5.
1917.
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Eeet of Tire-Testing Cars
Said to Have Sold Fierv
Booze Mixture to Soldier
Alcohol and carbolic acid is the
fiery mixture which L. D. Hopkins,
proprietor of a drug store at Sixteenth
and California streets, is alleged to
have sold Frank May, a soldier. Hop
kins is in cutstody of federal authori
ties, charged with violation of the
new federal law which prohibits sell
ing intoxicating liquor to soldiers.
Wealthy Widower to Wed
Twenty-Year-Old Omaha Girl
Michael Groeinger, 50 years old,
wealthy widower of Creighton. N'eb.,
and Alice llrown, 20 years old, pretty
Omaha girl, obtained a marriage li
cense today. "Age makes no differ
ence; love is what counts." they said.
fall Out Sniper.
Manner Fohl of th Indians and Jon.s
of the Hrowns. hold all records for jamming
extra men into a Kamo. The first stun
of atlpplng on the part of their respective
teams the rue for Messrs Kohl and Jones
to rail out every hired man on the lot.
THE OMAHA SUNDAY T?EE: AUGUST
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It V X .
WAR BUSINESS
HAS PREFERENCE
OVER TELEPHONES
Government Commandeers Mil
lions of Dollars Worth of
Materials for War
Preparations.
Twelve thousand specially drilled
long distance telephone operators
throughout the country are giving
government messages precedence
over private messages, according to
Frank Builta of the Nebraska Tele
phone company.
Mr. Builta further says:
"The last few months the tele
phone companies have turned over to
the government large quantities of
wire, poles, telephones and other
material for the installation of lines
of communication between military
headquarters, mobilization posts and
commissionary depots. Comprehen
sive telephone systems, costing in the
aggregate millions of dollars, are be
ing provided for training camps, and
telephones have been installed for
the troops at water supply depots,
bridges, grain depots and other places
being guarded.
"More than 10,000 miles of special
systems of communication have al
ready been installed for the exclusive
use of government departments. The
long distance facilities out of Wash
ington have been more than doubled
and everywhere they have been in
creased in an endeavor to handle the
heavy telephone burden caused by
war activities.
Into Signal Corps.
"Nearly 3,000 skilled telephone en
gineers and maintenance men from
the Bell system alone have been or
ganized into signal corps battalions
for service with the armies in the
field. Many more of our men are with
the national guard and in other
branches of the country's militlry ser
yice. i
"In addition to the government's
use of our system, increased business
activity incident to the war has plac
ed farther demands upon our tele
phone facilities. We are handling over
30 per cent more long distance calls
than we did before the war and the
number of local calls, particularly in
the larger cities, has already in
creased. "As the war continues the govern
ment's requirements for trained tele
phone men and for service and equip
ment are bound to increase, and we
hope that, in the interests of all, the
public will ask for no unnecessary
'equipment and will put every possible
restraint on the extravagant use of
our local and long distance service."
Flynn Takes Slacker
To Utah for Internment
United States Marshal Flynn re
ceived orders from the attorney gen
eral to take L. D. Shald to Fort
, Douglas, Utah, for internment dur
ing the period of the war. Shald is
in jail at Lincoln. He is charged with
various kinds of propaganda, with in
terfering with enlistment of soldiers,
etc. The marshal and Deputy Mar
shal Nickerson are now enroute to
Fort Douglas with two other alien
enemies whom they will intern there.
Testing tires is done nowadays
not entirely in a laboratory by the
pictureque chemist with tortoise shell
glasses, but is done by real knights
of the road who have had years of ex
perience in driving automobiles un
der all manner of road conditions.
The accompanying picture of five
dust-ladened automobiles, all of a dif
ferent make and weight, is one of
six tire-testing fleets operated at
various points in the United States
by the Goodrich Rubber company of
Akron, O. This particular eet of
tire-testing cars has just completed
a trip of 1,750 miles, including in the
main a trip from Kansas City to
Denver returning via Omaha. This
trip included various detours from the
main road in order to encounter spe
cial road conditions.
The Goodrich manufacturers claim
credit for being the first tire manu
facturers to tesUtires in all sections
of the United States. They are at
present operating six fleets of tire
testing cars: one in the southeast,
one in the New England states, one
at Dayton, O., one in the state of
Washington, one in the region of the
Great Lakes and one in the middle
west. The flafct operated in the middle
west is called the Prairie fleet and
is shown in the accompanying photo
graph. The testing of tires in different lo
calities enables the manufacturers to
observe the "staying qualities" of the
tires under all conditions. Each local
ity from the rocky New England
states to the western deserts present
a different message to the tire manu
facturer owing to ''the different re
quirements and weather conditions.
C. E. Conger from the factory at
Akron keeps an accurate report of
each tire, the mileage, the condition,
etc., and this is telegraphed to the
factory every night. Then, at the end
of the trip a summary is madfe up
telling of conditions encountered, and
this information is used to determine
which tire is best suited to each lo
cality and which one is best under
various road conditions.
Accompanying the Goodrich fleet
on its 1,750-mile run were C. R.
Martin of the Kansas City branch,
in charge of publicity; J. C. Kern of
the Kansas City branch, in charge of
the fleet; A. N. Alkire of the Kansas
City Journal; C. L. Shepard of the
Denver Rocky Mountain News;
Harry Davis of the Kansas City Post,
and John Lutteke of the St. Louis
Republican.
Village Cutups Can No Longer Kid
King as When It Was First Put Out
"The First 'King' proved its ability
to run in 1894," asserts W. L. Killy,
of the Noyes-Killy Motor company.
"The first time it appeared a crowd
of 'kidders' stood around ready to
give the inventor the laugh and
spring that first automobile joke
'Get a horse 1' On the occasion of the
first tryout one old 'fellow insistently
repeated 'it will never go, it will
never go,' and then finally after some
minor adjustment was made the 1894
model 'King' went down the street
at a lively clip, much to the surprise
of the spectators and the particular
dismay of the pessimistic bystander
who immediately declared, 'They'll
never be able to stop her in the wide
world.'
"King's advent preceded Duryea's
first practical machine about two
years, and the first Win ton was sold
in 1898. About this time, also the
French steam cars were considered
quite the best and not a few were in
use, the most popular being the 'Ser
pollet,' named after its inventor.
"All their early machines were
truly 'horseless carriages' and in no
wise resembled the 'gasomobiles'
which were of the vintage of 1901, and
the forerunners of the automobile. In
fact, the French term 'automobile' did
not come into" vogue until the manu
facture of self-propelled vehicles was
well established. '
"There is no more relation be
tween the first 'King' and the power
ful, swift Majestic Eight of today
than there is between an acorn and a
full grown oak tree. But this crude,
though practical, machine showed
that there existed in the mind of the
designer a clear conception of the
principles of gas engine construction
and a realization of the possibilities
of the modern motor car.
"In looking back, it may be safely
said, without exaggeration, that if it
had been possible to produce a 1917
model at the time the first 'King' ap
peared, such a car would have found
buyers at $150,000. The experience
that lies back of the latest King Eight
is worth millions and millions of dol
lars; it represents twenty-five years
of planning and labor."
Tire Users, Attention!
THE NEBRASKA TIRE & RUBBER CO.
Incorporated Under the Laws of the
State of Nebraska
OFFERS FOR SALE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF ITS
7 Preferred Stock
It is the purpose of this Company to manufacture and sell tires and
tubes direct to users. Stockholders will be given a big discount on all
tires they purchase, in addition to sharing in the dividends of the
Company.
THE FACTORY WILL BE IN THE HEART OF OMAHA AND
WILL BE IN OPERATION IN ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS.
The Nebraska Tire and Rubber Company is organized and will be
managed by the same man who organized the Hawkeye Tire and Rub
ber Company of Des Moines. Skilled men to supervise the operation
of the factory have been secured. For further information address
THE NEBRASKA TIRE & RUBBER CO.
General Offices 917-918 City National Bank Bldg. Omaha, Neb.
Deflation Ruins More
Tires Than Rough Roads
t'Faulty inner tubes and human
procrastinations have ' ruined more
automobile tires than any other twin
causes," said Henry Nygaard, pro
prietor of the Omaha Tire Repair
company, in speaking of the absolute
necessity of buying only the best in
inner tubes.
"The greatest enemy of the pneu
matic tire is deflation. The tire com
panies have pounded this fact home
in all their literature almost ever
since they started making pneumatic
tires. They have literally screeched
it to tire users, and come have even
molded instructions on the side of the
tire as to its proper inflation.
"Yet when you see hundreds of
machines roll by on half inflated tires
well, it just makes a tire man
throw up his hands and say, 'What's
the use?'
"Of course, we sell more tires as a
result, but that isn't our policy of
doing business. We want every tire
to deliver to the owner every mile
that was put into it."
Cobb Coin Back? Oh, Tel.
OuUld of being th lending batimtn,
leading run-getter and leading baaa-atealer
In the American league, Ty Cobb Isn't doing
much this aeaaon. It waa predicted early
In the year that he waa going back and he
went back to "leading" again.
The Golden Mean
OSSpTSKi $875
THE Grant Six is a good
example of the golden mean
In "motor car designing. In
dze, for instance, it is neither
to big that it dwarfs its occu
pants, nor so small that it
lacks dignity.
In weight the Grant Six is
neither unduly light nor unnecessar
ily heavy. Probably no other car
has more successfully achieved
strength and sturdiness without an
ounce of superfluous material.
Grant Sec has power beyond
for a car of its size yet not more
than one or two of the very smallest
cars surpass it in economy and no
car of its class does so. Grant Six
owners average 20 miles to a gallon
of gasoline, and 900 miles to a gal
lon of oil..
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The Grant Srx at $875 combine!
size, beauty, comfort, power, economy
and proved dependability. No other
car at near its price gives so much
and even at much higher prices you
will not find in any one car all of
the 'desirable features you get in the
Grant Six.
what i ordinarily considered ample
Before You Buy Any Cat Compare GRANT SIX
DEALERS: We have an attractive proposition.
Lininger Implement Company
Sixth and Pacific Streets. Omaha, Neb.
GRANT MOTOR- CAR CORPORATION, CLEVELAND
SAUm "SIT
A BIG TOURING CAR FOR FIVE PEOPLE
1 """ 6firp ...
234 Saxon Sixes Travel 70,200 Miles
Average 259 Miles Per Gal. of Gas
Our Entry Averaged 23.5 Miles per Gal.
On July 18 there was staged a nation
wide drive in which 234 Saxon dealers
took part.
Each dealer drove a strictly stock model
Saxon "Six" a full 300 miles in one day.
It proved a dramatic demonstration of
the remarkable gasoline economy of
Saxon "Six."
The grand average of the 234 dealers
for the full 70,200 miles was 25.9 miles
per gallon.
It was no contest of "tuned up" special
cars.
It was not a test with a measured gallon
of gas.
It was a drive of 234 Saxon "Sixes"
taken right out of stock.
Each car ran a full 300 miles in one day.
It took place in 234 different parts of
the country, under 234 different sets of
conditions, over 234 different kinds of
roads.
That proves that this 25.9 miles per gal
lon of gasoline is the ordinaiy, the aver
age performance of Saxon "Six."
And it proves, as nothing else would
prove, the wonderful gasoline economy
your Saxon "Six" will give you.
No other car in its class can match this
record.
Furthermore, these 234 Saxon "Sixes"
averaged 175 miles per quart of oil.
And not a single instance of mechanical
trouble occurred throughout the entire
70,200 miles.
' There is the proof that Saxon "Six" is
your kind of a car. Price f. o. b. De
troit, $935.
Noyes-Killy Motor Co.
Factory Distributors.
2066-68 Farnam Street. Omaha, Neb.
See Car in Tent Near Terry Hotel, Fremont Tractor Show
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