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PART FIVE
Automobiles
PAGES 1 TO 10
PART FIVE,
Lincoln Highway
PAGE3 1 TO 10
VOL. XLVIH NO. 7.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 28, 1918.
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
The
Omaha
RURAL AUTO LINE
SOLVES COUNTRY
MARKET PROBLEM
Motor Express Will Furnish
Regular Transportation of
Farm Products; Great
Aid to Consumers.
Despite the unprecedented demand
for food great quantities are wasted
because farmers cannot profitably get
it to market. This must be cured
by the operation of rural motor ex
press lines, which have been endorsed
by the Council of National Defense,
the food . administration and every
other interested department of the
government.
A rural motor express line means
the operation of a truck between
towns, calling for the farmers' prod
uce, carrying it to market and bnng
. ing back anything the farmer, mer
chant, hotel or other consumer may
need.
Many in Operation.
The rural 'motor express line in
creases the food supply by furnish
ing regular transportation of farm
products; stimulates th farmers' ef
forts by the knowledge that such
transportation is available; enables
the farmer to avoid driving to town,
thereby increasing his time on the
farm and' partly compensating for
the shortage of labor; enables the
farmer to obtain goods from town
on the day of order, and generally
facilitates traffic between the farmer,
the market and the consumer.
Hundreds of lines are in operation.
There are 25 running into Washing
ton and carrying 100 tons of food
daily, as well as carrying merchan
dise back to the farmers. Produc
tion has been greatly stimulated and
mapy farms previously idle are now
under cultivation.
Rural motor ,express lines mean
that every farm and villagfc store
practically has a railroad station at
its door.
Operators of trucks have found the
work profitable. In many cases
farmers have combined and bought
a truck for their -mutual benefit.
How to Start Line.
On file at the office of the high
ways transport committee there are
scores of letters from farmers who
say, among other things, that with
out the trucks they would have to
stop shipping milk; that their prod
uce is hauled more cheaply than ever
before; that the quick delivery of
goods enables them to get better
prices; that the time of a man and a
horse are saved, and that they can
, now put three times as much food
as formerly on the market.
The national truck committee, 7
y. East Forty-second street, New York,
has prepared, a pamphlet, "Organiza
tion of a Rural Express Line," which
furnishes every detail of organization
and operation. It includes a list of
services the truck owner may ren
der; a sample cost and charge sheet;
tells how to make a preliminary sur
,vey of the proposed route and a can
lf'vass of prospective customers; sug
gests operating plans, how to adver
tise, how to interest the farmer and
merchant, and shows how and why
everyone in the community is inter
ested. A copy may be obtained by
anyone, on application without cost.
Overland Girls Prove
Patriotism by Sewing
The girls emploved in the big Ad
ministration building of Willys-Overland
Inc., at Toledo are in the war
to win and they are showing their
patriotic spirft in a very practical
way. They are assisting the Red
Cross by working two nights every
week from 7 till 9. All of these girls
are business women. All day they
, serve in many capacities in the big
busy Overland offices. - Then after the
day is done, they still find time and
energy to make surgical dressings,
sew hospital garments and cive Drac-
tical aid to the hovi in service.
On Monday and Wednesday evenings-each
of these valiant girls has
a steady engagement to "sew for a
Sammy." Women hi charge of the
work at the Willvs-Overland plant
are seeking to make this group even
larger.
' The work is carried on bv commit
tees appointedHby the girls. The
project was started bv one of the
Overland girls who has .since left
Toledo to join a hospital shio located
in Brooklyn navy yard.
The Clutch Collar.
Iti. certain cars it is necessary to
remove the floor boards in order to
lubricate the clutch throw-out col
lar. Asa consequence many car own
ers neglect this important item of lu
brication, until trouble in the unit
makes the need evident. In cases of
this kind, where no provision has been
made for lubrication, by having a
grease cup thatextends up through
the floor boards, it will be wise to
install an oil line to feed this part.
! inis can easily be done by arranging
a large oil cup to feed through a
small opening into a metal pipe run
'Tlfng to the throw-out collar. It is
necessary to have a small opening,
so that the flow of oil will not be too
rapid, for obvious reasons. There are
a number of self-feeding oil cups on
the market, which may be used to ad
vantage in this connection
Fordson Tractor at Work
on Farm Near Irvington
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The above picture of the Fordson
pulling two 14-inch plows was taken
at the Shafer farm, one and one-half
miles, wes' of Irvington. The demon
stration, according to the Ford deal
ers, was very successful, and plowing
was done both on the level ground
and over hills. This demonstration
was held under the direction of the
Ford dealero of Omaha, who will at
present sell this truck without profit
in order to aid the government in in
creased production.
Batteries Don t Need
Acid So Much as They
Need Pure Water
"Batteries, like human beings, are
susceptibile to poison," says Elmer
Rasengren of the Nebraska Storage
Battery Co., local Willard expert.
"When it comes to giving medicine
to a battery, the only safe rule is to
let an expert write the prescription
and administer the dose otherwise,
the car owner is likely to find out
that his battery has been killed in
stead of cured.
"There is one thing in particular
that is just about as bad as any poison
you could give your batteries. That
is acid. Of course there is acid in
the battery solution, and a good many
car owners will reason: 'If acid is
what makes my batteries strong, then
the proper thing to do when I think
it shows a weakness is to add a little
more acid. Then it ought to work
better.'
"That's altogther wrong. You
might as well say that because a few
drops of some powerful drug are
good for heart trouble, a whole bottle
would give the patient a better heart
than anybody in the country.
"But a lot of people believe in
drugging a battery in just this way,
so they put in about a half-pint of
acid, when the battery only needs
pure water."
Wheel Bearing Adjustment.
The wheels of the car should b
jacked up once a month and tested
for smoothness of operation and for
side play. If a sharp click is heard
when spinning the front wheel or if
its motion is momentarily checked,
it is possible that one of the balls or
rollers is broken or split. In this
case the pieces should be removed at
once and a new bearing substituted.
In the case of ball bearings regrinding
may be resorted to.
MOUNTAINS HOLD NO
TERRORS FOR PIERCES
Trucks Have to Back Up Steep
Grades on Hetch-Hetchy
Project, but They Reach
the Top.
"I wish that every man in the mar
ket for , a motor truck could witness
the performance of the two-ton Pierce
Arrow trucks on, the Hetchy-Hetchy
project near San Francisco," said C.
L. Stafford, Pierce-Arrow servicerep
resentative on the Pacific coast, re
cently. "Conditions surrounding this work
are so severe that trucks of other
makes have been shinned out on flat
cars, total wrecks. Yet the Pierce
Arrow construction is so staunch and
the flexible frame so well adapted to
absorbing shocks that the trucks
withstand the severe abuse.
"The city of San Francisco is build
ing a big dam at Hetch-Hetchy. A
mountain will be bored through, a
lake tapped and the water stored in
a natural reservoir formed by the
dam- This water will supply the city
200 miles distant.
"The Fierce-Arrows are carrying
supplies from the town of Groveland,
41 miles distant from Hetch-Hetchy.
The road over which they travel is
so steep in places and so unfitted for
traffic that it requires an 18-mule team
to haul a wagon over it. Despite the
fact that special low gearing is provid
ed, the trucks have to back over the
steep rises in some parts of the road.
And on one of the trips a donkey
engine weighing three tons was car
ried. This overloading should be con
demned, for nothing strains a truck
more than this, but the Pierce-Arrow
stood the test.
"To give some idea of the destruct
ive road conditions, I might mention
that after 3,500 miles of wear the
tires, which ordinarily stand from 8,-
uuu to 15,000 miles of usage, were
worn out.
Sedan Screens.
To obviate dust and dirt getting
into the sedan or similar closed car
during warm weather, it is a good
plan to fit a screen of fine :.iesh wire
commonly used in Pullmans over the
lower half of the window.
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Maxwell Triumphs Over
Obstacles In Its Long Tour
Triumphing over obstacles the like
of which have never before been en
countered in a transcontinental tour,
the Maxwell Military Express, bound
from San Francisco to New York
with a load of military supplies des
tined for France, arrived in Omaha
Saturday, with Road Eneineer Ray
McNamara at the wheel.
The first truck to attempt a fast
freight run, the Maxwell Military Ex
press has made splandid progress.
Scheduled for a run of 100 miles a
day, the sturdy truck has run con
sistently ahead and, on its arrival in
Omiha, was more than six full days
ahead of its contemplated running
time.
The load more than a ton was
furnished by the depot ouartermaster
at San Francisco, following instruc
tions issued by the auartermaster
general at Washington. Without a
sign of trouble, the deserts and moun
tain ranges of the far west have been
traversed, the heights climbed with
out overheating and the Maxwell
performing in splendid fashion every
foot of the wav.
After a short stav at the Mid City
Motor company, Maxwell distributors
for Omaha, the itruck continued its
way to Des Moines.
McNamara lias driven the entire
distance without relief ar.d his record
to date, 1,896 miles, at the speed he
has driven, undoubtedly constitutes
a record not onlv for a truck of any
kind, but for without relief driving.
The Maxwell Military Express was
met on its arrvial here bv a delegation
and escorted throutrh the streets of
the city in triumph. At Fremont a
delegation from Lincoln irreeted this
iatest wonder of the industry.
Broken Rivet. . i
In case a rivet in the frame ott
o'ther location is found to be broken,
a very acceptable repair may be made
by running a bolt through the rivet
hole and clinching it with a nut on the
other end.
Radiator Cleaner.
A very good compound for clean
ing the radiator is made as follows
Dissolve as much concentrated lyf
as a quart of water will hold. Drain
a little water out of the radiator and
pour in the lye solution. Run the en
gine for IS minutes. Drain the lye so
lution out and flush the water system
out half a dozen times, or until al!
traces of the lye are removed.
Looking for work? Turn to the
Help Wanted Columns now. You
will find hundreds of positions listed
there.
Omaha
Auto
Tinners
2107 Farnam St.
Phone D. 3564
Expert Radiator Repairing:
We take dents out of auto bodies.
We straighten out auto bodies.
Manufacturers of
Fenders, Hoods, Cowles, Gasoline
Tanks, Oil Tanks, Battery
Boxes, etc.
It I. YOUR PATRIOTIC DUTY
to SAVE GASOLINE
by Uiinf
rot 4U
AH RUM
Or OASOLZKS KOTO IS
It changes the gasoline (a hy-
drocren eas) into a neutralized ox-'
ygen gas, in which there can be
no carbon. Gasoline treated with
Powerene is of a higher gravity
test and should be used with a
leaner mixture with air than
straight gasoline,
NO CARBON MORE POWER
LESS REPAIRS MORE
MILES PER GALLON
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Bluckiton Garage No. 2, 1914 Donglae
Milton Roger A Som Co., 1(15 Harney
Bemlt Park Garage, 8104 Cuming
North Side Garage. 4S0S No. 20th.
Fort Tire Repairing, SS01 No. 24th
Neb. Service Garage No. f. 11 01 N. 18th
Meyer Hardware Co., ttll Leavenworth
City National Cigar Co.. 4'05 S. lth St
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