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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 2, 1917)
mKm 'weu.-jkivtw L I vba-waT I - 1 II foo I I vmw I . a ; & I , ' H STATE'S ADTO MEN FORM TRADE BODY Elect lee Huff President of Organisation to Watch Business Problems. FOLLOWS BEEFSTEAK EATS OFFICERS NAMED. Lee Huff, Omaha, president. Elmer King, Lincoln, vice presi dent. Clarke G. Powell, Omaha, secretary-treasurer. Three-year term directors: Ed Cgier, North Platte; D. B. Young, Fair bury; Ed Kietx, Hooper; John Branegan, Columbus; D. G. Bell, York Two-year term directors: C. R. Livingston, McCook; George Spiegel, Beatrice; Gus Sherman, Hastings; A. W. Breyer, Norfolk; A. V. Zabell, Auburn. One year directors: James Corn ish, Teitamah; John Mounich, Fre mont; Mont Harris, Omaha; George Petring, Nebraska City; W. S. Jack , son, Valentine. Speed of autos is nothing when' , compared with the speed of auto men. Six hundreu successful business men, with, their stomachs well-lined with iuicy beefsteak, sat Thursday in a banquet room at the Fontenelle hotel and voted, without one dis senting voice, to organize the Ne braska Automobile Trade sssociation. No sooner was the vote -l.cn than the deed was done and the men adopted a constitution and by-laws without even reading them or having thera read. Then they elected of ficers. 4 The organization of this society, which hopes to include in its roster 2.00Q autc dealers of Nebraska", -was effected within "thirty rhls.utes and ; Lee Huff of Omaha was president of a new society with 110 charter mem-. beta, whose first-yea dues and initia tion fees were all paid up. Menus Helped Some. ' . Perhaps the menu acted as an ac celerator to the banqueters. It read, "Beefsteak, baked .potatoes, water, coffee, beer, more "beefsteak, more baked potatoes, more to Jrink, still more ".beefstca: , still more baked potatoes, still more to drink." With the cravings of the inner man thus appeased, ' the auto dealers just smoked and organized. . ' Engle Is Honored. Ed Engle of Norfolk was chosen national vice, president. The national delegates are W, Beckman of Lincoln and W. E. Harvey of Newman Grove. The last three will represent the Ne braska auto men at the convention of the National Auto Trade association, of which the newly-formed body will become a member as soon as its ar ticles of incorporation are filed. J. C Thorpe of Chicago, general or ganizer of the National Auto Trade association, was a guest at the ban quet. He it was who helped to form the local association and it was upon his word that the auto dealers adopted without a reading the constitution and by-laws. . The new association will serve the three-fold purpose of protecting and advancing the political, economic and social welfare of its members, it is hoped. To Watch Legislation. It will try to ward off all legislation that might prove injurious to the busi .ness. By means of .pertinent litera ture it will conduct a correspondence college to enable its members to keep abreast of the newest practicable ideas of the trade. It will hold semi-annual meenSgs to let the members know one another more intimately. "It will be a clearing house for sug gestion," said President Huff, opti mistically. "I believe it will benefit us all greatly, because when 2,000 men, experienced in one business, start to swap trade ideas there is sure to b'e some benefit to the man who is alert" - Chalmers Pulls Engine Uf) Steep Hill to Fire Oiyi of the most enthusiastic visit ors at the auto show is Alva Able of Kullerton, Neb. He tells an interest ing story of an experience he had last week. , - - i - The imposing edifice on the sum mit o( Mt. Jehu, a '. igh hill directly west of Fullerton, caught fire one night last week. The road ascending the hill is so very steep and rough, due to washouts, that it was a prob lem for a long time as to how to get the heavy hose cart and firemen to the. top of the hill in time to make their work effective. It was solved by Mr. Able, who attached his Chal mers 6-30 to the fire fighting ap paratus and with fourteen men in and on the car climbed the hazardous path in, record-breaking time. . York College Quintet -Defeats Hastings Five York,' Neb., March 1, (Special Tel egram.) York college defeated Hast ings college in a game of basket ball this evening, 38 8; The girls of York college defeated Grand Island college girls in a game of basket ball this evening, 26 to 10. Cutaway Chassis Of Chalmers Motor Interesting Exhibit One of the most interesting exhibits at the auto show is a stripped cutaway chassis of the Chalmers 6-30 which is lectured on for the Western Motor Car company by Al Wingert of Detroit, one of the old timers in the automo bile game, and one of the best posted authorities in automobile lore. Mf- Wingert -has been making the show circuit for years and has a per sonal acquaintance with every man, woman and child who has been con nected with the automobile industry in the show cities. "Of all the shows I have made this year, Omaha is equal to the best of them. Chicago and New York have been no better except in size. And the interest shown by the dealers and retail prospects in the Chalmers chas sis exceeds at Omaha anything I have seen elsewhere," says Mr. Wingert. The stripped chassis is one of the most imoosinsr. and incidentally, one of the most expensive mechanical ex hibits that has been shown on the cir cuit this year. To one with a mech anical mind it cannot help but appeal. It shows in detail every part of the mechanism, no matter how minute, just as it moves and works under road conditions. The parts of the mechanism are enclosed in glass,, others are cut away entirely, the en tire mechanism is operated by an elec tric motor. One sees the immense 97-pound iirome Nickel crank shaft revolve on its exceedingly large bearings, sees the sturdy gears shifting from speed to speed on their heavy Hyatt bear ings; the easy vibrationless action of thi 12-ntinrp T.vnitp ntstnns. and all ft lie other mechanical details which generally are hidden from the view of the buyer. I Nebraska City to Have Two' New School Houses Nebraska City, Neb., March 1. (special.) Measurements have been taken for the excavation of the new $25,000 school building, bonds for which were voted last year, to be erected on the Fourteenth street grounds. It has also been decided to submit' a bond issue proposition this spring for a $35,000 school build ing to take the place of the present Sixth Street school and have both schools ready for the starting of the fall term. Aside from the two new school buildings, Nebraska City is to have two new garages and a new ma chine shop erected; also about one and one-half miles of new paving. Free Garden Seeds for Ambitious Poor Folks Nine big mail pouches of free gar den seeds have just been received by Mrs. George W. Doane of the Asso ciated Charities for distribution to persons who may apply. Free distri bution of these seeds is intended to help needy persons in raising garden truck to cut down the high cost of living. Dr. Belt's Plne-Tar-Hon.jr. For your cold and bronchial couch use Dr. Bell's Flno-Tar-Honey. It outs tho phlegm, rellevea congestion. Only 16c All druggists. Advertisement. The Raymond Stock ' Being Sold , NOT IN A WHOLESALE WAY But to you, the retail buyer. Come in and save on your Spring Furnishings. THE BEE: OMAHA. FRIDAY, MARCH Smith For'm-a-Truck as a Fire Iowa Probably Will Discontinue Track Athletics Iowa City, la, March 1. (Special.) Track athletics at Iowa probably will be abolished this spring by ac tion of the athletjc board unless stud ents rally to the support of the sport. Action taken by the board yesterday afternoon called a meeting of presi dents of student organizations and classes for some evening next week. At this meeting a member of the board will present the situation. The facts are that Iowa has lost be tween $2,000 and $3,000 each year for the last six years in this branch of athletics. While track is also a los ing proposition at other schools, most of them have some glory and honor to show for the expense. Iowa has won one dual meet in the last six years, beating Drake in 1913. In state and conference meets the Hawk eyes have never ranked high. The meeting of students next week will be asked to undertake getting men out for track. If sufficient inter est is shown, then the sport will be tried again this spring. If not, it is probable that three weeks will see the end of track athletics at Iowa for the present. Give your Want Ad a chance to make good. Run it in The Bee. A Prize Worth Winning To the one bringing to our "MOTORCYCLE AND BICYCLE EXHIBIT" during the week starting February 26th the best answer in less than 100 words, why one should be the possessor of a 1917 Harley-Davidson Motorcycle and Side Car. WE WILL GIVE AS A PRIZE ' : One of the $75 Exquisite and Wonderfully -,.t Toned "Victor Roo" Phonographs ' Those submitting reasons must deliver same in person at our exhibit, which will be at our Sales rooms, 2701-03 Leavenworth St, before 8 p. m., Saturday, March 3d. VICTOR H. ROOS "THE CYCLE MAN" 2701-03 Leavenworth Street WHISKEY .kJllB.SH -H EE GROTTE BROTHERS CO. 1T I General DUtributora Wagon Little did Ralph Madsen think when he left his farm home near Creighton, Neb., last Monday that Within a few days he would be riding tfirough the streets of Omaha on a bright-red fire wagon, ringing a gong and commanding the wonder of the multitude. Ralph is seven feet two inches in height, and the Smith Form-a-Truck people have employed him. He wears a fireman's helmet, which further accentuates his height. Fairbury Men Say Great Western Wants To Run in Nebraska Fairbury, Neb, March 1. (Special Telegram.) Announcement was made yesterday here that the Kansas City & Northwestern railway had passed from the hands of the receiver and that the new officers were all Chicago Great Western men. Fairbury men recall that this road was built in the early '80s as a branch of the Missouri Pacific railway, starting at Wyan dotte, Kan, and halting at Virginia, over in Gage county. It. was the in tention of this railroad at that time to build the road on through to Fair bury and west. , The Chicago Great Western, rail road men here say, has long been desirous of crossing the Missouri river with a line that would eventually reach the coast, and for years had its eyes on the St. Joseph & Grand Is land, passing through Fairbury, but since the Union Pacific took over this railroad the idea was abandoned. Certain Fairbury men have secured inside 'information that since the Great Western has secured thia road as far as Virginia eventually the line may be extended. Fairbury is already division head quarters for the Rock Island and is laying wires for any other roads that mav Dass bv. Oaths, Mebntts -it P I 2, ' 1917. MAXWELL'S RECORD ON SWAMP ROADS Traverses Florida Bogs for Long Distance With Won derful Endurance. HE SETS UP NEW MASK Tampa, Fla, March 1. Taking a route that involved the risk of sinking out of sight in the great Withlachoo chee swamp in central Florida if his motor stopped, Percy W. Gibbs, De troit 'automobile driver, this week established a remarkable new motor car speed and endurance record for the 276 miles between here and Jack sonville and attained the distinction of having been the first man to cross Florida's second greatest bog locality in an automobile. Gibbs used a Maxwell touring car on the run and he carried three pas sengers besides himself. The route through the twenty-five miles of chee swamp cuts twenty-five miles off the distance between the two largest Florida cities. Gibbs left Jacksonville at 1 a. m. and was in Tampa at the start of the business day. The total distance cov ered was 276 miles, and this his car negotiated without car or motor stop. His average for the run was approxi mately forty miles an hour. The route through the twentv-five miles of swamp was made with the aid of a Seminole Indian native and guide, who piloted the car from high spot to high spot and whose final caution to the driver was to avoid allowing the car to stop at any point within the water logged district Fre quently the car was in water holes two feet deep, while water stretches axle-deep often continued a half mile or niore. There is no sign of life in the gunfle other than the alligators, their native reptile companions and the tropical birds. Trie Withlachoochee swamp lies It will be well 1814-18 Farnam Su northeast of Dade City, above the Withlachoochee river, and the district is second only to the Everglades as an impenetrable bog district. Gibbs crossed the swamp in darkness, using two extra regulation headlights at tached to his windshield to light up the ttail the Indian had marked out, Solon Songbirds Make Rafters Shake With Their Melodies tVrom a Staff Correipondont.) ' Lincoln, March 1. (Special.) A legislative quartet that took members of the session by surprise today at the Nebraska obserance program, was composed of Senators Oberlies and McAlister and Speaker Jackson and Representatives Shannon. Some of their songs were original parodies that "took off" the members and brought roars of laughter and ap plause. Speaker Jackson has i deep bass, which at one time seemed to jar the very rafters which hold up the roof and many anxious looks were cast SUjl ct ' Dodge Brothers MOTOR CAR The winter months have witness ed no let-up in the country-wide demand. ' ; " . The one problem continues to be the production of a supply sufficient to meet the demand, t worth your while to examine this car The gasoline consumption is unusually low Ths tfrs mllsaga is unusually high Touring Car or Roadster, $786; Winter Car or Roadster, $950; Sedan, $1185. (All prices f. o. b. Detroit) Spac 23 Automobile Show. MURPHY-O'BRIEN AUTO CO. Phona Tyler 123 above as he struck the low notes. Senator Oberlies has a ric'. baritone of fine range, while' Representative Shannon and Senator McAllister took the tenor parts in fine shape. Some of the verses follow' Tune. "John Brown's Body:- ' Urave Jerry Howard It a soldier of the folk. From Florence down to Albright he canaget the people's votes. , Let corporations so to heck. all wicked .' men and hones, Whlle-Jerry inarches on. Ed Howell's got a busy bee ta knock Jim Dehlman out. He's purer much than Ivory soap, lor virtue dnth he shout, But why those wicked bucaneers should try to put him out. When he Is marching on, Tune, "Hold the Forti" . Hold the wells, the roof la falling, , There she goes ge-bump. V Stand from under, hear ua calling, Olve us placs-to juhp. Tune. "Marching Through Oeorgini" Presiding (lov'ner Howard with, the hair around his ears, And sines the price has gone as high It seldom sees the shears; But he can paint a picture with his lips that melts to tears, . Ills mallet's march on. Hoo-ray, Hoo-ray, we sing days agone, Hoo-ray, Hoo-ray, we Join la Jouyous song. Twere foul Indeed to ecourn a hot thet traveled right along. When we are getting soused and drown.dld. Basket Ball CREIGHTON DRAKE UNI. CREIGHTON GYM. FRIDAY, MARCH 2 ADMISSION 25c. SEA FOODS lUealTwtl Direct From Coul TwiM Wok live Lobsters a Specialty HOTEL ROME T at the show , Omaha, Nab.