THE (BLVILV SUNDAY BEE: JANUARY 23, 101C.
POWELL WILL MISS
THE CHICAGO SHOW
For First Time in Fourteen Year
Manager of Local Events Will
Stay at Home.
WORK HERE 13 TOO GEEAT
For the firal time In fourteen years
Clarke O. rowelt, maneirrr of the Omaha
Auto rhow, will tve unahle to attend the
great national rhow at Chlraco.
For thirteen yeara Powell has pone to
Chlcitjro eac-h and every year to see the
Chicago Airplay and l k tip pointers for
the I.tM t vent. He ha a!n onlle rcs;ii
Wly t,en tmMllrc over to ttir New J ork
iti" for the arrte roea'.n. T'.ln jenr
I'o-i U'vaVd the f.'cn Vr.rk show at-ror-llng
to pcl'.erlu'e.
F!ut th" fih'apo rxlilMtinn comes at
t me when the Omaha man will be head
ever hcela In the work of the local dla.
llnr. "The ah.iw thla year la going to
te the biggest In the history of Omaha."
aald Towell. "nnd there la ao much work
to be done right here In Omaha that I'll
have to break mv record and pana up
the Chlraco show."
All Dealera Are I.
lvry dealer In Or.inha. arcoictliie; to
I'rwrll, baa tiikrii mrca In the ahow thla
venr, ead r.a fhor nr n number of new
rtealT In Omnhn ti' year, thla record
la a very rood une.
Powell aid hla aa a!nnla htve nim
pleted oil arrnnc'irenta for advrrtlalnit
the big evnt. Ftilly VAOQ envelope
stickers wl'h ' l:-.nhft Auto Show," and
the datea li.tcrl!-ed. Imve hen d'lrlhiitd
emona the btil.'.ci hniive ao th.it from
this time on until H.e fli-M (laya of ;
ahow. practically tve.-y hit f business
t orr ei'ii''pin'e t int penes owl of Oiu.ihu
r.lll rarry an invitation to the Omaha
A'i'o aliov.-. i
Th- Hr'i'.h Bide ji-x klnt houwa for !
Ih first lime li.ivo Jo'iud the automobile
men In I.ojmIuK the exlill I'i. n. They have
Inatnirted their roa.l mn to paa a nood
ord for the show and iire everybody
to attend If porelble.
The banks and other M bus'nesa In
a'.ltutlona are ful owlnij th example of
the packers end dong everything In their
jower to help.
Tne Ct mnierclal club, aa always, ha.i
plven ihs show endorsement and la co
perntlng In ntaktiiR the event a siiccce.
That the hi manufacturers of motor
fr regurd the Oinuha show aa tint of
the most Important In the country la
atldonccd by the announ'-ement of the
StuJrbaker corporation that the guld
huaal which thla firm had on display
it the national ahow In New Yorl'. will
be In rlu iled lu the Omaha exhibit The
Kold chaaai, la valued at $25,000 ant) waa
one of the aenaatlona of the Go. ham
event. It entails considerable work and
expense .to send the gold chassis to
Omaha and then exhibit it heie. aa It la
uweawtry to have a guard of several
men keep watch over It all the time to
thwart any efforts of would-be thieves,
who would make a big haul If they ooulj
make away with It.
Grant Six Breaks
Records in Climb
Up Mountain Slope
Palea Manager Oeorge P. Walte, of
the i Irani Motor eompany. la In receipt
it a ttr from Mulnlx A llarle of Den
ver. Colo., telllnn him of an extraordinary
'rat performed l.y the Grant fix- at
Denver.
As everyone In motor clrclea knowa.
the 'Hill of Despair" lust outaide of
the city of Denver la the "Jonah" for
most aiitomobllista. It la ao ateep and
o Ions; that prartlrally all rare are
forced to negotiate It on low gear. Mul
nlx Rarle atarted ,ntit to demonstrate
that the tirant rlx was one of the most
Hcxllile and powerful six-cylinder cars
ft) the wirlrt. And they proved th'S tT
the ra I !pfjirtln r-f Denverites.
Slhe i rr waa driven out ti the ""ITU? .
f Iej.,iah." wliii-h e"ii the highest
prled ars find cllfriiiilt to negotiate In
seront gear, a grad. so steep that no
hrskea will h.ild a cr. ai d after making
the grade In reeond gear with ease.
It. C Mulnlx, who was driving the car.
conceived the Idea fif driving It on high
gear. After two attempta with the full
load of passengers, Mr. Mulnlx unloaded
the car and, with himself at the wheel,
aurceasfully negotiated the grade on high
genr, breaking all recorda on thla hill.
Auto Dealers Are
Now All Classed
As Auto Merchants
Tire Repairs Made
in Time Same All
Kinds of Trouble
"Comparatively few car owners reallso
what a 'business within a business' the
mauufacture and sale of tire savers and
repair materials has come to be," says
Joe M. Dine, branch manager of the
Coodyear Tire and Rubber company.
"One might I naglne that tire companies
would be flcasod to have tires wear out
aa quickly a potslble, so that now pur
chases would be necessary. However,
some companies may view that,. Oood
ytar'a pulley la built to apply for years
ahead,, and whit we want la tire mileage
and pleased customers.
"Kor the tire uer e repeat the old
raying, 'A stitch m time saves nine.' The
prini:e Is old aa the hills, through the
tire business may be comparatively new,
"Insignificant rrpaiia, it made in time,
often nwan thousands of nillva of acrv
loa. Repair men may have to be con
aulted for aome repairs., but tire users
can do a surprUIng am'm. of gooJ tham
aelvea by wat-h.ng tr- 'Ires, and In
aome cases making tLiv utis.! rcra'rs
themselves."
Fairfield Six is
Winner at Exhibits
by Paige Company
lUnry Krohn, salea managrr, for the
Talge Detroit Motor Car company, says:
"Never before In our experience hurt
we had such crowd at our exhlhlta. O.io
feature that fascinated all the women -and
the men too was a Fairfield a. v n
paascnger Paige touring car. that had
been especially prepared by Mrs. E. M.
Dalley, the wife of our Ne York dis
tributer. The car waa atand.ud except
that the body waa painted in hlie,
rubbed to a dark finish and had wire
whttla, upholstering of velour In white
and bUck atrlpe ebout three tncli wide,
filt!n-a Dickie plated and a top lu a
amart victoria atyle. The effect waa atun
ning anJ I believe thero waa nothing
more beautiful on the flor."
"We are developing a new brand of
merchants In Ihe automobile buslnrsa,"
rays It. . Uueaohaw, manager of the
Hen Motor Car company, "one thiit dif
fers from the oM original type about aa
much aa It la posnil.Je for one member
of a species to differ from another.
"You notice I anld 'merchants.'
"A few years iiko no ono would have
llioucht of applying thnt term to auto
mohlle dealers In W per cent of cases.
"The early automobile distributor was
an nci'ldcnt. lie ran a graduate chauf
feur, bicycle repair man, tho nephew of
a oalthy uncle, who. carried away by
the speed bug, aa a sho't cut to get a
car to drive, took on the .-n'cncy of aome
pppiilr make and used hm demonatrator
for Joy riding.
"During tho last three or four years
an entirely different type of men have
como Into the atitoi.iobCe business or have
been developed by It. And gradually we
aee the old typo dropping out for one
reason or another.
"The day of the glad hand In about
over and the speed manlao now strtnda on
the aldo linea and talks of the time when
he almost won.
Auto Builders Are
Facing Shortage of
Steel on Big Demand
American automobile manufacturers
are facing one of the moat unusual situ
ations In the history of the business. It
la that of supplying the overwhelming de
mand for motor cars and trucks In the
face of a shortage In steel and other
materials.
Never before since the Inception of the
automobile bnslenas hag there been each
an unrelenting aerlod of buying not even
letting up during the winter month, as
has been the caae this year.
In a recent Interview on the subject,
Charles T. Jeffery, president of the
Thomas D. Jeffery company, Kenosha,
Wis , as id: "In our own business we
have been fooling a tremendous demand
for pleasure cars and trucks not only In
thla country, but originating In those for
eign nations which are at peace."
Allen Motor Firm
Adds to Capital
The Allen Motor rompsny at Foatoria,
O, started to manufacture automobiles
in the summer of WIS. The capitalisa
tion at the beginning waa luiO.OuO. Just
recently tills capitalization has been in
creeaed to fl &.'.
At a recent dliectora' meeting It as
tnanimoukly agreed that If the great
demand lor Allen cars continued, as
It has during the last fe months, fur-
ner additional ci Itsl would be added
to meet t.h.e occasion for a greater out
put of cars.
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Big Demand for New
Studebaker Series
Since Announcement
Record sales of the new series 17
mtdcls are reported by the Bteudebaker
corporation, following announcement of
these cars two weeks ago. In fact, fig
ures show that more actual orders were
received during th last two weeka than
In any similar previous period.
In anticipation of the big demand for
the new aeries 17 Studebaker alxea and
fours, the factory has been running full
rapacity, and more than 5,000 of the
latest models hve been shipped since
announcement waa made January I.
Th-ca thousand dealers are now allow
ing the aeriea 17 cars and selling them
as fast as they come from the factory.
Paderewski Views
Omaha from Paige
Taderewskl was very much Impressed
with the city of Omaha and with the
manner In which he waa piloted front
one spot to another In a Palgo car. Pad
erewski was the gu4t of Leo Hoffman
while viewing the city and expressed
himself aa being delighted with the per
formance of the PaLge.
ENORMOUS SHIPMENTS ARE
INDEX OF AUTO BUSINESS
The prosperous condition of the auto
mobile buaineaa is graphically Illustrated
by a recent photograph taken for the
Thomas B. Jeffery eompany, whic shows
2.70) of Its employes asaerabled at the
noon hour in the court yard back of the
Jeffery offlcea. The Jeffery eompany
thla year la employing, Including the night
st. 1ft. nearly 3.0u men. as compered to
1.3 a year ago. During the first alx
days of December the Jeffery company
shipped more cars than were shipped
during the entire month of December a
year ago. This tremendous Increase In
business during a month which la gener
ally considered a slack period, is due
primarily to three factors a greatly In
Increaaed domvetlo business In pleasure
rikl mnA triloba . . J t
I foreign countries which have heretofore
i been SorplW d by the warrlnj nations, and
the Introduction of the Jeffery sedan.
The sedan at $1,14 has proved one of the
great popular cars of the seaaon. It la
built entirely from the ground up In the
Jeffery plant, a custom made enclosed
coach In every aense tf the word, yet the
top Is removable for summer weather
touring, and the price la only t13 above
that of the open touring car.
Gossip Along the
Automobile Row
George Dingman, manager of the Pioux
City branch of the W. L. Huffman Auto
mobile company, waa In Omaha Tuesday
and Wednesday of last week, bringing
with him several dealers from western
Iowa and Koutn Dakota, to drive back
their new Chalmers Slx-30 demonstrating
cars. R. I Alley, manager of the Lincoln
branch of tho K. L. Huffman Motor
company reports that since the arrival
of the Chalmers new Fix -30 In Lincoln he
has had to add two men to his sales
force tj take care of those who have
tome In to contract for and look over
the new Chalmers ). Mr. Alley also re
ports that on Monday morning next, the
fourth endurance run of the ChaJmers
3 will atnrt from Lincoln and take In
all the towns southwest to Faii-bury and
return via Crete. These runs hara at
tracted considerable Interest on account
of the hardships encountered at thla time
of the year, and have been the means of
demonstrating the wonderful ability and
performance of the new Chalmers Bix-38,
J.e RV P. M. motor.'
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Here are ihe facts established
by thousands of American People
IRST and foremost, let u a remind
4 you that the Paige Fairfield "Six-
48" is a tried and proven success.
It isn 't necessary for us to "claim ' '
that this handsome seven passen
ger car will render unfailing service day
m and day out. " .
It isn't necessary for us to "claim" that it
is staunchlv built mechanically effici
entsuperbly designed.
All of these things have been definitely estab
lished by thousands of American people
who own the 'Fairfield' 'people who have
selected it in preference to all other light
Sixes on the market.
When you buy a Paige "Six-46" today,
you are buying a car that has passed the
experimental stage. You are buying a
car of known quality known ability.
In a word, the "Six-46" is an eminently
safe automobile investment.
It is a good car not merely because we
say so but because its owners have con
clusively established this goodness in the
gruelling tests of more than a year's
actual road work.
Other "Light Six" makers are now introduciiig 1916
models. Somo of these makers feature new designs
new power plants new engineering theories.
lu the course of time, these innovations may prove
thoroughly practical in every way.
But until that time comes until these cars have been
thoroughly "tried out" in actual service the
prudent man will bo inclined to buy the car with a
tangible record of accomplishment behind it.
As it stands today, the Paige "Six-46" is a thoroughly
finished product
By carefully studying the combined experience of own
ers, we have been able to proceed intelligently in per
fecting this car until.it has been brought up to the
current day tho current hour of six cylinder ele
gance and luxury.
In our opinion, no more efficient six cylinder power
. plant can bo produced and every feature of the car
throughout is in keeping with the high, mechanical
standard.
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Power more power power to spare I
That is the only way that you can describe this won
derful motor.
So far as flexibility is concerned, you can amble along
at two miles an hour or sweep up to sixty without
change from high gear.
Steep hill3 and heavy clinging sand roads are mere
child's play for the "Six-46." -
TJiis car is practically Uirottle controlled. It responds
to the slightest impulse of the accelerator and is
ideal for the woman driver who must pick her way
in the thick congested traffic.
And then consider the matter of design. '
Beyond any question of doubt the Fairfield is the most
widely copied car that has ever been placed on the
American market.
Remember, Paige first introduced the pure European
streamline twelve months ago.
Look around at the automobile shows and see for your
self whether or not this design has been copied by
practically all makers of quality cars.
Above all, the Paige "Six-46" is a "sensible" car.
While there has been considerable talk about exces
sively high speed motors, we flatly refuse to support
any such propaganda.
Paige motors are built to endure, and we believe that it .
is impossible to reconcile excessively high speed
with minimum wear and tear on working parts.
It is our policy in the Paige factory to build safely and
sanely. The cars that we market are established suc
cesses not experiments.
On this basis, we enjoy and shall continue to enjoy
the absolute confidence of Paige owners and Paige
distributors the world over.
PAIGE-DETROIT MOTOR CAR COMPANY, Detroit, Michigan
Fairfield .4 111!
With Detachable
Inter Top 1S4S
Cabriolet 10
Revtan !
Town Car , . . Hit
tab. Detroit.
Murphy-O'Brien Auto Co.
1814-18 Farnam St.
Phone Tyler 123