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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 28, 1918)
VI THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JULY 28. 1918. 70 CADILLACS USED Some Auto lives again in 1918. These characters were none other than Paul Revere, the original minute man, and seated at his side was Martha Washington, the first lady in the land at that time. "To incorporate some of the pres ent day background, the tonneau con- tained some real up-to-the-minnta( Yankee tars. This Lexington Minuts) Man Six took a leading part In on of the big drives and helped not Chw cago "over the top" with its war stamp quota." FOR SPEED IN WAR Army Officers Making Over Passenger Oars Into Trucks for Purpose of Hauling War Materials, Recently Mr. Howard of the Cadil Up Motor car factory and J. H. Han v ten of the Jones-Hansen Cadillac Co., wer traveling in Colorado through Denver and made the run to the sum mit of Pike's Peak without putting water in the radiator. This seems to be quite a regular performance of Cadillacs in the mountains and causes more or less comment among tourists. Mr. Howard said that the Cadillac was performing many stunts on the battle front in France which the manufacturers had no idea jt would dq. A report was recently made to the government which shows that the standard Cadillac chassis is being used in some instances with a stake body for hauling materials to the front line trenches where speed is absolutely necessary. The body is taken off and an improvised truck body built on by the army engineers. In response to an inquiry from the government a short time ago as to whether the Cadillac chassis could be used for trucking pur poses, Mr. Howard says that that the factory representatives said that with a few minor changes in the rear axle that the Cadillac chassis would make a speedy, service able truck. The necessary changes of construction were recently made and a two-ton load of sand was driven from Washington, D. C, to New York City with an average speed of 31 miles per hour. Mr. Howard also told of a letter .which they had received from a lieu tenant colonel in the American ser vice who was particularly warm in his -praise of the Cadillac perform ance. He said that he wanted a Cad illac Eight delivered to him immedi ately upon his return to the states, and agreed to forward check as soon as he was advised of the list price. The Cadillac factory advised him that if he would send $1 to bind the bar gain that they would deliver to him a Cadillac Eight at any port in the .United $ttes upon his arrival. Far? ther than that, they agreed to sell it at the present list price regardless of the fact that further advances are almost certain. Tractor Plays Big Part in Road Work On Highways of State " According to Frank de Brown of f'iithe' Nebraska Parrett Tractor com pany, Lincoln, Neb., the tractor will "''play an important part in the con struction and rebuilding of the va-I'J-rjous roads in the state. : Last week a Parrett tractor was loaned to a good roads committee " working out of Lincoln over the O. L, D. route. This furnished the motive power for one of the highway njaintainers manufactured at Have lock. The outfit left Lincoln on Thursday and had graded the road between Lincoln and Millard by Sat urday, July 20. Owing to heavy rains they were temporarily held up, """ but expected to have the work com pleted by the latter part of last week. There is a plan on foot, according , to De Brown, to operate tractor propelled outfits both ways out of Lincoln in maintaining the highways, A surprising amount of work can be "accomplished with motive power of this sort and undoubtedly such a move will add greatly to the ef fectiveness of road construction. v ' v Witt rOMt rMSfe X- of HWNC "To ?o 'round EM Drawn for the Chalmers Monogram Liberty Gas Company Looks for Agent to Handle, Products The Liberty Gas company of Min neapolis Minn., has had a represen tative in Omaha during the last few days, whose object Ts to contract with some responsible party for the handling of their product in this terr ritory. Liberty Gas, according to its back ers, is a substitute for gasoline, which will sell for about 2 cents per gallon less than the present price of low-grade gas. According to the in formation which the manufacturing company is presenting, this gas is equal to the high-grade gas now on the market. A shipment of this gas is now in Omaha. and the manufac turers expect to make demonstrations within the next few days. A Packard car using this fuel is In Omaha now enroute to the Pacific coast. This run is being made to demonstrate the qualities of Liberty gas. Omaha is to Be Distributing Point for Turnbull Firm George Weland, general sales man ager of the Turnbull Motor Truck and Wagon company, spent Friday and Saturday with Carl Changstrom of the Standard Motor Car company, distributors of Defiance trucks man ufactured by the Turnbull company. According to Mr. Wieland, the Turnbull people are promoting a new policy in regard to dealer contracts. From all indications it is quite evident that the supply of Defiance trucks wilt nowhere near keep pace with de mand, and for this reason the manu facturing company has decided to contract with only a few dealers throughout the United States. The present plan calls for about eight or ten distributors. This plan, it is hoped, will do much toward keeping dealers who have con tracts supplied with trucks, and they feel that by taking care of the demand in certain localities better results will be gained than by sending trucks hitr and-miss to all points in the country. Omaha is one of the distributing points which have been decided upon by the manufacturing company. Noisy Gears. Noise in the driving bevels of the rear axle is commonly caused by poor adjustment, allowing too little or too much backlash. Bevel gears in use today have a method of adjust ing the depth of the mesh obtained either by moving the whole differen tial unit sideways or by movemet of the driving pinion. "Fordson" Tractor Here; Makes First Appearance The "Fordson" tractor manufac tured by Henry Ford an4 son, Dear born, Mich., made its initial appear ance in Omaha last week. Demonstra tions held Friday and Saturday were attended by large crowds and it is said that the Douglas county allot ment was practically all sold at the time. Ten thousand of these tractors were shipped to England last year where they worked night and day and were largely responsible for the very large ly increased grain production. Judg ing from their work here they will be just as important to the Nebraska farmer as to his English cousin. It is said that a full line of farm imple ments to work with the "Fordson" will soon he on the market so that the completely motorized farm is a pos sibility of the very near future. "Fordson" tractors and associated machinery will be handled here by the authorized Ford agents of Omaha who are all well equipped to give proper service with every tractor sola. Lexington Proves Itself to Be the 1918 Minute Man "Living up to our historical tradi tions, America in 1918 is again prov ing itself to be a Minqte Man nation in war preparation," says W. L. Killy of the Noyes-Kelly Motor company. "Not the least important part of the activities have been the successful proriiotion of important war savings campaigns. Here our ingenuity is be ing displayed. In one of the recent drives for war saving stamps, one of the Lexington distributors has helped Copyright icgtetcred, 191 1 New Life in the Old Car There's nothing that puts new vim and vigor in the old car 83 a new battery will. And there's no battery that will keep tie kick in the spark so long and so reliably as the Still Better Willard with Threaded Rubber Insulation. ' YouH know this insulation is inside when you seethe Willard trademark brand outside your battery. ' Come in and ask about this big battery improvement--and get our booklet "A Mark with a Meaning for You," Nebraska Storage Battery Company 20th an Harney Su. ?!" !! 2920. Omaha, Nebraska. , BRANCHES: Wahoo Storage Battery Company, Wahoo, Nebraska. Wayna Storage Battery Company, Wayne, Nebraska. Fremont Storage Battery Company, Fremont, Nebraska. Rd Oak Storage Battery Company, Bed Oak, Iowa, "If Motor Tnelt Could Bo Built BtttorforMoro Monty Indiana Would Build . Thorn." Hyys NOT only does this tremendous re serve strength that is built into every part of the Indiana Truck reduce maintenance cost but astonishingly length ens the truck's life and gives amazing earn ing power. The Indiana is being recognized more and more as "America's Greatest Truck Value." Consider these facts the rear axle the load carrier of a truck is tested to 100,000 miles; special heavy-duty, high powered motor; oversize, heavy-duty bear ings, 4-speed transmission, gasoline-saving carburetor and a magneto of 100 depend ability; the clutch is known to be supreme for trucks. Got to know bow much yon can lire by baring the Indiana haul your load over your roads. We have the figures. Write, call or phone Standard Motor Car Co. CARL CHANGSTROM, Pros. Phon pon slat 1705 Neb. to make a local campiin go over with a 'bang.' "The idea of this dealer consisted in donating the use of a Lexington Minute Man Six to the cause. In the car were seated an attractive couple impersonating the Spirit of 76, which If ins. .a- XU 'II Kjr Thm Anniversary Car EiG experience in automobile science and art has produced thisdistinctivelynew Apperson Anniversary Car. Design, appointments and coloring are tastefully unique; finish unexcelled. Just as the Apperson Bros, built the first practi cable American gasoline car, just as they have, through 25 years' of pioneer work, been first in invention, construction and in road, track and hill climbing contests they have now produced this master car with the simplified 8 motor with 80 less parts. is their greatest triumph. You win like Apperson bigness, 130-Inch wheel base, deep, roomy seats, and the tremendous power. When can we expect you in? WIthth 80 r I 8 jf "-a J, Hf De Jong Auto Company, . 2060-62 Farnam St '. Omaha, Neb. Fill Me Up WithYour Cheapest My Car is a Chalmers" ; Ever heard that order given at a gasoline tilling station ? You will if you just watttffl a Chalmers drives no,' , At some of the larger stations you'll, see a row pf three or four red pumps. , ' 1 - H On each is a price, and in some cities the price will range from say, 20fc, 23&, 27 to 30 cents per gallon. Watch the different makes of cars as they arrive for refilling of tanks. The "temperamental" ones will insist on the high-test gasolin only. And pay the high price. They will tell you, that, with the low-test gasoline, their cylinders fill with carbon, the carburetor will not function, and that the power produced is niL Well they ought to know. They are driving those cars. The Chalmers owner is the exception to the rule. He stops at the first pump the cheapest, heaviest, low-test gasoHna He knows he is buying a liquid that is practically kerosene. But he also knows his Chalmers motor will burn it and con sume it perfectly. And if he knows all the facts he will appreciate also that there are more heat units per gallon in the heavy thamin the lighter fuel So his efficiency is greater at the same time that his fuel bill is less. 1 Yes you have it--the famous "Hot Spot" and the "Ram's Horn" manifold as you find them in combination only in Chalmers Motor Cars, are responsible for that condition. Yqu obtain a four-fold efficiency in a Chalmerswe'll tell you hqfw in the next advertisement Meantime, drop in and let us show you just what the "Hot-Spot" and the "Ram's Horn" really are what they accomplish and how. 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