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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 29, 1910)
8 OMATI.V, SUNDAY MOKNIXfl, MAY 20. 1010. 0 GLIDDEN TOUR' MAPPED OUT Three Thousand-Mile Trip by Pal Lewis Under Many Difficulties. SEVENTEEN DAYS OF KUNNINQ Host lacladee ThJrteea Slates Man? Oaure o Compete Omaha a the Roil for aa All Meat step. This year's Qlklden tour it to be the greatest test ever given to any automobile on an endurance, run. Judging from the strenous tour of the Chalmers-Detroit under the guidance of Dal H. Lewis. The Chalm ers Is competing- the pathfinding; tour with very road and every town mapped. The start will be from Cincinnati Monday, June 13. Never has the work been done better than the routing which Lewis has com pleted. It will be possible to start the out from Cincinnati to Dallas and as fsr rorth as Wichita covers more than 1.80O miles. The entire route, ending at Chlcsgn, covers 1,800 miles. That Is a greater dis tance than any previous tour of the Auto mobile Association of America, About the best going the Chalmers "30" has found on the path-finding trip thus far, says Dal Lewis, Is the hard clay pike road entering Dallas Te. The county road commissioners take special pride In this piece of highway, which they are rapidly extending. A car can travel forty miles an hour on this road without discomfort to the occupants. President Sachs teder of the Dallas Auto mobile Dealers' association, escorted the path-finding crew Into his city. The long pike la being built by convicts and the work Is being well done, say those who have seen the road. . Catting; Steel or Iron. When cutting steel or wrought Iron on a lathe or milling machine, It Is often neces sary to leave a smooth surface. Oil, or various, euttlng compounds with oil. Is used for this purpose, and also to keep the surface cool. ' EFFECT OF AUTOMOBILES ON GENERAL PROSPERITY J. J. Hill, Railroad Maanatr, Hers Disaster Ahead, hot There la Ara-ament on the Other Mae. The vast development of the automobile Industry and the now practically Indis pensable utility of the machine for a va riety of purposes have doubtless seemed to many persons symptoms of Increasing prosperity In this country, and the sug gestion thst automobiles or their rapidly Increasing use may be a harbinger of panic and financial dlssster may seem to them fantastic. The making of that suggestion by so practical and expert a man aa Mr. James J. II 111. however, Invests It with a serious Interest which cannot be lightly dismissed, and while we may not accept all his reported conclusions, the subject Is worthy of an effort to discern how much or how little ground there Is for such fore bodings. Mr. Hill Is reported as estimating that 4O0.000 automobiles, costing 1400.000,000, will be purchased in this country this year, not 1 cent of that enormous aura being In- A - ... m ' UMMPIU .BW w r ;ago etc) MOUNE ATCHISON TOPEKA KANSAS WICHITA ILLINOIS MISSOURI IHD. .CINCINNATI LOUISVILLE tuckv y I Irrw : I MISSOUKI f feowLiNG j j ARKANSAS CI Tvk j y-S J GRJ. ) r V J S' I ' I CITY I ARKANSAS J? -e- 1 WICHITA FALLS- I . GV FORT WORTH DALLAS iTFtaouai T EXAS A MISS. (ALABAMA 7n vested n anything which will produce one bushel of grain. Another speaker Invites us to consider the effect of the removal of so much capital from the field of busi ness. The Idea seems to be that the money Invested In automobiles Is wasted for non productive luxuries. To a certain extent that la doubtless true, but not altoiiettier. It Is to be borne In mind that the bulk of the money which is paid for automobiles goes to pay fur materials and labor ex pended In the manufacture and sale of them, thus affording profitable markets for goods and profitable employment for a multitude of prisons. We surely cannot regard such money as wasted or even as withdrawn from profitable. use. Of course. It does not go directly for anything- which will raise grain, but then neither does the money which Is expended .In building rail roads or ships or houses or In making boots and shoes. The chief peril in what is perhaps with dubious wisdom called the automobile erase would seem to be In the purchase of machines beyond the prudent ability of the buyers and In the too rapid deterioration of the machines and consequent loss of value. It Is doubtless an evil for persons to buy machines when they cannot afford them. Just as It Is to buy pianos or dining tables, andvlf a large number of persons in any community should thus purchase beyond their means the result both to them and to their neighbors would be unfortunate. S It Is true also that automobiles often seem to lose value very quickly, either becaut they wear out or because the fashions In them change. This Is Indicated by the gieat number of second-hand machines which are on the market St a small frac tion of tlielr original cost. A man may buy a 6-year-old horse for $.""00 and use him steadily and have him retain his value unimpaired for years. Indeed, after a few years' use he may sell him for more than he cost. Dut If he pays $5,000 for an auto mobile and a year later sells It for $1,000 he, suffers a heavy loss, for which there does not srem to be compensation else where. To predict a national financial panic be cause of numerous purchases of automo biles appears extravagant. But there Is perhaps reason for exhorting Individuals not to be so swayed by their fascination aa to Invest In them Imprudently. And It would seem to be the part of ultimate eco nomic wisdom, though for the moment It may not uppcar to be to the advantage of manufacturers, to get beyond the experi mental stage as speedily as possible and to develop a standard type which will remain practically unchanged, so that a car will be used year after year with entire satisfac tion, just as Is a sewing machine or a typewriter or a reaper. On such a basis there would be no fear of a panic, no mat ter how many automobiles were made and purchased. New York Tribune. ROUTE OF THE GLIDDEN TOUR. BEFORE VOU UY The Interstate See $1,750 Hupmobile . and $750 We can make immediate delivery and arc making the best agency deal out. ; ' ' . W. L. Huffman Automobile Co. Distributers for Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota ILI How Alllaalors Kill Their Irtlms. I.ate that afternoon, when the lsgnon was aslow with the wonderful rnpner hues of a Papuan sunset, someone pointed out to me a long, d.-rk slre.ik moving swiftly across the water two or three hundred ards away, and In the streak Jn-t the slightest speck of black. It was an allien tor at last. Now. you see why you can't go swim ming in the lagoon," 1 was told." "They are worse than sharks. They don't show themselves and give you a chance; they know about It. They don't eat you at once, only hold you under water until you are A drowned, or half pulled to pieces, and then stoi c 5 ou somewhere under a bank or In a Ivle until you are 'hlnh' enough to b savory Just ai you would do with a phe.-uant, jou know. He's n knowing rar, the alligator, the shark Isn't In iV with him for brains and savvy." Wide World Masaxlne. Sears Model "L" r $495.00 Complete Ct'iif ?f A 77 37 tour without extra labor on the part of the committee, as Lewis will know every foot of the road over which the Oliddenltes will tour. , Here Is the complete route for the aeven teen days of the run: First Cincinnati to Louisville. Second Louisville to Nashville Third Nashville to Sheffield. Fourth Sheffield to Memphis. Flfih Sundav In Memphis. Sixth Memphis to Little Rock. Seventh Little-Rock to Texarkana. ,.. KiKht Texarkana to Dallas. Ninth Dallas to Lnwton. Tenth Law-ton to Oklahoma City. Kleventh Oklahoma to Wichita. Twelfth Sunday In Wichita. Thirteenth Wlchiia to Kansas City. Fourteenth Kansas CMv to Omaha. Fifteenth Omaha to Des Moines. Sixteenth-Den Moines to Davenport. Seventeenth pavenport t.- Chicago, the . fn1"". ' When the rough estimate of the route yas made a run from Dallas, T"x., to Oklahoma City was made a day spin. The pathfinding Chalmers reports that this must be a two day's run on account of the roads. This will miko it Impossible to reach Kansas City on the second Sunday of the tour. Hosle Changed. " From Dallas the run will be to Lawton, Okl., by way of Decatur, Instead of Gaines ville, Tex. On the ninth night out the night stop wjll be at Lawton. This will bring the tourists to Wichita, Kan., for the second Sunday. June 20. and the finish of the tour will be In Chicago July 1. Chairman S. M. Butler, on his way home from IxjM Angeles, remained In Omaha long enough to change he route to take In this city. This necessitated the changing of the run after Lewis left St. Joseph, Mo, The Gllddenites will crosa the northeast corner of Missouri and enter Nebraska. After leaving Omaha the cars will turn east again and pass through Des Moines. Seventeen entries, have been received for tho Glldden tour. Nine of these are for the Glldden trophy and six for the Chicago iropny. Two enter as noncontestants. There are a number of autoists planning to make the tour without the necessity of competing for the trophies and following the strict rules of the endurance run. Such automoblllsts Intend to aret the ben. fits of the tour without undergoing Its rigors. Entry List. Entries for the Glldden tour olose at mid night tonight The time was extended by Chairman Butler from May 1 to May 15. The list promises to exceed that of any other year. Following Is a Hat of the first oara to enter: First, Premier; second. Pre mier; third Chalmere; fourth. Chalmers; fifth, Chalmers; sixth. Cola; seventh. Max well; eighth. Maxwell, and ninth. Parry. Chicago trophy-100, Mollne; 10L Mollne; 102. Mollne; 103, Lexington; 10i Cole, and 105. Parry; noncontestants, two Cadiltoo gun carriages. The entry fee la S300. and Is to be In creased to $300 from today for post entries. While the arrangements for the tour are being completed in the offices of the Amer ican Automobile association In New York, the Chalmers pathfinding party la having a strenuous time mapping out the route. Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas and Mia aourl have been thoroughly explored. Most of this run has been over good roads. On the trip across the Texas plains the heat was almost unbearable. At Martin' ranch, a short distance from Decatur, . Driver Gardham was prostrated. Gradham Out. Gardham was compelled to rest for a day and was under the care of a physician for twenty-four hours. The 12 miles from Decatur to Lawton were covered in good time. The highways were excellent Many motorists from Lawton met the party. A delegation of motorists from Chikasha Journeyed & miles to greet the party. The daye run waa through a picturesque section, the route taking the tourers through the Wichita mountains. The Canadian river was crossed and the Chalmere passed through the Sill mlU tary reservation. Representatives of the Oklahoma State Automobile association ac companied the Chalmers party during the entire day and escorted them as far as the Kansas line. The pathfinders had traveled 1.700 miles since leaving Cincinnati on April 11 On the completion of a 100-mile run the travelers reached Enid. The route waa laid out by way of Guth rie and the roads passed were In fairly good shape. Again the stats autoists guided the Chalmera On May 3. Oklahoma was left and the pathfinder entered Kansas nd completed a 130-mile run from Enid to Wichita. 1 The run across Oklahoma was made In lees than three days. The tour as napped monnobues We build them , We guarantee them We sell them to you direct from our factory Real Inside Prices OUR new Automobile Catalog quotes THE ONLY REAL INSIDE PRICES ON AUTOMOBILES. In this catalog we show automobiles for $370.00 and up, six different models, all built by us in our own automobile factory. 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How a factory has grown like magic to a payroll of '4,0001 men to a daily out put of 30 carloads of automobiles. And how a large part of the demand of the country has been centered around one remarkable car.' " N The Discovery Here Is an outline of the tory- Just enough to make you want it all. Two yearg ago, Mr. John N. Willyg wa8 a dealer In automobiles. There came to him one day a remarkable car evidently the creation of a mechanical genius. The simplest, sturdiest, smoothest-running car that anyone around there had seen. The name of the car waa the Overland. And the price then, $1,250 was amaz ing as the car Itself. The sale of the car spread like wildfire; Each car sold brought a call for twenty timers u&e iu and new motor ca owners came bv the score tn Annnatt h vance money attracted by the Overland 'a matchless simplicity. But the cars did not come. And when Mr. Willys went to the makers he found them on the verge of receivership. The genius which had created this mar velous car could not finance the making In the face of the 1907 panic. The New SUrt Mr. Willys In some way met the over due payroll took over the plant and con trived to fill his customer's orders. Then the cry came for more cars from every place where an Overland had been sold. As the new cars went out the de mand became overwhelming. The factory capacity was outgrown lh short order. Then tents were erected. Another factory waa acquired, then an other; but the demand soon outgrew all three. During the next fiscal year these fac tories sent out 4,075 Overland cars. Yet the' demand was not half supplied. Dealers fairly fought for preference. Buyers paid premiums. None could be con tent with a lesser car when he once saw the Overland. All this without advertising. About the only advertising the car ever had was what users told others. eS The Pope-Toledo Plant """- Mr. Willy's next step was to buy the Pope-Toledo factory one "of the greatest automobile plants In the country. This gave him four well-equipped factories just 16 months from bis start. But the Toledo plant wasn't sufficient. So he gave his builders just 40 days to com plete an addition larger than the original factory. Then he equipped these buildings with the most modern machinery with every conceivable help and convenience so that cars could be built here for less than any where else. Now 4,000 men work on Overland cars. The output Is valued at $140,000 per day. Now this man has acquired 23 acres The contracts from dealers for this season's delivery call for 20,000 cars. TR, around his Toledo plant. -And his purpose is to see from this time on that those who want Qverlands can, get them. .. Marvelous Sales Dealers had ordered'16,000 of the 1.91ft Overland models before the first car was delivered. That means that each Overland sold the previous year had sold four others like it. And without .any advertising. This year's Overland sales will exceed $24,000,000. Yet the Overland is but t vo years old. The $1.000 Overland s This year an Overland better than last year's $1,250 car is being sold for $1,000. That is because the tremendous production has cut the cost 20 per cent. A 25 horsepower car, capable of 50 miles an hour, for $1,000, complete with lamps and magneto. Never did a maker give nearly so much for the money. There are higher powered Overlands for $1.250 $1,400 $1,500. They are Just as cheap in comparison as the $1,000 model. The Overlands are unique in simplicity. They operate by pedal control A ten-year-old child can master the car in a moment. They are made in the same factory, and by the Bame men as made the Pope-Toledo, a $4,250 car. 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