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THE 0MAI1A srNDAY BEE: J ANT AH V 'Jo, 1914.
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AUTO SHOW JHFOUR WEEKS
Plans Arc Practically Completed
Tllt- 1 11 l
y lur mmu annual Xiveni.
THURSDAY SOCIETY NIGHT
ntBT Mitlit of Bxhllilt Will lie
Thnrailnr MrM, but INnvell Ht
fiiHm (o Divulge Plan (or
Hint Ercnlnrc.
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Just four weeks from tomorrow the.
iftudltorlurn will open ltn doors for the
Itho middle west who will como to Omaha j
to nuemi mo nint'i annual automooue ,
Blow. Although there Is still a month to
work, Clarke 3. Powell, manager of tho
enow, announces tnat almost all his plans
nro completed. Mr. Powell will bo to
Chicago this evening to tho Chicago ex
hibition, and while there he will study
the Chicago methods for tho purposo of
Retting further hints to make tho
Omaha event a success In every senso
of the word. Mr. Powell will also spend
considerable of his time In inducing fac
tory representatives to pull for Omnhs.
and send as many men and exceptional
exhibits here as possible.
Tho contract for tho music, ono ln
dlspenslble fcaturo of nn automobile
iihoW, was awarded last week to tho
First Iteglment orchestra, of which Lou s
II. Noble Is the director. The orchestras
will bo furnished by Mr. Noble. Ono
will play on tho main floor, where tho
Pleasure cars are exhibited, and one will
play in the basement, where the com
mercial cars are exhibited. Concerts
will be given nflurnoon and evening,
Tuesday night has been designated as
"musical night." On that evening tho
number of pieces In tho orchestra will
bo doubled and sovcral solos by accom
plished musicians will be rendered. Mr.
Powell Is endeavoring to sccuro a chorus,
also, for that evening and believes that
he will be successful.
Thursday night has been decided upon
as society night. That has always been
the real big night of the annual show
ana u wm no the big night again this
year. Mr. Powell has made elaborate
preparations for tho evening, but ho Is
keeping It a solemn unnr-t ami nit-i,v
.becomes reticent to a marked degree
When the subject Is broached. One auto
mobllo man, high In tho confidence of
tho manager and a motorist of promi
nence in Omaha for several years, let
tho magic word "tango" slip when speak
Ing of society night, but he lmmedntol?
caught himself and refused to divulge
nny plans. Several motor men, It ha3
been learned, are taking private les
sons in tho Intricacies of tho tango, but
they are keeping mysteriously silent
uuuul li. .Air. I 'mi-n 1 1 t miM r ... .
- miitowi, Hiiun
asked, appeared surprised and then glgled
facetiously as ho said he refused to af
firm or deny the persistent rumors.
Close Application
Brings Results in
Motor Oar Factory
The mm who load In all professions,
whether they be doctors, lawyers, en
gineers or soldiers, are thoso who have
concentrated on a certoln lino of study,
it stands to reason that the man who
decides on his career will, by close appli
cation and concentration, outdo the man
who Is interested In several things ut
once.
According to John N. Willys, president
of the Willys-Overland company, this
same principle holds good in tho manu
facturing of automobiles. A plant can
opcrato more economically and efficiently
by concentrating Its entire manufacturing
facilities on the parts of a Blnglo model,
for It thus simplifies tho work In every
department. It means that hundreds of
b!g machines can bo set to certain dimen
sions without having to bo changed from
ono day to another. It means that the
manufacturer can depend upon a doflnlto
number of cars coming through on sched
ule time. The mechanics, themselves,
become more export and skillful through
dandling tho same parts day after day,
, mm me wnoie ortiuniznuon runs smotiuy
' because thero is nothing to cut in on the
regular duties of each man.
Owners Should Keep
Tab on the Cost of
Running Trucks
A strong argument for the keeping of
comparative cost data by the ownors of
motor trucks Is tnndo by ltollln W.
Hutchinson, Jr., recently appointed truck
transportation engineer of the Packard
Motor Car company.
"When n truck user keeps cost statis
tics over a reasonable period of tlmo ho
lias something tanglblo to provo or d s
prove tho claims niado by tho manufac
turer before tho sale. Tho flcuro will
show at a glanco whether or not his pur
chase has been a profitable Investment,
or whether horses or a truck of some
other make would have been better for
his particular caso.
"Figures on the operation of trucks are
interesting Information on tho success of
motor transportation. Such data Is much
sought by tho man who contemplates
revulutlonUtng his haulinir
Installation of power propelled vehicles.
"In the milling bus ness, tho motor
truck has made cbmrnirntlvnU- llitio i,,,,i.
way so far, although cond.tlons nro often
quuo ravorablo for its proper utilisation.
All over the central west and In some
sections of tho east, thero are mills which
can deliver their product direct by motor
truck to the wholesaler or Jobber. One
of theso Is the Bennett Milling company of
Genova, 111., which uses ltrf three-ton Pack
ard for making deliveries over country
roads to merchants In a number of nearby
towns.
"President IJcnnett statos thai It costs
about as much to operuto throe two
horse teams ns it docs his company's
truck. The truck, on tho other hand, does
tho work of flvo teams. Its record, as
given by Mr. Bennett, shows an operating
cost of J9.78 a day. In a period of fifteen
months it carried 4,174 JG tons, tho highest
total for a single month being 426.6 tons.
In that tlmo tho Packard covered 12.AM
miles, or an average of, about thirty-five.
mties a day."
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Ducklen's Arnica Salve, when applied
n n rut. hrlllft burn. rpa11. rnmnvA
tho- pain. Get a. box. 23c. For sale by
an aruggists. Aavoriisemenc.
Oakland President
Compares Motor Car
With Special Train
"Havo you ever stopped to consider
the motor car In the nature of a spe
cial train?" asked George E. Daniels,
president of the Oakland Motor company,
xnai is wnut an automobile Is, you
know. It is your prlvato conveyance.
It will tako you wherever you want to
go and at any time. You aro not crowded
You do not havo to wait on anything nor
anybody. You do not havo to Jostle
against anybody. You arc really your
own master.
"I havo often talked about this fcaturo
with owners and It Bccms that motor
owners when they get out of tho habit of
riding In stuffy street cars hato to bo
compelled to ever resort to them. It's
tho feeling of getting In a crowd, I guess,
because they aro out of tho habit."
Huffman Prepares
for Enlargement
of His Busines!
The side walls of tho building which Is
being orected at Lincoln to be occupied
by a branch of the W, U. Huffman Auto
mobile company are practically completed
and tho contractors promlso that the
building will bo ready for occupancy by
March 1. Ono attractive fcaturo of this
building will be a tile floor In the sales
roam extending back sixty feet from tho
front
Tho Huffman Automobllo company
stntea that It has received from Its
branches nt Lincoln, Sioux City, Sioux
Falls and Mitchell more business In tho
last two weeks than was forthcoming In
tho preceding six. This Is attributed to
tho recent splendid automobllo weather.
Within tho last two weeks tho Huff
man Automobile company han enlarged
Its salesroom floor space 3.CC0 square feet.
making It ono of tho largest salesrooms
of Us kind In tho city.
Tho Motor Car Salos company has ro
celved Its first carload of Abbott-Detroit
cars. Tho new firm will act us dis
tributers In the future for Nebraska and
western Iowa.
Unique Methods of
Testing Cylinders
at Ford Factory
The work of turning out Font cars
abounds in minute details of production
which save precious minutes. A unique
method Is used to test cylinders to as
certain If they have been bored accu
rately to a thousandth of an inch, this
simply allowing for the movement of tho
piston head.
A dovlca was worked out In which an
electric globe Is used to make the test.
When a cylinder has been bored to tho
correct size It is slid over on clcctrlo
globe. A piston gaugo of the exact size
of a piston head is then slid Into tho
cylinder and tho tester examines It care
fully to ascertain tf any light leaks
around the gauge. If thero Is no' sign of
light It means that the cylinder has been
bored properly, but If light shows the
cylinder is rejected as defective.
mrohonli-al workers of high ability, and
determined to begin to train men In his
own shops.
The Cadillac school Is n special train
ing department, with equipment of in
chlnery ami class room facilities. Vndir
the direction of competent mechanical
engineers, the students are given c!bm
work In mathematics and meetinnlenl
drawings, Instruction in the efficient "Use
of various machines for tho production of
rork of the highest grade, ami dally lec
tures, lllustrnted with storeoptleon.
Maxwell Official
Says Motor Trade
Hinges on Farmer
"If tho market for motor cars was con
fined to the cities or to tho class who
buy them only for mirnoses of nlcasuro
and recreation, I should feel some doubt
as to tho stability and performance of
tho Industry" says Jesse A. Vail, chair
man of tho executive committee of tho
Maxwell Motor company.
Mr. Vull resigned as manager of tho
Fnlrbunks-Morso company, with which
ho had been connected for ton yenrs, tp
accept tho position ho now holds with
tho big Maxwell Motor company.
During .that long term Mr. Vail was
engaged entirely In doing business with
the big farmer class of buyers. Ho knows
them Intimately and no man Is hotter
qualified to speak of tho merchandising
problems Involved In supplying that ever
growing demand from tho most satis
factory class of buyers any concern can
linvc.
CADILLAC MAINTAINS SCHOOL
OF APPLIED MECHANICS
Perhaps the most unique training
school of applied mechanics in this
country Is tho ono conducted by the
Cadillac Motor Car company, whero
young men of IS years and older are
taught not only tho basic principles of
mechanical engineering but the Ideals
thut underlie the construction of Cadillac
cars.
The idea was original with Henry M.
Leland, president of tho Cadillac Com
pany, In 1907. Mr. Leland foresaw that
tho growth of tho motor car Industry
would create an abnormal demand for
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Diamond
Vitalized Rubber
s?See Tires
If you could view from
underneath the pavement
the action of the Diamond
Squeegee Tread Bars you
would see for yourself how they
scrape off the slirhe, dry the road
surface, then dig in and ioW
no chance for a skid to start
The thick, extra tough Vitalized Rub
ber Squeegee Bars stay firm, full-shaped
and will perform their duty of prevent
ing skidding for a long time to come.
And there is additional wear in the extra thick
ness of rubber at the point of contact with
the road.
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New Packard Model
Appears at Gotham
Automobile Display
Tho RttoiiRpst renter ut Interest In tho
Packard exhlb't at lira ml Central Tfllnco
la the six-ryllmler which li viewed
! the public for tho first tlmo at tho
Notional Automobile show In New York.
This lntoat l'Hcknrtl embodloK nil tho ad
vanced features of tlio "J-iK," with tho
mldcd ndviuittiKo of fcronter reeervo power.
Thco features Includo oncmnn top. nn
Improved three-unit electrical nyetrm,
doutilo flxlmilft nnd worm bevel driving
Rfnrn.
Although tho "4-4V hns n wheel bnso
four Inches lonser thnn thnt of tho "2-3S."
tho twenty-body tyle offered by the
Pnckurd compnny nro lnterchnnRcablc,
allowing tho sixmo wide selection with
either typo of chassis.
Tho "4-4S" hns a InrRer nnd moro pow
erful motor, with a boro of four nnd one
half Inches and tv sttokn of flvo nnd one
half Inches. Tho cylinders nrc cast In
blocks of threo und the power unit Is of
nn exceptionally clean design. All Ignition
wiring Is effectively enclosed In n cham
ber! cast Integral with the outlet wntcr
header, nnd Is led through a tubo to tho
inagncto,
TIo clecti leal ny.item Is composed of
threo separata units starting motor,
' generator und inagncto. Tho self-starter
la operated by a heel button and spins
tho motor fnst enough to start on tho
magneto. Tho generator charges th
stonigo battery nnd supplies current for
tho lights.
Ignition current Is furnished by n
Itoscli duplex magneto and the Ignition
Mstem la entirely distinct from tho
lighting and stalling ilroulta.
ALONG THE AUTO ROW.
W. W. KreeUnd of tho Freelaml Auto
company returned to Chicago Monday
after spending n, month with tho Kreo
land Auto company.
Tho ?imnt(llng seotit car, which tnndo
tho wonderful run ncros tho state of
Iowu last fall and which attracted so
much attention during tho Ak-Sar-nou.
will bo In Omaha during tho auto show.
J. A. 1'reelnnd. who handles tho Spatil
dlug car, left Inst night for Chicago,
where ho will attend tho auto show this
week.
Tho Hpnuldlng Panama exposition offi
cial logging car, which started from San
Diego, has crossed the continent nnd Is
now returning to California from New
York City by way of Florida. This car
takes films of tho Ocean to Ocean high
wny nnd Is loaded down to tl.OOO pounds.
Although It hns had all manner of road
conditions with which to centend It has
successfully met each and every require
ment and carries Us great load with enso
nnd dispatch.
U. Ij. Hnrpham, manager of tho Flro
stono Tiro company, hns Just rcturnod
from n two weeks' visit In Denver and
portions of Colorado.
R A. Knpp of Fremont was In Omaha
Inst week and drovo homo In a Slx-40
Hudson car, which ho purchased from any
U Smith.
MOTOR QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Power Leakage
0. I don't term to t Me to ret Ike work out el mr
c nflfie I nH to do whrn new I bid tbe cir com
ptaclir Mcr-hiultit Im waioit witbout Imprort
raent. Tbc powtf iloiplr lint Ibtre. Wbit'i to
be done rrowf "DISCOURAGED,"
A. If you can't Ret all the power from
your engine you used to Ret and should pet,
something is wrong with it compression.
In over-hauling it you probably neglected
to examine your piston rings, the most com
mon cause of power troubles.
l'iston rings of the usual one-piece type
will give fairly efficient service when new,
but they rapidly deteriorate. They lose
their bearing on the cylinder wall and their
ends often work into line so that good com
pression becomes impossible.
We believe if you will fit your engine with
jLeiWoo l'iston Kings you will have no
further trouble about compression. These
rings arc made in two pieces, interlockingaml
closelr fitting and so designed as to have no
unsea led openings. They obtain equal ten
sion on the cylinder wall and retain their
elasticity indefinitely. Are strong enough
to outlast any motor and yet soft enough not
to score, wear or mar the cylinder.
You ran get them any site at all garages
and renair shops they arc easily adjustable.
The following supply houses are distributors,
Omaha, The llaum Iron Qo., 13th and
Harney Rts., Powell Supply Co.. 2119
Fatnam St., Western Auto Supply Co.,
1920 Famam St.
Judicious use of Advertis
ing Bruigs Big Returns
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This, Is ona of a series of
talks on how to buy an auto
mobile. The complete series
containing a wealth of valu
unle information may be p. ad
in booklet form dj- asking-
2 Marion Automobile Co.
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J101-2103 Farnam Street.
Omaha, Neb.
C. W. McDonald, Mgr.
Mr. Auto Dealer
Are You Looking
for Something Good?
Our lino ot cars for 11)11 are all leaders. Our contracts aro
llbcrnl. Wo want distributors and dealers in Iowa, Illinois, Mis
bourl, Xebraskn, South Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin. So
years In tlio same factory. No failures. Look us up In Dun's or
Hrnilstreet's through your banker.
Write or wire us for our 1011 proposition. Wo exhibit at 515
Wabagji Ave, during tlio Auto Show at Chicago.
Address all wires or correspondence
Enger Motor Car Co.
Cincinnati
Ohio
Whipping the Automobile
World Into Line
Was Not Such a Hard Task After All
Long before it was announced to tho public, tho
general lines of construction of the Ohandlor
Light Six was known to many automobile organi
zations whose "scouts" reported tho plans of the
Chandler Motor Car Company which plans had
not been held a3 a close secret.
There was an immediate scrambling among
makers whose engineers worked late into the
night to hurriedly produce working plans upon
which to build a Light Six. Construction com
panies were beseiged for bids on low priced
motors that these "new oreations" might bo
marketed at "reasonable prices."
There was no doubt in the minds of the "wiso
ones" in the Automobile business as to tho de
mand for a six-cylinder car of reasonable size and
light weight. There was no doubt about the
impetus which such skillful masters of high
grade six-cylinder automobile construction as
ruled in the affairs of the Chandler Motor Car
Company would give to the Light Six business.
There was no doubt as to tho exceptional value
that these men of integrity and ability would put
into the single chassis upon which they were con
centrating the entire forces.
Hence the body makers and paint shop foremen
were urged to give those who sought to profit
from the new angle which the "Chandler Idea"
had injected into the automobile situation, a
snappy, flashy external appearance that would
show tho "real worth" and "high value" that
they would offer.
As a result, there aro a number of six-cylinder
cars on tho markot selling for less than two
thousand dollars. These aro built by companies
whose officers generally announced when tho
Ohandlor price was mado known that a strictly
high grade six-cylinder car could not be profit
ably built at $1,785.00. Theso mon are still of the
same opinion their construction proves it.
If you will make comparison between any of
these cars and the really high grade, high priced
sixes such as the Lozier, Pierce-Arrow, Locomo
bile, Peerless or Packard, you will see where
these newcomers fall woefully short.
Then compare the Chandler Light Six with its
larger brothers. Note the exact duplication of
expensive materials and equipment, remark the
similarity of design and proportions.
THEN FILL OUT A CHANDLER PROOF
SHEET, which has been compiled for the purpose
of making easy an exact comparison of the dif
ferent cars you haye in mind. Compare point by
point the different features of Chandler construc
tion with cars of similar price and cars of much
higher price. Such a test will place tlife Chandler
in a class well above its competitors.
THEN MAKE THE ROAD TEST.
We will take you in the Chandler Light Six and outpoint any car with which you place us in competition.
We will outpull them on any road they wish to cover, on less fuel consumption per hundred pounds of
weight, and the Chandler will weigh in lighter in porportion to size.
Theso are strong statements. They are made with the hope that you will put their accuracy to test. If
you will, you will at the same time acquaint yourself with the most extraordinary Light Six automobile
that has ever been offered the public.
Arrrange with us for a road demonstration. Study with care Chandler construction to the slightest de
tail, and you will concede our right to every claim we make for Chandler superiority.
Chandler Light Six, Electrically Equipped, $1785
W. L Huffman Automobile Co.
1814-16-18 FARNAM ST., OMAHA, NEB.
Lincoln, Neb.
1228 P St.
Sioux City, la.
317-19 5th St.
Sioux Falls, S. D.
222 So. Phillips Ave.
Mitchell, S. D.
217 W. 1st St
ALSO DISTRIBUTERS FOR THE HUPMOBILE AND SWINEHART TIRES
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