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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 25, 1912)
10 A Tlii. LIA o'vtiAl iijh'. ALUubl I'd, 1U12. Gossip ' Along the Automobile Eow Clanke G. Powell of the Powell Supply company has been appointed manager of the 'SMS Model Exhibit." which will be held along auto row during the Ak-Sar- Ben festivities. Mr. Powell and a com mittee of Omaha auto dealers held a con ferenW Thursday morning and have re ceivwt advices that every auto dealer will decwnite his store for the occasion and every factory in the east will have the 1!13 mbdels on hand and representatives to explain them. Eugene Barnard, manager of the rain coat department of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber company was In Omaha last week visiting the clothing trade here. Joseph, Gaffney, formerly manager of the Cleveland branch of the Rambler Motor company, has been appointed man ager of the Omaha branch of the same concern. He entered vpon his new duties Friday morning. Mr. Gaffney is well known In the automobile business in Omaha and Ws many friends wish him success in his new branch. H. 3. Penrose of Hllisboro, O., is so taken up with Omaha and Nebraska that he has decided to make his permanent residence tiere. Mr. Penrose left Hllis boro In a 1313 Oakland "W a few weeks ago for Salt I-ake City. On the way to Salt Lake Cfty he stopped off at Chey enne and on the way home stopped In j Omaha. He said he averaged fifteen " li uics vu wv 93 iwiuii U4 B iun;uiii SV'U iiou I no car or tire trouble on the entire trip, j He was extremely impressed wltft Omaha ! and the automobile trade here and before ; he left said that he would back here j this fall to live and probably open a 1 garage. S Something new In auto Jacks ha men Introduced In Omaha. The new Invention If called the Weaver uhn twin IaoIc nnri j is manufactured by the Weaver Manufac I turtng company of Springfield, 111. H. E. I Fredrlckson has purchased a set of them. Ths Innovation Is a trlagular affair on three wheels. The Jacks are placed under ! the axles and lift both sides of the car at one time. The Jacks are operated by an extension handle which can be moved to almost any angle. The Omaha branch of the StudebaJcer corporation last week delivered a Flan jders 'V to 'H. WHllnekl at 13! Wirt ! street An E-M-F "80" roadster was also delivered to B. 3. 8cannell of this city, also a Flanders "Iff' to Dr. Ernest Kelly. Alfred Bfhler, for years connected with . a local auto repair company. In this city, jhas severed connections with them and opened a repair ahop of his own on JFarnam street Mr. BIhler has already ; been compelled to employ six men to help 9llm tftkfl PAT fit than annrmrMM . wa.v a.avww fMHVUII VI ! trade he has worked up and even now is turning away work. He has installed a valve grinding machine, which Is an In nevatlon which does perfect work and saves time and money both for the cus tomer and Mr. Bthler. C. Q. Powell of the Powell Supply com. pany has returned from a five weeks' vacation on Lake Superior, Mr. Powell camped near Isle Royal and said the fUhlng was simply great and ha caua-ht many big ones, too. He says If his friends don't believe the story about the big ones he will prove it by photos taken by him self. , .' , . . , The flrat itiAariH im . jt, ... . . " vl in mullein win DO tnade this year during the "1318 Model Exhibit," which will be held from Sep tember 28 to October 6, Inclusive, along auto row. One of the features of the ex hibit will be the lighting along this row. B. W. Richards and W. H. Bullls of Tropica. Cat., who toured to Omaha, Chicago, Buffalo and thrnurh tt.. w. . England states in their Chalmers MdJ -wVknu va nwr way noma to California, say this Is the moat enjoyable trip they have taken, even more so than long tripe by train. W. C. Halsey of Eagle Grove, la. came through Omaha on his way to Denver, Colorado Springs, Can yon City and Cripple Creek In a six- cmnaer Chalmers, a W. Brown of Lin coln arrived in Omscha on his way from Chicago and northern Michigan In a Chalmera ' I' ' . The Arthur Ston Auto Supply company .report excellent sales on life belts and i marine lanterns. The government law , now compels every motor ioat and sal j boat to carry a combination red and ( green lantern, also cork life belts for , every najwAnv. t . - . - uio ixml- nwn on Lake Manawa and Carter take are complying- with the law. The Arthur Stors Auto Supply com- T)B fl V hull vswtA ik. ' ' uw manuiacturing : line quite extensively and Is now making blow-out boots, air bags, water bottles, tire cement and tire paint Jack 1 witt of the W. U Huffman Autoayjmpany has Just returned from a trip to Detroit and other .eastern cities where he has been In the interest of the company. Mr. DeWitt reports that Henry Fosdiok. former general sates nnager for tha Stevens Duryea. has been added to the Hupp Motor Car com pany force as assistant to general man- ager and will have complete charge iJ distribution and Sales. W. L. Huffman left Wednesday on a trip east Mr. Huffman will be gone several days and will bi up-to-the-minute on 1913 "dope" when he returns. Charles F. Auerswold, sgent for the V. L. Huffman Auto company, at Greg ory, S. D., was In the city a few hours yesterday on his way to Detroit, whre he will get In touch with the auto situa tion. Mr. Auerswold will drive a Hup mobtle 82 through from Detroit to Gregory. ASSISIANT GESEBAL MANAGER HUPPjKOTOB CAE CO Sales Manager R, C. Collins of the Buick Motor company, of Flint, Mich., spent Wednesday with Manager Huff of the local branch of the Nebraska Bulck company. Mr. Collins Is authority for the statement that the Buicks production ' will be a record-breaking one In as much ; as provisions have already bem made i for the manufacture of 9,000 finished cars. Of this number 3.600 will be sent to the Nebraska Bulck company. The 1913 model of the Lion car will be in Omaha this week. The car will be a 30 horsepower one and will sell for less than $1,000. The United Motor Omaha company will have all its 1913 cars and acessories In Omaha this week. The new Maxwell will be along low body lines. A left hand steering wheel, with a center right hand drive, will be a feature. The 1313 Cadillac has arrived and If being rushed about the city, demon strating Its wonders to the many pros pective buyers who are In the city at present The car Is a self-starter of the electric , style and guaranteed to start. It la also electric lighted. 7 V Jl! i If i ' f, I : V l'SV. p AW) 1 ' I ?- i I ! f- 11 I I I i g& - I Sentiment Growing for Uniformity in Road Construction Secretary Turner of the Nebraska State Autcmobilc association, boosters for good roads, says that In bis work of organiza tion, ne fln'Is a very strong sentiment among automobile owners, and good road promoters generally, tn favor of a more unlfoi'm system of building and working the public highways. "A stat highway commission shall ap point, in each county, a qualified super intendent of roads, whose duty it will be to enforce the uniform plans of road niakirg as laid out by the state engineer of road construction," says Mr. Turner. "The feeling" against the prevalent "hit or mis" method of working the roads is corretpondlngly strong, and many people are expressing very decided objections to the meager results obtained binder exist ing methods, for the amount of money paid InV) the road tax fund. "Therefore the time seems at Jjand when those Interested it good roads will Insist upon a more uniform and efficient system of road making and road upkeep. To this end the proposed state highway commission will receive almost universal support." MILLION MILES OF HIGHWAYS Great Improvements Will Be Made In Roads of the Vnlted States . Thla Year. One million miles! That is the length of highways which will be Improve! throughout the United States this yir a conservative estimate, according to George C. Dleht, Chairman of the Ameri can Automobile Association's National Good Roads board. Texas, through Its Good Roads associa tion and State Automobile association, is encouraging the development of high ways, especially for the benefit of farm ers who own and drive their own motor cars and the percentage, it is re ported, of cars sold to farmers in the state has more than doubled in the last six months. Three measures are to be introduced at the next session of the Nebraska leg islature, one for the provision of a state highway commission, another for stale aid in Its construction and maintenance, and the third to permit the use of con victs on the roads. Arizona and New Mexico are trying to legislate an appropriation of funds for the logging and mapping of their roads, and Idaho is planning to complete the Ross Fork sand road from Salt Lake City to Island Park and Yellowstone Park. The New Jersey legislature has passed several measures to remedy urgent, de fects In its highway system and make the state more popular to motor car! tourista. ' The state which, is doing the most ex tfnsive work along these lines is New York. Of the 80,000 miles of road in this state, we are told, "3,000 miles have been macadamized as town roads, 8,000 miles have been improved by towns as gravel roads, 40,000 miles have been shaped to some extent and 26,000 miles remain in their original condition." Many additional improvements are planned, and the planting of trees along the roads Is also to receive attention a valuable factor In the state forestry system, for each mile of highway so planted is the equivalent of more tnan an acre of forest. Such work as this helps to bring city and country into closer touch, and mako for Improvement in rural and suburban conditions both for the present and fu ture generations. The Craftsman. Key to the Situation Eee Advertising. Owing to the wonderful prospects for a bumper crop this year fanners are making thousands of Inquiries about the various 1813 models and the local dealers are anticipating an extremely busy season. Edward Vf. Fredrlckson, brother of , E. Fredrlckson, has been made head salesman of the H. B, Fredrlckson Auto mobile company. He haa Just returned from Detroit where he has spent the last six weeks going through the Chal mers Automobile factory. . George Hagerman, Phoenix, Ariz., re cently went fishing with a party of four friends In his Franklin touring car. The machine was piled high with tents, a canoe and all sorts of camp accessories and fishing outfits. The party left Phoenix and traveled northwest beyond Fort Apache, going a distance of .320 miles to the fishing grounds. The road was left behind entirely as the fishermen neared the piscatorial goal. Louis W. Hill of the Great Northern railway has been granted permission by the United States government to con struct a second great scenlo highway Unking Glacier and Yellowstone parks. It Is estimated the highway will cost upwards of 350,000, and the total expense will be paid by Mr. Hill. It will be an automobile road from Gardiner In Yel lowstone park to and along the eastern slope of the continental divide to Mid. vale and will be about 860 miles In length. F0SDIC JOINS THE FORCES OF HUPP MOTOR CARrC0. An Important addition to the forces of the Hupp Motor Car company is an nounced in the appointment of Harry Fosdlck as assistant general ' manager, with particular reference to the handling of agencies arid sales distribution. Mr. Fosdlck Is one of the "young-old" type of executives for which the automobile busi ness Is peculiarly famous. He has do voted practically his entire business career to this Industry, having opened fn 1899 the first retail salesroom In the city of Boston, and having pioneered the path of the Wlnton and Thomas cars through out New England territory. Later on he directed the sales for the American im portation of several lines of foreign cars and until recently has been the sales manager of an American factory, turning out hlghv priced cars. FREDRICKSON TELLS OF HIS TRIP TO CHALMERS PLANT "The manufacturer of automobiles is always glad to have visitors Inspect his plant," says H. E. Fredrlckson, local Chalmers representative. "His manufac- I turing methods and his product are his best advertisements and he takes Just j pride In them. f "I again went through the factory o'. the Chalmers Motor company during a recent trip to Detroit. There every rial-' tor Is welcome. It makes no difference ' whether he owns a Chalmers, or some other car, or no car at all, he will be ( shown the whole plant. "Their treatment of the visitor Is hos- pliable. He Is not met by an office bay ' and merely guided through the plant, so after It is over all he remembers is tne noise of hundreds of wonderful ma chines." ' Auto Hearse. A Franklin automobile with a combi nation hearse and furniture body will soon be put In use by Mrs. E. Relnhart's Bens, undertakers and furniture dealers of Haaeltown, Pa. The top of the special body will be detachable and when re moved the car will serve as a furniture delivery vehicle. Low A a to ITpkeep. ' Over two years of steady running at an average cost TSf $.03 per mile is the rec ord of the Franklin 1310 touring car owned by J, O. Evans of Winchester, Ky. This low operating expense includes cost for gasoline, oil, tire expenses and re pairs. ' In lumber; wagons you can't find riding comfort because they are heavy. The light carriage of yesterday was de vised for e a s e. And the automobile of to-day and to-morrow i s t h e 1 i g h t , strong, economical and per fectly balanced Ford. 75,000 Ford cart already sold thla season one-third of America's product. Five passenger touring car $690 three passen ger roadster $590 torpedo runabout 590 delivery car 700 town car $900 f. o. b. Detroit, complete with all equipment. Get catalogue from Ford Motor Company. 1916 Harney St., Omaha, or direct from the Detroit factory. EBRASKA MMEI -WILL attend: The State Fair at Lincoln, Sept. 2 to 6, '12 TO COMPARE AND SELECT J The Greatest Up-to-Date Show Ever Made In the West Special attractions include Irwin Bros.'Cheyenn Wild West Show-not a pan, but all of it; Literati's Concert Band and Grand Opera Company; Monoplane Flights and the fceri, card of Racing ever pulled off in Nebraska, r'' it; -.-..A .... - . nafiini if' im'iifiliif ! -aft - rir iti- i-m mi - The Human Side of Tires The Goodyear Code 4 After all, tire worth depends entirely on Not in a personal way not a boast the men behind the tires. So today let us ful way. We wish simply to show, in cover the human side the ambitions and these days of Complaint, that Big Busi- principles, me men ana tne metnods which ness may still be guided by ihe Uolden underlie Goodyear tires. Complete Independence We believe that active competition, better than anything else, insures justice to consumers. It makes quality "essential, compels fair prioes, induces a square deal. . Under free competition the best man wins, and that's best for all concerned. So we maintain complete independence. We have no trade alliances, no gentle men's agreements. And consolidation, when proposed, has met our earnest oppo sition. Even our patent are licensed to others, to avoid the slightest taint of monopoly. Modest Capitalization We believe that high cost of living is largely due to the enormous volume of watered stocks. . Fictitious capital, calling for dividends, compels prices out of reason. So we have clung to modest capitaliza tion, though this is the world's largest tire business. Not a dollar of water in our capital stock: We count in our assets neither patents nor good will. We have no bonded debt. ' Moderate Profits We insist on moderate profits. Our eventual interests, we are sure, are best conserved in that way. Our profit last year on No-Rim-Cut tires averaged 8 per cent. That's half the usual in a line like this. ' Rule. And that in a business where costs are cut to the minimum, by enormous output and modern equipment. , In a rubber tire business, with fluctuat ing materials, that's a margin as small as one dares to accept. , " Profit Sharing We believe that men work best who have a share in the earnings. And that , owners of the business are apt to best serve its patrons. So 134 of our leading men share in the Goodyear profits. And the Company has helped them acquire their stock. Our branch managers are stockholders. Thus our dealings with the public, the whole country over, are being conducted by partners. In our factories, building tires, there are 49 stockholders. In our , office there are 33. Ninety per cent of the Goodyear com mon stock is owned by the active men in the concern. Every voice in our policy, every factor in quality, every creator of Goodyear repu tation, snares the results of his actions. We know of no better way to insure to our customers the service which we intend. Trained Men , College-bred men are employed here in large numbers; Their accurate training and breadth of view are evident in Good year dealings. . For our factories we pick the most promising men who come from great technical schools. Every year our superintendent visits the best of these schools, where he aims to select the very cream of the graduates. Thus we have gathered here, in the courseof years, an army of trained and competent men.- And the future of all of them depends on better tires. AH Young Men We believe in young men, and our) organization consists of them. The most important man in it, in a manufacturing way, is 36 years old. Thus the Goodyear concern typifies the activity, the enthusiasm, the ambition, the enterprise of youth. Each man's career lies mainly before him. So none rests on his laurels, none is yet casing up. Goodyear men, wherever you meet them, are the kind you like to meet. They personify intelligent activity. Fairness and Truth Above all, with these men we insist on fair dealing, and on utter regard for the truth. ' 7 v' ' ": Faults and mistakes are forgiven by all of us, but unfairness and falsehood are not. . Here lies, we believe, the chiefest reason for the Goodyear growth. Wher ever you seek you'll find a boundless faith in what the Goodyear people do. A 6-Mile Factory Now Results Also Monarchy of Tiredom Do ideals in business pay? Let us note the result after 13 years. Good year tires now far outsell every other tire. The sales have doubled six times over in the past three years. They double how once in eight months. Trade came like a flood as soon as men became acquainted with these tires. Now a monthly output of 100,000 fails to keep pace with the call. Few business stories ever told compare with the Goodyear story. Factory Growth Our original factory had 36,000 square feet. Our additions for the year 1912 alone will total 560,000 square feet. , . When these additions are completed they will give us a total of 1,600,000 square feet. Figure what this means. Were the factory fifty feet wide, and one story high, it would be over six miles long. . , v . , Goodyear Popularity Our monthly sales now just about equal our year's sales in the year 1909. . . . - Last year's output for the first six months was A 186,307 automobile tires. This year's output, for the same six months, camo fo 485,983 tires. This has largely come about through what ' motorists said about Goodyear tires and methods. Those are eloquent figures to answer the ques tion, "Do ideals in business pay?" How It Came About . The ablest men we could find have, for 13 years, worked, to perfect these tires. t Years ago, in our tactory, tney built a tire-testing machine. This , machine wears out four tires at a , time, under all sorts of road condi tions. . . ; ; .""', . On this machine they have tested over 200 fabrics, and some 40 for mulas for treads. Every method and process has here been put to the ultimate test of mileage. New ideas have been constantly . compared with the old. Rival tires have bnen compared With pur own. Every question that came up has been an swered only by the mileage test. After 13 years of that sort of comparison we have brought Goodyear tires pretty close to finality. i Rim-Cutting Ended Completely Then some of our experts took up the rlra cutting question. They examined thousands of ruined tires, of nearly every make. And they found among, all the clincher tires that 23 per cent were rim'-cut. . - Then a tire was Invented to make rim-cutting impossible. It is known as the Goodyear No-Rim-Cut tire. These tires now outsell every other tire made. They are used today on tens of, thousands of cars. Yet never has one been rim-cut. By this Invention alone we wiped out for tire users about 23 per cent of their tire upkeep. Saving Blow-Outs At the same time our experts took up the question of blow-outs, due to overloaded tires. W2 AKRQMJ3HIO - No-Rim-Gut Tires With or Without Non-Skid Treads Nine tires in ten, when of just rated size, arei at times much overloaded. Sometimes by extras 1 added to the car sometimes by over-weight passengers. . , It is figured that S per cent added to the weight takes IS per cent from the tire mileage. So we made these tires No-Rim-Cut tires 10 per cent over the rated size. And that 10 per cent oversize, under average conditions, adds 25 per cent to the tire mileage. ' These two features together No-Rim-Cut and oversize have saved motor car owners many millions of dollars. 'For tens of thousands of men they have cut tire bills in two, . . ' 200,000 Users There are not less than 200,000 motorists now using Goodyear tires. Wherever we have made a careful count at shows and In showrooms every third car is equipped with them. This year, 127 leading motor car makers con tracted for Goodyear tires. Over 100,000 cars , of the 1912 models were equipped at the factory with them. That i3 the present situation, with 25 competitors making tires. Now Goodyear sales are doubling every eight months. They are twelve times, ' lareer than three vears azo. judge for yourself what condi tions will toe when all men know these tires. The Goodyear Tire Book based oa 13 years of tire making is filled with facts you should know. Ask us to mail it to you. Goodyear pneumatic tires are guaranteed when filled with air at the recommended pressure. When filled with any substitute for air our guarantee Is withdrawn. 09 THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, AKRON, OHIO (This Company has no connection whatever with any other lubber concern which usee the Goodyear name) OMAMA BRANCH, 2212 FARNAM STREET TELEPHONE DOUGLAS 4190. BELL. I C"-r " I Hill llll. If ill 111. I I ' 1 , .. iTnn....i