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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, , ...
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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.
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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
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