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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: " JUNE 15, 1919.
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AUTO CLUB OUT
STRONG TO GET
BETTER ROADS
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Bulletins, Issued by the Club
Urge All to Boost
'. for the Economical
Thoroughfares.
"My God, you don't mean to say
that you have to carry on an educa-
tional campaign to carry road bonds
for building bard roadi in this coun
try?" exclaimed a Maryland motor
ist who stopped off at the . Club
Room for information as to the
"least bad" of the roads west. "It's
a crime to think that your citizens
and farmers must be educated to
realize that the saving in money
and time over hard roads will pay
for the cost of those hard roads
almost in the time it takes to build
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"It is the duty, both personal and
from a civic standpoint, of every
motorist to work for the success of
the Douglas county road bond elec
tion June 24th, states President
Cheek of the executive committee of
the Douglas County Bond Cam
paign. "Get a windshield sticker at
your filling station, the Auto Club,
Chamber of Commerce or your
dealer,' and keep it on your wind
shield. Not only that, but convert
the Doubting Thomases among our
friends. This Road Bond election is
one of the most progressive move
ments that ever hit the country and
will be the source of great profit to
every citizen in money, and -time
saved, crop saving, more reasonable
, prices on truck stuff, and a thousand
I other savings."
j - McGilton at the Den.
E. G. McGilton will speak
on
Scientific Vulcanizing
ALL WORK GUARANTEED
Miller Tires and Tubes
J Clouse Vulcanizing Station
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The Lowest -Priced
4000-lb. Capacity
Truck in thm World
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Cheaper
That's 'what every man who has
hauling to do is interested in, wheth
er it is railroads, motor trucks or
teams.
When you buy a Traffic Truck ypu
have' purchased, something more
than simply a motor truck you
have secured cheaper transporta
tion cheaper in dollars and cents
than the cost of hauling with any
other known carrier regardless of
its type or character.
It costs twice as much to haul with
steams as it does with a Traffic The
. Traffic hauls a 4000-lb. load 14
. miles in one hour for 30 cents worth
of 'gasoline and negotiates any hill
with power to spare. .
No conveyance, mechanical or oth-
erwiae, has equaled the Traffic for
"economy of operation or surpassed '
its performance.
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Office, Show Room and Service Station, 40th and Faraam St., Omaha Neb.
Fifty Boy Scouts to Make .'
Unique 3000 Mile Auto.Trip
Five Large Trucks to Carry Selected Boys Who Will
Enact Various Scenes for Jhe Movie Man All
: : Through the Eastern States, ' ; ; ;,
Fifty boy scouts with their offi
cers '.will leave Akron, O., June 26,
on one of the most unique motor
truck camping trips ever attempted
in America.
The expedition, arranged through
the generosity of The Goodyear Tire
& Rubber company, will consist of
a caravan of five big Goodyear
trucks diverted from that company's
Akron-Boston express line where
they are. constantly transporting
rubber products. -
The party will cover 3,000 miles
and pass through nine states, visit
ing the beautiful scenic and histori
cal points along a route leading
through Niagara fails, Syracuse,
Utica. -Albany. Lake George, Lake
Champlain, White Mountains, Port
land, Me.; Boston, Providence, New
Haven, West Point, Ithaca, Lake
Chautauqua and Youngstown,' back
to Akron. , , . .
.A moving picture scenario has
been written for the scouts and
they will enact various scenes for
the cameramen.
Three large trucks will carry the
party, t , fourth will transport the
baggage and camping outfits, while
Good Roads at the Ak-Sar-Ben den
Monday night..; Don't fail to take in
the big show, and hear E. G. After
hearing the road talk, work like a
slave for the successful election of
the Road Bonds, June 24.
"How much can you haul over the
dirt roads -of Douglas county when,
they are bad?" was asked a Douglas
county farmer. "The empty wagon
is enough, thank you," answered the
farmer. That's the story. Our dirt
16th Street
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Red $al Continental Motor and RumcI Rear Axle.
The Traffic is the lowest priced
4000-lb. capacity truck in the world.
It is built of standardised units of
recognized value, such as Red Seal
Continental Motor Russel Inter
nal Gear Drive Timken Bearings
-Covert Transmission, etc, etc AH
units used in its construction are the
accepted standards that enter only
into the making of a quality truck.
AND THE TRAFFIC SELLS FOR
ONLY $1395 a price which saves
you hundreds of dollars in first cost
a price you can afford to pay for
cheaper transportation and a truck
that is solving hauling problems
. profitably. ; - '
Traffic Trucks cost less because we.
are the largest exclusive builders of
. . 4000-lb. capacity trucks in the world
and confine our production to a
truck of one design and one ca
, pacity. v 'J-V.Us.ll-i':
DEALERS ATTENTION. CONTRACT NOW.
Mid-West Truck & Motor
a fifth .wilt carry the field kitchen
and the' eats, -v y- . .. -'- -'-
The scouts will camp beside lakes
and scale mountains and sleep , in
the shadows of old forts where anti
quated cannon boomed forth . a
hundred years ago. '
The pneumatic tired trucks, with
doubt deck providing upper and
lower sleeping berths, insure the
same comfort for passengers as that
furnished in Pullman cars." 1 Two
shifts of drivers will be with -each
truck, permitting travel at night
while the boys are rolled up in their
bunks.
The expedition, aside from fur
nishing a tour for the scouts, will
demonstrate the ease with which
troops can be transported by truck
from inland points to the coast.' , -
This is the second motor hike of
the Akron scouts, the first having
been taken last summer through the
courtesy of - Vice-President P.. W.
Litchfield of the Goodyear lire and
Rubber, company, who' it president
of the Akron Council of Boy Scouts.
The party is to be composed o1
selected scouts, picked in competi
tive examination for their general
knowledge of scoutcraft .
road system is an empty wagon
proposition, stealing money from
both producer and consumer : who
ever you are. ..
Your Uncue Samuel says "Build
roads now" in a poster distributed
all over the country. Take Sam's
advice and help Douglas county; to
build these good roads byVvojting
for the bond issue, June 24. . 'j,';
. A conference will be held with the
state engineer and the Lincoln
Auto club relative to enforcing the
state headlight dimming law. Glar
ing headlights are dangerous. The
law is two years old. Motorists
will be forced to equip with proper
lenses. A state test will likely, be
held on lenses. . ' f i
Asbestos Washers. t! i H
Spare asbestos washers should al
ways be treated before being placed
among the spares in the car. A six,
hours' soaking in olive oil, followed
by a draining and brief drying and a
final rubbing with fire black lead
will give a good, tight washer that
will come adrift cleanly at any time.
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Bettd Truck Drivers r
Will Be Heritage of ?
, America From War
"Better motor truck" drivers will
be one of America's heritages of
war," declares R. H. Spear, presi
dent of the All-American Truck Co.,
Chicago. "With better drivers we
may expect to see trucks give a
higher maximum of efficiency, for
it is a well-known fact that motor
trucks have been and still are in
many .instances abused to a point
where it is surprising they give the
results that they do. ; The average
truck owner must employ a driver
and' that driver may be endowed
with experience while" just as likely
he may be poorly equipped with
adequate knowledge of truck opera
tion and care. The truck does not
belong to him and he gives it pun
ishment oftentimes which he would
not do if he thoroughly understood
the engineering principles of trucks
in general.
"The school of truck drivers com
ma out of the war will be a great
leavening influence towards sane
truck operation. The military truck
driver is required to learn his ve
hicle thoroughly.'
Nearly as Many Fords in
Use a All Other Cars
.! No stronger evidence of the im
portant "fact that1 the ForT motor
car has become a veritable part of
the life of the people," cbuld be
asked for than is given in the regis
tration records of the various states
Which comprise our country.
For instance, in the month of Jan
uary there were 11.4S0 cars of all
makes registered in the state of
Montana, of which 5,790 were drd
cars. ..This means one Ford car for
every other "car of every make and
130 oyer. This propdrtion is very
evenly . maintained in the other
forty-seven states.' There are more
than 6,000,000 motor cars in opera
tion in the United States, mpre than
one-half .. of. whic.lr are Fords, ac
cording to the records, of the Ford
factory. " " . . -. ;' . ...
Changstrom Makes Trip
: To 'Allen Motor Factory
Charles Changstrom, of the Stand
ard Motor Car company, left Saturr
day night for Columbus, Ohio, new
home erf the Allen Motor Car com
pany: Mr. Changstrom has gone to
Columbus for .the purpose of secur
ing additional equipments of Allen
automobiles. The demand is so far
in excess of the supply that instic
measures are taken bv dealers to se
cure additional shipments of auto
mobiles into the middle west terrt'
tory. -;
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Records reveal that : the 4000-lb.
capacity of the Traffic is better fit
ted for all forms of hauling than any
other type of truck, and the Traffic
is proving it daily on the job all over
. this country and in foreign coun
tries. Two Traffic Trucks with full capae
. ity loads participated in a rapid
transportation demonstration on
June 9th, covering a distance of 350
mles. Many other makers of trucks
entered. The trip from St Louis to
Quincy through Missouri and return
to St. Louis through Illinois. Stops '
were made at towns 'along the route
to exhibit them. .
THE TRAFFIC FINISHED PERFECT.
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Phone Harney 3500
BETTER ROADS
MEANS A LOWER
COST OF LIVING
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Truck; Manufacturer Shows
That larger Loads, Possible "
c on Good Roads, Means
lower Prices. . v
"Alonf . with the great national
movement fpr. better ' highways
comes the question of weight of
loads, speed.-and many other - fac
tors, says R. E. Fulton, vice presi
dent of the International Motor
company. ' .. ' - -
"In the solution of the matter,
plain, ordinary tommen sense
should prevail Unimproved roads,
in good weather when they are dry
and sound,, can stand a great deal of.
traffic with little, or . no damage.
They can even bear tremendous
loads if the width of the tire' is suf
ficient. When these roads are sol
id, big steam traction engines, with
thrashing machines of corn shelters,
run over them, with. no .damage; in
fact, with benefit, as they act like
rollers.' N -
"Moderately improved roads, like
wise can stand much' traffic in good
weather. The big trouble with these
roads is that they are not what can
be called all year 'round roads. They
should be improved to meet the
normal requirements of traffic, so
that full benefit may be derived from
them at all times.
Large Loads Lower Prices. .
"The weight of the load should
be determined on the basis of width
of tires. Routes between large cities
or important commercial; and . in
dustrial centers serve an enormous
tonnage, and the larger the units in
vbich this tonnage is hauled the
greater the economy. These routes
are main arteries of traffic, and
anything which increases the cost
of transportation on them is paid
for by all the people, regardless of
how far they may be from these
main arteries. When it is taken into
consideration that a 50 per cent in
crease in the size of the unit hauled
makes a 15 per cent decrease in the
cost of transportation, the matter
becomes one of. great economic im
portance with tonnage running up
into the millions."
; Oarage Floor Space. ,
In planning the 1iome garage, re
member that for a single car the
minimum floor space will be twelve
feet by twenty feet, if you purpose
doing any work on the vehicle in its
shelter. Also these dimensions do
not allow room for either a work
bench or for, storage space; they are
simply the irreducible minimum lor
the man whb intends to take care of
his car. ' ' sw.'1'-
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" ' Station Any Time "
Expert "SAME-DAY" SERVICE Always'on Tap
A .THOROUGH Inspection of your Stewart equipment now
may save you much greater expense and inconvenlenfv
later on. . ... ; ' . . -t ".' . :
:' Stewart Products represent the highest type of motor car
equipment.. Yet, after all, they are pieces, of mechanism and,
being so, occasionally need expert attention. ' '.
At such tint ram to u. If yet hava plaao to rapalr, ran deal
aa4 It tot ho haraaaa makar: Wo aro Stow art Rapalr Bsparta. officially
appointed by tba Stowar Canpaar for thla taniterp, aad tralaad at tho
Stowart taetanr. That's the ktad afaorvieo ran nood. ..
Whoaorar yoa aro la naad of Bar Itowart part, no matter how araan,
rot It from aa. Othorwloo poa nar bo hoado4 a aoantorfeilt that will sat
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Stewart Products Service Station
.2044 Farnam St. Phone Doup;. 2323
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TRANSMISSION
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Nebraska Buick Auto Co.
OMAHA
Powerful Fleet of -Trucks
En Route to
i South Wheat Fields
"Lincoln, Neb., June 14. Starting
from bere last Wednesday, on an
official, test run, a fleet of powerful
motor trucks headed for the Okla
homa state, line in an effort to dem
onstrate the practicability of this
form of freight transportation. The
trip is expected to be the forerun
ner of a regular route between Ne
braska and Oklahoma points and is
being watched carefully by trans
portation experts. " '
The fleet, which is composed of
Patriot farm trucks, in charge of C
L. Stewart of Wellington, Kan. as
sisted by Sert W. H. Weymouth,
the famous airman, will make the
trip frra Fairmont, Neb., south
over t.te Meridian road, through Sa
lina, McFherson, Newton and
Wichita. ,
- A great portion of this highway
now is reported to be little more
than a vast sea of gumbo mud.
Through this the fleet will have to
wallow with its cargo of Cushman
motors5 for use in the harvest fields
of Kansas and Oklahoma.
Representatives of various agri
cultural and eras-power magazines
and newspapers accompany the fleet.
Many Eastern Tourists
t Make Stops In Omaha
"We have no idea how many hun
dreds of families touring in their
motor . cars would stop in Omaha
each month were it not for the
dreadful condition of our roads,"
says J. H. Hansen, of the Jones-Hansen-Cadillac
company. "Why,
just this week nine families touring
from New York state in their Cadil
lac cars, enroute to Colorado, the
Yellowstone park, or the coast,
stopped off in Omaha, and not one
had a pleasant word to say" for our
country simply because of the dread
ful experience which they had com
ing through Iowa during this rainy
season. Omaha is a stopping place
for overland tourists. It seems that
they all figure on spending three 6r
four days in Omaha as a sort of
'mid-way stop.'
"As one very wealthy banker from
Massachusetts said, to me this
morning: 'You have no idea how
many hundreds of families in the
east would like to tour through the
west, but fear the uncertainty of
the weather or condition of the
roads.' As for myself, I can travel
when the roads are good, but surely.
the farmers, the merchants and the
tourists, as well as all of the busi
ness men in any community, would
be enormously benefited by hard
surface roads."
The best medium for use in clean
ing terminals that have become cor
roded is a stronsr solution of wash
ing soda. . After the parts have been
cleaned and are dry they should he
given a light coating of vaseline to
prevent a return pi the trouble.
icq Station for i
Accessories" :
LINCOLN - SIOUX CITY
Auto and Trucks Are
Most Vital to Future
Prosperity of Aii
"Every person is naturally affect
ed by the factors that create and
influence prosperity," says H. B.
Russ of the Columbia Motor xar
company, Nebraska, "and perhaps
no other one factor is proving to
vital to the present as well as future
prosperity as the automobile and
motor truck. 'Thu is the reason
why everybody is interested in
motor cars and every business man
in motor trucks. v ,
"We all know how both the motor
car and motor truck helped win the
warthat while the day of victory
nugni not nave oeen possioie, u
would have been delayed without
them. Now " they are helping to
bripg prosperity to . the world
through their efficiency in helping
in the work of peace."
Job be rs Wa nte d
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TO HANDLE -
Stinson Heavy Ditto
38 H. P. DRAW BAR 36 H. P. BELT .
SPEED 3 MILES PER HOUR
This product has been on thai market foe tore years and U
recognised by fh leading oil and plow companies as one of the
few successful tractors on tha market.
As our manufacturing facilities are such that we are now able
to cover more territory, we invite correspondence with reliable
jobbers who will be able to handle part of our product. We are
ready to make aa attractive offer to the right parties.
STINSON TRACTOR COMPANY
SUPERIOR, WIS, U.S. A.
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A Real
Automobile
In most medium priced can there is ,
some detail of body finish or mechani
cal construction which betrays the orig
inal cost r which marks the car asan '
inexpensive automobile.
. ' Not so with the Dixie Flyer. As soon
as the mechanical details were worked
out to perfection the manufacturers be-1 .
gan to design a body which would haye
everything in appearance (hat you find
in expensive cars. -
The body finish it perfect and tha;
appointments so refined - that" the car
stands out, no matter where it is parked
Let Us Show Too This Wonder fat I Value Z
Touring
Car :
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W. R. Nichols Motor Company
Tyler 4316 ' 2520 Farnam St., Omaha
Frost-Bemis Motor Company
; 13th and P Streets, Lincoln
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What Happens if Battery
v Is Run Without Water
"The simplest and surest means of
committing battery murder is to run
it without giving it water lor any'
length of time," says Elmer Rosen
gren of the Nebraska Storage Bat
tery company, v
- "The very nature of the plates in
a storage battery demands that they
be constantly covered with elec
trolye.. This oft course, meant
that any loss in the electroylte
through evaporation must be im
mediately made up.
"Any part of the plate exposed to
the air loses its capacity for life and
becomes covered with a white sul
phate. This is the effect of lack of
water on the battery plate itself.
"But the whole -battery shows the
effects, for the capacity of the bat
tery is reduced, and the normal
rate of charge is too high." . s. ,V
Bee Want Ads pay big profits to
the people who read them. .
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