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THE OMAHA' SUNDAY BEE: AUGUST 31. 191VJ.
TRACTOR MAKES
ENDURANCE RUN:
RECORDS KEPT
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Parrett Company Has Big Ma
: chines Do Work Just
as Required in
Farming.
. Ai the result ot an endurance
run conducted by the Parrett Trac
t tor company in a 127-acre field near
i Viohita, Kan., official figure! are
available covering the operation of
a tractor in actual field work, un
der average farming condition! and
for a long period or time. The run
was conducted under the official
observance of a corp! of men fur-
nished by the Kansas Agricultural
f college at Manhattan, Kan. These
f men were under the supervision of
s Prof. F. F. Frazier of the engineer
i ing department.
Everv cound of fuel, oil and wat-
i er, every minute of operation, every
stop, its duration and reason, were
recorded. The farm tractor was
used in harvesting 127 acres of
wheat, threshing the grain, discing
a portion of the land and plowing
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ail 01 it. ine run was cgnaucieu
to approximate the actual conditions
under which a tractor is operated
on the average farm when operated
by a crew of skilled and unskilled
operators. It was not intended to
make a non-stop run because in
formation of a reliable and prac
tical nature was desired and the run
was conducted to produce such in
formation. Watch in Four Shifts.
The operators and observers were
split into four shifts to cover each
24-hour period while the work of
checking the run and making daily
recapitulations was carefully organ
ized. Three hundred and ninety
pounds of binder twine were used
in harvesting the 127 acres of wheat
Only 34 acres out of the field were
disced because 'of the condition of
the soil. Three hundred and ten
hours and nine minutes was the
operating time on the entire' field.
Of the total time lost only J per
cent is traceable to tractor trouble
.while 7 per cent is due to trouble
with the implements operated. One
hundred and twenty-seven acres of
wheat were havested with one eight
foot binder nulled by a Parrett
tractor. The complete outfit being
operated by one man.
The plowing operation proved
simplier to handle than either cut
ting or threshing. Nine sets of
plow shares were used during the
operation. The work of plowing
was continued night and day, but
the figures show that the combina
tion of the7 plow and tractor per
formed best of all. One acre t an
hour was averaged in the plowing.
Traetori were used for handling
bundles to the separators in wagon
trains, each train consisting of two
wagons. Two tractors handled the
three-wagon trains, which per
mitted one train at the separator
being unloaded while the others
were in the field being loaded.
Threshing operation was made dif
ficult mainly on account of the lack
of field labor which made it hard
to deliver bundles to the separator
in a steady enough stream to keep
the outfit operating up to capacity.
Hebb Motors Co. Sells 800
Patriot Trucks to One Firm
Final contract was executed in
Lincoln this week whereby the Bur
rell Engineering & Equipment com
pany, of Kansas City, Mo., made the
purchase of 528 Patriot' trucks of
2 1-2 tons capacity, and 272 Patriot
trucks of 1 1-2 tons capacity, a total
of 800.
According to the Hebb Motors
company of Lincoln, manufacturers
of the Patriot truck, the contract
amounts to a positive and definite
purchase, the language of the con
tract being tfiat the Kansas City
concern "hereby agrees and binds
itself to accept and pay for 800
Patriot motor trucks, said trucks to
be shipped according to schedule."
HUDSON EXPANDS
TO MEET DEMAND
OVER COUNTRY
$2,250,000 Being Expended
to , Increase the Out
put of Super-Six and
Essex Cars.
New Home, of the Nebraska Stearns
"To meet the demad for Hudson
and Essex cars, the factory has just
taken the first step! in a program
of expansion involving the imme
diate expenditure of $2,250,000," Guy
L. Smith announced today. Of this
sum $1,250,000 is for the acquisition
of additional land and the erection
of new buildings, while $1,000,000 is
for machinery and equipment.
"Although 40,000 Hudson and-Es-sex
cars are being built this year,
this number, the largest ever turned
out in the history of the factory,
has proved inadequate to meet the
demand and the number will be in
creased next year 'to aproximately
70.000.
"Every year for the past 10 years
has seen a shortage of Hudson cars
despite the constant enlargement of
the factory facilities. During this
period the Hudson factory has
grown from a little two-story build
ing into the largest plant in the
world devoted exclusively to the
manufacture of fine automobiles.
"But even these vast facilities were
taxed to the utmost this year by the
tremendous popularity of the new
Essex and the greatly increased de
mand for the Super-Six, both cars
being turned out at present in the
same plant. So far this year 12,000
Essex have been built and sold.
But even this great number has
proved insufficient in the face of a
demand that seems to be increasing
every day as the Essex becomes bet
ter known."
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The Nebraska Stearns company,
recently organized to handle
Steams-Knight automobiles, has
moved into its new building at Har
ney street and Twenty-sixth.
J. V. 1 nomas, formerly sales
manager for the F. B. Stearns com
pany of Cleveland, Ohio, who will
act as head of the new company,
has chosen to cast his lot with auto
mobile distributors of Nebraska, and
to do this has given up his position
with the factory.
A significant fact in connection
with the establishing of the Ne
braska Stearns company is that this
location was selected by Mr. Thom
as as the best territory in the United
States. From time to time during
Mr. Thomas' connection with the
Stearns company, opportunities have
presented themselves which would
have permitted establishing himself
in almost any section of the United
States. These opportunities were
"passed up," however, until the op
portunity came to locate in Ne
braska. Mr. Thomas feels that this
territory, embracing Nebraska, west
ern Iowa and South Dakota, repre
sents the best automobile territory
in the United States.
Robert B. Vance, who for the past
two years has been connected with
the Hayward-Cameron people, has
joined the new company in the ca
pacity of sales manager.
The new building affords ample
room for display and service, as well
as a consiaeraDie storage capacity.
A stock room, which will accommo
date between $15,000 and $20,000
worth of parts, will enable the new
company to render prompt service
in case of trouble.
brought so much undiluted opti
mism. -.. '
Business in every section of
America was reported as vastly im
proved in the truck field, and sales
reported prior to and during the
convention, when the managers re
ceived reports from their branches
and wholesale depots, were impres
sively large and indicated record
brraking proportions. .
The two-ton Model C. Fulton re
cently announced, the Locomotor
and the Fulton ground gripperi
which the company Is just introduc
ing under it! own patent!, aroused
the branch men to the utmost en
thusiasm.
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Owners of Holmes Improved Air
Cooled Cars instinctively set a high
mileage for the average day's run
THE reason is the ease with which all roads are
traveled. Where other cars are slowed down
to 15 to 20 miles an hour by ruts, worn gravel,
sand or mud, the Holmes steadily swings along
at from 30 to 35 miles an hour without the
slightest discomfort to the occupants.
Full elliptic springs and a flexible chassis absorb the
shocks of the road. This is best seen by watching a Holmes
over country roads. The understructure is steadily accom
modating itself to the rough spots; the body moves along
as steadily as though it were riding over the smoothest
boulevard.
Steering is without effort; the flexibility of the chassis
keeps the wheels to the road with a steadiness which takes
all strain off the driver.
n long tours the smoothness "and flexibility of the
Holmes Improved Motor, with a speed range of from three
to fifty miles an hour on high gear, carries the car along
without the slightest feeling that the motor is laboring.
' And this ability to cover more miles in a day in perfect
comfort to the occupants is obtained at an economy of
operation hitherto associated only with small cars or re
stricted performance.
18 to 20 miles to the gallon of gasoline is the average
fuel consumption. 10,000 miles to the set is the average
tire mileage.
That such operating cost can be obtained in a car of
126 inch wheel base and seven-passenger capacity is proof
that high operating costs are no longer necessary in a car
of pro"per size for enjoyment and that the price of economy
is no longer restricted carrying capacity . and cramped
discomfort.
Tate-Morton Company
Distributors for Nebraska and Iowa.
2417 Farnam St. OMAHA, NEB.
Improved Air Cooled
MITHSONIAN
EXPEDITION IS
DUE IN AFRICA
Will Supplement Roosevelt's
Collection for National
Museum, According to
A Present Plans.
Washington, Aug. 30. The
Smithsonian African expedition,
which sailed from this country July
15, is due at Capetown, South
Africa, at which city final arrange
ments will be made for the plunge
into the heart of the "dark conti
nent." The expedition under the direc-
' tion of Edmund Heller, will collect
! animals, plants and other material
for uses of comparison in working
j up the collections made in Africa
i by Col. Theodore Roosevelt, already
I in the National museum. Rcpresen
! tatives of the Universal Film Man
I ufacturing company will accompany
! the expedition, and the first movies
of life in the mysterious interior of
Africa will be shown to the public.
The expedition will explore the
jungles, deserts, lakes and rivers
of this little unknown continent
and will be oat at least a year.
The itinerary as it has been ten
tatively laid out, contemplates a
certain amount of exploration in
various parts of the Cape region,
after which the expedition will pro
ceed northward to the great Vic
toria falls of the Zambesi river and
thence north through western
Rhodesia. The intention is, if no
unforeseen obstacles arise, to cross
over from the Zambesi basin to
the sources of the Congo in Belgian
Congo, following this river a con
siderable distance and then turning
east toward Lake Tanganjika. It
is hoped to follow up to some ex
tent the trails of Livingston and
Stanley in this region. The town of
Ujiji on the eastern shore of the lake
will be headquarters for a while.
The lake district will be explored,
from which excursions into the for-
tner German East Africa and the
; Uganda protectorate, especially the
1 Kyvenzori mountain region will be
undertaken. The further progress
of the expedition has not been deh
nitely settled, as yet.
As far as the Smithsonian insti
tution is concerned the primary
object of the expedition is to supple
ment the collections of African
animals and plants and ethnograph
ical specimens already in the
National museum, particularly the
magnificent collections brought
home by the Smithsonian expedition
u ider Colonel Roosevelt
These are now being worked up
for monographic reports. It has
been found, in order to do this in-
tellieentlv and satisfactorily, that
material from other parts of Africa,
especially from the region! which
the oresent expedition is eoinar to
traverse, must be had for compari
son. While the National museum
has considerable collections from
various points on the west coast of
the black continent, it it singularly
deficient in specimens from the
interior and from South Africa.
The opportunity to take a series
of scientifically exact and truthful
moving pictures of the animals and
the primitive peoples before they
give way before the approaching
civilization will be taken advantage
of. Altogether, the expedition
under the tried leadership of Mr.
Edmund Heller and the co-operation
of such experienced explorers and
collectors as Mr. H. C Raven and
Dr. H. L. Shant promises to be
one of the greatest importance in
bringing to light and of solving
many of the problems which puzzled
scientists at well as laymen for a
long time.
Makes Special Price
to Introduce Article
The Elgin Motor Power Co. of
Cedar Rapids, la., has entered the
Omaha and Nebraska field with
Magic patches and Elgin Torpedo
carbon remover. As a starter for
the Nebraska trade, an offer is made
Jor.two products for the price of
one. as tne otter carries a money-back-if-not-satisfied
guarantee mo
torists will have a chance to experi
ment at slight cost.
It Your Name Here?
Harry, Lizzie, Rudolph, Viola.
George, Dolly, Bert, Bertha. Ifso,
tell the man in the box office at
Krug Park and see the bie Festival
o.i.Fuu fiee.
High Mileage Tires
Require Some Care
"Don't neglect your tires just be
cause they stay up and give you
long service," is the advice of the
service manager of the Fisk Rub
ber Co.
"In these days when the science
of manufacture has progressed to
the stage where high mileages, un
known in the earlier days, are now
the general rule, it is convenient for
many to drive recklessly along with
out thought or regard for their tires.
"Tires need attention the same as
your motor. They need to be prop
erly fitted to the rim and wheel.
They must be trued up and the
wheels must be aligned regularly.
Gashes and cuts picked up on sharp
stones or trolley switches should be
treated and cared for like any
wound. There's a way to do this at
a cost of only a few cents. Any re
liable tire dealer can provide you
with Fillicut and show you how to
use it.
"Look out for those little things
regularly: make a habit of it, and
you'll add many more miles to your
tire life and obtain the full service
that modern tire construction
builds into your casings."
Salesmen Enthuse Over
the Fulton Motor Truck
Branch managers and wholesale
men of the Fulton Motor Truck
company met at the executive offi
ces of the company, 1710 Broadway,
New York, August 14 and IS, and
on August 16 enjoyed a fishing trip
with the company officials. No con
vention of the company ever
Service First
Advice Second
Sales Third
Thejce's oar policy in a nutshell.
Firot) When the customer comes In, find
out what HE wants. Giva him satisfac
tion at the lowest charge consistent with
good, thorough job.
Second Tell him how to prevent bat
tery trouble. We're not anxious to repair
his battery, except to make it last longer.
Third When he really needs a new
battery wo want him to buy it from us,
naturally, and to buy a Willard with
Threaded Rubber Insulation because that
battery w&l last longer and give) him less
occasion for expense on repairs than any
otiei battoy he can 6 try.
Come In and find out the wonderful
service records of Willard Batteries with
Threaded Rubber Insulation.
Nebraska Storage Battery Co.
20th and Harney. Phone Tyler 2920.
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Nash Quad Now Standard Equipment
For Marine Expeditionary Service
HE Nash Qmdtth hi record for dependaS;
Derformance in the service of the Allies dariam
world war, has been selected by the Standardize
Board of the U. S. Marine Corps as itandtrfJ5
equipment for expedittonary service.
The selection of the Quad as standard equipment for(
this use was made after the Marine Corps had coo-,
ducted exhaustive tests of various trucks, had care-,
fully compared data as to performance and reliability,
and after it had had an extended experience with1
more than 4W Nash Quads in actual service.
This means that from now on Nash trucks go wherei
ever the Marines are sent, to bring up munitions and
supplies, and to do all the various hauling tasks for
these famous fighters of Uncle Sam.
Sash Tracks One-Ton Chassis, St 650; Two-Tot,
. Chassis, 12250s? Nash Quad Chassis, $3250
These trucks will be
displayed by the F. A.
Raehl Motor Co., Lin
coln, Neb., during the
Fair.
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can wtth Naah Perfected Vahre-ia-Head Motor
NASH SALES COMPANY
(WholetaU Distributors)
Tenth' and Howard Streets, Omaha, Nebraska
HAYWARD-CAMERON MOTOR CO., INC,
2043-5 Farnam Street Phone: Douglas 2406.
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