THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JUNE 25, 118.
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TRUCKS IMPORTANT
IN MODERN WARFARE
sh Shipments Are Made to Border
To Aid Quick Movement
of Sunoliea.
SMITH FORM-A-TRUCK IDEAL
That motor trucks are indispensable
for the quick movement of supplies
!n modern warfare is shown by the
rush shipments of trains of motor
trucks to the Mexican border in con
nection with the expedition into Mex
ico for the capture of Villa. The in
adequacy of mule-driven pack trains
evidenced itself the first day of mo
bilization, and several factories, for
patriotic reasons, suspended ship
ments to regular customers and
helped the government out with im
mediate shipment of cars.
The Johnson-Danforth company,
local representative for the Smith
Form-a-Truck of Chicago, savs that
the manufacturers of this attachment
that telescopes the frame of a Ford
nr an1 K. rntlA'.rm - -.. I I
springs, axles, etc., converts it into a
truck with a carrying capacity of 2,000
to 3,000 pounds, is urging upon Chi
cago motor truck users the formation
of automobile reserve corps, such as
have already been organized in New
York and elsewhere, under the aus
pices of the national committee of
home defense motorists.
The plan is to "enlist" firms which
operate trucks, the form of enlistment
being practically a contract to char
ts the machines in the event of na
tional need. It would provide for com
pensation in full to the concerns.
Trucks of the. same make would be
grouped in separate companies. A
wrecking truck would then be avail
able for each company, which would
need to carry repair parts for only
one make. It is also suggested the
trucks be of the same models in or
der that special war bodies could be
made which would be interchange
able These war truck companies
might become adjuncts to the state
militia if it is nationalized.
Reserve Corps in Maryland.
iwaryiana, in jyij, passea an aci
which created a motor reserve corps.
reserve organization. I hese move
ments have antedated the plan for
nationalizing the idea. Mr. Johnson
cites arguments in favor of the plan.
"Of course, the Smith Form-a-Truck
device would be a great help to the
government in the event of war, be
cause in a few hours ordinary Ford
cars, new or old, could be transformed
into one-ton trucks," he said. "A re
serve supply of Smith Form-a-Trucks
would prove of immense advantage.
But heavier trucks are also demanded,
so it would be well to organize com
panies of different makes and then
provide a range of capacities.
"Most of the memoers of patriotic
societies are elderly people. Many
ire well-to-do, but not personally able
to serve in defending the nation.
These men in a large measure are
owners of motor trucks. The auto
mobile reserve corps, therefore, of
fers these men their opportunity to
serve the country patriotically."
Action is, of course, necessary by
both congress and state legislatures
to make the plan practical.
Mr. Johnson was most emphatic In
his claim for it of the original attach
ment which gives actual truck dimen
sions and truck parts to a Ford car.
Recent so-called truck conversions
have been placed on the market, with
no view of taking care of the over
load which they are to carry and ttit
results are most unsatisfactory.
The Smith Form-a-Truck reinforces
the Ford frame by a four-inch chan
nel steel frame, braced by three heavy
cross members the Ford frame act
ing merely as a sub frame.
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Poor Batten. .
The Hartford Eastern leane team leeme
to be composed of all fielder and no bat
ten. The team la well up amon the lead
en In ftei ding, but la a Daa iut in team
bat tins.
JOINS FORCES WITH MTOPHY
O'BRIEN COMPANY.
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'ANNOUNCEMENT OF
! OYERLAND MODEL
i New Product of Toledo Factory To
Be Known as New Series
Model 75 B.
A. S. Peck, formely with the firm
of King, Peck & Co., has joined the
forces of the Murphy-O'Brien com
pany and hereafter will assist in the
sales department of this big organiza
tion, which handles the Dodge and
the Paige cars.
High Price of Gas
Causes Demand for
Economical Car
"With the price of gasoline station
ary and a number of indications point
ing to a reduction in the retail mar
ket, we can already count a number
of beneficial effects that last winter's
high fuel prices have had on motor
car design and manufacture," stated
A. G. Seiberling, general manager of
the Haynes Automobile company.
"Since gasoline soared early last
winter, there has been an insistent
demand for the economical car, and
the makers of medium priced automo
biles have been shaping their motor
design, not solely toward the produc
tion of power, but toward power cou
pled with efficiency.
"The most marked effect of high
fuel prices has been lite acceptance
into general use of the high speed, six
cylinder motor, of comparatively
small piston displacement, but with
the ability to apply effectively every
ounce of energy it develops. Smaller
cylinders with a larger number of
explosions have proved in every day
use far more economical than motors
with large cylinders with less fre
quent owner impulses.
Briscoe Makes Good
Showing in Tests
In an economy test made May 4
with a Briscoe "4-38" on the none too
good mud roads around Jackson,
Mich., a mileage of 29.5 miles to a
gallon of gasoline was obtained.
This same Briscoe model in a re
cent test made with distillate in El
Paso, Tex., the car, with driver and
three passengers, travelled eighteen
and one-half miles on one gallon of
the fluid. This kind of fuel at the
time of test was selling for 9 cents a
gallon.
Wild Men.
In raosnt Tacoma-Vancouver same In
the Northwestern league, there were twenty
seven baees on balll. four hit batsmen and
two wild pitches. Barnum's wild men of
Borneo were a tame lot after all.
MOTOR IS CAR'S BIG FEATURE
The announcement of a new model
by the Willys-Overland company of
Toledo, O., is destined, in the opinion
to those who have already seen it,
to cause a greater stir in automobile
circles than any of the many sen
sational developments in motor car
building which have occurrred dur
ing recent years. This new product
of the Toledo factory is to be known
technically as the Willys-Overland
company's new series model, 75 B.
In spite of the nation-wide lamenta
tionn concerninff the increasing cost
of materials, labor and manufacturing
equipment, this latest motor vehicle
is to he sold at $635 for the touring
car and $620 for the roadster prices
which are said to be equally as sen
sational as the performance ot tne car
itself. ' '
The new series model, 75 B, Over
land, basis its claims to being the
most powerful low priced car in the
world on its motor and on the ex
haustive tests, which its builders in
sist have shown conclusively its
superiority over anything of its kind
ever manufactured heretofore. With
a larger bore now. inches and a
5-inch stroke, it develops 31)4-horse-power
at 1,950 revolutions per minute.
This performance, at this low speed,
in the opinions of those expert in
automobile building, promises the
greatest possible power from the mo
tor, with the smallest amount ot wear
on the motor itself. This motor will
take the two and one-half miles an
hour to fifty-three miles an hour, on
high, with all the ease of action so
widely advertised in the big, power
ful machines selling at five and six
times its list price.
Low Priced and Economical.
The low price of the new car natur
ally implies economy, but the Willys
Overland officials show that, unlike
many other instances of low priced
cars, the economy doe not end with
the purchase price. And here again
the efficiency of the motor is demon
strated. Tests have repeatedly proven
that this sensational car will accomp
lish twenty-five miles on one gallon
of gasoline, and eighteen to twenty
miles per gallon is a common per
formance in average all-around use,
The motor, however, is but one of
the many features of this inexpensive
car which are causing comment on
every side. In riding comfort it is
said no car anywhere near its price
can compare with it. . It is equipped
with four-inch tires something prac
tically unheard of up to now in car
of this type. The easy riding qualities
of the car are further enhanced by
cantilever rear springs. They reduce
to the minimum the jarring caused by
driving over rough roads.
MOTORCYCLE CLUB HAS
PICNICAT GLEN WOOD
Last Sunday about fifty members of
the Omaha Motorcycle club held their
weekly outing by a trip to Glenwood,
la. They left at 9 a. m. and spent tbe
day in such pastimes as blindfolded
rides, pie eating contests, slow races
and potato races, all on their motor
cycles. Today they go to the state fisheries
at Gretna, Neb., and it is expected
that more will attend than last Sun
day. Victor H. Roos has offered a prize
to the rider whose machine and self
make the neatest appearance, and the
rivalry to win will make an array of
sparkling machines and orderly riders
that would make Uncle Sam's cavalry
sit up and take notice.
Jackson Prime Favorite.
Joe Jackson ha won favor with the
White Sox fans all the way down the Una
The Dixie slusier Is given the clad hand
on every trip to the plate.
De Luxe
Eight-38
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"Thm Bt-likid Corinth Country"
Women Delight in Driving
The Briscoe Eight
pHERgS the tatMbotlon of ponwlng eg that In appear.
A coos atanda out like Pari gown among ordinary rnetnmns.
i .K-W. 4w nnmA.M. thrill rJ tr,. f" T
etve to the touch of a finger, yet controlled Just as easily, t
In crowded traffic 700 can slow down to a crawl and be off In
an Instant when tea way la oUar. Yen seldom have to shift goart
the whole range of (peed la at your fnmmanrl without ohaoa
log from high.
Hundreds of women prefer the Briscoe Eight because fti a
tnan'a car la all the joys of motoring, and a woman'a car la
those feature of ety)aad ease of operation o desired by women
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Briscoe Nebraska Car Co.
8429 Faraam Street.
Phone Doajlas 100.
Paige Promises
Something New in
Enclosed Bodies
Although these are the days when
the motor car owners are thinking
only of pleasant touring under sum
mer skies, the Paige-Detroit Motor
Car company, anticipating the cold
and stormy days that are to come
next fall and winter, has already got
its production of enclosed cars and
winter tops well under way. Special
efforts have been made to safeguard
the promptness and timeliness of
production as well as the exclusive
character of this feature of the Paige
line.
With these ends in view, Andrew
Bachle, chief engineer of the Paige,
has gone east to spend several weeks
in the factories where automobile
bodies of the highest quality and
most exclusive design are manufac
tured and where the Paige line of
' enclosed bodies are now being made.
I Mr. Bachle will inspect the work
1 now being done and otherwise as
sist 111 bringing to completion and
perfection what Paige executives de
clare will be the most distinctive and
exclusive line of enclosed bodies
that has ever been built on a Paige
chassis.
Those who have been privileged to
view these new models, which will
soon be ready for Paige dealers, de
clare that they will prove something
of a revelation in their unique char
acter, their quality of workmanship
and their general atmosphere of
high-bred elegance.
Suffrage Leaders
Choose Saxon for
Cross-Country Tour
When the Saxons dominated Eng
land they were lords and masters of
their women. Suffrage for the gentle
rex wss not dreamed of by them. But
he ages have made changes and the
Saxons have kept pace with the times.
For that reason alone the selection
of a Saxon "four"roadster as the car
to bear Mrs. Alice Snitzer Burke
from New York to San Francisco in
the interest of the "votes for women"
movement was in line with the prog
ress of Saxon ideals. Officials of the
Saxon Motor Car company, however,
consider it a distinct tribute to the
sturdiness and reliability of the mo
tor cars. Mrs Burke, accompanied
by Miss NelisKlchardson, expects to
cover 10,000 miles of ground between
New York and the western coast, and
every foot will be traveled in the
little roadster.
The departure of the "golden flyer,"
as the roadster has been christened,
was made last Thursday from New
York. It was attended by much cere
mony. Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt,
president of the National American
Woman's Suffrage association, chris-'
tcned the motorcar.
She broke a bottle of gasoline over
;ts hood and radiator, naming it
"Golden Flyer." Speeches by several
of the suffrage leaders and a long
parade of motorcars, which escorted
the travelers to the edge of the city,
completed the demonstration.
ID-
Sixty horse power Seven Passenger
Cantilever Springs
120 Inch wheelbase . Price $1330
For the Woman
Who Motors
Simplicity and ease
of operation make
the KING the ideal
car for women who
drive, and its ex
treme ecomony in
fuel, oil and tires is
only another proof
of high engine effi
ciency. Noyes-Killy Motor Co.
2066-68 Farnam St.. Omaha.
The 1917
Now Ready for Your Inspection
rPHE Grant Six is a'car of obvious values. Its extra values!
are as clear and definite as daylight
To prove this to yourself you have only to drive a Grant Six alongside any
car of similar price and compare. .That's all.
Compare Bodies. The Grant body is up to the mintite in style. ,
It is unusually roomy, exceptionally comfortable and Ijeautiful in
lines and in finish.
Compare Motors. The Grant Six Overhead Valve motor is one o!
the most powerful, flexible motors of its size ever built. It is
dependable, reliable and economical
Compare Axles. The Grant Six has a standard type "I" beam
front axle with big, strong steering connections. The rear axle is
full floating NOT full floating "type" but honestly full-floating,
with 12-inch brakes equalized.
Compare Springs. Rear springs are cantilever, pivoted at the
center and shackled at both ends front springs are semi-elliptic and
both are extra long. There never was an easier riding suspension
known and Grant springs "stand-up" in service.
Compare Eqmlpmtnf. Tea Wafnar Two-Unit Start! n anal Ughtint Sjstaia Kssjsf
Ignition Stromb.1 f Carb orator, Stawart Vacuum Faad with 12-fallon tank la rear are
feature of tha Grant Six. And rem will find doabU-bnlh headlights, aJumlmuneeTerad
mailing board., fall six crwned fender, Firaatona Demountable rims eunple, neat iaatra.
nan! board, wide door, awl every feature tbat yon want in a high grade Six.
Come and ste the 1917 Grant Six and come .now. Get your order in early. Even on the
basis of 20,000 cars, with such value as this, it is important for you to get your order in now.
So We Say, Coma Earty and See the Grant Six
APPERSON MOTOR CO.
2417 Farnam St., Omaha, Neb.
GRANT MOTOR CAR CORPORATION