bad crossings, loston, with the high- nt as SIGNBOARDS ARE VERY UNSIGHTLY Industries Depending on | Highways for Business Worst Offenders. 1 red by the United 3 Agricu a canvass of ways, the States Department ture.) In adv igns bureau of pub- the hig! on lic ruads of the United States Depart- of Agric found that autemobiie industry and those ine tries which fenders. ment he lus- ments for cars, other 1ressories Hotel the bu urean ays, p second in the amount of advertising done long the highways. Thomas H. MacDonald, chief of the bureau, in a de- clared : ” to indus. ighwarvs ecent statement r nent were is little of fairness the public in the fact that the tries which depend upon the | for th le bus he the offer and maintaining thousands of glaring. dis Hguring signs and oir win ness should rat rx In erecting worst ders in erecting aiong our streets roadways.” He also pointed out that many of the f the best producers of products do not advertise in this way. Distract Driver's Attention. “These signs,” says Mr. MacDonald. ‘are ! main trav- eled highways and habitually placed at turns in the road where the should concentrated on the are be giving most care driving. In many In it off view of ap and at road even cut off the trains at unpro- grade crossings. Those which the word ‘stop’ and other words ordinarily employed on the legitimate warning signs weaken the force of the cautionary signals.” found that signs tend poor or inferior real or other property along the road; that frequently abandoned sheds or barus near fire cov- with unsightly advertising: and lowlands along small streams which highways run are popular witions for large bill The t ghtliness of hur mulorists ful stances proaching cars at intersections, sight of approaching lected Mmrry attention to they the curves Some properly The burean to multiply on placed relate the roadside pred that nyer yards the signs fo noticeable to the tin attached unsi 12 of ire fences or very Many completely yet remain tree trunks was have the the signs by gure invest such been washed out weather, to disti landscape Danger Signals Obscured. The numeral ger signals continental standard and dan- on the principal {rans highways, which have contributed Immeasurably to the con- venience and safety of travel, Is hin dered in many instances, gays the bu- rean, by advertising signs which are 80 placed as to obscure them or with- Irnw attention from them. In many cases such advertisements are a posi tive hindrance and menace to the traveling public, especlally when they contain misleading information about distances and the condition of the rond ahead, which Is belied in less obtrusive fashion by the public signs. In his last annual report Mr. Mae- Donald stated: “In practically all cases these roadside advertisements merely repeat in the same form ap peals that are made quite properly and Insistently through other agen cles. They are unneeded by the pub lic and are of doubtful value to the advertisers. It Is hoped that means may be found by suitable legislation to effect thelr complete elimination upon sll roads constructed in part with money appropriated by the na- of the direction effectiveness signs and PEEP PPPPIPP IIPS DPDEIIE PIED DPI ROBE tonal government.” 2e0de- POSI0OII300000r0oPe MOTOR QUIZ Many Can You Answ Wh Is the most e« LTP OPP (How Q eal Ans,~ hour, Q Are one plece spark i easy to clean and best way to clean them? Fill lower part ith alcohol, nn drivin About thirty speed? PTOI PeY what is Peeve equal parts of amn and water and allow to for a few Rul earhon from itor wit Pee seconds nan! woolen Ang. —No self-priming he starter Simply primes the - What can be done t to tires? remove rim A few drops of « rim tires will to is w cause them the bo changing to come off much easier the next time it is necessary to cl tire, FEPPIPIFIVIIFIIRR POPP PIP RIPPER FFPPEPFIIIII IPI PDO Pe Open at Same Time The llustration shows a novel ft. ting for any garage is designed so that when double doors you shut the door at the left or shut automatically. The a wi fl mss oFrET BLOOM Device for Making Double Doors Open at the Same Time. you need consists clent length, t and ard of fb of suff bree bolts, a strong iron hinge, wood screws, As you open the door at the left. a connecting bar, pulled along with it, opens the door at the right by pulling on the end of the offset block. In closing, the thrust of the connecting bar closes the door at the right, Popular Science Monthly, 00000000000000000000000000 AUTOMOBILE NOTES 0000000000000 0000000000000 The tempo of this nge Is “open her up and step on it." LI Sometimes it doesn't avail anything to cross crossings cnutionsly. CI even Special motor third of the cost United States. car of tages pay roads In ane. the CI The parking problem awaits the In ventor who ean make the spare tire telescope into the radiator, - » * The coming census will give the ag. tomobile salesman an insight to the few remaining possibilities that exist in his line, . so The idea of the bill making auto mobile licenses payable July 1 is In part that Santa Claus and the tax collector ought to be kept as far apart ne possibia 2he ABOUT THE DAYS HE days were talking. “We all belong to some one or “It is some one's birthday when “And the days seem so Important to To a little girl the day seems to be hers, to her father it seems to be his The Days Used to Like to Talk to Father Time. in the business world, to her mother it &¢eing to be hers. “Not that each thing he everything, Is having every wanis or trying to rule but the day Is all im portant to each person. “To Mrs. Cucumber Green each day means (no her iif aif ferent than It one something quite does to the squirrels or the grasshoppers or the birds and yet each Is wrapped up In his own day, almost forgetting that others are knowing the same day. “May the first is all lmportant to Margaret Alice because she was born a year ago that day. “Maybe It isn't so Important a day to her now as it will be to her later on. “It was certainly an important day to her family, too. “Bud Is her big brother now and he is 80 proud of his sister, “There are some days that are im- portant to almost every one—but each in his own way. “Thanksgiving day, New Year's day, Lincoln's birthday, Washington's birth day, Easter, Fourth of July and so on “Now again there Is a misun derstanding of « . “Last year the 11th of October had a great argument with the 12th of Oc tober which 1s eelebra day, for the 11th sal re sighted land nnd lates In this way all talking, but maost were doling the Time, thinking of so n many boys and mals, birds, each one girls, so many ani- interested In what each day meant to himself—not because he was all interested self, but that was the everything came to him The doys used to like Father 1 He knew much, much, he thought so much, never, never lost h gre: terest in the wonderful world in 1} mi because to talk to he had seen so BO is he was the timekeeper, (Copyright) DOOOU Why We Do What | We Do by M. K. THOMSON, Ph. D. 0000000000000000000000000 WHY WE HAVE NAMES A NAME is like a handle. [It s! you where to take 5. I wenle ows » is n nee, *t and nam we are not able i great living Otherw Or ‘ creature ge mes are arbitrary. calling a thing by the bears. The Indians have peculiar names such as Big Chief Eagle Eye, Braveheart, Lone i ‘ox, Fleet F Strong Arm, Big Is to desire shape 8 ch Bible ot sin Abrs tude, ime It oot, Black Bull, ete. The ive the name of some hi and aracter to fit raciers are expect the child gl d trait hi the name. named In = lar manner and for like reasons. am means “Father of a Multi. Joshua means “Deliverer,” list. In some of these that the name was given after the person had shown some marked characteristic; they seem to At too well, We have refer ences to people whose names were changed. Jacob's name, “Cheater” for example, was changed to Isreal, “God Striveth.” In n nel ata #80 on down the cases it would seem odern times we do not attach much importance to the meaning of names. We are influenced by euphony and suggestion. Hazel Hale married a man by the name of Barker and named her daughter Betty Barker. Sometimes out of deference to some rich or beloved relative or some ad mired celebrity we name out children after them. This practice harks baek to the anclent notion of hoping that the child will emulate some desirable trait, (© by McClure Newspaper Syndicate) FATES, “Shab What Impressed Him Bunkum had returned to his native village after his first visit to London, “Well, Jarge,” sald one of his cronies that evening, “what did ‘ee like most in Lunnon?" ' “I think as ‘ow St. Paul's cathedral were best,” said Bunkum, “It be twice ns as t' parish church an ten times rounder. An' what's more” he added, “t’ bloke what owns it keeps pigeons "London Answers. just " igh —— by McClure Newspaper #yudicate,) For Meditation By LEONARD A. BARRETT SCIENCE AND SILK ANY of ern 8 the discoveries of mod [OG N have been of ufn The largest present engaged In this located at Elizabethton, at process is Tenn. In the meantime, the Chinese silkworm has been so that its wings can no longer support its body, What next? Per? ill prepare synthetic food previously in form, that no time need be spent in the preparation of meals nor even In serving The contents of a single tablet mi be made to contain nourishment alent to a whole In may also have synthetic fuel. Oil has already taken the place of coal in many localities; so electric ity, if ever extracted from the sunlight. may come to take the place of oil. Given time, science will doubtless create rain, as it now can cause an artificial light. ning flash, Economie problems are also being solved by these scientific discoveries, Cotton has become a drug on the mar ket and the South had for many years been embarrassed because of this con. dition. This new demand for cotton will not only create a new market for the article but will also give it an Im- mediate substantial cash valge, What a revolution would occur if irrigation could be displaced by a more econom- Ileal method of artificially ereating rain, or electricity supplying. at a cheaper rate, a foel which would take the place of either coal or oil. The progress of science, however, creating a new problem : that of lei ure. Through the use of these modern conveniences we have more leisure than our fathers even dreamed of. The question still pe. malns—Are we any better off? “The world sure doth move on" -but, Where and How? (2 1929, Western Newspaper Union.) commercialized aps in time science digested, tablet 80 them meal, we many of — Capacity Houses “Folks,” sald our Industrions fellow townsman, Leo Ryan, who has been diggin’ the hole for the new tunnel, “I want to thank you for the interest you have shown us while we have la. bored here, Your response has been exceptional. During the all too short period that we have been excavating here we have drawn capacity crowds at every performance, Capacity In spite of several days’ rain and the exhibition down the street when work on the new B.-and-10 store was being started, “Those of my friends here who en Joyed seeing me put this giant steam shovel through its paces are advised to watch the dally papers for the date and location of our next mammoth un. dertaking, 1 thank you."—Bord-r Citles Star, diritti Mary Brian Mary Brian created the role “Wendy” in “Peter Pan” She is vorably known to the millions of “movie” theater patrons and is re- garded as one of the foremost in her line of work. She was born and edu. cated in Dallas, Texas. She is clever in portrait and water color painting. Winning of a newspaper personality contest conveyed her to the screen when she was given the part of “Wendy,” which marked her immediate triumph in pictures. This is from one of her latest photos, fa. maa J emm— (THE WHY of SUPERSTITIONS By H. IRVING KING FALLING PICTURES RATHER common superstition t falling » wall where | in the death between a person presentment 7” ae Middie the enem ir patrons by represent th full o it melt ins, or before by perhaps ideas of E to cause fliness, in “unconscious” ego, cause some of therefore, a close con- nection between a person and his por trait. Now when that portrait falls we get thal form of symbolism which CRUSES The picture falls from its place: the original $s from his place—dies. Strictly it ought to be that way but, perhaps, the original portrait is already dead and, being broadmind. ed persons and not a bit superstitious, we say, “Well, If not that person, an- other ; somebody we know ; some mem- ber of the family, probably, is indi- cated. [It's a bad sign, anyway.” (2 Wy McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) 0 Self-Confidence Weak knees won't support you far In the battle of life. Believe in your ability, your job, your eventual suc- and you will triumph. Faith In yourself Is necessary before you can expect } us to establish, one to suggest another, of the CORE, others to have faith in FOU, — “A man's disposition is often influ | | | { i enced by his wait and sighs” Gres Tif Next time a econted { breath, or acrid skin gives es { of sour stomach—try Phillips Mlik | Magnesia! Get acquainted with this perfect ti-ncid that the system sound and sweet, That Deeds at time ke tongue, feta idence of helps medic millions of For Mosquito Bites, Sting of Bees and Venomous Insects HANFORD’'S BALSAM OF MYRRH Money back for first bottle if not sulted. All deniers Russia's Holy Men the Rovis Ve nent re It May Be Urgent soon bring contentment. No harm done, for Castoria Is a baby remedy, meant for babies. Perfectly safe to give the youngest infant; you have the doctors’ word for that! It igs a vegetable pro- duct and you could use it every day. But it's in an emergency that Castoria means most, Some night when consti. pation must be relleved-—or colic pains ~or other suffering. Never be without it; some mothers keep an extra bottle, unopened, to make sure there will al ways be Castoria In the house. It is fective for older children, too; read the book that comes with it STINT PR CASTORIA
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