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BOOST ELECTION
OF GOODYEAR TO
"HALIOF FAME"
Efforts to Secure Recogni
tion of Inventor Who
Discovered Rubber
. Vulcanization.
An effort to secure a place fn the
Hall of Fame for Charles Goodyear
the Inventor of the process of vul
canization on which rests the whole
rubber industry today, will be made
this year by leading figures in the
rubber wot Id.
Elections to the Hall of Fame take
jlce every five years, and 1920 is
one of the years for making selec
tions. Col. S. P. Colt, chairman of
the board of directors of the United
States Rubber company, has already
inaugurated a movement to bring
the claims ot Charles Goodyear to
the attention ol the 100 electorswho
will vote on candidates, and as a
firsV step has written a letter of
formal nomination to Robert Under
wood Johnson, director of the Hall
of Fame. .
The claims of Charles Goodvear
have been brought to the attention
of electors st past elettions in an un
ostentatious way, but rubber had not
attained, even so late as the last
election in 1915, the place of import
ance in American business it holds
today. In 1914 the total production
of rubber goods in the United States
amounted to only $320,000,000. In
1918 the output was nearly four
times as great, $1,122,000,000.
' Discovery Was Accident
Goodyear's discovery of the vul
canization piocess is one of the ro
mances of the history of invention.
-Oi.e of the reasons why he is espe
cially entitled to recognition is that
he understood clearly the import
ance of the results he was seeking
to attain, and though he finally by a
mere accident discovered the solu
tion of his problem, it was not acci
dental that it was he who found the
solution for he had devoted his en
tire energy to the subject for years.
Though born in, New Haven,
Conn., Goody,ear spent much time in
New York City and in var'ons
towns in Massachusetts. It was in
Woburn in the latter sta.e wue
some rubocr fell accidentally from
his hand upon the top of a red hot
stove that he learned that the appli
cation of heat was the one addi
tional element needed in the solu
tion of the problem. So intimate was
his acquaintance with his subject
that the change produced in the rub
ber by its unexpected contact with
"Run Around Money Belt"
Will Traverse Greatest
Farming District in U. S.
Results of the First National Motor Truck Relia
bility Contest Which Starts From Omaha Next
June .Will Be Worth Thousands of Dollars to
Manufacturers of Machines Entered. '
Results of the First National Mo
tor Truck Reliability contest which
is to be run out of Omaha, with a
return to Omaha, next June will be
worth thousands upon thousands ot
dollars to the manufacturers of mo
tor trucks throughout the United
States. The "Run Around the
Money Belt, as Jhe contest has
come to be known, will traverse
that creat farming district in which
the manufacturers of motor trucks
will transact an enormous amount
of business in years to come.
Introduction of the pneumatic tire
has been a boon to the farming and
business communities of the great
middle west io fact, it is claimed
that the pneumatic tire has ac
complished more for the motor truck
than was accomplished for the
bicycle away back in the early
90's. Pneumatic-tired farm trucks
enable the farmer to make use of
motor-driven vehicles for every
purpose.
The National Motor Truck Relia
bility contest will be limited to
trucks, of every, size up to and in
cluding three and one-half tons,
using pneumatic i tires. Interest of
the farmers In trucks so fitted will
be shown in every town and city on
the route of the tour. Farmers will
the run. They will watch the prog
ress of the contest as reported in
their home papers, and will hot be
given an opportunity to forget the
contest later, as moving pictures
will be taken throughout the nearly
3,000 miles of the route and will be
exhibited at all points where the
farmers will be able to see them.
Thus the run will live in memory
for months following the actual
passage through a district.
Skeptics along the route will be
convinced of the efficiency of the
pneumatic-tired motor truck. The
general plan of the first national re
liability contest was outlined in this
way to The Omaha Bee, which
quickly undertook the underwriting
of the event fbr the good of the in
dustry in general and which offered
The Omaha Bee trophy for compe
tition. This will be the main trophy
for the event, but there will be oth
ers for the different classes.
The American Automobile asso
ciation, through its contest board.
realized the value of the contest, and
issued its sanction, and Omaha or
ganizations, including the AutomO'
bile club, the trade association and
Chamber of Commerce, gave their
approval and are assisting in every
way., within their, power to give the
event prominence for the general
ONE AUTOMOBILE
FOR EVERY TWO
FAMILIES 1921
More Than 7 1-2 Million Cars
In Country for 1919 Gain
Of 26 Per Cent Over Previ
ous Year Statistics Show.
come from miles around to see the good of the motor truck and for the
vehicles and to learn particulars of I city of Omaha, its sponsor,
the stcve was recognized by him as
of vital importance.
Inventor Was Poor.
Large sums of money had been
invested and lost in rubber manu
facture before Goodyear brought his
process to completion. Goods that
looked all right were made up, but
cold weather made them stiff and
brittle and in summer they became
soft, and decomposition in hot
weather gave them an offensive
odor.
Goodyear was born December 27,
1800. In 1834 he began his rubber
experiments, but it was not until-the
spring of 1839 that the stove incident
occurred. His process was not-fully
perfected until 1844. He received the
grand medal of the world's exhibi
tion at Paris, the great council medal
of the exh bition of all nations at
London, and the ribbon of the Le
gion of Honor from Napoleon III.
He died at the old Fifth Avenue
i QuaUtqGoesCtearTkroui
" TOUUHQ CAR
'
No matter how impressed you may
be with your Dort when you pur
chase it you have a far higher opin
ion of the car six months or a year
later
Jt is when you look back over the
jdaily record of its service for a Ion
period that you completely appre
ciate the value of your investment
.4
tThe finest qualities of the Dort re
veal themselves only in actual serv
ice. Ifmaintains its even perform
ance and riding comfort.
It registers the same high mileage
per gallon of gasoline and quart of
oil month after month
It stays "tuned up and sweet run
ning. That is why the Dort stands
o well with its owners v
hotel in New York in July, 1860.
Death found him insolvent and his
family heavily in debt. Though he
mnde no foruine for himself great
wealth has come to many through
his invention;
Douglas President Returns
From Chicago Auto Show
George Christopher, president
and general manager of the Doug
las Motors corporation, returned
Thursday :rom Chicago, where he
attended the automobile and trac
tor shows. He was accompanied to
Omaha by R. C. Greth, director of
sales and publicity in the southwest
ern states for the Douglas Motors
corporation Mr. Greth formerly
held a similars-position with the
Cleveland Tractor company and has
been given the credit for putting
over that tractor in the great
southwest. .
' Cheer up, Mr. Strap-Hanger,
you've got a seat coming. And not
very far off, either. Maybe just a
year hence. According to the pre
dictions of statistical experts, there
will be one automobile to every two
families in the United States bv
January, 1921. If you are not a
member of one of these families
there will be room in the street
cars.
Statisticians 6f the B. F. Good
rich Rubber company, who have just
completed a count of the motor vehi
cles of America, are looking forward
conservatively to 10,000,000 cars in
1921. This means aproximately one.
car to every 10 persons, or, figuring
three and one-half persons tp a
family, one car to every two house
holds. Your chances of having a
car in the family are therefore 50
50 one in two.
The Goodrich count on automo
biles and trucks now in operation
is based on official figures from
every state in the union. The rear-
- Titration of motor vehicles for 1919
was1 7,555,269 and for the year of
iyi was 023,605 an increase of
i,3.ji,o04 a gain of 26 per cent. The
increase of 1918 over 1917 was 23
per cent
All dealers and motorcycle regis
trations have bjen carefully deduct
ed. Ti figures present the first
complete authentic report.
The registration by states for
both 1918 and 1919 and the percent
age or increase in eacn state tollows
Texas Dealers to Visit
Omaha On February 20
Louis Kibbe, of the Kibbe Trac
tor and Implement company of Dal
las, r Tex., has written George
Christopher, president and general
manager of the Douglas Motors
corporation, to expect at least two
Pullman carloads of Texas aealers
in February. An excursion will be
run from Texas to Omaha and the
Texas dealers will arrive in Omaha
February 20. They will visit in
Omaha for two days. ,
Siste. ltlS.
Alabama I 46, m
Arizona 23,875
Arkansas ....... 41,458
California 137,878
Colorado 80,000
Connecticut .... 84,903
Delaw&r. ' 12,855
Florida -. 47,059
zGeorgta 09,160
zldaho 32,282
Illinois 889, 135
Indiana 227,160
Iowa 285,000
Kansas 189.691
Kentucky 66,884
Massachusetts .. 193,497
Louisiana 39,760
z.Mtchigan 261,527
EMalne 44,572
zMaryland 78,14
z. Mississippi 40,000
Missouri 187.646
Minnesota 203.727
Montana 51,050
Nebraska 176,370
New Hampshire. 24,904
zNew Jersey 154.V70
New Mexico 16,893
Nevada 8.160
N. Dakota 71.887
zNew York 457.924
zN. Carolina 72,300
zOhlo 417,400
Oklahoma 120,400
zOretron 66.607
Pennsylvania ... 393,972
Rhode Island.... 30,595
S. Carolina ' 65,400
zS. Dakota 88,131
.Tennessee 66,000
Texas 250,201
Utah 27,204
Virginia 72,228
Vermont 22,650
zWashlnRton ... 119,905
W. Virginia 38,600
Wisconsin ". 198,844
Wyoming 16,160
Pet of
181. Ino.
2.000 34.8
29,000 21.6
49,450 19.8
441.101x30.6
112,135
105,419
15,006
68,263
134.826
46,862
478,450
277.265
362,000
228,326
87,764
250.800
60,000
146.218
61,334
104.353
s;ooo
244,167
285,719
59,300
197,300
30,006
192,000
23,030
9.305
72,885
600,000
106,125
&M;500
161,300
79,762
414,485
42,000
67,981
102,701
80,00
330,100
35,144
94,100
26,806
177,666
60,203
238.360
21.372
40.2
24.2
15.8
23.8
36.0.
45.1
23.0
22.1
27.0
20.4
83.2
29.6
25.8
32.4
15.2
33.6
20.0
,30.1
'27.0
16.2
12.6
20.6
24.0
36.3
14.0
1.7
81.0
46.8
22.5
25.8
19.8
6.2
17.3
22.7
19.1
23.8
31.0
29.2
30.3
18.9
48.1
30.1
21.1
82.3
Total 8,023,605 7,666.269 16.0
Denotes states In which registration
(or last few lays of December bad to be
estimated
The race between New York and
Ohio for supremacy in number of
registrations. has turned decidedly
in favor of New York the Empire
state leading by a comfortable mar
gin, the percentage of increase, too,
being greater.
An analysis of the figures disclose
that five states have more automo
biles and trucks registered within
their individual confines than the en
tire continent of Europe. These
states, 'New York, Ohio, Illinois,
California and Pennsylvania, have a
combined registration of 2,445,556
30 per cent of the entire country's
registration.
The state of Washington super
sedes Maryland in the distinction of
having the largest per cent of in
crease. Maryland's 1918 increase
over 1917 was 82 per cent, while
Washington comes along with a
48 per cent gain over 1918. -North
Carolina runs a close second, 47 per
cent in place of its 50 per cent in
crease in 1918 over 1917.
The figures reflect that the auto
mobile industrythe third largest
in the country is in an era of al
most limitless expansion. .It has
converted those with pessimistic
views of the future of the internal
combustion engine as a means of
vehicle propulsion into genuine op
timists. It has forced nation, state
and county to establish good roads
building campaigns in equal stride
with the trend of motordom.
Automobfle Notes
From All Over the
Motoring World
Parent! Motors company of Buf-
taio announce tne adoption of Cam
eron air-cooled motors, and will ex
hibit completed jobs at the Buffalo
Automobile show March 1. Th
company plans to produce 5,000 cars
aunng y
Darwin S; Hatch, editor of Motor
Aare, Chicago, one of the oublica.
tions of the Class Journal company,
died January 20 at his home in Chi
cago of pneumonia. He had been
editor ot the Chicago publication
for abou nine years, having suc
ceeded C. G. Sinsaboueh when the
latter resigned-to become editor of
Motor.
Goodyear Tire and Rubber com
pany, Ltd., of Canada will increase
its capital stock from $3,000,000 to
$30,000,000. The present preferred
stock wil' be retired. Earnings of
the canad an company have grown
from $yi,U7U to $13,976,349 vearlv.
Goodyear also announces plans for
big extensions at the Akron and Los
Angeles plants of the company.
H. E. Selig has been promoted by
the Republic Motor Truck company
to the position ot assistant sales
manager. He was head of the credit
department, the promotion beinsr re
turn for' faithful service since the
start of the company. W. R. Tom-
lin, assistant of Mr. Selig for many
years, succeeds him as the head of
the credit department
Henry Fournier is dead. He re
sided in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Paris.
Fournier is noted in America
through having brought the first mo
tor-driven bicycle to this country.
He rode exhibitions throughout
America at as high as 5J(X a mile
lor many months and proved a real
sensation through his daring on
small tracks, doing as high as 40
miles an hour on the 10-tep track in
Madison Square Oarden, New
York. Fournier was at one time
bicycle champion of France and
Touring Ctf -. . .
Roadster . .
Fourseason Sedan
Founeaaoo Coup
$ MS
985
1535
1535
P. O. B. Pmctory
s Wire Wheels smd spare tires extra
TOOZER-GERSPACHER MOTOR CO.
DISTRIBUTORS
Omaha. Nab,
2211-13 Far am St.
Dca Moines, la.
907 TsnUJ St.
Raapke Motor Car . Co.,
24th and Harney 5U.
Omaha Retail Dealer.
OmaJia Ante Show March 1 to 0.
The New "Six" Motor
Reo's Latest Achievement
A finer, yes jnucli finer motor, is part of this year's Reo. Something that
has been in the making since before the war. Now it is ready and If s a real
improvement.
The Sedan and Coupe models have always been favorites among city folks
because of the excellent equipage and the absence of mechanical trouble.
This new engine means an even greater success.' Greater efficiency, less
noise, less trouble. To a man or woman familiar with 'the Reo these improve
ments will mean a car as nearly perfect as man can build it.' ' ,
We Will Be at the Omaha
Aito Show Will You?
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Make our office your headquarters while in Omaha. Whether you
handle Reo's or not you are welcome.
A. A. Jones Co.
Hastings, Nebraska.
Distributors for Southern and Wetter
Nebraska. .
Jones-Opper Co.
Omaha, Nebraska.
Distributors for Eastern and Northers
Nebraska and Western Iowa.
Europe. He took up motorcar rac
ing after his American circuit of mo
torcycle exhibitions and vfon, the
classic of France, the Paris-Bordeaux
race of 1900.
W. H.' Fahrenback, a well known
lawyer of Cleveland, has been elect
ed first vice president of the Curran
Detroit Radiator company. A. F.
Thibodeau, vice president of the De
troit Refrigerating company, has
Been elected to the Curran company
board of directors, and also to the
position of second vice president
E. T. Curran; president of the com
pany, has plans concluded to estab
lish in Los Angeles a factory for the
manufacture of the radiator and will
shortly make a trip to the Pacific
coast for this purpose.
"Ifrank J. Mooney, veteran adver-
t!ino man ha ininrrl the Walter F.
Ziramer company. "Mr. Mooney has
long been with Theodore F. Mac
Manus. Inc.. inininor the latter or
ganization after many years as ad
vertising manager of the Hupp Mo
tor Car company. Mr. zimmtr is
ranirllv eatherintr into his oreaniza-
ttnn manv Varlira in th advertising
agency held, v
C. Arthur Beniamin. known for
years as sales manager of the H. H.
Franklin company and later of the
Alco comoany. is how sales and ad
vertising manager of the Argonne
Motor Car company, Jersey City.
The company made an exhibit at the
Commodore hotel, New York, dur
ing the national show. The Argonne
is a custom built car listing at
$4,500. It will be seen in a private
exhibit at one of the Chicago hotels
during the national show.
TELLS TALES OF
DRIVING GAR
OVER HOLY LAND
British War Correspondent
With General Allenby In
Palestine Sings Praises of
Sturdy American Auto.
W. T. Massey, noted British
journalist, now recording the prince
of Wales tour through Canada and
the United States, for the London
Daily Telegraph, was official war
correspondent with the . English
army, under General Allenby, which
wrested the Holy Land and Syria
from the Turks.
When telling of his experiences,
he says that ne "used a Ford in
many a journey from Beersheba to
Jerusalem and to Nazareth, Damas
cus and Alepp," and tbjit "in Al
lenby's final push, this trusty old
car took me more tnan 'kuuu mnes
in six weeks and I believe within
one year it traveled over 30,000
miles in a country where roads are
few, and these the worst in the
world.
"In the Sinai country it is very
sandy and it is quite a common
sight to see a Ford running along
with two rolls of wire netting se
cured to the foot boards. When the
car gets to a place where the sand
is impassible, the driver unrolls th
netting over the roadway andthu'
an easily passable wire road is co
structed; in fact in some parts of
the country permanent wire road
have been made and over these th
car runs along easily and smoothly,
at 30 miles an hour.
Mr. Massey also stated that the
Ford played no small part in help
ing "to deliver the Holy Land and
Syria from the Turks," and that hit
"old 1080 Ford was the most won
derful car in. the war." So highly
does he regard the merits of the
Ford car that he has asked permis
sion to address the men of the
Ford factory, who make Ford cars,
to tell them his experiences and
thank them for their good work in
building such reliable motor cars.
He expects to visit the Ford factory
on the day the prince of Wales vis
its Windsor. ' .
Annual Meet of Douglas
Stockholders Next Month
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Douglas Motors cor
poration will be held at Omaha
Tuesday, February 10. There are
now 98 Douglas Motors stockhold
ers, and it is expected that a large
and enthusiastic crowd will attend
this meeting. The Douglas factory
is working full daytime capacity.
Leaking Valves.
The first hint of leaking valvei ia
a hissing sound in the cylinders
when compression occurs. The best
method of following this clue is
simply to turn over the crankshaft
slowly, listening meanwhile to deter
mine the location of the leak.
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