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Show OLDEST VEHICLE IN AMERICA. Whit I3 claimed to be the oldest vehicle In America is In possession of the Chamber of Commerce of Los Angeles, An-geles, Cal tl wa biiule by the Pueblo Pueb-lo Indians of Tesuque. a village nlno mlloH from Santa Fe, N M.. and was purchaji d In 187$ from a native named nam-ed Alfonso, who at that time wag S5 years old. His statements and the traditions of th" village were to tho effete that the big, clumsy, ox-cart or carreta, was handed down from father fath-er to srn for sufficient generations to place Its orUlu In the seventeenth century. Popular Merhanlcs for March con tains a picture of the cart It Is composed com-posed of wood and hawhld- throughout, through-out, no m-ul being uoed In Its construction. con-struction. The wheels aro heavy sections sec-tions of sycamoie, with clumsy, bowlike bow-like pieces of rim secured opposite each other on each wheel. The diameter diam-eter of the -two ungainly wheels Is 38 Inches. The axle Is of hard wood and the tw.-lvcfoot toncue consists of a single enTth of meeqult. The bdy of the vehicle In f!i fort Ion? and very broad and hifh In pr-portton. It is of a rude rack-like construction, |