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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 23, 1919)
4 C THE OlilAHA SUNDAY BEE: 1 MARCH 23, 1919. NEW GOOD ROADS PLANS HELPING SALES OF CARS Farmers as Well as Those Who Live in the City Motorizing to Be Prepared. en "The good roads legislation which h being received with enthusiasm in all parts of the United States is al ready having its effect upon the sale of motor cars," according to A. H. , Ekbergh of the Omaha Auto Sales , company. v -"One of the most serious draw "' backs in the sale of automobiles "J 'and trucks has been the conditions of the roads. , Farmers and resi dents of the smaller cities are fast realizing the importance of good . roads, not only from a 'standpoint of pleasure, but from the standpoint of efficiency and money making. , "Farmers and business men alike . "v are beginning to plan way ahead in the purchase of their motor equip ment and the fundamental reason for this foresight is the favorable ac tion which is being taken in regard to the construction of permanent , highways. Autos and Tractors. "The top prices which have been received for farm produce have made the farmers realize the value of his time and it is no longer a question of "Can I afford another automobile or truck," but it is a question of whether he can afford " to be without the proper motor equipment. Many farmers today " own J,wo or three automobiles as "well as a truck and tractor. "Without a doubt, the coming year will bring forth a shortage of motor equipment which will be a serious handicap to those who have (thesitated to properly provide for . ,i transportation necessities." Kissel Speedster Fine for Dodging Policemen A write-up worthy of a Brete Hart and one that indicates that the 'descendants of America's settlers have red blood in their veins is in dicated by a clipping received by C. . J. Dutton, local Kissel distributor " from a western newspaper and is as follows: ,. "The Kissel custom-built speed ster is shaped like a snub-nosed bul let and capable of going as if it had been shot from a gun. In color it is a 'fussy' car, of light yellow with the low hang of a racer. To add to the sport of riding in it at top speed ''(somewhere around 90 miles an . hour) it is equipped with two col lapsible seats which can be pulled out over the running board, thus bringing its capacity up to four passengers. Its appeal is altogether - youthful. An ambition to own one .,' of these models is on the same plane With that of the brave young heroes ' who fight with each other for a "' hance to be the first 'over the top' in a trench raid. It's a fine car for dodging . speed 'cops' or running 1 income tax collectors." Production Is Not Yet Up to Its Normal Speed 1 "It is unquestionably a fact that the majority of the automobile fac tories have not reached their normal volume of production by any means," says Harry M. Jewett, presi-'-: dent of the Paige-Detroit Motor Car company. "Consequently when the spring buying sets in about the - first of April in earnest, as it does every year in most parts of the 'country, there is likely to be a shorf ge of cars, at least for a time." ' Breaker Point Adjustment. Sometimes it becomes necessary .x to readjust the distance between the contact points of the breaker. The common error is that of setting these points too far apart; the proper distance is approximately . one-fiftieth of an inch and this may be taken as the standard. Inci dentally the width of the spark gaps ' has a great influence on the function i ing of the ignition system. v, ;. Cleaning Terminals A strong solution of washing soda "is the best agent for cleaning bat- tery terminals that have become corroded. After drying the terminals ' Should be coated with vasleine. ., Getting the OiL " ' Motorists who buy oil by the bar rel often experience difficulty in ' getting the comparatively thick flow from the small hole of the barrel, " particularly in cold weather. An in genious way to obviate this difficulty is to bore a hole in the head of the barrel to take the valve head from an old bicycle tire from which the base has been removed. The valve " has flat sides, but two small wooden dugs will stop leakage and the bar rel may now be pumped up with 1 enough pressure to insure now of the oil, an ordinary hand bicycle t.pump being used. Don't Overlook -This Great Offer Guaranteed 5,000 Miles DOUBLE TREAD Tiret 10 p cent leu ! than anywhr and 100 ! Pr cent better in service and quality. WE SHIP SAME DAY ORDER IS RECEIVED. REUNER FREE WITH EACH TIRE. 30x3 $5.00 30x3 6.00 Tubes Tube Tube SOxS Il.TI (0x8 H 1.00 At the following low price, with every order of 4 tubes, we will giv Tree On Tab Bat. When ordering, eeod 11.00 deposit for each tire, or aaie 6 per ent by lendizi: all aah. anb. w Jeet to your approval. Satisfaction guaranteed ok toot monet back, 'this name tour guarantm . ir EVER WEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO. Gen. Zapata, Mexican Bandit Chief, at Bay in Mountain Retreat Gen. Emiliano Zapata, the noted Mexican bandit chief, who for more than 10 yearr has terrorized the State of Morelos, south of Mexico City, has been driven into the moun tains with nearly 200 followers, and his capture by Gen. Pablo Gon zales, commander of the government forces, is expected any day, accord ing to a report from Mexico City. Zapata and his followers practically controlled the entire State of More los for years. But the campaign conducted by General Gonzales has been successful and the state is again under control of government troops. Removing, Dust from Motor A painter's brush that is thick and soft will be found better than waste for removing the dust from the mo tor. There are so many small pro jections that waste is generally a cause of bad language and little else. j I j v If Yesterday a good Maxwell Today a Better One is em THAT is the policy of the Maxwell Motor Company. It began five years ago on a single chassis plan and today 300,000 Maxwells have been built on this program. Not 300,000 Maxwells identically alike for that would be admitting that the car has never improved in five years' time. More than MaxwelL But the original chassis plan was not changed. It has simply grown better as the days went by. The logic of building one thing and thus building it well is too clear, too sound, too emphatic in results to argue against Like any fine piece of machinery the Maxwell seems to "iprove with age. It runs on and on without end. We have never heard of a Maxwell salvaged. There is no car with a better road ability record. And it saves many a thrifty dollar by shying at the repair shop. This Maxwell you see today is not a new Maxwell; though many persons have thought so. It has been so much improved in appearance that our contemporaries in the trade repeatedly refer to it as the new Maxwell. Howevex, good looks have not in any way handicapped its running. And the latter is the main thing, after all, in a motor car. m m Mid-City Motor & Supply Co. Distributors. 2216-18 Farnam St. Omaha, Neb. AUTOS CHEAPER NOW HERE THAN FOUR YEARS AGO avaaaaavMeiBBBiw Answer Depends on Market Value of Buyer's Own Production; Advance Less Than Wheat. "Automobiles that have not been priced fictitiously are cheaper today than they were four years ago," says Walter S. Johnson of the Mid-City Motor Supply company. "This statement sounds like a paradox because there have been some ad vances in that period. As a matter of fact these advances were not in proportion to the cost of labor and materials. "The price tag on a car today as compared with the price on the same car four years ago does not tell the true story. To get a fair idea of the present price thereAare vital facts to be considered. These relate to the average individual's earning power the price he can get for the things he sells to make a liv ing and the amount of the commod ity he makes which he must ex change in the open market for the article he wishes to purchase. "The.beTst illustration I can think of to explain this point is found in the business of the farmer. The lat ter' wages, or buying power, lie in his crops or their market value. The staple article on the American farm is wheat. In 1914, or about four years ago, the farmer received 90 cents a bushel for wheat. Therefore, if he wished to buy a catthat then sold for say, $1,050, he, practically speaking, paid about 1166 bushels of wheat for it. "Today if the car costs him as much as $1,555 he has to pay only about 700 bushels of wheat for it because wheat today is valued at $2.26 a bushel. In other words while the car has apparently gone up 5 per cent, it costs the farmer only 60 per cent as much as it did four years ago." On Vulcanizing. In vulcanizing casings, which it is not always necessary to remove from the wheel, three layers of ce ment should be applied, each one being allowed to dry. The cut should be Ailed not quite level with the surface with scraps of rubber supplied for the purpose. If the hole- is filled too full the rubber is likely to expand and run over the surface which has not been prepared and this thin film will soon peel off. When fixing a sand pocket care must be taken to fill the hole where the sand found entrance, which may be a foot away from the pocket as finally developed. 1000 refinements have been made in the Huge Shipment of:. Rubber Is Moving in a special nam One of the greatest, shipments of rubber ever received in America, in a single lot U proceeding across country from San Francisco to De troit in a special train of 26 cars. The weight of the shipment is 2, 240,000 pounds. The rubber is consigned to the Morgan & Wright tire plant of the United States Rubber company. It arrived in San Francisco from Singapore on the Siberia Maru on March 1, and represents part of the large accumulations of crude rub ber held back in the Far East by the embargo on importations. To the rubber experts a shipment of this size is a matter of amaze ment more than to the average man unacquainted with the infinitely slow processes by which such stores of rubber are built up. The shipment in question represents the entire pro duction of about 560,000 rubber trees for an entire year, and the labor or more than 1,000 men for the same period. New Company Organized to Handle the Davis Car A new automobile company has just been organized, called the Cavanagh-Stockham Motor Co., lo cated at 215 South Fourteenth street, to handle the Davis Motor car. Both Frank P. Cavanagh and A. W. Stockham are well known throughout the territory. Mr. Cavanagh has been in the automo bile business for several years in Chicago and Omaha. Mr. Stockham has been in the automobile busi ness in Wyoming and is also well known throughout the state as be ing in the grain and lumber busi ness. The 1919 Davis Motor car is a complete new car which greatly at tracted the crowds at both the Chi cago and New York shows. Kenworthy to Enter Roamer Racer in Sweepstakes C. Y. Kenworthy, Chicago Roam er distributor, has purchased Eddie Hearne's Roamer racer and will en ter it in the Indianapolis 500-mile sweepstakes. This car is a Roamer equipped with a Duesenberg motor capable of clipping off 116 miles an hour. In former races it has been identified as number 45. In building automobile tires the cotton fabric used is cut on the bias. Formerly the scrap ends of fabric remaining after building up the tire carcasss were sold as "scrap" at the big plant of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber company, Akron, O. Now, however, these ends are used in making up small rugs, which are sold to employes at a very reasona ble figure. m si mil mZi 1 Ei -1 ESSEX WINS OWN WAY ON MERITS: NOT BYBOOSTS Builders Put Out the Car and Leave the Verdict Entirely to the Public. "One of the most notable things about the Essex is the way in which it has sprung into popularity without a word being said in it praise by the makers," said Guy L. Smith. "No extravagant claims of any kind were i r l. -- r i i i j mauc lor inc newcomer. - i nc uuiiu- ers were so confident of its worth that they were entirely ready to leave the final verdict to the pub lic. In this connection, the follow ing article printed in Automobile Topics is interesting: " 'The Essex is not only a car but a type, lhat will bear close study. Its lines are graceful and attractive, its bodywork well put up and com fortable, while it is equipped in every detail according to the purchaser's requirements. " 'Mechanically it is built along lines of safety, in the sense that there is nothing experimental about it. On the other hand, its great winning characteristic is perfor mance. 'In this it excels many cars of much higher price and more pre tentious aspect " 'Hence, in its introduction, Essex dealers were urged to return to the old system of demonstration before purchase. There are cars that dem onstration will not help sell. The Essex is not one of these. Add to this fact that its appearance is enough to pull a good share of at tention on the prospective buyers' part, and enough has been said to indicate that for a new comer its prospects are uncommonly bright " 'In fact, having nothing in the way of reputation to live down, but much in its favor, it seems to be a product that competitors will have to reckon with seriously.'" Do You Wish To Be State Distributor For the World's Very Best Tractor? The Nelson Tractor, about to be put on the market by Nelson Blower and Furnace Company of Boston, Massachusetts Applicant muit have resources and organization big enough for a big proposition. Mr. W. Oliver Craig, special representa tive, will be in Omaha within a few days to interview applicant. Apply now by letter to Mr. Craig, care of The Bee. CHANDLER. SfX.fT99 Famous For Its Marvelous Motor NOW that you are ready to buy that new car, try to find one that gives you so much in mechanical excellence and in beauty and comfort of bodies at. so fair a price as does the Chandler Six. Search the whole market if you wish. Search for such a motor. Search for such a, sturdy chassis. Search for such features of essential equipment: Bosch magneto for sure igni tion, silent chain drive for motor shafts three chains running in constant spray of oil, solid cast aluminum motor base extending from frame to frame, annular ball bearings to carry the power back to the rear wheels with the minimum loss through friction. Chandler is Back to $1795 Asking you to pay more wouldn't give you more. To mark up the price doesn't make a car better. The Chandler is sold at a closer price than any other fine car. You can prove this by your own comparisons. SIX SPLENDID BODY TYPES Seven-Passenger Touring Car, S179S Four-Passenger Roadster, SJ 793 Four-Passenger Dispatch Car, SI 875 Convertible Sedan, S249S Convertible Coupe, S239S Limousine, S3093 Alt prices f. o. b. Cleveland Distributed in Nebraska and Western Iowa by Card-Adams Motor Co. Omaha 2421 Farnam St. Auto Row CHANDLER BS.P.L&Duc Air Hose Trouble. When there is any suspicion that the engine driven tire pump is forc ing oil through the hose, examine the end of the hose. Usually this hose has a rubber lining and if oil is being pumped this rubber lining quickly becomes soft, perhaps o much so that it will not hold to the nipple. In cheap hose it is difficult to get the nipple in again, even with the use of wire as bind ing, the first operation of the pump blowing the hose away from its con nection. The cure lies in getting a good grade of hose or in having the pump piston and rings examined for leakage. Thermostatic Control. It is only recently that the impor tant contribution to ' engine effi ciency of the so-called thermo static control has come to be gener ally understood. With a thermo static control in the water line the engine is almost instantly brought to an efficient working temperature. Many car makers are now fitting thermostatic control as stock equip ment, but even on the car not so provided the owner can now install a device of this kind himself. For a man who wants maximum engine efficiency this is a valuable hint ' Pump Lubrication In repacking the gland of a water circulating pump use plenty of graphite with the packing. The spin dle is seldom sufficiently lubricated and the graphite will go a long way toward remedying this. Glycerine in the cooling water, which is used in connection with alcohol as an anti-freeze medium, seems, incident ally, to help lubricate the pump. Single Plate Clutch Adjustment Friction wear in the single plate clutch may be remedied by throw ing out the clutch, slacking the ad justment bolts; tap either of them Illustrating Die new series The Most Closely Priced Fine Car Ralph W. Jones, Manager. MOTOR CAR COMPANY, CLEVELAND, OHIO clockwise in the slot on cover, per' haps a quarter or half an inch, thus shifting the ring which carries the levers and rollers to new seats on thicker sections of the thrust ring, thus compensating for the wear. Colors. ' The color of the motor car is generally a case of "every man to his taste," but it is a fact that the dark 1mm. Copyright tegteterad, 191S What s a Battery Expert? Expert: "One who has special skill, ex perience or knowledge." Every Willard expert must have all three when it comes to handling batteries. Our experience immediately tells us where your battery troubles lie; our knowledge tells you what needs to be done; and our skill insures a workmanlike job. We're at your service. f We want to tell you about Threaded Rub ber, too, and giveyou a copy of the booklet, 'A Mark with a Meaning for You." Nebraska Storage Battery Co. 20TH AND HARNEY STREETS Chandler four-passenger roadster The Chandler is the most closely priced fine car in the American market. A deter mined Chandler policy, pursued now for nearly six years, has made it so. When you really know the Chandler Six, no "competitive' car will interest you. Cars for which you are asked to pay more will not interest you. No other car, in the whole medium priced field, offers you such a motor. No other offers you such features of essential, high-grade design and equipment. Six handsome bodies are mounted on the one famous Chandler chassis. The Chandler leads today just as dis tinctly as in the years past. And now, entering its greatest year, colors are generally more lasting. This is caused by the physical char acteristics of the color varnish, which has a base of gum. Now, the dark gum is more serviceable than the light shades, and the dark varnishes are derived from the dark gums. The lighter colors call for lighter varnishes and the wearing qualities are decreased. Lincoln 640 O St. Auto Row 1 V J I osHlZ L, , , , ;Tr'"'!gg! If H 3935 Washington Blvd.