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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 26, 1924)
Gigantic Sales Contest Shows Usual Success $23,000 Awarded to Winners in W illys-Overland’s Dispute Hailing From All Cor ners of Country. Prfebably no better indication of the general prosperity prevalent through out the United States can be obtained than the announcement of the win e- ners of the nation-wide sales contest which has just been brought to a close by the Willys-Overland com pany. The winners hall from all cor ners of the country, nine'states as widely separated as New York, Flor ida. Pennsylvania. California. Kansas, Illinois. Ohio, Virginia and West Virginia, being represented among the leaders. This sales competition, styled the Peacemakers' contest, which takes rank as one of the largest sales con tests ever conducted by any national sales organization, was of two months’ duration, running during the months of July and August. The contest was conducted so that men In small towns competed only against men in towns of approximate ly equal size. Dealers were grouped into six divisions, according to the population of their respective cities. Retail salesmen were ranked accord ing to previous performance during the earlier months of the year. There were also divisions for retail sales managers, wholesale representatives, wholesale managers, distributors and branch managers. No opportunity was permitted for any dealer or sales man to claim he was outclassed either from tlft> standpoint of popula tion or buying power. Twenty-five thousand dollars were distributed in prizes. The capital prizes consisted of six Overland tour ing cars. In addition to these $11,225 in cash, 78 chests of silver each valued at $30, and 500 gold medals, especially struck for the occasion, were also dis tributed. These medals have the name of the winner engraved upon them as a permanent reminder of the recipient’s exceptional sales ability. Including the first place winners in the different dHlsions were H. T. Witwer, Elverson, Pa.; Neodesha Motor company, Neodesha, Kan.; Davies-Overland company, El Centro, Cal.; Pomeroy-Overland company, Miami, Fla.: Southern Tier Motor company, Elmira, N. Y.; Willys-Over land, Inc., New York City; Clyde Antonie, Scranton, Pa.; J. H. Pop liani, Tampa, Fla.; N. Goldsmith, Chicago. 111.; F. Huffman, Norfolk, Va.; R. E. Hamilton, Zanesville, O.; Sheldon Sharrock, Norwich, O.: C. G. Cotton, El Centro, Cal.; L. G. Ed wards, Miami. Fla.; N. W. Yates, Huntington, W. Va.; and H. D. IJttle, Toledo,, (),; Such widespread distribution of lho leading prizes could not help but Indicate general popularity to execu tives of Willys-Overland, and to im press upon them forcibly the fact that the good automobile dealer or talesman makes business good wher ever he happens to be. So voluminous was the record of his gigantic event that it required a special corps of clerical aid to .. handle the thousands of reports from the numerous contestants. Offieally artl actually qjtgnged In the contest, who faithfully recorded their efforts i>n written weekly reports, were 8.249 dealers and salesmen, whose efforts were responsible for the sale of 25,743 Overland and Willys Knight cars during the period of the contest, a 20 tier cent inerease over normal sales expectations. PAGE COUNTY PIONEER DIES Special tl.Kpateli to The Omaha lice. ri.'irinria, la., Oct. 25.—Thomas A. E<lmon<ls. St*, a pioneer of Page coun ty. coming from Clearmont county, Ohio, in 1S56, is the last of 12 ebil dren to “pass on.” He was at the time <>f death living on the home place, entered as a claim by his fath er. Thomas Edmonds. He Is sur vived by his son, .1. B. Edmonds, and three daughters, Mrs. Will Annan and Mrs. Bert Hughes of Olarinda, and Airs. Charles Kreamler of Mt. Ayr. THOUSAND ADDED TO BAPTIST ROLE Obert, Ort. 23.—Rev. Harry C. Crimen, acting pastor of the Obert Baptist chiireh, giving a report here of the Nebraska Baptist convention, stated that the Baptist churches of the state added over 1,000 new mem bers and called into the state 28 new pastors during the year. An expres sion of the ministers taken by Secre tary F. W. Mainslle showed that three out of four Baptist ministers came from the farm. Farm Bureau Adds 72 New Members gpeilnl Ilbnntih to The Omaha Bee. Clarindn, la.. Get. 25.—The farm bureau membership drive, now In its second week, shows a gain of 72 names. The indications are that 300 names will be added, which will place Page county far above the average in the state. The campaign will be con tinued until every fanner tri the coun ty had been invited to join in the work. Newcastle Starts Work on Water Plant F.xtension Newcastle, Oct. 25—Work on the extension of the water system, bonds for which were voted at a special elec tion held a few weeks ago, has be gun here, Streets have been Im proved. new culverts Installed, new cross-walks laid, new buildings erect ed and several business places and offices enlarged and improved. Cliurrli Holds Indoor Picnic. Harttngton, Oct. 25.—For the pur pose of making a wider nct|ualntanre end bringing about a closer fellow ship the social committee of the First Congregational church here arranged for a church family picnic and in vited the whole constituency of the church to come to the parish house end bring filled baskets. The picnic !v>ld Wednesday night, was followed by a program in the church sudi toriuut if ) Fremont Man Buys International Above Is pictured a model 63 three-ton International motor truck Just delivered to Charles Hansen of Fremont, Neb. Hansen has been In the transfer business for many years, using lighter trucks In his work between Omaha and Fremont. However, increase of business has necessitated adding larger equipment. Hansen, in speaking of his purchase of an International, said: “After having used a one-ton International truck for some time and the growth of my business demanding a larger truck, I felt that the International would make It possible for me to give my customers the best service at least cost." Cleveland Party Sets New Record Company Starts on Trip Witt Auto Equipped With Com plete Kitchenette. L. S. Brooker and party of Cleve land, O., are probably the first auto mobile tourists to start out on a long journey in an automoble equip ped with complete kitchenette, includ lng the refrigerator. They recentlj arrived in Seattle after a Journey ol 4,300 miles through western state' during which the kitchenette sup plemented the camping outfit, fur ntshing fresh food and water at all times. The Flint six sedan ir which the trip was made weighed 3,600 pounds and carried excess weight of approximately 1400 pounds without suffering any mechanical trouble. AVhcn contemplating the trip Brooker decided to be prepared for emergencies and constructed a com pact kitchenette which was to be mounted on the chassis by means oi three-inch channel iron at the rear. It was first thought to make the trip in a four-cylinder ear but*the party decided that a larger car would be needed and the Flint six was chosen because its super-rigid frame with tubular backbone and tublar motor supports would meet the requirement for strength, and the seventy-horsepower motor could pull the load over the hills in good order Speaking of this trip. Mr Brooker made the following comments: "We left Cleveland, driving through De troit, Toledo, Flint, Michigan, to a fishing resort in the northern part of the state. We then drove to Chicago and north again to Milwaukee and St. Paul Minnesota, thence to a fish lng resort in the northern part of the state. Our course then carried us to Redwood Falls, Minn.; to Rapid City. S. D., where me weighed the car, finding that the total with passengers was 5,040 pounds. e then proceeded through the south ern part of the hills, visiting Custer. i'ave of the Winds, Needles, Sylvan lake and Camp McMasters, passed through Yellowstone Park. Buffalo. Wyoming and passing Shoshone can yon and Palisades on the way." 3AKLAND CONCERN GETS NEW MANAGER r. W. Mntlieson. vice president and lirector of sales of the Oakland Motor 'ar company, announces the appoint ment of A. I.. McMeans as district manager for Oakland on the Pacific -oast. Sir. McMeans will have headquar ters at San Francisco and will direct he field activities of the largest Oak land sales district, with the states of California, Nevada and Arizona under Iris jurisdiction. This appointment renews a busi ness association of many years stand ing. as Mr. Matheson was formerly in •harge of sales for Dodge Brothers, ind Mr. McMeans was executive sec retary"' of the same organization, in charge of Dodge finances and nc -ounting for 14 years. For the last three years, Mr. McMeans has been president of the Michigan Lubricator ■ompany of Detroit. Ashland Catholic Church to Be Dedicated October 29 Ashland, Oct. 25.—The newly or canlzed Cathullc congress of Ashlund will hold dedication ceremonies at heir church Wednesday. October 29, dlshop Francis J. Beckman of Un join officiating. Women of the mrlsh wll serve a fried chicken din ler at noon. Bishop Beckman will lellver an address In the afternoon. Delegations .are expected from Omaha. Lincoln, Wahoo, Gretna and other idjacent townB. While Ashland is one of the oldest ind wealthiest communities in the itate, no Catholic congregation or canlzed until recently. Father Fgbert of the Franciscan Fathers at Lincoln is (he pastor In charge. Be will conduct a three-day mission on he three evenings preceding the dale >t dedication. Be is a Kentuckian ind has had much experience ns a nlsslonary priest In the si mill western United States among the Indians and Mexicans. A feature of the dedication will he the attendance as a guest of the parish of Mrs. Bogan of Lincoln, a lloneer resident of Ashland and one if the first Catholics. --^ Postal Cards Sent From Germany on Ze/ipelfti Brreived at Columbus s/ Columbus, Oct. 25.—Fight postal tards have been received by Dr. A. F. Liiearhen that made the trip from Germany to New York In the Zeppe lin ZB 3. The direction at the top of he cards designate them "Mil Luft post (by air mail). The postage on nch of the cards, which hear writ en mesages nnd on reverse side ph tures, was BO pfennigs or 25 rents •arh in Amerk-aij money. The caul rami from New York to Columbus by 'rain. 0 Driver Sets New Distance Record Man Pilots Buick 1.600 Mile9 Without Leaving His Seat. What Is perhaps the world's record for endurance was made last week l>y C. F. (Outdoor) Franklin in a new 1525 Standard Six Buick car. The Howard Automobile company, Pacific coast distributor, reports that ! Franklin drove 1,606 miles in less than 55 hours without leaving the driver's seat. The record run was from the Canadian border to the Mexican border, and establishes a speed record between these points. Starting from Blaine, Can., at 8 a. m. Monday, September 22, Frank lin made the 1,600 miles to Tijuana. Mexico, without a relief driver and without leaving the wheel, arriving at Tijuana Wednesday, September 24, at 2:40 p. tn. Sixteen hundred miles continuous j driving is a feat that few would under j take, and in making this record, j Franklin certainly makes a strong bid for the hall of fame. The Buick Standard Six proved its stability by the wonderful manner in which it stood this extraordinary test. Not once did the car falter. The Buick valve-in-head motor.' which is built for power, speed and economy, was in perfect running order at the end of the long grind, and the gas con sumption averaged better than 18 miles to the gallon. The fact that only one pint of water was needed to fill the radiator at th' end of tin: trip Indicates the efficiency of the Buick motor. Official observers appointed by l.or Angeles newspapers checked the trip from start to finish, and report that not once did the motor or car stop running. Franklin says that only the perfect performance of the car and tires and the easy steering of the Buick made it possible for him to establish this new world's endurance record. CADILLAC SALES CAUSE SHORTAGE So great hag been the demand for the new custom built Cadillacs that the Cadillac Motor Car company al ready has a shortage of this line of cars. The local distributor, J. H. Hansen, states this shortage is felt keenly. It was expected by the manufacturers that this line of cars | would prove to be a great stimulus* * to Cadillac sales, but this shortage '.shows that the reception of this line ,of cars was far above expectations. ADYKKTIHKMKNT. ADVEHTWEMWiT. FEW KNOW THAT THEY HAVE PYORRHEA How to Detect It—Try These Simple Tests. Dentists claim that more than 60 l>er cent of all adults are afflicted 1th this treacherous disease and that half its victims do not know they have it. Why take a chance? Look into your •mirror* now. If your gums are red (and Inflamed: If pus comes when you press your fingers against the gums, if you have foul breath or loose teeth, then you have Pyorrhea—with Its poisonous pus Infecting the system and causing rheumatism, neuralgia, neuritis, kidney disorders, etc. Pvor rheo starts without any pain or other violent warning, and gets worse and worse. Htop It while you can. Get a l ot tie of Jo Vex, the new Pyorrhea remedy. _i Jo-Vex soon* kills the germs of Pyorrhea, stop* bleeding and tender ness, hardens and shrinks the gums, promotes healing, purifies the mouth and breath, and halts poisoning of the entires ystem. Peed ns directed Jo-Vex may he relied upon to ellmi note Pyorrhea completely. Jo-Vex is different from all others. That Is why Its results are different. That is why all reputable druggists recom mend It nnd ngree to refund the full purchase price If you are not entirely satisfied. Jo-Vex Is easy to use ami Inexpensive. Get It at your drug store or at Sherman & McConnell. If your dealer can't supply you. send $1.00 to the Jo-Vex Co., Akron, Ohio. en. Regular,- doses of PR-RU-NA after ' meals and upon re tiring has brought sur prising benefits to thou sands afflicted with this form of catarrh. PE-RU-NA is a substantial household remedy with more than fifty years of splendid re sults behind it. Send 4 cents postage for booklet »>n catarrh to the PE-RU-NA COMPANY, Co Ilumbus, Ohio. Take PE-RU-NA and get well For Solo U«rT"t»W Tablet* nr Llqald 1 - * i Modern Motor Bus Creates Business So Declares M. E. Forbes,' Pierce-Arrow President, in Magazine Article. "The motor bus Industry has found Itself. Producers of equipment and users of equipment alike now see the motor bus for what it really Is—the builder of new business; not a sub stitute for established and necessary forms of transportation.” Thus writes Mr. Myron E. Forbes, president of the Pierce-Arrow Motor Car company, in an article in a cur rent issue of the Timken Magazine, under the title of “What Is Happening in the Motor Bus Industry." “The experience of the last year has blasted the old notion that every passenger carried by motor busses represented the loss of a fare to elec tric railways, steam roads or other forms of transportation," says Mr. Forbes. "The truth is, modern mo tor busses create new business." Mr. Forbes outlines how existing forms of transportation always have regarded new forms with the feeling that they would rob the then present systems of business, and he shows that just the reverse invariably has proved to be the case. “Experience tenches us that just as fast as additional means of pleasur able. safe and rapid transit is offered the public, the public utilizes it—rides just so much more," says the article. "How many miles did the average man travel in vehicles in the year tsoo? Would 100 miles be a fair guess? How many of us think nothing of traveling from 5,000 to 10,000 miles a year today In automobiles? And from 1,000 to 2,000 miles in addition to this on railroads? "In a similar way, motor busses will lure tens of thousands of persons into riding hundreds of thousands of miles this coming year—much of it in addition to their use of established transportation mediums. "They will ride more than ever this year because motor busses are being made more inviting, safer, speedier and more pleasurable.” Mr. Forbes' article is of especial timeliness in view of the recent de velopment made by the Pierce-Arrow company in the refinement of a six cylinder Pieree-Arrow bus chassis, capable of traveling 50 miles an hour, if desired. Hudson and Essex Prices Are Cut Coaches Reduced, Due to Spe cializing in Closed Cars. The Omaha Hudson Essex com any, local distributers for Hudson and Essex cars, have received word of a reduction in the price of Hudson Essex dosed cars, taking effect Im mediately. The Hudson Coach Is reduced $105 from Us previous price of $1,395 f. o. b. Detroit. The Essex coach Is also reduced *55 and now lists at the factory for $945. Mr. Davisson of the Omaha Hud son Essex company states this re duction has been brought about through the countrywide approval jiiven Hudson Essex coaches, result ing In a closed car production sur passing that of any other six cylinder car. Theso new prices are the result of specialization In the manufacturing of closed cars. W. T. 1’. Mot ts Tuesday. Omaha chapter, W. C. T. U., will sneet Tuesday nflernoon at 2 at the y. M, C. A. to hear reports from the state convention held recently at North Plotte. f ' Gazing Through the Pipe Smoke - By O. O. M’INTYRE. In every life there are certain in cidents—mostly inconsequential that leave an indelible impression. As the; years roll they recur to you with fleeting monotony. You may be in a street car, in the street, in the bath or passing through large middle west city. His father was a pawnbroker. His mother had been a character actress with Joseph Jefferson. A pawnbroker to me rep resented all the combined mysteries of Egypt. One day at noon the son asked me to go around with him to see his father. ---- V . I These little incidents hob up now ami then and you wonder why. an Insomniac night yet these little | incidents now and then bob up and you wonder why. There seems to be no reason for their recurrence. You are certain they are not recalled by any partic ular thought or object of your vision at the time. I have always been a great be liever in mental telepathy, although 1 know nothing of the science, if there be any, of thought transference. I only know of innumerable in stances. Here is one of recent vintage. From the time I write it was Just a week when X suddenly asked my wdfe if she knew whatever had become of a family named Heavenrich. They used to live in the game hotel some 10 years ago. I don’t believej either of us had thought of them for j at least nine years. There was quite a long discussion about the son. Armand, who had passed away dur ing the influenza epidemic—a fine,1 likeable young fellow. ^ At Identical Hour. Today my wife was on the way to I a bank in the neighborhood. She met with the father and a daughter. Both were in mourning. She was told that j the mother had died suddenly the very hour of the afternoon we had discussed the family. Coincidence. Maybe. I am wandering from my subject. I was discussing those little incon sequental incidents that float into the mental ken. Somehow I couple them up with thought transferei.ee but I don’t know exactly why. I have many of them come back to me. There was Goff Smith. He went to school with me in a While he talked to him at a sort oi cashier's cage I gazed into the glass counter filled with pledged articles. There was an old fashioned dinner horn among them. I don't helieve there are six months pass by without the thought of that old dinner horn flashing through rny mind. It has come to me in the theater, on trains, on ocean liners and where not. Ordinary, Yet Unusual. Another time in the same city I met on the street an old steamboat cook. The Ohio was at low ebb and he was temporarily serving free lunch to beer patrons in a saloon. He - m e lived in a town where i was raised. It was just a casual meeting and an exchange of ordinary | greetings. Yet that meeting somehow made a lasting Impression. It, too, comes back to mind with regularity. Here is another instance of thought transference. In a small town there came several times a year a clothing drummer. I did not know him but all of the young men rather admired his rather gaudy clothes. He was what we call a dude. At the St. Louis world's fair one day I saw him in one of the build ings. He was with a vaudeville actress who, as a gallery god, 1 had greatly admired and unknown to them I followed them around for quite a walk—mostly just to look at her. From St. Iamis to London. At least 20 years from that time1 I was laid up in a London hotel with a slight cold. Somehow old scenes and old Incidents came to mind and ! I thought of this clothing drummer. In fact I could not get my mini!, off of him. That night I decided to go down to the Savoy grill for din r.er. I had been there about 10 min utes when the head waiter ushered the clothing drummer to a seat at an adjoining table facing me. These are nut unusual instances. They come to all of us but to all of us they remain a mystery. We are all likely to Ignore the hurts and troubles of children. Vet youthful tragedies are the most tragic of all and they remain in memory longer. I am still upset today In thinking of one that came to me. I had been given "Tom Sawyer" for Christmas. Two nights later I started to read it. It had been im perfectly bound and 12 pages were missing. Nothing since that time has made me quite so desolate. For days I could not rise about this youthful tragedy. looking back over many' i years 1 still believe It to be the worst disappointment of my life—and I I have had many. Floyd Dell has told of the bitterness that came to him as a young boy and caused him for , ear's to hate the sight of money, even after he grew up Ho had contracted to dig a neighbor's garden for 5 cents so he could buy the girl across the way a poke of candy that evening. He labored hard and when the owner of the garden came home he was complimented by him, but he neglected to give him the 5 cents. He had promised the girl the candy for that evening. He was too young—also too shy—to explain to his employer. Sk he went to bed almost broken hearted. A week or so later the man called | him and gave him a dozen pennies— more than the anu'Unt asked for. Del! took the money behind the barn and threw them to the winds. lie de i 1 — 11 spised money for years more than anything In the world. For parents to disappoint or biuk their word with children is s dange.* ous thing. Children may fotgive, hi they never forget. A very successful man once told how his parents had promised to take him to a county fair in a neighboring town. He had looked forward to it for several weeks. The night bef* : the journey his father told him they had decided not to take him. There was no explanation. He felt they did not want him. “I was only 'J years old,” he said, “hut I became embittered Rnd from 4 the best boy In the neighhorhod I T changed to the worst. At 14 1 was arrested as the leader of a gang that ^ broke into a hardware store at night, it was many years before 1 found my n l realised how foolish I was. The day of stern, forbidding parents has happily passed. It bas been my observation that the fathers and mothers who make chums of theif children rarely regret it. Every boy and every girl should feel privileged to go to parents first with their troutdes. A friend of mine has recently be come the father of a son. He wrote in a magazine which he edits that he had pledged himself never to inter fere wtlh his son's bent. Of course, he has high hopes for him. but if the boy wants to become a ditch digger he is not going to stand in his way. He is going to try to show him the finer things of life and by example help to mold his character, but what ever career the boy chooses to foil v he is not going io interfere. It is my guess that the boy, un !■ • this influence, is going to select in honorable calling. (Copyright, 1184.) t i CHARLES HANSEN Transfer FREMONT, NEBR. LONG DISTANCE HAULING “WE MOVE” Has Purchased a Model 63, Six Thousand Pound Capacity INTERNATIONAL Motor Truck Ask Him Why He Purchased Another International THERE’S A REASON » | International Harvester Co. of America 714 S. 10th St. AT-Iantic 0705 ^ t —* I Sharp Price Reductions HUDSON COACH Was $1500 NOW $13Jo | ESSEX COACH Was $1000 NOW $945 Above Prices, Freight and Tax Extra J The World’s Greatest Automobile Values Are Priced Below All Comparison They are the finest Hudson and Essex cars ever built. Such prices are possible because they are the v largest selling six cylinder closed cars in the world. OMAHA HUDSON-ESSEX CO. Harney at 26th St. Tel AT lantic 5065 Associate Dealers: Marmon-Hayward, Inc., Killy Motor Company, 2416 Farnam St. 2064 Farnam St.