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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (June 22, 1924)
; Packards Used \ l to Test Tires ^^iiree Cars Average 440 Miles I a Day on Ohio | Highways. I Night and day for 20 out of every | 24 hours and 305 days a year, auto j mobiles are pounded over the high ways of Ohio, testing tires produced in the Akron factories. On some of j the cars, mileage that In normal driv t ing would represent 10 years of i service is piled up In less than a V year. More than a yea. 's driv ing is 1 done in a month. j Three Packard six cars operated by| one of the larger tire companies have| been given 302,000 miles a day. One 1 average of 440 miles a day. One i Packard six lias averaged 470 mile* it day for f ve months. The company j operating these cars has selectefl Packards exclusively for the testily; !"f larger size tires and recently put < li Aged its 53d- 'Packard for the worje. J Each car is treated like any othyr piece of tire making or testing ma chinery. It has a complete cost record and Its selection was based on an ability to perform its work with the v maximum of economy. ^ After having been driven 12.000 I miles, another Packard six was I turned over to the tire testers and driven 124,000 miles in 11 months. . After this 130,000 miles had been piled up, the car was sold to an em ploye of the tire company at a price which made a depreciation cost to the tire company of less than $100 for each 10,000 miles, nr year of driving., ^V- is still traveling. .Records of tire testing Packard ^^xes show that in the hundreds nf I thousands of miles they have travel i ed. an average of lfi miles to the gal lon of gasoline has been obtained. LINCOLN’S IOWA LAND IS MARKED fcppclal Dispatch to The Omaha Bee. Atlantic, la., June 21.—A memorial j tablet, erected on land once owned by \ Abraham Lincoln, and given him as , a bonus for service rendered in the Black Hawk war in 1832, was un veiled Friday at Denison. Ia., by the Daughters of the American Revolu tion, A number of members of the society from Atlantic assisted in the ceremonies. A bronze marker is attached to a huge boulder, weighing two terns. The boulder monument is located on a l corner of the 150 acres of land the government granted Lincoln in Good iiich township. The plot of ground, is now owned by Jurgen Jepsen. The marker Is plainly visible from the I highway and is now one of Iowa's historical spots. DRUMMOND JOINS ENAMELING FIRM William R. Drummond of the Drum mond Carriage and Motor company pany has joined the Dehco Auto En ameling company, 723 South Twenty seventh street, of which firm J. T. ^sMcVIttle ia prescient. Kt'rft'he Dehco company will move to Twentieth street and Florence boule vard July 1. Drummond has been 28 years in the enameling business. 'U 1 I——" ~~ AUTOS TRANSPORT SCHOOL CHILDREN While everyone realizes that the growth of the Automotive industry has been prodigious, the public at large is not fully awake to the great importance of the Industry to the country as a whole, according to D. A. Burke, president and general man ager of the Peerless Motor Car com pany. "If you drive into the country on a holiday and find the roads con gested with cars," says Mr. Burke, "you're inclined to feel that the auto mobile is essentially a pleasure vehicle. “It may surprise you to learn that 60 per cent of nil passenger car mile age is strictly for business purposes. But tills is a fact brought to light by a recent investigation made by the national automobile chamber of com merce. “This Investigation shows that 289, 000 children are transported to school daily in motor vehicles. The little red school house is giving way to the large, well equipped school building which today draws Its pupils from a wide radius. Of the 13,037 such consolidated schools now operating, almost 1,400 were estab lished in 1923 and practically all of there were made possible by the in creased use of motor vehicles in rural districts.” Pierce Test Car Going All Night c o Stopped by New York State Troopers Who Seek to Investigate. - • Night after night for the last few months as regular as clockwork, a mysterious car has slipped through towns situated in the hills of southern New York state. The police of one of these towns regularly caught fleeting glimpses of the car and decided to Investigate it. They summoned a New York state trooper. The trooper and a police officer lay in wait for the nightly visitor early one morning last week. Right on time, the mysterious car came speeding along the road. The officers dashed into the middle of the road and signlled the driver to stop. They peered into the tonneau of the car. There stood two large cans. "What have you got in this car?" demanded the trooper. "fiasoline," answered the driver. "Don't fool with me," snapped the officer. "Nobody's carting gasoline around at 3 o'clock every morning.” "Well, take a look," invited the driver. The officers did. They found Just— gasoline. “What are you tearing through here every night with gasoline for?” demanded the trooper. "What busi ness are you In anyway?" "I'm a test driver for the Pierce Arrow Motor Car Company,” an swered the driver, and he explained he was driving one of the fleet of test cars which are being driven over the road 24 hours a day preparatory to the Introduction of Pierce-Arroww new moderately priced, slxclllnder car this summer. OLDS REPORTS BIG EXPORT BUSINESS The 1924 Oldsmobile Is meeting with a highly favorable reception In European markets, according to word just received from L,. H. Kurtx, ad vertlsing manager of the General Motors Export company, who Is mak Ing a three month's business trip through the principal countries abroad. The sport models are In most demand by Europeans, he writes. European buyers of automobiles favor a car not too heavy, one that has a small bore yet powerful en gine, and above all one that Is eco nomical of gasoline, which Is far more costly abroad than In this coun try. According to Mr. Kurtx. the Oldsmobile Is filling these exacting requirements of the Europeans. Ten Millionth Ford Car Leaves for Long *1 s' Journey From Atlantic to Pacific Coast I; I . Bearing a written message front Mayor llylan of New York to Mayor Ralph of San Francisco the "10,000, 000th'' Ford car, heading westward on its trans continental trip over the Lincoln highway, is somewhere in the state of Pennsylvania. From New York to Philadelphia, and then out to'ward the setting sun the 10,000,000th” was accompanied by many other Ford cars sent out by dealers along the way to do honor to ■ ~ ' this historic member of the great Ford family. The start from New York was aus picious. Proceeding from the Ford Motor company branch at 1710 Broadway, about 10 a. m. Monday, June lf>. the car went directly to Times Square. Its arrival immediate ly attracted thousands of passers-by on the famous thoroughfare. .1. New ten riunn, president of the Lincoln Highway association, was present and officially started the car on its trip to the west coast. Leaving Times Square the 10.000. 000th” Ford proceeded to the ferry crossing to Jersey City where deal ers of that metropolis were awaiting to greet it, and extended to it a big welcome. The trip down through New Jersey was a continual and trium phant procession. Ford dealers of each city Joining with others in es corting it along the way. The car la being sent across the country in celebration of 10,000,000 production by tha Ford Motor com pany. Duco Withstands Strong Chemicals Does Not Turn White Under Disinfectant Used in Cali* fornia Epidemic. — There would ordinarily eeem to be little connection between the recent epidemic of the Hoof and • mouth disease in California and the finish used on motor cars. Hut as soon as the authorities he Ban to take means against the spread itf this disease, a striking difference in the finish of various motor case was brought out. In order to ' prevent carrying the infection from one part of the state to another all mdtorists were stopped at frequent intervals along the main highways and required to drive their cars through a trough about 30 fept long, which was filled to a depth of eight inches with disinfectant chem icals to kill any possible germ that might have been picked lip on the road. The cars were likewise sprayed with the same chemical compound. While the chemicals used caused the finish on the majority of the cars to turn white, it had not the slightest effect on the Duco finish of the Oak land cars that passed through. Yet this test was but a mild repetition of the Oakland demonstrations put op throughout the country recently when hot tar, sulphuric acid, lime and lighted matches were placed against the Duco finish to prove how impervious it is to damage. Another striking indication of the durability of Duco was furnished the recent Indianapolis race when 22 of the 28 cars that practiced on the track preliminary to the big race were finished in Duco. This finish can be put on quickly and is easily repaired in case of accident, even when the lightest colors are used. In addition, it Is practically the only finish which could stand the terrific heat to which It was subjected in the Indianapolis race. The fact that it was chosen by more than 85 per cent of the foremost drivers of the country Indicates what the experts thing of it. _ l DREAM REALIZED FOR EAGLES’ HEAD With hi* election *t the convention of Fraternal Order of Eagles as pres ident of the state aerie, Fred G. Mower, 1305 South Thirty third street, achieved an ambition of 11 years. Mower has been a state official of the Eagles for 11 years and has served in every official capacity in the state aerie. Mower and Mosea McKeon will be local delegates to the grand aerie convention at Providence, R. I,, In August. The Eagles In Nebraska number 5,000. During the war the Eagles had 45.000 members In service. They assessed each member who did not serve 10 cents per month as an in surance of $1,000 against death in service. Youth, 25, Passes State Bar From Night School | Stuart kelly ^ Only 2f> years old, Stuart Kelley 1 i :• South Thirtieth street, has pa - ' 0 the state bar ex imination through his three years' study at night school at Omaha I'nivei-sity in addition tr^ his duties ns office manager of the traffic department of the Northwestern Bell Telephone company. He intends to complete the course and receive a degree in law. His 3tudy at the night law school has taken more than two hours, five nights a week. Kelley has been one of the chief organizers of a newt law' fra ternity installed this year at the uni versity, Tau Delta Kpsilnn. He was graduated from the engi neering department of the North Da kota Agricultural college,in 1913. Schoolmates in Reunion. Hartington, N>b., June 20.—Old schoolmates were entertained at the home of Mrs. J. H. McQutstan in honor of Mrs. Harry Edwards and Mrs. H. H. Hoar of Minneapolis, who have been \lslting Mrs. McQuistan. Chose present were Mesdantes Arthur Davis. E. H. Mason and Frank Sal mons and Mrs. Janet and Tina Mc Quigtan and Margaret Mason of Bloomfield, Mrs. Joe Flaughty of Gregory, S. D : Mrs, Helen Matson of Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands, Mrs. Edwards and Mrs. Hoar of Minneap olis, and the Misses Agnes Ballantyne ond Anna Olson of Hartington. Engineer on New Run. Beatrice. N'eb., June 21 —Howard Cox, who has had a run as engineer on the Union Pacific between Grand Island and Omaha for years, has been transferred to this city and will run on the new Capital Cities Express be tween Beatrice and Omaha. He worked in Jhis city 17 years ago for lhe company. r a Californian Waives Traditional Esteem for Home; Lauds Omaha v-:_/1 S|iecinl IMopatrh t«> Th* Oninlm He*. Sacramento, Cal., .lime 21.—Cali ' fiirnians, ordinarily, are ho Imbued with state pride that they are slow in their bestowal of praise on other localities. An exception to this rule is It. S. Oak ford of I,oiik Iieaeh, just returned from an eastern trip, which included Omaha. To a representative of The Omaha Bee this Californian volunteered I he ' statement that of all the other ■cities lie visited, lie was impressed most by Omaha. i "Vou may sa/ for me that it is unusual tor a Californian to boost another city, but I urn quite sincere in savins that next to niy own home elty, I Would prefpr to live ill •Omaha," Onkford said. "I have been in business at I.one Bearli for 23 years, and we all luiovl California is a wor. rful state. My impressions of Omaha were that it is destined to heroine a great city. "I visited tin- parks and was im pressed most of alt by the park system. Omaha is a city of homes. We know of Omaha as a livestock, packing house and butter center, tour city has excellent possibilities for tlie development of Its boulevard and river drive system.” Oakford is a brother of E. S. Oak ford, head of tlie Oakford Muale company, Omaha. Liberty Elevator to Close. Beatrice. Neb., June 21.—Direetori of the Farmers’ Elevator company at Liberty, held a meeting and de tided to close the elevator there be cause the business has not been piofitable. Teacher Weds Banker. Atlantic, la., June 21.—Mias Fifi Goldstein, Audubon kindergarten teacher, was married at Audubon to Loren Border. Casper OVyo.) hanker. I For Safer Brakes S Insist On Made At ■ Asbestos Headquarters ggi^l li MB— Johns Manville Brake Lining ! For Sale By All Dealers * \ __ Distributors _ NEBRASKA BUICK AUTO CO. k STORZWE STERN AUTO SUPPLY CO. I # t 4 amr .tt- — | Cm you Stop | w/ierv you, uzy 1 at'C/ 'i o .j, | Crcierecil /f4 ^arfK /BRAKE SERVICE FREE Inspection and Adjustments on All Makes of Cars | 100% Service Omaha’s Only Exclusive Brake Service Station " / j All Work Guaranteed A. C. Brake Co. 1611 Davenport St AT. 0818 i—a——a————i Why Buy an Open Car? M You Pay No li More for All || Closed Car W Comforts of \ the Coach The Coach provides all closed car comfort, utility and distinction. 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