New Discoveries
Improve Quality
of Auto Casings
iiprayetl Rubber Process
Makes Possible Utilization
of New Material; Gives
Great Strength.
Recent Important discoveries and
nprovements In the rubber industry
ye being used to improve the quality
f United States tires.
'The sprayed rubber process is one
f these, a method of extracting rub
er from the latex, or milk, of the
ubber tree. This makes a crude
libber of a hitherto unknown quality |
callable.
The second series of patents, known
s the new web cord, covers a process
f treating fabrics and cords with
itex, making it possible to manu
icture tires with a degree of strength
ltherto impossible to attain.
Flat Bam! Process.
The third invention is the flat band i
rocess of building a tire. Instead of j
uilding up the casing on an iron
ore, the form of the tire, the casings
re made flat on a collapsible steel
rum nnd subsequently brought to
liape by inflation.
The India Rubber World says: "By
the combined use of this rubber and
the latex-treated fabric the United
States Rubber company is in a posi-I
tion .to make its products of a quality j
that cannot be surpassed by any j
product or process now known.”
The rew process has been perfected
l by the development department of the
company whose chemists .and re- ]
■s search engineers have devoted years
V of experimentation to this new field.
I. Penetrates Fabric.
H It has been found that if a thread
■ of the fabric is immersed in rubber
r latex the rubber penetrates to the
r very center of the strand, in fact, a
microscopic examination of individual
cotton fibers so treated shows that
the rubber is present in the hollow
tubular structure of many of the in
dividual cotton fibers.
Thus the object is attained of caus
ing a real and strong union of the
rubber and fabrics to lake place in
the vulcanization process.
Overland Factory
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Trains Mechanics
Repairmen Taught Intricacies
of Trade in Plants Where
Cars Are Made.
Fifty training sections have been j
developed and are'now in operation:
in the various departments of the J
Will.vs-Ovcrland factory at Toledo, O. :
One-of the most successful of these !
is the radiator department, where a j
large force of men are now engaged i
in learning the numerous branches 1
of the radiator trade. Recently some
40 men graduated from this training I
division and took their places on the
regular force. Instruction includes
soldering operations in detail; the va
rious fluxes used in the application
of solder and the proper proportions
of lead and tin to use in solder for
a wide variety of purposes.
The proper maintenance and use
of soldering coppers are also thor
oughly covered so the men are in a
position to do the most difficult work
in this branch of motor car manu
facturing. Training groups are now
in operation for testing, assembling,
core dipping, oil pan soldering, gas
lank soldering, spot welding, acety
lene welding, windshield assembling
and class grinding.
_ These classes were primarily form
ed to educate efficiently ami quickly,
men for the rapidly increasing force
of Willys-Overland workers, neces
sary to keep pace with the keen de
mand fer cars. The factory output
for March was 20,234 cars; making it
the biggest month In production in
the history of the company.
South to Extend Welcome
to Sons of Revolution
By Aseoriated Preus.
* Nashville. May 26.—Mure than 200
th£ country are expected here May
20, 21 and 22 when Tennessee will
turn out to entertain the National
Society of the Sons of the American
Revolution in its 34tli annual con
gress.
The gathering will be held for the
first time in the south. With large
delegations virtually assured from
New York, Massachusetts, Connecti
cut. New Jersej’ifcPennsylvunia, Illi
nois, Ohio, Kentucky -and the Pa
cific coast states, preparations are
going forward to extend a genuine
southern welcome to the visitors.
The congress will consider and dis
cuss various patriotic questions and
problems. W. K. Boardman, president
of the Tennessee chapter, will hold
the chair. .
Mechanical Engineers
Plan Meeting in Montreal
By Associated Tress.
New York, May 26.—Engineers of
the United Ststes and Canada will
meet In Montreal May 28 to 31. at the
spring convention of the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers,
planned as one of the principal en
glneerlng gatherings of the year in
the dominion- A series of forums,
embracing power, extlles. port devel
opment, management, flying, rail
roads, fuel and International rela
tions, will be held. It Is announced
at the national headquarter# of the
aoclety In thta city.
Engineer!, educators, economists
and technologist#, representing indue
trial enterprise#, unlversltlea and gov
ernmental activities of both countries,
will participate In the sessions.
Former Russian Royalty
in Paris Dress Trade
Paris, May 26.—In one of Paris'
finest apartment houses now con
verted Into American offices the serv
ants' floor la a busy, bustling place.
On one door one reads "Baroness da
Orothens, Models." Here Is where
former Princess Nelhtldoff ekes out
an exlatence. aided by Mademoiselle
Narlahklne, daughter of the Russian
ambassador. Another door Is marked
"Lingerie," and the bualness Is man
aged by Orand Duchess Marie. The
old order changeth. "Dressed like a
princess" today reada “Dressed by a
princess."
New ‘Black Maria’ Replaces Old
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Above are shown two GMr patrol wagons. The one at the left has been
In the service of the Omaha police department for 10 years, and lias recently
been replaced by the new GMC shown on the right. This equipment was
furnished by the Nebraska Buick company.
Ford Sales Pass
Half Million Mark
Since January 1
Factory, Producing 6,500 Cars
and Trucks a Day, Unable
lo Keep Up With
Demand.
More than 500,000 Ford cars and
trucks sold In 120 days.
That is the astonishing record Just
established by the Ford Motor com
pany, eclipsing all previous sales fig
ures and emphasizing more strongly
than ever the right ot the Ford to the
title, “The Universal Car.”
Frorn,.lanuary 1 to May 1 snips of
Ford cars and trucks In the United
States reached the enormous total of
561,544. nearly twice the number sold
at retail during the same period a
year ago when the total was 283,78'!.
Even with Its huge production fa
cilities, now operating on a schedule
in excess of 6,500 cars and trucks a
day, the company is unable to keep
up with the unprecedented demand.
April get a new sales record for the
month. Just as has every other month
this year, and was the 30th consecu
tive month In which sales have run
over the 100,000 mark.
Sales during April totaled 165,582
Ford cars and trucks, 50,000 more
than were delivered In the same
month last year when 115,282 retail
deliveries were made.
Packard Racer Pride of
6,500 Factory Employes
The Packard Motor Car company's
three little racing cars which will
compete in the 500 mile international
sweepstake race at Indianapolis M<*
morial day have been completed at
the factory in Detroit and shipped to
the Hoosier speedway.
When the first car was pronounced
finished by Col. .1. G. Vincent, vice
president of engineering, it was run
out into the factory and placed on
exhibition before the 6.500 employes.
Ralph De Palma and Joe Boyer,
two of the Packard pilots. npiw*ared
with the car and a demonstration was
given as a send-off for the racing
team.
Clare Briggs, Cartoonist,
Drives New Kissel Car
Clare Briggs, known the world over
where newspapers are printed for his
humorous cartoons, recently pur
chased a Kissel custom-built speed
ster, and is ncfw giving a practical
demonstration of one of his famous
characters who experiences every day
that “grand and glorious feeling.”
Cadillac Head Is
Satisfied With
Midwest Results
J. H. Hansen and Two Mana
gers Attend Meeting Called
hy President Rice at
Des Moines.
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.1. H. Hansen of the Omaha Cadillac
concern, with his two branch man
agers, II. L. Williams, Lincoln, ani
A. R. Williams, Sioux City; his two
wholesale men, Fred O. Clough and
J. H. Patton, and James Muldoon, jr.,
general manager, viisited President
Rice of the Cadillac company at Des
Moines last week.
Mr. Rice gathered the distributors
from the middlewest at Des Moines
for a meeting, which ended In a golf
game at the Waconda club, after
which a dinner was given by the
Kruidenier Cadillac company at the
Des Moines club.
"Mr. Rice is over-enthusiastic, to
quote Mr. Hansen, "over business in
the middlewest. which is now on a
continual upgrade. Mr. Rice asserted
that nut here we were a little slow in
'the come-back, but we are now cer
I tainly going at a tefriflc rate. He ad
viser! the gathering of the fact that
he and his engineers had made a
thorough investigation, touring for
eign countries, studying motor cafs
land new devices, but found nothing
that Cadillac had not already tried
; that might make the Cadillac 90-de
gree, V-type, 8-cylinder motor more
satisfactory to the purchasers of high
grade motor cars in America.
"He made the statement that while
new cars are springing tip around us
every now and then, the established
Cadillac business is gaining by leaps
and bounds among serious buyers.
The April business of the Cadillac fac
tory was .10 per cent higher than in
any former month in the history of
Cadillac,” said Mr. Hapsen.
The Omaha organization came In
for a great deal of praise. Inasmuch
as the Omaha. Lincoln and Sioux Citt
Cadillac business in creased In 1921 to
date 18 per cent over the same period
in 1922.
Tourist Travel Averages
3.45 Persons Per Auto
Registration of motorists visiting
the National parks in 1922 shows
| that there is an average of 3.45 per
1 sons per car. As some of the vehicles
are roadsters which permit of only
two passengers, it appear* that the
average automobile on tour carries
close to a capacity load.
Oakland Breaks
All Sales Marks
During April
Disposal of Cars 253 Per Cent
Over Figures for Same
Month in Year
of 1922.
/ With a eale of motor cars 253 per
cent over the same month lajit year,
the Oakland Motor Car company, Pon
tiac, Mich., brrfke all sales records
for the month of April.
So far in May the company's sales
are running considerably ahead of
April, and very much greater than
May of last year, which was the larg
est production month of 1922.
During the four first months of 1923
the company has produced 227 per
cent more cars than during the same
period of the previous year.
N Both the New York and Pittsburgh
branches of the company in addition
to a large number of dealers broke
their records for Apirl, going con
siderably ahead of even the banner
months in the boom period of 1919.
A trainload of 30 freight cars filled
with Oakland cars was shipped to
New York this last week, while the
same sized trainload of motor cars was
also shipped to the Boston distribu
tor.
It is considerably easier to obtain
railroad equipment for the east, ac
cording to W. R. Tracy, assistant
sales manager, thereby facilitating
shipments.
Mr. Tracy likewise reports desire of
new purchasers to obtain their motor
ears at the earliest opportunity. This
tendency has been expressed by the
large number of persons coming to
the factory for their cars and driv
ing them to their hornes.'often to far
distant points in Iowa, Indiana and
Illinois.
Star Car Hit by Train
Retains Frame Intact
C. O. Glestead, Modesto. Cal., a tele
phone employe, had a narrow escape
from death when a fast passenger
train hit the Star coupe he was driv
ing.
Aside from loss of the two rear
wheels, the Star coupe was not even
scratched. The tubular backbone
prevented the frame from buckling
and consequently made damage to the
body negligible. The car was brought
to Modesto, where two new wheels
were Installed, after which the Star
car run merrily on its way again.
Auto Leading Customer
of Country’s Railroads
More than 522,000 freight car loads
of automobiles, motor trucks and
parts (except tires and chains) were
shipped last year. This volume of rail
business is the third largest among
all manufacturers. The commodity
which headed the list was refined p^
troleum and Its products, calling for
1.110.107 carloads. As the greater part
of this fuel is consumed by motor ve
hicles, it appears that the automo
bile Is the leading indusrial customer
of the railroads.
Olds Motors Appoint ISYw
Kansas City Distributor
Rarrsey Motors of Knnsas City,
Mo., has been named distributer for
the Olda Motor Works of I-ansing,
Mich., in that territory. 8. W. Ram
sey, formerly president of the Mid
west Oldatnoblle company, distribut
ers In that section, heads the new
company.
We Defy the World to Equal
This Record
In the past 26 days a stock Gray touring car has traveled
4819 miles, as far as the average motorist drives in a year.
On this trip from San Francisco to New York, the Gray
encountered mountainous grades and desert trails that the
average driver doesn’t meet in a lifetime.
In spite of these gasoline-devouring difficulties, the pray
car achieved a new world’s record—an average of 33.8 miles
per gallon for the trip. This record was made under the v
watchful eye of the observer of the American Automobile
Association, who accompanied the car and made careful
check on gasoline and oil consumption and mileage.
Remember, a stock Gray touring car was used. With the
Gray car you can equal this record—in ordinary driving
over good roads you can probably better it.
Come in and see the quality Gray today.
$520
Tourtng Roadster
Coach - $760
f. o. b. Detroit
Gray Motor Corporation, Detroit, Michigan
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KOPAC BROTHERS
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Distributors Nebraska and Western Iowa
1116 Howard Street, Omaha, Neb. Wire at Once for Agency
Speed Wagon Serves as
' “House Boat on Wheels”
"A veritable land ship is this ‘house
boat on wheels,'" says J. M. Opper
of the Jones-Opper company.
"Folks who live inland can have
the ocean brought right up to their
door in the modern traveling home
or auto bungalow," lie says.
"With all ttie conveniences of a
home and the advantages not found
in either a house boat or a dwelling
—of beiug able to move Into a
sliady spot on a hot day—this
vehicle represents the last word in
comfort. The equipment or furnish
ings include two double spring beds,
washing sink, gas stove, table, stor
age cupboard, cooling cupboard. It is
electrically lighted from the generator
operated from a motor and—with all
this equipment, the 'house boat’
weighs but little more than tH® aver
age body.
"When a stopping place is reached
the owner goes to the rear, open< a
door and lowers the steps and by
turning a crunk lets down each side
of his house ns smoothly as opening
a door. Nearly half the hody is
screened off and this screen ran be
quickly covered with canvas to pro
tcct the occupants from the elements
"The chief advantage claimed by
the owner of this speed wagon
'house boat' is that its original cORt
is infinitely less than the cost of
many summer cottages with the
same conveniences. Further, the
owner is not restricted to location
and since some of the most beautiful
and desirable spots are In the state
and national tourist parks, a ramping
site can be selected from the most
beautiful locations in the country,
rent free.
"From the increasing number of
motor car homes seen on the high
ways each year, it is safe to predict
that here is a form of recreation that
is making a strong appeal to people
who love outdoor life."
1915 Hup Opens
Tourist Season
Car Driven 66,000 Miles
Points Radiator East on
Coast-to-Coast Trip.
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Of the 50.000 motor cars expected to
he driven acrose the continent this
year In the annual pilgrimage of ;
pleasure seeking motorists, one of the
first to start is a 1915 model.
The long trip from the southern
Pacific coast to the northern Atlantic
and return In a venerable Hupmobiie
and over good, indifferent and bad
roads, holds no terrors for L. S.
Howe, of Blythe, Cal., and his wife,
who are now on their way from their
home to Augusta, Me., to visit rela
tives they have not seen for years.
It is the first long vacation for Mr.
Howe in 15 summers.
Before the Hupmobiie started from .
California it had traveled 66,000 miles. ,
Eastbound, the old Hupmobiie !■
being driven over the "The Sunkist
Trail,” through Phoenix, Ariz., and
El Paso. Tex, tlien gradually north
ward as the car continues toward the
Atlantic.
Mr. Howe Is a strong booster for
good roads and for his 1915 Hupmo
biie, which is being used as the of
ficial car of the Palo Verde Valley j
Chamber of Commerce in advertis
ing the opportunities In that valley ;
and the value and convenience of
the "Sunkist Trail" from El Pasp to
Los Angeles.
Peerless Names New
Manager of Exports
Announcement of the appointment
of Col. Fred Cardway as manager of
Its export department, with._offlces at
342 Madison avnue, New York, Is
made by Ihe Peerlpss Motor Car com
pany. Colonel Cardway resigned not
long ago as vice president and gen
eral manager of the Packard Motors J
Export corporation.
The decision of the Peerless to re
enter the export field on a V*rser scale
than ever before is a natural result
of the steadily increasing demand for
Peerless cars abroad ever since the
introduction of the new models last
fall, combined with the increasing rec
ognition in foreign countries of the
tremendous advantages of American
cars for high quality over (hose made
in other countries.
10.930.852 Casings Made
in lTnited States in 1922
Tire manufacturers in the United
States produced 40.930.852 casings dur
ing 1522, according to a recent torn-'
pilation of statistics.
For each of these casings a tube
was made, as well as nearly 10,000,000 ,
additional tubes This would seem to |
indicate that tulles are getting bet
ter, say Miller tire men, inasmuch
as some factories have produced 150 ;
per cent tubes to casings for some ;
years. The Rubber Association of.
America figures that tulie production j
in general Is about 35 per cent above I
tires.
8-( a I inder On
Rare Favorites
Designer of Motors Declares
This rvpe Reduces Vibra
t >>n to a Minimum.
What nr and driver will win the
If. lianapolia race is oestlon now
occupying first pi <■ r ne minds of
thousand!* of eitiphyi at the auto
mobile factories of the country.
For the laHt two years the gruelling
600-mlle grind han gone to eight
cylinder cars. and. according to R. K.
Jack, chief engineer of the Olds Motor
Works, Lansing, Mich., who la one
of the country's recognized authori
ties on eight-cylinder engines. May
30 will probably see another triumph
for this type of engineering.
This year the officials of the race
have cut the displacement of all cars
to 122 cubic Inch**. Thla meana. Mr.
Jack eaye. that the motor will be
■mailer than any now need by auto
mobile manufacturer a. To hope to
win, the driver will Hove to be able
to make a maximum speed of at leaat
125 milea an hour and the car* will
have to be built ao that they will
stand up to this speed.
Mr. Jack, himself the designer of a
light eight engine, believes that the
eight-cylinder principle will again _
win this year because there Is no
doubt this type of engine will stand
the most gruelling grind a car can
he put through. In the slxea and
four-cylinder models. Mr. Jack says,
any unbalance because dT the larger
cylinder bores tends to create a
heavier period of vihration than In
the smaller bore eights. Mr. Jack a
contention seems to have been borne
out In last year's race where nine
out of the first 10 cars to finish were
eight-cylinder cars.
Ar« you reading the Briebene col
li mn daily appearing in thla paper?
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136,000 ears have been built and sold by the
Durant Motors Co. in the past 17 months.
Have you seen the new
Durant Sport Models
DURANT STAR
Andrew Murphy & Son
DISTRIBUTORS
14th and Jackson Streets Omaha
*885
f. o. b. Detroit
^ Five-Passenger Touring Car
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The comfort and ease of
riding of the good Maxwell
have aroused great enthusiasm
among owners. Its pronounced
beauty, its reliability and its
economy are other reasons
for the remarkable inroads it
is making in public regard.
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Peterson-Millard Company
28th and Farnam HArney 5066
The Good )
MAXWELL