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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.
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"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.
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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.
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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.
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Mid-City Motor & Supply Co.
Distributors.
2216-18 Farnam St. Omaha, Neb.
AUTOS CHEAPER
NOW HERE THAN
FOUR YEARS AGO
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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.
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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
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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.
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