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Built  like  an  Automobile 
THE  knowledge  and  experience  of  the  ablest  engin¬ 
eers  in  the  automobile  industry  have  been  em¬ 
ployed  in  the  designing  and  building  of  the 
Rochester  Trailercar. 
Special  attention  and  care  have  been  taken  in  the  selection 
of  materials  and  workmanship  to  ensure  the  Trailercar 
exceptional  strength. 
Severe  road  tests  with  and  without  a  load,  over  every  style 
of  road  were  made  to  encounter  a  possible  weak  point. 
That  is  why  the  Rochester  Trailercar  was  a  success  from 
the  very  start. 
The  body  on  the  Trailercar  is  hung  low  and  mounted  on  specially 
designed,  springs  which  make  it  stick  to  the  road  at  all  speeds  and 
prevent  excessive  jolting  of  the  load. 
With  the  Trailercar,  you  can  deliver  your  merchandise  safely  and 
without  jostling  at  any  speed  up  to  30  miles  an  hour. 
It  is  the  only  Trailercar  that  tracks  perfectly  and  that  can  be 
backed  in  an}-  desired  direction. 
The  new  draw  bar  for  attaching  Trailercar  to  the  automobile  is 
shock  proof  and  prevents  any  possible  injury  from  sudden  starts 
or  stops — it  also  makes  it  impossible  to  upset  the  Trailercar  by  a 
too  short  turn. 
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Buy  now  while  lands  arc  cheap  and  terms  liberal. 
Maps  and  literature  telling  all  about  the  State  sent 
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EVENTS  OF  THE  WEEK 
DOMESTIC.  —  Amendments  to  the 
Simpson-Kelly  bills  requiring  owners  of 
automobiles  to  obtain  a  license  similar  to 
a  chauffeur’s  license  as  agreed  upon 
April  0  by  legislative  leaders  at  Albany 
will  limit  the  operation  of  these  bills  to 
New  York  City,  The  bills  provide  a 
levy  of  $1  for  the  initial  license  and  25 
cents  for  renewals.  The  effect  of  the 
bills  will  be  to  facilitate  identification. 
The  power  of  suspension  is  vested  by 
the  lulls  in  a  magistrate  and  the  power  of 
revocation  in  the  Secretary  of  State.  The 
bills  have  the  support  of  the  New  York 
City  Chamber  of  Commerce,  the  Automo¬ 
bile  Club  of  America,  the  Merchants’  As¬ 
sociation,  the  Citizens’  Union  ami  other 
civic  bodies  of  New  York  City. 
Alexander  Jessup,  author  and  editor  of 
a  publication  known  as  the  “Blue  Moon,” 
at  New  York,  pleaded  not  guilty  before 
Judge  Harland  B.  Howe  in  the  United 
States  District  Court  April  0  to  an  in¬ 
dictment  charging  him  with  using  the 
mails  to  defraud,  lie  was  held  in  $1,000 
bail,  and  being  unable  to  furnish  a  bond 
was  sent  to  the  Tombs.  Assistant  United 
States  Attorney  Harold  A.  Content  said 
that  Jessup’s  alleged  victims  were  the 
contributors  to  his  magazine,  who  were 
obliged  to  pay  from  $5  to  $10  to  have 
their  stories  edited.  Jessup,  according  to 
his  advertisements  inserted  in  such  mag¬ 
azines  as  the  lilack  Cat  aud  the  Editor. 
was  ready  at  any  time  to  pay  from  one 
to  two  cents  a  word  for  any  short  stories 
that  were  good  enough  to  be  printed  in 
the  “Blue  Moon.” 
A  waterfront  fire  at  Bayonne.  N.  .T., 
April  7,  destroyed  a  pier,  two  loaded 
barges  and  other  property,  and  narrowly 
missed  exploding  six  large  nil  tanks.  The 
Texas  Company  lost  $275,000.  The 
blazing  oil  poured  into  the  waters  of 
Newark  Bay  and  the  Kill  Van  Kull.  The 
tide-borne  flaming  oil  set  fire  to  another 
oil  dock  below  the  first  one.  at  which  was 
mooted  a  second  barge  loaded  with  40.000 
gallons  of  oil. 
John  Albright,  a  rural  mail  carrier  in 
Logan  County.  IV.  Va.,  lias  been  arrested 
on  a  charge  of  stealing  ginseng  from  par¬ 
cel  post  packages  and  replacing  it  with 
stones.  He  is  ordered  held  under  $5,000 
|  bond  by  a  United  States  Commissioner. 
Gov.  Janies  Witbycombe,  of  Oregon, 
has  granted  ninety  days  leave  of  absence 
to  C.  O.  Bogart,  serving  a  term  in  the 
penitentiary  for  assault  with  intent  to 
kill,  in  order  that  he  might  plant  his 
Spring  crop  and  save,  if  possible,  his 
homestead  in  Malheur  County  from  fore¬ 
closure  proceedings.  Bogart  informed 
the  Governor  that  unless  he  could  be 
given  an  opportunity  to  plant  his  Spring 
crop  his  wife  and  eight  children  would  he 
without  provisions  next  Winter,  and  also 
unable  to  meet  interest,  on  a  mortgage  on 
bis  homestead.  He  is  serving  a  term  for 
attempting  to  kill  a  man  named  Mathews, 
with  whom  he  quarrelled  over  a  land 
right. 
Dr.  William  T.  Hornaday.  director  of 
the  Bronx  Zoological  Park,  came  out  in 
strong  support,  of  Senator  Chamberlain’s 
bill  designed  to  make  game  sanctuaries  of 
the  national  parks.  Dr.  Hornaday,  cam¬ 
paigning  trustee  of  the  Permanent.  Wild 
Life  Protection  Fund,  made  a  tour  last, 
year  of  the  States  west  of  the  great 
plains  for  a  presentation  of  the  plan  now 
embodied  in  Senator  Chamberlain’s  bill. 
He  said  that  the  plan  was  approved 
warmly  by  12  Governors,  many  cham¬ 
bers  of  commerce,  organized  bodies  of 
sportsmen,  naturalists  and  uplift  move¬ 
ments.  ’Pile  strongest  support  came  from 
New  Mexico,  Wyoming  and  Arizona, 
three  States  deeply  interested  in  cattle 
and  sheep  raising. 
Post  office  thieves  who  recently  stole 
money  order  forms  from  the  Wultke  sta¬ 
tion  of  the  St.  Louis  post  office  have 
swindled  merchants  of  this  city  out  of 
from  $12,000  to  $14,000.  Four  men  were 
arrested  by  New  York  detectives  April 
10.  The  post  office  inspectors  recently 
sent  out  a  warning  circular  in  which  they 
said  that  money  order  forms  numbered 
910  to  1,000  inclusive  had  beery  stolen 
from  the  Waltke  station.  St  Louis  Post 
Office,  and  that  the  professional  money 
order  thieves  who  stole  these  forms  were 
passing  them  on  merchants.  The  prac¬ 
tice  is  to  pnrebaso  some  article  for  a 
small  amount  and  then  to  tender  a  post 
office  order  for  $100. 
The  New  York  State  Senate  by  a  vote 
of  33  to  10  passed  the  Whitney-Brereton 
constitutional  amendment  April  10,  giving 
women  the  right  to  vote  in  this  State.  The 
Assembly  already  has  passed  this  resolu¬ 
tion.  It  must  he  submitted  to  the  new 
Legislature  of  1917  and  if  favorably  acted 
upon  by  that  body  will  be  submitted  to 
the  voters  again  in  the  Fall  of  1917. 
Bob  Burman,  of  Detroit,  the  automo¬ 
bile  racer,  bis  mechanician.  Eric  Schroe- 
der.  of  Chicago,  and  a  track  guard  were 
killed  at  Corona,  Cal.,  April  8,  as  a  re¬ 
sult  of  the  overturning  of  Barman's  car 
in  the  Corona  road  race.  Five  spectators 
were  injured,  several  seriously,  Burman 
suffered  u  fracture  of  the  skull  ami  his 
left  leg  was  broken.  His  car  threw  a 
wheel  in  the  ninety-seventh  lap  on  the 
back  stretch  aud  the  machine  overturned 
in  a  crowd. 
Mrs.  W.  A.  Harris  of  Lawrence,  widow 
of  Senator  Harris,  was  elected  a  delegate 
to  the  National  Democratic  convention, 
at  the  Kansas  State  Democratic  conven¬ 
tion  April  11. 
Mrs.  Ellen  French  Aldrich,  formerly 
of  Da v ton,  Ohio,  will  be  the  first  woman 
April  22,  1916. 
“Mayor"  of  Savtclle.  Cal.  At  the  election 
April  10  she  received  the  largest  vote 
polled  by  any  candidate  for  the  board  of 
trustees.  According  to  custom  the  candi¬ 
date  with  the  largest,  vote  is  elected  pres¬ 
ident  of  the  board  with  the  honorary  title 
of  “Mayor.” 
All  previous  records  for  sustained  flight 
in  the  army  aviation  service  were  broken 
April  11  when,  according  to  a  dispatch 
received  at  the  War  Department  from 
Gen.  Funston.  an  army  biplane,  carrying 
J.ieut s.  Edgar  S.  Gorrell  and  Herbert  A. 
Dnrgne,  arrived  at  Columbus.  N.  M., 
after  a  350-mile  flight  in  four  hours  from 
Gen.  Pershing’s  headquarters  in  .Mexico. 
The  best  previous  crosscountry  flight  for 
the  army  service  was  made  by  Capt. 
Dodd  of  the  Signal  Corps,  who  flew  ap¬ 
proximately  200  miles  from  the  army  avi¬ 
ation  school  at  San  Diego,  Cal.  Before 
that  the  record  was  held  by  Lieut.  Mill¬ 
ing.  who  flew  from  Galveston  to  San  An¬ 
tonio.  a  distance  of  220  miles,  without 
alighting.  Both  Capt.  Dodd  and  Lieut. 
Milling  are  with  the  First  Aero  Squad- 
roti  in  Mexico.  Lieut.  Gorrell  was  one 
of  the  aviators  who  were  lost  for  a  time 
in  the  flight  of  the  squadron  from  Colum¬ 
bus  to  Casas  Grandes  when  the  army 
first  entered  Mexico. 
FARM  AND  GARDEN.— The  farmers 
supplying  Chicago  have  won  tlieir  milk 
strike  and  the  consumer  will  not  pay  the 
bill.  Following  a  seven-hour  parley  April 
7  between  representatives  of  the  produc¬ 
ers  and  distributing  companies  and 
Health  Commissioner  Robertson  three  of 
the  four  big  companies  agreed  to  capitu¬ 
late  and  pay  the  producers  their  price  of 
$1.55  per  hundred  pounds.  It  was  agreed 
by  the  distributors  not  to  increase  the 
price  of  8  cents  a  quart. 
The  agricultural  appropriation  bill, 
carrying  a  total  of  $24,501,093.  larger  by 
$1,529,511  than  the  bill  for  the  current 
fiscal  year,  was  taken  up  for  considera¬ 
tion  by  the  House  April  11,  wheu  the 
river  and  harbor  hill  was  passed.  Efforts 
of  the  Democratic  leaders  to  hasten  ac¬ 
tion  by  limiting  debate  were  unavailing. 
An  agreement  was  finally  reached  to  de¬ 
vote  nine  hours  of  discussion  to  the  bill, 
after  which  it  will  lie  taken  up  item  by 
Item.  The  hill  carries  an  item  of  $50,000 
to  enable  the  Department  of  Agriculture 
to  work  out.  practical  methods  for  utiliz¬ 
ing  products  in  the  manufacture  of  dyes. 
After  hearing  a  number  of  cattle  rais¬ 
ers  from  the  South  and  Middle  West  the 
suh-oomniitt.ee  of  the  House  Judiciary 
Uommittee,  which  has  under  considera¬ 
tion  the  demand  for  an  inquiry  into  the 
parking  industry  by  the  Federal  Trade 
Uommission,  adjourned  April  0  without 
taking  action.  It.  was  stated  unofficially 
that  the  hearings  on  the  resolution  will 
he  resumed  in  about  two  weeks,  when  the 
packers  arc  to  be  given  opportunity  to 
present  further  testimony  in  opposition 
to  the  proposed  inquiry.  Cattlemen  who 
appeared  April  7  said  that  there  was  no 
occasion  for  an  exhaustive  investigation. 
They  expressed  themselves  as  contented 
with  conditions  affecting  the  cattle  mar¬ 
ket  and  absolved  the  packers  from  the 
charge  of  collusion  to  reduce  the  price  of 
beef  ou  the  hoof.  They  were  presented 
as  witnesses  in  behalf  of  the  packers. 
Coming  Farmers’  Meetings 
American  Jersey  Cattle  Chib,  annual 
meeting,  New  York,  May  3. 
Holstein -Friesian  Association  of  Amer¬ 
ica,  Detroit.  Mich..  June  9. 
American  Association  of  Nurserymen. 
Milwaukee.  Wis.,  June  28-39. 
International  Apple  Shippers’  Associa¬ 
tion.  New  York,  Aug.  2. 
Sixty-seventh  Michigan  State  Fair.  De¬ 
troit.  Sept.  4-13. 
New  York  State  Fair.  Syracuse,  N.  Y., 
Sent.  11-19. 
National  Dairy  Show,  Springfield, 
Mass.,  Oct.  12-21. 
April  10.  Butter,  30e. ;  eggs,  25:  dress¬ 
ed  pork.  12c.  per  lb. ;  potatoes,  $1  and 
$1.25  per  bu.;  live  poultry,  19c.  per  lb.; 
fresh  cows.  $50  to  $70;  wheat,  $1.15  per 
bu. ;  oats.  U5o. ;  rye,  $1 ;  corn.  $1.10  per 
bu.  ears  of  70  lbs.  R.  J.  m. 
Ilomei?  City,  Pa. 
Oats,  50c.  per  bu. ;  wheat,  $1.10;  rye. 
80c. ;  corn.  80c. ;  buckwheat,  90c. ;  pota¬ 
toes,  $1.10.  Farmers  sell  milk  at  four 
cents  per  quart.  Cabbage,  $20;  beef,  9c. 
per  lb.;  pork,  ll%c. ;  veal,  8y2. ;  hay,  $19 
to  $17  per  ton;  baled  straw,  $10;  eggs, 
18c. ;  butter,  30  to  32c, ;  carrots,  70c. 
per  bu. ;  turnips,  40c.  per  bu.  Cows  sell 
at  public  sales  for  $50  to  $80  per  head. 
Horses  not  so  high  as  last  year.  H.  w. 
Ilughesville,  Pa. 
Eggs,  20c. ;  butter,  28c. ;  potatoes.  $1 
bu. ;  cabbages,  $3  to  $5  ton;  beans,  Mar¬ 
rows  and  red  kidneys,  $4,25  bu. ;  mediums 
and  peas,  $3.50  bu. ;  wheat,  $1.10.  Live 
hogs,  8c.  to  9 V^e.  lb. ;  live  cattle,  7  to 
SUp*.  lb.;  poultry,  15  to  18c.  lb.;  calves, 
8  to  9e. ;  apples,  $1.75  to  $2.25  bbl. ; 
evaporated  apples,  4  to  4%c.  lb.,  loose; 
V>e.  lb.  more  in  boxes.  it.  s.  P. 
Millers,  N.  Y. 
April  8.  Butter,  29c.;  eggs,  10  to  20c.; 
ham,  18c. ;  shoulder,  14c. ;  lard,  11c. ; 
steers,  from  7  ‘/j  to  8c.;  lighter  cattle, 
Gy>  to  7c.  Cows  at.  public  sales  from 
$50  to  $85.  Horses,  according  to  quality, 
from  $100  to  $200.  not  as  high  as  they 
have  been.  Wheat.  $1.10;  corn.  75c.;  oats, 
40c.  Chickens  live  weight,  12c.  per  lb., 
but  the  same  dealers  go  to  a  public  sale 
and  pay  16c.  per  lb.  Potatoes,  $1  per  bu. 
Halifax,  Pa.  c.  p.  s. 
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