THE ABHBtTRTON OtJARDXAN .• FBIDaY, MARCH 3§, 1900

Printed Mid published by HasTRY Willis if Peter Street, Ashburton, for the Propri* ton, at their Printing Office, Burned Street, Athbarton, FRIDAY, March 30, 1900



I horseless Pfow. f * " 4 * An Invention Wlileli May Drive * <► tbe Noble Animal From $ tire Farm. $ $ ♦#♦#♦*♦*♦*♦#♦*♦*♦*♦*♦*♦*♦-»♦ Jacob J. A. Morath of Clayton, St. Louis county, Mo., has Invented an au tomobile plow. It is in effect a traction engine, but it is more. A traction en gine must hare level ground to move pn. It must be hauled up a grade. The Morath plow can not only ascend a grade without trouble, but it can plow up the side of a hill. This fact has been demonstrated on the soil of St. Louis county, says The Post-Dispatch. Therein lies its superiority over every thing in the line of a steam plow. Therein lies Its claim to success. i The feat is made possible by the in frention of a peculiar form of what may be called aft auxiliary "wheel, which, by a spiral or screw arrange ment, digs into the ground and at the same time exerts a lifting force, which drags the whole machine forward and upward. ' This invention cost Mr. Morath 17 years of time. The construction of the plow itself seemed simple enough and gave him but little trouble. How to obtain a driving force that would impel the machine over any kind of rough ground or up a hillside after the motive power was applied was the problem. For 15 years Mr. Morath thought and experimented at his leisure. Two years ago he tackled the problem In earnest. Day and night he sought a method of solving it. A thousand experiments he tried, and finally he lighted upon the device he has since employed. I One of his sons stuck a spade in the ground and held it firm. Around this fwas thrown a rope running through a pulley and attached to a plow* SVhile



■ AUTOMOBILE PLOW. apother son pulled on the rope.Mr. ftiorath observed the* effect of the ten sion on. the spade. He saw that,"while 'there ;waa a force which sunk the spade deeper Into the ground^ there iwas also a force exerted on the pulley twhich tended to drag it forwais. r This force came from the end of the rope being pulled.



; This situation then presented itself; TTiis force corresponded to the motive power of the machine he had in mind. If this force could be so utilized as to urge the machine forward, why could it not be made to give the wheels a firm hold on the ground, the missing climbing and plowing force he so de sired, if the proper connection could be made?



The device which he finally perfected Is simple enough, but the mechanism is complicated. The forward and up ward motion is obtained by means of certain chains and levers connecting with two sets of rotary bars to which are welded steel flanges of curious shape. When these bars are not in use, they can be raised so as to have no contact with the ground. When it 1b necessary to go over a piece of rough land or to climb a hill, they can be lowered by means of a lever. This sets in motion a set of machinery spe cially devised, and instantly the four sets of flanges, like the arms, of a turbine wheel, commence to mj into the earth and to drag the plow for ward, on the principle of Mr. Morath'a experiment with the spade and rope.



This device, the first one of the kind ever invented for such a purpose, is fully covered and protected by the terms of Mr. Morath's patent.



"This agricultural machine is sim ply a substitute for the farm horse," says Mr. Morath. "It can be hitched to a harrow, a seeding machine, a cul tivator, a roller, a harvesting machine or almost any farming implement used in the field.



: "Since the pulling power does not de jpend upon the weight of the machine, as in the case of a traction engine, the iSitomobile plow can be built so small as to be of use for truck or garden farming. For the same reason it can be made big enough for use in a field where thousands of acres are to be plowed.



"Owing to its peculiar construction, it will work as well on hilly land as on level. For this reason it is as well adapted to use on the hills of Missouri as on the prairie farms of Illinois and the west. No other invention can claim this advantage.



, "The plow attachment is so arranged that It can be raised when passing along a road or from field to field so as i o prevent contact with the ground. It can also be raised to pass over a stump or other obstruction in a field. In fact, the principle of the automobile plow is so simple and the machinery so strong that any intelligent man can handle it (Without difficulty. There is little dan ger of breakage. All that the driver has to do is to take his seat on top of .the plow, which is about as high as a ,wagon, see that the fuel is sufficient and that the heat is regulated anil look but for dangerous obstructions. In go in^ up a hill all he has to do is to regu >late the machinery to place the auxilia ry wheels in contact with tfi'fe earth. jThe power behind the Wheels does the rest."



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NORTHCOTE& HEFPOiiD; Have been Congratulated on all aides on their < Lovely (Display of Novelties and Millinery. ;o:«—-^ Their Lady Friends^and any^number 'of, folks**(not£at present) regular Customers) acknowledged freeiy that the VALUE Shown and the TASTEFUL DESIGNS of their MODELS Exc3l «by far any previously exhibited in Ashburton and District. -*-.(xy — A free lIS VITATION is extended to ALL to view our GREAT SELECTION. NOHTHCOTE & HKFFORD, CASH DRAPER*, MILLINERS, DRESSMAKERS, & OUTFITTERS, "THE CORNER/



New Zealand Insurance Company. BSTABLISHID* m «. 1859 CAPITAL^ONEMILLION. THE FBEMIBB AND WEALTHIEST COLONIAL COMPANY, • j NOTED 808 PROMPTNESS AND LIBIRALIT* PAID-UP CAPITAL AND RESERVES— £400,000. FIRE AND ~MARIN'B RISKS. ALSO,— RISKS ON GROWING CROPS, CHRESHItfG MAOHItffiS, Ac, ACOBPTK© AT LOWEST TORRENT RATES E W. HANMEB .^__^^w^^^~-^Z^ New Premises. New Premises, r BALE S SALE! SALE! , THE OJL» MUST GIVE PLACE (TO THE INESW. flllll BUILDERS being ready to commence operations to build OUR bi&W PREMISES, |we have decided to clear [several LINES of GOODS in lieu of removing them. For one Month we will give such rebate to our Customers that will eventuate in clearing the lot. ELECTRO-PLATED gWARE.—AU Genuine Goods, BOHEMIAN GLASSWARE. FENDERS & FIRE IRONS.—Splendid Value. Also—The Whole of our Stock of WALL PAPERS at present in the racks. To those who wish to decorate their homes, [now'ia the time. W. H. COLLINS & CO., HARDWARE EMPOBIUM, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Telephone—l 4 and; 15. P.O. 80x—35.



*AST H. !M. JO Nit S. STREET BICYCLES. BICYCLES —BICYCL X S i= TTJAVING EECEIVBD A SHIPMENT OP THE FAMOUS " ARENA " CYCLES, I am prepared to offer these Machines at a very Low figure to secure quick Sale and Prompt Feturns, THESE Cycles are Weil-Made, Upto-Date, Strong, Rigid, Lighb and Eaay Running, and fitted with Morgan and Wright Tyres, and equal to any £20 In the market. These Bicycles are offered st the very Low Price of £16 CASE. TERMS CAN BE ARRANGED. THIS ia an opporfcaaity to seenre a well-bnilt serviceable Machine ai Bed-Bock Prices. I am prepared to indent those Cycles, Ladies' or Gentlemen's, ft a lower price. TERMS ON APPLICATION. ORDER EARLY FOB NEXT SEASON. Agent for Milner and Fhompsorfs Orgsns and Pianos. B. M. JONES .



Wm, STRANGE f I Sole Partners and j Thos. COVEKDALB ( Proprietors. ) W. STRANGE & CO. O AYEfpleasure in advising Ladies resident in the country that their first shipments of Just Arrived! Aatumn Just Arrived! Just Arrived I • - Sc Winter Just Arrived ! Just Arrived! <3 oods. Just Arrived! Have just arrived. These useful, beautiful, novel and tempting lines were shipped to us direct from our London House, 139-141 Wool Exohwige, EC, and comprise Fashiouable, A. jtlom* Fashionable, " Useful, of Useful, Novel, Attractions. Novel, All Prioas ! All Priceß ! The new goods, expressly designed for Autumn and Winter wear, include Bob merely & grand assortment of plain, cvery-day stuff, auoh as arc in request all the year round, bub The INOVESJL/riES! (The LatOßi ]NOVEI/TIJESI Latest London n.nd JNOVJEtL/T-lIDS ! London and Continental JNOVJBt^TJIUS ! Continental Noveltiee! ' Novelties! i.e., Novelties in Dreasei aid Drew God, Blows, Mantles, Jackets, Coßtumes, Gloves, Corsets, Underclothing, Euishade?, Macintoshes, Promenale and Evening Dr^eaep, Opera Wrft;» f and Well worth XXer pg ©f Well worth ComiDg to J?r©tiy Coming to Town 'X'lilllgTS' Town to See! to See ! But, suppose you can't come, that you live too far »*?*y, that you can't spare the t:me for a trip to town—whafe then ? We will tell you! Good Advice? Get Get a Good Advice? a, Catalogue 1 Good Advice ? Catalogue ? Get a Good Advice 1 Catalogue ! They're just out, and will give you, in a very attractive form, some account of the mw good*. Having gob your Catalogue read it carefully,, make yonr selection, write fee us telling us plainly wbafc you want, enolose remittance to value of goods, and Hundreds of SllOt» An Effective Ladies do ? With U8 Flan* Hundreds of fry J?omt I An Effective Ladies do! Plan. H.8.-REMITTANOB MUST ACCOMPANY ALL LETTER ORDERS. We will tend you just what you want, and aelect the goods for you ai carefully ti you cs dd do it for yourself i you were presenb at the counter.



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HOW- IS IT the AlooißNS can Bell 10 cheap ? Easy, when you know thab iheir rent ia lees than one-third it would 3e in East Street, and that they do most of -he work themselves. If you want a nice 3nifc for yourself or your boys, or Boots of Shoes for wife cr daughter, come to Robert 4loobn's, Havelock Street, where you will get them good as well as cheap. W~ANTED Known-That J."l£oiSON has received a large supply of Summer Boots and Shoes, suitable for Che Holidays. They are all of the best brands and makers, and never (squalled in ABhburton. J.M. being the only practical and experienced Bootmaker in the town, thus gives him superiority aad facility to know best what to get. -(There, fore the publio have no need to wonder where to go for reliable Boots and Shoes, discount for cash aa usnal. Repairs dona at once. Best Sole Leather need and work manship, at The Hall, East Blreet, Ash urcon THE SHOW SEASON PRIZE TOULTRY, CkWING to the number of new honcel i !u teS o?u y e"otßd the neighborhood of the Pelham Poultry Yards, rendering poultry keeping there inconvenient, the Proprietor is prepared to sell cheap the whole stock, including Exhibition Birdi, Priza Winners, Young Birds, Etc* For particulars apply the Guabdun Office, or at the PELHAM POOLTEY YARDS PETER STREET, ASHBURTON. J. L. HIGGS, PAINTER, PAPERHANGER, SIGNWRITER, Etc. BUSINESS PEOPLE requiring Sign writing would find it to thet* Interest to consult J. L. HIGGS, as ht does the work himself, therefore there U no second profit to pay. His ability is well known as formerly slgnwrlter to Mr J. Wilson, with whom he has severed all connection. ESTIMATES GIVEN FREE For ail classes of painting and house decorations. ARTIST'S MATERIALS, and la 81 aligns in WALL PAPERS, in stock. TANCREd""sTREET. \ ' ' THE"" -". ■' .  ABIEL CONFECTIONERY TpHE REFRESHMENT ROOMS for th§ | reception of Ladies aro now completed, i ■! • ' '■■ Fruib Salad, Ice Cream, Summer Drinks and all the latest Fruits in seaßonJat th Misses Paces' New Shop, lately ooc ipkd by Coopbb Bbob, Eaßt Street, next Oraighead & Berryman. . 1 99 LOOK OHEAP WINTER FIRING. NEW MOUNT SOMERS COAL. OUTPUT has Trebled during tha' la twelve months. ". " IT IS USBi) EVERYWHERB. This Goal is the Best and Cheapest Steam md Household Coal in the market. Used in the Woollen Factory and Cante oury Flour Mills. GIVES SPLENDID RESULTS WHITE FOR PRICES to & T, PARK, MOUNT SOM RB. TO ALL MY OLD CLIENTS FARMERS, AND RESIDENT OF ASHBURTON COUNTY. I BEG to inform you that I have severed my connection with the Canterbury Mill, which was under my management for over seven years, and have PURCHASED' from Mr Edwin Thomas the | WAKANUI ROLLER FLOUR MILLS. ffhe Canterbury Mill, which is the property of the Bank of New Zaaland Assets Board, is still trading under the name of Rollitjfc & Co., so to aveid confusion with correspondence, I wonld Hire to ask you to address all orders to THOMAS ROLLITX' WAKANUI ROLLER FLOUR ; MILLS, ASHBURTON On and after Ootober lat, I a hall be pleased to supply you with first-class * ROLLER FLOUR, WHEAT MEAL, BRAN & SHARPS, at lowest current rates< FOR (DHE GONVEnTeNOE OF FARMERS ! DOING GRISTING, I have arranged to keep a supply of Float Bran, and Sharps at the Stores of the K.Z, Farmers' Association, West Street, where Farmers, Shareholders or non-Shareholders can leave their Wheat and get Flour, Bran, and Sharps in exchange* THOMAS~ROLUTT, WAKANOI ROLLER FLOUR MILLS. 9 265 ASHBURTON. 0^&& Sound the ' PURE CEYLON OR BLENDES "CLARKE'S pTpiiLLF^ warranted to oare Gravel, Pains in the back, and all kindred complaints. Free from Meroury. Established upwards of 30 yearn In boxes 4s 6d each, of all Chemists and Patent Medicine Vendors throughout the j world. Proprietors, She Lincoln and Mid {land Counties Drug . Company, Lioosln B gland •