tHE. OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: APRIL 21. 1913.
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WllVf-AWAY IS
ONLY SOLUTION i
TO CAR SHORTAGE
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Oldsmobile Official Can See No
Relief From Present Short
age of Railroad Equip
ment. "Judging by the'present trend of
conditions I am convinced that even
the most favorable of Summer weath
er shipping conditions will not release
any appreciable amount of railway
facilities for the transportation of
automobiles.
: t"This opinion," said Mr. P. I
Emerson, sales manager of the Olds
Motor Works, "is based on a pretty
careful study of conditions which I
have had an opportunity to make in
practically every large distributing
center in the country.
, . Relief Not Probable.
"Of course the railroads suffered
severe setbacks during the terrific
winter. But though they are now able
to greatly increase their carrying
capacity, this is largely offset by the
movement of war materials which are
being completed in steadily increasing
volume. ' " ''
"How very fortunate it is that auto
mobiles can be delivered to their des-
tinations under their ow.i power. For
if it were not fo.- the daily drive-away
there would be mighty few new cars
put into use this season.
No Storage of Cars.
"Usually at this time of the year
dealers and distributors in all the
cities have good stocks of cars on
hand that have been received from
the factories during the winter. This
year no surh condition exists there
are practically no accumulated stocks
f motor cars.
"The manner in which automobile
, sales organizations have adjusted
themselves to the new conditions 5s
nothing short of marvelous. It is safe
to say that approximtaely 60 per cent
of all cars leaving the factories today
are being driven overland by dealers.
, "It i6 nothing new any more to
'start a big fleet of cars on a thousand
mile trip. And as road conditions im
; prove it is to be expected that prac
1 tically every automobile made will be
.nneinnal xrt iUgx mtklip h iorhllrO VO "
Tips on Batteries
For the Motorist
"Despite the educational campaign
carried on by the battery manufac
turers, a great majority of motorists
itill' continue to treat their starting
battery as a mystery, and the same
ideation is occurring day after day
; vhen should a battery be repaired and
vhen should it be thrown away?
yl "The answer to this is: Put your
' elf in the hands of the expert and at
. '.he same time bear the following
ooints in mind," says Louis Hiller,
uanager of the Delco-Exide service
station at 2024 Farnam street, Omaha.
"First, have the battery opened up
for your own inspection and all sepa
rators removed so that the entire sur
' jfae of the individual plates may be
t, readily seen."
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Scenes like this will become more
and more familiar as the warm
weather progresses. This picture
shows a day's "drive-away" by L. G.
Hamilton of Craig, Neb. It consistsQ
of eight Model 90 Overlands. one
Model 89 Overland, one model 85-6
Sedan and a Fulton lj4-ton truck. ,
Kelly-Springfield Company
Brings Oat New Style 'Cord' Tire
A recent announcement to , the
effect that the Kelly-Springfield
people had entered the cord tire field
brought forth some rather interesting
data regarding the evolution of solid
and pneumatic tires.
"Back in 1845 Robert W. Thomp
son, a Scotch civil engineer, invented
the first pneumatic tire, taking out
an American patent two years later,"
asserts George W. Hiett, manager of
the local Kelly-pringfield branch.
"He never knew how completely he
anticipated the modern motor tire,
for it took 60 years or more to per
fect it.
"We did 'our bit' towards this de
velopment. "During the days of the horse
drawn vehicle Kelly-Springfield car
riage tires were standard equipment
on the best of them. They were on
the brougham of the prince of Wales
before he liecame Edward VII of
England, and they were on the vic
toria of President McKinley.
"We had a reputation to sustain
and we bore that in mind when we
commenced to build pneumatic tires,
one at a, time, carefully by hand.
These pneumatic tires added to our
prestige, for they were the first in
America to convert great mileage ex
pectation into road realization.
"When the cord tire made its ap
pearance we recognized certain valu
able features in the new type and we
began to experiment with cord con
struction along independent linesv
- "We had to go slow. It was easy
enough to make a 'just-as-good' cord,
but people were educated to expect
more than that from a Kelly-Springfield.
"After two years we got what we
were after, a tire with all the ad
vantages of cord construction plus
Kelly-Springfield mileage.
"We obtained from 500 of these
cords an average of 11,725 miles on
the rear wheels and 14,000 miles on
the front wheels of test cars weight
ed at 5,200 pounds, driven over the
worst winter roads at rate the of 320
miles every 24 hours. What these
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M IM ' ' 1 11 ""S " in i . i.
ep.-Yow
vlnick
cords will deliver in normal use on
good roads we cannot guess, but we
do know that they are worthy of the
name Kelly-Springfield."
Sterling Truck' Dealer Now
Housed in New Location
H. Becker, who recently took over
the distribution of Sterling trucks in
this territory, has completely redec
orated the location at 809-11 South
Sixteenth street. At this location
Sterling truck sales and service will
be handled.
Knw 111 Man.
"I thought your landlord kd you to
vacate. I understood h wanted to tear
down the place and rebuild."
"He did, but I'm hanging on from month
to month."
"How doyou manage It!"
'He'a very avaricious. I place a check
In hla letter box tho flrat of every month.
He can't bear to part with money once In
hla possession." Louisville Courier-Journal.
Auto Electric Service Co., 316 South 19th St., Omaha, Neb.
Nebraska Distributors for the Permalife Storage Battery Co., Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
The 23d St. Garage Kearney
Blair Battery Co. Blair
Columbus Auto Co Columbus
A. V. Johnson Stanton
People's Garage Fremont
Neils Neilson Grand Island
Western Tire & Battery Co., Ogallala
Lee & Larson Kimball
Wisda & Durland Lexington
Hahler Garage Sidney
Peters Bros. Millard
V.J.Kohout Wilbur
Crete Auto & Mach. Wks., . . .Crete
Harry E. Simms ........... Aurora
T. M. Sheaf & Son f Fullerton
Alvin J. Johnson fWahoo
Red X Garage ; .Minden
Moon's Garage .Taylor
Wilder Electric Co Central City
Stalker & Hayes Albion
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An idle truck means money
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9th and'Douglas Sts.
Phone Tyler 840
THE
KSEfClMS
OF A MOTOR CAR
Appearance Durability
Reputation Performance Price
Service
THESE ESSENTIALS AS FOLLOWS
APPEARANCE
Its looks measure up to its' true standard. '
REPUTATION
It "set the pace" for the motor car industry
some twenty years ago, being the first tcarVin
America to be built and sold in quantity.
DURABILITY ' '
The selection of .materials, the precision of
workmanship and the experience in better motor
car building assure this vital characteristic.
PERFORMANCE '
The smoothness of power under all speeds,
the remarkable acceleration Well, it is impossible
for one to "get" the full meaning of the application
of this term except by actual test of the car.
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SERVICE
Stations everywhere in all the principal ,
cities and smaller towns you find Oldsmobile
dealers equipped to render efficient service.
PRICE
Measure the price of this car, $1,495.00, f. o. b.
factory, and measure the sterling value built into V
it. Then compare both with other cars in this
price class or tnis quality class.
Nebraska 0 Co. (Inc.)'
Distributor for Nebraska and Southwestern Iowa
2559 Farnam St, Phone Tyler 3336,
Omaha, Neb.
Sixteenth and O Sts., Phone B-6522,
Lincoln, Neb. ;
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