mtodfokd matt, tktbuxe. mfdfoIvd" oREnoy, sumvv, December 2, 102s. '
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pne'uiuatlo tires Iiustcuri of solid 'company.' are being equipped with
Uivh on trucks Engaged In inu-i - uh hlgli uh 23 pneumatic tires eucli.
city and Intcr-stato freight hauling. ; Klintination of the solid tires is
Truck and trailer units in many j saving roads, trucks and operating
its. neenrding to the (Jcnnial time. . .
FOOTBALL WIZARD CHOOSES STUDEBAKER
The CHtlmates worn prepf red hy
(national und hlulo highway offiel-
als for the General Tire and Hub-
FUWER
Ti 'ISM n m.M
ber Co. of fjperon und other com
paniet now advising the use of
AMONG SEVEN TO
END SENATE DAYS
IwV ? 1
Klic tvua eood Ioij iib and had
u flnu .Iinye. Thry told inn olio
wn fart, and nhe was. Hut 1 liked !
htM'. Hhc never Mnoked, mid In '
tlinea of need nho wax Junt a eood !
pal. She was not painted In a
vulear ny. tiut Just a llt of red !
liere and there to l?lve a Hp.n kllnB i
uppenranee. Slie wan eay on your
pocketbook. When ou took her !
uut you were uro of a good time. ;
Hut 1 tmded her In and bought a ,
J'acktiru.
Mt, It,
Out There
On tho corner of n down-town
Direct
1 Bland and wateh tho motor fleet.
1 hear the traffic nlgnal ring.
Anil aee cars niovo In broken
rlrlnK.
The mellow Blare of colored Helim
Turn memory back to other nlcJitB,
When brnvo men died without a
email
As cruel, rclentlesH war went on. j
lt' a low? hark back to Flnndcro
Field
And all the horrora It did yield.
Hut chinning cam nnd signal bell
ltcnilnd me of that ancient hell.
For o'er the tup 111 No Mntl'H Land,
(What doughboy would not think
It grand ?)
Compared wllh dodging hordes nnd
hordes
Of cnillc.HH linos of goshdnru
l-'ordM?
i
f "i
''"','iWIl"t'"a''""i
Coach Knute K. Rockne, famout mentor of Notre Dame'tt "fiflhting Irish," recently purchased a new 8tu
debaker Preildent Eight Victoria. "Rock" demands the tame qualities of leadership from his motor cars
41 tiUssm . ' 1
sb he does from the boys who have made football history at Notre Dome.
AiumiuHnn
Ail In thn Taeonm (WilaIi.) Dully
lclffor: "(.noil (ilrl'H hicyclo for
milo. linvjs'iiln. An appeal to the
bettor clomnnt In Iho coinmunlly.
Ncwm Item from Helcnce Hcrvlue
Hullrllii, Vuhhini?lon:, 'The Auto
ninhiln may be roughly divided
into two partH, the body and the
vhunH.H." JlouKhly, but alno cure
fully. Frnm hii ml In Ihn Jabhii City
(I'tiih) Jnurniil; "I.undHhl'K Hpc
i.'hilluft In Rrt'tiHintf. How doen your
KcnrB nhlft '" ' Uconnlonally. How
doi yuiii'K? '
Notice In tho Automotive Dally
New,s: "Rtretrh .nnd Hlrain are
NaKh dlMtrilmtors In U'lrhlla. Kan
wnr What lnn't In name?
Adv. In tho I'hh'HKu Dally NVvh:
"Klnt The ('In. Tlron, AeeesHorlPH
and ItnpulrH." People make u buttU
jiqhh of unythliifr thoHO dayH.
The oplliulNt tookH at the nloud'a
r.llvor lining; the pcHKlnilrjt IouUh at
IiIh brake UnJngK. ,
l-'olkn who eat onlonn or nil at
thn wheel of an aulo ought to be
jjtod JudgcM of dlntaiH'0.
A inltSH In uh good kh n tulle. Any
farther uway tlvau that uho may
not walk back.
The Skies in December
E
FIRST, IS CLAIM!
1 ItolMM't II. HakfiV VrofHHor of
I AKtrunoihy, U. of flUluolu.)
. L'ltlJA.VA. 111. Tho planot
Mai'H will be it brilliant object In
the evening nky during December.
IMng In tho norihenMt Hoon ui-
nlKhtfnll ahil rciualnlug in
lew throughout thu night. 1tn
color eawlly
neighboring
j hrighlnecH and rod
dint iigulwh It from
To ; Mlarn.
Only two starllko objeetH out-
eu out by a U.incsc eoppemnun , (bJj ,n evening, but
In 1110 II. tJ. baa been traced jjn ot)H.i- mvH of the Hky. Vrniw,
ttie origin of the wMNmograph. tho evening Htur ami the bright
NISW. OKLI2ANH, 1m.
a purple copper object
lammer-!
that delicate Hclentlfb; apparatuw
that records and charts earth
((uakeu.
The JU'V. O. I Abell, HClwmolo
clut at Loyola uplverHlly here.
Ha vm that recent reKearch haa ' i;uice Ik Ti l nttlliiui miles
dtHchmcd aiich an liuitrument wuh cHcopi miignlfylng only
put of all, appeai'M low in me
w.'Ht while tho great planet Jup
iter 1h h'gh In Houth.
MaiH rotting neurest tho etti'i h
on Decern bnr 1 5. whmi Its dls-
A tel-blitH
A Dumb Baby
Jim Hmllh'M wlfo wuh ho dumb,
1 In got him a divorce
Hhe thought u HtablllKor ' :
AVua oinclhlng for a Iioi'mo.
When hetti-p automublleH arc
, built, tho fellow who bought one
ltUit year gets a new-one.
All good flivver go. to College
luwnn when they die.
Jifclc, "l hear your wife driven
your car all over now."
(leorge: "flighto uldewalka and
all."
Mmlgo: "What'a tho charge
, ugftinttt thin ninn, officer?"
It'op:' "ArHnn, your honor, burn
ing up tho road."
! WhtMi a man breukH tho t'peed
limit he frequently bruukti Homo
thing ulso uluo.
.Altogether, now, throo cheorn for
ifto pedestrian-hop, hop, hurry!
Hhoi "According to tho latent
fuMhlon notes Hklrta uro going to
be worn below the kneea."
lie: "I don't doubt It, but how
uro they suing to keep thorn on?"
I-
Copyright, Mokm Feature Hyndl-
cuto, Wahtngton, D. C.
lit uho moro than .UtH) years; dred Hhich will tbn make i'
ago. appear nearly hm 4 largo an mo
ThlH origlnnl Hirimgraih an moon iIoch to the mtkeu eye.
wrought by the ChinoHO copper-j .Many people will remember the
Htitith whh , doHcrlhod km practical j unusually clone approach ,ln I'Jl' l,
aa well iih iinl-nic, the Hlmpllclty. Urhen tho planet' vas only Iir.
of ItH dofign affording an inter-) mi lllim miles away. I bono ex
erting contrast to tho complicated ceptlonally favorablo opporluul
modern device. ! tiea oceur at Intervals of I fi or
Arcordliig to tho Hev. Father 1 7 years; the next will bo in
Abell, It oonsialed of a pendulum j HUD. Hut Hie present opposl-j
Kuspended within u hollow copper itinn Is a good ouo for observa-1
sphere. The pendulum was froe tiuus. j
to move In eight directions, and, It Is Interesting to watch the i
on tho outer surfaco of the globe, : planet's" - changing place amongj
corresponding to Ahese directions, I the , stars frotn night to night.1
appeared eight driiHou heads, 'JnXow It' Ih 'hear thV feet of flent
the throat of each was a small Iul. the Heavenly Twins. l!y Kcb
batl which fell when nil earth jruary l It will have moved west-!
tremor caused tho pendulum to ; ward to a position between the
KWing. horns of Taurus, where if will'
Located at varying pointH on slowly turn around and resume
the sphere also wero the upturn- Us normal east ward movement. ;
cd 'mouths of frogs, und the bull.' I. ike alt the other planets Mars
upon being dlnlodged from a. revolves around the sun from
dragon's mouth, fell Into one of west to ou-t. Hetng farther front
these. Thus, if the ball vasithe sun than we uro und so
forced from tho southeast side revolving more, slowly. It is over-
of the Instrument and fell IntoMaken ami passed by the earth
the mouth of a frog on tho at Intervals of 7K0 days. On
northwest. It was deduced that these occasions tho planet seems
tho shock canto from the south-: to move back ward or westward,
oust, proceeding In tho direction' Through the telescope the hui--tttken
by tho ball. I face features can he scon mort:
The present seismograph was clearly than those of any other
developed about -10 years ago us sutTuee plaint. Indeed, the stir
tho result of tho efforts of fivo faces of most planets tire en-
Knglluh scientists, Gray, Terry, ! tlrely concealed by the cloudy
Milne, Hhaw and Knott. (atmosphere around them.
Tho Instrument nt Loyola, . Hut the Martian surface Is at.
known as tho Welch ort astatic best untie too d 1st I net. As'd'
seismograph, consists essentially, "-"Tr"
of a heavy Inverted pendulum,
perfect ly balanced but In a state
of unstable equilibrium so that
It rosponds to tho slightest earth
tremor.
Instead of standing with the
wolght on tho bottom, tills pendu
lum has the wolght on top und
reacts to earth movements not :
by tho motion of tho heavy masi,
of the pendulum itself, but by
the relative motion of the pivot
with respect to tho must bulanced
abovo It. Tho Inertia of the great I
ntnss gives It stability, while tho
pivot, r rigidly uttached to the
frame of tho machine, tends to
overtako tho motion of the earth,
From the bob of the pendulum,
delicute pens are projected o:"
smooth wr'tlng surface on a r
volvlng drum. , Those pens true
the record of the enrth's tremors.
which are transmitted to the Bp-
paratus up through tho earth by
king pilings driven deep Into the
ground beneath the university
science building.
from the large green; patches on
the t.'d dftik of the planet and
the White cutis at H poles, ex-
porieru'ed oierv-ra laavo differed,
...will,,. ,.o I,' ,.!,.' u -t-ofitltr tlini-n
, ... n ........ j .
The ' eanfetls" of Mara exist'
beyond-much, doubt. Those clus-j
tve strouks have been seen too!
1 often to be lllustlons; and thcyj
; nave oeeu pnoiogrupnuu wiiu
isome decree of success, llut the
I theory lhat they are artificial
l markings,- and therefore ' that 1n-
telllgenV life Is present there,
doea not find favor among as
tronomers generally. Thcs- mark
ings uro green In they Martian
spring and turn- brown as autumn
approaches, smuggest big -seasonal
growth and decline of vegeta
tion. ,
Thn latest Martian mystery re
lates to the -white capH at the
jmles; snow cajiN they havo been
culled, and snow .caps they were
t Jnnughl to be lit fact. Uecont
pbntogrupliH however, seom to
pacn them In the atmosphero
of the planet, rather - than on
llu siirfaee.
WASHINGTON P Twp veto-!
ans of tho renate wind up their i
Fcrvjces A this concluding session
of the seventieth congress James '
A. Heed of Missouri, democrat, 1
und (.leorge P. McLean of ConncC-1
tfcut, republican. !
'Kach, oddly enough, goes out
of his own ttccord, having declin-
cd to stand for re-clectioo. and !
each " has served threo terms 18 '
years. Iloth men occupy com- j
mandlng positions in their parties
In the senate by virtue of e'xperi ;
enco as well as ability. Kenator j
Heed refused to run again when!
he announced his candidacy fori
the democratic presidential nom- j
(nation last spring, ;
Res'den theso two, the senate ;
will havo at this ' last session of '
the present congress, six "lame'
ducks" all democrats. "Ume'
duck" Is an appelation applied io !
members of congress who have j
been defeated but who continue
to servo by virtue of the short j
session of the old congress which!
follows election. j
Continued efforts by Senator '
Norris of Nebraska, republican, to '
obta'n a constitutional amendment j
abolishing tho short session of the.!
old congress following election of j
a new one have failed of approval.
. Of the six senate "lame ducks"
this session, all are first termers,
In tho senate with the exception
of Petor CJerry of Hhodo Island.!
Ho has served two ttrms. The!
other five democratic senators who
lost out in the election are Hay-!
ai d of Dcloware,- Bruce of Mary-!
land. Edwards '.'of . New Jersey,
Necly of West Virginia and May-j
field of Texas. The latter was.de-'
feated for the nomination and 1
will bo . succeedod by another!
democrat, llepresentatlvo Tom
Connally of Texas. Tho others
lost to republicans. j
Tho election, however, had an
immediate effect on tho make-up i
ongress this session. There
i General Motors
Overseas Sales '
! Show Big Increase
CluirUs MoriihfHtl, proprlotor of
tho Now Mexico Pi'lvcTlens Car Co..
of Alii'i'i'.'!'itif. Iiolds llic unique
fcporrt of Klvlng t hp f'lilof, crack
HinllrU IrMiincontincniiil trnln of
Iho Knnta I'r h.vkIpiii, u slurt nf CO
iillnulis out of town unit briillng It
to Iim 'okhh, Mo nillcH distant,
Allwi MnrRiirct Alfxantlrr, 1..03
Auevlcs nin-Nc rnilisrkcil from ihf
truln nt All.uUcrilio to visit Willi
frtrnilN. llctiirnlnir, slio fntinil' it
huil clcpfirlcd. (Jn liolnir Informed
thKt sho hud n imtlnnt abourd It In
hnr euro, Morcliriul Hgrci'U to
. uudcrtuko what micarcd an Ini-
poitslljlp tssk. llcfore tlic stsrl
could lo mmlo llio train had lionn
gono f0 hiluulrs. I'Mftecn mllff
wcrn loct lUMourlntc Into lamy In
nn effort, fiitlln liy Beven minutes,
to calcll tho Chief there. They
reiii.'heil I.os Vckii l!5 minutes be
fora the limited pulled In, however,
eoverlns; tho 100 miles, partly oc
fjiKioued by tho detour, In 14
minutes.
i Tho cur tva a Chrysler "72"
scdtin, ono of tho L'hryalor floot In
.Morehcad'e gnrnKes. '
l;KTlci-o hlm
fw more expcrlcnco In lift wo
have tho more Infallibly we learn
to ount, on. .tlio, certainty tho
Impossible,
first nine months 6fj
this year, General Motors sales of
cars to ovcrsetn; dealers amounted
h 10,10 which exceeded any prc-J
vioim cnnipleto yeur figure. This
Iota) cum pa res with 1 0 3.8 JI0 for the
entire year lfl-7 ami Isalnnjst us
great as tin1 combined volume foi;
tho years 1 IC'tl jnid 1 1 2 ft , which
cmuuntcd' to - 1 D.tiS! units, Sa les
in, the 1 tih t iiuai-tcr of this yeaiJ
exceeded those of the same quar-'
ter of 1D1!7 by 3,033, or 4S per
cent. ;
These figures represent thn ules
to dealers by (loneral Motors ex
port organizations, of Chevrolet,
I'ontlae, Uldsmoblle. O a k I a n d,
Hulck, LaSalle and Cadillac In all
countries of the World, except the
United Htatos . and , Dominion of
Canada, . ,
Tho Uogue . KU'or , Valley the
I'nrndls" of the World.
of
will be four new faces in the sen-!
ate, all republicans, elected to fill
out terms of deceased or resigned
members.
John Thomas of Idaho takes tho
Place of the late Frank Gooding;
iteprL'semauvo iiurion ot unio
suecocds the lati Frank "Willis,
whoso seat was held temporarily
by Cyrus Loclt'er, n democrat,
Octavlno Iarrazolo serves out the
term of tho lato Andrleus A.
Jones of New Mexico, until next
March This seat Is held by ap
pointment by Hronson Cutting,
who was elected to succeed Jones
-in the next congress. Otis F.
,Glmtn' or- Illinois, elected to fill
the vacancy resulting front th
resignation of Frank 1. Htnith.
takes , office Immediately.
The terms of Glenn. Burton and
Thomas will run until 11123. the
original terms of the predeces
sors. v . , i
Pneumatic Tires " j
on Trucks Would j
Save Highways
From $23,000,000 to $ 10,000,000
in road building and maintenance
costs would bo naved taxpayers In ,
the United Slates annually If tall j
trucks traveled on pneumatic tires, !
Hays the General Tire Co.
ON THE SANTA. FE LARGE AREA OF
WESTERN STATES
GOVT. OWNED
Few people realise what tremen
dous areas of the western stales
are owned and controlled by the
federal government,
According to the Oregon St it to
(lotor UHMiclatlnu, the following
figures are Riven i;elntlve to the 11
western slates which arc known us
the "Klcven I'ublle land Stales."
Aerordhur to the motor asmicni
tlon' figures, tho extoitt of terri
tory of unappropriated forest, In
illatt Hitt) national park binds, own
ed or controlled by the federal
government In the eleven western
public land states, and Iho percen
tage of urea, lb us follows:
Arlr.onu, 64.: California, 40.7;
Colorado. Slf 2: Idaho, ,'.7,3; Si on
t s its, B0.H: fcvadn, Hi.S; Now
Mexico, 17.7 Breton. 43.fi; Vlult,
66.8; Washington, 30.6; Wyoming,
G1.8.
JlOfU IUvr Valloy Tho Hetalo
parndlNt of lh world.
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OF COURSE
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TLDfin
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