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AUTOS WHICH HAVE WON FAME
Season of Motor Car Racing and En
durance Rani is Now Closed.
DEATH HAS CLAIMED ITS TOLL
Manufacturer Have Murnt I. arse
llama In I'roninl I tt - Ilnrc. of DIN
Irrrnl Kind to Advrrtlu
Their Ian In Country.
Another season of motorcar ratns and
endurance runs has gone down Into history.
Taken all In all It has been a most au
plcuous one. Long-standing reconls have
lieen broken and new ones established,
l'eath has claimed Us toll as usual, but
with a marked decrease over former years.
As long as men have red blond In their
veins and a denlre to go their neighbors
one better, there will always be found a
few who will take Just one more chance
with the result that the grim reaper adds
another to the list of violent deaths. From
the early days of motor building to the
present time these races and test runs
have done more to bring the automobile
to the point of perfection which It now en
Joys than all the other causes put together.
Kach race and each run has shown some
weak points, and the builders have Im
mediately taken steps to remedy this defect,
not only In the racing cars, but In the
stock cars as well. Kach year has added
new strength and extra safety devices, but
It Is Improbable that It will ever be possible
to overcome the skidding tendency when a
car tries to make a turn at the rate of
sixty or seventy miles an hour. The tours
and endurance runs hve as a rule been
much longer than those of preceding years,
and In the great majority of runs during
the last season the number of cars finish
ing have been above the average. The
sporting events have been much more
uuinerous, with one or more road races,
hill climbs ,or reliability runs having been
pulled off In every state In the union. Sev
eral twenty-four-hour races were held at
the Urlghlon Beach motordome, with many
attempts to break the record of 1,177 miles,
but It was not until the last race that this
was accomplished. A Lozler,- with Frank
Mulford at the wheel, crossed the line at
the end of twenty-four hours of nerve
racking driving, with 1,196 miles to its
credit. Fifty-one and one-half miles of
this distance was covered the last hour.
During the entire race the bonnet was not
raised for any purpose other than to oil
up. The other Lozler entered finished sec
ond, having made 1.169 miles.
Acroaa the toon try.
Another race which constituted a su
preme test of endurance on the part of
both driver and car was the transcon
tinental race from New York to the ex
position at Seattle for the Guggenheim
trophy. When the announcement of the
race was mado In March there were no
restrictions aa to slie or power of cars,
no schedules to make it a Joy ride, and
no limitations to handicap any entry.
Later the Manufacturers' Contest asso
ciation passed resolutions disapproving the
contest on the grounds that It encouraged
the violation of the speed laws and that
tho contest offered too much opportunity
for rebuilding cars en route. The rules
were accordingly amended, and a dally
schedule as far west aa St. Louis ar
ranged. West of there it was decided that
the conditions of the road would prevent
faat time. The rules were also revised
o as to Insure against any chance of
rebuilding cars or replacing parts. More
than a score of cars, had been promised
for this race, but when the time came to
Mart only six made their appearance two
Fords, a Steam, an Acme, a Shawmut and
an Itala. The start was made from the
ity hall In New York on the afternoon of
June L and Ford No. i finished In Seattle
twenty days afterward, having covered 4,106
miles, most of which were over roads of
the worst kind.
Next to the New York-Paris race this
probably was the hardest road ace ever
pulled off In the history of the sport.
The New York tt Paris race was not
an event of the past year, it wus run In
the early part of 190S, but up to today
this performance has never been equaled.
The race started In New York, February 12,
1HUH, and at 8 o"clock on July 30 the Tliomas
flyer, victor In the round-the-world race,
arrived in Paris, sweeping through the
crowded boulevards of the city escorted
by a great cavalcade of automobiles. .The
entries for the race consisted of three
French-made cars, one Italian, one German
and one American manufacture. Every
kind of known obstacle was met and over
come by the men who drove these cars.
Not only was there great honor In win
ning this race, but that any machine fin
ished at all Is a feat that will live forever
in the annals of motoring.
Alataon M'lna Two Kveata.
Joe Matson, the nervy driver of the
Ohalmer-Detrult racing team, captured
two important event tills year. Driving
a .Chalmers-Detroit 'a)", against large
flel4s, ha won the Indiana trophy and the
Nassau awecpstakes. Another perform
ance by a Chalmers-Detroit car, which wus
uade under the hardest kind of conditions,
was the' run of lllueblrd" from Denver
to Mexico City, pathflndlug for the '-flii8-to-flag"
endurance run. which starts next
month. Practically all of this Journey
was mode through territory where the au
tomobile had never been seen before. The
factory was 3.000 miles away-, and it was
over a 1.0U0 miles to the nearest garage
or repair shop. With the utmost confi
dence In the little car and his own ability to
get there somehow. Hilly Knipper climbed
Into his seat at Denver, and, after a ser
ies of sandstorms,' lost roads, and unford-
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uppljr of 4uiotnolalie tad mtm for prm tie, fern
tai iftutbt not only o bavual utoiiiobllM al
a tit, but to luak all rvpcttr. BaoU for cL)oua
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able streams, the car rolled into Mexico
City under Us own power.
Vanderbllts may come and Vandeibllts
may go, but lo George Robertson and the
locomobile will always belong the honor
of having been the first Americans to cap
ture this, the greatest of America's mo
toring events.
The transcontinental record, made by a
Franklin car In i:W, with "Clean Pcore,"
Carrls at the wheel, still stands despite
the many runs which have been made
In both directions since. This machine cov
ered the distance from San Francisco to
New York in fifteen days two hours and
twelve minutes. This run was made when
the territory was very little known. There
have been at least five ocean-to-ocean
runs since that time, but no one as yet
has came anywhere near the record.
in mapping out the 1900 Glldden tour,
the Studebaker K. M. F. "30" laid out the
course for the longest and most difficult
endurance contest ever held. It rained
nearly all of the time that the car was
crossing the state of Iowa, and It was
here the pathfindlng party had their first
experience with the famous "gumbo." The
sturdy little car pulled through 401 miles of
this mud on first speed. On the entire
run of 2.837 miles, besides the number of
miles on low gear mentioned before, 68S
miles were made on the Intermediate, and
l,SWi miles on the high.
Of course, all over the country there
have been other races and other tours.
The Atlanta races next week and the
"flag-lo-flag" run next month will close
the year. New Year's eve will wittness the
Inauguration of the show season and the
start of another year for the motoring
world. What next year will bring forth
no man can tell, but the defects brought
to light this year will be remedied, and a
better automobile is the one result that
all these races and endurance runs bring
for the buyer. Who, however, will say
that that Is not enough?
OMAHA AUTO DEALERS UNITE
An Incorporation la Formed to Give
the II lg Show.
Automobile dealers of Omaha have
formed u corporation for the purpose of
better handling the big annual show
which is given In Omaha at the Auditor
ium. Kach year the show has been a
success, ' although the dealers have had
to Individually guarantee It in advance.
This year a company has been formed
to give the show on a much larger scale
and to take In all the dealers of Omaha,
South Omaha and Council Bluffs.
Omaha Is recognized all over the
country as the most Important center for
the distribution of automobiles, and the
manufacturers are not going to overlook
this fact. Clark G. Powell Is now In the
east to Interest the manufacturers in the
Omaha show and he reports that his ef
forts have been successful.
The problem thin year, the same as
lost. Is to secure enough exhibit space.
This will be accomplished by a "different
arrangement of the machines and by util
izing all the stage space which was last
year given over to accessory dealers.
Omaha now has thirty-three dealers
and more are looking for locations. These
will all want to exhibit and each will have
something new to show.
City Onus A a to.
Motorists, of Wilmington,' Del., have no-
ticed considerable Improvement In the
streets since an automobile was added to
the equipment of the street and sewer de
partment. Many bad holes, bumps and
other uneven places that were formerly
In existence have now been repaired.
Portland Mhoiv In January.
Plans are on foot to hold the Vnnua
Portland, Ore., automobile show the sec
ond week In January, and at a much earl
ier date than heretofore.
R.
Lincoln, Neh. Nebraska City, Neh. PlattsmoutK Neb.
1119-21 P St.
Distributers
REGAL MERCER
Agents
STODDARD-DAYTON
MATHESON SIX
We still have valuable Nebraska territory open
for live dealers. Now is the time to close con
tracts for 1910. Address all correspondence
Nebraska City, Nebraska.
GENERAL RULES FOR AUTOS
International Conference Adopts
Rules to Govern Drivers.
SEVERAL STATES HAVE SIGNED
Provision la Made for tbe Condition
of the Car and Also for Control
of It on the Roads of All
Countries.
The recent International Conference of
Delegates, which met In Paris to consider
the question of adopting uniform regula
tions for motor traffic in the countries
represented, has made the following recom
mendations, which have already been
signed by several of the states concerned:
Every motor car to obtain International
permission to be driven on the public high
way must either have been certified as fit
to be used, after examination by a compe
tent authority or by an association em
powered by such an authority, or must be
long to a type certified In accordance with
the aforesaid method. The examination
must be based particularly upon the fol
lowing points:
1. The mechanist must be of a reliable
nature, and constructed to obviate, as far
as possible, all risk of fire or explosion;
to obviate all risk of frightening horses
by Its noise; to constitute no other source
of danger to traffic, and to cause no seri
ous convenience to road users by smoke or
vapor. '
2. A motor car must be provided with the
following mechanical parts:
(a) A powerful steering gear that allows
turns to be taken easily and safely.
(b) Two systems of brakes. Independent
of one another and adequately efficient;
one at least of these systems must be
quickly operating, to act directly on the
wheels, or op drums made In one piece
with the wheels.
(c) A device that can prevent, even on
steep hills, all backward movement, In the
event of one of the brake systems falling
to ensure such a condition.
Kvety motor car exceeding 3V) kg. In
weight unladen must be furnished with an
arrangement by which the driver can,
from his seat, reverse by means of the
motor.
3. The gears must bo. so gtuuped that
the driver can operate them without ceas
ing to view the road.
4. Every motor car must be provid -d
with plaques Indicating the firm that has
constructed the vehicle, and the maker's
chassis number, the horse-power of the
motor, or the number and bore of the cyl
inders, atid the unladen weight of the
vehicle.
Conditions for Drivers.
The driver of a motor car must possess
those qualifications that afford an ade
quate guarantee of safety to the public.
In so far as international traffic Is con
cerned, no person may drive a motor car
without having received permission to do
so from a competent authority or from an
association empowered by such an author
ity, after he has given proof of his fitness.
No permission may be given to persons
under IS years of age.
International Road Certlf Icatea.
In order to ensure for International traf
fic the carrying out of the conditions stip
ulated In sections 1 and 2, International
road certificates shall be granted accord
ing to the following method: The certifi
cates shall be valid for one year from tho
date of their issue. International road cer
tificates granted by the authorities of one
of the contracting governments, or by an
association empowered by such govern
ment with the countersign of the author
ity, shall give free access to traffic circula
tion in all the other contracting states,
and shall be recognized there as valid
A. Duff & Co.
Motor Cars
without further examination. The recog
nition of International road certificates
may be refused on the following gounds:
1. If It be evident that the conditions
under which they have been granted ac
ceding to the principles laid down In sec
tion l ana s, nave not been lumiien.
2. If the owner or driver of a motor
car be not a native of one of the con
tracting states.
'onltlon of Indentlf leat Ion Numbers.
No motor car shall be allowed to pabs
from one country to another unless It dis
play, at the back. In addition to the num
ber-plate of Its own country, distinctive
plaque bearing letters establishing Its na
tionality. Warning; Apparatus.
Every motor car must be provided with
a deep-toned horn as a warning signal.
Outside large towns It Is permissible to
use other warning signals, in accordance
with the regulations and usages of the
country. Every motor car must be pro
vided after dark with two lamps capable
of rendering the plaques legible. The
roadway must be Illuminated In front over
an adequate distance, but the use of daz
zling lights la always prohibited In town
areas.
Meeting; and Overtaking; Vehicles.
When meeting or overtaking other vehi
cles drivers of motor cars must rigorously
observe the rules of the road of the local
ities In which they are.
Poaltlon of Notice Boards.
Each of the contracting governments
agrees to take precautions, as far as its
authority permits, that there shall only be
erected as Indications of dangerous points
the signs specified In a schedule. Modi
fications may bo made in accordance with
a general understanding by the govern
mentH of tho contracting states. To this
system of signs it is possible to add a
sign notifying a customs house and order
ing a halt, in addition to another sign in
dicating a toll house and octroi. The gov
ernments will at the same time endeavor
to' secure adherence to tho following prin
ciples: First, generally there Is no occasion to
indicate by warning signs the dangerous
points that are situated In towns.
Second, the signs must be erected at a
distance of about 250 m. from the point
Indicated, unless the position of the pl.tce
prevents. When the distance of the sign
from the dangerous point vurles In a
marked degree from 2o0 in. special notifica
tions are to be made.
Third, warning signs must be erected
perpendicularly to the road.
General Regulations.
The driver of a motor car circulating in
a country is bound to conform to the laws
and regulations relative to traffic on the
public roads in force in the said country.
An extract from these laws and regula
tions may be supplied to the motorist on
his entering a country by the office where
the c us to ma formalities are carried out.
Auto Legislation.
Plans are on foot to hold the first na
tional legislative convention In Washing
ton about the middle of January. An
nouncement of the project has been made
by Chairman Charles T. Terry, of the leg
islative board of the American Automobile
association. It Is proposed to Invite the
governors or their representatives from
all the states in the country.
The two chief matters that will be
brought before the convention are the na
tional registration motor law and the uni
form state law. The national registration
act will be reinforced by Congressman
Cocks, who had charge of the bill last
year, and it Is proposed to secure a hearing
upon the bill before the Judiciary com
mittee during the time of the convention
In Washington.
Persistent Advertising Is the road to Big
Returns. J
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COMING LOCOMOTIVE WONDER
Steam and Electricity Are Combined
la a. Tnrblae-Drlven
Machine.
President Hugh Reld of the Glasgow
Cnlverslty Engineering society has an
nounced that a new locomotive is under
construction which may lead to the tur
bine system, which revolutionized steam
propulsion on Uio Atlantic, being applied
to the railway engines of the world.
Reld describes this engine as the first
steam-turbine-electric locomotive. Various
proposals have been made to electrify the
existing steam railways, but the antici
pated cost of conversion and of the pros
pective maintenance hitherto haa pre
vented progress.
Attempts have been made to Introduce
Independent, self-generating electric units
that might operate over existing railway
systems without necessitating any electri
cal equipment on the railways themselves.
The Heilmann steam-electric locomotive,
which was built in 1804, Was the most not
able of these attempts, but Reld declares
that the new steam-turbine-electric loco
motive, now being built by the North
British Locomotive company, la of much
more practical development.
The steam Is generated In a boiler of the
ordinary locomotive typo. superheated
steam from the boiler is led to a turblno
of ttnnillse tvno rutminir it t a uc4 ,.f
3,000 revolutions a minute, to which Is
' coupled directly a continuous current, va-
rtable voltage dynamo or generator. The
dynamo supplies electrical energy of from
200 to 600 volts to four series of traction
motors, the armatures of which are built
on the four main or driving axles of the
locomotive.
The exhaust steam from tho turbine
pusses Into an ejector condenser, and, to
gether with the circulating condensing
water, Is delivered eventually to a hot
well. As the steam turbine Is unlike a
reciprocating steam engine in that It re
quires no internal lubrication, tho water
of condensation is free from oil and con
sequently Is returned from the hot well
direct to the boiler by means of a feed
pump. The water evaporated by the boiler,
therefore. Is returned to the boiler again
and again, and the supply of water carried
In the tanks Is actually circulating water
for condensing purposes.
This condensing water Is circulated
within a practically closed cycle by means
of small centrifugal pumps driven by aux
llliary steam turbines placed alongside the
main turbine and dynamo.
Reld declares the idea Is the outcome of
much thought and experiment over a pe
riod of several years and Is being carried
out on a large scale. As the engine under
construction Is Intended for express and
passenger work, Reld hopes to obtain from
its actual working comparisons with the
performances of reciprocating steam loco
motives, especially as regards the relative
consumption of fuel and water, and also
as to the efficiency of transforming the
energy of steam Into the drawbar or train
pull, and also the relative rapidity of ac
celeration under the old and new systems.
The component parts of this steam-turbine-electric
locomotive already have
proved themselves effective and efficient
in other applications, and the novelty lies
in the combniatlon of the different elV
mnts of which the locomotive is com
posed. The expected results In this case
should not, therefore, Reid believes, be
so problematical as In an Invention where
the novelty is In the details. Chicago
Tribune.
"Wisdom of Thla World."
Mr. Pecksniff and Mr. Turveydrop had
met for the first time.
"You look like a person of some conse
quence, sir," spoke Mr. Turveydrop. "but
your deportment is not quite up to the cor
rect standard."
"Sir," quoth Mr. Pecksniff, surveying
him with lofty scorn. "I cannot forget ttiat
you probably have an Immortal Soul, but
you look like an Ineffable Ass." Chicago
Tribune.
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DIR EGTO RY
Of Automobiles and Accessories
Motor cah
W. L, Huffman & Go.
2025 Farnam 8trt.
BRUSH RUNABOUT
Detroit-Electric
Mood's Electric
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fl. r. N Kill 1 1 a FA N 1 1 1 1 1411 1
2044-46-40 FARNAM STREET
leright Automobile Co.
Henry H. Van
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14TH AND JACKSON Trimming
SWEET-EDWARDS AUTO CO. ZTiZ
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Standard Automobile
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III lAlUlDnLL BABCOCK ELECTRIC
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Wallace Automobile Co.
24th Near Farnam Street.
H Inter-State, $1,750; DeTample,
Hupmoniie, 5.&U.
A MARVEL OF WORKMANSHIP
T. 6. NQRTHWALL CO.
914 Jones St.
JACKSON
Pioneer Implement Co.
Council Bluffs, Iowa.
KITE STEAMER
DRUMMOND
2024 Farnam St.
II III II III I n Ll L Pce, Rapid,
Chalmers-Detroit
Stcddard-Dayton,
Waverly, Lexington,
1814-16 Farnam.
Brunt
Overlani, Pope
Hartford
Council Staffs, lewa.
The easiest riding car in the world.
C. F. LOUK, 1808 Farnam Street,
State Agent.
Mattheson
J. J. DERIGrlT CO.
1818 Firnara St.
OMAHA, NEB. CHAS. MERZ
Co.
Garage and Repairs
Standard Six & National
Diatrlbutors
Thomas, Hudson, Pierce, Rapid
Detroit Electrio
Cioncll Bluffs, Iowa.
Go.
Rambler,
Mitchell.
' 2209 rarnam SU
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Storage and Repairs
2318 Harney Street. -A-2Q11
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L. SMITH, 2207 FARNAM ST.
REO, FORD, PREMIER.
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Atlantic anJ Council Bluffs. Iowa
R. R. KIMBALL,
2026 Farnam St
lllfi. DENISE BARKALOW, Proprietor
2218 Farnam Street,
REO,
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AUTOMOILE CO., 216 S. 19.
In its class without a peer.
C. F. LOUK, State Agent,
1808 Farnam St.
APPERSON SALES AGENCY
1102-4 Farnam St.
Steamer
Wood's Electric
DRUMMOND
2024 Firaan St
Buckingham
Auto Lamps.
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