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TIIE OMAHA StNTAY BEE: X0VE3kfBER 2. 1913.
Consuls of the Lincoln Memorial Highway Association, in Nebraska
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JT FredricJtson
Chief Const J for thttStete
BOOSTING LINCOLN HIGHWAY
Fredrickion Lays Out Line Through
Nebraska.
HOW MARKED Ap IMP10VED
Great Thoroughfare I'nMlnjr Throng-h
Omaha Part of the Ocean-to-Ocean
nonte for Anto-mabtlei.
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In tha spring of 1811 a man entered a
much battered automobile in front of
The Bee bulldlnff, turned weit and waa
oon out of sight of the watcher. Two
nonths later thli aarne man returned In
lie tamo machine, much the worae for
wear and even more badly batteredj
Thla man was II. E. Fredrlckaon. then
a good road advocate. He had returned
from Wyoming afier having marked a
route acroia the atatea of Ksbraitlc and
Wyoming, Thla road waa kept up by
automobile men In the various counties
through which It parted. Then it was
forgotten for a while.
Today, almoit two yeara later, thla
uma road la a prominent part of the
flrat ocean-to-ocfan route, known all
over America a the Lincoln Memorial
highway. Today it la but a common, or
dinary road with a fewyrigna palnUd on
telegraph polee, baraa and fences. To
morrow, that la to aay, within the next
few yeara, It will be one of the beat
Improved roads In tha world. Constructed
entirely of concrete It will cost approxi
mately )30,000,t00 when completed. To
wards this large amount almost 110,000,
W0 haa already been pledged and the
next 110,000,000 Is expected to be In the
treasury of the Lincoln Highway asso
ciation before work la started on the
road next aprlng.
Something- ot the Meai. s
Thla road will be from twelve to six
teen feet In width and so constructed
that It will last forever. Approximately
I10.0W will be spent on each mile. It will
stretch from New York City to Ban
"Francisco, or from the Atlantlo to the
Taclflc coast. It will pass through thir
teen state. Including Nebraska, and
through thirteen counties In thla atate, H
Recognising his supremacy as a good
expert, the Commercial club ot
Bent II. K, Fredrickion to De-
road
Omaha
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trolt this year to
good roads congress, at which place he
was appointed chief counsel for the state
of Nebraska to tho Lincoln Highway
association.
Immediately upon his return to Omaha
Predrlckson started the Lincoln High
way germ on Its trip through Nebraska.
Aa a result a counsel was appointed In
each county through which the Lincoln
highway passes In the state.
Not satisfied with this, Predrlckson
success
and ono which will be remembered for
years to come.
Predrlckson laid out the original auto
road through Nebraska and the Lincoln
Highway association recognised his serv
ices and to htm goes the credit for Omaha
being one of the greatest points ot the
Lincoln Memorial highway.
Oakland Oars to Be
Shown in London
attend the Amertlan , sell certificates and keep an accurate aC
ia tt.t.t. 1 .. - l ' . m 1 1 i , .
i.uu!ii ui mi moneys courciea. no mum
attend meetings with tho consuls from
other counties and help keep the road In
condition until the concrete Is laid. After
this Is done hn has nothing else to do.
H. 11 Predrlckson must bo given nearly
all the credit for securing of the Lincoln
highway through Nebraska. Today he
has an office In the Commercial club
rooms and works, night and day without
nnft n rmtlnpnt Inn. Tt van hta vr
oniereo D.wo certificates ot membership ready work that made the big domonstra
to the Lincoln Highway association and tlon Friday night one of great sucoesi
jnHtcu wiein on me marxet at, is each.
Thoy wero gobbled tip In no time. Then
8,000 more wero ordered and now Pred
rlckson Is Intending to sell 25,000 of these
certificates In Nebraska.
Tha proceeds from the nale of certifi
cates of membership will be used to help
build the road. Should the entire 25,000
be aold, Nebraska good roads boosters
alone will have contributed 1185.009 to
warde tha highway, not Including sub
scriptions from other sources.
Meaty Spent In Nebraska.
Don't think for ono minute that thla
1K,000 goea to Detrolfto help awell the
bank clearings of that city. Every cent
collected In Douglas county from the sale
ot theso certificates will go to Omaha
banks and every cent collected In other
towns In Nebraska goes Into the banks
In tha county where the certificate wera
sold.
Ono may think that the job of county
consul Is just on honor. It la an honor,
but there Is no end ot work connected
with It: no end of worry' and pain and,
what la worae, no pay, It Is a Job where
the consul will do ail kinds ot work and
get nothing in return, unless It la the
possible thanks of the people ot his
county. Just now It may mean nothing,
but ten years from now, when the Lincoln
highway Is completed, then will the
oounty consuls come In for their share ot
praise.
Eaoh county consul must keep up the
Interest In his county. He must raise
all the money he can to further the pro
ject and keep It fresh In the mtnda ot the
people. He must mark every telegraph
pole through hla county with the official
Insignia of the association. Then he must
Frrmo
REGAL DIMS
W Wclp ton- OgallelA.
EirGLastelter.Cenixai Cify
One of the most Important branches of
the Oakland Motor Cor company la' Ita
foreign department, Which distributes
hundreds of cara yearly. None of the
foreign motor car manufacturers build
a medium priced car which will compare
with American cars ot the Oakland type,
Thla la explained by the fact that there
Is no manufacturer "on the other side''
turning out more than a few hundred
cara a year, and the average cost ot these
cara la M0. American cars, manufactured
In large numbers, plus the shipping
charges and duty, can be sold for less
than thla amount, and American manu
facturers are quick to take advantage ot
thla fact.
Thla year Oakland Australian dealers
have already contracted for tOO cara.
There la a growing tendency among
American manufacturers to be repre
sented at the foreign exhibits, and four
Model 36, four-cylinder 19H Oakland-, are
being sent by express steamer for the
London show. The Oakland will also be
shown at the Dublin show.
Key to the Situation Ue Advertising.
SpauVding "40"
I
A New Idea
In Automobile Construction
The new "Spaulding Pullman" bo
named because of tho rapidity with
which it can be transformed into a per
fect Bleeping car, an idea entirely or
iginal in the automobile industry, is
one of the handsomest, most perfectly
constructed of any 1914 line. No out
side obstruction to mar the beauty or
harmony of its lines.
Tho Spaulding Forty is built to
please tho experienced motorist who
is tho hardest man to satisfy. The
Spaulding Forty is built largo enough
to bo comfortable strong onough to
xbe durnblo and safe, and light enough
to be economical. For your own satis
faction, wo want you to examine thli
new 1914 model.
LIVE DEALERS WRITE FOR TERRITORY
FREELAND AUTO CO.
DUtr&uton for Ntbratka, Wt$frn Iowa and South Dakota
1113 FARNAM STREET. OMAHX. NEB.
ITP AW TPUTC ! cot"W'n. aW new Kegal cars ore being
IlDHUiJluniU equipped with a special dimming at-
Introduced to Facilitate Driving Un
der Bright Street Lights.
PUSH BUTTON DOES THE WORK
Drlrer Pnshes Button and Ilrnd-
llshts Are Dimmed to 'About
the Same Rrllllancy as
Hide Lamps,
"It Is truly surprising," says Balea
Manager F, L. Pierce of the Regal Motor
Car company, "the number ot accidents
due directly to the blinding headlights of
motor cars.
"In several of the large cities lawa are
being enacted, making It an offense for
a driver to use his powerful headllghta
within the city limits. Anticipating this
tuchmont. By almply pressing a buttdn
at the driver's seat the headlights ore
dimmed to about the brilliancy of side
lamps, and one runs no chance of blind
ing some other driver or pedestrian and
getting In a bad mix-up.
"The mechanical side of It Is very elm
pie. In each of the electric bulbs ore
two wires of different size, one capable of
giving a brilliant light and the other u
much reduced Illumination. By pushing
thetdlmmer button the lights can bo
brightened or reduced Instantly and aa
often as desired.
"TMs feature has Other advantages.
It not only does away with the bother of
aide lamps, but by eliminating these
lamps, adds greatly to the beauty of the
car by leaving the body lines unbroken."
Persistent Advertising
Big Returns.
Is the Road to
UNSPRUNG WEIGHT HAS
BEARING ON OPERATION
"Many people have never heard much
about unsprung weight," says Guy Smith,
Franklin dealer here. "But unsprung
weight has a great deal .to do with
operating cost and with comfort and
safety of an automobile. Unsprung
weight Is made up of ports between the
road and the springs of the car. The
big Items are the rims, wheels, hubs,
axles, gears and transmission If It Is
located on the axle.
"When tho wheel of a car drops Into
a hole or hits a stone the force of the
blow on the tire Is directly proportional
to the unsprung weight. Since the
aprings do not support the unsprung
weight they cannot absorb any of the
shock. Therefore the tire takes all the
blow. The result In Injury to tha tire
when weight Is added Is probably greater
than the ratio ot the weights as the tire
la undoubtedly stressed beyond the elas-
blow.
"A very elmple test to show the effect
of unsprung weight can easily be made.
If one will Jump off a platform with a
ten-pound dumb bell In ach hand. Then
take the same Jump with twenty-pound
dumb bells and there will be a wonderful
difference In the blow. In fact, the
heavy dumb bells will probably be
dropped. The tires get the same treat
ment when subjected to heavy blows
from excess unsprung weight. But In
stead of dropping the weight, the tires
take the strain and finally blow out."
An extensive motorcycle honeymoon
trip Is planned by Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Hanlon of Columbus, O. They will visit
New York, Boston, Montreal, Canada,
and Buffalo.
Ask Dun's,
Or Your Own
Bradstreet's
Banker
NOWf MORE THAN EVER BEFORE, it behooves the dealer and the buyer to
look carefully to the financial stability of the automobile manufacturer whow
car he contemplates owning.
THERE HAVE BEEN SOME occurrences of late that should serve s a warning
in this regard. On the other hand, there hasn't bsen a failure that wasn't
scheduled. Thoy wore foreordained (from the first inevitable.
SOME WERE OVERDUE, In fact. Thanks
to the splendid damand for cart! which wc
and other responsible concerns were unable
to supply in full, some of them were accorded
a longer lease of life than their product
or cxperienoe or financial backing entitled
them to.
THERE WAS NO EXCUSE, however, for
any buyer being in Ignorance of what Im
pended. That waa easily foreseen.
LET US SUGGEST that now, you who are kl
the market for a car look into this matter as
it deserves. You owe it to yourself and us.
ASK BRADSTREET'S OR DUN. Or If
you are not a subscriber, ask your Banker
to investigate and inform you. He will do
it gladly.
ASK HIM WHICH ARE the five financially
strongest automobile manufacturers.
YOU WILL FIND that the Maxwell Motor
Company is one of the five and it will not
be fifth in point of stability either.
HAVE HIM ANALYZE the latest financial
statements of these five strongest and tell
you which have the greatest amount of assets
in proportion to liabilities including bond
ed indebtedness, etc., of course. We thick
he'll tell you the Maxwell Motor Company
is one of the leaders.
PERHAPS YOU DIDN'T KNOW there's
been so much confusion in this matter
that the Maxwell Motor Company has no
connection whatsoever with the lateMaxwell
Briscoe Company except that this concern
purchased, through the U. S. Courts, all th
assets, not only of that, but of several
other concerns.
WE STARTED WITH A CLEAN SLATE
with plants worth many millions, with
ample cash on hand to take care of our
manufacturing operations, etc.
WE HAVE NO BONDED INDEBTED
NESS no outstanding notes or debts of
any kind except current open accounts
not yet due.
AND TODAY WE ARE nine months old
with orders on our books for more Vvn
thirty thousand cars.
HAS THAT RECORD EVER bs.n
surpassed in this industry? We submit
the account of our stewardship ask Brad
street's, Dun's or your Banker for further
particulars regarding the operations and
stability of this Company.
THEN YOU'LL PEEL SECURE on that
point and, when you compare the cars as
carefully, there will be only one answer,
"Yours will be a Maxwell."
THERE ARE THREE MAXWELL
MODELS the "25" for $750; the "35"
for $1325, with electric starter and Hghtst
and the ssif-starting 7-passnger "30-6" for
$1975. A handsome illustrated booklet
descriptive of each model tells How and
Why we can give such values. Send today
for the book on the Model you ars
interested in.
Maxwell Motor Company (inc.)
Detroit, Michigan
Motor Car Balm Company, 205 State BanF nldg . . Omaha, Neb.
flwanson Ilrotherg Hastings. Neb. i ZPP Auto Company Fremont. vh.
F.J?. Sclunltt Madison, Neb.
William A. Kurz . Seribner, Neb.
Dlntrict Manager, John Yoke, 205 State Rank IHdR Omaha, Neb
Burt rhllpot Weeping Water, Neb.
Pletrlier Auto Company Tecuniseh. X.h.
O. II. Scheneck Tawnee Cltr, Neb.
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