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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 11, 1918)
t V.v :" f " . .THIS OMAflA 5UNUAT BEE:, AUGUST 11. 1918. 3 B mi ii , 1 i 1 T, : r t i OWNERS PLEDGE TO PROSECUTE rlTORJHIEVES Omaha Auto Club Takes Moral Pledge to Prosecute in an Endeavor to Stop Oma- ha Robbers. The progressive organization called the Automobile club of Southern Cali fornia has marked the highway from .heir city to Omaha. Los Angeles to Ely, ttev.. first leg of the trip, is via the Midland Trail; Ely to Omaha is over the Lincoln Highway. The mark ing will unquestionably bring many more tourists through Omaha. v Touring in Minnesota. - When 'ou tour in Minnesota re member that no gas is sold after 6 o'clock week days and none' on Sun days. So, be sure and tank up early for the next day'., run, especially if ytyi want to get out early in the morning. On account of grading from Ode bolt, la., 11 miles nortii, detour one mile west, 11 north and back onto main highway (or continue straight ahead and connect with maia road pear Schaller.) Moral Pledge to Prosecute Thieves. Over a third of the 'Auto club mem bership has signed a mora pledge that he will stand firm fo. prosecution of auto thieves stealing his car. Were all organizations in Omaha to solicit a moral pledge from their members v.-ho own cars prosecution would be put throught with a display of back .bone which would result in minimiz ing the thefts. The average car owner is for doing everything possible to convict a thief until after his car is slolen.. Then, when he receives his insurance money, his interest wanes and he thinks of himself only and lorgets the moral obligation to prose cute which he naturally owes to his brother motorists. Without co-oper-Etion 'at the start, the first rune of the ladder, all the laws in the land L will never get us anywhere. An excellent optional route to Des Moines' can be had by taking the , river-to-river to Guthrie Center, and then, instead of continuing on the river-to-river, run cast over the T'anora Speedway through Panora, Panther and Grimes to Des Moines. The Panora speedway is marked with a blue "P," and mostly gravel, and nearly straight as a string, while the river-to-river is full of jogs. 61 New Members in 10 Days. "Motorists of Omaha are certainly appreciating our efforts," remarks W. B Cheek, president of the club "At the Wednesday meeting of the board of directors we passed, on 61 new members. At the meeting before that we added 64 members. Members of One of Rural Express Autos Which Start Work Monday V X 'daily operations of . trucks must be permanently recorded to run ( them successfully nf with the greatest measure of profit. ' "Beside giving them a picture of the club who want to help tf sv grow should drop Secretary Smythva cird with a couple of names of car owners to call on for membership." The Theft Game. . There are five factors in the arrest and prosecution of the auto thief: The police, the police judge, the county court judge, the jury, the cir owner. Of the five the car owner is the most important, for without his firm, strong, moral co-operation the legal mill can do little grinding It's hard to say it, but were insurance companies to cover only a tkird or a half of the i alue of a car, the owner would be forced to bear part of the burden of responsibility, and the 5,000.000 mo torists of the country would receive a great big lesson in co-operation. Wh.n insurance compares refuse to r write any auto insurance the days of Judge Lynch will be Juplicatea, lor the car owner will lose everything. Your right rear receives the worst drubbing for the simple reason that you drive on the right side of the road, and as most roads arc crowned too high, your car is on the tilt three-fourths of the time. Your right rear runs the gamut of obstacles, bad ruts, holes, bricks, etc. The left rear is next on wear, then the right front and last the left front, x Two V.w Cadillacs for Omaha Balioon School According to J. H. Hansen of the Jones-Hansen Cadillac cdmpany, two new olive-drab colored Cadillac tour ing tats have been delivered to Fort Omaha by the Cadillac Mbfor Car company through government chan nels. Lieutenant McEntire has unloaded these cars and is getting them ready for daily use. It is understood that these cars are for the official staff. These cars are attracting consider able attention from the boys at Fort Omaha, and it is understood they are identical with the thousands of Cadil lacs now in use in France along the entire batllcfront. STANDARD FORM OF COST SYSTEM PARTOFTRUCKS Packard Truck Buyers to Be Supplied with Chart by Which They May Keep Record. So many favorable 'comments on the National Standard Truck Cost system "have been received from Packard owners, whose trucks ire entered in the national truck efficiency test, that a copy of the system will hereafter be a part of the standard equipment supplied with each new truck sold.-Or to put 't in another .way, the cost system goes with each truck just as the necessary tdols ire supplied with it. "Hundreds of Packard owners kepi costs on their trucks before the in auguration of our truck efficiency test," says George Reim, local dis tributor of the Packard company. "But there were many who did not, merely because they hd not been convinced of the necessity of keep ing costs or neglected to do so. "Now when a Packard truck passes into the hands of an owner he will get with it a National Standard form. A little study will show that it is easy to keep and will result in impor tant economies. We have the testi mony, of men who operate small and lage fleets of trucks that keeping costs means the saving of from hun dreds to many thousands of dollars yearly. Just as no business can be run with exactness without keeping records of daily transactions, the Seven-Passenger Toursedan cnefjoje zAeroEiGHT m I Utterly new in designs. Startling in mechanical improvements. A reve-' lation in performance ability. Easy to operate. Controlled almost automatically. Double the range of performance Half the cost of operation D BROWN AUTO SALES CO. Traynor Automobile Co. Retail Distributors. 11th A L St., Lincoln. Neb. 1414 Locust St., Des Moinei. f: 2210 Farnam St. Phone Douf. 9268 Whole.al. Distributor, for Iowa and N.bratka. aom. uood i.rntory open tor Uv. Dealer.. COLE MOTOR CAR COMPANY, , INDIANAPOLIS, U. S.A. their truck operations and a definite idea as to their profitsv the cost sys tem shows whether the fuck is being used at its utmost efficiency to save a freight' car for t'nele Sam.'" t "Brooming" Chronic cases of faulty action in the multiple disc clutch, are sometimes caused by what is known as "broom ing." This means that the sides of the keywayt ef th edges of th 4iie' have become frayed, o that the plate cannot make a satisfactory contact The repair bf this trouble is t service station' job. j ' CmlSmmmmiimsmmmmmmimmmmmmmmmmmmtm i , aII!!!!!! 1 ' "' '" ' """" 1 ' " W.n.,1 ,..i.,,.n.i ii.ii! Ii mill i it n i n'l i it 'ill M otor Truck s Save a Freight Car for Uncle Sam HE fittest' truck for this day of stress is the one that will give you the greatest service and the truest economy. Let us: show you how the Packard ' Motor Truck can serve . you now. The Packard Truck costs less per ton-mile than any other truck manufactured. Ask the man whd owns one. Geo. F. Reim Company Distributor High Grade Motor Cars 4 Harney and 31st Streets Telephone Harney 10 OMAHA, NEB, TUl .CHAINLESS Vl Sir