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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1909)
5 Autos pf Latest Make and Finest Finish to Be Seen at Omaha Show 01 eW TOUilM CAS OLDS ffl&FARmtt THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: FEBRUARY 21. lfcU outs imFMmsT. 5 -rnwV ZMW-Ap7 '&&JZS!5U, ( . f 1CI0 IS TBEECRAL CPLIH J. I f A Sjfe' Mlll J '"ifeS lPr-? Til I $ BOESErOWER IS A HISSOMES Hiotaandi of JCsdriiae ia Vtt Amtmg Xebruka r&imert. SCJCX nftYTTiTiS 07 ITS lliULIT Mmmr mt te fnn An Beel rfiis "U there Hav Cleeo lea writ's the f Fall. Report! In th office of the secretary of etate of Nebraska shew that cvncrt ef automobiles have registered and taken out lknst. Return by assessors of the va rious counties hav accounted lor only 1.7M. Of tlili number XJougla county la credited with 34 and Lancaster county baa ITS. Tela leaves 1.2U of tba aaaaaaonr tetai scattered through eighty-eight eounties, and tba num ber of machines unaccounted for by asses eors ia any way totals I.7SS, or aa many egain aa tba assessors found, aad 1.091 be sides. Somewhere, somehow, a rood many SfCjebodic ar getting away acot I rue of (rsonal tax on their bubble buggies, ap lurniUr, The value of almost I.0US auto mobiles must he juit heavy, even averag ln the three regiment of plunger not oa the enlistment rolla at a modest figure. U-et.rigutnhed rial ion to any ordinary tawn or village In Nebraska quickly dla-o-er that some local booater caa ofler for their m a machine of late pattern, with aJl tii luxurious fitting that are consid ered necessary to "my machine." Some of ihuee are oa the assessors' lie la, but mora are not Let a eotrrrntion st la any city of fairly reapertab:- alae la the state and an aute tnubil trip fur the delegate Is aa eeeentla feature, summer or winter, anleaa the weather la execrable to a t3egre. Gasoline, ateim, electric aa mrtbods of propulsion win be represented in tbeaa entertainment processions. Foetal la FeUttee, CamvclrMrs rnporta at repuhlloaa and oomocralic headquarters last fan. "They're cawing ta tbe meetings la aotamotoaos." It as na anoommoa elrht ta see six ta twenty of tbe horseless burry-upa rrouped about a cross-roads sehoulbouse wbereia : a political meeting was being- held, While ' not all of the machines belonged to far-! mors, a fair proportion did. rule, tae f smser kt bay etrta , are men with a mechanical twist of mind, for whom mastery of any machine haa a cwrrtiirtrig fascination. Then there are others of a progressive disposition who figure out to their own satisfaction that a machine will be a time and money saver for thnrn. Carrying of milk and cream to trwi is becoming snore and more a task fur utomibile. where tbe volume of busi ness growing and quick delivery is as rtrt. - Traveling SalewsBea Appreciate Theea, Tle trade of traveling mca who maka It trlor towns Is a big source of revenue with alert liverymen, for the traveling salnsn-ien demand the best method of get ii:.e about. aJaaya. A great deal of run ning 'rroas country Is tberfore 4one by rr.arh'ne tody, where yesterday t-s old "veltrs" and a bucktoard sufficed. And the roit tloa is Mlte aa keea regarding tnerxs lJ the rival anacbines as twed ta be Ue ruse w'lh the prise road teeana. Tba Iiwi't Is there are two kinds of livery toy ta a aumber f tbe ttv towns af Ofntral and westers Nebraaka; and It ia rot a:waj- easy ta get either a rig or aa auto, even under this ooadltioa f ttlnga New garages are going c an the time and t Rnt rf the best a xnaa caa nave a choice of machloea. Tor tbe war of the traveling aalesmaa, maehisea bare Oistlnct advantage. They do not tire, and after a stretch of thirty or frrty miles caa be turned about for another drive of the bum length without giving alga of fatlgae. AX ilght the Lefal'iight suee the y ciear. and ta case of alarm the covered wu la a snug berth, GHd Bmi la Flaat. Ooad roads agitatioa fcaa bad the effect, very largely, pf making tiaaeeMe turcplkta, and local machine owners are bvoomiug mteUlgenUy prrmtstetit ia tbelr apprala to city council and toa boards to have bad spots promptly attended to. Oenerally, the owners of autoa are saea of Influence and pushers for tboir eeveraj oommunitiea, and whea they art their minds ta accom plishing a partirular thing they get re sults. It Is troe, too. that many sections of Kebraska have very good natural ruada Wlaere there are ne roads worth nestion-J lr.g, tba unbrokea prairie aod la act half bad. because la those sections fences arc few end far between. Talking of a two weeks' trip through Custer county, one eampeiga speaker said: "At about every town of WD inhabitants or 'r, and soma times at smaller places, there would be several auto owners offer ing tbear eervioee ts take as arroas ooua try. sum for ths good of the cause, and Borne for aay. Trina that need ta ooaauaM the better part of A day la other ua paigna were mad last faS la aa beur or tea Aaother lilniasng Quality of tb anachines aaa, yoe could get back ts tawa after the achool boaae meetings and gvt tbe botu'f it of a fair night's sleep. Wher tmu bad ta tnaka aftaraooa and night ajweches, tba marbinea were almost a necessity. pTej4eni-eiect Taft has ridiea ia automobUes owned by rural Nebrarkana aeveraj times, and all the big guns af tba twa parties had chain of many wachhta at about every piao they It was this aam aaaa wba reported tbe prenaci.- af automobiles owned laraoers mx meetings ta eooauy pauses pat a ttrtena la many a popullstic bowi anent the oppreeeed agrtrulturist Thar wars aot a few osmopas) sjMnknn wba were toted about the country la this k-ibd af aaauleaaoa. steal Beaaas atea aa ssatais. rrhaii tli great) booster ' far "w -? 2 lVx t l ec t n i c AaferJ ml v f s nl 1U ffl J.J. DERtOHT Lil; , , "l 1Lbss : -i ;-rrr!rn ra m ble r n;v-:-"X- -- -I ::r. ";, coir automobile co5 hi ' 'r JJ I W-.H. WALLACE. ;; , . . martHaes la tbe country districts are tbe real estate dealers; and next com that larga and growing 0aas af men wba. Be ing la town, yet farm oa a larga eoala. They have several section onder cultre ation for crop, or under grass for rang. or many scattered farma are operated under one management. Ia such cases, a machine ia almost the standard mode of traveling aodar. aad the tootatad axasml is becoming tb general habit. 2a tbe case of the real estate dealers, autoa have become a necessity almost Out la tba sections where there la still any considerable body at cheap land ta be sold, th dealers lave "bo&y snatcber" on th trains. These advance agents fall Into conversation with the mea who look Ilka possible land buyer, and If the op portunity offer at aa intervening statioa they telegraph the office ta have a man and machine at tba depot. Oftentimes thi precaution land a customer, for It afford to tb prospective buyer a rhano to cover a large amount of territory la a abort time; and tbe land seller ha a chance to take a bunch of visitors whirling over a big expanse of territory without maay of tb discomforts attaching ta a drive behind a team of euastlonabia caliber. Paaiaaa as CeaewJU Be general baa tba demand aeoomc for automobiles la rural communities that very town making any pretanalooa ta a business standing now boasts caa or mora arenri Sample machines only arc kept ta th smaller tewna, with a line of th principal supplies like? ta be needed, and orders are taken. Thar arc scores of chin of l.ttH t 10,000 Inhabitants, however, where a stock Is carried of two ta six makes, and a fun nn f extras of every description caa be food. These automobile depots are aot nly aa aocommodatioa ts local patrons, but every day prove ta be haves of refug and succor to travelers through the state whs asoet with accideata. And a a rule ifatwii connected with tba auto mobile shop ia thoroughly posted oa tbe best roads, and caa map out aa Itinerary that wlH t k In aeenie features worth aeelng. There are beauty spots la Ne braska that aute users beooms familiar with, which a- never aeea by the traveler on trains, and oaly rarely by travelers by team. The man with a good machine who Careful Driving: Means Life Kany mor or less experienced vwnars f autos declar that tire are the root of all evil As aa excuse tire troubles will serve almost every time. Ia th report of the aut raoea the Inexperienced maa consist ently put down "tire truuiiie" every time anything happen th racer without both ering about lttking up th real facts of tbe oas. If Hoary, the efficient chauffeur, fails ts reach th country club la tim t tea tb "buss" heat, he gives tir troubles' ta place af joy ride as th cause. And If Billy, aha like Nancy, take bar for a rid ta hia brand aew aut aad they tall 1 cams baso at a'olock per re quest of mother, "lirt trouble' proves a sufficient and unquestioned excuse. But la reality tb poor Ore are aaad t answer for many thing for which they are act responsible. Of course every owner of "bubble wagon may have trouble with ttrsa at som time or other aad aom own ers hav constant trouble, but these tor trouble" are due ta tb anexperteao ft negligence of tba owner or ta th fact that aaany driver of car expect Impossible thing af tire. A ttew tire which at of th right eia and ualit7 for tba car vpom which tt Is fitted should ma about lut miles before any serious truubis occurs. This gist anna, of course, caa be obtained only whoa a direct injury oooura. But th fuB Km asfles aarmg beaa rua over aa may expect thea that Or treahlaa will aevelap wiU ssara r less rajddit. XSkm R ' BERBER ssasaaaaaa ' hi m m n mime- - - i t i l '' ' jW-'u'i II' in ii ii i Liamsi,i4 .iif.' "V T a -"-.--y.-e 17 y .ya-fr-:-: Wiy y.- w Waf W -r-- w-e.-s.tayy.-.v-Jvea L- t ' r Ay ' - :i - f knows sow ta manage it can and dnes make uick dashes hither and yos off IXJ baatea paths, and gleans many a pleasura ble experience thereby. A camera la aot an Infrequent part of th equipment of the automobile making a cress-oountry run, and memories of pictur esque bits are thus preserved for pe:sonal pleasure and th delectation of friends. tortal Life tacraaeea. Social Intercourse 1 another feature of rural Bf that la Immeasurably Increased by ths possessioa of a fast and commodious SBaohlna. Th member of th family living ta town, or th friend of the family, finds It cosvacieet at almost any time to load bis trite tot the machine and run out Into the aext township, or the next county, possibly ret the aext state, for aa over eight or ever-Bunday visit. Ia fruit blos soming time country runs are very popu lar, and agaia at fruit picking time. Ptiysicians in country communities usu ally haw a clientele scattered "over all creation." Tb' with aa established prac tice eJw&ya found It Beceeamry to keep one or twa ttams for answering call; and It ia apparent ta any owner of a car who ha many friend alaa enlisted ia the raxk of aotomobilists that aom drivers caa pre serve tires much longer that other. Given the aaaa tire on th aam car and sup posing that the ears are doing th same type of work, still on maa will take hia ear much farther thaa another. Bo true 1 this that a real estate maa la aa Indiana tows a he haa a number of cars oa tus road nearly all tbe time says that ha pays ans of his chauffeur a much larger aalary thaa atjr of th others aunply because h aoure thaa saves tb difference in salary hi tire repair. Tb car of tlus real estate maa ar of th aam general type, the price being al most th aam tor ail, and tb tire ar af th aat auai:ty. Tb work don by oa oar eoea aot differ from that of any of the ether, so that th truth of bis statement caa be prevea easily. Watching ths work of a maa who ha saved saaaey for hia amjnoyar ta th sav ing af tire hills, as seas the reaaoa for the longer lit of aom of th tires. For on thiitg. a chauffeur aevar ahouid start oat with a partially tefOated tire. For another thine the ewaar ahouid not avfrWd th cac The awarljadmg at th ear sna? be da ta tbe Bttanuf actr ar, who. being penny wiaa, thinks ts ear oa the price of the oar by aansg oa the coat mt th etrea Bata tirsa tU aavifcf taka th (arm ta auumg . . 1 0 1 tt .. .. j "" " "' ' ' ' - in I in. r i ' AU3UM tlS2EL'B AUT0tf03!L otnetime it waa killing work for tbe horses. It Is not strange, then, that auto have become popular with thoae doctor who caa affard them. Being thoroughly familiar with every road and section line, the condition of brWgea, and all tbe tapo rrcj.hlcJ feature of their territory. U must be bad weather indeed tbi.t will stop th country phyaicifen from taking out hi machine. He can answer far marc call la a given time thaa waa posaiule with horse and buggy. Farm se'ss cf perarma property are generally the oockaiua of th aaacmbling of a battalion of autoa, and th same i true of th big auction of jiure-bred bog and cattle that have now become aa e tabliBhed feature of Nebraaka stnek farma. aaertCs Khv Their Valae, As thief chasers autoa hav largely dis placed even the much tooled bloodhounds. It Is the handmaiden of tbe te'it-i'huie, and ia la 1-lg demand fur enirrgtincy calls be cause of th rapidity with w hich it moves. Sheriffs ar.d ou.er law officers depend al most exclusively oa the machine w hen they get word of a burglary or other crime at tiR tif a poor grade "on a hery touring car. At other times the manufacturer put oa a tire f a sise fer smalW inns the anight of tbe machine etils for. But the oecumae mistake for th car owner 1 ta put an extra aaat or two ua a runabout equi'ijied with tire meat to tustaiB only the weight of the runabout body or to put a heavy limousine oa a tourit.g car body. The ee;ciaily commne f:rza of over loading, conaistiiig of tilling in cmrr more people or a much gretter weight than the oar ought to carry probably does not do as much harm aa a rfaange rn the body of the car, for the reason that the overkiad mg is not continued throughout a lung period of time. Under Inflation as a cause of the trouble ought to b apparent te any auto owner. The snderinflated tire flatten when it touches the ground, and filia out again aa leaves it This causes the tire to bend and break down th material in it. If one will take a wire and bend It bark and furtb a number of time th wire win break, la tact, tt will break la a sijrprisingiy abort time. The aut tir. of ouurbe. ic sot of the same material aa a wirs and will give with lees daraags t th mauoial is it, but constant bending at the tiOu-ic will abortea tb life of th tire, This landing of th tir also caueie It t grew warmer thaa at c&herwis would. If tbe tir la oa with layers of tabrto, a that th waij ar thick, tba beat thus aa- CO. acm Interior hamlet, or of some crime at an Isolated farm. Borne of tbe profeaaional thieve havs tumbled to the merits of the auto as a "gft-away" medium, but the clan of robbers caa never make th ma chin generally useful for their punae. It costs toe much, and la to great an in cumbrance a a permanent possession. Tbe thief that caa afford a machine is about ready to retire and go into som other business. Of tb counties having twenty machines or over, asid from Douglas and Lancaster, the following lead the list as returned by assessors: Adam has Iflfc, with Basting down for over two-third of th number. CUy ha seventy-one, and "Old Trusty" Johnson Is threatening to start a factory of his own. to make a machine on sew line that will glv every maa a chaaos to own one. rwsoa county, out in the North Flatts vallty, has lined sixty machine on the assessor's roll, being four more thaa returned by Dodjre county, with PYemont in It border. UufJaJe county, adjoining Dawaon on the eaat, haa forty-seven auto listed, and Saunde2B, with th bustling town for Tires gendered is greater. Th bending also cause the different layers of fabric ta break louse from each other. Although such a thick tire with many layers ought ia have a lung life, underinf latioa auoa will cat them off in their prim and they will "rim cut" and blow out Quickly. Sometimes one must look ts th rim as the cause of the short lived tire. If, hav ing a blowout and having n other tires oa hand, one attem;its to rua horns oa the rim one may pay for tt later la Or bill. A dent la tbe rim causes the tire to wear more quickly at that point, and a flattened down or sharpened rim will de greet damage. If one finds that the tires on on wfeeel are wearltog out more quickly than thoae ea any of the other wheels and many aula drivers caa tell of such cases one should look t the rim te try te find whether or not the s'heel are out of lin or running true. Th action of th brake oa the rear wheel and the greater number of revolu tions due 1 the fact that th powar Is applied t thee wneela and te the feet that they Blip oftener anay case snore trouble ha the rear tire thaa at the front eoea. This, af eouraa, caa aot be remedied entirely. Although a careful driver win m'ni his oar te see that the area are aot aa deririflated aad will proriae r--t ever toadlng, aad win rewind any aafeot k tba rtiu. there ar et&ar Oiii ta be of Wahoo, lints only forty-three. Kearney and Phelps, alongside of Adams on the west, have thirty-tree machine each. HaH oounty la cred ted with only forty, although Grand Island Is tn th county; and Hamil ton, aext east, with Aurora, shows ttp with thlrtr-Cro, Purea and Red Willow, dews at the Kansas line, have thirty-two aad thirty-one. respectively, and Jiaaklia, In the sam tier, has twenry-twe, Harlan, Governor EhallenDrrger's home oounty. ha none, so far a the amessuf's showing goes. Nuckolls county, also on the Kansas line, shows up with thirty-one. but the "kingdom of Gage" only reports twenty-four. Thayer and Jcfrerson, both bordering Kansas, have thirty -on and twenty-one. and Richard son. away down In th southeastern cor ner of th state, has twenty-two on the list for assessment. Aleag the Kaesea xJae. Th Kansas line counties a:c mere strongly lnnoculated with the auto bug thaa Seward, with twenty-five, or York, with twenty-four, or Platte, with twenty three. They even beat Otoe, and lt boasted Nebraaka City, reporting only twenty-eight Phelps oounty, Holdrege in cluded, lists thlrtyittve buxs wagons, while MadiaoB county records tbe same number as Platte, twenty-three. Washington baa twenty-one on tbe tax roll. Fillmore twenty, aad Nemaha twenty. Faraway Bherldaa shows up with thirteen, the em pire or Custer with eighteen, and Box Butte, out at tb vTyomlng line, shows seventeen. Hitchcock turn In fourteen, while It neighbor. Chase. Dundy and Hayes together, report nine in all. Lincoln, with Xorth Platte, has thirteen, and th "big range. Cherry, haa only one ac counted for. Ia Scott's Bluff ther ar eight machines, and even Sioux haa one, whll Cbeyenn seem ta hav none, al though Sidney, Bridgeport and Bayard are in that vast area. Closer home. Saline has eighteen and Sarpy ten. Colfax haa sixteen and Butler fifteen. Cuming has six and Staatoa two. Burt ha sixteen and Tbu ston three. Dukota alao has three, and I1xob sixteen. Antelope reports nine. Cass twelve. Polk fifteen. Pawnee eight. Merrick ha fire and Nance haa ten. reuel, Garfield. Go prr and Kimball have one each. Th counties not lining any machine, aside from Harlan and Cheyenne are: Banner. Blaine. Cedar. Grnt, Hooker, KfT Paha, Logan, Loup, McPheraon, Rock. Sherman, Thomas and Wheeler. Thos having any real business In thuae section caa find a machine her aad there, however. eldered If one wishes the tires te last lor.g. Ths dashing driver whs gtart with a Jump, throws oa the high gtar within a abort distance, and. when stopping, drives almost to the desired point, then slams on th brake, will fmd thst fcii tires will aot last aa long as hia mor cartful friend. To put ea a high rat of speed suddenly on a slippery pavement or a sandy read as that th wheel Ty around while the car la barely moving, 1 not conductiv to long lived tire. Th xoaa who runs his mauhin la the rut along a oountry road, ae that th aide of the tire eis-upe against the side of the ruts, and th man who pump th sides of his tires against the curbing of the pavement ea ex ceedingly common fault alao will find that his tiro di a sudden death. Autos ami Aerosa.utics Aeronautics has beooms a distinct line of activity for the signal corps of the Vnlwl States army, and ia the study of the prob lem of air cavigatitia the autumohlte hiia been found t be a aeoeeaity. Not that any one considers or attempts a flight through tbe air with a motor oar. but they da over th aurfao of th ground fulicw tba course of the airship. This Is partly lot the purpoee of giving aid at ease of accideata, and pertly far the aarpoae of giving aa ojiportuurx tor rtewjiUlus af th work- Row Car Are Rated far r,le Free ttew la Kara re aad What aaerles Make-re Are Dolag. "Horee power Is a greatly abused word," .; declared a "fan" at the Kimball garage .' last night as be was discussing tbe merit , of the different cars coming to th enow. "Wl.cn you say this car ha forty bore . prwer tl.et darwn't mean it caa pull aa much as forty boresa. Horses have nothing to do with It. To Fet right aewn to tb " technical, horse power is lifting ( pounds OTie foot la a minute, or. if yea wrnt to rrvers it. railng one pound 11,9(10 i feet In one minute. It doesn't make much ' Difference which way you nee It, only the " equine ars nut taken into consideration at an. 'I don't know Just how they came t . adopt the word "horse power as applied . to tbe power of gasoline or steam engines . . and I hare vainly acught to find soms on whs doe knew. But the word i there all right and answers Its purrcse, only tliat it confuses people who do not understand the exact meaning of ths phrase. "Abroad Hkt are not placing as tnach empTnairts tjjot horse power as they used to. Now when you read a description ot a foreign machine you seldom see tb power quoted you get the sis of the cylinder In th way of bor and stroke and thea you figure ft out yoareatt. "There Is considerable difference In the way of figuring bora power la this oountry . aad abroad. Oa ia other aide af the Atlantic and erpeclally in France they rate aa engine much lower than tt really la for the reason that over there they are. Ued according to "horse power. Cons- nuentlv a motor that would toe hors power In this oountry is about twelve an tbe ether side. 1 ., "We 'Americans are Jnst begSmnng ter -systematise ratings. To mechanical fsranch-5 tf tbe Association of UoeBHed Automobile Manufacturers Is responsibl for this. There were eo many disagreements that i fir ally these f nglneers got together and adt.jited a formula tor th purpoee of esti- . mating bore power. This was adopted by tbe members of the association and gradn- ally the Idea is being taken up by other , Aha ricaa nnufacturre. In hi the etrok ' doe raot enter Into the calculation la th least It 1 found tliat while this formula was made up by averaging all the leading American mt tor, there 1 a tendency oa the part of the formula to overrate a small motor and underrate one of high power. "In engineering verbiage this formula ' reads t2 X N 2.6. I representing the cy Under diameter and N tbe number of cylinders. The constant IX is the computed svertge from the known bore pewr of many of the American four-cylinder motoie. "Opinion is changing regarding the bora power of the modern motor car. Parmerly ' tbe idee was to get a big and aa powerful , an .glne as was possible. That was when , everyone had the wpeed mania. But now th motoring public 1 becoming wis and . car are powered according to their ux. For instance, when one wants to make a long tour over bad roads and steep hills then you want the power say about thirty- .' Or or forty, maybe forty-five. Ia th city, where most of the traveling Is dona, . such lugh power is no longer desired. , Owner realise the felly of maintaining huge touring cars for tows use when It -simply Is a case of drive downtown and back again. "Co n fluently the town car la coming in generally a small vehicle of about tweiity-five-hire power, often of th laa daulet tn- Som hav small limousine bodies and thea again th Utile runabout come in mighty handy for making time ihrc ugh the traffic w here a big car I gen erally slow because of its ucwieiolness. 'la France they Buy they are favoring .' small powered cars of two cylinder and often one. principally for city , how ever. Several of thee little "on lungers, . as tt single cylinders ar called, are being ' fitted with limousine bodies and are rosed for tourir.g purposes. In this country, though, we still stick to the four and atx ' and think there ia actlung like them," J g rf the airshlji to 4jcervers aa weQ as navigator. At Fort My or. where the national gov ernment conducts it tests, th signal corps is provided with a Franklin tcuring car uf twenty-mght-Lorsepower. Thi 1 kept in continued use, although the aeronautic ' exj edition arc aot eo numerous ar ex tensive now as they were before OrvtUe ' Wright and his sold.tr companion had their fall at Fort Myer, which resulted la the death if the latter and ths serious injury of the more famous aeronaut. The belief an-ong army officers and among member of the signal corps eepeciaJiy, hoffever. hi that travel through the air will grow la favor and that without any great delay. They believe it a necessity fro army scout lt.c. although as yet they v been ahle with the aatom(bUe te execute movement mure qiuikly taaa wiUs the airahipa. Tee leeeaify Fleeu "Sir" aiud tii young vui.u, with what - m t to tx indignkiHUL Tl yuung man MK-ked -tt i it seed. "la. 1 tui km you." be aaiaitxed, "bat I m lm ;lUmJ eiy ij.aa.ne" "Tliat mean that a max would be a luna tic t sua KocT" "Well, any maa of discretioa would he Just eraxy te kias you. This eMnd u ease tbe strain, and ae Jury Ui.ig preaetit ge muddle affairs, a saufactiry vertuut ease rieiliag, itlx aeieliia Ledger.