THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE:' OCTOBER 19, 1919.
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W. T. Metcalf of Sookane. Wash.,
arrived in Omaha last week after a
rather remarkable trip with his EN
gin Six sedan. Mr. Metcalf, accom
panied by his wife, made the trip
from Spokane to Omaha in exactly
nine days, a distance of nearly 2,000
miles, without a mechanical adjust
ment of any kind and no trouble
whatsoever excepting two. punc
HARD SURFACE
ROADS IS NEED
t
OF THECOUNTRY
Odell Shows That Highway
System Would Supply
86 Per Cent of
- People.
It is possible to build a hard-surfaced
, highway lystem of 50,000
miles, so located as to serve" directly
46 per cent of all the counties of
the United States and indirectly 4l
per cent of all the others. For an
annual expenditure of $100,000,000
hardly $1 a person per year this
fundamental road system could be
conjr-leted in 12 1-2 years, and it
would serve 87 per cent of the total
population of the United States.
Such is the statement of the United
States department of labor.
"The growing needs of the coun
try demand that some such compre
hensive highway system be con
structed,' says R. S. Odell, vice
president and general manager of
the Odell-Hamilton company, repre
sentatives in this territory for Mack
trucks.
Must Have Foresight.'
"In the past there has been too
great a lack of foresight on the part
of road builders. They have lacked
vision to foresee the requirements
ot even nve years ahead. A road
built today must be built, not with
the idea of present traffic, but that
of 10 years in the future.
"The growing need of the day is
for transportation. We have simply
got to provide it. We cannot stop
it, and the sentiment of the coun
try will not tolerate any handicap
of our transportation system.
"With each year the railroads are
becoming more and more inade
quate. Motor transportation is a
growing economical necessity, a
fact that is being recognized more
and more each day as motor trucks
are called upon to handle traffic that
the railroads cannot accommodate.
Need of Good Roads.
"Estimates prepared by engineer
ing authorities show that the United
States could afford to spend $1,
230,000,000 on a hard surfaced road
system of 50,000 miles which would
serve directly and indirectly 87 per
cent of the population of the en
tire country. Not only would such
a system be an economic asset that
would pay for itself many times
over but its construction would
provide work for many thousands
of people for a number of years,
and in that respect alone would
have a great business value to the
country in general.
"War increases business to re
place the great losses of destruc
tion; but the development of a na
tion in times of peace provides t,, t0 piay,offer sufficient proof of
more normal and healthy market thiSi but ust the same T cannot
JU muur ""V"-1 , ' l. " u5 Uuite agree with him. To be sure,
made a stabilizer of business m4 U,i,. , ,ifr. .t wlin arm
equally good drivers the one who
plays his approach shots closest to
the pin has a decided advantage, but
that is not always the case in com
petition. All Strokes Important.
Our own experience has been that
no one stroke is more important
than another, and we will briefly
state the reasons for this belief. We
feel that a fine drive is equally as
important, for example, as a fine
second or a good putt. At Pitts
burgh during the amateur, the writ
er lost to Woody Piatt because he
hooked his tee shot into such a lie
that he never had a chance to play
his second. y .
On the other hand Woou, Piatt
followed up a fine tee shot with an
equally fine second. All of which is
fairly good proof that the drive is
important. We think so hecausewe
lost that hole and the match on ac-
Spokane Man Drives to Omaha In Auto
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tures. Road conditions were not
good by any means, considerable
mud being encountered and other
places being very rough. Mr. Met
calf has worked out a rather unique
idea of his own with a view to avoid
ing the crowded hotel conditions
now existing all over the country.
Before leaving Spokane he had a
special spring mattress made to ex
actly fit the car. By putting this
on top of the front and rear seats
he made a very comfortable bed,
thereby having a comfortable place
to sleep enroute.
- Mr. nd Mrs. Metcalf left this
week for Los Angeles via their El
gin Six sedan.
industrial conditions.
"A well planned national highway
system is a necessity, and as soon
is the nation can eomolete the olan
conditions will force putting it into
operation."
Most Important Stroke In
Golf Is Next One to Be Played
Ouimet Refutes World Old Argument That Second
Stroke Overshadows All Others of Game Cites
Personal Experiences in Big Matches as Proof-
It All Depends on Circumstances of Match.
By FRANCIS OUIMET.
Nearly every golfer is constantly
claiming that one stroke or another
is the most important in competi
tion. This argument generally set
tles down to the relative merits of
the mashie and the putter. For
many years the putter was, be
lieved to,-be the club which won
matches and there was proof abun
dant to substantiate this. Of late
years the mashie has had its fol
lowers. Their claim was that its
mastery decided tthe issue.
Several years ago we had a dis
cussion with a friend on this very
subject which golf stroke is the all
important one. He was of the view
that the second shot, the one played
to the green, was the most vital of
all. Certain matches every golfer
Harley
-Davidson Closes
Racing Season With Victory
At Sheepshead Bay, N. Y., last
Saturday, the Harley-Davidson car
ried off the honors by lowering the
50 and 100 mile track records; also
winning the two 10 and 25 mile
events. This victory is a fitting
climax for the season's racing for
the Harley-Davidson team who car
ried off the honors at every impor
tant race of the year, winning at
Ascot Park, Los Angeles; Denver,
Colo.; Marion, Ind.; Grand Island,
Neb.; Balitmore, Md., and ':he Can
ada to Mexico run
IT IS a great satisfaction to us
to observe the almost in
stantly favorable impression
of those who are driving the Lib
erty for the first time.
We make it a point to invite
them as we invite you to look, ,
during the first ten minutes, for
- the distinct and superior differ-
ence in the way the Liberty rides
. and drives.
They invariably find as you will
find that this difference is not -merely
the expression of enthu
, siastic users, but an actual fact
which makes Liberty perform
ance a delight.
OMAHA LIBERTY AUTO CO.
WM. McCOLLOM, Gen, Mgr.
1914.16 Douglas St Douglas 3483.
OBERTT SIX
count of a poor drive. But let us
assume Flatt had bungled his sec
ond (which he did not do). Im
mediately the argument that the
second . is the all important shot
would have splendid backing and
proof.
Advance Figuring Difficult.
The other day I played with a
friend of mine. We were at the
twelfth hole, which called for a
drive and pitch. His second found
a trap, while mine was on the green
about 20 feet from the hole. Under
such conditions any. golfer would
instantly say that the second shot
on that hole was the all-important
one. But wait a minute. Here is
what actually happened:
Playing out of the trap, my on
ponent's ball landed on the green
and rolled into th cup for a three.
Quite as easily, my third failed to
hole and I was defeated on a hole
which looked for all the world like
mine.' Figuring in advance on the
all-important shot is most difficult
One is able to do so far better after
each hole and match is played.
Little Room for Doubt
Against Chick Evans at the ama
teur we were all even going to the
thirty-sixth hole of our match,
Playing that, my second was sliced
into a trap te the right of the green.
Chick hooked his second and it came
to rest just off of and to the left
of the green. Playing mv third
from the trap, I laid it seven or eight
teet from the hole. Chick s approach
shot ran 15 feet past the cup. That
third shot of his was the all-important
one for him, while mine proved
to be my putt. As I managed to
run down that putt it simply gave
more ammunition to support those
golfers who claim putting is the all
important part of the game.
So goes the game of golf. So it
will ever continue to go. Each
stroke has its supporters with am
ple proof that it is the all-important
one of the game. But when all the
facts are in, when every argument
is presented, there is little room to
doubMhat each shot is as important
as theother and that the next one
to be played is the all-important one
in every match.
Copyright, 1911. Sol Hetzfer.
From the Metiger Newipaper Servle,
Union College, Schenectady, N. T.
s Cleaning Spots.
Grease or oil spots on clothing
may be cleaned, if they have not
been allowed to stay too long, by
sprinkling the spot with talcum
powder, which should be well rubbed
in. iier me zirst layer is ruooea
into the cloth sprinkle more pow
der over the spot and let the gar
ment stay for two or three hours.
This gives the talcum a chance to
soak up "The grease. Then brush
the spot briskly with a stiff brush
and usually the offending stain will
depart. It is important to apply
this treatment while the spot is
fresh.
Removing Dents.
The amateur mechanic is often
puzzled as to how to remove a
dent from a tank. Solder a tire
valve to the filler cap and then
pump air into the tank, meanwhile
tapping lightly around the edges of
the dent with a leather mallet. The
pressure of the air in the ank will
push the dent out even with the rest
of the surface with the help of the
mallet taps.
This Battery Pointer
i , May Save You Trouble
' "Don't be too generous with the
distilled water when, you're putting
it in batteries," says Elmer Rosen
gren of the Nebraska Storage Bat
tery company. "If you are, you're
likely to do just as much harm as if
you neglected to put any water at
all in.
"Of course, water is necessary, but
the idea is to put in just enough to
replace the amount that has evap
orated. If you put in more, you're
getting into trouble in two ways:
you're weakening the battery and,
worse than that, you're taking the
first step toward rujning your bat
tery box.
"If the water remained in the bat
tery as water, there would be no
chance of damage, but it doesn't
It mixes right -in with the acid. '
"Consequently, if your battery is too
full, the acid begins to slop out at
the top with the first hard jolt and
keeps spilling little by little until
the damage is done. This acid is
strong enough to eat through wood
or iron, and will take the wooden
bottom right out of the battery box.
"You'll aidesteo a lot of trouble if
you remember, when you add dis
tilled water, to stop as soon as the
solution rises to half an inch over
the tops of the battery plates."
Sprague Starts Strong
Distribution Campaign
The Sprague Tire and Rubber
company this week began a strong
distribution campaign in Colorado,
Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Utah,
Washington and Oregon.
J. W. Francis, formerly field rep
resentative for Goodyear, is west
ern manager, with headquarters in
Denver, and Max C. Brodskv is
northwestern manager, with- head
quarters in Seattle.
Branch houses will be opened in
Seattle and Denver within a few
weeks.
A. R. Clark, formerly with Fisk,
becomes Sprague district manager
in Missouri, starting Monday.
Ponder Greer of Dallas, Tex,
will become southern district man
ager. . ... I
The company has aeveiopea a
comprehensive sales co-operation
and advertising campaign, which
will be inaugurated in newspapers
and magazines in the early spring,
i
Gauge Glass Cutting.
Thr.ar owner is often puzzled to
make a clean break of a glass cylin
der, such as is used on gauges of
various sorts. A simple method of
doing this is to twist a section ot
light resistance wire around the
glass at the point where it is desired
to be cut. Ihe enas ot tne wire musi
he connected to two binding posts
and these are then connected with
the line circuit. When the current is
turned ,on the wire becomes hot and
heats the class, which is then
plunged into cold water. The result
is an even iraciure at me uesncu
point.
Garage Cart.
The car owner who does consid
erable work in his own garage will
find very helptul one ot the little
two-wheeled carts that he used to
make perhaps when he was a young
ster. These "vehicles" consist simply
of a bottom piece, and the ends of
which are two casters, a board with
an upright at the bottom to hold on
whatever is being carried and the
handle, which may be as long as
desired. For carrying around a bat
tery or a heavy part these little
trucks arc inyaluable.
Spring Compression.
A convenient dodge for holding a
valve spring in compressed position
is to compress the part in a vise
and. then catch it with a fine wire.
It is easy now to put the spring
into position, after which the wire
may be cupped and pulled out.
P
AC
No matter what kind of an accessory you are
looking for, be it Automobile, Truck or Tractor,
you will find it at Kopac Brothers. For your con
venience we maintain five stores: Omaha, Nor
folk, David City, Columbus, Schuyler.
Trucks, Steam Shovels, Concrete Mixers, every
thing in Paving Machinery. Republic Tires,
r; Distributors White Trucks Norfolk, David City,
.' - Schuyler, Columbus, including all of Central Neb.
BROTHERS
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Sixteen Years Old
And Even Horn Toots
On This Aged Ford Car
A rear tonneau door, two-cylinder
touring car, manufactured by
the Ford Motor company in 1903
the year of the company's organiza
tion and in use since that time, is
still "on the job." It is an eight--horsepower
car, has a 78-inch wheel
base, a five-gallon gas tank, and is
owned by A. C McCarthy of Port
land. Ore.
Ot course, the Ford isn't exactly
possessed of the latest lines, and it
is beginning to wear slightly, but
mechanically why, even the aged
brass horn works. The machine is
now being driven on business trips
through Oregon and Washington by
McCarthy, who doesn't expect to be
in the market for a new Ford for
some years to come, since he's
kinda got acquainted with the old
one.
Cadillac Distributors
Hold Big Convention
The Cadillac factory at Detroit
was last week the scene of a large
convention, attended by Cadillac
distributors from every part of the
United States. The "Intention of
this meeting was to stimulate sales
and service. Talks were given by J
the leading distributors on their
sales methods and policies of service
to Cadillac owners. On Wednesday
evening a banquet was given by the
factory at the Pontchartrain hotel.
According to a wire receiveeV by
the local Cadillac agency from J. H.
Hansen, president of the firm, ship
ments of Cadillac cars are again be
coming normal; in fact, one day last
week 125 cars were shipped to dis
tributors. Naturally it will be a
considerable time before all the cars
which have been sold are delivered,
but, quoting from Mr. Hansen's
wire, "Existing conditions with re
gard to production look very favor
able." The Omaha Cadillac agency
is hoping that by December 1 all
orders which have been placed by
customers to date will be filled. It
will be some time, however, before
orders from Cadillac cars can be
taken for "immediate delivery."
' Using Hand Pump.
In the use of the hand tire pump
the average motorist makes the mis
take of pumping in short, quick
strokes. , The proper method is to !
pull the handle up all the way and
then force it clear down to the bot
tom of the pump. This gives th
benefit of the full volume of air.
ana the longer strokes are much
less tiring than the short, jerky
ones. i
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STEPHENS
Salient
Sir
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is trikinfly mtnifnt ot
which catch the atten.
tie at McV'-ffthtv
tonn Motor Wb
MoUmJIUnUt
Acfcrfeu FraJt
THE beautiful,' fashionably long, low lines
actually precede the latest ideas in fine
automobile design and place the Stephens '
'Salient Six among the leaders of fashion.
Possession of a Stephens Salient Sis com
pletely satisfies the increased desires and de
mands of present day purchasers. It gives the
individuality, the excellence and all the finer
motoring qualities that are in accord with the
highest standards of dignity and good taste.
The deep, rich, minor-lustre, non-fading
color finish of the Stephens Salient Sis retains
its initial beauty and splendor through several
seasons of use.
Stephens Salient Sis' appointments include
many niceties that the better judge of motor
cars will at once appreciate.
Reserve your judgment until you have seen
the new "80 Series" of the Stephens Salient Sis.
Inspection and demonstration are invited.
Mid-City Motor & Supply Co.
YM 2216-18 Farnam Street Omaha, Nebraska ( g
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Safe to Buy
Buy Wisely But Buy Now
This little message, sent out by the U. S. Government, carries a'
"straight tip" to the man who is alert and watching conditions ,
The Oldsmotile Truck is a "wise buy" because it is
A STRONG PRODUCT, BUILT BY A STRONG COMPANYj
Twenty-two years of experience are back of this truck.
Specifications like this: 35x5 Goodyears Pneumatic Cord Tires,
Torbensen Internal Gear Axle, Electrical System for Starting, Light
ing, Ignition and Warning and a 4-cylinder Valve-in-the-Head Motor
are not found in all trucks.
Good judgment says "BUY NOW." , . ,
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Company
920 Locust St., Des Moines, la.
Chas. A. Tucker,
Gen. Mgr.
2555 Farnam St, Omaha, Neb.
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