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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (March 25, 1923)
Tubes Specialty 1 * of Newest Shop Recently Opened Store Agrees to Repair Free All Tubes It Sells. The latest acquistion to those Oma ha places of business supplying the needs of tha motorist. Is the Tube Shop, located at 2034 Harney street. In announcing the opening of the Tube Shop, the management feels that by specializing on tubes alone, It can save the car owning public thousands of dollars. Every man In the Tube Shop is a trained tube-repair man and an expert in his line. So confident Is the Tube Shop in the merchandise they handle and the care with which they mount tubes that they undertake to repair free of charge at any time, any tube pur chased from them. Furthermore, the Tube Shop has been fortunate in securing the con tract for the sole local marketing of 1 He T,cc De Luxe White Tube made by the makers of Fee tires. The Tube Shop claims that this particular tube has one great virtue no other tube possesses, owing to its impregna tion with zinc, which is a non-conduc tor of heat. The I,ee white tube ra cists the great functional heat gen erated in a tiro in warm weather, and thereby outlasts the socalled "pure, gum” tube many thousands of miles. Auto Demand at Record Height Big Sales Increase to Continue Throughout A ear. Slude hakor Dealer Predicts. “Reports reaching the Studebaker factory from all over the country show that retail sales of Studebaker in s for one year to date have beaten nil previous records," says O. N. Bon r.cy. the Studebaker dealer. ■Cars have been purchased by the public ns fast as they arrived. They have been ordered for immediate de livery to waiting buyers, father than to take care of the usual spring de mand. and as a result there promises to be a serious shortage of Stude liaker cars during April, May and June. "The so-called seasonal demand is a thing of the past. Today we have an all year demand in the winter as weli as the spring, summer and fall, in the last six months of the year as well as the first six months. An.1 the public benefits front this in «s tvav it may not perhaps appreciate. Speak ing for Studebaker, for instance, I may say that a steady, consistent de mand for our product permits of greater manufacturing economies than a sharply fluctuating demand would, and the public gets the bene ft of greater dollar fpr-dollar values. “One of the greatest advantages we have Is the fact that with the Btudebaker line we do not have to lose sales because of not having the type <f car the buyer wants. The < ampiete line is an advantage in any business. "With 11 body types on the light six. special-six and big-six chassis, we have a range and variety of models, open and enclosed, to ft every taste and purse, and this is an ad vantage not only in selling a man his first car but in selling him his sec ond, third, fourth or fifth and keep ing him continuously a Studebaker owner." Cheap Tires Prove Costly on Dollar-Mileage Basis •T. V. Manser, headquarters service manager of the Bee Tire and Rubber company, and V. A. F’aterson, advrr t.sing manager, met the other day in i he office cf Harvey- H. Jones, man ager of the Omaha Be? branch. They- were particularly interesled i'i receiving facts and figures from Mr. Jones which go to show conclu sively that the popularity of T-ee tires in the Omaha territory will be greater this y ear than ever before, 'There are more than 2.10 makes of tires on the market today." said Mr. Manser. "There Isn't room for all of them but the trouble Is that it is pretty hard for the uninitiated to tell the difference superficially be tween s good tire and a had one. ^ Present day lire prices for good mnk«s are lower cornmensurctely than oilier 1 merchandise arid Ur-s sold below these prices are cheaper In more than price. Us easy to cheat in tire building. The | mileage a poor tire gives proves to what extent the cheating has been done.’’ Barker Renews Connection With Andrew Murphy & Son C harles B. Barber, who was former ly connected with Andrew Murphy & Hon for several years, but of late _ ■■ i I :, been with thu sterling Truck company of rhicign, 1ia« returnfd .•ml la a Rain conned »»d nith Mftrphy f- Hon as general pasaeviRer car and i nH< rcprCf4**!i.'j t) \ c, ”, 111 • >\<i4.e hi1 Mi" to --il prnmoth'U work Ainnnn the d-nln in llir rtnte Buick Turns Out Car No. 1,000,000 The group rf men gazing affectionately at the millionth Bufck are, left to right: K; A. Ilf Waters, chief en gineer: F. A. Bower, assistant chief engineer: J.. Ross, general superintendent; E. C. Richards, research engineer, and William Beacraft, manager of the motor department. . , .. .... .... VI these "key” men in the Hnirk plant have helped build more tlipn i.ifl.OOfl of the Kuiek mdlion. Ki.hards and Beacraft participated in tlie building of No. I. the "two-lunger” shown in the left corner above. Omahan Makes Trip to Packard Factory Here is a young man who is one of the most enthusiastic boosters for Packard automobiles in Omaha. lie is H. It. West from the mechanical department of the It .1 hard son Motor Car company. West recently returned from an In spection trip to the Packard factory at Detroit, Mich., where from hir, conversation, seems to have augment ed his enthusiasm of the car he handles. The careful insertion given each unit before it is turned out Is the outstanding feature of liis visit at the factory and from what West B&yn of those tests the Packard car must : lie a thirst nearly perfect before It is released to the public. Sprague Free Tire Service Stations to Hold Contest A content of an unusual nature lias | developed during tbe last three weeks between two rivals in tbe same or ganization—the Sprague Tire & Rub ber company. Ponder Greer, man ager of the newly opened Sprague free tire service station in Dallas, Tex., lias ehallunged R 1 Marshall, manager of the Omaha station, to a race, the winner to be judged by the number of free service calls made during a given period to aid stranded motorists. "The idea Is a novel one." said R. H. Sprague. *\Ve quite frequent ly hear of contests being held be tween salesmen to see which could sell the most goods, but to have two men race to see which can render the most free service is rather out of the ordinary ." The Dallas station is the first of a chain of Sprague free tire service stations to he established by til" Omaha firm in all parts of the coun try. I — Gray Motor Franchise Received by Omaha b inn Tj. A. Meeker, JSiiS Harney street, lias received a franchise for the re- , tail (ales for Cray automobiles lit Omaha and Douglas county. “The new concern will be known as the (hay Motor Sales company." Mr. Meeker asserted, “we also will | continue to handle the Coa;h 1 Steamer." Chandler Distributor Signs Up New Dealers "In spite of weather that is sup posed to be fatal to the automobile business,’’ says Ralph W. Jones, local Chandler and Cleveland distributor, "we closed up more dealer contracts last week than in any other single week in our history. "Weather seems to have a different effect on the automobile than it used to have. A few years ago only the most venturesome driver would risk ills cur In a snow like we recently had. Tills year the streets were crowded with aut' mobiles long before the street car service was re establish ed. / “Bad wrather does ^cm to boost the closed car business, though, by making people ri alize just bow com fortable and convenient a closed car really is. The Cleveland six new model sedan Is going as rapidly ns tipy mod'! I ever saw. Six months go p -ople wouldn't believe tliat a high gra a* M dan could be built for that puce. 1-ut the Cleveland has opened their eyes. We are booking orders for months ahead.” Smoker Mixes Bull ami Bullets; Pipe Explodes Dice Bake, W'i* . March 24 —You can't m.x Bull with bullets and ex pert a nice, cool, quiet smoke, Charles Mercler, Jr,, of tld* city, w ill attest to this. Merrier carried his Bull Durham e in a pocket in which he had ammunition for a 22 caliber rifle. He dipped nut a handful of Bull and bul lets and packed It in Ida pipe. A bullet tore a hole through his coat and convinced 1dm there la nothing in this tmokele.* powder talk. Do YOU KNOW WHY THE BEAR-SHIFT 15 DIFFERENT? \ The design of Dodge Brothers gear-shift takes into consideration the natural inclinations of the driver. To 3tart, you throw the lever forward. To re verae.you pull the lever backward. And when ihc car is running in high gear—which is about ninety per cent of the time—the lever is in a forward position, out of the way, where it does not interfere with passengers, robes, or luggage. Moreover, the transmission, developed and patented by Dodge Brothers, is so designed that the countershaft—used in intermediate speeds and in reverse—is disconnected when the car is in high. There are no gears in mesh. Power 13 transmitted directly from clutch to rear sale. This exclusive feature prevents the loss of power through friction, reduces gear-box noises and eliminates a vast amount of wear. Thai is why the gear-shift of Dodge Brothers Motor Car is different. "The prkt of th« Buainttt Coup* It $1100 d*llvtr«l ' O’BRIEN-DAVIS-COAD AUTO CO. 28th end Hiftity Telephone HA rney 0123 Council Bluff* S«le*room 33*35 hourlh Si Telephone Council Bluff* 691 Cadillac Paper Boosts Hansen Omaha Motrtr Car Agent I* Given Writeup in Sales Magazine. In a recent issue of the Cadillac Clearing House, a weekly sales mag azine published by the Cadillac Motor Car company, J. H. Hansen, presi dent of the J. H. Hansen Cadillac company of Omaha, was the subject for the Clearing House’s biographer. The article follows in part: “The story of a man who started his career vyithout money, friends and knowledge of the language of his adopted country Is the preface to the revelation of J. it. Hansen's life. From such a start lie lias risen by almost unbelievable hard work and ability to become one of the leading Cadillac distributors of the central west. “His father, who Is still living In Copenhagen, has been for many years a prominent and well-to-do manufac turer of machinery, and it was in liis father's shops that Mr. Hansen as a youth received bis early mechanical training. Ho longed to leave for the new home. In order to get passage, Johannes (for that is Mr. Hansen’s first unmet sold his three bicycles and oilier boyhood possessions. That was 19 years ago. "The young man had to battle with odds that would break the strongest ambition. .Somehow or other, though, lie was aide to obtain work in a shop, due to his excellent mechanical knowl edge. For two years he toiled labor iously in different shops. In 1903 he worked In the Oldsmobile shops of the Chicago olds distributor. He be 1 came a tester at the Hambler fac | tory at Kenosha, Win., in 1901. Bj< studying dilllgently during ills eve nings ho acquired an accurate under standing of the English language and today‘one can scarcely detect any foreign accent. "Following hi* experience with the Rambler company, lie became a trav eling mechanical expert for the Fair banks - M' >r*e company. ■ In 1908 bis father was sent as a delegate from Denmark to Washlng 1 ton to interview President Roosevelt at the International Convention for Tuberculosis Prevention. At that time Mr. Hansen acted as interpreter for his father and the president. "After a few more years’ experience with various automobile concerns in | Lincoln, Neb.. Mr. Hansen Joined the Cadillac in 1914. working for the dealer at Lincoln. So efficient he be • ante in the sale and service of Cad illac cars tiiat lie was made the Cad iliac distributor for the Omaha terri lory in 1917. I-ater he was given the Lincoln territory, whore he cs tabllshcd a branch, and during the past year lie has Invaded Iowa, where he was awarded the Sioux City , territory. Saint’s Heart Siring Is to Be Shown in Boston Boston, March 24.— A first class relic of the body of St. Francis Xavier, a cord taken from close to the heart of the great Jesuit apostle of Indies, has been obtained from Home and will be exposed for veneration at the ; Church of the Immaculate Concep tion. Harrison avenue. The relic was obtained through the efforts of the i Rev. John J. Geoglian. S, J., rector j of the church. Steel Body of Business (loupe Proves Strength The people of Medicine Hat, Alia., Canada, have a profound respect for the steel structure of Dodge Brothers business coupe. The following cryp tic message to Dodge Brothers ex plains why: “I am attaching photograph of coupe 749726, sold to Thomas Graham of Medicine Hat. This car, with two passengers, rolled down a 45 foot em bankment. Aside from a few minor bruises, neither was hurt. One piece of glass was smashed when it came in contact with a huge rock. The back and top of the car were a little ; torn. Kveryone w ho knows the place marvel* that the car w as not; smashed to scrap and both passengers killed, tlrahatn Insists it 1* the only < ir built that can roll over twice and still run on Its own power. The whole town is boosting." Both Birth and Death Rates Gain in Hawaii Honolulu, March 24.—Both the birth and the death rate In Hawaii showed considerable Increases In 1922 as com pared with 3921, according to statis tics compiled by M. Hester Lemon, registrar-general of the territorial board of health. The birth rate was given as 4K.2S per 1.000. The death rate was given as 19.05 per 1.090. GATES TIRES “The Tire with The Wider and Thicker Tread” You’ve Proved This, Too— The cord or fabric in a lire can give you miles only so long as the rubber tread portects it. Clearly, a wider and thicker tread, having more rubber in it, gives the in ide fabric extra protection—and for a longer time. It's perfectly plain, then, why the wider and thicker tread of your Gates 5uper-Tread Tires is giving you two or three thousand extra miles of service. The Fastest Selling Quality Sedan in the World The Studebakcr Light-Six Sedan is t h e best looking, longest lasting, easiest riding closed car ever offered for $15 50—or anywhere near that figure. Its high quality has made it the fast est selling six-cylinder Sedan in the world. Big volume has made the price low—the lowest at which you can buy a real high grade closed car. There’s asmuch difference in closed car bodies as there is between hard wood and wall board. Some closed car bodies are put to gether cheaply with shoddy materials to give temporary satisfaction. Stude baker builds —and sells —with the distinct purpose in mind of making permanent Studebakcr customers. This Sedan body is so substantially con structed that it will stand up. under hard service, year after year. In buying a closed car remember: there is no substitute for quality . It’s a good plan to buy where they follow this theory* We honestly believe that better materials or workmanship can not be obtained at anv price. The name Studebakcr is assurance of satisfaction. F<n*r »«Jr «Icnk. (}uiik««iion «rnHlat<*r Attncti^t cr*cH lamp*, liraitr. Mohair *•»!*« pluih upholiffrv. i*Ur* |»roof »i»«r and wmdtKirlddranw TkW proof ir»natm»ai>'n l<xk. IVm# !.gkt The 0. -N. Bonnev Motor Co. 2554 Furnam Street HA rney 0676 \92H MODKL8 AND ' o ^ r.v»« >\ L1UIIT SIX I Mw. nr w it 4c h r 89MECIA1. SIX 3 r*** iirwB.mtt r moaix • . IM' w H .ftH.P Tmn.i* ...I PM Ri»ti»r|) h<i|_- PM Coup* Wn*ditrr IIPm) _____ . DJI B*Ur ___ I MO Tourm* __ HITS •(•dun (1 Pm)_III) C«ir» <« P»«* >_lir* M _ *>%« Tiwin* $|*M SpwtoitT iS Pm* 1.__IMS Coup* (4 P*M ' >400 C«ir» i» P»*» ' MM Man S»M THIS IS A STUD F. 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