TI1E OMAHA SUNDAY BKK: OCTOKKH 31, 1015.
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WINTER CARS ARE
HOW HADE FOR USE
Wo Reason Left for the Owner to
Stop Driving When the
Snow riiet.
i&E MADS TO STAND COLD
On of tha moat perplexing problem!
eonfrnatltif the automobile dwlen of
this territory la tha lack of enthusiasm
retarding motoring during tha winter
month. It la explained In a meaeurs
by tha road conditions, of course, but
aslds from that condition there la a
tendency to put the cara away when tha
first flurry of snow eomea.
Thla la a condition which la not alto
gether Justifiable. There are many
wee a during the winter months when
tha roads are In better condition than,
daring the summer, many weeks when
motorUU might enjoy tha uae of their
eara were It not for tha fact that people
In tbia territory seem to accept the-
first anow as a formal declaration that
the automobile aeaaon is over and the
ears are jacked up for the winter.
Time baa wrought many important
ehangee tn the construction of automo
biles and almost all of tha annoyances
which formerly confronted the man who !
Krevt an automobile durtne? tha winter '
winter '
with. '
months have been done away
Automobiles are not so delicate In con
struction, nor so easily disjointed as
they were several years ago. Each year
Improved models have been marketed
until now the automobile la a permanent
factor In every day life and la a definite,
known. Quantity.
Manufacturers of today know that
their products may be put to most un
heard of testa and they know also that
their very success depends upon build
ing ears which will stand up under most
unfavorable condition. They realise
that they are no longer building novel
ties. The automobile Industry has passed
that stage. Automobiles are now a
necessity and every effort has been made
to make a product which will stand
usage every day of tha year, winter and
summer.
Electric starting devices which elimi
nate the old hand crank have been pro
vided. Lighting systems which really
provide illumination have been installed.
Oiling systems have been perfected. Tire
changing has been reduced to a mere de
tail such as hooking a tug on a harness.
Antl-freeslng solutions do away with tha
old radiator trouble. Thus one might go
Last but not least comes the supreme
achievement, the building of bodies which
can almost Instantly be converted to a
closed car rrem an open car or vice verso.
This came aa a final completion of
products which are practical, pleasurable
Conveyances under all conditions.
The perfection of the mechanical de
tails made the automobile a sure and
safe means of trasportatlon and a most
pleasant mode of travel under favorable
weather conditions, but left the comfort
of the motorist to hie own ingenuity when
weather conditions were unfavorable. -
The new modela deaigned for winter and
summer use provide for every detail of
comfort and make motoring a pleasure
and a convenience at all times. Then why
will Nebraskans put up their cars in the
winter? Why will they not uae automo
biles aa they are used In other localities T
Why not adopt the fashions of other cities
where automobiles are In constant use?
Use the automobile to make calls, for
ahepptng, for transportation to and lrom
the theaters. Why not travel in atyle and
comfort when such adequate means are
provided T
Bear tn mind the fact that In nine
Dasea out of ten your car will atand thi
winter weather juat as well as did the old
horse and buggy. Bear In mind the fact
that manufacturers are designing cars for
that very occasion and that your car can
be equipped with a winter top if you
pleas at a comparatively email cost.
Smith Confident
the Touring Sedan
Has Come to Stay
This new Hudson touring sedan
model" says Ouy I Smith, "bids fair
van to surpass In popularity the famous
Hudson cabriolet which scored such a
gratifying success.
"Long before w wars able to deliver a
ear of this type we were flooded with
Inquiries.
"Many orders were placed merely oo
the little advance Information that be
came public
"It la becoming apparent that tha
scheduled production of this attractive
model will fall far short of filling all
orders.
"The touring sedan la novel, yet In no
wise experimental or untried. There
have been several cars In active use
ever many thousands of miles. Thus all
features have been perfected and refined
until we have now reached a point where
we offer the car to the public with abso
lute confidence In Its quality.
"The touring sedan in my Judgment
la the car de luxe, and In time to come
will be the most popular model of all.
This style of ear la new to our terri
tory, and, of course, must go through
the criticism stage, but winter driving is
growing to be very popular, and this
type of car provides an enclosed body
for those who want both a winter and
summer car In one. It is built upon
very logical and practical lines and la
bound to gain in popularity."
Overland Company
Makes Big Contract
What la declared to be the largest In
dustrial contract for electric power ever
given to a central station, waa placed
recently by the Willys-Overland of To
ledo. When the contract Is completed, the
reneratlng oompany will be able to fur
ilsh the equivalent of 40,000 horsepower of
ilectrlo current.
Electrical engineers figuring on the
work declared that this power is fully
is great as that required for lighting a
sty of half a million inhabitants.
Five great power cables will be required
to transmit this tremendous amount of
surreal Two of the cables were com
pleted about a year ago. They are four
and a half miles long, each carrying
Tt.OOo volts, whlcn Is ths highest voltage
iver carried by aa underground cable.
Ths cables hardly were in operation be
fore the phenomenally rapid growth of
tha Overland plant made it necessary to
Install a third. This has Just been com
pteted and Its final tests have attracted
the attention of cable manufacturers in
11 parts of ths country.
Mitchell Winter and Summer Car
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Heard
At the Omaha
Automobile Club
Hitting the Lapser.
Judge Stewart of Lincoln last week
refused to Instruct a Jury for damages
in a suit brought by George Shostrom
of Gothenburg because
Shostrom was
running an automobile
running an automobile without a 1915
license. In other words he waa tree-
Passing on publia property. Shostrom
waa driving - between MUford and Lin
coln and ran off a bridge. At the time
of the accident he was running on the
sale room number of the Omaha firm
from whom he purchased the automobile.
Judge Stewart refused to Instruct for
damages, but Intimated that ha would
let that point be settled by the state
supreme court. This point has never
been ruled upon in Nebraska, but in
many other states the supreme court
has upheld the Instructions of tha Judge
for no damages because of the fact that
the plaintiff was running an automobile
without a license. Omaha motorists who
are running cars without 1)1 registra
tions should take the tip and see to it
that their car Is equipped without delay.
Marking the Roads.
Motorists of Omaha who have traveled
over the highways around Omaha for
a distance of forty miles oan vouch for
the atatement that the club's sign car
has certainly been busy. We Intend to
network the Immediate vicinity with good
signs which will give the traveler exact
knowledge of his location, so that It will
be a genuine pleasure to take a trip
Into the country. With well marked
roads, such as the club haa aystemattaed,
the motorist does not have to spend half
his time Inquiring the way. The sign
car will shortly be put on a three or
four weeks' campaign placing a few hun
dred more needed signs on tha main
highways and on interesting sids trips
that take the motorist to exceptionally
fine view points. The sign car haa trav
eled about 6.000 miles thla year In plac
ing signs and used nearly X,uX feet of
board In making signs.
High Road to Blair.
One of the prettiest roads around
Omaha la the high road to Blair, and
there is a very small per cent of the
motorists of Omaha who have traveled
this route. The club sign car will mark
this route Sunday.
Unjust Arrests.
While the club is keen for the rigid
enforcement of the traffic law relative
to speeding, there have come instances
to our notice of unjust arrests In the
surrounding small towns. Reports state
that many arrests have been made where
motorlsta have been plodding along at a
twelve and thirteen-mile gait by over
ambitious constables, who have their
eyes more on Uncle Sam's dollar than
on the theme of Juetioe. Such unjust
caaea will be taken up by the club upon
proper reporting.
Warning.
Commissioner Best warns the motorists
who have formed the habit of speeding
on the recently 'graded stretches on the
Lincoln highway and the Military road
out of Benaon that special officers will
be placed along the route to arrest all
offenders.
' IMt.WISl4llHllliSWlriflTTTTa
SAXON ROADSTER $395
Don't waste time walking
Tour time li worth money and the Saxon
Roadster enables you to so from place to
plaoe Quickly and cheaply multiplies the
number of things you can accomplish in a
' day. In this sense it Is not a luxury but a
sound business investment with real profit
earning power.
The Saxon Roadster costs only $395 and stays
good for years because It Is well designed and
honestly built. It costs little to run you
can get 30 miles on a gallon of gasoline and
100 to 150 miles on a quart of oil.
In design and construction Saxon Roadster Is
absolutely modern and up-to-date powerful high
speed motor; three-speed transmission; dry plate
clutch; Tlmken axles; vanadium steel cantilever
aprlnga; honey-comb radiator: genuine stream
line body, roomy and comfortable. No other car
under 1400 glvea you these modern features.
(Electrlo starting and lighting. ISO extra.)
Come In and let us show you what the powerful,
handsome, speedy, economical Saxon Roadster
will do for you-
"Four" RomJtfr
With afsf mchakU
Coup top
O'livry Car
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Stock Model Saxon
Wins Race from Big
Field of Speed Cars
The possibilities of six-cylinder cars In
automobile racing were proved by ' the
Saxon "elx" driven by M. A. Croker.
which captured first honora In a flfieen
mlle free-for-all race round a half-mile
dirt track at Waterloo, la. Thla Saxon
competed against seventeen other care
of four-six and eight-cylinder typea.
With two exceptions the competing cara
were specially built for racing, while
the winning Saxon was a stock model.
The distance of fifteen mliea waa covered
In seventeen minutes ami twelve seconds,
conceded to be remarkably fast time on
a half-mile dirt track circuit.
For the greater part of the race aev
eral of the flyers were closely bunched.
Two miles from the finish Croker, who
had been holding back, atepped on the
throttle and gradually passed one after
another until he forged Into tha lead.
From then on to the finish hla Saxon
"alx" was never headed and finished with
the advantage of a comfortable margin.
Allen Car Makes
Two Trips Across
Country in Year
Carl Changstrom, manager of the
Standard Motor Car company, received
a call last wee from a man who has
made two trips from New Tork City to
Ban Francisco In an Allen model J.
K. B. Lowenberg, who has made the
trip, is a salesman for an automobile
varnish concern and his territory ranges
from coast to coast. He completed his
trip from San Francisco to Omaha In
three weeks, stopping at many towns
snroute.
The first trip was made over the Santa
Fe and Borderland route, but the recent
trip, which brought Lowenberg to Omaha,
waa made over the Lincoln highway.
His speedometer registers 18,000 miles.
Cut in Price for
the Marion Auto
The Fred C. Huffman Motor Car com
pany was elated over an announcement
received from the Mutual Motors com-1
pany laat week to the effect that the ;
price of the popular Marion light six had :
been reduced from 11.185 to 11.005. "At !
the former price the Marlon was develop
ing into a mighty strong seller," said Mi.
Huffman, "and at this new price we think
the Marion will without question be one
of the strongest lines shown In Omaha.
We feel fortunate, indeed, to have ac
cumulated some stock before this price
reduction waa announced."
JONES-OPPER CO. HAS
TAKEN OVER JEFFERY LINE
Announcement waa made Friday that
the Jones-Opper oompany, now distribu
ters for the Reo Motor company, have
included in their line the Jeffery pleas
ure cars. They will handle the aales of
Jeffery cars In the state of Nebraska
and the western port of Iowa.
"No new Jeffery models will be an
nounced," say J. M. Opper. "We will
handle the regular line of standard Jef
fory pleasure cars."
$395
453
395
"Sin" Touring Car $ 95
With rfefacAaes
Limomiin top 933
"Six" Road.fr 735
Noycs-Killy Motor Co.
DUtrlbutors.
2060 Faraara Street. I'hone Douglas 8640.
We Have a Tery Attractive Sealers' rropoalUoa.
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Weathor No Longer
Hinders Motor Car
"The cost of all-year driving," says J.
T. Wewert of the Mitchell Motor company,
"has been an materially reduoed by the
Introduction of the new Mitchell demoun
table sedan top that motor oar owners
are coming to realisation that tha auto
mobile is no longer a 'fair weather friend.
"The demountable sedan top maane an
all-the-year oar for any and all kinds
of weather at the expense of only one
car and one body and the fact that for
a vary alight additional Investment the
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2054 Farnam Street Omaha. Nebraska
six of 'ir can be converted Into a
luxurious enc'oaed car, suitable for win
ter use. will mean a material tnoreaee m
the winter use of cars.
'The price of ll for the detachable
winter sedan top can be better apprecia
ted when It la remembered that an outlay
of from two to 1700 was formerly required
to obtain a ear of the enclosed type.
"The owner who hertofore haa garaged
or put up hla car during the winter
months will now have Se use of his
car throughout tha year, and at an ex
tremely nominal outlay both himself and
passengers can enjoy all the comforts
and luxuries of the more expensive
coupes, tlmous'nee and berltns."
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it possible to offer so much value for $ 1250
is the question everyone asks when they see the Mitchell Six of '16.
This car is not a little six it is 'a magnificent car of
long wheel base and sweeping lines. 4
The Mitchell Six
"THE SIX OF '16
This value is possible because of its
the Bate two unit constructionand because every part is built at the
great 45-acre Mitchell factory under one engineering supervision.
Study Thle Mitchell -Youll Long) to DHvej It
Drive This Mitchell You're Sure to Own One
125-inch wheel base; 42 horse power; large tires, anti-skid rear; Bat two unit
system, with Bate cantilever springs: chroma vanadium steal construction;
oversize body; ten-inch upholstering. With seven-passengor body $35.00 extra.
"Jlie SIX Of 'It " l a sefaa- sA .a h, NifMt a fere wwsWi , '
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Omr 4It mrmnatlllmm It wsst eraete rWt
Orer Eighty Yeera of Faithful Service to the Amerlosm Public
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Demountable Rims
Th 1916 Maxwell is quippd with do.
nountavbl rims, ftd has tha game sue tir on
U four whwJa. Two ri tally important features.
Te replace) a tiro on tS road It ta only neo
marjr to looaen fir bolts ; alip off the flat
tire slip on spare rim and tire ; tighten three
bolts, and proceed.
Wo are waiting to take you for a
teat ride in the car that haa broken
ail low w First-Coat H records, and U
breaking all low "Af ter-Cost" records.
DcrvsnfsB! flairs
C. W. FRANCIS
2024 Far nam St.
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