Historic Parade
for Ak-Sar-Ben
Plan of Auto Men
Many First Models Will Be
Run Under Own Power—
War Uses Will Be
Shown.
The Automobile Trades association
of Omaha has entered Into the spirit
of the 1923 Ak-Sar-Ben fall festival
and its historic features by volun
teering to stage an automobile his
toric parade and exposition. The as
sociation will hold a parade in which
the history of the automobile from
the very first cars down to the pres
ent 1924 models will be presented.
"We have in Omaha,” says I,ee
Huff, generaf manager of the Ne
braska Bulck company, "a large num
ber of the very first models of va
rious makes of cars. Most of these
cars will run under their own power,
and It should be very Interesting to
the public to sea the tremendous
development.’*
"We will be very glad, Indeed, to
co-operate In an historic auto exposi
tion,” says Mr. Smith of the Chev
rolet Motor company, "and we will
have our St. Liouls band, which will
be in Omaha at that time, lead the
parade, If It Is desired.”
A. B. Waugh, secretary of the Au
tomobile club, will have direct charge
of the organization of the show.
"Automobiles and the auto industry
has played a rather Important part
in this country’s history.” says Mr.
Waugh, "and I doubt if very many
1 pop's realize the full Importance of
,the industry's part in the late war.
"We will endeavor to show the pub
I c some of the most Interesting con
n et'ons In America's history as well
as the developments In the automo
bile Itself. It Is planned to hold a
Parade and on Its conclusion, or dur
ing the entire week, each member of
the association will display at his
.respective show rooms all models
from the earliest settler down to the
beautiful specimens of the present
year.”
1918 Model Hupmohile
Wins New York Hill Climb
Spectators who witnessed the an
nual Chlttenango hill climb, near
Syracuse, N’. Y., were furnished an
unusual thrill when a 1918 model
Hupmohile, driven by Its owner, P.
;< '■ Schwartz, ran away with the open
ing event against a large field of new
cars, several of them piloted by pro
fessional experts.
Despite treacherous going Schwartz
made the long, steep climb In two min
utes and five seconds.
Advantages of Motorcycle
Travel Being Realized
Victor H. Roos, local Harley-Da
vidson dealer, says tourists In motor
cycles this year will triple those of
the past.
, Red-blooded Americans ere begin
ning to see the advantages the motor
* cycle offers. Thrills and sport, eco
nomical transportation and ability to
go along new trails where the au
tomobile cannot travel.
Growth of Storz Firm
of Marked Distinction
Arthur C. Store.
The growth of the business of the
Stortz-Western Auto Supply company
since they opened at 1922 Farnam
street In 1910 has been one of marked
distinction.
Each year has seen a good Increase
in their volume. In December of
1916 they made their first move to
larger quarters when they took the
rooms at 1918 Farnam street. Here
they continued to grow until In
August of this year they moved into
their new building at 408 South
Eighteenth street, where they have
one of the most complete accessory
stores in the country. The company
has expanded until now they have
24 men on the road who cover the
six surrounding states.
G. Storz is the president of the
company and Arthur C. Storz is sec
retary-treasurer and manager of the
business.
Chalmers Reduces
Price of All Models
Among the events of the week in
automotive circles of principal in
terest to the trade and to motor car
buyers is the announcement by Ar
thur E. Barker, vice president of the
Chalmers Motor Car Co., to the effect
that all Chalmers models have been
reduced in price, the reductions rang1
ing from $50 to $100.
The standard five-passenger tour
ing, the seven-passenger touring, the
sport touring, roadstpr and sedan
coach have been lowered $50 and the
seven-passenger sedan is priced $100
under the previous figure.
"The marked reductions, which
come at a time when increases have
been more or less generally expected,
are the result of increased manu
facturing efficiency, which has come
about since the present ^organization
took over the Chalmers plant," Mr.
Barker states.
Robert Vance Joins
Cadillac Organization
Robert (Boh) Vance, well known
Omaha automobile man. formerly
with the Oakland Motor Co. of
Omaha, has taken a position with the
J. H. Hansen Cadillac Ca
Pierce-Arrow Sales
Will Be Stimulated
Formation of Company to Han
dle Time Payments to Facili
tate Distribution of Trucks.
The formation by the Pierce-Arrow
Motor Car company of a finance com
pany designed to facilitate the dis
tribution of Pierce-Arrow cars and
trucks on the partial payment plan
will undoubtedly large stimulate the
company’s truck business. In fact,
it was with this particular Idea In
view that officials of the company
organized the Pierce-Arrow Finance
company.
All of Pierce-Arrow's competitors
in tile truck field have been selliijg
their products on a basis where the
purchaser could arrange time pay
ments if he so desired. Up to tills
time Pierce-Arrow has not been able
to handle this class of business and
for that reason has been at some
what of a disadvantage.
Southern Women Learning
Mechanics of Automobiles
Southern women are seeing the
necessity of a thorough knowledge of
motor cars, according to O, A. Wilson
of the Andrew Murphy Co., dealers In
Durant and Star cars.
An example of this was shown at
Baton Rouge, this summer, where
among a class of 40 students at the
Louisiana State University Automo
bile school, six were women. Five
of them completed the course, and
so great was their benefit that next
season will see the class much larger.
Tires Among Few Things
Relow Prewar Price
Automobile tires are among the
few things today at iesa than pre
war prices, according to R. J. Grant,
local branch manager for l^ee tires.
"There are probably less than half
a dozen articles on the market for
which this claim can be made and
substantiated. But every motorist
who has been using tires for the
last seven years knows that he is
buying hi« tires right now for less
than he ever paid."
Maxwell Price Cut Causes
Sensation Among Public
Tile announcement of a reduction
in tile prices of the Maxwell haa
aroused great interest among the
'public. *
Arthur E. Barker, vice president
in charge of distribution, says:
"Only the fact that the demand of
the motoring public for the good
Maxwell in the short space of two
years, has surpassed all expectations,
makes these new lower prices pos
sible.
Walter P. Hanson Joins
Stutz Motor Organization
Walter P. Hanson, well known In
automotive advertising and newspa
per circles, has heen appointed adver
tising manager for the Stutz Motor
Car Company of America, Inc., ac
cording to an official announcement
by the Stutz factory at Indianapolis.
| Firestone Tells
Why U. S. Should
Produce Rubber
Grip of England on Planta
tions Is Forcing Up Price
—Government Investiga
tors in Field.
Further argument in favor of the
idea that “America should produce
its own rubber" was advanced at the
offices of Harvey S. Firestone, where
attention was called to reports from
England to the effect that the British
government contemplates an import
tax on automobile tires received into
England from the United States.
"England already controls about Sa
per cent of the world's plantation rub
ber. through ownership of rubber
plantations by British capital, and
naturally dominates the situation.
Being in this position, the British
colonial office some months ago
enacted legislation restricting produc
tion and exportation of crude rubber
from its far eastern colonies, and
soon after the passage of the law
the price of crude rubber advanced
about 150 per cent.” says the Fire
stone statement.
Prices Have Declined.
"Rubber prices have dropped some
what, however, from the peak reach
ed, due to smuggling and forged docu
ments In the supply regions, and the
fact that rubber growers, who secured
the legislation, feared that the rapid
rise In price was arousing too strong
public sentiment In America against
the art, and that too high a cost at
the present time might have a tend
ency to force a modification of the
law, or even Its repeal.
“Vet today rtlbber is costing Ameri
can manufacturers about 100 per cent
more than the price prevailing about
the time the restriction law was
enflcted.
"With a grip on production of crude
rubber and with a contemplated pro
gram to levy an import tax on the
finished product, England places
American manufacturers at a gr*at
disadvantage.”
New Service Station Head
Drives Overland on Spragues
R. II. Carter, who has heen in the
automobile tire business in Tacoma.
Wash., for several years, has moved
to Omaha, where he has been made
manager of the Sprague free tire
service station located in the Sprague
factory. Eighteenth and Cuming
streets.
Carter drove overland on a set of
Sprague tires that had gon^ 4,120
miles before the trip was made. Nine
teen hundred and seventy-eight miles
were covered on the way to Omaha
and during the past few w'eeks the
mileage has been Increased to 6,759
miles by actual speedometer readings.
The original air was put in the tires
when they were put on the car. Car
ter says.
Never use a large pan for omelet
or the eggs will spread and the om
elet become thin and tough. A small
deep pan is ideal if you are not for
tunate to own a regular onilet pan.
CHEVROLET
Price Redu tion
Effective September 1, Chevrolet Motor Co.
Announces the Following Prices—
Superior Roadster.$490
Superior Touring. $495
Superior Utility Coupe - - - $640
Superior Sedan.$795
Superior Commercial Chassis - $395
Superior Light Delivery - - - $495
Utility Express Truck Chassis - $550
All Prices F. 0. B. Flint, Michigan
QUALITY CARS at QUANTITY PRICES
These very low prices are made possible
through large volume producton and are in
conformity with our fixed policy of providing
the utmost per dollar value in economical
transportation.
\
CHEVROLET MOTOR CO., DETROIT, MICH.
Division of General Motors Corporation
MARTIN On Politics Today
*
Joe Moots has thrown a monkey
wrench lnt' th’ two ole party organ
izations by announcin’ himself as the'
farmer-bricklayer cannydate ter sher
iff. It has been whispered about fer
some weeks that Joe would toss hiB
hat in th’ sheriffality ring as a third
party cannydate, but th’ wiser ones,
knowln’ that he had 15 cows t’ milk,
only laughed at th’ ideer. Last night,
after an address on "Group Action,"
at Melodeon hall, Mr. Moots took th'
High Spot* In th’ Moots Speech.
Six-dollar straw hats an' 85c wheat
don't set well.
Ther’s too much diversity of opin
Ion ’mongst our "great national lead
ers" as t’ what th’ country needs.'
Ther’s too natch talk about ther
bein’ so much wealth In th’ country
by those who haln’t never lived fh th'
country.
Us farmers are through with th'
tariff an' lightnin' rod agent*.
Joe Moot*, Who Denies that HI* Resemblance t' a K’smrr I'op'lar Idol
Has Anything t* Do With His Enterin' I’oUtics.
stage an' announced himself as bein’
In th' race fer sheriff. He dwelt at
length on all th’ puzzlin’ an’ Intri
cate problem* that confront th" farm
er. he delved int’ state affairs, he
exploited hi* views an’ convictions
as regards th' affairs o' th’ nation,
but It wuz not 'till he got fairly Int'
the’ European wreckage that he
amazed his hearers by th’ easy an'
graceful manner with which he
handled th’ elements that are playin'
so large a part In th* unstablllzatlon
o’ th’" universe. He discussed uneco
nomical distribution, wheat rust,
commercial fertilizers, cement fence
posts, th’ exploitation o' women an’
children on th' farm, co-operative
marketin', and peace In th' Pacific,
includin' seal conservation.
We'll allui be agin’ th’ open, ealoon
with lta bologna, mueic, women an’
lottery ticket*, but we’ll allu* be ter
a social good time without fear of
arrest.
Give th’ farmer a stabilized bushel
o' cow peas.
I want t’ see a car In ever' home.
Bricklayers alius did build a house
too soon.
We demand th’ return o' th' $1 ex
cursion.
We’re opposed t’ rum sleuths
trampin’ down our crops.
Too many robbers handle a lamb
.chop after It leaves th’ farm.
We want things straightened out
In this country In such a way that
when a farmer gits his neck shaved
he won't be called "a d—d profiteer.
(Copyright, >
Trucks Bought for War
Used to Haul Mail
The United States government Is
converting all its wartime trucks into
mail carriers, according to advices
reaching the General Motors Truck
company of Pontiac, Mich., and ex
pects shortly to have thousands of
new mall trucks In use.
During the war the government
was buying thousands of G. M. C.
trucks and sending them to France
to transport troops, munitions and
supplies. After the war, the War de
partment placed these surplus trucks
on sale, but many were in such good
condition that the prices offered for
theme were not a fair valuation.
Many were disposed of to private
concerns, but the balance kept by the
War department have now been
turned over to the postoffice au
thorlties and mall carriers are being
made of them. Special bodies have
been ordered, one concern in I»es
Moines having received an order for
300 mail truck bodies for G. M. C.
trucks.
Seeds found In the tomb of King
Tutankhamen are to be used in ex
periments, with powerful electric
lamps to supplement sunlight in
plants. These experiments will be
made by the Thompson Institute
for Plant Research in New Tork
city. They will be more of a test to
see whether life has been preserved
throughout the thousands of years
they have been buried.
Prosperous Japs Sec
Own Funeral Ceremony
Tokto, Sept. 1—Orthodox Buddhists
and Shintoists of Kochi. Shikoku
prefecture, had t lie shock of their
religious" careers recently when they
viewed a funeral procession—fire
works, walking geisha and a long
string of mourners, and in the center
of the procession, smiling and dis
cussing petty affairs with their
friends, the couple who were to en
joy their own funeral sermon.
“It has long been our cherished de
sire to attend our own funeral serv
ices," said the wealthy 70 year-old
keeper of a fashionable restaurant, In
telling his friend* of the plana for
the funeral. Thus It wai that several
days later a long cortege of mourners
left the most beautiful temple of the
place followed by dancing geisha and
finally the smiling, bowing principals
at the funeral. Both the restaurant
owner and his wife were dressed In
white to indicate their demise.
Following the funeral services they
aged caterer and his wife Invited th«
•■mourning" party to the restaurant.*
where the funeral was officially ended
by a gav dinner t>arty. not unlike
the one-time- funeral celebrations of
Ireland. The aged couple declare
that now they have been properly
disposed of they have acquired a
new spell of life.________
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The Sign of the Qenuine
THfcKE are “one speed” cars.
Their owners fear to travel
jfy above or below a certain point
/ because of unpleasant noise,
* vibration or labor.
The Stutz Six is capturing
legions of these who are de
termined to be rid of the old
limitations. Never has a car
exhibited so capacious a range
of smooth operation.
Up mountainsides it holds its
pace relentlessly because peak
power output is not limited to
certain favorable conditions.
From lowest speeds to highest,
or in heaviest going, you can
not get that “gone” feeling of
disappearing power with a
Stutz Six. Always you feel the
rush of its resistless might.
On sweltering days it runs
cool; in the hot dust it hushes
as some cars do only in damp
air. In altitude it cleaves its
way with unimpaired ability.
All regions, many countries,
now have enthusiastically
stamped approval upon match
less Stutz Six performance. And
it looks the part it plays; pert
as it is eager; refined as it is
able; unimaginably economical
—the capable, prudent aristo
crat of the class which it dom
inates. You fall short of know
ing all of motoring pleasure
until you know the Stutz Six.
OWNERS KNOW
"The Stutr Six Sedan delivered
to me has from dav to dav be
come more and more a pet. It
rides like a rocking chair both
in the front and rear seat*. The
motor is amaringlv flexible for
one which has such a wealth
of power.''
H W. SCHAEFER
H. \V. Schaefer Co.
2 5 Broadway, New York ^
"Words cannot express my sat
isfaction with mv Stutr Six. Am
more than pleased w ith it. Only
torrv I could not have had one
long ago. Nobody can explain
« hat a Stutr Six is. They have
to drise one to find out. It is •
wonder."
C. J. GILLIES
183 E.Boulevard, Morgan Park
Duluth, Minn.
"Have owned a number of cars
thepast 18 vears. but have never
owned one or ridden in one that
surpassed the Srutx Six for all
around motor car ability."
FRANK E. WATKINS
252 Stark St., Portland, Ore.
Touring Car $1995 Roadster $1995 5-pass. Sedan $2550 >
All Pricti F. O. B. Factorv
STUTZ NEBRASKA MOTOR CO.
2056-8 Farnam St. Phone AT lantic 7408 j
STUTZ MOTOR CAR COMPANY of AMERICA, Inc., Indianapolis, huliana
Builders of lh«r Original tint! Qenuine Stutz Motor Cars
