The Omaha Daily Bee
AUTOMOBILES
Substantial Returns
l or Mire, Mihslniitlnl returns on
(ho money Invested, The lleo is
(lie lending medium. I 'ho (liem.
PAGES ELEVEN TO TWENTY
VOK. XA NO. 1217.
OMAHA. WKDXKKDAY MOKMN'l. KiV Mi Y L(i, HM.'l.
SINdLK COl?Y TWO CENTS.
OME MOTOR CAR "DON'TS
Thought-Making Hunches for Own
ers and Buyers.
TROUBLE AND MONEY SAVED
Tlmm for Acllun mill for Dcllhcrn-
llnn, for I'nrr In Selection mill
Uiirrntliin I'rnlilrnm of
the Sport.
I The man who aspires to become a mo
torist will find himself from the vciy
beginning on a ismnll Island of possibility,
luiiipldoly surrounded by ft sen of
"tlon'ts." No other sport presents so
many problems for the solution of th-
neophyte us does motoring. The solutions
01 some of these are obvious enough,
while, others can only be arrived nt
tluoUKh the bitter touching of expcrleneo
01 tho advice of those who have beon
tluoURh the mill.
Uvcu beforo you become possosscd if
the first requisite of the motorist, a enr,
the most hcrious problem of all presents
Itself.
Thus wp come to the first don't.
Don't be culled Into buying a second
hand car without taking expert and un
piejudlced advice In tho matter. While
the Judicious buyer of a pecond-hund car
chii get more than hlR money's worth,
"the man who rashly buys a used machine
inoro often than not finds himself In
possession of something fit only for tho
(.crap heap. Put It down as an axloi:i
Never buy a second-hand car witlinit
first taking It down. If you cannot pel -fotm
the operation yourself, and few ian.
pay some one whom you .can tiust abs -lutely
to do It for you. You will ncv r
egret spending the money. Even aftir
you are sure that your used machine Is
in good eondltloii. be sure that you aie
getting something bcRldes the bare cat.
Remember that while tho price may seem
low, by the time you have purchased
cscntlul accessories, to put tho car In
running order, you will have added a tidy
turn to the first cost.
Don't Hurry.
'On the other hand. It you ewchew tbe
'fpcoml-linnd car and go direct to tin
agents for a new machine, don't be In a
hurry. V
Don't, If there are only two in your
family, whllo the man next door has n
houseful of children, buy a seven-seated
touring oar.
Don't select a car by the color of its
ruarocl.
Don't forget to ask questions nnd don t
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let iiie sairsuitin uiiinu-i mum m ,,r,
rrse. Pin him down to facts.
Don't be too proud to accept the -advice
and asslstanco of a well-posted friend.
ism the other hand, don't allow advice to
smother your own Judgment.
After you have purchased your car
Don't Imagine that It Is possessed of a
chrome steel constitution and absolute
immortality.
Don't forget that what castor oil is to
a baby, lubricating oil is to a car. l.ca: a
to know the noise of your motor as i
mother understands the cry of her bab,
also Injtfct the remedial oil.
Don't begrudge a hard-working motor
plenty of fodder beg pardon, gas. In ex
net proportion to the work returned wi'I
be the consumption of gusollne.
Don't despise a tiny gasoline leak.
Tfdee it to its source as you would fol
low the footprints of a man who hal
stolen your last dollar.
JlniiKer In Fnmlllnrltj-.
Don't be carelessly tamlllar with voir
sua tank. After the gasoline has been
drawn out. a highly inflaimiaolo gas rv
ninlns that often blows up tho unwary
tlnkerer with a leaking tank.
Dort't use the same funnal for Klvlnu
your motor a drink 'of water and a 'feed"
of gasoline. Disaster lies that way.
Don't use a dirty funnel. If tt has ac
cumulated a layer of boII, take a minute
to clean It out thoroughly.
Don't run away with the ,dea that the
most plentiful supply of gas can no Its
work without a good Ignition system.
Don't forget that whllo clectrlJity can !
irclo the globe in a second, It balks at
i a had Joint in tho wiring of your Ignition.
Don't, unless you arc a past maslei
motorist, monkey with your Ignition sys
tern. You might as well go Into the hos
pital without training and try to operate
on -unfortunate patients.
Don't make your car a museum for a
dfsplay of antique accessories.
Don't forget that shoes will make up
by far tho largest item of your upkeep ,
hill. Tho man who has any desire to
upare his pockctbook will treat his tiros
with the same respect and solicitude that
lit bestows on himself.
Don't fall Into tho common error of
washing tires off with kerosene. Oil t
any sort bears about the same relation
to runner that strycnnine noes io me nu
man stomach.
Don't think that after you liavo
washed your tires you have done your
whole duty by them.
Don't fall to remember that Insignifi
cant cuts on tho surfaco of a tire are
simply tho outline sketch of a set of deep
gashes, which use will rapidly turn into
a complete picture.
Some Work to Do.
Don't think that filling in the little
cuts in the tire surface ends the Job.
Unless tho material Is vulcanized after
ward, the operation has simply been
writing on water.
Don't forget that tho most enjoyable
part of motoring lies In the touring.
Don't think thut the man who goes
tearing around tho country at thirty or
forty miles an hour Is touring, lie is
dimply rUklng his own life, which Is a
small mattor, endangering other people's,
which is a serious mattor, and teaching
outsiders to hate motorists and motoring,
which la a pity.
Don't assume that the rules of the road
are wholly Iniquitous; they were formu
lated for your protection as well as con
trol. The man who Is eternally berating
road regulations Is generally the very
road hog whom they were meant to
reach.
Don't think that the higher powers
have decreed that you should have .1
dUluo right to the center of the road 1
whlla tho farmers must thankfully 'ac- I
iit the gutter,
Don't talk of "hard luok" If you u:-
s;nt on driving fifty miles an hour am'
our machine imista on trying to dim.,
h telegraph Iole.
Don't take h vacation after getting j
home from a muddy drive. Give the car
a hath flrfct. then take your own.
I "ii' t forget in making up the balance
'' ft vt our tar's cost that there Is a
credit Item which fur outwriKtis an r
pendlture that you have made. You have
spent some nione.x on the car. hut th-j
car has taken you Into the sweetness and
light of Hod's out-of-doors; has filled
onr lungs with good clean air: ha
browned your cheeks with the caress of
the sun; has steadied our nerves, has
added twenty years to your life, and by
the same token has made every mlnuts
of the time better worth living. A. C
.lohnson In Collier's Weekly.
I .
MOTOR CARS SET THE PACE
v.
One of tin- (.rent Moilcrn 31 rim of
.Miiltlpl.vlim tlif- JJpfnl
nr of Mnn.
The automobile, like the telegraph and
telephono, marks a milestone In human
progress. Having tuned Its life to all
three, tho world will' never be content
with anything less rapid or less efficient.
Kach lias added somethtne to the snan
of llfp. if life be measured not by years
omy, nut by tilings done. The automo
bllc, tho latent of the three to arrive, has
not yet demonstrated its fullest useful,
ness, but speeds on by leaps and bounds.
TTsed In the first few years solely for
sport and pleasure, the largest mission
that now opens beforo the automobile Is
utilitarian. Were It a plaything for the
rich only, its future would not be a mat
ter of much concern. Like the telegraph
and telephone It multiplies one's useful
ness. A great deal of the world's work
Is done by wire, but cvrrMhlng can't be
don.- that way.
Tint phytdciHii must vitdt his patients,
and In many sections of the country the
Physician without an automobile Is be
hind the times. It Is the 'surest kind of
economy, for he can hmko three or four
times the number of visits that he was
once able to make and still have more
time to devote to office practice. Tho
butcher, the baker, the groeer, the Iceman
and the mercjiaiit have all Joined the
procession for much the snmo rensons.
while for heavy deliveries the auto truck
will some day crowd the overburdened
horse from the city streets. The farm
ers, too, wherever the roads arc at alt
usable, have realized the value of the
auto. The garden farmer In the vicinity
of our large cities finds the auto truck
an essential feature of getting his product
to market flesh from tho fields.
It Is said that thl Is an nge of fast
living as well as of high living. It does
cost more but wo get more. The only
question is, do we set our motley's worth?
It Is fast, too. Hut when once men have
keyed themselves up to the pace. It 'is
quite as ensy to keep up as It was when
the stngn roach and horse car were the
piCD-makers. And wo get so much more
done. The automobile Is one of the mar
velous Inventions that helps us to live
fast and accomplish wonders In work.
The world will never again be content
to move with tho snail - Leslie's Weekly.
Key to the Situation Hoc Advertising.
Huffman Secures
. Pathfiuder Agency
The W 1. Huffman Aulo company hv
taken the agency for the Pathfinder oars.
They will be the distributors for this line
in the states of South lnkota, Nebt.iski
and western lovvn.
"1 hao been in the automobile game in
i Omaha for six years, and 1 must coitfcu
I that when I saw tho construction nod
I beautiful design of the Pathflndur .-or
1 could not resist the temptation to . -It
them," said .Mr. Huffman. "I have al
most axi sub-agents, and I expert the ma
jority of them to sell Pathfinder eni
along with the llupnioblle."
.UNDERSLUNG AUTO-BODY
SAVES LIFE OF INFANT
Sitting laughing In the back sent of
an automobile, while the bonified father
and mother saw their touring car go
dashing with Its little occupant over the
Conejo grade, near Long Ilciich, ral.,
the 2-year-old baby Terry escaped what
, appeared to be certain death.
, The parents, Dr. and .Mrs. It. A Terry
I of Long Pencil, had stopped their liegnt
car on the top of the grade. Dr. Terry
believed the brakes were set and he and
his wifo stepped to the ground, the baby
remaining In the car. The doctor nnd
Jim. Terry had scarcely alighted when
tin- car startt-il down the grade with the
IhI In it
The mother made h deseratc attempt
to Kiah the child front tho oar, but the
automobile swerved and gained further
headway bofote the woman could save
her 4'htld. The ear reached tho foot of
the Incline In less time than It took to
tell the story. Uollt parents climbed
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child dead, but the tot had escaped with
only minor injuries. Thanks to the tin
derslung construction of the. touring car,
It had not 'overturned and pinned the
child beneath It. The doctor learned his
lesson .and will make sure the btakes
are set before he leaves his car stand
itn on a. grade again.
MAKE THEIR OWN TRAFFIC
ti ton il llUpliii-Inu llor.cn, n Ik
Mm mn hi ConniM'tli'iit Tn
Itftlll'IIN,
That the . indention thai the motor
........ .o n. YMiiiit'iuur ui wic uorse is
nil erroneous way to look at the growth
of the nutotnoblle. nt)d that the proer
point or view Ik to consider the motor
vehicle as developing u field of pas
senger and freight transportation po-
. cullnrly Us own. Is given support by fig
ures that conic from Connecticut. The
tax commissioner of that slate, in con
nection with a compilation of figures
showing the grand totals of different
kinds of property, shows that the horses
npd mules are holding their own In pulnt
of number and have Increased In value
the xst two years. At tho snmo time
Connecticut has tremendously Increased
tho numlK-r of motor vehicles within its
borderi
The figures of the tax commissioner
shows that there are TS.wn horses and
mules In Connecticut, widch Is an In
crease of 133 In the past two years. They
represent an Investment of IS.IJl.flPft. In
the two years they have Increased In
value from an average of $rtt to H5 n
head. Doubtless without the motor ve
hicle the Increase would have Im-cii much
greater, but these figures Indicate that
the horse Is not by nn means being
driven out
On the other hand there has been .
big growth In tho number and value of
motor vehicle. These are not tabu,
lilted separately, but are Included with
n,',m nil blevrles. The total value
or these three Is given as JMMi.HI. an
Tnrreasc of W.KV..910 In two yenrs. at
tt United In the main - to the Increase of
motor vehlcles.-Hoslon Transcript.
MARRIED WOMEN.S CONTRACT
BILL KILLED IN THE HOUSE
Tljo house killed H. H. Ko yesterday
morning. This bill gives married omen
tho right to contract tho same as a mar
ried mnn.
Paige Company to
Show New Starter
"It will be tlie policy of tbe Paige
Motor Car company . to exhlhlt at all
automobile shows of Importanca through
out tho country. When a customer steps
Into n Paige booth ho will be shown a
line of cars that will be Identical with
those that will he seen on the streets of
the I 'tilted Stntes the coming' year," sjild
Myron llurknnk. local Paige dealer "Pos.
alltly In addition to the cars will be a
motor In position to demonstrate tin
working of the electric starter in order
that the public may become better tm
formed In regard to the operation of the
Omy Davis electric starting system an
applied to Palgo cars.
"It has been a mistaken Idea that the
electric stnitlng nnd lighting system wan
a very complicated affair. It Is thr
Paige company's Idea to impress upon
the public's mind that the electric light.
Ing and starting system that is appllr 1
to their car embodies only the simplest
of electrical devices. Ideas that ha
been used for a number of years, ami
there Is no reason why these princlplen
should not work out successfully on
motor cars. From three years of practical
use of electric starters, very efficient rc.
suits have been obtnlned."
Persistent Advertising Is th Mond to
lllg Hoturns.
The' Principle of
THE CARTERCAR FRICTION TRANSMISSION
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IS AS OLD AS THE INVENTION
OF THE RAILROAD LOCOMOTIVE
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Applied
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Identical
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As Positive As is the Friction Pulling Power of the Locomotive, Just so Positive is the Friction Drive Transmission
of the Cartercar. Mechanical Science Tells You "Friction Power" is simple, Most Durable, and Very Economical
The Cartercar Is Indeed ttie Logical Car
Whether Intended for City or Country Driving
, The Friction Transmission and Chain-in Oil drive are Its strongest nnd individual
features. It enables Cartorcara to give rolluble, economical and satisfactory Horvico.
Furthermore it gives you innumerable speeds Instead of three, all of which are con
trolled with one lever. The simple transmission consists of pnly two unit parts.
All complicated mechanism is omitted. Cartercars have no gears to strip or clutch
to slip. Instead a friction disc runs against a fibre faced wheel which connects
drive shaft with chain runnlnK in oil bath, to tho rear axle. This Is the simplest nnd
has the highest efficiency of any known automobile transmission, it Is absolutely
noiseless, and its flexibility not only permits smoother action and easy control, but
saves every part of tho car from sudden strains, thus prolonging the life of tires,
lessening the general wear and greatly reduces the maintenance coBt.
Cartercar Accomplishment Never Been Equaled
Tho Friction Transmission onablos the Cartercar to accomplish with oaso what
goarod automobiles would not attempt. Us low speed ratio makes it possible for
Cartercars to climb any grade, go up a 50 per cent incline with a full load of pas
sengers from a standing start, 'climb stairways and give othor romnrkablo demon
strations. Its oxceptlonnl power mates them especially dcslrablo for country roads
wliero sticky mud and deep sand are froqiiontly encountered. Cartercars have boon
known to pull loadji exceeding 30,000 pounds in weight. It will pull on a dirt road
easily, ten times Its own weight. These demonstrations are given for tho purpose to
prove to tho skoptlcul that tho Friction Transmission and Chain-in-Oll Drive of tho
Cartercar is a positive success, that It can pull heavy loads. ;
New 1913 Feature
Cartercars come to you fully equipped.
New 19113 features include electric self
starter, electric lights, longer wheel base and
the English type body. From every? angle it
is a car of beauty, high efficiency and most
practical for its simplicity and low up-keep
cost.
See Our Exhibit at the
Auto Show
Prospective buyers should not fail to sec
tho Cartercar exhibited nt tho Auto Show.
A demonstration 'will bo a revelation to you.
CARTERCAR NEBRASKA COMPANY
1113 Farnam Street, Omaha, Nebraska
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