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Canadians Favor
Lake Waterway,
Craig Believes
Agricultural Rfgion Interest
eil. Says Director Com
mf trial Travrlm Want
Mileage Books.
Br GEORGE P. AUTHIER.
Washington, July I. (Special.)
Discouragement over the future of
lh Crest I-sbes-Sl. Liwrence
witrway project is not justified,
ecording to ChsrtM I'. Crsi of
Duluth, eseetitive director I the
Great lakes-St. Lawrence Tidewater
aiiociaiion.
It ha lrrrt anunifd in many
quarter that when the Canadian
government informed the State de
partment at Wa'.liinitton that it ai
not prepared to negotiate a treaty at
thii time, which would make the
project poihle, that this action
regtered the formal disapproval ot
the Canadian Rovernnirnt. Accord
ing to the belief exprmed ly Mr.
Craitf. Premier King i not opposed
to the project, hut i, disinclined to
take up so controversial a matter iut
now, white hi parliamentary pro
gram i pcnd'.ng. Later, it is be
lieved, the Canadian government will
look viith more favor uon the proj
ect and intimate it readiness to
discuss the treaty.
Favored By Farmers.
It i true there is objection to the
St. Lawrence waterways projects, in
parts of Canada, nntably in the Mon
treal region, but the aK'icultural re
gion is as deeply interested as the
middle western agricultural section
of the United States. Possibly the
real objection comes from the home
government of Great Britain which
deprecates the closer union between
the two governments that would fol
low the completion of the project
and it has been hinted that Ambas
sador Geddes has not lost an oppor
tunity to discourage the idea among
Canadian leaders.
Furthermore, it is clear the huge
investment which the Canadian
' government has made in the Wel
M canal will have been largely
wasted and the canal will never serve
its full purpose until the St. Law
rence waterway is completed. In the
debate on the Canadian budget, when
the item of $8,000,000 for continuing
' work on the canal was reached, it
was pointed out that the we Hand did
not mean anything except as part of
the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence pro
ject. Wisconsin Politics in House.
Wisconsin politics has been in-
lrtirl inlr the hnnce riitrinfr the nast
few days in a manner which has
overturned the orderly procedure of
that body. Representative Voigt of
that state has demonstrated that one
man, who is persistent, can cause
, trouble by making the point "no
; quorum" and by demanding roll calls
at inopportune moments. Repre
sentative Voigt had an earnest inteji
. tion of calling attention to the
patronage situation in Wisconsin.
Mr. Voigt's filibuster deals with
! the Wisconsin senatorial situation
where, it is alleged, the administra-
tion has been listening to Senator
Lenroot in distributing the patron
age, rather than to Senator La Fol
lette. La Follette Denied Patronage.
The trouble over patronage started
when the president appointed form
er Representative John J. Esch to
the Interstate Commerce comrnis-
Mr. Esch a,nd voted against his con
firmation. Later, Representative
John M. Nelson told the senate post
office committee that Senator Len
root had been given the patronage in
his own district and in the districts
of Representatives Lempert, Beck
and Voigt.
Mr. Voigt promptly introduced- a
s; resolution asking for an investiga
tion as to whether or not the civil
r service rule had been "violated in the
appointment of postmasters, and it is
because the rules committee will nat
give him a special rule on his resolu
tion, that (he has undertaken to ob
struct the activities of the house.
Representative Mondell, republican
, floor leader, has refused to yield, and
, members have been ordered back to
Washington so the congress will be
sure of a quorum.
Those close to Senator La Follette
express doubt as to whether he real
ly wants to distribute patronage in
his state, but it is regarded as good
politics in the present Wisconsin sit
uation to call attention to the fact
that it is denied him.
Want Mileage Books.
ADoroximately 1,000,000 commer
cial travelers, aided by the leading
commercial houses of the country
and the moving picture industry, are
engaged in a nation-wide drive to
force action by the present congress
on the bill restoring interchangeable
.mileage books and to remove the sur
charge assessed as a tax against the
sale of Pullman berths. Both meas-
supposed to have an important bear
ing upon the slump in commercial
' activity. The bill restoring the in
terchangeable mileage book passed
the senate. It provided that the books
should be issued in one and thousand
mile blocks up to 5,000 miles, and at
a rate 25 per cent off from the
usual price for transportation.
Representative Stanley Webster of
Washington fought for action on the
bill, and in order to get it reported
out, accepted several amendments.
One of them was to the effect that
it be left to the Interstate Commerce
commission.
. Will Reduce Living Cost.
It is claimed that the passage ot
the bill will greatly reduce the cost
- of living and enable commercial
houses to reach out after more busi
ness. In addition, it would be a con
venience to the traveling salesmen.
The moving picture people claim they
cannot afford to keep men on the
- road nnder the present transporta
; tion charges and that theater man
agers, as a result, are buying hit and
miss, securing poorer quality of pic
tures as a result
' The bill to remove the surcharge
on Pullman berths, is sponsored by
Representative McLaughlin of Ne
braska. Under the present arrange
ment, if a berth charge is $5.00 the
surcharge makes it $7.50. This adds
greatly to the charge of transporta
tion and is the cause of bitter criti
cism on the part of the traveling
public,
Special Springs of New
Mitchell Tested Here
L...
The new model Mitchell. F-50,
was introduced to Omaha last Wed
neitlay by X. S. Kieringcr, district
tales manager for the Mitchell Mo
tors company, Racine, Wis. Kierin
gcr brought two Mock cars of the
new series which are now on display
at the. Killy Motor company, 20(A)
Farnam street.
The new model is equipped with
special springs of the cantilever type,
guaranteed not to break during the
life of the car..- The frame is also
guaranteed againtt breakage.
Given Severe Test.
The durability and easy riding
qualities of the car were very ef
fectively demonstrated when the fully
loaded car was driven back and forth
over a railroad switching yard at a
speed ot HI to IS miles an hour. Not
only did the STTffs withstand the
severe test, but there was a surpris
Paige "6-66" Sets New
Mark in Hill Climb
Mt. Wilson, near Fasadena. Cal..
now offers two new marks for auto
mobiles to shoot at, a Paige 6-66
having recently set two new stand
ards of performance in climbing this
formidable landmark.
Until the Paige tackled it, no car
had ever mounted Mt. Wilson in
high gear. The nine-mile ascent of
nearly 6,000 feet is especially diffi
cult because there are 144 turns from
base to summit. For the most part
the route up the mountain is a one
way road, there being only a few
turning out places. The speed limit
has been placed at seven miles an
hour because any mischance would
hurl a car into the canyon below.
The ascent by the Paige 6-66 was
intended at the outset merely as a
high gear test. The gear shift lever
had been welded into high position
and a heavy brace placed between it
and the flywheel housing. Under
these conditions the Paige 6-66 began
the climb, accompanied by several
observers, some of whom checked
the time.
The Paige 6-66 reached the top m
safety, accomplishing what it had set
out to do to mount to the summit
on high. But it also made a second
record, covering the distance in 22
minutes flat, shattering by more
than five minutes the best previous
time mark.
The test was conducted and the
car driven by Frank E. Benedict,
Paige dealer at Pasadena.
Omaha Company to Handle
Sales of Boring Machine
The American Automotive Ma
chine Sales company has been organ
ized to take over the sales of the
American boring and grinding ma
chine manufactured by the American
Automotive Machine company. R.
W. Vierling is president; J. S. Alex
ander, vice president, and A. M.
Wind, secretary and treasurer. This
machine is a new invention which
provides a simplified method of re-
boring . and regnnding cylinders in
all makes and sizes of automobiles.
District offices have been established
in Milwaukee, Minneapolis, St. Louis
and Kansas City.
Cadillac Has Instant
Service for Tourists
"Tourists driving through' Oma
ha receive most unusual service on
Cadillac cars," says J. H. Hanson of
the J. H. Hanson Cadillac C. "I have
toured myself and know how an
noying it is to be forced to wait
for attention to the car, so for the
accommodation of tourjsts we have
uetauea a special mecnanic to iook
after the needs of tourists who come
to our service station. It is only
rarely that a Cadillac tourist wants
more than a few minor adjustments,
grease or oil, and we have arranged
to render this service instantly on
tourist Cadillacs brought to us for
service."
The First and 175,000th Hudson Cars
Above, to the left, is shown the
first Hudson ever put out Joseph
P. Davis of Poughkeepsie, N. Y
owns this 1909 model and still has it
D &m
ing lack of the "tossing" usually ex
perienced. As one Omahan in the car said, the
real test of riding qualities of an au
tomobile is in driving over some of
the rough pavements in the edges of
town. Even there the Mitchell F-50
had very little vibration at 25 miles
an hour.
Smooth Clutch Action.
Motorists who have trouble with
a "grabbing" clutch would have been
delighted to see the Mitchell start
from a dead stop in high gear on a
hill with the ease of an electric fan
getting under way. The car was also
started in high gear by allowing the
clutch to snap back, without the
usual "babying., " or easing.
Although it was shown that the
steering gear could be worked very
easily, the car continued to run in a
perfect circle even without a driver.
Wills Sainte Claire
Makes Wonderful Run
The full particular of the recent
spectacular run of a Wills Sainte
Claire from New York to Montreal
and back in a single day suggest the
big moment of a movie drama.
ThiV impressive demonstration of
Wills Sainte Claire reliability and
roadability, as well as speed, was
made June 6 by Benjamin E. Smith,
a prominent manufacturer of New
York city.
Mr. Smith reports that at midnight,
June 6, he found that highly im
portant documents had to be taken
to Montreal for signatures and re
turned to New York the same day.
Having driven his Wills Sainte
Claire 30,000 miles, he felt confident
that he could accomplish this trip
in safety. He took his Wills Sainte
Claire roadster, a standard stock car
in every partciular, and left New
York city at 2:30 in the morning.
He had the papers signed at Montreal
and reached Columbus circle. New
York the same evening at 10:20
804 miles in 19 hours and 50 minutes.
The only times the car was stopped
were for fuel and the transaction of
business at Montreal.
New Cadillac Coupe
in Popularity Class
"The five-passenger coupe intro
duced last spring has already be
come a popular model," says T. D.
Foley, sales manager of the J. H.
Hansen Cadillac company. "The
seating arrangement of this car is
ideal for those who have found
other coupe models too small to ac
commodate the number of passen
gers they ordinarily carry, and who
prefer the coupe to a four-door car.
There is also ample luggage space."
Five-passenger coupes have been
purchased in Omaha by J. A. C.
Kennedy, Arthur F. Mulle.n, S. E.
Schweitzer, A. D. Mallory, J. Clarke
Coit and Gould Dietz.
F. J. Bury Retires From
Omaha Auto Company
With the resignation of F. J.
Bury, the corporate name of the
Omaha Packard agency is hanged
from the Scott-Bury Motor Car
company to the Scott Motor Car
company, according to announce
ment by A. C. Scott, president.
Ralph Hitchcock, secretary, and
Clarke W. Thornton, treasurer, rep
resent the active management. John
Wale continues as head of the Pack
ard service department; Mr. Hitch
cock as sales manager, and Mr.
Thornton in charge of the financial
and accounting department.
The "Want" Ad pages are a clear
ing house of people's wants and
things they do not want. Somewhere,
in the "Want" Ad columns today is
your chance.
in daily service. It has traveled about
about 250,000 miles.
Below is shown the 175,000th Hud
son, recently manufactured. Note the
acetylene gas tank on the side, of
THE SUNDAY BEE: OMAHA. JULY 2. 1022.
Cornliusker Tires
Win Recognition
in Brief Period
Production in Two Yean Has
Mounted 500 Per Cent
Factory Paying
Dividends.
A 500 per rent increase in the pro
duction of Cornhuker tires between
W20 and W22. is the record made
by the Nebraska Tire & Rubber
company, under the management of
W. W. Wuchter, general manager.
This company is now producing
Omaha-made tires nt the rate of I.OiK)
daily, working three eight-hour
shifts, and employing about 225 men.
Starting a few years ago, without
much noise, this company has fought
its way through the ranks until it
is today manufacturing more auto
mobile tires than any other tire
plant in this section and, according
to officials of the company, it is
impossible to catch up with the
stream of orders pouring in.
The company, during the past few
weeks, mailed out fat dividend checks
to all stockholders.
The plant is located at Thirty-first
and Spauldiii streets, and has re
cently been enlarged. New machine
ry is being installed.
Associated with Mr. Wuchter in
the management of the plant is J. E.
Whigham., who is in direct charge
of tire manufacturing operations.
Mr. Wuchter came to Omaha sev
eral years ago from Akron, where he
had been in the tire manufacturing
business for many years.
The company is made up of hun
dreds of stockholders scattered
throughout Nebraska and western
Iowa.
The machinery and equipment are
all of the latcsts types and the tires
turned out, according to experts
ranks as the best in the entire
United States.
The tires are built completely here,
even gs to the grinding and mixing
of the pure rubber and the rolling
of the gum into sheets.
Essex Is Winner of
Reliability Prize
Car Driven Two Years by
William Stuart in Contests
Never Beaten.
Driving an Essex car, William
Stuart, for the third consecutive
time, won the one-day reliability con
test promoted by the Royal Auto
mobile club of Australia, against IS
other American and European cars.
His car made a perfect mark in
every part of the contest, scoring
400 points out of a possible 400.
Mr. Stuart has driven this same
car in contests for two years and
has never been beaten.
The contest included three sections
general reliability, petrol consump
tion, and hill climbing. The general
reliability section comprised a sealed
bonnet non-stop engine run points
being deducted for effecting any je
pairs, adjustments or replacements to
the car, including tire repairs which
occupied more than a limited time.
The cars had to be fully loaded and
in complete touring condition so that
actual touring conditions were dupli
cated to the greatest possible extent.
The test for petrol consumption
was from Sydney . to Kurrajong
Heights and return, more than 102
miles. "A combination of rather
poor roads, rain and the mountain
ous country made it a very thorough
test of the merits of each car en
tered," according to the Sydney
Herald.
"Petrol consumption was decided
on the R. A. C. formula," says this
paper, "in which the distance (miles
per gallon) is multiplied by the re
sult of dividing the weight in pounds
by 2,240. The hill climb was also
decided by formult, the time in sec
onds and horsepower being multi
plied together, and the result divided
into the weight of the car in pounds."
The Essex made the 102 miles on
2.68 gallons of petrol, averaging 38.70
miles per gallon. It was given 100
points for this remarkable feat, a
similar number for placing first in
the hill climb and a perfect 200 in
reliability.
"In each of the three contests pro
moted by the club this year, Mr.
Stuart's famous Essex has now se
cured an outright victory," the Her
ald continued, "giving him big
lead in the competition for the Dun
lop aggregate trophy."
The bags in which cement . has
been shipped represent a considera
ble value and are good for money
when returned to the manufacturer
for subsequent use.
the 1909 model and the gasoline tank,
mounted just behind the driver. The
combination of these two pictures
well illustrates the tremendous im
provements in motor car design.
W. W. Wuchter Directs
Factory to Profits
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W. W. Wuchter.
Reo Speed Wagon
Popular Bus for
School Children
Safety of Pupil First Thought
in Selecting Consolidated
School District Con
veyances.
"When you are selling school
busses to school trustees and edu
cators you have a real chance to use
some honest-to-gooduess salesman
ship," says J. M. Opper of the Jones
Opper company. "In other words,
you must show by actual facts and
figures that your product can and
will deliver the goods.
"When the consolidated school idea
started, it was soon realized that its
success depended entirely upon trans
portation. "The safety of the pupil is the first
thought. Matters of sanitation, pro
tection and comfort all .must be
taken into consideration in selecting
the proper vehicle in which to
transport the school children.
"Then, too, the bus that is too
heavy is hard to manage on the road
hard to stop and hard to start. On
the other hand, the too flimsy truck
is not safe because it was not de
signed for loads and does not hold
to the road.
"The Reo Speed Wagon is serw
ing many consolidated school dis
tricts to great advantage and is being
selected as a carrying unit by many
more. To date, 30 school districts in
California alone have decided to use
Reo equipment.
"The Reo Speed Wagon is remark
ably adapted to this particular type
of work because of its sturdiness, de
pendability and low upkeep, as well
as its exceedinly low cost of repair
items."
Roy D. Chapin Given
Honor by University
Roy D. Chapin, president of the
Hudson Motor Car company, had
conferred upon him the honorary de
gree of master of arts by the Uni
versity of Michigan at the univer
sity's 78th annual commencement.
He was one of 11 men to be so
honored. Others included Charles
Evans Hughes, secretary of state;
Alexander J. Groesbeck, governor of
Michigan, and Sir Thomas Lewis of
London, England.
Mr. Chapin, a former student at
the university, left it to enter the
'automobile business, then in its pio
neer stages. Though he has been
executive head of the Hudson Motor
Car company practically since its or
ganization in 1909, Mr. Chapin re
mains today one of the youngest
presidents in the industry. He is
only 42 years old, and is also one of
the youngest men ever to be given
an honorary degree by Michigan.
"Grey Goose" Establishes
World's Sales Record
For growth of sales and the de
velopment of production to fill
orders the Wills Sainte Claire has
established a world's record.
Taking as a basis of compajison
the automobile which now dwarfs
the rest of the industry in sales and
daily production, it required six
years to raise the sales and produc
tion of that automobile to 10,000
cars a year. That is, beginning
with 1,708 cars in 1903, it was 1909
when the production reached 10,607.
The fourth year's production
showed an increase of 500 per cent
over the first.
The production of Wills Sainte
Claire cars, which shows an increase
of 500 per cent in the past year, is
now on a basis of 10,000 cars a
year. This showing is still more
remarkable when one realizes that
the car used as , a basis of compari
son is the lowest priced car on the
market and the Wills Sayite Claire
among the . foremost quality cars of
the industry.
"We have only one explanation
for this unique sales record," said
C. H. Wills, the designer and build
er of the car: "Every Wills Sainte
Claire that we sell seems to sell
more. Every day more men and
women-see and ride in-and-drive the
car. And' that makes sales."
Rubber Company Branch
Moves to Old Location
The B. F. Goodrich Rubber com
pany has moved its Omaha branch
from Eighth and Jackson streets to
2034 Farnam street. This puts it
back in the building which it occu
pied for several years previous to
March, 1921.
AnVKRTTSEMENT.
Cost of Tires Reduced
A new inner tab which U absolutely
ponetnre-proof and in actual ns was
punctured 600 timei without lois ot air
when tested by a tire srauge, has Jast
been invented by C. N. Milburn. 841 W.
47th street, Chicago. It looks like an or
dinary tube and sells at about the same
price. He is looking: for special repre
sentatives and will allow you to buy a
set at wholesale and test them by driving
nails in them to prove that they are ac
tually puncture-proof, if yon will sell them
to the ear owners in your vicinity. If
yon become hia special representative,
demonstratinr tubes will be furnished yon
free and yon can make from S20S to f 500
per month. ,
Bosch Managers Confer
Regarding Sales Plans
A three-dsy conference of lh
brwrli managers of Iht American
Do.cli Magneto corporation, held lit
week tt the corporation's plant at
Springfield, Mats, brought out some
interesting facts regarding that
firm's sales plans, according to Mr.
H. A. Wendland of Auto Electric
nd Kadio corporation, the official
liosrh service station in this city.
Branch managers attending this
conference were Charles Shedd of
I'ctroit, George Shortmeier of New
York.' A. K. Chambers of Chicago
ond T. C. Miller oi San Francisco,
with their aiitani.
A. II. Barueh, general sales man
ager of the corporation, states that
the rapidly changing business condt
Hons of the present year do not war.
r.vtt a fixed and firm sales policy. lit
Ix'licvci a more liquid policy is nee
cssary in order to take full advantage
of the changing conditions which at
present exist. That is why he be
lieves it necessary to call in the field
leaders from time to time to discuss
with them the various phases of the
work and to outline new plans which
it seems advisable to have' the field
men follow.
Many interesting facts were dis
closed at the conference and it was
agreed that, with business conditions
tapidly improving, a vigorous and
intensive sales drive should -be made
immediately with the idea of taking
full advantage of the increasing sales
possibilities.
Combination Boring
and Grinding Machine
This machine can be aliened ready
for boring or (rinding in less than
five minutes.
DISTRIBUTORS WANTED
Catalogue and Prices en Request
Save Time, Money, Labor.
Guarantees . Satisfaction
American Automotive
Machine Sales Co.
2587 Farnam St.
Omaha
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The Reo Motor Car Company
Makes the Claim
That the Reo Speed Wagon, for the purpose de
signed, is the best self-propelled vehicle in the world.
That it will haul a pound, a bushel or a gallon or
any multiple up to its rated capacity cheaper and
quicker than any other method of transportation.
We as distributor believe as does the Reo Motor
Car Company; and say to you that it will haul
wheat, livestock, merchandise, or any other com
modity cheaper and quicker than any other truck
you can buy. For there is only one Speedwagon
-the Reo.
A. H.Jones Co. Jones-Opper Co.
HASTINGS, NEB.
. Distributors for
Southern and Westara
Nebraska
m
A pin in (lit left lung of little
Kansas girt wis removed by aid ol
one of the latest devices of science,
the bronchoscope. Tht instrument
Fords Q5
Fuming, like every other business, must cut
down the overhead.
It is not a question of being able to afford a
Fordson; it is a question of being able to con- '
tinue farming on the old too-costly basis.
The farmer's problem is not all a sales prob
lem; it is also a production problem. He must
cut down the cost of production.
The Fordson does more work at a lower cost
and in less time than the old hand methods.
Let us give you the proof. Write, phone or
. call today. "
Authorized Omaha Ford Dealers:
ADKINS MOTOR COMPANY 4911 South 24th St.
GALBREATH MOTOR COMPANY. 60th and Military At.
MeCAFFREY MOTOR COMPANY ISth and Jackson Sts.
C. E. PAULSON MOTOR COMPANY. 20th and Ames Ave.
SAMPLE-HART MOTOR COMPANY 18th and Burt Sts.
UNIVERSAL MOTOR COMPANY 21st and Leavenworth
Authorized Council Bluffs Ford Dealers:
BOWERS-BLAIR MOTOR CO ...2527 North Main
HUGHES-PARMER MOTOR CO
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Distributors for
Eastern and Northern
Nebraska and Western Iowa
wss inserted in the bronchus through
lit mouth, anil forcepi, lowered
through Iht tube, brought out iht pin
within two minutes. Stimulus
American.
Your
Production
Costs
149-155 W. Broadway
OMAHA, NEB.