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THE SUNDAY BEE: OMAHA. JULY SO. 1922.
Stephens iMakes
Big Fuel Mileage
on Challenge Run
Salient Six Unci Gallon of
Gas for Every 40.1 Miles
on Trip to San
Francisco.
Under the strictest kind of super
vision, a .Stephen! Salient Six
recently made the run from Lot
AurcIci to San Francisco and re
turn, and turned in an average oi
40.4 miles to a gallon of gasoline.
."All of which is sufficient explana
tion why no dcalrr in Los AiiRelcs
handling a six cylinder car selling
within $3(10 of the price of the
Stephens desired to take a chance
on getting the $1,000 by attempting
to defeat the Salient Six," said O. R.
l'ullcf, president of the White Auto
company, distributors of the Steph
. ens Salient Six in Los Angeles.
A. A. A. Rules Apply.
George F. Stephenson, technical
'. representative of the A. A. A., scaled
, the gasoline tank, started the car, and
supervised the entire run. Conse-
seqtiently the figures given out re
garding the remarkable record are au
thentic in every particular.
Mr. Stephcnson"s figures are:
Distance covered, 870 miles; gasoline
used, 21.5 gallon; oil used, none;
- average miles, 40.4 per gallon.
The first leg of the journey was
made over the inland route, which
': takes the car across the crests of the
; Castaic Ridge route, and from the
' mountains down onto the floor of the
; San Joaquin valley into the hot belt,
and through the oil fields.
The coast route was followed from
San Francisco to Los Angeles on the
the return trip, thus subjecting the
engine to the cold, clammy tulle fogs
and the searching breezes from the
' sea. , '
'' . The contest was started several
' weeks ago when Mr. Fuller in a chal
lenge offered to give $l;000 to any
I Los Angeles dealer whose six cylin
der car, selling between $1,595 and
$2,195, could defeat the Stephens in
a run to San Francisco and return.
v The Los Angeles-Yosemite economy
run rules were to apply; Mr.' Steph
enson was to supervise; atd cars to be
strictly stock models; the car defeat
ing the Stephens to get the money,
but no money for the Stephens if
it won. There were no takers, so
Mr. Fuller sent the Stephens over
the course, running under the same
rules and observation, as were stipu
lated for the contest.
.The new model Stephens, the same
as the car making the run, are now
on display in the salesroom of the
Mid City Motor & Supply company,
2216 Farnam street.
4 Standard Factory to Start
Production on 4-Cylinder
The Standard Motor Car company
will soon be ready to market a four
cylinder car, which will be a com
panion to the Standard Eight.
The new Standard factory build
ings recently completed at the But
ler (Pa.) plant are admirably ap
pointed to take care of -big volume
production. The main ' assembly
building is 800 feet long,. 200 feet
wide; two stories, and equipped with
track system of progressive assem
bly. It is estimated that within a
reasonable time after production oi
the new four-cylinder model begins
the combined output of eights and
fours will reach 150 per day.
Al-Vayo Motors, Inc., Will
Handle New Liberty Six
Al-Vayo Motors, Inc., 2019 Far
nam street, has secured the franchise
for the new Liberty Six."
' Commenting on the merits of the
firm's achievement, Mr. Mayo sad:
"We know the merits of this car.
We know it is a good car and a dif
ferent car; and we doubt if any car
ever owed so much of its popularity
to the good words Liberty owners
speak of their machines. The re
markable performance of the Liberty
completely justifies a reputation of
this kind.
"The Liberty, sells for $1.585,' f.o.
b., Omaha, and is equipped with spare
1 tire and bumper."
Cadillac Motor Expert
Visits J. H. Hansen Company
Hugh A. Grogan, traveling me
chanical inspector and instructor, is
spending a week . with the J. H.
Hansen Cadillac company at Omaha,
Lincoln and Sioux City.
The Cadillac factory keeps in dose
touch with the repair departments
o. its distributors, and to accomplish
this- several mechanical ' inspectors
are kept on the road. These men
are experts who are thoroughly
' familiar with all improvements and
the latest mechanical inventions.
Most of their time is spent in the
repair shops schooling repair men in
the newest methods and systems for
doing better work in less time.
Reo Speed Wagons Used
as Mobile Retail Stores
Reo speed wagons are being used
in many places as mobile grocery
stores, meat markets, hardware
: stores, plumbing shops and even
clothing stores. A special body is
constructed which permits the carry
ing of almost as large a stock as is
I carried in the average small shop on
city streets, and sometimes room is j
"1.1 a .tl .A la. '
provided ior uic i.usiuiiici iu,
to do his shopping, or in the case
of the market, where a large re
frigerator is built into the store, an
awning suspended from the rear pro
vides shelter for both merchant and
customer.'
Dort Economy Is Shown
in Tests Just Completed
F. C. Smith, manager of the Dort
Sales company. Dort distributor, has
received word front Brooklyn, N. Yn
and Fresno, Cal., telling of the re
markable performance of Dort stock
touring cars in severe economy and
reliability tests.
In Brooklyn a Dort stock touring
ear carrying four passenger, main
tained an average of 24.1 miles per
gallon of gasoline in a 24-hour non
stop run.
5,000 Tons of Goods Being
Sent to Needy Russians
St Clairsviile. O, July 29. A new
- Cro mission is leaving Dunkerque
for Petrograd with 5.000 tons of mer
chandise to be employed in aid of
.staying Russians.
Auto Fleet Arrives
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Hit illustration show a tlcet of Maxwell and Chalmers car iccintly
delivered to the l'ctcrson-Millard-I lay ward company at Farnam street anil
Twenty-seventh avenue. The company recently obtained the Maxwell
Chalmers franchise and, according to the management, is meeting an in
creasing demand.
Durant Production
Being Speeded Up
1 The Durant Motor company of
Indiana announces it is now turning
out Durant Sixes in large quanti
ties, according to Bert Murphy of
Andrew Murphy & Son, Durant
distributors. Mr. Murphy says up
to this time he has been unable to
secure very many Durant six cyl
inder cars on account of the east
taking practically the entire output
of the factory, but now is getting
Durant Sixes in fair quantities.
The Durant Six is empowered by
the famous six cylinder Ansted
motor, considered by America's en
gineers to be one of the best high
grade motors now. in existence. The
Durant is the first car celling at less
than $2,000 ever to be equipped with
this motor. Thee Durant touring
car is $1,650, f. o. b. the factory.
Hudson in First Rank
as Closed Car Makers
Shipments of Hudson closed cars
from the factory during the second
quarter of 1922 were 54 per cent of
the, total production of super-sixes
during the quarter,' according to
word just received from the Hud
son Motor Car company by Guy
L. - Smith, local Hudson-Essex
dealer. It is believed that this figure
continues Hudson well in the lead
of all other automobile concerns in
closed car output.
Essex closed car shipments for the
same period were 41 per cent of its
quarterly production. This volume is
remarkable when the price class,
which ranges from $1,095 to $1,295,
is considered.
Spain Reduces Rate on
American Passport Fee
Madrid, July 29. Spain has added
herself to the list of nations which
have concluded to grant American
transit visas for $1. But a transit visa
as in the case of the other countries
that have .made similar reductions,
merely entitles a visitor to a train
ride through the country's territory.
If he so much as takes a stroll from
the railroad station platform,' he has
"visited" the country price $10.
Germany, Austria, Hungary, Bul
garia, Poland, Czecho-Slovakia, Den
mark, 'Holland and Rumania previ
ously have reduced to $1 the price of
transit visas. Sweden has reduced its
transit visa for Americans of Swed
ish parentage. Italy and Portugal
charge the full $10 even for a glance
across the frontier.
Girl Keeps Promise to
Let Albany Pastor Wed Her
Albany, July 29. Fifteen years
ago Miss Ruth Weston, school teach
er, boarded at the home of the Rev.
J. H. Osterhout, then pastor of a
church located at Valley Falls and
now located here.
"I suppose you will be getting mar
ried on of these days," the Rev. Os
terhout said to her. '
"When I do I will have you per
form the ceremony," she replied.
v Shortly afterward Miss Weston lo
cated in Iowa. She took up the
study of medicine and became a lead
ing woman doctor. Then she met the
right man, and she remembered her
promise to her old friend. They were
married here tfy the Rev. Osterhout.
City Officials Puzzled
Over Death of Three Goats
; Youngston, O., July 29. Solution
is' being sought for a local mystery.
Cleaning the main sewer, between
Brier Hill and Spring Common, city
workmen found three dead goats,
a number of railroad ties, some baby
buggies, tin cans, bottles and various
kinds of refuse.
The municipal employes are at a
loss, to account for the presence of
the ' goats, railroad ties and baby
buggies in the sewer.
Rich Attorney Sues Street
Car Company for 50 Cents
Grand Rapids, Mich., July 29.
Thomas McAllister, attorney and a
leader in the younger set here, has
brought suit for 50 cents against a
conductor of the street railway com
pany, 'claiming the conductor short
changed him that amount. McAllis
ter is reputed to be one of the city's
wealthiest men.
"It's the principle of the thing,"
McAllister said.
Rooster Assumes Duty of
Hatching Chicken Brood
Rutland. O., July 29. Emory
Ralph is boasting of a game rooster
in his flock which has taken up the
"setting" duties of a hen. .
Ralph says that the rooster has
been sitting cn a clutch of eggs for
more than 1Q days and leaves the
nest once a day for feed. Ralph also
asserted that the little bird will fight
anything or anybody that approaches
the nest.
Sweethearts, Separated
for 50 Years, Are Married
Detroit, July 29. A childhood ro
mance, renewed after the lapse of
half a century, has culminated in is
suance of a marriage license to Wal
lace Ranlet. 71. and Mrs. Amanda
Lovcdell. 70t . .
Franklin to Help Its
Employes Get Patents
Syracuse, X. Y., July 29. Officials
of the Franklin Automobile com
pany have just announced through
the factory newspaper that the com-,
pany will lend every possible aid to
employe in ' perfecting their inven
tions. The company offers to make
a contract with any employe to pay
all expenses of obtaining a patent
on his invention, perfecting it at the
same time at the company's expense.
The patent and all royalties go to
the inventor in his own name sub
ject only to free use by the com
pany. The company, however, limits
the scope of its offer to those new
ideas and inventions which the com
pany considers useful in its business
and capable of being patented. The
introduction of the suggestion sys
tem in the Franklin factory in March
of last year has greatly stimulated the
thoughts of Franklin workers along
constructive lines, $7,600 in cash
prizes having been distributed to em
ployes in a single year for ideas tend
ing to improve the quality of the
Franklin car or to lower production
costs without impairing quality.
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Paris Papers Conduct
. Many Freak Contests
Paris, July 29. Contests are the
rage in the Paris press. Readers
have, been asked to vote for the most
beautiful girl in France, the most
"meritorious" girl, the best method
to combat the declining birth rate,
the most appropriate way to cele
brate Pasteur's centencrary and
other judgment exercises.
l'lnternationale, communist after
noon daily, has capped the climax
with a contest to determine "the
worst employers of Paris and sur
rounding country." It claims to have
received 4,000 responses, but "for
obvious reasons" does not publish
names of winning voters.
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Detroit Fast Reaching
Coal Bins' Bottoms
Detroit, Mich., July 29. ShWage
of fuel, due to strikes in the bitumin-'
ous fields, will send many passenger
steamers operating out of Detroit to
the .docks this summer, transporta
tion officials predict. Stocks of coal
are rapidly diminishing vand several
companies have only enough on hand
to operate their vessels another week.
Freighters likewise have had trouble
obtaining bunker coal and owners be
lieve many vessels will be docked
soon. , i y
Young Painters
to Find Friend
in Rome Gallery
Villa Barghese Exhibition,
Barked Heavily by Amer
ican Banker, Will Cut Out
AU Middlemen.
Rome, July 29. A new art gallery
hit sprung up in the famous villa
Borghce in Rome. It was opened
a few davs ago under the auspices
of "La Fiamma." a weekly maga
zine, and the original idea was to
keep it open only for a couple of
montlH. Owing to its great uc
ces, however, it now seems that it
will become a permanent institution.
Two American artists and the
generosity of Frank Vanderlip have
inrgcly contributed to its success.
The American artists are Rudolph
F.vans, the well-known sculptor, and
S. Anthony Guarino, a young paint
er whose art is deeply admired in
the best artistic circles in Italy.
Gurio Wits born in New York of
Italian trrnt and studied art in
the 1'mted States until recently,
when he came to Italy for further in
spiration. Many of hi painting
have been houttht by inuktums in
America at well a m Italy.
This "Fiamma" gallery is ininor
tant not only for high quality of
the painting and sculptures exhib'
ited. but alto for the tmrpo.e it in
tends to serve. The artists here sell
their works directly to the buyers.
thus eliminating the art dealer, ami
they net only oue-halt of the reve
nucs. The other half goes to help
the lcs fortunate artikts and the
magazine Fiamma, which is the of
ficial organ and the great defender
of the younger artists.
Many of the already world famoui
artists, such as Michrtti, Maucini,
Sartorio, Cataldia and Gcmito have
joined, the movement by sending
their work to the first exhibit.
Vanderlip Buys Eight.
It is worthy of note that the only
two foreigners invited to take part
in this first exhibit are the two
Americans mentioned above.
Another thing which is of great in
terest to Americans is that the first
big buyer who went to the gallery
was rrank Vanderlip, the banker.
He bought eight pictures and cv-
eral sculptures.
Movie Film Catue Boy I-n'd. his i: r4r c,u brother.
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Cincinnati, July .N. Cirii;e May.
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SALIENT SIX
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Dominates the Market
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JT HAS always been the policy of the Stephens manufacturers, the Moline Plow Company,
during its more than a half century of existence to offer the public only the highest type
, of quality merchandise on an actual cost plus.' reasonable profit basis. They were always
leaders in price adjustment, increasing or deceasing as the times and cost of production de
manded. So it is with the Stephens Salient Six. One year acq Stephens sold for $2,400.00
at the factory, but step by step as production costs decreased; the price has been reduced to
$1,595.00, the last reduction of $150.00 going into effect just a few weeks ago.
Hand in hand with this remarkable reduction of over $800 comes the an
nouncement of thirty-one distinct improvements in Stephens construction.
Permit Us to Take You for a Ride in the New Type Stephens
Just Phone and Tell Us Where and When
Inquiries From Dealers Welcomed
Mid City Motor & Supply Co.'
2216-18 Farnam Street
ATlantic 2462
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With its many new refinements and
even more complete' equipment, at no
extra cost to you, the Ford Sedan is
now more than ever the world's greatest
enclosed car value. Terms if desired.
Omaha Authorized Dealers: '
UNIVERSAL MOTOR CO 21st and Leavenworth Sts.
ADKINS MOTOR CO 4911 So. 24th St.
GALBREATH MOTOR CO , .60th and Military Ave.
HANNAN-ODELL-VAN BRUNT, INC 3002 Farnam St
McCAFFREY MOTOR CO. 15th and Jackacn Sts.
C. E. PAULSON MOTOR CO 20th and Ames Ave.
SAMPLE-HART MOTOR CO 18th and Burt Sis.
K Council Bluffs Authorized Dealers:
BOWERS-BLAIR MOTOR CO 25-29 No. Main St.
HUGHES-PARMER MOTOR CO 149-155 W. Broadway
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