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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 28, 1918)
THE. OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: APRIL 28, 1918 6 C IMPORTANCE OF AUTOMOBILE IS IN TIME SAVING Vitally deeded in World Be . cause it Enables Owner to Accomplish More in a Day. .''One only needs to watch the in creasing number of motor cars on our business streets and residential thoroughfares, as well as in the sub urban districts, to appreciate the im portant part the automobile is play ing tn the whole schemed our busi ness and social life," says Carl Chang- strom, Allen distributer. t j - . i t : iV. ii, ufacturers know what changes theyove are new model A Overland have brought about in business meth ods in our entire economic system. "It is always some time before the full utility of an .important innovation is realized. For some years after its invention the telephone was regarded as more or less or an interesting lux ury. The. part which it is destined to play in the conduct of business was aot grasped at first. It was the same with the telephone. All Time Savers. "Every one of the inventions, so important Ift their relation to busi ness and their influence upon it, has been developed to such a surprising degree of efficiency for just one rea sonbecause it saves time for the in dividual enables him to accomplish more in a day. And that is just why the automobile is of such vital im portance in the world today. , "The automobile has greatly in creased the efficiency of all classes of business men by conserving their time and thereby enabling them to accom plish more in a day. It has brought a man's business headquarters nearer to his home, enabling ,him to make productive many hours formerly lost in getting from one place to another. It ha freed the owner from depend ence upon uncertain transportation methods. "After new and important ways of getting greater efficiency out of some existing device or machine have been developed gradually, it is hard to un derstand why they were not thought of before. It will be so with the automobile. It will become of still greater importance in the daily activi ties of the world. Indispensable as it is today, its uses in saving time, mul tiplying efficiency and increasing pro duction, will be immeasurably broad ened until even the far-sighted busi ness man will wonder that its full utility was not soon realized." OLDSMOBILE CO. U A TTTCJ WW MAT? IT iVlXlli-JJU I1XJTI FOR 'DRIVE-AWAY' "Seventy-five dealers of the Ne braska Oldsmobile company rgani zation are now 'drive-away' converts," asserts J. R. O'Neil, manager of the Omaha branch. "Each is convinced that the 'drive-away' is not only a satisfactory method of transporting cars, but that it will eliminate the possibility of a serious car shortage." To the Nebraska Oldsmobile com pany, belongs credit for making the biggest "drive-away" yet staged at the Oldsmobile factory. Early last " week the Oldsmobile dealers congre gated at Omaha and started for the factory at Lansing, Mich. The total number, including the wives of sev eral dealers, was 86. During the stay at Lansing the en tire party was entertained at lunch eon at the Oldsmobile motor works. Another big "drive-away" is now being planned for the early part of June, at which time the Nebraska organization hopes to make a still "better record. Overland "Light Fours" in Record Breaking Trial The road-stained veterans featured Light Fours. This pair is part of a test fleet of 15 on the way back to the factory at Toledo after battling their way from Denver to the racinc coast and return. WHAT'S DOING Lincoln Highway it Huge Asset to Omaha. AT AUTO CLUB HVE-T0N TRUCK SPECIFICATIONS WARE IMPRESSIVE ' Evidence "of the hauling power and capacity of the modern truck is brought to one's mind quite forcefully when confronted with a monster five ton truck. A picture of such a truck is not half so impressive as a "close up" survey of the distance from the ground to the radiator cap. C. F. Morphew, manager of the 4 j . . t ii. . r j aj trucK department, oi me ura-aams Motor company,'has recently brought ' to Omaha a five-ton Denby truck and the various measurements are impres sive to say the least. This model has a wheel base of 170 inches and a loading length of 142 inches. Yet its turning radius is but 26 feet. From the ground to the radiator cap is fully 6 feet. The .frame is constructed from quarter inch steel 8 inches wide and 4 inches deep. The rear springs consist of 18 leaves each three-eighths of an inch thick. TWe spring spread is 56 inches. The rear tires, which are of the dual type, measure 40x6. The front tire 36x6 single. Both front and rear tires ire of the solid type. , ;: Muffler Points. It is difficult to find a satisfactory paint for the exhause pipe and muffler, because of the heat of those parts. Here is a highly recommended muffler paint: Boiled linseed oil, 1-5 pound; Japan, varnish, 1-5 pound; turpentine, 2-5 pound; lamp black, ounces, powered graphite, V2 ounces, pow dered, oxide of manganese, 3-8 ounce. Mix the linseed oil and Japan varnish well togther, then add in order, stir ring all the time, the lamp black! the graphite and the powered mangan ese. As the mixture thickens thin it down with turpentine, until the quan tity mentioned has been used. 'This mixture should be used'as soon as it is mixed, as it dries quickly. Every time the brush is dipped in, it should be. stirred. It is well to paint the muffler while it is hot, after having cleaned it thoroughly. Pump Precaution. , Motorists who use one of the hand pumps, will do well to give the pump a few strokes before attaching it to it.. 1 t(. . . . mc vaive. inis diows out any grit or other, foreign matter that. mayy be clinging to the pump valve, prevent ing their finding their way into the iflner.Jube, The importance of the Lincoln Highway to Omaha will never be real ized until the route is lost to us. "The-Bee Line," a new highway association, has marked a route from Missouri Valley, la., to Fremont, Neb., crossing the river via the ferry.' The laying out of this route is pro phetic of the future, for when a bridge will have been built across the river between these two cities, the Lincoln Highway association will not hesitate to follow its constitutional policy of shortening this transconti nental route between the Atlantic and the Pacific and Omaha will lose this greatest of all national highways. Don't think because Omaha is a large city that we will always have the highway. Efficiency is what counts with highway volume. By the end of 1918 the Lincoln Highway will he hard surfaced from New York to Clinton, la., with the exception of probably 90 miles. In the next two years Iowa will have nearly three-quarters of its 391 miles either graveled or other hard surfacing. Can Omaha afford to lose this highway, destined to become one of the main streets of the nation? The commercial value of millions and millions of dollars spent in road work and publicity on this route would be lost to Omaha. Omaha and Douglas county can keep the highway by providing real roads. L. B. Johnson and family, Chicago, are the first long-distance tourists to stop off at Omaha this season. Mr. Johnson is bound for Seattle and Spokane. iTelegrams received at the club reports the Lincoln highway open over the divide, Sherman pass, but still heavy. Spokane wired that the National Parks highway is open and in fair shape to Spokane, but that mountain passes are still snowbound. For Omaha! Arrest the jay walker the same as you arrest the jay driver and accidents will be reduced to the minimum. Eighty per cent of the ac cidents are due to the carelessness of the pedestrian. Arrest glaring head light motorists. They have had over a year to comply with the law. Let's pray that the police judges will have the nerve to give a hundred or so speeders, reckless drivers and driving-past-unloading-street-cars motorists the limit in fines and thereby set an example. Farnam street congestion, due to both curbs lined with parked cars, can be relieved by parallel-with-curb parking. The situation at pres ent is dangerous, slows up traffic and throws Omaha into the village class. The Overland Light Four is the car which created such a stir at the Chicago auto show, where it was first exhibited this year. It is at present being thoroughly tested before any considerable quantity is put on the market. The pilot of these cars, an Overland engineer, named McCulla, is just completing his 21st trip to the coast over the Lincoln Highway. , NEW COLE MODELS PROVE WORTH ON ENFORCED TRIPS Meager Transportation Facili ties Afford Machines Hard Test on Overland Trips Direct From Factory. Cole officials are not all discouraged because of the meaoer transportation facilities offered by the railroads these days. They feel that "it's.an ill wind that blows nobody good," and in this case they have used these conditions to cheek up on the performance of their newest models. Conditions have made it necessary for a good many dealers and individ ual purchasers of Cole Aero-Eights to drive their cars through to dis tant points in some cases. In every instance the company has followed up these drive-aways to get a report on the use of gasoline,, the accelera tion, speed and general action under every condition encountered by the great number of these cars which have been taken overland. Many of the owners have voluntarily sent in (OA - stamina oni Wect Scots" or paired. Wl Woni ftice tuns V&SgJftS&g CO.. 5HT II . Ii 1 I I ! CARD-ADAMS MOTOR CO. !!! C. F. MORPHEW, Denby Truck Manager. U8 I I 2421 Farnam Street, Omaha. imi k3 1640 "" Sl Lincoln. ' 924 Locuet St.. De Moinw. I jjjj their experiences over roads which are in very poor condition at this sea ing to the company. Gas Consumption Low. The average of these many reports shows that the Aero-Eights have been negotiating better than 14 miles to the gallon of gasoline. Their power along the bad stretches and their won derful acceleration along the good roads has been particularly gratify ing o the company. fo get an authoritative check on these statements, J. J. Cole started on an 800-mile trips from Indianapolis, through Toledo, Detroit, South Bend and return. He was forced to make many -tops on account of the interest expressed in various towns in these new models. In spite of the delays occasioned he made the trip in three davs. Like others who have driven the Aero-Eights, Mr. Cole reports that the car averaged better than 14 miles to the gallon of gasoline. He was also greatly pleased with the speed and acceleration he found possible with these powerful cars. To further prove these qualities, Mr. Cole will shortly make a number of official tests on the Indianapolis motor speedway. Oil for Small Parts. The brake mechanism seldom gets the lubrication it deserves. Oil is re quired on the pins supporting the brake shoes and upon the bearing points of the cams or toggle me' chanisms, which actuates the brakes, These parts usually depend for lubri cation on the hand oil can. Beginning at the operating lever, every loint in inC DllKC IUU 11CCU9 UI.K191UUH1 Vltlllg, as do the bearings of the compensate ing-6haft. ' . ' Wiring Chart. It may not be out of order to sug gest to the new car owner that oni of the "tools" that should always bi carried in the car, is the chart of th wiring system. Without this he may find himself in difficulties with th " electrical system, that will be almost impossible to locate. MMMMM Crfdvanccd Sncfinooring iO i. ' Good form require! closed cart for locial activitiei For attending to eharhta ox shopping The Year-'Round Utility of Marmon Closed Gars America's program of purposeful economy with uninterrupted service is one of the new conditions which has gained wide recognition among motorists for the Marmon, 4 -Door Family Sedans, $ Town Cars, Limou sines and Landaulets. 75 per cent in fuel. The superior utility of the Closed Car is strikingly recognized by the commissioned offi cers of the , Allied fT," armies in France and & Flanders. v. 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