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Along Auto Row
tome Items Garnered from iaosf
tli Dealers Who Are SsliiMtrnf the
Beautiful 111 Models at AnSllorlnm.
A special model, a n'W speed car. la a
feature of the II. M. Franklin Manufac
turing company's exhibit at the automobile
show this year. Thin car has all the lines
of a awlft and speedy vehicle. Tt la fin
ished in battleship Cray and resembles a
runabout, with feature of a larger rar
and the addition of a body built for fast
traveling.
While the Franklin company has never
mad A feature of speed cars, the linht
welarht construction of Franklin models,
coupled with the new sloping hood on 19U
cars, has made possible the construction
of thin type of automobile. While It Is
fast and efficient in aervlce and has
speedy appearance, it Is announced at the
same time as a very desirable light run
about. The observer's atteatlon Is attracted
moat by the construction of . the car's
bnrfy. Beginning at the front, the lines
start from- the level of the chassis frame
and rise upward, sloping backward, follow
ing the design of the Franklin 1911 hood.
The 'hood runs to the danh and Its lines
are thera continued by the front of the
body. Th steering wheel la set with A
greater rake than In other models. The
seats are low and Are ao constructed that
when driving the natural position for the
driver la natural, but low down, with the
face on a level with the ateerlng wheel.
From the top of the back of the seat the
aluminum of the body runs downward and
hsokward to the rear of the chassis frame
In 'A strikingly rounded "turtle back."
The car Is equipped with a fore-door on
the left-hand side, while on the right,
where the control levers are. outage of
the body, there Is no door. ,
Its horsepower Is rated at twenty-five,
while the regular typa of Franklin run
about la but eighteen. The. speed car
welgha only 1,900 pounds and has a wheal
base of lli4 Inches. The; body Is sup
ported on full-elllptlo springs. There 'Is a
wood chassis frame tending;' to eliminate
road shocks. ..',
The tires are 34x4 Inches ' front ' And
rear, size being Intended by the designers
as a factor In easy riding at high speed.
Ignition Is by jump spark from A Bosch
high-tension magneto. The spark Is Auto
matically regulated, lubrication la by com
bination of the force-feed and splash sys
tem, throttle control is by hand lever and
fottt accelerator. All levers And controls
re within easy reach of the driver. Rpgu
ar equipment on the car Includes a muffler
cut eut And A Klsxonette horn.
Th first of these cars was built for
Theater Orlswold o! New York City. An
ther was built Xor.n. C Hamlin of Lo
Angeles, one of the best known automobile
mm on the Pacific coast.
vl(al thing which no amount of calisthenics
or massaging or physical culture can give
Indoors-plenty of fresh air literally forced
Into the lungs, plenty of red blood, a nor
mal healthy appetite and the capacity to
sleep well and refreshingly. The open car
particularly mean for both men and wo
men more outdoor recreation and exer
cise, fewer frassled nervous systems, bet
ter digestion. less Insomnia, better all
around health.
Closed cars represent the height of auto
mobile convenience and luxury. The so
cial possibilities of the winter season have
been Inestimably enlarged by the enclosed
motor car. There was a time when shop
ping, socl il calls, theater going and all of
the things which make the winter enjoyable.-
were a burden In any except the
most pleasant weather. The dally grind of
business used to be very Irksome In the
cold months.
Now milady goes shopping and calling In
her limousine after the head of the family
haa used it to take him to buslnesa In
the morning In comfort and privacy. In
the evening the whole family can use the
limousine for theater-going and miss all
of the discomforts attendant upon a street
car trip or a ride In a cold And draughty
carriage. Nothing ao adda to the enjoy
ment of a play as the knowledge that upon
leaving the theater one may enter a com
fortable, closed motor car.
For the suburbanite and for those who
live In the country the value of a motor
car cannot be computed. The country
dweller is Always mora or less remote from
his neighbors. There are few conveniences
for travel and If one would go around
socially he cannot well do without a motor
j car. The man who lives fifteen' to thirty
I mile from his place of business la seriously
' handicapped if he has to depend upon trol
ley systems and railways. With a motor
car ha suffers practically no Inconvenience.
A brisk Invigorating spin in the morning
carries him to the office and he arrives
horns . at .night refreshed by a pleasant
drive la the open air. The motor car Al
ways brings the suburbanite close to his
city friends. It enables him t enjoy the
advantsges of A residence In the city, with
out losing any of the benefits at a home
In. the country or in a small town away
'from the burry and bustle of the larger
city. ...
-As a factor in, social Ufa the motor car
haa. In my opinion, played an all important
part.,
No development of modern civilisation
lae dona so much to promote social In
err.ourae aa tho motor car. Both In cities
rd rural districts the automobile has
rought peopl'i nearer together. It has
nade those who live at remote distances,
text door neighbors. It has brought the
.Ity close te the country and the country
loae to the city. It has brought all peo-
who ue motor cars, close to nature.
A prominent physician told me not long
ko that "nerves" are becoming a thing of
'.he past among women who use motor
tars. Nervea" are due to close confine
ment, to too little exercise. The automo
til has taken womankind out doora In
all kinds of weather. It has given that
But few persons realise what an enorm
ous amount of work waa necessary to prop
erly control automobile contests of all kinds
In order to put the sport on a high plana,
and to eliminate unfair methods In compe
titions. , .
(Jeorga H. Strout, vales manager of the
Apperson Hi-others A'bton.obile company of
Kokoino. lnd., who is this week Attending
the Omaha show, has been constantly en
gaged In this work since the beginning. He
wan one of the seven men who met in. New
York three years ago for the purpose of
correcting the many evils then existing.
The result was the formation, in Febru
ary, 1H09, of the Manufacturers' Contest as
sociation, an incorporated organisation to
which every manufacturer of automobiles
who has produced fifty or mora carg is
eligible for membership.
This association has a general rules com
mittee of twenty-five, of which only one
person can represent any one automobile
manufacturer. There Is also An Active rules
committee composed of five men. The
Active rules committee formulates all the
rule covering automobile contests of every
nature. The result of the work of this
committee of fl is then bubmltted to the
general rules commute of twenty-five for
consideration and Adoption. In their final
form the rules sre -efTred beck to the
committee of five, who then turn them
over to the contest board of the Amerlcsn
Automobile association, which association
Is the board that Interprets the rules and
sanctions automobile contests of all kinds.
A working agreement In the form of a
legal contract Is executed between the
Manufacturer' Contest association and the
Anurlrun Automobile anioclatlon.
Briefly stared, the results have been to
purify automobile sports. For the coming
year A paid technical committee or the
American Automobile association has been
provided for, and all automobiles which
have entered Into any contest held under
the American Automobile association rules
must first be registered with the American
Automobile association on a certificate ot
description blank at least thirty days prior
to the time that such car engages In the
contest.
The technical committee will visit fac
tories and check up these certificates cf
description with the cars themselves. It
Is manifestly Impossible under the present
mode of procedure for a sock car listed
as a stock CAr not to conform in every
part with the stock cars that are regularly
sold to the public.
At the present time the active rules com
mittee of five of the Manufacturers' Con
test Association la devoting A considerable
amount of time to the formation of rules
for covering contests between trucks and
delivery wagons. It is the Aim of the As
sociation to so standardise competitions of
this kind as to permit of the merchant
drawing an Accurate conclusion from the
result of these contests as to the reliability,
economy, etc., of the competing commer
cial vehicle.
One of the hardest problems the associa
tion had to solve was formulating the
proper definition of a strictly stock car or
stock chassis. It is generally believed by
all Interested and well informed persons
identified with the Automobile Industry
that much has been Accomplished during
the last two years by the Manufacturers'
Contest Association through their working
agreement with the American Automobile
association.
. Although In the past Apperson cars hara
competed In a great many races In fact
an Apperson competed )n the first legally
organised race ever held In this country, on
Thanksgiving day, 189S-U will not ba the
policy of Apperson Bros, to enter largely,
If at all. In racing during the coming yeAr,
as the Apperson company believes tht the
reliability, speed, endurance and hlll-cllmb-Ing
powers of Apperson cars has Already
been generAlly established throughout the
country.
For two years Mr. Strout has served on
tho general rules committee of the Manu
facturers' Contest association, and during
the current year he ia serving on the active
rules committee of the Association.
here and they are buying cars cars of
various grades, too."
(luy I.. Smith was a busy man yester
day. The 1911 Franklin model Is a gnat
car and the genial Smith was doing the
explaining stunt all day. The general ver
dict was that the Franklin la a cracking
gtod car.
Mr. I!. II. Collins, general sales manaxT
from the Hulck factory at Flint. Mich.. w
In the iltv yesterday conferring with the
Nehraska-Hulck Auto company. He la on
I ili way back to the factory from the Kan
sas City Auto show. He reports the sale f
7S0 Hulck cars at Kansas City. He v.ai ac
companied by Mr. W. A. Itrush, who Is the
sales manager consulting engineer. Al
though the entire output of Hulck tars for
Iflll Is sold, Mr. Collins Is now busy lining
up the shipments for May, the output cf
April and March having alreitdy been
scheduled for shipments. The Hutrk fac
tory Is now turning out ninety cars a dny.
j fine condition. When the cars were brought
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i"'r iroin ( lumen in iim lliey looked Ulrtv
anil were dirty because of the dusty trip.
Tliey veto cleaned soon ufter arrival, end
now are Io'iKIiik as fine as any of the good
cars In the shoV.
The Inn ruiitional. manufactured by the
International Harvester company, ia fast
convincing visitors that It Is a fine ma
chine. Assistant Manaiier I .ease Is on tho
lob all the time anil he proves to qilesli, in
ns that his car Is a cracking good one.
"That Is the ear that makes faster time
in (imnha than any other machine." aald a
local man. pointing out the Strntrna ma
chine to a visitor from out In the state.
"The fire chief uses one, you see, and he
goes through the streets at lightning sH?ed
many times. It's a good machine."
tugn Chalmers, president of tha
Chalmers Motor company, whose famous
Chalmers "30" touring car is aold by the
it. h. red rick son Automobile company.
is or me opinion that there Is not going
to bo any material reduction In ths prices
of good motor cars; at least not under
present conditions nor for some time to
come. Thia opinion Is concurred in by Mr,
Fredrickson, and if these two men do not
know well, who does know?
Th Chalmers "30" received A deal of at
tentlon from the throng of visitors yester
day.
An auto salesman who has traveled over
many states and been In attendance at
hundreds of shows was free to say that
the Omaha exhibition "looks like one ot
the best ever held In the west. Tou'll
have to give It to Omaha; this city is
surely a comer. There are lots of people
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Roadster
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Possesses Every Desirable Feature
Low Price. You can buy this car without feeling that you are robbing
yourself or ugoirig it too strong."
Low Upkeep Cost It costs so little to maintain (1 cents per mile,
including depreciation) that upkeep is hardly a factor.
Simplicity. The engine is so simple that a child can readily learn to
operate it and take care of it. No need of chauffeur. All parts are
readily accessible.
Convenient Size. It is neither too big nor too small. In emergency
cases where folks are to be entertained it can be converted into a 4-pas-6enger
car in a jiffy, and earn' the load easily. Small enough to be
handled with greatest ease and facility in traffic.
Rell&b&tY. This is a characteristic common to every Maxwell model
and proven by the experience of over 40,000 owners. Ask any of them.
Handsome Appearance. There is a distinctive elegance to this model.
Low, snappy, speed-suggesting lines a general air of completeness.
If you're in the market for a car, this one deserves your attention.
You certainly can't rind such features in any other car.
Pr to Yourtelf Pokt by Point. Send for the new 1911 Maxwell cata
logue and read it. Read our book " How to Judge an Automobile," and
apply the test. Then fead "The Maxwell in Bnainess," and see how 1243
business firrns employ it to advantage. A postal will fetch them. Just
write us Mail Hoeks."
United IVfotor Omaha Co.
Iienise Barkelow was the center of much
attention yesterday, for most of the
women vleliors were anxious to see the
Baker electric. The Packard cars re
ceived much attention, too.
R. S. Mansfield was wondering when t lie
new six-cylinder, seven-paesenRer, Kissel
oar would get here. It should have arrived
last week, and been on exhibition all week.
It haa ben delayed In transportation, but
It Is expected to arrive soon.
The Nebraska Hulck Automobile com
pany report the sale of another Olds Auto
crat tdvirabout to Mr. McCluskoy of Ran
dolph, Neb. They also report a totaV'sale
Of fourteeu Quick cars. Their salesroom
on Farnam street Is a busy place as
also Is their booth at the show. A num
ber of their dealers have brought a lot of
buyers with them In order to show them
The Nebraska-Bulck company's booth
is the center of attraction, as they
have on display the finest lino of cars
evrr brought out in each of their
respective classes. The 11. IS. Teter's
Olds Autocrat tourabout Is well worthy
of the excitement It Is causing, as well
as the Olds Autocrat seven-passenger tour
ing car.
The Hulck people also have a line of
trttcks In the basement that Is well worth
your time to Investigate.
The crowd seemed to number all the
I Auditorium could hold during the after
I noon. The people "Just kept going and com
ing and it seemed as though the ticket-takers
would grow sick of their Jobs."
th e reliable Midland car seems to make a
hit with everybody. The Preeland Auto
company Is handling It. It is one of Model
I. 2and Is a popular forcdoor touring .car
five passengers and 40-horsepower. It sells
for 12.100.
The Avery trucks are more than making
good in the eyes of the big crowds. These
machines are sold here by .lohnsnn & Uan
fnrth, two progressive men who seem to be
able to show visitors that their trucks are
of. superlcr make.
The Overland cars, exhibited by the n
Brunt Automobile company, were put Into
A new Kamhlvr roadster with lots of
style and Individuality is shown by
the Rambler people. It Is deatgned for the
man who wants exclusive style as well as
the convenience of the two-passenger car.
H has plenty of power and Its balance,
due to the arrangement of TMuisenger seats
and power ptnni. Is perfect. Tha wlei
ore tlilrt-six Inches. A new' frntuie Is
the equipment for carry Intt lh spare wlnl
behind Instead of on the running boarc!.
I". V. McDonald, who sella many f the
Marlon tars, was pleased with the show
yesterday. Ills imis attracted great atten
tion The M.irlon flyer is one of the best
cars that has been turned out by this firm.
The booth of the Haum Iron company
was fcurrounded by many visitors during
the day. wh i were giving close attention to
the demonstration of the utility of the
Kooth demountable rims.
In en attenipt to rave a lumberman h
life who had been dangerously wounded in
a mountain sawmill and to get a physldun
to him. 'Wallace I.lnk of Fort Collins, t'olo..
drove an K-M-H touring car to the extreme
upper reaches of Uuckhotn canyon, where
an automobile had never gone before Slier
wood hill, well known to those familiar
with the territory surrounding the Ruck
horn canyon, was ollmbett over snow. Ice.
rocks and stumps cf trees without a falter
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IN SPACE HO. 11.
Twice Winner 0f the Vanricrlrilt Cup.
CL73E?F A copy of Harry Grant's own story of how lis won
" " the Vanderbllt Cup two years In succession.
Ask at our booth.
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JACK SHARP, Agent.
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V- There Will Be No Reduction W
W In the Prices of Mitchell Cars for 1911
J
This Year there is FroinP' to he n decided short-no- in nnfnmr.K;ipc
of all classes. The pessimistic talk ofsome months ago lias had its effect upon the manufacturer.
What's the result going to be?
-. pimply this: that if you don't place your orders now and specify immediate delivery, some
of you will not have cars when you want them.
Scores of you have doubtless held back your orders because you have thought there is going
to be a reduction in prices. That will not be the case uith cars that are worth their prices.
So far as the Mitchell-Lewis Motor Company is concerned, you may as well know now as
any time that there will be no reduction in prices not even a penny's worth and if you want a Mitchell you had
better go to a Mitchell agent today.
Who started this talk about a reduction in prices? No one but those concerns which made
cheap cars and tvtr-priced them in the beginning. Certainly., the Mitchell-Lewis Company is not in such a class.
The demand for Mitchell cars is healthier than it ever has been. We have already delivered more cars, twice over,
than we had delivered at this time last year.
Moreover, we will not be able to make within 30fo mof the cars that our agents have asked for.
We are not offering this announcement for any other purpose than to save proposed Mitchell
owners aU annoyance in securing cars when the hour of their need arrives. "A bird in the hand is worth two in
the bush." Order now and be sure. Order later and run your chances.
Remember this one thing that this year Mitchell Service reaches the highest point of its
development and the word "Service practically means factory insurance on your car. Moreover, we have
scattered "trouble men" throughout the country whose sole business is to visit Mitchell owners and see that
Mitchell Cars are kept tuned up and in good condition.
Mitchell Service means that the Mitchell-Lewis Company Makes Good. We are not satisfied
unless Mitchell owners are satisfied. So that the man who buys a Mitchell can't possibly be sorry he bought it,
nor can anyone induce him to part with it. That Mitchell Service is a Bulwark of Safety.
, Gf your order in today if you want your Mitchell when you want it.
Th car you oaght to have at the price you ought to pay.
SILENT THE FOOT OF TIME.
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