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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JULY 8, 1917.
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KIM IN THE LEAD
. OF. MOTORPROGRESS
yr. L. Killy Says This Car Has
Always Pointed Way When
ft: Came to Bringing
Abcnt Improvement.
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The trail of progress in the motor
car business "brings to light many in
terestog facts' and stories, asserts W
L. VLUty of the Noyes-KHly Motor
company King distributors, and along
the .trail one will find the following
notes' of interest, regarding the prog-ress-of
the King.
These statements are always ot
more, or less interest to me because
they .call to, mind . a summary of
achievements and advances made. ' ,
In. October, 1914, after several years
of building successful "Fours, the
King Motor Car company announced
the world's first popular-priced eight
cylinder automobile and the second
American car of that engine type., To-
day there are more eight-cylinder
Kings! in operation the ..world over
than any other "Eight" save one.
Throughout America, and in fifty
two foreign lands, iit every climate
and over all kinds of roads, this pio
ncer "Eight" is giving complete satis
faction. The company has never had
a war order," yet in England alone
there are 270 Kings in private service
and American automobiles have
been barred from that market since
March, 1916.
The United States marine corps
after a long series of rigid official tests
adopted the standard King chassis for
armored car use. The - remarkable
power and stability shown by the
King in these tests atratted the atten
tion of the War department, and re
cently the United States government
specified the King chassis for most of
its latest war machines.
The King was first in America with
cantilever springs, en bloc motor, ten
' ter control, left-side drive and in all
these leads was followed by prae
tically the entire industry. So has the
popular-priced "Eight, launched by
the King, been the leader of many
Worthy competitors. '
Last year gave many triumphs to
the King Eight, alt made with stock
cars. . Ten thousand eight hundred
and fifty 'miles without stopping the
motor was the great official American
Automobile association record. Nine
hundred and eighty-seven miles from
-Los Angeles to Los Angeles via San
Francisco sealed in high gear; the
climbing of tortuouj Mount Wilson in
f the same manner, a 1,700-mile .high
1 gear trip through the length of Cali
fornia, and the spectacular dash up
Mountr Diablo, winning the Tribune
high gear trophy, arc four Pacific
coast feats Five hundred and forty
four miles sealed m "high" was a New1
v York exploit. The first high gear
ascent of Lookout mountain was made
by a woman driver in a King Eight,
and the volcano at Ililo, Hawaiian
Islands, was also topped by this car
j in "high. An official American Auto
mobile association economy test from
Pittsburgh to Milwaukee, under actual
touring conditions, brought Jurther
,! honors to the King. To theicTMords
Jen other notable achievement have
.been added to prove thr.KmgV "road
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Packard Reorganizes
Its Export Department
The year before the war began
European, manufacturers "exported
?80,00O,0OO worth of motor vehicles,
passenger cars and trucks to South
..America. Africa, Australia and the
far east. Within the last few months
the United States has been beginning
to get its share of this business.
In line with this 'development, the
Packard Motor Car company has re
organized its expoit department, with
Fred Cardway as manager.. Cardway
last winter made 4 trip 'to South
America and surveyed the possible
market for American automobiles. He
established dealerships for ;Packard
cars in Rio de Janiero, Buenos Ayres
and Montevideo. On the same trip
some dealerships in the West. Indies
were organized. . ,;
' "Since America's entry into the war
the Packard's business has shown a
substantia! increase," says Cardway.
"Soaiif leads all Toreiarn countries in
the amount of Packard sales, though'
NO Better
AT ANY
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$1225 HERE
Investigate
the claims that we make for the Velie Biltwel
Six, and after a thorough investigation and com
parison with other cars at the same or higher
price, see if you are not in thorough agreement
with us on the fact that there is i
"NO BETTER VALUE AT ANY PRICE"
Go carefully orer this list of Velie features,
in what other car can you find the same high
class features at $1225. , V
Motor Special Velie Continental
Ignition Two-Unit Rerny
'' Axle Timken, both front and rear.
Clutch Dry Plate Multiple Disc.
Springs Semi-elliptic front, Three-quarter
. rear. :
Try a demonstration ride today.
Immediate Deliver U$ Now
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VELIE MOTORS CORPORATION
Moline, IIL
L. E. DOTY, Inc.
OMAHA, NEB.
Dovgtas 8554. " "2027-29 Faraam St:
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KERENSKY LED RUSSIAN
DRIVE Tk brilliant driv in
Galicia, tha news of which sent
a .war of patriotic rejoicing
throughout revolutionary Russia,
wai Ud by Minister of War Ka
reneky ia pevaen.
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Brazil and Argentina are making
rapid strides. In the last few months
the West Indian countries have been
sending in orders tor both trucks and
passenger cars. . ,
Auburn Car Is Built
For the Hardest Service
inougn one or two motor car
manufacturers have pointed' with
pride to examples of extremely long
service given by their product, the in
dustry as a whole has not yet realized
the significance of long life in auto
mobiles, says A. S. Avery of the Au
burn Auto company, Omaha.
"Of course only the manufacturer
who has been in business ' quite
while is really in position to show
cars that have given years 6f service
before wearing out. Up to, now the
main concern has been to get out
something new, to keep up with the
developments in engineering. . .
"fiat now that the automobile has
become pretty well developed and
standardized, it should be. and tin
doubtdly will be, the aim of manu
facturers to build cars for length of
service and to take pride in a product
that is good tor ten years of opera
tion. .
"There cart be no doubt that auto
mobile, prices touched bottom more
than a year ago. The price increases
made necessary by war. prices of ma
terial and labor will not be reduced
after the war. If .declines in material
costs take place, I believe that car
makers will simply build better cars
and maintain prices at about the pres-
enr level.
"It has always been the Auburn
policy to build substantially and for
long service. As manufacturers we
nave always believed in sound con
struction and engineering that, while
keeping abreast of real developments.
at the same time avoided mere nov
elty or theoretical departures. This
sounds a little bit old-fashioned.
know, but anyone that looks at the
Auburn Six will find that it is as mod
ern and up-to-the-minute at any car
maoe. .
"The great number of parts and the
real complexity of the automobile as
a piece i mechanism will alwava of.
fer unusual possibilities for wear, but
manufacturers must meet the problem.
i ne cay ot tne snort-lived car is past.
Buyers wilt more and more demand
cars good for long service. Even if
they do nof care to use a car more
than a year oc two before selling it,
iicy arc ocqoming aware ot tne tact
that the, used car value depends upon
the service that the car can still be
expected to give." ,. : 1 .
VALUE
PRICE
RAILROAD BUILT
IN DOME PLANT
Narrow Guage Line Installed in
Factory to Cut Down the
Enormous Cost of
Trucking.
Only a comparatively small per
centage of America's motor wise pub
lic has any idea of the bearing which
the arrangement of a motor car fac
tory has upon the ultimate price of
the car. Next to equipment and pur
chasing power, factory layout is
probably the most important factor
in determining the price at which the
manufacturer can place his car upon
the market.
The cardinal principle in the ar
rangement of a motor car factory
or any other factorjr is to make it
possible for the raw material to enter
at one point and travel in as straight
a line as possible through the various
processes of manufacture.
Only a short time ago the Lehigh
Valley railroad built the Tunkhan
nock viaduct at a cost of $12,000,000
to shorten the tracks only three miles
and to reduce the curvature in the
roadbed. On the same principal pro
gressive motor car manufacturers are
spending thousands of dollars in re
arranging the position of their ma
chinery and installing conveyors; in
order that the raw material may
travel the path to completion in as
straight a line as possible.
Cost Counts, Too.
Time is not the only factor to be
considered, however. The cost of
trucking has assumed such propor
tions in most factories that experts
are putting forth much effort to re
duce it to a necessary minimum. In
Dodge Brothers' works at Detroit, for
example, a complete industrial rail
way has been installed to reduce
trucking costs.
The system, which is of the nar
row gauge type, practically encircles
the huge plant and runs through most
of the ground floor departments. Al
most 8,400 feet of track have been
installed and 5,000 more will be laid
as soon as several new buildings are
completed. The rolling stock consists
of three locomotives and 108 flat cars,
all of which were manufactured in
Dodge Brothers works.
Use Gas Engine.
After testing and discarding sev
eral plans and finding it impossible
to adopt the electrical system due to
the presence of a large number of
traveling cranes,. Dodg Brothers de
cided to employ a locomotive of their
own design. They installed a Dodge
Brothers engine, an exact duplicate
ot tne one used in uooge tsrotners
motor car, and by a simple gear ar
rangement made it possible to drive
the locomotive forward and back
ward at three speeds.
The locomotives are equal to
heavy tasks. In one instance seven
teen cars of curled hair, aluminum
castings and steel products, weigh
ing a trifle over 90,000 pounds, were
moved from a' standstill without any
indication of great effort
The locomotives run on regular
schedules and transport an enormous
amount of material each day at a cost
much lower than is possible by hand
or even electric trucking.
Omahans to Buy Unique
Types of Dorris Roadsters
Another surprising announcement
in the high-priced car field is ex
pected soon from H. H. Cannon, fac
tory representative of the Dorris Mo
tor Car company, regarding a promi
nent distributor for the Dorris line.
Although Dorris cars are in the
high-priced car field, selling activi
ties in this section have been brisk.
Mr. Cannon leaves next week for
the Dorris factory with two retail
prospects who are hankering for
unique roadster designs. The Dorris
Beware of
"Bogus"
, Parts
equipment and the necessary
All the Ford parts used fcy Ford agents are manufactured and supplied ' by the
Ford Motor Company. If your car requires the replacement of any part or parts, is in
need of repairs--dont experiment. The agents listed below are ready to give you
prompt attention. So take your Ford car where satisfaction and economy are sure.
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Ford Cars Runabout $345; Touring Car $360; Coupelet $505; Town
Car $595; Sedan $645, all f . o. b. Detroit.
coad-marsh motor co.
holmes-adkins motor co.
McCaffrey motor co.
nicholas-rice motor co.:
sample-hart motor co.
universal motor co.
KRAMER BEATEN BY SPEN
CER Frank L. Kramer, who lost
the national cycling championship,
whan ha was defeated by Arthur
Spencer, f Toronto, in the two
mile titular race at the Velodrome,
Newark, N.J.
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people have turned out some very
clever specially designed bodies and
Omahans will have an opportunity to
judge the workmanship first hand in
the near future. 1
Owners of Ford cars are advised to Keware of counter
feit parts. If your car needs adjustment take it to the
authorized Ford agency in your locality, where ypu will find
a reliable service station, with
tools to give the highest quality Ford service obtainable.
2059 Farnam St.
4917 So. 24th St.
10th and Howard Sts.
20th and Ames Ave.
18th and Burt
2562 Leavenworth
SOLVES THE TASK OF
HOUSINGEMPLOYES
Firestone Tire- and Rubber
Company Lays Out Ideal
City at Akron, 0.r for
, Workers.
Finding homes and providing enter
tainment for its 13,000 employes in
"the city of standing room only" is
the task set for itself by the Firestone
Tire and Rubber company of Akron,
Ohio.
Hundreds of new workers pouring
into the city which has "run away
from itself" as one magazine writer
describes it, has presented a gigantic
problem in housing. Ihe rirestone
company early saw the difficulties of
getting men to stay at their jobs un
less they were given clean, pleasant
places to live, and immediately set
about the solution of the problem. A
huge allotment has been opened by
the company not far from the plant,
and lots are sold to employes on easy
payments at low prices. A house
may be built at cost by the employe
and paid for 5 per cent down and 1
per cent a month.
Many Are Attracted.
But this does not take care of the
hundreds of employes who are con
stantly coming to Akron from distant
cities, attracted' by the eight-hour day
and ideal working conditions. Many
of these men have no money when
they arrive and frequently leave their
families behind until they can forward
them money to pay their transporta
tion. , y
For these workers the company has
built a little village of temporary
homes on ground surrounding its
plant In this village, where the dwell
ers live a simple life, there are accom
modations for 1,600. The community
the complete mechanical
Douglas 4446
South 420
Douglas 3500
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Colfax 149
Tyler 513
Tyler 86
is governed by the strictest sanitary
and police regulations enforced by the
villagers themselves.
Vnr ntrfainment and recreation.
there is the $350,000 club house with'
bowling alleys, swimming poof, snow
ers, reading rooms and auditorium.
During the recent campaign for Red
Cross funds in Akron the employes of
the office presented a two-act operetta
in the club house ant' turned the pro
ceeds, $1,000, into the Red Cross fund.
A moving picture show is given once
a week free to the employes in the
club house auditorium.
Hudson Super-Sixes Are
Favorites With Tourists
"More people are touring America
this year than ever before," said Guy
L. Smith. "This is due in a measure
to a larger ownership of automobiles,
but I think even more than that is
the awakened interest Americans have
in their own country since the decla
ration of war.
'This really surprising activity in
touring has had the effect of greatly
stimulating sales". The Hudson Motor
Car company within the past month
was forced to again enlarge produc
tion. And they are selling cars as fast
as they can be made.
"Undoubtedly the Hudson iuper
six is favored by tourists above all
other cars, because of its hill-climbing
abilities and endurance qualities.
ine nuason super-six nas esiaD
lished its supremacy indisputably by
such - performances as driving twice
across America in one continuous trip
in ten days and twenty-one hours,
breaking the transcontinental record
in both directions: by driving 1,819
miles; by the non-stop record of 403
miles in twenty-four hours, beating
the next best performance by 317
miles, made by a Hudson Super-six
Special, beating the next best per
formance by more than 100 miles."
Persistent Advertising is the Road
to Success.
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