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PART FIVE
AUTOMOBILE
PAGES ONE TO SIX
PART FIVE'
AUTOMOBILE
PAGES ONE TO SIX
VOL. XLVII NO. 5.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 15, 1917.
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
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MOTOR CAR HOW
HELD A NECESSITY
Corkhill of Haynes Company
Says it is Such" Merely
from Standpoint of '
Time Saving.
"The motor car as a luxury has
given way to the motor car as a neces
sity," says C. J. Corkhill, of Haynes
Auto Sales company,. "Essential
ly it is a time saver, and just as much
a step ahead in efficiency as a modern
filing system in the office. ' w
"So much of any income goes for
transportation oi some kind. The pos
session of a motor car means, that the
owner is independent of pedestrian
and trap hanging discomforts. Fur
thermore he travels quickly and goes
and comes at the time that best suits
his convenience. After all the pur
chase of motor car comes to a point
ofj placing the transportation expendi
ture where it will work to the best
advantage. . , .
"The city dweller has reaped many
benefits in the way of convenience
and health from the motor car, iJut
out on thefarm it is filling a function
which is , equally important. Farm
transportation costs are being cut to
vthe. core, adding a heavy percentage
to the- day's work in the busy season.
, "The trip to town for supplies, or
the movement of materials from one
farm to another, that used to take up
half a day's time, has become an
hour's ride. In agricultural sections,
the automobile will always be a neces
sity in the strictest sense, and it Is
counted as much an asset as a binder
or mower. ,-.
"The business manxor farmer who
has planned to buy a car.' because he
eeds it in his business, by all means
should gp ahead with his purchase. It
buying is postponed, it is only cut
ting down the effectiveness of the
business concerned. The people who
are sitting "tight" are standing in the
way of the prospetous financial condi
tions they are asking for. loney in
vested in a motor car will do its good
in keeping the wheels of industry
moving, and faithfully serve the buyer
in time of urgent need."
Mr. Upham Regards Omaha
As One of the Best Cities
'N J. Upham, Duluth, president of
the International Realty Associates,
the investment company affiliated wita
the. National Real Estate association,
was in town Monday. As usual, he
has only kind words for Omaha, con
sidering it one of the best cities in
the country. He urges that realtors
ought to attend the coming national
convention in Milwaukee, not only be
cause of the very excellent and far
reaching program which has been ar
ranged, and the benefit to be derived
from its consideration, but because the
present unusual condition may make
it necessary to change methods of
handling real estate business and on
this account the dealers from all parts
JOINS STUDEBAKER FORCES
C. R. Nugent, recently with the
Noycs-Killy Motor Co., hat become
a. member of the Studebaker
force in Omaha. v
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C. R. NUGENT.
of the country should get together for
consultation. ;
Here are the Results of the
Sworn-to Demonstrations of
Franklin Thrift as Tested out
all over the United States.
AST . Friday, Franklin dealers everywhere were doing the.
same thing measuring Franklin thrift by mileage on a
single gallon of commercial gasoline. Our own record was
49.6 miles per gallon. -
Yesterday, we got a telegram from the Franklin factory, an
nouncing the above national average, confirmed by affidavits of
prominent men in all localities where the tests were made.
In New Haven, Connecticut, a stock Franklin
covered 82.8 miles on a single gallon of gasoline.
That was the highest mileage.
, 49.3 miles on a single gallon - the
average of ...Mock Franklin cars, the
ENTIRE number participating in this
nation-wide demonstration.
Here you have the Franklin als, rigidly distributed, allow a
standard of thrift. : car to put a stop to fuel waste.
Think of the roads, the cli
mate, the weather, all of these
cars experienced! Then, think
of the significance of such a
nation-wide test.
It means, as a car for thrift,
the v Franklin stands alone
among all fine automobiles. ,
Only a fine car can show
such results.
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What's Back of it All
Only by the elimination of
177 heavy v and troublesome
water-cooling parts and com
plicated mechanism every
where, can c gasoline-consuming
friction and drag, wear and
tear, be minimized.
Only scientific-light-weight
construction and fine materi-
More than Miles
per Gallon
This easy running of the
Franklin means , efficiency
waste cutting all along the
line. T
Take tires Franklin own
ers report an average of -over
10,000 miles in a five-year
period. Easy, buoyant, . gasoline-saving
operation is respon
sible for this record. ,
Depreciation Find a used
Franklin for sale. Compare the
Franklin re-sale price with the
prices other fine used-cars
bring, in proportion to their
first cost If gasoline is lasting,
the car is long-lived. The
same wearing drag that boosts
the gasoline bill also boosts the
repair bill.
Whenever you come to the conclusion that the next fine car
that you buy should deliver a dollar's worth of efficiency for
every dollar you invest then you are ready to investigate the
Franklin. ,'. '
Franklin Motor Car Company
R-U-2-B-1-OF-60
220S Farnam Street - : Phone Douglas 1712
Motors Through Six States
' In One Day in Dodge Car
Through, the six New England
States in one day from dawn to sun
set is an unusual feat recently per
formed by a group of motor authori
ties in a Dodge .car, equipped with
United States tires. The motor was
only stopped once and that to obey
a law.
Starting from Boston, the party
went through Newburyport to Ports
mouth, N. H., then across Kittery to
Maine. Retracing this route they re
turned through Haverhill on the
Massachusetts road to Brattleboro,
Vermont. There they had lunch and
to obey a city ordinance the motor
had to be stopped, the chief of po
lice refusing to make exceptions. The
run was then continued to Putnam,
Conn., across to Woonsocket, R. I.,
and back to Boston. The total dis
tance covered was 465 miles.
"One of the striking-features was
the tire service," said one of the party.
"United States Tires were used, with
'Chain Treads' on the rear wheels.
Going over some crushed stone, a
sharp piece sliced "one -of the rear
tires like a knife. The driver refused
to make a change and the car romped
along for more than 200 miles when
a sharp flange of a street rail jabbed
the cut and the tube punctured. It
was a marvel that it held out so well."
Marmon Car Particularly
Free From Hazards of Road
Squeaks and rattles have been
called "the mental hazards of motor
ing," asserts H. Pelton, local Marmon
distributor. Perhaps there is noth
ing more distracting to a driver. The
freedom of the Marmon 34 from dis
quieting noises is an outstanding
feature of its unusual design. The
elimination of many parts by the
scientific design of the Marmon does
.away with useless supports and
joints, which are the greatest causes
of rattles and squeaks.
The body bolts directly to the
frame, so that intervening sills are
done away with. The steel running
boards are riveted to the frame, abol
ishing hangers, side shields and extra
fenders. The aluminum fenders bolt
to the franc and running boards, and
there are no fender irons. It is this
method of construction that keeps
the Marmon free from noises.
Victor Trailer Company
Leases More Room in Omaha
"We find that it is necessary to
prepare to turn out at least 100 Vic
tor Trailers a month from Omaha,"
said Mr. V. E. Peterson Thursday,
"so we have leased additional factory
room at Twenty-first and Cuming
streets. Of course, we are perfecting
our plans for assembling plants at
other points to take care of the pro
duction for territory outside of Oma
ha The intcrvst that the farmer and
merchant is showing in the Victor
Trailer indicates that the public is
finding out more every day about au
tomobiles; it is a fact known to
mechanical engineers that an automo
bile will pull many times as much as
it will carry, and the Victor Trailer is
ready for a demonstration proof of
the theory. Up hill or down, the
high-speed, practical four-wheel
trailer will trail with surprising ease.
Demonstrations of trailers will cause
as much interest as the memorial
'stunts' the auto men had to go
through in order to educate the pub
lic to the pleasure car. - I am exceed
ingly glad,r however, that the people
today h.c a better knowledge of
things mechanical, so that we will
have but little work, in .convincing
the man who can't see 'how it can be
done.'"
McDearmon Goes to Nash
Factory for Sales Meeting
T. H. McDearmon of the Nash Sales
company left yesterday for Kenosha,
Wis., to attend a gathering of distrib
utors and dealers to be held by the
Nash Motor company, Jeffery makers,
this week. Monday distributors of
the Nash Sales company organization,
which is under McDearmon's control,
will be in conference. This meeting
will be attended by distributors from
Des Moines, Sioux City, Sioux Falls,
Lincoln, Fort Dodge and Mason City,
as representatives of the division un
der control of the Omaha division.
Later in the week the travelers and
other sales representatives will hold
a conference. '
The object of the meeting is the
discussion of plans for the coming
season. It is asserted that Mr. Nash,
president of the Nash Motor company,
will produce on a very large scale this
next season, and several new build
ings have already been erected in
line with this plan.
' 4
Hudson
Tacoma
Wirts at Omaha,
and Uniontown
HQ-Mile Race at Tacoma
First Third Fourth
j. Eleven cars started. Three Hudson
sVper-Six Specials were entered and all
finished. Patterson first Roades third
Malcolm fourth.
Patterson led at 50 miles,' 100 miles
and finished a minute and twenty-three
seconds ahead of the second car.
Roades and Malcolm each drove Hud
son Super-Six Specials which were
4 stock cars they had converted into rac
ers. They are professional drivers who
enter and drive their cars independent
of factory assistance. ,
Two Races at Omaha
First in One-Second in other
Ralph Mulford averaged 101.26 miles
an hour in the 160-mile Championship
event.
There was a field of 14 starters. '
Mulford made one tire change.
In the 50-mile race he finished second,
42 seconds behind a Hoskins Special.
Two tire changes in this event cost
him first place.
Billy Taylor in a Hudson Super-Six
Special finished fifth in both the 50 and
150-mile races.
At Uniontown
First in oneSecond in three
The principal event at the Uniontown
(Pa.) meet was run in three heats.
Ira Vail was the Hudson Super-Six
driver. He finished first in the 29-mile
heat second in the 10-mile and second
in the 60-mile heats.
A tire change cost him the 50-mile
heat by one second. -
A dealer's rebuilt Super-Six demon
strator driven by a local Hudson dealer
finished 15 seconds behind the winner
in the non-professional event. Another
rebuilt Hudson finished fourth.
Super-Six Specials Defeat Rival Racers in Every July 4th Championship
Event More Proofs of Endurance
Championship Speedway Races again reveal the mighty
endurance of the Hudson Super-Six.
In the three July 4th events, Hudson endurance defeated
the fastest cars known to racing.
In a field of 28 starters at Cincinnati, Memorial Day, the
four Hudson specials finished first in the Free-for-all ; Sec
ond, Seventh and Ninth in the 250-Mile' event. ,
At Chicago, Ralph Mulford on June 16th established the
American Speedway records for 150 miles and for 200 miles
at an average of 104 miles per hour.
Made Stock Car Records s
Last Year
Last year Super-Six stock cars and stock chassis made
new and important records fox endurance, power and
speed.Those were non-competitive tests. They were, made
against the best times of other cars.
They included the fastest stock chassis mile the 100
mile stock car record the one-hour stock car record and
the 24-hour stock chassis record. These were officially
timed by the American Automobile Association. ,
Then in addition to these, a seven passenger Hudson
Super-Six Phaeton broke every transcontinental automobile
record. It did it both ways in the only double, twice-across-'
America run ever attempted against time.
All Hudson records are the result of Hudson endurance.
Cars may be built lighter and have more power, weight
considered, just as most of the racers are, but none have
proved an equal degree of endurance.
That is why Hudsons win.
It is why so many professional race drivers have adopted
Hudsons in their speedway races.
In the three July 4th races you will note same of the Hud
sons were rebuilt stock cars. They were, made suitable for
racing because their owners had confidence in them to win
prizes. ' - .
The cars were entered independent of any factory in
fluence. - ,
- Race drivers know that endurance wins. They know they
can rely on the- Hudson Super-Six to endure.
You Tooan Rely
. on Hudson Endurance
In converting Hudson Super-Six stock cars these men
made no change in the principle that accounts for Hudson
.endurance. They merely made such changes as can be made
to any Hudson Super-Six. They did not have to do anything
to increase the endurance quality of the cars. That quality
is built into every Hudson Super-Six.
You, of course,' are not interested in owning a racing car,
but when racing, reveals a quality so important as that of
endurance, as it does with the Hudson Super-Six, then you
are interested in its performance.
The speedway shows, in a few miles, weaknesses that it
might require thousands of miles of ordinary service to re
veal. Vou are not interested so much in what the perform
ance will be in a car you buy in its first few thousand miles.
You want to know what you can depend upon after the
car has seen thousands of miles of service. Look at these
records and you will see what you may expect of the Hud
son Super-Six.
The speedway test of 150 miles is more trying than the
thousands of miles you will drive with your car.
: You want to know what the car you buy now is likely to
cost in maintenance. You want to know how much time it
will be in the repair shop after a half season's use. Do not
these proofs persuade you to buy a Hudson Super-Six? They
should. 37,000 have already bought and they have added to
these records their own experiences with the Hudson Super-
Six. . , ..- . .
There are eight body types on the Hudson Super-Six. The
Phaeton 7-passenger car sells at $1650 at Detroit.
GUY
L;
SMITH
2563-65-67 Farnam St.
"SERVICE FIRST'
Open Evening Until Nine
Phone Doug&s 970.