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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MARCH 17, 1918.
ftUTO HAULING
WOOD TO KEEP
BUSINESS GOING
Cars Plow Through Snow and
Bring Back Fuel When
Coal is Scarce
Boston.
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At least one business man in Bos
I" -. ! 1 1 a n k 1 11 1 to the motor car and
'' .'iintry wood lot for preventing a
. .;;.; i-1 e shut-down of his business
dm mi; the New England coal famine,
i r the wood was transported to his
Mciory over country roads, through
deep snow, at a time when he had no
coal and could get none.
When he found himself actually
face to face with the alternative of
buying wood or stopping business,
this man made inquiry and learned
that Boston coal yards held their
wood at $14 to $16 a cord. Even so,
none had truck or team available
for immediate delivery of wfcod.
In Touch With Owner.
Then it occurred to him that last
fall while driving his car along the
road from Boston to Worcester,
Mass., he had noticed a large wood
lot, with great quantities of chopped
vood piled up. By a bit of telephon
ing he got in touch with the owner,
who was perfectly willing to sell any
amount of his wood at $8 a cord, but
had no other means of shipping than
' to sled it to Che railroad.
This plan was impossible because
of the elemeiu of time; and when the
business man snirpested motor trucks
the woodsman said that, in his opin
:on, the snow was too deep in the
woods for a motor truck to get in,
much less get out with a load.
Uses Dodge Car.
However, the business man de
clined to take his word for the diffi
culty, and began consulting motor
truck authorities. He found none
who cared to tackle the job until he
phoned C. 5. Henshaw. Mr. Hen
thaw was so confident of the ability
of Dodge Brothers commercial car
to go anywnere that he was willing
to send out as mny as were needed.
The cars -readily made their way to
(he wood lot. There for a time it
looked as though the venture was
ended, for the cars sank in the snow
to their axles. 1 1 tit every one pulled
through, 'loaded with half a cord of
wood. The entire trip took only part
of a day, and the wood was unloaded
in the Boston boiler room in ample
time to avert a shut-down.
Automobile Speeds Up
As the Traffic Grows
"The automobile has speeded up
traffic so gradually," asserts Carl
Changstrom of the Standard Motor
Car company, "that unless we de
liberately recall earlier days.we never
think of a change having taken place, j
Fast as the first automobile must
have seemed in comparison to the
horse-drawn vehicles than in vogue,
they were indeed slow affairs'com
pared to the perfected models now
in use.
"While a Westcott distributor was
delivering a Westcott car recently an
incident came to light which humor
ously shows the contrast hetwe"i
modern cars and their predecessors.
Eleven years ago, while driving hit
first car, the Westcott purchaser was
arrested for reckless driving at Ji
miles an hour:" He was so pleased he
had gotten such speed out of his car
that he paid the fine cheerfully. He
later had a speedometer installed and
found that the car could not go over
11 miles an hour. In eleven years
this man progressed from a car that
could ifbt go over 22 miles an hour
to a Westcott that can go taster than
he would dare to drive. It is possible
that the next decade will show as
much progress in automobile design
as the one just closing.
J. L Paxton of Omaha is in
Capital on Business Mission
Washington, March 16. (Special
H Telegram.) James L. Paxton of
Omaha is in Washington seeking to
have the government specify the pack
ing winch the 1 axton-Mitchell com
pany manufacturers for locomotives
specified for the standard engine for
which a committee of experts is now
engaged in preparing specifications.
His stay in Washington js indefinte.
Auto Club Warns Motorists
To Observe Parking Rules
Motorists are warned to observe
parking rules and regulations. Com
ing of pleasant days has brought out
hundreds of cars and the traffic ques
tion is again up. City ordinance al
lows but oU-minute parking in con
tested districts, except where diago
nal parking is allowed in center of
street. Long-time parking is also al
lowed on some side streets in con
gested district. "Don't park closer
than 20 feet from a fire hydrant,
says Secretary Smyth. "Use caution
when parking and see that sufficient
space is left for your neighbor to pull
out. A parked car has right-of-way
over car to the rear, but use all cau
tion in pulling out."
Patriotic Poem
"The Blue, The Gray and The
Brown," a poem by Arthur L. War
rick of Omaha, was inspired, the au
thor says, by one Adelaide Kenner
!y's "Soliloquies of Modern Eve" in
f he Bee. The soliloquy carried out
She idea that the khaki brown had
buried the hatred of the grays and
blues under the symbol of one great
nation.
Warrick's poem will be read next
month in the national convention of
all military schools in Chicago by
Colonel H. R. Drummond of the
Kearney Military school. The poem
follows:
'Where have our Rbs In :ry all gone,
Where are our Tanks In blue?
doltln? thPlr hates and loves In one.
They narch 'neath banner true,
tnowins; no Mason-Dixon tins.
To(ti;ther, gray anil blue.
Neath Stars and Stripes, command Divine
Leads them and strengthens, too.
Tlearln-f the colors born of blood
In a manger of hellish fire,
Neath sky of blue that stars bestud
To lead all Nations higher;
V common Brief and sorrow great
Have lit the root's dark nlrht
And moved by IVar for Nation's fat
They're proud to die for right.
'Americans for Democracy,
, As one to do or die,
Kb one to crush Autocracy
And lift Old Olory hlirh.
Thesa sons of North and Couth array
To acorn despotic frown
Hot In the Pine, not In the Oray,
But the Sacred Khaki Brown." j
"Cash and Carry" Is Policy
of Modern Shoe Company
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WAR ECONOMY SALE
STUDEBAKER PLAN
E. E. Wilson Says Owing to
High Costs at This Time,
Feature of His Firm Is
Making Big Hit.
modern conservation has entered into
the shoe business particularly in the
case of tht Modern Shoe ' company,
second floor of the Paxton block, Six
teenth and Farnam streets.
Albar Torrskar, proprietor a shoe
man of long experience knows what
is costs to maintain a delivery sys
tem. He knows what it costs to
carry accounts on the books, espe
cially when a lot of them are uncol
lectable. Knowing these two important
items of cost he has decided to sell
shoes for cash, and thus eliminate the
loss due to uncollectable accounts,
and has decided to maintain no de
livery system, thereby saving all the
cost of deliveries.
"We save all this for the custom-
lis mhi tH, x vi mndT, on J ttiC f.
suit is that we can sell shoes a great
deal cheape. than the shoe stores
which do a credit business and make
deliveries. Nor do we handle a cheap
grade of shoes. We handle the
standard makes of the best shoes, and
I can prove to anyone in a few mo
ments that 1 am selling them from
$2 to $3 a pair cheaper than many of
the other stores."
The Modern Shoe stors estab
lished last fall, is being remodeled
and enlatged to take care of the
growing business. A larger stock of
shoes is being put in and the spring
trade will find the place equipped bet
ter than ever before. It is one of the
best lighted shoe stores in the city.
The large plate glass windows on the
west admit floods of light.
"The regularity with which prices
have been increased on all motivr-
. propelled vehicles since the Tinted
j States entered the war is alarming to
those who have been in close touch
j with the situation," savs K. R. Wil
! son of Stiidebaker-Wilson, Inc.
! "While this condition must he ac
cepted as a matter of course, owing
to the increased costs of raw material
and every other commodity, as well
I as both skilled and unskilled labor,
, the curtailment of consumer produc
tion to expedite the tilling ot war or
ders adds still another problem.
The war economy sale started last
Monday offers Studebaker buyers the
last chance to buy "18 series" models
at before-the-war prices. This sale
was instigated to clear up the "18
series" models and make way for the
"19 series" models, which are ex
pected this week.
CHALMERS AT
CAPITAL FOR
AUTO MAKERS
Motor Truck Freight Trains
Likely, Declares Locke
"The time may arrive when we
will see a motor truck with a string
of trailers hitched behind, looking
like a freight train, hauling merchan
dise over country roads," suggests
Mr. Locke of the Haarmann-Locke
Motors company, 2429 Farman street,
Omaha.
"The Linton Collieries company of
Indianapolis, owners of a three and
one-half ton -Little Giant truck, re
cently hitched two trailers to it and
hauled a 70-foot derrick from Indian
apolis to Bloomingdale, Ind. They
made much quicker time than they
could if they had shipped by rail
road, and delivered the derrick just
where they wanted it."
Auto Board Says Gasoline
Supply Ample for All Uses
In view of the statements by A. C.
Bedford, chairman of the Petroleum
War Service committee, our gasoline
is ample for all purposes and the re
serve stock is accumulating so rap
idly that storage facilities are being
taxed to the utmost.
As outlined in a recent report by
the National Automobile Chamber of
Commerce, gasoline is so plentiful
that officials at Washington have rec
ommended its more generous use so
that there may be no difficulty about
the government obtaining its fuel oil
sut'i 'y. w'-'ch comes only after gaso
line Is taken from the crude, states
James M. Dunlap, sales manager of
the Chandler Motor Car company,
Cleveland, O.
The government must have a con
tinuous and ample supply of fuel oil
forthe many uses of the navy, mer
chant ships, munitions factories and
other industrial plants, and as gas
oline is in the nature of a by-product
of fuel oil, it is unreasonable to even
think of a gasoline shortage.
The Bureau of Mines reports our
gasoline production at 6,849,000 gal
lons per dav, while our war needs are
onlv 950,000 gallons.
Just consider it nearly 7,000,000 of
gallons a day and with insistent de
mands by the government for more
fuel oil. Even this tremendous pro
duction will probably be increased.
Flicker Birds Announce
Arrival of "Gentle" Spring
The flickers, birds of the w."ud
pecker family, and looked upo.i as
sure harbingers of spring, have made
their appearance. They are her? t,tv
eral days ahead of the normal r'me
for their arrival, and in the north part
of the city Saturday morning wire
busy drumming on the roofs of bun
dreds of houses.
Big Decrease in Reserves
Of Clearing House Banks
New York, March 16. The actual
condition of clearing house banks
and trust companies for the week
showed that they hold $34,315,810 re
serve in excess of legal requirements.
This is a decrease of $20,847,480 from
last week.
Further to co-ordinate the war
needs of the government with the
capacities of the automobile plants,
automobile manufacturers' in the Na
tional Automobile chamber of com
merce have decided to establish a gen
eral headquarters at Washington in
charge of Hugh Chalmers, vice presi
dent of the association and chairman
of the Chalmers Motor company.
For some time work of this kind
has been cared for by the automo
bile industries committee, which it
was voted to dissolve and to have
the automobile manufacturers repre
sented av Washington by a vice
president and staff of the organiza
tion. At the headquarters will be
engineers to help manufacturers in
connection with government work.
A vote of thanks was extended to
the members of the automobile com
mittee for the work accomplished at
Washington.
The members passed a resolution
endorsing the work of the newly
formed Highway Industries associa
tion and appointed William F.. Metz
ger and Windsor T. White to repre
sent the motor car and truck manu
facturers in thatirganizatinn.
Because of the severe weather and
Monday closing orders, the paid at
tendance at the New York and Chi
cago shows, for the first time in 17
years, showed a falling off from
previous records. The reports of the
dealers attendance and business
transacted, however, were almost on
a par with previous affairs.
Schacht Truck Company
Wants Nebraska Distributor
The G, A. Schacht Motor Truck
company of Cincinnati, O., is market
ing a high class line of motor trucks,
capacities two to five tons, ranging
in price from $2,950 to $4,700, and
would like to pet in touch with a
reliable party to handle the agency in
Omaha. Adv.
First Shipment of New
Apperson Cars Received
According to J. H. Dejong of the
Apperson Motor company of Omaha,
the new Apperson model, with 80 less
parts, is being accepted with much
enthusiasm by motorists of this com
munity. This latest conception of motor car
efficiency is heralded by Apperson
Bros, as their masterpiece anil is the
result of more than 25 years' experi
ence in building motor cars. Owing
to the conservation of efficiency de
manded by the war every effort has
been made to eliminate all unneces
sary weight. By eliminating a num
ber of parts, and through scientific
construction, the weight of the new
model has been lessened considera-
dy. This no doubt will effect quite
a saving in gasoline consumption and
tire wear.
A shipment of the new models has
arrived, but, according to Dejonjf.
the stipply will exceed the demand
during the current season.
Looking for work? Turn to th
Help Wanted Columns now. Yo
will find hundreds of positions listed
there.
The Cadillac "Look Ahead"
One, two, three years somewhere in
there is, probably, your estimate of the
ordinary car's useful life to you.
But the Cadillac engineers build for five,
eight, ten years ahead. Not less than that
much sweet running -is in every Cadillac
car if properly cared for.
Of gasoline we have a-plenty and to
spare statistics show. But of good cars
' we are running shorter every day.
' .If you like to "look ahead" to permanent
satisfaction there is only one car for you
a Cadillac.
N Play Safe Avoid Disappointment
Buy Your Cadillac From Us
Jones-Hansen-Cadillac. Co.
Harney 710.
Farnam at 26th.
121 ?JnK
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The Secret of Stearns Success
Defined by One Word
CONCENTRATION
The new STKARNS models
are the result of concentration.
They are the outcome of
twenty-one year of most careful
manufacturing. They are not built
for those who "merely want an auto
mobile." They are distinctly a ma
chine for discriminating people. Folks
who want the best nnd cannot rest
That air of refinement and
rlusivenens has iilwavs attached
the Stearns. For that reason, every
part must meet the approval of
skilled Stearns' inspectors. Every
caution is taken to protect the name
"STKARNS" for it in recognized as
a symbol for supremacy among Am
erica's few fine ears. As a result, be
cause of ita sheer goodness, the
Stearns has been forced into a larger
and wider market.
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content until they get it.
The Stearns Motors are not merely Knight
Motors, but Knight Motors Built by Slearns
For over a decade, connoisseurs in
the motor world have unanimously
agreed that the Knight engine marks
the ultimate in automobile motors.
The Stearns Eight is a Knight motor,
but a Knight-motor-built-by-Stenrns.
This Eight was the first V typo
Knight engine to be constructed. Its
remarkable smoothness and flexibility
have been brought, to the highest
pitch by Stearns engineers. The
Stearns counterbalanced crankshaft,
8-i-yl., 7-pas. Touring, 125-lnrh
wherlbfts. $2,578
4-vl.. 7-piis. TiiuriiiK, inrli
ulieflliHs $2,175
4-ryl., S-pnis. Touring, llli-lnch
whoclbaas $1,785
designed by Stearns engineers, was
the first one to be used in any auto
mobile motor in the United States.
It is one of the features that con
tribute to the remarkable perform
ance of Stearns Knight motors. This
shaft increases the life of the bear
ings many times. It eliminates vibrn
tion and crankshaft whip. It permits
higher motor speed with mechanical
safely, which moans greater power
and flexibility,
i-tyli 4-pni". Chummy Rosditr.
ll'.l-lnch vtht-i-lliuse $1,785
4 -oyl ., 7-as. S filnn, 1 1 9 in. h
wliptllinae J2.335
4-cyl., 4-im. Cuups, 110-inch
whrrlliai. $2,400
All Frier. I. o. b. factory
Mclntyre-Hayward Motor Co.
2427 Farnam St.
DISTRIBUTORS OMAHA, NEB.
Phone Douglas 2406
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After April 1st
FTER April 1st the Grant Six price will be $1093 an
increase of $40. No apology is necessary the car ifl
worth it. Indeed, those who are well informed regarding
motor car values will be astonished that the advance in
price is so slight, unless they happen to recall that ever
since the upward trend in prices started two years ago,
Grant Six price advances have been fewer and smaller
than those of any other six.
Even at $1095 the new Grant Six is priced too low
according to prevailing standards of motor car prices.
There is no other six of comparable size, beauty, power,
mechanical refinement, riding comfort and fine finish at
anywhere near the price.
There is no other six so economical no other sbc whose
thousands of owners average 20 miles to a gallon of gasoline
and 900 miles to a gallon of oil or whose owners get such
tire mileage as the Grant Six gives.
There is no other engine like the overhead-valve engine
of the Grant Six, with its snap, its flexibility, its quietness
and freedom from vibration. 1
Built by men who pioneered the popularly priced six
four years ago, backed by the experience gained in pro
ducing 50,000 cars, this new model is unquestionably the
finest product in its price class.
The demand for Grant Sixes this spring promises to be
at least twice the output. Don't delay. Don't procrasti
nate. Get your order in now and make sure of the car you
want, the car that saves you money the day you buy it and
every day you run it the economical Grant Six.
The Grant Six Offers a Real Selling Proposition.
LININGER IMPLEMENT CO.
Sixth and Pacific Streets. Phone Douglas 109
GRANT MOTOR CAR CORPORATION CLEVELAND
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