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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 5, 1918)
i I HOJISE HAVING ANOTHER inmr:G DURING THE WAR Dodge Brothers Motor Cars Accompany War Trucks to the ' Atlantic ' Seaboard -AC-' :. II I IB I m P IP MIHWMi 1MTTT"1 r-im-mmm r Wm .1 , Conflict Has Given the Horse a New Lease of Life in Role of v Fighter on the Battle Front. V The war hat given the hone a new .ease on life in the losing battle which that animal it waging to prevent the lutomobile from forcing it into ob livion along with the pterodactyl and . mastodon. Three years ago the number of korsea in America began to dwindle nd last year no less a partisan of the horse than the secretary of agri culture said in his annual report: "Slowly bat Surely the auto-truck is . Jriving dray horses from the city 'streets. Already the automobile has '' effectually put the driving horse off V the country roads. The farm demand .. for several years has been the main- star of the horse market But. just at the moment that the automobile had the hone dangling over the ropes ready to tag tinder the finishing wallop, America entered the war and, under the stimulating effect of a heavy demand for cavalry horses . .ends for increased motive power throughout the nation, tired Mr. Equus got back his wind and now is ' ' battling away with all four feet de termined to last out several -more . rounds. ' v Horse Eats To Much. One automobile enthusiast has pointed out that the horse eat so much that there would be an imme diate demand for hit destruction were It possible to replace him quickly for the work which must be done. By way of statistics this enthusiast points out that while Only 60,000,000 acres f farm lands in this country are dt roted to . wheat growing, 41,000,000 teres are given p to oats and 54.000, I 000 acres to hay. two articles of diet which are essentially hone feed. V Ninety-five million acres for horse feed and only 60,000,000 for wheat b thete timet, when every acre coants, shows altogether too much favorlm to the horse, In this man s opinion. Having practically vanqnished the aorse in the field of passenger trans portation, the automobile is now tak ing a new line ofttack by making I strong, bid for supremacy in the field of track transportation. Tracks Supplant Horse. ' A statistician of the United States Tir company estimates that nearly a million and a half truck tires are . now in os on commercial vehicles in this country.; The trucks in use have ilready supplanted more than a mil lion horses, and it Is safe to say that when the war is over and there is a l&rplusage of, motive power, the auto ffucks will stay and the horses will Io. The same may be said of the km tractors which appear to be des tined for an important place on the (arm at the expense of the horse. In the foregoing, nothing has been said about the automobile s struggle 1or supremacy with the mule. With his utuai obstinacy the mule refuses o get to one side, and continues to ihow an increase each year in this tountry of from 50,000 to 100,000. I ik ' a'" ' i iLj,.i i muss in ii mil .r, m rrr:: " , mi m ru?i v , w v. trail .. if:).. . .. .. . 1 , T-KiKWrXrw-. , ,.tw. ..... -r-- 'A 11 4 i ' - . .'1 With each team of 300 war motor trucks that' leaves Detroit go six Dodge Brothers' motor oars, also destined for army service overseas. At present one truck manutacturer in Detroit Is sending 60 truckt a day to the Atlantic seaboard. The photo graph was sent in by J. A Cramer, 7" Dodge Brothers' dealer in Butialo, N. Y which is one of the night stops for trucks and passenger cars on the New York route. AUTO BLUE BOOK FOR 1918 IB NOW OTJTFORTOUBIST That sjood road development had a great impeens during 1917 la trident from statement by the dat depart men! of the Automobile Blue Book, whole experts empiled the road data Cm the 1918 volumes now ready for the motor tonrist New roads, the reconstruction of old ones and the reclamation of many Others that formerly were impassa ble, compelled the redrafting of 167, 103 milee of roads for the new Blue Banlea. . The mannfmd of the vast Iffl-J provemnt on thete roads it better understood when it is brought to mind tnat amiiation ot teaerai ana state government was responsible for the -expenditure of almost $120,000,000 for highways betterment last year, Besides this, tit establishment of many national army and National Guard cantonment waa followed al most immediately by the construction of additional hundreds of new high ways direct to the camps. Special route to all of the canton ments have been Included in the new volumes. The logging of the roads was in most eases made from cities nearest to which the camps are lo- sated, so that the tourist who plans 'it) visit any Of them need only take his Blue Book way to the Urge eity near the enntonmenti to find In the same volume detailed guidance to the camp which has his particular inter est The new books total in encess of 415,000 miles of minute roads data, charts and maps. That graphic de tail which tells the motorist at what speedometer mileage he should turn right, cross railroad, ' pass stone Church on left, or continue straight way past yellow school house, is more informative than even the previous in tensive effort of these pathfinders has made it. . Garages, service stations and hotels have been classified in a special in dex, an evening's reference to which makes it possible for the motorist to arrange tW- details of all tours he plans for the summer. And when he is touring, the location of the near est garge, hotel or service station is always apparent. An instant's glance tells him how close he is to that one of the three wjiich, in an exigency, he may need to reach quickly. Populations of townsr their altitude and their situation at regards teenle Or other charm are alto indicated. ' Automobile laws and traffic regu lations ot various states and cities are Incorporated. - They keep the trar- eler in constant touch with what civil and state authorities will require of him. : s . - ;. 4 . vv. . . 'MwtHlMacewMhoatooUc, ' -. ! Sj M - Mwt H hege wuhoat notfe, Typically Amarican Th3tpxtex)Adzx cd ro cf (his Allen motor cer outcL tha i psco of the Americsa fanner tsa besnea irea TWetotJwAaopjtHrwtyflatt soot tcan power aad pkntjr of It. Tluart ootcfbrt, t!m, and who wants car without ft when wo all need to ttnarvv our praoacl ttMOfth to pt'tbJogi doacf 'Thst flsb car h ecooomlcal fa gasoline and oil li Ideal from every ttsndpoint (J FtaaHjr; fhtABn taadBQp.alT b enduring Replacement and mechan ical adjastmeute are cotablo by thedr abnorxo. W beHev do ofher car efihra to v much geadoa wortbi at $1055. STANDARD MOTOR CAR CO. a ' m NULEJU m m nanai iBtamt m toil WWMMtm um - ' T-: i SOaO-2022 Finun St Chrnha. Nak. Tar Stolni. One el the nastiest blemishes on the bodywork of the car is tar, which s freauentiy splashed on the polished inrface from the road. A good solvent or tar Is batter, which shonld be spread over the spots and allowed to stand for soma minutes before being carefully wiped off, when it will bring the tar with it Kerosene alto may be used locally bat with may attack the finish, since it Over Big Cottonwood Canyon in Utah in a ti rxu iirrrxrr rvinmnmi On the High Gear XX7TTH all gears sealed so only the high speed was available for on an vv eight cylinder ISINQ made the tough 18 mile continuous poll from e-u v .u nx, nirVitnn. tTtah. throuph Cottonwood Canyon grades averaging from 16.1 to 22.8. Another record in the long string of KING achievements to prove Bexibility, reliability and durability. you , may never want t6 do this but pride of ownership calls for you having the confidence to know the car you drive CAN. Noyes-Killy Motor Co. Faetory Distribntor Omaha, Neb. - Kansas City, M. f King Motor Car Company, Detroit, - Michigan mm "" jaMsl iMI aMMMMB MM.B.a Week-Days and Week- car for work-days that will loaf smoothly in tight spurt into openings--a car with which you can out-marieuver the rest in traff ic-driving but a car that you may use freely with true economjthat's the Peerless Eight in its "loafing" range. A car for week-ends and holidays that will level the i steepest grades and let time laugh at distance a car that - relishes a speed brush, power contest or endurance test with anything built that's the Peerless Eight in its"sporting" range. Let as show you almost un believable contrasts in per formance and economy with , out sacrifice Peerless advan tages. Compare the price with cars you consider to have "class" comparable with the Peerless Eight . ! IS raku a biaces and . ', fl9FfSI " '' ' .... Entirely within" its "loafing" range of poweft the Peerless Eight will romp through the average, tjay's worlc. .. Operating steadily and smoothly on half rations, it is exceptionally sparing hi Its consumption cf fuel. Its dght-cyKnder eighty horte poro motor wilt tiisjna many a lesser powered dx-even many a four-ih a test for fuel economy. ' Seven Haf Tourtnf '2550 iftttf Jictto itmri wktm totki taaM Given the need or desfre for un? usual power or speed, yon have only to open the throttle wider to . release the double poppets and hold your own with the class of the high-powered cars of the day. range you keed fear no contender, not even those esceptional cars built especially for power and speed without regard for the gender virtues. The Peerless Motor Car Company, Cleveland, Ohio Geo. F. Reihi Company ; Distributor of High Grade Motor Caw Harney and 31st Sta. Telephone Harney 10 OMAHA, NEB. 1 Hi fj I- r t i- 4. Lis