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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 25, 1917)
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MARCH 25. 1917. 2 C DETROIT GUN CARS CONQUER DESERT Studebaker Make Twenty Five Hilei an Hour Over the Worst Eoadi in Texas. CASEY AEMY EQUIPMENT Oa th International boundary line that marks the division between this country and Mexico, where the United States government achooled the National Guard in the intricaciei of modern warfare, the motor vehicle it playing a most important role. Hun dreds of cars of various makes and description driven by khaki-clad eitiien-soldiers may be seen in the vicinity of the various military camps in Texas, Ariiona, New Mexico and lower California. - The cars are being tried and tested under every conceivable condition with a view to determining which of the many are more fitted to meet the needs and requirements of the gov ernment. Good Speed Avenge. An average speed of twenty-five miles an hour wss maintained by the new Studehaker machine gun cars in their initial drive a few days ago over the 250 miles of country between El Paso and Deming. N. M.. the first of a series of tests that will surely revolutionite this branch of the service. ' . The first lip of the trip from El Paso to Menlla Park, N. M, was over fairly good roads but from that point to Deming seventy .miles of desert "sea" was encountered. De spite this hsndicap and the fact that upward slope places Deming 8,000 feet above the sea level, the heavy motors plowed steadily on over the ruts and cactus to the summit of Magpie Flats, now in deep arroyos with sand half way to wheel hubs and again on the wind-swept summits on to Deming. The rigors of a moun tain snowstorm rsging throughout most of the day had little or no ef fect upon either men or cars. Each car contained two machine, guns and their equipment, 20,000 rounds of ammunition, tools, water, gas and oil, fjelcf rations and seven passengers be sides the driver, a total weight of, two and one-half tons. The seats are so arranged that they afford the Jreatest protection to the crew and river. Stewart-Warner to Build Two More Acessor.es It was learned this week that the Stewart-Warner Speedometer cor poration of Chicago is about to add two more products to Its line of mo tor car equipment These new Stew art products will be known as the Stewart V-Rjy Searchlight and Stew art Autoguard. As the names indicate, the products are a new type of searchlight (com monly known as "spotlight ), and an original design of auto guard or "bumper," as the latter is generally termed. The officials of the Stewart-Warner concern are not at this time ready to snake public all the details concerning its forthcoming additional accessories, bat it is understood that they differ in many radical respects from the ordinary type of "spotlight" and "bumper." Just what their distinct advantages are will be officially an- - Bounced very shortly. . -Smear JM Oow siMuf "amok Joe" Wood to dolnt ml work la an effort t "com back" and auk tool with the Claveiana inaiana. Elgin Six Made from Candy ,fl I 9 i-J - I 1 Ti 'Ml VI l,. Ill 1 j r, n v .; . aT-T - -w ... aTr Elmer Rosengren Answers Questions As Part of His Job Elmer Rosengren of the Nebraska Storage Battery company answers a great many questions each day per taining to the general care of a stor age battery. The following are a few of the most frequently answered: Questloni H..w can 1 tall wha my bat tery I discharged? Answer: Tut each cell with a specific gravity hydrometer. Win It M dlecharsad It wilt allow low specific gravity of about 1.1(0. When It to onarfed It will ehow a hlih epeclflo sraYlta, or between 1.371 and MIS. Queetlon:. How often must X have my battery charted T Answer: It will not be neeenarr to have It charged -off the cer, providing that your electrlo seneretor bee th proper output to keep It charged. Uee your hydrometer syrlnae regularly and eeo that th apeclflo gravity ataya up to 1.2TS or over. If you And th gravity dropping off. hav th gen erator looked at and adjusted so that It will give full capacity, Queetlon: If car la allowed to stand Idle for eom ttm. will th battery loe power by discharging through th starting and lighting aystsmt Answer: A battery will not losa sown through th starting and lighting system unless thsr Is a dstsct In wiring, switches, lamp bulb or other part of the system. If It to noted that th battary doe lose power, th car should be Immediately taken to aa espert and th cause of th trouble removed. . Question I Will th battery run down M disconnected for a period of four or ve months T Anewerl Th battary will become dis charged to a oonslderabl degr If left for a period of four or Ave months. Tou should recharge It at Intervals, eltlier by running th angina tor on or two hours, one In two week, at a speed equal to twenty mile an hour, or from soma itsrnal source, such a vibrating, alternating cur rent reotlflsr. If convenient, do th!; th battary ahould bo taken to a aervle atatloa, who will glv It proper oar. Question! How much doe th battary hav to test befor th light go out? Answr: A battary la dlsohargsd whan th gravity rada approximately J.1TS and should be reoharged at onoe. Bank Dowdy Is Ban UrnmmaL ' Word from the Brav' training ground has It that Catcher Hank Oowdy ha the greatest array of scsnery at the camp. 'TIS said the blonda backatoppsr has a dlffsront suit of olothea tor every hour t th day. . Beany 'o Ky Benny KaurT, th Olanta eutaeld. la not busting any fsneas thee days, but ha con fidently oxpecta to And his batting oyo by the tlm th opsnlng gems la th big yard Is oalled. Some Suggestions on Way to Cut Tire Costs E. J. Huflaker of Powell Supply company, local distributors of Lee tires, has prepared a list of spring suggestions for tire users. Some of them follow: Before you finish tuning up your car for the coming season take your casings off and examine the rims. If they are rusty don't fail to scrape and paint them. And don't put the casings back until you have made sure that the rims are absolutely true and free from dents. Sprinkle soapstone into the casings before replacing the tubes. If the rear tires are worn get a new pair for the rear and let the old casings spend their declining days on the front wheels where the service is easier. You will be money-in Docket bv so doing. Test the alignment of your axles. The easiest way is to measure be tween the felloes of the wheel or the edges Of the rims at the point directly in front of the axle. If this measure ment differs from the same measure ment taken on the opposite side of the wheels it shows the axles are out of alignment. Correct this de fect immediately or expect big tire bills. Buy a good pressure gauge and register a solemn vow to use it fre quently and regularly tnrougnout tne season. Royal Cord Tires Help Auto Beat Train Record Equipped on rear with United States 36x4(4 Royal Cord treads and United States Plain treads on front, a Cadillac belonging to the Chatta luoii Automobile comnanv recently broke all former time records be tween Chattanooga and Atlanta and Macon, doing 4414 miles in thirteen hours and thirty-five minutes, there by beating tha best previous round road trip by four hours and eight minutes. I It is most interesting to note that the part ot the journey between Chat tanooga and Atlanta was covered in three hours and thirty-five minutes, thus beating the record of the famous Dixie flyer by eight minutes. mm msm When You Buy Your Next Fine Car, Why Not Get Rid of the One Thing That Shackles Usefulness? EaTBRIENGB is a good teacher, but when it comes to owning an automobile, being die pupil is a most untrntisfactory position. , ' Aa in the case of one of our friends who dropped into our sbowroom lost week and said: "TUb only possible way f or me toht down tta expense ?' j .., And ttm mora, to that statement is; know 'the weight of your car In sdvau. . Know how necessary light weight is to good resuks in Tire mileage Gasoline mileage Upkeep and Depreciation Reliability Comfort ' Safety While you are finding out these things, remember that Scientific Light Weight not mere weight cutting has been a Franklin principle for 15 years. Gdefbehird tiieSci'en-titK-LihfrWeiht Franklin Car, and, if you tarn, get the facts be hind other fine makes of cars. Here are Franklin weights, tkti Not one of the openers weighs over 2280 pounds; not one of the enclosed cars weighs over 2620 'pounds. ".: Take these figures as your gauge for eompariaons. Then let us prove Franklin light weight by a ride in the car. After that, meet a Franklin Owner you'll find there tar source of information. But the time to do these things is btfort you buy, not after you have paid the penalty of heavy weight ' - FRANKLIN MOTOR CAR CO. 2205 Farnam Street Phone Douglas 1712 R-U-2-B-l-of-60 Road News from the Omaha Auto Club The countv engineer of Mills coun- tv. Iowa, writes that two of the worst hills on the Omaha-Glenwood route, Ponv creek and Oreen. will be cut down to a 6 per cent grade or less. These two hills are well known to motorists ot Omaha who have made the Glcnwood trip. Countv Engineer Fishel. Crawford county, Iowa, writes: "We have con tracted for moving 750,000 cubic yards of- earth in road work this year, the mileage being forty. This will in clude the relocation of the Lincoln highway between Dow City and Dun lap. The change will eliminate cross ing the Northwestern and Illinois Central railroad tracks twice, shorten the route half a mile and reduce grades to 1 per cent. A feature of our 1917 work will be the patrol sys tem, road men covering a section of the main roads and repairing holes as fast as they appear." The county engineer of Saunders county, Nebraska, states: We will have three caterpillar tractor outfits on the roads this year and our high- i i . f i i ... ways win uc Kept in gouu anapc. vvc have 1,400 miles of roads, and 500 of them regularly dragged." The county engineer of Harrison county, Iowa: "We have 500 miles of dragged roads. Our 1917 work will consist in keeping the highways in good shape and widening some of our bridges." flrtnntv nrinr nf Shplrtv'rrtiintv. Iowa: "Our big job last year was removing 6,559 cubic yards of earth from Schwab hill, one and one-half miles east of Harlan, and 12,438 yards from Pickard hill, five miles north of Harlan. This has made a good road north to Carroll and Denison. with maximum grade of 8 per cent, reduced from 26 per cent. We have 780 miles of road and 160 dragged. The Omaha Automobile club is ad vised there is a bad mudhole on the O-L-D btghway just out of Gretna. Tourists and local motorists should inquire at Gretna garages for direc tions ot detour. 1 The Omaha-Kansas Citv route is reported in fair shape, with excep tion of bad spots between Leaven worth and Atchison, which will be passable in another day. Cars going inrougn now wunour, irounte. Omaha Electric Light Co. Two New Machines Two new 1917 Harley Davidsons were delivered to the Omaha Elttrie Light and Power eomj.-ny today by Victor H. Roos, the local Harley-pav-idson dealer, for use in their service department. This makes a total of seven Harley-Davidsont now m nse by them. It is becoming more evi dent every day that the motorcycle is fast becoming popular wi the com mercial field as well as with the pleas. ure seekers. Tone! By smoothing out vibrations into one continuous concord tne Twin-six develops its mastering volume of power resources the saving of gas oline the wresting of more miles from every gallon. A responsive instrument! Just as the resonant, sus tained notes of the deep-sinking cello are the result of many vibrations turned into one, so the rapid impulses of the Twin-six motor blend and become one sustained, driving force. It is lost motion put to work harmony. The cello's smooth tone vs. the drum's beat! And economy of all the motor's Also Tone of another sort the resplendent Packard ever carries. The craftsman's art has done its utmost to make the Twin-six as beautiful as it is comfortable. Spring is here and a chance to master the highway. Ask the man who owns one Caoiea of twenty body styles. Prices, open ears, $3050 and $3300, at Detroit See The Orr Motor Sales Company Lincoln Fortieth and Farnam Sts., Omaha Sioux City True Economy Prices EffaeHva April 1st, 1917 Light Fran Toarinc -I SSB Roadster - - -1 S80 Country dab -I W Big Four Trarint -$ 880 v Koadstcr - - Sts x Cavpa - . -11250 - Sedan - - - -11450 Light Sizes Touring - - -1 9SS Roadster . -t 976 COUP m m m -I1SSS tedaa . . S1SSS Wlllys-Sia . Toarht -litis WUIya-KnlgBt ' Poor Toorlnl - . tU'S Trmr Coup I1SB0 roar Sedan - - I19B6 Foror Limousine -lists - SIlMTowina- -lust aaranee la priea. Bit Fear end Ltsht Six models, atsy 1st next deterred until that dat aoaount too lata to correct advertisements appaarinv i n aaatailn, fllnulatlnc throughout tha month ot April. . . AD price f. o. K Toledo 8ubjt ta chance with out notice. "Made In TJ. S. A." Choose that car which will, best serve your needs within your means. This constitutes true econ omy in the purchase of an automobile. There is integrity of value in every one of the cars in the Willys-Overland line, the most comprehensive line of cars ever built by any one producer.' For most families we think the Light Six at $985 and the Big Four at $850 rep resent just the right com bination of the practical with the luxurious, to result in lasting satisfac But the car in the WillyP Overland line best suited1 to your needs and your, means is the car for you' to buy with an.eyeto true economy. - - Each has sharedlf inf the economies of . our greater production each is, we ' believe, the dominant value amongcarsof its kind. Let us help you choose the car that for you individ ually will best exemplify true economy. Come in and see how much car $850 will buy in the Overland Big Four or $985 in the Overland Light Six. WILLYS-OVERLAND, INC., OMAHA BRANCH Douglas 3292. Douglas 3290. ' SALESROOMS 2047-49 Farnam Straat. SERVICE STATION 20th ani Harney Stmts. Four W85 it if rWl X....--. ' i,ii,n,in..ril:,W r nWis1.ua II TV S&r X Jl Manufacturers ot vVUlyo-Knight and Overland Automobiles rjzJ!' and Light Ctromercial Can J S For Best Service, Best Results Use The Bee Want Ads-Phone Tyler 1 000 If You Cannot Bring Your Ad