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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JANUARY 27, 1918.
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STUDEBAKER IS
TAKEN OVERLAND
TO ANOTHER TOWN
New Models to Reach Omaha
in Time for the Annual Aut6
Show to Be Held
Here.
, ' . Motor trucks are already playing a
very important part in helping to
', solve the problem of freight conges-
tion. And this is aside from their in
i flnence as a. time and money-saver in
the present crisis.
As an instance of the prominent
: part which motor trucks are playing
r and can play in relieving the freight
situation which prevails all over the
v country now, it is interesting to note
what one manufacturer has done, even
f 1 in a small way, to lift a burden from
the sorely-pressed railroads,
v At the close of the New York auto
v mobile show it was decided to ship
one of the Studebaker new models to
the Baltimore dealer for a week's ex
, r hibition in that city. Fully aware of
v the seriousness of the transportation
crisis in the east, and not wanting to
v. put any additional burden upon the
railroads, Studebaker officials con
v eluded to send their car overland.
-..: Take Car Overland.
v'' T naA'ino tho Studebaker "show car"
, " aboard a big truck, securing it firmly
1 with blocks and rope, and covering it
over with a heavy tarpaulin to prevent
" injury from the elements, the cross
country trip of nearly 200 miles to
Baltimore was begun. In spite of the
"" fact that roads were snowbound
throughout the .east and almost mv
v ; passable at some places, the southern
l city was reached quickly and without
ftny eventful occurrence to record.
The Studebaker-Wilson organiza-
tion is very enthusiastic over the new
models and is anxiously awaiting
-. their arrival. None of the new
:S models will reach Omaha, however.
until the cars for the Omaha show
f ' put in their appearance. This will be
- late in February. 1
To Drive Cars to the
. Chicago Automobile Show
Taking no chances on the, railroads.
' . Westcott cars will be driven through
i to Chicago show,
iV Railroad congestion in and about
' Chicago is a problem that is not both
' ering the Westcott Motor Car com-
pany. They will have their cars in
, place when the coming Chitago auto-
mobile show-opens, whether trains
, run or not. Instead of depending on
' uncertain transportation by rail, th
1 four Westcotts that are booked to be
a shown will be driven through from
.? the factory at Springfield, O., direct
to the show. ' ,
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UTaking Every Car Possible
' " From Factory for Omaha
"Dealers in this section who don't
I take advantage of the lull in auto
mobile buying throughout . the east
are making a great mistake," asserts,
Joe Gerspacher of the Toozer-Ger-'
I spacher Motor company.
"We are taking every Dort -or
Moon car that we can get from the
factories and expect to continue this
policy during the coming ; season.
Sales even now are above normal
in this section so far as we are con
; cerned and every indication of a good
year is evident.
Unother Big Tire Firm'
I: A Handles the Goodyear,
! "Announcement was made last
week to the effect that the S. & A.
;Tire and Rubber company, formerly
i known as the Gates Half Sole Tire
Station, had been added to the list
4 f . Goodyear tire dealers.
J- 'The sale of Goodyear tires, will be
rft addition to their present activities
I itt behalf of the Gates Half Sole tire.
They have complete facilities for all
J manner of tire repairing. ; !
Crippled News Dealer
VHns Some Bee Prizes
Winter blasts of'-7nuary, warm
spring winds of May, blistering suns
of August, cool autumn days of Octo
ber, all look alike to Fred Witte,
dealer in daily newspapers.
The photograph shows Witte wear
ing the new sweater and . overshoes
given him by The Bee for gains he
has made in selling The Bee.
On October 19, 1900, Fred Witte,
a cripple for life, came to Omaha
from Ravenna, Neb., to enter a busi
ness college. He had little or no
money, so in order to pay fci his edu
cation he began to sell papers. His
first stand was at the Paxton hotel.
He stayed there only a few months
when he was given the corner at Six
teenth and Farnam streets where the
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United States National bank now
stands.
For seven months Witte attended
business college and sold newspapers
on the side. But when he graduated,
he discovered that his income from
selling papers was larger than what
he could earn in an office, a bank or a
wholesale house. So he discarded his
bookkeeping and accounting and took
up the selling of daily prtpers for
his life's vocation.
So ever since early in the year of
1901 Fred Witte has been a dealer in
daily papers at the corner of Six
teenth and Farnam streets and he has
become one of the most familiar
figures of Omaha. In all the time he'
has occupied this station, rearly 18
years, he has not once failed to be on
the job on account of severe weather.
No matter how cold it may be Witte
always is on the job, morning and aft
ernoon. Even when the thermometer
registers 20 degree's below zero and
more Witte never fails his customers.
-if snow storms stop street car traffic,
Witte finds some way to get down
town. Occasionally an amazed patron,
who hestiates to travel more than a
block down street without ducking
to temporary cover at each convenient
store and office building along the
route, asks Witte "how can you stand
it?,f To which Witte, peering out from
the high collar of a warm, fur over
coat, grins amiably arid replies, "They
don't have weather that can stop me
in this town."
Heat and rain have no more terrors
for Witte than cold andsnow-!-it's all
in the game he says.
Witte admits, however, that he
shirked his duty two whole days
once when he was so ill his wife re
fused to permit him to leave the
house.
'That's the only time I failed my
customers," he said, "except when I
fo on summer vacations and then
always have a boy on the job to
take my place."
Witte still serves several patrons
who bought papers from him when
he started in business. Nelson Pratt
and Garvin are two of them.
Witte is married and lives at 3513
Seward street. The home is his own
and almost entirely paid for.
"It may surprise you to hear that
my home isn't quite paid for yetj'
said Witte, "since you ve read those
magazine stories about millionaire
newsboys. But you don't get rich sell
ing papers the magazines to the
contrary notwithstanding. I .make a
comfortable livelihood, but that's about
all. The competition in Omaha is
pretty keen you know and it's hard
to buck against, especially, when you
can't run around."
Witte has only one bad habit. He
doesn't smoke, drink or chew'tobacco
and nobody ever remembers of hear
ing him swear, but he does chew gum.
Gives His Time to Designing
And Keeping Up War Trucks
That the pen is mightier than the
sword is a theory no longer believed
in by Lucius French, advertising man
ager of the National Motor Car and
Vehicle corporation, as evidenced by
his dropping of the former to take up
the latter as a first lieutenant in the
motor section of the ordnance de
partment. French has directed the advertising
activities of various Indianapolis mo
tor car factories since 1910, and for
the last four years has been adver
tising manager for the National as
well as assisting President George M.
Dickson. !
The motor equipment section of the
ordnance department to which he
will be attached is charged with the
design, procurement and maintenance
both in this country and in France of
all armored cars, "tanks," tractors
and trucks used for transporting guns
and ammunition.
Chicago Auto Show to
Look to West for Orders
G. W. and H. Li Van Brunt of the
Van Brunt Automobile .company,
Overland distributors, leave early this
week to attend the Chicago Automo
bile show.
G. W. Van "'Brunt said that he an
ticipates much more enthusiasm at
the Chicago show than was eyident at
the New York show. Western busi
ness prospects and, western optimism
will rib doubt gladden the hearts of
the motor car manufacturers. '
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If a truck can get through you
may rest assured that the Denby
will et there. That's some, satis
faction, too, when you stop to
think it over. .
Jones-Opper Co.
2043-4S Farm. St, OMAHA. NEB.. .
DUtribnton Eattani aa4 Norton Ntbraika .
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HASTINGS, NEB.
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' Always public-spirited, American physicians
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than ever in the history, of the nation.
. The convertible Coupe is proving a boon and
a blessing in maintaining health and speed
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