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THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 1913. THE PEOPLES9 WEEKLY PAGE OF ELECTRICAL NEWS Published Each Tuesday How to Take a Vacation on a Motorcycle 9 Reading-Standard Twin 8 Honest Horse Power 275.00 The Motorcycle With a Hill Climbing Record. Prompt Delivery. R. S. Motorcycle Co. W. E. DEMEY, Manager. 1624 Capitol Avenue, 408 East 15th Street, Omaha, Neb. Kansas City, Mo. The greatest success in this world has been attained by the persistent chap. He who is on the job day after day and who follows up a third day's work with a second, a and an infinite number. So it is with advertising. He who succeeds is he who follows up one good advertisement with a second, and many more. This page has lined up business for many merchants. "I think it one of the best pages of its kind ever published," commented an Omaha advertiser last week. If you are selling electrical goods, do consistent advertising on this page. Be rep resented here each Tuesday. Jtr1 1 !3l& THEY LAST FOR YEABS-PRICES REASONABLE Wliy Swelter ? CALL TYLER 1414. Xlie Electric Shop WOLFE ELECTRIC CO. "Wire for us and we will wire for you." "Sleeping So Sweetly" j "What a blessing this electric fan is to the babyl Just like the touch ot a cool, gentle hand. 'I wonder if everybody knows how much real comfort they can obtain at the trifling cost of only three or tour cents a day. We handle all sizes and styles of G-E Electric Fans The Leaders of the Market. Mid-West Electric Co. 1 By J. H. Donehue In Leslie's Weekly. Probably the first Item that should en gage the attention of the prospective motorcycle vacationist Is the headlight. The lamp need not bo a searchlight In power, but above all things It should be dependable. Not long ago n, veteran motorcyclo tourist bumped his machine over miles of railroad ties without ex tinguishing his headlight. He had ven tured upon a cross-cut through unknown country; hence the railroad ties and the extraordinary test of the lamp. There art) varying .opinions as to the relative desirability of gas and electrto lighting systems, but tho motorcycle vacationist who Is worthy of his clan will equip his mount with both. The extra outlay Is small, tho upkeep negligible and the re sultant satisfaction worth ten times Its cost. Only one system will be used at a time, of course, tho other being hold In reserve. There should also be a re liable tall-lamp; first, because many state regulations require that the license plate attached to the rear mudcunrd lin Illuminated, and secondly, for the reason that caution dictates a signal for drivers approaching from the rear at night. The tall-lamp also may be fed with cither gar or electric current. Spfpdomrtrr Nrerasary. Another necessary fitment Is a reliable speedometer, which may be obtained to show trip and season mileage, also. This Instrument will be of Invaluablo assist ance in following maps, and, Incidentally, In backing up tho tourist's claims as to his vacation achievements when he Is recounting his story of the open road for the boys back In town. A sturdy luggage carrier should next receive tho attention of the recreation seeker, for no matter how simple the rider's tastes may be he will feel the need of a suitcase or similar receptacle If he .In going to be on the road more than a day or two. Special care should be exercised by the motorcycle vacationist in Uie selection of luggage, for he Is more than likely to load his machine with pound after pound of material that will prove worse than useless In travel. One kit Is Intended for comparatively short trips, ranging from 100 to 200 or 300 miles, and Is made up as follows: Strong tire pump, coaster wrench, sturdy monkey wrench (six to seven Inches long), small wrench (four-Inch size), special open-end wrench, small cold chisel, small hammer (with ball pean), belt punch (If the ma chine is V-belt driven); half-round file, sheet of oo emery paper, extra belt fasten ers, screwdriver (with round handle), extra chain links, knife, flat-nosed pliers, extra nuts and washers, a short piece of insulated wire, cotton waste, a small soldering outfit, roll of tire tape and a tire repair kit. for l,Ker Jnnrneys. For longer journeys, that may run to 600 miles and over, the following articles should be added to the kit mentioned above: Ono inner tube, one inlet valve and spring, one exhaust valve, and spring: cotter pins and fittings for the valves, two extra spark plugs, extra section of belting, two extra bolt hooks or chain links (In keeping with tho transmission agent ot the machine); can for kerosene, tire manchlun or sleeve, spare patches, ammeter for testing batteries (If the mount carries them); small hydrometer, for gasoline, copper wire, small piece of dental rubber sheet (for use aa tem porary Insulation). Mnny 1'lntin to Kollotr. It will be noted In tho above that the necessary mechanical articles make quite a formidable layout, and that .the sugges. I . - 1 ' . ... .iuii iciauvu iu u. mouesi personal out fit for tho rider Is not offered without reason. Roughly speaking, tho road cos tume of the motorcycle vacationist should be made up of canvas leggings ((puttees and leather leggings often cause discom fort In warm weather), short trousers and a well-pocketed jacket of khakl or olive drab material: light gloves (not necessarily gauntlets); a light but ser viceable cap, and goggles, the latter of a type that mil afford the rider's eyes maximum protection from dust. A low collar, of somo material that Is suscepti ble to the cleansing Influence of a damp cloth, is also a valuable. asset. No ex perienced motorcyclist will bother with linen neckwear while on tho road; the game Is not worth tho candle. With reference to the motorcycle vaca tion Itself, thero are as many plans to bo followed as there are picturesque roads on which to follow them. Herein lies much of the fascination of the motor two-wheeler. There are no puzzling time tables, no cut-and-drled arrangements for boats, trains or hotels. Each motor cyclist has a monopoly of a transporta tion system that may have Its entire sehedulo changed at a moment's notice without Inconvenience. He's free As a rule, however, vacation trips by motorcycle are laid out on ono or two lines; tho rider either makes a wide cir cuit over the best available roads and eventually reaches his homo town with out having doubled on his trnll at any point, or ho proceeds to a given place (possibly the homo of a friend or the town In which the "old folks" are located), and makes that his headquarters until ho is ready for tho homeward trip. During the coming summer a remark ably largo percentage of motorcycllxta will have side cars attached to their mnchlnes, and It Is safe to say that these comfortable third-wheel outfits will bo responsible for the greatest Impetus so far given the motorcycle vacation Idea In this 'country. A congenial companion, sitting cozlly In tho big "basket" at one's elbow, Is the ultimate touch that makes for supreme contentment and the fullest appreciation of all that the open road has to offer. And the standard side car Is capable of holding Its own on any road that can ho traveled by a. motorcycle. I can ntmost hear somo of tho hardened old scouts of four or five season's ex perience saying, "What's that? Seventy flvo to 100 miles a day. Why man, allvo, that little sllco ot chain lightning I have hooked up to my machine It Just nbotit getting warmed up to Its work at that distance." Once tho motorcyclo vacationist trundles hla mount out Into tho road and waves farewell to the folks back on the homo porch, he's as free as the wind and al most as competent to whisk about tho country. HAULEY-DAVIDSON PRESSED INTO SERVICE DURING THE REK3N OP TORNADO. li one single advertisement in a newspaper paid, printing presses couldn't be made big enough to turn out the papers One advertisement in itself is only a step up the stairway of success. Ad vertising does it work by repeating what you want known until everybody knows it, wheth er they want to or not. Upward progress in busi ness can only be made by a con tinued climb. People like to buy from firms they know. They have confidence in firms that make themselves known. They becomo familiar with stocks and store policies of stores into which they havo never stepped. The day comes when they want The Omaha Bee goca every d7 to prac tically ereiy on of your yoeuUtlo customers. your goods and you havo a customer. It was the continued advertising of months, or perhaps years that brought them in. That's why a list like that reached by Tho Bee is so very valu able. Our- Bubscnoers road The Bee every day, year after year. Our adver tisements can keep on talking to tho same homes and make friends of peo ple they never saw. You can't do that with any kind of advertising except newspaper ad vertising. Furthermore, a paper that is delivorod to tho homes iB tho one that gives you a ohanoe to talk oach day to thesamo people and at last you have them" as oustomors. 8 IL P. Twin Cylinder Hnrloy-Davltlson. QUALITY is tho. amount of servico and satisfaction you. get from tho article you buy. The Harley-Davidson Is tho Quality Motorcyclo. , It is our delight to point out to you tho merits of this nmchino and are anxious to givo you n demon stration) as to tho power, comfort, economy and satis- 8 faction found in tho Hurley-Davidson. Victor H. Roos The Motorcyclo Man. 2703 Leavenworth Street, vOMAHA. This Office Needs Another Telephone Perhaps you, also, ought to havo more tele phones in your place of business to relievo yourself and your clerks of the fuss, nnnoyanco and dolay of using a single telephone. 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