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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 30, 1914)
Tire OMAUA SUNDAY DEE: AUGUST UO, 1914. 9-A SEE DELIVERY CAR BOOM Studebaker People Establish Special PiTision for Their Sale. THE OUTLOOK IS SPLENDID rkarle Van Horn, la rharsr t ( Sprrlal Department for Cor poration, Tfclaka Trad ltaa Jant Started. Ono of the Now 1915 Maxwells In accordance with lu general policy of intensive market cultivation tha 8tuJ bsker Corporation has tab11he1 a. spe cial division ot Us sales department to p'romuta tha fala of light delivery cara. This division haa been placed In chart of Charles Van Horn, a veteran, whose national prominence dates back to the old bicycle days when ha was sales manaRcr for one of tha largest western manufact urers. ; Mr. Van Horna left the assistant sales managership of another Detroit automo bile company to assume his present posi tion. II j Is thoroughly Impressed with the wide possibilities which exist for the lght delivery car. "To a certain extent, Studebaker haa al ways bean represented In the delivery car field," asserts Mr. Van Horna, "our 'twenty' type of commercial car aa been liberally In evidence for three years. In til American cities. Hundreds ot our electrically-started and lighted Tour' delivery cars have been marketed durln? the last season. The production waa relatively small, but great enough to ensure wide distribution and use in all aorta of condi tions. Good Outlook for Light Tract. "This year's experience haa convinced us beyond a doubt that the demand fur a commercial car of about l,500-pouul ca pacity, with full electrical equipment, big tires, Ttmken bearings and a full floating rear axle constitutes a market, the ftultl vation of which has been but barely' be gun. "We will build a greatly Increased num. ber of these cars for 1916. They will be, like the cara of last year, mounted on a chassis especially designed for commercial work. A side from minor Improvements In design and more attractive body colors, they will differ but slightly from the cara of last year, regarding which we have never had a complaint. "We will aupport them with an advertis ing campaign which wilt conclusively demonstrate their superiority over horse drawn equipment. We will provide our dealers with an abundance et facts to push this proof home. We know that the time is ripe for such a campaign and con . fidently predict that, before another year has passed, thousands of merchants will be realising from experience the ad van taxes of these cars as business getters and money savers." i tr " i J-I if-: - ... ? . 'i r f , ! I ' .if V'-i 5 if 1 h- ' v- j'-1 si "f - " ' 1 g '-Mi New Packard is on Its Way to Omaha The Orr Motor Sales company hat been advised of the shipment of their new t-3S Packard salon touring car from the Pack. ard factory last Friday. This Is particu larly significant Inasmuch as the supply of Packard thirty-eights waa exhausted last April and customers all over ths country have been unable to obtain the smaller Packard model for period of four months. The new 3-38 and MS Packard ears are in reality only a new series of previous models with such improvements of details and refinements as would naturally oeour in this advanced stage of Packard de velopment. ' ' DAWN OF BIGGEST SEASON, SAYS SAXON MOTOR OFFICIAL "Bountiful crops and a sound, stable banking system have pulled American business through a trying situation caused by the breaking out of the war in Europe," says C, F, Jamison, sales manager of tho Saxon Motor company, "and this country has settled down to en joy the biggest year In Its history. "There Is going to be a great business done In this country this fall, The United Ststea is the most favored nation In the world. We are prosperous, we are . at peace and shall continue to. "The country Is blessed with the greatest erops In its history, Millions and billions of wealth are now being taken from the fields, Tha country will have more money to spend than ever before and that means that everybody will have money to spend as never before. Huffman to Sell the Paige Cars in This Section of Country In a trip through the west and south west Sales Manager II. Krohn of tne Paige-Detroit Motor Car company has accomplished some results highly grati fying to the company. In this swing through the bumper-crop country Mr. Krohn signed Paige dealer contracts with at least six of the largeut distributors In the country, whose business alone would keep a fair slsed plant busy. Among those who have recently Joined with Soles Manager Krohn to spread the fnmo of the Paige In the west and south west are the W. I Huffman Automo bile company, with salesrooms at Mit chell, Sioux City, Sioux Falls, Lincoln, and Omaha: the Munger Automobile com pany of Dallas, Tex., and the Oreenlease Motor Car company of Kansas City. I knew that the new Paige line for 1915 had created quite 'some excitement out that way," said Mr. Krohn, ' but wasn't quite prepared for the reception I really got I didn't have to talk Paige, 1815, line at all with the big distributors we signed up. They knew all about it and they wanted to talk Paige, 1915, line to me. As, for the other dosen smaller dealers we signed up well, Jt was Just a matter of weeding out the applicants. "I saw those crops we have heard about grain elevators full and not enough storage room In sight for the rest ct the crops. If we oan Just fin . a way to get those crops to their market particularly Europe this oountry Is going to make more money In one year than we can spend In a . century. As It is, I believe that the automobile Industry is going to have a good year and the Paige will break all Paige records which also la 'going some. " GOVERNOR TURNS FROM HORSES TO THE CADILLAC Governor Samuel B. Ralston, of In diana, has alwaye been an ardent lover of horses. He loves tnem yet, out nas learned to love the motor car also. vM.nod bv his recent purchase of a Cadillac. Now a part of the executive stables haa been turned Into a garage. and the governor uses the Cadillac more often than he drives out behind his fine horses. Whether Governor Ralston win iearn to drive the car Is a question. For the present, he says, his son will dj ths driving. For a long time the governor has been besought by automobile men to add a car to the executive equipages, and for a long time resisted all attempt to get his name on the state license lists But he could not resist the lure of the Cadillac He says he Is proud of Ms se lection and that the members of his fam ily are exceedingly well satisfied with It. Goodyear Tires at Ante-Bellum Prices The Good year Tire and Rubber com pany announces "No war prices on Goodyear tires." F. A. Sieberllng, preal dent of the company, thus explains) their unique position. ' advanced Goodyear prices, as others did theirs, when the rubber panto came. Almost In a day crude rubber roeo In New Tork from 65 cents par pound to much over SI. And, as most ot the world's rubber comes via London or Antwerp, we saw uo way out fcr a time. "The New Tork supply was too email to consider. European exchange was) en tirely suspended. Merchant ships had ceased running. "But we have an almost world-wide organisation, and we brought It at onoe Into play. We are the world's largest buyers of high-grade rubber, so we have our own experts In London, coiomno, Singapore and Para. "We cabled our London people to buy up the pick of the rubber there By act ing quickly and paying cash they ob tained 1,500.000 pounds of the finest rub ber there. They bought before the ad vancebefore the other buyers saw a way to get London exchange or to bring the rubber here. "That big supply of rubber la now nearly all on the way to the Goodyear factory In Akron. It constitutes the best ot the London supply. On tho Inferior grades remaining, prices have sluce been rapidly advanced. "We have since taken other steps to Insure us a continuous supply, all ot the highest grade rubber. In all the chief sources of rubber 'supply we hsve ex perts -on. the ground., - All Is being done that can be done to secure the best t-ub ber, the efcebange to pay for It and the ships to bring U here. "The result Is that Goodyear Ore prices sre now" the game- as-In June. We are ualng .the-same, grade ot rubber and ths same amount of , It ,s we always have used In these tires, ' "We are running our factory with three shifts of men, . twenty-four hours a day. So lqng as we remain. In this fortunats position on rubber, we shall supply tire users at before-war prices to the limit of our 'capacity. ; Haynes Solves Task j of Disconnecting Motor from Axle "The problem of providing a means of disconnecting the motor from th rear ale has been one that has continually confronted the automobile enslneer s'nee the early days of the Industry, and vari ous ilevioea have been us,d to some de gree of success," states 0. J. Cnrkhtll. branch manairer In this territory for the Haynes, America's First car. "The cone type and dlso runnlng-ln-cll type have been popular, but certa'a fea tures of their action have led to the de velopment of a new type ot clutch known as the three-plate, dry disc clutch. This Is an Ingenious arrangement of three plates separated by heavy rings of ray- bestos. The plates are held in contact by a large spring and are enclosed In an oll-llght compartment no that the friction surfaces are entirely dry and free from oil. This feature Insures a perfectly even action of the clutch, sines the Influence ot the irregular feeding of oil Is absent." . i J. B ECCLEST0N JOINS APPERSON BROTHERS Apperaon Brothers Automobile company ot Kokomo, Ind.. announce the affilia tion ot J. B. Bceleston. one of the beat known automobile sales managers in the country, with them In the capacity of general sales manager. Mr. Eocleston haa been Identified with the Industry for many years, and was for a long time In the retail fhM In Buffalo. In the fall of 1907, when the late K. M. Murphy, organised the Oakland company he searchel the field for a sales manager, and finally seleoted Mr. Ecoleston, who held the post for over six years, and who Dunt up a world-wide business. Apperaon Brothers, who are the oliW auto men In the field, having inanufac tured automobiles for over twenty-two years, are planning to greatly increase their production for 1915. and will be in the market with a popular priced line of lour ana six cylinder models. Everybody Reads Bee Want Ads. Join Stndebakev Starr. To link more closely the factory sale organisation with Its force In tha field. Sales Manager Oilier of The Studebaker corporation has appointed the following sia or special representatives: New "iglana, O. N. Jordon; South Atlantic, iwiwara a, Haybell; central west. J. M upper; southwest, L. A. Tllloy: Pacific coast, b. c. Willebrands. Dodge Bros. Auto in Great Demand Voluntary requests for dealerships num bered 6.U1 when a count was made re cently by CnU-ti Manager Arthur t. Philip and his sales force at IVxtge Brothers, iH'trolt, Mich., and It wns found that from 0 to & per cent of the first year's allot ment of cars had been contracted for In moat of the sixteen districts. Not inn Word has been Riven out repardln the tar and district sales manairera report that dealers have not demanded Intima tion before signing. Tho sales ren'rsen- tatlvea have reported to !odse Brothers that the trade egnerally Is convinced iliat tho company will put out a car that will establish a new standard of value. Overland Cars Sold to the British Army Twenty-two Overland nutomoblles were sold and delivered on August B, to the war department of Grnt Britain accord ing to w-ord received from John N. Willys, president ef the Willys-Overland rom panyv who has Just returned from Kng land. Together with a number of auto mobiles of the same make already in the service of the KiikHkIi army, the new cars will be used for patrolling and guarding the coasts. Women Will Help in Beautifying the Lincoln Highway The course of the L'ncoln hljllv.vay Is to be bcautlfl d. from ncrun to ocean, by the planting of trees, slirnbs and flowers along each lile of the rondwuy at a cost of $J6 0il0,0A. Tho General Federation of Women's clubs ha formulate! p'sns for beautify ing the highway an 1 tins already re ceived pledges or nearly tt.nOO.rvC. Co-opeiatton of governors of the various States and mayors of the various cities, through wlch the highway pantus, has btcn promised and local committees are being appointed In the districts. Fruit trees will be rliuvled along the roadside by several stittca whith have adopted a plan ot H. II. Williams, aalee managor of the F. U. Btearna company. Cleveland, O., makers of Vtoama-Knlght cars. New Series Mollne-Knlaht. A tour speed transmission, spiral bekel gear, full floating rear axle, addition' ot roadster, limousine and sedan bodies, placing cf center control levers closer to the front seat, an Increase of $H In price and minor roflnemenls, constitute the new features of the New Series Mo-llne-Knlght, product of tha MoHne Auto mobile company, East Mollne, 111, Manaae Canadian Males. Vice President Benson of The Stude baker corporation snnounoe the appoint ment of W, T. Bush, formerly sales man ager of a Detroit automobile company, to be sales manager of The Studebaker cor poration ot Canada, Ltd., at Walkcrvllle. Mr. Bush succeeds C. It. Snoke, who has resigned to enter another Una of work. Satisfy the Police, After several months of hard service in the fire and police departments, five Willys-Knights cars have been pro nounced highly eftlclenX by Toledo city officials. The cars were purchased by the municipal government after a thorough Investigation ot all prominent makes ot automobiles built In America. AMERICANS WILL TOUR AT HOME IN 1915 "It Is my guess that In 1915 many Americans who annually motor abroad will become much hotter acquainted with their country," commented President John A, Wilson wf the American Auto mobile association when he landed In New Tork City the other day with a fortunate shipload of people who had escuped from the Kurvpean war lone. "Granted that we need ttlany miles of real highway to get our road travelers to the scenic sections of the country, we are Improving our arteries of communi cation more substantially than Is the esse even In France, where its network of well-built rosds will serve the coun try In' the warfare now raging," con tinues the head of the automobile .or ganlsatlon. "Hut even the . foresight of a Na poleon could nut look ahead to tha au tomohlle age, and so It Is that the sur faces of the most famous French high ways have worn away under the stress ot the multiplied traffic of the last few years, a percentage of which has been supplied by road tourists from other countries, and with the United Utatee as the largest contributor. French high way experts are disagreed as to the best method of resurfacing, though It should be kept v In mind that practically every French road has a base and la well drained." TO BUILD MOTOR STADIUM Jack Prince Return to Old Haunts Ahead of Speed Boys. MAY BRING FAST ONES HERE llnlMer of Fastest Tracks In the t nlry Hopes k. Have Oae Here la Time for Ak-tst-nen Festivities. John S 1'rlnre. well known promoter of speed races and builder of more than fifty bicycle and auto race tracks In this country, is In Omaha to promote a stiKlluni motordrome, whero motorcycles may race earn other at loo miles an hour. Prince Is well remembered In Omaha from the old bicycle days, when he staged races and raced himself In the Coliseum. The old bicycle races were ot as fast as the present Motorcycle races, but they furnished all sorts ot Interest U waa Mr. Prince who built th old Coliseum on Twentieth and Lake street a now used for the Pen, He haa been ' building motorcycle race track and speedways In different parts of th United Ptates during th last ten years. He has built forty or fifty of thee. He built the first wood blcyel track and tho first wood motorcycle track, also th first wood automobile speedway ever bulk. All world's records are held on tracks built by Prince. Prince represents th Federatl) ef American Motorcyclers and I going to remain In Omaha for two or thre week a end says If h ean find a good location he will build a stadium motordrome and bring all th great profesetewal motor cycle riders of this country to Omaha aad decide all the Federation ef America Motorcyclers' championship her during the Ak-?ar.Ben carnival this fall and make Omaha th greatest motor racing center ot th country. Th Bee Want Ads Are the Best Business Boosters. Farmers Dnylaar Ante. v An editorial In eae cf the western farm Journals In commenting oa the motor car situation during the t twelve months asserts that "th auto mobile population will be greatly In creased among the farmers, as It not only la a great time saver but It give amusement to the family." Orders com ing In from the west at tb Cole Motor Car Co., according to President Cola, bear out the statement made In. th western pPr. Old-Tlnar Plattfk The Western league la full of old leagxr satellites this season. Cy Morgan wat an Athietlc, Lurid Lou Richie waa Cub, Tea Covington was a Tiger and t-rre are many other who -were natlon "y known but a few years ago- I K0UNTZE RETURNS TO 3THE MITCHELL AUTOMOBILE C. T. Kountse cf th First National bank has purchased et the Mitchell Motor com pany one of their six-passenger six-cylinder Mitchells. This car Is of the regular stock model, the same as Is used by a number ot cltlsens of Omaha. Mr. Kountie drove a Mitchell car several years ago, but changed to one of a higher priced make, and after driving that car during the Interval It speaks well for the Mitchell to have him come back to tbts moderately priced car. Other Mitchell cars delivered out of Omaha during the -past week went to Mr. Alfred Wlnstrom, Essex, Iowa; Anton Barto, Malvern, la.; J.. W. Ballard, Bad Oak, Ia. R. L. McKensle. Silver City, la.; Max L. Glaaer, Kwlng, Neb., and Ralph Peters ot Omaha. FIRST 1915 HUPMOBILE SHIPPED FROM FACTORY With the shipment of the first 1015 Hupmobllcs last week, manufacturing operations on the new models startea with a rush at the Detroit factory of the Hupp Motor Car eomany In the past week. Bales officials declare that the 1915 season Is a full month ahead of pre vious years In point of activity. "One of the unusual features of Hupp business this month, Is the great num ber of dealers calling for Immediate de livery of cara," says Commercial Mana ger F. A. Hams. "There will be more automobile sold In this country than ever before In the same length of time because the whole country Is prosperous. y Canadlaa Prospects Brighter. W. T. Bush. Canadian Manager for the Studebaker corporation, reports two big contracts for Studebaker care closed last week and sees therein concrete Indica tions of bettering business conditions across the border. One of the best dealers In Montreal signed up for a total of 300 cars and the Winnipeg dealer sent In his order for an equal number An encouraging feature of both these orders Is the insistent de mand for Immediate initial shipments; - m ' How Much Longer Will You Stand on the Sidewalk? You say you want a car but can't afford one. ' , Thousands of other men have said the same thing. 'And it was true in the past. But not now. (Today there is a ear on the market a mighty good car, too that you can afford, A car so low in price that it won't hurt your pocketbook a bit. A car so well built, so perfect mechanically, that the upkeep cost is a trivial matter. This Car U the Saxon ' In the five months' time since shipments were , begun over 6000 owners have learned by experience the remarkable economy and complete satisfaction of driving Saxons. J The Saxon is not designed for millionaires though it's good enough for royalty to ride in. It's built for the everyday American citixen the man like you who wants the pleasures of motoring yet doesn't want to tie up one or two years' salary in an automobile. What 395 Will Do for You Just consider what $95 invested in a Saxon means to you. It gives you a staunch, good look ing, smooth-speeding car for pleasure or for busi ness. It gives you the new Saxon, th 6er two passenger automobile in the world at any where near its price. Call or telephone us for a demonstration. Tha car will prove all we claim. i Lininger Implement Company Omaha, Nebraska Lii (LiHL fforeWar Prices Yet We Never Got Choicer Rubber We Never Built Better Tires There exists now a new reason most compelling for buying Good year Tires, It results from war conditions. These leading tires built of extra-fine rubber, in the. same way as always are selling today at June prices. Due To Quick Action Early In August when war began the world's rubber markets seemed suddenly closed to us. Rubber prices dou bled almost over night. Men could gee no way to pay for rubber abroad, and no way to bring It In. We, like others In that psnlo were forced to higher prices. But we have since gone back to prlci we charged before the war, and this is how we did it: We had men In London nd Singapore when the war broke out. The larger part of the world's rubber supply cornea through there.' We cabled them to buy up the pick of the rubber. They bought before the advance 1,600,000 pounds of the finest rubber there. Nearly all this Is now on the way to us. And it means practically all of the extra-grade rubber obtainable abroad. Today we have our own men In Colombo, Singapore and Para. Those are the world's chief source of rubber. Bo we are pretty well assured of a constant supply, and our pick of the best tbat'Birprod'Ued. We were first on the ground. We were quickest in ac,n. As a result, we shall soon have In storage an almost record supply of this extra grade of rubber. And we paid about June prices. Now Inferior Grades Cost Double About the only crude rubber available now for many makers is inferior. In ordinary times, the beat tire makers refuse it. Much of It had been rejected. But that "off rub ber" now sells for much more than we paid for the beat. The results are these: - ' Tire prices In general are far la advance of Qoodyesrs. And many tire makers, short of supplies, will bs forced to use second-grade rubber. j Be Careful Now V In Ooodyears we pledge you the same-grade tire as always. And that grade won for Ooodyear the top place la Tlredom -th largest' sale In the world. And, for the time being, our prices are the same as before the war. We shall try to keep them there. We accept no excessive orders, but dealers will be kept supplied. And we charge them, until further notice, enly ante-bellum prices. That means that Goodyears the Best Tirea built are selling way below other tires. Goodyear Prices It Is Folly Today To Pay More 30 x 3 Plain Tread 30X3VS " 34x4 9fl Al I I 37x5 " $11.70 15.75 . 24.35 35.00 . 41.95 Gpqd??ear AKRON. OrllQ. No -Rim -Cut Tires With AQ.WeatW Treads er Smooth THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, AKRON, OHIO Vhi Company baa a oonaeotloa wnateyer with any otae rabbet coaoera waioa uses th vooayear r--r. Any Dealer can supply you Goodyear Tire. If the wanted ize ia not in stock he will telephone our Local Branch. We Carry A Complete Stock of GOODYEAR TTIIR. OETialia Tire Repair Co. HENRY NYGAARD, Prop. 22501 Fornam St. Open All Day Sunday. Tyler