TTTE OMATIA SUNDAY BKK: MAY 14, 19R
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MEEKER TO MOTOR
OYER OREGON TRAIL
Easy Biding "Schoonennobilc" Will
lie Vehicle of Famous Old
Pioneer.
WATCH FOR EZRA MEEKER AND HIS AUTO PRAIRIE SCHOONER This photo
graph of the transcontinental traveler and his "schoonermobile" was made at Wash
ington, D. C, as he started on a cross-country trip to Olympia, Wash., a distance of 3,560
miles, Mr. Meeker, who is 85 years old, has made three trips across the Oregon trail
by oxtcam.
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IS WELL KNOWN IN OMAHA
Fnr the aecnml time Kira Meeker will
ttieke a Iranm 'rn:iliirii(nl tour on Hif now
nearly K"t fi-rijnii l rn II. lie main mie
trip from iosH to count driving joke
of oxen In the year WIO, 1911 and 1812
Jll flnt trip waa from Iwllnnapolle to
Ore;on In W,i anil wn an almoet ln1e
errlhabl erle of linrrlrtlp and prlva
tlon, Jll ptment trip will b. far dif
ferent. InMut of In oen-drawn
pralrl ( lioonrr, cramped and uncom
fortable a a rage, rreepin and bumping
long a ribboned near arroee tha deaert,
th llrferneim, end the inowy lloekle,
to a promised lend of plenty, thli Journey
will b nude In a twnlve-cyllnder motor
rer, equipped properly for aurh a long
rllnlanre and on roade, which whll In
many placaa leavlnn room for great Im
provemetit, by eomparUon are tmooth a
pa per,
Kara Meeker (a old now, or, a b
, "M year young," but th tin-oueii'-hed
fir of youth atlll burn In
Jii vein. He la Jio longer tba atalwart
young man with tha Indomllabla pioneer
i-ouraga that waa ready to fc th
weary march, the contlngenry of meet
ing avg IndlMna, dleeae and tha
gnawlnga of famine. 11 la allghtly
atooped now and hla anow wlilt hair
flowa to hl ahouMer". but In aplrlt, at
b aat, h la no older than lb -t year-old
oulh of '6! -for he(ha a mlaaln In
life. Thl la to Inatlll th flower of
patrlotlam tit th breaat of each pereon
with whom b come In contae.t, and to
fittingly rommemorat with olld
neomliima th work of th pioneer In
punat rating the virgin weat, by arerllng
atone monument along th old Oregon
trail, ..,
t Riwall Flrat Trip.
Much of thl work ha already been by
Mr, Meeker by driving a yoke of oxen
from th Atlantic to the I'arlflr, a trip
which took twenty-two imohiIih, '-lllng
bl hooka along the route, the proceeds
of which are donated to a aelf appointed
lank. Mr. Meeker wa born at Hunla
i llle, o , Iienmlicr ro, 1W0. Hla parent
nw.ied to Indiana near the village of
firing Town, now called Indianapolis,
when he wa only a toddling youngaten
Here bn grew to manhood following the
uaoal Ufa of the pioneer boy. Ha hunted
nd flehed In Ilia dlatrlct whbh I now
coered with foHorle and realdence.
Ma wa unnble to aecur much achool.
Inat motilhe wa th actual time lie
attended achool-but he h alwy been
a voraeloua reader and attrlhutea th
ability be poep of apeaklug and writ
ing the pureat Knirliali diction to reading
the country' leading newapapera. For a
time Mr, Meeker worked In th Indian-
poll Jonrny printing office a "devil"
for B. V. H. Noel,
At the age of 21 ha married and aoon
after, with hla young wife, et out to
an unknown dent I nation, veiled In th
niypterle of '-ret danger, that led lilm
after much delay to Tortland, Ore.
"When I decided to mak thl tranaron
tlnental trip Iti an automobile I com
menced looking around for a eultahle
ar," ald Mr. Meeker. "Th rathfltider
tln ali appealed to me a th logical
motor 'car for th long Journey. Th
honestly earned reputation It poee
for aound mechanical ability, road
worthlnea and long touring eaa mad
It tha on car for me. Then, too, my
early horn waa very near th alt of th
fectory and many a day I hava hunted
mobile and 'coon' where th big rath
finder plant now atrttche wct of White
river.
Pralrla gchnnaer Body,
"Th cr I a apecial Job, being atrlppad
to th chaaal and a pralrla ec.hooner
body and top built on. While there la of
tour nothing beautiful about my
'achooner-moblle' In comparison with the
graceful liquid line of the regular Oar,
1 thoaa thla type became 1 Intend to live
In tha car until th trip la completed,
lly careful planning and minimizing u.e
lti. apnea, it la lurprlalng how much a
prairie achooner bod will carry and atlll
b homelike, Indeed.
"1 waa delayed In
mi lateal !ok wa
left thla city April
Monument 1'laca, or
h It Waa formally called, be for th
beautiful riiopiimcnt wa even a creature
of dreama, I expect Jo leave tha rapltol
nl Wa.liltutlon. 1. C, about the middle
of May, driving by eaey atagea Into th
heart of the ar t ting aun on the long trip
o erland."
Mr. Meeker la a familiar ftgura to
oniHha teopl. who have aeon hi oxen
nnd a hooper on the at reel ,
Indlanapolla. while
being printed, and
ii, atartlng from
Governor' Circle,"
Saxon Opens New
Branch Factory
For "Sixes" Alone
Te .ii'i'I.'iucht th fa tlltir of It' main
fa-lory, the r-n Motor Car company
ha otwiicil a branch plant, which ml!
I tltuotiit to toiiullug 'ill' r"lin
tt.r th lt tin. to.-niii thl fattniy
I iHliliiig, containing ,) )ur feet of
f'iM'r )!', b n loe t a a eeivlce
itnjn fur tba f.i liii, but the tJnoaitu
for niuii vara ha ttiat It eceeai
it fjoip It, wuhj Mttnllliig liva, lilner
od I on ii utcr i iimimfat luring Thur
Ur a f r. of . .11.0,-0 (tartrl r iii.l
log '!" lti tht n4 th pt
n rih wilt I twenty fn ear
)y bi th plant, knin a lit rtank
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It I fe p'a of th n ixinranv I
b.'l'd prarli. !' all ef I'a ' alt- ta.t
In thl Iran h, ln( It.a nln
f-t"t' f'.'f t(Mf iioet of th tour
IO lf III Moor Iataf& IK1
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Omaha Automobile
Club Motorisms
Co-operation from City Officials,
The Omaha Automobile club 1 receiv
ing aplendld aupport from tha city com
mlaaloner on complaint filed by motor
lift rrlativ to bad condition of certain
atreeta, building conlraotora obalructlug
the atreeta with building material, and
broken glaaa littered on th atreel. Tl.
Omaha Automobile club la not making an
obnoxloua Inihlt of p'-aterlng buay cliy
offblala Hh minor complaint of no Ino
porlnnce, Kvcry roniplalnt filed I fl"t
bwiked Into and If of a aerlou nd Im
portant nature, then action la rc'iuealed
from Hie city commlaaloner.
New Club Tour Strips.
The 1SI tour atrip will be off the pre
In a week, and will ahow the highway
mark, rlty exit, town and mileage, tour
map, hotela In principal rllloa, point t,t
Intereal and ramping alt'a, and flahlng,
hunting and auto llcenaa re'tulrcd In th
tale paaaed through.
State Fisheries Illustrated Log.
The club algn car recently logged the
rout to the (lata flsherle by way of
Millard, going down, and returning by
way of Fprlngflald, 1'apllllon, Boulh
Omaha, Syndicate and Klvervlew parka
flcenea at tha flaheide will b Included In
tha log, which will b off th preaa
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DRIVES CADILLAC EIGHT
10 000 MILLS ON ONE TOUR
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ulioilly, and ready for distribution to
inembcra.
Blue Book Road Reports.
Th cluli la receiving weekly road re
port from the lllu book head'tuartenl
giving genral road condltlona In th
country, Cheyenne, North I'latte, Denver
and other rltle have promlaed to -change
dally road report with th local
club,
High Water at Davenport.
The rlub I In receipt of telegram
from Iavenport, la, on th Klvr-to-Klver
and Whit !'o road, aaylng th
high water of th Mlaalaalppl river ha
made travel nearly Impoaalole on main
highway,
0. L. D, Good Roads Meeting,
t'ouneel Welle of the club attended tha
good roada meeting at I.lncoln on Tues
day and report that th cnlhualaim of
tha delegate for bettering road condi
tion In Nebraaka wa prophet lo of tha
pood condition of highway tourlata will
find her thla glimmer. Tha OmaJia-I.lricoln-Deiivor
highway la on of th
in out progreealv road organisation In
tba country and baa recently marked
the road acroa Ih entire atat. Th new
route book from Omaha to penver will
be off the pre liortly.
"On Your Right ii the Auto Club."
found Ilk road direction from th
Blue Hook, or a aplel from a lght-ealnf
tar, hut It' lmply th remark dropped
by hundred of member and frlenda who
pan tha club room door each day.
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Tire Company Has
Method to Recover
Stolen Motor Cars
"Th pollra departmente of every large
elty are about th only organization that
have any Idea of how many automobile
ar gtolen In a ar," ald Cbarle M.
Du Puy of th Tennaylvanla Tir com
pany. Ther atanda or Ifi.W) of convertible
wealth, all ready to ha moved to a point
where It can be turned Into raalt.
"Tho man Willi perverted Men of prop
erty right o reaaon and un a reault the
loaa to motor owner haa been enorrnoua.
"Th owner of any car e'liilpjied with
Pennaylvanla vacuum cup or ebony tread
tire who will Immediately notify the
l'emiaylvftnla Ktbber company or any of
It branches of tha erlal number of hi
tire will receive without charge tha co
operation of an organization which hoiiid
reault In th rapid recovery of hla prop
erty. Naturally the detail of thla organl
ration' method will not b printed.
"It e ffbieticy, however, ha been
proven !i' gevarnl of the larger cltlea and
th ayatem h now been extended to
cover th entire country."
Character in Cars
The qualities of permanent success
back of the Packard Twin Sixdefinitely
indicate the type of service to be
expected from the car itself.
It is the product of a Company which,
for seventeen years, has been the recog
nized leader of automobile progress.
Upon the character of its performance
is pledged the Packard reputation
for producing the highest possible
type of motor cars.
The "1-25," w!h any Open Ilndy, $S750,f.o.b. Detroit
The "1-35," with any Open Jiody, $3160,f.o.b. Detroit
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It is beinq installed
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A -REFINED MOTOR CAR
THE Chandler Six is built to servo discriminating families
na a pleasure car. It will, if you nsk it, po faster than
nincty-n.no out of any hundred car owncra would ever want or
daro to drive, but it is not a racing car. Its motor has power
ample to tako tho car loaded anywhere that any automobile
can go, but it U not a truck. It ii a beautifully constructed
motor car with tho finest and most attractive of tho season 3
bodies.'
Most flexible and easily handled, full of life and go, richly
upholstered in genuine leather, economical in operation ami
five from any hint of experimentation or untried theory, tho
Chandler is deservedly the mo;;t iopular medium priced car in
the whole American market this year,
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