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12 THE FARMER: MARCH 20, 1913 1 AUTOMOBILE SECTION This Department is created for the benefit of our readers. In its columns will be found the very latest auto news, national and lo cal, in the Advertising Department will be found the very best Pleasure Cars, Electric Vehicles, Commercial Trucks, Supplies, etc., handled by local dealers. ' I a HOW THEN, Altogether, you Ladles and Gentlemen with the autos, tinea your gaze upon the BLTJB RIBBON GARAGE. Follow up that gaze with a visit inside of its portals. Indulge yourself in that restful feeling of stability and ousl ness solidity which compels your attention in all of its departments. Go no further, go home and think it over and its a week old dough nut to a spread eagle, that the next time you need something for your car. you will say to yourself, "I better go to the BLUE RIB BOX GARAGE for that." You get service there, be it a wash and polish, a repair Job or the purchase of a tire and accessories. THE BLUE RIBBON GARAGE Inc. 283 FAIRFIELD AVENUE . PACKARD AGENT FOR FAIRFIELD AXD NEW HAVEN COUNTIES LAIVflR REPAIRING THE AUTO IAMP REPAIR SHOP 80 JOHN STREET BRIDGEPORT, CONN. - COR. BROAD ONE FLIGHT UP TELEPHONES: SHOP. 1304-2, HOUSE 3805-4 , BLUE RIBBON MOTOR BODIES BEAR THE STAMP OF ORIGINALITY r - ;xiie more critical you are, the better pleased We are to have you for a customer. We build bodies any design, commercial or pleasure, light -weight aluminum or wood. " ' i ' ' Now Is the time to have your Touring car put in order and painted for next Summer's use. . . 4-, DON'T WAIT D0 IT NOW 1 Estimates promptly submitted on request , . The Blue Ribbon Auto & Carriage Co. 154 CANNON E. A. Godfrey. Pres. 83Ett fcdveiG your neighbor 's car. fM OFord o your own is surely, within your means now that Je r prle0 , has reached bottom. Higher standards of living at tcmep C3oet that's what, the 0ard.?pricsa changes mean to you. "JfeffiSfSiOtfl ffiK.SE.r.v.y. . .$525 Tkamg CSWB.MK.1-. Ma -taa. . .600 SEbsrai CSai.Max.i-.:. . . 800 Tbse fiewr prices, 'io.b. Detroit, with all easement. 'An early order will mean an . earfy delivery., Oct particulars from Star buck & lattice. 3S Biairfleld Avenue. jp2LL IT TO JACOB BROS A. ... ft A CCRE FOR WHOOPING COUGH. One cup flaxseed, 2 lemons, sliced; 6 reck cagit, Z vpcaa honey, - trmrrt water. Mix and simmer slowly for four hours, then strain. If this does not make a pint, add suffi cient water to do so. The dose for adults Is one tablesponful four times a days, and for children one dessert spoonful as often as the cough is troublesome to be taken when cough ttevlns. During overhauling time we are giving special prices on reflec tors, plain and red glass, parts and repairing for AUTOMOBILE AND MOTOR CYCLE LAMPS , STREET Geo. H. Woods, Secy, and Treas. , 35 KOSSUTH STREET fl. WEMTS ENGINE LUBRICANTS GREASES AND PACKINGS The Best Gas Engine Cylinder Oil Made 250 Stratford Ave. GIRDLE TABS. Girdles of satin, silk, tulle, maline, net or other filmy materials, are worn with separate blouses of lace or crepe, says the Newark News. The girdles often are made with square or oblong tabs, falling in front, back or at the side, as is most becoming. These tabs give ample opportunity for em broidery. Often the handwork is done in striking colored silk or in beads. Automobile Hews Automobiles that are bullet-proof are advertised by a dealer in Mexico City, Mex., who knows what the pub lic wants. An aluminum foundry, . which will make a specialty of castings for the motor car and engine trade, is being established at Waukesha, Wis. Racers, with rare exceptions, are us ing ordinary gasoline of about 5 test. The days of doped fuel are past and discountenanced in racing circles. Open ports act as an auxiliary exhaust valve to clear the cylinder much quicker than would be possible with the one exhaust valve. Since Montgomery, Ala., achieved as phalt pavements, boys have discover ed the exciting possibilities of a pair of roller skates and an automobile. Several accidents have occurred to boys hanging on behind cars, and the police have now adopted the dungeon punishment to break up the practice. Offenders are confined in a dark un derground cell for an hour or more. A bill hag been introduced in the Maine Legislature providing for the compusory lighting of all vehicles, re gardless of whether the same are mo tor propelled or horse-drawn. The only vehicles exempted from the ef fects of the measure are baby car riages, wheel barrows and go-carts. The establishment of a "lights for all" law is favorably considered by the Legislature and by a great number of the residents', of the State. - After driving a touring car in the rain, keep the top up until it is thor oughly dry. If it is lowered and packed away in the casing or vboot," ths lining is apt to mildew and rot It is also a good plan, if any mois ture has penetrated inside the car, to take the . seats out and, if possible, sun all the uphojstery until it is bone dry. According to Chief Dunn, of the po lice . of Omaha, an average of from fifty to seventy-five accidents a week are" due to automobiles operating in various cities of the United States. During the five weeks ending January 23d, according to the chief, 1,230 per sons were injured and 208 f killed, among these sixty-two in New York. Chief Dunn expects to submit his sta tistics to the National Association of Police Chiefs, which is active in re ducing automobile accidents. Of the 990,000 cars now registered in the various States, more than 900,000 are gasoline cars, and these easily- rep resent a present value of $750,000,000 or more. Complete and accurate fig ures showing the growth of the: gaso line industry from year to. year are not available. However, census re ports show that in 1904, eight years ago, 18,000 cars were produced at a value of $19,000,000, and that in 1909, three years ago, 120,000 cars were pro duced at a value of $135,000,000. Thus 1909 produced 102,000 . more cars than 1904 and the value was $116,000,000 greater. For 1912 the output is esti mated at 250,000 cars,, valued , at from $250,000,000 to $300,000,000. Thus, since 1909, three years ago, the product and its value have ' more than doubled. The wonderful growth of the "motor cycle industry since the first crude crude affairs with a small gasoline en gine mounted on the front forks and propelling the machine by a friction pulley is shown in the statement that one American firm will manufacture a million spark plugs this year for mo torcycle use -alone. ' The Splitdorf Electrical Company, which was re cently merged in a $3,000,000 com bination, was the pioneer in the man ufacture of ignition appartus and the far-sightedness of the Torrington Company of Torrington in acquiring this veteran house has been conclu sively proved by the vast bulk of bus iness done so far this year, . amounting to over. 100,000 magnetos. Drove Race in. Burning Car. To travel 'along at 144 - miles an hour, enveloped in a. stream of fire, is an experience few men ' have had, and Bob Burman, the speed king, who has signed to drive a car in the In dianapolis 500-mile race for -$50,000, to be run May 30, next, is relating Jiis experience of Christmas Day last. Burman was after the mile record and driving his huge 300 , horse-power Benz car. He had an excellent chance for a record and expected to go inside his mile mark of 26.40 seconds-made at'Ormond. .. Sitting in his car without a dash board and looking right into the fast-, working engine, he was startled when the gasoline feed pipe burst. The five pound pressure on the gasoline tank threw the petrol straight at his face and a steady stream shot by him, spraying his. clothing. Intending to finish the mile before slowing, he kept on when a back fire in the muffler set the stream of gasoline on fire. Bur man saw the danger, and. climbing from his seat, unable to slow the. car I down, he placed a foot on the spring at . the side, another on the Irame, caught hold of , the body of the car with -one hand and held the steering wheel with the- other, although the flames burned his. hand painfully.-. Unable to reach the release with his foot, he could not slow, the .car,, and with the stream of flame shootfng. out tftirty yards t9 the rear, he dashed over the tape doing the mile officially in :28, and then steered for the ocean. The impacf of the car entering . the llii 4 H-PoM 200 Bis 4 H. Power 230 Twin 7 H. Power 0PJJS9SS3XS v TUB TASK OF THE iiMOW. BSX JSITN 'MAMi3 KVRti, OVSRSSAS VAUVB3. JKW1UH TO -- AaJKNTS WAtffSP in all fwpwndtai twvas, Apply . ELLISON'S TIRE & REPAIR CO, water of 144 miles an hour threw Burraan far out and away from it, and spectators pushed the blazing juggernaut Into the waves until it was submerged. Bifrman was relieved of the fire which had enveloped him when he struck the water. The car was really but little injured. The Ford Car. One can go entirely around the world and see an American car in ev ery country he visits. One American manufacturer, the Ford Motor Com pany which builds one-third of Am erica's cars, has invaded nearly every country where there is a road. Strange as it may seem the American built Ford is present in greater numbers than any other car not barring do mestic products in almost any coun try one can name. This is striking ly brought home to American, tourists in foreign countries. ' No matter to what remote recess of the earth they go they are given a warm thrill of patriotism by seeing the familiar name of Ford on a doughty little mo tor car. In England the branch fac tory at Manchester builds more cars than the next two largest English mo tor car builders combined. This year the Manchester factory will turn out 10,000 cars. But, one would ex pect to find a car manufactured in such numbers in principal marts of the world. It is in the out-of-the-way places that it is surprising the car has gone. One can hardly mention the name of a country from Labrador to the Fiji Islands, in Tasmania in the Hawaiian Islands down" to Australia, running about the roadless tracks of South America and over the veldt of South Africa, in China, in Japan, in Korea, Turkey, Greece, Abyssinia, ev erywhere, wherever a motor has ever throbbed the American Ford is known. During the month of January this year the export shipments from the factory at Detroit would be a revela tion even to those who make some attempt to keep up with the records of the company's expansion. Here is. a typical day's shipment. Aden, Ara bia; Bangkok, Slam; Batavia, Java; Buenos Ayres, Argentina; Cdad, Boli var; Columbia, Isle of Pines; Colon, Panama; LaGuaira, Venez; Maracai bo, Venez; Marangao, Brazil; Monte video, Uruguay; Port Au Prince, S. D.; Ft. Cabello; 'Polotas, Brazil; Tampico, Mexico; San" Juan, P. R.; San Paulo, Brazil; Santa Clara, Cuba; Scerabaya, Tientsin "Chinai Valparaiso. Chili ; Yo kahoma, Japan.' This gives. a faint idea of where the more than seventy five thousand cars the company manu factured last year "went, to outside of the United States- and where some of the 200,000 that It 'is building this year are going. As 'an example of what quantities go in shipments of this kind it is interesting to know that to Sao Paulo, Brazil, there were shipped some thirty, cars during the month of January: " ' " Philadelphia Merchant Delivers Motor Freight to Pittsburg Customer. - The first delivery of merchandise to be made across the state of Pennsyl vania by a motor truck started under way Monday (March 17) when a three and one-half ton Alco truck set out from the factory of its owners, John Lucas & Company, the big Philadel phia paint concern, with a consign ment for the Joseph Home Company of Pittsburg. The distance is 300 miles over rjough roads and across the mountainous country of the state. The journey will end at Pittsburgh on the fifth day. Accurate cost rec ords are being kept of the operating expense of the truck and of horses. It is expected that the results will show motor trucks to be a marked economy in hauling gooas between cities, as compared with the operation of horse vehicles. It is thought that this trip will prove the practicability, of motorized delivery within a radius of from 50 to 75 miles. Greatest Exhibition of Automobiles in ' the Worldl A record-breaking exhibition of au tomobiles and motorcycles, . motor ac cessories,' and all phases of motor transportation, will be one of the most distinctive features of the Panama-Pa cific International Exposition in San Francisco in 1915. So vast in ex panse and so rich in mechanical and artistic accomplishment will this im mense exhibition be that it promises to utterly dwarf .anything of the . kind that has ever been attempted. Every phase of the advance in the automo bile industry will be illustrated, many new types of automobile manufacture will . be shown to the public for the first time. - ... . . The exhibition will be contained in a special palace solely, devoted to mo tor transportation . and it will . stand apart and distinct from the Palace of Transportation which is being erected Automobile Hall . will .-. be erected pri marily for the benefit of American manufacturers of. automobiles, motor cycles, motor . boats, aeroplanes and motor-accessories. . The National. Association of Auto mobile -Manufacturers requested "per mission, to erect a building . at. their own expense, in order to obtain space necessary, for. the exhibition of such an industry, as theirs. After nearly a year' of negotiations . ; an . agreement has , been reached under . which :there will be erected a palace solely devoted to the exhibition of automobiles, and all that pertains to the motor Indus try. This palace which will be erect ed at a cost of several hundred thous ands of dollars, will cover an area of about 210,000 square feet, or more than five acres. DIRECT ELECTION tiF U. S. SENATORS ALMOST ASSURED Washington, March 20 With the rat ification of only three States remain ing to insure the adoption of a con stitutional amendment for- the direct election of Senators, speculation was heard at the capitol today in regard to the effect of the adoption of the amendment upon the Senatorial con tests in Illinois. At present two Sen atorial vacancies exist In Illinois but the Legislature has been deadlocked many weeks. The concensus of opin ion was that the ratification of the amendment by three more States and the subsequent proclamation by the Secretary of State that the amend ment had been -adopted would deprive the Illinois Legislature of power to elect Senators. The selection then would be made under the terms of the new amendment. This requires that when vacancies occur such as exist in Illinois the Governor of the "State shall issue writs for an election at the polls to fill such vacancies. It is pro vided, however, that the Legislature may empower- the Governor to make temporary appointments until the peo ple fill the vacancies by election. DISTRIBUTING CO. IN MARCH OF PROGRESS The twentieth century is bringing many changes in public taste, and bus iness men in various walks of com mercial life have been quick to grasp and profit by the general elevation of the masses. -. Probably nd better example of this advancement can be shown than by the emporiums devot ed to the sale of wines and liquors, which, catering not alone to the pal ate strive for appeal to the eye and ear as well. v Noteworthy in this city is the estab-; lishment of the Bridgeport Distribut ing Company, 102 State streetnext door ! to the Public Market, of which George J. Clancy is the head.- There is always kept for home demand aged wines and whiskeys both in bulk and bottle, ales of the better brew, and beers of standard brands, ready for immediate 'delivery.' Under the ex perienced hands of "Jake" the able chef the most succulent of the season's delicacies are ever ready for business men's lunches,, dinner or beef-steak club. ' Thus does the march of pro gress tend to extend beyond the lim ited portals of the past and cater to the home as well as the individual. THE EICHMOXD CONFERENCE Farmers, business men, and school workers will meet to , discuss rural schools, agricultural credits, market ing methods and other pressing prob lems of country life at the Conference for Education - in the South, to be held at Richmond, Va April 16-18. Each group will have special confer ences on its own particular work, and then all will come together in a gen eral session to discuss fundamental points in the upbuilding of rural life. In response to the invitation of Governor Mann, of Virginia, the gov ernors of nearly all the Southern States have appointed delegations of farmers and business men to attend the Richmond meeting and take part in the discussion of such important topics as: Lack of capital in farming and how it may be remedied; the ten ant evil, its extent and influence; why business men are concerned with the rural problem; how to 'organize and conduct co-operative market associa tions; how to make the rural schools educate more effectively for the de mands of country life; and how to make the country a better place to live in. j At the farmers conference it is ex pected that a definite plan for organ izing and managing co-operative mar keting associations will be worked out. Before the business conference the facts about the farming situation in the South will be presented by men who have made a special study of its possibilities and needs; and bankers, merchants, and manufacturers, will discuss how they may aid in the devel opment of agricultural resources. One of the features of the confer ence will be an interstate meeting of State and county superintendents, teachers of agriculture, and other ed ucators, at which the subject for dis cussion will be "The Most Effective Means for Developing the Rural School." A. ' C. Monahan, rural school specialist in the United States Bureau of Education, will urge the necessity for a well-defined, construc tive county plan in rural education. Typical rural-school problems will be discussed by county supervisors and others wb,o are keenly interested in improving the country school, such as Albert S. Cook, of Baltimore Counts', Md.. Zebulon Judd, Wake County, N. C; Miss, Rhea C. Scott and L. J. Hani fan, supervisors in Virginia and West Virginia, respectively; Miss Jessie Yancy, Mason Co., Ky.; A. R. Jones, Equality, Ala.; J. S. Stewart, Ath ens, Ga. ; and many others. Arrangements for the Richmond meeting are in charge of A. P. Bour land, of Washington, D. C, who is the executive secretary of the conference. TROLLEY PATRONS PETITION FOR FAIR v RATE READJUSTMENT Hartford, .March 20 About 40 citi zens of Southington, patrons of the Connecticut Company's trolley line. have petitioned the public utilities commission for a readjustment of the rate of fair between that town and Plainville and a hearing has been as signed for March 2 7. The petitioners request a lap over system of transfers or something of the sort but do not ask for a change in fare limits. Thes say that by the rate now charged they have to pay a five cent fare for a ride of about a mile and a half. They want to be able to ride to the Plainville town line for a single fare. SWIPT SERVICE BY THE PLATT COMPANY H. S. PLATT, Manager ' Collections and Distribution of Parcels and Express to all Seotlooa of J the City and Vicinity Prompt Parcel Delivery Telephone 3884 THE MITCHEIiL LIGHT SIX 1913 $1,850 FOR INFORMATION OR DEMONSTRATION CALL, WRITE Op. PHONE 184 ELM STREET THE CAR THAT WILL GET YOU THERE AND BACK AGAIN BXriCK ARTHUR L. CLARK AUTO STATION ALSO DISTRIBUTOR OF THE FRANKLIN 1671 MAIN STREET Phone 1214 . 1 1 1 " -' . -. i-i,-. rt; ' r i- .--" i.- ' ., n : ? . i r- ... - The SELDEM IVIottoi TTiPuicIk: Careful inspection of the Seidell Track and detailed comparison of its specifications with those of other trucks of like capacity will show the fact that the "Selden Trnidc is a sturdy, powerfully built car, every part of which is constructed with a large factor of safety and with due regard for the rigid requirements of high duty commer cial service. The Selden Truck Is built to render the highest degree of service at a minimum of cost. Standard Chassis In either short or long vheelbasfe. Model 3 or JTTj respectively, in priming coat with driver's seat and equipment, 92,000. THE CONSOLIDATED MOTOR CO. Office: 1047 BROAD ST. TeL 392. Garage: 183 JOHN S. Tel. 288-2 If You Are Looking For Quality and Prompt Service Come to Us " WE BUILD AUTO BODIES OF EVERY DESIGN AND SIZE -AUTOMOBILE PAINTING AND REPAIRING IN FACT WE DO EVERY KIND OF AUTOMOBILE WORK EXCEPT ON THE ENGINE WE STAND BACK OF EVERY JOB THAT LEAVES OUR SHOP OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT .Metropolitan Auto & Carriage Co. 434 GRAND STREET PHONE 4165-3 AMERICA'S GREATEST CAR, H. P. $900 The R. C. TI. Is fully equipped, Folding Top, Wind Shield, De mountable Rims, Rear View Mirror, in fact all ready to get la and start off on a trip or journey. - H. m. DISTRIBUTOR. 1837 Main Street Phone 1273 Auto Co. PHONE 1901 MODEL SI PASSENGER TOURING CAR OR ROADSTER for: ! D