gone-temper-
allure 40 below zero every cabin
crowed the one roadhouse and store
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-02-27
Paint Rural Mail Boxes White

The United States Post Office De-
partmf ut is now devoting attention
to the mail boxes of the farmer.
They should be plain, neither too
large nor too small, and should
always be white. This, Of course,
will speed up rural mail delivery,
and make it easier for the carrier
to put mail in its proper box and
no other. So the farmer will have
to get out the old handy paint
brush, and slick up the mail box
with a coat of glistening white.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-02-27

! COMPARISON OF TARIFF CHANGES
Washington, 21-The table the
orant farm by the Senate the bill with
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-02-27

Herald Want Ads Bring Results
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-02-27
Tin TO the Weary

A big employer thinks his men
work better II they have rest
pauses at different periods Of the
day. Exhaustive and painful re-
searches also show that In every
group there are some who would
rest better If they did some work
drst.-Detroit News.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-02-27
French Settlers in Canada

The French Canadians are the
descendants of French emigrants,
who left their country between
1910 and 1850. After the latter
date further emigration was forbid
den by Louis XIV.