New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 22, 1924, Page 16

16 HIGHWAYS UNSAFE FOR PARKING AUTOS A A A, Suggests Rula for Mak:| ing Roads Sale for Drivers automobiles on publie trongly condemned as & Parking highways I8 publie nuisance by the American Au tomobile Association, according to a bulletin just released through the or ganization's touring and transporta. tion board at Washington, 1, ( The basis for the A, A A s numerous complaints received from tourists who have been both incon- venlenced and endangered by persons who park their cars on the main high- ways when they could just as well drive on to a cross road or open space, it 18 stated In its bulletin the board that it does not sympathize with tk motorist who thinks he would for- feit & privilege If forbidden to park on highways because it contends that he is not safe in parking where there Is high speed traftic and that he really would benefit by being com- pelled to park in safer places, Thos. P. Henry, president of the A A A, that the mumber of no- cidents resulting from parking cars on heavily traveled highways offsets any possible advantages and that if the motorist does not appreclate 1).: importance of parking safely leglsla- tion must step in to produce msnul results, “It {8 hoped that this appeal to the motorist, however, will obviate the necessity for adding another law to the already overcrowded statutes” Mr, Henry explains, “If each motor. ist would act upun the recoruenda- tions of the A. A, A, board the Figh- ways would be safer for all who use them and the nulsance of unsafe parking would he minimized.” The following suggestions have heen offered by the A. A, A. board “Do not seek main highways for pienie purposes. roads where there are plenty of op- portunities for parking off the road. “In event of puncture try to get the car as far off the traveled portion of the road as possible hefore rlnn:inn the tire, and in no case stop on curve or near the top of a hill. “Never stop opposite a car that has parked along the road. If you want | to ask your way stop your car at least one hundred and fifty feet be- yond and walk back to inquire, “You are not safe sitting in your car while it is parked on a high Furthermore you are a source f danger to those who are obliged to turn out to pass you “If you turn.nto a blind driveway to park have the back of the car to the main road. When your car is facing the road motorists may think you are just driving into the road. They may make a sudden stop hefore discovering that your car is not in motlon, and cars following them may be thrown into a series of rear-end collisions. “Parking a car at night on a main highway is doubly dangerous. You never know what minute the tall light may burn out.” uction atutes KAPLAN’S 10-DAY Offering to the Public Remarkable Unheard Of Values Only a Few of the Many Values for Saturday MEN’S * WORK PANTS Special 79 C pair Only 1 pair to customer Men’s Balbriggan SHIRTS and DRAWERS 33C Each Men’s $2.50 and $3.50 DRESS SHIRTS $1.69 Men’s Balbriggan UNION SUITS 89¢ KAPL Men’s 75¢ TIES lchach Use the secondary | AGAIN SEEK GOLD 1IN OLD HILLS OF MONTANA Qu.nll Prospectors Looking F'or Vein Passed Up In Old Days of Placer Mining | otena. Mont 5, 22.—Quarts prospectors are ro h on tana hills, gulches and abandoned mining camps this summer in sueh I numbers as to arouse speculation among the early settiers as to wheth er the ery of "gold” again may lure hundreds into the areas where few men have ventured sinee the early six | tes. Free milling ore sinee heen exploited veins have long and in most canes aba ed by the individual proe: pector, to be taken over by the larg companies or operated on a small seale by miners, Gold laden nds in the creek beds where old placer camps located have been panned and re-panned, yielding millions in the early sixties until bed rock strata turned the fortune seekers to other fields, Forced to discontinue the cor mining on a large scale, the pio eer prospectors are now enlisting younger blood in the search of quartz, hoping to discover veins of sufficient size to warrant construetion of stamp mills and reduction works. Reports from the early-day camps | indicate ren ctivity at Virginia City and Alder Guich, one of the rich. est of early-day sites, while from Con- federate Guleh, 30 miles e come storles of occasiogal nuggets in | slulce boye | GHOST STOPS A WEDD[NG Chi Bride-to-Be Claims Spivit of Groont's First Wife Pushed Her | | | ¥rom sedan Chair. | Peking, Aug. 22.—Claiming that she was pushed by'the ghost of her pros- pective husband's Chinese bridé-to-be tion in the street outside Hatamen | gate recently by leaping from the bridal an chair in which she was being conveyed to her prospective | husband’s home. As the girl sat weeping In the dust ‘une explained to the go-between rep- Hmcntln; the groom's family, and to the crowd which gathered, that as she | was entering the chair at her own home she observed a dishevelled wom- an following her. Suddenly she felt herself propelled out of the chair, J:no felt convinced, she said, that she was under the spell of the first wife | who naturally felt annoyed at secing her former place about to be usurped. | After much persuasion | was Induced to proceed to the.cere- mony, and there was no further mis- hap. Jigsaw puzzles returning to [ popularity. { Cuticura Soap and Ointment Keep the Scalp Clean and Healthy Promote Hair Growth w5t of here, | deceased wife, A | caused a sensa- | the bride | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, BATROY T0 PLAYER | TODK THREE YEARS Freigan Realizes His Big Am-| bition at Last 1 | | New York, Aug, 22.~Jumping from batbey to regular third bLasemen of the St Louis Cardinals in three years | Howard Freigau realized the greatest | of his boyhood ambitions in much less time than he ever dreamed he | would, He told the story when the Cardinals were at the Polo Grounds on their recent eastern invasion, Freigau related that he first sat. tracted the attention of Branch Rickey, the Cardinals' boss, when he | was playing high school baseball, At | the end of his high schoel course ! received offers from several colleg | but on the advice of Mr, Rickey went | to Ohio Wesleyan, There he ln-.uni studylng for an A. B, but before he | | finlshed his course be became a B, B, | | (batboy), because the college dia- mond did not give him enough base- ball, | Manager Rickey had engaged Frei. | | gau during, the summer to look after | | boys admitted to the 8t. Louls park, |and when the Cardinals went on the road I"reigau went along as batboy so | |that he could continue his study of | big league baseball without hurting his status as an amateur player, Frelgau, however, had ruined that status by playing semi-pro games on ‘flmurdn:nnnd Sundays and when the (Mhlfilc authorities at Ohio Wesleyan heard of this, the youngster wus ad- vised that his playing days on college diamonds were over, The player com- | municated the information to Man- | ager Rickey, who Immediately signed ‘hlm as a player, | “That was In 1022, said Freigau. | | “Last year I made myself as handy as T could, and this r 1 made the | grade as a regular. ANCIENT TOOLS ARE | USED Craftsmen In England Making Modern | Furniture With Old Fashioned Tools ‘Wendover, Eng., Aug. 22—Tucked away in the woods near the country | residence of the British premiers at Chequers Court are men making mod- ern furniture with tools similar to those used hundreds of years ago. The workshops, built in wigwam style beneath trees, contain a primi- tive kind of lathe made of hranches of trees and bits of wire, the mo- tive power being supplied by a long and supple branch fixed to a tree stump outside the workshop. Each lathe turns out as many as a gross of chalr-legs daily, Most of the crafts- men are elderly, and the oldest not only takes his meals at his lathe, but is said to sleep beside it at night. | HARDING TABLET UNVEILED Juneau, Alaska, Aug. 22.—A tablet of Alaska copper commemordting the annlversary of the late President Harding’s visit to Juncau was un- veiled here recently by Shirley Anne Starr, a granddaughter of Scott C. {ing lands, Bone, governor of Alaska. Men’s All Wool Suits Formerly up to $27.50 TO GO AT $9. 65 —— A Wonderful Value — MEN’S ALL WOOL Hand Tailored Suits Formerly up to $33.50 $16 50 DISCOL\T ON ALL OUR BETTER GRADE SUITS ’S CLOTHES SHO 400 MAIN ST. opp. EAST MAIM SALE FRIDAY, |IRRIGATION T0 ENRICH FARMERS OF NEBRASKA Water | | | Tunnel Being Dug To Divert From River and Lead It Through High Hills Scotts Bluft, Neb., Aug. 22~—Picking up a river to drive its waters 6,500 feet in & tunnel through a range of | hills that would be ealled mountains were it wot for their location elose to | higher peaks, is what the government reclamation service is doing here in western Nebraska in order to bring [irvigation to the Roubadesu aff up- per Gering valleys. Arid regions are to be transformed inta fertile farms A point eight miles west of Heotts Bluff mountain is the scene of action, Here the waters of the Fort Laramie canal are to he diverted from the North Platte viver and thus bring to | realisation the dream and labor of | settlers for many years past | The lul nel, known as Number hre already has b hored | through, but appreximately 0 en- ble yards of concrete, reinforced by structural steel, will be required be- fore it Is ready for the flow of wa | ter, which Is expected to start next )|\rll\[. Digging proceeded from each side of the hill and the two ends of |the tunnel were joined at the center with a variation laterally of only one- elghth of an Inch, In grade, the ends were off less than one f an inch, WHEELER 10 SPEAK ON BOSTON COMMON SEPT. 1| La Follette Plans To Hold Back Until Middle of Month Before Taking Stump Washington, Aug. 22.—Active cam- paigning in behalf of the La Follette- Wheeler ticket probably will begin on Labor Day, with an open air address on the Boston Common by Senator Wheeler of Montana, the vice-presi- dentlal candidate, Senator La Follette plans to wait until the middle of September hefore delivering his first speech, probably in New York city. It is likely, however, that from his headquarters here he will {ssue a Labor Day message, Speaking.itineraries of both candi- dates will be shaped at conferences to begin here today. Davis K. Niles, acting head of the speakers' bureau in Chicago, will be here to d 188 plans with Senators La Follette and Wheel er and on Saturday John M. Nelson national eampaign manager, with Chi- | cago headquarters, will be in Wash- | ington for conferences with the two candldates. ARREST 50 POLICE Naples, Aug. 22.—The government it is understood, ordered the arrest of | fifty Fascist policemen as the result of disturbances here Sunday when the attempt of the police to prevent a | meeting of opposition adherents re- sulted in the killing of two persons and the injuring of sixteen others. The breeding of rabbits and silk- worms in Spain is encouraged by the government, Men’s $2 to $2.50 DRESS SHIRTS 97¢ Fast colors Men’s 35¢ LISLE HOSE 7 Pairs $1 .OO Men’s Nainsook UNION SUITS 79¢c Men’s $1. 7.3 CAPS To Go At 75¢ MEN’S SILK HOSE White only 29¢ pir AUGUST 22, 1024, OUR ANNUAL August Furniture Sale DRAWS TO A CLOSE SOON, It is at this time of the year that our stock must be reduced and to make a clearance we offer a hona fide reduction of ON OUR ENTIRE STOCK All New Britain waited for this event and if you haven’t taken ad- vantage of it, do so before we close Our August Sale, We are agents for Richmond Ranges— Way Sagless Springs and Burton-Dixie Mattresses. 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