The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 19, 1931, Page 2

‘BUGGY POWERED BY Francis ONE-CYLINDER GAS ENGINE IN CENTER Traveled From Six to Eight| Miles per Hour but Balked on Capitol Hill LAHR FIRST DEALER IN CITY Burleigh Had Only 85 Automo-| biles Registered in 1912, Quanrud Says Thirty years ago no automobiles could be seen parked on the streets of Bismarck. These self-propelled vehicles were still in the experimental | stage. Besides, the people out here in the newer west were not ready for them; they had no paved streets or hard-surfaced roads. However, the faint rumblings of the coming auto- motive age could be heard even at this distance, and an occasional news- paper story about the pioneer builders and their products would catch the fancy of someone with a mechanical turn of mind. Thus is was that Francis Jaszko- wiak, known to his friends in Bis- marck as “quite a tinkerer,” set about to usher in the new age by building himself a horseless carriage. That was in 1899, a period of American history which is becoming known as the closing chapter of the horse-and- buggy era. Jaszkowiak bought himself a brand new buggy gear with irontired wheels, built a body on it and placed an up- right, one-cylinder gas engine in the center. A seat was placed back of the engine and the gas buggy was steered by means of a tiller. It was fitted with a chain drive. The outfit would travel at the rate of six to eight miles an hour on the level, but had to be pushed up hill. ‘The engine had no muffler and made an unearthly racket. When the out- fit approached, children ran into hid- ing, thinking the bogey man was on @ rampage. It also scared the horses, and there was an occasional run- away. The inventor was able, on a few oc- casions, to drive his horseless wagon as far as the penitentiary, and there were not a few who hoped that the authorities would detain him out there. Nothing daunted, Jaszkowiak built a better chain drive gas buggy with solid rubber tires the next year; and two years after that he sent for parts and built a réal automobile, with pneumatic tires and all the then modern accessories. | When the Autos First Came i Something over 25 years ago a few venturesome people in Bismarck and | western North Dakota decided to risk | their lives anti reputations by pur- chasing rome of the new automobiles then being advertised. There were | about a dozen makes :o choose from, | most of them powered with heavy gas engines of one or two cylinders. The firsi of these cars, fitted with Jaszko wiak Built Ow NORRIS ADDRESSES PROGRESSIVES Program for condemnation of the “sower trust.’ pened the meeting ington which was the next session of congress. A idvocated at the meeting and Sena- as the dominant one for 1932 In smooth, solid rubber tires, were guar- anteed to run from six to 15 miles an hour. A little later, four-cylinder cars with pneumatic tires were of- | fered as the acme of perfection. They | were sold without lamps, windshields, ; tops or “mud guards.” The short | fenders were $10 extra and the horn was also an accessory. | Nobody thought of riding in a! closed automobile in those days, and | in 1910 or ‘12, when such cars first | appeared in Bismarck, they were giv- en the derisive name of “glass hacks.” As the people would ride only in open cars, the dealers had a lively trade in gauntlets, goggles and auto robes. ‘Women who went in for touring had linen dusters, with big veils to pro- tect their faces and hold their hats on while driving on windy days. The speed then attained was not of itself sufficient to keep the drivers running after their hats. How very young the automobile in- dustry is maye be judged from the fact that when T. A. Quanrud entered | the business in Bismarck as a dealer | in 1912, there were only 85 automo- | biles registered in Burleigh county. | Quanrud was employed in the auto trade for some years before entering | the business for himself 18 years ago, and yet modestly avers that he can- not be counted as one of the local | pioneers; he yields that honor to W. | E. Lahr, Christ Bertsch, H. P. God- | dard and others. The earliest regu- | lar auto dealer at Bismarck was W. E. | Lahr, who first sold a car called the Perry—later known as the Pathfind- er—and then switched to the Over- | land. | Chris Henzlar was at\that time | operating a bicycle shop, but changed | with the times by equipping his place | for auto repairing. | Christ Bertsch, who started selling | Fords here in 1910, is the oldest of the | dealers who is still in business, He is now at the head of the Bismarck | Auto Sales, Studebaker dealers. An- other of the old-timers is F. A. Cope- lin, In 1911, H. P. Goddard sold the first automobiles that were brought into McKenzie, where he was then in the farm implement business. In 1914 he moved to Bismarck and became associated with F. A. Copelin in the Dakota Motor company, and for some time conducted the Ford agency, which they purchased from Mr. Bertsch. Thé first enclosed car, a Ford, was shipped to Bismarck by this firm. Goddard now is secretary of the Bismarck Assocation of Com- merce. In the early 1900's, Goddard was employed as secretary of the Minne- apolis Y. M. C. A. but decided to come west and grow up with the country. Before leaving the Twin Cities he attended a few “auto races” which will be recalled with many a chuckle by the oldsters who have sur- vived the speeding-up process since that day. Those auto races 30 or more years ago did not depend on speed. The fellow who could get STICKERS MEN JOKE, AND SO WIN TRUSTY PRAISE. Can you take the eters fron the two les sapere themn to out a we wn phrase, as indicated in the lower two lines? The eer ee enema niente | Stiokler-Botubion ion Editorial: Page) THESE NICE LINEN HAND. KERCHIEFS | GAVE BILL FOR CHRISTMAS ARE BEGINNING TO LOOK GRAY MY SHIRTS LOOK GREAT THIS WEEK. DEAR YOU OUGHT TO USE RINSO. IT WASHES CLOTHES GLEAMING WHITE = VM USING RINSO NOW. IT’S A MARVELOUS i) HARD-WATER SOAP THAT SAVES SCRUBBING fix something usually won the race. The First Auto a Rambler Los Angeles, California, Another of the first autos was purchased by Garl O. Jorgenson, then an employe at the state capitol. “That auto of Carl's,” said -R. D. Hoskins, reminiscently, “was a one- lunger, and used to give Carl and the rest of us a lot of trouble; it hardly ever made the grade up capitol hill, and we often had to get back of the thing and push.” hace) Christ Bertsch and Dr, E. P, Quain were doubtless among the very first to own “real” automobiles in these Parts. Bertsch had a fourscylinder Ford, 1906 model. Dr. Quain’s car was known as the. “Queen,” and was of real magnificence for that day. The first shipment of Fords to Bis- marck consisted of three cars ordered by W. E. Labr in 1909. One of them was purchased by R. L. Best and an- other by Hoke Smith, the last named being now a resident of Pasadena, California, The next year Christ Bertsch took a long chance by ship- ping in eight of them, but sold them all that season. Overlands at that time sold for $1250 with a few acces- sories thrown in. + Speed Not Important When e® man stepped out to pur- chase a car in those days, speed was not the first consideration. “Will the darned thing go?” was the question most frequently asked, and another one was, “Will it take me up the Rosser street grade or capitol hill?” It is related that a liveryman who disposed of his teams of horses to purchase a car, was forced to catry an extra transmission gear on his long trips, as the transmission was always balking. The first headlights were oil lamps or the spluttering car- bide lights, which were soon displaced by the prestolite tank, carried on the running board and which proved fair- ly reliable. “In those days,” said Hoskins, “15 miles was a good auto speed, and anyone who bragged of getting 25 miles out of his car. was considered @ reckless driver. 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Dak: _THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1931 n Automobl around the track without stopping to). to turn around and back them up the Rosser and Capitol hills, From Bis- marck to Valley City was considered, @ good day’s drive, and the parties usually stopped for lunch at Dawson. The fellow who could make the Val- ley City hill on high had a perfect license to boast of the unusual per- formance of his particular make of car. The first pneumatic tires were. guaranteed for 2,500 miles—that was. considered a ae Ge @ distance for tire; demountable rims, and if you up a spike it was just a of luck.’ Hoskins is believed to be the only. individual in North Dakota who has & complete set of auto license tags from 1914 down, nailed up on his garage walls. Even as late as 1914, says Quanrud, it was considered quite a feat to drive to Fargo from the Capital City in one day, a distance of 200 miles. Now the distance is made quite regularly in:from four to six hours. Nevada Gets Ready For Gambling Trade Carson City, Nevada, March 19.— (Nevada Thursday awalted touch of the governor’s pen that would officially revive wide open gambling in the state. A licensed gambling bill, approved by both houses and sent to legisla- tive clerks, was to go to Governor F. B. Balzar, who said he would sign it. With state approval placed upon virtually all forms of gambling by the legislature, old-time members of that pursuit were preparing to open gamb- ling houses in many towns. . e in Bismarck in 1899 SOLONS REFUSE 10 CONFIRM DUXBURY Vote Follows Four Hours of Heated Debate by Minne- sota Senators St, Paul, March 19.—(?)—After four hours of heated debate, the Minne- Sota senate Wednesday night voted against confirmation of F. A. Dux- bury as a member of the state indus- trial commission. The vote was 40 to 25. The serate brought to an end & fight against Duxbury, carried on by Senator Gerald Mullin, Minneapolis, since the commissioner's interim ap- & 2) A “WE Specht cin QUALITY WORK intment by former Governor Theo- Gore Christianson. Duxbury had been in office 10 years. A Conference committees of the sen- ate and house eliminated their differ- ences in the board of control appro- priations bills passed by both houses and agreed on @ total of $10,880,833, which is higher than the original measures, The senate approved $10,679,000 and $10,729,895. The house Wednesday Ue pt ben 4 requir persons applying '- riage iloenses in the state to walt five had ponement of the measure. el Some statistician has figured it out that the lumber produced by Ameri- can sawmills in @ year is sufficient to build a board walk 25 to 36 feet wide between the earth and the moon. Visit Our Display Booth at the Auto Show March 20-21 ACK’S RADIA- TOR SHOP Bismarck, N. 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