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SUNDAY BEE: NOVEMBER 9, 1919.
MOBBYDGRDTSRE
FOR TRUCKS HAS
saving mm
Meets-Eight Requirements in j
Which, the Solid Tfypks
' Were found to Be
' Lacking.'
Officers Have New Mounts
TK Pneumatic Truck Tire.
In 190$, the development depart
ment of the Ifciited States Tire com
pany commenced an investigation of
the possibilities of a. pneumatic
truck tire. In 191Jhey experintented
with many casings, endeavoring .to
pet the most perfect tire. And in
July, 1911. the first pneumatic truck
tires in the world were mads at the
Detroit) plant ofthe United States
lire, company, r
These tires were placed on' a Reli
ance truck belonging to the Detrpit
iaciory. mis oia penance irucK
has been running on "Nobby" tread
tires since that day and giving satis
factory service at the Kitchener
plant of the Dominion Tire com
pany, the Canadian subsidary of the
United States Tire company. The
truck is now on a tour of 5,000 miles
throughout the United States, hav
ing been in Omaha the early part of
last week "enroute to Kansas City.
First to sense the need fo a pneu
matic tire for trucks; first to supply
that need; througti experiment, de
velopment and Improvement, first to
incorporate every betterment in
pneumatic truck tire construction
the ''Nobby Cord" truck tire of to
day is the result and ' holds the
place of "first" among pneumatic
truck tires.
Air Cushion Needed. ,
A decade ago the engineers of the
United States Tire company looking
forward to the truck tire of the fu
ture, could "feel" the coming trend
of the pneumatic type. Producing
solid truck tires at this time, the ex
perts could see their deficiencies ' in
certain classes of truck operation as
well as their excellence in others.
The goal of the United States Tire
company was to produce for truck
owriers a tire thatvould meet at
least eight requirements, in which
the solid type was lacking.
1. t.Ms operating expense.
S. Increase In 8ped meaning an en
largement of tt hailing radius.
S. Reduction In mechanical repairs and
vibrations. '
4. lmeri-nno In vasoline consumption.
t. ' Decrease In nil consumption.
S. Greater traction. , .
7. Elimination of breakages.
5. Less dpreclation.
Every one of these requirements
has been achieved in the "Nobby"
cord truck tire. ,
The motor truck is a business in
vestment. It must produce a profit
and the more work it is capable of
doing the greater this profit will be.
With . the pneumatic tire equip
ment the earning power of the truck
is enlarged because these tires give
greater speed, convenience, safety
of i cargoes, less vibration, more
mifeaze per gallon of gas and less
oil consumption.
All of these , advantages of the
nnpttmatir ttri are1 fart nrnverl' rtv
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owners.
Every tire user, especially one who
knows that phenominal mileage on
one tire in an isolated case means
absolutely nothing; but when an en
tire-set renders 15, is, yes, in
some instances 36,000 miles.
proves something. It proves tha
all "Nobby -Cord" pneumatic Truck
Thires are made . to stand hard
usage. . . i'.'- ;-i
Cleaning 'the Muffler.
In cleaning the muffler, after the
part has been disassembled and the
parts cleaned with kerosene, it is
well to go over all the holes de
bisrned to break up'the ga& with a
!r -te1 m..i .... '? f s&.
rIAXWELL TRUCK
MAKES BE CORD
GrMONG TOUR
Like the U. a. Hrmy btJixaard equ p..;ciit tor Omaha's tinest.'
eran Officer Trapp leaving on an emergency call. .
vei-
tiharp punch or fine taper reamer,
to make, sure that these holes have
not been reduced in size by the ac
cumulations
bom
of burned oil or car,-
Riding Comfort and
Less Grief Features
'. Of Milburn Electric
Automobile owners and dealers aU,
agree that to the average motorist
the greatest appreciation of the
motor-car com.es from its comfort
able riding qualities and its. ease1 of
operation,. .. .
It is a well known fact that the
ordinary car owner is not a me
chanic; he understands little about
the ine points of an automobile en
gine and he has but few opportu
nities ,' to indulge .in any grest
bursts of speed.
"here is no motor car made as
easy to drive, as the modern electric.
Two operations in the electric and
you have reached the same sta'te of
progress as with 13 operations in
the ordinary gas car. There is no
possibility of onfusion, of doins
the wrong thing at the wrong time.
Accidents, many of which are caused
by irresponsible drivers stepping on
the accelerator instead of the braka
pedal are impossible in the electric
car. ,
The controls follow the motions
which instinctively are natural to
the -human body and any sudden
excitement only intensifies this in
stinct. Very little difference in the
simplicity of actual operation be
tween different makes of electric
cars is perhaps noticeable; on the
other hand the degree of aecesi
bility of the batteries, grease and
oil cups and such other parts as
require attention varies' consider
ably as do the riding qualities, of the
different electric cars viiow on the
market. The fact that more Mil-
burn Light electrics have been sold
during 1919 than all other electrics
put togetlier is convincing evidence
of the trend of public opinion.
Honors Old Tires That
. Did Him Good Service
How- conditions have changed
with regard to tire performance finds
an illustration in the case of Hope
Brewer ot Athalmer, is. C Not so
many years ago tires. were anathemi,
nd few words of praise came their
way. Nowadays tire users find so
much satisfaction in their tires that
they are continually boasting of
them to their friends. Mr. Brewer
is so proud of two United States
nobby treads "that gave him good
sej-vice that he has hung them up in
his garage as trophies of many
years of pleasurable motoring.
(On one of these tires Mr. Brewer
got a mileage of 18,850 and on the
other,, 19,700. The mileage record
was noteworthy, but not so much so
as the number of years they gave
service. The tires were part of the
equipment : of a car which " Mr.
Brewer bought in .1912. One of the
tires "ran' until the end of 1918, and
the other has just ended its useful
ness. ' i .
Nobby treads are a favorite tire
in many sections, especially where
joajds j.renone Mtoo good.
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Auto Club Notes
I
- ueorge a, .narnson,' one ot the
members of the Omaha Automobile
club, found it interesting during the
louring, sea'son to make a note of
each rflitomobiile front outside Ne
braska!, or Iowa, jotting down the
rani! oi the state as he noticed it.
I He hatfpened to see nearly 100 cars
trom u dirierent states and his cas
ual check makes it evident that au
tomobile tourists .visit Omaha frdm
the four corners of the .country.
His list of number of cars ob
served from different states is as
follows: Maine, 1; Vermont, 1;
Massachusetts, 4; Connecticut, 1;
New York, 6; New jersey, 2; Ohio,
1; Florida, 1; Alabama, 1; Missis
sippi, 1; Louisiana, 1; Tennessee, 1;
Indiana, 2; Michigan, 4; Wisconsin,
1; Illinois, 8; Minnesota, 4; Sduth
Dakota, 3; Montana, 1; Wyoming, 3;
Missduri, 7; Kansas, 9; Oklahoma,
3; Coloracjo, ,5;vOregon, 1;' Cali
fornia, 11; Texas, -4, .
Overloads, Muddy Fields, or
. Slippery Hills Fail to
Stop This Sturdy . .
Truck.
The lightest, lowest , priced one
and one-half ton entry in th na
tional motor truck development
tour which ended at Milwaukee sev
eral weeks ago after traveling over
,3,000 miles through the six richest
farming states of the middle west,
made the best average for consump
tion of Rasoline, oil. and water, ac-
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iwiuuiK iii x1. j. isiuugu, sates man
ager for Western Motor Car com
nanv. It traveled .the sameroufirh
roads and carried its share of the I high as 17 miles tothe gallon of gas
overloads from soft fields A the pvhich is ,as good ast he coitimptton
Cleaning Brass Castings.
Brass castings may .be cleaned "of
greasy deposits by boiling them in
potash or lyc :: 1 v ':. 5 ' " s "
Cards on the Table
You can't make anystorage battery last
forever that's a fact. -
You've got to keep it filled with water
and test it, just like a tire has to be kept
filled with air, or4t will cost you money.
Some day if you have an ordinary bat
tery it'i awe to have to bere-insulated,
no matter who made it.
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. uur. n you u Duy a rvmara oariezy
with Threaded Rubber Insolation, youH
get clear away from thebiggest cause of bat
tery troubles.' The insulation will probably
last as long as the plates. , N -
Drop in and ask us any question you can
think of. We're here to give you the kind of
helD. service and advice) that make friends.
Nebraska Storage Battery Co.
20Uand Harney. Phone Tyler 2920.
, "I think this is indicative of a
widespread touring habit that will
iasten itself upon motor car owners
in this country and which has a big
significance for Omaha,' he writes
to J.,' L. Haskin, secretary of the
Automobile x club. "The gypsy in
all of us can be responded to when
we Jake a car outfor a vacation, and
extended and snort tours will be
fashionabje in this country and in
crease rapidly asthe good roads are
paved. J "
Francisco. With the completion of
the river road and" the county high
way"paving 'a"family can take a va
cation run from, say, Chicago, to see
this part. of the country and spend
a good part of a week running out
from Omaha daily to such points as
the balloon and dirigible post pf thJ
air service, old rort Calhoun, the
kite farm, etc.. and spend each night
in Orfiaha. . Tour-to Omaha' wTtl be
good advice eventually to motor va
cationists." ,
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Cadillac President
1 Locks Into Next Year
"One of the reasons why so many
people are disappointed in getting
the things they want and need, is
that they do not prepare," said R.
H. Collins, president of the (Zadillac
Motor Car company, in discussing
the motor car outlook for 1920.
"The fact that I knew I would want
a rifle n November, caused me to
order it last spring. As a result, I
was" not disappointed. IT got , the
rifle when Iwanted it ' .
"Neither the Cadillac, company
nor its distributors want to be
placed in the position of disappoint
ing so many people as were unable
to provide themselves with our cars
this year.
."It may be remembered . that a
year ago, immediately following the
armistice, this company announced
that it would resume normal pro
duction of motor cars as rapidly as
conditions would permit. At the
same time, we expressed our belief
that it would not be possible to
build in 1919 all the Cadillac . cars
the world .Would want. V,
"The prediction was well-founded
as many people can testify. During
the last few months our distributors
have been compelled to decline
many orders for motor cars, dimply
because the forehanded buyers had
already placed orders sufficient to
absorb the year's production.
"It aDoears now to. be reasonably
certain that the same conditions will I
obtain next year. Undoubtedly the
Cadillac's war record has measura
blv heightened the pubjic's appre
ciation of the car, which means that
the Cadillac market is much wider
than heretofore and even before
the war it never was fully supplied.
We can do no more than present
the facts as we see them."
Why Distilled Water Is
Best for the Battery
Cutting ordinary water in a bat
tery is a good deal like putting dirty
ice in a refrigerator. Once or twice
may do no harm, but the trouble
piles' up and everything happens at
once. ' .
. "When a storage battery is built,
says Elmer Rosengren of the Wil
lard Service station, "it has in it all
the elements necessary to insure sat
isfactory " operation. Nothing can
get out of it except the water that
evaporates, and nothing can get into
it unless it is contained in some
torm in the water that you add.
"If the water that you put in every
week or so to make up for the
amount that evaporates contains
ever so little iron in any form or
other substance this will remain in
the battery. A little more is put in
each time, and soon there is enough
to interfere with proper action, and
your battery wears out much more
rapidly than it should.
"If distilled water only is added
there is no chance of foreign sub
stances working their way in and
consequently the battery plates will
give better and longer service.
Tops.
Mohair tops should be cleaned fre
quently by dusting off and brushing
briskly with a stiff brush. On the
other hand, pantasoote tops kre best
cleaned with a soft brush dipped in
water in which a'little ammpnia has
been placed, after which the top
shoujd be rubbed dry. Panta
soote curtains may be treated in the'
sm way. Do not use gasoline or
kerosene to clean the tops.
other participants. The truck was a
Maxwell. ' ,
A stock of one and one-half ton
trucks was taken from production
-wUTTout preliminary "tuning up" and
placed in the long demonstration
tour jn competition with the best in
America. It traveled some of the
worst roads in , the country, over
plowed fields and in .country lanes,
at times hauling many hundred
pounds in excess of its rated capac
ity aydtnade a remarkable record.
The Maxwell came through with
out the need of mechanical adjust
ment and the big 35x5 pneumatic
tires which carried the truck looked
at the finish as though they had not
1een run' over 100 miles. 1 - .
Records available show that, the
Maxwell averaged slightly under 13
miles' to the galron of gas, over 1,200
miles to the gallon of oil, and 383
miles to the gallon of water.
"These gas and oiL records which
I understand were from one to five
gallons hfgher than the average, are
good under the most favorable con
ditionsX' said Mr. Clough, "but I
consider them exceptional when it is
considered that the truck carried
loadsof potatoes out of soft fields
to market, hauled stacks of wheat
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irUIIl I1C1U IU T1IIC311CI, 11UI11CU UVttf
loads of milk from farm to shipping
points, and otherwise demonstrated
its usefulness tinder all conditions
to all the needs of the American
farmer. Over smooth stretches of
urairie road the Maxwell "made as
ESSEX MAKES NEW
RECORD ON MOTOR
' CAR PRODUCTION
Starting ,less Than a Year Ago
thei 20.000th Was Turned
i Out Last Month.
What "-Ins been hailed y engi
neers as the greatest production rec
ord in tlie history of the automobile
Industry was. completed on Monday,
October 27, when the 20,000th Essex
motor was swung from the engine
assembly line 'to the test block in
the Hudson factory in Detroit.
The event marked the finish of the
1919 Essex motor production pro
gram six weeks ahead of schedule
time. Asn the motor settled into
its cradle on the testing block, more
Jhan 17,000 Essex cars were actually
in service in the hands of their own
ers in, "all parts of the world.
' 1 Only On Paper.
And, yet less than a year ago, the
production lines on which these cars
have been assembled existed only onJ
paper, while the machinery entering
into their manufacture had not yet
been' purchased. The jjssex design
had been perfected and siibniittcd
to every conceivable test for. more
than year previous to this date,
but plans Sor its production had
been brought to a sudden stop by
the war.
So when the armistice was signed,
new equipment had to be purchased
and installed and material collected
before manufacture ' could begin.
Nevertheless the Essex was in pro
duction in December of last year
and early in January cars were be
ing shipped to distributors and deal
ers. OA January IS. the Essex was
introduced to the public and its suc
cess was instantaneous.
Luxury and Endurance.
"Built to the highest quality stan
dards, the Essex combined the lux
ury, performance and endurance of
the most costly cars on the market
with the utmost economy of opera
tion," said Guy' L. Smith, local
dealer. "It filled a real transporta
tion need. From the very first it;
wonderful performance held the at
tention of the motoring world.
Traynor Delivers Ail '
The Cars He Can Secure
"It is impossible to keep cars on
our sale rooms floor," says Lou J.
Traynqr,v Cole 8 dealer. "We are
delivering all the factory can fur
nish us. Open cars, roadsters, clos
ed cars, anything at all.
, "We recently delivered two very
pretty jobs- in the city "of Omaha,
one seven-passenger finished grey,
to Thomas T. Warren, a bond iTiid
investment brokan, and a, five-passenger
; sport model to J, 'A.
Wh'alen," i . -
Auto Is Changing '
All the Habits of the
Farmers for Buying
"In nearly every community, rjr
matter how small; the local busi
ness men admit that the autoniobib
is rapidly changing the buying
habits of . the rural public," say
Walter S. Johnson, Stephen dis
tributor of the Mid-City Motor Sup
ply company. '
v "Time was when a farmer who
could not find just what he wanted
at the corner 'store was ompellcd
to take what.he could get.-for horse
flesh was slow, and the distance
was long to the next towo. Bp:
the automobile arrived and Earuier
Jones found that he could drive v
miles in less time than t had once
consumed in traveling five miles' '
Rccardlpss nf rlietnnrp In- 'stens r'l
her' and goes to ths town; that offc:
him most for hist money."
"The result has been a reorgsnte: -v
f tion of . the corur sfore tin ever,
community. Where once was a mis
cellaneous collection of goody- ff
unknown value, a regular citv stor
with the latest and best known
goods has taken its place. Thr
storekeeper has become a mer-
VIIDIIli -
1 Advance Rumely company of La
jPorte, Ir.d., will build for the niar
Cet a one and one-half ton model
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the engineer. '
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Tested 256,000 Miles
Three-Ppint Cantilever Springs
Greatest Improvement Since
Pneumatic Tires :
OVERLAND 4 has been put through trie
most horough and severe ,test possible.
" 250,000 miles of mountain trails, desert
sand, heat, cold, mud and dust, demon
strated -the quality of every' part of the car
long beforewe began manufacturing.
': This remarkable test showed conclusively
that Three-Point Cantilever Springs, exclu
sive with Overland, are the greatest imprdve
ment in riding comfort since the- introduc
tion of pneumatic tires. -" y
They protect the car from road shocks
and prolong the life of every part.
greater comfort under all road conditions.
They do away almost entirely With side
sway and rebound which twist and rack the
car. i
Diagonal attachmenf of the Three-Point
Springs at both ends of a 130-inch Spring
base gives the steadiness and smooth riding
of the heavy car of long wheel base.
Equipment is complete from Auto-Lite
Starting, and Lighting System to Marshall
Divan Spring Upholstery. '
Come in and see this Car. Ask for
Booklet. Overland 4 Touring, $845; Road
ster, $845; Coupe, $1325; Sedan, $i35j
Prices f. o. b. Toledo. Price subject to change
' without notice. .
a -1111 ft
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VAN BRUNT AUTOMOBILE CO. Council Bluffs
Omaha
S2-4 Frnm St.
DUtributor Western Iowa and Eastern Nebraska.
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