THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE;. JULY 14, 1912. ...
AUTOS NQW GQ EVERYWHERE
Tinners Take' ffp the 'Campaign Tof
BettecEoaas, .... ..i
MOVEMENT IS vGBOWING FAST
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Tourists Help tfc ood Work; Along
: HotI Ktfpm Join In the-
"'.,. Crusade for, iloT , j5rT-a" ...,
'lrebl:iHinlitra' .5 '? ...
"Wm. -UM-.out of his machine".-unless
be had several stretches .of good,road.
The -jto.sk' n iutb-owner also realized 4 hut
his v cr,viypiikl not be .of great erlt
unlijije wn ptreU'wV. -well drain!
an the; ceuntry highways were impaired
hydhe'ffouTity. These men' agitata bQtr
tar: roads; i they Bpeat money to Improve
trtinntrects.4 Other farmers and' other
wipfcin -the town bought cars, and these
BtW-.PWfhaseri Joined the movement for
bettsxjfiogds, The small group of motor
owner; .worked together for Improved
htgtVwaySi ,and this began a movement
In tn-5any,countles throughout the, United
States -that-; resulted In the betterment
of the coiintv and small town streets.
fHs-moveirmni' IV 'sHll .oti, 'and as:'mrrre-f
automobiles are Bold throughout the ;
United States, more workers for good
.'roads 'aJ'. entered? In the ranks of 'those
who are striving, to make perfect travel
jlnwif-orerv' the country. ;
rr,Mo'tement Grows Fast,,,.; JT1"
KThifhovie'rticnt for good roads" tniaoubt-"1
rallyiiajiave grown eveij though the
'aiifomoWleliad never been invented,: but
ths, rapid.. growth of this Improvement
.Idea never would have enlarged so fast,
and today It would not be receiving one
eighth ol the attention that" Is aborded
It in all. parts of America without the
."horseless carriage." The motor car has
,&iol roads 'much qulcker'than
we would have had them had the auto
mobile, .never come Into existence' as a
means of travel on any and all roads.
-. As a result of the Improvement of blgh
ways by the various states and counties
and through the new Inventions that
have made the motor car as sure A
means of 'travel as Is the steam" lofd-
motive -people no longer begin a .Journey .1
in an automobile with a feeling of nn-
Wtairity' as to whether they are going'
bq,b tor&A to have a farmer hauljnetrj
.machine Jiome or whether they ajre jgolns;.
to have1 a successful trip, successful' in
Tjhftt'ttKy; wjll be able to make the entire
trip .without a breakdown or without hav
ing' to cofne home In some" other"" cbrfveV
iooe. tit If only a short time goUhaf
motorists, started their trips wlthlysj:
fstlch l,spectre" before' them.urt was
theft tha- ttfe cartoonists of our fiinfly
papene. were,earnlng their salaries through
rlhe flrawtn'g of pictures in which " tile
slraiidt'a "aUtolst wag being' passedbyVa
oontemiit-beamlnff farmer and his span
of horses, or In which the crippled" car
was balnijiowed into town by the farm
er's team that had been unhitched from
the plow in order to get the city man
ibao.1 il home before darkntse should1
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snaeowtne activities or manKina. xnose
days are gone. Into the past but a short
time and many among the present proud
utdls.U vividly Temember whi,tlld"j(
were always bothered by the broken down
,Wo)Bffboo.'. i i .' .
HjUt, to Early Toarlets,,,
Too much credit for the Improvement
Auto Bridge at Louisville
" When the autoropbUe.' first, rpad. Its, ap
pearance it was regarded as serviceable
only for: pared-Kfreetsr-Jrfte-'rtH
the first to see the motor car, and there.
In its crude form, it began the conquest
it; the iroadkn:WKiWtoim33f
Jtiirse from many .positions, , In which It
Vt at .on :.tlrfle;!:he)d;:an indespensable
et to overland, !trve. and to 'shoii'
hauling. J'' Out in': theL smaller '' tosfns .;1e
lnsperous vttlaetf 3e33 of fhe . lntrodup
tfeii' of th;.aulD JfhtftJ Various .brwichesr
fit Euslnes8.' a;K,rrTl9.1' valwaWe; acquinl-.
$on and hfa"'iMirt'Ommeot.was(that the
ipiachine pfoabrr'jwould- prove!; a. rood
thing for Hhe i4ty but that i it never
esould become -of Any iise. 'In Ihe smaller
fawns. "The fai'mar reiafbrihe auto and
tflought tbemachlnaXW'auld be mighty
Jtfte tor 'fiKT""tolcS,- but he ,never
conceived' of ittme'When he. would be
. running. IntoHown with- his own four or
lx-cyllnder'er.' Aiji the reason the peo
ple out of the'efty tBdughl that the motor
car 'never wouWcdrrCiJBtiV general use
was that ' twr d'd; nqf believe It could
be run sucrsstuliy' ow-A-;town and
countrj1 , foafv-roals hvig ' hoi pave
ment' The-iartner and, Ite'.'jRmaa 'towps-.
men
bellovefte:auto)WIe....nt!st htcni
paved thoHongbWs for W.ooijrse, po,
tooi f 4, tejftjfP''n jo'tCJ0? tort
inn tlme- tbtrrk Vthat the -aute -was a
luxury which only the ci(lken4"f thel
cities woaldh able t enjliy,, ,
When tb6"to1ScarTflf: cattle! out it
such S. tumberlrtg affair that It
really wouide.ve'ben dWlttlelJise qiv
rough oountry roads, dts.rogrgsi aion?
thsi smoocit.trejets as ne too
rapid, and ib meptwho saat the wheel
and" encouraged "the machines to riift
alonlr ' undoubtedly-wouk have 'refuofl.1
to atten.pt wiintt-jr toad?iijrneys;
But as InlM&rs MadifS rnortf perfect
motor carra4" a. drlveii began; ventur
ing longvw"Uatfy;;triM3eople :came to
see that'A(tna)taft'eftHy,;could bei
put lnto'lTOT$0. 3$T tof ;ni that;
it would tPJi' weHntfce country
and smaown;ad;vs4i the city,
provided ;WirWy- conim'isloner lm
' proved tibhtelways. They began a
general gooInrvmwnt; It started
.iwithout . JtipgimmTumffl
.3Here in ;mU
country"; here In this state, there in that
state 'the "movement began. A-elt4B ff country- roads cannot be giWrt"t5W6
towns along Its projected path Immedi
ately began grading and rounding off the
highways In order that these, roads would
present as favorable an appearance as
possible." The condition- uf the Toads
over the course of the pathfinder deter
mined, to- a great extent, ; the line of
travel that the big party . would follow.
If the roads did not. meet with the ap
proval of the' men ""woo were, laying out
the line, commissioners and commercial
clubs promised to get them Into shape
by the time the Gllddenites were ready
to pass ever them. .'. . r . . . " , . , -
, Haw Gliddealtes A,ided.
Wherever the .GHdden autolsts : went
they were certain of i-good'. roads. So
DIRECT AUTO ROUTE BETWEEN O MAHA AND LINCOLN.
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4o 'betterlnst ' the roads than ' any other
aingle agency. "
''"When' the Glidden tour was first In
augurated, and for several seasons after
it was twgun, there was much competi
tion among' cities and towns in various
parts of the country for getting the man
agers of this trip to pass through their
confines, '"in order to secure a place on
the route t:thfs party tot 16 was neces
sary, "tof, course, , to show., good roads in
and about the town, for ..If the highways
were ;not in satisfactory' condition '. the,
GMddenltes would make a path ,to take4
them through, parts of the country where
they could, have, good roads.' When the
pathfinder car made tts.trip for the pur
pose of (laying the toute, .counties .an
In ,tht town-purchased ear -a far.f3lWde,,tfturists and. to other ,aut.otnobiie
trlpaUirpugh various sectlons( of the
cU'iftWiclThese men did more toward
Just ofutstde-the' twh - boHhfr -onei 4heiv
these men begas 'taking an Interest In
kh9 ImproveirieBi' of 'the lilghway. ' ,
''The fdrmeV&new he c'ouUat g isptltriflr the farmers and commissU)narf;i
I'iins the "Hour Championship" Again
The : :
;i"MPlAW i
i ) f Rlotorcycie
y 4-HdrsB, Single Cylinder; $2D07rHor$8 Power. $250
The Indian finished One-Two-Thtee in the F. A. M.
HOUK CHAMPIONSHIP at Detroit, Mich., Sat." June, 22.
. ;A1L three Indians, ridden by jQpnstant, Klark and
Baker, 'completed the run without a fetori.-; ! v- " ;, .
-The' Indian has won every FX "it Hour. Cfhampion
8hip j!qce;ihe inauguration of thatontegt, in .:19)7.
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through various parts of the country they
helped the good roads movement by in
sisting on having-the highways measure
up to certain ttandards. Many of . tai
roads on their routes were not what the
Gllddenites wanted and the counties in
which they lay rapidly bad them repaired
and placed in condition that induced the
GUdden party to ' accept . the route In
which theywere locatfed. '.' ,
, Since r the . GUdden ,. tour . was atarted
many, other long journeys have been
taken by motor clubs and other organl
lations ln cities . throughout - the whole
United States; Towns and farmers every
where have been anxious to have these
limits and by their farms, and .In order
to get them to do so have taken steps
in make tha roads such as to furnish
sufficient inducement In themselves.
Along many of these routes the tourists
have been entertained by farmers who
have arranged "big spreads" for them
jnd showed them -''about the place." .
Hotel proprietors in states which are
vlalted by tourists because of the health
and scenic advantages have aided In
making better roads. Colorado is ona of
the states that Is visited by thousand
of motorists each year. People wha
profit by the visits of these tourists are
interested In keeping the roads In shape
to Invite travel over them by the thou-
, v'v,''i-." - s
tourists pass through their corporate sands of motor car owners.
"VifHY RIDE A TRAILER"
.T ,.-NQTE Sendor Jree 1912 "Catalogue;- showing all
Factory Distributors.
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fSi f$mW Power of high priced cars, yet within means wMiSE
fei I of the man buying a popular priced car. I
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SllCm beto even looking i at thk great cari at I fi
Dengnt Automobile Co, 4n A
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Pierce-Arrow 48-D
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, The New Pierce-Arrow 48-D. : r
iIERGE-ARROW motor cars, hereafter, will be desig-:
nated by' letters instead of year numbers. Tiie first
of the new models is the Pierce-Arrow 48-D, a six-
cylinder even-passenger touring car of 48 horse-power. 1
The 48-D's will be ready for delivery during July and Au-
gust- Green, blue and wine are the colors used in finishing
them; but if. another color is -desired it may be had with a
slight delayin shipment. 1
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Regulareqiiipment will be self-starter,' electric lights, Warner
r- () auto-meter, and clock, shock, absorbers, .demountable rims, f
top windshield, luggage carrier and Klaxon horn.
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. -f' ,, ' ' Enclosed ( bodies'lo" fit the -D-chassis' ;
may be had in time for fall and winter use
H. E. Fredrickson Automobile Co
2044-46-48 Earnam St.; Omaha, Neb.
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. ' .' f . 2f -. . ,; s Aiio agentM for Chalmr$. " -
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Via (Ae Louisville Bridge
to Lincoln, Grand Island,
Denver and intermediate points
A Regular Race Track All the Way
Bridges and culverts level
Best auto run in the state
A. delightful Sunday trip over
the Louisville bridge to Lincoln
No sand ...Roads dragged regularly
Positively the shortest route
For further information address Louisville Bridge Company,
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