The Electra News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, March 11, 1927 Page: 4 of 10
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No. 805, as shown in this cut, is just a sample of
what we have in store for you, at—
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NELLIE DON
APRONS and DRESSES
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the last word said in house dresses
---the Acme of Perfection----
Electra, Texas, March 7, 1927.
To All Concerned:
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The course used for the run was as follows: .down Cleveland avenue at Electra
on the highway to Wichita Falls to where the Burkburnett road intersects; thence
north on the Burkburnett highway, to Burkburnett; thence west out of Burkburnett
on the Clara highway.
We, the official judges, certify under oath, that wfi measured the distance cov-
ered by the contestants by a tested speedometer on Lincoln Sedan driven by Mrs O
rVr±:’oafndthXtx enx::d the fOn°Wine
This is to certify that we, together with Bruce- Frazier, the official judges of
the “How Many Miles Will a Ford Go on One Gallon of Gasoline” contest, examined
each of the Ford automobiles entered in the contest; saw that the tanks and carbure-
tors were completely drained of gasoline; that one gallon of commercial gasoline
(as furnished by the various oil companies represented on the grounds) was, by
standard government measure poured into the tank of each car; and that the tLiks
were officially sealed. ’
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Bob Urban, Coupe
-29.7 Miles
this 7th day of
Office Phone 70
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LINA MOTOR CO
W. A. ASBILL, Manage**
me, the undersigned authority,
County, Texas. (Seal).
W. C. STEWART.
c. o. Roberts. •
Judges.
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Subscribed and sworn to- before
March, A. D* 1927.——J. DAVE BROWN, Notary Public Wichita
CARO MOTOR CO?
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IOWA PARK MOTOR
Iowa Park
LANGFORD MOTOR CO.
Wichita Falls
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MONUMENTS
OPERATE ON INFANT TWIN
W. J. JETTON
ELECTRA WINNER MAKES 44.1 MILES ON GALLON OF
GASOLINE
WHEN IN NEED OF MONUMENTS
—SEE—
Mr. and Mrs. C- F. Kolp return-
ed Tuesday from Fort Worth, where
they attended the Fat Stock Sshow
and visited friends.
301 East Washington Street
ELECTRA -v TEXAS
Long Distance Hauling
Service Truck
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the original positions Until several
thousand miles have elapsed, then the
front tires should be put on the rear
wheels and vice versa. The fifth pew
tire should have its regular turn, on
the car.
American Motorists Are
Shown Favor in Europe
Information as to how American
travelers can arrange to take their
PROFESSIONAL
—Directory—
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JACKSON’S
NEWS STAND
Bocks • Periodicals • Magarinos
Subscriptions taken for any mage*
sine published
"It used to be it was good dope foi
a lunchroom to advertise home cook
Ing,” says Cynical Sue, “but nowadays
that sort of thing Is more likely to de-
stroy confidence.”
D.' S. Brasfield of BesBsemer}; Ala.
formerly of this city and connected J
LIBERTY
PROGRAM
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Mr. and Mrs- Hiram M. Miller, of
West Roosevelt, are leaving this
week for El Paso, where they.. will
make their home. They will make the
trip overland.
• DETROIT, Mich.—Operated upon
for appendicitis within an hour af-
ter’ her birth, one of twin girls
bom yesterday to Mr. and Mrs.
Ollie Choice has chance to live, the
physicians attending the case said
today. The other child was in nor-
mal health at birth.
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, Thursday and Friday, Mar. 10 & 11:
• “NEW YORK”—With- Richard Cor-
tez, Lois Wilson, Estelle Taylor,
William Powell, Norman Trevor.
The whole roaring panorama of
modem New York, from Brook-
lyn to the Bronx. When the East
Side meets the' West Side in a
thrilling melodrama. All the gla-
mour and blitter that is New,
York.
' “THE PERILS OF PETERSBORQ”
’ —Day Comedy.
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be placed on the front, to eliminate 01
minimize the danger of posing control
of the car in case of a blowout while
traveling at a high rate of speed.
Danger Negligible.
Experience, gained by driving mil-
lions of tire miles under observation
by tire men, proves that the danger
from this source is negligible and is
in every case the fault of the driver In
losing his head.
Efficient operation of a car requires
good traction, arid for this reason the
best tires should be on the rear
wheels. The tires that are more worn
should be on the front Wheels. '
In the case of'a new or practically
new spare tire, th J* should be used In
the following manner: At the end of
several thousand miles of driving ex-
amine the rear tires and select the one
that shows the most wear and remove
It, replacing it with the spare. Re-
peat this operation.
Placing New Tire*.
On new cars where usually there
itffran* without books is death.
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vpth the Lina Motor Company, ha?
returned to Electra, accompanied by
his wife. They will make their home
here. ’
Messrs. Royal Duke and Sam
Hughes of Yer*1011 were in Electra
Wednesday with Mr. and Mrs. C.
A- Hayes, enroute to Fort Worth
where they will attend the Fat Stock
Show.
Spare Shoe Also Should
Have Its Turn* Off Duty,
Says Expert.
A question that Is asked' very often
by motorists has to do with the piac
Ing of tires to receive the greatest
mileage and service from them. There
Is some little difference of opinion
among tire users as to whether the
two best tires should be placed on
the front wheels or on the rear. One
group claims that the best tires should
I’d like a picture of a horse,
A certain horse—no noble steed
And yet? the finest horse, indeed,*
I ever saw—raw-boned, of course,
‘But that’s the horse I used to ride
Around the old-time countryside.-
I'd like to have a picture of ’
That one-eyed pel ter that I love •
• For wife to liaug above,the fire*
Beside the portrait of her sire.*
J’d like a picture of our barn.
Our old red barn, to deck the wall, ’
And our old house—but best of all
Was that old barn where many a yarn
Was spun, where many a dance was
held, •.
And pop was there, and peanuts
shelled.
I’d like a painting of the place
Our brand-new drawing room to grace,
When ’round about the young folks
prance,
To bring me Back a goo'd,*olil3fhnce.
' Td like sOme pictures, but the7v?lfe,
I don’t suppose she’d stand It,
though.
She says, “I wish yob wouldn’t, Joe,
Keep telling folks of our old life.
You know we’ve left that all be-
hind.’’
And that’s the saddest fact I find.
I'd like some pictures, but I guess,
The only ones I will possess
Are just the pictures memory’s art
Has bung within my lonesome heart,
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INSURANCE
Electra
Insurance Agency
’Phone 487
Masonic 'Building >a
” * Brysa Street
Motor Spring Facts for
More Comfort in Riding
Discussing automobile springs Land
their value for comfort In driving,, in
the Journal of the Society of Automo-
tive Engineers, F. C. Mock, research
engineer, calls attention to ad er-1
roneous belief which must be discarded
in the Interest of better riding condi-
tions. “This Is the Impression that
interleaf friction can be a satisfac-
tory means of taking up spring action.
More than 60 pounds of friction per
spring in cars weighing from 2,500 to
3,500 pounds will result In noticeably
stiffer riding,’’ says Mr. Mock. “The
greatest iinproyehieht In rldlpg1'com-
fort that can be made with reasonable
expense on the • average privately
owned car todayis. to. grease ^he
springs well, put on'Spring covers and
automatic lubricators to maintain this
condition and then fit shock absorbers
which resist spring recoil, but do not
make the springs stiffer on the bumps.’’
By DOUGLAS MALLOCH
Vcars' ^t-fie wai&jnm icoun-j
tries df JEpropfe and^adjacept M^ltm
;raneap areas*wlthout being- subject to
'tedious customs -formalities fe detailed
In a Department--of Commerce public
cation. ' I
Generally speaking, bthe-bulletin-^ex-
: plains, automobiles mhy -beLtakefa fb|.
a limited time.into’most of these coun-
tries for touring, purposes free of duty
by making a. cash * deposit (to be re-
funded later) or by giving bond (to
be canceled later) for the amount of
.import duties, or by using the trip-
tlque privilege.
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PUT BEST TIRES
ON REAR WHEELS
Motor Enamel Improves
Appearance of Old Car
When overhauling tli^ motor try
scraping all the oily, dirt off the out-
side surfaces, thoroughly clean with
gasoline and after fdrying paint It
with motor enamel. This^enamel can........
be obtained. In either aluminum or they might not dream-of the-dead or
black and will decidedly improve t.he j^ee them,.’’
appearance of an old motor, says the *
American Automobile Digest
if the valve covers and.al) places that
^M-so^^r^Hcbnfideht^Jl^re w.as-
. ,sup^Miti0m^nfi,eifte(i? Avith the f’“
vTcT\bbca,nse' the sa'm’e ■ rpo.k was .a ppar-
eB’bn evefry^face; but on being-asked*
whya,fhis'was done they pretended It
was1 bidding an old comrade good-by.
At last one told me that it was that
< Saturday, March 12:
> “SALT LAKE TRAILS”—A great
cast—a great story—a wonderful
picture!
AESOP’S FABLES.
PATHE NEWS.
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ctHE WBY o
SUPERSTIXI-PH,
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tremely reticent about them when talk-
ing with “unbelievers,” partly from a
fear pf ridicule .and partly because-’
^fi)fi))i4i which qdii^s certain
" savage^ bCOP^. Yo ^.Bbld hi? fetish' from
the white" man’s gdze apart.” *
- The > t superstition in -question Is
patently a Biirvltal of that’most an--
dent W10f ip tli.e,power df the touch. •
A goodi example of this Is the custom
of touching for the king’s evil, alias'
sbrofula;* which was' practiced';by the
English monarchs clown to ^the time
of Quden,* Anne. Homer. t^Us us
how. some four thousand years
ago. AgAmpnqnon "touched the chiefs
’. janij steeled..their manly souls.” Look .
over the long list of definitions In the
1 dictlqn^ry’ of t|ie word “touch”'
see how nearly all of them havd ln*
them the Idea of the exertion of* a r
mental or spiritual power by the,
touefle^ oyer the touched. It Is an ,
Idea of, primitive mar. who appears, to
havp conceived a sort of magnetic
.Spiritual Auld flowing from th^^finger
that touched. When we tou*cla the
dead, as in the superstitious practice,,
mentioned, we exert the power Of^the
“touch” over their disembodied'spfllts
to keep them away from us. u *
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fastened on, dust- will not collect ^so
easily, anti the usually neglected dirty
job of ^making many small adjust-
ments will be a pleasure.
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SOME PICTURES
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T.’D LIRE some pictures I could hang
I In our new hpuse, but where to go
To find the artist don’t know.
. He’d have to understand the gang
That used ’to play around the
crick—
I’d lik$ a portrait made of Mlclc,
The freckled boy who made us smile.
But Mick has wandered many a mile.:
And all the kids I knew of yore
'Who hung around the harness store.
. Thursday and.Friday, March 17 & 18:
“THE ADORABLE DECEIVER”—
with Alberta Vaughn. Action
, snapping with humor, thrills teem-
ing with smiles, Intrigue gripping
and amusing, the snappiest pep-
piest, merriest comedy in years.
“SHOULD MEN WALK HOME”—
Normand comedy.
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Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, Mar.
13, 14. and 15:
“SORROWS OF SATAN”—With A-
dolphe Menjou, as satan, Richard
Cortez, Lya de Putti.
The modern satan, immaculate,
velvet-gloved, irresistible. Satan,
who can offer motor cars, beauti-
ful women, undreamed of wealth.
Love, the real devotion of a true,
. lovely girl. Tender kisses, gen-
tle embrace’s, companionship, sym-
pathy.
They struggle for mastery. Which
wins.
“WAR FEATHERS”—Our Gang com-
edy. ,
Wednesday, Jllarch 16:
“BRED IN OLD KENTUCKY”—
with Viola Dana. In the bright
sunlight of a Southern day the
green turf is thronged with the
blue-bloods of the South, but be-
neath the splendor there is the
tragedy as*' a girl waits to see
what fate holds for her.
“BILL GRIMES”—Comedy.
'Ciyde^iss'Ltafelr'wetttaii'wiy tO!’Wich-
ita Falls Wednesday ’.eypjxing at-
itend. -the Wortham .SUqws. . ,
Messrs. A. C. Sublett, J. W* Your-
ee and Hicks Talley,' of this -city,
were business visitors in Altus, Ok-
lahoma, Monday,
W. M. Austin is in Tipton and Da-
vidson, Okla., for a few days this
s .:)■ lt<.would -be Interesting to know how.
Then, , widespread this superstition Is. . It Is
probably^, more general than most peo-.-___________
ordinarily leak oil are kept tightly (plei)imaglne.,‘ People who “hold by.“i / ■ —
such superstitions are apt to be ex- Books without leisure ip a p!t> But
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ly'- people xb^ssed t by;- ^e^cYisker the&,; oae^ and
would toubti/tl^^he^
^HcbntfJt/ Jl^re w^l
cousin to g^<bsity.
for the gander-^®^ ;
If you laugh too much, it’s a sign
bein’ a fool. But no more than If
•you never laugh at all.' ’
' The feller that’s Iosin’ is theDiTy
one that can afford to laugh.
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