The County Democrat. (Tecumseh, Okla.), Vol. 27, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, April 8, 1921 Page: 3 of 8
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THE COUNTY DEMOCRAT, TECUMSEH, OKLA.
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WHEN ACCIDENTS
HAPPEN TO AUTO
Motorist in Unpleasant Predica-
ment Because He Failed to
Take Precaution.
NOTE CIRCUMSTANCES FULLY
• Important Point Offered for Jury's
Consideration Is Whether Car Was
in Rightful Place—Insurance
Saves Worry.
To the owner of a new car who Is
Just testing his wings, so to speak, on
the highway it may seem ghoulish to
talk of what to do in ease an accident
happens to his ear or through It Hut
we all know, that accidents involving
motorcars do happen, though iu a ma-
jority of cases the car owner is not to
blame.
No mntter how guiltless of wrong
the motorist may be unless he knows
wlmt to do nt the time tiie accident
'occurrff knows how to protect himself,
in other words, he may find himself In
an unpleusaut predicament simply be-
cause he bus fulled to tuke certain pre-
cautions.
Note All Circumstances.
To begin with, the cur owner should
try to keep his mind us calm as pos-
sible and note all the attendant cir-
cumstances at the time of the acci-
dent. lie should 'get from any by-
standers their names and addresses
and aUo those of people in nearby
buildings, provided those persons wit-
nessed the accident.
If the motorist knows that the fault
has not luin with him he should point
out to the people whose names lie has
gathered particular phases of the ac-
cident, measure any distances that may
he germane to the subject by pacing,
if no other means is at hand. Be cer-
tain to get some corroboration of the
rate of speed at which the car was
being driven. If the horn or other
warning signal was sounded be sure to
have witnesses ready to help prove this
fact.
Iu case the accident has occurred at
the intersection of two streets, it is
important to prove that the vehicle
had been slowed down before coming
to the crossing.
Rightful Place of Car.
One of the most important points of-
fered for a jury’s consideration is
whether or not the car was In Its right-
ful place in the street. Was it on the
right hand side of the thoroughfare,
where it belonged? Testimony to this
effect will help the defendant. If the
» emergency brake was firmly set. un-
prejudiced witnesses may be shown
this for later use in court.
When an accident happens at night
it is Important to prove tliut the lights
were properly burning and in order.
When the mishap occurs in rainy
weather or when the streets are slip-
pery it should be shown if possible that
the nonskid chains were in place on
the tires.
In case the trouble came when the
car was making a turn, call attention
to the fact that it was making a wide
turn, in accordance with the statutes,
and was on the proper side of the
road.
If a person has been injured, try to
remember his conduct just before the
accident. Was he behaving in a way
to make him guilty of negligence, as,
for instance, sheltering himself under
an umbrella, and not keeping a prop-
er lookout? Were you, the operator,
looking ahead and tending to your
driving, or were you talking or others
wise permitting your attention to be
distracted?
If you enn prove by measurement."!
that you brought your car to a halt
within the distance required for check-
ing the progress of a car driven within
the legal speed limit you will have
scored a distinct point.
OIL PUMP FIXED ON
AUTOMOBILE ENGINE
Prevents Clogging and Bumr!-
Out Bearings.
Illustration Show* Plan far Arranging
Force-Feed Oiling tyatam at
Small Expanse—Operated by
One of the Cam*.
On an automobile engine which waa
oiled by the "splash ’ system, it was
found that the tube which conducted
the oil from the flywheel to the front
part of the engine beenme clogged,-
and some burned-out bearings result-
ed. To prevent the recurrence of this
accident, a pump was installed In the
oil line and connected to be driven by
the cam shuft, as shown In the sketch.
The upper part of the motor crank
case, on the camshaft side, wus drilled
out and tapped opposite one of the
earns, to take a brass tube, which was
threaded with a standard pli>e thread.
This tube was reamed out to a snug
fit for a small piece of shafting, which
formed the plunger of the pump. An-
other piece of tubing was screwed
opto the first at right angles, and to
the ends of it, through two ball-check
valves, were attached the oil tubes
lending to the crank case iunl to the
rings of the engine. These check
valves acted to prevent oil from flow-
ing hack to the crank case, while per-
mitting it to flow in the proper direc-
tion. On the end of the plunger was
PUMP .
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TO CRANKCASE
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MOTOR
A Simple Plunger Pump, Attached to
the Crank Case and Operated by
One of the Cams, Provides “Sure-
Fire" Oiling for the Auto Engine.
fastened a striking plate of hard steel,
against which the • cam pushed once
during every revolution of the cam
shaft. In this way the engine was pro-
vided with a force-feed oiling system
nt small expense.—G. A. Luers, Wash-
ington, in Popular Mechanics Maga-
zine.
AVTOrtORILK
The total automobile revenue for
1021 in New York state is estimated
at $11,000,000.
...
For the first time six-wheeled mo-
tor omnibuses have recently been
placed on the highways of Paris for
passenger traffic.
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During the six months, April to Sep-
tember, 1020, there were 7,408 motor
vehicles, valued at $10,000,000, im-
ported into India.
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To relieve the traffic congestion in
the center of the city of Philadelphia,
all left-hand turns in the business dis-
trict are prohibited.
• * *
While the United States has one
automobile for every 14 inhabitants,
England has one for 180 inhabitants,
and France one for 198.
...
According to estimates, one-fourth
of an American citizen’s income is the
limited means to spend on the upkeep
of a passenger automobile.
...
The toolmakers are the highest paid
of any automobile workers, making
from $00 to $70 a week, plus time and
a half for overtime and holidays.
SMALL ELECTRIC CAR APPEARS
A unaII electric car 00 Inches long. 22 lncbes wide and 24 Inches high,
with the speed of ten mile* per hoar, mil* its appearance on Michigan boule-
vard In Chicago the other day. and attracted more attention than any of the
larger cars on the boulevard.
RUT IS SERIOUS
ENEMY OF WORLD
No Other Animal or Insect Is So
Dangerous and Persistent
in Doing Harm.
HENS WITHOUT WHEAT
GIVE GOOD RESULTS
More Eggs Obtained From Pen
of Rhode Island Reds.
INFLICTS IMMENSE DAMAGE
Value of Food and Property Destroyed
Annually by Each Individual
Rat la Eetimated at $2—la
Efficient Germ Carrier.
(Prepared by the United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture.)
The necessity of a campaign of un-
varying efficiency against the common
brown rat. Is an outstanding one. No
other animal or insect Is so dangerous
and persistent an enemy, and no other
enemy succeeds In Inflicting the dum-
age that the rut annually Imposes ui>-
on humanity. The rat population of
the United States Is at least equal to
the human population, and the same
ratio holds true for practically every
country under the sun. The bureuu
of biological survey. United States
Department of Agriculture, places tiie
value of the food and property de-
stroyed annually by each individual
rat at $2. Keeping well within the
boundaries of conservatism tills means
tlint each year, In this country alone,
we produce $200,000,000 worth of food
to no other purpose than to feed our
rats. In another way, 200,000 men in
the United • States are devoting all
their labor to tiie maintenance of 100,-
000,000 rats.
Is Efficient Germ Carrier.
But the rodent’s enmity is far from
being satisfied by tills huge economic
Injury. A frequenter of all the places
Hint are vile and loathsome, the rnt
Is a most efficient germ carrier. The
germs of the dreaded “black death”
have killed more human beings than
all the wars of the world’s history,
nnd these germs are introduced Into
the human system by the bite of ag
rnt flea. In India, no longer ago than !
1890, the bubonic plague killed 9,000,-
000 persons. In Europe, * during the
Fourteenth century, It Is believed to
have brought death to 25,000,000 hu-
man belnjj). Other diseases, almost
as dreadful, are traced to the common
rat. Thus, from the standpoint of
public health, as well ns from the ne-
cessity of controlling tiie drain upon
the public purse, It is essential tlint
the rat be exterminated. Once the ex-
termination is complete, or ns nearly
so ns modern methods will permit, ev-
ery precaution must be taken to pre-
vent the rat front multiplying and re-
gaining lost ground.
Exterminating Plans.
Trapping should be done continuously
and systematically at all rat-infested
places. Rat poisons, especially barium
carbonate preparations as recently de-
Mash Containing Only 1S Per Cent
Meat Scrap Gavs Vary Satisfac-
tory Result*—Experiment-
ing With Green Feeds.
(Prepared by the United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture.)
Poultry-feeding experiments con-
ducted by the United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture, last fiscul year,
show that practically ns good results
can lie obtained without wheat as with
It In a ration. The Rhode Island Reds,
in tiie wheatless pen, averaged 140
eggs, while those In the pen receiving
wheat averaged 184 eggs. Good results
were obtained with the use of garbage
until the warm weather begun, when
there was considerable mortality, due
apparently to the garbage spoiling.
Tills work is being repeated this year
with much more satisfactory results,
the garbage being fed In a trough on
a large wooden feeding board, which
prevents It from getting on the ground
nnd decaying.
In the use of vegetable proteins the
relative order of production is the
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Every Rat Costs the Nation $2, a Total
of $200,000,000 Annually.
veloped by the biological survey,
should be employed. In furthering the
destruction of the rat, community or
civic organization Is of the greatest
importance. It does no good to drive
the rats from one cellar into the next
if they are allowed to breed un-
molested in their new quarters. When
the cnmpaigu is made general the pest
is allowed no rest and no opportunity
to intrench in a new position. If one
pair of rats is left they reproduce tiie
original number in a little while, ns
rats breed five or six times a year
with an average of ten to the Utter.
In connection with the extermina-
tion campaigns, preventive measures
should he employed Hgninst the rodent.
First among these Is the protection of
all food supplies. This is of prime
importance. The removal and destruc-
tion of refuse is the next step in pre-
vention, as abandoned dumps nnd idles
of waste material furnish excellent
shelter and food for the rats that have
been driven from the houses and cel-
lars.
Building Should B« Rat Proof.
All buildings should be rat-proofed
by the liberal use of cement and tin.
Rat-proofing should be a prominent
specification in all new construct loo
and it should be applied to older build-
ings In the form of repairs. All drain
outlets should be sealed with wire
cages, or similar protective devices.
With the food supply locked sway
from him. and his shelter gone, starva-
tion and exposure will add to the ef-
fectiveness of work with traps snd
poisons and the menace of the rat will
cease to be a real bssard against
Americas lives and property-
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Give Poultry Right Kind of Feed at
Fixed Periods.
same as It was last year. No success
has followed an attempt to substitute
completely vegetable protein for ani-
mal protein. Tine ration used last
year, a mash containing only 15 per
cent meat scrap as compared with 20
to 25 per cent In the ordinary mashes,
gave very satisfactory results with the
heavier breeds, especially the Ply-
mouth Rocks, in keeping the birds in
good physical condition and fertility,
though tiie egg yield was not quite
so good as when tiie higher per cent
of meat scrap was used.
New experiments were begun during
the year with green feeds, comparing
alfalfa meal with sprouted oats and
comparing these rations with one in
which vegetables were supplied. While
none of these green feeds have shown
marked increased production over any
other, the results have emphasized the
Importance and value of that form of
food when given in a variety;
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BURN CHINCH BUG NESTS
Chinch bugs have'made their
appearance in certain parts of
the United States.
One chinch bug destroyed now
may prevent the production of
hundreds to infest your wheat
field later.
Chinch bugs pass the winter
nnd early spring in wild grass
and leaves, especially along
hedges nnd fences and in the
edges of woodlands adjoining
cultivated fields.
Burn grasses, leaves and oth-
er trash where the bugs may
have found winter refuge. The
bugs not burned will be killed
by exposure to the weather.
Clean up all trash and rubbish
which may harbor the Insects In
winter.
IMPORTANT GRAIN SORGHUMS
Dwarf and Early Varieties Are Best
for Higher and Drier Districts—
Essential Hints.
The more important grain sorghums
are included in two groups of varie-
ties. the kafir group and the railo-
durra group. Dwarf and early vari-
eties in both groups are be>»t for the
higher nnd drier districts. Tiie use
of good seed of adapted varieties, a
well-prepared seedbed, clean cultiva-
tion, and the right method of han-
dling after harvest will increase the
yield and quality of the grain.
RIBBONS RULE IN
CAPS AND GIRDLES
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F>REAKFAST caps go their rheer-
JU fill and frivolous way this spring
with ribbons and laces hand In bund
In their making. Each, appears to be
quite helpless without the aid of the
other In the accomplishment of a suc-
cessful cap and it Is sometimes cue
and again the other tlmt dominates.
Two such gay and versatile materials
might be expected to wander Into
many bypuths and that Is what they
have done. The new displays reveal
them In the mimicry of many styles
In headwear, beginning with a ribbon-
trimmed, lace stocking cap nnd ending
with caps having wired luce brims,
like the cap nt the left of tho two
shown In the picture.
An excellent use Is made of rib-
bons with pieot edges which can be
caught up hy the crochet needle, by
which means the ribbons may be
Joined to lace Insertions or to each
other, but usually edges are whipped
together to form caps, as shown In
the model nt the right of the two pic-
tured. In the other cup n crown of
net supports rows of satin ribbon,
sewed to It along one edge and Joined
to n brim of lace hold In place by
fine wires.
lUlibons are making themselves
useful in many directions on all kinds
of apparel from head to foot of fair
ladles nnd their children, but girdles
remain the most Important of their
missions, Increasing In beauty nnd
ingenious designing each year. Two-
toned satin ribbons, dark on one side
and light on the other, inspire beauti-
ful examples. One of these, u ribbon
about five Inches wide, has two loops
at each side over the hips. These
loops are six nnd seven Inches long
nnd n cluster of little ribbon roses is
placed at their base. Long-pointed
ends nre knotted n little below tho
waistline in the back. A similar
girdle of light-colored, plain satin
ribbon tins hanging ends and loops
at each side. It is rtinde of snsli
ribbon nnd has flat, conventional
flowers of ribbon set about the crushed
girdle. Two-Inch ribbons in the dark-
er colors, bordered with very narrow,
plcot-edged ribbons In contrasting
color make pretty sashes, brought
about the waist nnd knotted nt one
side. Like all their companions they
nre bedecked with ribbon flowers In
flat applique—one nt each end and a
row about the waist.
In the Review of Blouses
EXCELLENT FOR LAND’S SAKE
Wlsn Sweet Clover Does Not Thrive
Well an Application of Llm*.
•tone la Favored.
Sweet clover la an excellent plant
to grow for the land's sake under
many conditions, and where it doee
not grow well now it ran be made to
grow well by applying ground lime-
stone to the soil. It will add humus
and nitrogen to the soil rapidly when
plowed under, thereby tacreaalng the
fertility of the aoU In these isesntlel
factor*
\\J HAT we designate ns sports
VV skirts are not confining their
usefulness to sports wear, but have
extended it to ull sorts of outdooring,
Including street wear. These snappy
skirts require blouses that are de-
signed for tiie same kind of service
nnd n demand for attractive tailored
blouses has been answered by the |
appearance of fine models In taffeta, j
pongee, crepe de chine and satin.
As nearly all the skirts nre striped j
or made of plaids nnd checks, the j
blouses nre simply designed nnd pluln. t
Some of them have lingerie collars and 1
vestees by which means they may be !
always kept fresh looking, but the
smartest style requires the simplest
nnd most casual designing. A blouse 1
of exactly this character appears at j
the left of the two shown above in a
dark blue taffeta silk. Many of these
taffeta blouses are made in the slip-
on style with necks high nt the hack
and having a shallow “V” at the
front. They are finished with nar-
row, plcot-edged ruffles of the silk as
In the blouse pictured. Loosely ad-
justed girdles of silk, weighted at the
ends with small balls or other orna-
ments are provided for them, but some
times a narrow girdle, made of the
material in the skirt, is worn instead.
The three-quarter length, slightly-
flaring sleeve la a fnvorlte. for It Is
cool and practical, and pongee Mouses
In this same style are above criti-
cism for style and utility.
XIie satin blouse at the right Is one
of those that Oils the some niche In :
the warn robe. It la a shade less se- I
vere In style by the Introduction of I
collar. Tester and sleeve finishings of :
embroidered batiste, which are all •
detachable and may be easily laun- j
dered. Tho shops show many of these
collar and vestee sets, and sell hy
the yard materials for making them,
so thnt blouses may be varied with
different patterns in these accessories.
For wear with handsome silk sports
skirts, fine lingerie and georgette
blouses nre presented. “Sports skirts”
is really a misnomer fqr the smart
silk affairs, which provide with their
corresponding blouses a substitute for
ufternoon frocks.
CCmuoHT rr votum ncwatu unioh
Easy Way of Making Dress Ruffles.
Ruffles, wide and narrow, are going
to he us<>d extensively as trimming on
the shorter wash dresses, during tho
coming summer. Organdie, dimity,
voile, tissue, lawn, nnd even the heav-
ier ginghams will be ruffled. For the
borne dressmaker the construction of
an even ruffle is something of a prob-
lem. Even when one’s sewing ma-
chine has n ruffling attachment not nil
requirements can be met. For tiie
ruffle that needs some special adjust-
ing, or in case of one’s not possessing
a machine ruffler, the tension of the
machine may tie loosened, the stitch
lengthened, and the material to be
ruffled simply stitched. This done the
under-thread may be pulled up and the
fullness adjusted wherever needed.
Cepe end Dolmen.
The rape end cepe dolman wrap le
to continue through the spring, Judg-
lug from reports from Parts and ad-
vance mode la seeo here.
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Henderson, L. P. The County Democrat. (Tecumseh, Okla.), Vol. 27, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, April 8, 1921, newspaper, April 8, 1921; Tecumseh, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc937491/m1/3/: accessed March 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.