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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 18, 1912)
10 T1IE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: FEBRUARY 18. 1912. CLOUD MAKING AS PASTIME ffonritt Can Put Forgotten Town Back on the Map. EOT B.OTS WITH -"THE LTD OFF' IiiiuUwi ef Pilaris mm Feat . Wk DIII-lT Avelaea tbe Middle ml (be Bom 4 Am iwikrilii, A summer tourist who was arcompany- tn a seven-yard, thirty-day excursion t!ekt on Its devious course from tbe itiselssippt valley to Boston tot off a train In New Hampshire one day last AufftiPt and climbed laboriously to the top of a xreat bill; where he sat soak iris; fck soul in the beauties beneath him. A esinkia: blue rlbhon of river wound down between trees velvet fields, and a white road played nide-and-sees with It. frisk Ins; from side to side of the valley In a saost Irresponsible manner. Hero and there white spires poked themselves oat of woolly green woods, and now and then a roun-. whit cloud rolled swiftly aloof the road and disappeared In the distance, laavtne a thla, white tail behind It, eomst tashion. The white clouds puzzled the tourist. Tfcev appeared at Irrecular Intervals and sallel alone at railroad speed, botllns and fesmlnr like the advance .breakers of a fetch tide. Sometimes half a dozen clouds would chase each other;! sometimes a tieud would collide with another cloud cassias; down the valley. This would pro dace a maelstrom of terrtfyinf propor tions, cut of which tha two clouds would amerga unharmed and dash madly oo their respective ways. It puzzled the traveler so much that ha finally climbed dawn the hill to Investigate. As he ap proached the road ho discovered that each en of those round, white clouds was be lag towed through tha country by a tour ing automobile full of happy men and women. When be cot still Bearer he eeuld tell the women from tha man by the fact that' the latter wars smoklnc white dears. , A Lewie at the Walts deeds. Laser on I went down to the vlllace Inn I wss the solitary olamberer and at supper time one of these blc white clouds tailed up to the porch and stopped. It disgorged a tremendous automobile, with Urea as b'g as en slephant's bind leg. and equipped with lira boxes, road-ma-Inc tools, storm curtains, lunch hampers, kitchenette, a beg of coif clubs, a fishing outfit, a few good books, a steamer trunk, two suit cases and a greet variety of tanks containing gasoline, oil, water, compressed cas, compressed air, and, for all I know, compressed cash. 1 have often wondered Just what sort of a pyrotechnic display an up-to-dats auto mobile would make If It should choose to azploda In all of Its various tanks at eaoe. Tee travelers were from Missouri, as t bad do difficulty In besoming ac quainted with them. There were fire ef them a chauffeur, a father and mother, a daughter and a grand mother. Tha latter was nearly 70. She smiled placidly as they disinterred her from the tsmneau, and later on, when she had re snoved tram her face the five layers ef soil collected In as many states, she spoke enthusiastically of the trip. ; r "Wares been on the road a week,' she Said, "and we've had the most delight ful time, though the roads bare been tittle dusty. Our mileage Is l.Ci to night pretty 'good for a week. Isn't Itt I think we've got the tooting record from t Louis to New York. If we. haven't 4ts'll come back and get K with cur new ear this fall. Oo you know, we only stayed mKew York overnight Usually I like to spend a couple of weeks there, but it's as much more fun to keep going It was splendid coming up from Boston this afternoon. I guess ws had as many as twenty races, but our good old Boece never failed us. My son calls bis car Boere because, be cays, bs eats "e alive. He says be never saw ay car with such an aversion to getting dust on his front number plats. Hosco's a splendid car. and I bate to see nun go, but we've bad him ever since spring, you know, and my son Is so crasy over the Wit model that be la bound to trade blm In." I asked the eld lady it she didn't cot tired during a long day's riding. "Oh. yes," she said cheerfully: "I get ee tired I am almost dead by night But I'm always ready for another day." eats 'Ksa AIL Automobile touring Is superseding moun tain cllmbtng, deep-sea travel, scenlo rail ways, loop-the-loops and shooting the rapids at Niagara, It as even holding Its own against aeroplaatBg with those rest less mortals who teed oa thrills, rot automobile touring combines to a coo stderable degree the excitement ot all these pursuits. As a result It Is making adventurers ot stodgy business Umld women and benevolent grand mothers. Never la history bss It been so easy, so' cheap or so sate to be dare- devulsa. It Is ridiculously practicehsv You buy adventure by the gallon, lust ss you elder. One gallon ot that concentrated essence of notes, speed, excitement and trouble, known as gasoline, coating M cents ft there happens to be competition la your neighborhood, will do the follow ing tor you: It will take you ever five miles ot smooth, white road so fast that yea have to tight tor breatb; It will you Into the air as the car psssn aver a culvert, the ton noon catching you deftly as you descend, as the cup la the hands of the player catches the ball; tt will cany you sldewlse around a sweeping curve, the ttras clawing catlike for a hold and shooting streams ot dust and gravel fifty feet away; St gives you half a dosea ertsas la the ehape ot teeme which com pel yea to balance precariously ca the edge ot the road as you whoop past; hassuoacople village view which rashes at you cut ot the horizon and hurries back to the rear, children and chickens scut' Wag tor safety; a mad race with a rail road trata and one more mammoth gulp ke the throat as you bounce off the last rail ot the slanting crossing a few ysrds te the good. All of this you can est tor tea cents eoe gallon at gee-wbis Juice. And nowa days tasks are made to bold forty gallons assi automobiles are made te empty these i a day. I Speed. automobile at try ta make his patient machine Jump through a heep and beat cut ngtotnng flesh. But with all the best tatesitlCBe In the world, much of the auto snektle tearing Is being done meetly en two wheels. There are ee many reasons ta hurry. Tha read is oo dull that yea want te get ever It. It Is se fascl Bat ing that yea eaa't wait te see whet le sawand the neat iistusr. It ysu c la the next hoar, yea get ta a good betel la time for over the fact that you did tt In twenty eight miles an hour and that nothing passed you but the sun. As for the scenery no matter. At any rate, you didn't see any tall lamps. But, after all, this Is only one side of the medal. There are plenty of auto mobile tourists who are not breaking records. Some ot them don't because tbey can't for there are plenty of ancient arks built In 1MB on the Interstate roads nowadays.- Others don't because they find too much Interest In the roadside; for when a man loads up a ear with comforts, buys a road lamp, and sets off to follow a red, Jerky Use across tea states, being careful not to let his speedo meter needle linger above the figure twenty, he can travel In a manner which kings would have envied ten years ago. Such a traveler makes his own schedule and picks hia own road. Seldom by be more than ten miles ffrom a hotel, or a bed and what Is ten miles to sn auto mobile which la In a. hurry?.. He does not lie long hours en side tracks gazing Into scenery composed almost exclusively of box cars; he starts In the morning when hs feels like It, not when the pas senger schedule made out ten years sgo by a man five hundred miles away feels like It He lingers at enchanting spots without asking permission of the conductor and presenting to him his seven-yard ticket that be may further emboss and grill It. He dawdles long at lunch time Instead ot choosing between his dessert and his train. And finally, at the end of a long day's run. he lsnds tired snd soiled, not la a mob of harkmen but at the door of bis hotel. He Is as dirty as If he had spent the day next to a car window, but tt rs good, nourishing, fertile soil that be wears, not cinders and he doesn't have to pay a quarter at the end of his trip to hare It stirred up with a whlsk broom by a porter. Faarlaarlea ef the Whirl. Add to all this' the fascination of fol lowing a winding, willful road Into un known horizons; over soaring hilts and through dark woods: past yellow seas tossing In the harvest wind, and between poplar boulevards f of hesitating snd debating between the lures of rival highways; of climbing high and casting about for some distant spire toward which to steer; of rolling into some quaint, forgotten village, leaning over the seat and asking: "What town la this?" and then of set ting blithely and Ignorantly forth, after refreshments, to follow un chartered roads north or east or west or south sad discover snother village by Its beckoning church spire or water tower the beacons ot automoblllng is It any wonder that the passion for exploration keeps the automobillst on the road from May until December? Thanks to the automobile, a great many thousand Americans are not only seeing, but are also tasting and breathing Amer ica first. Bad roads are being beaten or legislated Into good roads, and good roads are enriching those who live beside them. Forgotten turnpikes are being rebuilt, and forgotten towns put back on the map. Wayside Inna are reopening after, years of decay. Country air la being driven by fortr horss power preasurs Into hundreds of thousands of lungs. The map of the United States is being changed from a network of black railroad lines, with blank spaces between, to a criss-cross of black railroads and red highways, and bait a million amateur explorers are re discovering the America which the stage drivers and ths horseback travelers knew a half century ago. George Fitch in Collier's. RUBBER COMPANY GIVES PRIZES TO ITS WORKERS On July 1 last ths Republic Rubber company of Toungstown, O., posted In Its works notice of an Idea contest for employes, this contest to close December SS. Four cash prizes aggregating SJOO were offered. First snd second prizes In class one were awarded on--the best sug gestions for Improvements In existing machines processes or methods of manu facture In use by the company. In class two, first and second prizes were offered for best original planS for new machines. processes, or methods of manufacture. These contests were open to any employe of the company except general officers. Surrounded by a cheering mass of work men, the superintendent announced the winners and made the awards on Decem ber 21. The Interest and enthusiasm mani fested by the men was most gratifying, and the Republic Rubber company In tends to continue this as an annual event TRUCK HELPS TO SAVE IN THE COST 0FIVING "The high cost f living has been un justly laid at the door of the automobile," said W. I Huffman of the -Huffman Automobile company. - "The fact la that every pleasure car, truck or tractor sold ta take tha place of horses does its share toward reducing the price of foodstuffs. The real essential after all. "It takes seven times ss many pounds ot food for a horse as It does tor a man, therefore an automobile truck that dis places six horses gives to ths eobntry food for forty-two men. There are S4. 000,60 horses in the United States; with these horses displaced by motor vehicles there would be available enough land to produce food tor M8,aM.oa people. "Does this look Ilka the automobile altogether responsible for the high cost of food?" to Is st HUPM0BILE BEING USED AS MAIL DELIVERY WAGONS 'Having solved the merchant's delivery problem, ths motor oar Is new tacklln? the mail collection Job and Uncle Sam declares the innovation Is a huge success. Over In Toledo four Hupmotlls motor wagons are used to collect mall all through the city. The carriers no longer have this to da and the quartette of Hupmoblles Is sufficient to do all thnt the entire staff of carriers formerly ac compliished In collections. The significance of this move along the line of speed and economy Is apparent. zssaaa cam Lore Of coarse every does Year machine travels mars smoothly st thirty miles aa hour. Some Berry chap with a Kangaroo 81 x by trying to pass yea, and tt by your duty to show bun tbet Thunderbolt Mrs pace the world. The result Is natural. Yea have set sot fur a pleasant little rtx-bundred-ssllc ramble. Yon coase back bragging i That Rambler Cross Country , Is a Great Car Read This and You Will Think So Too kJ"" 'j I A cushion toft and pleating even to an invalid. Eight inch uphol stery of finest leather and telected long bait 4$ double acting Keel spring coilt. Rich in comfort, finished like club furniture. It's a 38 h. p. five passenger tour ing car with 120 inch wheel bate, 36x4 inch tiret and demountable wheelt a rare combination of power, comfort .and ap pearance. It't Ion.; it's low h't roomy. Low with drop frame and new spring suspen sion. Long with front axle tet forward and straight line torpedo body. Roomy with tonneau seat four feet wide 31 inches of leg room enough for the tall est man 27 inches from front seat to dash and wide elbow roorri at the wheel . '..The meet comfortable car in America i - gelling below I2S00. Ride 200 Miles Without Fatigue Step into this car and you are domi nated by a feeling of spacious ease and gratifying comfort. In a ten minute ride you grin in tpite of yourself through rare delight. You may tour all day with pleas ure and return without fatigue. The upholstering it of such pleating softnett that even the invalid may ride without discomfort cushions 8 inches deep made from finest selected long hair. Rear cushion hat 4$ double acting steel spring coils. Front springs 39 inches long rear 52 inches long axle of I-beam type set forward under radiator road clearance 10 inchet front edge of tonneau seat 9 inches ahead of rear axle front seat 45 inchea wide 120 inch wheel bate and 36 inch wheels., ' "Now, do you wonder that it't the easiest ridings easiest to drive and' easiest to turn around no other make at 12, 500 can touch it. Delight to Drivers You must experience the feel of that Crott Country wheeL It't a delight Think of the unconscious ease with which you guide a bicycle. It" t just that Your armt don't tire. Your legt don't cramp. Both levers are inside and the sound of the motor just the sweetest hum that turns instantly in a snappy roar when the cut-out is open. Silent, long and lean, with swift mov ing lines, the Cross Country has grace, suggestion of speed and beauty of contour. Snap! Ginger! Power! To drive this car is exhilarating. It runs like a spirited horse. You touch the throttle and it's away. In the traffic of Fifth Avenue it will creep along at 4 mile per hour on the open road it topi it off at fifty. It took Abbey Hill, New York, on high gear with five people, starting at 22 miles per hour and going 30 miles at top. It took Viaduct Hill on high, start ing at 25, dropping to 12 at the crest and going at 18 at the top, passing two high priced cars going up in the gears. It took City Line Hill, Philadelphia, on high.Rondout Hill at Kingston, N. Y., with 6 passengers and climbed State Street Hill, Albany, from river to Capitol on high with six passengers. It starts quickly and stops quickly a motor car virtue that has saved many an accident The braking surface is 400 square inches.' ' Looks Like $2500 A big car of exceeding beauty; few people have guessed itt price on tight at below 12500. Finished in English Purple Lake a rare shade of deep maroon.' trimmed in nickel, with bonnet, fenders and fillert in black enamel, with 9 -inch lamps in black enamel and nickel You'll find the same equipment on cars selling : at 12500. , Fenders of sweeping grace, radiator of new and distinctive design doors 20 inches wide and open fully with no out side latches. ' Rakish, low and balanced perfectly, you can put it around a comer in a jiffy and the rear end will hug the road. Why the $1650 Price? "Why such a car at this price?" Here's the reason: For years we have built high priced cart, educated our mechanict to greater skill, developed our factory until we now are able to pro duce the Cross Country. " The Rambler was first to offer a rtai bicycle for lest than WOO. The Rambler it now first to offer a rial car below 12,000. The public is ready. The Cross Country it here it't the flag bearer for 1912 sure to be a Rambler year.- To see this car is to want it write for the name of the nearest dealer ask for the Rambler Catalogue. Lots of room in front and rear. 27 inches from seat to dash 31 inches from seat to seat in tonneau , rear seat 4 feet wide plenty of elbow room at wheeL Three large persons may ride in comfort in tonneau. Big wheels and tires help to carry you lightly over depression in the road., It't he bump that cause fatigue. You don't have to brace yourself and hang on in the Rambler. Slight or heavy, tall or short, the steering pillar can be adjusted to exactly suit Sit at the wheel for a moment and you'll want to drive drive and you'll want to buy. THE RAMBLER CROSS COUNTRY Spare Tire on demountable wheel carried in rear, eliminates worry about tire trouble. This demountable wheel can be changed in five minutes. ' Equipment Fine large, black and nickel head lights with gat tank. Black and nickel side and tail oil lamps large tool box; tool roll with complete tool outfit- Roomy, folding robe rail, foot rest, jack, pump and tire kit. Top, with envelope, fSO wine! stuck), SH. Demountable Wheel, test tire, with brackets snd tools, Gas Operated Sell Starter, fst. Other 1912 Models 38 R P. Roadster, i pessersrer -. . Suburban, 4 pssstngtr. Toy Tonneau . Sedan, Enclosed Drive, 5 passman Coupe . Gotham Limousine, 7 passertrer . Coantry Quo, 5 passenger . Valkyrie, 4 passenger Toy Totraeaa . Moraine, 7 passenger . . Greyhound, C pssiiu;i. Toy Tonneau Metropolitan, 7 pssssrstii . . Knkei backer Limousine Berlins type a 50 H.P. $1,600 1,650 . 2,500 2,750 .2.250 2,250 . 2,500 12,150 . 2.S50 4.200 V New radiator of popular aiyi dis tinctive type 12,000 square inches of cooling surface 9 inch head lights,' in black and nickel radiator cap of exclusive design. - - Rambler Motor Company Omaha, 2052 Farnam Street, Nebraska.