Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, February 25, 1912, Image 9
D TIIE OMAHA SUNDAY BEK: FEBRUARY 1912 . OMAHA MOTOR CLUB ACTIVE Itoet Hundred Members Secured , and Many More Coming. 'OUTLINE OF WOSX FKOPOSED Hostee Threagh Xebrssua in Pre pare and a Club House Roam ii Km Betas Proposed. With approximately memben. the umana Motor club organized eighteen months ago, haa grown to such propor tions that It Is the largest and perhaps the best known club tn this section ot the country, if not in the etntire wt Outside of the work of sign boarding roads, collecting touring data, maps, etc.. the Omaha Motor dub has organised the Nebraska State Automobile association. Kith sixty counties affiliating and 1,500 Individual members. , As an Inducement to members joining the Omaha Motor club It offers its mem bers an affiliation with the American Automobile association, furnishes tourist Information, maps, etc., and co-operates wrni them in every way possible. The club assists, through Its legislative, com mittee. In obtaining fair and Just laws and ordinances, and aids, through Its atiuiauon wim we state organisation. In obtaining rood roads thrnuarhmit Hi. braska and through the American Auto- moDiie association. In promoting better transcontinental highways. KtatwWiale fuiiiln Included in the plan of posting the roads. Is one for a state-wide campaign (for potting up steel sign boards. The summer's work also Includes the compil ing of an extensive series of maps, tour ing information, etc., Into a road book. which when completed, will be dis tributed free to all club members about June 1. The club, worklnr In ranhnuv tion with the Nebraska Slate Automobile association, has secured county maps of every county In the stats 'and. these will be made uniform and nuhllihtwl Th will show landmarks, crossroads, grade crossings, as well as dangerous spots throughout the state and will destrnai. the principal roads throngh the various counties. in addition to these county maps there will be routes, across the stste. a transcontinental I route, , and sooner inps in KeDraska, Iowa, Ilia. aooii and other nearby states. These will Include popular summer resorts n large cities within a radius of KO miles er Omaha. . . . Among other benefits obtained ikni.,1, 'the Omaha Motor club. Is Information ror tnoss desiring to tour abroad, their affiliation entitling them to special dis counts when they forward their m through the express companies, and club (privileges in every tate In the anion. This Is obtained through the use ot the "A. A. A." emblem, which, together with me vmana Motor .club emblem, is given free with each membership. These em blems are handsome In deslam and ftnUh and are an ornament to the radiator of .any car, , ... flab f " According to the officers and others In terested in tne welfare of the organisa tion, the Omaha Motor club will not be content to rest- until It has secured LMo members, and an active campaign looking to' that end will be started early In the spring. When M additional membera an secured the plans Include the opening of ciuo rooms for the benefit of Its mem ber Just bat the nature ot the rooms wm no, whether elub rooms In a down, town office building, or a country home, has not yet been determined. There are many advocates of both. Automobile Racing : for Coming Season Not Encouraging NEW YORK, Feb. K-The outlook for automobile racing la INI looks very poor. Blx events have been officially snaimnrl by the contest board of the American Automobile association, while sixteen con tests have been listed for sanctions but not officially assigned, pending com pliance by promoters with the requlre Imenu of the contest board. Of the six dates assigned one Is for a commercial vehicle reliability run, tearing only Ave real contests, one of which is a hill climb. 'The schedule of events le as follows: ' SCHEDULE OF EVENTS. May It, It, II Commercial vehicle re liability run, by Chicago Mortor club. May Jft-fipeedwar (JflO-mile race) on In 'dl ana polls Motor Speedway. June W-Algonqula Hill climb, by Cht cago Motor club. August , 10-Beach races, Galveston, Tex.. by Galveston Automobile dub. September J Speedway, by Indianapolis Motor Speedway. I October 7 to II Reliability ran, by Chi cago Motor club. PROPOSED CONTEST I March Track, Montgomery, Ala, by Alabama Automobile association. March 4 to S Reliability run, by Hous ton (Texas) Motor elub. April 17 Speedway, by Laos Angeles Motordrome. Msy 4 Santa Monica road raos, by Motor Car Dealer's association. May SBTrack, Salem, N. H. June Reliability run, by Automobile club of St. Ixiuls. Mo. July 4-Track, at Petersburg, Ind. July 4. i, s-Old Orchard Reach Ofe.) races, by Old Orchard Automobile as : sedation. July 4, S Track. Taylor, Tax.,' by Tay lor Automobile club. July River head road rase. July U Reliability tour, by Wisconsin Stste Automobile association. August a. M Elgin road races, by Chicago Motor club. September Track, St, Louis, Mo., bf Universal Exposition company. October Fai mount Park road raos I by Quaker City Motor club. -Road race, at Wichita Falls, Tex. , -Track. Milwaukee, Wis., by Milwau kee Automobile club. , As yet na application baa been made for the grand prise and VanderbUt eup jraoes, suthourt Dallas. Tex., wig under tako the holding of the VanderbUt event providing a sufficient number of entries Is assured to maks the eon test a suo icsss. For the possibility of a road race over the RIvsrbeed, L. I., coarse, July has been kept open In the east. The Fab-mount park road race has been set 'down for October S, although no sanction has been granted, and the same applies to the National Elgin road races, which are en the calendar for August B and 24. Owing to the general hick of Inter est by manufacturers In racing. It la not . likely that the list of races will receive many additions during the next two -months. CENTRAL CITY EXPERT -COMES TO ALAM1T0 CO. X. A. ttudler. who hen for tne last two 'years been engaged In the creamery suat neaa at Central City, comas tola week to take charge of the butter department of itbe AJamlto Sanitary Dairy company. Mr. Studley has had a vide experience tin the produottoa of sanitary dairy prod- Gossip ' Along the Automobile Row Many more actual retail sales were secured during the auto show week by the different exhibitors then any prophecy might have foretold. This was duo to the large number of prospective cus tomers who cam In from tha country with ths long green lying snugly in their pockets. Salesmanship is an attribute of great significance, A careful observer passing down the aisle of the Auditorium during the show could dearly nolo the' Inter mingling of oratory, formally associated only with the political address, with ths strains of the mere elegant Makers like M. A. Ross of the Rambler factory and F. P. fitelnhauer ot the Abbott-Detroit factory, who told very convincingly of the superior ajualttlee of the Abbott can, "It certainly was a big show and we did an enoromus business, and bad a lot of fun demonstrating the nsw ilupmo. bile said W. I Huffman. "Tne little Hupp made every am on high tear and more than pleased the Customers Wo look for a large business this y on the. Hupsnoblle. f believe we wrote more contracts for both the Abbott-De troit and HupmobUe cart than at any other show." Mr. - Hoffman and W. N. Hellen, sale manager, state that they expect to do equally as well at the Sioux City show this week. A large number at city orders for the Velio six-passenger forty-horsepower oar was booked during tho show. Tins ear attracted much attention at the 'shew because of Its completeness and unique fenturea, This was, tho oaty atx-passon ger car on ths floor during the show and one ot the few that are equipped with four doors. I Tho Velio truck was one ot ths clilel attractions In commercial exhibits at the show. Although no contrasts were drawn up for this truck, many Interested pros pective buyers asked for demonstrations during this week.. Major Fuller, general manager ef the Velio factories n Molina, waa one ot tbo prominent visitors at ths show last week. Ths nil Velio was warmly received by tbo buying nubtlo at tho show last week. W. U Velio, president of tho Velio company, haa firmly maintained all along that low power, cheaply bulk car la not a practical motor vehicle to put on tho market today. Ho says that tho contUtlona In the country now demand a bigb grade car. and that In tho end the high grade ears will be the only ones that wlU moot with Manager Lindsay of the John been Plow works, will spend tho coming week at tho Gtouz City show. . W. J. Doughty, factory representative of tho R-C-H ear, says that ths favor which this car haa won with the people In this section of tbo country waa far beyond his expectations. A large number ot -sales were mads. . Mr. Mclntyre ot tho Mclntyre Auto mobile company says that ho sold mora Steams-Knight and Oakland ears at the show this year thsa over before. Hun dreds of people, - he says, who viewed thsss care complimented him on their etylo and power. B. P. Merrell of tho Cadillac factory spent last week at tho show assisting Manager Relm In demonstrating ths great power of tho Cadillac car. B. Wrothe of the Dayton Engineering company spent last week at ths show, demonstrating tho self-starter oa the Ca dlllao car. George Cox, sales manager of tho Ramb ler factory, and John A. Ross ot tbo fao tory sales department were at tho show last week assisting Manager Olltneret ths local branch In demonstrating ths Rambler car. Manager Olltner of tho Rambler com pany says that ha mada fourteen cash salsa at the show. Most of these cars were the cross country models On man. bo says, bought one of thesa cars without oven a demonstration. K. R. Wilson mads four sales on ths Lexington roadsters last week. Three of these ears went to Omaha people. All seemed pleased with tho new model. Tho E. R. Wilson Automobile company closed many dealer contracts for ths Lexington car daring ths show. The Lexington ear la destined to be e of tho most popular motors in Omaha.'' said B. R- Wilson. The ear vice given by this car during tho but year cannot bo excelled by any other motor regard leas of price. T. C. Holllnger, mane ger of the Logan A Bryan company, bought a Baby Toa neau Lexington froaa tho E. R. Wilson Automobile oompaay Saturday. MYSTERY OF IDENTITY OF VIOLET M. IS DISCLOSED During all of last wreck, there waa a keen Interest and a great deal of mystery attached to tho Identity ot Violet at In every nook and corner of tho Auditorium and. In fact, over tho entire city, one could see neat little cards which read: -Have yon seen Violet M. T" "Violet M. Will be Here All Week," -Ring Douglas 17 and ask tor Violet M." Too Interest haa been Intense and nearly everyone at the Auditorium show has been endeavor ing to set a look at tho young lady or at least find out who and where she waa They learned last night that Violet M. has really been at tbo Auditorium show w ork and baa been reeetrtag tho praise and admiration from thousands of visitors at tho show. Violet M, Is tho Franklin model X. with light violet body, which has been shown at Guy L. Smith's exhibit. It was, conclusively, tho most attractive car shown this year. And If every oas did not get a good look as Violet, H was not Oay Smith's fault, aa ho certainly cast abroad enough of her vlsitlnc cards. Mr. Smith says that for tho benefit of all who did not asest Violet at tbo show he win have her at his salesroom for a short time. I Cert aa Awfsrf Fright i j by fear of appendicitis? Take Dr. King's I Nsw Life PUls and soon see bowel trouble vanish. Guaranteed. Me. For nets and has made a specialty of butter j imSa Kr Beaton Drug Co. manufacture nf In ail Its dels '.la Ha re-j ' cetred bis technical training at tho L'al- j Persistant Auvcruimg is the Road to eMV eXSebreasa,. IBs Saturn, MOTORING IN QUAINT LANDS Notes of a Tour to the land of the Came and Palm. AMONG SAHARA'S 'SAND DUNES Ufa las tho Capital of . Kahrtta ' Within tho Shadeave ot Atlas ' Mountains Cam t ruts la ths People. To two people who hava learned what the possession of aa automobllh may mean, tlie year, apart from Its dally du ties and lis daily dust la divided Into three parts: One,' tho anticipation; two, tho execution; three, tho retrospect, ot Its motor journey. No' other event ot their year, again, of course, .excepting grave affairs of public and private life, demands so much delightful preparation, brings so much keen aajoymeot. Im parts so much solid knowledge, affords so much precious memory - as tho month or two they spend together, upon the flowering road. Tho world' la theirs wherever it la civilised enough to have roads.' AU races may become their In timates, every range of mountain-peaks their companion, every river their wind ing guide, every hlstarte civilisation their atmosphere, Vmciand and ptne-isnd palm-land and snow-land. th hot plain and tho cold col, the comfortable certainty and tha untried adventure-rwbjca shall H bo this time? So from tho kmc dis cussions oa winter evenings-first, tho wide expanse of .the small , scale map, then tho puzxles of tho largo scale, then tha study of topography, or climate, of history at last, tho decision made. Un made', remade,' a doses times, emerges final and fascinating. . Then one of us sots to work on books and maps (with Intervals of hats and frocks), while the other dons his overalls every afternoon and riots in a fortnight of mechanics, till each single part ot tho sar haa been separately , handled . and approved, ad lusted or repaired, and the machine la perfect at every point for Ita task, with everything On board for anything that max happen, . ' j Whither, then, this year? Tbo answer la a word of purple promise. To the south, to a continent almost unknown to ths motorist, to tho land of the camel and the palm, to the desert and the oasts, to the Oardea of Allah to Africa! "81 Ton demands ou je vals, tu repondras que Jo suis en Afnque; e'est un mot niag lque qui prete aux conleotmres, et qui fait rever lea amateur de de couvertes." So we drove In tour Decem ber days across France, from Havre to Marseilles, and thence took ship to Al giers. . . Through these strsnge hills we rllde down to Ttxi-OusDU. the capital of Kab ylta, built upon the side ot a conical .hill with a white tort on Us apex, A few miles farther the snow-peaks of the Atlss burst upon us. This first after noon .brought us one of our roost superb views, below us the purple undulation of ths ploughed plain, a spendMly on-, glneered road before us, leading to ths wooded foothills, with tho gged snowy peaks beyond. AO almost everywhere, theoe meuntslns slso have saved a race from absorption or extinction, and have preserved the human qualities which perish In the plains. It Is tha story of Swftserland and the Caucasus again. Nobody knows the origin ot the Kabylas. Their fair complexions, bias eyes, red hair show thst they are not Aatatlo or African. They came under Okba, a lieutenant of the Khallf Omar. In the seventh century, and conquered the human debris left tn Roman Africa-negroes, Phoenicians Jews, Q reeks, and Romans. They wars civilised, and possessed a' culture and Institutions of their own. and ruled till savaga Tarktsh hordes cams from Arabia and swept over lbs country, save tho mountains. In which ths Kabylee took refuge and lived an Independent Ufa till the French, net without great difficulty and heavy loss, subdued them, but left their Institutions little modified. In 1st?. Their religion Is a pals Mohammedanism, their government democratic, their Ian guars Csptio, their original caligraphy ex tinct; their women, who enjoy a well deserved reputation for beauty, go un veiled, and are covered with tbo silver and coral Jewelry which sells dear In the hops of Algiers, and their most Inter eating product a curious varnished yel low pottery, with quaintly traditional Roman and Phoenician designs in red and black. Good specimens of this are be coming difficult to procors, our only find being a quaint and treasured samel which we brought homo, through many ups and downs, packed in a tool-box. Hitherto we had motored through a country of men, where all the womea were bidden or unaexed by veils and sm addling -clothes. Rut now ws were In a country where tho population was com plete, and womea both see and are seen, and share alike In" tho labor and Its reward. Oa Sahara's Ws stood on the sdg e (f tho desert and looked out over It. Then we looked at each other. Then we talked of other things, neither wishing to bo first to suggest ths mad Idea. Then wo read ,ia the guide-book: ."Biskra to Touxgourt. about U miles; a track posslbls for wheeled traffic, but sandy In parts, and swampy la placea la bad weather; It would bo Imprudent to venture upon It oa a bleycas or la aa automobile." Next day wo looked again, and at last one of us put tho thought ot both Into words: "Well, I suppose ws shall have to try It." The asest modest traveler. tk ourselves, soon discovers that It hj not tha sandy Plata of his school days. He finds, from time to rime, great or little spreading mounds, or dunes, of golden sandcalled "barchans" In which .only a camel does not sink ankledeep, 'and these, wind created and wind-Impelled, move forward almost like live things, Knginsers eta ployed In laying our desert railways hava mada costly, and oven fatal mistakes by not recognising the tact, now sstahtlshed, thst "desert dunes are not anchored or stationary hills of sand. but mobile masses, advancing at a very appreciable rata In a definite direction."' Those dunes beep's to move, according! to another srientifio observer, aa aoea as a light breexe blows; the air la peroepttbiy obargad with sand la a moderate brerae; and during storms tbsjr progress msy bo nearly two Inches an hour, while their average advance la fifty feet a year. Many a once flourishing oasis Ja now mined forever beneath the great sand dunes, which "ever slowly widening, silence all"; nothing stops their Insidious advance; "In some lorantIM eatenntve and prosperous settlements hare been over whelmed and slotted oat ot existence." mass ot OTPeutn. clay and stones, dotted over every few yards with mounds from six Inches to three feet hlKh. The origin of these is a tough bush ot a kind of succulent samphire, with a email cream colored acacia-like flower, and tamarisk with woody stem and gray leaf. These grow very slowly In dense close bosssa, and the sand drifts and packs Into them, forming a solid mass. But for these an automobile could travel fast la almost any direction. Aa It Is. to go a hundred yards, a aoore or more of tham have to be levelled, and since It takes five min utes' hard labor with tha shovel to level a single one. sny lengthy progress h very elew and fatiguing. Henry Norman, la Scrlbnefa. . Ice in the Platte River is Expected to Make Trouble Reports received at tbo railroad bead quarters are lo the effect that tha Ice la the Platte river la soon to become a menace to the arid res that spaa that stream. Aa a result railroad officials hats placed men at all ot the brldgts, supplied thsa with explosives and In structed them to begin the work ot dyna miting the Ice aa soma aa It shown any stgna of breaking. - Already, from the mouth to miles above the los on the Platte la covered with froaa six Inches te a foot et water. Ia the west era portion ef the stste and through Wyoming there Is still aa Ira mease quantity of anew that haa not malted. When this doea melt, railroad o metals predlot high water and conaldV srable damage unless extra precaution Is taken. Throughout Nebraska more snow waa added Friday night to that already upon the gfouad. Over all ot tho country wast ot Long Pine there waa a tall et from two to three laobee. East of Long Pine and extending pretty well south In the state there wss a gsntls rain most of the night the precipitation ranging from one-fourth to one-half Inch. Persistant Advertising Bis Rstums. ks the Read U JAU fFEED FIGHT IS BREWING KcShaao Will Seek to Prevent SilU Wright from Providing' Grnh." SHERIFF REFUSES ADjUTTAS'CE If Attempt sa HaAe br Wrlsrhe- Sai Rater. Jell tw Fecal Pi lassies a Ha WPI ava EJeweedl aavd Loam Action Will Fslsss. " ' ;'S Silas Wright, who held the county fal ln osntract until the dying democratlo Board of County Commissioners gave it to Mrs. Edna S. King last January, baa entered Into sn agreement with the county commissioners by which he will feed-the prtsonsrs at the old price. H cents a meat, until the board receives bids and leu a feeding eoatraet far one year. . Sheriff McShane, who sought, a dlstiet' eourt doctaloa glvtag aha tbs rtghtto feed the prison sis at cents a day, Kara the board notice he will appeal to 4he supreme court. He said ha will food, the srtsoaers himself until the supreme court rules on his appeal and ho will not tot Wright come Into tho Jail to feed pris oners until too courts compel him. to do so. ; The battle will begin Monday morn$g. the county board having Instructed Wright ta hssrla feeding them Sheriff Jic Shaao wttl refuse to admit him and a ssandamaa aetloa ta compel the sheriff to withdraw bis opposition wUI be awrifr AoaerU Mtaseslf . When Judge Troup granted aa mja no tion reotralslas; the hoard from executing tho osntract with Mra. Wag. who Is. a relative ef McShaaars, Mre. King waa ex pected ta feed the prlaonera antll a new cootrac should be made, bo she refused to dd thsa. Tha board aaesr bsmrd Brora her, however. Tha ahertff yesterday told tho board bo himself haa ted the prtannera since Mra. King uat and he la going ie ksap on. The board saked htm bow nvch he experts to resosrra for the leading,. He refused to say. Ths board t ikes the posttloa tlat Mo- Shane should have aetlfted It at oace when Mra. King stepped fsedlss prisoners. aMMsaaaaBBaaaaaaaaaBaaaaaaaaassBBaBsaaanwawaaaaaM ' ' I This Gar Costs $1500 What More Will $1800 Get You? Y"OU must judge valuea by comparinjj values. A dollar article from one man Is worth only one dollar from an other not dollar and a halt Smith, who pays a blather rent, operates extravagantly, and does little business, must take care of his "overheads" by inflatin values. Therefore, he tacks an extra ten to twenty per cent, on everything be sells. But Jones, who sells the same goods, tut sctff fiwrs tkm, and does not have the additional rents and numerous other overhead charges to take care of, sells you his standard goods minus this ttn to twtnty Pr ctnt. inflation. Jones is the man to deal with. Apply this to automobiles. The car shown here is our famous forty-five horsepower touring car. It is priced at $1500. This car has everything of any practical value that any $1800 or $2000 car in America has. Do you question this P ... Then run over these facts: First of all, this car has a powerful forty-five horsepower motor. It seats five large passengers. The operating levers are in the center where they should be. The selective transmission is fitted with the finest F & S annular bearings the best made. It 'has a full floating rear axle. Both front and rear axles are fitted with the famous Timken bearings. The pressed steel frame has a double drop. The magneto is a Bosch. The tires are big. ' The body is finished in deep rich Brewster green trimmed with heavy ticket plate. The lamps are dead black trimmed with, nickel. Self-starter only $20 extra. It is a magnificent, strong, powerful car. It has all the beauty end comfort that is possible to get in a popular priced cars You ejannot find a weakness or a flaw. It is sound and thorough. Neither the chassis nor body could be improved upon. It ia made of the best material oa the market by the most modern methods. ' Can you pick any $1800 or $2000 car that gives you more than this ? To be sure, you nvlht get a few inches longer wheel base, or a little larger wheels, but what dots that amount to f And at that, you will find the car with little larger wheel base haa much small motor. For all of which you are asked ta pay any where from $300 to $500 extra. W$ rtptat, thtrt is not an flSOO tar mada that offers yon any mors than this ant for HSO0. ' . Why? It is made by the largest factory in the world. These enor mous plants, by reason of their huge operations, can buy mater ial, handle material, make parti, and sell ears at smaller coats than anybody else in the business. - We make 25,000 cars a year. The average standard plant turns out about 5000.. That's the difference. Right now we are shipping eighty cars a day. In round fig ures this is a business of about $72,000.00 a day. In a short time we will be shipping 150 cars day. This is a business of $135,000.00 a day. Would these thousands and thousands of shrewd people select the Overland in preference to all others if we did not give them more car and a better car for less money ? There are over 2000 Overland dealers. i Let our dealer in this city (name and address below) take you out in this car and give you thorough demonstration. Let him show you the unusual value. See this car, then see some of the higher priced cars. This will prove to your own satisfaction that our $1500 car will give you all th; power, speed, comfort, service and wear that you can get in any $1800 car made.' ' Phone our dealer for a demonstration at once. iThe WiHya-Overland Company, Toledo, Ohio, " Van Brunt Automobile Company, distributors Sioax Falls, Soath Dakota Counc I Bluffs, Iowa 2201 Farnam St Omaha, Nebraska ! B X xSnl J 45; Bosck saagnetsi Urea. J4 a 4 hack a D.i asiab. Brswossr grease Ivory str sfl brlgb f aj X. S parts asl-plated. Three black sad sacks! ofl lamps, rare Mack sad sacks! gss buap, av l , witk gas tank sad beta. Mce.SUDs. fetf-stsrlar.Ct extra, -! .-. K ' 'as .rt( . un f - i r "v ' If V .- w'