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PART FIVE
AUTOMOBILES
PAGES ONE TO SIX
VOL. XLVII NO. 14.,
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 16, 1917.
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
NASH SIX ARRIVES
IN THEGATE CITY
First Demonstrator Arouses
v Favorable Comment; Engine
is Big Feature of the
New Creation.
The first Nash six demonstrator to
arrive in Omaha has been " received
by the , Nash Sales company, local
distributors, and is now on display at
the salesrooms. According to T. H.
McDearmon, general manager,' inter
est aroused by the announcement ad
vertising and the universal desire to
see this car, which is the first product
of C W. Nash and his associates, has
brought many people to the show
room.
This new Nash car, which will sell
for $1,295, is a five-passenger tour
ing model of 121-inh wheelbase. The
big, roomy double-cowled body is fin
ished in Nash blue. A gold hair line
is penciled around the top of the body
and the wheels are finished in cream
color.
When you lift the hood you are at
once impressed with the utter sim
plicity of the power plant. It is dif
ferent in appearance from the en
gines which you have been familiar
with in the past. The usual tangle of
wires and complex mechanism is
missing. Instead you find a motor
which is as clean as a cut block of
new steel.
By perfecting the valve-in-hand
principle it is said Nash engineers
have achieved deeper breathing of live
gas and quicker exhalation of dead
vapors, thus increasing the efficiency
and power of the motor and making
for economy of fuel and upkeep.
The big car is upholstered through
out in finest leather. The broad rear
seat accommodates three passengers
of more than average, size.
National Distributor Says
' Wire Wheels More Popular
Wire wheels are in the ascendancy,
more popular this year than at any
other time since they were introduced
as a novelty to the American motor
ist According to F. E. Miller of the
T. G. North wall company, local dis-'
Studebaker Makes Record Going UpPike's Peak
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SAXONS ENLIST .
IN HOME GUARD
Unit of Owners to Furnish Cars
for Troops in Case of
Any Trouble at
Home. ,
The aboe picture of S. M. Downer
and family and a brother was taken
July 30 after making the top of Pike's
Peak in a Studebaker "Six."
In speaking of the drive Mr.
Downer says the trip was made from
Manitou, twenty-five miles, without a
change of carburetor" and the water
in the radiator only boiled twice. The
greater portion of this grade as you
near the summit is 17l2 per cent and
it takes a real motor to make the trip.
Manager Conner of the Omaha
branch of the Studebaker Corpora
tion of America claims that a Stude
baker at the Antlers hotel, Colorado
Springs, ha? made eighty-six trips to
the top of Pike's Peak, which seems
to be an undisputed 'record.
tributor of National Highway Sixes
and Twelves. Many cars shipped from
the National factory ride on wire
wheels despite the fact that they are
optional, not standard, equipment,
with the maker who furnishes them at
an additional cost. '
Unusual Speed Range
Makes Peerless Notable
The Peerless, asserts W. L. Killy
of the Noyes-Killy Motor company,
is attracting considerable attention,
owing to its unusual range of speed.
The "loafing range" and the "sport
ing range" are the distinctive names
given by the manufacturers to their
new achievement, and are' accom
plished by a double set of poppet
valves. '
The "loafing range" is particularly
attractive from an economic stand-
poin1:, and enables users to average,
under ordinary touring conditions
from sixteen to eighteen miles to a
gallon of gasoline. Data gathered at
random among owners gives this av
erage and the minimum mileage re
ported is twelve miles to a gallon.
Gerspacher and Toozer
Visit Eastern Factories
Joe C. Gerspacher and George E,
Toozer of the Toozer-Gerspacher
Motor company left last week for
flint, Mich., M. Louis, Mo., and In
dianapolis, lad., at which points they
will visit the Dort, Moon and rath
finder factories.
Mr. Gerspacher says they are going
to the Dort factory with blood in
their eyes for the purpose of demand
ing cars enough to fill orders already
The MARMON Buyers
Who and What They Are ,
As a man is known by the company he keeps, so an automo
bile becomes known by the character of those who buy 'it.
'For, wealth brings freedom (of choice, and when experience ;
with many cars narrows down men's preference to one, there is
every reason to believe it must excel, regardless of price.
LThis is the position the Mar
mon occupies today, less than two
years since this scientifically con
structed car was announced.
Its owners include many prom
inent people.
In the realm of finance men at
the head of great banks and trust
companies men who sit in the
councils of the government
In the field of business men
who are making America great
steel kings, packers, merchan
princes, heads of railroads. -;
In the motor car industry ex
ecutives, engineers and manufac
turers of car parts, of accessories
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men who know materials and
construction.
On the stage favorite stars of
the theatre, the opera, and the
screen.
In positions of prominence
distinguished army commanders,
journalists, public officials, men of
professions noted surgeons,
writers, architects, aviators, sports- '
men, society leaders.
No car regardless of price
has a more brilliant roster of
ownership. Call or write for fuller
information.
136-inch wheelbase; 1100
pounds lighter.
Phone
Douglas
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signed. They intend to place the cold
cash right on the table for a train
load of Dort models and they won't
take "no" for An answer. '
Saxon not only is enlisted for
overseas service with the American
forces,- but it has been enrolled in
the home guard.
Under a government plan for a mo
tor reserve squad tVventv Saxon six
touring cars in Minneapolis have been
listed as the .first official reserve squad
in the country and the twenty own
ers of the cars are pledged to give
their motors and their time to the
public good in case of need.
The formation of the sauad was en
gineered by the Northwestern Auto
mobile company, Saxon distributors
at Minneapolis, along the lines sug
gested by the government. In case
of internal trouble or other military
transportation needs in the immediate
vicinity of the unit the drivers and
cars are sworn to donate their serv
ices for the work. Primarily, the plan
is intended to furnish quick trans
portation for the home guard in case
of disorder.
In the absence of any strictly mili
tary duties, however, the unit has
volunteered along with other motor
ists to give an outing for the sol
diers that are quartered around Min
neapolis. They are going to take the
soldiers for a 137-mile trip and give
them a luncheon. The program will
be given on a Sunday and is designed
King Eight is the Pride of Killy
This is the King "Eight" foursome
and a group of King fans snapped at
the Country club. Getting enough of
them to supply the demand is VK L.
Killy's "little pet peeve," and it is
to vary the routine of army life for
the boys, many of whom are new re
cruits and find military, life monotonous.
Warmer Weather for
Nebraska Next Week
Washington, Sept. IS. Weather
predictions for the week beginning
Sunday, issued by the weather bureau
today, are:
Plains state and upper- and middle
Mississippi valleys: Fair, followed
bv rain i in northwest Monday or
Tuesday, and Tuesday or Wednes
day in Missouri and upper Missis
sippi valleys;, otherwise fair weather
is indicated ' " '
Higher temperatures Sunday in
northwest and on Monday elsewhere
over the district.
the model which formed the founda
tion for his belief that ultra high
priced cars find as ready a market
in Nebraska as in any state in the
union.
"This car," asserts Mr. Killy, "is
thoroughly proved car, and we are
not obliged to waste anytime tell
ing people why the car will make
good. The car has made good and
people generally accept that as a
fact. . V '
'If dealers in automobiles, regard
less' of the make, could watch the
trend of buying from the distributor's
chair, they would be very little con
cerried regarding the advance in
prices. . -.- v ' ' ,
"Automobile prices have advanced
materially, but so has everything
else. To get down to oold facts, auto
mobile prices havj not advanced as
much by comparison as farm produce
prices, farmers realize tnis ana tneir
puying is increasing, rather than de-
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motor car, too, are forcing many 'of
them into the higher prices car field."
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Prolonged U$e
Improves the Stearns
The carbon that forms between the
sleeve and on the cylinder walls of the
Stearnt-Knight motor is an asset. I
It shapes into hardened films instead of
crusts as on the cylinder walls of other
engines.
The silent gliding of the sleeves on this
glazed surface makes the motor run
more smoothly as the miles roll up.
The carbon films also prevent the es
cape of gas, thus utilising every spray
that enters the cylinders.
That is why a Stearns is quieter and
smoother, after thousands of miles of
use, than the day it leaves the factory.
It also explains the extraordinarily long
life of the Stearns.
The Finest Setting
the Knight Has Ever Had
NEITHER in Europe nor America has the Knight engine ever been ,
given as fine a setting as in the Stearns. (, ;
For six years Stearns has been blending the Knight principle with
Stearns practice. " - . ' . ,
Every Stearns back to the first proves that prolonged use only ;
serves to improye the engine.
It is an actual fact that Stearns performance continually grows better '
as the mileage rolls up. .,' 'J . f
There is pure delight in Stearns vibrationless power. , . - ' ,
The Knight engine is inherently smooth. . . t ; K ,
But Stearns has brought smoothness and flexibility to the highest"1 -pitch
with its counter-balanced crankshaft. " . " v ,
The perfect balance of the crankshaft adds years to the life of the ,
car.'' ., vj
We do not believe there is a fine car in America for which one of our Yv
owners would exchange his Stearns. . .
A greater volume used brings the Stearns within the range of all;''
wno appreciate a car oi nign cnaracter. f
Stearns Four x 1 7fltL
five-passenger f 1 I OJ
Tourlnf Car for Svn, $1925; Clovar-teaf Road
ster, $1785 Coups, $2300; Convertible Sedan,
$2385; Llmouilne, $3200; Landaulet, $3300;
Landaulet Broueham, $3350. -
$2575
Stearns Eight , ;
seven passenger
Clover-lraf Roadster, $2578; Coups,' $3200 1
Coupe-Landaulet, $3200; Limousins, $3685; ,.
Landaulet, $3785; Landaulet Brougham, $3785.
THE F. B. STEARNS COMPANY, CLEVELAND, OHIO,
Mclntyre-Hayward Motor Company
2427 Farnajn Street
Distributors Nebraska and Western Iowa
OMAHA, NEB.
Phone Douglas 240Q