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EVENING LICIXER flllLADELPHIA; WEDNESDAY, JANTTARY 17, 1017
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which will be-singed tome of tlio, grentcH
races of tho country, as tlio PhlladclphlA
Aulomohlln Speedway Is nn olllclal mem
ber ot tlio Urn ml Clrcull.. These f-nces. like
thoso in indlnnapolls. r'hicago, ftheepsbend
Hav nnd other motor speedway centers, will
biTdlstlnguMicd bv the prepenre nf Iho
lenders of the taring nnild, who will battle
for purses nnd Itopli e erjual In size and
Impor'nnre to thos of nn truck In the
i'ounir
ICnorni1'!! cinnit '(.indi 1 nnnnndlnufl
and' shelleie.l 'will i.iovidi -.eating c.-tparUy
for mote than sn.nnn pi npie. together with
bleacher stAnds. having tseatlnr
f n n.1.1llln.l Kk.. "cnung
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"YUM-M-MI"
MOTOR SPEEDWAY WILL
SEAT MORE THAN 80,000
Will Give Philadelphia Chance to
races. The projectors ot tins enterprise,
searching for a suitable location to st.-igo
tho samo events which have mailo Indian
apolis and other progressive cities centers
of national nmlnrdoni for scleral years
past, flnnllv selected a tract of level coun
try embracing 400 acres nf fill m land
th'rco miles nbne Willow Mriiic nn Old York
road, to reach which motorists traverse 0110
of the iiml pli'turrinnn nnd hlilorir.illy In
teresting stretches of well-kept highway In
tho Knot.
Klrst and foremost among the features
IS the two-mill' automobile speedway on
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Ho spaco Anclrcled by t19 lf.,w YJ
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unemialed by ny other .pTSf
Aviation pyions within the spcedwa. .J
hangars within tho speedway hrl.!7L'-i
convenient distance from the f,u l
provide Philadelphia will, tg " ..t.M
field, where tests may be conducted Z
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factory finish. An avian i . ,ft .
eluded In the general plan. " '
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WILLIAM PENN HIGHWAY
THRONGED BY AUTOISTS
Traflic Grows 60 Per Cent To
Add New Link in
Summer
GREAT SCENIC ROUTE
Aiitiuniihile tinvel nil the (Trent "William
Penn Highway from I'hiliidclplila to Pitts
burgh ineu-aseil mv per cent In 11)10.
Thai tciRi-lhcr Willi I lit' nlllolal opening
of the (Ir-t link in tin- thoroughfare, wan
tin' niilHtnndlnjr
feature fur I'eiin--"iltanui'M
"main
.street in a year
ttiat aeti'il xi
prologue for tlie
i'!H'i'k'tl State
aid f 'i' hiphwayii,
uliieli Is depend
ent ii(in tin an-'
turn if Hip pren
ent Legislature
The year saw
alsri Hie addition
of new hotels to
those ul.iiiB the mute and a general nwnlc
eiiinp of interest in the State thoroughfare,
tvhidi forms one nf tlio great divisions of
tlio prnposcd I'lki'H I'eak Oeean-to-Ocean
read
Another seutlnu of the road will he dedicated.-
this) summer with rjierclseH similar
to those at Kastnn, November L', I II 10, when
eight miles of enncrvto road, eonnectlnK
EaBtnn anil llethlohein, were olllclally
opened. Thin ha, been pronounced the
finest piece of roadway In America.
Governor Bruinlm.uKH'M tald In oUtalninB
npproprlationa for tlio William J'enn ItlBli
way nnd other Stato lilghways lias licen
promised to the William l'enii lllRliwny
Asaoelatlon, which is dedlctetl to further
the miccess of tlio proposed $50,000,000
lionrt Issiib for the construction of perma
nent roads In the State,
The William I"enn Highway, comprising
about ono-tentli of thn State highways, fur
nishes at onco a commercial thoroughfare,
n fcenlo cliQwplace and a hixtoriu Juurney,
Panoramas of the quiet beauty of agricul
tural and mountainous 1'oiinnylvnn!'. and of
busy Industry in the State's3 mining;
and fartdry districts unfold themselves
nlong the route. The iiialn highway runs
from Philadelphia through Pottstown,
Reading, Lebanon, Harrlsbutg. Lewlutown,
Altoona, Johnstown and lllalrsville to
Pittsburgh, through regions unsurpassed for
their varied beauty. One extension swings
off at Heading through Allentown, Ilcth
lehem, Easton anil New Jersey points Into
New York city, another branching at Har
rlsburg and running through Gettysburg
and Ilaltlmore to AVashlngton.
This main highway, Us branches and
radial "feeders" connect the small com
munity with the large, serving millions of
persons.
AM THE UNIMPROVED HIGHWAY
By II. C. ANDRKWS
'( lunit. 117. hit M'lltium ' mi Ihllhutiu A ssiwittt ui . t
I AM the unimproved highway.
My iiiimo is Mud.
Thu feet that pattered in primeval slime jnvu mo hirth.
UneluinKcd while t'-e ayes passed I have endured. Time has but Hurvcil to
increaso my in.'.nito variety. Earth horn, and without n soul, yet havo I
lived. From the beginning I liavo lieen man's enemy.
A dust-colored python am I, stretching my length across the hills, waiting
my time to crush endeavor.
I have snared caravans that loft bleaching boacs in lands now desert.
Empires have fallen because of me. ,
I have turned victories into routs; 1 have trapped mighty leaders nnd have
crushed armies.
I am without faith; and those who trust mo I deceive.
Today 1 am fair to look upon; tomorrow a steaming bog. I add Difficulty
to Distance.
With Isolation do I conspire to unjoint the endeavors of men. I tug at the
wheels of the grain cart that bread may lie dear. I hamper those who
would feed the race I am an enemy of church and school. I miro tlio
healer on his rounds ami delay his coming that little ones may die.
I am a disrupter of Home. I speed the first-horn to the cities when I am
fair to see; and when lie would return I face him with my forbidding
depths.
I did minister to Bitterness; and iny a tax on all the world.
There are none who live who do not pay mo tribute,
When men plowed with a crooked sticlt I was there. When tlio ancients
covered mo with stones I slipped away to other lauds.
I am the oldest Lie that lives today. Men count me cheap. I know tlio price
they pay who count mo so.
I am the highway the unimproved highway.
My name is Mud.
AUTO RAISES LAND VALUES
Fifty Per Cent Increase in United
States in Five Years Is Estimate
A fifty per cent Increase In value of till
able lands In the United States has been
caused by the automobile during the last
Ova years.
The estimate, which Is based on an In.
vestlgatlon carried on by the Department
of Agriculture, follows from figure taken
In eight representative counties. Increase
In land values of 25 to 194 per cent in the
last ftve years were noted In ftmr counties
of Virginia and one each in .New York,
Alabama, Florida and SII-wUslppl. The
Bavlng In haulage during this period In the
eight counties was C27.-I09. Ascuming
that the same condition exists throughout
country to save more than JS37.000.000 In
f- country, the automobile enabltd th
years.
STATE BEST GUARDIAN
OF LINCOLN HIGHWAY
Pennsylvania Spent $19:5,000 on
National Route in 191 G.
Markers Planted
I'diimylvanla accords its strip of the
groat Lincoln Highway better care than
does any other State
This s thu statement of A. V. Henient.
secretary of the Lincoln Highway Associa
tion, whoso, words tiro that "Pennsylvania
maintains her section of tlio I.hieoln High
nay at muro expense null with greater care
than Is possibly tlio case In any other Stale,
fifteen men constantly Inspecting the route
of nearly -ion miles nud reporting needed
repairs. They cost mora than $1U:!,IHI0 in
1010."
Tlio JOflmlle stretch or thoroughfare
Nueeplng through I'lilliidelihlii nud I'ltts
IniiKh and connecting the eastern and west
ern boundaries of the State Is one unit In
the great national artery that crosses the
continent, traversing eleven States anil
funning the backbone of the national system
of highways that aie to benefit from the
Itaiiliheail-ShHckleford good roads bill, by
which t'ougrcsH last July dedicated $85. 000,
000 to aiding States In highway construction
and maintenance.
The work of standardising nw kers along
the three-year-old coust-to-coast route will
continue this year, westward fruit) North
Platte. Neb. Muring 1016, 1700 miles of the
highway were marked in New York. I'enn
sylvunia, Ohio, Indiana. Illinois, I nun nnd
Nebraska U en In the city streets Unit form
part nf the route, thu dUtiuvtltu murker"
nhvlutt) thn necessity of stopping aim i
quiring the way.
All nf the States, with the exception of
Indiana. Mississippi. Texas and South Caro
lina, base puactid laws providing for State
aid in road nrl.
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Automobiling Archibald Asks:
Why iota an economist oeeuitoaaVu allow
his car to ttaml with the headlights turntd
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C, Trevor Dunham
Specializing
Automobile Insurance
Notary PuBlte
236 N. Broad St, .
(S8GNAL -s
Dealers interested in a good Truck
Agency are cordially invited to inspect
the Signal Trucks at our Show Room.
Lee T. Ward Co.
928 Commercial Trust Bldg.
15th and Market Sts.
11(11 l'liwne. Spruce S1I9 , Key. l'tione, Itace 194t
Rid for Races and Olym
pic Games
WORK NBARS COiMPLETION
Thirty Thousand Automobiles Can Ho
Parked in Space KicirclinR
Ilncinir Track
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lly SI A UK W. WILSON
Aniting His many good things which
l'hllai1el)liln osiiertK front the gift bag nf
tlio new yenr. Uteri' Is oiip addition In Us
riili" rpsntiriT whirli Is rertnlM iho com
Mellon nf thr- t'lilladellililn Motor Hpcedway.
now under lonsinictlon tifnr Willow
t I ro e.
l'i'olilrt! with nn ndernialo ntul mm
ideielv ptiulpiM'tl tlcltt. the Quaker fity may.
for ih first lime In Its lilslnry, Itccomft n
hopeful n ml fnrmttinblt-' bidder for (he
tilvtnpli- ciimcs ntnl the nnntml Army Hint
Nnvy rontlinll game. Tims Mwi It will
become a renter for motoring exetit.i and
nu inipnrtnnt tlientre for mlntlnn and
Imrpe rncitig.
tVOftK US' OVAL
The Binding flu the Iwn-nillp ntitomoblle
racing mnl Is nine-tenths cninplflcil, while
forlv per cent nf the nrtunl work uf con
t ruction mi the Irnek Itself has been lln
Islicd. Miinrmniis timber embankments,
which will permit ihe racing cms to" retain
their equilibrium while 'turning Iho coincis
id n Iwii-mllc-a-mltiuo gait haf been
reared nn the green fields of tin? Speei'.way
ssocln linn's JnO-ncrc pmperly. The huge
piles. Inugh slrlngers nud Iho four-Inch
llnoring which will carry the cars lire rap
Idly going Into place. The new ear will
see the cnmidetlnii of Hi" limject and the
Innugiirntlnn In l!l"" "f it series of spec
liioles which will bring millions of persons
lo I'hlladelpliln and make the cltv's name
known wherever it man Is Interested In nn
automobile
Motoring as a pleasure, convenience, util
ity and proflialile business enterprise has
llrnilv established Itself In and about tlio
Quaker flty. Willi Its hundreds or tnoii
sniula of nmtnrlsts. I'ennsylvimla stnnils
third In lb" nutnber or iiiolnr vencie
licenses Issued, a condition which Indicates
tho detciinlnation of the avcrngo I'ennsyl
vntiliin to possess Hint which contributes
most In his comfort and rnmenlcticp.
MttTimiHTM 8HKK LAUlSKtl FIKI.DS
I'eiinsylvJiuia motorists aro socking a
larger Held for their interest nnd amii!-e-ti'iunt
than Is granted by Iho beautiful high
ways and delightful touring mutes of the
Keystuno State and adjacent territory pres
ent. Tin deshe crystallized Into mo J'lilla-
dulnhla .Motor .Speedway Association, or
ganized as a community enterprlbo to ex
ploit motor racing under tho sanction of
the American Automobile Association and
to furnish legitimate amusement for the
ninny l hnuHn nils of motorists who haio keen
Interest In speed lests of various cars and
theli Intrepid ilrlM-rs, and who wclcomo both
the diversion furnished by such events and
opportunity to congregate In Kreat mini-'
tiers to witness them.
TIISTntllC SKTTINti
Within Its corporate bounds. Philadelphia
provides no adequate area for holding these
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WHITE MOTOR CARS
at the
AUTOMOBILE SHOW
HpHE exhibit includes the following: series of new
standard models and of individually designed
White bodies perfect examples of the custom built
illustrating: advanced style tendencies in body design
and equipment. The new sixteen-valve four-cylinder
motor is a feature of the display,
Touring Car in Dark Brewster Green, Straight Grained Leather.
Runabout in Torpedo Gray.-Straight Grained Leather.
Limousine in Social Gray, Two-tone Gray Broadcloth.
Coupe in Beaver Brown, Gold Brown Tapestry.
Town Car in Black, Mauve Silk Tapestry.
Landaulct in Cobalt Blue, Two-tone Blue Tapestry.
Cabriolet in Fawn, Special Two-tone Motor Cloth.
Town Car Landaulet imCobalt Blue, Two-tone Blue Tapestry.
THE WHITE COMPANY, Cleveland
Philadelphia, 216-220 North Broad Street
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I . lee Largest IVIakers of
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World
otor Trucks in the
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rresem 1 nree ivew Models Completing an Invincible Series
ofFwe-a Capacity for Every Requirement, Making it
Possible to Standardize YoMr Delivery Service
tu imgnesi crnciency at Lowest Cost
The One-Ton
Middleweight
1500 lbs. Maximum Capacity, With Express $
Body, Canopy Top and Equipment .
TUl? nil ATlmir-iM I lfiTinuimir...m
for. Built like Us biothci- Republics wid SSSJSKS. ;ontra'ld
u contains the lamous Renub ic Internal Genv riiivn mI: V . ru,CK oeanas
iiuiuieu iype 01 raumtor, the sturdy Republic Trnrf- Ma tuTt "i'ub
power than the Dispatch will ever need-in bHof SfJfc? im
me word oneratine at owas met k-r. ...?; "VA-r:.1"." V"fc Bese 01
A "nun. 1500 lbs. With solid panel bod , liEtSX? 2S ,,t?."laxi
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THE NEW Minnrp.wp.iftHTe
Mnrlol 1A Ann T.. ..ii- cm t . .
board Express Body and Bow Top
iTiuuci xi une-anu-a-nait Ton
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THE HEAVYWP.IRHTc
Kl! :S.Tou (Ctassis) . .m
...w ilucc xun nassis; . ,2550
bwam-nickman Co., lac, m-
4udu Irving Street
4040 Locust Street
rrenfon' Branch
a man Fair
fitiett
Ton-and-a-half
Middleweight
i il. ! $' JLxiUlM&,.
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