THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: AUGUST 18, 1918.
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WHITE POLE ROAD
REPORTED BEST
ACROSSALLIOWA
' Auto Club Wants Heavier Fines
for Drivers Arrested Second
Time; Plant Trees by
the Roadside.
The White Pole road is reported
the best route across the state of
Iowa at present. Grading is in prog
ress on the. River-to-River road be
tween Council Bluffs and Neola. Lin
coin highway, Omaha, to Cedar Rap
ids, is in good condition, but Cidar
Rapids to Clinton is only fair, with
some very rough stretches Blut
Grab is reported good on the average-
.
No Record of Second Offenses.
Violations of speeding and head
light ordinances bring' much , danger
to the motoring and pedestrian' : ub
lic, yet the Omaha police court judges
do not keep a recprd of these serious
violations in such a manner that they
can readily find out if a person
brought before them is a second of
fender. The judges claim it is too
big a task to keep this record and
would require thousands of index
cards and the services of another
clerk.- The Auto club queries: "Is
the safety of the public, the probable
saving of the loss of a life, worth the
. extra work at the police station?"
.There's no question but that caje
( less and indifferent drivers are up
' before the police judges every week
who have been up before for a similar
offense, according to the club. A
.system of graduated fines for fi.st
and second offenses, with a jail sen
tence for third offense, should be es
tablished, is the cluls opinion.
Trees May Line Iowa Roads.
i :A movement is on foot in Iowa to
.plant walnut trees along the main
highways. It is pointed out that
black walnut will be scarce in Amer
ica. England is 'spending million
oh tree planting. Tree planting along
the main highways should be under
government direction. The Iowa
plan is to plant the trees 100 feet
apart and to trim them high, so that
the shade would not keep the road'
wet. The value of trfe walnut tree is
demonstrated in . the citing of one
farm lined and cross-lined with these
.trees. -their- value now - being ' rnore
than the land, and Iowa farm land
19 high.
Death Toll at Crossings,
The !Iowa State Service Highway
bulletin shows a list Of 28 persons
killed in one month at railroad cross
ings through auto accidents. Over
400 were hurt in the same month
Step, or slow down, at every railroad
crossing, and throw your engine into
seconder low, and then proceed care
fully, if you value your life and the
lives of your passengers., It's better
to lose a second than lose a life.
Well Known Auto Man
Takes Management of
United Service Firm.
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GEORGE . DOUGLAS.
-Announcement was made recently to
the effect that George E. Douglas,
who has been associated with the au
tomobile industry in Omaha for a
number of years, has taken over the
management of the United Service
company.
The principal feature of the United
Service company business will be the
sale of U. S. L. batteries. The U. S.
L.'battery is one of the most popular
batteries in this territory, and is rep
resented in 42 per cent of the automo
biles manufactured.
The United Service company will
rpcialize in all manner of electrical
service work and their experts will be
able to repair and furnish parts on
all standard electrical equipment.
Mr. Douglas is peculiarly fitted for
this kind of work owing to his asso
ciation with the electrical vehicle bus
iness. This has familiarized him with
all sorts of electrical equipment and
has built up an acquaintance with au
tomobile owners which will be a valu
able asset to him. Prior to going in
to the automobile business Mr. Doug
las was associated with the Gray Bon
net Taxi company.
, This new concern is very fortunate
in having an organization of factory
trained experts who in all probability
will not b subject to draft. George
Coe will hold the position of service
superintendent; L. E. Coffey, shop
engineer, and Fritz Koberline battery
superintendent. All of these men pre
well known to Omaha motorists.
Omaha Man Breaks Record
Run on 16 Gallons of Gas
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Twenty-eight and one-quarter
miles on a gallon of gasoline is what
T. W. Williams, service man for the
K-B Printing company, got out of the
Maxwell touring car shown above.
Mr. Williams made the trip from
Minneapolis to Omaha, thence to
Colo, la., over the Jefferson high
way and back to Omaha over the Lin
coln highway, a total distance of 452
miles, on 16 gallons of gasoline.
History Society Adds New
Cadillac Book to Library
The New England Historical and
Genealogical society, through its li
brarian, has paid a unique compli
ment to a booklet recently Usued by
the Cadillac Motor Car company, by
adding it to the society's library
The booklet goes exhaustively into
the history pf Antoine de la Mothe
Cadillac and his coat of arms, the
name and the emblem both being
used by the motor car company. It
is a complete historical work that
has enjoyed a wide distribut;on.
Copies are now in the hands of Ca
dillac dealers for further distribu
tion. "My attention has recently been
called to your 'The Coat of Arms of
Le Sieur Antoine de laMothe Cadil
lac1 as a very desirable book for the
library of this society," says the
librarian's letter.
"The generosity of publishers is
amply shown by our library shelves
and by the pages our magazines,
the New England Historical and
Genealogical Register, where for al
most 72 years the titles of new
genealogical publications given to the
society have been listed."
Fined on Booze Charges Q. M. Mil
ler of Nebraska City was fined $50 by
Judge Woodrough Jn federal court
Saturday morning, whe nhe pleaded
guilty to bringing liquor from Bt
Joseph, Mo to Nebraska-
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REIM CALLS ON
TRUCK OWNERS
TO SAVEFOR WAR
Thousands of Freight Cars
Could Be Saved by Co
operation on Return
Loads.
All Packard truck owners and driv
ers in this territory are earnestly re
quested by George F. Reim company
to operate their trucks with the great
est possible efficiency for the duration
of the war.
The combined efforts of the Pack
ard owners and drivers in this city and
other cities throughout the country
will save thousands of freight cars for
Uncle Sam. And he needs them now
and wilkfor a long time to come, to
win the war.
There are many ways in which own
er and driver can help the boys over
there. Keturn loads, store door de
liveries, conservation of gasoline and
tires, careful truck operation and
boosting for good roads are some of
the ways they can help.
The installation of the National
Standard Truck cost system will help
also. It gives a picture in black and
white of the increasing' truck effi
ciency and just how much time and
money the truck owner is saving
thereby. Uncle Sam benefits indirect
ly, but none the less substantially.
Rpleftwd from Custody Federal
Judge Woodrough Saturday ordnrad
Anton Menoi'.aek released from county
Jail, where he was serving sentence
for stealing from a b-.t car. Members
of the Omaha Wo'.fare bonrd pleaded
for the man's release on the grounds
that he is needed by his family. Mis
sentence was for three months and
began July 9.
Cadillac Suburban is
New Creation Which
Attracts Attention
A new style Cadillac enclosed car
is now exhibited by the Jones-Han-sen-Cadillac
company. According to
T. H. Hansen, this new car which
has been named the "Cadillac Subur
ban," is the latest creation of the
Cadillac factory in the enclosed fam
ily car. It is a longer, more roomy
and larger enclosed car than they
have made before. It has iilc doors
and very wide windows. 1 lie front
seat is continued from one side of
the car to the other, instead of be
ing two separate seats. The wheel
base is 132 inches. One of these cars
was recently delivered to B. W. War
ren of Omaha. Besides this Suburban,
the Joncs-Hansen people are show
ing a very late town car and a spe
cial I.andaulet.
The Jones-Ilansen-Cadillac company
is lnphlv pleased with the business
even under the existing unsettled!
conditions, and still more pleased
over the fact that they are receiving
a greater number of Cadillac carj
than it had been promised. Whilej
the allotment has been cut more than"
75 per cent for thr fll season, it
have been favored by .ne factory tai
the extent of having received a great
er number of cars so far in AugU6t
than it received in the month of'
J"'y- , t
As Mr. Hansen puts it: "We ara."
still somewhat behind the orders on
certain models, but are much pleaseJ.
at the, manner in whidh the factory has
favored the middle west. While wSi
all know that motor car production
has been reduced even more than the
government requires, and fully realize
that good motor cars will be mighty
scarce if not entirely extinct by the
time snow flies we are still receiving;
some cars." fJ
Brother Seeks Sir Omaha jiost-1
office ofllclals have been asked t.. help'
locate Mrs. Flossie Ch..etian of Oma
ha. Her brother, Beit O. Usher, now;
In France, Is anxt' .. to locate her. .n
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Why Worry About Insulation?
There's only one time that you ought ever
to think about insulation that's when you
buy your battery.
Right then is the time to remember that
Threaded Rubber Insulation is the most im
portant battery improvement in years and
the greatest trouble-saver.
Remember that it can be had only in the
Still Better Willard Battery.
You'll know the Still Better Willard by the
Mark that stands for Threaded Rubber
Insulation.
Come in and ask about this battery; and
get a copy of the booklet "A Mark with a
Meaning for You."
Nebraska Storage, Battery Company
20th and Harney St. ' Phona Tyler 2920.
Omaha, Nebraska.
BRANCHES:
Wahoo Storage Battery Company,
Wahoo, Nebraska.
Wayne NStorage Battery Company,
Wayne, Nebraska.
Fremont Storage Battery Company,
tremont, Nebraska.
Red Oak Storage Battery Company,
Ked Uak, Iowa.
Speeds Up
Building jobs
These are the days of record-breaking building construction.
Everywhere Packard trucks are hurrying tons of material to the
vacant fields destined to be the factory sites of tomorrow.
Day after day the big Packard six-tonners are speeding steel
to big building jobs. They haul a load of beams or a 50-foot truss
section with equal ease and certainty.
Packards are the choice of the nation's leading firms in the
building line. They depend on Packard quality to speed up jobs
and give them better hauling at bwer cost.
Ask the ma n who owns 6 riB
Geo. F.
R
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Distributors High Grade Motor Cars
Harney and
31st Street
Telephone
Harney 10
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