THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MARCH 17, 1918.
KEEP HOME WORKS
GOING, IS IHEORY
OF VER LINDEN
President of Olds Motor Works;
Declares Life Here Must Not
Grow Stagnant Dur
ing War.
"All lines i f business must he kept
running at capacity speed ami ca
pacities constantly inctcacd Rutins
the war it imii countiy is to m.wnUir.
its present ,::!r: tul propcrit .
Business, men. t .iters! ami life at
home jii list ;mM he .i'V'ri! to become
stagnant while some of i;s t;c.h: across
the seas" I lus fearless statement,
so free of slacker talk, was made l
Edward t l.m.len, president and
general manager of t!ie Old Motor
works at l.ansmg. Mich.
Mr. Yrrl mien n the ort of a
man who will keep hiiMues "going at
capacity speed. Hiding trom his past
perforni.inci
Take Up the Burden.
Mr. Veil !e: .-.us: "A man can
do a lot ot tilings .my time, hut when
real pceessitv comes he can do a lot
moreV In t ie same way, a man can
get along without a lot of things that
sometimes seem essential tp his well
being.
"A lot of our men, workmen at wel.
as professional men, inventors and
Seniusej, have left our country
Every man L't us at home must do a
part of the work they have left be.
hind. If eacr. one of does a little
more, if each does with a little less
it will naturally increase the ipiatititv
for distribut on and enable it to cover
a larger area.
"Our allies and our own country
will have sufficient of the things
necesary to carry on the war to a
peace; our people will have the ne
cessities to lue. in a healthy, pro
gressive manner and our countiywi!I
not only be victorious in hanging the
peace for which we are lighting but
it will come out of the turmoil a bet
ter country, a bigger country, filled
with a better bigger people."
And Mr. Verl.inden makes you be
lieve it; makes you start out to lo a
little more, to do with a little less
and to do your part in keeping busi
ness runninj at capacity speed and
then pushing it beyond that limit.
Murphy-O'Brien Cars Are
Delivered Under Own Power
Grim necessity is responsible for
many novel and unique plans for light
ing the transportation situation. The
automobile men occupy the front rank
when it comes to overcoming the
shortage of freight equipment.
The Murphv-OTirien Automobile
company of Omaha has been con
fronted with a shortage of freight
equipment for handling Paige and
Dodge cars from Detroit to Chicago.
During the last week the, Murphv
O'Brien people have obtained 143
automobiles from Detroit. This has
been accomplished by sending a num
ber of experienced drivers to Detroit,
from which point they have driven
cars overland to Chicago. Upon ar
rival at Chicago K. V. Coad of the
Murphy-O'Brien company lias taken
charge of the cars and equipment has
been obtained for handling the cars
west of Chicago. They employ about
50 men to drive cars Jrom Detroit
to Chicago.
Peerless eight
Ready to Romp
An effortless Bpht hearted frolic! That' what rhu
Peerless Eijht makes of the ordinary day's work of
tility driving. Tfys soft, easy flow of eighty horse
power nukes h a romp.
Would ytm crawl at a snail' pace behind retarded
traffic f You may do so with utter smoothness.
Does the traffic open up f The advantage is yours
for you have the "pick-up" to leave the cars about
you as though they were stalled.
And the limit of speed for the open streets is a
romp for your eighty horse-power.
And you waste not at all For all this is
done in your ''loafing rane of power
on half rations.
Many a lesser powered six even many a
four would starve on the fuel that carries
four Peerless Eight romping through the
iaft wort
Let us show you the joy of this startling contrast in
practical economy gained without sacrifice.
Seven PassengerTouring
(Weight 3500 pounds)
All prices are f.
GEO.
DISTRIE
3016 Harney St.
MOTOR CAR LINES
SOON ARE LIKELY
Clnng;strom Predicts Transpor
tation Problem of Entire Na
tion Will Bo Changed by
Use of Trucks.
i '"Within ti e vc rear future a sys
j ie:n of mot. I t : si - k lines will connect
, t! e most important transportation
cruteis of the cuituy, with tleets of
tricks running on regular schedules
and iflakmg connections at important
intersecting points with branch lines
( extending out into tributary terri
torv." prop!ieies Carl Changstrf il of
the St.iiid.it .t Motor Car company.
" Ir.ie everyone knows that the
ti .tnspot tation problem is one ol the
most srnous ot the many for which
tin i country must tind the solution,
'eeihodv does not realize tilt, im
portant pait which the motor tiuck
w .11 play in solving it.
"Viewed in one way, the utiliza'ion
of the motor truck has increased with
temarkable rapidity and yet, wl en
yen look at it from another viewpoint,
it is surprising how slow business has
been to take full advantage of the
enormous saving of time and labor
which the minor tnuk makes possitde.
Team Already Supplanted.
"The motor truck may fairly be sid
to have supplanted the team for haul
ing and delivery purposes. But we
do not as yet realize the extent to
wincii it is going to relieve me rail
roads fiom handling a large tomage
ot small and troublesome freight and
to improve transportation service
throughout the country.
"Some beginnings have been trade
and the results hae proved most stic-ccs-tul.
Motor trucks are now uin
ni'.ig on regular schedule between
some adjacent cities. In England they
have cm ned the system much further,
and 'goods trams' trucks with a stiing
ol tiaiicis travel se many parts of the
country.
"In this development, as in 10 oiany
others, the war has taught us more
than we would otherw ise have learned
in many years. Where would the
I'leuch ami British armies be without
their enormous tleets of motor t Hicks
and 'lorries?' What the motor trick
is doing today behind the linrs in
France, it can do for us in this coun
try. "Motor truck trunk line systems,
with tributary lines serving tributary
districts, would be of immeasureable
advantage to manufacturers in ;)tny
lines, ti wholesalers, retailers and to
the consumer, to say nothing ot re
lieving the railroad congestion The
manufacturer would be enable.! to
make quicker and more frequen. de
liveries to wholesalers or to retailors.
The retailers' trailing radius would be
greatly enlarged- he would be able
to give good service to a much greater
number of customers. The consumer
would he benefited because he w uld
be brought nearer to the manufac
turers, the wholesaler and the retailer.
Aid to Farmer.
"It would work just as well the
other way. The farmer would be
brought nearer to his market, ihe
products of his farm could be trans
ported more quickly and at more fre
quent intervals to the towns or cities
where his buyers are.
"We have the roads, and we can
have the trucks. There is no reason
why we should delay longer in mak
ing the fullest use of them. In fact,
it is absolutely necessary that w do
so in the near future, if we are to
bring our national productiveness and
prosperity to the maximum."
Ready to Race
But not every day a a work day.
With yoar Peeries Eight yen sacrifice none of the
holiday joys you are eouaDy as ready to race as to
romp you have your sporting" rautfe.
You may master the road whatever the adverse
conditions you may make Time laugh at Distance.
You have only to open your throttle wider to re
lease her double poppets and utterly change the
character of her performance.
as sue was
C02 A A Roadster $2340 Limousine $3690
v
o. b. Cleveland; subject to change without notice,
F. REIM COMPANY,
J iC:., OF HIGH GRADE MOTOR CARS ;
Harney 10.
Auto Club Topics
Give the club credit for the adoption
of the near-side stop for treet cars
in Omaha, h first agitated this pro
gressive move six year ago. Since
then the club has worked persistently
for it adoption. A year or so ago it
obtained it adoption through a city
ordinance, but later, on petition from
far-side store owners, the ordinance
was revoked.
The club is in receipt of a letter
from John E. Medland, chairman of
the good roads committee of the Win
nipeg Chamber of Commerce, in w hich
he ask for maps and road guides
through Nebraska. Medland is or
ganizing a large party of Canadian
tourists to leave Winnipeg in the early
spring and tour the States. Nebraska
will be toured quite extensively,
says Mr. Medland
The club has bought a couple of
automatic daer signals 'to be placed
for a try-out at dangajous railroad
crossing. 1 he plate is treated with
a phosphofscent compound which re
llect a bright red glow when an auto
mobile headlight i thrown upon it.
Cleveland Auto club ha used them
and pronounce the signal excellent.
The organizing of a trucking com
pany to make deliveries to nearby
cities is a progressive move, waiting
for some one to grab it. This club
ha called attention to the possi
bilities of truck deliveries for the past
two months. Fremont has just or
ganized a company and is trucking
hogs to South Omaha and taking back
seed corn and other products.
Sunday, March 7, is another "pleasure-earless
Sunday," designated so
by the American Defense society. The
idea is to leave the car in garage
and spend your gas and pleasure
money for war saving stamps.
The Omaha Auto club has em
ployed John W. Yager, an attorney,
to work in conjunction with Chiel
Counsel P. A. Wells, club counsel,
in handling automobile theft cases for
the members of the Omaha Automo
bile club. This service is free to
members. The board of directors be
lieves a great many convictions can
be had if an attorney from the club
is present to urge the owner of a
stolen car to prosecute. The average
motorist, after insurance money is
paid, is too prone to drop prosecution
alid all worry. It i to ci tnbat this
apathy on the part of individual own-!
crs that the free legal service move
was made by the club.
A much needed traffic correction in
Omaha is the elimination of diagonal
parking on l'arnniii street from Tenth
to Twenty-fourth streets. Farnam
street is the natural outlet and inlet
from the business district to the resi
dence district, and vice versa, and
with the present diagonal parking of
cars at each curb a great loss of traf-
II C Soace i taken which iMi-rn.;.c
danger and at the same time slow up
business for all of Omaha.
Earnam street of all streets ihould
be as free of parked vehicles as pos
sible to facilitate traffic, the businc.--of
the city. Car, should be parked
parallel with the curb to give a wider,
freer and safer aisle for the conduc
of business. Clearing Farnam stto
will make itself felt in speeding u;
business all over Omaha. Such a
street in Milwaukee and other citie.-.
of Omaha's size is covered 1 y a pro
hibited parking ordinance, cars not
being permitted to park until late in
the evening. Curb line parking
Earnam would he a wonderful It'"
Eastern tourists w onder a t
Gonenow the soft flow of eighty horse
power 'loafing." As you reach her
"sporting ranie there comes a deep
growl of brute power, all conquering.
In her "sporting range she is as mighty
gentle in ner loafing range.
performance and the
v xwwsx. u vy
toleration of clogging a ptincipal bus
iness artery.
The Auto club has recommended to
the ' county commissioners a hard
road bond issue of $1,750,000 for a
special election. Every government
official and all nationally known men
of prominence say "Build roads now 1"
General lioethals says, "Bu.ld in spite
of cost, l're-war prices are likely
never to return, or not for year. Hard
roads are the best investment the citi
zens of this country can btiv."
IOWA-MADE FARM
TRACTOR WILL BE
SOLD IN OMAHA
Announcement was made Saturday
that the Van Brunt Automobile com
pany of Omaha had taken on the
Plowman tractor for distribution in
southwestern Iowa ami Nebraska.
Tins tractor is made by the Inters'ate
Tractor company of Waterloo. la.
The tractor department will be in
charge of II. E. Rose, who was for
merly district sales manager for the
manufacturing company.
Recently Governor Cox of Ohio
arranged a seven-day course of in
struction under ihe direction 04 the
state university for the purposr of
informing farmers and" others inter
ested retarding the uses and effi
ciency of the tractor. According to
Rose, who attended this school of
instruction, a surprising nunib:i of
fanners from various parts of the
country were present.
The Plowman was among the nu
merous tractors exhibited at the Fre
mont tractor show last year. It
operates in much the same manner
as an automobile in that it has the
sliding gear transmission and the
Rears are constructed of the same
material used in high priced .n.iior
cars, llus tractor uses a liuda mo
tor and has an oscillating ty;o of
trout axle. The manufacturers eiaim
a reserve power of about 33 per cent
above the rated horsepower. 1 is
capable of turning in a 15-foot radius,
measures 3 feet over all and has a
wheel base of 100 inches. It weighs
4,800 pounds and will operate on
kerosene.
The Van Brunt people are plan
ning on distributing this tractor
through the automobile men and are
enthusiastic regarding the outlook
for a successful selling season.
"Jack" Alvord Has Charge of
Van Brunt Used Car Station
"Jack" Alvord, well known Omaha
automobile man, has been appointed
manager of the used car department
of the Van Brunt Auto company at
-MOo Leavenworth street. Alvord has
been in the auto game in Omaha live
years and is one (if the best known
men along the row. He also will be
remembered as a leading spirit at the
k-Sar-Bcn den.
EIGHTS
'THE Oldsmobile model 45 is for the family
that wants the maximum of pleasure and
durability in a car that is a credit to their so
cial and business standing.
The high-powered, perfected eight-cylinder motor
puts a new zest into driving.
Its remarkable flexibility makes frequent gear-shifting
unnecessary.
; Visit the new Oldsmobile home and let us show you
this exceptional car.
Nebras
2559 Farnam St., Phone Tyler 3336
Omaha, Neb.
COLE SURPRISES
MOTOR WORLD BY
NEW BODY LINES
President of Organization Does
in His Line What Clever Play
wright Accomplished for
Lovers of Theater.
When George M. Cohan compb ted
his dramatic version of Earl Derr
Biggers' novel, "Seven Keys to Bald
pate," those who viewed the first dial
performance of the play were fearful
of its success.
So completely did it alter th or
dinary conceptions of wii.it a ,.ay
should be like that they told Ccban
it would never prove a success.
"The critics will not stand for it,"
they said. "You can not so ;m
pletely overwhelm them with sur
prises and get away with it."
The Public Counts.
Cohan smiled, knowingly, and ut
tered a characteristic expression of
his att:tude on matters 'of that kind
"I don't care what the critics sa,"
he remarked. I'm writing what the
public wants."
How correctly he sized up the sit
uation is best shown by the reports of
the proceeds from the play, which
have mounted to the hundreds of
thousands in the last three years
A similar situation recently arose in
the motor car industry., -
Cole Turns Same Trick.
J. J. Cole, president of the Cole
Motor Car company of Indianapolis,
the producer ol the Cole Eight in
vited a number of his most intiivate
friends and business associates to
view, a new car which he was p-t par
ing tor exhibit at the automobile
shows.
It sponsored a new vogue ;n mi tor
car designing, introducing what Mr.
Cole called the Aerotype Body.
So completely did the car revolu
tionize popular conception as to
what a motor car ought to look like
that those who had the privilege of
viewing it shook their heads dubiously.
Today, however, the Cole factory is
working full tilt and still is unable to
supply the demand for the Airo
Eitrht. Like George M. Cohan, Mr. Cole
disregarded the traditions of the
critics and produced what proved to
be the desire of the public.
Women Take Soldiers' Places
In St. Patrick's Day Parade
New York, March 16. Some 3,000
women, each with a service flag rep
resenting a relative in the service,
who otherwise would have been
among the marchers, were assigned
Distributor for Nebraska
ka
to place in the ranks of the 25,000
St. Patrick's day paraders here today.
For the first time since the civil
war the famous Sixty-ninth regiment
wa not it. line and the ranks of the
First regiment of Irish volunteers
had dwindled from 'about 1,000 to 200.
the other 800 being with some unit of
America's fighting forces. Standard
bearers at the head of each of the sev
eral hundred societies, Ireland county
MM
Xw , Refinement and Comfort
Long Low Rakish Lines Performance Proven
in the
P3GHT
Foursome, $235 0
ICoyrrUbted)
Narrow and "racy" this King Foursome has lengthy
leg-room and is provided with four doors. Plenty of
carrying space. The necessary comforts for tourings the
day's outing, or week end trips have been given close
attention. So well have all details been cared for that
the body conveniences in this model were chosen for illus
trated articles by many of the leading motor car publica
tions. See this carride in it drive it yourself.
Then there is the seven-passenger family touring car,
or the three-passenger roadster at $1585 or the luxurious
summer or winter seven-passenger (Springfield type)
Sedan at $2150. Prices f. o. b. Detroit, may be ad
vanced at any time. Wire wheels $ 1 00 extra. Write for
our booklet telling of interesting King achievements.
Noyes-Killy Motor Co.
Factory Distributor
2066 Farnam St., Omaha, Neb.
1901 McGee St., Kama City, Mo.
Kin$ Foursome
(CoprtlchuO
SETS THE PACE
20&Tear
SIXES
Co. (Inc.)
and Southwestern Iowa
16th and O Sts.,
Lincoln,
organizations and local Irish clubs
were warned not to carry any flags
other than the Stars and Stripes, the
Irish flag and a service flag.
Mississippi Defeats Suffrage.
Jackson, Mass., March 15 An
amendment to the state consti'ut'oit
conferring suffrage on women was
lost in the senate today on a tie ote,
21 to 21.
CYLINDER!
Phone B-6522
Neb.