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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 19, 1918)
Omaha Bee PART FIVE AUTO SECTION PAGES 1 TO 8 PART FIVE AUTO SECTION PAGES 1 TO 8 H VOL. XLVII NO. 49. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY, 19, 1918. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. v - Sunday U Or AUTO SITUATION BRIGHTER THAN RUMORS PAINT IT Omaha Distributors Find Man ufacturers .Quite Optimistic . Regarding Future of the Passenger Car Business. A. H. Jones and J. H. Hansen of the Jones-Hansen-Cadillac company returned Friday from Detroit, Lan sing, Mich., and several ' other auto mobile manufacturing centers. One of the objects of their trip was to secure information regarding the automobile situation in the east. According to Mr. Hansen "the fac tories are still optimistic and are sat isfied that the future will not be quite - as discouraging as some have antici pated. Although production is far be low normal and the material as well as the labor situation is serious, auto mobiles still are being manufactured in fairly large numbers. Government Comes First. 4 "The only demand made by the government recently is that their re quirements shall be given first consid eration. The surplus of material and steel goes into the manufacture of other articles just as usual and there is still a considerable amount of steel produced in excess of that needed by the government. Manufacturers with ready money and well organized pur chasing departments still are able to purchase a sufficient amount of steel to keep up a good daily production. "There are some kinds of steel which are not required by the gov ernmentn manufacturing war articles, aeroplanes and ships and the manu . facturers are having no difficulty in getting these commodities. "A considerable number of Cadillac cars are taken by the government for service in France and the factory looks as busy, as ever. Fall Production Uncertain. "Of course," asserts Mr. Hansen, "no one knows what the situation will be in a'few months from now and the factory urges us to take all the can we can get at this time. No orders are being taken at the Cadillac fac- tory for shipment later than August, which of course is evidence that they annot figure a great way ahead. They , io not know how many cars can be built during the fall. , "Considering things from all an gles," asserts Mr. Hansen, "we were pleased with the general situation and ' do not feel as discouraged as we did x larlier in the season." , LIGHT WEIGHT ' ' AUTO POPULAE WITH ABMYMEN E. Percy Noel, in his cabled corre spondence from Paris, recently made the' statement that there will need to be a radical change in the type of automobiles shipped from this country for service in France. He said that this change will chiefly affect the horse power and weight, and that the reason is mainly because the cars are not economical. Commenting upon the significance of this statement, H. Pelton, of the Franklin dealership here, said: "Jlr. Noel probably did not realize now far-reaching his observation applied, as he merely considered inefficient performance in its relation to actual field service conditions. But when, for example, the supply requirements of army passenger cars weighing two tons, 'and those weighing a ton and a quarter, are compared in the light ' of the broader considerations of war, the proposition takes on a very ob vious meaning. , ' "The greatest burden falls upon transportation facilities," says Mr Pel ton. "With gasoline mileage being in proportion to weight, it is evident that the heavier type requires about two tank boats for gasoline transpor tation, where the lighter type would require only one. And at the same time, the ship space required for the tire supply is practically doubled by heavy car service compared to light car service. "In the same way, railroad trans portation from American factories to the seaboard is overloaded by the ex cess supply requirements that Mr. - Noel speaks of. In fact, the situation even influences the county's war time labor problems." PEERLESS'CARS ' GET ATTENTION ALONG AUTO ROW 1 The George F. Reim company has just received two carloads of the newest closed Peerless models, which are attracting aH sorts of attention from visitors along auto row. One of the rfew features of these ' cars is "the manner in which the windows and panels are raised and lowered by means'of a lever on the inside of the car. These panels fit tightly in the frames and the glass is Set so flush into the sills that there is no chance for dust to blow in. The Chase mohair upholstery with the Marshall spring construction are 1 other features which are attracting many complimentary notices. These latest consignments consist of sedans and coupes in beautiful colored aluminum bodies. ' Mr. Reim has been in the auto mobile business in Omaha for many years and when he decided to take on a new line he picked the Peerless, kn6wing well that it was a car which he would be proud to sell in competi tion' with any now being, made. ; i is Hl IMt 6y Irene 'Hajitiltoit & Motorist, woajd Jftt fist a lifrto the hjttoahTace By uaia$ that seat with: it ejnpty pacs?. It woa't you milch, ,and. Hl do fets of jpod, As every good Samaritaatft hi iwighW-should. Many patriots toilers aft stendi&ff thf street Waiting for a (roller oar with no empty seat, While you paw by at ft whirling pace And never offer tht use of that empty spacei t feotne weary totter toay b trudging alfto And gone from ma Heart tne joy ana tae long Whea you come along and with brotherly grace Offer the use of that empty imace. J3j v . 58 Bis heart at once becomes much brighter And he grips things eternal a little bit tighter, 80 don't uass bv if von have wnntv snace. But show brotherly love to the human rjioi You have giver, them sympathy, now give them a lift And the hardness of your heart will begin to. shift. For a brotherly service, rendered with grace wul find its reward w a gladsome face. 0 y Cif' fr',fl'' ''iVW'rf-- :WtYSr This Year Choose a Car That Won't , Require Repair Men The Best Mechanics Have Gone to War. Fifty Thousand x Owners Know the Reliability of the Hudson Super-Six 1 when one could turn his car over to an expert repairman every time it failed to operate just right, it wasn't so important that the car itself should be one of proved reliability. But this year it will not be so easy to get such efficient serviced The best men have been enlisted to repair aeroplane, truck and tank motors. Every repair shop has lost one or more of its best mechanics. This makes it more important than ever that cars as they leave the factory must be of right design and right construction. There is no question about the way the Hudson Super-Six qualifies in this particular? There is hardly a person who does not know the intimate history pf some Hudson Super Six as it has served its owner. There are fifty thousand Super-Sixes now in service. '; They have proved their reliability and endu ance in, every kind of test that could be thought of in the way of speed, long and constant operation in the hands of every type of user. What it has done is the assurance that makes it the car you can rely upon when you know expert service men are not always at hand. You must have observed how your neighbor's Super-Six has met every require ment be has made of it with the same relia bility with which you depend upon a tried and proved time-piece. ' With these facts in mind there is no need to call attention to such details of design and body detail as h usually referred to in an jtutomobile advertisement. There are ten dif ferent body types of Hudson Supdr-Six cars. Every taste can-be satisfied. N , GUY L. SMITH 2563-65-67 Farnam St. , Omaha, Neb. Douglas 1970. TRUCK HAS COME, HORSE MUST GO, SAYS FULTON MAN 1 Two Million Animals West of Missouri vWhose Place in Workaday Life Seems Doomed. Dunne the last three years nearly 1.500.000 horses and mules were sent out of the United States to the Euro pean battle fronts, and a recent esti mate of an authority, Prof. F. S. Cooley of the Montana State College of Agriculture, gives the number of horses now roaming the rangss west of the Missouri river as 2,000,000. "The figures which have been pre sented showing the rapidly growing over-supply of useless horse-tlesh, in snite of war conditions, are evidence of the wondeiiut revolution that lias taken place in America since the au vent (not over a score of years ago) of horseless transportation," said Wil liam Fulton Melhuish, jr., president of the: Fulton Motor Truck company of Farmingdalc, Long Island. Trucks Replace Horse. "TriirVe ir rrntafinc Ihe horse everywhere, and with the coming in of the tractor for farming are making the horse almost needless to the farms of America, said Mr. Melhuish. "The future is bright, for the truck is now forced upon the minds of the public, the business man and of the farmer, many of whom have refused n the past to look upon it seriously. Railroad conditions are such that trucks must be used. The business man and the farmer are rapidly learn ing that the truck has come into this world of rush business to stay and their opinion of the power-driven business wagon has undergone a ma terial change." WHAT'S DOING Enthusiasm Is High at Hastings Meeting. AT AUTO CLUB The Omaha-Lincoln-Denver High way association recently held its an nual meeting at Hastings and the good roads enthusiasm displayed by Ihe 100 delegates from all through Ne braska is an example for Omaha to follow. Through the activity qf P. A. Wells, representing the Chamber of Commerce, Omaha, and Secretary Smyth of the Omaha Automobile club delegates, the next convention of the O.-L.-D. will very likely be held in Omaha. Resolutions were passed at the O.-L.-D. higlfway convention recom mending that the Ashland toll bridge be taken over by the- state or that Seward and Douglas counties buy it; that the road institute of the Univer sity of Nebraska be continued as an annual affair, and that an addition of a regular highway engineering depart ment be part of the university curri culum. P. A. Wells, club counsel, delivered a stirring talk to the O.-L.-D. dele gates on the necessity of good roads to facilitate relief of railroad con gestion in taking care of the short haul by motor trucks. Lancaster county is paving six miles west to Emerald with brick, and a further addition of four miles is now being signed up. Lancaster will con tinue to show Douglas county "how to do it." County Engineer Edgren is installing 35-foof concrete culverts on main roads. A six-foot concrete post, painted white, is an integral part of the wings of each culvrt, and the motoring public will have a safe and plain mark to look for at these cul verts. "Do you know that 85 per cent of the streets leading out into the country from Lincoln are paved?" asked Charlie Roper, president of tht Omaha-Lincoln-Denver Highway as sociation. We didn't' know it, but he soon showed us, and the paving wasn't a bit like Dodge street or Center street, or the old Military highway out through Benson. . Lincoln Auto club is tidying up 20-acre tract of woods tor a clubA picnic grounds. Milford good roads boosters, and every one in Milford is one of "them," has established a beautiful camp site for tourists on the ground of the fa mous Shogo lithia springs on the Blue river. Practical road making demonstra tions were held at Hastings during the 0.-L.-D. convention, the Highway Maintainer furnishing a splendid ex ample of what it can do by p-.tting in shape the mile stretch out to the Ingleside Insane asylum. A dozen large trartors, graders, blade ma chines, drags and maintainers were on the ground giving demonstrations. Douglas county bought the first High way Maintainer manufactured by th ' Havelock company. This machini takes a 12-foot swath of road and maintains it through the operation ol four different blades. This is the only highway maintainer whose blade can be adjusted to the contour of the road surface, assuring proper maintenance with a crown not too high nor too low. '.' . "What does this overland touring amount to?" asks the average citizen of Omaha when you tell him it brings, money into the state. Last August, Sterling, Colo., counted every cat entering the city for the month. Th result: On the O.-L.-D., 6.451 home cars entered the city and 2,001 foreign cars. On the Lincoln highway, 8,015 home cars and 3,718 foreign cars. Nearly 6,000 foreign cars in on . month! Many of these, of course, were Nebraska cars, but there is still left k mighty healthy showing of tour ing traffic. If Sterling gets this much, what must come through Omaha in a month and a season? 0 The Pinnacle of Perfection WE feel that the new Stearns models have reached the point of supremacy. They. are the outcome of 21 years of success in manufacturing motor cars. Distinctly a machine for discriminating people, every car turned out breathes an air of refinement and exclusiveness. x The Knight principle, whichVas been perfected by seven years of Stearns practice, is one of the reasons for Steams-Knight motor supremacy. The sleeve-type principle eliminates the grinding of valves, for carbon trouble is unknown.' ' To ride in one of these luxurious Stearns models is to want it. It breeds an unrest within you that cannot be satisfied with any thing less than a Stearns-Knight automobile. Every caution is taken to protect the name "Stearns," for it is recognized as a symbol for supremacy among America's few fine cars. 4-CYLINDER MODELS, Touring Car ,......$1945 Four-Pati. Roadster $1045 Coup $2500 119-inch wheel-ba Seven- Past. Touring $2300 Model Mililaire $2500 125-inch wheel-baie , ;. ti t PRICES 8-CYLINDER MODELS Touring car $2700 Four-Pait. Roadster $2700 Coup .-.....$3200 Model Mtlitair $2850 125-inch wheel-bai I WW iff t if J Mi f- 111 I mcintyre-naywaru muiur v,u. ! " OMAHA, NEB. 2427 Farnam St. x -Phone Douglas 2406 II j x Stearns Five-Pattenger, Four- 11 II, 1 1 I I Cylinder louring var. j I 1 1 STEARNS BUILT, KNIGHT MOTORED . ; t ' - A' w 1'