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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: NOVEMBER 4, 1917.
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SAYING OF ONE MAN
HAY HELP WIN WAR
Light Oars Do Wonders in the
Way of Making a Saving
in Gasoline.
"Though the conservation one man
' can ersocally . effect may seem
trivial," says H. Pelton. Marmon dis
tributor, "when jthe subject is consid
ered from the standpoint oi tne Known
total results of the entire country, he
prospect js very much more cheer
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v "Take, for instance, the gasoline
savin es eneetea Dy me etiminaiea
weiffht of each Marmon 34. Through
the use of aluminum, scientific design
and other factors this car is 1,100
pounds lighter than comparable cars
This reortsents a comorenensible eras-
oJine saving every time a car of this
model is run a mile. That the owner
of Marmon 34 saves 'the gasoline it
would take to propel an extra ton
through the life of his car may seem
to him a thins of small moment and
' in nowise a public service. A little
figuring nevertheless will prove to
him that he is helping in a very im
portant manner at the big task o;
the dav.
"To date 5.500 Marmon 34s have
been delivered. The 1,100 pounds of
eliminated weight each of these cars
represent meant that the 5.500 cars
have saved the gasoline necessary for
the transportation .of some 6,050,000
pounds or 3,035 tons. The 3,023 tons
converted into cars would mean 1,734
MarmoB 34s and the gasoline these
would consume iq a year of average
use may make the saving more tangi
"The average car is driven from 80
to luu mues a week at the very least.
Suppose we take the lowest possible
estimate and say the average car runs
only 4,000 miles each year. Thus the
3,025 tons of eliminated weight (the
equivalent of some 1,784 Marmon 34s)
would in the course of a year travel
7,136,000 miles at the very least, 10,
, 000,000 miles would probably , be
nearer the exact truth. The conserved
fuel supply made possible' by the
elimination of 1,100 fuel consuming
pounas irom eacn ot the 5.5UO Mar
mon 34s would at the very least
amount to 500,000 gallons of irasoline
each year; This vast store would sus
tain an afmy of tanks and send them
dashing 'over the top' in many t
push. So you see vour small fuel eon
servatlon counts greatly when you
view it from, the national or world
standpoint .-. ,
Trucks Sent Overland For
Delivery Carry Freight
Because of lack of railroad, facilities,
many .of the British motor truck man
ufacturers have been forced to deliver
their machines to their buyers by driv.
ing them overland, says Carl Chang
Strom of the Standard Motor, Car
-. companv. Many of these trips have
ranged from 200 to 400 miles in length
and in almost all cases "dummy"
loads have been carried. A plan has
now been devised for utilising these
machines for the delivery of mcrchan
dise that would otherwise be ahipped
by railroad. Large stocks of goods
are maintained at the factories of the
motor truck makers so that each ma
chine leaving the plant for delivery is
able to take on a full load consigned
to the point of its destination. The
plan has been developed to an efficient
degree by the Leyland company,
which make! shipments by motor
convoy twice a week, ' Factories in
the neighborhood of the Leyland
plant in Leyland, Lancashire, art no
tified by telephone of the number of
vehicles to be dispatched at any given
time, i Loads are prepared in advance
and in case the capacity of any ma
chine is not completely taken up, an
additional load may be taken on be
tween the starting point and the des
tination. The same plan is followed
with shipments of chassis, planks be
ing laid across the frame. After load
ing, the machines return to the fac
tory and proceed in convoy forma-,
tion to their destination. By such
methods the Leyland company has
transported more than 10,000 tons of
, merchandise since the plan was in
augurated. The run from Leyland to
London, 21,8 miles, is made in Z2XA
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Olympian Pathfinder
On Dealers' Annual Run
An Olympian touring stock car
played an important part In the Kan
sas City. automobile dealers fifth an
nual trade run, asserts R. C. Peter
son, manager of Dill & Torring,
Olympian distributors for Nebraska.
The car was entered by the Hull Mo
tor Car company, Olympian Kansas
City distributors, and was driven
Jhe entire distance by Charles A.
"Becchcr.
' The Olympian was the official
pathfinder car on the 604-mile first
leg of the run and performed won-
uerluliy, regaraiess oi me tact inai
many detours were made and the pas
sengers in the car had to throw con
fetti and arrange for the balance of
20 cars in the run to make the proper
detour. - V" -,; - "
The run included stops at all of
the principal towns and 'villages, where
good road speeches were made by
prominent dealers and good- road
boosters..,:"' .
Many cars encountered trouble on
the six-day run, but the Olympian, ac
cording to official reports, made the
entire trip without losing one min
ute on the entire schedule, which was
very fast . . "
.Rubber for America ": ";?
Now Crossed the Pacific
Before the war American rubber
manufacturers were able to get crude
rubber only through London, for Eng
land has always demanded that all
rubber from the far eastern rubber
lantations, which it controls, should
e distributed from that city. But
since the closing of the Suez canal to
merchant trade, as far as American
shipping is concerned, all rubber des
tined for America has come across the
Pacific ocean to our western ports.
The importance of this trade to these
ports is shown in the $5,000,000 worth
of crude rubber business handled at
Seattle, Wash., during the month of
August
- Recently the largest shipment of
crude rubber ever consigned to an
American firm came across the Pacific
!rom Singapore to : Seattle, in- the
steamer Lmse Ketlsen, for the Good
year Tire and Rubber company, Ak
ron. O. This shipment consisted of
25.000 cases of , plantation . rubber,
weighing J 873 tons, valued at nearly
$3,000,000
U. S. May Use Motors on the Rural
Parcel Post Routes; Better Service
In the opinion of the postmaster
general every large city and the vil
lages and farming communities about
them should be interested in the pas
sage of the bill introduced in the
bouse by Mr. Moon, authorizing ex
periments by the postmaster general
in the operation of motor truck
routes in the vicinity of large cities,
says an article in the Power Wagon.
In view of the department the
operation of these motor truck
routes, as contemplated by the bill,
would add 100 per cent to the value
of the parcel post service in the
vicinity of. the citieswhere estab
lished, i '
The purpose of the bill is to try
a plan by which the benefits of mil
lions of dollars expended in making
good roads and in the great develop
ment of motor vehicles may be co
ordinated with the parcel post sys
tem, so as to open up great stretches
of country within easy motor dis
tance from large cities and to faciliate
the delivery of food products.
About many of the large cities,
within a radiu. of 50 miles or more,
there are productive districts occupied
by farms and villages which are with
out direct postal facilities. These
would be reached by the contemplated
motor truck routes, to the con
venience and advantage of both the
isolated communities and of the con-J
sumers in the cities. - :
For example, the city of Pittsburgh,
one of the greatest centers of com
mercial and productive activity, is
surrounded in almost all directions
with productive territory, the inhab
itants of which have no direct postal
facilities, and must drive many miles
to the city for their mail or the de
livery of their produce. A similar con
dition exists as to most of the targe
cities where the divergence of railroad
systems leaves large areas of country
lying between and remote from the
railroads. Generally these sections
may be reached by good wagon roads,
millions having been spent in various
states for road building.
By the use of motor truck routes
in the parcel post service in these
sections it is believed a very large
amount of food products, which other
wise would be wasted or delivered
only at very high cost, would reach
the large cities at a reasonable cost
to the consumers. It is estimated
that such service would be self-sup
porting and perhaps profitable to the
government.
In support of the measure Fourth
Assistant Postmaster uenerai siaks
lee says that if the experiment is i
success it will provide a direct means
of communication and conveyance
between mailing patrons in cities and
rural territory that it is not possible
to provide, at a minimum cost-to the
postal service or to the patron at
this time. It will assist in the effort
to reduce the cost of living by elimin
ating useless and expensive operation
in the postal means of communication
between producer and consumer. It
will permit the producer to continue
production and the labor incident
thereto instead of suspending produc
tion of labor while conveying oro-
duce to consumers. It will extend the
postal zone of colltctlon-and-delivery
service in the vicinity of large cities
to the point where the actual farmer
producer is domiciled, rather than to
where only suburban residents and
non-producers live.
The postal patron in any of the 50
largest cities in the United States will
directly benefit trom the increased
service and improved methods of
communication with the genuine rural
population and vice versa.
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Watch this space for facts
about Chandler cars (hat the
buying public should know
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THE CHANDLER SIX, along with
, such cars as Packard, Locomobile,
Winton, ; Stutz, Mercer, has an
aluminum crank case that ties
frame together at four points,' giv
t ing perfect rigidity to the motor
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In the'Ghandler Six broken frames
or motor bases are unknown.
7-paiaenger Touring Car, $1595 .
4-pasaenger Roadater; $1595
7-patsenger Convertible Sedan,
. '. (Fisher Built), $2285
4.paenger Convertible Coupe, -i
(FUher Built), $2195 1
' Luxurious Limousine, $2895 -
AU Prices f. o. b. Cleveland, Ohio.)
Omaha Chandler Company
' 2520 Farnam Street R. L. ALLEY, Mgr.
Card-Adams Motor Co.
1640 "O" Street, Lincoln, Nebraska.
Some Good Territory Open for Live Dealers.
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Wpw If' ' "' Fourseason Cars
fv INf Sedan . Beautiful lines, perfect proportions and P
2fc 5sS H SlfVQ? ?uPerb finisn f a Dort Sedan or Sedanet p
wfo zH iPf AV insures pride of possession as well as Wm
m MK' Sedanet equalled utility. M ;
MJM m $ 845 vt 1
Zg&J, &r&fflpy ' x TowhuJ $725 Cah Cnmnrf Immunity from weather vagaries va:
f!fflP .' Rod, $725 2P?ing from dull, rain and sudden changes.
V ' m tTtS For SiiTnTnoT.l.Wit',t-P,oof Mi & ' fe
STL t TOP OUmitier- ventilation --COOLER than an 1 M .
Xf Pn carw trom dastdean, sociable, ezclusiva. Sea
T-,' Ua at the nearest DORTdeale.
" " - SJ?5Sw Dealer PIcaae tee ua at once -Liberal proposltioa. ' grri::?::::':.
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THE UWiVERSAD CAR
In considering, the purchase of a Ford car one fact of practical value
stands out like a sore thumb, and that is the absence of doubt as to the
reliable service the car will give. Never a fear nor wavering thought as to
the absolute certainty of the car delivering your wants over all sorts pf
oad conditions, in all kinds of weather and under all methods of useful-ness-from
the delights of touring and pleasure riding to business trans
portation, farm work and mercantile service.- Positive dependability
has been established beyond all contradiction. And the evidence of this
Valuable fact comes from every section of the civilized world-and espe
cially from the business and professional men and farmers of America.
Go where you may and you find Ford cars running summer and wjnter in
the ratio of more than five to one over any other car. This result is not of
chance, but because the Ford is the most dependable and economical
motor car made. '
: Runabout $345; Touring Car 380; Coupelet $560; Town Car $645;
Sedan $695; One-Ton Truck Chassis $600. These prices f . o. b. Detroit.
Any'one of the following Ford dealers will be pleased to fill your
order, and assure you of ah after-service, prompt, efficient and courteous.
SAMPLE-HART MOTORS CO.,
18th and Burt Streets.
UNIVERSAL MOTOR CO.,
2562 Leavenworth Street.
, HOLMES-ADKINS CO.,
4917 South 24th Street.
NICHOLS-RICE MOTOR CO.,
20th and Ames Avenue.
McCaffrey motor cq.,
10th and Howard Streets.
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