Kopac Brothers Get Franchise Omaha Firm to Haudle New set Entry in Light Pleasure Auto Class. Kopac Brothers, one of the largest concerns In the truck and tractor business in Nebraska, have received the franchise of the Gray Motor cor poration of Detroit. Mich. The Gray, one of the newest entries of the tight weight cur class, made its first appearance in Omaha early last fall when Captain Walton, the of ficial observer for the American Au tomobile association, passed through here on the economy run from San Francisco to New York. Captain Wal ton at that time told a reporter for The Omaha Bee that the Car was making a. mileuge record which he believed impossible, but the figures were withheld from publication at Man Buys Third Oldsmobile Curtis T. Marshall, one of the largest sheep feeders in the country, is an ardent Oldsmobile booster The picture shows Mr. Marshall with his third Oldsmobile. a Model 47 Super Sport light eight. The young lady seated upon the step says she is very well satisfied with their latest pur chase. that time. The car averages 33.8 [ miles per gallon of gasoline. The car was designed under the direction of Frank L. Klingensmith, former vice president of the Ford Mo tor company, and enjoys the dis tinction of having bihind it thorough merchandising men. Kopac Brothers will maintain the main office and sales room in Omaha at 1116 Howard street and will con duct service stations and salesrooms at Norfolk. David City and Schuyler. Kopac Brothers have been in the uu tomotiva industry in Nebraska for more than -p years. GATES TIRES “The Tire with The Wider and Thicker Tread” \ Isn’t It Your Experience— —that once the rubber tread on a tire wears thru, the inside fabric or cords soon get bruised and go to pieces? Reasonable, then, that a wider and thicker tread — wearing longer and protecting the inside fabric better—will give you more miles. That’s just why you are getting two or three thousand extra miles out of your Gates Super-Tread Tires—they are built with the wider and thicker rubber tread. Dodee Brothers TDURINB CAR As Spring day* approach, the demand for Dodge Brother* Touring Car mount* •wiftly. Dodge Brothers one problem, at present, is not how many Touring Cars they can sell, but how many they can build. Never was public approval of Dodge Brothers product more obvious, and never was it more richly deserved. Improvements, rarely spoken of but con stantly being made, have brought the car to a state of perfection which can only be described as remarkable, even for Dodgs Brothers. Every pert which take* a major strain is built of chrome venadium steel. Many more pieces of alloy steel are ijsed in vital parts than normal wear requires The Pries is SSM.00 Delivered BR1EN-DAVIS-COAD AUTO CO. 28lh and Harney Sts. Telephone HA rney 0123 Council Bluffs Salesroom—33.38 Fourth St Telephone Council Bluffs 801 Sprague Opens First of Service Station Chain Omaha Tire and Rubber Com pany Opens Branch at Dal las, Tex.—Others to Follow. The first Sprague free tire service station to come into existence under the new plan recently adopted by the Sprague Tire & Rubber company was opened in Dallas, Tex., this week, according to E. M. Sprague president. The Dallas station is the first of s chain of free ti^e service stations to be opened in every largo-city. “The Idea was developed from the success we have had with our Omaha station,” said Sprague. “It was one idea when we opened the free station in this city that we could he of considerable assistance to stranded motorists, but little did we dream that we would he called upon to make 15.000 service runs within •' year, which was the case,” Resides Dallas, lease* already have been made and plane drawn for sta tions in Chicago, Kansas City, and many other commercial centers. Fleets of service trucks, all uniform in color, will be started out of each station and the motorists, who former ly were required to take cate of their own tire troubles, now will be able to call Sprague and a service truck will be dispatched immediately to the spot with a service man who will change a tire, mount a spare, supply air or render any other assistance necessary, all without charge. Durant Puts Out a New Sport Touring Model .The Durant Motor* company of I.ansjnR. Mich., has announced a linw of sport tourings and sport sedans accordingto Andrew Murphy A Bon. distributors for Nebraska and western Iowa. The sport touring cars are to he delivered in an option of four color*, equipped with bumpers, nickel-plated radiators, motometers, trunk racks, trunk on rear, step plates and with especially made upholstering. The sport sedan will he delivered in an option of four colors and will carry the same equipment ss the sport touring car. The sport sedan will be a regular fourdoor sedan and one of the chief features is that Durant has produced a sport model sedan without sacrificing any room inside the car and still equipping it with four doors. Oldsmobilc Make* Great Mountain Climb Many comment* were made the past week regarding a feature that fa a ahorn at the Orpheum thea ter of an automobile climbing Old Stone mountain at Atlanta, Oa. The picture show* the automobile, which i* a four cylinder Oldamobile stock touring car, making one of the moat sensational climbs Imaginable over rocks and ra\ Incs which, to the ordinary driver, would seem Impos sible. The Paths New* considered the f*at »o wonderful and daring that they have featured the picture all over the country. This stunt climb at this historic spot was made by the Atlanta branch. Jim Schiller of the factory, drove the car. > AC Make* Speedometer for Use on Star Auto* FJint Mich.. March 10.—The AC Spark Plug company, manufacturer of the A*' speedometer, now It making an instrument of special design for the Star can. This speedometer is driven from the propellor shaft in front of th* univer sal joint. For mounting the-AC speedometer on the Star instrument board, a spe cial bracket ts furnished which holds the instrument just below th* spark and throttle levers No tides need b* cut in the dash, and the drive attach ment is mad* w ithout remo\ Ing the universal joint. Ralph W. Jonr* Company Increase* Sale* Force TV TSland and A. !.. Osier joined the Ralph W. Jones organization this week and * -II devote their time to r#* tail sales nf C’le\ eland and Chandler rnrrf Roth men have splendid selling record*. "Our organization ** says Mr Jones * is now in better shape than ever before and is forging nliend to make ]!'L‘3 a 'C.»r to 1** proud of. Tho addition* to our wile* fori e wrre niccMitnted by tho flood of Cleveland .and ' handler busings.*, resulting part ly from the Auto show,, but also from the general popularity of these cars all over the country. She Will Supervise Beddeo Women’s Shops Mi* Mits P n-dg!*> formerly of Oimble Brothers store nt I’hlladtl PMa errivrd In Omshs m tike < barge of the H owin'* shops of fht Hidden rlnthing Atari Mr*. fm mil !> * •• non i.eriid with Oni ifui stt'i'Mi Mlii v lit *p#t%d Mti w it k l»f i.tfh OlOtlt ll III N«« Volk Ten in Family Drive Reo Cars Father. Seven Som anti Two Sons-in-Law l ee Same Make. (Prom Louisville 'Vaekly Courier I It is nofr uncommon to find a com munity where a certain make of an tomobile Is predominant, but this newspaper claims the distinction of presenting the largest family"'in the United States which driies the same make of car. The family in question is Wendel Heil and hts seven sons, as well as the two sons-in law. teach of this large family of boy* as well as the father drives a lteo car and one of the sons alsi^has a lteo truck. Away back there when it took nerve to venture on the public high ways with an automobile the father of this large fumil? of boys purchased hi* first lteo. Mr. Heil is wearing out his second Reo. and while it is a little the worse for wear, he still may he seen gliding along the highway most any fine day. It is true the old boat looks some what antiquated in comparison- with some of the later models driven by his eons, yet the old getitleman is sat isfled a* long as it will convey him and Mrs. Heil to the homes of their children, who live but a few miles in either direction. The latest addition to the Reo fam ily was the purchase of a fine new seven-passenger car by Ed Heil to take the place of one that has gone Into the discard. All Makes Typewriter Firm to Open Branch Because of the rapidly growing out state and international business that is being done by the All Makes Type writer company, a lease has been signed for the store room at 1808 Far nam street, by Harry M. Ferer. pres ident of the All Makes Typewriter com pany. Headquarters for the concern will remain at 205 South Eighteenth street, but it is planned to develop the branch store business upon the agencies of the Noiseless and Rem ington portable typewriters and the Neostyle mimeographs. Recent connections have been es tablished making the All Makes Type writer company a big factor in the re building of typewriters for export purposes. Machines ha\e been shipped to England. France, Japan and se\eral other countries during the past month. Mr. Ferer left Omaha Satur day for New York, where he will personally supervise shipment of a large order of machines tg a large concern in Genoa, Italy. The new store will be a model work room; It will have the very latest types of fixtures as well as many new features In arrangement that thus far hav# not been shown in Omaha. If ths glove fastener tears out of the glove, darn the hole snd sew an ordinary dress snap close to the old 1 fastener. INew Koa*»d moonahinera. **rJ Indct.d by ini Wa»h n*toii Pariah firanj Jure for the ir.urde- of Robert W e