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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JULY ' 8, 1917.
SAXON DEALERS TO
HOLFTEST" RUN
One Thousand Cars in as Many.
Cities Entered in Three Hun
dred-Mile Economy Run'
to Be Held in July. v
To furnish complete statistics on
the cost of operation of Saxon Six,
approximately 1,000 Saxon dealers in
as many states and towns of the
country will conduct a 300-niilc
economy run during July, according
to W., L. Killy-of the Noyes-Killy
Motor comoany.
Last year 206 Saxon dealers partici-
pated tn a juu-miie nonstop run, wmcn
'demonstrated beyond any doubt the
remarkable economy in fuel consump-
. tion of the Saxon Six. But that test
did not furnish data on tire wear, de
preciation, oil consumption and gen
eral upkeep. It is to determine these
points accurately that the proposed
run is being mapped out,
- Not a Luxury.
Although the motor car now is' uni-J
versally recognized as a transporta
tion unit, not a luxury, the Saxon
Motor Car company desires to find
out whether the automobile is as
economical to 4 the average man as
other carriers, such as street and rail
way cars. The proposed run, it is be
lieved. will reveal figures that will
give a fair estimate of actual running
costs in everyday service.
The run will be nonstop. , It will be
conducted to represent as accurately
as can be the work that the average
motor car is called upon to do. Every
required to keep accurate records of
fuel and oil consumption ana skilled
mechanics will inspect each car be
fore and after the run to get an esti
mate of the depreciation. From these
figures an average, will be taken,
- -which it can be assumed will represent
the complete cost of operation of a
Saxon Sue
In the nonstop run of last year the
Average gasoline consumption was 23.5
miles to toe gallon. ,
Realtors Believe Business
Should Own Its Home
Realtors are of the opinion that the
time has come when many of the large
corporations in Omaha and in this
vicinity should erect houses of their
own. in Omaha the leading nrms
-which have their own homes are the
Union Pacific and the oodmen of
the World and the panks.
.The Guarantee Fund Life associa
tion has set an example to the insur
ance corporations by buying a site
.for a home at Twenty-sixth and Far
.nam streets. There are large fuel and
material companies, and, in fact, sev'
era! real estate corporations that
might well be taking the- first steps
toward permanent homes.
Real estate men say Omaha ought
to be the home for a number of com
panies that are developing the mineral
' resources of Wyoming and northern
Colorado. In fact, Omaha qught to
be exploiting the mineral wealth of
all that region from the Black' Hills
to the Moffat.road. t J
Reports are coming in .from some
cities that high prices ot building ma
terials are justifying real estate men
in remodeling the old - houses and
some of them are having considerable
success. This carries out the sug
gestion made by Omaha realtors a
week or two ago that the old house
was coming into its own,
Realty Men Grasp New
, Ideals, Improving Methods
The Real Estate News of, Chicago
in a recent issue on organization says:
"The organization of real estate
exchanges throughout- Jhe United
States has probably done more to
standardize the real property busi
ness and elevate it in the eyes of he
public than 'any other single thing.
Through their ability to come to
gether realty men have grasped at
new ideals and steadily improved their
methods.
Through local real estate ex
changes, state and national organiza
tions, realty men afford a service to
day that is equaled in no other coun
try in the world, and it is responsible,
to quite a degree, for the steady busi
ness . conditions which prevail
throughout the United States and
which tend for its upbuilding and en
richment ,
"The work of a realty man today is
a more or less exact science. Throueh
his organization he has standardized
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EXPLORATIONS IN
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
Prof. Hitchcock and Son Travel
in Islands Collecting and
Studying the Native
Flora.
KINGDON GOULD AND HIS BRIDE Kingdon Gould,
son of George J. Gould, and his bride, the former Miss An
nuziata Camilla Maria Lucci, art student. The marriage
took place at St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York.
Washington, July 7. During last
summer Prof. A. S. Hitchcock, cus
todian of the section of grasses of the
division of plants, United States Na
tional museum, assisted by his son, A.
E. Hitchcock, traveled in the Hawaiin
Islands, studying and collecting the
flora, especially the grasses and mak
ing what might be termed a forage
survey.
The islands visited were Kauai,
Oahu, Lanai, Molokai. - Maui and
Hawaii, these comprising all the isl
ands of the main group except two
small ones, Kahoolawc and fti(hau.
These islands are all of volcanic oriein
and composed of lava, except a very
small part which is of coral forma
tion. Kauai, geologically the oldest
island, shows the greatest effect of
erosin, its deep canyons rivaline the
beauty of the Grand Canyon of Colo
rado. The rainfall on the mountains
of the windward side is excessive,
that of Waialeile, the highest peak
ot Kauai, being as much as MXJ inches
per annum. On the contrary, the lee
side ot the islands is arid, the rainfal
being" often reduced to less than fif
teen inches per annum.
To the south the islands are sue
cessively younger, Hawaii, the larg
est, being even now in a state of vol
came acuvny. un tnis island are
situated the two highest peaks of the
group, Alauna Kca, 13,825 feet, and
Mauna Loa. 13.675 feet in heielit.
There is scarcely any vegetation uuon
these peaks, above 10.000 feet, esneci.
any upon Mauna Loa. which is made
up of comparatively recent lava. Much
snow covers the peaks in winter, ex
tensive banks persisting throughout
tne year, me magnitude of the moun
tain mass is. greater than at first an
pears, because the cones arise from
the very floor of the ocean, 18,000 feet
below the surface, thus makinar the
total height over 30,000 feet. So gradu
al is tne siope trom the sea to the
summit that the eye is deceived 'and
the great height is not at first fully
appreciated. The active volcano Ki-
lauea (4,000 feet) with its pit of boil
ing lava, is on Hawaii, while Halea
kahvsaid to be the largest crater in
the world, is on Miui, the. second
largest island of the group.
. Primitive Customs.
Important aericultural industries nf
the island include sugar, live stock
and pineapples. The natiua Hawaiian
population is decreasing, and it is
only in the accessible parts of the
islands that the nnmitive customs
still prevail. ' Here may be found the
native grass huts made of a wooden
framework filled in with a thatch of
grass, lhe trrass used for this our.
puse is usually pili. an indigenous
grass abundant upon the rocky soil
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FUTURE LOOKS GOOD
IN BUILDING LINE
American Contractor Reviews
Whole Situation With a
Very Hopeful Con
' "elusion.
The cultivated trees and shrubs are
great variety and beaut v
drawn from all tropical and subtropi-
practices and is familiar with condi J green fo';age is now common and
tions not only in his own city and lo
cality, but throughout the country.
He safeguards the interests of the
business in every possible way and
aims to give a service that is worthy
ot tne remuneration he seeks.
Buy Real Estate and Make
Safe Investment, Is Slogan
An eastern publication has this to
say of the effect of the war on real
estate:, - -:
me unitea states is on the eve
of a tremendous real estate activity.
This may mean, to some extent, ad
vancing prices and the time to buy
real estate is on a rising 'market.
There are few instances where real
estate has declined in value to a great
extent ana values seldom, if ever, have
gone back to their original level.
"Real estate is stable and cannot
oe ouneted around trom person to
person without adequate security, and
because of that fact it is the basis of
bank, insurance and institutional in
vestments. .
"Land is the basis of all wealth and
nothing can deflect from its value.
There is so much land available and
every time a piece is sold it passes out
of the market and the supply is lim
ited to that extent.
"Buy real estate if you would se
cure a safe investment."
Omaha Real Estate Men
Sign Up With. Uncle Sarji
Real estate men of Omaha are rep
resented in the fighting forces of
Uncle Sam. Among those in xiflicers'
training camps or in the several
branches of the service are: 5
Allen Tukcy, youngest son of A. T.
Tykey: Newman Benson, youngest
on of E. A. Benson; .Robert ' Mc
Cague, youngest son of John L. Me
Cague; A. A. Gilbert,, formerly in
charge of the rental department of
A. P. Tukcy & Son. aiH KS Schue tt,
formerly with the W. Farnatn Smiih
company. ) , I
cal land. The introduced flora is very
pronounced in the . region of v the
towns, ranches and plantations, and
one must go several miles from
Honolulu to find indiaenous or native
pianis. ui sixty species ot grasses
found on Oahu about fiftv were intro
duced trom toreign countries. One of
the introduced trees of treat eco
nomic importance is the algaroba trec,s
or kiawe, as the Hawaiians call it. It
is .found in a belt on the lowlands
along the, shores of all the islands
and occupies the soil almost to the
exclusion of ether plants. The oods
lire very nutritious and are eagerly
eaten by all kinds of stock.' Its flow
ers furnish an excellent oualitv of
noney. I lie Molokai ranch alone nro-
duces 150 to -200 tons of stra hed
honey per year. The prickly pear
cactus i a species going under the
name of Opuntia tunal has become
extensively naturalized in the dryer
portions of all the islands. 'Ranch
men utilize this for feed when other
kinds become scarce, the cattle eat.
ing the succulent joints in spite of the
thorns. Two introduced shrubs now
occupying extensive areas have be
come great pests. These are guava,
whose fruit furnishes the delicious
guava jelly, and lantana. with cluster
ot handsome parti-colored flowers. In
the moister portions of the islands
large areas have been occupied by
iiuo Brass wnicn has little value a a
forage plant. Tfie kukui or candlenut
trees with its .light .a most silverv
rather striking clement in the valleys
ana gorges. ' i
Flora Interests,
The indigenous flora is highly inter
esting, tpougn not abundant in species
Two of the commonest trees are the
ohia and the koa. The former, also
called ohia Ichua and Ichua, resembles
in the appearance of the trunk our
white oak, but bears wonderful clus
ters of irarlet flowers with long pro
truding stamens, lhe koa produces a
valuable wood, much used in tabinet
making, now becoming well known
through its use for making ukuleles.
Characteristic of the upper forest belt
on the, high mountains of Hawaii is
the mamani, a leguminous tree with
long drooping clusters of vel ov flow
ers and long four-winged pods con
stricted between the seeds. . In the
arid regions is found the wiliwili, a de
ciduous tree with gnarly growth. Its
bare branches are conspicuous, as de
ciduous trees are unusual in the trop
ics. , It has a very soft light wood, and
bright scarlet seeds. Among the pe
culiar plants of the islands is the sil
versword, a strikingly beautiful com
posite with glistening silvery leaves,
which grows only on the slopes of
cinder cones in the crater of Halea
kala and is a few very limited locali
ties on Hawaii, lhe family Lobelia
ceae Is represented by about 100 spe
cies belonging to six genera. The nu
merous arborescent or tree-like sne
cies are very peculiar and character.
istic Many of them form slender
trunks like small palms, crowned with
; large cluster of long narrow leaves.
The trunks of the some species are as
much as thirty or forty feet high and
the large bright-colored flowers are
sometimes remarkably beautiful.
The indigenous grasses of the Ha
waiin Islands are not numerous.--A
tall species of Eragrotis is the domi
nant grass upon the plain between
Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea. Upon
many ot the summits of the high
mountain ridges in the regions of
heavy rainfall are found open bogs
which support a peculiar and interest
ing flfira Manv cncrUe fnrm mnr
Tersistent Advertising is the "Road less hemispherical tussocks which rise
iH&SBU . . . ' fcittJhcKttcral lcixl ol tht tea.
The American Contractor in its is
sue, of July 7, in describing the
"Building Outlook," says:
- "There are two factors which prac
tically control the building situation
and prospects First, the degree of
activity m general manufacturing and
trading. Second, those influences
which tend especially to - stimulate
construction. In forming his outlook,
thereiore, the reader should first in
quire regarding the volume of busi
ness as a whole, pn this point, cer
tainly, all indications are most favor
able. Except in the actual regions of
combat, war invariably results in an
enormous amount of business. The
present war has an unusually strong
tendency in this direction because it
is essentially an industrial war, to a
degree never before equaled in his
tory. "Not one business man in ten here
in the United States has yet realized
the prodigious demands which will be
made upon our facilities of production
and distribution. The only limiting
factors are workmen and materials.
New Capitalization Is Vast.
J,Some idea of the rush of industry
in coming months is given by the fact
that, within the space of thirty days
over half a billion of dollars of cap
ital was involved in the chartering of
new concerns in the United States.
This surpasses even the record-breaking
boom of 1916. It is simply incon
ceivable that this immense production
I now in view will not be accompanied
by a proportionate degree or activity
in the building trades.
"This second, point tox consider is
whether there are specific causes op
erating to give a particular impetus
to building lines as distinguished from
industrial and commercial activity in
general.
In Regard to Residences.
"In regard to residential building,
there will very likely.be considerable
hesitation in high-grade propositions,
at least while the fashion for econo
my is at its height, It must be re
membered, however; that wKhin the
ensuing months many people will
make more money than ever before
in their lives and will be elevated
into the class of property owners. Be
sides these newly wealthy patrons of
building, there 'will be thousands of
workmen raised to the.. position of
home-owners by the steadily advanc
ing pay roll to labor.
Finally, there must necessarily be
new plants and construction to han
dle the requirements of the half bil
lion dollars of new industrial capital
which is 'monthly added to the already
stupendous total of business invest-
fnent. '
Municipal and Institutional Projects.
"In the case of municipal, institu
tional or endowed projects, the out
look is far from clear at the present
time. Many observers feel that, this
class o" buildings will be permanently
stagnant until the ending of war
brings prices more attractive to our
city fathers, trustees and boards of
directors. Other observers, however,
anticipate that no class of buildings
can fail fo feel the influence of ex
pansion which is in the. air. They
point out, for example, that never Ire
fore has the country been more in
need of good commercial highways,
for relieving by motor truck transport
tation, the railroad systems which for
the last twelve months have been
literally swanlpcd with traffic de
mands.. "On the whole, the prospective sit
uation in the building industry ciin
be summarized as distinctly optimistic.
Even though we disregard as proble
matical the ii.ipetus which may come
from the requir..-.nt for government
cantonments and camps, there still re
main enough purely commercial fac
tors to warrant sound confidence in
the future" of building during the
period of the war."
Dr. Okada Finds Nation
Quite Friendly to Japan
(Correspondence of Tho Associated Press.)
Tokio, July 4. That the anti-Japanese
sentiment in the United States
is not so strong as is believed in Japan
is the opinion of Dr. Waichiro Okada.
p ofessor of medicine at the Imperial
university, who recently returned
from a trip to America. The profes
sor said that 'vth- Japanese werewel
comed in the United States: generally
Lspeaking. ;
It was true that among the labor
element in the west the situation was
different, but he found that the '
majority of the American people do
not subscribe to the anti-Japanese
agitation in western -states. He added
that some of the American physicians
were even suggesting medical co-operation
between Americans and Japa
nese because Americans were recog
nizing that the Japanese possessed
certain excellent qualities in medical
science. -
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American Gold Coins
Being Reminted in Mexico
(Correspondence of TUe Associated Press.)
Mexico City, July 4American gold
coins are being reminted in Mexico
at a profit to the Mexican govern
ment. Manv taxes, federal and state.
arevpaid in . American gold which by
decree is accepted as the equivalent of
$1.90 Mexican money. The gold in
each $10. American piece however, is
sufficient to make two "hidalgocs" or
Mexican ten dollar pieces.
Announcing the ;New :
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n T T affords us a considerable amount of pleasure to announce our good
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C. C. MAY, Pr...
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fortune in securing the distributor's contract for MAXWELL auto-,
mobiles, ir Omaha and the territory tributary thereto. A sense of ex
treme, satisfaction followed the signing of this contract, because we
have been convinced, through actual observation on our' part, and through
information "gained -from hundreds of Maxwell owners in this section, that
the MAXWELL is a popular favorite among the class of motorists who seek
economy, both as to the original cost and the after cost. We can say without
hesitation that no car in the class with the MAXWELL offers a better dol
lar for dollar value." We might also add that the MAXWELL is a definite
value, a known quantitywhen you buy a MAXWELL you buy a tried arid
proven success, a car which has built and consistently maintained a reputa
tion across a period of ten years. -
A large portion, of Nebraska, western Iowa and southern South Dakota
will be under our1 control, and we will make a most earnest endeavor to take
card of the wants and needs of all MAXWELL owners and prospective own
ers in that territory. It is our intention to so shape our policies that they will
fit in and coincide in each detail with the nationally known MAXWELL
SERVICE POLICIES. We will maintain a rigid respect for our customers'
rights to the end ihat each and every person dealing with us, 'or our agents,
will have naught but good to say regarding the treatment received, at our
hands. , -: - ' ; - ' - ' - ., 4
In conclusion we wish" to extend a most cordial invitation to motorists
and prospective 'buyers to visit our showrooms. We will be more than pleas
ectto have an (Opportunity to show you the MAXWELL in every detail and
will welcome an opportunity to take you for a ride. All we want is an oppor
tunity to show you why the .MAXWELL is such an efficient, economical
car. A demonstration will permit us to. take you step by step through MAX
WELL construction, showing you how each minute detail of its construction
is worked out in perfect harmony with the most advanced engineering ideas.
PRICES
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Roadster . .-.V. . .-.v. .'-ri-..;
Touring Car with Winter Top. .
Roadster with Winter Top. . . . .
Town Car . !"
Sedan' . . . " ; . . . ."r.,5.3
Chassis with Cowl. . w ... ".. ;.isi'Aji
Chassis with Commercial Delivery Body. iox:oiA53f:3
665.00
650.00
775.00
750.00
1085.00
1085.00
575.00
650.00
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idwest Motor & Supply Co.
C. PETERSON, Vict Pm.
2216-18 Farnam St.
Factory- Distributors Omaha, Neb.
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