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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 27, 1914)
B t w I I 1 8 THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1914. A Solid Trainload of Buick Autmobiles Leaving Inasmuch as II. H. Hldlcs, genera! man ager of the Nebraska llulck Auto com pany, is one of the foremost men In tho automobile Industry In the west today, and belnff at the head of one of the largest automobile wholesale companies In the I'nltrd States, he was ashed for an opinion regarding the outlook for 1311 business. Ills reply was substantially as follows: "Although conditions In our territory were unytlilnff but favorablo during the last summer,' said Mr. Sidles, "the de mand for nulpk cars during; the fall and winter months has far surpassed my greatest expectations. "Last summer our southern Nebraska and southwestern Iowa territory experi enced one of the worst drouths In the history of this country. The corn crop In this territory practically amounted to nothing, although the wheat crop In this section was good. "This, together with an epidemic of hog cholera In the northern central part of Iowa during the early winter had a tendency to cause both automobile dealer and purchaser to look upon the industry from a pessimistic standpoint. "However, notwithstanding alt of this, our fall and winter business has far sur passed any previous season up to the rresent time, and never has tho prospect for spring business been brighter than (Continued on Page Nine.) SPED OF FORDTOODUCTION Thirty Cars Assembled at Ford Fac tories in Sixty Minutes. STARTS AT END OF FACTORY Frame of Auto Pastes Down Mnc of Workmen Until It I Com pleted and Ilendr for Jn stnnt ' Shipment. The Ford Motor company, continually tTodded by tho extraordinary growth of Its business to speed up Its production and to discover tlmo and labor-saving devices, recently adopted a new Hystem for tho final assembling of cars, which gives a visitor to the plant an astonish Irgly vivid impression of the signifi cance of the Ford output. When one sees thrty rear axles grow to real motor cars within an hour and what was, a. comparatively few feet away, an inert piece of metal roll out tho door a completed, complicated auto mobile running tinder .Its 'own power, -Words fait The visitor Is stunned. He falls to grasp all that he would of tht real significance of the Industrial mir acle. For comparisons ho gropes around and stumbles on chickens hatching by tho wholesale In a glass incubator. Heretofore the final assembling, of Ford earn wan a matter of shoving a section of n partially completed cor onto a group of men. who put In another part and shoved -the cur. on to the next group. Cara were thus kept moving along in 'four long rows. The samo system now pit vails, tKo assembling being dono In four rows, each 900 feet long, but ono of the four rows has tho advantugo of a new arrangement In tho wny of a con vtyar. With tbxs aid of tho conveyor production 'la speeded up to that tho lino produces thirty completed cars In a'l hour. At thn beginning .of the assembling lino is u heu"p of rodr.nxlcs, Theso iuq, KhoVcd alonir from group to group, until tho skeleton br a chassis with wheels lo ovblved. Then the conveyor Is reached, "his consists merely of two endless rows ot revolving steel wheels, set In grooves on which tho cor rents. Kach cur Is coupled to , tho tono ,h 'front,' 'and n. power dqvlce with coupling" ' utt&chmont and starting lover shoves tho row ot couple.il skeletons up tho line. Every few feet elands a group of workmen, under their Own foromun, whore duty Is to do one simplo operutlon In usscmbllng. When tho upper end of tho line Is reached tho car Is complete, every part In placo and , ready to run. Tho back wheels are s(l spinning by tho conveyor oh which they reat. A tester hops Into the seat, Thjro Is a" shove of a lever from bcji.lnd which. starts the cor off tho codVcyor. The clutch la jthrown In, and tho car rolls off to the floor, the front wheels hit a twinging door so arranged that this action opens it automatically, and tho car is lit- tho ahlpplng yard, where there remains only the Jacking up of the. rear wheels for n. brief test be lore running onto tho freight car. The car you see rolling out Into the yard la'th,', Very one you have watched grow la that line of magic. It .Is tho evolution of that rear axle you saw sixty minutes ago &M feet uWay. SOCIETY NI6HT IS MAGNET FOR (JROWD AT THE AUTO SHOW (Continued from Page One.) while brightly colored ribbons were stretched opportunely. The coupes and most of the blj; tara on exhibition were fortunate enough to enjoy the additional decorations of tho occupancy of several attractive young ladles. A competition arose between tho dealers as to who could get the most uttraetve young folk In their cars, and before tho ovenlng was over somo red-hot arguments ensued and utl the cars wcro well loaded with laugh ing young women. No special title, has been thrust upon to night, so It Is expected tnat the salesmen can get down to work without difficulties ana sen cars as tney arc expected to. Most of tho dealers expect lo make their big cleanings tonight, as most ot tho oiit-of-towu visitors will return homo Sat urday. Tho crowd Will vrobably not be so groat tonight, but tho volume of busi ness should surpass all other nights. ."Vole of the Shovr. The Studebaker and Jeffrey Sedans wcro popuiur Inst nlgnt. They nru like a coupo otny built on a more extensive aciile. Tom Uromwell was sorry last night tliut ho sold two coupes in one day wiiun he huw tho unusual Interest tiisplayud In coupes! Tom has an itching to sell another coupe, but ho hasn't nny more coupes to sell Tho salesmen for the, bixecr cars were In evidence last nlffht. nig buyers were on the erene and the Packard, Pierce and otner or tho moro expenslvo cars were the contcrn of attraction. Clarko Powell had his gang working II Thursday afternoon cleanlnsr un and making minor repairs that the Audi torium would look like a freshly opened bund box for the cllto evening crowd. Tho .Maxwell carburetor Is being, ex plained In a very succinct manner by Hoy Peed, a factory man. Peed explains the smplcty of the carburetor and ex plains It In such a manner ub to prove its good features. As Is usiiul when a society event Is Sage Tea Darkens Hair to Any Shade Don 't stay gray I Hero 'b a sim plo recipe that anybody can apply with a hair brush. The use ot Sage and. Sulphur for re storing faded, grny hair to Its natural color dates back to nrandmother'a time. Hho used It to keep her hair beautifully dark, gloisy and abundant. Whenever her hair fell out or took on that dull, faded or streaked appearance, this sim plo .mixture was applied with wonderful effect: But brewing at home Is mussy and out-of-date. Nowadays, by asking at any drug store for u M cents bottle ot "Wyeth's Bate and Sulphur Hair Item ed)," you will get this famous old recipe which can be depended upon to restore natural color and beauty to the hair and Is splendid for dandruff, dry, feverish, Itchy scalp and falling hair. A welKkhown downtown drurglBt says it darkens the hair so , naturally and ovenly that nobody can tell It has been applied. You simply dampen a sponge or soft brush with it and draw this through your hair, taking one strand at a time, II y morning the gray hair dis appears, and after another application or two, It becomes beautifully dark, ttosay, loft and abundant -Advertisement. BANKER FILES CHARGES AGAINST JUSTICE WRIGHT WA8II.1NQTON, Feb. IC-Charges of lr rcgularttUa and misconduct against Jus tice Dantel T. Wright of the district su premo court here who attracted national attention when he sentenced Bamuel Qom pr, John Mltcheltond Frank Morrison. American Federation of Labor officials, to Jail for contempt of court, were made In a petition filed with President Wilson today by Wade II. Cooper, president ot two local savings banks. The petition contained allegations ot irregularities In the conduct ot his court and ot hla per sonal conduct also. Justice .Wright formerly was an officer. in one. of Cooper's banks, Disagreements over the management led to litigation and bitter controversy between the two. Justice Wright. wHen Informally told of thachargea made against him maJy a general denial, declaring they wero tuo result of a personal difference wl'li Cooper. TTT TTHTirt 1 Key to Situtlaon Uee Advertising. ENGLISH SHEEP DOG TAKES FIRST PRIZE NEW TOUIC Feb. H-Slumber. an old English sheep dog, owned by Mrs. Tyler How of Wettbury. n. y.. Is the best dog In the Westminster Kennel club exhibition being held here thli week. . Hlumber wen In a class of thirty-five .Uogr. each a wlnnrr In his class The victory of Bluraber made the fourth successive win. at th Westmln Her jihow of an Kng'Jeh bred dog of the sweepstakes Prize, Comfort- There's two kinds of com fort in an automobile. One Is the physical com fort that comes In the smooth, easy riding har mony pf the good car. The other is the mental comfort in tho knowledge that no matter where you are you may bo proud of your cur. There's a comfort far be yond price that comes n the combination of tho two In your car, "Thf Hcst IaiWIre 1 'Itwur of." "I haVo sold ChUhiberUtn's Tablets for eayeral year People who luive used them wjll take nothing1 ejsv I can recom mend then f my customers as the bent tsxativs and .euro for constipation that Iiknow of," writes Frank Strouse, Frult lndt la. For sale by all dealers,- Ad-TefUtMMat. This is one of a series of talks on how to buy an atito- mobile. The completo serlci 3 .containing a wealth or valuable jj information may bo had In 2 ' booklet form by asking a Marion Automobile Co. U101-2I03 Fartintn Street. Omaha, Neb. I C, W. McDonald, Mgr. scheduled there was a large number of tho curious on hand. They secured seats In tho balcony and a low hum of near scandal conversation floated out over the floor at all times. Leo Cahlll, who Is In charge of thn Lincoln highway exhibit, put a couple, of young women to work selling Lincoln hVjhway buttons and as the men couldn't resist tho feminine charms the Lincoln highway is ahead a tidy sum of money. Gtorgo Itelm Is still arguing right hand drive. Relm says inconsistency gives him a pain and he nsserts left hand drive has proved tho Inconsistency of the makers of all tars who lmva adopted It and discarded the right hand drive. Leo Huff is so tickled over the sale of the twenty-five Butcks to the Smith Lock wood company that he can hardly restrain his efforts to sell half a dozen cars to everybody In sight. It's just llko buying a nickel drink to ask Huff to sell you one car. Every time Sales Manager Hitchcock of the Moline azency takes the new demonstrator out for a test rldo ho comes back with moro vociferous praise for the Mollne-Knlght motor. Hitchcock can hardly talk anything but the rapid acceleration of tho now engine. Tho Oppcr-Van VIeet company reports a land offlco business. Two Krlt cars wcro Bold to J. E. McCusker and one was sold to J. V. Hherbrlng on Wednes day while K. P. Schmidt, ono of the tmlenmen, Kold two other Krlts. Sir. Shcrbrlng wlll drivo his car to his home at Arcadia, la., Immediately after tho culmination of the show. Tho Henderson coupo was quite a marked object ot admiration by the women last night. Tho Henderson coupo can compete with any of them and Is designed for comfort. While tho men wero learning of tho kerosene burning engine and carburetor, the women tested tho cushions and the interior effects. J. H. DeJong issued nn" emphatic in junction against the wearing of dress suits last night. DeJong emitted a list ot arguments for tho Injunction as long1 as Jacob's ladder and, as ho Is the big boss, ho won out. While his arguments wero very acceptable it Is suspected that the reason was very foreign to any or them. Clarke Powell Is tho object of consid erable curiosity. Powell persists In wearing a pair of kid gloves constantly, indoors and out. Whether It Is super Btttlon or not no one has been able to definitely discern, although somo miscre ant was mean enough to suggest that he wore tho same pair last year and such being tho case, superstition Is the logi cal conclusion. A speedy argument ensued In the Ford booth Wednesday and Thursday. The question of dress stilts for last night aroso and a difference of opinion Imme diately arose. After all the salesmen had worked harder than they would If thoy had sold half a hundred cars it was unanimously agreed to abandon any ideas or evening clothes for fear of driving farmers away from the Ford booth. I W I M I M JSI foe HP fnB Wsssm Omaha Automobile Dealers Whose Exhibits at the Show are Worthy of Your Consideration The Auburn 4 Forty at $1,490.00 COMPLETELY EQUIPPED The Most for the Money, This Big $2,000 Car at $1,490 Lacks nothing that a very high-priced car can give. Our proposition to agents is the best offered by any auto mobile manufacturer. We have some good territory left for live agents. Don't fail to visit our booth at tho Auto Show. AUBURN AUTO CO., "OMAHA." 2559 Farnam Street. Hause & Wilson, Distributors. Jeffeiy Four $1,550 jj See' This Car at the Show Rambler Motor Co, 2052 Farnam Street Eighty years of faithful service to the American public. See our exhibit in space 31 on the stage and at our salesroom. 2050 FARNAM. Mitchell Motor Co. 2050 FARNAM. Bull Tractor Pulls Two 14-Inch Plows or Work Equal Has 25 Ilorso Tower doublo opposed automobile engine. Weight only .1000 pounds. i The greatest sales proposition of tho year. See It nt the Show Spaco No. 10. Bullock Machine & Supply Co. 8X8TXXBUTOS8 2320 Farnam St., Omaha, Neb.; 212 K'Tth St., Norfolk, Neb. OHIO Be confident you buy a GOOD OAR. It's at SPACE 36 E. E. GRAY 612 South Main Street, COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA. HKK TUB & j HeiflsoN 5 i Exhibit of Kerosene and Gasoline Cars -ojUndtr Xilffht Touring Car ...il.BgS.OO 'Crunar Tonrtnr Ctr (vntm 4-oylin4r Coupo ,.. .98,365.00 e-07llndr Tourtnx , , 99,388.00 135.00 Xztr for Xsrossn Equipment. Booth Jfo. 38, Xorth Snd ot Sta. T. H. POLLOCK AUTO CO. 1910 rarnaw St. TaL Bcotfas 6292. REO FIFTH and CHEVROLET SPACE 10 North Side of tha Center Isle L. E. DOTY, Inc. 2027-29 FARNAM ST. t 1 HMIMMHIUHKIIIIIIish