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Mr. I J Pratt, for Home time past sec
retary ami treasurer of th Paxton-M Itch
ell company, has resigned lita position and
will asp urn his new dutlrs as business
manaKer for Uuy Is. Smith on January 1.
In his new position Mr. I'ratt will have
full charge of the popular Franklin garage
and repair shop, leaving Mr. Hmltli his
entire tlmo to devote to the dale of the
popular Franklin and Peerless cars. Mr.
Pratt's automobile and garage experience
and his natural ability and courtesy In
hamlllnK customers will make htm a val
uable asset In his new position.
The confidence of the older and most
table automobile manufacturers In the
continued prosperity and certuln growth
of the industry Is evidenced In the an
nouncement by the Thomas B. Jeffrey
company of the completion sit a new giant
electrical power plant for the Rambler fac
tory. The new engine room covers 6,000
annate feet and the equipment has been
so Instullvd that even Its Kreat capacity
may be doubled at any time. There are
four power units. Including a 1,300-horsc-power
Cross compound nyncondensing al
ternator, with three other units of COO, llTi
und lfl horsepower each. The boiler room
covers an area of 8,000 square feet and In
cludes three boiler units of 500 horsepower
each, with automatic stokers. A complete
coal handling equipment Is now being
added. Kach of the boiler units Is equipped
with uu Individual steel stack five feet in
diameter, VM feet high. The area of the
boiler room permits of a future complement
of 3,.V)o horsepower or seven such units as
are now Installed. The construction of
the entire group forming the power plant
is of concrete and bteel trusses, with fire
proof tiles for roofs. In addition five new
buildings have been added to the Rambler
plant during the year.
The Ford people on Harney are telling
that Mr. J. It. Whiteside, "6 years of ase,
of llatavla. N. Y., has been for many year
In the service of I'ncle Sam as a mail car
rier. Mr. Whiteside's years do not show
in his actions and he attends to his busi
ness affairs wtlh an alertness that is
sometimes hard to find In men at half h!
age. Two years ago Mr. Whiteside bought
u Ford roadster with which to cover his
long mail routes, and since that time It
has been In constant service. A tourabout
eat was purchased and the car was very
quickly converted into a tourabout with
larger seating capacity.. Through all kinds
of roads and weather has the model T
dally traveled, for It must be a mighty
rough road or an extremely blustery day
to keep the messengers of Uncle Sam from
duty. JuBt recently Mr. Wh'teslde left
Batavla for Wakeman, Neb., where he ex
pects to reside In the future. The long
trip was made on the model T, tho gen
tleman driving It through from New York
to Nebraska alone, without any assistance
and without any trouble.
Ooorge W. Hippie, the Philadelphia rep
resentative of tho Chalmers Motor com
pany, has been elected treasurer of ths
Automobile Trades association of Phila
delphia. This association of motor rar
and accessory dealers now has a member
ship of thirty-nine automobile dealers,
twenty-one dialers In accessories and sup
ines and ninety contributing members. It
Is one of the most prosixrous local trade
associations In the Industry.
thorough investigation of nutomollle con
ditions In Kngland than that recently made
by President Urisnoe, said Lewis loty.
Mr. Briscoe says: "There is no actual
census published of the member of cars
manufactured In Great Britain, but from
the registration and import end export
flpures, I arrive at figures wliich may be
accepted as approximately the number of
cnr manufactured In Kngland. There lire
now registered in Knglajid 108,773 automo
biles, of which number there are 84.M0
private cars, Vi 1S1 trade vehicles and s,7"2
public service cars. Theie figures ulve a
total increase of 19.1M for 1909, divided as
follows: lM.Tl private cars. 3.077 trade tehl
cles and 2,072 public service cars.
"The imports for 1P09 amount to 3.fiT.
cars at a valuation of $i.Wl,S07.0fi; 4,.'.
chasaes at a valuation of f,400,740.50, and
with a parts valuation of $$,5U4,0(6, there
Is a total valuation of Imports of $J0,935 -B.03.CS.
Of the cars and chaises lmiorted.
6f0 cars and 224 chasses, having a total
value of $1,23S,374.7j, were re-exported; and
also parts to the value of $'i?,fiS1.03. De
ducting the re-exports, the net Imports of
cars and chasses is reduced to 7,747 cars.
There were exported during r.K!9, 2.MJ cars
at a valuation of $4, 620, 153. 10, and 219 chasses
valued at $408,239.05. '"
"From these figures It will be seen that
the total cars built by Ilrltlsh manufac
turers is approximately as follows: In
crease in registration as above, 19.1S4, de
ducting the net Imports of 7,717 and addlne
the British exports of 2.802, makes a total
of 14,239 Brltlh cars and chasses manu
factured during 1909.
"The average value of car Imports was
$1,615.05, while the average value of Brit
ish built exports Is $1,789.65.
"These figures are Interesting and show
the value of Imports and exports to and
from the various countries of the world
and a steady rise In the export of British
manufactured goods. In four years Brit
ish exports havo Increased over 100 Per
cent, whereas the Imports and re-exports
are almost stationary. At the present time.
the Importation of American cars Is In
significant when compared to the Imports
from France, which far exceeds the im
ports from any other country. The com.
para live Import figures for 1909 are as
follows: France, $12,224,992.13; Germany,
$4,003,650.75; Belgium, $1,772,914. SO; Italy,
$1,093,500.40; while the Vnlted States im
ported only $709,167 wo'th of automobiles
to Kngland. The Vnlted States during 1909
only supplied 3.3 per cent of the
total imports. The total turnover In money
of the British trade In 1909 amounted to
$61.2fs2.S73.40.
"At the present time there are some
forty-five makes of pleasure cars In Great
Britain, and about fifteen additional occu
pied In building commercial vehicles exclusively."
Muhler and De Gress are probably the
first automobile dealers fn the world to
well and deliver a car in a territory where
a war was in progress. Perhaps the revo
lution in Mexico did not attain the dignity
of a wur, but It was ut least pretty serious
to the people of Puehlu, whole tho revo
lutionary uprisings were most serious.
When tho uprising was at Its worst and
while fighting was actually in progress in
tho streets, Mohler Sr. he Cress sold a
Chalmers "&f 'touring car to one of the
principal business men of Puebla. The
gentleman d d not specify whether he
wli-hed the cur as a means of hurrlid re
treat, hut he u&ked that It be delivered
Immediately, us he would probably wlih
to use It before the revolution was over.
F. II. Smith, said to be the highest
priced sulttiiiiuii la the country. Is here
with the K. M. 1'. company temporarily.
Smith is ald to have ilonu some big things
In tho tales ut the K. M. F. cars. "It Is
the best plce of mechanism on earth."
ho said. "It is inadu of the bint features
of muny of the best cars. It has stood
up and done anything that any other car
did and hundreds of prrformcia not pos
sible, with other cars. It is the thing to
give as a Christmas present, and It wilt
be given as Christmas presents all over
tho country." Smith will be hire during
the nestwwrtk and will be glad to
supply the E. M. F. to the Society of
Charities distributing donations to the
poor.
E. J. Gay of Honolulu has Just bought a
l'.'ll Chalmers "o" tourinn car to use in
rtntal service In the Hawaiian city. Mr.
Guy has a ls10 Chalmers 1 40" which has
bc.n run 19,"0 miles in this service.
WiliUm G. Hirslg of the Ieeds & llirslg
Manufacturing company, representative In
NushvlUt, 'IVnn., of the Chalmers Motor
company, lias been elected president of the
Nasht.lle Base Bull club of the fcouihrn
kag jc.
The Cha.u-.ers cur is gaining quite a pres
tige among the members of the court of
Japan. Ir. Joklkl Takamlni, a member of
the Japanese commission who visited the
I'nlKd States, was the first to purchase
a Chalmers. lr. Takam.nl later bought
a Chalmers "30" for the mikudo. The lat
est to at'iuliu possession of one of the
Uelio:l made curs Is I'uron Shlbuxana.
There probably has never been a Uioie
"Once a Velie owner, always a Velie owner." r-i
The Velie car didn't spring- into sudden popularity by an
unusual price, or through big advertisements attempting- to show
its superiority to all others.
Instead it won its way by convincing proof in the hands of
owners, and those owners in most instances are experienced
through having owned and driven other cars in the past.
It is an interesting fact that two years ago today there were
no Velie cars in this state; that one year ago today there were
only about 150 cars' in the state; that today there are over 400
'cars in the state; and, if present indications are fulfilled, that
number will be more than doubled one year from today.
What is still more interesting is that the first cars sold are
still giving good satisfaction and many of them have run 20,000
miles or more.
k We have just delivered the third Velie car to a customer
who believes in disposing of his car after it has served him for
about 10,000 miles and "keeping up with the procession" by
jetting the latest model.
Present owners of Velie cars, if they are considering the pur
chase of a new car at all, are thinking about a new Velie.
The kind of a car you want for yourself is one that will be
all that you expect the first time, and not one that you will soon
dispose of in hopes of doing better the next time.
Our new models are ready for your inspection.
John Deere Plow Co.
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A Fine Christmas Gift
Give a Cadillac 30 this Christmas.
It is the best gift of all.
Runs like the wind.
Lasts longer than steel.
Costs a trifle to keep.
As pretty as a picture.
The Cadillac is better than ever 40,000 owners
ask any of them.
Phone us toJay or tomorrow and let us show you
what it is, and how much superior to all others it is.
CADILLAC CO. OF OMAHA
Doug. 4226
2050 FARNAM STREET
In this hour of Christmas giving, open your eyes as
well as your purse.
Here is a plain solution of making the whole family
happy in one big gift.
Say that you can afford it.
Give an Automobile. '
You may have made up your mind to do it this spring.
You can make it a Christmas present just as well.
Give your order for it now and let it be delivered
Christmas morning.
The E. M. F. is the car to give.
The price is now $1,000. It used to be $1,250.
The E. M. F. embraces all the advantages of higher
priced cars.
It is graceful.
Powerful,
Fast and reliable,
It costs mueh less to keep than other cars.
It lasts longer than other, cars.
It climbs any hill.
Ploughs through any sand bed.
Negotiates show drifts as deep as the car.
It is the car for the man or woman who seeks com
fort and wishes to be relieved of care.
It is the machine for the man or woman who likes
convenience and who is opposed to extravagance.
It is the car for everybody who can't afford mishaps,
mistakes.
The E. M. F. management will be glad to demon
strate the character and endurance of this masterful
machine.
It is backed by a written guarantee for a year by the
biggest plant in the country, which keeps faith with
its customers to the letter.
A phone message to Douglas 363 will bring our car
out for a demonstration at any hour.
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