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LANDING PLACE
TO GET TRYOUT
ATAUT0SII01'
Curtis Government Plane U
Land at Omaha Field for
Proposed Coast-to-Coast
Airmail Route.
Omaha's landing place on Center
street on the air mail route from
coast-to-coast will be given its first
tryout during the Automobile show,
March 10 to IS. This is the word
that comes to the Chamber of Com
merce. The place is ideal for the
purpose, and if it had been made to
order the arrangements could not
have been improved unon.
When the Chamber of Commerce
committee and representatives from
Washington interested in the air
mail service went out to look over
sites for the landing place for mail
airplanes the Center street location
was immediately decided upon. This
landing place consists of 50 acres
of ground out on Center street, the
same being a part of the old state
fair site. It is as level as the top of
a billiard table and easy to reach.
It is close to the Leavenworth street
car line and close to Center street,
one of the paved and leading thor
oughfares into the city. The street
is a splendid auto road and in sum
mer is one of the popular drives.
On the 50-acre tract, oft' the road,
the hangars for the mail-carrying
airplanes will be erected, and in
connection therewith will be the gas
tanks, shops and quarters for men
in charge of the machines.
Curtis Government Plane.
Of course, the finishing touches
will not be put on the landing place
by the time the first plane arrives,
which will be March 7. This ma
chine is of the Curtis type and is
one of the accepted war planes,
having a spread of 47 feet and 10
inches from tip to tip of wings. It
is driven by one of government ac
cepted engines and is capable of
traveling at a terrific rate of speed.
It is coming from Belleville, 111., a
distance of more than 400 miles, in
an air nine. The plane is expected
cover this distance in not to exceed
four hours and will make the trip
without stopping for gas. Who
will pilot the Curtis piano to Oma
ha is not known. However, he will
be a government man, familiar with
this type of machine.
Correspondence with Washington.
At the Chamber of Commerce
officials are in correspondence with
Washington and within a few days
expect to be advised of who will
pilot the airplane to Omaha, the
time of its departure and the time
of its arrival at the Omaha field. Of
course, the exact time of arrival is
somewhat problematic,, for some
times wind and weather interfere
with the movements of airplanes,
but if all goes well a pilot starting
out on a 400-mile flight can figure
within a few minutes on what time
he will reach his destination.
Coming into Omaha, it is the plan
of the Chamber of Commerce offi
cials to have the airplane circle over
the city two or three times and then
sail off to the landing place that will
be distinctly marked in order to
give the pilot his correct bearings.
The big Curtis war airplane is to
be one of the stellar features of the
auto show. During the continu
ance of the show it will be on exhi
bition downtown, constantly in
charge of men who are familiar with
its mechanism and who will explain
everything in connection with it to
the visitors.
Plans contemplate . keeping the
Curtis plane at the Center street
field during the nights that the
show is in progress and bringing it
to the city each morning. If this
program is not changed, each morn
ing during the show the plane will
fly from its hangar, circling over
the city and landing in the vicinity
of the Auditorium, where the show
is to be held.
Cadillac Does Its Work
Major W. P. Wattles, in command
of the 53d telegraph battalion, A. E.
P., and formerly of the Bell Tele
phon company of Pennsylvania, has
recorded one of the most interesting
Cadillac storjes of the war. His
description is as folows:
"A few days ago I had a rather
close shave, but over here one
realizes that a miss is as good as
a few feet. I had gone out to in
spect some telephone lines. Arriv
ing at little town, I stopped my car
alongside of a stone wall, where it
would not be too visible from above.
I sat for a few minutes looking over
the country through my field glass
es. The boches were shelling a
town about three-quarters of a
mile away. The chauffeur and I got
out of the car and I decided to walk
down the road where I could get
a better view of the line.
"When I had gone about 75 yards,
the boches threw over about 10
shells, which went over my head
and exploded in the town behind
me. Oh, yes, I was fiat on the
ground, waiting for the burst oi
anger to subside following out the
saying that 'he who flops without
dclav. may live to flop another day.'
"When I got back to my car I
found that one of the shells had ex
ploded alongside it, tearing a four
foot hole in the wall, hurling about
two bushels of rock into the car,
and riddling the body of the car
with 115 clean holes, not including
numerous dents. Some shell frag
ments had gone through the metal,
the upholstery and out through the
Lieut. R. J. Marshall
Returns from Army
to Sprague Company
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I.t. Hubert J. Marshall, with the
Sprague Rubber company before
the war, has been discharged from
service and returns to the Sprague
Rubber and Tire company, after
having spent a great deal of time
in the study of fabrics and construc
tion of balloons.
Lieutenant Marshall arrived home
Wednesday and is stopping with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Mar
shall, 2221 Larimore avenue. He re
ceived his, honorable discharge from
the army February 11 at Arcadia,
Cal., where he was assistant field
balloon officer. Lieutenant Marsh
all, received his commission at Flor
ence field. He later studied fabrics
and construction and was made in
spector at Akron, O., Cambridge,
Mass., and New Haven, Conn. He
was later sent to California as a
balloon inspector.
other side. The windshield was
smashed, the top, which was
folded, was literally riddled, and
there were seven punctures in one
tire and tour in another.
"The only mechanical damage to
the engine was a small hole in the
watf iarWpt fivliirh ntucrcrpH
with a piece of wood) and a small
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teaK in ine pipe line xo ine on
gauge.
TTHE PATERSON Model 6-46 for 1919 is a finer
value than we have ever offered. There is a
spirit of refinement and comfort built into this
beautiful car that has been imitated but never
equalled in a car selling for less than 2,500.
The long sweeping lines of the PATERSON are
accomplished by providing a long wheelbase. This
allows for unusual roominess in each compartment
of both touring cars and roadster.
The PATERSON chassis for 1919 is extremely
simple in design every unnecessary detail has been
eliminated. The exact balance of this chassis is
responsible for a degree of comfort and economy
that is seldom attained.
PRICES
4- Paienger Roadster $1,595
5- Patienger Touring Car $1,595
7-Ptener Touring Car $1,625
F. O. B. Flint
The PATEHSON has alway. been a good int
for rierlers. Thia year it offr greater possibili
ties than ever before. Contracts are now being
made. Better write or wire us today.
Nebraska Paterson Auto Co.
201S Famam St.
CARRIES BABY'S
SHOE Hi RAGES
JUST RHUUCK
Eddie Pullen ' Has Most Re
markable Escape and
Gives That as the
Reason.
Eddie Pullen. who will be relief
driver for Clifford Durant in the
500-mile Liberty sweepstakes on
May 31, has had some unique ex
perience in his racing career.
Pullen is the only driver to' have
won an American Grand prize rae
with a car made in this country,
scoring in 1914 at Santa Monica
in a Mercer.
When Pullen won the Grand
prize he suhorised the racing world
Two days previously he had shaken
hands with death on what is known
as "dead-man's, turn" on the Santa
Monica course with the same Mer
cer, in the Vanderbilt cup race. The
car came into the turn too fast,
skidded and crashed through the
fence after it blew a tire. To the
uninitiated iHooked like a hopeless
pile of junk.
, Pullen and his mechanic were
thrown out but escaped bruises.
They towed the wrecked car to their
camp and started tearing it to
pieces. The morning of the second
day Tullen faced the starter and
romped home winner of the Grand
prize. He had found that the spii!
had not damaged the engine and
that he could straighten the frame,
put in a new front and rear axle
and be ready to race. Photographs
taken of the car as it plunged
through the fence show that it was
at the same time one of tne most
peculiar accidents, for the driver
and mechanic came through un
scathed when the pictures show the
car seemingly ready to fall or.
them.-
Eddie always attributed his escape
to the fact that he was carrying
one of his baby's little shops on his
steering wheel and from tiiat day
to this he has never started a race
without it. Pullen got his training
with the late Hughie Hughes, who
drove the first wire wheeltd race
car in an Indianapolis 500-miie
event, his Mercer entry of 1912, and
Hughie knew well all the fncks of
the trade. If Clifford Durant turn?
the wheel of his Chevrolet special
over to Pullen during the race the
fans will see spectacular driving.
New Location
Omaha
235 No. 10th St.. Lincoln
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Motor Meet in Siam Gives
Natives Touch of High Life
Two Saxon Cars Come
First and Second in
Thrilling Finish of
Race.
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In far-away Siam automobile
races are not common occurences
Therefore, when a number cf auto
mobile dealers got together in a
race just before the armist;ce wai
signed, the Siamese citizens of the
ancient city of Bangkok were great
ly excited.
The "motor meet" was run off on
one of the main avenues of Bangkok
and the straight-away led directly
past the palace. The street was
lined with the curious who gathered
from miles around to see 'he pro
duct of the western civilization
show its speed. At the beginning ot
the course, the various cars, which
had come half way around the
Storage Batteries Wear
Out Just Like Tires
"The storage battery," says Elmer
Rosengren of the Nebraska Storage
Battery company, "is just as liable
to wear out as tires, and like the
tire, it must be given careful at
tention by the owner if the longest
possible life is to be given it.
"A storage battery is a rhemical
apparatus, consisting of positive
and negative lead plates Immersed
in electrolyte, a solution of sul
phuric acid. When the starting
motor is used or the lights or
ignition system, put on the circuit,
a certain electro-chemical action
takes place between the positive and
negative plates in the presence of
the electrolyte and electricity flows
through the wires.
"As this chemical action con
tinues the character of the plate.s
change, the current will, ultimately,
cease to flow and the battery is
dead. This condition, however,' is
forestalled by the generator caus
ing the current to How in the op
posite direction, or to
'charge" the
battery.
Public to Be Able to Get
Tires of All Sizes Soon
Announcement is made by the
National Automobile Chamber of
Commerce that at a joint meeting
of committees representing tire and
automobile manufacturers on Feb
ruary 13, it was decided that all re-
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world, began to race. At the end
they were strung out over several
blocks. The interesting feature of
the race culminated in the final hent
between the Saxon cars. In other
words, the real exciting part of the
race came near the end and the two
Saxon cars were, so to speak, "go
ing it neck and neck." Naturally a
Saxon won the race, and just which
Saxon makes little difference
The crowds in their picturesque
raiment of highly colored silks and
cotton cloth showed great interest
Following their custom, they con
tinued to chew the notorious "Betel
nut" while they commented on the
respective merits of the cars en
tered in the race. The Bangkok
representative of the Saxon cars
found his place very popular after
the race; many distinctive citizens
of Siam crowded around his show
room to examine duplicates of the
cars which had won first and sec
ond places.
strictions that had been adopted as
a war measure on the manufacture
of certain sizes and styles of pneu
matic tires for renewal purposes
would be removed and that tires of
all sizes would be made as long as
there is a demand for them by the
public.
Cole Aero-Eight Enters
Season of Great Demand
Introduced at a time when the in-
terest of the whole country was
focused not on its own personal
needs but the demands of the na-
tion at war, the Cole Aeio-Eight.
which made its debut in January
1918, was given its first real chance
to exert its influence unhampered
on the American automobile market
with the automobile shows this
year.
And to say that the results have
been gratifying, according to the
officials of the Cole Motor Car com
pany, its builders, is putting, it
mildly.
Both at Chicago and New Yotk
the sales of Aero-Eights made at
the show exhibits more thin
doubled the aumher ever before
made by the Cole dealers at these
two points, despite the fact that
both of these events were local and
not national shows ts in years past.
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CAR OWNERS IN
FAVOR OF ROAD
BILL FORMATION
Road Organization for High
way Progress Support
the Townsend
Bill.
Washington, D. C, Feb. 22.-"That
a preponderating majority of the
6,000,000 passenger car and motor
truck owners of the country will
support the Townsend bill in the
66th congress is practically assur
ed," asserts President David Jame
son of the American Automobile
association, which represents motor
ists generally in national organized
form.
"Ever since the A. A. A., in Jan
uary, 1912, called the first Federal
Aid in Roads convention in the
capital city, there has been a steady
and logical progress toward com
prehensive participation in highways
betterment by the national govern
ment," according to Mr. Jameson,
who then goes on to say:
"The explanation of this devel
opment is exceedingly simple and
consists mainly in the fact that we
now utilize for passengers and
freight road vehicles which disre
gard county sub-divisions and state
lines. There must be a distribu
tion of highways authority among
the several sub-divisions. In our
j own councils we have repeatedly
j discussed the proposition that there
should be no smaller unit than the
, COunty, which would mean county
roads, then state roaas, ana, nnany,
federal roads."
Stitch in Time on Tire
Will Give It Many Miles
"Comparatively few car owners
realize what a 'business within a
business' the manufacture and sale
of tire savers and repair materials
has come to be," says C. A. Cramer,
branch manager, the Goodyear Tire
and Rubber company. ,
"One might imagine that tire
companies would be pleased to have
tires wear out quickly, so new pur
chases would be necessary. What
we want, however, is tire mileage
and pleased customers. For the
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"Efficiency Expert"
Nothing contributes more to the increasing demand for the Over
land Model 90 car than the valuation business men place
upon it as an efficiency asset. By word of mouth these men
have firmly established the reputation of the Model 90 as a
dependable, economical car. It deserves the public's apprecia
tion because it meets everyday needs. It is important to
observe that women praise its fine appearance and comfort
as enthusiastically as men endorse its faithful performance.
Van Brunt Automobile Co.
New Omaha Location 2562-64 Farnam St
Omaha, Neb. Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Overland Model Ninety Five FiiKHfer Toiirln Cif 1585; Seda J1495; f. . . Toled
tire user we repeat the old saying,
'A stitch in time ave nine.
"This principle is ai old as the
hills, but its application to the use
of tires is comparatively new. Thi
A Wonderful
Truck for
Farmers
The Hawkeye Truck is the logical
truck for western farmers. It is
built for year-round service under
all farm conditions. It is built
lower to the ground to load easily,
yet has ample road clearance for
road and field, plenty of speed '
and a surplus of power. It has
springs heavy enough to carry the
Gary
and
Hawk eye
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load down low. . The painting is
done by hand, not sprayed or
dipped.
Peterson Truck Gx
DisTRatroQS
2427Farnam 5t-Omaha. Phone DoU-4473
most insignificant repairs, if made
in time, often mean thousands of
miles of service. Repair men Buy
have to be consulted for some re
pairs, but tire useri, themselves,