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THE BEK: OMATIA, TIirnSDAY, JULY 22. 1000. 12 CONTESTANT IN THE GLIDDEN TOUR. No Hill Too Steep No Sand Too Deep. 8 zJhrjcm ModclTi Tour&boui j. ,. jvh.-p . ... JKa ' VM'-'JH,.-. , ' .s , ' . :Si'- v".'... v:;:V .'.:5'l-if.'..fikv ' u'- . ; '3hr 'vX'n ,M fir' - L -MlWr fW- i . v I-, At the Gothenburg, July 4th celebration, the Jackson, Model H pulled a half mile a hook and ladder truck, two hose trucks, 1,000. feet of hose and FORTY-FIVE MEN. A crowd of 12,000 saw it. Ask any man there. I IT 0fi) Council Bluffs, General Distributors. VISITORS: You are invited to visit our garage today and make yourselves at home. W. L. HERRING. 66IPipBinnitoE The Quality Car 99 Two contestants and the chairman's car in this year's Qlldden tour, them this year. Always a perfect score, watch $2,600 7 Passenger, G Cyl., "45," 3,500 66 99 This car has also made perfect scores in Glidden Tours from first to last Runabout, $500; 2 cyl. Touring Car, $1,000 4 cyl., "30," the new one, $1,250 We expect our flrrt 110 "30" July 20. Bettersee it before you buy. 661 'oipdl The trophy winner In the greatest real endurance contest ever run. two days. Defeating cars double its rated horse power and treble its price. We can promise deliveries now for August 1. Ocean to ocean In twenty- 4 Cyl. Magneto, 5-passenger, S850 4 Cyl. Magneto Roadster, $825 Atlantic Automobile Co. ATLANTIC AND COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA FIVE STUDEBAKERS IN TOUR Pilot Car, Two Press Cars, Confetti Car and the Famous War Car. In addition to Dal Lewis' Pilot car, which la driven by George Meinzlnger, who hail charge of the same machine In the Path' finding trip, there are four other Studo baker cars In the Ulidden making the largest number entered by any one con cern. The Studebaker quintet, embraces, in ad ditlon to the Pilot car, the auxiliary con fettl car, two press cars, and the famous war car, which made a mid-winter record last year between New Tork and Fort Leavenworth, Kan., carrying army dls patches between the two posts. George Smlthson, who drove the car at the time, and beat the round-the-world racers by almost a week to Chicago, Is at the wheel of the same car on the Ulidden. The old war car attracted much attention on the trip when passing through Furt Sheridan near Chicago, and Fort duelling near Mln neapolis, as several of the officers statiuned at both forts were present either at the arrival or the departure of the car when It made its famous trip. Last summer Smlthson had charge of the Studebaker automobile train, which carried delegates from Chicago to the democratic conwmtlon in Denver. After leaving La Crosse a few days ago he was painfully burned while extinguishing a prairie fire which threatened to destroy a farmer's home, but ' after receiving medical atten Hon in Minneapolis he was able to proceed with the Qlldden calvacade last Monday, The Studebaker Press cars are carrying a number of well known newspaper men Including James T. Sullivan, Boston Globe Howard G. Reynolds, Boston Pont; J. J, McNamara, Boston Herald; J. C. Harrison, Boston American; J. J. Wade, Boston Journal; W. H. Gilbert, Cleveland Leader F. B. Stelnauer, Cleveland Plain Dealer Walter A. Bermlngham, Chicago Inter Ocean; Frank Lowry, Indianapolis Slav and T. J. Sullivan, Buffalo News. Freeland Bros. Jt Ashley. This is the home of the Midland and Mason cars. The territory of this firm is western Iowa, the state of Nebraska Black Hills and Rosebud Territory of South Dakota. The sales have always been heavy and the demand has always exceeded the supply of cars. The members of the firm are J. A. Freeland, Joe A. Ashley and W W. Freeland. This was a new firm and handled new cars. They have made a won derful success. Along the tour the drivers of the Mason and Midland cars, both of which are com Ing, have been dubbed "Hodearrlers, token of which Freeland Bros, gt Ashle; will present the tourists in Council Bluffs today a miniature "hod," with appropriat inscription. The presentation will be made by J. A, Freeland. in eUPMOBI! E $750.0' $750.00 with Bosch Magneto a. America's Latest and Heat Kunabout. Selective Sliding Gear Transmission. 4-C) Under, 20 H. Weight 1,100 lbs. Power, Speed, Style and Reliability P., 80-im-h Wheel Uase. John Deere Plow Com pan r. The John Deere Plow Company, western distributers for the Velle automobiles W. P. Hosford, manager, have Just mad arrangements to open an uptown sales room at the corner of Nlnteenth and Far nam streets and the Velle cars can now be found on exhibition there. Mr. Berbers' business has been taken over, and In addition to the Velle and Columbus Electrics they will show the R M. F. car to the local trade. Considerable Improvements will be put on the building and the Intention Is to make this corner prominent in the automo bile game. W. N. Heller, formerly with the Bergers company, will be local manager and will be assisted by others later on. BRUSH CAR, ANOTHER OF THK MIDGETS. iOOD ROADS OF TI1E WORLD Charles J. Glidden Relates Experi ences and Observations. x ENGLAND HAS THE BEST OF ANY Advlaes Officials to Go There to Learn the Art of Properlr Build in Highways that Shall Endure. MINNEAPOLIS, July 21.-(Special. )- When Charles J. Glidden of "tour" fame was here on Saturday and Sunday, he gave the county commissioners of Hennl gln county some advice on the general topio of good roads. Go to England if you want to learn how 10 build good roads," said Mr. Glid den. "England has been building roads for centuries. We are not building good roads even after all the agitation and edu cation there has been going on for so many years. If the people really want York, but I am bound to asknowledge that we are not as proud of our roads as we were a few years ago. They are not stand ing up. A visit to Massachusetts and New Jersey will be of great value to those in chaige of the road work In this country. There is a fine road between Newark nJ New Brunswick and there are luim fine roads in East and West Oranges. There are many fine roads in Massachusetts, particularly around Boston." "During the last seven years X have driven the automobile 46,625 miles in thirty-nine countries, passing through more than 14,(X0 cities, town and settlements, twice encircling the globe, reaching the most northerly point by crossing the arctlo circle in Sweden and the most southerly point on Ward's parade in New Zealand," said Mr. Glidden. "For the pur pose cf comparison, I will classify the roads as follows: Excellent, good, fair, bad and wretched. "In placing the countries In their proper class, I take into consideration the roads ns a whole, that is, the condition of the entire road. Boston to Minneapolis or St. Louis; In England from Lands End to John O'Groats in Scotland; Monte Carlo to Paris; Naples to the French frontier; tending from the fronttor of Afghanistan to Calcutta, with a spur from Allgarh to Bombay, In all 2,300 miles, is an excellent thoroughfare, broud and nearly level the entire distance, fringed, however, by the Himalayas for 1,000 miles. Although the mountains are fifty miles away, they ap pear near at hand and the cold blasts from their snow-capped summits are keenly felt at this time of the year, nellwhtfal teflon Koads. "All the roads of Ceylon are well graded over the passes 7,000 feet high and our djlve of 1.M4 mites, amidst charming tropical scenery and through dense Jun gles in 'which elephants and other wild animals wander, was delightful. Ceylon Is the Ideal tropical country through which to motor, but Java, with Its excellent roads from one end of the island to the other, 600 miles, is wonderfully Interesting. Here we find good hotels, kind-hearted people, active volcanoes and a dense trop ical growth of every known specie nf plant and fruit that flourishes within six degrees of the equator. "The roads built under direction of the French government for military purposes in Cochin China are excellent and extend to the frontiers of Annam and Cambodia. CONTESTANT IN THE GLIDDEN v TOUR. v i A"1 t f 1-1 ', IfcvljSl ."' ' v- -JVlfc1 -'jQ A tUwWtf.?. - mints'" - ' it I e . V ,L f" 1 1 I i good roads they ought to learn how to build them. This cannot be done in Amer ica, for there Is no state building the class of roads found In England, Saxony and other European countries. "I think that two good men could make a trip to England and acquire the neces sary information at an outlay of (1,000. Such a trip will save Hennepin County thousands of dollars. "You understand, there Is no trouble about building an arched road with smooth, permanent surfuce. It is being done all over the United States, but the roads don't last as they do in England. They haven't a good foundation The foundation Is the road after all for when you have that the care of the surface is not difficult. What Massachusetts Is Doing;. "Massachusetts is building the best roads In America. New York has spent millions on roads in recent years, but they are going to pieces fast, first, because of In adequate foundation and then through lack of care. Massachusetts Is doing bet ter work and is making more experiments, but is practicing economy at the wrong end. New York is wasting or rather has wasted thousands of dollars on the roads. "It Is as much a pleasure as a duty to Bpread the gospel of good roads. I am sure there la much to be learned in Massachusetts." "Massachusetts leads all the states of the union," said Dal Lewis, official scout of the Glidden tour. "My home Is In New W. L. Huffman Automobile Co. 1 2025 Farnam Distributers fur Nebraska and Western Iowa. Street Liberal Contracts to Dealers for 1010. IT WAS A TIME FOR PRAYER Jorleea Mlnallng; of the Spiritual and Material When Jack Was In a Hole. An old man In Georgia named Jack Bald win having lost his hat In an old dry well ne day, hitched a rope (o a stump and let tlmself down. A wicked wag "named Neal a me along just then, and quietly detaching t bell from Baldwin's old blind horse, approaching the well, bell In hand, and fcuBan to ttng-a-llng. . . i Jack thought the old burse was coming and said: "Hang the old blind horse! He's ever Intend to do anything for me back, coming this way sure; he ain't got no more sense than to fall in on me. Whoa, Ball!" The bound came closer. I ureal Jerusalem! 1 lie old unna loot will be right on top of me in a mlnlt! .Whoa, Ball! Whoa, haw. Ball!" Neal kicked a little dirt on Jack's head, and Jack began to pray: "Oh, Lord, hare mercy on whoa Ball! a poor sinner I'm gone now Whoa, Ball Our Father, who art in whoa, Ball hal lowed be Thy gee. Ball, gee! What'U I doT NW I lax ma. down .to si gee. Ball!" Juat then In fell more dirt. "Oh, Lord, if l'uu Balil Whoa Thy kingdom come gee. Ball! Oh, Lord, You know I was baptised in Smith's mllldam whoa. Ball! Ho up! Murder! Whoa! Neal could hold In no longer and shouted a laugh which might have been heard two miles, which was about as far as Jack chased him when he got out. Louisville Courier-Journal. The Bee's Little Want Ad Boosters will keep your business on the run. Bue Waut Ads suuiulale business luwu, It. H. Kimball. This is one of the strongest automobile concerns In the west. It has one of the most complete garages and repair shops in the country. This Is the home of the Stevens-Duryea, the Caddlllac, Stanley Steamer and Bab co' k Electric. It has a reputation for fair dealing. Muiianer George Reim, who has Just re turned from a trip to the factories, made large contracts in anticipation of a tre mendous business the coming season, and from the way business has started out he has planned wisely. Van llrunt Automobile Co. For thirty-five years or .onger the Van Brunt establishment has been In existence in Council Bluff. It Is one of the oldest and strongest business houses in the west. Six years ago it added automobiles and has pushed the sale of the Overland and the Pope Hartford cars vigorously. Mr. Henry H. Van Brunt Is proprietor of the business and Is assisted by his sons, Harry L. and George W. Atlantic Automobile Co. The Atlantic Automobile company, which began In Atlantic and now carries on a successful business and is enlarging and improving the concern there, recently moved to Council Bluffs. Into a garage built expressly for it. W. L. Herring Is proprietor of the Atlantic Auto company and la extensively and favorably known throughout Iowa. !U handles the Premier, the Ford and the It. THOMAS "FLYER." south of Sweden to the Arctlo circle; north I of Denmark to Berlin; Vienna to Paris; Bombay to the frontier of Afghanistan; and from that point to Calcutta, 1,70) miles; Melbourne to Sydney In Australia, and nearly all the main roads of Ceylon, Japan, Syria, Egypt, Greece and Tas mania. On Road to Mandalay. "In many countries good and excellent roads are maintained to a distance of fifty or 100 miles from the principal olties, Burmah, as an illustration, but the motor car must be shipped on the train 3S0 miles from Rangoon to Mandalay. "Under the head of excellent roads, I will place Cochin China, England, India, Java, Malay states, Scotland, Wales and France, although one-third of the route we recently covered from Nice to Paris, can only be considered fair. "In the class of good roads I place Austria, Bavaria, Belgium, Bohemia, Cey lon, Denmark, Germany, Hawaii, Holland, Honkong, Italy, Swltserland and Tasmania. The roads in Tasmania were built by con victs many years ago and are well pre served. We found roads In a fair condi tion In the Fiji islands, Greece, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand and Sweden. Bad roads In Burmah, Egypt and Spain. Wretched roads In Annam, China and Mexico. In a class by themselves about equally divided between good, bad and wretched, I put Australia, Syria, and I regret to say, the United States. "The grand trunk road of India, " "Sixty miles on the Libyan desert, ten miles to the pyramids, - and around the cities of Alexandria and Cairo, are the only good roads ot Egypt; the remainder are bad. The narrow and congested high ways of Japan, weak bridges of Bamboo, limits the use of the roads principally to the ricksha and man-drawn vehlolea, ex cept In the neighborhood . of the large cities. With much difficulty, however, we drove from Kobe to Nlkko and in the country 1,123 miles. In New Zealand the surface is rough and there are dangerous unprotected roads, with sleep grades, 'over the mountain passes. "Our drive In March, last of 797 miles in the Holy Land, Syria to Jerusalem, the Jordan, Dead sea and all the noted bbllcal places created much Interest In the minds of the people, as we were the first to en ter the country with an automobile. The roads on the plains of Sharon are Im passable in wet weather and hub deep In mud between Naiareth and Galilee, Jericho and the Jordan. Dry weather favored us on pur drive over the bad roads of the Lebanon. From Damascus to Beirut was from a scientific- standpoint grand. Syria Is closed to automobiles, except by special permission front the sultan of Turkey." rhe Yellow Peril. jaundice malaria bllloasness. vanishes when Dr. King's NewLife Pills are taken. Guaranteed. Kc, Sold by Beaton Drug Co. . , CONTESTANT IN THE GLIDDEN TOUR. i iii 'snips y I .I I I I , I II" l ' ...... i ... , . . ....... , . CHALMERS DETROIT, NO. ISA. L