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NEW NASH CAR TO BE
ANNOUNCED SOON
C. W. Nash to Build Car
Which Is to Carry His
Name, So Long Well
Known.
Cord Tires Make Great
Saving in Power Used
Cord tires effect a saving of at least
twelve per cent in power, according to
data compiled by engineers of the
Firestone Tire and Rubber company.
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Practical tests again and again have
proved the superiority of cord tires
as to power saving as well as long
mileage, but until Firestone engineers
devised an accurate laboratory test,
the exact saving in power was not
known.
The Firestone tests were made un
der varying conditions and loads and
were checked against error several
times before they were accepted as
final. In almost every case the cord
tire consumed only 88 per cent as
much power as the fabric.
Bee Wants-Ads Produce Results.
Cole Four -Door Tour sedan Now on Auto Row
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Even back in the days when the au
tomobile lurched along on one cyl
inder, C W. Nash, then in the car
riage manufacturing business, aspired
to build a motor car bearing his own
name.
For twenty-five years he has been
building and selling carnages and
automobiles. During that time he
has seen the motor car industry out
grow its cradle and watched it rise
from a small, discredited beginning
to the proud rank of third industry
in the United States. In its rise he
has played a leading role, having
headed some of the largest and most
successful automobile companies in
the United States.
To Realize Ambition.
But his lifelong ambition is soon to
be fully realized. For he is just about
to formally announce the birth of a
car that bears his name and reflects
his experience and ii'tals.
A year ago when Air. Aash entered
the field as a manufacturer in his own
name he looked about for a factory
site. He inspected personally every
motor car plant of consequence in
this country. The result of this sift
ing down process was the purchase of
the 100-acre Jeffery plant at Kenosha.
There has been much speculation
as to the number of cylinders, size
and price of the nar, but owing to the
fact that Mr. Nash has built cars of
various types and prices, it is almost
impossible for even the trade to guess
with any degree of accuracy the type
of the new Nash car.
Farmer Is Best Prospect
As Purchaser of Truck
"One of the surest indications of
the growing enthusiasm in truck pur
chasing," asserts C. C. May of the
Midwest Motor and Supply company,
"is the entry of such large manufac
turers as the Maxwell Motor com
pany, Inc., and the Ford Motor com
pany into the field.
"Both Maxwell and Ford organi
zations have ever been strong in their
belief that concentration on one
' model meant success on a large scale,
and their entry into the truck field
will call for large organizations to
take care of the new line.
"On all sides we receive reports
from our dealers which point out the
farmer as the likely prospect of the
near future. It's bound to follow this
channel because the hauling problems
of the farmer are varied and many.
They are coming to like the thought
of efficiency, too. They know it
means money to them in the long
run." -
Auto Passenger Mileage Is
Worth Billions of Dollars
"The passenger car has developed
into a universal utility," says Harry
M. Jewett, president of the Paige
Detroit Motor Car company. "As
such its economic influence is now
tremendous in a thoroughly practical
and constructive way. j
"Some inkling of what the auto
mobile now means to us and the
practical part it is playing in our eco
nomic life is realized when it is
learned that greater passenger-mile
service is rendered by the passenger
motor cars in the United States than
by the entire railroad or street rail
way systems of the country. The
3,700,000 passenger cars, averaging
S.000 miles a year and three persons
each, give a total of 55,500,000,000
miles. At a rate of 2 cents per mile
this is worth $1,110,000,000 a year."
Information conies from Indianap
olis to the effect that the Cole Motor
Car company is now ready to place
its new four-door Toursedan on the
market. This is the same offering
which attracted so much attention at
the larger automobile shows last win
ter. The Cole four-door Toursedan is of
the convertible Springfield body type,
but it differs from anything else in
the trade in the wide variety of uses
for which it is available. It is not
only an open and closed car in a sin
gle unit, but it represents five dis
tinct types of cars all in one. ,
In the first place, the body can, with
Allen Owner Likes Poetry
And Hates the Kaiser
Carl Changstrom of the Standard
Motor Car company, received a letter
the other day from an Allen enthusi
ast whose thoughts of comparison
are expressed in war terms.
The following extract from his let
ter shows plainly what he thinks of
the kaiser's fighters:
"I use my old car to demonstrate
with. It has been run about 4,000
miles and the more I drive it the
more quiet it runs and it has the pep
and energy of an Irishman fighting
six Dutchmen. Believe me, the Allen
don't take a back seat for any of them
and when it comes to pulling in sand
and up hills, it goes through like a
Canadian through a German trench."
This same man, H. C. Lyman, is
somewhat of a poet also, as is indi
cated by the following:
I lay that the Alton la there with the (ooda.
It makei all the othera take to the woods.
It's there with the pep on sand or on hill
They may all chooie another, but I never
will.
Secretary Baker Interested -In
12,000-Mile Auto Trip
Newton D. Baker, secretary of war,
in a letter written to the Elgin Motor
Car corporation, has expressed his in
terest in the results of the road inves
tigations being conducted by Roy S.
Marsh and Edward M. Lawrence, who
are in charge of the Elgin "Six" Na
tional All Trails scout car now en
gaged in a 12,000-mile trip over the
Lincoln Highway, the National Old
Trials road, and and the Dixie High
way. In his letter, Secretary Baker
states that " a general discussion of
the character of the roads in various
sections of the country, upon the
completion of the journey, would be
very useful and would be appreciated
by the department."
little effort, be quickly changed from
the closed limousine style to the
open variety, with nothing obstruct
ing the vision from the windshield to
the rear.
Another original feature of the car,
which was the subject of much com
ment when it made its first appear
ance, is the glass partition dividing
the front and rear compartments.
This glass partition is not only ad
justable, but it is entirely removable.
With the glass partition in place
and all of the side windows up, the
car is of the Berline-Limousine type;
by dropping the windows at the sides
of the front seat the car becomes a
fashionable TowncarLimousinc: by
removing the partition entirely and
leaving the side windows of the car
up the vehicle is transformed into a
luxurious family Sedan; when the
windows are lowered with the parti
tion removed an open touring car
with a permanent roof is the result.
The fifth transformation furnishes an
absolutely original style of motor car
by replacing the glass partition and
leaving the side windows down. The
glass partition not only protects the
passengers in the open car from the
wind and dust, but it separates them
from the chauffeur, giving a tone of
privacy which heretofore has not
been available in the average open
car.
Bill Hart Picks His Motor Car
With Same Care as His Horses
It is hard to believe that our cinema
idols are not the same in real life as in
reel life. We like to think of Charley
Chaplin whiling away his leisure
hours by throwing custard pies and
it pays us to learn that Theda Bara
can't be a "rag, a bone and hank of
hair," without a makeup.
"Pardner, I reckon there ain't no
heap of dfff'rence 'tween a hoss and a
ottermobile. Fusson'lly, I'm inclined
to put 'em in the same corral, secin'
as how I size 'em both up 'siderable
'fore I saddle and mount. I know that
critture over yonder. Recognized the
Circle Twelve brand on the fore flank
as I was passin. And I says to my
self, 'Bill, you're a stranger in this
here camp and can't expect no favors
being done you, but they can't give
you no necktie party for steppin, up
and askin' the loan of that gas'line
grazer for a day or sol So, pardner,
here I be."
That is the way in which we would
have had William S. Hart, wild-riding,
hip shooting, one-hand-cigaret-rolling
hero of the western films, talk
when he entered the salesrooms of
the Eiseman Automobile company of
Cleveland recently and asked that he
might use a twelve-cylinder National,
mate to one that he has in his own
garage on the Pacific coast, during his
stay in the Ohio metropolis.
But Hart's manner of speech, did
not come up to our fanciful specifica
tions. He left the musical lingo of
the plains behind to keep his chaps,
his boots and his lariat company dur
ing his absence. He voiced his reasort
for selecting a National highway 12,
Five-passenger touring or
four passenger roadster,
$895
Open Sedan, $119
f. o. b. Fostoria, Ohio
Factory A3dreK
io Allen Motor Company
Fostoria, Ohio
Buying below the market
With nearly all motor car prices showing"decided
increases, you would expect Allen excellence to
command a higher figure.
$895 for touring or roadster models is a price
we expect to see advanced in the near future.
Those who buy coon are buying below the
market.
The percentage of owners who are driving
their second or third Allen is large.
To them, satisfactory performance and splen
did motor car service is no longer a matter
for comment
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Standard Motor Car Co.
Factory Distributor
CARL CHANGSTROM, Prop.
however, in language that was just
as forceful if not as picturesque. His
tribute was this:
"It is a car that appealed to me be
cause of its fighting spirit, enduring
strength and wonderful speed. These
are the same qualities that I seek in
a horse, He, too, must be made of the
stuff of champions."
And fastening the strap of his
broad sombrero under his chin, the
cowboy of the movies put spurs to the
self-starter and rode range on Cleve
land astride a National mount,
branded with the Circle Twelve iron.
El CAES
A powerful car that is comfortable, a luxurious
car that is dependable, a beautiful car that is eco
nomicalsuch is the twelve-cylinder National.
In tests and in everyday service it has convinced
us that it will outperform any genuinely "stock"
car in the world.
CTheSix $1995 ' eqfrehe$2595
NATIONAL MOTOR CAR & VEHICLE CORP., INDIANAPOLIS
Stvtnlttntk Succmfui Ytar
i The T. G. Northwall Company
OMAHA, NEB.
LUTE MORSE, Lincoln, Neb. S. R. NELSON, Atlantic, la. DEAN BROS., York, N.b.
Th nrw Packard Tourim Car, otto paMtnseta
Why the new harvest? .
"The little sour apple that Eve ate,
becomes a juicy pippin today." So
goes an old song.
Dame Nature is a striver for per
fection. From the elements of soil,
water, air she gathers her resources
that she may periodically produce
perfect fruit.
And under right stimulation she
everlastingly improves upon herself.
Now!
With the abundant new harvest
comes a perfected and more beauti
ful Packard.
It is the natural product of a rich
and deep experience that ever seeks
to improve upon itself.
The refinement of the Twin-six
motor means further efficiency and
greater economy of fuel.
It saves gasoline.
And the radical change in body
design sets advanced standards of
automobile beauty, comfort and ele
gance. This new creation is the finest fruit
of Packard endeavor.
And with it arrives the fulfilment
of the new harvest with its ever
renewing power to satisfy men's grow
ing needs and desires.
Seventeen body stylet in this third Twin-six series-
Ask the man
3-25 and 3-35. Open cars, $3450 and $3850, at Detroit
who owns one
See the Orr Motor Sales Company
40th and Farnam Sts., Omaha. Also Lincoln and Sioux City
TWIN-6
2020 Famam Street.
Omaha, Neb.
Dealers: Writ or wire for our proposition.