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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 14, 1922)
'Grey Goose Proves Worthy of Name in Gruelling Test iflmk Car of Omaha Dealer Makes Run of 400 Milfi Over Iowa Roads to Funeral. A gruelling road run of 400 miles by Hock car of the Western Motor company Friday clearly demonstrate rd the quality and ability of the new -Grey Goose." the Willi St. Claire. Richard S. Barstow of the Western Motor company, with five passengers, negotiated this road run. which was made under altort notice and un unl circumstances. 1 he party was going to Knoxville. la., SI mile south of Dm Moines, for funeral and it was imperative to he back in Omaha and Council Bluffs for business early Friday morning. Leave at 9 p. m. Starting out at 9 Thursday night, liar. tow nnrd hi "Grey Gooe" mcr the White Pole road for Det Moines. The night was clear and the moon was thining. The road was in good condition except for a two-mite atretrh between Quick and Oakland, under grading connec tion. The hilly White Pole road unfold ed before the occupants of the car much a a roller coaiter. and "the old 'mallard' rode like a Pullman car." aid one of the passengers. The 197-mile run from Council TilufTs to Knoxville n made from 9 Thursday night to 5 Friday morn ing, including stops at Atlantic. Anita, Stuart. Dcs Moinea, and THE PEE; OMAHA. SUNDAY. MAY 14. 1922. 5-0 Plea.antville. And the road from Des Momri to Knoxville was strange t Barstow. w ho piloted the machine. On the return trip, the party lett Knonville at 5, following primary road No. 14 into Det Moines and oreatting a sudden severe rainatorm on the outskirts of the Iowa capital. Stopi were made on the home run at Det Moinei, Stuart. Anita, Atlan tic and Oakland and twice the route wai loit and two detour were made. Hut the tourists reached Council Bluffs juit at midnight, making the 208.mile run in aeven houre. includ ing the itopoveri, the longest of which wit S minute at Stuart for dinner. "The Grey Goose took the hilli like the bird the !." aid one of Barctow'i companions. The only repair need ed for the entire 400-mile run wai when two bulbi burned out and we had to itop at Anita and change them. Hu Attractive Feature. "The courtey light' off the aide of the dashboard, which illuminatci the road to the left of the driver for convenience in patting other ma chine, ii a mott attractive feature of thie new Willi St. Claire, and the way the 'Goose took those White Pole hill made all of ui agree this ew car ii a aure-enough one." Overland Striving to Meet Big Demand April was one of the hiiiaest month in the history of the Willys Overland company. Retail tale and order for that month were greatly in excen of the number of can the com pany was able to build. The first week in May more Over land and Willys-Knight cars were sold at retail than in any previous week, with one exception. Every effort ii being made to rapidly in crease production in order to meet the great demand for the company's product. 5,000 of Nation's Business Men to Gather in Capital World Buiinni Condition! to Be DiaTUsied at Big Chamber of Com me roe Meet By GRAFTON WILCOX. Washington, May IJ. World buii ness conditions and their effect upon domestic problems are to be dis cussed by approximately 5.000 Amer ican business men who will assemble here Monday for a four-day conven tion of the Chamber of Commerce of the United State. The world situation is to be con sidered in the light of planning meas ures to further future prosperity in the United States, and inasmuch a tie representative who will partici pate in the deliberations come from a national chamber underlying mem bership of nearly 800.000 American business men, their conclusion are certain to have an important hear ing upon official policies of the fed eral government in its deliberations with European powers. "European conditions and their ef fect upon American business," and "a merchant marine" have been selected as the chief topic to be discussed at this gathering of business leaders. The situation abroad has been con stantly changing and the time now seems ripe for a new inquiry into the facts which are of such vital concern to American business. Experts to Speak. The best known and best informed men in the country. specialiMs on their respective subjects, are to be speaker, include Secretary of Mate J I tube. Sccieiai- eyf Ce-ui meree Hoover, Albert D. laeher. chairman el the shipping board. ad many others who cm speak wnb eu Iliority, The laying of the cornerstone for a new rational home for American business on the famous Daniel Web ster sue, (icing the White House, across Lai arti square, which ii to to.t upward of Sl.Jdu.OuO, will be feature the convention. One of the general meetings of the convention will be given over entirely to a disunion ol a mer chant marine. The question of how to dispose of the government owned vessels, of how an American merchant marine may be established and maintained in competition with foreigner! who enjoy lower construction and operat ing costs, and particularly the bills row pending in congre-s, which eon template financial aid from the gov. ernment for private ship owners, will be discussed. To Discuss Coal The increasing interest of the busi ness public in coal supplies, par ticularly at this time, when a gen eral strike is on in the industry has led the chamber to turn over one of the group meetings of the con vention to a thorough consideration of the coal situation. For the first time since 1916 enough new dwellings will be built in this country during the current year to more than rare for the in crease in demand, according to re ports received from all over the country by the civic development de partment of the national chamber. l or the purpose of determining whether these reports are borne out by facts and for the purpose of go ing Into other construction questions, there w ill be held a meeting on hous ing in connection with the conven tion. Railroad questions will be dealt with in two group sessions, the first hatifcg to do solely wild domestic retiti and the tfo4 trsth gen. rat transportation questtooe wLch hive bearing on foreign trade. Oakland Head Tells nr t t i Way ot Judging Ur How shoulj an mtomobilUt Judge a car today r Uet behind it and drive It." It tl answer given by C J. Nephter, gen eral tain manager of the Oakland Motor tar company. Mr. reptilrr sum no the rtitoni for this answer ai follows: The public is accustomed to judge an automobile too much today by hearsay. Some of these opinion! re flect an old Judgment on a cir and do not reflect the judgment that would be made on the car if the prospective purchaser actually tot behind the car today and judged lor himself. "Automobile shows have been de veloped . for just this purpose to keep the public informed as to the development of each make of car. Each manufacturer makes changes, additions, and imorovementi in hit cir some more, some less. The problem is for the automobitist him self to decide for himself just how much "more automobile" each man ufacturer is giving to the public each vear. "This can be decided in hut one way ride in the car. After all. how the car rides is the most important thing. Has it a feel of life, of power? Does It accelerate quicklyf It the mechanism easy to handle? Is the car comfortable to ride in? Will it stand the gaff of rough travel? "It is the only test of a car today, For. after all. a motorist'i judgment of a cir after he has ridden in it. ia apt to pretty thoroughly reflect toe quality of the car." The Bee leads all the other capers in sport newt. Read The Bee first o Nash Leads the World in Motor Car Value April is Greatest Nash Month January, February and March started the breaking of records with a volume of sales that exceeded the same 1921 period by more than 51. Now comes April with the greatest single . , month's sales in all our history. A reference to our records shows that it surpasses the best previous April by a clear i& and completely overshadows even August, 1920, which till now held the honor being our largest month. The new Nash line includes twelve models: Four and six cylindefs; open and dosed, two, three, four, five, and seven passenger capacity; a price range from $965 to $2390, o. b. retoty. , Tire Wear Based 011 Ton Mileage Road, LoaJ and Operating Condition! Are Factori In Computing Srrvit-r. How far should an automobile tire run? Tire men today are emphas ising the fact that a standard tire of a certain make is built to perform a definite amount of work under nor mal condition. Where the tire is bused it simply fails Uirr and gives leu service than it would give under normal use. Some tires a!iui!h their work in running IU.iuj milrt, others d the same amount of woik in 6,iJ miles, and others in 1J.000 miles. Koad, load and operating condition account tor the ditlrrence In mileage. A JA4 lire wliivh has carried an atrrag of "0 pounds or -W of a throughout its Me over l.lfc mile has drturred J.."W ton-milcs of work. Another tire which has carried an average of 4.D pounds or ..'I of a ton Ihruugliout iis hie of 15,000 mile will hate delivered the same amount of work. That is, ..'I ton limes IS.uW miles or ton-miles. A third ure has tar nr4 an average load ol iJiw pounds or .0 ol a ton throughout its life. It lias run 4 000 miles and has delivered only 2.400 lou-milr of work or 2fi per cent less woik than me outer tires. In this last rase the tire In ("ltd Ji per rent faster, due to overload. In the lat example lh tire was worn out before it had per(orn.4 the SJiu ton miles of work ai the other tirei had done beiue U strength was otcMattd Now the list price of a Miller .'.N4 tire winch i used here as a basi., it J.40. SJ2.40 divided into J..oo lon.noles gives !) per ton mile co.i. Whereat $J.'40 divided into 2,400 ton.mllei gves JIJJ U per urn mil cost. Thus the third tire has actually cost 3i I J per cent more for the work done than the lirst two. The third man'i expenses ate entirely out of proportion to ihne of the other two. In cold eah this would mean a saving ol $10 80 on each lire (or each J.joo-ion miles run. ) l i AyW fVH"!tiiniU"iIf ju. ' , What wealth of satisfaction a woman takesinthedependability of her Cadillac There ia no other single trait, of all the won derful traits of the Cadillac, that quite' equals it in her esteem. Her mind is at rest, she is free to rejoice in the fine buoyancy of the Cadillac, its suggestion of oaring grace. The matter of driving the car, to safe and sim ple and easy it is, adds a sportivt zest to her pleasure. And as the miles unroll, the jeya of Cadillac travel grow mora precious because of the serenity and security she feels. This fine dependability, always the cardi nal fact of the Cadillac, finds even higher expression thai before in the New Type 61. J. H. Hansen Cadillac Co. 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