International Falls press and border budget (International Falls, Minn.) 1909-1926
October 13, 1910 · Page 7 of 10
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INTERNATIONAL FALLS PRESS. NEW ORLEANS WHY CITY 18 LOGICAL POJNT FOR WORLD'S PANAMA EXPOSITION. fUffiSTs 4ts Geographical Position and Many Other Considerations Mark It an Most Suitable Spot for Dedication of Great Work. Public sentiment has decided that N ALMOST every large city in the "the completion of the Panama Caual United States taxicabs are rapidly in 1915 shall be celebrated with a displacing horse-drawn cabs and. great International Exposition in carriages as public vehicles for which all the nations of the world transportation in those horseless may participate and the question of vehicles are almost always based "Where this Exposition is to be held on the distance traveled as shown "Will be settled by Congress at its approaching session. on the registering dials of the taximeters New Orleans and San Francisco it obviously becomes of the are contesting for the honor of holding gravest importance that these automatic this Exposition, and both cities records shall be honest liave guaranteed immense sums of and accurate in their chronicling. money as an evidence of their ability Indeed, in many cities there have io finance so great an enterprise. been loud protest's due to alleged I An Exposition worthy of the term overcharging of taxicab patrons—the alleged THE TRUST •"World's Fair," such as New Orleans overcharging being attributed to the faulty operation proposes to build, will be a great educational of the taximeters. Whether such false accounting movement. Its success as was due to a desire to cheat the traveling auch, however, will depend entirely public or merely to faulty mechanism in upon the percentage of our population the mechanical bookkeeper could seldom be determined, who can secure its educational but in either event the ouecome was the advantages, this in turn, depends upon its location, as the time in traveling I to and from the Exposition, and the cost in railroad and Pullman fares, are the most important factors. Considering these matters, New Orleans' claims to being the "Logical Point" for this Panama Exposition, seem to be fully substantiated ly the following facts:— New Orleans is 500 miles from the center of population in the United States. San Francisco is 2,500 miles •distant therefrom. Within a radius of 500 miles from New Orleans there are 17,500,00C people. Within the same radius from San Francisco there are only 2,000,000. You'll be de Within a radius of 1,000 miles from lighted with the resuits Kew Orleans, there are 65,000,000. of Calumet Baking Within the same radius from San Powder.. No disappoints— Francisco there are only 6,000,000. no flat, heavy, soggy biscuits, At an average of 900 miles from cake, or pastry. New Orleans, there are 70 of our principal cities with a combined Jost the lightest, daintiest, most population of 20,000,000. Averaging naiformly raised and most delicious 800 miles from San Francisco there food yon ever ate. are only 8 large cities, with a combined Reoelwd highest reward World's population of Just 1,000,000. Pur* rood Exposition. CMutt, 1907. The average distance of all these cities to New Orleans is 792 miles,— to San Francisco 2,407 miles. /ZAC//Y? A *S£Al Q/YA TttTjED TAX/MJTTSR Over 75 per cent, of the people of W. L. DOUGLAS the United States could go to an Exposition there at an average expense NRDoSI?sED SHOES HAP for railroad fare of $12.50, as KEN'S $2.00, $2.50, $3.00, $3.50, $4.00, $5.00 against an average of $37.50 to the WOMEN'S $2.50, $3,$3.50, $4 Pacific Coast and for several millions BOYS' $2.00, $2.50 & $3.00 of our people, the Pullman THE STANDARD fare and Dining Car expenses alone, FOR 30 YEARS They are absolutely the for a trip to San Francls'co, would most popular and bestshoes amount to more than all their transportation for the price in America. expenses for a trip to New They are the leaders everywhere Orleans. because they hold their shape, fit better, This is an important public question look better and wear lonfer to be settled by Congress at the than other makes. aession which convenes in December. 'hey are positively the .. most economical ehoca for you to buy. W. L. Many of our readers will wish to Douglas name and the retail price are stamps visit this World's Panama Exposition, on the bottom—value guaranteed. and if held in New Orleans a SUBSTITUTE! If your TAKE NO dealer supply you write for Mail 0«ier Catalog. Cannot great many more could spare the W. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mua» time and money for the trip than eould go to San Francisco. Therefore, Managing a Husband. we urge our readers to write to COJL. jWJA'SJ.J. SJ//Z? //AS f7/?£T S4ACH///J?* Men are like children they want roj* rAx/swrf/ts the two senators from this State and managing, although you must never the congressman from this district, let them dream that you think so. Ne in Indianapolis alone more than 1,900 homes requesting them to support Or* New child likes to be ordered about, no have been mortgaged during the past year in order contest. man will endure coercion. But managing! leans In the that householders may buy cars. It is an art so subtle, so elusive, Purchasers of automobiles have been deceived that few women understand even SOLAR PLEXUS BLOW. in the matter of cost and upkeep, the difference the rudiments of it. Sisters mine, let In the representations in this respect in comparison us reason together, says Woman's with actual experience, makes it unwise Life. In every human being there is to take or own a car even as a gift. a spark of the divine it is yours to The menace of the automobile now threatens fan that spark into a flame—that is the stability of the home, and the danger is by managing a man—it is to get the very no means confined to any particular section. best out of him there is to have, and Even farmers are buying them. Perhaps you can not two women in ten can.do it. hear or see one of these "devil wagons" while Do not think that there is anything you read this paragraph about them. It would unworthy in managing a man—to ^7VWOV//y?/7 T4X/A!£:T£7? 7V ms Sf£fiy 7ZSr//Y? be worth while to hink of them seriously, with bring out the best is a high vocation. the view of reducing the hazard they undoubtedly Only let us see to It that we are same—the public got the worst of it. hurt, for the car would throw them to one side, signify. The bankers of Kansas City and of worthy of it. There are women who Various cities have made efforts to devise hence an attachment was added, operated by a have made angels of men, but at the the southwest who are dependent on the Kansas some means of testing taximeters, but to Uncle button fixed conveniently on the seat near thf cost of their own divinity. There is City banks have agreed to lend no money to anyone Sam belongs the credit of first solving the problem. driver, which, when pressed In time of danger., room for more than one unselfish person The system is now In successful operation who intends to use it with which to buy a drops the cow catcher so that it Is similar to the In a family. motor car. The bankers of Kansas alive to at the capital of the nation, where, by the way, fender of a street car, adapted to catching the the mena'ce of the automobile, as weh they may there are probably more taxicabs in operation unlucky person and carrying him with the machine Experience Teaches. be when it Is understood that were than in any other city of the size in the world. $32,000,000 until rescued by the driver of the automobile. "Sure, and Oi t'ink it pays to be The matter of keeping tab on the taximeters was invested in motor cars in that state during the According to the inventors of this contrivance, honest, afther all," said Pat. "OI last twelve months. placed In the hands of Col. W. C. Haskell, the the "cow catcher" will prevent many troied thot phoneyweight business la United States superintendent of weights and serious accidents if placed on the front of the my grocery sthore lasht year, and 01 measures, and he invented the first machine specially automobiles. losht money by ut." Cholly Soft—May I-aw-have just one Physiognomy of the Salesman designed for testing the accuracy of the mw-good-night kiss? The frequency with which the claim is made "How so? Did you get found out?" "taxi." that the automobile is largely an extravagance asked his friend. Miss Wise—Why, certainly, yo* The first apparatus was rather cumbersome and that the people have grown motor-mad and "No, sorr," returned Pat. "OI made poor, dear boy! How you must mlsl and the most conspicuous feature was a large The nose of a traveling salesman generally are annexing themselves to power conveyances the mistake of fillin' me weights wid your nurse when you are away front wooden wheel which was turned by hand. The bears the appearance of breadth just above the with a rapidity and lack of discretion that threatens lead, so thot lvery mon thot came to lxomet principle of operation involved the insertion of a wings. This is the nose that indicates the ability me for wan pound of sugar got twintythree the stability of the country, is largely borne small wire through the shaft of the meter to be to acquire property, make good sales, secure returns out by the results of recent investigations. ounces to the pound."—HarperVi DISTEMPER tested and turning the same a certain number of through bargains and fine talking, and Weekly. An editorial in a recent issue of the World's. In all its forms among all ages of horses, times to cover distance, verifying this test over get large orders even when persons have indicated As well as dogs, cured and others in sami Work, under the caption, "Burning Both Ends of One genius Is about all the average •table prevented from having the disease an official mile and fraction thereof. The large that they did not wish to buy or make a the Candle," makes the startling statement that with SPOHN'S DISTEMPER CURE. family can afford. machine when fitted with the same size eccentric, bargain. The thickness of the nose above the in the city of Minneapolis alone 1,500 homes have !very bottle guaranteed. Over 600.000 sprocket wheel and spiral shaft in use In taxi.cabs wings is the I rue facial sign of acquisitiveness, been mortgaged to enable their owners to purchase ittles sold last year $.50 and $1.00. Any gave a correct test, but it was a time-consuming Spents and a traveling salesman and a good business automobiles. It is stated that about $375,000,000 od druggist, or send to manufacturers. Post wanted. Spohn Medical Co., Speo. process, ten revolutions of the large wheel man have generally this characteristic strongly represents what the people of this country Contagious Diseases, Qoshen, lid. being required to show one-quarter mile of travel. developed. We find it large in George Peabody, will spend for motor cars next year, and the After much study of the subject Colonel Haskell Andrew Carnegie and the Rothschilds, all of editorial adds that "there are plenty, of indications The bigger the noise the bigger the perfected the small machine which has lately •vyr.- lar^e fortunes. that it Is time for the average American alienee that follows. been Introduced for this work. With it one revolution oasties to stop and think." ,The lips of a good salesman are regular "and But the pure food laws do not make of the crank wheel—through the aid of a fit appropriately together. Look out of your office window, no matter any provision for love that Is adulterated system of cogwheels—represents a quarter of a. The chin and jaw of a successful salesman are what city you are in, and you will see an automobile. with filthy lucre. mile of travel. With this small machine attached Indicated by their squareness and roundness combined. Try to cross the-street and one of them direct to the shaft of the meter to be tested The roundness gives the power of appeal, is more than likely to come along with sounding Instant Relief for All Eyes, it is possible to test ten meters In the time formerly and the squareness gives the capacity to clinch horn warning the pedestrian to get out of the •that are irritated from dust, heat, sun of required for trying out one. Moreover, the the bargain. way. If a man is deaf or a little slow In his footsteps A bowl of these crisp wind, PETTIT'S EYE SALVE, 1fee. AT system of cogwheels Is so adjusted as to give an he is too frequently run down and the The voice of a successful salesman Is bright •^druggists or Howard Bros., Buffalo, N. Y, fluffy bits served with absolutely accurate test. The government now cheery, optimistic. Its inflections are hopeful and chauffeur sets up as a defense that the accident requires that all taximeters attached to cabs at A Kansas woman wants a divorol airy, not heavy and dull. The salesman possesses was quite unavoidable. Every one knows that cream or milk is something because her husband throws bricks at the seat of government be tested at least twice a a silvery toned voice which is so oiled to its subject more than -half, the "unavoidable" accidents could not soon forgotten. her. No man has a right to throw year, and when a meter upon test is found to be be avoided if the cars were run slower and more that it knows exactly what to say, and sayt anything at his wife but bouquets and accurate a round blue seal is affixed to the face it without hesitation. attention was paid to the rights of others in their 3»ot air of the meter showing that it has been "approved." The handwriting of a good salesman is neat, What's die use of cooking use of the public streets. The automobile almost Incorrect meters are given a yellow monopolizes the country roads and has become a regular, connected, but shows firmness, force. la breakfast or lunch seal with the word "Condemned" thereon and positive menace. It looms large in the annals the lines that cross the t's and ambition is manifested must be withdrawn from use under a penalty of of accidents as reported by .accident Insurance in the tails of the g's and in the height of when Post Toasties, ready $100 fine. the h's, l's, etc. companies. The secretary of state of Indiana has to serve direct from the If in search of a close friend select One of the latest ideas evolved for a safety recently found that the automobile is also a menace The eyes of the honest business man who la •one with a close mouth. attachment for automobiles is a "cow catcher." in a financial way. According to his report engaged as a salesman or a credit man are generally package, arc so delicious? The "cow catcher," or man catcher, is attached small, piercing and keen in expression. covering the months of April and "May, he issued Dr. Pierce's Pellets,- small, sngar-coated, easy t4 to the front of the motor car and, when not in 3,564 licenses for automobiles for the two months. oahdy, regulate ana Invigorate stomach, The ears of a good salesman are broad, and -tako a,8 "'"The Memory Lingers" bowels, not arrlpe. liver and jto active use saving the life of some one who steps Assuming an average of $1,000 for each car, it give to the person vitality, strength, good digestive in front of the iriovlng machine, it looks exactly would of course appear that $3,5G4,000 had been power and comradeship. Svich a person generates Soma men try to save money by not POOTUM CEBBAL CO., LTD-, like the pilot of a big locomotive. Used in this spent for automobiles in Indiana within a period life readily, and is social, genial and a paying their debts. Battle OrMk, Mich. way, it was teveqt that pedestrians might be days. of sixty The statement has been made that good conversationalist.—Phrenological Journal