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THE ORIGINAL MODEL • The first Ford Model T left the Ford Motor Company factory in Detroit, Michigan, on September 27, 1908. Within ten years, over half of all cars sold in America were the Ford Model T. • By 1914, Ford’s mass production techniques allowed the company to turn out 300,000 cars per year using only 13,000 workers compared to 66,350 workers at all the other car companies who collectively turned out only 280,000 cars.

• The Model T was the first car that the common man could own. It was low-priced, reliable, and easy to repair. It could be hitched up to pump water, saw wood, chop silage, or generate electricity. With a change of wheels, it could double as a tractor. It operated as a pick-up truck, hay wagon, taxi, or fire engine.

• The Model T started out priced at $850 in 1908, then dropped to $360 and later went down to $290 in 1925 (equal to about $4000 today).

• It had a 20-horsepower, four cylinder engine and could travel about 45 mph (72 kph), getting up to 20 (32 km) miles per gallon. From 1908 till the end of production in 1927, over 15 million Model T Fords were made.

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FAST FACT • Chauncey Depew, a United States senator and orator, once told his nephew to forget about investing $5,000 in Henry Ford’s new business, saying, “Nothing has come along that can beat the horse and buggy!”

CHOICE OF COLORS • Ford once said, “Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black.”

Black paint was the only kind that would go through the spray nozzles easily and dry quickly. Finally, Pierre DuPont put his best scientists on the problem. DuPont’s scientists worked hard for months without success.

• They were working in labs in New Jersey, where they shared a floor with other DuPont chemists who were trying to invent a better celluloid film. In the 1920s, movie films had a habit of disintegrating when they got hot.

• One day, the celluloid researchers had just finished mixing a 55-gallon drum of cellulose when the electricity went off. The power stayed off for three days. The drum of cellulose was left outside in the hot sun, forgotten. The scientists, remembering the mixture later, called the paint people over to the drum. “Hey, you wanna see 55 gallons of cellulose goo?” But the paint scientists were intrigued to see that it had turned into a plastic syrup. They’d tried everything else in their paint guns— why not try this, too? It worked! Today you can have a car in any color you like because the lights went out in New Jersey.

FAST FACT • You can’t sell black cars in India, where black is an unlucky color. Red stands for Communism and can’t be used on cars in many anti-Communist countries. In Japan maroon is reserved for the emperor and can’t be used on cars used by the common people. Yellow is the color of mourning in Japan and that’s why only hearses are painted yellow.

FAST FACT • It’s estimated that 4% of gasoline is consumed during traffic jams. One minute of idling uses more gas than it takes to restart the engine Mr. RAND & Mr. McNALLY • In 1856 William Rand founded a small printing shop in Chicago, specializing in publishing guidebooks, directories, and railroad schedules. Shortly afterwards, Rand hired Andrew McNally, and eventually made him a partner, naming the company Rand McNally. Their first maps showed railroad routes throughout the U.S. and Canada. They then branched out into globes and atlases of the world.

• In 1917 Rand McNally published the first highway maps of the U.S. after inventing the system of naming the highways with numbers, a system that is still followed today. They later published “Goode’s World Atlas”, named after the editor of the book which became the standard geography text in schools.

• Today, Rand McNally offers travel planning software, street atlas programs, a trucking route database, downloadable maps and directions, and GPS units. The company, headquartered in Skokie, Illinois, employs about 1,200 people.

FAST FACT • 50% of Americans surveyed reported that they keep maps in their glove compartments. 23% said they keep sunglasses in the glove compartment. Nobody said they keep gloves in the glove compartment.

AN UNEXPECTED BEST SELLER • In German, “Volkswagen” means “people’s car.” In 1937 Adolf Hitler commissioned Ferdinand Porsche to engineer a car that could carry two adults and three children, and that could get 62 mph (100km/h) while still being affordable enough for common citizens to purchase.

THE INCREDIBLE VW • World War II interrupted the VW project and all car-production facilities were used to produce vehicles for the war effort instead.

• After World War II, when American personnel were inspecting Germany, they examined the plant where Volkswagens were made. The Germans offered the factory to help pay for war damages. American officials scoffed at the ugly little Beetle car, saying it would never sell. The Germans kept their factory, and they kept producing VWs. By 1972 the Beetle was the best-selling single model ever manufactured.

• The VW beetle was produced from 1938 until 2003. Over 21 million were produced, surpassing the number of Ford Model T’s and making it the most popular vehicle ever sold in the world.

• Today VW is the largest automaker in Germany and Europe.

• VW invented the first windshield washer in 1961.

• In 1965 the six VW plants in Germany contained a total length of 135 miles (217 km) of continuous conveyor belts. • In 1962, the VW accounted for 60% of all imported car registrations in the U.S. IT’S A FACT • There are about 1 billion cars currently in use on Earth. About 165,000 new cars are produced every single day. • There are more cars than people in Los Angeles. • The average car has about 30,000 parts.

• In 1901, the price of a barrel of crude oil was five cents, equal to about $1.44 in today’s U.S. currency.

• The very last car that included a cassette tape player was the Ford Crown Vic, which still had an optional player in 2011.

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Tidbits: When did you start this business? What path brought you here?

Bruce King: King Saddlery was started in the late 40s. The downtown Sheridan store was opened in 1961 by my father, Don King.

T: How is your business different from your competitors?

BK: We are the only rope manufacturers who still perform the rope stretching process. We also have one of the better leather toolers in the business.

T: Who has influenced you the most in business?

BK: My father Don King has influenced me the most in business. He has taught me proper work ethics and has set the standards to ensure quality craftsmanship.

T: If you could start over would you do anything different?

I wouldn’t do anything different, but I wish that my brothers John and Bobby were still here Attorney at Law working with me. John passed away in 2001 Providing General Legal Service With and Bobby in 2003.

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Business Law BK: The biggest obstacle is keeping up with the 49 South Main • Sheridan, WY 82801 times. It is also difficult keeping up with large orders because everything is handmade. I work six days a week to ensure that everything gets completed.

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PET OF THE WEEK! Grayson is our cat of the week at Second Chance Sheridan Cat Rescue! Grayson is a young, sweet domestic short hair that loves to cuddle and play! For more information about Grayson or any other adoptable cat, please call 307-461-9555 or visit http://sheridancatrescue.org.

PAW’S CORNER

By Sam Mazzotta Cat on a Leash --DEAR PAW’S CORNER: I was at the park across the street the other day and saw my neighbor there.

Get this: She was walking her cat. With a collar and leash. I didn’t know that was even possible, but the cat looked pretty content. How did my neighbor do that? -- Gerry in San Diego

TRACTORS • Born in Vermont in 1804, John was apprenticed to a blacksmith at the age of 17, later setting up his own shop. He had trouble paying his bills due to competition from other blacksmiths, so he moved to a town in Illinois that had no other blacksmiths.

Work poured in and John’s reputation as a blacksmith spread.

• Many customers were farmers bringing in their plows for repairs. Cast iron plows that easily turned the light soil of the eastern states were inefficient in the heavy sod of Illinois. John wondered if a plow made of steel would be better than a plow made of iron, so he began to experiment. The problem was that dirt clung to an iron plow and had to be cleaned off by hand every few steps.

A polished steel plow, however, threw off dirt and was self-scouring, never needing cleaning at all.

• In 1838 he sold his first steel plow. By 1841 John was selling a hundred plows a year. Soon they were selling so quickly that John dropped the blacksmithing and went into the plow business full-time. By 1856 he was selling 10,000 plows per year.

• His son Charles joined the company and the firm expanded by inventing and producing seed drills, cultivators, harrows, and wagons. They invented the first plow that allowed the farmer to ride on a seat instead of walking behind the horse.

• Long after John died in 1886, the company expanded into gasoline powered tractors and other farm machinery. Today the company, named after John’s last name, employs over 50,000 people, manufacturing agricultural and construction equipment. It has a net worth of over $40 billion.

The company produces over 600 agricultural machines including backhoes, tractors, loaders, and water carriers. What was John’s last name?

Answer: Deere: “Nothing Runs Like a Deere.” (continued on last page)

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DEAR GERRY: It’s something you’ll probably see more of, especially in cities and anywhere that pet owners live in smaller spaces with indoor cats. Bringing one’s cat outside on a leash allows it to roam around outside, supervised, for a little while each day.

Naturally, most cats don’t take well to a leash and collar setup. A collar, when tugged on by the leash, can be really uncomfortable for cats. So cat owners should use a harness instead, which is more comfortable and stays secure when properly put on. Getting the cat into the harness may take a little time, but with repeated sessions and lots of rewards, many cats get comfortable enough with the harness to walk around (rather than flop down and play dead until it’s removed, for example).

Walking a cat is done only to get it outside, exploring the landscape. Cats don’t typically go pee or poop on command, and rarely in strange places, so don’t expect that to happen -- the litter box needs to stay in place. And you won’t see them heeling or doing tricks on command either. That’s more of a dog thing.

Of course, owners still need to brush their cat’s fur to make sure no fleas or ticks hitch a ride into the house, and check their paws for cuts or burrs. That’s a small inconvenience in return for a happier cat.

Send your questions or pet care tips to ask@pawscorner.com. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

Amazing Animals SPIDERS • Some time ago, a spider was called a “cop” and its web was called a “cop web.” Cobweb is considerably easier to pronounce.

• A special oil on the body of a spider prevents the spider from sticking to its own web.

• Some spider silks are able to stretch up to five times their length without breaking.

• It would take 5,000 strands of spider web to made a ribbon one inch (2.5 cm) wide.

• It would take 27,000 spider webs to produce a single pound (.45 kg) of spider silk.

• The thinnest man-made thread is a gold filament four microns wide, but spider’s webs are as thin as one micron wide.

• Some spider webs would reach for 300 miles (482 km) or more if their threads were straightened out.

• One spider of the genus Nephila is the only spider in the world known to spin a golden-colored web.

• Spiders typically build a web in about an hour. Once started on the job, they won’t stop until it is done.

They build the web from the outside in. If you carefully remove the outside half of the web, the spider will continue to build the inside half and then will stop.

• Experiments have been done on how amputating a spider’s legs affects its web. Not surprisingly, spiders with missing legs build webs that are smaller, have fewer radii, and contain fewer spiral turns.

• Spiders produce a substance surprisingly similar to high-tech, high-strength polymers that humans been producing for just a few years. Spiders extrude a very strong polymer that is quite similar to today’s polypropylene. Spiders have developed a way of stretching the polymer before it dries so that it will gain even more durability. This is exactly the same process used in manufacturing polypropylene.

• Spiders have from three to five kinds of silk glands. Some kinds of silk are dry, some stay sticky, some is made to wrap egg sacks or prey, some are used to build webs, and some are used as draglines. Many kinds of spider never build a web at all. They have found other uses for silk.

• The bolas spider throws a line with a sticky ball at the end of it to trap insects.

• The purse-web spider builds a silk tube up the side of a tree, hides in it, and bites through it when an insect walks across it.

• The jumping spider will launch itself into space from a high place to jump on prey, then float to the ground on a dragline.

• Another kind of spider spits globs of sticky silk at potential victims. The silk arches over them and binds them to the ground.

• One type of spider builds a small web between its hind legs. It jumps on insects, spreading its legs and wrapping the bug up in the web as if in a blanket.

• The platform spider builds a silk sheet on top with a silk net underneath. Bugs hit the sheet and fall into the net.

• Another kind of spider lives in a waterproof silk bubble underwater and breathes with silk sacs of air attached to its body.

• A species of African spider whirls a string of silk above its head like a helicopter blade, waiting for an insect to fly into it.

• Balloon spiders, which throw silk strands into the air in order to be lofted by the wind, have been found floating in the air more than 200 miles (321 km) from land. Weather balloons have found them at 30,000 feet (9 km).

• The female crab spider will eat her mate if she gets a chance. Therefore male crab spiders are in the habit of tying the female’s legs to the ground with silk threads before mating.

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TRACTORS (cont’d) • Born in 1838 in Ohio, Daniel Best grew up to earn his living running a sawmill while doing some farming on the side. He was always interested in machinery and tinkered constantly, especially after he moved to California to work on his brother’s ranch.

• In 1871 he patented a portable grain cleaner, and followed that with a machine that harvested, threshed, and cleaned all at the same time. Because the machine “combined” functions, it was called the “combine.” • Then Daniel became interested in the newly invented traction engine, whose name was shortened to “tractor.” Combines were still being pulled by horses, but Daniel thought it would be far more efficient if combines were towed by tractors. The problem was that the tractors were too large for a farmer to use in small fields. What the world needed was a small tractor for individuals to use. He designed a model that was smaller, more manageable, and easier to use.

• Nearby, Benjamin Holt loved Daniel’s new tractor, but found the machine often got stuck in muddy fields. He improved the design by outfitting the tractor with treads similar to what tanks run on. This spread the weight out over a larger area and prevented the tractor from sinking into soft ground. • For years the companies were competitors, but the rival firms eventually merged. The new company was named for the distinctive crawl of the treads. It’s now the largest manufacturer of heavy equipment and farm machinery worldwide. Name it. Answer: Caterpillar.

IT’S A FACT • The Latin word “trahere” meaning “to pull” is the root of our “tractor.” “Traffic” comes from the Italian “traffic” meaning “to trade.”

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