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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 16, 1917)
4 D THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 16. .017. ECONOMY DRIVER . EXPIAINSMETHODS Any Car Owner May Get Big Mileage if He Will Follow Instructions; No Tricks Are Needed. Many people comment on the big mileage that Maxwell cars obtain in day after day performances. There are thousands of automobile drivers who do not understand how the Max well drivers get from twenty to fifty miles on one gallon. .The Bee is printing the method of economy' driving as told by D. E. Larkin of Portland, Ore., who made more than forty-six miles on one gal lon in tne recent Aiaxweii i-iDerry bond contest In order to get the greatest gaso line efficiency from a Maxwell car, ac cording to Larkin, one must first keep , the motor in perfect working order. Clean oil is necessary. l he carburetor is to be adjusted so as thin a mixture as possible is ob tained. The bearings should be kept clean, free and properly lubricated. Oil the Springs. Another important feature is the oiling of all parts of the springs. Par ticular attention is to be paid to this, as 20 per cent greater efficiency may be had if it is done. Tires are to be filled to full capac ity, about sixty-five pounds pressure being required. When driving the windshield is best tilted back so as to otter as little re sistance as possible to the wind, Brakes are not to be allowed to drag, It. is best to maintain a speed ot about twenty miles an hour or there abouts. 1 be driver in keeping tne feed pressure even and steady assures greater economy, as fluctuation uses up more gasoline than a steady flow. Coasting Legitimate. Coasting is legitimate and is highly important ' in the - saving of fuel Where the grade is long it is best to shut the engine entirely off. If the grade is short better results are had if the engine is kept barely turning over. The gasoline consump tion is not as great by this as it is in starting the engine. Evening is the best time to make long drives, as the gasoline lasts longer than during the daytime hours. 3y following rules ''which have proven efficient any Maxwell driver may make big mileage. It is neces sary to take the best of care of a car at all times to gain the benefits of gasoline consumption. If the direc tions are followed any driver will get remits that will be a surprise to him. Overland Country Club Proves Popular in the Land of Mikado i . ", f"",i ;i nr.-- m 11 Ml, . as is: Although Willys-Overland advertis ing recently has featured the fact that the Overland Country Club model is the "most popular Country Club in America," the statement might have been made broader without stretch ing the truth. Today Country Club models are to be found in India, Australia, South Africa, South America and in many Lexington Company Has Taken a vStep Forward Articles of incorporation for the Lexington . Motor company of Con- norsville, Ind., have just been filed In Indianapolis. The action rings in a greater era for the, already thriving concern, which, until now, has borne the name of the Lexington-Howard company, the new concern, spring ing out of the old one, is capitalized at 41,800,000. Of this $1,200,000 is preferred stock and $600,000 common stock. All the common stock and a great deal of the preferred was sub scribed some time airo. Of the ore- other countries to which it has been possible to make export shipments from the United States. The accompanying photgraphs show an Overland Country Club model in Japan. One of the scenes shows a car in the, shadow of Fuji yama, well-known sacred moutain of the land of the mikado. The other shows a Country Club car surrounded by Japanese street urchins. ferred stock a portion will be held for sale at future times, if that becomes expedient None will be offered for sale just now. Frank B. Ansted, who has been head of the Lexington-Howard com pany, is president and general man ager of the new company, which will be greater in all respects than its parent and predecessor. It is not lim ited, merely to the building of motor cais. Under its charter it may build aeroplanes, hydroplanes, motor boats, or any mechanism which is power driven. In brief, the new charter throws open every gate into the im mense field of mechanical vehicle manufacturing. Cadillacs Break Road Records in Kansas A Cadillac Eight roadster and a Cadillac Eight touring caT were used between Kansas City and Manhattan, Kart., in the government's recent mo tor car run, and set new road records between, the two points. The object of the Washington authorities was to learn how quickly a message could be sent by relays of motor cars from Washington to San Francisco. The time was less than that taken by fast mail trains. From Kansas City to Tooeka. the Cadillac roadster was driven by Wil- lard McQuistion of the Greenlease Motor Car company. It was a 2-year-old car taken in the day before and made the run without special tuning up. The distance is. eighty-three miles, which was made in one hour: thirty-nine minutes, actual running time, or at an average speed of 50.29 mites per hour. The road is very rough and rocky, and in the first half of the distance has a great many turns. . At Topeka, the government courier steppeHrom the roadster'into a Cad- iliac touring-car, which-was off and away without delay. . Carrying the driver, Louis Nesbaum, the courier,' and two passengers, the run was made at an average speed of 45.1 miles per hour, the time being ne hour, twenty-five' minutes. These are new records for the dis tances between the three ooints. also between Kansas City and Manhattan. ihe tastest time of the run was made by the roadster on the twelve miles from Watson into Topeka. At twelve minutes to 10 o'clock a tele phone message from Watson said the car had passed there. Eleven minutes later it pulled up at Cadillac headquar ters in Topeka. . Balloonist Lands in Own Yard 100 Miles from Start It is weli known that spherical bal loons, such as are used in making test flights in training men to become pilots, cannot be steered, but must follow the direction of the prevailing air currents. All of which renders more remarkable the experience of Ueutenant Huff, in a flight from the Goodyear Tire and Rubber company's aviation field near Akron, O. The wind currents proved just right to carry him to the region of his home near the Ohio river, and, as his bal loon had lost( a considerable volume of gas imaking several intermediate landings, it became necessary to make a final landing. Flying low, he passed over an automobile, the occupants of which he recognized as acquaintances, and a few minutes after hallooing to them, landed in'the yard of his own home, 100 miles -from the aviation field. 7 V. Naricw were their spheres of ac tiorr these first women of America Woman's power; TTTi.l 1; . J . . . .1 1 w uu uior uimieu equipment, tney weie obliged to expend great energy to accomplish little., , But today because of their better. etjuTpment women of America mul tiply their powers a hundred fold .They do infinitely more, for they hsve infinitely more to do with. And nothing extends a woman's ability to do, as does a thoroughly dependable automobile. She makes possible for herself max imum efficiency and usefulness when she uses a PacKard enclosed car. Then she takes with her every where' the security and comfort of her home. , And she has the satisfaction always of knowing that she rides in utmost elegance at the lowest feasible cost. Woman's power of accomplish ment in this year of orrtunity depends upon the efficiency of her .equrpment. Seventeen dbttlncdve body styles la open and eodosed an In the Third Series Twin-bc 3-2S and 3-35 A s li t'h e man w h o o w n s o n e , . See the Orr Motor Sales Company 40th and Farnam Sts. Omaha. AJso Lincoln and Sioux City TWIN-6 Muffler Cut-Outs to Be Eliminated in Future As the use of muffler cut-outs is be coming a nuisance, the members of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce have voted unanimously for their elimination on the cars they build in future, so far as thecan be operated from the driver's seat. With more than 4,000,000 cars in use and supplying great service in the transportation of the individual and of materials, the use of muffler cut-outs is unfai.- to the public and adds an unnecessary noise to Ameri can life. Cars have ample power so that the slight increase in speed which may come from the use of cut-outs is of no importance. There may be times in adjusting motors where a cut-out is useful, but in such 'cases it can be operated from under the car. Almost half of the 110 makers ia the chamber do not fit muffler cut outs to their present cars and all makers voted that they should be eliminated in the new products. Or a Microscope. Fielder Jones advises us to keep an eye on the Browns next season. Busi ness of puchasing a telescope. True Hauling Economy Is Accomplished Truck Suited To Your ds A $350 D, EAR BORN V TRUCK ATTACHMENT and a FORD GHASIS Will Make , a Good Ton truck i u 1 72 It is never economy to buy an article because it is cheap. Neither is it economy to buy expensive units so constructed that they are , suited to more difficult' problems "than those confronting your busi ness. true economy lies in buying the truck which will efficiently per form the tasks confronting your business at the lowest price possible to insure your getting what you want. For any man needing a 1-ton truck the Dearborn Truck Attach-, . ment attached to a Ford chassis will serve and be economical. ' Ask us to prove this to you. Jones-Opper Go. A. H. JONES 2043-45 Farnam "St OMAHA, NEB. Distributor Eastern and Northern Nebraska and Western Iowa. HASTINGS, NEB. Distributor Southern and. Western Nebraska and Northern Kansas. Banker professional man contractor farmer or wage earner, whatever your business may be, a motor car will save time for you and increase your efficiency. s And we recommend the Maxwell to you as the most economical car on the market today. Thousands of Maxwell owners operate their -cars at a cost of $6 to $8 a month. The Maxwell retains its efficiency for years and has a high second-hand value. The Maxwell is a genuine business asset for any man. CB Touring Car $45 Roadstt $743 1 CompJ $109St BrnrVn $1093; Stdan $1093 AS pricu f.cb. Detroit Midwest Motor & Supply Co. , " . Distributors. , ' 2216-18 Farnam St., Omaha; Neb. Phone Tyler 2462.