THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: V JULY 28 1918.
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NEW MOTOR CAR .
COMPANY BRINGS
PLANTTOOMAHA
Moore Corporation With Capi
' tal of Million Dollars to
'Build Two-WheeiecJ Cars
in Gate City.
Another industry has been added to
the manufacturing activities of Omaha
in the selection of this point, last
ytek. for the manufacturing of the
Moore car, an innovation' in motor
circles.
The Moore corporation, with a cap
ital of $1,000,000, and , which is now
located at Indianapolis, will locate its
factory here and begin the work of
fabrication of its cars about -October 1.
It will temporarily occupy half of
the factory building being erected at
Twentieth and Boyd streets for the
United States Carburetor company.
W. G. MBbre, inventor of the car, and
president of the corporation, was in
the city last week, and with Henry R.
Gering of the United States Carbu
retor company, and J. M. Gillan, in
dustrial director of the Chamber of
Commerce, went out to th-ground
, where the new factory is being
erected. 1
f'l selected Omaha," said Mr.
Moore,as a site for my new plant
for a. lumber of reasons. First, be
cause of the commercial aggressive
ness of the city, as shown in its Im
mense weekly bank clearances; sec
ond,, because of its splendid transpor
tation and distribution facilities;
third, because of the fact that it 's be:
ing made the regional center of man
ufacture by many large eastern con
cerns; fourth because 50 per cent of
its laboring population are home
wners, testifying to the stability of
its laboring supply; fifth, because of
an almost complete absence1 in the
city's history of serious labor trou
bles; and sixth, because the character
of the population of Omaha injures a
fine class, of young men who can be
trained in highly specialized indus
try, because of the educational facili
ties of the city, which insures intel
ligence.". Two-Wheeled Car.
Mr. Moore spent '$100,000' in per
fecting the Moore car, which is a
two-wheeled automobile, adapted from
. the motorcycle and light runabout
.motor car. A test machine has been
in "continuous1 service for two years
and has demonstrated great efficiency.
The little car is provided with 36-inch
half-elliptic springs, bucket seat, with
full spring upholstering, three speed
gear shift, instrument board, shaft
drive, unit power plant, generator and
storage battery, electric light and
other modern equipment.
All the running gear and machinery
of the car is completely enclosed, and
protects the driver and his clothes
from oil and dirt. It is built as an
ideal light auto-vehicle which is
adapted to the needs of the business
or professional man as a pleasure or
business car. It is handsome in de
sign and appearance, and because of
the small wheels at the side can be
started from a perfect stop, and may
be controlled from the footboard
while in motion, and the wheels let
down for slow movement where
traffic is crowded or the roadway is
, slippery.
The littlecar makes 65 miles to the
gallon of gasoline and its upkeep cost
is very small. It is built to' retail at
.$325.
The new company has already
booked orders for 6,200 of the ma
chines. It will have a large market
for its output in Japan, China, the
Argentine Republic, Spain and other
countries where the city streets are
narrow and congested, but where the
engineering of this compact car will
permit of its traffic through narrow
apd crowded thoroughfares. A num
ber of Japanese orders are already
booked.
' Start October 1.
The company will commence the
work of turning out cars for com
mercial purposes October 1, and at
that time another unit, to duplicate
the present building, 'will be com
menced, and when completed will be
occupied as a factory by the Moore
corporation, which will employ 200
men at the start.
The entire car is protected by nu
merous patents, both of mechanism
and design, in this country and
abroad. It is thought the car will
develop and expand the two-wh;eled
auto-vehicle business as it has never
before been thought possible. x
Y. M. C. A. Workers inJU. S.
Army Camps Are Kept Busy
Camp J-ee, Petersburg, Va., July
27. An i Interesting report, reflect
ing the great war work being
carried .on by the Young Men's
Christian association, covering activi
ties at Camp Lee for the month
of June, 1918, has just been made pub
lic, by the committee in charge. In
the educational department, 120 Eng
lish and 91 French classes were
conducted and 250 lectures were
delivered. The recreation department
report shows that 90,471 men partici
pated -in the various games and
amusements, which were witnessed by
113,736 spectators.
, More than 200 meetings were held
by the religious department, the total
attendance being 42,190 while 8,410
men attended the 119 bible classes
'conducted during the month. This de
partment distributed 10.292 testaments
(Hthe thirty-day period.
The sociaj department reported the
holding pf 125 entertainments, at
tended by 48JJ1 persons. More than
' 100,000 persomr witnessed the 146 mo
tion picture shows given during the
month.; The number of letters and
, post cards written in the Y. M. C. A.,
' buildings was 543,139 and the money
orders sold amounted to $54,323.84.
Plans have been approved and the
contract let for the erection of a
new Y. M. C. A. building at the re
mount station here. The structure will
be ready for use within the next .three
weeks. At present the "Y" is serv
ing the remount men from a lent.
African Native Chiefs Be
come Exporters of Cocoa
Four native chiefs in British West
Africa are going into business as
cocoa exporters, They are taking
-'over the trade of the German firms
in West Africa who Sised to send
cocoa to England,
New Motorcycle Runabout
to Be Manufactured Here
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Many New Members Are
Joining Omaha Auto
Club At Special Rate
'The board of directors of the
Omaha Auto club passed on 64 new
members at the regular Wednesday
meeting," states W. B. Cheek, presi
dent of the club. "We nave a special
rate of $8.00 this month to the end of
the year which is drawing in hun
dreds of new members. The club is
doing much to facilitate intercity
and interstate traffic and saving
time, money and worry for the cal
owner. The fact that a man is a car
owner eliminates all excuse for not
becoming a member of this club.
"Cutouts and some q the strident,
shrieking horns and sirens should be
abolished. Quite a few of the trucks
are equipped with a harsh, loud,
piercing shriek of a horn and it seems
to be more of a plajtfhing for some
drivers than a warning signal, as we
have noticed drivers shriek this class
of horn for a quarter of a minute at a
time. TJentists. surgeons and doctors
complain that in delicate operations
in their offices the patient is suddenly
made nervous and jumpy by one of
these hell-shrieks from a truck."
New members elected are:
Harry L. Keen.
W. B. Zlltle.
H C. Long.
Dr. Newell Jones.
Dave Roaenstock.
Q B. Akers.
C H. Harper.
J C. Becker.
H. Glenn Moras.
W. T. Smith.
Fred C. Mower.
R. C Martin.
V Frank Vache.
George H. Lee.
James O'Brien.
J. P. Kapler.
J. H. Bennett.
8. W. Wilson.
F. E. Randall.
J J. Dodds.
J. E. Carnal.
Joseph Langfellner.
M. M. Payne.
J R. McPhail.
Herman line.
C. A. Frlea.
Ed Nolan.
Charles Z. Gould.
V. B. Stark.
Dr. Christensen.
B. S. maker.
R. J. McClenahan.
H. A. Rickenbush.
John R. Webster.
W. F. McCaffrey:
Allen H. Dudley.
Wm. Zetssman.
W. F. Hoecker.
Dr. J. H. Shramek, .
O. S. Hoffman.
Ray C. Klngsley.
R. D. Shirley.
E. J. Hammerslsy.
Loyd Powell.
H. B. Rlggs.
V. W. Boyles.
W. W. Hoagland.
A. T. Elmer.
H. E. Hyland.
Thomns H. Lindley.
C. N. Saltzglver.
A Menshic.
D. E. Bradahaw.
R. V. Cole.
Clyde Kelts.
Walter Hooker.
Frank W. Hale.
J. H. Beverldga.
O. C. Plckrell.
Lucy C. Frenzer.
W. H. Karnett.
H. Fisher.
E. S. Guyor.
C C. Shlmer.
Motormen Get Bonus for
Electricity They Conserve
To encourage tramway motormen
to be economical in power consump
tion, the London county council has
prepared a bonus scheme under which
drivers are to get 50 per cent of the
value of the electricity they are able
to save.
Mlstaks of Perkins.
Speaking at a dinner, Senator William B.
King, of Utah, referred to the little mis
takes that one Is liable to make, and told
the following story:
"Soms time ago , Perkins had a private
telephone Installed between his place of
business and his home. Even as he was
trying it out for th first time a business
friend from an adjacent town entered the
office.
"Glad to see yon. old boy!" effusively
greeted Perkins "When did you break in?
You must go home with me for dinner. I
will cstl up my wife and tell her you are
coming. This Is a private phone I have
Just had put In. One of the best I ever
starked up against. Clear and distinct as a
bell."
" 'Mary, dear." " continued Perkins,
speaking over the new Instrument, 'my old
friend Smith Is coming home with me for
dinner." 'Now then, old man,' said he.
tiuickly turning to Smith and handing him
the 'phone. 'Just put your ear to the re
ceiver and listen to Its wonderful distinct
ness.' "'Is that so?' was the startling response
that the Intended guest heard 'Well, Just
ask your old friend Smith if ne thinks we
run a hotel.' "Salt Lake Tribune.
British Have an Open Air
Camp to Cure Tuberculosis
An important experiment in the
treatment of tuberculous soldiers has
just been inaugurated by the British
authorities at Papworth hall, near
Cambridge. Here an estate of 100
acres of park and woodland has been
turned into an open air sanitorium,
where the patients will undergo
treatment and work at the same time.
The men already assigned to the
Papworth hall sanitorium are at work
as carpenters, tailors and market gar
deners. For some, cottages have been
erected, while others must remain in
the main building under closer medi
cal supervision until the doctors are
satisfied that they are ready to live
by themselves in the cottage colony.
Sir George Fordham, chairman of
the Cambridgeshire country council,
is head of the Papworth hall work
and Queen Mary is among its sup
porters.
SOUTH DROPS ONE
CROP SYSTEM; IS
FEEDING ITSELF
Necessities of War Force the
Southerners to Vary Crops
to Provide Food for
the People.
Dallas, Tex., July 27. The south
has dropped the one-crop system and
is beginning to feed itself and help
the rest of the nation, thus putting an
end to the story about a Texas farm
er who bought his beans in Boston,
his furniture In Grand Rapids, his
food in Kansas City and raised only
cotton and a pack of hungry dogs.
The war, according to authorities,
has done more than years of advice
in bringing about the present situation
in' the south, where large quantities
of food now are being raised. The
immediate and important effect, mem
bers of agricultura ldepartments say,
is the sharp decrease in the drain on
the north and west, which now per
mits of greater overseas shipments
from those sections.
Kalst Mora Wheat
Fixed government prices, insuring
a fair return, encouraged planting.
Agents of the agricultural depart
ments and agricultural schools point
ed out to the southern farmer the
benefits of a varied crop, and the ex
cellent weather brought crops that au
thorities say will result in still greater
acreaa of wheat and oats next year.
The ileal weather resulted in an
early harvest.
Texas, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana
North Carolina, Florida and Virginia
will harvest greatly diversified food
crops this year. One striking result
is shown in a shipping report from
Alabania. UntiMour years ago from
17 counties in the state not a single
carload of hogs was shipped. In the
year ending April 1, 1918, hogs' to
fill 2,352 were sent from the same
counties. The value of the hogs now
growing in these counties was esti
mated at $4,000,000. Formerly the
section raised little except cotton.
A summary recently issued by the
federal reserve bank for the Eleventh
Federal Reserve district dwelt on the
prosperity following the planting of
a varied crop in the largest state in
the union.
"Authorities whom we consider en
tirely conservative, estimate the Texas
wheat crop from 8,000,000 to 12.000,000
bushels and thejats crop at approxi
mately 50,000,000 bushels," the report
sa"d. "The yield is greatly curtailed
on account of unfavorable conditions
in the Panhandle section, where, in
normal times, the grain is extensive
ly produced. In more favored parts
of Texas, the north, northeast and
central portions, the yield is far above
normal. The acreage sown in pea
nuts and other feed crops in all sec
tions of the Eleventh Federal Reserve
distict has been unusually large and
correspondents advise these crops arc
doing nicely.
"Some sections of west Texas wruch
for two years and more have sober
ed a terrific drought, almost com
pletely demoralizing the cattle busi
ness, are again coming into their
own.
"The outlook in the cattle industry
has shown much improvement in the
last month," the report continues. "A
large area of the range country has
received fine rains and there is a bet
ter feeling among cattle and sheep
men. It is still very dry in portions
of New Mexico and the cattle inter
ests are suffering. In the Panhandle
section of Texas conditions are much
improved. Recent rains have made
plenty of grass and the shipping of
cattle to pasture in otter sections is
no longer necessary."
The fruit crop has been good,
peaches in particular being plentiful.
Ne Back Itoor.
A crowded elevator stopped with a shud
der at the ninth floor of on of the large
office buildings In the city. The operator
called "Out nine" No one volunteered to
follow his suggestion, however, and a crowd
was waiting to get on. "Step back In -the
car, please," said the operator the crowd
on sine started to push Its way In. Whet,
all but ons bad squeezed In. and the oper
ater had repeated bis request, a small boy
piped up In a compressed sounding voles,
"Say, 'mister, there hain't no hack door to
this oar." Indianapolis News,
Motorists rinched for New Bonds.'
The stats of Illinois la planning to con
struct 6,006 miles of highways for the ben
tit of motorists and to make the motorist
pay for them. '
"With due regard to the efforts whlet
have been made along this 11ns by the stats
of Maine," says a writer In Engineering and
Contracting, "It has remained for the state,
of Illinois to present the first comprehensive
scheme of highway construction based oa
complete abandonment of the old meth
ods of financing highway construction tthi
poll tai and tie property tax) and to pro
pose a new adjustment of the burden ol
conatructlon and maintenance costs, ths Mis
trlbutton of this burden being mad througt
graduated license tea collected from all
motor vehlcl users. Of course, the auto
mobile license Is nethlng new. But the us
of licenses as a means of collectlna ths en.
Sire cost botrl of constructing and maintain
ing a large highway syatsm is new and de
aervee the. careful consideration and thi
thoughtful study of all who are Interested
In highway development."
Ths local roads will still bs maintained
by the taxation of adjacent property and
by the poll tax.
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