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"4M SET FOR
PMROHiaT015
" Big Spectacle to Betagad at
ttis Auditorim h to In
T elude Tfucks an
1 Tractors.
Closed Cars Selling as Rapidly as They Are
Brought Trom Factory to Markets of West
rlANY CAR F!
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. The Omahi Atitoimjbile show is
schedulecl for Mfcrch 10 to March
15, according o ("my L. Smith, and
the present plans indicate that the
ccHiiing. show' will exceed in propor
tiotfariythihg cVer staged in
Oniaha. 4
., ' Tliis ycrr tbe automobile show
will embrace ; a display of trucks
and -tractor ajul if siHlicient space
can arranged .for. Hie various au
tomobile accessories houses will
display tfi'eir wares also.
I - It is a plan of the managers of
my viiiriia aiiun iu iif:llv ail nil
nroirm fhi vpqr tvliirl-i will
a distinct feeling ,of etfrtainy re
naming me. ainoiuoDiit Dusiness in
.the minds of all those. r:ho visit the
show. It has, Ucen a lisle hard for
some of the dcalrs anct buyers to
realize thai the automobile factories
are for the nicest part released from
their war Contracts and will soon be
in a position to go ahead full force.
Labor conditions seem to be about
the,, only drawback and .the ranks
will sopn be filled with 'Teturning
sendiers.
Tjfe problem of housing the au
tomobile show this yea'r brings to
light again the crying' necessity" for
a larger auditorium, in Greater
Omaha. Theypresent auditorium is
barely large enough to include x a
Complete exhibit ort automobiles, and
when "one stops to consider that
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UME USUAL
!S OF WORK
'Iliat The Sedan business is good j waiting impatiently for some Iittl&j company, and C. M. Reynolds of the
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is evidence by the above photograph
which was taken in front of tne
sales worn of J. C. Helbcrt, national
distributor, just a few months after
three National Sedans hadbeen de
livered to owners who have been
time, these jr.ree cars win an ap
pear on Omaha streets and are
owned" by Dr. II. A. Richenbach,
president of the Crown Tire & Rub
ber compan7"J. B. Mc-Donald, sec
retary of Crown Tir & Rubber
Nebraska Fuel company. The tem
porary quarters of the National are
in the Ulackstone garage No. 1, on
west Farnam street. Mr. Helbert
expects, however, to move into new
quarters shortly after January 1.
trucks and tractors are commanding
as much attention as- the automo
bile in some quarters, the need of
more room is brought to us with
full force. V
After Carbon Removal.
Sometimes the owner of a car
having a detachable head engine,
after scraping out thd carbon and
getting the motor to going jtgain,
fmds that there is a water leak at
the head and that the power plant
does not run as well ac before he op
erated upon it. The reason for this
is probably that particles of carbon
have gqt into, the stub holes or
aroimd the studs. With bits of car
bon lodged here the cylinder head
cannot be properly- tightened, with
the result that there are leaks at this
point. TJie remeijy is obvious.
AU
CREASE
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tne Reo
Speed Wagon
represents the most practical
solution to every-day hauling ''
problems f of the following rea-'
sons:. r
1. It is. light enough to operate
with extreme economy.
2. It is speedy enough to get'
about on all manner of quick
'; errands.
3. Its turning radius and size
enable operators to use it
for any kind of work.
M. The. same quality which typ
if ies Reo products is evident .
" throughout and the price is
' right. ;
s Prices f . o. b. Factory
- Chassis $1250, With Express Body $1350
Jones-Opper
Co.
A.H.Jones
Co.
Hastings, Neb.
Distributors for South
ern and Western S
V Nebraska."
TO IN!
GOVERNED BY
MATERIAL GO!
Stuclcbaker Corporation Ana
lyzes Conditions Causing
l Increase in-Pries of
Cars. .
The Studebaker Corporation . of
America is sending a letter to its
dealers explaining the reasons un-
derlying recent price increases of
aulomouiles. it states tnat automo
biles are not different from any
other commodity and 'that their
price is affected by the same ele
ments that affect other merchandise,
such as availability of labor and ma
terial and supply and demand of the
finished products. The letter follows
in part:
To Alt Dealers:
Automobiles are no different from
any other commodity and the sell
ing price is governed by the cost of
production as well as supply and de
mand. The supply is governed by
the number of automobiles obtain
able. The demand by your ability
to convince the public that they
want what you have to sell in
other words, Salesmanship.
Price of automobiles will decline
when the price of labor and raw ma
terials decline. The price -of labor
and ?aw materials will be reduced
wnen tne expense oi living anu. pro
ducing raw materials are lowered.
The cost of living will be reduced
when price of food goes down and
the government has guaranteed the,
farmer a fixed pri'cefor his 1919
crop. y
The answer is self-evident. Inflat
ed prices must come to a level in
keeping with the cost of material
and labor. Therefore, analyze the
other fellow's prices See wMat his
price was January 1. Compare it
with the price of November 1, and
thus determine what constitutes an
inflated selling price. .
In order to protect dealers who
have cars in -stock and permit them
to protect prospective buyers we
hereby iguarantee prices as against
decline of March 1, 1919, and you
are authorized to give the ,same
guarantee to your customers, it be
ing understood that if the present
prices of Studebaker cars are re
duced by the corporation during the
period mentioned, we will protect
all dealers on cars they have in stock
at the time of reduction and also
en all cars that they have sold' to
customers under the above guaran
tee from this date.
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Look Over the Top.
When one Ls buying a used car
he should be .particualr in his ex
amination of the 'top and curtains.
Sharp dealers have a trick of black
ing over a seedy.top and curtains so
that at casual inspection they look
well "enough, but when the first rain
comes they leak like so manv sieves.
By the same token look well to the
tires on the used car. The gyps
have methods of whitewashing the
tires so that they Jpok well for the
time being, but give little service
afterward.
Change Lubricant.
This is the time of year when the
lubricant in the various gear cases
should be changed. This means that
the old lubricant should be removed,
the cases should be'' thor-eughly
flushed out with kerosene and then
should be filled to the level with a
thinner lubricant than was used dur
ing the warm weather. A heavy
cylinder oil or a special grade of
gear oil makes a very satisfactory
winter lubricant for these units.
Feeling for Shorts.
f When two of the wires of the
lighting or,-' starting systems are
producing a short circuit, an in
evitable accompaniment of the con
dition is heat By feeling carefully
along the line the operator can
usually detect the presence oj a
short by the heat that is being generated.
Turning Rapidly from War
Work to Production of Cas
and Trucks to Sup
ply Civilian Needs.
Washington, D. C, Dec. 12. Im
mediately following the signing of
the armistice, the manufacturers of
passenger automobiles and motor
trucks began taking prompt action
to resume the production of cars
and trucks to meet civilian demants.
Some have asked the government
to cancel part of their war contracts,
and the war industries board au
thorized a 5Q per cent increase in
the production of passenger auto
mobiles previously allowed for t e
last half of 1918, and announced '1,e
removal of priorities for materials,
so there would be the least possible
delay in resuming normal produc
tion, according to officials of the
National Automobile Chamber of
Commerce. v '
It is anticipated, however, that
several months will be required to
secure deliveries of all the materials
and parts needed to get back on full
produion basis and that it will
hardly be possible for manufacturers
to build more passenger cars by the
first of next year than the allowance
authorized' by the board, nor more
motor trucks than the average rate
of past production.
Output Decreases in 1918.
In 1917 there were produced 1,
7 1 8.000 passenger automobiles and
160,000 commercial motor vehicles,
whereas under the war restru ons
this year the total output of pas
senger cars will be slightly less than
1.000,000 or 740,000 fewer than in
1917. There was no enforced lim
itation of truck production until la it
August, except that many
biers were unable to obtain deliver
ies i of engines, transmissions and
axles. Trucks produced and sold for
civilian" use only last year totalled
109,000. while this year they will
reach 182,000 an increase of 67 per
cent. Production of passenger cars
and trucks by quarters in, 1918 is
as follows:
First quarter .
Second quarter
Third Quarter
Fourth quarter
PasSr cars.
593, 333
345,100
188,173
(est.) .150,001)
183,646
Trftat 974,606
As the largest manufacturers of
passenger automobiles were largely
engaged in war work, some of them
to the full capacity of their plants,
and had almost ceased manufacture
of automobiles, it is not to be ex
pected that the output of cars will
be normal before about the middle
of next year.
On June 30, 1918, there were 5,
466,931 motor vehicles registered
in the United States, of which fully
5,000,000 were passenger cars. Or
dinary wear ami tear would elimin
ate about 500,000 of these in
rormal times,' but probably most of
the old cars have 'been kept in ser
vice and wil be retired as rapidly as
new cars can be obtained to take
their place.
There still exists a shortage of
iron, steel and other materials, used
in motor cars and the demands of
other industriesthat have been cur
tailed will be large. "The facts,
therefore, indicate that new car pro
duction will hardiv catch up with
demand until 1920.
Eastern States to Keep Highways
Open.
Concerted action to keep high
ways open following snowstorms'
during the coming winter is being
taken by the highway commissions
of the eastern states, The impor
tance of transportation by motor
fuck and the overland delivery of
thousands of army trucks to Atlan
tic ports last winter emphasized the
need of keeping the main highways
open for travel through the winter,
and eastern state highway commis
sioners believe that with the estab
lishment of many rural motor ex-
press lines and parcel post routes
tiicre wil be continued heavy truck
traffic during the coming winter.
Highway commissioners, or their
i epresentatives, from New York,
Connecticut, Massachusetts, Penn
sylvania and Delaware, recently met
with the Highway Traffic associa
tion of the state of New York and
reported that plans had been made
!:o keep the most traveled roads open
every day this winter. Of an
appropriation of $1,000,000 made by
New York State for maintenance of
routes used by army transport
..trucks, $50,000 is available for snow
removal. In Connecticut the cost
of snow removal on 1.000 miles of
highwayaggregated about $50.00(i
kt winter, or approximately $50 a
mile.
"The establishment of rural routes
and the increasing use of trucks and
passenger cars for essential busi
ness command the attention of high
way engineers," said Charles J.
Bennett, highway commissioner of
Connecticut, "and the snow removal
problem becomes a vital issue to be
solved at once."
Pennsylvania Sets Example.
Pennsylvania last winter set an
example in keeping the mountain
routes open for army and commer
cial traffic. "It should ri longer be
an optional matter with the road
officials in charge of our highways,"
said George H. Bliss, deputy high
way commissioner for the state,
"for when we consider the enormous
winter on some of the roads, argu
ment is unnecessary. An actual
traffic census taken on one
assem-i-of our highways when the tempera
ture was 3 degrees below zero
showed that more than 2,000 ve
hicles passed over the road in 12
hours.
The United States weather bureau
has made plans to furnish daily re
ports of the depth of snow or ice
on the roads and their general con
dition to the automobile clubs hi
Pennsylvania this winter, for the
benefit of truck and passenger car
drivers. Forecasts of approaching
storms will also be supplied daily
to the superintendent of highway
at Harrisburg, who will instruct his
snow-fighting forces accordingly.
Com'l cars.
(Civ. only.)
45,500
45,417
' 45,429
46,300
utes in a balloon of the blimp type.
The record is official, announcement
of tli feat coming through the Navy
department at Washington. Motor
Life.
Gasoline Level.
If the gasoline level is toojhigh
the carbureter will be flooded', while
if it is too low there will be a ten
dency toward lean mixture and dif
ficult starting. For satisfactory op
eration it is important that the car
bureter float be adjusted so that
the gasoline level is about one-thirty-second
of an inch below tlu
outlet of the lowest nozzle.
Dean Gregg" Now With
Universal Motor Company
Mr. Dean Gregg formerly with
the cjty purchasing department, has
now assumed his new duties on the
sales force of the Universal Motor
company, located at 2562 Leaven
worth street, who handle Ford cars
exclusively.
Remains Aloft Thirty Hours.
Somewhere abroad, Ensign P. J.
Barnes of the American naval air
service broke all existing records
for sustained flight when he re
mained aloft for 30 hours, 30 min-
Copyright regiMoed. 1918 s
How Long Will It Last?
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That's just' another way of asking "How
good, is your battery insulation?"
For no battery is any better than its in
sulation. There's no doubt about it; Insulation is one
of the thingsthat makes the Willafd a longer
lived, better battery.
- Every piece of Insulation that goes into
any Willard Battery has those features so
necessary to long battery life that is, sound
. material; thorough workmanship; exacting
tests and careful inspections.
111111
Nebraska Storage Battery Co.
Twentieth and Harney.
Hew A
Series it 1L
for Town and Country
In the city.'ttie new National Convertible Sedan is a distinctive
closed car that you can drive with pride, propriety and ease in these
chauffeurless days. And on cross-country trips, this able model will
, serve Jrou with a zest rarely associated with automobiles of this type.
For tne National Sedan Six or Twelveis a versatile performer,
equallyefficient on dirt roads and asphalt boulevards, with the power
and the stamina for the uncommon tasks.
- The Six Sedan, $3120 The Twelve Sedan, $3720
Government's War Revenue Tax Extra Charge
NATIONAL MOTOR CARV k VEHICLE CORP., INDIANAPOLIS
Eighteenth Successful Year
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The Allen Sedan creates a distinct impression of
quality, which will remain in your mind while you are
looking at other cars. .
The attention given to the details of interior" finish'
is quite noticeable to all who are familiar with fine
motor car construction.
The Allen Sedan is ah excellent Christmas gift.
Family transportation and recreation are important
items. -r
41 2020 Farnam St.
STANDARD MOTOR CAR CO.
Carl Changstfom, President.
Omaha.
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