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STATE ROADBOOK OUT SOON;
Etbiaska State Automobile Asso:i
tioa Has few Department
TO BS MOST COMPREHENSIVE
I mrsr larpa ol lira Is Xavr Eaaaxed
11 ereariaa Data aad Maps
Aid Aufalala ea Tore
' the Mate.
Gossip
Along the
Automobile Row
.. ..ri-artmer.l lo b known as the "Offl
ci.' .'load Boo Ucpartment bos been
i':j;:-n'l end Is now in operation In con-i-.vi'.r.
vl'h llic Nebraska State Autn
tscc:alioa. Tfcw department,
hka r.i:i be -Managed by Ray W. Ham-:-...
X. w;ih ocad.iuaiif-rs at Fremont, will
of a road book, or guide for tht UM
. t ;nc nu-T.brrs of the state association.
After the -innbers t.f tiie association
-t he. ii supplied, the road guide will
1- p:arrt i aale throughout the wsst
i : .c s.iblbi'.n of transcontinental tonr-
iilii .!;d i-t'lrrr.
C-.'r r' ib anil members affiliated with
lue .NMiibka Mat Automobile aaeoci
t'on will be entitled to receive a copr
i'f thu bonk jratlr. Tiieaa clubs Include
: :r U.tialia Dolor club, Lincoln Automo
bile club nr. U several other Individual
Viult .l:i tin Hate, toeetMr with all ol
t!ie cointv organization, which number
ianu; jixir at present.
The official road book will be very
complete. There will be at least 3 pagee
and of audi material aa to make It ex-
'ntlonall durubl-. It will be about 5x
'inchm In siie. nnd the cover will be of
i treble rnat'i al. County acctlonal map,
I moving tiie toadi In detail, together
t.ith the tlvcra and towns, will be ahown
Ifi-ieratcly. one on each page.
: (HHlalna Maa Maa.
The r.o:k his progressed ao far that
,a:xiy. of llicne maps haro been received
tod others are now being prepared: ine
torreot routes, all of which have been
Verified by tlie eountjr-aurveyors, will ba
ln.own in color. ' They will be Indexed
to that the tourlet in crowing on county
(into another will be enabled to "pick up"
a continuation of the road In the adjoin-
Inx county regardless of whether It np
wai on the following page.
It 4 planned to Inue 10.00 eoplea of
tlie guide, and It la expected that there
will be conquerable demand for them.
The tut of Nebraska at preaent la far
'liehlnd other atalea the matter of road
.marking, and the work now being done
by the cffictal road book department. In
.unnectkin with the other affiliated cluba,
l commended by stats and county oftl
clsls, aa well aa the thoueanda of auto
moMIe ownen and othera who make uaa
i f the country roads. .
Mr. .Hammond, who la In charge of the
urpanment, haa bad considerable ex
perience In similar undertakings. The
compilation of the book. Including aa It
does, ao many mapa and touring In for -matl'in
of general Interest. Involves a
great. deal of time, to aay nothing of the
expense. To complete the book by Juno
1, In time for the opening touring ost
eon, Mr, Hammond haa put several mea
I In lle field and will hare ths work rushed
through with all possible haste. When
I completed It will be the most eompra
i.enslve, and. In fart, practically tba only
j.iomplete automobile mad guide oiler
Issued In ths slate.
The Wallace Automobile company re
ceived a letter last week from W. C
tripilnr of Fort Worth, Tex., la which
be apeaks highly of the Strarns cars and
the great Knight motor. In the letter
he said he had owned a Daimler-Knight
car for about three year during which
time It had given him perfect satisfac
tion, although he had covered a dlstanor
of X.os miles.
"I cannot see how anyone who has used
efforts wholly to th- compila-;a Knight motor could bo satisfied with
any outer kind or a gasoline engine, oe
said. "The only time I observed bow
much gasollee I used waa the two sum
mere spent touring In th mountains of
Colorado, where I got twelve miles per
gallon, but -am euro I get fa) Per cent
more oh the average Texaa road a My
car runs, as well today aa It did thre
years ago."
4 FrlsAt'sl Bisrlrae
with, biliousness,, malaria and constipa
tion,. Is quickly overcome by taking Dr.
King a New Life Pills. Ouly Sc. , Per
sal by Doatoa Drug Co.
Key to the Bltuatlon-Bea Advertising.
It la not often in these days that a new
model automobile under normal circum
stances will create such a sensation a
to entirely block traffic on the streets
of a great metropolis, but this Identical
thing occurred In Fan Francisco the other
day when the Thomas Flyer company
took out their new Abbot-Detroit 4t Ar
tillery roadster for the first time. The
design ts so radical to anything In auto
mobilea seen In America In recent years
that a large crowd soon formed, and II
waa some moments before the police
could force their way through the throng
to order the car to move on. The road
ster was first exhibited at the Oran-1
Central Palace show In New Tork last
I January and was the center ot attraction.
M. P. O'Connor of the Powell Supply
company haa bean elected a member of
the Commercial club. He says the club
Is a great organisation and Intends to
put his shoulder to the wheel and push
things along. The elub la Inducing the
dealers along th row to Join. Prior to
this time but few belonged, but In lata
years the auto men along the row have
become ao prominent In business circles
It was decided that they would ba a great
asset to the club.
Manager Montgomery of the Interstate
company spent last week in the. Iowa,
territory closing up contracts. Ma says
that he looks for a big aeaeon In1 auto
mobiles this year when the roads open up.
The H. E. Predrtc'keon company - sold
three Chalmers "M" cars last Thursday
at retail. Pretty good business for one
day this kind of weather.
George U Dlngman of Dallas. Tex.,
haa moved with his family to Omaha, Mr.
Dlngman la going to taka charge of the
Iowa terltory for the Marlon Automobile
company.
T. V. Oravea of the Ooodjrear Tire and
Rubber company, returned last weak from
a visit In the Nebraska territory. Ma says
that ha expects an unusual large holiness
la supplies this year. -
Hundreda of booklets on Urea and tire
troubles are prepared every year by the
lira manufacturers. The general sameness
In style of make-up and reading matter
haa proved detrimental to all. It remained
for Web Drown, advertising manager ot
the Republic Tire compear. Toungstown.
Ol, to remedy this fault by the prepara
tion -of a -series uf Ui absentee booklets
j distinctive and extremely attractive in
I design and make-up. The first of these
j booklets la entitle The Reason." It Is
sixteen pagea and cover, and Illustrates
tne various waya In which automobile
tires become worn aad Injured. The Illus
trations are made from actual , photo
graphs. The booklet la three aad one
half by six Inches and Is bound at the
side. Tba front cover aad aucceedlng
pages are trimmed, so that each page
from left to right is about a quarter tr.ch
wider than th preceding page. This
variance In widths permits the subject of
each page to be Indexed longitudinally
along the right hand edge of the page.
Thus the points covered can be seen at
a glance before the booklet la opened. This
booklet la to be handed out only by
agenta when a man make - complaints
about the service given under unreason
able usage. It Is a radical yet sensible
departure In booklet making and haa a
strong sdvertlrlng value.
Ouy L. Smith has just delivered a new
self-starting Hudson "T' to E. Koscbes.
proprietor of 'the Great Eastern Cleaning
and Qydng company. , For, the last two
years Mr. . K oerhel has- aaed ' a Hudson
for delivery service, the car running con
tinually through all kinds, of weather.
Mr. Koches' 'business has grown to such
an extent that a larger car waa neces
sary and It ta quite natural that ha should
purchase another automobile of the same
make that had given him. such remark
able service. .The new car, is .very at
tractive, the running gear and hood are
painted black and' the body and carrying
apace Is red. , ' l
It was divulged by Ouy L. Smith that
there haa been an - Influx of European
automobile experts to this country for
the purpose of learning th highest prln.
clplea of American motor car engineering
practice. This Invasion la algnlf leant by
reason of the fact that America, It la con
ceded, has caught up with th old world
In motor car design and Is beginning to
outstrip th Europeans. (
It Is Interesting In this connection tha
th foreign engineers are flow members
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jtNttJii m aw g , y
AS a tire buyer you don't have to
solve the tire problem it has
been solved for you by the Engi
neers and Chemists who have spent
.fourteen years in making Diamond
Tires, unquestionably the greatest
in mileage of any tires made.
C If you prefer tire certainty to tire ex
periment and chance, buy Diamond Tires
and stick to them. If you want greatest
mileage and lowest tire expense buy Dia
mond Tires and stick to them.
C Buying tires on a price basis is a form
of gambling, and like any other gambling,
the odds are always against you.
C Buying Diamond Tire ii ihrewd invest
ment Your dividend- tre sure, and your dividend
' are Greatest MDeaffe and Service.
C The most important point about a tire is quality
the type is secondary. Diamond Tires nre made
in all types, all tites, and to it every style of rim
You can mt in Diamond Tires any type that yon
want, and in any Diamond Tire that you choose
you will get what no other tire can give you
tht Greatest Mileage and the best service that can
be built into a tire of that type.
- In addition to dependable (Sealers every
' evhenr, there are FFT Y-FOUR Diamond
Servke Stations. Diamond Service means
' more fhan merely sellini tires it means
" taklnt care of Diamond tire users.
AT YOUR DEALER'S OR
"The Diamond Store
" 215 So. 20th. St, Omaha.
Thcianind tifAbtv (ompang
AKRON. OHIO
of Howard E. Coffin's staff and are bow
building the new seif-starting Hudson
"33". This interesting news. In eonjune
tlon with the fact that America haa
caught Ha pacemaker, makea certain the
truthe of a new epoch In American motor
ear engineering, history.. - - .
The pupil has turned teacher.
Clark Powell of the Powell 8upply com
pany saya he la bringing up hi, little
son on Republic Urea. The corupanyi re
ceived a number of small Urea about the
slxe of a doughnut, and the babr has been
testing out Ms sprouting teeth on one of
these tires. Powell save that any- tire
that will stand, this kind of see without
being punctured tn -one place Is certainly
some tire. Th first -word the little tot
learned to aay was "Republic tire, daddy."
has obtained from his Franklin Q tour
ing car.
In th last two years Mr." Warren has
driven his ear f JW miles at a total cost
of 11 21 SS. which Includes O-Si paid tor
overhauling. The cost per running mile
of the car. Including every expense, with
the exception of the overhauling charge,
has been tlC
A report just sent out from the Frank
lin Automobile company, y recuse, H. T,
supports the generally prevalent feeling
that the coming rear will be an unusually
prosperous one for the automobile busi
ness. In this report the statement la
made that the total sales at the branch'
houses of the Franklin Automobile com
pany for the present business year are'
144 per cent greater than they were hut
year at the same time. ' -
W. Morgan of San Franclaco figurea
that he has been given the Diamond tires
on his Franklin ear ten and one-half mil-,
lion chances to blow out In the last three
years and a half, but tney are atlll'rnn
nlng and tn good condition.
air. Morgan bases his figures on ?,0W
miles of European touring and ll,S0o
mllea of touring through California. He
multiplies tba total of M miles by U.
the number of revolutions which the
wheel makea per mile, and gets MiSW.OM
revolutions. Each revolution ba claims
hsa offered aa opportunity for the tire to
blow out.
Mr. Morgan attributes his freedom from
blow outs largely to the easy riding and
light weight of his car and the fact that
the full-elliptic sprlpgs greatly reduce
the pounding action of road shocks.
The low coat of operation at which the
preaent day email touring car can be
operated la well ahown In the service
which F. A. Warren of Lallarpe. III..
In appreciation of tha aid supplied by
f're science to the re lection of materials
some of the larger motor car makers,
and especially the Peerless Motor- Car
company . of Cleveland, have established
tfi their factories departments of hietal
lurgy that would do credit to a. great
university. Heat treatments of steel
worked out In the laboratorlea of the
Peerless company and applied under, the
; supervision of-its scientific staff have
yielded surprising results In multiplying,
the strength of metal three, four or even
a dosea times.. Tbta.has made it possi
ble to cut down the weight of part after
part, while 'at the same time resistance
to strain la' greatly Increased. As sim
plicity and lightness, with strength and
efficiency, la much sought by all present,
day. motor car. builders. It la plain why
such value la placed en 'the' work.
.Manager S C. Douaiaa ,of the Sioux
City branch of .the Nebraska Bulck Au
tomobile company, was In Omaha last
week conferring with Manager Huff In
reference to carload ' ahlpments, going
Into the territory. ' The Nebraska Bulck
Auto company claims the distinction of
having delivered the largest number of
112 cars to data of any firm .'handling
any make of oara In the state. They
have already CM of the new Bulck models
In the banda of consumers at thla time,
and they bava contracts to data for 174
Bulck automobiles to ba delivered, which
are bona fide contracts, with deposit on
each car.
Shipments of Packard trucka tor the
first three weeks In March exceeded tha
best previous record for any one month.
Spring business In motor carriages la
gaining momentum rapidly, with Indica
tions favoring the biggest season In the
company's history.
DEMAND FORJMS JS GREAT
Problem Kow Ii to Make Enough to
Meet the Demand.
OT AT.MTTR.S FACTORY IS BUSHED
If you have anything to, exchanga. ad
vertise It la Th Be Want Ad column
Wsrks Overtime glace I-aat Jaly te
. krr Va with the Flao4 at-Or.
elera frosa All Sections at .
the Ceeatry.'
, . .
We know that the 'see son of 113 will
break all automobile aale records," -saya
H. . E. K red rick son. local representative
of tha Chalmers Motor company.
"Our local bualnesa has been running
far ahead of anything we have done
previously, and now come advices from
the Chalmers factory which ahow that the
same condition exists la all parts of the
country.
."Winter is usually considered the slow
ailing season, yet the Chalmers factory
haa been working all night as well aa all
day In most-departments, sine the first
of last July. Even thla extra effort haa
not been enough to keep the supply equal
to, or . ahead . of the demand.
Our anxiety now la to get sufficient
cars to supply all of those who wish to
buy tha Chalmers.' Ws are only one of
nearly- I,) Chalmers' representatives
throughout the' country, and all of them .
seem to be qulte'aa anxious to get cars
as we are. In, the latest report from the
factory. I am told that the 8an Franclaco
dealer , recently ordered ICS care. New
Tork City Is asking for cars at th rate
of about 100 a week, recent orders being
forty-four on day, twenty-three another
day and thirty another day, and ao on.
Just the other day Portland. Ore., ordered
U cars. , The day before. ' Philadelphia
ordered seventy. The day following we
aent specifications for fifteen from here,
while Sioux City, la., ordered twenty-one.
On one day during the last week Boston
ordered forty-nine cars, Newark, twelve;
Philadelphia, twelve; Minneapolis, eigh
teen, and Dallas, Tex., thirty-eight.
"AH of those big orders have been
occasioned by th strong demand for
Chalmers cars for spring delivery. I have
merely named a few ot tha larger orders
to show that th big bualnesa la coming
from all parts of the country. Even
greater Quantities of cars are ordered byi
the dealers In smaller territories; wtif
are sending in orders for three, four, ftfx '
and eight cars for Immediate shipment,
every day. During the last fifteen days,
for instance, the average number of or
ders for Immediate ahlpments baa been
forty-eight cars a day. while there have
been several days when the orders ran
weU over K cars, with a maximum dup
ing the last two weeka of MS orders la
one day."
Motorcycle Notes
Motorcyclists In St. Cloud. Minn, arJ
live wires. They recently organ Ixed a V.
club, voted to affiliate with the Federa
tion of American Motorcycllata and
agreed not to use the muffler cut-out In
the city. The club la planning several
endurance runs during the coming sum
mer. 1
Ontario, Cat., can boast of a motor
cyclist who Is a real enthusiast. L Rabe,
his wife and children wanted to make a
trip to Fresno. Cal.. some distance away.
He tent his family on th train and rods
hia motorcycle to hla destination.
Milwaukee officials expecf to take aa'
advanced step In municipal government,
by adding from fifty to M motorcycles
tor a public safety corps. Two machine,
are to be placed at each engine house
for it ts maintained that tha speed of,
motor cycle firemen responding to any
alarm would make It less difficult to.
locate blares when the heavy apparatus'
arrives.
Or. J. P. Thornley, chairman of th
competition committee of the Federation,,
American Motorcyclists haa granted sanc
tion for a race meet on tha one-third
mile board track at Tullerlea park,
Denver, Colo., for March 24.
Motorcyclists at Augusta, Ga, ara
planning a race meet April 1 and have
have obtained tha sanction of th Fed
eration of American Motorcyclists, Co
lumbua and Savannah riders have beea
asked to enter th races.
A Daaaereas Weaad
la rendered anUaeptlc by'Bncklen's Ar
nica Salve, the healing wonder for sores,
burns, piles, ccsema and salt rheum,
Kc. For sale by Beaton Drug Co.
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The Lowest Priced 35-Horsepower
5-Passenger Touring Car on the Market
A T we can uarantee immediate
J delivery on our Model 60-the $1200
touring car that is the equal of any
51500 car, o( any other make, on the market
' Ever since last July, we have been
'working tooth and nail endeavoring to
supply the heavy demand. It waa utterly
impossible to nil the great volume of
."rush!' orders that kept pouring in, yet
for months, we shipped on the average of
one hundred cars a day. The steady in
flux of orders was perpetual.
- The dealers and public alike, from one
.end of the country to the other, tried every
conceivable means to force extra orders
through our great Toledo factories. They
..burned the telegraph and telephone wires
in a frantic effort to urge and press rush
orders.
.-' Now the situation is changed.
' - - Hie thousands of our anxious friends
who -have had a "60" on order for two
months or more and waited- patiently, can
kave tkdr car at one.
And this is due to our greatly increased
plants -
We can now turn out 150 cars a day.
In January our mammoth new factories
were completed and after two solid months
of night end day work we are pleased
and relieved to announce the arrival of a
' complete tine of "Sixty's" in this city.
And no wonder the public is scram
bling for this car. Nothing in the history
of this business hu ever equaled it. Of
all the exceptional Overland values, that
you have been accustomed to, this one has
proven the most conspicuous.
Think of it!
A thirty-five horsepower five-passenger
touring car for $1200. This is the lowest
Priced thirty five horsepower tourint car in the
world. Part for part point for point it is
the equal of sny $1500 car made. It has the
power the speed the comfort the ap
pearanceand the construction. Take the
powerful motor the strong and rugged
rear system the Vanadium ateel gears
the fine bearings the pressed steel frame
the drop forged axlea the big tires the
superb body work the high grade uphol
stery; in fact, take every item that goes
into the makeup of this automobile and yon
will find the duplicate of this car cannot he
had beiow the fifteen hundred dollar mark.
Here is a car with a powerful, silent,
smooth-running thirty-five horsepower mo
tor. Here is a car that seats five large pas
sengers comfortably. The upholstery is of
good leather, hand stuffed with fine hair.
The body is finished in our famous dark
Overland blue and the wheels in battleship
- gray. The transmission is of the selective
type, three speeds and reverse fitted with
the fine F. & S. annular bearings which are
used on the most expensive can in th
world. The frame is of pressed steel and
Lis a single drop. The crank and gear
casings are of aluminum. The front axle
is one piece, drop forged I section fitted
with the famous Timken bearings. The
tires are 34x4-quick detachable. The
handsome massive lamps are finished in
solid black with brilliant heavy brass trim
mings. Self starter $20 extra.
The Overland center control is the on
proven and practical location for both
operating levers. The method enables
you to operate the levers with the left hand
and gives you free use of your right hand
for driving. It gives you the use of the
right hand fore door, as well as the left hand
fore door, which is impossible if a lever is
placed one side or the other. You can get
in or out on either side. It is easy to hart
die no stretching out or reaching. Any
one can manipulate the levers without a
particle of effort
Take the specifications of this $1200 ear
compare them with any $1500 car you
know of and the only difference you will
be able to find is the difference in price.
Why pay an additional $300 for a
purely imaginary value ?
Our dealer (name and address below)
will give you a thorough demonstration
any time or place you say. '
The Willys-Overland Company, Toledo. Ohio
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VAN BRUNT AUTO CO, Distrbuteri, Conndl Bluffs, Iowa, and Omaha, Neb.
Omaha Address, 2101 Tarnim Street.
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