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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 15, 1911)
. A$&&?z7m& Call us uv and maize date f ?or demonstration Along Auto Row Healers C.eHinst Heart? fur the fchom Will Ohmv far Tli!- Hrk at Ihr Oninhit l.nnil bon, w n er Hulrk ninlijl' l.ee Huff. manuaiT of the ..lraKa r.tiiok Auto coniimnv, Heomanleil hy .Mrs Huff, returnro. from I.lnrnln : eHterday, wnere they attiinleil a convention of the Hulrk romtnny. lituulrc-iJ hiiiI eighty' Hulrk auto- mohlle dealer were In Lincoln. Theite oValer were from Nehrawka. nouth'tt-n fouth liukota and itcrn Iowa. All of the expense). .,f tlio delegates w title thrre ' PaM hy the Nebraek.i. Hull k company, ftr which Lincoln Is headquarter. Hianrhe of thl conipanv are In Omaha an.l Sioux t'itv. This In tlm first conven tion of the kind ever held In the state The primary oh.iect of the convention a to gather the dealers at headquarters of the com . .my to Immeet the 1911 mod'-l. A study of tlm new chaiiKes In the car will be made and the Improvements dleuBed by the der.hrs. In this the object of the company to enable dealers to work In har mony. AhhnilRh thin la called the sooond an nual convention. It in really the first ever held by the Hulck company. Last year the dealer were taken to the Hulck factory at Flint. Mlcli. Ah the trip came In the fall of the year, it wan impossible for the tiieater number of the agents to et away from their business, only about thlrty- fiva made the trip. Th's year iia-irl.' ali theater as guests of th Nebraska cum of the dealers working out of the Lincoln pat! j anency were preaent. I Ths ladle au.nlln- ths conentloa The first session of the convention U vl.h their hLsranla v.are erUertslne'J htld ycKterday afternoon. All of tho tltal-! by ilia H. E. Bld.e tnd Mr. L Huff, cm were then present. Ail t l.ered In ths Tuesday af'.crnjon they a;t?nfled -the salesroom of fhe comi.iui- a' Thirteenth Lj rlo. At 8 o clocl: they we: a Klven a and V street. The entire afternoon was Ivr.-uut In the ouV.isry of the Lincoln spent In iiiHpectlnR tho new cars. Ex planatory talks were made on the cars by managers of the orKaniv.oti i:i. IM'.-cjgsion f f the merits of the. car then foilo'.ved by the dealers. Last evcnlnn a Inn t vas tT.d. reu In holt'.. Th! l.ctfy rtralr T.ao etrljtly s.. I'olloivlr'r this they were enter- t j.!'.i.d at tl t 0'!ve." theater, r.ith the Uele 3r.if . VVdncst'iy t..l:nuon they attended tho matlruit at tin O!phou:ii. Sir. and Mrs. O. 15. Cameron cud Mr. and Mrs. M. A the. hall room of th- Lincoln hotel. Kol- 1 j;;rr,; sun of Omaha asulyted In the enter- lowln the dinnrr t pitches were, made by several of those pr-ent. H. A. George, number of the Lincoln city council, made the address of welcome. Mr. tleorge ac companied the delegation to Flint at the f truer tonferitice atid In his talk lie told several Incidents of that trip. Following Mr. ieor;e, II. I'.. Sidles, president of the NebraKka liulik company, nave an address on "Organization." Mr. Sidles said that there are no dealers of any other auto mobile company so IlioiouKhly organized as tho.xe of the Hulck company. He called attention to the fact that the Hulck dealer work us one larxe family: all working for the koo'I of the Hulck company and the car. Instead of fur the small gain of the individual BKcnt. B. A. Simpson of Omaha slked on "Salesmanship" and Included lo.salty to the Koods handled. He not only applied this to the automobile business. but also to every other line of business. He said, "stand by the Roods that you have to offer In preference to all others." Lee Huff, manager of the Omaha branch and toaatmastcr of the hanipiet. made the closlntt addrcF. Following the bamiuet, ali attended the performance at the Oliver talmneitt of the delegates. Wednesday a!l agents gathered again at the salesroom, for both the morning and afternoon ses-ions. At 2 o'clock Company No. 1 of the Lincoln fire department gave an exhibition run from the station at Tenth nnd IJ streets, down I' street. pat the Hulck company at Thirteen and lo Slx-te'-ntb and I' streets. Wednesday after noon the closing session of the conven tion was held Among those present at the convention were: T. II. Straub. J. '. Hlackburn. K. '. Vont. W. L. Cook. J. K. Mahar, Oeorge SeaKiist. IV I' Noonnn, J. K. Kulmer, John Hrlng. J. S. Davis. Frank Choper lng. V. A. Hlnke. J. H. Walling. I'ete.' Jepson. Walter Krlckson. V. V. Kahoe kassee. W. C. I'etcrson. V. R. Hnrgemn. V. C. llulacbua. A. L. Tunherg. W. J. An derson. K. Rosenbiium. (Jeorge Menklng, fceabury. William Crlss. H. I". Donaldson, II. A. Heed. le Huff, F. J. Hell, Ldward Iyman. S. T. Scott. I. C. Sandln. L: Grcsahanns, M. M. Hrumley, Fred Frls bey, F. J. O'llara, 3. C. Johnson, K. L. f'flng. J. H. Matln. John Jentz. L. M. ri "It beats a horse to death," Says T. G. Nortfrwall, agent for the famous Brush Runabout. "I tried it alongside of the horse and buggr on the streets ef Omaha two months ag and demonstrated that the machine beat the horse and bugfjy to death." The Brush is a 10 h. p. balanced single cylinder, 4 cycle vertical 4x5 inches and sells for $450. It is the one car that is indispensable and inexpensive. Anybody can own one. Kvcrybo'dy should own one. I have several pretty models that I expect to sell to land show visitors. If you want one of these cars Wetter phone us the moment you land in Omaha. Wc.are ready for you. T. G. NORTH WALL CO. 9)4 Jones Street. A i ' "There Is One Car Which Leads in the State of Nebraska" Said Lcc Huff, manager of the Omaha Branch, Nebraska Buick Auto Co. "This is the Buick' christened Buick Money Saver' by hundreds of pleased users. This car is a $550 car. "Read this: ,'' "ltuirk Money Savers" have the finest lines, workmanship, material and equipment of any low priced ear. They have pressed rtecl frames, selective gears, disc clutched anil full equipment, in cluding top. wind shield, magneto, two oil lamps, tail lamp, two g.'is headlights, generators, horn, repair kit, dry cells, etc., with mechanical oil feed. "Huick Money Silvers" are -I) horsepower, exceptionally quiet in operation and economical to run. lnsjKH'tion is cordially invited. No importunity to buy. For those who wish all the conveniences of an automobile at minimum coht the "Uuicl; Money Saver" is ideal for city so licitors, light delivery, or in fact, any use to which a horse and buggy can be put, with much less expense. NKHRASK.A BUICK AUTO CO, W12 C Farnam Branches Omaha, Lincoln and Sioux C'itv. 17 Llnci.n, r. A. Overstrsot. Adolf Hoor't. I Ldard Lrucha. L. M. Hatch. O. A. Hlpley. A. J. Athey. H. K. Athey. C. M. Wh'.te, P. C DouRlas. I !. K. Onderhlrk. H. 9. Cltnpnun. K. 8. I'ushniaii. II. K. Ketchrm. W. II. Mayard. J. V. P;rouh. K. A. Turn buiji. August (Imsghai. 1. T. Hcnsley. W. II. Jaikson. R. N. VanUlhier. Wade. Riiri hart. Huffrian, Sim. Uarnard. B:aytin. retcis. Kankln, Hrayton. Brll. Llllie. Ja.'k ton, Crl'-kard, Holr, lewi. Duagan and lie has handled the Id;? Indlnnapnlla speeders In the Vai.derhllt Oiand Pilze and other ureal motor contrsls He took rerond plare In the lmi-mlle Cresto-Llte trophy contest on the Indianapolis speed way last May and has n score of victories In other events to his credit since that time. Don llerr made his debut as n memher of the national eiinadron last summer and won honors In numerous events on the local speedway. He Is a motor car expert and will have chnrne of the racing camp when not at the wheel of one of the pow erful blue ribbon racing machines. Lewis Doty said that the ColumLlu cars for the season of Iflll offer the finest examples of the coach builders' craft, mounted upon chassis of the approved do slcn end construction. Tho Columbia pro duct I the embodiment of features repre senting the best mechanical thought of the day. In plan and build nothing la left un done to combine the utmost refinement of detail to promote comfort and convenience, w ith the greatest meaauro of mechanical efficiency. That this policy has resulted In an artistic und highly finished product Is evident In the models displayed. The great Columbia works in Hartford, which Utit a capacity of five thousand cars annually, la building but l.OnO cars for the aeason of lfllt. and the infinite care with which these ears are being produced Is everywhere re flected. The Association of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers, commonly known as the Automobile trust" and which is built mound the so-called Selden patent, was handed a severe blow lat week when the circuit court of appeals by unanimous vote declared in favor of tho independent manu facturers. In arriving at the verdict, the higher courts explained that -while the decision leaves the patentee empty handed with re spect to the patent for the short time It has to run, it cannot bo regarded as depriv ing him, through any technically . of the reward of bis labors. liu undoubtedly appreciated the possibilities of the motor vehicle at the time when such Ideas were regarded aa chimerical. Had he been ablo to gee far enough li might have taken out a patent aa far reaching as the circuit court held thla one waa. Tito Hrayton en gine was the leading engine at the time, und hU intention was naturally drawn lo ill auppoaed advantages. He chose that type. In the light of events, we can see .that had he aiiptcelated the superiority of tho otto englno und adapted that type for hi combination, his patent 'would cover the modern automobile. He did not do so. He made the wrong choice and we cannot, by placing any forced construction of the patent or by training the doctrine of equivalents, make another choice for him at the expense of these defendants, who. neither legally nor morally, owe him any thing." The early history of the Selden patent niakea Interesting reading. While the original application covering road loco motives, designed with suitable running gear, propelling wheel, steering mechanism, motor, clutch, etc., was filed by George B. Selden In 1HTU. the patent was nut granted until November D. lKMo, having been before the patent office for sixteen years. Purlnff thla Interval numerous ..improve ments were made and the application amended from time to time to cover them. It may be Interesting to know that a suc cessful car has never been built under the specifications of the Selden patent, and there can be no doubt but that if such a machine were possible, It would have been manufactured long before this. During the next few years several In fringement suit were started in the lower courts and In 1903 a majority of the auto mobile manufacturers formed what is known as the Association of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers. This organisa tion was built around the Selden patent and attempted in various ways to control the motor car Industry, but new com panies sprang Into existence with great rapidity and these soon became so strong that the American Motor Car Manufac tuiers association was founded, this or ganization being independent of the Selden ties and refusing to pay tribute to thum. Thus matters stood until September l.i, l'j.0, when Judge l M. Hough In the L'ulteJ States circuit couit for the southern dis trict of New York rendered hla now famous decision In favor of the Selden interests. This decision coming from so high an au thority naturally caused a wild scramble among their dependents, many of whom applied for and received licenses Ui operate under the Selden patent, paying for the privilege a fixed royalty on each car man Ufartui fd. The new responsibilities of fathering the automobile industry niw began lo weigh heavily - upon the alleged "Automobile trust." as It now became generally known, nd careful plans were laid to exterminate the few remaining companies, from whom tribute could not lie extorttd. Automobile agent and dealers were prohibited from handling "unlicensed machines," manufac uiers of parts and accessories were Intimi dated, advertising agents threatened with boycott If they accepted business from the Independent companies and prospective buyers were given to uudemiand that they were buying a "lawsuit" If they purchased Independent cars. These drastic measure naturally had considerable effect upon the ale of "unlicensed car" ami Interfered I greatly with the business of the Independ ent companies. One of the largest of the Independent con cerns who had ateadfastly refused to pay I trlbuis to the a.-n'!aikn was the Velle j Motor Vehicle company, Mollne, 111., w ho I In 1110 instituted proceedings under the Sherman anti-trust law, declaring the as xclulion to cenu.iiuie a monopoly in re- teaJnt of trade and pr:ng for reimburse ment for damage In the sum of J.Vj,00O This iult Is now pending In the circuit court of the atate of Wlsconaln and every thing possible Is being done by the plain tiffs to ruh ths work through to com pletion ll in geneislly understood that the Selden patent case will be canted to the I nited States supreme court for final Judgment, and whll It Is possible Hist the decision Just rendered may be reversed, this Is not at all probable, and tinder the ruling cf I the i ll cult court of appeals, the highest court that has yet passed upon the merits of the eiise. the modem automobile, a di rect descendant from the original Otto ' ngine. Is not In any way an Infringement! of the Selden patent. The following; Is the report of the secre tary of slate at Lincoln showing the num ber of cars of each make In the state: Buick 70S Ford RV. overland Maxwell 4-V Hrush 3rtn K. M. F ; 77!' Keo Oakland ?'17 Cadillac 17:i Jackson pi'J International I'd Mitchell 121 Chalmers Detroit. 115 Regal 1K Rambler W Velle S: Fuller fc! Auburn M Hudson f Mupmohlle 7 Franklin u Flanders 41 Stanley Ptamer.. 117 Kissel Kur Interstate I Stoddard-I'avton.. W Sears 25 l.ambert lds 1 e Tamhle White Steamer . Stevens Imryra. Met Appersnn Halllday Kverltt Carter Car Hplsman 12 Pnrrv Wayne. Mason... Pierce Locomobile Midland Packard Warren. Marlon.. Peerless Rider. Lewis ... StiJCole Schort. Cameron. Thomas. Imperial Crcat Western. Matng, each five; Ullile. Matheson. Randolph. Deal. Oleason. Cut tin;.. Own Make. Averv, each four; Hat field. Rlcketts, American. Jeffrey. Ram liler. Fi ayer-Mlller. Mercer. Courier. Co lumbus, lingers, Klmore. Staver, Mora, three; F.conomy. Haynes. Monitor. Aurora, Henderson. Premier, Auto Car. Mclntyro, Corbln. Royal. Chase. Angus. Reliable. Owen, Lyon, each two; Stearns. National. Jons. Emblem. Fried. Chadwlck, SI. Louis. Clark A Carter. Studebaker, Msrmon, ReadlnK. Alco. Talaoe. Monarch, Wheel ing. Palmer. Crest, Patterson. Drimon, Novd k. Michigan l.exlnuton. Swinsori Kopllnger. Knox Winters. Flick. Hallev, Curtis. Lincoln. Victor. Cushman. Anchor. Llnimerman. Morresshof, Wescott. one. Mayor Robert F. Maddux of Atlanla Is lending hi official aid to the: nutomoblllsts of Oeorgla In their present effort to Im prove the highways of that state. He has become one of the south' most ardent good roads boosters and recently was Instru mental in having the split-log drag intro duced extensively In lleorgia. Sixty drm have been presented to the farmers of that state and are now being used on the roads. In a letter which Mayor Maddox Save to K. D. Ferguson, who Is conducting the pathflndimr Ohio car over a new route i from New York to San Francisco hy way of the southern stales, addressed to Mayor V. 11. McCarthy of San Francisco, he said: "I believe the efforts of the American Automobile association In marking out the best routes available for autoninhllinft. from one part of the republic to another. Is bound to be of much good, stimulating the construction of better highways, and by promoting easier Intercourse between all our people is encouraging friendly rela tionship and thereby obliterating all sec tional jealousies " Manager Oould suid: "It was to secure facts about the Anierl Yan method for the mamifacture of a large o limit It y of small automobiles that Carl Neumaier. general manager of the Henz Auto company of Manhelm. Ger many ; Oeorge Dlehl, the chief engineer of the conii nny, and Frlu Win mall, his assistant, recently spent a week In letrolt. "The Ford plant Is the most remarkable In the world. It Is tho very best In equip ment and method." said Mr. Noumair. "We have wondered how It was that an Ainerl tan company could turn out s many cars as the Fold people do, and whether the methods by which they do It could he applied to our manufacture. They hae a wonderful plant. "We are looking Into the advisability of building a small ar, but we have not decided yet. We don't make our decisions quickly and we do not go Into a thing and then drop It. After we have onslilerrd tho matter thoroughly we will decide what Is to be done with It " tleotge I ilohl is the engineer who de signed and built the Ml hore-pnwer Renx with which Harney Oldfleld broke the worlds record, lie has now completed a new car which Is capable of an additional ten milts an hour, making a possible speed of Ifn' miles in elxty minute". Critical Mnlna. A woman's reason Is 'because" but It sometimes happens that a man hasn t even that one. A good motto for the bridge ptnxrr is, "Never double trouble till trouble double you." A friend of niino says be can tell any woman's age by simply looking at her. I wouldn't be so mean. It Is impossible to make a lion of a man who persist In making an ass of himself. When n girl knows she Isn't prettv she must be clever. In fact, clever enough to know she Isn't pretty. Some fellows seem to lose sight of th fact that It's the night before that makes the morning aftrr.--S'ew York Times. ri a.ii r Jim A Franklin-the Car Beautiful Speaking of the car beautiful, Guy Smith has this to say: "Ask the man" and in the same breath 1 will give you his name. JOHN DRHXKL, the largest retail shoe dealer in the west. He will talk. He has just bought a new Franklin, which is his second. Here arc others: A. I. ROOT, the head of the largest printing house in the West. THOMAS FRY, manager of the Booth Packing Co., the largest oyster house in the world. DAVID COLE, president of Cole Creamery Co , the larg est creamery in the west. N. B; UPDIKF, president Updike Milling Co., the largest grain concern in this part of the world. They have the Franklin. They like my car. If you want tm see how it performs, call Douglas 1970 and I shall be glad to show you. It is positively the cleanest, prettiest, smoothest, most reliable machine made. Anybody knows. GUY L. SMITH, 2205-07 Farnam St. "We have cut our price to $1000 The E. M. F. was $1250, but in order that they may cover Nebraska like the dew the E. M. F. Co. has cut the price to $1000. 'We have more pretty models than ever, and we expect t sell them during the Land Show. "Our garage will be headquarters for our friends from the interior. They shall sec what there is in this wonderful car," said Manager Smith. He said: "Nothing can equal our machine at $1000. "It runs like a $2,000 car. "It rides like a $2,000 car. "It lasts like a $2,000 car. "It looks like a $2,000 car. "The man that owns it feels as if he owns a $2,000 car It is better than many $2,000 ears. We are glad to make demonstrations at any time. Call us ii)) Douglas 'MY.). E. M. F. CO. 2026 Farnam St