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MILADY FAYORED
IN PIERCE CARS
New Closed Can Are Constructed
with View to Protect Rich Gar
ments Easily Ruined.
DOORS AKD SEATS ARE WIDER
ricrc-Arrow construction ss exempli
fied In the closed cars dioplsyed by the
etewart-Tooier Motor company riemon
strstos with what rt me designers tmve
afe-gruarded handsome costume worn
by the women who are users of theiie
vehicles In the evening plesajrcs of
winter.
This la an Important consideration. It
Is not to be forgotton that the limousine j
on Its way to the dance, the dinner, the
reception, the theater, the opera or the
wedding Is likely constantly to be carry-
ln a cargo of richly made, fragile and
expensive frmtnlne clothing.
Buch specimens of the art of the gown
maker, modiste and milliner can read ly
ba ruined. In the early days of the
motor car, when makers were too much
concerned In the difficulties of making
the machine go to give much thought to
Its lines or appointments, the closed car
was a crowded, uncomfortable bandbox,
difficult of entrance and exit. In such a
vehicle It' was readily possible to crush
a dress all out of shape In the ride of
half an hour.
1Mb Denser In Pierce,
The danger dappears In the Tlerce
Arrow closed car models. These cars are
Ideally suited to the easy transit of the
richly dressed.
The dropped frame of the chassis has
resulted In lowering all 4K and M bodlns
three Inches, while the S8 bodies are two
and one-half Inches nearer the ground.
Ths lowering not only Improves the
appearance of the car, but makes It much
easier to enter.
The electrlo lights are provided to light
the tonneau steps. In this matter the
woman alighting can see Just where she
Is stopping no matter how dark the night
may be.
The doors have been made wider, so
have the seats. There Is ample width,
there Is ample head room. The rich up
holstery of the Interiors does away with
any peril of damage to the daintiest of
fabric.
Somebody Swipes Oldficld's
Pet Car and Barney Is Wild
I'oli'-o court annals of Ixs Angeles con
tain ninny a story Illustrating the care
free way In which the motor car thief
operates. None, however, approaches the
barefaced Inpudcnce of the man who a
few nltihts ago stepped Into Harney Old
field's famous pet Maxwell touring car
and drove It away Into oblivion.
That any of the motor brigands should
deem It possible to purloin Harney's car
and get away with It, staggers the Imag
ination of tho master pilot and his
friends. That the attempt could be made
successfully Is Indeed a blow.
Harney's car Is prubably the best known
motor vehicle In Ixis Ang.-)s. On It the
dean of the circuit chasers has lavished
several varieties of special finish and
personal equipment. With characteristic)
speed demon modesty ho has decorated
It freely with signs and legends. "Barney
Oldfleld Official Car" appear on each
side In chaste gold letters.
Buch was the car the bold thief calmly
picked for booty and "lifted."
Oldfleld himself Is heartbroken over
the apparent loss of his cherished per
sonal chariot, lie insists hopefully, how
ever, that the car cannot be long hidden,
and that, despite the great army of Max
wells in southern California, he hlmselt
would be able to pick out his property.
no matter how thorough in error nan
been made to disguise it. I'ire punish
ment is also In store for the robber. It
may even take the form of personal vio
lence. "Why. Just think!" comments the vet
eran, "I bought that car at El I'aso early
In the spring. It's been as far east as
New York, as far Into the northwest as
Tacoma, and it's stopped off In most
points In between. It's been t-nder for
my race cars at every big raco track In
the country, and It's carried me around
every day It wasn't enroute by rail."
Barney Is having Maxwell dealers all
ever tho west notified of the loss of tho
car and will offer a reward for Informa
tion leading to Its return If It does not
turn up In a few days more.
Heard
At tho Omaha
Automobile Club
HUFFMAN IS BACK
FROM SNOWY TOUR
Omaha Dealer Makes Run Through
Nebraska Storms in New Chal
mers Six-Thirty.
NOW CALLS CAR "SNOWBIRD"
Drummond Motor .
Company Figures
On an Enlargement
Plans now being made by the Prum
mond Motor company of Omaha should
result in a big automobile factory in
Omaha at last, and this Is something that
has long been looked forward to here.
Omaha Is the center of a region which
this year especially Is the most pros
perous In the whole country. In Kansas,
Iowa, South Dakota and. Nebraska thou
sand upon thousands of automobiles are
sold yearly. Yet most of these are
shipped from Michigan, Indiana or from
eant of those states.
The Drummond Motor company, which
had been selling one of the leading makes
' of cars, -began September 1 to put out a
car of Its own, the Drummond. Such has
been Ita success with the flvnt of these
cars that now a reorganlratlon of the
company Is under way.
The Drummond Carriage company was
established In 184 In Omaha, and In 1K91
it was Incorporated with a capital of
tuO.OOO. When the company entered tho
automobile business a few years later the
nam wss changed to the Drummond
Motor company. The company had a
SOO.OOO capital stock, with a fair surplus.
The reorganisation plans now consist
of Increasing the capital to ftfo.OO).
1 100.000 being comfnon stock and 4fl0,000
T per cent cumulative preferred and par
ticipating In further profits when an
equal amount of dividends has been paid
to the common stock of the company.
About three years ago the Drummond
Motor company moved into its present
building at Twenty-sixth and Fnrnnm
streets. This. Is a largo three-story brick
building, with 42,000 square feet of space.
For some years It has devoted much of
Ita attention to building bodies and re
pair work. This experience has assisted
It in Its present undertaking
The Drummond car is an assembled
one, standard parts being secured from
soma of the best known parts manufac
turers In the country.
The four-cylinder car hss a Continental
motor, Stromberg carburetor. Westlng
hnuae starting and Uffhtlng system, mul
tiple, steel disc clutch, M uncle transmis
sion. Ilotchklsa drive. Salisbury rear
axle, Stewart vacuum feed system. Fed
der's hexagon honeycomb radiator, and
tho equipment Includes one-man top with
curtains, rain vision ventilating wind
shield. Stewart-Warner speedometer,
electrlo horn, foot rail, robe rail, foot
accelerator, one extra rim, tire holder,
tools, pump and tire repair outf't.
J. W. Griffith, formerly X'nlon Pacific
purchasing agent, Is president of the
company; F. W. Bacon, vlca president
and general manager, and W. T. Griffith,
secretary and treasurer. E. T. Bwobe U
acting fiscal agent.
W. I Huffman and party, who left
here Thursday morning for a run through
northern Nebraska towns, returned Fri
day night on scheduled time, and with
the new Blx-30 Chalmers running like a
watch. Mr. Huffman la now calling the
car, "The Snow Hlrd."
Immediately after leaving Omaha they
ran Into a driving snowstorm and at
West Point encountered snow six Inches
deep. In spite of this, however, the party
arrived at West Point nearly an hour
ahead of schedule. The first night's atop
wss at Norfolk, where tha car upon Ita
arrival at the Norfolk Dally News office
wss surrounded by a crowd curiously
anxious to get a close view of the much
talked of Flx-30, which, as they had been
advised by wire from the stations down
the line, would arrive there at 4 o'clock.
Mr. Huffman states that after soaking
up all the heat In Norfolk they left there
driving Into a severely cold wind, which
discomforted the party, but had abso
lutely no effect on the car.
Ufa; Crowd at Fremont.
The car was received at each control
during the day with great Interest, and
upon arriving at Fremont It was sug
gested by someone In . the party that
they drive the car In the garage, where
they might all warm up preparatory to
the run to Omaha. It was soon discov
ered, however, that this would not do
because. the crowds surrounding tha car
mads It Impossible for motorists to en
ter and leave the garage, so It was taken
to the office of tha Fremont Tribune,
where those Interested were given an sp
portunlty to look It over.
"It Is plainly evident that .the Chalmers
Motor company bavs correctly guessed
the requirements of tha majority of au
tomobile buyers. In this new car," said
Mr. Huffman. "This was proven to m
most conclusively on this trip, which we
have Just completed."
Franklin Car Makes
Thousand Miles on
One Gallon of Oil
One thousand forty-six miles on a gal
lon of oil was ntfide by a Franklin car In
an official road test from New York to
Chicago, on which a report has Just been
made public by tho technical committee
of the AutomohMa Club of America.
Tho route took the cur up the Hudson
to Albany, thence to I'tlca. Syracuse,
Buffalo, Erie, Cleveland, Toledo, Ken-
dallvllle and Chicago. The distance was
divided Into six sections, over whloh the
car was piloted by different drivers, tha
reliefs being planned so that no stops
would bo necessary except for gasoline
and provisions.
After leaving Buffalo the car struck
poor roads at every turn. A good deal of
heavy mud was met with In the nortn
west comer of Pennsylvania; beyond
Cleveland, heavy rains were encountered;
at Bryan, Ind., the rain turned Into
snow, and later a high wind developed.
The trip Into Chicago was finished In
one of the worst storms experienced In
that section for several years.
The total net running time was sixty
hours and eighteen minutes, and the
elapsed time sixty-seven hours and thir
ty-seven minutes. The running average
was IS. 9 miles per hour. The mileage was
Checked on the odometer and on accepted
road maps.
The run was officially supervised by
tha Automobile Club of America through
Ferdinand Jehle and Herbert M. Smith,
Who alternated as observers on twelve
hour turns. Their certificate state that
the car used In the test was a strictly
stock enclosed sedan model, with all ad
justments In accordance with standard
conditions of operation.
' Expecting New Model Soon
Ouy L. Smith has again decorated his
show room in a manner which would
suggest that the new' Hudson model la
expected soon.
A large Hudson electrlo triangle lights
tha front of the building In the evening,
drawing attention to a life-sized picture
of the new model, which has been
mounted, billboard style, on the Inside.
This seems to have impressed the passers
by as a unique Idea and It has caused
much comment
The club has recently written over Sou
letters to automobile and commercial
clubs all over tho state, asking their co
operation In marking the roads to their
nelwhbor towns. So far, the replies have
been coming back by the doxen, arid
there has not been a club which has not
offered its enthusiastic co-operation In
this Important work. Alliance tells us
they have the best marked roads In the
western part of the state, and have gone
as far as Hot Springs, S. D., with their
marks. The Omaha Automobile club di
rectors feel very appreciative over the
success of this campaign, which is en
tirely original with them. Many of the
cluhs have sent back maps showing the
route of their main highways In all di
rections. With this Information, the
Omaha Automobile club will be able to
get a line on all tha Important connect
ing highways and the data will be one
of the most valuable benefits we can
offer the members.
Officer Work Appreciated.
President George, Secretary Powell and
Treasurer Diets have plugged so faith
fully for the upbuilding of the club that
before they had time to say whether they
were up for re-election, "It was gone and
did." Secretary Powell gays he Is now
a bit Inclined to raise that 191S memher
ohlp mark from 1.600 to, "Oh, we don't
care how far the motorists of Omaha
carry the good work."
in "alow" or Slowly."
In Indianapolis they are arguing with
the automobllo club and telling them that
"Oo Hlow" on their "Danger Public
School" signs Is ungrammatlcat. We all
know It's a grammatical error, but it hits
tho motorist harder than "slowly," and
If "slow" makes them go "slowly," why
should they worry T
nine Book Man Enthuses.
Mr. Edwards, the western route man
for the Automobile Blue Book, says the
last year has been exceptional In activity
among automobile clubs of the country,
"And I don't mind ssing," smiled Kd
wanl, "that the Omaha Automobile club
looks as good to mc as tho rest of the
best."
K. V. Throws Md at Itself.
"Go forty miles In any direction from
Kansas City and the motorist runs Into
a sea of mjd during wet weather," says
the Kanaaa City newspapers, who are
keen for a bond Issue for paving their
main county highways. ' Them's our
sentiments," Kansas City, concerning
Omaha and vicinity.
What If It I Winter Timet
Join the club, anyway. What's the dif
ference when you become a booster for
good roads and road benefits, summer or
winter? It won't ct you any more, so
why not Jolneth? Sayeth the word and
we will calleth.
Automobile Row
8. Livingston, manager of the Master
Kales company, is spending the week In
the east on business.
"Tha factory production on the Olds
mobile eight baa been increased DO per
cent In the last thirty days. Deliveries
are coming to the Omaha terr'tnry In
very nice shatie, iui irom me numoer
of orders that we are rect-lvlng indica
tions point to the fact that we l'l not be
able to catch up on deliveries for some
time," says Mr. T. M. Uromwell.
Mr. T. M. Uromwell of the Oldnv.ob'la
Sales company la making a tri,i through
the Nebraska territory. Mr. Uromwell re
ports that the Oldamobile dealers who
have recelvvd their ti;ht-c Under demon
strators sre very much enthused over the
performs nca of it. The numbers of orders
thst Mr. Uromwell la receiving from the
dealers indtiatea that the Oldnmoblle
right la going to be a very popular seller
. this tcason.
VICE PRESIDENT OF THE
OVERLAND COMPANY QUITS
For several months C. 8. Jameson.
ice prt-aiJent and director of the Wlllys
Ottrluud company, Toledo. )., has been
in ill health, snd has finally decided to
rrSkve himself of all commerciil re
sponsibility and obta'n a much needed
rest.
That he may actually and thoroughly
tarry out this intention, he has resigned
as utt officer and director of the Willys-Ovt-rlund
company, to lake two years'
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Preparedness
Tha motor car owner who take advan
tage of our battery service or doesn't
have to worry about what is likely to
happen later.
Nebraska Storage Battery Co.,
HJ FarttAiu St. Trl. Iking. 3103
Free inspection of any battery at any timt
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Battery Must Be
Cared for During
Months of Winter
'Many an experienced jnotorlst who
would never leave his garage on a winter
night with a badly worn tire," said
Elmer Ilosengren. manager of the local
Wlllard Storage Battery branch, "thinks
nothing of starting out with a half
charged battery that may mean a stalled
car.
"Of course this la due in a great meas
ure to the fact that the condition of
his battery Is not constantly staring him
In the face, like a tire or an oil gauge.
But car owners are beginning to realize
the necessity of keeping their battery In
A-l condition, if they are to have bright
lights and a snappy, starter.
"Even if you are going to store your
car," added Mr. Ttosengren, "the battery
should be removed and filled at regular
Intervals with distilled water and tested
regularly for specifics gravity of between
1.275 and l.SflO. Many motorists, how
ever, leave their batteries at our service
station, where they are kept charged
throughout the winter at a nominal cost
"Car owners, however, are beginning to
realize the Importance of keeping their
batteries up to the mark, to prevent
freezing and give satisfactory all-around
winter service."
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I'd Like to Use my Car
This Winter, But
Every one will admit that pre
cautions to be taken with most cars
in winter use are, at the least, annoying;.
Anti-freeze solutions, heated garages,
water heaters, blanketed radiators all are
things that most motorists would like to forget
about.
Why go through another winter's motoring
with fear for the condition of your car?
The Franklin car is direct air cooled no
water, radiator, pipes, plumbing, no leaking,
no freezing.
You can let it stand along the curb as long .
as you wish without any concern, no matter
how cold.
Ask for a ride in the Franklin and learn
the reasons for the satisfaction is gives.
Franklin Motor Car Co.
2205 Farnam St. Phone Doug. 1712.
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f.o.b. Toledo
Your Money Buys More
More power and greater smoothness improved 45 horsepower motor
which is the last word in six-cylinder smoothness and flexibility.
More room 125 inch wheelbase which means
More comfort ior a full quota of seven adult passengers.
More convenient electric control all switches located on steering column.
More certain starting a two unit starting and lighting system.
More tire tnileage AXA x 35 tires. .
More stable organization to give you service there are more Overlands
in use and going into use every day than any other car of more
than 100 inch wheelbase.
Because of our greater production we can and do give you in this improved
Six a car which is dominant value among Sixes.
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Let us show you the Overland Six also the five passenger four-cylinder
touring cars at S750 and $615 and the roadsters at $725 and $595
all prices f . o. b. Toledo.
OVERLAND OMAHA CO., Distributors
J. R. JAMISON, Pre.
Douglas 2643 Omaha 2047-49 Farnam Street
The Willys-Overland Company, Toledo, Ohio