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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 16, 1905)
3? TIIE . OMAIIA DAILY HEE: SUNDAY, AVRIL 16, 1005. AUTOS FORGING 10 THE FORE Lot of Them Are in Omaha Dow and More a-Coming. BIGGER CARS ARE IN GREATEST DEMAND Papalarltr of th Antomoblle Com parable Only with the Bicycle at the Height of Its Glory. "Medium-priced cars will be most In vogua In Omaha thla ason," saya a Idadlng au tomobile man, who haa the local situation in his vest pocket. "What ciO you consider medium-priced rnachlnea?" was asked of Mr. Auto Man. "From 11.200 to l,wn," waa the reply. "Our lowest-priced machine thla season will be the $1,300 class, aa we have found It doea not pay us to carry the cheaper grades. We are catering to the medium and high-priced makes, and from orders already received feel sure, the aeason will te a brisk one In Omaha." The firm represented by the speaker now haa orders for four $7,5w machines, Amer ican made, for Omaha autolsts who last eason hud enrs costing from $J,0oG to $4,0U0. These $7,600 cars represent the best grade of American made machines and will rank with, any in the. land, with the exception that a few cars owned by eastern chauffeurs may have more elaborate fin ishing. Jhe highest price yet paid for an American car waa $U,0u0, recently paid by a Columbus (O.) man. Bo it can be seen that Omaha will be right in the puddle thla season, so far as fine automobiles go. The four cars referred to weigh 3,uu0 pounds each, making the cost just $.'.50 per pound. They will each carry six passen gers, besides the driver, and will be of Xorty-flve-horae power, with four-cylinder gasoline engjnes. ' Tendency to Larger Cars. One of the signs of tne times In the automobile world is ,a' tendency of last season's owners to possess larger cars this season, particularly those who had the smaller cars last year. From $l,2uo. to $l,iuo a good, serviceable car may be obtained, with a two-cylinder engine and capacity for four passengers. And for fl,8uo, $2,5W, und so on up, the cars become more durable, with larger en gines and of greater speed. In this city, as seems to be the case else where, the gasoline engines predominate over the steam and electric propelled curs. There are but few electric machines in use In Omaha and not many more steamers. There are a hundred gasoline uuto manu facturers to one of the steam type. It Is worthy of note that the only firm that has been signally successful in making the steam autos already has delivered buO of this season's orders throughout the coun try and has advised their agents that the output to July 1 1b already taken. Going down the price list from the $1,200 four-paasenger car, the prospective buyer may get a smaller machine for $1,000, $760 or even $600, with seating capacity for two, and many of them really good machines or the money. There Is one car In par ticular selling for $760 that la selling quite well for runabout purposes. And still further down the scale is the buckboard, with the wheels and the rest of it in plain view at the back of the seat. The buckboards sell for $350 and make nice birthday presents for the boys. "The one-clyinder engine Is fast becom ing obselcte," says V. Clark Powell, who has Just returned from an eastern trip. "The two, three and four-cylinder englnea are the kind wanted nowadays. By having more cylinders the Jar is lessened, and then. If one of the cylinders should happen to give vui, me unver nas ine oiners lo Ian DacK on to get him home." The Wheel of Yesterday. The New York Sun calls attention to the fact that one of the magazines this month contains twenty-two pages of automobile advertisements, while ore-sixth of a page Is given to the announcement of a bicycle factory. Nothing shows more plainly the collapse of Interest In bicycling than the disappearance of the advertisements that a few years ago filled the business col umns pf the press. ,' ' In no other leading country haa this form of outdoor exercise declined so largely as In America. It is not, however, holding Its own In England against the competition of automobiles and golf, and the ordinary wheel Is being replaced to Borne extent by the autocycle. But there are probably ten common wheels on the roads of England now where there Is one In our country. The same may be said of Germany and France; and Switzerland ....... -i-- -IT ' T 'Jr'' .aayT 7S - mm - v mfc &r-- ; ft V - SvYY"- W h ,w-i-.:,V--..'..-:..-.Myi:H' J. CI,ARK COIT AND FAMILY IN HIS RAMFLEU iast year, with not much more than half the population of New Yoik state, Im ported 7.50O bicycles in addition to Its home manufacture. The greatest pleasure In bicycling Is In the country, away from crowded streets. But wheeling on most of our. country roads is about as pleasureable as sawing wood. Their ruts, sand, softness and mud did more than nnything else to wear out the somewhat feverish enthusiasm for the wheel between lliM and lft. The muscle and nerves of European wheelmen have been spared most of this onerous task, because their roads are good. The mileage of good common roads In our country is Ineeraalng. and the bicycle initiated the reform. Perhaps we may never see another great bicycle craze, but the merit of wheeling as an outdoor exer cise Is genuine, and the tendency will be to recognize It fully as good roads multiply. Clever Amateur I'lioto. It Is a rare thing, even for a photographer who is capable of doing good work, to be cure a photograph like the one that 1b re produced in The Bee today of J. Clarke Colt and his family In his "Rambler" automobile. One morning last sum mer Mr. Colt ran his "Rambler" up the driveway In the Hartman yard at Thirty-fifth and Farnara, and in turning around stopped on the lawn. Arthur Hartman, who does some very ex cellent photographic work, Immediately saw the picture, and the result was one of tho best automobile pictures that has been produced. The lighting Is particularly ef fective, in combination with the dark back ground formed by the trees and lawn. The manufacturers of the Rambler machine were so delighted with this photograph that they have been using It extensively In their advertising matter. Automobile Motes. Dr. Young bf Jefferson, la., was in Omaha during the last week and called at the various automobile salesrooms. Before leaving the Gate City he bought a Cadillac from H. E. Fredrlckson and drove the ma chine to his home from Omaha. Dr. Young believes he will be able to reach his patients quicker In his automobile than he has been doing with a horse and buggy. ' Fred Pattee, representing the Cadillac automobile at Kansas City, was In the city last week. Mr. Pattee says the automobile business Is booming down at Kawvllle. "Why," said Mr. Pattee, "I have sold 143 Cadillacs In Kansas City and vicinity this season already and expect to sell three times i that number before Thanksgiving day." A prominent Omaha ' automobile dealer ventures the prediction that two-thirds of the Omaha physicians will be riding to their patients In autos before next Christ mas day. "Doctors are fast recognlz'ng the Importance of having an automobile in their business," says Mr. Auto Man. UNION PACIFIC'S NEW STOCK Ourions Problem Eeriyed by the Proposed One Encdred Million Issue. WALL STREET'S VIEW OF THE SCHEME Are Former Deals la Stork to Be Repeated on a Urser Sealer Odd PoKSlblllilra of the Railroad gltnatlon. Monsieur Chauffeur DARIUS GREEN OUTCLASSED A Callfornlan Goes the Yankee One Detter and Actually Flew Above Ground. The overtopping ambition of Darius Green has become a part of American liter ature. Wherever a country lyceum exists or a high school has a day of declamations the history of his untoward fall among the chuff of the barnyard Is cited, and his moral, "Take care where you light," has become a traditional warning to ambitious youth who embark upon ventures requir ing wings, literal or metaphorical. Alas, poor imrius, with his Yankee twang, was merely one generation ahead of his time. Another genius, John Montgomery, out at Hun Jose, has made a flying machine which l ulrtinat r'nmiallv lik Ihwt tried bv 1 ........ -...I V, . K., . r. ,1 It .f4.. U,,r,t. t iwius, aim lie lias iiiuud iv . 1 gomery, who Is a professor of science in a college, ut Bonta Clara, culis his winged creature an aeroplane, a name which Dariua would gladly have adopted had h ever heard of It. The thing uctually flew for half on hour above tue city of Bun Jose the other night and was lln.illy steered clown Into Us Inventor's workshop without mishap. The distinguishing point about this Mont gomery flying machine Is that It has no motor or gas or uny propulsive force save the muscle of the operator. It has wings shaped like a bird. Its operator Haps them like a bird, and away he goes over the heads of the city. Darius' machine was made like that out of the uid carriage cover, you will remember, und perhaps you will recall the vision of that glorious in ventor before his experiment: Over their heads I'll sail like an eagle, i 11 oaiuuce in sell uu my wings lihe a sea gull, I'll hop up to winders and scare the people, l n iiKnt on the liberty pole and crow liui ajus. On his crown In the mlu.-u oi the barnyard he came down in a wuuueitui wlilri 01 tangled wings, liroitun maces and broken bLiings, liurnyard liiter ol stiuw una clian., And uiucii lnut wasn't so nice by half. And there "as he stanched his sorrowful nose with his cuff," Darius turned to his taunting brethren, an unsuccessful genius has turned uikjii a' sneering phillstine word since, the beginning of time: "1 like flyin' well enough," said the heroic, but bruised inventor, "but there ain't &ueh a thunderln' tight of fun In It when you come to light." Prof. Montgomery 'has found the fun In it even when it came to lighting, for his machine flew obediently down in his own Uooryard. What turned failure Into suc cess In this Instance Is not made clear by the dispatches, save in one point. The California Darius did not attempt to work his invention himself. He hired a profes sional aeronaut, who had tho coolness necessary to work the machinery with his hands and feet by means of the stirrups and shafts which the Inventor provided. There were no stirrups in Darius' Invention. He tried to swing the wings from a nondle over his shoulders, and made a merry mews of it. Perhaps If there had been a profes sional aeronaut loafing around the hills of Tlnmouth, Vt., where Trowbridge found the nucleus of hlB poem, he might have had a different story to tell, but probably not. Jules Verne Imagined "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" a generation be fore submarine boats were evolved. This flying machine of Prof. Montgomery's Is an evolution from the rustic Imagination which haunted all lands until Trowbridge gave It a permanent form In his humorous verse. Now that a flying machine haB really flown, the memory of Darius Green is vindicated. Brooklyn Eagle. ' L AJb. ! H We need no Argument. Achievement rather than explan ation tells the story of the RAMBLER, which stands in a class by itself. : More 1905 Ramblers Sold to Date, from O 711 aha, than all other makes combined. Surrey Type One $1,350.00 " 18 Horse Power. . . ' RAMHLER . AUTOMOIHLES ARE TIIE SIMPLEST ON TIIE MARKET. TIIEV IIAVE AN AUTOMATIC SPARK OOVERNOR, NATURAL WATER CIRCULATING SYSTEM, ELIMINATING TIIE USE OF PUMPS; AUTO MATIC DEVISE FOR RELEASING S PEED CLUTCH WHEN BRAKE IS APPLIED, AND MANY OTHER EXCLUSIVE FEATURES. Demonstrations Given to Interested Parties. RAMBLER AUTOMOBILE CO. 'Phone 375 4 1506 Capitol Ave. JfflMBE laaasesaaat Last week's call for a Tnlon Pacific shareholders' meeting, to be held at Salt Lake City May 6. for the purpose of author izing Issue of llOO.coo.Oou new 4 per cent preferred stock, was promptly followed by great activity in stocks, but with rather curious uncertainty, on Wall street's part as to what the effect on prices generally ought to be. Not even New York Central or Atchison stock each of which proper ties, Stock exchange "rumor" aserted, was to be bought with Union Pacific's new share capital moved with any certainty in either direction. The assertion of I'nlon Pacific Interests that the request for power to put out the Jino.OHO.tiofl new stock wns merely a "blanket provision" for the future, some what checked enthiinlnsrm iar the specu lator dislikes to wait. This suggestion of delay was emphasized by the fact that while authority was to be asked to issue this new preferred stock at par, the out standing stock of the same denomination sells at JWj, and has never crossed par ex cept In the few weeks between the middle of February and the end of March. 10OS and lOOl. For all this, speculative Wall street as sumed that the 1100,000,000 new stock meant renewed "stirring up" of the market. The management's refusal to say how they meant to use this enormous sum was a dis tinct help to the "rumor monger." The Impending Northern Securities dissolution, with the common expectation of new of fensive and defensive alliances among the railways, helped, of course, In such view of the new stock Ispue. The more enthusi astic Wall street contingent plainly took Its cue from the "Burlington episode" of 1901. j The facts of that Incident, readily recalled. were that Burlington & Quincy shares sold at 119 In 19C0, and started at only 138 in 1901; whereas, the secret decision of the North ern Pacific and Great Northern, early In the year, to buy up the Burlington stock with a bond Issue of their own, sent the price of that stock to 176H In March, and to 19Si in April; tho announcement then being made that the purchase would be af fected at the rate of 1-00 per share. This Incident, as everyone remembers, was the spark In the Wall street powder barrel; the great explosion of speculation which ensued was a very direct result of It. Are the two situatlons-that of lflol and that of IMC In any resptct Identical? The question is not less Interesting from the fact that a good many people have pro fessed to discern resemblances In underly ing conditions. The I'nlon Pacific proposi tion at once suggests, at least one such point. Those who recall the state of t,he Wall street mind during the spring of 1901, will remember that a cardinal belief of thft day was that enormous masses of capital were lying about somewhere, unused, and that this was now being poured Into the market. Following the Southern Pacific and Burlington purchases, tho Pennsyl vania bought up control of Baltimore & Ohio stock: the Lake Shore and the Penn sylvania bought up Reading; speculators bought the "Monon" and sold It to the Louisville; then they bought up the Louis ville Itself and sold It to the Atlantic Coast Line's banltern. AH this time, talk that one railway was purchasing shares In two or three others perhaps at the very mo ment when Its own stock was being bought by them drove the speculative mind into the wildest excitement. Buying; I'p Securities with Securities. It did not sober down until it began to understand that new securities were being Issued to settle finally for the old ones thus purchased, and that the "outside public" was expected to buy these new securities. This introduced a novel consideration. If the companies In question had bought stocks at extravagant valuations and paid cash tor them the seller got the benefit, quite irrespective of the question, where the purchasers raised the money. Where the shares were purchnsed with other stock or with bonds the question of profit rested on the market value of the new securities. So much f6r the first of the operation. But It presently began to penetrate Wall street's brain that the process was really amounting to extreme Inflation of values. Taking the Stock exchange "listings" as a measure there were put out In 1901 J1.642. 000,000 new stock and $923,000,000 bonds. Of these huge sums $1,136,000,000 stock and $81, 000,000 bonds were recorded as "replacing old Issues." But If the average valuation of the issues for replacement were say 25 per cent above that of the others which they replaced, then there would clearly have been $464,000,000 Inflation of total val ues by the process, quite aside from the huge Issues purely to raise new capital. It was the great liquidation of 1903 which j showed what this process really meant. Supplr and Demand. The result would be the same If a similar process were to be undertaken now. Is such an undertaking probabl"? Two fnctor.1 In the Jltuatlon of 1901 and 1902 were neces sary, to make It possible speculative In- : fatuatlon by the investing public, leading it to buy regardless of prices, and specu lative infatuation by our bankers and bank ing institutions, leading them to pledge their credit to sustain a fictitious market. With all the recent revival of speculative spirit, times are changed In these regards. The public's altered attitude needs no com ment, and bankers who slipped through by the skin of their teeth In 1903 are quite well aware that the experiment cannot bo re peated. The ultimate economic effect of a mere swapping of stock In one group of railways for stock in another, on a ratable basis of present values, would mainly amount to this that every railway must then be tied to the fortunes of its rivals, for good or bad. In "boom times" Increased dividends on the "other stocks" In Its treasury may, as In tho New York Central's case, be an extremely convenient windfall. But there remains the chance of ano'ther era of hard times, and how about the community of In- terest holdings then? But Miat Is too far ore ror wan street s vision. New York Evening Post. r Says: i "The Oldsmobile as a toils not, but h 99 spins I'- I u "You can to aa far as you like In an Oldsmobile.' Oldsmobile 7 h. p. sy. 1 StandnrJ Runnbnur. 7 very It runs easily, steadily and aurely. It is easy to keep in perfect order. The now carbureter that is on all 1903 machines Is producing more potccr than the machine ever had more than you really need. Oldsmoblles are kept abreast of all mechanical advancement. When there Is somet hing that would make it bt tter, it ts on tho Olthmobile at once. The result Is it has every desirable and practical mechanical nnrt Tt the IDEAL MACHINE we all have In our mind's eye. The Standard Runabout has 7 h. p. (actUJ and proven) and that means power to burn. Send for our catalogue and hoar onr story. Talk to one of our agents and ride in the cars and ece for yourself. Then you will become an Oldsmobile enthusiast. For a 2c stamp we will mail you a copy of "Qoop Talk" a clever bit of automobile nonsense. Clds Motor Works, Detroit, Mich. AfiEJITSt OLDSMOBILE CO., J. J. DERIGHT, 1119 rarnam, Omaha. SS3C8 The cars we make: 7 h. p. Standard Runabout. 7 h. p. Tourlin llunnhnut. 1 h. p. Standard Irllvery I'nrs. 20 h. p. 2 Cylinder Touring Car. Ten Vassenger Coarh. The Oldsmobile Is the only light car that re ceived a gold medal nt the World's Kalr, St. Iouis. - p. mm OMnmohile 7 H. P. Touring Runabout OldimoMl 20 H 2 Cylinder Touring Cr EBSaWEHH3BffiCB EBJSB THE TWO LEADERS.. The Pope-Toledo Thomas "Flyei THE POPE-TOLEDO is a quiet mile-a-tninuta car It's tho best that money and brains can build -20, 30 and 50 horse power H : f-.V that r-yv-; ceiveda gold medal i Tlwii .'' n near TlA g rft' KEHEKSaBBBKK n and I 1 f" I i $2,800-53,500-56,000 JJ FORTY HORSE POWER lOF PRICE, $3,000 Not equaled for less than $4,500 in any other make. The smoothes; running and finest finished car ever rhown in tho West. Mont popular higholass car In the Eastern cities, where it is outselling any other two first-grade machines combined. The public Is cordially Invited to call and allow us ta demon strate any of our machines. J. J. DERIGHT & CO., 1119 Farnam St. i :Jt.r: ' ;t ..-.-..k .-r k.,S W.L'.i jfaj-tyy hp- ...1305... CADILLAC Family Touring Car Side X $950 entrance, gant in style two Passenger Runabout. $750 Swellest small tea chine seen on Omaha streets . . . , We guarantee a limited run ning expense per month for the Cadillac. Don't Buy Experiments, But get a car that has a past record for durability, relia bility, power aud speed. You get more of these, and as much style and elegance in a Cadillac than in some cars at f 2,000. All models now on our floors. Some immense bargains in machines taken in trade, and in last year's models. DEALESK WANTED. WRITE FOR CATALOGUE. Everythig for automobiles in our accessory and sup ply department. Mail orders given prompt attention. We are agents for the celebrated Swinehart solid rubber tire. i Evrr Yoanir ant Ever Fair. The -preservation of female beauty and Its enchantments by the ue of harmless cosmetics, are duties the ladles owe to themselves, and to thos who value their personal charms as they appreciate their moral qualities. Unfortunately unprinci pled parties too frequently take advantage of the natural desire to be ever youna; and ever fair, and palm upon the market deleterious acid and mlrural poisons which Impart a momentary luster at the risk of future lallnwnesa and ruined health. In the Oriental Cream, prepared by Dr. T. Felix duuraud, of New York City, the ladles have a harmless preparation for preserving the delicacy of the complexion, and obliterating blemlhes, which haa In come the favorite toilet article of tho leading professional artlvts, who owe bo much of their popularity to their' personal charms. Scarcely a star drnsalng room In opera or theater throughout our lund Is without the Orltntal Cream. It stands today the most harmless and perfect Ix-uu-titler known. From the Davenport Uusette. H. E. FREDRICKSON, Fifteenth ntid C apitol Av mite, Omaha. Neb. BUICK $1,200.00 Earfle Rock Hill Climbing Contest, November 24, 1904 Car. Pope Toledo M'ICK Mathewson . . Franklin Rnujlili'r Price. II. I'. Time. .V.0 24 2.15 4 5 1,'JiM li.lMU-.-i fi.otlO 24 L'.l 4 5 :i.HM) AO 2.42 4-5 4,hh :to 2.5:1 4 5 1,1150 10 4.is:i-5 1,,'tr.O 1(1 5.25 1-5 Tho Huifk winking thla phenomenal record was not apeclally built or geared for bill climbing or rnclnjr. It was a stock cur taken from tho local fluency. The cur Mas uot only winner In its class, but made better time than many hltfh priced cars specially built for the event and driven by factory experts. It did the work because It had hlirh horse power, light weight and good conat ruction. What It did at Euiflo Rock it will do for you. We will furnish catalogue and full Information upon rMjuent. POWELL AUTOMOBILE CO. WHITK "(TP1MFD H vviNj-rnv nrnMORII.R. a is rir Weather Soon Time to think about planning , that flHhlng rlp. You can get low more plcasuro from vour tlhlnK i xcuiHloim this summer If you have a thor oughly np-to-dutc outllt. Ve supply Jut those and at right prices. Drop In Htiyway and let us show you some of Vhe new things that have just come out-theyTe Interesting. Jointed Rods from 15; to $20.00 Reels from 25c to JJ0.0O T01VNSEND GUN CO. Everything for the njiort.-onan. "I117"IJ To tnoro thoroughly Introduce our Paln'es Dentlatry to tha peo X -I V 1 i 1 i J)1(J ()f omuh WB wj ftip a giU)rt time only, do all dental work Free ol Charge tnukinjr a small chai se for the cobt of material only. This la an op poriuniiy that all should lake advantage of. Ollioo Hours- Duily: 8 a. m. to 8 p. in. Sunday: 12 a. m to 4. p. in. OMAIIA PAINLESS DENTISTS. Neville IJlk., ad Floor. loth und Uuruey Street. OppoHltu Ueuuetfu. Q ueen AUTOMOBILES Four Models $775 to $1,000 Tho Model K has two cylinders developing 10 h. p., automatic oil era, feido entrance tonneau. It U noUelea. powerful and durable the flnUh and upholatering equal to the $3,000 type. Write for cata logue piving detailed description, or call for a demonstration at P. J. Karbach &. Sons', 13th and Howard streets. QUEEN AUTOMOBILE CO. 11. K. Wheelock, Manager f