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The finrt bale of 1310-s;rown cotton,
broiiRht to market by a Texas farmer,
stands to the credit of W. O. Langdon of
Hutchens. The honor la one eagerly (ought
for each year by the progressive growers of
the atate and Mr. Langdon la tn receipt of
many felicitation.
Mr. langdon owes Ms distinction to the
fact that he owns a Flandera "20" motor
car. Itad he relied on the old-faahloned
methods of transportation, the first bale
would certainly have been marketed by a
not ghbor.
As cotton picking time approached, it be
came evident that the race for the market
lay between Mr. Langdon and the neigh
bor. The fields adjoined; the crop prac
tically Identical. The cotton was picked by
both on the same day, and baled. The
neighbor waa first away for market, urging
his team of mules to thotr best speed.
But Mr, Lanrdon was not dismayed. Me
removed the detachable rear seat from the
motor , car and loaded the cotton bale In
place, not even taking trouble to tie It
Then he cranked the car and waa off. The
bale weighed nearly 600 pounds and the
road was rough, but the Flandera "30"
passed Its rival beore half the distance
had been covered. The trip to town was
without further Incident Mr. Langdon col
lected the bonus and other emoluments.
The neighbor was formerly Inclined to
scout the practical utility of Mr. tngdong
motor car. Since the Incident of the cotton
bale ha has seen a great light. Now ha
own a car of the same model himself. If
It Is going to take a motor car to bring
home the coin In 1911, he doesn't mean to
fall in preparation.
William Mount of Penn'a Neck, N. J.,
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1911 Season is
Here
".SEE..
DRUMMOtlD
DrummondY
Mechanics
are the best in the city
for every kind of auto
mobile work. For wood
work, iron work, paint
ing, for all kinds of top
work, for new tops, dust
hoods, 6eat covers.
f
VVc can Equip
Your Car with
any Style of
Limousine
Body
and Save You
Money
Sec Us At Once
We have threa WHITE
STEAMERS at big bar
gain prices. FINEST
POSSIBLE CONDITION,
Se Them Quick.
Will consider In part
trade for land.
18th and Harney
Sts., Omaha, Neb,
present a record of motoring economy that
la hard to equal. His E. M. F. "80" has
traveled 7,827 miles on an average of 34.
miles per allon of fasolln and Is still
running on Ita original tires. The consump
tion has averaced 293,7 miles per gallon.
The growing- disposition of states and
dtles to legislate against the muffler cut
out, emphasises the growing need of muf
fler systems that alienee wlfhout loss of
power. The muffler system of the B. M. T.
")" affords an excellent example of the
superfluous nature of the bothersome cut
out. The novel spectacle of an automobile, sus
taining on Its front axle the wheel and one
corner of a street car.- was presented in
Vlncennes, Ind., recently as the result of a
head on collision between the car and an
E. M. F. "30.". The street car rode tha
automobile's axle for some distance. No.
body was hurt and the damage to the ve
hicles was but nominal.
Mr. Northwall of The T. C. Northwalt
company, distributers for the Brush run
about line, states that while deliveries at
this time of the year are rot extraordinary
the recent snow storms In thla territory
have not Interfered to any extent on
weekly deliveries. The demand for Im
mediate deliveries have not fallen off and
a considerable number of machines have
been plowing their way through the snow
every week for different points In the
Omaha territory. Mr. Nnrthw.u .
that one of the great advantages of this
"ilia machine Is that It ean be relied on
for aervlca under all weather conditions
by reason of lta simple construction and
the few parts needing any attention tn
cold weather. The Brush has won out In
Omaha. It Is a ear with character. It la
Just now filling the gap between the big
car and the horse and buggy, and is used
for both business and pleasure with profit
all the way around.
H. T. Reed of this city has just com
Pleted a long run In his Brush runabout
tor the purpose of testing out the dura
bility of the "Reed Faultless Tirs" on
which he recently obtained a patent.
His trip from Omaha extended through
tha states of Iowa. Illinois, Indiana, dawn
through tha lower part of Ohio to Cin
cinnati and from there through the atate
of Ohio and Michigan to Detroit. Con
siderable of this distance he had to run
through from six to twelve Inches of snow
In aero weather.
Arriving at Detroit he reports both his
ear and tire being In excellent condition
and during the entire trip had aucceeded
In getting through without using any tire
chains of any type the Corrugatlous of his
tlra having been sufficient to keep his
little Brush from slipping on snow or tee.
He will spend several days at Detroit
thawing out and jncldently doing a little
missionary work In- the interest : of his
tire.
Manager Gould of the Ford Motor com
pany has one of the prettiest garages In
Omaha. Here Is his story of a young
driver: "Five-year-old Dorothy Schwars
of Edwardsvllle. 111., daughter of Dr. and
Mrs. E. M. Schwars, Is believed to be the
youngest chauffeur In tha world. She
owns a twenty horse-power Ford, model T
roadsUr which she drives about town and
into the rural districts with as much ease
as those of many years' experience. It
was given to her on her last birthday.
She Is able to manipulate all the apparatus
used In starting, stopping' and regulating
the speed of the car.
pr. (achwara was among tha first to pur
chase an automobile In Edwardsvllle. At
that time Dorothy waa a baby In arms,
and Instead of a baby buggy ahe was given
her rides In the automobile. When t years
old she was allowed to turn the steering
whevl while bar father ran the machine.
By watching her father while driving
the car on his business calls she soon be
came very familiar with the auto.
George Relm said: "No vehicle wagon
or automobile has ever penetrated so far
north Into tha frosen Canadian wilds as
did a Cadlllao 1911 car a few weeks ago,
when the fifty-fifth parallel was reached
and a short stop made at the northern
most Hudson's Bay trading poet on Cana
dian soil.
"The trip north was made from Edmon
ton, In Alberta province, by Tom Evans,.
Cadlllas factory representative of I'aciflo
coast, and the Cadlllao dealer at Edmci.
ton. In tha latter's new demonstrating car.
"When the start was made tha thermom
eter registered II degrees below sero, the
ground was rough and frosen hard, and
snow had newly fallen. At tiroes tha car
traveled fifteen to twenty miles without
passing a sign of human habitation, or
animal life. After 'traveling about fifty
miles the Athabasca river covered with
four feet of ice was reached, and the car
was steered out on the Ice. After another
100 miles Athabasca Landing was reached,
where the party was advised not to at
tempt to proceed farther north."
W. J. Lane, sales manager of the E. M.
F. company, who Is now In Omaha, will
leave Detroit for the New Tor show De
cember V, accompanied by Paul 11
Brusky. driving tha famous E. M. F. 30,
Bullet car, which has covered Itself with
glory, winning more events In Its class
than any car built. Thla car has crowded
more than 71.000 miles Into Its career of leas
than two years. The car will be exhibited
at the New York show, showing that the
ame mold Is being used extensively now
and that the Bullet Is growing mora popu
lar every day.
Guy Smith has just received another
beautiful Limousine model D Franklin.
The car Is attractive for Ita harmonious
lines and upholstered In special Imported
cloth of delicate brownish grey. It Is
finished tn royal blue-
"Tha exhibit of motor cars In St. Peters
burg." Mid James W. Ollson, sales man
ager of the Mltchell-Lem-ls company, "re
ceived government patronage. The csar's
Industrial engineers were eager to exploit
popular priced cars. Many makers were
Invited to participate in the exhibition.
Our additional cablegram Information from
the Rusalel capital la that after careful
consideration, covering first cost. Quality
of workmanship and material, mainten
ance, performances, elegance of design,
safety factors In brakes, economy of power
and fuel, etc, the Mitchell easily carried
oft the only medal of the kind offered by
Russia.
"Naturally thla has had Its effect upon
our foreign business, already developed
Into a most gratifying feature of the
Racine plant. If present demands for de
liveries to the foreign countries continue
we will export between 1,000 and 1.500 cars
during the season of 1911. It Is a difficult
matter In the face of competition abroad
for an American manufacturer to receive
recognition; It Is an achievement that Is
almost eprchal In Its scope for an American-made
car to carry off such a magni
ficent trophy aa that awarded by the Rus
sian government. If It had not been for
the manifest superiority of the Mitchell
over its rivals the Russian government
certainly would not have given the grand
prise to the output of a factory In an
other hemisphere."
Lewis Doty, manager of the United
Motor Omaha company, has received his
seven-passenger, Columbia Limousine, also
a seven-passenger touring, and six-passenger
Roadster. Theee cars are particularly
beautiful and have attracted a great deal
of attention. Bald Doty: "The performance
of Columbia cars In tha 1910 season has
been signally successful. In addition to
the Atlantio pathfindlng and pacemaklng
vents, Columbia cars have been awarded
perfect scores In tha country's leading re
liability runs: All-Connecticut, All-Long
Island, AH-New Jersey, Washington-Richmond,
Cleveland, Atlantto-New Tork,
Brookly dealers'. In every reliability event,
Columbia cars recelvod perfect scores In
the 1910 season, with the single exception
of the St. Louis run, when, following a
perfect road score, a penalisation of nine
points was Imposed for loose screw In dash
Irons."
The Cadlllao company - of Omaha re
ceived yesterday a message from Uie Los
Ange'ies agent, announcing that all records
had been broken by the Cadillac, between
Los Angslcs and San Francisco, Tha time
was thirty-seven hours and three minutes.
This was nearly as good time as Relm
made frorm Detroit to Omaha. This waa
thirty-five hours and fifty-seven minutes.
ELECTRICITY IN FUTURE WARS
Invisible Rertraeats,
Will Poll Off
Battles.
Well Wired,
Great
Tha Invisible regiments of electricity
play no small part In modern warfare,
whether It be with the marching columns
on the plains, tha mighty dresdnoughts
of the ocean or the hidden batteries of
great guns which guard our porta along
the seaboard.
It Is electricity which alms, loads and
fires the big guns of tha fleet; electricity
which signals from point to point, from
ship to ship; electricity which botsts the
ammunition, carries the powder, flrea the
sunken mines, explodes tha torpedoes
drives the submarines, carries the orders
And It Is electricity which brings the nsws
of defeat and victory that the world may
know In a minute the results of tha struggle.
Aside from all tha countless chorea
aboard a warship electricity alone Is'
trusted with the delicate work of loading
and aiming the big guns. Small motors
move the gun about at the will of the
slghter, who gets his ranges over a tele
phone from tha range finders on deck.
Powerful electric searchlights turn night
Into day on the ocean and wireless keeps
the different vessels of the fleet In con
stant touch with each other and with the
shore. The submarines obtain their mo
tive power from the storage batteries and
electrio motors ones they are below the
surface of the water. It Is electricity
which fires the torpedoes and which con
trols the sunken mines of gun cotton.
Recent developments In Infantry equip
ment have produced plenty of portable
electrical devices for tha rank and file.
Searchlights mounted on trucks like a gun
and obtaining their current from a port
able gasoline-driven dynamo are always
carried when the regiment marches.
Small wireless stations are in active use
and portable field telephones which use
Insulated wire that can. be reeled out and
laid on the ground are common enough.
But It la In the coast artillery where
electricity finds Its greateat usefulness.
Hera are located the largest and heaviest
guns In the world guns which raise above
tha fortifications to fire and disappear
into holes In the ground to be reloaded.
Many of these guns weigh aa much as
sixty tons, and, of course, It would be
quite Impossible to operate them by hand,
as they did tn th old days when ths Brit
ish frigates bombarded tha American
fortifications at Mud island before Phila
delphia. The great fortifications that Una the
Atlantio and Paclflo coast use electricity
for lighting, for all kinds of power pur.
poses, as wall as for the telegraphs, tele
phones, wireless and signaling, search
light, etc But It la the use of electricity
In connection with the operation of the
great guns that Is most notable. It is In
thla work that absolute accuracy, econ
omy of time and labor and efficiency in
the minuteet detail are demanded, and no
power cn accomplish these things like
electriclty.-Electrical Newa.
HIS SPORTING BLOOD WAS UP
Fatlla Ckasa af lleater, Flecked wtk
Tall aa Perssilrav
tlosi.
Ths following up of a report is often as
unprofitable as the search for the end of
the rainbow, or the childish attempt to
scoop ths moon up from a roadside puddle.
It Is, however, a satisfying exercise of nat
ural Instincts on the part of born hunters.
In "Ralderland" 8. R. Crockett gives an In
stance of this readlneas to take up a clsw
and follow It to the aid.
A south country laird, with his man,
Jon, was riding to market. The laird and
John were passing a bole In the moor,
when the laird turned his thumb over his
shoulder and said: "John, I saw a tod (fox)
gang In there!"
"Did ye. Indeed, laird V cried John, all
his hunting blood Instantly on fire. "Ride
ye your lane to toon; I'll bowk the craltur
oot!"
Back went John for pick and spade, hav
ing first, of course, stopped the earth.
The laird rode his way, and all day was
foregathering with the cronies at the mar
ket town a business In hich his hench
man would ably and very willingly have
seconded him.
It was ths hour of evening, and tha laird
rode home. He came to a mighty excava
tion on the hillside. The trench waa both
long and deep.
Very tired, and somewhat shortgrained la
temper, John waa seated on a mound of
earth, vast as the foundation of a fortress.
"There's nae fox here, laird 1" said John,
wiping the honest sweat of endeavor from
his brow.
The laird was not put out. He was In
deed, exceedingly pleased with himself.
" 'Deed, John," he said, "I wad baa been
murkle surprised gin there had been a fox
In the hole. It's ten year since I saw the
tod gang In therel" Youth's Companion.
"One of tne THREE BEST cars , jj
u
Those who are satisfied only with the best
use Columbia Cars. Birth, tradition, environ
ment and character forbid their accepting less.
Columbia Cars have held this regard for sixteen
yearsfrom the beginning of the motpr car, infect
Hi
Built In a factory big enough to build 5,033 cars. In
which only 1,03 J cars are built annually these with
Infinite care. Our new 1911 catalogue shows body
styles and gives you complete mechanical Information.
The United Motor Omaha Company
OMAHA - NEBRASKA
Licensed under Seldeo Patent
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The
Beauties?
Where are they?
Here they arel
SfTldTtBSt TJiose new FRANKLIN machines
vruuytit uuc oy Ajruy ju. omitn jor
John Drexel and A. I. Root are
said to he the niftiest automobiles
seen in Nebraska this season.
Blachin
e
m
Omaha
They are really masterpieces. Every inch of material used in
their construction is the best of its kind in the world.
They arc light On tires This h a feature of the Franklin.
Powerful None more so.
Reliable The top of the Vat.
'Beautiful In a class by itself.
Ride two hundred miles to see them at
Guy L. Smith's Garage
in the Heart of Auto Row
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