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AUTOMOBILES
TTIE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MAY 14, 1911.
POINTS FOR THE MOTORISTS
Hw to Locate Small I'anrtarra In
Tahra Varloaa Practical
Trsts Arr Kxplalnrd.
HISTORIC PLACES BY AUTO
Nearly every motorist has experienced
tht exasperating task of locating small
punctures in Inner tubes. The following
suggestions may aerve to lighten his trou
ble when he next meets with such a
mishap.
In the first place the tube should be ex-
Omaha Rich in Hittorio Spot for
Motorists.
HISTORY INTERESTING THIS WAY
amlneri carefully to diteimlne If the punc
ture I large rnotifth to He seen. If nut
immediately visible the perforation may
be very small, no laiiter than a needle
point and In this esse It Is murh harder
to locate.
Inflate tha tube slightly and hold It near
the ground. Very often If the road Is dry
the puncture may be detected by the dis
turbance of the jiunt made by the escaping
air.
If this test cannot he made or If It does
no discover the puncture, preserft each
portion of tha tube to your cheek until you
can feel the rush of escaping air. These
methods falling to locate tha puncture
your only course Is to Immerse the tube In
a pan of water, section by section, and
watch closely for air bubbles. Where
these bubble rise Is the point of puncture.
Sometimes even the water test will rtv
no Indication of a leak yet when tha tube
Is refitted and Inflated, the air pressure
will again decrease slowly. You may then
be practically sura that the trouble start
near the nut at the base of the valve.
Growth of the Automobile Industry Graphically Illustrated
C. L. GooM Coatrlhwtes laterestla;
tary oa the 'abject to tha
Carrot Iaewo of tha
Parol Tlaaea.
C. L. Oovld, manager of the Omaha
branch of the Ford Motor company, eon
tribute an interesting article on the sub
Jeet, "Visiting Historic Places by Auto."
to the current number of Ford T!m, the
periodical published mon'hly at the of
fices of the concern. Of especial note In
the article by Mr. Oould are the references
to the points of historical interest In the
vicinity of Omaha which are accessible to
the average motorist.
The article In part follows:
One of the most notable sljrns of the
times I the Increasing Interest manifested
by Americans In the study of th"lr own
h tory. Fines the Colnmb'an exposition,
which affected for good In many ways the
culture of the country, we have hsd minor
cmmemoratlcns at- Omaha, ft. Lou a, at
Port'and. and at Seattle, all celebrating
Important event In American history.
The way to make a study Interesting Is
to first make It enloyable. Therefore, if
you wish to study local history, da It by
automobile.
As an example of what can be ac
complished In one day. In the study of
hlftory by the motoring method, two auto
Ist spent last Christmas day In a Ford
roadster, hunting up places of Interest In
the vicinity of Omaha. A mora delightful
way, or cheaper, cannot be conceived.
Though younger than many of the cities
of the west, Omaha has historical place
a plor.ty In its neighborhood. VfMIe the
first settlement on the site of thla city was
made In 128. there had been for twenty
years previously a trading post and fort
on the river Just below, where the town of
Betlevus now stands. This little village
"the eldrst settlement of white civilisation
In Nebraska" included a favorite burial
ground of the Indian. Elk Hill was so
named by Big Elk, a might chief of the
Omaha tribe, who was burled there.
Fremont, on his return from hi first
expedition, stopped at Itellevu a few days
to have a boat built. In which ha rowed
down the Missouri river to St. Txul.
Before starting he sold at auotlon the
horses, carts, etc., that he had used on hi
trip across the western plains.
Elht mile north of Omaha i the village
of Florence, where the Mormon lived
from June, lftM, to April, HUT, in their
heglra from Nauvoo, III., to the promised
land In Utah. In that early day the town,
named by the Mormon "Winter Quarters."
was much larger than It is today. We are
told ;It comprised 14,000 people with 8,000
wagons, SO.OOO head of cattle and large
numbers of horse and sheep." There 1
till standing the house In which Brlgham
Young lived; and the large tree opposite
ie said to have been planted by the prophst
himself. At the present time, thla quaint
looking place I oooupled by Dr. W. I.
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wUd with brick, which ' I supposed to
have been the win cellar, and until re
cently It had double thick refrigerator
door. Dr. Roe removed these door and
now use the cave a a garage for his
Ford car.
In August, 1804. Lewi and Clark on
their famous expedition camped for a few
day near the present village at Fort Cal
tioun. seven mile north of Florence. On
Auguet t an Important conference was held
with the Indians; and. ss was fitting, the
place was called Counoll Bluff. The name
eems to have been popular In this neigh
borhood, for It wa at one time assumed
by the present village of Bellevue, and
later by the city in Iowa, which still re
tain it.
A stone ha been set up In the village of
Fort Calhoun to commemorate thl Im
portant meeting, but unfortunately it Is
far removed from the old camping place.
It might be well for the automobile clubs
f the country to join with the historical
octette in preserving and marking fa
mo us buildings and place. Although or
ganised primarily for pleasure, the mem
bers are, many of them, men who would
appreolate the need of suoh work and
would respond to an appeal for help. An
tolsts, more than any other class of trav
eler, would visit these place, especially
such a are located from a distance from
railways.
Who will take the Initiative?
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GASOLINE
USED A YEj
WORTH
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21.000,000 HORSES AND COLTS
AND 3.000,000 MULES IN USE
OR 28 TIMES AS
LARGE AS
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15.000 CARSS M0NUMENt O ; -s
fvfeRrtEN times jLA 555 FT. HIGH J jkL 11 W
tir2waoo M 1 A wwxx) horse WO FREIGHT CARS
t f . iHaooaraNs ) vehicles still REQUIRED TO TOY
iifeJl I i fg. C employSby if I made each year - ONEYRS. OUTPUT
280 CONCERNS BUILD CARS J MmSiSm' I jj
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H.800,000 PNEUMATIC TIRES, WORTH $100,000. OCX), MORE THAN 800 MILES LONG
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CHICAGO
The Immense proportion to which the
automobile Industry has oome In the United
States Is graphically depicted by the f ac
company diagram, which ha been worked
out by Will H. Brown, president of
the Mai Motor Truck company of In
dianapolis. The comparisons are made
with the great shaft of the Washington
monument to hold the gasoline used in
one year by the motor of the country.
The number of men employed make one
man several time larger than the monu
ment. The number of horse, colt and
mules employed In the country make two
animals twenty-eight time as big as the
monument. The tire used by the auto
mobile will, if placed side by aide, make
a Una from Boston to Chicago. The other
features of the Industry are shown with
equal force.
ALL GREAT DRIYERS COMPETE
Noted American and European Pilots
Enter International Sweepitakei.
$25,000 HUNG UP IN GOLD FRIZES
500.9111 Iateraatleaal t peed war At.
tracts All Expert Drivers for
Memorial Day Event at
Indlaampoll.
Kaew lltsa Well.
Looking up from his magazine he re
marked to hie wife:
To you know what I'd have done if I
had bean Napoleon?"
"Tea." she answered. "You'd have set
tied down In Corsica and spent your life
grumbling about bad luck and hard
times." LJpplnoott's.
For the first time In the history of auto
mobile racing ,every great driver In
America and the majority of the famous
European pilot will start In on speed
way event when Starter Fred J. Wagner
gives the word to the largest field of
racing automobiles ever brought together.
In the 500-mlle International Sweepstakes 1
race over the Indianapolis Motor Speed
way, next . Memorial day, for a purse of
$36,000 in gold. With the event UU more
than two month and a half away, there
have been thirty big racing care entered
under the early closing conditions. The
early closing date wa March I, and en
tries will be received until the late clos
ing date. May t Assurance of future
entries indicate that fully fifty oars will
compose the total list.
All of the great winners of 1910 who
are still actively engaged In automobile rack
ing are entered. More reservations have
been made for seat and parking space at
the brick track than have ever been made
before up to within ten day of a race
meeting. Letters have been pouring In
from all part of the country asking that
seats. In quantities from one to one hun
dred, be reserved for individuals and auto
mobile clubs who are planning to tour to
the Indiana capital for the speed event.
From present indications the Speedway
management believes that more than 150,
000 spectators will be on 'the grounds dur
ing the seven-hour grind. Many of the
entrants have sent advice that they will
be at the Speedway as early as Msy 1,
to start praottce for the event, and for
thirty days prior to Memorial day It Is
expected ' that the roar of the big racing
motors around the brick track will be in
cessant. In addition to the 125,000 purse
which Is offered by the Speedway, various
automobile accessory and supply makers
vi-111 make side offers which will bring
the purse up to a total of about $40,000.
so that the winner of the great event
probably will be the richer by about $17.
000 or $18,000. The race will start at 10
o'clock In tha morning, and probably will
occupy about seven hour's time. The list
Of early entries follows:
Case; Btmplex; Inter-Btate; National
"40-'; Pope-Hartford; Weetoott; Sluts;
Mercedes; Amplex,; Marmon; Knox; Mar-quette-Bulok;
Bens or Flat; Alco; Mo
Karlan; Jackson; Cutting; Flat; Firestone-Columbus.
FAMOUS TPOPHY TO BE HERE
GUddea Trephy to Be Exhibited at
M. E. Fredrtctisoa's Show
Rooma Next Month.
One. of the most famous automobile
trophies In the world will soon be on ex
hibition in the salesroom of the H. E.
Fredrlckson Auto company. This Is the
classio Olldden trophy which is now held
by a Chalmers "30" touring car.
In 1910 the - Olldden trophy, the most
famous of all motor endurance prlsea, wa
won for the first time by a car costing less
than $4,000, which Is plainly indicative that
this Is thelage of the medium priced auto
mobile. In the longest and most strenuous
of all Olldden tours, Chalmers Number
Five returned a winner. The grind in 1910
started at Cincinnati and covered the south
and southwest, going to Chicago by way
of Dallas, a distance of 2,851 miles.
Partloular Interest attaches to the ex
hibition of the GUdden trophy in Omaha In
view of the fact that H. E. Fredrlckson.
manager of the Fredrlckson Auto com
pany, was in charge of the team which
drove the Chalmers Five on to victory In
America's classic endurance run last year.
No-Rim-Cut Tires
10 Oversize
Cost Nothing Extra Cut Tire Bills in Two
This patented tire a Goodyear cre
ation has quickly become the leading;
tire In America.
Last year It jumped our tire tales to
$8,500,000. This year 64 leading motor
car makers have contracted tot these
tires.
The present demand runs twice that
of last year. Our present output is
2,200 per day. About 650,000 have been
sold to date.
These tires the final result of our 12
years of tire making will save motor
car owners millions of dollars during;
the present year.
, The Savings
Goodyear No-Rim-Cut tires save all
the worry, all the damage of rim cut
ting. We have run them flat in a hun
dred tests as far as 20 miles. With
650,000 of the tires in use, there has
sever been an Instance of rim cutting.
An ordinary tire
a clincher tire If
punctured, may be
wrecked in a single
block. And the dam
ago can't be repaired.
The avoidance of
this, under average
No-Rim-Cut Tires
With or Without Non-Skiil Treads
conditions, will save 25 per cent on one's
tire bills. '
Oversize Tires
In addition to this, Goodyear No-RIm-Cut
tires are 10 per cent oversise. This
Is due to the method of fitting the tires
on any standard rim.
That means 10 per cent more air 10
per cent greater carrying capacity
without any extra cost. And that, with
the average car, will add 25 per cent to
the tire mileage.
This extra site takes care of the extra
equipment. It avoids the blow-outs due
to overloading.
These two features together No-Rim-Cut
and overslie cut the average
tire bills in two. Our control of these
features has made the Goodyear the
most popular tire that's sold.
After 650,000 of these tireshave been
tested, the demand is so great that our
enormous plants are
run 24 hours per day.
Don't you think you
shouldfindtheraout?
OurTire Book tells
all the facts. Please
ask ns to mall It to
you.
THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, Akron, Ohio
Powell Supply Co., Mgrs., 202O-2O22 Farnant Hu, Oman. Neb.
raaohea aad Ageaolea la all the principal oltlsa. w snake all Berts of Subber Tires
REO SUB-AGENTS WANTED
In the following counties: Dodge, Wash
ington, Saunders, Douglas, Lancaster, Cass, Otoe,
Cage, Johnson, Nemaha, Pawnee, and Richardson,
in Nebraska; Harrison, Shelby, Pottawattamie,
Mills, Fremont, in Iowa.
Contracts let on from one to five cars.
Liberal percentage on sliding scale basis.
!0tr- fAHNAM TM
Omaha, Net.
R. R. KIMBALL
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F0RED00R TOURING OAR $2,000, $2,100, $2,250. Forty H. P. and Fifty H. P.
The Car With the Full Floating Motor R$S
The only car Uit ca stud twUta, Jars and Jolt of any road, and In no matter bow strained a position,
produce power to the full limit of its power plant. A car that combines Power, Durability and Beauty.
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Midland Cars Come Up to ttie Mark of Quality
Convincing Hill-Climbing Qualities.
NlBland, S. D.. May 20, 191t. '
Midland Motor Co.:
i own one of your Model "h" 40 h. p. touring cars No. 628, aad would
like to have your Instruction sheet, also the factory test of my engine: I
would like to know what horsepower it is. It must be more than 40, for It
makes the hills a little the best of any car 1 know of.
I have been over nearly every road In the Black Hills with By car, and
I haven't found a hill it did not mount with ease. 1 drove It up a hill a
Model couldn't climb with twelve hundred pounds of steam. I have
made nearly two thousand miles with my car over the worst roads In the
United States, have been on aiuddy roads In snow, and hills most of the
time
I havent found a loose bolt or nut on my power plant yet, and it runs as
quiet as thm day It was unloaded from the cars.
It will throttle down to five miles per hour, and not misfire onoe, pick np
from five to I don't know how fast. In a hurry fifty-eight is best It has done,
but that Isn't her limit by far. Yours very truly, J. E. BHEVUNO.
Freeiand Auto Co. 12thoS1KBSU
This Is assuming that all ether valve part
are In it nod condition otherwise when the
valve was Immersed In water, bubbles
would have Indicated the leak. An Invisi
ble leak of the hstur, described could be
produced by screwing the nut at the bass
of the valve too tightly, or not screwing
It tight enough.
In either case It I safer to return the
tube to the manufacturer, for It is not
likely that the motorist can make a satis
factory repair.
If no puncture Is found In the tube. It
would be well to re-test the rahr. This
can be done while the tire 1 mounted en
the wheel. Pimply turn the wheel unto the
valve la pointing straight down and tm
rnerse the valve in a glass of water.
The Mlchelln Tire company of Mil It own.
N. J., publishes in two volumes a complete :
Instruction book on the care and repair of
tire from which the above note are
taken. Copies of these volume are sent
free on request.
Cadillac car upholds
reputation for low
cost of upkeep
i 71
Users drive cars at cost of less than one and a quarter cents
per hundred miles of travel for
. mechanical repairs.
Some very interesting figures on the
subject of motor car maintenance hava
recently been made publlo by the Cadillac
dealers of Dayton, Ohio.
For the purpose of enabling them to
prefcent some definite information to motor
car buyers, Cadillac users In Dayton,
Ohio, territory were Interrogated and re
sponses were received from fifty-two of
tnem, stating the sums that had been ex
pended for mechanical repairs.
The users' statements disclosed the fact
that the aggregate number of miles trav
eled by the fifty-two cars wae 34.i45,
or an average of 4,734 miles per car.
The total sum expended fur mechan
ical repairs on the entire number of curs
was only $30.06. or an average of the in
significant sum of about W cents per car.
The higheut expenditure by any one
user, a gentleman whose car had been
driven S,(w0 miles, was $4.00. Ten users
expended less than 11.00 each, while there
were thirty users who had not expended
a single penny. Among those who had
expended absolutely nothing was the user
who reported the . greatest mileage, via.,
11.600.
Figured on the ' basis of cost per mile,
It shows that the 240.243 miles at a total
repair cost Cf ta.06, averaged about one
and a quarter sent ' for each hundred
miles of travel.'
This Dayton record la by no means ex
ceptional or unusual. -The. same dealer
made a similar Investigation about a year
previous. At that time reports were re
ceived from fifty Cadillno users which
showed that they had. driven their car
a total of ItSS.uHO nilles at a total expense
for mechanical repair of only JA.71, or
an average of leaa than IS cents per car
for the season. On the basia of mileage,
this expense figured . less than three and
One-half cents for each thousand miles
of travel.
About the same time New York and
Indianapolis Cadillac users also furnished
some very significant data. In lsw York
the seventy-five users who responded to
the reouest for information reported hav
ing driven their cars an aggregate of
3!,s4 miles at a total repair cost for the
entire sevonty-flve cars of $.13.21; an aver
age of lews than 71 cents per car or less
than one and a half cents for each hun
dred miles of travel.
Still another record which, while not
showing quite so low an expense, tends
In a measure to corroborate the others,
If suoh corroboration were needed, came
from Indianapolis where the sixty-six
Cadillac users who replied to the Inquiry
reported an aggregate mileage of &J,5!I9
miles at a total repair expense of fil.20,
an averaxe of ll.Ott per car. The Indian
apolis records ruit being quite so low a
the others Is acoounted for to some extent
by the fact that It Includes vthe highest
Individual expense of the lin which In
the cane of one uter who had driven his
car u.OOU mile had a repair expense of
$20.00.
In addition to the repair outlavs, the
matter of gasoline and oil consumption
was In the caae of the New York owner
made the subject of Investigation. This
showed as high as 23 miles to the gallon
of gasolino in ordinary .every day driving,
but averaged between 16 and 17 milee.
In oil consumption, some owners run as
high as 1,000 to 1,200 milne per gallon, but
the average was approximately 22 mile
per gallon.
The Cadlltao dealers in the cities men
tioned, advise that these records Include
the reports of every user who responded
to the request for information and that
they are not simply a compilation of fig
ures obtained from a selected list.
With this array of evldenoe, coming
as It does from several different portion
of the country and particularly in view
of the fact that prior to being asked for
figures the uxera had no Intimation that
theilr experiences were going to be made
rr alters of record, it Is quite reasonable
to assume that a canvass of Cadillao user
f generally would show very little variation,
n the matter of upkeep cost.
TH E,
Omaha bees
DIR EGTORY
Of Automobiles and Accessories
Apperson "Jack Rabbit"
APPERSOXAUTO
COMPANY
1102 Farnam Si
Baker Electric
Electric Garage
DEN1SE BARKALOW, Prop.
' 2218 Farnam Street
BRUSH RUNABOUT
A Marvel of Workmanship.
T. Q. Northwall Co.,
914 Jones St.
FRAHKLlFj GUy L sMTf 2S207 Farnam St.
Thomis,
11 p r 1 r fi
ll. r.frH 111 Ksn u k 1,11.,00,,
SMS VHI IWIIWWII BM a win w n a a W Virhmn
f.044-46-48 FARNAM STREKT
B U Mi! i tt U Jr it to$l,
FOUR MODELS
Prices $1,150
700.
OHIO ELKCTIUCS
Marion Auto Company.
c. w. Mcdonald, Mgr.
2101-2103 Farnam fct.
CARS
FREELAKD AUTO CO., 1122-24 Farnam Street.
ninnAninn ri-l f f- National "40"
Uft i imtilL r SSL f0'
Nebraska Buick Auto. Company "IT.
Xdnoola Branch. 13th and T Its. H. E. STDX.ES, Oea'l Mgr.
" Omaha Branch. 1818-14-H ramaou . tB UVTT, Kg.
MOTOR CO.,
2052-54 Farnam St., Omaha.
SEARCHLIGHT GAS F-i'&t
MORE LIGHT, MORE HOURS for Lell Mo ey
Wallace AutomobilcCo.
2203 Farnam Street
MOTOH CAlt
ma
MOTOR CARS
VELIE AUTOMOBILE CO., 1902 Farnam Street
John Deere Plow Co., Distributors
VanBrunt Automobile Go.
Overltnd and . v.e
artfo' OoaaeU Bluffs la.
(fiaaaa. Baba,
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