THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JANUARY 5, 1919.
. L. LONG TALKS
ON GOOD ROADS
TO IOWA LEAGUE
fiys City People Should Boost
as Hard for Improvement
L as Farmers; Must
1 Pledge Credit.
The following culled remarks
m a recent address by Toe. L,
ng, editor of the Road Maker,
ore the Iowa league at its annual
ting, are so full of facts that
n the "agnostic" who profits
ough the means of highways
M be convinced of the great
fcd of hard roads.
Why should some of us feel
t the man who produces food Is
rely responsible for the means
ransportation and that the Con
ner has no interest in such Ini-
)uvement is difficult to understand.
"S -nutter of fact,, the highest-
ed member of society on account
'insufficient transportation is the
inmon laborer in the large city.
! greater share of his income Is
en trom mm because or nitcr-
ted transportation or fear of it
tt" from any other citizen, lhe
atest loss to society i.Cnot caused
the cost of moving products
lough the mud but by the refusal
nnaertake production of articles
t depend upon immediate trans
lation. Instead of hauling milk,
rsf. vegetables, etc., to town
Vough the mud, the farmer sits at
'ne, feeds them to hogs and allows
I rcity man to get what he can
(jthe cold storage stuff at what
t. price they can make him pay.
tone blames the farmer for not
ttfing tot pull through the mud,
I "(or this reason the city man ts
it" as vitally interested in high
ly improvement as is the rural
Jident.
t It is in the method of doing pub-
business that we are mostly at
jit.; It is conceded by all students
icivic affairs that great improve
rs must be made out of other
,it current funds. If we undertook
ibuild a court house the way we
i roads we would levy a small tax
itient to pay one-tenth or one
njtieth of the cost of the struc-
then dig our excavation the
tyear; second year comes an
eY'tax and we would build part
'the first floor, add so on. No
pwould ever expect to build a
ing.that way. Why roads?
,Vre the most important topic
J Jtis today. To get real high
a "we must pledge the public
it in the form of bonds."
League of Highways.
t a conference of representa
ss'from most of the large high
r;:associations, held in Chicago
any, it was decided to call a
fine in Kansas City about the
f-January for the purpose of
a leagUe of the active, spe-
ighway associations of the
Mates. Any highway hav-
iformed marking of not less
miles length ief invited to
e. The object of the con-
. HIV . VOU1W u . iiic itauiu"
itll . ),. f .1..
t ials at Chicago, asking the
Lent to create a federal
hitrai a nrl till in Km'M
ntain a system of national
a. A large per cent of the
tivity ot the road and auto
jramizations, and the object
ItCansas Citv meeting will hr
f lJ working organization and
f ifkof the national highway
eding and Leniency.
maha Automobile club, to-
jhfvitn ail satety hrst thinkinp
pi of Omaha, earnestly hop
j'l ponce judges have the re
Vjbunt of the killing of a boy
:5,iccuuig irucK so maeuDiv
jqon their mind that their
resolve will be to
:naha of the speed bug."
lies in their hands. The
a nne ot $3 to $MJ for
Road Economics.
the value of a hard road
jit it is going to cost to
hard road, but by the
ways it is going, to save
ivery man m the com-
pney every day in the
consumer is bound to
gnueone tact that wha. helps
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L 3
Omaha Boy Serves on Mine
Sweeper During the War
Larry Nygaard Returns Home
Safely and Goes to Work
, Selling Hudsons for
Guy Smith.
L. W. Nygaard, one of four
brothers who enlisted with Uncle
Sam's forces for the duration of the
war, has returned to Omaha after
serving on a mine sweeper since
July, 1918.
Nygaard says that the life on a
mine sweeper affords plenty of
thrills for all who are looking for
that sort of recreation. The aver
age life of a mine sweeper, accord
ing to the statistics compiled by
the navy, is 17 days of actual serv
ice. Inasmuch as Nygaard has
spent the entire time during his
enlistment in this branch of the
service and has returned Without a
scratch, he feels that the goddess
of luck is a firm friend and a con
stant watcher over him.
The German submarines were
busy after the United States, de
clared war laying mines along the
ship lanes of the Atlantic coast,
as well as in New York harbor and
other harbors, and it has been the
duty of the mine sweeper to locate
the mines and destroy them. The
method used in locating the mines
is to extend a chain between two
mine sweepers. These chains are
kept at a depth of slightly more
than eight feet. The average mine
is placed eight feet below the sur
face of the water. The chain be
tween the two mine sweepers loos
ens the moorings ot the mine, and
then the mines come to the surface.
fir
They are then exploded by shell
fire.
Since returning to Omaha Mr.
Nygaard has joined the organiza
tion of Guy L. Smith and will de
vote his efforts now on the selling
of Hudson automobiles. Nygaard
is one of the best known automo
bile men in Omaha and has had a
wide experience in selling high
grade automobiles. In speaking of
the Hudson, Nygaard says that
most of the army and navy men
have deep respect for udson au
tomobiles. The test to' which they
have been put in war service has
proved their value beyond all
doubt.
Peterson Company Enters
Field With Trucks at Retail
The Peterson Truck company re
cently moved into the old loca
tion of the Hayward-Cameron Mo
tor company at 2427 Farnam street,
at which location they will handle
Gary and Hawkeye trucks. Hereto
fore, according to Mr. Feterson.'
they have made no particular ef
fort to make retail sales, but have.
on the other hand, been busy build
ing up an organization throughout
the state.
The new location includes a good
sized service station and repair
shop. With this additional equip
ment Mr. Peterson expects to go
after the retail end of the truck
business.
Rebuilt Used Car Sale in
Omaha is a Real Success
T. H. Hansen of the Tones-Han-
sen-Cadillac company visited sev
eral of the larger 'cities in the east
erdeavoring to discover why good
used cars were selling there. He
discovered the reason why. Many
of the eastern firms, dealers in high
grade motor cars, have for several
years past rebuilt, repainted and re
tired a good many used qars, and
have sold them guaranteed to be in
perfect condition. Several Cadillac
dealers completely g-enew used
Cadillacs spend several hundred
dollars on each car after they take
it in trade, and sell it to the pub
lic wtih a guarantee. A. H. Jones
of the Jones-Hansen-Cadillac com
pany and Mr. Hansen decided to
give this system a trial here in
Omaha, and immediately started out
to rebuild a good many Cadillac cars
the result of which is the present
used car show, held in their build
ing on Farnam street, at Twenty
sixth. The rebuilding of these cars
was an impossibility during the war
period, due to the scarcity of me
chanics. According to Mr. Hansen, this
used car sale is a complete success.
The Omaha public realizes the. ad
vantage of buying a used car which
has been rebuilt a car which will
give practically no expense except
natural upkeep and wear, for a con
siderable length of time after pur
chase. Changstrom Predicts Big
Business for the Allen Car
Carl Changstrom of the Stand
ard Motor Car company returned
last week from the Allen factory at
Fostoria, O. According to Mr.
Changstrom the Allen people expect
a volume of business during 1919
which will exceed all records made
during previous years.
W. A. Krapp, sales manager of
the Turnbull Motor Truck and
Wagon company, manufacturers of
the Defiance truck, returned to Om
aha with Mr. Changstrom, this being
the initial stop in the swing around
the middle-west territory.
BxS.P.LaDue
Body Rattles.
By loosening the front and rear
pair of bolts holding the oody to tne
rame rattles and squeaks in doors
and body will be practically elimi
nated by clipping a section of brake
lining around each of the loosened
bolts. A slit is cut in the brake lin
ing so thut it can be passed around
the sides of the bolt. After the lin
ing is in place the bolts should be
tightened up again.
Pedal Est.
A very satisfactory foot rest or
sccelerator extension may be made
from an ordinary strap hinge. One
half of the hinge is fastened to the
floor boards, while the other rests
on the accelerator. All that is neces
sary to operate the accelerator is a
slight pressure on any part of the
free half of the hinge.
Tool Tray.
For the man who does his own re
pair work one of the most conveni
ent pieces of paraphernalia is a tool
tray with three compartments and
a harioTe across the top of metal
loop. With this tray the owner can
carry all the tools needed for any
individual job around the car, sav
ing him the trouble of running back
and forth to get this or that while
he is busy with the work.
Locking Cotter Fin.
By filing off the sides of a cotter
pin to wake a sort of little catch on
the ends it is possible to make a
locking pin. The shanks of the pin
should be sprung apart a little before
it is inserted in the hole, and then
the ends will catch after the pin is
pushed home. This is a very neat
little device where it is desirable to
lock the cotter pin in its location.
Condensation.
Water condenses during
cold
weather much more readily than in
hot. For this reason a greater ac
cumulation of water forms in the
crank case during the winter than in
summer, lhe car owner should,
therefore, drain the crankcase more
frequently in winter to remove this
water, which forms an emulsion with
the oil and destroys the latter's lu
bricating value.
Use the Sim.
In cases where tire faUurfc makes
it necessary to come home "on the
rim" the owner should do just that.
Many drivers think that it is better
to remove the rim and come in on
the felloe. , This is a mistake, a
damaged rim; is cheaper o replace
than an injured felloe. As a gen
eral thing the rim can be repaired
but the felloe usually has to be re
placed after one of these trips.
Not all owners know that light is
an agent directly hostile 'to rubber
Rubber men say that light acts on
rubber as a catalytic agent, causing
rapid deterioration. The moral is
that spare tires should always be
protected, not only from water and
oil but from light as well. Dark
covers or carriers are preferable to
light ones.
. O - M ' - w una, aiiipa
producer also helps the con-
ir.
i. the hundreds of communities
4ghout the country where hard
'I have been built, the individual
iommun!ty have greatly pros
3. and out of their prosperity
jnost cheerful bill they have
r was the bill for that blessed
J2 road. ' Estimate the cq,st of
rd road not by the, real cost of
i 5"oad, but by the daily loss in
?y .you and everyone else in
. community loses in a hundred
through having dirt roads that
und 1 constant upkeep but give
period service. A value that
veighs all arguments! when talk
I : hard roads is service.
1 X Dirt Road Cost in Gas.
irone knows a greater mileage
Jtained from a gallon of gas on
ti road than over a chuck-holed
road. Presume there are 500,
i land trucks using the Lincoln'
ay every day in the motoring
in, 300 on the Military road,
tn thei O-L-D and 100 on other
hes. Take an average of 10
of travel for each of the 1,050
tacn way and presume me aver-
pe of gas, lets say at 25
ana we rind each mile
ents in eas. Over hard
car and truck can easily
ditional three mile per
more: 3x1.786 is 5.3.
ssible saving on each gal-
undred and fifty cars
i.
tx cents on cacti gauon.
wl $5,636.40 each day, or .'
taf-n motoring season on
thlThe $1,380,818 savinp
,huH over half the proposed
is A Pv our main county
pnVd tnats only a start
i figure the saving to
1 L 4Y depreciation on
:$ifening of .tinje, tft
t 1
A Better Place
To Serve You
Gary
and
Hawkeye
Trucks
Service is vital to the truck own
er. Reliable service and service
when you need it.
We have moved into the location
at Farnam St., where we have a
fine service station and a suitable
show room.
Gary and Hawkeye trucks are
leaders in the truck family.
Ask us for information about
these trucks before you buy. It
will cost you nothing and may
save you much.
Come and see
Us Dealers
It's a Money Making Proposition
Peterson Truck Co.
2429 Farnam St.
Distributors
Omaha, Neb.
Doug. 4473
Government Matrimonial
Bureau Plan of Savidge
9'
Pastor of People's Church Will
Ask National Officials to
Aid Couples to Meet
for Marriage.
The establishment of a national
matrimonial bureau with headquart
ers in Washington and branches in
all the principal cities of the country
for the purpose of advancing the
cause of matrimony, is the prospect
of Rev. Charles W. Savidge, pastor
of the People's church, who will go ;
to Washington, u. u., wis wee u
put the proposition before govern
ment officials.
His action in doing this, he said,
is to "Help East meet West, and
North meet South," in the sense that
the officials of the proposed matri
monial bureau be intermediaries of
men and women who are looking for
wives or husbands.
Many Want to Marry.
"Because I have received so many
letters from good, sincere wealthy
men and women who write solely to
me, requesting me to find for them
prospective wives and husbands, I
am taking up this matter with the
government. It is a great subject,"
Rev. Savidge declared. "I have
found, from my 42 years' experience
in the ministry, that there are proper
and legitimate steps which may be
taken in greatly helping one to ob
tain his or her ideals in matrimony."
' Rev. Savidge, who has married
more than 4,000 couples during his
36 years in Omaha, has the plans
prepared in detail regarding opera
tion of the national matrimonial bu
reau. Wants Government Agency.
He proposes that congress create
an agency with headquarters in
Washington, and branches in prin
cipal cities, that the officials of these
branches treat all correspondence
and matters pertaining to proposed
marriages secretly and confidential
ly; that means be established where
by the man wanting a wife and liv
ing in a part of the country devoid
of future wives get in touch by in
troduction or correspondence with
a woman with "marital tendencies."
Rev. Savidge bases his reason for
his proposal to the government to
establish a matrimonial bureau, upon
numerous letters that he has re
ceived from marriageable men and
women who "have their hats in the
ring" of matrimony.
Receives Letter.
The following is an example of the
letters the minister receives:
"I am a bachelor 40 years old,
good looking, and have good man
ners. I am looking for a good re
sponsible woman to marry. The mar
riageable girls in my community are
too young and not yet fit to fulfil
the responsible duties of a house;
hold.
"I have 640 acres of good land, a
fine home, an auto and money in the
bank. If you would only introduce
me to the right woman to marry, I
would be satisfied with life." ,
Pastor Savidge possesses hundreds
of such letters, and feels that it is the
duty of the government to take ac
tion in the matter, he said. One in
teresting feature about the pastor's
letters is that women are the more
numerable contributors. Rev. Sav
idge said they apply to him daily to
assist them in "falling to their state
without crying 'Kamerad.' "
Present Year Likely
to See Large Amount
Spent for Good Roads
"With resolutions now before
good foads associations, highways
state commissions, and ' eventually
before the United States congress
at its next session, calling for hun
dreds of millions of dollars to be
expended in road-building and high
way improvements, the year 1919
will undoubtedly see the greatest
amount of work of this kind in the
history of the country," says Carl
Changstrom of the Standard Motor
Car company.
"The people of the United States
have had it brought forcibly to them
first the chaotic condition of the
nation's transportation facilities, and
second what a necessary utility the
motor truck has become.
"The present agitation in favor of
good roads, which has only begun,
is due directly to the motor truck
We had it proven to us that if the
United States had been as well sup
plied with improved highways as
rrance, we could have transported
twice the amount of goods and sup
plies at a much lowermost."
Hayward-Cameron Firm
Secures New Quarters
The Hayward-Cameron , Motor
Car company is now housed in its
new location at 2043-45 Tamam
street. The increase of business
which has fallen to the lot of the
Hayward-Cameron company during
the past 12 months necessitated
their seeking larger quarters. The
new location affords a much larger
show room and is better suited for
automobile service and handling of
parts.
The Hayward-Cameron people
now handle the Sterns-Knight, the
Chevrolret, and the Nash. All of
these lines are comparatively well
known in this section and Mr. Hay
ward feels that the coming yeai
will be a record breaker in the num
ber of sales made.
On Drilling.
It is wise always to make a center
punch mark at the point where the
drill is to enter. Drills are necessar
ily hardened to a great degree, and
they should not be operated for long
without being cooled. For this pur
pose a soda solution or lard oil
may be used. Hardened or temper
ed metals may take the drill, but
the latter may be ruined in the op
eration. It is safest when drilling
hardened metal first to heat it red
hot and then anneal it in the air or
in sand. After the drilling is com
pleted the metal is hardened again.
The Water System.
Many owners instead of using
anti-freeze prefer to drain the water
system after the car has been used
There are certain things for them
to look out for. They must be sure
that the drain cock has been closed
absolutely tight, because if this is
not done it may freeze in open posi
tion and when the rediator is next
filled no water will drip from it until
after the start has been made. Then
the drain will thaw out and all the
cooling water run off. In filling the
water system after it has been drain
ed the drain cock should be left open
for a minute to allow the incoming
water to push out the air in thl
pipes. This is to obviate possibility
of air locks. Mar owners fill the
water system with not water to facil
itate starting.
Returning
SOLDIERS,
ATTENTION!
THE AUTOMOBILE BUSINESS NEEDS
YOUR PEP.
If you have busineu ability and can rail
the price of a carload of automobile,
trucks or tractors, we can offer you an ex
ceptional opportunity for making money.
The opportunity U ready for you to (rasp
RIGHT NOW.
The automobile business is the third larg
est business in the U. S. surpassed only
by the railroads and the steel industry. It
is growing every day.
Every farm must and will be equipped With
tractors and trucks. " You who have won
this war could not have accomplished your
victory without trucks, tractors and auto
mobiles. Why not sell them?
We Offer You
1. The only worth while business you
can enter with a like amount of
capital.
2. The opportunity to turn over your
capital every ten days.
3. A liberal percentage of profit.
4. A rapidly growing business.
6. An absolute monopoly of the salei
in as much territory as you can
work.
We know the business and can guarantee
success if you have the necessary ability
and capital and will follow our business
methods.
Better come in and talk it over.
Card-Adams Mqtor Co.
RALPH W. JONES, Mgr.
2421 Farnam St.
Omaha, Neb.
Chandler Automobiles Denby Trucks
Frick Kerosene Burning Tractors
a year and a Hialf ahead;
"They copied all they could follow, but they couldn't copy my mini,
And I left 'em eweating and atealing year and a half behind.
' K1PUNO
FOR eighteen months while our factories were building war trucks the
Designing, Engineering and Executive Staffs of the Elgin Motor Car Cor
poration were preparing for peace and reconstruction.
They designed, tested, refined and perfected an entirely new automobile
new in design from radiator to tail lightr-a car that retains the notable sturdiness
and light weight which won for the Elgin Six perfect scores and highest honors
in every one of the many gruelling endurance and economy contests it entered
during the past three years.
New Elgin Six cars have received many thousands of miles of the most stren
uous and exacting trials under every conceivable condition, and have more than
satisfied our highest expectations.
The car buyer of today is confronted with a choice of three purchases. He
can choose a before-the-war model, or a hastily designed and hurriedly con
structed car, or the New Elgin Six a car that looks and acts the Motor Thor
oughbred you would expect from an organization of master motor car men men
whose past achievements have given them leadership in the industry.
Write for literature describing and illustrating the 36 improvements and
refinements which have placed the New Elgin Six a full year and a half ahead
Ask for Bulletin No. 36, containing Inside Car Information in terms you readily
understand.
ELGIN MOTOR CAR CORPORATION, ARQO, ILLINOIS
rpi m , ( f 2514 Farnam St. f 1
1 he Motor Lo. Phone DoUg. 713 Umaha
$1395
to.b. factory