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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 10, 1910)
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: APRIL 10, 1910. n REASONS FOR THE UPLIFT Automobile Row Explains What's the Matter with Farmen. MILLIONS PUT IN MOTOR CARS f'rartlral Benefit CIrrli.lo the I. star) of the Pace thrrrfnll mt lialumrr thai Blow lato the (rait. Will's the Country Ldf coinmiHSion 11 try Ins to find out "What's th matter n Ith the InrmcrV' boosters on Automobile Row are on to the trouble and applying the remedy. The patient Ilk the treatment to well and enjoy Us uplift posslbllties that thty carry the nfws to neisors and rhow rhem where to net In. The exIiiliirHiit is labeled "Autoinobiims." Out of the million raised from the toil last year quite a stiff aggregate va In vettcd by farmers In automobiles. Esti mates place the number of automobile owned by Nebraska farmers at 4.000. low, and Kansas farmers are put down at 6,0-0 each. The average cost of the machines In placed at 11,500. All of tbe farmers of the lountry are estimated to own Tti.OOO ma chines. There are mall order houses which make a specialty of building and selling automobiles to farmers, some of the ma chines being as cheap as f)5. A large curportlon manufactures motor buggies for the farmer, along with harvester machines and reapers. The buggy type of automobile no longer satlstfies. lie demands pneumatic Urea, ao that he can ride In comfort, and a lot of horsepower, so that he won't have to take the dust of city folks he meets on the road. When the automobile Is not being used by the farmer as a luxury, he hitches It on to u fodder cutter, a buzs saw or a milk sepniator in the back yard. Hy jacking up tl,. tear wheels and slipping a beli aiotiiu. one of them, the touring tar Is ti t.n; lurmed into an efficient and powerful Hatlun.ry engine. More than half the population of the country lives on the farm or thereabouts, and in the past It has not known how the other half lives. 'J' he automobile gives the other half a t hane to visit and patronize the city half. Motors especially made for all sorts of farm work, from plowing to threshing, bid fair to dlxplace both animal and human labor. Speaking of "what this gasoline-fed slave will do for the farmer," an advei- tlslng'Macaulay remarks "When the motor doesn't work It need not be fed. There la no danger of Its getting sick, as Is the case with the horse; nor will It go on strike or get drunk, as Is the case with the man helper." Aye, the motor is a total ab stalncr and an heroic exponent of the open shop principle; it is the Ideal producer of surplus value. It will plow. It will reap. It will cut grass, it will drive a threshing ma chine and do any other work of a stationary engine. It drinks nothing but gasoline; it does not get sick, tired or drunk. Kansas farmers spent $3,i!00,OOt) for auto mobiles during 1909 and 2,7W.00i) in 1908. In one Nebraska town of 800 population forty automobiles were sold last year to farmers near the town and retired farmers In the town. Careful estimate of the num ber of automobiles owned by farmers in the entire United States is 76,000. The farmer has more good 'reasons for having an automobile than any other man. It is commonly said now that' many city men are buying automobiles who' cannot afford them. Oarage and chauffeur costs are largely responsible for this condition. He Know Machinery. But the farmer take to ah automobile unite like the proverbial duck to water. In the first place he knows machinery, lie handlos It all day long and has to be his own repair man. As a result he Is his own best chauffeur and so is his son. The automobile fits In the farm work as if mad for it. It doesn't replace the horse not a bit of It. The horse goes Into the . field In the morning and the automobile runs the milk to town or goes to the mill for flour in a hurry or makes a quick dash to the machine shop In town for a part to lepalr the binder or the threshing machine. It saves the time in many Instances (as many farmers testify) of a big gang of men in the field In an emergency. It pays for l;self in real service by the end of a year or two. Sixteen automobile maker are advertising autoniubilts to the farmer in the I.") farm papera of the country, and most of them are arguing that the automobile will keep the boy on the farm and make life more livable for the wife. Automobile men are constantly belli astonished at the price farmers ar wil ing to pay for the best car, and Hi way they are paying Is In cash, with as little fuss as If they were buying a now draught horse. FACTOR IN TH WORLD'S WORK It Development n Time Suvrr for Mist ('Inane. This world is rapidly attaining perfec tion; approaching the millennium through high efficiency in action, ease in occupa tion and complete enjoyment of acquisi tion. Tin; uutomohile ha civen us a longer, faster ride in this direction than any other Invention of our time. To the question, "What la the economic value of the automobile In the world's work?" the beat answer is another, "What occupation can b benefited by the Introduction of higher speed in locomotion?" The occupations which are directly, bene fited by the Invention and use of the auto mobile are, first, those vocations where greater facility and speed In traveling' will Increase the amount of work accomplished. Representatives of this clay.i are physi cians, civil engineer! and salesmen who travel about In dolus; their work. The sec ond class who are benefited ar those Mhoie vocations do not require traveling but who use the automobile for recreation, sight sating and pleasure. Tha third class receive benefits not so much from the automobile per as as from the stimulus in manufacturing and trade which the con struction of automobiles has created. The most apiarent benefit to the fust class Is the greater speed of the automo bile as compared with the horsedrawn vehicle previously used. In the case of the physicians the difference In the time con sumed In getting to the patient may mean the difference between life and death. In addition to the greater endurance of the vehicle, rendering it capable of roverlnr many times the mileage of the horse, and th fact that It I more sanitary and more economical, all tend to increase the effi ciency In the vocation to which its us- is applied. Perhaps to no class I the automobile of more value than to civil engineers and construction firms, who are enabled tn widely extend their scope of operations. A superintendent is enabled to oversee th work of two or three Jolts all In progress of construction at th same time, a he can travel speedily between them. More than any other benefit conferred on th owner of th automobile in professional or business life la the fact that It doubles i d trebles th usefulness of tha user; the physician, for Instance, can call upon his patients in one-half th time, thus saving him many hours In a day. As th "possi bility of accomplishment" la on of the greatest things in Uf. so this saving In - each day, when multiplied by thejbU dealer report sales l many farmers TA-Ti'. months and years, Is the equivalent In work done to adding years to a man's life. The second class is mostly composed of people to whom the automobile l not a necessity that is, they did not require the automobile for the sake of economy and utility, but rather acquired the automobile for pleasure, recreation ami sight seeing. This class became the first purchaser of automobiles, and commenced using them long before the machine was perfected. In the early days, when a fifty-mile run with out stopping was a ten-day wonder, and while the running of the car was inter mittent, troublesome and unreliable, they bought cars for the enjoyment of riding, for the pleasure in it while It would go. They laughed and regarded it onlv as an adventure when a Rpark plug went wrong, when a driving chain broko or motor slopped. They have come into their own now; whatever they desire, either comfort, speed or reliability, they can. be satisfied. Cars are built which ride more comfortably than any carriage. Some cars will travel faster than a mile a minute; one car has run 10.000 miles without stopping the motor. Esther of a score of cars will meet all requirements of durability, flexibility and reliability. Of the third class, those who have been directly benefited are the artisans, me chanics, merchants and others engaged In the manufacture and sale of automobiles and accessories. More than 250,000 men ac quire their living In the manufacture and sale of automobiles and accessories. The tremendous demand for the cars, coupled with the progresslveness of the manufac ture, have caused them to engage the most skilled help and the fastest pro ducing, capable and efficient workmen, and In many cases to pay wages In excess of the current rates as. a bonus to Induce In creased production. The same demand that has been applied to men has been applied to machines and tools of every kind and description which have come to be used In the automobile industry. Benjamin Briscoe In New Tork Herald. CONCERNING ' LIFE OF Much Depend! on Tito Thing! Handling and the . Use of OH. vHn -the The question Is often asked.' "What Is the life of an automobile?" This I easily an k we red. It depends upon two things, first, the way , the car Is handled, and second, the amount of oil It receives. With proper attention In both of these respects an auto mobile should last from five to ten years, depending upon the grade of the car. To properly appreciate the Importance of oiling It may be well to see Just what Its functions are and how it performs them. If you look at oil through a powerful mic roscope, you will see that It Is composed of thousands of globules,, each one shaped like a ball. A properly oiled bearing has distributed all over its rubbing surface, these small globules, which act exaotly as If they were steel balls, preventing the two surfaces themselves from touching each other. The moment there Is no oil there and the two surfaces come In contact, they start to cut and It takes but a very short time for an expensive bearing to ba de stroyed. The oil itself will wear, out; that Is to say, the globules will break and the oil will thus lose Its lubricating - properties. Therefore, new oil must be added con stantly. As proper oiling is such a tremendous factor In the successful performance of a car, it Is well to see that your automobile la equipped with as r early an automatic system of oiling as is possible and practi cal. The pump oiler, the operator. Is likely to be foritotten. This naturally would have I disastrous results. There are several very good positive oiling systems; some of these Inre mechanical pumps, which start when tho engine starts and pump just the proper amount of oil to every part where nil Is required, stopping when the motor stops. Another and more simple arrangement, which Is well adapted to double opposed motors Is to use the alternate compres sion and vacuum of the crank cus. the pressure and vacuum starting, when the motor start and falling when the motor stops. In this method a pipe having a simple ball check runs from the crank cas to the oil reservoir. Kvery time there Is a compression In the crank case, which occurs as the pistons approach each other, there Is a pressure put on the oil In the reservoir. This forces the oil to sight foeds, which should be situated on tha dash In easy sight of the operator and Is thelce distributed to the various bearings. As the oil leaves the sight feeds It Is suck'd to the piston and the engine bearings by the va cuum caused by the piston receding from each other. Great care should be exercised in procur ing the very best oil. It is poor economy to use an Inferior gi-ade; it does not fol low that because you ore paving a big price for o'.I you are getting the best. There Is probably moro fraud practiced In the oil business than In any other pursuit accessory to automobiling. The best oil for cylinder use is one having a very high fire test and a wry low cold test and which Is rather thin. This same oil cin be used for most bearings. Gears should be run In a very heavy nil or a good quality of grease. The manufacturers of machines, however, always give Instructions as tn Just what oil to use In each particular place where lubrication Is necessary. Remember that a gallon too much nil ran do no damage other than to soot up the rparks plugs, which arc cleaned In a very few minutes. A drop too Utile of oil, on the other hand, may destroy the whole power plant of the machine. YORK FARMERS BUY AUTOS I'ae of New Mtyl of I.ucomotloa tsaktii la tr rest la Good Noidi. YORK. April S. Spc(al.)-8o many far mers are buying automobiles that already a number ar becoming Interested in belter roads, and if the farmers of York county take n interest in good roads there I no question but what good roads will be built and maintained In York county. Autoino- p r CHftt.MtPS'30' Mm N TOUtr-, who have all there Uvea been money savers and a few who never made a purchase but what they had to get the best price, but when purchasing an automobile they are most liberal and rarely ask if It can be bought cheaper, but take the auto at the price asked. AUTOMOBILE BUSINESS B00MSJN OLD MEXICO More far Are nelnar Purchased and the It on Us Are Being? Ini proved. Mexldo Is beginning to take a keen Inter est In motor touring. Various good road movements have been Btarted and motorists in Mexico City are making many trips of exploration to rolnts of interest in the neighboring republic. A recent dispatch from Maxlco City says that perhaps the most Important of these pioneer tours was that of Messrs. Alcerreca and Garces, who made a run from Mexico City to Orizaba. They found the roads almost Impassable, but as a result of their trip a movement has already been started to Improve this route which would otherwise be very en joyable. The trip was made in a Chalmers "80" and despite the unfavorable condi tions, the car negotiated the trip with en tire satisfaction. This was the first time an automobile had attempted this hazard ous Journey. Among the other important runs which may do much to promote automobile tour ing and the improvement of road conditions In Mexico are those of Kenneth Walker from Mexico City to Guadalajara, return ing in thirty-two hours and thirty-eight minutes; that of Jack Davis, who recently made a long climb to El Deslcrto In an hour flat. While this is not a record It Is a very creditable performance, and has been an Inducement to many other motor ists of Mexico City to attempt the climb. The Mexican Herald Is quite enthusiastic over these pioneer runs, because they have awakened Mexican automo'blllsts to the great need of-good roads. The poor roads of Mexico heretofore have proved the great- pHt Hpt hack to automoblllnir tn that noun try. DUG UP GOLD TO BUY CAR Farmer Shovel Tooche Combination of a Barnyard Bank. While the financial stringency Is long since past, money Is still being hoarded. Tred Chindler, the Ford agent at North Yakima, tells a story where the where withal' was planted and ' where a highly delectable fruit grew upon It. One day his telephone bell rang. "Say; do you sell the Ford cat?" asked the voice, and he answered In the affirma tive. "It's the same car that finished first in that race from New Tork to Seattle?" Again the affirmative. "Well, 1 want to see one. I'm thinking of buying one." Chandler', the next day, took a spin out to the address and found the voice be longed to a farmer whose crops had been all to the good. The farmer looked the car over, listened to Chandler's talk and then said: "Would you mind giving us a litle spin?" meaning himself and his Interested wife. Chandler surely was willing. He took them down a stretch and when they ar rived at the farm house the car was sold. "You talk to the woman a while," and the farmer was off. A short while later Chandler looked around and he saw the old farmer near the barn digging with a shovel. Presently he returned and handed $1,025 to Chandler, the price of the car. "That farmer thinks the seed he planted bore the best fruit ever," says Manager R. P. Rice of the local branch, who thinks the story a great ofte. Philadelphia Ledger. Persistent advertising Is the road to Big Returns. - -Tffk- vxi "FSi Q nCa'3tsi Roadst5?ii75 At $1,750 Is the best car on the market at its price bar none. Let us show you the smoothest, quietest, easy running, powerful car on the mar ket. If you ride in It you will surely want the Inter-State. WE NAVE THE U17. L. HUFFMAN AUTOMOBILE CO., " 2025 FARNAM ST. Distributers for Nebraska and Western Iowa. JtlSltr SG50 negal Cars, $1,050 Jfti J&- $1,000 Pamnji 1 1 f ; m Michigan Men Praise Omaha Members of Faculty Are Impressed with Wonderful Growth of the City. "We were treated royally while In Omaha," said Dean Reed of the Univer sity of Michigan, just before the train left. "I know of no better word to express my opinion of your great city than 'colossal.' " "It Is a rousing old town," said Dean Cooley of the engineering department with his famous laugh. "The development since I saw It several years ago has certainly been wonderful, and It seems to fast be growing into the leading city of the mid dle west. General Secretary Shaw expressed him self as delighted by the loyalty, enthus lasm and fine organization of the local sons of Michigan and said it was no won der so many fine Omaha boys attend the University of Michigan, because the head quarters of the Alumni association of the Missouri valley, consisting of over 600 mem bers. Is at Omaha, and every Michigan man never falls to sing praises of Ann Arbor at every opportunity. The dis tinguished visitors were kept very busy from their arrival until they left. Deadly Fright possesses sufferers from lung trouble till they ltarn Dr. King's New Discovery will help them. 60c and $1.00. For sale by Bea ton Drug Co. When you want what you want when you want It, say so through The Be Want Ad columns. We Ape Back at Our OLD LOCATION And Are Showing a Full Line of Hudson; Chalmcs's, Piepcc-Appow, Thomas We were fortunate in having a large stock of cars m our warehouse, and are in as good position as ever to make PROMPT DELIVERIES H. E. Fredrickson Automobile 2044-6-8 Farnam St, Omaha, Neb. Toy CARS IN OMAHA READY TO DELIVER GLIDDENPATIIF1NDERSTARTS Chalmers is Official Car for Those Who Will Mark the Route. LEAVES TOMORROW MORNING Will TrsTftw tonnlrr t Before Krarhed on One of 1hee Tonra .lonmrji Thronath the SouthneM. DKTKOIT. April 9. (Special. ) The Chal mers "30". official pathfinder tor the Gild den tour of 1910, was shipped today to Cin cinnati, the official starting' point of the tour. The pathfindlng trip will start Monday, April 11. This was the decision of Chair man S. M. Butler of the ontst board of the America Automobile association uh.n he stopped In Chicago the first of the wck for a conference on Olldden tour mattTs before he left for the coast. He further announced that the night con trols will be Louisville, Nashville, Flor ence, Ala., Memphis, Little Rock Ark., Dallas, Tex., Oklahoma City, Wichita, Kan., Kansas City, Mo., St. Joseph, Mo., Dos Moines. la., Davenport and Chicago. Sundays will be spent In Memphis and St. Joseph. hls year's Glidden will contain the long est single day's run In the history of the event; from Texarkana to Dallas, a dis tance, of 230 miles. The. longest day In the 1909 tour was from Sallna, Kan., to Kansas City, a distance of 212 miles. This year's tour will also be longer than that of 1W, which established a record for Glldden tours. Last year the Glldden Ites covered approximately 2.300 miles be tween Chicago and Kansas City by way of Minneapolis and Denver. This year's routo will be something over 2,600 miles. Chairman Butler believes that this year's Glidden event will set a record for entries. Inquiries to date indicate great Interest in the tour among manufacturers of automo biles In all parts of the country. "I am confident that 1910 will see that largest of all Glldden tours," said Mr. But ler. Official scout, Dal H. Lewis, will reach Cincinnati Sunday; Joseph W. Graham, who will drive the official pathfindlng car, will be there a coupe of days earlier su that everything may be In readiness for au early start Monday morning. TRAINOR READY TO QUIT BOARD New Mayor of South Omaha Mar Re main In Office Until Successor I Appointed. County Commissioner Tralnor will put In his formal resignation to the Douglas county board Monday or Tuesday, but it is not expected that the board will act on it for several days or possibly two weeks thereafter. Mr. Tralnor will remain an active member of the board during these few days by desire of other members. He will put his "resignation in for the board to act on at once If it desires, so that any criticism Is thus forestalled. Co., Tonneau The Hup mo bile 4 CYL 20 H. P., With BOSCH MAGNETO, at Most remarkable car In the .world. This Is what every owner says. Nobody ever made a mistake in buying; a llupmoblle. Its a wonder. EIGHT RAILROAD TICKETS LOST Leader of Urerk ( lab ( haranl with TnklnsT Tlrket tmr frnm III Fellow Member. Kxplanatlons were In ui Saturday morning when Nlrk Mlnndakis. it tireek, was haled before Judge Crawford under the chars of having absconded with the rail road tickets of eluht comrades. Neither the several and sundry Greeks who declared they hail been deprived of the wherewithal to travel from Omaha to Chicago, nor TH E, Omaha DIR EGTO RY K Of Auiomobiles Kemper Automobile Go. Ill Jn Detroit Elcctrio aEsi1poMtEI!:TLc,'uPA", THE PAXTOIi-MITCHELL CO. SK8 Doug. 7281 2310 Harney Street. A-201 1 i . - .I... .a a mnui GUY 31 IT F Rfj IMRfll I Stevens-Buryea, Cadillac, Stanley Steamer, i III IVIU.UI.LL BADCOCK ELECTRIC tOtt farnam ttrt. mil II ELECTRIC II A I I A IT! A IF In its class without a peer. Hill 1 illiilY C. F. LOUK, State Agent, aaueiuituai 1808 Farnam st. DEAL and IMPERIAL tgSS BRADLEY, MEERIAM & SMITH, - . Council Blnffs, Iowa KISSEL KAR :SS IS 5: E: kissel auto co llWWaUaU S3t0oQ60H.pt 2129 Farnam St' n nrn n nrs MOTOR CARS V7 I CL L- l SL VEL,E AUTOMOBILE CO., 1 902 Farnam St. W La Lza U L23 John Deere Plow Co.,. Distributors. Ford Motor Co., 1818 Farnam St., Omaha, Neb. Ln n Matthoson mniibfl3e a.sv'0- Detroit-Electric ponS co- y RoadHter, 4 cyl., S passenger $1,100 jf A gf Touring Car, 4 cyl., C passenger $1,360 yfj2fhfJI Touring Car, 6 cyl., 7 passenger a,000 twauM2 Coit flBtoailile Co zm Farnam $1, BM. Wallaca AMe Co. ZJT motor car 24th -Near Fernam Streot. V. L. Huffman & Co. in 2025 F.rn.m str..t. $650; Hupmablle, S750.f BRUSH RUMOUr-isr" II.E.FredicksonyomobileCo.;SE 1044-4C-4 FARNAM STREET Deright AutomobiiB Co. ggr Henry H, Van Brunt rSjT "MURPHY DIdTT" Au0 Sg 14TH AND JACKSON Trimming A!AnfSmtl9 Tlie easiest riding; car in the world., ARuOu -p- L0DL?e Agrerm street- SWEET-EDlVAnDS AUTO CO. 2052 FARNAM STREET PARRY ....$1285 Nebraska Buick Auto Company Unooln BraB.cn, 13ta ana V at, St. S. BIBLES, Oen't Mgr. Omalia Branca, lia-14-l rarnam St., X.S2 KOPr, Mgr. IfllTrn OThTT 51750 ry Equipped -4 Cyl7oli7i liy I LIM0 I H I L w Mlnndakis were able to show lf Inttrljr what had become of the railroad ticket. According to the complnlnlnr .witnesses, eight lirerks had formed Into club for the purpose of Journeying to Chicago on special rates. The ticket had been placed in the hand of Minn.l.iKis, a member of the club M iniuluki disappeared with th tlike:-, the wltncssc ileclnred, and fr evidence they had seem oil he bud sold the tiutiKportatlun for I0. Winn It developed that (ScTirml Kiishetigcr Anent Wakeley of the Hiirllngton railroad ws ready to tes tify n;nlnM MlmiiliiMs, Judgn Crawford ordered tlm rase continued to Monday. dees arid Accessories Coit Automobile Go.-. 2209 rnam Street MIDLAND MASON OITQ FREELAXO BRD3. & ASHLET. 11 02 Firnan St. PEERLESS L. SMITH. 2207 FARNAM ST. REO, FORD. PREMIER. ATLANTIC AUTOMOBILE CO., Atlantic and Council Bluffs. Iowa Electric Garage DENISE BARK ALOW, Proprietor 2218 Farnam Street. L HUFFMAN & CO.. 2025 Farnam St. Distributors j ,h. om si the '