The Houston Post. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 124, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 6, 1922 Page: 33 of 48
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"liers Lawyers Doc-
- tors farmers Clerks
' ' Find Rest
. FARGO K. Il Americas at play
" nr hundred of them are comma
.rfea?L TmrKo In a. motly procession
of automobile thl summer.
They stop for the nlfht at th
t turiit camp In the weeds overtookln-
. meander of the Red riven cook
tielr meal aim and awap xperl-
ce about their camp fire and in
( ire mornlnc "pas on. v " '
They are to be found en all the
nation. highway that thread-t th
country and on the byroad a Well
chasing ' romance over the next hill
top end arouad the nearest curve all
the- way from Boston. Us. to
t ?attle down t California -and. back
aero the South
It's a far err from the t their
inmadlo forbearera who' drove their
herd. before them over the pastures
of Northern Europe hundred of years
r o but th am lure of strange
ti all and new place which drov th
ancestor la driving th .wanderer of
todays.:- :J-t f .' ... ; A
.The tourist who pas through hr
travel west over -tne National park
highway from all the territory - be
' teen Fargo and the .atlantlcand
t from as far south as the frontiers
of Dixie. They travel east from SouttC-
western Canada .and the- Paclflo coast
States ; They say they are going to
Seattle- California yenowston parx
or to New. Tork !of. Vashlngton D C.
Put their leading jnotlve ! to he on
thelx. wavnnt to' arrive..1"..5. ' .Wi 'i !.
In June 451 tourist registersa ai
th camp here and. on July 1 alone
to new arrivals dropped In according
to Oeorg 0. Hatch In chargk of. th
camp. Most of them were hradect
west wun tneir immediate oojeciives
Custer's old stamping grounds on th
Missouri river and Roosevelt's one
time ranch at Medora N. D. where
the "painted hill' and petrified
. forest of .th bad land are to b
seen ...
. - Beside offering them .the hospital
Ity of the. camp th Fargo Commercial
club provide Information road maps
ana tn use or a rest roqra.
Nearly all of the pilgrims are-"nice
intelligent communicative people
doctors. - business men. retired 'Mer
chants. lawyers1 according to Mr.
Hatch. - "They Ilk to ask questions
' and tell you what they have aeen.
t'erson Irony other walk . of life also
1 help to swell th procession.
' The women folk for the greater part
wear nicker or bloomers and wrap
f hgglng or golf stocking. All of
t hose wanderer who stop at the' camp
carry tents.: Many are equipped with
sasollne stove while others us the
brick fireplace of th camp ground
on which to cook their meals.
' Most of th ear used are of the
rnoderately priced varieties according
to Mr. Hatch: but not all. On party.
traveling In two car of Jjh costliest
Manufacture came through reeefttly.
These carried a refrigerator with their
-equipment .' ' I ' t
. There is an air of comradeship among
; to tourist ana between them ana the
caretaker of the camns. A hail serves
'. a presentation and introductions
are dispensed with.
(. After supper. tourists . frequently
. gather about the camp fires to ten
of the day' experiences and fight
mosquitoes ' even as their shepherd
.forbear did centuries ago but un
S-ks these they also compare tires
i deage: ana .motonv.y. iff
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0E THE WORLD
-' . :. Jn England a number of motr bus
es sre equipped- with all the conven
" lnncea'ot a club. " . '"i -
r Hlue' background with' gold letters
will be the color of the automobile
' tag In Pennsylvania for l(2t. . '
All motor trucks entering Maine
. from other States must be registered
' and pay the regulatt fee."
Twenty-eight' cities In the United
' States lowered their highway traffic
fatality records last year.
i Motor buses with flanged wheel are
- heing used by 28 short line ateam rail.
' roads la ih United States.
t In Frtrice because of the increased
ntraln on th highways caused .by. a
lrger use of motor traction; the
l'rench minister of public work ha
outlined al progran of toad building
on a large seal. - '
i a. jTh Motor Buss association of flanr.
Fgia ha been organised to extand tthe
motor bus Dusthesa In that. Stattf and
.. nnnif aoeur greater use or tne motor
' true for freight-and transportation.
. Feueral ' aid-tn: the construction of
highway ha ieen definitely assured
by eongres which has authorised ap-
prOprlatlons f $60000000 $tOO0OO0
and 176000000 respectively for th fls-
"t cal year 1SJI 1824 and W25. v
Driver of automobile and ' track
who approach grade crossings at high
speed are guilty of contributory negli-
gence In ths event of accident accord
ing to a decaton of Judge Bellstab of
th United State District court New
Jersey -
r On a hot summer night in New Tork
City .a fleet of 300 motor buses carry
nq fewer than 126000 "night hoppers"
ever ten different route. The paassn
.:. tn r enjoy a tour through the city rid
ing contlncbusly fpr four hours at
' cost ef 40 oentBi' -(!.. 4'.
v To reduce Franne's dependency for
mineral oils ; on the United States
Cheat Britain and Holland the French
t.overnment-ls contemplating the en-
foitedVue as rantor fuel of a mixture
romposed of alcohol gasoline 'yele
. . Jicxanol and phenol.
M. A. Da via and hla wife of New
N Yorlt City have started on a long
Itatance. camping .tour to the Pacific
oant and back. The ltfnerary for the
t utlre trip covers' 8000 miles.: They
II n lo camp out every night during
" ihclr six months motor tour. " .
- ; In France motor Vehicle traveling at
greater speed than 10 kilometer per
I.oun on country road musf have one
ixlra light Ing apparatus wUhl sum
clent tower to light up the road. 100
meters ahead. .:.-
tier -was found recently-driving ai
I lutorr.oblle In London. -. He operated
the car with a pair of artificial arms
resnonded to signals when to stop
nn proceed by nudge from CIS chaf
furkt hii aide.- '
. Scau it i drtlcult to distinguish
motor buss from truoka at a distance
at night passrfgr . busses whkn
!av -replaced trolley ear In lower
osiberlaad county '.Penna - are
opting alren whlstlM and dlstln-
tishlng light. ---. ' '
A one-room hon. carved from
te elaht . feet la diameter and
nted on a light motor track baa
-ted on a unique publicity cam-
n from the State ef Washington.
. -' which la seven feet 1 gh.
a li?".-"-r diameter of six font
is arranging an extensina cour
in f s 'i. automobile . for .eorre-
omioi. e students. It la designed for
the man who owns and operates his
own car.. A feature of the course Is
its diifaeloa of engine trouble their
prevention and cures " and common
road repairs. -.
Declaring that a motorist - while
reading a sign of It letter -will ordi-
narily drive 140 feet. In which time
be may drive off th road or into an-
other machine advertising sign along
th right 4t way on highways la Ore
gon are to be removed at once. Sign
on private property WW be removed
whenever permission can he gained.
The finest existing stretch of the
Lincoln highway between New Tork
city and Ban Francisco la said to be
a new six -mils road between Elisabeth
and V-Vwsv. In New Jersey. .It will
be aurpussad only by the Ideal. Sec
tion which the Lincoln Highway asi
elation la to build with the co-opera
tion of the federal government and the
State of Indiana outn of Chicago
thl year. .- '- ;
Florida hs a "rolling court" oper
ating en the Atlantic boulevard near
Jacksonville: - Justice of th peace
and their bailiff patrol' th highway
In passenger automobile accompan
ied by dosen of deputies on motor-
cycles ready to pounce) upon any driv
er who endanger trafflo. Upon mak
ing arrest th deputy and hi prison
er proceed until met .by one of the
"roiling courts." '
A baby hippo tamoa. ace four year.
and weighing a ton waa recently
transported from the Philadelphia Zoo
logical warden to. Boston Mass. in a
specially built motor truck. The ani
mal waa purchased with 16000 in pen
nles and 6th er small coins contributed
by the school children of Boston.
Automobile manufacturer m tne
United State produce a car for th
French market especially designed for
French need. English ear for the
British ; roads and domestic ears
adapted to American .conditions. The
latter car la found to stand the test
of touring abroad- better than either
of the two other maaw.
There are no fewer than TJ camp
He along the Lincoln highway Be-
tween Pennsylvania and California.
Camp are eapeclally prepared and
equipped for motorist making th
transcontinental tour wno desire to
sleep In th open. Soma of the sites
are so extensive that they provide for
J00O persona at a time. -r
A specially .equipped automobile re
cently attracted the attention of Pres-
ident Harding when the car stopped
In front of the White House It was
operated by Mrs. Delia Levlson of Ban
Francisco who crossed the country In'
the machine. The president spent sev-
eral minutes investigating It equip-
ment for carrying supplies of oil
and gasoline ropes for towing and
everything ene necessary to make-It
self-contained vehicle lor long-m-
tasue'tourlng. -
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Free ' I.-fcrr.it:on as . to
North-Middle West '
Given Tourists
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. MINNBAPOLIS Minn. Part ef an
effort to make Minnesota the easiest
Stat in the country to travel by auto-
mobile the Minneapolis Journal travel
and resort bureau established to fa
cilitate tourist travel has served nor
than 10 00 tourists since It began op-
eration little more than two month
ago according to Perry g Wllliama
manages; ot- the bureau. W v K' '
As many aa l0t tourist la en day
have been1 aeifed .With- free informa-
tion aa to the lakes resort and vaca-
tioning grounds In the North-Middle
Wert. Mr. William aid. "
Bankers business men. trawspaper.
garages resorts In fact entire rep-
resentative Minnesota ia fully co-operating
with ths bureau In. making
known to the entire nation the na-
tional resources of forests lakes good
roads and other qualification ideal
tor th tourists of any Stat who wish
to corns here for the'aumm Mr.
Wtlilama tftMr' -r-'"'
"in working out the aervtc to the
tourist." Mr. William dciardMth
bureau ha received excellent ec-op-eratton
throughout the State.'and Min-
nesota fast I becoming the easiest
State In the country .to travel by au-
tomobile. A State-wide Jnformatlon
service Is "being built up and today
Include banker and business men
of every kind in the various commu-
nities who have made their business
establishments the central source ef
information aid to the traveling tour
ist. '. ' V ..'..' : v a :
"To (hi effort' the newspapers of
Minnesota have added their publicity
aid to such an extent that th time
la not far distant when th motorist
in Minnesota will find a cordial wel
come and willing volunteers to aid
him wherever he .maytneel with mis-
hap or face uncertainty of road direc-
tion!." All service y the bureau I gratia.
Through Its efforts Minnesota I be
ing made the laboratory for working
out a national system which will in.
sure ease of travel for th motorist
throughout th entire nation. Thi
program la being worked out for the
community advertising section ef th
Effective
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offered you at a price f tsloy that of any
other car that approacheo il5 yfondrM value.
This Wonder or Of The ieor
HOUSTON MOTOR GAR CO
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Get One of Cty s Best
' Known Auto Men
An interesting bit of new In auto-
mobile circles Is thf fact that Ross
M. - Carter - who- hta been connected
vMth automobile service In Houston rf or
U years ha IdentUed himself with
the Oydeaon-Manfotd Cedillas com-
pany In th capacity of superintendent
of service. "t 1 - - . '
C. W. Manford general manager of
the company in commenting on the
aoqulattlon ' of Mr .Carter said -that
the wisdom of tn seieouon nas been
well substantiated by the . many eon-
gratulatloa that "loth Mr Carter and
th company-have received during th
part week.'
Mr. Cartt assumed his new duties
last Monday
AssooUted Advertising CTubs of th
World by Mr. Wiuiaros. .
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TOURING. CAR
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Zcp:!!.i Ccr-poay Ready
; to S'i-c Reputatica t
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' VAssoclated Press Report . '
- BTt-Ufe-raelng th fact that mem-
ories of the Jt-tl and Rom dtsaatar
still are freshly In mind throughout
the world. German builder ef the
new Zeppelin intended for- commer-
cial use.ln the United Sutaa are pre-
pared to axhauet every reaeuret at
their command in producing th "hurt
word Ul aircraft. The Zeppelin oom-
pany standi ready to "atak IU repu
tation 4a th project acfordlng to aa
Americait" official wh haa (figured
prominently lij the negotiations for
the contract recently signed here. v
Thli efficlal pointed out however
that th undertaking strike no aw ia
the heart of tha constructors since
they .already have-built larger ship
than that now under contract. In fact
a Mid they are equipped to produce
a Zeppelin of 100000 or even 110000
oublo meter aa compared with th
ship of TO.OOv which they bav agreed
to build for America; i ' x -
Tt th bulMer recognise th possi-
bility -of element hitherto uncontrol
lable entering into construction of thl
nature) It I Bald and win endeavor
to profit by careful-study of th fat
which. hef ell the two giant airship
produced for -th United Bute the
past two year In England and Italy.
Particular attention will be devoted to
the question ef the manifold stressea
to which an airship 1 subject Thl
problem Involve multitudinous techni-
calities as to design and the extreme
testing of material. In the depart-
ments it I -felt in American circle
here th Germane have reached an
Outstanding stage of sdvsno -
i Reception of th ship having been
delegated to the naval department ot
the United States Its design will be
submitted to that division of th gov-
ernment for approVal. In addition an
officer of the department will b pres-
ent at Prtedrlchbafen a an Inspector
throughout the Zeppelin' construc-
tion. Thb) duty hss been assigned to
First Lieutenant Garland Fulton U.
B. N.; who Js her In connection with
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the contract; First Lieutenant R. O.
Pennoyer. V. 8. K. also ha been la
Berlin daring the negotlatlona both
ef the officers having been en duty
In eennecttoa with th R-U.
It la estimated that It month will
be required for construction of I he
ship Ne apectflo tint of delivery haa
beea fixed thl being dependent upon
number ef eonttaitenctee not the
least of .which are the wvfcther con-
ditions. The Keppetln probably will
be completed by next fail making it
likely that delivery will fokow during
the ensuing summer. Lakehurst N.
j haa beea selected aa the place of
delivery.' ' v: - t
The contract provhte that the ship
wUl fir to th United Stat entirely
under German responsibility and
manned by a German- crew. It hue
not yet been decided at thl early
tag ot the) . project . whether any
American personnel will accompany
th Germane on their Transatlantic
nirha - - a ."
The uevr leppettn wUl require a
crew of about the earn number aa
that which manned th R-M. ln.lhlt
connection It ia pointed out her that
a large-part of the United State naval
department' air personnel was lost
tn the "accident to th R-8 while the
Roma disaster proved a olrollar tee
to the army' air forree. Thus Ainei.
loan manning ef .the new chip will
tall training ef. an almost entirely
new crew. -
No provtsloa ha been made m the
contract tor the vailed State to hare
In the monetary lose .should an awl-
dent eocur to the ship before de
livery. Since the Eeppelln takes th
I place ef costs due the United 81 tee
ria JWn n n a n k- ) In a 1m ih.
was it is noted tne fixed amount re
main due untlluch tlm a th ship
a aotuany turned over to in Amer
ican government
ConeorrJia League Holds
Successful Convention
Houston Port Special
: CUPTON Taxag.) Aug. I. Another
successful - day ef .the - Concordia
League convention was held Saturday
Hundred of Lutheran young peopl
from Houaton Dallas Waco delves-
ton and other cltls ar In attendance.
The twelfth annual convention be-
gan Friday with a business sMiion
and social gathering Friday evening.
An outing was noyed Saturday after
noon and th feature of Sunday's pro-
gram will be a sacred concert '
Among the apeclal guests I Rev. K
M. Ylvlsaker xcutlv secretary of
th Young People's Luther league
from Minnesota H was at one tlm
civilian . chaplain at. Camp Logan
Houaton. Rev; Mr. Ylvlsaker will de
liver the convention address Sunday
morning. :
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Aclmowledges No Equal
I! 4ny other motor truck had proven as- effU
cient or as economical then the preference (or
this Spe?d" Wagon would not Te o pro-
nounced. . . .-.
The majority in favor of the Speed Wagon fs
overwhelming as evidenced by the fact that
. today there are more than 70000 in use. V
Xhat's more than of all other makes combined
- of similar type or ajie. " -
Moat buyers -simply will not consider any .
- other-they insist on a Reo Speed Wagon.
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33x4............ 22.60 " . 36x4. ..31.00
'34c4.... 23.55 35x5 36.50
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30x3..?.......'.....$U0 30x3tf $1.75
32x4 Gates Red Tube 5
33x434x4 Gates Red Tube'. . . 2.85
. ! ' JLow Prices on Other. Sizes . -
$800 Ford Sedan Floor Mats .$3.50
4.50 Luggage Carriers a..-.......;..... 220
6.50 gxploiion Whiitle ..y .......... . 4.50
7.00 Motor Driven Horn. 4.75
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4.00 Electric Stop Signals
1.75 Windihield Mirror
60c Spark Plugs 35c
3.50 Spotlights' nickel-plated... 3.75
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' 7.00 Taper Bearingi for Fords per set. ." 4.75
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