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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 9, 1901)
Pleasures of Automobile Driving in Nebraska j O Till: ma ti whose blood runs glow, to tho mnn who has wheeled nnd golfed and bowled until ho la tired of tho world nnd thinks thero Is nothing now, nn automobile trip Is commended. The horseless carriage Is a cure for tho blues and n panacea for the ennui that attacks men of leisure, men who have tasted and tired of many pleas ures. It would make Duo Patty du Clam ashamed of his song, "Nothing New." If Darius Green hnd lived In the day ot locomobiles ho would never have dreamed of navigating the air. What's the use when you can My along a country road so fasi tho farmers can't see you? Imagine yourself sitting on the cow catcher of an engine with a small dash board between yourself and tho great be yond. Have the englno get up a speed ot twenty miles per. Let It Jump tho track at a grade crossing. Then have It go spin ning noiselessly down a country road to the consternation of onlookers. No better de scription of automoblllng over country roads can be given, Ail Mini iik'M lit' IOiiJiijn. A man on an automobile Is given a wider borth than a smallpox patient. Before country horses acquired a taste for bicycles wheelmen used to get more than half the road. They were frequently treated to out bursts of non-rcpcatablc expletives, also. Not so with the man In the horseless car rlage. He Is a creature from a strange world. Ho operates an Infernal machine nnd horsemen who would be rash enough to SUNDAY MORNING START IN OMAHA AND i:KNlNO FINISH IN LINCOLN I'hotos for The Dee by Hoslw Id, a wheelman wish Tor a world built on tho Hat plan bo dear to the men who ante dated Columbus. After tho needs of tho machine have been provided for tho driver's only duty Is to direct tho noiseless car riage. Tho steering apparatus Is so perfect that tho machlno responds tu tho slightest touch. A locomobile will go over any sort of roads, so It doesn't make much dlfferouco which way you start when you decide to tho last syllable. To get the word out properly come nt It gingerly and take the llrst two syllables easily. On tho third get up a little more steam ami make a strong finish of the ultima. Cholly Knickerbocker lias decreed that this rule must bo ob served nnd Kdw:rd llok will get you If you don't do It. With theso few precepts In mind nnd a camera In hand the sportsman Is ready for a trip to Lincoln that would revive a do ciedlt to a Iroup of trained elephants, They weie up against a new proposition Tho carriage only Inn cased Its speed ami tlie mules were forced Into a run. Occa sionally they spurted ahead for a few rods anil slackened their speed long enough to get a glimpse at Hie black monster that was pursuing them. Crossroads were disregarded by the mules with all the precocity of Thompson's colt. They shied at the lanes that would have hands and gaped at the speeding iarrlii",i h It tame opposite he eel,ilnied "Well, what In the dcil Ih that?" He raced the old liiirse about and fol lowed the automobile over the brldgo in the hope of satisfying his curiosity, Mltlllllllt'llt It! Itllt. HIlllH, Surmounting Hie highest knoll on Hie south Hide nt tlie I'latle Is a large three story stone lioiisi' that looks as though It might lie a female seminary. It is made TWO "HORSKLKSS" CARRIAGES Photo for The Ilee by llostwlck make u country run. Thero is a score of mummy. One more Injunctlon-don't wear alforded safety, brayed all tho louder lino trips that may bo made from Omaha, a hat. You'll need both hands for other worked their long ears and played tho rolt Representatives of The Itco who went tour- purposes. Ilefore you go many miles you'll ot outriders to the automobile party as It ing last week Headed for Lincoln becauso wonder why your feet haven't some sort of dashed down Hie main street of Paplllion thoy know that road. They might ns well claws that would anchor you to tho ma- have gono nny other direction, for they lost rhino. tho road several times and rambled nil i.'nrl.v .Mnrnluu i:k-i-Ii-iii''m. over threo counties beforo they located the A ',,.). 10,K 8,,n al.rnlia tIlu Sx. city named after tho martyred president. tcenth street viaduct and along tho smooth I'nrt of l In- I'roKniin. asphalt paving to Vinton streot kIvcs an Tho clanging bell of tlie machine sum moned a crowd of villagers, who seconded tho welcome extended to the travelers by .Mayor Charles Koseiicrnn.. Spriuglli'lil is on a load thai the League of American Wheelmen's ulde book cuts You must expect to lose tho road when aiitomoblllst a taste of tho pleasure in storo "t because It Is so hilly. The locomoblli WARNING HIS PASSAGE-Photo for Tho Ilco by Rostwlck. swear aro so astounded that they do not Infringe, upon nny of tho commandments until the automobile nnd Its passengers are several miles away. Tho automobile driver cares nothing about tho roads. Perched high on a cush ioned seat nnd buoyed up by springs and strong pneumatic tires, he imagines ho is on a bed of roses, even while traveling over bumpy roads that would set a wheelman's crazy bones to tingling. Hills are a delight you go automoblllng. It's a part of the program. You will go so fast you can't locate landmarks. When tho machlno whirls around corners tho prudent man will frcezo to the seat and keep his eyes away from signboards. It Is more important to for him. It affords a chance to get tho gait dashed over Hie hills Into Springfield with of the steed. Then comes a tedious till) the alianilon of a limited mall train. Mayor over defective South Omaha paving that keeps tho miuhlne snaking along to avoid tho holes. In a few minutes streets and alleys llt- kcep going In the direction tho machlno Is tered with tin cans and lulcks are left be headed than It is to know that It's ten miles to Louisville or thirteen miles to Greenwood. Rounding a corner on an automobile driven by an experienced operator Is like riding a chariot In a hippodrome race S. C. llauey and his twin sons were taken lor a ride through the principal streets of the town, and the aiitouioliillsts pushed on toward Louisville. i'ii ii riiii- or itoiiii. Tho road Is uno of tho prettiest In Ne braska. It Is mostly down giade, and oo SUPPLYING THIC AT ICR Dec by Hostwlck I hoto for The hind and tho automobile crew is out on tho broad country road that leads to Paplllion. Tho horseless carriage is ot Its best where caslotial glimpses of the Platte river may there are no street crossings with their lm lllul for lmlt 1111 beforo tho low hurrying crowds. Street cars and llro on- wooden brldgo across the stream Is reached, gines do not give way to the loeomoli:le, A laI"K0 wooded Island in tlio river and When vou strlko tho curvo It is uood for but anything that moves along a country broad lowlands covered with wild grass tho health to stick to the ship rather than huio pays great deferenco to the machine ,,I1V' !Ul iibuiiilnnco or rich green In eon to devote anv attention to tho scenerv. All that runs itself. Creamery wagi us and l-nst K,''"t Htretch of dark water of tho rough stone taken from tho quarries near the river bank and is an angular pile, topheavy with bow windows that ex tend from Hie hccoin! Moor to Hut roof. Tho house was built by W. II. II. Stout, who at one time had a contract for the labor or convicts In Hie Nebraska peniten tiary. He owned quarries along tho Platte and planned to bring convicts from Lincoln to tho man who drives tho self-propelling weight must go to tho Inside of tho circle, steam road graders are equally courteous to l1"' yellow stone that juts out along , NV()rk ,,, hl,. T, mo waH tlp carriage. His machine takes to up grade with a keen delight and laughs at the breathless wheelman nnd tho panting horso as they strugglo up ascents which only glvo the tnan-inado horsi, it chance to get Its joints Into good working order. Wind, water and gasoline are tho feed that puts power Into tho steam locomobile. The mnchlno rights Itself with all tho speed tho man whr, threatens to take another fall of the end boy in a game of whip-cracker out of the horso market, and tho fellow who isn't watching his bust- Man is so unaccustomed to riding on a ness may find himself lloundeiing around In noiseless vehicle that ho Is forced to clang a hedge fence. the boll of the automobile to convince hiin- Thero Is one other thing which would-be self that he Is not wandering around In the nutomohlllsts must heed. Machines abso- realm of Aladdin and his womlei fill lamp i r lutely reftiso to carry people who do not say climbing Jack's wonderful beanstock. They send It whirling over hills that mako aughtomobcal, with u grand explosion on CII1LDRHN DO NOT KHAR THE AUTO Photo for Tho Ilee by llostwlck. few miles this side of Paplllion lives a fnrmer who owns several mules that can scent an H( mobile as soon as li crosses Into Sarpy coin ty )n the particular mom Illg The Ilee squad hemic I It Paplllion the farintr was grazing his mu s along the roadside He sat on a grassy bunk and stared at the approach ing mm hlne. Tlie halter ropes tightened In his hand very suddenly and ho found himself tobog ganing along a nowly worked road nt n rate that would hark a hlckorv tree. Tho mules de elded to run the machine a race. The farmer eon eluded that ho wouldn't Interfore. At llrst tho long-eared raco horses loafed. Thoy cantered along and hoped to scaro their competitor tlie bluffs south of tho stream. As the automobile approached the bridge an old man driving a skinny horse Hint was all but dead hove In sinht. Ileslile the driver sat a woman whose appearance was in keeping with the horse Tho old nag reared up as tho machlm approached and tried to climb over a wire fenco. The driver sat with tho Hues lying limp In his be the home of the unfortunates. Hut the bars fell from the windows of the proposed prison, and It is now tlie home of a stock man After meeting M. N. Drake, chairman of the Louisville village board, tlie travelers sped on through the German settlement (Continued on Sevi utli Page I 'ft out by hrnyj that would ORHUTHD II Y TIIU MAYOR OP PAPILLION Photo for The Deo by Hostwlck