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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE; JANUARY 11, 1920.
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RUN AROUND THE
MONEY BELT TO
BE 2,500 MILES
Motor' Truck Reliability Con
test to Be Monster Event
Omaha Bee Is
Praised.
';' 'Headquarter of the f!rt national
motor truck reliability contest were
at the Hotel Astor, New York, dur
ing the national motor truck show.
Th Chicago headquarters during
the national show in that city will
be at the Congress hotel. Charles
; P. Root, general manager; S. P. La
Due, residential manager, and F.
Ed Spooner, promotional manager,
were present at New York and will
be at the Chicago headquarters.
This, the first great national mo
tor truck reliability contest ever held
in America, has attracted the atten
tion of the truck makers of America
as nothing in the way of a contest
has ever done in the past.
Omaha Bee Praised.
Expressions of appreciation have
, been given the Bee Publishing com
pany of Omaha and commendation
has been general from several score
makers. All have asked to be post
ed upon progress made in the pro
motion and many have offered to as
sist in any way possible in the work
of preparation for this contest In
quiries for full particulars have come
from every section of America.
There is now every indication that
the entry list will be larger than
was expected when the general plans
tor the run weje discussed with Vic
tor Rosewater, publisher of The Bee,
who became the underwriter of the
event.
Sanctioned By A. A. A. ,
The rules and entry blanks for the
motor truck contest were prepared
by Charles P. Root, and submitted
to the contest board of the American
Automobile association, which issued
sanction for the event. The route of
"The Run Around the Money Belt"
will be approximately 2,500 miles to
be covered in 25 days of running
with resting periods over three Sun
days. VVhile a tentative route has been
prepared, this is not thoroughjy set
tled upon, and changes may be made
after the trip of the pathfinder some
time in, May. The great farming
section of the middle west will be
covered, and the value of pneumatic
tires will be demonstrated, as all
trucks participating must be fur
nished with this tire equipment. It
is in the territory that will be cov
ered by the run that the greatest
market for the motor truck will be
found for many years to come. It
was for this reason that the Omaha
Bee became interested in the promo
tion of this contest, offering a
splendid trophy for the event.
During the current 12 months
$375,000,000 will be expended on
road improvements and maintenance
of roads in the United States.
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Douglas Motors Is
First to Make Entry
In Big Truck Contest
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The Douglas Motors corporation
of Omaha, manufacturers of Doug
las motor trucks and passenger cars,
made the first official entry, in the
first national motor truck relia
bility contest, which will start from
Omaha sometime in June, 1920. This
entry was made January 5 by
George Christopher, president' of
the Douglas Motors corporation.
In speaking of this truck contest,
Mr. Christopher expressed a belief
that it would do more to promote
the motor truck industry than any
thing which has been staged up to
the present time. Mr. Christopher
feels also that this demonstration
will be the fairest possible means of
testing the performance of the vari
ous trucks which will compete for
the trophies.
The Douglas Motors corporation
feels that it has an excellent chance
of winning the trophy in the divis
ion which they have entered. The
Douglas is a western truck, built to
serve the gruelling test to which a
truck is subjected in this territory.
The first entry of the Douglas
Motors corporation is a ton-and-one-half
truck. It is quite possible
that they will enter two other trucks
later.
Predict Big Sales Year
For U. S. Rubber Company
The annual sales convention of
the. United States Rubber Co.,
Omaha branch, ended last Monday
evening with their annual banquet
at the Omaha Athletic club, where
department managers and salesmen
to the number of 70 gathered. The
evening was spent in real fun for
everyone present. All salesmen of
the various lines who travel in all
states west of the Mississippi, ex
cept the three coast states, were
there to tell of the year to come.
This sales convention was conceded
by all present to be the most suc
cessful the Omaha branch has yet
held from every angle, and if what
these salesmen said means anything
at all, their record during the com
ing year will make last year's high
score look small.
This Man Finds His Ford
Car Good Rabbit Chaser
Recounting his experience with
his Ford car, George Ambler, De
troit, Mich., tells the following: "It
was in July this year. My wife and
I were over in Canada. Traveling
one morning at 2 o'clock on the
road between Ridgetown and Lon
don, the glare from the headlights
blinded two fat rabbits who re
mained in the direct path of the car.
I promptly picked them up and.
Oh, boy! how we enjoyed our rab
bit dinner."
This is just one more achieve
ment credited to "the universal car."
Classes for the teaching of trades
to provide workers with opportu
nity - for educational advancement
have been started in the Wheeling,
VV. Va., high school. Industries are
supporting the movement, which is
backed by federal, state and city aid,
and the classes have been indorsed
by the labor leaders.
STEPHENS
Saliert SiiC
Worthy of Its Name
Salient in ValueSalient in Service
The surpassing excellence of all
its qualities, features, and acts of
performance is proof of Stephens
"Saliencj."
In the Stephens Salient Six you
can possess, enjoy and take pride
in the beautiful, comfortable, lux
urious, Stephens hand-built bodies,
a Salient Value.
From the powerful and economi
cal Stephens engine though rated
at 25.3 H. P. (S. A. E.) actually
develops 57 you get a
Greater Service.
In addition to its
salient power and econ
omy, the Stephens
engine is a modern
"That is salient which
is strikingly manifest "
or which catches the
attention at once."
WEBSTER.
low-grade fuel engine, which burns
the lowest grades of gasoline with
out lessened performance.
That's not all; its great reserve
power makes the Stephens a
Salient all-around road performer.
It delivers speed, endurance,
flexibility, hill-climbing ability,
smooth ricjing and quietness at
their maximum. (
Altogether, a Salient Vatoe
Sakent Service, that
insures the height of
motor car satisfaction.
Arrarfge to see and
ride .in the Stephens
Salient Six.
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Mid-City Motor and Supply Company
2216-18 Farnam St Phone Tyler 2462
Birch, Motor Co., 327-29 W. Broadway, Council Bluffs, la.
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Manufactured by Stephens Motor Works of Molint Plow Company
Contracts Signed for
Big Sale of Douglas
Trucks In South
The Douglas Motors corporation
of Omaha has contracted with J. M.
Alhla of Shreveport, La., to act as
distributor for Douglas trucks for
that state. Mr. Allala' has contract
ed to sell a minimum of 150 trucks in
Louisiana. It is expected that these
trucks will be placed largely in the
oil fieldsjof the south.
A contract has also been made
with Portis P. Shaw of Little Rock,
Ark. The contract provides for de
livery of 150 trucks in 1920 to Mr.
Shaw. '
These two contracts bring the es
timated business so far contracted
for 1920 to nearly 1,000 Douglas
trucks and it is expected that this
amount will be more than doubled
within the next 60 davs. The fac
tory of the Douglas Motors corpora
tion at Thirtieth and Sprague
streets is working full time and will
continue quantity production.
Why It Took Three Years
To Build Paige Motor
The new year for the Paige-Detroit
Motor Car Co. has been .mark
ed by the the addition to its varied
line of passenger cars of several new
models built on a new light six
chassis and equipped with a new
Paige motor that has been just an
nounced. Among these new mod
els are the Glenbrook, a five-passenger
touring car; the Lenox, a three
passenger roadster; a five-passenger
four-door sedan and a four-passenger
coupe. Commenting on these
new features of the Paige line, Pres
ident Harry M. Jewett says
"The war has taught American
manufacturers many valuable les
son sr In the past three years, for
instance, we have developed an en
tirely new conception of precise
manufacturing in large scale produc
tion. The Glenbrook, our new five
passenger touring car, as well as the
other models built on, our new light
fix chassis, is a striking example of
his practice. The scrupulously ac
curate methods that were applied to
delicate government mechanisms
are now producing every unit of
these cars.
Truck Shortage Prospect
Looms Up for Season of 1920
"A truck shortage in 1920 is pre
eminent," asserts O. A. Wilson of j
Andrew Murphy & Sons. "At the '
present time we are unable to se
cure a sufficient number of two-ton
trucks to supply the demand. We
are 21 orders behind on two-ton
trucks and if the situation does not
clear up very rapidly, this number
will increase with the selling sea
son. It is rather unusual to be
oversold on any model at this time
of the year.
"The Republic factory ! turning
out about 300 two-ton trucks i
month, which represents about one
third of the demand for this mode!.
No relief is yet in sight and on ac
count of the material situation,
there is no possibility of relief un
til June. We are still able to make
deliveries on the other models ow
ing to the fact that we stocked them
very heavily during the earlier win
ter months. However, a few weeks
of good selling weather will put us
in bad shape so far as the other
models are concerned.
Roos to Open Branch In
Lincoln for Motorcycles
Victor H. Roos, Harley-Davidson
distributor goes to Lincoln this
week to open a branch retail store,
having taken over that territory
in a. retail way recently.
The expansion of Mr. Roos' busi
ness has been very marked in re
cent years, additional room being
added several times as well as new
departments and high class sales
men. Mr. Roos' latest finds are Mr.
Spalding, who is to promote the
new automobile tire department and
Mr. Weston Cutter, who is promot
ing the sale of motorcycle commer
cial outfits and who has to his credit
a great many Harley-Davidson com
mercial car sales in the last few
months.
Hundreds of Thousands
Unfilled Orders for Fords
According to information from
the home office of the Ford Motor
Co., Detroit, their unfilled orders are
continually increasing and have long
since ceased to be reckoned by the
thousands, but are now a matter of
hundreds of thousands, and the
present demand is not being met.
Already Ford dealers in those
states where winter brings a slight
decline in the number of sales are
advising prospective spring purchas
ers to buy now. Nothing but real
orders will bring cars to their ter-
ritory. Southern dealers - and the
foreign demand will otherwise con
smp j&f. tntirs utput, '
Missouri has one motor tractor to
every 40 farms.
There is one motor car to each
200 persons in England.
There are 2121 automobiles regis
tered in ToWo, Japan.
The use of spotlights on motor
cars is forbidden in Canada.
Ohio has a total of 552,650 motor
vehicles registered for 1919.
The first $1,000,000 motor truck
Gasoline in several of the Euro
pean countries costs as much as
$1.50 a gallon.
The first taxies appeared in New
York City in 1898, and steam, was
used as motive power.
Roads for motor use in Mexico are
in bad condition and little is being
done to improve them.
Milwaukee is experiencing an ex
tensive construction of buildings for
the manufacture of automobiles.
The production of automobiles
ranks third among the great manu
facturing industries of the United
States.
Motor trucks distribute 12,000,000
gallons of gasoline daily to supply
motor vehicles in the United States.
Police authorities in Brazil keep
a record of all careless automobile
drivers through a sort of Bertillon
system.
The Ohio Automobile Trade asso
ciation, with 1,300 members, is con
sidered the largest of its kind in the
country.
Most of the automobile thefts in
Indianapolis have been traced to
boys between the ages of 17 and 22
years.
The expenditure for highway im
provements this year throughout the
United States is approximately $3.09
per capita.
The speed limit has been increased
from 24 to 30 miles an hour by the
new automobile laws in the state of
Pennsylvania.
For immediate delivery of seven
pieces of motor apparatus, the fire
department of Erie, Pa., closed a
contract for $75,00(1.
The king and queen of England,
accompanied by Princess Mary, at
tended the opening of the motor
show recently held in London.
Automobile races at the Tacoma,
Wash., speedway during 1920 will
be for a purse of $25,000. The long
event will be 20 miles.
The number of automobiles sweep
ing over the highways through
America's national parks during
1919 is 95.140 as compared with
55.926 in 1917.
Three million pounds of rubber,
sufficient to manufacture 330,000
average automobile tires, arrived in
this country from the Island of
Sumatra.
Nine motor parcel post route
were established during the last year
by the United States government in
Washington for the delivery of food
stuffs. .
The latest French car, which
weighs no more than 1,000 pounds,
shows 40 miles on gasoline, 1,000,
miles more on oil and considerably
over 10,000 on tires.
About 10 per cent of the 80,000
miles of highway in and about New
York state is improved under the
state and county systems.
The value of motor cars stolen
throughout the state of Pennsyl
vania since January 1 totals $3,83,
367, representing 5,223 vehicles. Six
teen hundred and twenty-one were
recovered.
The largest truck ever made is
now used by T. F. Cathcart of At
lanta, Ga. It is 26 feet long, U'A
feet high and has a loading space
of 835 cubic feet. Unloaded, it
weighs 11,050 pounds.
With the present progress of
road building it will be possible to
cut 33 1-3 per cent from the cost of
freight transportation in the United
States through the use of automobile
trucks within five years.
Wood wheels are seldom found
on the latest European cars. They
have been replaced by the steel
spoke the steel disc, or the wire
wheel. All these wheels are of the
detachable type" with clincher rims.
A record-breaking run of an
automobile was recently made from
Pittsburgh to Detroit. The 376
miles of distance was made in 12
hours, which time practically
equaled that of express train serv
ice for the same trip.
Garage dealers in Clinton, 111.,
have installed a nickel-in-the-slot de
vice for supplying air and water to
motor vehicles. For five cents a
driver may, obtain enough air to in
flate his tires and enough water to
fill his radiator.
Before the European war Great
Britain, Germany and France con
trolled the motor market in Latin
America, but the American auto
mobiles and trucks are now selling
rapidly owing to their durability and
attractiveness.
"America's Main Street," as the
Lincoln highway has been called,
will soon be duplicated in Canada.
Definite clans have been formulated
for the organization of an associa
tion along the same lines as tne
Lincoln Highway association, and a
pledge was made to construct a
great transcontinental road from
Halifax to Vancouver.
Analysis of the mortality figures
in the state of New York concerning
automobile accidents shows 9,000
out of 10,500 were killed as a result
from carelessness on the part of the
pedestrian. Of these 3,000 were
among persons crossing the streets
from the middle of the block, and
by far the greater number of the re
mainder were of children playing in
the streets.
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TOU)P
Comfort
Beauty, power, and comfort are masterfully
combined in the Auburn Beauty-SIX.
The Imprint of creative designing Is to be found every
where in this beautiful car. Its graceful lines imbue It
with Identifying individuality. Its appointments and
fittings establish new standards of elegance.
The Auburn power plant Is the consummate achieve
ment of twenty years, successful automobile engi
neering. The secret of Beauty-SIX comfort lies deeper
than ample riding-rom, quality upholstery, and
adequate springs it is found in perfect chassis balance,
eminent roadability. ,
Auburn Fire-Pawengor Sedan, $2775
Auburn Four-PaMenge-r Coupe, $2775 Au
burn Five-Pawenger Touring Car, $1T95
Auburn Four-Passenger Tourster, 91795s
Auburn Two-Passenger Roadster, $1845.
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EVERY HOUSEWIFE SHOULD BE AN EXPERT PURCHASING
AGENT. SHE SHOUD KNOW HOW TO BUY AS WELL AS THE
MERCHANT KNOWS HOW TO SELL. SHE MUST READ ADS.
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It is a simple matter to find out why the
Republic is the fastest selling motor truck.
You can quickly get the answer among the
merchants, manufacturers and cartage
companies right here in our own city.
We shall be glad to show you the records of
local owners, or to put you in touch with
them directly.
You will do well to investigate at first hand
the quality of low-cost service that has
established and keeps alive the preference
for Republic Trucks the world over.
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. Andrew Murphy & Son
Distributors
Omaha, Neb. Sioux City, la.
