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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: 'OCTOBER 20, 1918.
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TRACTOR LAYS
AND CARRIES ITS
OWN TRACKAGE
Machine Equipped with Roller
Bearings; It is Small, Pow-
erful, Light and Used
1 Successfully.
The Cleveland is the tractor
which can be used successfully in
practically every section of the
world, every season of the year, and
''' for tthe widest possible variety of
service.
In the" Cleveland tractor is em
bodied the many years successful
experience of Rollin H. White, the
famous designer of motor cars and
motor trucks.
The Cleveland tractor carries and
lays its own track, like the giant
tanks which have shown such mar
velous performances on the battle
fields of Europe.
. The track is designed for long
service.. ' The sections are con
structed to prevent filling or pack
ing with mul, and protection is
provided to prevent diirt 'and mud
from falling into the track. TBe
sections are joined with hardened
steel pins which have their bearings
irt hardened steel bushings, and ade-
, quate provision is made for lubrica
tion. The. track wheels are equipped
with roller bearings. Bearings
throughout the machine are deign
ed to prevent the entrance of dust
ind dirt.A
The Cleveland tractor is small ibut
powerful." It is simple, compara
tively ligh and unusually economi
cal, yet heavy enough to do its work
and keep on doing it.
The wide range of uses to which
the Cleveland tractor is adapted is 1
due to its many unique features.
Among these are its great pulling
power, it small size, its staunch,
sturdy build, its ease of driving and
ease of steering and to the fact that
it lays its own track.
With, less than 3,200 pounds of
weight and about 600 square inches
of traction or ground contact sur
face, its bearing pressure is but lit
tle over five pounds per square
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Its total length ia only 96 inches,
its width only 50 inches and its
height only 52 inches.
It can be turned on a 12-foot cir
cle. It can be housed in less space
than it takes for a horse.
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Changstrom Goes to
Ohio to Get Number
of Allen Automobiles
Two Bee Employes Leave
Monday to Fight the ilun,:
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Carl Cha'ngstrom, president of the
Standard Motor Car company, left
last night for Fostoria, O., where
Allen cars are made, to complete
arrangement! for the bringing, back
' of a number of Allen cars and se
'' dans. He already has on the way
some sedans and cars' and is prom
ising immediate .deliery on orders
sold.
This new sedan is built on the
standard Allen 41 chassis, which is
thoroughly' proven by a year's sat
isfactory service in all parts of the
country. The body is complete in
every detail. Adjustable windshield
is slanting, full ventilating and fitted
witL a rain visor. Doors are "stag-
firered" left-hand one opening into
' front compartment; right-hand one
' into rear. ; Upholstery is of heavy
all-wool cloth of handsome design.
Body is finished in dark blue, with
top, fenders and radiator black and
wheels cream colored.
- Comfortable, convenient and
adapted to nse in all weathers, the
new Allen 'sedan, which now sells
- at $1,695 f, o. b. Fostoria, O., stands
as a value meriting the careful con
sideration of his season's closed car
buyers. r
Rosengren Gives Advice
, On Care of Batteries
"It is the duty of each and every
one of us to conserve all labor and
material in every way possible,"
says Elmer Rosengren of the Ne
braska Storage Battery company.
"If you neglect your battery, if
you don't care how you drive your
:ar, if you wear out the heart of
itr electrical system you are work
ing against your country's inter
est. .-
"Therefore: Don't neglect the
hydrometer test. -
"Don't neglect filling with pure
. water.
V-."Don't overwork, overheat or
starve your battery.
"Don t face the winter without let
ting someone look over your bat
tery and tell youjf it needs atten
tion. "You should make it a point to get
complete information on how to
prolong your battery's life." (
Well Known Omaha Man' j
Victim of the Influenza
MISS ANNA ZAGEL.
Two new stars are to be added
to The Bee service flag tomorrow
when two employes who have vol
untarily enlisted their services to
help win tie war start for the front.
LSoth branches ot uncle sam s serv
ice will De strengtnenea, one mem
ber joining the navy and the other
the army.
' Miss Anna Zagel, for the past
year private secretary to Victor
Rosewater, the editor, has enlisted
her services with the navy and
leaves Monday night to become a
yeomanette. She will be stationeed
at Washington, D. C. Miss Zagel
came to Omaha from, Gladstone
Neb., where her parents reside.
She has had charge of indexing
the names of Bee-employes who
joined the colors and adding service
stars to the flag as each departed.
As members of the staff departed
she longed to "do her bit" and join
the others in the service. 'When a,
EMIL A. NUSBAUM.
AUTO CLUBS GET
REDUCTIONS OF
TAXES ON CARS
American Association Shows
Congress Where Owners
Now Are Heavily
Taxed.
Persistent piling up of facts and
figures by the American Ajtomo
bile association showing, that the
automobile is already taxed very
heavily in the different states, i un
doubtedly had a strong influence on
congress in "their determination to
change the rate of tax from $10 to
$50, to $5 to $25. The AAA. with
which all large auto clubs are affili
ated, have also flooded senators
and congressmen with telegrams
for a reduction in rate.
Chairman Simmons of the senate
finance committee has declared the
following ruling in force on cars
not in use in relation to the coming
federal tax on automobiles: In
the case of an automobile that is
not used at all there is no tax; the
tax is upon the ike of the car." This
sets at rest the auestion that has
worried some owners of cars.
With the coming or cold weather
will come mornings when you have
to prime the old engine. Probably
you now use an oil can with a cork
slipped over trie spout wnen not in
use. A auto club member states
that a auart ink bottle with the
orignal' stopper beats anything he
has tried The holes in the stopper
are sruall and there is scarcely any
evaporation, yet it pours the gas
without spilling.
Muscatine Chamber of Commerce
has placed over 1.000 steel signs
from Muscatine to Dei Moines, via
Montezuma, connecting with the
Black Diamond Trail. 1
An amended ordinance on the
riginal wheel tax passed last year,
is coming up again. It is figured
the tax will give the city $50,000 for
upkeep of streets and boulevard.
With the entire fund placed judici
ously on the streets there is no
question but what the well main
tained condition of streets will re
turn in dollars at much and more
than the tax. -
recent urgent call came for expe
rienced women stenographers in the
navy she was one of the first to
respond and has been awaiting call
anxiously to release one man that
he might sooner join in the advance
on Berlin.
Emil A. Nusbaum, display adver
tising solicitor on The- Bee for the
past seven years, leaves Monday for
Camp Kearny, Linda Vista, Cal.,
with the draft contingent from Oma
ha, fie was given a deferred tlas
sification by a local board, but de
siring to join the colors, he asked
to be inducted into the service.
Mr. Nusbaum has made a host of
friends siuce coming to Omaha, ho
regret his departure, and trust that
it is only a matter of a short time
until he will again take up his abode
in this city.
Before coming to Omaha Mr. Nus
baum was associated with the ad
vertising department of the Duluth
(Minn.) News-Tribune.
MOTOR EXPRESS
LINES POSH
SALE OF TRUCKS
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A. S. Miles Tells of the Work
Being Done to Estab
lish Motor Express
Lines.
In his report to the members of
the National Automobile Chamber
of Commerce, S. A. Miles, member
of-the national motor truck com
mittee, gave some interesting facts
regarding his work in the encour-
aapmnl rt( rural mntnf jtvnrpee
Mines. It showed both an increase
in the food supply of the country
and a growing appreciation of the
necessity for motor trucks for rural
motor routes to the saving of the
time of the farmers and to the low
ering of costs of food supplies to
the general public.
Among other things in th report,
werethe following:
Increase Truck Demand.
"Working in co-operation with
the highways transport committee
of the Council of National Defense,
we have succeeded in interesting a
great many members, a vast number
of dealers, country agents, food ad
ministrators, highway departments,
chambers of commerce, boards (of
trade, bankers, merchants and farm
ers. The formation of companies
and the operation of routes has de
veloped to such an extent that it has
been impossible to keep pace with
them and it is, therefore impossible
to give an accurate estimate of the
business resulting. It is reasonably
sure hat Rural Motor Express has
been reponsible, within the last four
months, for the sale of 500 or more
trucks, and that unless develop
ment of the w.ork is interfered with
by government restrictions the num
ber will, now that their successful
operation has been so generally
demonstrated, increase enormously.
"Correspondence in our files ena
bles us to trace, definitely, the sale
of 100 trucks, including the Pack
ard, White, Service, Signal, Bethle
hem, Denby, Oakland, Republic,
Acme, Ciydesdale and International
to persons whose names we have
on record. We know that at least
100 more have been sold within the
last two months, but have not yet
been able to obtain the names of
the trucks. The International Har
vester company sold, m Iowa alone,
between 30 and 40 and expect to
close sales for ,150 trucks for ser
vice in and around Cedar Rapids.
These faots are mentioned to show
how important rural motor express
has become.
BS.P.LaDue
Troublesome Shorta.
Electirc cables that hub on sharp
edges of the battery box or other
places will soon wear through the
insulation from vibration of the car
and a short circuit will occur that
may be hard to find. Such parts of
the wire should be well protected
with adhesive tape and should also
be frequently inspected.
Missing at Plugs.
When the porcelain of a spark
olusr gets covered with grease and
dirt, often metallic in character, the
current is likely to jump across this
bridee "from i the terminal to the
metal of the engine, and the result is
a case of missing that is frequently
difficult to trace. Keep- the plugs
clean.
Good Ground Connection.
Do not forget that the ground con
nection of the ignition circuit should
have a dependable connection to the
metal parts of the car. If the connec
tion is at all loose or is made by in
eluding the wire under a nut or bolt
head the metal parts should be well
cleaned and made Bright before be
ing tightened and the end of the
grounl wire should have a terminal
ov brass soldered to the wire.
Current Consumption.
it, takes on an average V min
utes of running for the generator
to force into the battery sufficient
current to make up for that used in
making one start. Do not be sur
prised, therefore, if after having
pressed the starter pedal several
times you are not able to get any
sound from the horn. After the
car has been running a little, long
er you will find the current ready
for the horn again.
Slipping Clutch.
When clipping-develops in the
clutch of the cone type it is usually
caused by oil on the leather facing.
The usual method of curing the
trouble is to sprinkle fuller's earth
on the leather, but if this powder
happens not to be availatye borax
may be used with satisfactory re
sults, and in the absence of either
the carbide dust or lime residue from
an acetylene generator will prove a
good enough substitute.
Planetary Gearset Noisy.
When noisy action develops in the
planetary gearset, such as that in the
Ford, the basic trouble will be found
,:l failure of lubrication or exces-
The manufacturer, who uses the j sive wear in the gearing this latter
far-famed wine we at Asti. Cal.. usually caused by lack of lubrication.
whose capacity is half a million gat- H the car owner will give systematic
H ,H. Cannon, president and man
ager of the Nebraska Fulton com
nanv and district manacrer of the
Iowa Mdfor Truck comoanv died i Ions, was unusually foresiehted. i attention to the lubrication of ne of
Saturdayof pneumonia following j When the cistern is emptied after; these gearscts he will practically
Spanish influenza." He is one of the the vintage, ' the Italians hold a eliminate this trouble. In this con
best known automobile men in Oma- j dance within it for 100 couples, the j nectiow it may be noted that if in
ha, having been associated with sev- j floor well washed but the walls still ; adjusting either slow or reverse
era! concerns as salesman 'and i bearintr the royal stains of grape, i bands these parts are drawn too
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I he Automobile blue Book has a
hunch that these dances will soon
be a "nightly occurence when more
wdow and one daughter.
frcshnient
tight there will be a noticeable de
crease in the efficiency of the gear
set This trouble is commonly, en
countered, and nay be obviated by
care in aJjusUuent . ' - - . .
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ALLEN 41
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COMPANY
Carl Changstrom, Prer
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2020-22 Farnam St. Omaha.
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The crawler type will stay on top of the wettest and softest ground and It won't
lose traction when the soil it loose and dry.
It's only 96 inches long and can be turned in a twelve-foot circle
3,200 pounds. .
-weighs only
But It Can PullAnything, Anywhere
AMONG THE MANY USES TO WHICH THE CLEVELAND TRACTOR
IS ADAPTED ARE THESE i
Plowing
Discing
Harrowing
Seeding
Manure Spreading
Wood Sawing
Pumping
Feed Grinding
Agents for Nebraska
Hay Baling
Corn Shredding
Corn Shelling
Ensilage Cutting
Silo Filling
Road Grading
Hauling
or Snow Plow
and Southwestern Iowa.
Jones-Opper Co.
2043 FARNAM.
A. H. Jones
HASTINGS, NEB.
Copyright registered. 1918
Your Battery's Lease of Life
Your battery's usefulness depends on the
way you treat it, but even the best of care
won't make a poorly insulated battery stand
up through a long busy life.
The Still Better Willard, with ordinary
care gives a good deal more than ordinary
service and a great deal longer than ordinary
life.
One of the reasons why this is so is that
this battery has Threaded Rubber Insulation
which indefinitely postpones need of re
insulating. Ask for the booklet "A Mark with a Mean
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Nebraska Storage Battery Co.
20th and Harney St. Phone Tyler 2920.
Omaha, Nebraika.
BRANCHES:
Wahoo Storage Battery Company,
Wahoo, Nebraska.
Wayne Storage Battery Company,
Wayne, Nebraska.
Fremont Storage Battery Company.
Fremont, Nebraska.
Red Oak Storage Battery Company,
. ... lied Oak, Iowa.
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gives you prompt.
powerful engine action. On
cold days, the car starts
quickly and takes the road
with full power behind each
piston stroke.
Red Crown is uniform,
clean, and straight-distilled.
It vaporizes readily at Ipw
temperatures. It's all gas
giving maximum mileage
car economy.
Always the same in quality and
result, whether you buy it at home
or hundreds of (miles from home.
Look for the Red Crown Sign.
i is a cold-proof
Oiarme lubricant that
keeps cylinders
clean and compression tight.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
(NEBRASKA)
OMAHA
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