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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE:" JUNE '30, 1912.
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NEW AUTO BRANCH COMING
Cole Motor Company Decides to Lo-
cate Permanently Here.
COBKHUL AS SALES MANAGES
C. P. Henderson, General Sales Man
ager Cader Consolidation, Com
nletes ArnigcaeiM for
the Omaha Concern.
Th Cola Motor Car company of
Indianapolis, baa established a perman
branch In Omaha and makes the city Its
headquarters for C. J. Corkhlll, who to
morrow becomes western factory sales
manager for this motor car company.
; C hales P. Henderson, who becomes
general sales manager of the Cole Motor
Car company tomorrow, amalgamating
with the Hendersoln Motor Sales com
pany, has been in the city this week,
completing arrangements.
Slnca the Cole company has been manu
facturing motor cars, the ' Henderson
Sales company has sold Its output
Growth Is responsible for the consolida
tion of the Bales company with the fac
tory. After today all Cola business at
Indianapolis will be under the name of
the Cole Motor Car company. Mr. Hen
derson, who was head of the sales com
pany, retains his .same position, only
ender the title of general sales manager
for the Cole Motor Car company.
The Cole people have had a rapid
growth. Today, they claim to be the
largest individual manufacturers of motor
cars of Indiana. They have just added
two $100,009 new wing additions to their
factory, a plant representing a $300,000
investment ,
For some time Mr. Henderson states he
realised the importance of the middle
west in the motor game. He has been to
Omaha several times. In thinking about
locating a middle west branch, several
cities were thought of, but Omaha ' was
picked.
For an experiment a temporary branch
was established under control of Mr.
Corkhlll, with E. E. Butler assisting. It
was located at 1103 F&raam street Sev
eral carloads of Coles were early dis
posed of.
Wrxtern Branch Ifonae .
This resulted in a decision for Omaha
as the western branch house. Mr.
Butler will be the local sales manager,
MANAGER OF NEW COLE AUTO
BRANCH HOUSE IN OMAHA.
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Oi J.. CORKHILL.
which Mr. Corkhlll will have charge of
the territory between . the Mississippi
river and Rock mountains at.1 the Oulf
of Mexico anad the Canadian border. He
will look after sales and service depart
ment for Cole agents and owners in this
torrltory, having a competent corps of
mechanics at his disposal.
Mr. Corkhltl is capable for his posi
tion. Kor eight years he was associated
with the Olds Motor works and lately
has been with the Apperson Broe. of
Kokomo, Ind., here In Omaha. Mr.
Butler has also been associated with
Mr. Corkhlll In these two companies.
For the present the Cole Motor com
pany will retain its location at 1102 Far
nam street, but Mr. Corkhlll stated last
evening that this location would soon
eb abandoned. Three different sits In the
automobile section of Omaha, with good
salesroom and fine service departments
are under consideration. A selection Is
expected In a fortnight.
Mr. Corkhlll will go to , Indianapolis
this week to attend an conference of
Cole distributing agents. These confer
ences are held quarterly and attended by
Cole representatives from all over.
Gossip
Along the
Automobile Eow
the Powell Supply company for Republic
tires and general supplies.
Work is being rushed on the new Na
tional "40" car which was purchased by
the city of Omaha for Mayor Dahlman
and according to reports received by the
Traynor Automobile company, from whom
the machine was purchased, it win be
In Omaha either latter part of this week
or the first of next Unusual care is be
ing taken In making this car one of th
best 1913 models the factory has turned
out this year. The car is equipped with
the same kind of an engine which was
used by Joe Dawson when he won the
International 500-mlle sweepstakes at In
dianapolis on Memorial day.
The 1913 National which was on display
at the Traynor Automobile company for
the last two weeks was seriously dam
aged last week when one of the machin
ists happened to drop a match in a can
of gasoline near the car. It will take
some time to repair the car and put It
in a presentable condition.
J. C. Bartlett of Onawa, la., drove out
of Omaha last week with a Cutting 35.
Three Auburn cars were sold to resi
dents of Central City last week. The
purchasers were Kiskall, T. C. Jensen
and Henry Snodgrass. W. J. Rltter of
Talmadge and W. O. Metcalf of Geneva
slso purchased Auburns last week. '
George F. Relm and A. L. Schantt of
the Omaha branch of tha Cadillac com
pany were In Detroit on business last
week and returned, home yesterday after,
noon.
O. J. Adams, vice president of the Iowa
short line, with headquarters Jn Walnut,
came to Omaha last' week and left after
placing an order for a National 40, 11)13
model.
H. M. Scott of the Scott Automobile
company, Norfolk, made two trips to
Omaha last week. Besides taking out
all the Bulck cars he could get his hands
on, Mr. Scott placed liberal orders with
The carload of tires which was recently
received by the Goodyear Tire and Rub
ber company, has been disposed of and
the local company is now sending out
"C. Q. D." messages to headquarters for
more. tires. One car, which was ordered
over a month' ago and shipped via Chi
cago, has not yet arrived.
Every auto dealer in Omaha who has
made a trip out into the country this
gpring comes back with glowing accounts
of the wonderful rush of business in the
country towns. C. G. Powell of the
Powell Supply company said," in a town
where one will . find one church, one
bank and one store and restaurant he
will find at least six and seven garages
and agents for automobiles. . .
Farmers are -buying automobiles this
year on prospects of the. good crops
which they are predicting. Auto dealers
say where five years ago an automobile
in the country was a luxury it now has
become a necessity. One dealer who
mndf a short trip last week said he
xaw five automobiles to every horse and
carriage on' the country roads.
The United Motor Omaha company is
complaining about the lack of cars that
they can't fill all their orders owing to
the great demand they are having.
L. W. Melcher of the Marion Auto
mobile company arrived in Omaha from
Indianapolis Friday in a Marion "40".
He had made the trip with the two
sons of D. K. Smith of the Merchants
Buying Syndicate of Omaha. The boys
started on the trip with Mr. Melcher as
soon as school closed for this year. '
A. Cutting T-B5 was purchased last
week by the Iverson & Johnson com
pany of Klron,.Ia. The car will be used
for delivery purposes.
Johnny Duggan, the popular rent car
man who conducts a stand at the Calumet
and Budweiser, has purchased a new
seven-passenger Abbott-Detroit car from
the W. Ei. Huffman Automobile company.
Rent and livery service is the hardest
test to which an automobile is subjected.
Several of the rent car men have pur
chased Abbotts recently, ' which speaks
well for the car. ...
Eric Brodboll of Oakdale, Neb., who has
used an Abbott-Detroit car the last year,
brought his neighbor, John Malzack, down
yesterday and he drove home with a new
Abbott-Detroit 44. Moral: An Abbott
user," an Abbott booster.:
Fred Woodard of. the: firm of Hand &
Woodard of 'Shenandoah, la., came in
Tuesday, with M. M. Inman, a prominent
farmer of Randolph, and took out a
seven-passenger Abbott . which .he has
sold to Mr., Inman. ,
R. L. Larson of Orum took home a new
Abbott-Detroit, seven-passenger " touring
car Wednesday.
' J, F. Williams, a railroad contractor,
whose home is in Scottsbluff, was in the
city last week, having driven an Abbott
Detroit touring car here from Denver.
Mr. Williams had six people besides him
self, several suitcases and a trunk,' and
expressed himself as being well pleased
with the performance of the car.
Guy Xj. Smith left Tuesday night for, a
trip to the Hudson -factory in Detroit,
Mich... and the Peerless factory in Cleve
land, O. Before leaving Mr. Smith said,
"Orders have been coming in "so fast for
the cars that I handle that I have been
simply driven to desperation to make
prompt deliveries, , and finally made up
my mind that I would Just visit the factory-and
eamp there until I got a few
shipments of cars."
E. 1 Manchester of Dow City, la., was
in Omaha last Monday. He drove over
In his Hudson "33,"
Woods Cones of Pierce, Neb., paid Guy
L. Smith a visit last week. Mr. Cones
drove to Omaha In his famous Violet
"M" Franklin touring car. This is the
car that attracted such widespread atten
tion at the automobile show.
, Two parties of tourists from California
passed through Omaha the early part of
last week, bound for the Atlantic coast.
In one of the parties from Oakland were
C. J. Wilson, Fred Hunter and four of
their friends. The party, was driving a
Plerce-Arrow and had strapped on the
back of their machine a tent and a large
supply of bedding and edibles. The
tourists do not stop at hotels, but pitch
camp every night and start on their way
east every morning at 5:30 o'clock. They
expect to reach their destination, Atlan
tic City about early next month. v
The Arthur Stor Auto Supply company
Is now state agent for the Ford water
circulating pump, which changes the Ford
car from the thermo syphon system to
the forced water circulating system. They
claim they have now overcome the only
two troublesome points on the Ford car,
one being the heating, due to the water
not circulating enough, and the other
being the ignition, which they have over
come with- the little Briggs & Stratton
vibrator. They report enormous sales on
both these articles. . t
The police department reports excellent
services out of the four Federal tires with
which the police cars were equipped some
three . months ago. They have had no
trouble whatever with these tires under
the remarkable hard service.
, The Arthur Stori Auto Supply company
has put in a complete line of motor boat
accessories and is also agent for the
famous Doyle motor boats. They report
a nice business along these lines. ' The
company also carries a special motoi
boat oil. it being the same that was used
by the Dixie IV fn breaking the world's
record last year.
Claude Huffman of Scranton, la., has
opened up one of tho most complete anc
up-to-date garages in the state of Iowa,
He was furnished with a complete equip
ment by the Arthur Storz Auto Supply
company. ,
Motorcycle Notes
Motorcyclists In Philadelphia recently
held a successful secret time run to At
lantic City.
One of the largest department stores in
Minneapolis, Minn., has adopted a motor
cycle for delivery purposes.
. The National Capitol Motorcycle club
is expecting 100 riders to enter its first
Sunday run to Great Falls, Md.
The b!j? three-state tour of t'ie Short
Grass (Kansas', Motorcycle club will
start from Garden City, Kan., August 7.
Several - motorcyclists of Tacoma,
Wash., have been appointed special
police officers to assist the authorities
in enforcing the speed ordinances.
Nearly every one of the motor
cyclists in Indianapolis are enjoying sum-'
mer rides in and about the Hoosier cap
ital. , i
Tentative plans have been announced
for ten motorcycle-automobile snows dur
ing the first three months of 1913. They
will be held in New York, Chicago, Cleve
land, Philadelphia, Detroit, Minneapolis,
Kansas City, St. Louis, Pittsburgh and
Boston.
Henry W. Wallace, R. F. D. Carrier
out of Knox, Ind., has cut down the
time for deliveries on his thirty mile
route, 50 per cent by using a motorcycle
which he operates for about one-fifth
of what a horse and buggy cost him.
What Becomes of
Old Automobiles?
What becomes of the aged automobile?
In an endeavor to answer that interest
ing question a well known Detroit auto
mobile authority made an investigation
among motorists, news of the resurts ot
which were received here today.
In determining what becomes of the old
automobiles the authority was unable to
find any of these cars which were "scrap
ped." In several instances it was dis
covered that old cars were being used for
pleasure on farms and were also being!
employed in doing some of the farm
work. Some big beautiful cars of yeara
ago were doing service as delivery,
wagons, others were being used In livery
service, still others were being used only
occasionally, while few had been strip
ped of bodies and were converted into
power plants for pumping water and gen
eral work. Verj few of the aged cars
of the infant days of the automobile In
dustry had been lost to sight completely.
It was found that with one make of car,
the Hudson, none had worn out anl
motorists were successfully operating all
of them. Some cars, though they had
been sold and resold several times, were
still in operation. But it was found that
most of the old automobiles were still
running. No trace of an automobile
"junk heap" was found.
The inquiry brought out the interesting
fact that the first carVsreated by Howard
E. Coffin for the Hudson Motor Car com
panycar No. 1 has run upwards of
50,000 miles and Is still doing admlrabio
service in the hands of Joseph P. Davis,
Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
NEW SPEED MARKS SET
FOR REPLACING TIRES
' One of the interesting features Of the
Memorial day race of 500 miles at the
Indianapolis speedway was the rapid
manner in which tires were changed.
With one exception all the cars in finish
were equipped with Michelln tires. One
Mlchelln ' was changed on the winning
National in thirty seconds, hardly giving)
Dawson, the driver, time to get a drink
of water.
Two men in the press stand timed a
change on De Palma's car in twenty
three seconds, and if this is true another
speed record was established. '"'
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'HEHflctorss u;br'?meets the approval of . the; public "he is called back on the stage. En
cores are as flattering in business, as in art. The series 7 Cole motor car was the greatest suc
cess we ever produced. After three years of successful building it means much to excel our
past efforts. So far advanced is the design of this last series that at no time will we depart from
its lines-radically. We may change minor details but the general design never.
Buyers of Series No. 7 have been so delighted with its wonderful efficency and beauty that their enthusiasm has spread to many
additional prospects to morefrankly than we had anticipated. ;
Consistent with our policy to serve the public diligently, we have been prompt to meet their demands and 200 ADDITIONAL
SERIES 7 COLES is the answer. f This limited allotment of cars will be evenly distributed among our representatives.
When the motor car was young, buyers had to take a certain amount of chance. It was hard to know just what to buy.
Today things have changed. - ; v
Construction haaeta so standardized; various makes so tested in actual usage; the public so educated in automobile values that the day of guessing is passed. Out of this PROVING up process
a few cars have come with the absolute endorsement of the motor-wise. Perhaps about six American cars are generally known to be good. Among them is the COLE. The other American cars which have
qualified in this great elimination test are cars selling at much higher prices than the Cole. . . , '
Now, our contention is that there is no better built car in America and America builds the best cars in the world than the Cole, at anywhere near thepricel LWe can convince any reasonable person;
in fact, we are convincing reasonable people every day, that no car at any price has anything about it superior to the Cole in the way of advanced ideas in construction, beauty, luxury, comfort, style, workman
ship, longevity or economy. , . N ,
! The Cole introduced Fore-doors in America. jThe Cole introduced the Toy Tonneau in America. Because of its enclosed valves another idea introduced in America by the Cole Motor Car Company the
Cole actually has the quietest running motor in America. Compare it with the motor in the five thousand dollar car you or your neighbor owns. We invite you to do it. We do not ask the privilege of fur
nishing an especially "tuned" car for the test-any Cole anywhere will prove our assertion. , Of course, you know what a quiet motor means.
overlook it! The Cole,
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investigation of any
phase of business which means, the saving of thousands of dollars to you during the years in which you expect to continue in the ranks of motor car owners.
And then when you have read the "Ten Cole " Principals" realized what they mean, and comprehended the full significance of "The Conference Car" get in instant touch with our nearest representative.
JUST THINK THIS OVER If the Cole is the wonderful car we and our users say it is just as good as anybody's five thousand dollar car wouldn't it be a grave mistake to
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for a car and then $3,115 for a nameplate. We don't believe that's your idea of business. At anv rate, we believe vou will so through our catalogue rarmMlv iust as vou would in the
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Telephone Douglas 3811
C. J. Corkhill, Omaha, Factory Western Sales Manager.
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TOR CAR COMlPAfY
1102-04 Farnam Street, Omaha, Neb.
Factory INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
E. E. Butler, Local Manager.