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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1911)
niE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MAY 21, 1911. M i 1 1 waasMo MO BILLS -f Hiwr ''MS-lVcijOHl mlle from standing mart In 40:i2 Seconds, cars. The agencies of the company about V-W aVMt&ClfrijS eclipsing Barney Oldflelds record of B0; the state report a stronger demand far liJJI I ruAl tlWWl seconds, car. than can be tupplled. , Along Auto Row Agrlcaltaral roadltlone la N kraaka Indicate Prosperity for Ik Aato Iadastry Ik la Seaaoa. Mr. and Mrs. Denlse Barkalow and Mr. and Mn. George Redlck left Thursday for n overland trip to Cheyenne, Wye., where they will deliver a new Packard touring car to a cuitomer of Mr. Barkalow's, man ager of the Electric garage. The party will camp along the route, and take observa tions on the condition! of the road for the use of tourists who may make the trip afterwards. The Flat 155-horscpower raring car was tent to Sioux City Friday to Its owner, Cy Seymour of the International aviators, who were the attraction at the Speedway two weeks ago. The big racer has been In the garage of the Wallace Automobile company for the last week undergoing adjustment. It is of the French racing type, with a 6Vlnch bore and 7H-lnch stroke. It was the winning car in the Grand Prize race of the National circuit t Savannah last November. The Maclntyre Auto company delivered .Oakland cars the last week to Mrs. Carrie Paul and A. U PettlngllL An unusually prosperous business for the last week In reported by the H. E. Fred rlckson Auto company. Mr. Fredrickson ttates that buyers at this season of the ,yar have been numerous and that the next few months will see a great ship ment of motor cars from Omaha as dis tributing point. While at the factories of the Hudson Motor company in Detroit two weeks ago,. Mr. Fredrlckson ascertained that dealers all over the country were asking for larger allotments of cars this year than In any other year past. ' While demonstrating a Reo roadster on 'Thursday afternoon Miss J. T. Bolce of the R. R. Kimball company was arrested on the charge of speeding. At the time she 'was arrested she was showing the merits 'of the car to Robert Froberg. , The R- R. Kimball company disposed of the following car during the week past: ' Stevens-Duryea AA, to C. II. Brown; two rieos to Mr. Slama of the 81 am a Auto company of Humboldt, Neb.i Stanley steamer to Robert Oarrison of Guide Rock, Neb., and a Reo to Olson Bros., of Ithaca, ,Neb. t : ' William T. Lewis, chairman of the board of directors of the Mitchell-Lewis Motor company of Racine, Wis., accompanied by Mrs. Lewis, ha just returned from a tour of nearly a whole year In the British Isles and through Europe. Both Mr. Lewis and his wife sought this means of taking a va cation, and their mileage reached tbe total of 2,870 miles. v The Ford Motor company has compiled .figure which show something of the gi gantic business done by It in its eight years of existence. The estimate that every fifth car sold in America Is a Ford; that in Nebraska there are two Fordsi .for every car of one make; every fourth car in Iowa- Is a Ford, and every third one in Alabama. The statis tics also show that the agricultural class are leading In tbe purchase of motor cars. In 1910 the farmers of Iowa bought slightly more than half of the cars sold in the Hawkeye state. The United States Tire company is preparing to Invade South Africa with the products of its five factories and to this end has appointed J. B. Ritchie of Johannesburg its South African repre sentative. Mr. Ritchie considers the out look for American motor products in 8outh Africa particularly brilliant, horse In the service early In November, are filled with enthusiasm over the showing of the automobiles during the present winter. Postmaster Bocharach is greatly pleased with his motor carriers and their perform ance in a season to have been one of the moat rigorous in years. Five Brush runabouts now constitute the rolling stock of the famous watering resort. Three were purchased in November, after two machines had previously been given trial. The first two cars owned by the ser vice were of such material aid during the busy summer months that the others were Immediately secured before the hardships of the winter bore down on the horses. Several of the cars are used In the subur ban work, making collections at inter. mediate points outside the city limits. The others average from 100 to 150 stops within the city, collecting from the boxes sta tioned at the street Intersections. Each car covers the territory formerly assigned to two horses and drivers, and the ex penses of operation have been cut in half. The runabouts are equipped with top and side curtains. They are used in all kinds 1 of weather. The rear portion of the car Is utilised for carrying mall sacks, and an extra step has been added to aid the col lector or carrier in loading and unloading the car. During the holiday season the machines especially prove their worth, ef fectually clearing up the congestion result ing from the heavy mall. M. Seagar ha received from Guy L. Bm.th a new Peerless seven-passenger tour ing car. This car Is painted royal blue. Ith fancy mohair top, seat covers and full nickel trimmings. Tbe car Is one of the most attractive In appearance seen on the streets of Omaha. Litigation which has been carried on al most continuously the last twelve years concerning the validity of the German pat ent, generally known as the Kelley two wire rubber tire, ha resulted In placing the Goodyear Tire and Rubber company in the unique position of being the only company that does not have to pay a roy alty to the Consolidated Rubber Tire com pany on tires made under this patent. The New York fire department will go to blazes fast as the result of a recent pur chase of ten Ford Model T cars for the use of Its division chiefs. 1 i The the last two weeks the Apperson Automobile company has received and d livered to customers In its territory twelve carloads of the famous "Jack Rabbit" C. J. Corkhlll. wet in n sales manager for the Apperson factories, Is In Houston, Tex., at the present time, where he Is opening a branch house. Mr. Corkhlll writes that very encouraging prospects are present for the Texas house. Three new Midland Ws." with foredoors and equipment, were seen on the streets of Omaha this week. J. A. Freeland, man ager of the Midland agency, reports that cars were delivered overland the last week to Tllden, Neb., and Farragut, la. OLD ENOUGH TO STAND ALONE Five Real Veterans, Hitched To gether to Insare Perfect Safety King Louis of Bavaria, resolving to re. lteve the needs of one of his poor but brave aides-de-camp, sent him a small portfolio. bound like a book, in which were deposited 500 crowns. Some time afterwards he met the officer and said to him: . "Ah, well, how did you like the new work which sent you?" "Excellent, srre," replied the colonel. read It with such interest that I expect the second volume with Impatience." The king smiled, and when the officer's birthday ar rived he presented him with another port folio, similar In every respect to the first, but with these words engraved upon It: "hls book Is complete In two volumes." JOHNSON SMART CHIL- AND THE DREN. Full of Indignation against such parents as delight to produce their young ones early Into the talking world, Samuel John son gave a good deal of pain by refusing to hear the verses the children could re cite, or the songs they could sing. One friend told him that his two sons should repeat Gray's Elegy to him alternately, that he might judge who had the happiest cadence. , . "No, pray, sir," Bald he, "let the dears both speak at once." A GALLANT CABMAN. An oid lady getting Into a cab In Grafton street, in Dublin, was heard to say to the driver, "Help me to get It, my good man, for I'm very old." "Begorra, ma'am," said he. "No matter what age you are, you don't look It." The Key to the Situation Be Want Ads. Automobile manufacturers of Indiana are arrranglng for one of the most unique and interesting trade trips ever proposed for motorists. Four of the prosperous mid dle west states are to be upon the route of a conteat of a non-competitive nature which has been given the hearty approba tion of the forty-three concerns building motor cars in the Hoosler commonwealth, and active plans are now under way for the event. The state la third in quantity production of automobiles and it is the in tention of the makers to show that it is not surpassed in quality and reliability, and they have decided to institute a trade boosting trip with a small feature of a contest just to enliven matters. The In dianapolis Trade association has given its support to the matter and from present indications in the matter of actual entries and promised participation it is probable that the Indiana Four-State tour will have the greatest number of ear "of any vnt held during the 1911 season. "HI mile an hour, or t07 feet a second, faster than a jman would fall from the top of tbe Singer building that was the marvelous speed attained by Robert Bur man in the ' big Bens at Daytona In the recent record trial," is the rather startling statement made by Mr. Fred E. Moskovlcs, sales manager of the Remjr Electrle com pany. "Burman traveled at the rate of better than two hundred and seven feet per second in his world's record mile sprint This is the fastest pace that a human being ever traveled. , It Is faster than a man would be going at ths tlih he struck tbe ground In tall from the Singer Tower. It also proves that unless a man would be scared to death by such a fall that there is no reason for him to be dead or unconscious before he reached the ground." . The MeUger Motor Car company manufac turers of the Everitt "30," have just se cured a valuable acquisition to their sell ing organisation In the person of L. L. Barnes, one of the best known salesmen in southern automobile circle. Detroit get still another automobile fac tory and the latest addition to the list is the largest organised in the last year. It la the King Motor Car oompany, with a capitalisation of 1500.000. Tbe company gets it nam from the man who delgud its product As a recognition of the business system employed In the office of the H. E. Fred rlckson Auto company the off totals of the Chalmers factories have asked for the de tails of the management that they may be presented In magasln form to the dealers of the Chalmers company throughout the country. During the week of the Omaha Xuto show In February, C. C. Hlldarbrand, assistant general manager of the Chalmers factory made an Investigation of the meth ods and systems used in the Omaha office with the result that he reported that with one exception it was the beat he had found In any of the oonoern's branches. With a portrait of Mr. Fredrlckson, this Informa tion with be presented in the monthly maga zine Issued for the benefit of Chalmers dealers. Late report from the National factories are to the effect that Wilcox, Altkn and Men will pilot the "Flying Blue" squadron of National In the MO-mlle race on the Indianapolis speedway on Decoration day. "Charlie" Mers 1 well known In Omaha, having driven the National car here for over a year. He I now permanently at tached to the National racing team and has lowered several world' records. In the Atlantic-Pablo beach races he drove one Most miles for the least money The Brush is incomparable on this score take it from any view point. In first cost, in operation, in repairs, it costs less tjban any other dependable car made. Recently a New York editor told That's another beauty of the Brush. us he had paid only $4.65 for re pairs during an entire season's con stant running. Innoculated with the big car virus, he bought a big car but his wife insisted that he keep the Brush for her us. She could drive it herself, feared no mechanical difficulties having no big car complications to oppress her. Everyman's The Bras f) Runabout 650,000 No-Rim-Cut Tire And Each Displaced a Clincher It's so simple anyone can drive it. It's so dependable no mechanical knowledge is necessary to handle it. It's so economical anyone can af ford to own and operate it. That's why it's called Everyman's Car. Let us show you why hundreds are using it to advantage both for busi ness and pleasure. That's ths record to date. And every day we add to this output 2,200 tires. The demand has grown to an ava lanche. Our mammoth plants, with three shitts ot men, are run 24 hours per day. The Goodyear No-Rim -Cut, with amazing quickness, has become tbe leading tire in America. All because these patented tires or tens of thousands have cut tire bills in two. Which Tire? The ordinary tire the clincher tire rim-cuts if ma flat. A punctured tire may be wrecked in a single block. s. The Goodyear No-Rim-Cut tire has been run flat in a hundred tests as far as 20 miles. Of all the 650,000 sold, sot one has ever rlm-cut. These tires are now sold at the same price as standard clincher tires. They fit the same rims. Which tire will you take? 10 Oversize No-Rim-Cut tires because they are hook less can be Goodyear No-Rim-Cut Tires With or Without Non-Skid Tread oversizo without any misfit on the rim. And we do it. That means 10 percent more air 10 percent added carrying capacity with out any extra cost. Ana that, with the average car, adds 25 per cent to the tire mileage. Thut oversize takes care of the extras the top, glass front, etc. It avoids the blow-outs due to overloading. Without it, nine tires in ten are given too much load. These two features together No-Rim-Cut and oversize under average conditions, cut tire bills in two. Yet these patented tires now cost no more than tires that rim-cut, tires just rated size. Which Is your choice? The demand for No -Rim -Cuts is larger than ever before came to any one tire. It has multiplied six times over in the past two years. It is growing faster man ever Detore. Ask for our Tire Book and know the reasons. Get rid of the worry, the bother, the cost of the old-style clincher tire. $450 r ' s a v a Let us give yo aide. The TV G. NORTHWALL CO. 014 JONES STREET OMAHA, NEB. made 10 per cent TVV. OOODYFAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, Akron, Ohie Powell Supply Co., Mgrs., 2020-2022 Farnam 8t, Omaha, Neb. Branches and Agencies in all ths principal cities. We make all sorts of Rubber Tire. TH E, Omaha bees DIRECTORY Of Automobile and Accessories Apperson "Jack Rabbit" APPERSONAUTO COMPANY 1102 Famani SI. Fl a a m V?i A Electric Garago HSmitSr EC 1H 11 lit DtNISE BmALOW, Prop. 2218 Farnam Street BRUSH RUNABOUT A Marvel of Workmanship. T. Q. Northwall Co., ' 914 Jones St. eiialTU oom r rt II r rrnrlviAliAAn A n4m sk!lM fl Thomas, n. C. NUUNUftoUII HUIUIIIUUNU bUti:!19 1044-4t-4S FARNAM STRUT iwmu FOUR MODELS Prices $1,150 to $1,700. OHIO ELECTRICS Marlon Auto Company. ' c. w. Mcdonald, Mgr. 2101-2103 Farnam St. fwtiO CARS FREELAND AUTO CO., Ilii-M Fintam Street Tsn years ago tbe automobile was the subject of sneers and der.slon," says Henry M. Lcland, advisory manaa-er of the Cadil lac Motor Car oompany of Detroit. "To day It ranks aa one ot the fastest methods of transportation or travel. The rapidity . Of the growth of the Industry has sur passed that of any other business In th world's history. Today ths automobile has ceased to be the rich man's hobby It Is tbe world's necessity." The Mlchelln "Twins" two Broodtnglan manikins, twisted and disported themselves before wondering crowds In tbe show win dows of the Nebraska-Bulck oompany on Friday evening and Satwday ot the week past. While an advertising feature feolely for the Mlchelln Tire company, the "twins'1 are so out of the ordinary that their ap pearance In the large cities of the country has been the occasion o( numerou press notices. The figures, which are about twelve fret tall, are made of rubberised silk and are seated In roammoth seats on an Improvised platform In the window of the automobile eompany. Underneath the platform are ar - ranged elect Ho air pumps which keep the manikins Inflated. By means of cords and partial drfluthm of the figures they as sume some very grotesque positions and keep the tpectators roaring with laughter. Tbe manikins were first shown la Paris, the home of the Mechelln company. Later they were Sant for exhibition purposes to several of the capltala of Europe and fin ally to this country. The figures are repli cas of the familiar effigies seen in the ad vertisements of the company, apparently made of , rubber tires of different Uses. Oogglea and huge cigars complete the Illu sion created by the "twin" Xep tporta from Atlantic City, where tbe poatoffice authorities discarded the last greater mileage from diamond TIRES Than From Others and a very much lower upkeep coft, for extras and repairs. These results were shown in The Only Extended, Dis interested Tire Inquiry ever made. Do you buy Tires merely, or Tire Mileage The Diamond Rubber Co, Akxoo, Ohio 915 8. SOUi St., Omaha, and S3 .other principal cities. 7 nfll notorGarCo...;1?." lUirULa 111 f; Parnom I I I w MM aa hi W W t Buickmd Olds- mobile Cars... Nebraska Brick Auto, Company s w Lincoln Branch, 13th and T Sts. S, B. SIDLES, Oen'l Mgr. Omaha Branch. 11S-1-14 raruam St. X.EE MUTT, Mgr. MOTOR CO., 2052-54 Farnam St, Omaha. SEARCHLIGHT GAS MORE L-IGHT, MORE HOURS for Lell Money M F0RED00R TOURING OAR $2,000, $2,100, $2,250. Forty H. P. and Fifty H. P. p!D The Car Yfith the Full Floating Motor fl The only car that can stand twists. Jars ami Jolts of amy road, and In no matter how strained a position, produce power to the full limit of its power plant. A car that combines Power, Durability and lieauty. f Midland Cors Come Up to tlie Mark of Quality Midland Motor Co.: When I left your NO TROUBLE TO GET JOY RIDERS IN A MIDLAND. Colorado City, Colo.. Dm. 11. 110. factory last June. I I promised to write you in resard to my overland trio to Colorado. When I arrived at Colorado springs, j immediately got Dusy haullnc tourists to the different oolnts of interest In tbe Pike's Peak region. They kept me busy day and night; this, in fact, being the only day I have not been busy. Outside of a puncture at Kocky Ford. Colorado, I made tho trip without a mUhap. I never stopped for anything but food and water except at Lyons, kanaaa. where 1 pulled a five paasenger out of the sand They could not move either way. They had a rope with them which I guess all and some other cars carry o some one can pull them out when they get stuck. I nave never yet Deen siuck witn my car ana aon i expect 10 do. The power my car has In hill and grade climbing sur. prlei the people out here. There is one hill out here known as tbe Jonea hill that only one or two cars la this vicinity can make on high sear, and mine Is one of them. I often have seven passengers in my oar besides myself, and I go up tho hills and down the grade without any trouble- I ant sending you soma poet cards of some of the i roads and places I go with my car. I go to Denver and Pueblo, nearly every week with passengers. Every one wants to ride in my car because It rides u easy. It Is na trouble for me to get a bunoh of ladles for a Joy ride, which 1 do quite often. The tourist season Is over now, but I have all I can do hauling people that live here. I have never had any work done on the engine and have never had all tbe spark plugs out yet; but am going to clean the plugs and valves if I can get a chance. I have earned half the price of the car this summer and fall and she la still run ning a good as ever. 1 am sending you a photo of my self and a load of Oklahoma people In the Garden of tne Gods. That Is a hard drive to rnuite, but I have been there dozens of times I will say this of the Midland car It beats them all for the price of two thouaand dollars and under, and some of the higher priced cars for power and endurance, and I know I will never want any other. I have to go to Illinois next May and have decided to come through in my car, and you can see how It has stood up. Hoping to aee you next June, and with best wishes to the Midland Motor Company, I am. Yours very truly. C. W. REYNOLDS. FVeelaod A.oto Co. urSis' Wallace AutomobileCo. utok cak 2203 Farnam Street rnr Tin j MOTOK CARS VELIE AUTOMOBILE CO., 1932 Farnam Street John Deere Plow Co., Distributors VanBruntAufomobileCo. Overland and Pope Hartford Council Bluffs Is, Omaha. Xebr, FIRST GRAND PRIZE THE DEE'S BOOKLOVERS' LOSUSi FAMOUS : Apperson Jack Rabbit Touring Car e READ PARTICULARS IN MAGAZINE SECTION