Tire pressure and driver ethics boost auto economy
An article emphasizes correct tire inflation to prevent wear and blowouts, with a table guiding pressure by load per wheel. It also notes the value of a skilled, temperate chauffeur and cites Allen Grant of Tarrytown promoting entry into the auto trade through a free leaflet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fisher Company
Motor Print
Allen Grant
Tarrytown
N. Y
Maxwell- Briscoe Motor Company
Western States
Grant
The American Automobile Industry Gains Ground
An advertisement minded summary traces the rise of the American automobile industry from 1894 to 1900, highlighting rapid growth, mass production, and value versus price. It notes the impact of good roads and highway construction linking distant states, and predicts widespread car ownership across the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H Haines
Ko- Ind
America
Europe
Maine
Fragmentary OCR hints at a local story on traffic or cars
The readable bits mention cars in use and a potential opportunity, but the text is incomplete. No clear event, place, or names are established.
Batteries stretch 175 miles if lined end to end
Wil lard Storage Battery company of Cleveland reports more than 800000 starting and lighting batteries in use. If joined end to end these 16 inch units would extend 175 miles, illustrating batteries’ growing role in modern car building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Storage Battery Company
Cleveland
Willard
Studebaker Six Sets Albany Perth Record at 41.5 mph
A Studebaker Six set a new Albany to Perth Australian speed record, covering 238 miles in 5 hours 41 minutes for an average of 41.5 mph. The route was described as bad and in some places almost impassable during the run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Studebaker
Albany
Perth
Australia
Hudson
Daytona
Prison Band Out First Time
The Anaconda Standard reports the Deer Lodge penitentiary band will ride to Warm Springs to serenade tubercular patients at the state sanitarium Galen. The warden accompanies the group for their first outside concert, marking a milestone for the prison band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Conley
Deer Lodge
Warm Springs
Galen
Hughes Gaining Favor Statewide, Fenner Reports
W D Fenner of Butte, touring the state, returned home and said Hughes enjoys broad sentiment. He noted strong support outside Butte, especially in Eastern Montana, predicting Hughes will win decisively when votes are counted next November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Fenner
Butte
Hughes
Montana
New York
Beaverhead County Special Session Sets Road and Bridge Petitions
Beaverhead county commissioners met August 14 1916 in special session. Viewers were appointed for multiple road petitions including changes near section 26 and 3 township 88 range 8 W. A new bridge over the Big Hole near Reichie was discussed and a saloon license for Millpoint granted after a 20 sleeping room hotel condition. The session adjourned at 6 p m with Jay S. Baker as clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Beaverhead County
Montana
Theodore Nelson
D. D. McKnight
Jay S. Baker
Walter Siria
N. W
R. W
Hogsback
W. T. George
P. G. Nelson
Geo. E. Baker
R. R. Shultz
Township
Dee George
George Stimpsor
Fred
Kohl
H. B. McDowell
Hunsaker
Birch Creek
State
Charles Meine
George E. Baker
Big Hole
Reichie
Madison County
Reed Featherly
Millpoint
Tax Levy Fixed by the County Commissioners
The board of equalization met on Monday August 14 1916 at 11 o’clock a m to levy state taxes as authorized by the state board. The levy applied to the assessed valuation of all livestock and funded expenses of the board of stock commissioners one half mill and the livestock sanitary board one half mill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Beaverhead County
Montana
Board of Equalization
Theodore Nelson
D. D. McKnight
Jay
Baker
State Board of “Equalization
Board of Stock Commissioners
Livestock - ‘Sanitary “Board
Dillon area tax rates listed for state and local funds
The notice details property taxation: state purposes two and one half mills, general fund three and one quarters, contingent fund two, poor fund one half, bridge fund one and three quarters, county fair half, county interest and sinking two, high school funds two and three quarters and one quarter. Outside Dillon city road fund five mills. School taxes on assessed value: general four mills. Special district taxes by district range from two to ten mills, including districts 2 through 40 with various amounts. Lima Fire District taxed at three and a half mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Fair Fund
County
City of
Dillon
General
Lima
Reform Odds Against Any Further Measures
The Salem Capital Journal reports a San Francisco group of eight to ten thousand voters pledging to oppose all reform measures. They say reforms are overused and ill conceived, and argue Oregon has reformed too rapidly, leaving voters tired of continual reform efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Oregon
Salem, Ore
Daily Capital Journal
Tobacco sent to border troops from Dillon
Archie McIntosh received a letter from Charley Conklin, now with Troop A Montana cavalry at Fort Douglas Arizona, describing extreme heat and a demand for smoking tobacco as supplies ran low. He dispatched a large shipment Monday afternoon. Conklin noted 39,000 U S troops were at Fort Doughins ready to cross the border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie McIntosh
Charley Conklin
Dillon
Montana Cavalry
Fort Douglas
Arisona
Archie
Conklin
United ‘States
Fort’ ‘Doughins
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Ordiia
Picea
Cha
Warden Conley
Pike’s Peak
Denver
F. O. B. Detroit
Hudson Motor Car Company
Detroit, Mich
A. S. Johnson
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