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BETHLEHEM LINE
OF TRUCKS TO BE
SOLD IN OMAHA
J. T. Stewart Motor Company
to Handle Vehicle Fast
Making Name for De
pendability. BethleherA motor trucks, manufac
tured by the Bethlehem Motor cor
poration at AHentown, Pa., will be
sold in Omaha by the J. T. Stewart
Motor company, also agents for the
Pierce-Arrow. The Bethlehem truck
i marie in on and one-auarter and
NEW GENERAL MANAGER OF
WESTERN MOTOR CO.
two and one-quarter ton chassis and,
although a relatively new line, is fast
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: FEBRUARY 24, 1918.
'""'ft'"ll mm-BiVfyVyV-'Kr. . '.. f 1 i ' m 1 jiisii Mass
ragg lfill -eSMf ) 8) lis i! mml
making a name tor itseir tor depend
ability. J. T. Stewart explains his new line
as follows: '
"All roads are Bethlehem truck
roads and all distances are Bethlehem
distances. They are built to go when
the business man sends them, where
they are sent -and, best of all, arrive
on time.
"Super-strong units, plus power over
capacity load, pressed steel frames
and internal gear axles are stronger
than the deepest rut. Bethlehem truck
efficiency speeds up deliveries and in
creases profits all along the line. They
have proven a sales asset to thou
sands of dealers, not a liability.
"Bethlehem"' internal gear drive
trucks, tractors and trailers," accord
ing to an official, "will carry the
heaviest loads a hauling apparatus
can handle
Walking Telephone
For Forestry Work
A forest officer of Missoula, Mont,
has invented an ingenious portable
telephone weighing only two and a
half pounds and so practical that it
has been adopted by the government
and is part of the regular equipment
of patrol in the national forests this
season
It is' said that a field man equipped
with this telephone, a few yards of
light emergency wire and a short piece
of heavy wire to make the ground
connection, can "cut in" anywhere
along the more than twenty thousand
miles of forest service telephone lines
and get in touch with the headquar
ters of a supervisor or district ranger.
To talk, one end of the emergency
wire is thrown over the telephone
line, the two ends are connected to
the portable instrument and the in
strument is connected to the ground
wire, the end of which must be thrust
into the damp earth or in water. Con
tact with the line wire is made pos
sible by removal of the insulation
from a few inches of the emergency
wire, . .
The instrument does not ring the
bell of the receiving telephone, but
instead causes a screeching sound
from a small megaphone-shaped ap
paratus descriptively known as a
"howler." This insturment is installed
at the ranger station telephone and
is said to give effective notice that
some one is on the wire. The trans
mission, is equal to any standard wall
telephone, conversations having been
held with it for a distance of a thou
. sand miles St. Nicholas.
"Medicine Hat" Shatters
Nerve, But Names City
Here is the history of how the
Canadian city got its curious name.
The word "medicine" means more
to an Indian than to a white man.
We think of it as meaning something
unpleasant that is good for us, but
the Indian distinguishes as good
medicine'1 and "bad medicine any
thing that he fancies will change his
fortunes for better or for worse.
Imagine that the red man is hunting
antelope and meeting with no success
Presently he find an empty cartridge
shell or the top of a tomato can and
shortly afterward he gets a shot at
His game. Can he doubt that the piece
of can or the shell gave him luck?
Not he. He wears that fragment of
tomato can about his neck with his
other jewelry, and it is "good medi
cine. , ,
Some years ago there was a Black
foot chief who lived in the vicinity of
Seven Persons river, where now
stands the city of Medicine Hat. He
and his tribe were fond of hunting
and of making war on their enemies,
the Crees. The chief always wore a
headdress of feathers that he called
his "medicine hat," for he thought that
it brought him good fortune.
It was a dark day for the chief
when he last met the Crees where
now stands the growing city. He and
his men fell upon the enemy with
great bravery, and even put them to
ignominious flight. But just then a
gust of wind whirled out of the west,
caught the magic hat and tossed it
into the swift-running river. Instantly
the poor chief lost all confidence in
himself and his cause, and with vic
tory in his hnd he'forebore to grasp
it, and fled over the plains toward the
Rockies, followed by his tribe. Hel
ena Independent.
Progress of the Indian.
The Indlaia population of the United
States exclusive of Alaska is about J60.000,
or. roughly, 1 In every 231 of the whole pop
ulation. , ...
The numbers are Increasing slowly, in
1S16 the birth rate was 31.83 per 1,000 and
the death rate only 23.23.
Of the one-time savage Indiana of our
country, four times as many now live In
modern houses as do In primitive tepees,
tents and other temporary structures, and
all but 60,000 wear modern dress.
About three-fourths of the North Amer
ican Indian children are in public or 'mis
sion schools, but 70 per cent of the whole
number still cannot read or write English.
Dartmouth college, was ' foundel by an
Indian. -
The first woman teacher in Wisconsin
was an Indian. Electra Qulnney. She taught
in the first free school Wisconsin had, a
school established by Mohicans from New
York. World Outlook.
, His Chief Desire.
General Pershing told in Paris a story
about a young American soldier.
"He talked a lot on the- voyage over,
said the general, "of the delight he would
take in sightseeing when en leave.
" 'Don't miss Notre Dame cathedral In
Paris,' said a French volunteer.
" 'Ton bet I won't!' said he.
" 'Don't miss Westminster Abbey, in Lon
don,' said a Scot.
" 'No, slree. But, say, fellows the young
soldier declared, 'the thing I'm craziest of
all to see Is the Church of England!'"
Washington Star.
Floating Dost Causes Fire.
Spontaneous combustion is cauaed. so the
chemists teil us, by floating particles of coal
dust or other inflammable material Jostling
and clashing against one another until the
friction they set up raises their temperature
to the ignition point. If this explanation Is
correct, it would appear as If such fires
could be prevented by perfect ventilation.
Such, however, is not the case, for ventila
tion may actually help to bring about fire by
spontaneous combustion. Air facilitates oxi
dation, really fanning the warm dust Into
a blase. Keep air damp and quiet to avoid
fire. Popular Science Monthly.
J. C. STUBBS.
J. C. Stubbs, for six years with
the Ford Motor company, has been
made general manager of the West
ern Motor Car company, which re
cently was reincorporated for $150,
nnn alt nairl in. The reincoroorated
firm has just moved into its new
location at 2047 Farnam street, where
it has one of the largest sales rooms
in the city.
OLDSMOBILE WINS
ENDURANCE TESTS
Recent Contest Under Auspices
of A. A. A. Conducted Over
Worst Roads Ever Encoun
tered in Race.
One, two, three times the New Jer
sey Automobile and Motor club has
conducted a 24-hour endurance run.
Three times an Oldsmobile has "set
the pace" and been awarded the first
nlace in the list of winners. This
event was held under the auspices of
the American Automobile association
on November 30 and December 1,
1917.
Mr. O'Neal of the Nebraska Olds-
mobile company, local distributor,
says it has become pretty much of a
confirmed habit tor the uiasmooue to
win endurance runs.
The cars were spick and span, the
drivers smiling, but the skies were
foreboding and just as the last car
checked out, down came the rain. It
was no respector of roads or time,
but kept with the machines through
out the run, making the driving dan
gerous in many places.
Route a Trying One.
The route traveled was one of the
most trying, both on drivers and cars,
that has ever been decided upon by
the club. Added to its usual hard
ships to be encountered cross roads
seldom traveled composed chiefly of
ruts, rocks and hills of steep grade
the unpleasant weather conditions
made the contest call for even more
endurance than was expected.
Seventeen cars started on the run
Only six stood the test and finished
the run. Only three of the six were
on time. Mr. Wyckoff of the Essex
Automobile company of Newark came
in first with an Oldsmobile. The third
place in the event was won by Q. H.
Ball, who is associated with Mr.
Wyckoff, also driving an Oldsmobile.
Cars Covered With Mud.
Instead of bright, good looking
cars, when they had finished the run
they looked like moving masses of
mud, but the working parts of the
Oldsmobiles were looking better than
ever before. Neither Mr. Wyckoff or
Mr. Ball had any rest but stayed at
the wheels of their Oldsmobiles for
the entire 24 hours.
Contests of this kind are not merely
stunts. They show that the car must
be constructed of the best materials
and put together right to stand the
strain of such constant driving over
all kinds of roadways. This gruelling
test adds another evidence of Olds
mobile sturdy construction ant de
pendable performance.
Famous Policemen of the Sea's.
Two of our moat famous gunboats won
their laurels In the east. The old slde
wheeler Monocacy, which has handed down
its Indian name to its Yang-tie auccessor,
was for years one of .the most familiar
ainhts in Chinese waters. It burned wood,
and was unwieldy as a ferry boat, but did
yeoman service even aa late as the Boxer
troubles In 1900.
The Petrel, one of Admiral Dewey's fa
mous squadron In the battle of Manila Bay,
is now used as a station ship in Cuban
waters. The Callao, Don Juan da Austria,
Elcano, Isla de Luzon, Pampanga, Quiros,
Sandoval, Samar and the Vlllaloboa once
flew the flag of Spain, for they were cap
tured from the Spaniards, at Santiago or
Manila Bay. The Vlllalobe proved too
much of a name for Yankee tars, so they
have rechrlstened It the Village Hobo.
Frank E, Evans In St. Nicholas.
Success in Good Clothes.
Ill-fitting clothes detract 10 per cent from
a man's efficiency, according to Dr. George
Van Ness Dearborn, professor of psychology
at Harvard, who addressed a national
gathering of clothing manufacturers and
store owners In this city. "One can hardly
estimate the benefits of being well-dressed
and properly fitted," Dr. Dearborn said,
"The well-dressed man spells success and Jn
spires confidence. First impressions are
moat Important, and many a man has got a
place largely on account of 'the cut of his
clothes. It goes without saying .that the
rich man' should buy the best and attire
himself with taste, but It even pay the
poorer man to do the same, for an air of
prosperity is contagious. Finally, 'well
fitting clothes add to one's self-respect. In
culcate personal cleanliness and aid the man
In business." New Tork Times. -
Plentr of Titles. ';
Major General John Biddle said to a
friend at a holiday entertainment In Wash
ington: "There will be so many generals vand
colonels after the world war Is over that
our title lovers won't be put to such straits
aa they used to be.
"No, we won't have any more such
colonels as Colonel Hardwlck, who got
his colonelcy by inheritance, having mar
ried the widow of Colonel Southerland.
"Nor General Gunter, who explained
proudly to an Inquirer:
" 'For IT years, sir, I was general store
keeper at Crovdon Four Corners.'
"Nor Judge Hough, either, who, on being
asked If he was a United States Judge or
a circuit court judge, answered:
" 'Neither, sir. I'm a judge of host
racln'.' " Philadelphia Bulletin.
A Hard Knock.
During the cross-examination of a young
physician In a lawsuit the plaintiff's lawyer
made disagreeable remarks about the wit
ness' youth and inexperience.
"You claim to be acquainted with the
various symptoms attending concussion of
the brain?" asked the lawyer.
"I do." . '
"We will take a concrete case," continued
the lawyer. "If my learned friend, counsel
for the defense, and myself were to bang
our heads together, would we get concussion
of the brain?"
The young physician smiled. "The prob
abilities are," he replied, "that the counsel
for the defense would.'' Boston Transcript.
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