Detroit Produces 290,000 Motors During March First Quarter of Year Closes With Production at Top Speed Unable to Sup . ply Demand. By I'ntveTsal Service. Detroit. March 31.—Itecords are short-lived in the automotive indus try these days. The unprecedented volume of business that has poured into local plants in the last three months has repeatedly bowled over production. With a March production of nearly tao.onu cars and'trucks, the industry closed the best first quarter in history both from a production and financial standpoint. There is no question but *h.nt March sales would have topped I he $300,000 mark hod fartorles been able to supply the demand. The second quarter, opening tomor row, will set another pew mark in -production ami sales, according to the present outlook. W. C. Durant, who was in Detroit Wednesday, stat ed that the present prosperity is not momentary but will continue for some time, lie sounded another optimistic note when he said that the condition is general throughout the country. Mr. Durant declined to comment on plans for his companies. Rave to say that he will not make an offer for the Liberty Motor Car company when the auction sale is held Tuesday. It is expected that at least three parties will be represented at the sale. They are: Clarence A. Karl, president of National Motors corpora tion. which plans to obtain a plant in Detroit;- Mr. Yerlinden and Percy Owen. New Flivver Keeord. Ford again act a new high produc tion mark for the week, when the company made 33.791 cars and trucks in the period. Ford-smashed all daily records Tuesday with a record out put of 6,103 cars and trucks. Ifegin nlng tomorrow, the company will Vir gin on a stupendous schedule which calls for a daily output of 6.3n3 cars atal trucks. A fully completed Ford car will be turned out every four and one-half seconds during each eight hours working day during April. Kickenbacker produced 635 cars in January, 750 in February. 1.004 in^ March, and plans an output of 1.300 in April. According to present plans, production for the second qflarter will more than double the record out put of the-first quarter, when 2,333 cars were made. Maxwell's current output is great !y exceeding the factory's production schedule for 1923. January's output of 3,801 c^fs comparing with a schedule of 3.493 cars while in Feb ruary 3.834 cars were produced •gainst 3,360 scheduled. In March Maxwell turned out nearly 5 300 oars, •Xreeding its schedule for the month which called for an output of 3.183. Maxwell Is looking for its biggest • year in 1923 ami experts to surpass the schedule of 60,000 ears set for the year. Total production of 100,600 cars built by Durant Motors company was reached Tuesday. Output now over ages 900 cars daily, 600 of which are Star cars. Sales of General Motors tars and trucks for February totaled 55,000. This compares with 20,869 for February last year and is nearly 6.000 greater than January, 1923, which was three times as great as January, 192J. Cadillac is now (iroducinft more ears than at any time In its history daily output over-aging well over 100 tars. Two new buildings have been added to the plants here to advance production facilities. "Things never Reo Traveling Bungalow Has Home Conveniences "Let rue live in my house by the side of the road and be a friend of man.” Sam Walter Foss wrote those lines years before tile auto mobile bungalow became ^n ac cepted. practical means of migra tion. For more than 11 years he lias been sharing with other great souls his modest- home in that city not made with hands. But the spirit, the camaraderie expressed in "the House by the Side of the Hoad” will live forever with us. There is a democracy of traveling by motor that is contagious. Nor have the motorists alone acquired this spif.t. Start out today and drive where you will—the greetings front almost every town are alike in tjielr hospitality and genuineness—free tourist camps, assembly halls, even gas and fiiped water supply are often furnished, besides policing and sani tary accommodations. The creation of traveling homes is fast approaching a fine mechanical art. Pioneering in the construction of motor touring homes is a tiling of the past. KaPli new creation is a composite of tlie best ideas which have a\yeady been proven by practical use until today anyone can, with a little research, build, or have built, a stlcee st'ul,, comfortable and even luxurious home on wheels. The Hep bungalow borne shown here was fashioned after the .sugges tions and plans of James N. Herbert, of Syracuse. N. V. The chassis is the famous Heo Speed Wagon, which on account of its powerful motor and oversize construction throughout, is used in innumerable cars of this type. The outfit i« so completely equipped that one entering one can not help but imagine that be is in a verj sizeable living room of a modernly I furnished apartment. Inside the bungalow measures 16 feet long anil seven feet wide. The appointments I are complete in every detail, and the [construction of the body throughout was supervised very carefully by Mr. Herbert himself. Provision is made for two full sized beds swing ing on chains from one side. Mr. Herbert installed gasoline stove, lavatory facilities, running water and every possible convenience fur tour ing In comfort. The interior of the body Is fitted up with Wood paneling throughout and the floor carpeted with rugs. Dish cupboards and clothes closets are provided. An idea of tlie ease In which Mr. Herbert is traveling .« gained from the fact that a vety comfortable 'Ticker low-armed chair was provided for the driver. Glass panel* on cither side of the windshield and Mi tlie door give plenty of room for passengers to take in tho scenery while on the road. Pour can sit abreast w'ith ease together with the drivei. According to present plans. Mr. Herbert's itinerary will cover the southern states from Miami to Gal veston and will occupy an indefinite ! period. looked so good." is the way a Cadillac official puts it. -Oldsmobile produc tion is running better than 200 dally, tile plant having been on a capacity schedule for many weeks. Ilulrk is doing a recoi <1 business and expects to surpass the 200.000 cur mark sot for the year, lluick dis patched a record shipment to the Pa cific roast last week when a train of 70 freight cars carrying closed cars only were sent to the Kan Francisco dealer. <>no hundred and four Huicks were sold at the Boston show. Daily production runs better than 800 cars. Work will lie started this month on the erection of u new $1,500,000 addi tion to the West Warren avenue plant which, when completed, will be devoted entirely to Jewett production, bringing the total daily production up I to 500 cars. Speedometer Considered Auomobile Necessity Most automobile manufacturers include, as standard equipment on their cars, an accurate and depend able speedometer. V<'ry few care are_ sold without this accessory. The speedometer i- now considered as necessary an adjunct lo the auto mobile as a steam gaugo is to a boiler. "The installation of a speed in ibcator on ail ellipse.* of motor V" hiele^ would 'lo much to curh spe< d ing and reckless driving mid at tho same time forestall many of the deplorable traff.o accidents that ar« occurring In our city every day. ' Auto Sales Boosted Now li\ Opening l p of Hoads The general opening up of roads out of Omaha ha* made po^-dble t!.e de livery of a number of cars ordered during the bliziardv weather, accord ing to Ralph W. Jones, local (Midrib utor for (‘handler and Cleveland «;ir* “The ideal weather ejnly In^ week," *ay« Mr. Jone*. “gave a l»ig t>oo8t to l»oth whole aale and retail sale*, r i senaMd ule > f mw * htndifn and (’leveianda hA* brought many used car*, and we are making ef fort* to reduce our mock of them, aa w* need the room for incoming shipment* of new' model*." 9 5PEI MsON ChatsU Price More than 75,000 mss in operation At lanting; fins tag . Capacity 500 to Twelve Body Styles 2 500 pound* I / 'T'HE Speed Wagon is delivering the goods quicker and cheaper in nearly 300 lines of business, and the engine is one of the big reasons. For it’s super-powerful,—with intake valves located in cylinder head; exhaust valves offset; spark plugs scientifically placed; recip- ^ rocating parts built to withstand excessive strain; and cooled to the point where gasoline is converted into usable power, in* stead of into heat dissipated through the muffler. Add to this the inner-frame mounting of power units; the amidship location of the transmission; its 13-plate clutch; heavy spiral-bevel-drive axle; pneumatic cord tircsonall wheels;complete electrical equipment; and a full measure of riding comfort and easy to-drive qualities,—these substantiate the Speed Wagon claim to commercial car dominance. Detitned and Manufactured in the Bit Shopt,—Not AuembieJ! J. M. Opper Motor Co. Distributor* 2558 Farnam Street Dealer Impressed by Velie Construction "After a thorough Investigation of the Velie car, I am very glad to an noume that we have taken on dis , tribution of the Velle in the Omaha territory," says R. W, Hayward of Hayward Motors. "I found that rhe Velle whs almost entirely built in the Velie factory at! Moline or in Velie subsidiary plants. The attention to small details of me chanical advantages impressed me very greatly. The motor is complete ly lubricated under pressure, every moving part obtaining its oil through a force feed system as completely as the most expensive cars. Kvery bear log in the motor, both main and con neoting rod, is of die cast hronr.e back type. ' I saw tile iKxlles being built from second growth hickory and ash only, 1 and upholstered with genuine leather cushions witli curled hair. 1 also i found every lead of evef-y spring of chrome vanadium steel instead of the customary carbon steel. Jordan Claims Largest Output Increase in 1923 All production records for the au- ^ tomoblle industry were broken In February when 273,000 motor car* 1 were shipped by the factories. Of aJI the companies reporting, the record for the highest percentage of increase in the first quarter of 1923 over the first quarter of 1922 goes to tin- Jordan Motor Car company of Cleveland. Nearly 10 times as many Jordans were shipped In the first quarter of this year as were shipped In the same period last year. Jordan ljas twice as many dealers selling the line as this company had a tear ago, and the production for the year of l«23 will give this com pany a position among the top notch eis in the industry. The Jordan Playboy and Blueboy never yet have been produced In suf fivient quantity to meet the demand Don't clean or wash garment* with j gasoline Indoor*. New General Manager for Local Auto Firm ■Joseph Kopac. Joseph Kopac. formerly manager of the Norfolk branch of Kopac broth ers. is now vice president and general manager. ■ lie heads the activities of the firm in Omaha and is enthusiastic over the Gray car. for which the firm has a distributors’ contract for Nebraska and part of western Iowa. They un loaded tlie first carload of flj o Gray ears last week. The firm has been in the car and supply business for altout 2