THE OMAHA SUNDAY JJEE: JUNE 2, 118.
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1,000 MARK IN PRODUCTION -OF
THE LIBERTY AEROPLANE
MOTOR REACHED BY PACKARD
Production of First Thousand Motors Accomplished Just
One Year to & Day from Date First Blue
Prints Were Sent to Washington.
The 1,000th Liberty airplane engine
produced by the Packard company
was shipped from the factory this
week, just a year to a day from the
sending to Washington of blue prints
and parts which formed the start of
, the Liberty motor design.
The dispatching of the 1,000th en
tine was celebrated quietly, but none
theless exultantly, by the men who
within a year have had the su:cessive
responsibilities of producing the' first
Liberty engine by hand, the first Lib
erty engine to fly, the first Liberty
engine made from tools designed for
quantity output and now their first
thousand perfected engines.
Among those who witnessed the
crating of the motor for shipment
was the young engineer who, on
. May .29, 1917, took down to Wash
ington ft trunk, checked as personal
baggage, which contained complete
blue prints and an all-steel cylinder
that time more than two years, of de
velopment work, from which J. G.
Vincent, the Packard chief engineer,
nd E. J. Hall evolved the design of
the Liberty motor, '
When Liberty engine No. 1.000 was
completed a telegram was sent by the
two Liberty engine builders, who are
now in production, to President Wil
son and Secretary Baker, announcing
with "solemn thankfulness" the com
pletion of the first thousand. In re
ply Secretary Baker wrote his con
gratulations, praising the "most com
mendable zeal and spirit' with which
this task has been accomplished."
Production of the Liberty engine
!s going forward with accelerating
speed. The Packard company, first
to get Into production, is turning out
25 a day. The Lincoln Motors Is
completing 10 a day with much larger
output immediately in sight. The
Ford Motor company, which in the
meantime has made thousands of the
cylinders for both Packard and Lin
coln, is on the'eve of producing mo
tors in quantity. The MSrrnon com
pany' also is about to enter produc
tion. . Turn About.
Buick dealer demonstrated the cower
this 111 jail you. I've had enuogh of
public on iding.
"Take it as warning," said the
fudge, as he signed a receipt of $50;
' "The next time you try any stunt like
this I'll jail you. Ive had enough of
this nonsense."
The next morning an advertisement
In a local newspaper contained a pho-
toarraoh of "the . most powerful car
In America" climbing the steps of a
ttublic building. It showed the notice
trying to halt the driver in his mad
dash. The police were pleased. In
" the advertisement the dealer modestly
stated that the feat could not be du
plicated by any other car.
Three days later his competitor
down the street got 30 days in jail.
Motor Life lor April.
TIME TO CLEAN
.COOLING SYSTEM
Paige Service Expert Advises
Use of Solution of Soda and
Water; Gives Life to'
Engine. . a"
While friend wife is enjoying her
annual housecleaning bee, and mis
laying "the furniture, friend husband
has a few jobs that he might as well
get busy at. According to the calen
dar, the warm days are in the omng
and will soon be beckoning to the
open road.' It is the advice of expe
rienced automobile service men that
now is the time to give the car a thor
ough inspection and take the neces
sary measures to put it in first-class
shape for summer use.
When it comes to overhauling a
car or tuning it up many motorists
are inclined to overlook the cooling
systems, says the chief of Paige
service. "This is a mistake, for there
is nothing more, vital to efficient op
eratjon and oerformance. At this
time of year I Would advise every
car owner to give the cooling sys
tem, including the radiator, water
jackets, hose and pump, a thorough
cleaning. ,
"The best way to- do this is to
drain the water out of the car. then
nil up the radiator with a weak solu
tion of soda and water. Having done
this, let the engine run for 10 min
utes or so. Then drain off this liquid
and replace it with pure water.
Again let the engine run for a few
minutes and again drain the car. You
will then be ready to fill your radia
tor tor regular use.
"This is advantageous because- it
cleans out the radiator, water jack
ets, hose and pump thoroughly, free
ing them trom deposits, ' especially
those left by anti-freezing mixtures
used during the winter which, if al
lowed to remain in the car would
probably rot the 'hose and do other
damage. Taking this simple precau
tion not only extends the life of the
car, but prevents future trouble and
increases efficiency.
Cars Bought on Reputation;
Demonstration Thing of Past
"There has been a steady tendency
away from the necessity of demon
stration in selling automobiles, says
W. L. Killv. Kinsr distributor. "O
course demonstration can still be
made a factor in sales, but the public
no longer demands it.
"The automobile has become
public commodity. It plays a big
part in the nation life and the public
is, therefore, well informed about all
phases of its utility. The inevitable
result of this condition is a public
knowledge of the. machines, and con-
'fidence in the manufacturers."
WHAT'S DOING
O r g a n i z a tion After
Car Thieves in Omaha
AT AUTO CLUB
The Omaha Auto club's efforts in
auto theft cases has resulted in a pen
itentiary sentence for Frank Sellars.
Sellars was accused of stealing II.
; Xfanilli', rar. Through the ef
forts of the club's theft department
hejras given a penitentiary sentence.
He appealed the case for a new trial,
anrl vi-hil nut on bond attemDted. it
is alleged, to take another car. The
club attorneys have followed tne case
with their usual vigilance wun me
rrmilt that Sellars now goes to the
penitentiary on the original Manville
charge.
Th rlnh will hold a . big oicnic
for the members in the club's picnic
park No. 2, Forty-fourth and Grover
streets. Park No. 2 is composed of
six acres of beautiful shade trees in
Dieti Grove. Gould Dietz, director
of the club, has given the club exclu
sive use of the grove tor picnic
grounds.
W. T. Petersen, one of the club
members who has fished in the sand
pits near Meadow regularly every
year, showed the secretary a . string
of 70 crappie, sunfish and bass he
and a party of two others caught
there last week.
W. C. Bowman was awarded the
club $25 award for arrest and convic
tion of persons stealing a member's
automobile. Mr. Bowman and Ed
win T. Swobe, after an exciting chase,
recently caught the two boys who
took Swobe's car for a joy ride. The
boys were fined $50 and costs.
C L. Gould, who gave the club ex
clusive use of his beautiful tract of
woods on Bellevue boulevard for pic
nic grounds, has placed a flock of
sheep in the park to mow down
the long crass. Picnics are held
every day in either park No. 1 or
No. Z.
A federal uniform traffic law -will
likely be passed at next session of
congress, the American Automobile
association having drafted a bill which
will harmonize regulations of the sev
era! states, particularly in reference to
weight of loads, registration of ve
hides and operators, and miles per
hour limitations. The enormous in
crease in truck traffic makes this move
imperative.
Car owners are advised to make
their own car repairs as far as cos
sible because of the urgent need of
the government for skilled mechanics.
The A. A. A., at their annual meet
ing at Atlantic City, recommended
employing alien prisoners for road
work.
Some Figures.
We progress.
The result of all the recent talk
about the need of highway develop
ment Ss this, to date:
In 1918 the combined forces of the
government, states and, counties will
spend for highway improvement $263.
096.610. . .
The amount spent in 1917 was $118,
797,750, And this is only the beginning.
Motor Life.
NEW MEXICO TOWN
OLDER THAN MANY
EUROPEAN CITIES
Few Americans realize that there is
in our comparatively youthful coun
try a city which is older in point
of continuous inhabitation than most
of the historic towns o.' Europe.
Fancy in this new land a city where
municipal life went on for centuries
before Columbus ever began dream
ing his romantic dreams of a new
world beyond the sea, a city where
primal Americans lived when Latin
was still being spoken on the streets
of Rome and France was a wilder
ness given up to barbarians'and Brit
ons still painted themselves blue and
dressed in skins.
This venerable municipal relic of a
by-gone age is Acoma, the Indian
pueblo in .New Mexico, so near the
National Old Trails transcontinental
road that no motorist is justified in
passing through the district without
visiting it '
A. L. Westward in the Tune issue
of Motor, the national magazine of
motoring, tells of one of his visits to
Acoma, the city perched on the sum
mit of a sandstone butte in the almost
forgotten hinterland of the southwest.
From a distance, saysvMr. West-
gard, "the beholder sees Acoma
perched like a feudal castle on the
top of the cliff, the sides of which
are deeply carved into battlements
and columns. The pueblo itself is
formed by three rows of houses, sepa
rated by wide paths. These houses
f . .i r
rise up in terraces tnree or iour stones
high," the upper being reached by
means of wooden ladders. Stop to
consider that the material of which
these houses was built was brought
up to the summit of this cliff on the
backs or heads of human beings and
you will realize that the Pharaohs of
Egypt, who built the pyramids, were
not the only men of endurance and
patience in the days of history's
dawn." t
We have so few, comparatively
speaking, real antiquities in this coun
try that those of us to whom ro
mance appeals, should certainly not
neglect those that we have. Acoma
is an achaeological relic of which any
country could be proud. It is easily
accessible for motorists on the trans
continental trip and it ought not to be
neglected. .
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