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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (July 6, 1924)
Itudebaker Wins Two “Firsts ’ in Remarkable Run fuelling Race Across Texas, New Mexico and Arizona Takes 12 Days—Winners Establish Records. Two first prizes, one for economy d the other for endurance, were »n by standard stock Studebaker rs in the economy and endurance n staged by the El Paso Herald. The Studebaker Light-Six, compet g against four other well-known tltes of cars, covered the 1882-mile ate across Texas, New Mexico and izona, which Included paved roads, sect wastes and rough mountain ills, in the prescribed 12 days, using t 95 gallons of gasoline and six arts of oil. This is an average of 19.8 miles per lion of gas and 348.^5 miles per art cf oil. Won Handsome Trophies. The Special -Six carried away the nors for endurance against a field other well known cars. The only 'O points scored against it were ose assessed because the driver, who a unfamiliar with all the rules, pur sely shut off his motor in a traffic n. Otherwise, it had a clean score. First prize for economy, won by the ght-Six, w.'.s a large, handsome ique, while the endurance trophy ts a beautiful silver loving cup. >th trophies were suitably inscribed. Violations Penalized. The entire course was covered by [icials, press representatives and heckers." All drivers were required check their ears in and out at pre termined “control points,” each trning, noon and night. Strict A. A. rules governed the contest and nalties were assessed for all viola ns. These two new records follow close the heels of numerous road vie ■ies for stock Studebaker cars in orlda, California, Pennsylvania, uth Africa, the Syrian desert and istralia. The wide Interest aroused by this >nomy and endurance run has in lenced the sponsors to establish it an annual event. Next year it 11 probably attract even a larger mber of entries. OVERNMENT BUYS REO SPEEDWAGON The J. M. Opper Motor company ve just delivered to the Pine Ridge dian Agency three Reo Speedwag s to be used on the Indian reser tion. These trucks will ho used In trans lation of supplies from the main Ipplng points to all points on the iervation. The United States Government ea Reo Speedwagons for genera! pply transportation on many of s Indian reservations. The chassis the standard Reo Speedwagon nipped with a special body partic irly adopted to the needs on the lervation. Hagen Buys Chrysler. Walter Hagen, British open cham >n for the second time by virtue his recent victory at Hoylake, and t only American born player ever win thia highest golfing title, is » owner of a Chrysler Six roadster itch offers a handy compartment to rry golf bags. Gerspacher Partner in Pierce Firm Here Fred C. Hill. Fred C. Hill owing to Increased Pierce Arrow business which will re sult with the introduction of the new moderately priced Pierce Arrow car to be placed on the market, has formed a partnership with Joe C. Gerspacher. Hill has sold Pierce Arrow cars in the Nebraska and Iowa territory for the past 10 years. Gerspacher is well known as a motor car distributor in this territory for the last 12 years. COACHES HAVE BALLOON TIRES “Naturally, when ballon tires had established their superiority. Hudson Essex would adopt them. They are now standard equipment,*’ says It. H. Davisson. “With the coach, Hudson Essex furnishes closed car comforts at open car cost. That advantage is exclu sive. No other car shares it. It has made the coach the largest selling six-cylinder closed car In the world. The trend to closed cars will be even more emphasized in the months to come. Buyers of today have in mind the few months in which open cars can be comfortably used. Therefore, they insist on the all year utility of thme closPd car. "It is the coach type, I think, more than all other influences that is re sponsible for ^the swing of buying to closed ears. And more than HO per rent of Hudson-EFStx production is devoted to closed cars.'' Clutch Misused, Asserts Dealer Autoists, Coasting Down Hills, v Disregard Gear Shifts. “One of the most common abuses given motor cars today, and one of which the offending drivers are least aware, Is the hahit of ‘riding the clutch,' ” says O. A. Wilson, of the Andrew ^lurphy company, local Star and Durant dealer. "This habit of using the clutch pedal for a foot rest Is a common one, yet It frequently is the cause of faulty oluteh action. This Is true of practically all cars. When the pressure on the clutch pedal Is Just enough to cause slight but constant spillage, heat is generated which eventually will burn tlie clutch plate. ''Another common abuse Is to coast down hill, leaving the gears meshed In high, but holding the clutch out until the bottom of the hill Is reached, then letting in the clutch while still going at a high speed. The strain this puts on the whole transmission system is terrific. In coasting, either the gears should be shifted to neutral or the engine should be speeded up to the spepd of the car before the clutch Is re-en gaged. “The New Star car has a single plate disc clutch of the dry type, en closed-In the flywheel. The Star clutch Is so constructed that It takes hold gradually thus avoiding 'grab bing' that plays so much havoc with the whole performance of a car and is so annoying to a driver. A good clutch is a source of Joy In driving, and should not be Imposed upon by using the clutch pedal for a foot rest." DEALERS OPEN NEW OAKLAND CLUB Believing that business conditions are really determined by an attitude of mind and that conditions are either good or bad, Just In the proportion the public thinks they are, the Chi cago branch of the Oakland Motor Car company has organized a "True Blue Optimist" club among its deal ers. Every dealer Joining this club must agree that "neither he nor anyone else In his organization will talk about hard times, nor listen to such talk from other people, but on the other hand, will talk prosperity and good times to a number of people every day, and will go out after busi ness with the feeling that, taking everything Into consideration, the country Is in good shape." To fur ADVERTISEMENT. MAKES AUTOS GO 40 MILES ON A GALLON OF GASOLINE Sioux FaP*. S. Dak—The Western Specialty Company of thin city announce# the perfection of an ama/.mg device which Is enabling car owner* nil over the coun try to more than double their mileage from each gallon of gasoline tiaed, and at th« same time remove every particle of carbon from their motors When the device is attached, automobiles have made o\cr 40 mile# on a gallon of gasoline— increasing their power and pep tremen dously and eliminated all epark plug dif ficulties. This Inexpensive little device is entirely automatic and a*lf-regu)atlng and ran be easily attached by anyone in a few min utes without tapping or drilling. The management of the company state* that in order to introduce this startling new invention they are willing to send a sample at their own risk to one car owner In each town who can show It to neigh bors and handle the big volume of busi ness which will be built up wherever it Is shown. .lust send your name and address to the Western Sper|nlt> Co., 12*1 Lacotah Pldg Sioux Falls. S. Dak, and get their free rample off* r Safety: Hupmobile, by means of fine materials and determinative testa, provide* safety throughout the chassis. The part* shown here —steering knuckle, steering arm. and front axle—are of the finest material that can be used. All are drop forged steel, double heat-treated, and are unusually heavy. In this grdup, each indi vidual part for each individual car must pass the Rrtnell test, within close limits, for proper hardness of material, and hear* the Dnnell hardness mark. Invisible Values Now You Can SEE What Makes The Hupmobile So Much Better Those "invisible costs,” that have so much to do with the proverbially solid and substantial qualities of every Hupmobile, are now made visible for you. Step into our salesroom and ask to see the Parts Display. There are tickets on these parts that tell you in black type what they are for, how they are made and what they are made of. i The same ticket, in red type, tells you a similar story about similar parts in other cars not so carefully and thoroughly made. If these other cars could match the Hupmobile in excellence and reliability of performance, in dura bility and economy of upkeep —well, you might then be justified in laying your money down on the “red.” But wisdom says black is the safe and sane color when it comes to investing hard-earned money in an automobile. It takes quality to produce quality results. See the Hupmobile Parts Display at our salesroom . Stewart Motor Co. » 2523 Farnam St. ther extend the movement. It is pro posed that each Oakland dealer form a club of all Oakland owners In his district, called the T. P. O. C , and that such clubs preach the name opti mistic message as the dealer organi zation. Busses Run Well in Hilly Country New High Powered Motors Solve Many Transporta tion Problems. With the strides made recently In the design of modern busses, this lat est development In the present-day transportation system is now afford ing service to communities formerly considered beyond the reach of motor busses because of the severity of road conditions. Northern New Jersey, for Instance, presented a problem to bus operators because the steep hills and severe grades handicapped operation. Climb ing these hills in low or Intermediate gear meant a slow and noisy Journey. The Introduction of speedy, high powered, six-cylinder busses has changed all this. In one locality, for example, a fleet of six-cylinder Pierce-Arrow motor busses, operated by A. A. Lydeeker, serves a group of northern New Jer sey towns. These busses, of which there are five, climb the long hills swiftly and silently. The engines develop more than 100 horsepower and run as smoothly as a touring car engine. These busses are capable of maintaining & speed of from 45 to 50 miles an hour, If desired. This high rate of speed is not used, of course, but it means that at normal speeds of from 25 to 35 miles an hour, the engine is not being strained to the limit. Another feature of these modern busses Is their comfortable riding qualities. They are low hung and stable. There Is no sidesway or ca reening. Passengers declare, In fact, that they are more comfortable than a heavy limousine. Output of New Chrysler Cars Breaks Records Ton Thousandth Machine Sold Rerently; Prominent Busi ness Men and Race Driv ers Owners of Roadster. The tremendous International de mand that the Chrysler Six has cre ated has resulted In an output of this automobile which has shattered all records ever made by a motor car In its first six months of production, it is announced In Detroit. The 30,000th Chrysler Six rolled off the final assembly line of the Chrys ler Motor corporation's Detroit plant before the middle of June. The record achieved by the organi zation headed by Walter P. Chrysler in producing 10,000 motor cars in less than six months following a car's first announcement Is a record unap proached by the automobile industry. It is believed In Detroit that no In dustrial enterprise ever created has shown, within a similar period, a de mand for a new product resulting in sales of more than $15,000,000 worth of merchandise. Chrysler production recently has ADVERTISEMENT. Ford Runs 57 Miles On Gallon of Gasoline A new automatic and self-regulat ing device has been Invented by John A. Stransky, 2760 Fourth St., Puk wana, South Dakota, with which au tomobiles have made from 40 to 57 miles on a gallon of gasoline. It re moves all carbon and prevents spark plug trouble and overheating. It can he installed by anyone in five min utes. Mr. Stransky wants agents and is willing to send a sample at his own risk. Write him today. averaged slightly mors than 150 cars a day. Plant changes will soon en able this to be moved upward slight ly. it In thought. Officials now esti mate that 13.000 cars will have been produced by or before August 1. Many nationally prominent men and women are already Chrysler Six owners—high government and state officials, corporation executives, bank presidents, artists, actors and ac tresses, rHilroad executives and pub lishers. These Include Rear Admiral John Keeler Robinson, engineer-in chief of the United States navy; Thomas II. Incd, the moving-picture producer; Charles A. Otis of Otis and company, bankers and brokers, Cleve land; L.. M. 'Williams, of the Sherwin Williams company; William Hodge, the actor, arid William C. Potter, president of t>'e CSuaranty Trust Co., New York; Capt. K. D. C. Herne, the English aviator and Sky-Writer; Joe Boyer, the millionaire race driver; Thomas H. White of Cleveland, and Jimmy Murphy, former champion raring pilot and Indianapolis winner. •m mm* e hmm # • mmmm Delegates Visit Cadillac Plant Autoifrts Making Tour of Country Inspect Huge Motor Department. Fifty delegates and their friends of the Pan-American Highway com mission now touring the United Slates for the purpose of a first-hand study of modern road construction •were visitors at the factory of the Cadillac Motor Car company, during their visit in Detroit. The delegates represent 20 South and Central Amer ican countries and the Antilles, and are making a tour of automotdto plants in connection with their study of local and national highways. Following the inspection of the Cadillac factory, the delegates were transported to the General Motors building, where they were guests dur ing luncheon of the General Motors corporation, and received words of greeting from H. H. Rice, vice presi dent of the General Motors corpora tion and president of the Cadlllao Motor Car company, and from Ben jamin G. Koether, director of the sales sfctlon of the General Motors corporation. Among the visitors were represen* tativc-s from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, ! Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Para guay, Peru, San , Salvador, Santo Domingo, Uruguay and Venezuela. | Again We Ask You to J j Trust Your Own Thoughts of i • I Packard’s supremacy has never been questioned 1 since 1904. • I Size up the picture now: Body lines copied; high I radiator copied; four wheel brakes; and now several ■ new eight-in-line motors to be launched. I There is only one answer— ! Packard Is Still Supreme I Richardson Motor Car Company | 3016 Harney St. Ha. 0010 .«■— .——.a—-.. .. ' SERVICE We operate the larg est motor car and motor truck service station in the mid dle west. DURANT and STAR Automobiles White Republic Mason Trucks Here 54 Years Andrew Murphy & Son 14th and Jackson p* I --T - ~ - ~ ( Walter P. Chrysler Asks> DoTou Know the Good Maxwell of Today? When I say with all the emphasis at my command that the good Maxwell is the most wonderful four-cylinder car jn America today, I am thinking and speak ing in specific terms. In the next breath, I want to say that the man who has not gone carefully over the good Maxwell in the last four months or less, and has not driven it himself, is actually not in position to judge. The thing we all strive for in a car is results —not the exceptional occasional results, but the average of a large number of cars on the road every day in the service of their owners. When you first ride in the good Maxwell you will comment on the wonderfully smooth, vibrationless operation of the engine. Actually, the difference is so pro nounced that you might, as others nave done, even doubt that there are only four cylinders under the hood. _ ✓ That is due to the exclusive Maxwell method of mounting the front end of the motor on a floating platform spring. It means that any slight trace of vibration set up by the engine is shut off from the remainder of the car. Riding ease and handling ease such as you find in the good Maxwell are precisely *— -^ what you expect in cars two or three times as heavy; but hardly in a car of Maxwell weight, and rarely, it ever before, in a four cylinder car. The average life of a set of tires on the good Maxwell is 18,000 miles. That is the average, mind you, of all kinds of use by all kinds of drivers. Many a Max well owner goes far beyond that figure. That, I might say from 20 years spent in building some 2,000,000 motor-cars, means balance in the car, lightness of foot if you please, engineering skill in the nth degree. ^ '* ie mileage. The general aver Maxwell owners is 24 miles per gallon. Again balance and lightfootedness come in; but the high mileage speaks further volumes for easy-rolling, for full and free delivery of engine power to the road w'heels. Chrysler engineers have gone far in the good Maxwell—farther than you can have any conception, unless you have kept yourself thoroughly familiar with modem motor car design. They have gone so far that the man who buys a car without full information about today’s good Maxwell—without driving it himself—may well have cause for regret. _ • Tnartna « $ B95 Clufi Coupe • $1023 Sport Touring 105$ Club Sedan * I05»5 Roadster . . AH5 Sedan • • . 1325 — MM» fail. rWotl rmbhet tm We are pleased to erfend dr con- I. Preaidem* end CKuirmon a/ dr Board •cnimrr of time-payments. Ad MAXWELL MOTOR SALES.CORPORATIGW abomt Maxwell'i attractive plan. MILLARD-ROSE MOTORS Fnmam nt 28th Street. W S. Peterson, Jewell Automobile Co., South Omaha. til Broadway, Council Bluffs, la. #