A AO 5 A 0 THE FIRST DARK HORSE o OLD ROUGH AND READY 1795—Nov. 2, James Knox Polk born in Mecklenburg County, N. C. 1823.5 Member Tennessee islature. 1825.39-—-Member of congress, 1839-41—-CGovernor of Tennessee. 1844-—~Nominated for president by the Democrats and elected, 1845—March 4, inaugurated elev. enth president, aged forty. nine. 1846—July 17, Oregon question settled. 1846.7—The Mexican war. 1848—Greatest territorial con. quest .n American history, 1849-—June 15, death of Polk, aged fifty-three. leg- —lyf AMES KNOX dark horse race, and his figure the pale shadows in the POLK the first win the presidential remd was to Hs procession of ges of the moved from presidents across tae history. When James pi he was vet 4 boy K Polk for fronti ork bel crossroads store. excellent returned college, and Univers! sent to t ried well-to-do man he Jack Hy speaker SON governor of After I ennesgee been twice Over immed] » tole Clay was ticked off Whig wisencres of Washing minee of the convention more those 1 who still re- impostor said that anyone could garded Morse as ar the trick have would Le. when the spelied "i tiie bn 3 of Was ensy guessed wl he hig nominee afterward, the capital Polk as the the doubting 1 that he was Democrati n Thomases we a fraud. They Wed at surdity and were not persuaded of the truth until the arrival Bs such an ab- timore, The obscurity of “Jim" that smug, dnsmiling man of vespectable Polk, i i i | i 1 ing fame of Van Buren, whom he had displaced at the convention, and Clay, against whom he before the people, men had taken it for they were to be the champions of thelr respective parties. History suspects ly close together and which were sus. piciously alike in discouraging the an- nexation of Texas at risk of war with Mexico. Van Buren stood by his guns against annexation, going down In the Demo- cratic convention under the displeas- ure of the southern #Maveholders and the alarm of northern doughfaces, Clay faltered in the campaign. Quibbling, qualifying and taking a back track, he went down at the election under the Indignation of the abolitionists, who polled enough votes for thelr third ticket to ecnusa his defeat. Polk lost Tennessee at the polls, and is the only man, with the sole excep tion of Wilson in 1916, who has been elected without his own state. For several days the national election was in doubt, with the result hanging on a complete count In New York, At fast it was found that Polk had car ried the state by 5,000—thanks to the Liberty party, which had drawn away more than that number of votes from “the great compromiser.” Henry Clay bad compromised his last chance for the presidency. 1784—November 24, Taylor born county, Va. 1785——Removed to Kentucky. 1808 Lieutenant in the regular army, 1812—Fighting diana, 1832-—in the Black Hawk war in Hilinois. 1836-7-~In the Seminole war in Florida, 1840.6—Iin command of the de partment of the southwest, 1846-—May 8, opening engage. ment with Mexico at Palo Alto, May 9, Battie of Resaca de la Palma. September 24, capture of Monterey. 1847 February 22, 23, 24, Battle of Buena Vista. 1848—Nominated for president by the Whigs. 1849—March 5, inaugurated twelfth president, aged sixty-four. 1850-—July 9, died in the White house, aged sixty-five. Zachary in Orange Indians in In. Oo TAYLOR firs. to be the sing General Grant. A dozen dents, from Washington ACHARY was the man president, to Rouse Seen Wir service, but y-three he entered the Fd it, and he Campa Yield popular nicl “Old Rough and Ready” and Feathers.” Reads i dis man i as him ade her stockade as » care of him in send with 3 ing her ildren hey came along back relat but from her husband. Like every man who seductive skits rt refusin we parted ives, has heard his name for 3 ng suggestion of Taylor was to it. Revising his own his qualifications in higher appraisal by presidency, not 1 HUE himself as Zachary Taylor, the people's candidate and he ane nounced that he would run as such sven if no party should nominate Nm. The party preference of the old sol dier was in doubt, with no other clue to it except his brother's illuminating remark that Zachary liked Henry Clay and American-made ciothes. The Whigs nominated him without knowing where he stood on any question and they made no platform for him to stand on. It was a merry gnme with the great problems that confronted the nation, After they had nominated Ta¥lor, the Whigs became fearful for a time that the joke was on them. While they waited and no word came from thelr nominee at Baton Rouge, they took alarm lest he would not accept the honor from their party. But he had not received their letter of notifi cation. For they had neglected to pre. pay the postage on It, and "Old Rough and Ready” was refusing to recelw all unpald mall, (Coppright, 1929, by James Morgan) ae SAA SAO a—— PEAK This photograph shows the top of highway to the summit er GO. Springs, Colo, daring on Septem contests staged In Plke's Peak, America's most famous omoblle of the i jes will test the gq ty ship races automoblle hill-climb at Colorado ‘ are the most spectacula ENGINE FOREVER | BLOWS BUBBLES Not Condensation of Gas, as | Owner Thinks, but Lack of Vaporization. LABORATORY TESTS AT AMES Established That Carburetor Does Not Vaporize Gasoline, but Mixes It With Air-—Adds to Tendency of Engine to Make Carbon. | | i If the she flow of eh motorcar owe tor Inte 10 discover that irtien “forever bl ination 3 y Yt tHiRY the gasoline intake 4 ’ intal \ Mes the Intake Anes vealed there seems tion as condensation of intake ma Merely Mixes Gas With Air, Thess y Ames engineers established that carburetor does not vaporize the line with air wifnlA laboratory tests nade All it does 18 mix tt} This n into the Intak In the Igture ts » manifold center of t obsore od an ta each side o fine In The it sprayed form. ' ~ $A ’ gasoline sprays at each side of hige wanor clond were drawn to. 1 the cylinders by puction of the motor. As they | gtruck { they of in presently again the intake the sprays of gasoline into bubbles, other wy to , nally being | n chambers in | ubbles clung that form. Waste of Fuel. This bubble formation of Ine represents the average waste of fuel, It also adds to tendency of the motor to make carbon, The steam earburetor shoots hot, steam into the manifold just the gaso- | owner's the | oline into vapor form. HOOD QF CAR DULLS QUICKLY Best Plan to Wipe Bonnet Off Care fully After Drive Through Rain to Hold Finish, Because of the extremes of tempera. ture to which it Is subjected, the hood of a car dulls quickly. Hence It is well to wipe off the hood curefnily after a run in the rain, because mois ture dries rapidly on the bonnet and usually spots it, ruining the fine finish in time, USING OLD LUBRICATING OIL Fitters Render Material Useful for Cups and Other External Lubri. cating Purposes. Lubricating oll that has been used through an engifie until“ it is dirty need not be thrown away. There are filters to be had which will clean the oli and pari of its being used for cups and other external lubrica- tion purposes. “. ' BROKEN AUTOMOBILE AXLE SOON REPAIRED Job Can Be Done With Taper Punch and Piece of Board. Majority of Accidents Happen in Out of - Way Places and Usually Driver Is Without Necessary Tools te Make Repairs, No need to wait for the repair car if you adopt the above suggestion for repairing your broken automobile axle. motoristyd meth repairs you will lution when 3 arrives. —P, P. 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