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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 2, 1917)
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 2, 1917. KILLY FINDS CAMP ATWATER INSPECTS Largest of All Service Flags ETTWG1YUJ TO RETTED EACH TIRE AT PLANT mm Sales Manager of Gates Half Sole Tire to Personally Look After Local Station. Conditions Improved Since Last Visit to Cantonment; Makes Record Time on Bound Trip. A fair record for cross country ' driving was hung up last week by V. L. Killy of the Noyes-Killy Motor company in a drive from Omaha to Camp Funston and return. The drive as made in a King Eight Foursome and according to Killy the run down and back was made in 16 hours and 40 minutes. The spedomcter reading for the trip was 45 miles. One of the features of this drive aside from the excellent time was the fact that the entire run was made without shifting from high gear, ex cepting of course stops in route which are not counted against such a run. In speaking of Camp Funston Killy was very enthusiastic over the prog ress made during the last six weeks. Since visiting the camp six weeks ago Killy asserts that there are at least three times the number, of build ings and that a marked improvement has been made in all branches of the work. The heating system has now been perefected and conditions in general seem much better. Regarding the epidemic of men ingitis Killy was informed that the physicians had this well under con trol by now. and that the danger of its becoming a general epidemic was low quite impossible. V. C Hood, sales manager for the King Motor Car company of Detroit, iccompanied Killy oh the trip and was ery much impressed with the ictivities at Camp Funston. . After Running 200,000 Miles, Overfar.d Makes Long Trip An unusual visitor to the headquar ters of Willys-Overland Inc., at Toledo, O., was an Overland touring car of the vintage of 1909, which stopped off there several days ago en route to Live Oaks, Fla from Mitchell, S, D. The owner of the car is C. V. Cole- man, a 70-year-old piano tuner, who! is driving to Florida with his son. where he intends to establish a new home. Despite its years tne car Is still in good condition and reels off. miles with amazing consistency. Mr. Cole man states that all records of 'the mileage have, been lost, but it must be well in excess of 200,000, In addition to a tonneau well laden with baggage, on this trip the' car car ried a camp trailer, with several hun dred pounds of camp equipment, which is used nightly, as the Colemans preter tneir own camp to hotel life. !" vv. A ill 'V- (V;4-pAtw4 J f mi'ii1 i. IW' fr- "V .11 fVl a:"'1 'u-o rr-rr tSSZi" -J I'' MMj ( . wT-j m, .'"" " '. ' .'I.1 H', j l.'iiii'im'ii'iliiiM ii ''J'1'" " ''m.. There are 1,544 stars on this service flag that flies from the third floor of the 20-story United States Rubber building on Broadway and Fifty eighth street, New York City, and new stars are being added every week. This is the greatest number of stars yet to be. displayed on any service flag and represents the red blooded patriotism of the vast .num ber of United States Rubber com pany employes that have entered all branches of our fighting forces. Auto Cycle Notes, To permit boys to enlist or when no. old enough to enlist to take the place of men that have gone ,to war, Victor II. Roos says that in (Denver girl messengers on bicycles are get ting over me ground just as fast as the boys nave teen and in this way are doing their world war, "bit"' in the great Victor Roos has another bicycle contest giving a bicycle to the boy or girl sending in the best story en titled, "Why Every Boy and Girl Should Receive a Harley Davidson Bicycle for a Christmas Gift," i one ot .the unique and original methods. Estimates at Least 50,000 Were Shown Franklin During Week "The first week of the Franklin 'show-the-car' contest has bee'n verV gratifying to both myself and the salesmen of the organization," asserts H. Pclton of the Franklin Motor Car company. "When this scheme of publicity was first outlined to me I, of course, saw the possibilities from an advertising standpoin., but had no idea that such a keen interest would be manifested among motorists in general. "The idea of having an opportunity to watch the Franklin in operation without being under any obligation to even consider buying it has struck a responsive chord, "Each person who has accepted our invitation to ride has been given a spin of at least six miles and some of them have evidenced a real interest in the mechanical construction by ask ing us. to drive under difficult condi tions. We are happy to do this, how ever, and the contest will last until 6 o'clock Saturday, December 8. . "We have been very anxious to have a report from other dealers in the United States who are taking part in this contest, but so far no reports have been sent us. However, through estimates made, using as a-basis the nunibcrof people we have takenfor a ride, we feel certain, that at least 50,000 people throughout the United States, have taken advantage of this contest during the last week, "It is of interest to us to note that many of our guests have been Frank lin.owners who are interested in see ing the latest mpdels." - "Owing to the shortage of men, every conceiyablo mejjiod of preserve ing man-power is being brought 'o light, especially in the counties that are at war," says a locaU'cycle man." "In Canada the railroads have pressed the bicycle into service es pecially in freight work, for brake men, switchmen, and- conductors. They are also used for going back to place signals ort the track to warn following trains, which can be accom plished with greater speed on a bicy; cle than on foot. ; v . Proven I HORQUGHLY I RIED AND ' Now It's Ui To You N For months and months L. A. Sommer, chief engineer for the Allen Motor Co., has himself driven the Allen New Series 41' , and it has been put to hard tests in all parts of the United States. All this was done fbefore the Allen New Series 4Lwas offered to 'the public. ' : ' 1 -: . 1 --K" X.V'. .i: -';. ;' Now this model has received its O. K.f at the factory and it's -' up to you to pass judgment for yourself. Come and see it. . . . , Quality Construction Color Choice w,x.,t- ii j i mi " A feature of Allen automobiles is the : Throughout this Allen model you will . exquisite body finish, Allen purchasers find only features and parts which have are allowed .a choice of two colors in proven to be & success. True enough, new ea model. ' - '.'; ' refinements have been added, but noth- Touring car, hazel brown or dark i . v , V "ve . green; Roadster, hazel brown; ing untried or unproven has been used ; Sedan, deep blue. Black fenders and m the operating parts. , radiator, and cream wheels on all models- $095 ' For Five-Passenger .' ' Touring Car or Four-Passenger Roadster. $1395 For Fiye-Passeneer Sedan. All Prices f. o. b. Fostoria, Ohio. ; STANDARD MOTOR CAR CO. - CARL CHANGSTROM, Pres. C' 1 i Distributors Nebraska and Western Iowa. , 2020-2022 Farnam St ; Omaha. Phone Douglas 1705. . 'Factory Addrei Th AlUn Motor Company, Fottoria, Obio. v DEALERS If ia position to handla food ix contract, writ u wo havo : " ' somotbing vary intorotting to offor. ' In connection with the recent an nouncement of the opening of the Gates Half-Sole Tire station in Oma ha is made the statement that C. B. Atwater, sales manager, will person ally superintend the work done here as well as act in an advisory capacity in the matter of judging the fitness of tires for this manner of repairs.' According to Atwater the judging of which tires are fit to be repaired is of equal importance to the proper repairing of a tire. Tires, like human beings, can be injured to such an ex tent that their chance for being put in first class: shape again is very slim. The ordinary wear on a tfre only af fects the outer casings and it wears through like the sole of one's shoes. Some Fit to Repair. A tire worn in this manner can be repaired and put in such shape with the half sole that it is as good or even better than new.. On the other hand, some tire injuries, such as bad stone bruises, bad rim cuts, bad cuts. etc., make it absolutely impossible tM do a first class repair job that will guarantee satisfaction to the cus tomer. . .. - : y . . If the carcass or foundation of a tire is broken down it is almost im possible to reclaim it by repairing. Thus it will be Atwater's job to guar antee satisfaction by telling custom ers the. true condition of their tires and what they can reasonably expert from them if the half sole is applied. Important TactoT. The proper application of the half solvthe buffing of the old casing and the cementing, too,( are important factors in this manner of tire repair. Atwater , has had a very thorough schooling in, this work at the factory and has : been actively ' engaged in service work for 'some time prior to joining the Omaha firm. Therefore the new firm hopes to build up a perma nent arid satisfied following among Omaha motorists. Bee Want Ads Produce Results. : 'SfaAiost Beautiful Chrinbnerioa r q Weather A Paige enclosed car will start instantly and con tinue, to run' smoothly no matter how cold the weather may be. Three new engineering features are the answer. The Paige is the only enclosed car that has them in combination and therefore the only one that guarantees practical winter driving. , It will be worth your while to investigate. Esses "Six-55"7-paMenger $1775; CottpoV'Suc-5SV 4-pmsm-! gar $2850; Town Car "Six-55" 7-passenger $3230; Limousino ' ' , "Six-55". 7-passenger $3230; Sedsjs , "Six-55" 7-pMsengr $2350; Brooldsnds 4-passengor $1795; Sedan "Six-39" 5-pas. - senger $1925; Linwood "Six-39" 5-passongcr $1330; Clendalo 1 "Six-39" Chummy Roadster $1330; Dartmoor "Six-39" 2 or. 3-passongar $1330. AU Prices f. o. b. Detroit '. PAIGE-DETROIT MOTOR CAR COMPANY DETROIT, MICH. MURPHY-O'BRIEN AUTO COMPANY 1814-18 Farnam St. Omaha, Neb. Phono Tyler 123. DEALERS Some Good Territory Available for Dealers. Helping Yom Helps Us V fa s' FX- 0 is ! There is no claim of altruism for our offer of free service on the Goodyear Tires vje sell. It's true we give you the Standard Goodyear Serv . ice apparently getting nothing in return. But we do this, primarily, not for your sake but for ours; , We want you to be absolutely satisfied with the tires' you buy from usa If you are satisfied we know our business will increase. If you are not satisfied our business is bound to diminish. And your satisfaction does not depend entirely on the quality of the tires themselves. If it did there would be no need of our giving yqu .service-r-for, as you know, the quality of Goodyears is the very highest No, your satisfaction depends equally upon the way you use your tires, the interest that your dealer takes in them after they are on your car, the jnspefcti9ns he gives you, the advice and care, In short, your satisfaction depends as much on serv r ice as, on tires. Anci we, to be successful,-niust sell satisfaction rather than tires. This, then, is the basis of the Standard Goodyear, Serv ice which you get from Goodyear Service Station Dealers. . To help ourselves we help you. , If yoa have not already enjoyed this painstaking service of willing helpfulness it is time now for you to begin. ; ' ': ''r'r'yi' "'"v;'-v" The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co; ' Akron. Ohio f - Tht Sign tt tk CooJymrSnic0 Station DtuUt NATIONAL AUTO SCHOOL 2814 North 20th St. Phono abster 5943. THE MOTOR SUPPLYjCO., V- - 1917 Farnam St Phono Douglas 7895. . THE NOVELTY REPAIR CO., 4809 South 24th St. Phono South 1404. : HOLMES-DKINS CO., 4911-15 South 24th St. Phone South 420. CHAS. W. WALKER GARAGE CO., FontenalU Garage Auditorium Garage, and C. W. Walker Garage, 36th and Farnam Sts. THE TIRE SHOP 1 , 2518 Farnam St Phone Douglas 4878. ORR MOTOR SALES CO., Packard Show Room. . NEBRASKA SERVICE GARAGE 218-20 South 19th St Phono Douglas 7390. 1 n 11 i il