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Evening star., 1940-11-29
Deaths Reported

John Little. 94, 606 Nicholson st. NV.
Helen T. Hallack. n. 1921 Hall pl. NV.
Anna M. Curran, rs. 1929 Irvins st. NV.
Louise A. HODGES. ~. 66 T st. NV.
Mary A. Cudmore. SO, $3.50 Chevy Chase
parkway.
Samuel Mcmillan. 65, Gallinger Hospital
Robert M. Gray, 5s, Emergency Hospital.
Charles c. Caywood, So, 4421 Hawthorne
Admol L. Jett. so, 1850 Wisconsin ave. NV
Elizabeth b. Stoddard. 4S, 2911 P St. NV
Goldie q McManus. 45, Walter Reed Gen.
eral Hospital.
pital
Oitho Elliott. 40, Casualty Hospital.
May !. johnson, 3S, Casualty Hospital.
Carolyn A. West. 2. Gallinger Hospital
Infant Donald Parker, Gailineer Hospital
Infant Willard c. Breckenridge, Children,
Hospital.
Infant Kenney. Providence Hospital.
James Curtis, 90, Home for Aged.
Mary Warren, so, 1918 Union st. sw.
Mamice OFT. SO. Gallinger Hospital.
Elma Faison. 20. Freedmen's Hospital
Dorothy Allen. "A. Gallinger Hospital.
Evening star., 1940-11-29
Births Reported
chauncey and Marguerite AbLay. girl.

Chauncey and Marguerite AbLay, girl.
Paul and Thelma Allison, boy.
John and Lillian Anderson, boy.
Earl and Mildred Atzrott. girl
Richard and Erma Aubrey. girl.
Fred and Ann Babock, jr.. girl.
Clarence and Bertha Bauer, boy.
George and May Boswell, girl.
Charles and Winifred Brubaker, girl
James and Margaret Collett, boy.
Charles and Marie Conine, boy.
Scott and Mary CHAMPION, boy.
James and Marie Douglas. boy.
Tilford and Martha Dudley. girl.
Richard and Henrietta Eiler, boy.
John and Ethel Farrell. girl.
James and Dorothy Fitzmaurice, girl.
Evening star., 1940-11-29
Marriage License
AppIicotions

Moore is, 10th OF Upper Marlboro. Nd
william villa ne Il oliver. 49, sos r st. ne. and
Ethel c Raley, 10, .511 9Th st. Sc: the
Rev. Francis E.. Sullivan.
Joe N Jarrett. %, Philadelphia. Pa, and
Astri E. LARSEN, 25, Garfield Hospital;
the Rev. Charles N. Jarrett
Shakespeare Fanton, 65, Walter Reed Hos
Va: the Rev. Henry R. Westcott, jr
John J. cagnOw: ~ 1890 $50. R st. s. nv, and
jude Robert Z. Mattinsly.~ ~ ''' A'"'
Hans r. Kirchner. 33, Arlington, Va. and
Evening star., 1940-11-29
Rockwell Kent to Speak

Rockwell Kent, the American
artist and author, will speak tonight
on his new book, This Is My Own" Z"
at the Bookshop, 916 Seventeenth
street NV. At the conclusion of the
talk, the audience will join in q
discussion.
Evening star., 1940-11-29

Jimmie and Mary Belts. girl.
Leon and Vera Clifford, girl.
Raymond and Hattie Davis. girl.
John and Carrie Ellis boy.
Robert and Bertha Fletcher girl.
Jessie and Agnes Green, boy
James and Ruth Hamlin. girl.
John and Sadie Hall, girl.
Gilbert. and Mary Hunter, boy.
Richard and Marie Jackson, girl.
John and Frances Jackson, girl.
Curley and Bernice Jones. girl.
Joseph and Corrine Joyner, triplets. two
boys and girl.
Frank and Alma Kenner, boy.
William and Martha Kemp, boy.
Evening star., 1940-11-29
City News in Brief
TODAY.

TODAY.
Meeting, Washington and Lee
University Alumni, Raleigh Hotel,
pm.
Lecture, Study Club of District
Dental Society, Mayhower Hotel,
8 pm.
Dance, Our Lady of Lourdes
Church of Bethesda, Wardman Park
Hotel, 10 pm.
Dance, Holy Trinity Church, May
flower Hotel, 10 pm.
TOMORROW.
Meeting, National Shade Tree Con-
ference. Mayflower Hotel. 10 am
Lecture and tea, Women's Ameri-
can Art, Wardman Park Hotel, 2:3O
pm.
Meeting and dinner, Pi Lambda
Theta, Hotel Raleigh, $3.50 pm.
Dinner. Safety Education Depart
ment, Willard Hotel, 7 pm.
Dance, Veterans Administration,
Mayf1ower Hotel, 7:30 pm.
Dinner, Optimist Club, Mayf1ower
Hotel, 7:30 pm.
Meeting, Senior Wardens, Willard
Hotel, $3.50 pm.
Dance, Almas Temple, Willard
Hotel, 8 pm.
Dance, Army and Navy Union, the
Presidents Own Garrison, Willard
Hotel, 10 pm.
Dance, Montana State Society,
Hamilton Hotel nm
Dance, Alpha Kappa Kappa Fra
ternity, Wardman Park Hotel, 1c
pm.
Dance, American Legion, Hotel
Annapolis, 10 pm.
Dance, Yugoslavic American Asso-
citation of Washington, Hay-Adams
Hotel, 10 pm.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-14
Supi. Goold and
Bennett al Meet
Attend Sessions
In San Francisco

Tacoms School Supt Howard
R Goold left fer san Francisco
Immediately after the bard meet
ing thursday afternoon 20 attend
a convention q the American No-
eationai association
He was preceded hy few days
BY Earle - Bennett. director Of
vocational education in the Ia
coma schools. Who will participate
in 4 special conference II directors
in charge 81 national defense
training programs.
The main convention viii be
In progress from Dec IL to Is.
Goold pointed out that vocational
education lately has taken up
slmos, all his time In addition TO
Benefits as the Tacoma schools
have prepared plans for their new
building. 10 be constructed near
the Hawthorne school.
A special meeting Of the school
board may be held shortly after
Goold and Bennett return TO COM
plete plans for the vocational
building
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-14
ERES MORE ABOUT
Ciiy-Army Relations
SIARTS on FACE nNE

welcome Il ! attended as Re
porter.
50 far - I an concerned. that
meeting stin 10 of the record. But
Mr.. Eastwood cannot now claim
any defense for conditions today.
or yesterday. BY going hack tNo
months 70 Understandings made A.
that time.
What Mr. Eastwood invited
Mr.. Golden TO find out from me. {
could set ont in general terms,
for Mr.. Golden and for the pup
lie. without violating any conf
denees
Conditions here were not right
AZ that time. and the interchange
Of information between the three
major army post representatives
and the council resulted in the
pledge Of Chief Of Police Lang
seth. speaking for his department
that the army would make the
rules and the police would see
there WAS no need for complaint
Of lack Of cooperation.
TO my knowledge no similar
conference has been held since.
though individual city officers
have been in frequent touch with
commanding officers Of all three
posts.
Almost Immediately after that
conference. Mr.. Eastwood took
leave OF absence from the city for
one month and actually was away
in the east and south for nearly
five weeks.
I'm afraid that while the meet
ing Of Oct. IS ended on a friendly
note Of cooperation between the
army and the police, it offers no
assurance today that the army is
or has been satisfied, though there
has in fact, meanwhile, been some
evidence that army restrictions
and requirements have been met.
Mr.. Eastwood has told me Of
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-14
ERE'S MORE ABOUT
Main Street
STARTS On rAeE oNr

York city Mss Chapman = =
graduate q Annie Wright sem
mary.
Don frasitH q White Rock. + G.
now Is employed a. = clerk IN the
traffic department ~ the Great
Northern railroad lie replaced
MAYNARD Hoffman. reserve N the
marine corps Who wss called up
recently Tor active service Hoff.
man Is AZ Sand Point At present,
but viii he sent with Ms mates %
san Diego. Calf. shortly.
Two Of 10 students Jus, chosen
fer Palladium. student honorary
society al Mills college. are Ia
eomans. Elizabeth Anne Hewitt
and Harriet Buekncr.
Eunlos woi,er, vas chosen to al.
rect the Lincoln a eappeila choir
At Stewart junior high school Fri-
day afternoon in the absence q,
Mrs. Margaret Rsw>on eeheen.
who il confined TO her home at III
No. Tacoma ave. with mild case
Of flu.
Charles 4. Benhsm. Lincoln high
teacher. has added an Australian
hushmans club 10 his collection Of
eurios II was given 20 him hy
Ross Grcening. Lincoln 81 and
now first lieutenant in tn. air
corps.
Resignation Of Mis-. kathr,n
Bruner. music teacher al Jason lee
junior high school. vas accepted
by the Tacoma school board at its
meeting Thursday afternoon at the
Central school. Miss Rruner will
leave Dec. 20 TO be married.
Application for marriage H.
eense was made IN Port Orchard
by Edgar Everett Breedcn. 4 s s
Tennessee. and June Elizabeth
Tonpsrd. Tacoma.
Miss Constance Grafton Is the
new teacher Of shorthand. tipping
and journalism at Clover Park
senior high school. She also viii
be adviser for the staff Of Clover
Leaves. school paper. and klahow-
va. school annual
Appointment of Alexander Kerr,
Seattle. and Albert =. Macdonald.
jr.. Bremerton. TO the u. s. Naval
academy at Annapolis. Md was
announced Friday by sen. Homer
T. Bone. Alternates to Kerr are
J. N. y. Riley. Spokane; Edwin X.
Gardner. Seattle. and Jane. u.
Jarboe. La Conner. Alternates To
Macdonald are Stanley X. King.
Tacoma. Charles A. Dodd, Taco
ma, and Thomas W. Nicholson. Sc
attic.
BETTY Snyder drew her greatest
card thrill Friday noon at a
friendly game at McChord field II
was 1900 trump hand, pinoohle.
Playing with her were Dick Hart
xell. George OrieI and Norma
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-14
Registered
Al Local Hotels
TODAY
HorrI4 WINTHROP

Jams " slos. D.. Grace iAns
san Francisco
q. 4. osslsaa. Carlson fleeifie
CO. Seattle
r.r. Quinn. New World tlfs In.
suranes CO. Seattle
Mr.. and Mr.. .. ". e.assrd.
Camel Cigarette Cos Portland
"a. n Gerhard. l. 6 A chiesEe
Nd heieher. wel1-roeer shcs
CO. ST Louis
q. q. Russ. Pontiac Motors.
Seattle
Jullu. J. Dcno.a. American
Smelling a Refinery. Alton. m
Morris u. Bromherg~r. Fashion
Garments. san Francisco.
Margaret Hawkins. Harper.
Mcgee, Seattle
n A. specht chrysier Corp.
kansas city.
q. }. Hollis. rsrrott Co. 10.
Angeles
". u. johnson. 4. $. Rubber Co.
Portland
r, ". Howard. Vermont Marble
Co. san Francisco.
~. q. Waiister. Standard oN.
san Francisco.
\. .. Rrosn. Arthur Young a
Co. los Angeles
a. =. Howell. Puget Sound Pilots.
Seattle.
TACOMA HOTEL
Leonard Msrcusser. Seattle.
q. He~eostein. Chicago
q. y. Beeeher. Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. v. >. Phelps. Port.
land.
q. q. Rogers. Seattle.
Mr.. and Mrs. 4, q. Day. Portland.
Mr.. and Mrs r. RAIDER. Portland.
Charles Graham. Tho oregonlan.
Portland
MIR. and Mrs. &. 4. Johnson. spo-
kane.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. " Reilly. coulee
Dam.
X. kearns. Seattle.
Albert Mitchell. Portland
Sidney v. Dawson. New York.
MIR. and Mrs. Gala Rini, New
York.
MIR. and Mrs. ID. n. rravits,
White Rock. n. &.
q. q. Thompson. Portland.
Herman y. IAfsk,, Salem.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-14
Bid Farewell
TO Gen. Wash
Banquet Is Given
In His Honor

Best wishes Of Taooms were
rendered to Bug Gen. Carlyle
Wash. departing commander Of
Mechord field. At an informal DIN
ner staged in his honor by the
Chamber Of Commerce Thursday
night.
Eighteen men. including his
wsrmest friends during his sojourn
here. feted Gen. Wash in a farewell
dinner at Hotel Winthrop. Taco
mas appreciation for his almost
single-handed job Of obtaining ap-
proval Of the army for use Of Nc
Chord field as a landing field for
mail planes and commercial pas
senger ships was mentioned in sew
eral toasts 10 the officer.
Reno Odlin presided. and the
company Of friends presented Gen.
Wash with a combined desk clock
and barometer Among those VINO
spoke were Harold Woodwork.
Frank S Baker. Harry Lawton and
Wallace Morrissette.
Gen. Wash spoke of the friend
ships he has made here and OF his
liking for Tacoma and Tacomans.
declared that he hated to leave but
would be coming back frequently
10 renew his friendships
Others attending were Robert
r Abel. Hayward Ayres. Alexan-
der Rabbit. c. L. Copeland, f. l..
Griffin. A n. Gunderson, A. }.
Jorgenson. James B. Love, Murray
McCarty. r. A Mueller, T. A.
Stevenson. L. L. Thompson and Or.
+. D. Warren.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-14
IN COUNTY JAIL

Carr Earl Baker. 80. WAS book.
ed at the Pierce county jail Fri
day noon by City Police Officers
Turner and Lesniok and held In
lieu Of 800 bail on = charge Of
living with = prostitute. Baker
gave his address as the Lansing
hotel.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-14
WARRANT ISSUED

A bench warrant was issued Fri
day by Police Judge Joseph Nal.
lery for sherman LeFors. when
the latter failed 10 appear In court
to answer oharg. Of driving
while under the influence Of liquor
The charge was filed Dec. ,.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-14

the complimentary letters he has
received from army officials. but
he has not made them available
to me or to the public thus far. ="
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-14

Johnston. They are employed IN
the office Of tho construction quar-.
termAster
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-11-09
BUCKH0RN EMJOINED
FROM SELLING STOCK

The Securities and Exchange
Commission and the Department OF
Justice today reported tina. James
r. Davies, of Boise. Idaho. Presi-
dent of Buckhorn Mining Company.
was sentenced to fifteen months i'm
prisonment and the Company was
fined $1,000 on charges of violat-
ing the Securities Act of 1898 in
the sale of unregistered securities.
This is the first conviction where
the indictment was predicated solely
upon the use of the mails to sell
securities without complying with
the registration provisions of the
Securities Act.
Federal Judge Charles c. Ca
vanah, in finding the defendants
guilty. pointed out that they had
winfully sold the unregistered CAPT
tai stock of Buckhorn Mining Com
pany despite the injunction obtained
by the Securities and Exchange
Commission in April 1888 enjoining
such further sales.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-11-09
Here's Idea
Send Telegram
To President

\ greater thrill than the
presidential election was pro-
vided people of the west on
Thursday by announcement of
the resignation of emperor
Harold" Ickes, secretary of the
interior, accompanied by a
four-point jump in tho stock
market.
But the rejoicing ended when
the afternoon papers carried
the full statement of the would
be car of the oil industry, in
asmuch as the resignation was
intended only to give the presi-
dent free REIN in reforming
his cabinet. It's an old re-
publican custom, apparently, for
the democratic cabinet members
did not follow suit.
There are many who would
gladly endorse the appointment
of Secretary Ickes TO the post
of ambassador to the Court of
st. James. and The appointment
of Joe" Kennedy to the
cabinet.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-11-09
RICH sILVER sTRIKE

FALLON, NEV.-O. G. Stroud of
Fallon is one Of four partners who
recently opened up a rich streak of
horn silver in a lease in an ex-
tension of the old Jila mine, IS
miles cas-. of Tonopah.
Stroud carried a recent assay
slip showing 324 ounces of silver
to the ton and $3.50 in gold val
ues. The streak, said Stroud, is
eight inches wide with high grade
values up to :hree feet wide in hot
water replacement.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-11-09
TREASURE HILL CORPORATION
HOLDS ANNUAL ELECTION

The Montana Treasure Hill Cor
poration held it's annual meeting
in Salt Lake City, and elected the
following officers. all Salt Lake
residents f. A. Pascoe. president;
II. Elton ce-president; and John
Gull, secretary treasurer. The conn
pany holds the Treasure Hill pat
ented and II unpatensed claims at
Laurin, IL miles northeast of AL
der in Madison County, Montana.
Ore values are in gold, silver, lead.
and copper. Power-operated mining
equipment has been installed and
the company proposes to erect So
ton milling plant. On the operating
staff at Laurin are Martin J. Ford,
mine superintendent Werner c. An
derson. mill superintendent; and T.
L. Johnson, mine engineer.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-11-09
100000 More Cars

New passenger car registrations
for the first seven months of 1910
are estimated at 100000, an in
crease of 80 per cent over the
100000 new car registrations for
the same period in 1899 New truck
registrations for the 1910 seven
months period are estimated at
341, 900, an is per cent increase
over the 100000 registrations for
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-11-09


Net smelter returns for his year
average around $12.5OO per car,
however. the last car netted SIS
409.6S in gold and silver.
The company has no bonded in
debtedness. no preferred stock and
has 100000 in cash in the bank.
Directors are c. NJ. Tramimell,
Donald A. Callahan, c. J. Batter,
Judge w. r. McNaugh-on, Vincent
Marvin and II. J. Evans, general
manager, all of Spokane.
Average production has grown
steadily since 1897 when the figure
was 1884. In 1888 it was $9,546,
in 1899, S1S.566 and in 1910, to
Oct. averaged $26,SS6 monthly.
The figures show that the com
pany's ore output for this year is
on she increase and are as follows:
January S24.9S9. February $2S,617,
March S22,31O, April $19,375, May
$19,64S, June $22,121, July $35, 40S,
August S29,309. September S40,321
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-11-09
TAKE OVER GOLD ROCK

The Moonlight Mining company,
is reported to have taken over the
Cookbook Mining company which
held adjoining property at Maxville
Granite county. The companies were
organized three or four years ago
by members Of the technical staff
of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan
concern. Management. of the prop
erty has now been transferred to
Spokane, Washington, interests. F.
S. Merrill, Spokane, is president Of
the Moonlight company. Others on
the board of directors are Oscar
Carlson, Walter Ingersoll, Otto
Marsh, George Ainslie, Charles Blu
cher and Robert Black.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-11-09
TIN MINING EXPANDs

DEADWOOD, S. D-With the adj
vance in price of minerals due to
the need for war metals. an old in
dustry at linton has taken on new
life. This is '.he plant of the Black
Hills Tin Co. which now is pro-
cessing about so tons a day and ex-
poets to double it's output The for
mer ghost town is now alive with
activity There are 40 employees,
mostly experienced miners from this
part of the Hills near the Wyoming
state line.
The mill, built in 1928, reduces
the mineral to concentrates and the
product is shipped OUT for smelt-
ing. The plant is owned by Chica-
go capital. E. c. Schultz is super
intendent
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-11-09
BY BAIRD n. MARKHAM,
Director, American Petroleum
Industries Committee

The nations 1910 gasoline tax
bill will show an increase of ap-
proximately $13O,O0O,000 over 1889.
when S1,O32,O 100000 was collected
in gasoline taxes by the federal
and state governments.
This remarkable gain in gasoline
tax revenue, which will push the
motorists gasoline tax bill to the
all-time record of approximately
$1,162. 100000, results from three
factors: (D the increase in the
federal gasoline tax rate to 115c
per gallon, (2) increased automo-
bile ownership. and 90 greater use
of motor vehicles by their owners.
Federal Gasoline Tax
The chief factor in the estimated
$130,OOO.OOO increase in the 1910
gasoline tax bill is the higher fed
eral tax on gasoline. This tax,
which was inaugurated by Congress
in 1882 as a temporary" measure,
duplicates the taxes of the states.
In 1889 the federal gasoline tax.
collected at the rate of lie per gal
lon, yielded approximately $685.
100000 of revenue, or more than
the total of all other manufactur-
ers' excise taxes collected by the
federal government. To provide adj
ditional revenue for national de-
Tense purposes, Congress this year
increased the tax rate to 11ac per
gallon, effective July 1. This in
crease, it is estimated, will add
approximately $55,OOO,OOO to the
nations 1910 gasoline tax bill dur
ing the last six months of 1910.
Automobile ownership in the
United States has expanded by
about FIVE per cent during the first
seven months of 1910 and now
there are approximately one and
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-11-09
CLIMAX molly is
EARNING LESS
THAN LAST YEAR

Climax Moylbdenum Co. reports
for the quarter ended Sept 80, 1910
net profit of S1.265,299 after de-
probation. depletion, federal taxes
at new rate. etc, equal to soc a
share of capital stock. This COM
pares with S1.23 share in the
September quarter of 1889 and 69c
a share reported for the quarter
ended June 30, 1910. For the nine
months ended Sept 80 net profit
was equal to $1.S7 a share compar-
ed with S2.25 share in the frs.
nine months of 1899
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-11-09

the same period of 1889. The fact
that the gain in registrations of
new passenger cars is almost
double the increase in truck regis
trations is believed by some to be
caused in part by the desire of
many motorists to replace their
cars before possible price advances
that may result from conditions
arising from the current European
war.
Gasoline consumption during the
first seven months of 1910 has stood
at approximately seven per cent
above consumption during the same
period of 1889. OF this increase,
about per cent is accounted for
by the one and one-half million
gain in automobile registrations.
The other three per cent arises
from greater use of their vehicles
by individual owners of passenger
cars and trucks.
Besides the expected increase of
$3.50, 100000 in the nations gasoline
tax bill, state revenue from regis
tration and other fees will increase
by about $21,0OO,OOO. In 1899 such
taxes totaled $430,549.000, and in
1910 will reach the all-time record
of about $45O,OO0,OO0. When added
to the estimated 81, 162, 100000 in
gasoline taxes that will accrue this
y ear, the astounding total of
$1,612, 100000 is obtained. That fig
ure, large as it is, will be increased
substantially by federal and state
levies on the sales of new auto
the federal lubricating oil
tax, and local property taxes.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-11-09
Output OF Lexington
Mine At Neihart Shows
Large Gain This Year

Steadily production has marked operations
Lexington Mining company Nehart according reports
Spokane The Lexington the largest operation in the
Nehart silver camp.
company has spent 100000 this year
improvements all Of earnings dam pipe line
1000 long pumping plant large buildings
surface plant completion. Improve
the mill and and adequate system will per
nit handling increased tonnage with higher
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-11-09
NATIONS GASOLINE TAX BILL TO
INCREASE $13O,OOO,OOO IN 1910

one-haf million more automobiles
on the highways Of America than
there were at the same time last
year. This expansion in automobile
ownership. It is estimated, is next
in importance to the federal gaso-
line tax rate increase in the $780,
100000 gain in tax revenue.
Greater Individual Use
Each year automobile owners
tend to use their cars more. Aver
age mileage of motor vehicles so
far this year is estimated at ap-
proximately three per cent more
than that for the same period last
year. This increased use of auto
mobiles by their owners ranks next
to the factor of expansion in auto
mobile ownership in pushing up
gasoline tax collections to a record
height.
Total registrations of privately
owned motor vehicles during the
first seven months of 1910 are esti-
mated at 90,95O,000, as compared
with 29,400,O00 during the same
period of 1899. This represents an
increase of car ownership of ap-
proximately one and one-half mil
lion vehicles. It is believed that
such expansion in ownership during
1910 has taken place largely among
families with modest incomes. Prob
ably close to one million families
with incomes of about $50 week,
or less, have become car owners
in 1870 Such families are purchas-
ers of used cars, which are avail
able in large numbers at a wide
scale of prices. Motor transporta-
ton is available to all families ex-
cept those in the lowest income
groups. Increased business activity,
such as prevailed during 1910.
tends to stimulate used car buying.
Nearly so per cent of the car-own-
ing families in the United States
depend upon used cars for their
transportation.