THE OMAHA SUNDAY 'BEE: AUGUST 3, 1913.
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Gossip
Along the
Automobile Eow
The recent hot weather has had consid
erable effect on all business connected
with automobile trade. The automobile
salesmen find It difficult to porsuado
farmers to buy machines In advanco of
harvesting time, becauso of their Inherent
belief that crops aro bound to bo de
stroyed at Intervals and they fear that
this year may be the yoar. C. S. Mc
Kce of the Inter-State company has Just
returned from a trip throughout the
southern part of the state and sredlcts
a land-office business for the automo
bllo man.
The hot weather has had an opposite
effect on supply companies. Tho West
ern Automobile Supply company reports
that hot weather has stimulated Its busi
ness to such an extent that they are com-'
polled to open at 6:30 In tho morning
and close as late as 9 and 10 .o'clock in
order to make prompt shipments of or
ders on tho same day the orders are
received.
Laurence Traynor of the Traynor Auto
mobile company has Just returned from
visits to the Abbott factory In Detroit
and the National factory In Indianapolis.
Ho succeeded in placing an order for
four carloads of Abbotts for Immediate
delivery and mado preparations to han
dlo an Increased number of the new Ab
bott six cars which will be placed on the
market about September L Ho also
placed an order for four Abbott coupes to
accommodate fall and winter purchasers.
The "Western Auto Supply company
sold an opening stock of accessories to
the Wnusa Carterqar company of Wausa,
Neb., last week. Mr. Kohn of the com
pany has been particularly successful in
placing opening stocks during tho last
month.
Mr. Orr of tho Orr Motor Sales com
pany, handling tho Packard In Omaha, Is
In Detroit where he will remain until
August 10, pushing deliveries of the new
Packard to Omaha.
iB. M. Burbank Is In receipt of a letter
from John W. Gamble, who Is touring
-sies park In his Paige, stating that
oioraao roads are in Ideal condition for
touring and that ho Is having the time
oi nis lire.
E. Nlcodcmus, factory expert for the
National Automobile company. I tnr-
ping for a few days with the Trnynor
Auto company, local agents. The Traynor
brothers have received two of the new
ih iMationals, one of which was deliv
ered to W. G. Whlteniore Sunday.
u. m. uurbank, representative In
Omaha for tho Paige cars, sold thlrtv.
sixes to Q. A. Bhorstrom, Gothenberg,
Neb.; E. G. Haynes, Valparaiso, Neb..
and C. A. Shafor, Omaha. Two more
carloads of, Paige cars wer& received by
Mr. Burbank ana Wayne Burbank. who
Is In Detroit, has written stating that a
largo shipment' of Paiges will be received
In the fall., Mr. Burbank has also con'
traded for delivery of forty- cars ,to N'
braska dealers for the fall trade'.
H. P. Devalon of IJnlnger Implement
company and his family passed through
Des Moines Thursday on thetr trip home
from Chicago. They are traveling In one
of the Llntngcr company's new cars over
the ltlver to River road.
The White Way association held Us
meeting and picnic at Pella, la., lost
week. Between 700 and 1,000 cars were
driven to the celebration by as many
owners. Most of the cars carried several
passengers, making the attendance reach
3,000 persona.
Leonard .C. Kohn, secretary of the
Western Supply company, has sold over
J73.000 worth of Pennsylvania tires since
January 1. Until Mr. Kohn secured the
agency Pennsylvania tires were pratlcally
unknown. In the west, but Judicious ad
vertising and tiro quality has made tho
vacuum cup tires ono of the most popu
lar non-skid Urea on tho market
The Paige company 5s rapidly complet
ing its new Detroit factory. Tho fac
tory la 800x90, three stories high, with a
wing 100x60. This will enable the Palgo
people to Increase their annual output to
20,000 cars, making them one of the first
five automobile manufacturers from point
of production.
Automobile trunks and automobile suit
cases are becoming very popular this
summer, especially among women tour
ists. The automobile wardrobe carriers
are absolutely dustproof and designed to
be conveyed conveniently. Tho amount
of travel In motor cars that Is being
done this year has encouraged manu
facturers to place many kinds of ac
cessories on the market that appeal to
the comforts and tastes of women.
One of tho most beaiftlful cars ever
brought Into this section Is tho luxuri
ous six-cylinder Peerless which Guy It.
Smith has delivered to J. B. Keellne of
Council Bluffs. The painting Is In a
rich maroon. All metal parte Including
the radiator, are nlckle plated. Every
appointment Is the height of automobile
decorative skill. Max Baehr, American
consul to Clenfuegos, Cuba, whose home
Is In St. Paul, was In Omaha last week
and purchased a Hudson "37" phaeton
from Guy lu Smith. Mr. Baehr and his
eon drove the car home Thursday. Guy
I Bmlth sold a Hudson "ST last week
to C. H. Dock, a prominent druggist of
Columbus, Neb.
John E. Peterson of Persia, la., was in
Omaha last week and drove home In a
new Hudson "37" purchased from Guy U
Smith. RalDh Kitchen of the Paxton
aotel Is driving a new six-cylinder Hud-
lon nhaetoh. J. Moffelt of Platte center,
Neb., spent last Tuesday In Omaha and
drove home In a Hudson Six.
Theatrical Man in
Novel Race for Big
Wager to Be Here
With wagers of no less than $7,600 de
pending on the successful completion of a I
cross-continent drive from Las Angeles
to New York, C. H. Smith, a thcatrlcnl
man of 8an Francisco, started from Los
Angeles on July 10.
On his ability to reach New York In
sixty days, driving all the way himself
and making all his own repairs, Smith
has wagered 35,000 with D. Hallahan,
proprietor of tho Market Street theater
of San Francisco.
Eddie Garney, the well known western
sporting man Is official stake holder.
Tho machine that Smith Is driving Is
equipped with "Miller One Cure Wrapped
Thread Tires" and hereupon hangs an-
othor portion of the bet.
The W. D. Nowerf Rubber company.
Pacific coast representatives of the Mil
ler Rubber company, claimed that six
tires would carry to car to New York and
that four of them would be free from
blow-outs and kindred troubles on its
arrival.
Ed Leonard, famous In western sporting
circles for his ever readiness to bot "It
won't," had a 32,000 hunch that the tires
would fall down. The Newerf people re
momberlng the marvelous records mudo
by thoso tires ' on both track and road
eagerly covered the bet.
There Is another bet of $500 to the effect
that the car goes through without a
broken spring.
Mr. Smith Is accompanied by his wife
and R. E. Hilton, tho latter being official
observer and representative of the money
wagers. He Is to see that Smith does all
the driving and repairing that Is done and
In addition an affidavit must bo secured
from every garage where a stop Is mado
to tho effect that no repair work was
done at the garage except by Mr. Smith
himself.
Eddie Foy, the comedian, will Join tho
party at Chicago and accompany them
to New York.
Mr. Smith feels confident that he will
be able to make the trip without trouble
and well within tho. time limit. Ho de
clares he will collect all bets.
Cadillac Company
Books Orders for
the New 1914 Model
Among the first local purchasers of
tho new 1914 model Cadillac Is George
BrandelB of tho Brandeis Stores, whp !
has placed an order for one of tho now
cars. ;
Mr. Brandeis Is an enthusiastic motor
ist, and is especially fond of tho Cadillac
cars, and has been using them for sov-
oral years. "It Is the service derived
rrom the Cadillac that makes It a de
sirable car for anyone," says Mr. Bran
deis.
Carl Swanson of tho Jerpo Commission
company and H. H. Harper, attorney.
with offices In tho City National Bank
building, aro also enrolled In the Cadillac
ramiiy.
VELIE DEALERS HOLD BIG
CONVENTION IN TENTS
- A convention of - automobile dealers.
unique la tho history of such conven
tions of this country, took place this
week a,t Mollne, 111., when tho dealers of
tne vcjie motor car gathered to formu
late "plans for the 1911 selling season.
The convention was housed In a veri
table white city, ISO tents, each sleeping
two men, being filled. Charles R. Gard
ner, local representative of the Velio car,
attended tne convention.
Tho camp was pitched on a high hill
overlooking the Mississippi river and 'was I
a model camp in every way, being
equipped with not only tents for housing
the dealers, but with a convention tent
and a big dining tent.
Dealers from all over the country were
present at the camp for tho full week.
Important among tho many things dls-
cussed was the new Velie advertising,!
campaign In which thts company Is en
tering after five years of constantly In
creasing success.
Director of Sales C. E, Glltner mode
the announcement that Velie business for
1913 had Increased 120 per cent over busi
ness for 1913 and production for 1914 would
be double that 'of 1913.
MAJOR GRUBBS OF ARMY
EQUIPS CAR WITH STOVE
Major R. B. Grubbs of the medical corps
of the United States army has taken ran
among the Inventors of the autoinoone
Industry by an Innovation which ho In
troduced In his Jeffery Cross-Country on
a tour of 1.8S5 miles whlqh he recently
made from Ban Francisco to Tls, Juana,
Mexico.
Major Grubbs' car Is completely fitted
for camping, after the adequate fashion
of the army, but it also embodies onu
feature which is altogether new.
A stove, which consists of six compar
nients. Is Incorporated In the machine
EXTRA TIRES SHOULD BE
KEPT AWAY FROM THE SUN
Remember that now tires carried on
tho side of the car, if not protected from
the sunlight, will quickly oxidize, crack
and becomo quite worthless.
A new tiro should preferably be put
Into service a little while until the cover
has been soilod. It will not then .dete
riorate near, so quickly. It Is better,
however, to have a cover for extra tires.
Do not store them away in a warm
place for any great length of time. Light
'or heat will cause the sulphur to corns
to the surface and make the cover min
utely porous. After this oxidation takes
place the nerve fiber of the rubber Is
destroyed and naturally the durability
is greatly Impaired.
A dork, dry room at it temperature of
40 or 60 degrees Is most favorable for re
tarding chemical action In the rubber
and the "friction" stock on the fabrlo
layers.
PACKARD EMPLOYES TO
ENJOY BIG PICNIC SOON
Seven thousand employes of the Pack
ard Motor Car company, with their fam
ilies, will hold their annual outing Mon
day, August 11, when steamers chartered
by the Packard Recreation league will
carry them to Bols Blanc, In the .Detroit
river.
Various outdoor activities among Pack
ard employes are encouraged by the
Recreation league, which has a member
ship approximating 4,000. Opportunity l
afforded for base ball, foot ball, bowling,
tennts, shooting and field sports. Tho
company has provided a large athletic
field and plans are being made for a new
club house, which will be equipped with
all modern conveniences in the woy of
showers, lockers and dressing rooms.
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METZ CARS SHOW WELL IN
LONG GRIND OF GLIDDEN TOUR
Over roads that would test any make
of car, and particularly the big high pow
ered gear transmission car, the Boston
team of three Metz cars of the gearless
transmission typo demonstrated their
ability to negottato anything In the llni
of rough country that any automobile
could be driven over. In the long grind
on tho Glldden tour from Minneapolis
to Qlocler National park, Montana, iind
I pniprpil the last rnntrol with a nerfect
being Dum arouno uie einauii pipe, uiu ft, re pml r wm. of thQ QUdden and
utldzlnc all the heat from that source. Anderson troph ca.
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in Goodrich
Advertising
that isn't in
Goodrich Goods
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Goodrich Tires
are the
life of Your Car
It is the Unit Molding: of Good
rich Tires which gives them the
trustworthiness, the resiliency, the
buoyancy, the comfort which elimi
nate from your mind everything
but the pleasure of a perfect ride.
Goodrich Tires nre the life of
your car. The rubber Is the life of v
your tires. Only men who know
rubber and who can demonstrate
their knowledge of it can bo com
pound it as to retain its life and
liveliness and at tho same time
imbue it with the strength and
toughness which will withstand
road wear.
There are forty-three years of ex
perience in rubber manufacturing
In every Goodrich Tire. Our
principle of unit molding was the
crystallzatton of our twenty-seven
years of experience before we made
the first American clincher tire.
That principle unit molding
proved its soundness at the Btart
and we have never changed it.
A Goodrich Unit Molded Tire is
all one piece. You cannot detect
a layer line or separation in It., The
Goodrich single vulcanization actu
ally molds the layers of rubber-impregnated
fabric, pure rubber, side
strips, beads and thick, tough tread
into one integral structure which
cannot be divided by wear. This is
one reason for the long, satisfac
tory Bcrvlce of Goodrich Tires. .
Goodrich Unit Molded Tires give .
uniform wear.
The thick, tough tread of a Good
rich Tire does not peel or strip,
because it is actually of the tire,
and not merely on it. Our single
vulcanization not only docs away
with the danger to you of weak
spots or dead places becauseof over
vulcaniztng or cooking the life out
of the rubber, but makes tread and
body one inseparable piece. This
gives uniform wear, not only on the
tread, but in all parts of the tire
which is what the user wants.
Goodrich branches, service stations
and dealers all over the country
ore alertly ready to meet the tre
mendously increasing demand.
Goodrich advertising is as much a
part of our institution as the mak
ing of Goodrich Products. Our
supplemental advertising- Good
rich Guide Posts, which today
mark over 50,000 miles of auto
mobile highways ; Goodrich Route
Books, which we send on request
to any motorist contemplating a
tour ; our Folders, telling how to
get the most service from tires and
how to avoid the common tire in
juries, and all oiir other booklets,
are part of our policy to make
Goodrich Tires a real service to
the tire user.
Whatever car you own or buy will
be equipped with Goodrich Tires if
you specify them.
The B. F. loodrich Rubber Co.
Branches and Service Stations In
Principal Cltlo. Dealem
Everywhere
Omaha Branch, 2034 Farnam SI.
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Cadillac Shows
1914 Model
TWO SPEED DIRECT DRIVE AXLE MARKS ANOTHER
EPOCH IN MOTOR OAR DEVELOPMENT. , .
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Revolutionary Mechanical Featuro Increases Efficiency,,
Economy and Luxury Develops Speed Without
Increasing Engine Revolutions Many .Jj
Othor Improvomonts. 1 T W
Motorists, mindful of tho Cadillac
Achievements lt tho development of tho
automobile, and therefore accustomed to
look to that car each year for new and
profcresslvo features, are reading with
avidity tho 1914 announcement Just Is
sued, in which at lust Is revealed the
nature of tho latent models. In view of
past Cadtllao accomplishments, which In
cluded tho Introduction of the first
practical olcctrlo cranking device, and
therefore tho relegation forever of tho
nwkward method of pumping tho engine
Into activity by means of hand labor, tho
keenest curiosity was aroused as to
what tho new mechanical element
would he.
That curiosity han been appeased by
tho announcement that tho 1914 Cadillac
will ho endowed with a two-speed direct
drlvo axle. While curloalty has been
somewhat satisfied, the new mechanical
clement has startod a busslm? of discus
sion and comment, because tho device
will havo a revolutionary offect on tho
results attained In luxury, flexibility and
economy. Executives of tho Ciullllao are
already assurod by letters, tolegrams ahd
a rush of visitors that no other forward
step ever taken has created such a pro
found Impression or arounsod moro wide
spread Interest.
The methods by which tho 1914 Cadlllao
two-speed direct drive nxlo secures In
croasod luxury, otflclcncy and economy
are most appreciated by tho man who Is
thoroughly versed In automobile me
chanics. Soma Idea, however, may be
given of this revolutionary feature In
more or loss non-tcchnlcnl language.
It Is not merely an axlo that this
mechanism la a great advance In motor
car construction. Its peculiar function Is
of another nature. Heretofore tho power
of tha englno has been transmitted to the
rear axlo by a slnglo bevel pinion and a
single bovel driving gear. Therefore
there could bo at all times, and under all
tho various conditions of travel which
might arlso, only ono ratio between tho
revolutions of tho engine and tho revolu
tions of tha rear axle as It absorbed the
power, except for tho changed afforded
by the shifting of tho transmission gears
by the hand lever. Now, however, by
means of tho new axle, the Cadlllao will
have two direct drive gear ratios In trans-
mlttlng tho power to tho rear wheels.
Usually tho single direct drive gear
ratio ran bos from 3.S to 1 down to 4 to 1,
according to tho car and according to
tho success of tho mechanical designer In
securing that ratio bost adopted to his
particular car. That single ratio had to
do tha best It could under all circum
stances. Now, with two ratios, there Is
Juat double tho means for promoting tha
economical and efficient application of ,
the power developed by tho engine to the
driving of tho car.
On the 1014 Cadillac the low direct drive
gear ratio Is S.Ctl to 1; the high direct
drlvo gear ratio Is 3.S to 1. The low Is
especially adapted for city driving where
trafflo problems aro met, whero speed
must be low and stops and starts fre
quent. A simple convenient electrlo
switch changes tho gear ratio from tho
low direct to the high direct and the car
is ready for conditions which permit a
speed rate of sixteen miles per hour of
more.
With tho high direct sear ratio In
operation at any given speed of the en
gine tho speod of tho car la Increased
about 42 per cent over what it would be
with tho low direct gear ratio. This
point Is Illustrated thus: At on engine
spoed of 700 revolutions per minute with
tho low direct gear, tho car speed Is
twenty-ono miles per hour; employing tha
high direct gear will Increase the speed
to thirty miles per hour without any ln
crenso In englno speed.
Ono of the prima benefits claimed is
lowor fuel consumption because of the
facts Just stated and bocause the fuel la
used tc- greater advantage Other ad
vantages tncludo less friction In high
gear by reason of tho parts moving mora
slowly, hence less wear and rJmost the
ontlro elimination, of vibration. There Is
also greatly Increased comfort due To a
luxurious smoothness of operation; yet
theso desirable results aro obtained with
out complicating the engine.
Thero aro sevoral other features of th
1014 Cadlllao that are attracting much
attention, an Improved nnd simplified
Cadlllao Dolco electrical automatic crank
ing, lighting and Ignition system! a mare
efficient carburetor; stunning body de
lgns and many refinements pt do tails.
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New 1914 Prices
Effective August 1, 1913
Model T Runabout . . $500
Model T Touring Car $550
Model T Town Car . . $750
With Fall Equipment F. 0. B. Betroit
Ford Motor Co,
DETROIT, MICH.
Save your steps; buy your
tickets via Great Western
Fewer stops are necessary from almost all
"down town" to tho Great Western office
than any other ticket offico in Omaha. 1522
Farnam Street is in tho vory heart of things.
Groat Western tlckot Boilers take the time and
trouble to UNDERSTAND your exact wants; to pro
tect your Pullman reservations; to figure out tha.
lowest faro. They aro travel exports.
Night train leaves Omaha 8:10 p. m. and arrives
Bt. Paul 7:30 p. m., Minneapolis 8:05 a. m.
Day train leaves Omaha 7:44 a, m. and arrives
St. Paul 7:20 p. m Minneapolis 7:G0 p. m.
OKT TUKUU PlItST.
ASK P. V. BONORDBN, O. I. & T. An
lOiia Farnam fit., Omaha, Neb.
Phone Doug. 200.
VrlU for Goodrich
Route Iloolc, covering
the auto tour you soi
)ect, Tlie booka are
tnt free on request,
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