Shiner Gazette (Shiner, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 12, 1926 Page: 3 of 16
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SHINER GAZETTE, SHINER. TEXAS
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(Copy for This Department Supplied by the
American Legion News Service.)
BOOSTS COMMUNITY
BETTERMENT WORK
Community betterment work in all
of.the 10,250 posts of the American
Legion throughout the nation is being
proiqjoted ancl increased by a campaign
recently launched by the National
Americanism commission of the
Legip.n, which operates a community
betterment bureau for advice and
guidance to posts in community serv-
ice work.
At least one act of unselfish service
to the community each year, is the
motto which National Com. John R.
McQutgg has laid down for every
post in the entire organization.
A -survey recently made by the
Americanism commission indicated,
according to Frank C. Cross, director,
that some 4,000 Legion posts are now
carrying on work distinctly and ex-
clusively of a community betterment
character. An additional 2,000 posts,
he said, are engaged in projects partly
for the benefit of the post itself and
partly for the benefit of the com-
munity, according to the results of the
survey. -
Where posts-are already carrying on
community betterment work, Com-
mander.-.McQuigg urges that they un-
dertake an expansion of their pro-
grams. Every post is called upon to
join in the work in a spirited deter-
mination to do some service worth
while for its local community.
A feature of the Americanism eom-v
mission’s campaign to increase this
type of work among posts was a ref-
erendum held by the post in its local
community to give the citizens of the
community an opportunity to suggest
What, in their opinion, is the com-
munity activity in which the post can
best engage.
Some fifty community betterment
activities, covering the entire field
and falling into the general classes
of civic improvement, juvenile ac-
tivities, education, recreation and pub-
lic education, - have ' been carried on
by posts. - .
ROABL^
HARD-SURFACED
ROADS SAVE CASH
Motorists of the United States save
more than $1,600,000,000 anually in
motor Vehicle operating costs as a
result of the construction, since 1004,
of 133,000 miles of hard-surfaced
roads and 153,000 miles of gravel
roads, said W. H. Connell, president
of the American Road Building asso-
ciation.
This statement featured the ad-
dress Connell made before the
organization’s convention when it met
recently at Raleigh, N. C.
Such a saving in motor vehicle
costs for the United States exceeds
the annual_cost of the improved high-
ways,” Connell declared. “In Pennsyl-
vania alone an analysis of ^operating
costs of motor vehicles proved con-
clusively that the construction of the
hard-surfaced roads has saved more
than $32,000,000 annually.
,?The annual cost for each mile of
hard-surfaced roads constructed in the
United States under the federal-aid
system is approximately $3,350, or
about $446,000,000 for the 133,196
miles. For the gravel roads it is
about $2,000 per mile, or $305,000,000
for the 153,000 miles, making a total
of $751,000,000 annual charge for hard-
surface and gravel roads.
The construction of these roads
saved the maintenance cost for the
286,000 miles which have been re-
placed totaling $143,0)00,000. There-
fore, the additional annual charge due
to construction is only $608,000,000.
Deducting this from the saving in op-
erating costs of $1,630,000,000 leaves a
net annual saving of $1,022,000,000.”
Baseball Contests
for Roys Planned
The first “Junior world series” base-
ball contests ever to be held will be
played this year on October 11, 13
and 14 at Philadelphia. The world
series for boys’ baseball teams will be
the culmination of the American Le-
gion’s nation-wide baseball program
for boys, which was launched this
year, by the Legion’s Americanism
commission.
Championship teams of four regions,
the Far West, the Middle West, Cen-
. % tral and Eastern regions, will play off
the junior world series. The play will
be on the mornings of the above dates
\ and will take place during the na-
I tional convention of the Legion at
Philadelphia, October 11 to 15.
The winning team will he given a
suitable trophy identifying it as the
world’s champion boys’ baseball team.
Organization of the Junior All-Amer-
ican Baseball league was authorized
at the last national convention of the
American Legion. The National Ama-
teur Athletic federation co-operated
with the Legion in launching the boys’
league. The plans provide for cham-
pionship contests,.in local communities,
in congressional districts, in states, in
sections, in regions and finally in the/
junior world series at the Legion con-
venjtion.
More than 2,000 boys’ teams have
been entered in,the league throughout
the nation and many hundreds more
are expected to enter.
Teams now organized under the
sponsorship of churches, industrial
plants, commercial firms, boy scouts,
etc., are co-operating with the Le-
gion’s baseball .program and dre enter-
ing the league.
“Good sportsmanship among our
American boys as it relates • to and
makes good citizenship is the, chief
motive behind the Legion’s baseball
program,” declared Frank C. Cross,
director of the national Americanism
commission of the Legion.
The Playground and Recreation As-
sociation of America is co-operating
in the plan and recently contacted 800
interested persons in several hundred
cities, urging them to co-operate in
forming leagues.
Believes Every Eligible
Pole Should Join Legion
Ignace Jan Paderewski, world-fa-
mous pianist, and Polish patriot, be-
lieves that every Pole who is eligible
should join the American Legion.
In a message to National Com-
mander John R. McQuigg, Mr. Pade-
rewski said:
“My opinion Is that all those of my
blood who either have been normally
drafted or who voluntarily enlisted in
the United States army should now
join the American Legion. They
should join it not merely on account
of material advantages but for higher
reasons.
‘‘The lofty Ideals which inspired and
guided throughout history the best
and noblest among our ancestry are
precisely those for which the Ameri-
can Legion stands and will stand for-
ever.”
Thickness of Brick for
Use in Building Roads
In an effort to determine the prop-"
e* thickness of brick for use in road
building the United States bureau of
public roads ha's just worn out a spe-.
dally constructed test roadway at the
^Testing Brick Road at Arlington
Station.
experimental station at Arlington, Va.
A truck carrying a' load of 7% tons
was driven constantly over the
circular road and the time required
to break down each brick was noted.
FISHER BODIES
GENE R. A L
M O T O R. S
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L O O K : A T THE NEW CARS
AND SEE —BODY BY FISHER
\
The new car announcements of General Motors have swept Fisher into
the greatest eminence in motor car history.
Everywhere you see the emblem — Body by Fisher. In all price classes, it
is the inescapable badge of quality. The leaders, such as Cadillac, Buick,
Chevrolet, Oakland, OldsmobiL? and.Pontiac, all display as one of their
proudest assets the symbol—Body by Fisher.
It is their assurance of public satisfaction—in safety, in charm of line, in
beauty of color and appointment, in comfort and convenience.
Fisher—the greatest body builder in the world—stands head and shoul-
ders above all others in quality. The new General Motors cars all help to
prove Fisher leadership.
Motor Operation Costs
Determined by Roads
Research work conducted by the
Pennsylvania highway commission,
the findings of which have been re-
ported to the good roads board of the
American Automobile association,
brings out in a striking fashion the
difference in motor vehicle operating
costs over improved and unimproved
roads.
It is shown that the cost of opera-
tion for all types of motor vehicles
over hard-surfaced roads is 25 per
cent less than the cost of operation
over dirt roads, while the operating
cost on gravel roads, is .10 per cent
less than on dirt roads: These are
average economics and apply to tires
and other equipment. The result of
this study and other similar Investi-
gations are npw being effectively used
by the bureau of public roads anjl the
various highway departments to de-
termine on 'a scientific traffic basis
which roads should have precedence
In improvement.
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Good Roads, Hints
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Thfire are 7,850 motor bus routes In
the United States, operated by 5,000
motor bus companies,
* * *
During the three years of 1923,
1924 and 1925, Pennsylvania built 3,-
470 miles of roadway.
* * *
The prompt use of the drag as soon
a3 the rain is over means better roads
for weeks to come, and it doesn’t take
much time to drag a mile.
★ * . *
Numerous tests throughout the
country have shown that paved high-
ways really cost less than unpaved
roads.
* * ♦
It has generally been conceded that
it costs from two to four cents per
mile less to drive over hard-surfaced
than unpaved roads.
* * *
There are no grades on the entire
transcontinental Lincoln highway
which the average car cannot climb.
Compression should not be used on
long down grades.
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Billions in Railroads
It Is estimated that by the end of
1926 the total investment in railroads
of the United States will reach $24,-
000,000,000, the largest sum put into
any one industry in the world. In
1926 the improvement bill for the
railroads will be $750,000,000 on con-
servative estimate. Railroad men are
predicting the heaviest fall traffic this
year In history and are preparing
for it.
Indignant Pedestrian—You act as if
you wanted the earth.
Calm Motorist—Oh, no, you keep
the sidewalks and we’ll take the
roads.—Boston Transcript.
Generous
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You must try Champion
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spark they produce in-
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your get-away. Why be
left behind when the traf-
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Freight Train Phone
Latest in Railroading
By means of a telephone connecting
the caboose and the cab of a freight
train with 73 cars, the engineer and
conductor of an eastern line held con-
versation recently, ✓saving the need
for hand signals and speeding the
progress of the train.
As they were pulling out of the
yards, the conductor notified the en-
gine men thdt a car repair man was
riding in the caboose and would get
off at the east end of the yard and
close’ the switch when the train was
in the .main jtrack.
This saved slowing up, and later the
engineer notified the conductor that,
if conditions were satisfactory with
regard to the train, he would not stop
for water at the next station. Per-
mission to proceed was given, spar-
ing another delay. The wires were
strung over the tops of the cars.—Pop-
ular Mechanics Magazine.
A single dose of Dr. Peery’s “Dead Shot”
Is enough to expel Worms or Tapeworm.
Why not try it? 372 Pearl St., N. Y. Adv.
Helping tke Plumber
The plumbers in session in Water-
bury objected to cartoons reflecting
on their calling. Some of the pictures
have to do with bloated incomes and
others dilate on the alleged habit of
going back for tools. We can help by
refraining from retelling the stQry of
the-boss plumber who telephoned the
hospitals as-to a small job be'ing done
by the helper.
“How is Jones getting on?” he asked
the nurse who, thinking the inquiry
had to do with one of her. patients by
that name, replied: “Jones is resting
quietly.”—New Haven Journal-Cour-
ier.
No matter how careful you' are", yo
>. Y
nature
372 Pearl St., N. Y. Ad
atter now careful you ar
tern needs a laxative occasionally.
Indian Vegetable Pills help hatu
but surely.
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Emigrants Seek Cities
In 1920 there were about 14,000,000
foreign-born persons living in the
United States and of this number more
than 10,000,000 lived in the cities and
large towns. Of this latter number
more than 5.000,000 entered the coun-
try after 1900, while only 1,416,000 of
those .entering wrent te the rural sec-
tions.
Money occasionally makes a fool of
a man by helping him break into
society.
A Bad Buy
It was Jack’s first trip to the lake
and he had'Jjeen provided with his
own little bathirig suit, bought for the
occasion. Being lowered info the wa-
ter, its coldness startled him and he
cried out, “Daddy, take this bathing
suit back. It’s no good. It leaks?”
It is the “detours” off life that , are
the pleasantest part of it.
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Habermacher, Mrs. J. C. & Lane, Ella E. Shiner Gazette (Shiner, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 12, 1926, newspaper, August 12, 1926; Shiner, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1144454/m1/3/?q=RIO%20VISTA: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Shiner Public Library.