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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 22, 1920)
-if' 4 D THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: FEBRUARY .i .Of BILLION WILL BE SPENT' FOR GOOD ROADS THIS YEAR Stupendous Price Will Be Paid to Put Highways In Condi 7 - tion'for Luxurious Traveling. ' , A billion, dollars in a single year for riding comfort! -' That's the I stupendous RTice Amerifca is willing to pay in 1920 for that ease of riding available through road improvements." It's the amount of money that has been appropriated for the development of highways in . the United. States, during the.ensu- in? year.' - But America cannot hope to solve the problem of riding comfort with roid improvements in a year, or 20 years, because even this billion 'of dollars will improve pnly a small part of the nation's great highways. Overland a Sensation. ' Overland 4, the sensational new light car" of the Willys-Overland ' company' of Toledo, O., hjis . been hailed as "its own good roads movcj iient"; because of the urirJaralleled ricting omfort, made possible through its triplex spring suspen- 'snon over the roughest", of, roads. This car, which rides well on all road:', is now on "exhibition at the iui'o show. , The gool' roads program for 1920, five ami KiSf times as large as any 1 '' ; "Tfie Alley Garage v- ' 7 BURH-YOU MifrHTfrWEU-Y S.Ooo Mt-StuT ' ( V)P Af40 SHC'ec tffc-.y " I tap Your pocket-book J a- to euv J x V0J5j$ "Lftl y ' x- ' "feornif other tat V hXtoIT " v ArlOW MNV - ( e Srthte.TIMf AMP ( TtllMK ?VS " dg ed figures, becaifse of Its interest'in the ttiDvemfiit, which give a definite idea of the great cope of the 1920 program, from the bureau Vof roads, Unted Mates department Kt Agriculture, .it has received ... this itemized summary" of the funds which will be available for highway work during 1920.: ' . , Brought i forwad from un- s I finished work, 191 -con- I trnct $105,010,000 Funds available state and - county i&xca and federal aid 273,O00r0O .coriTbiiiation with Overland 4, wTthr ho'nd issues not before avaiiA in its new standard of ridine comfort nteans the opening of vast fields for the motor, car in bo'Lh business and . recreational lines. Those two fac tors mein the opctiing of vast sec tions jiow almost inaccessible to the automobile, a closer unicJii of x city and country . and the development ,of great cross-country highway projects, which -provided no- barrier f to Overland 4 m 250,000 jii.les of. t Q thfi Fedc.al Highway grujUng tests. . x cil, will increase the total.to Tm T An T-H4.A . . a 4 nnrx A. r A3 iuiua uuuaici n 1 , The Willys-Overland company is. ,a good roads booster. It has gather er Double" Drive Truck, company ;T of Chicago is considering removal ), (o Cadillac, Mich: The Chamber V ,pi Commerce in that eity has-cnter- tsincd men of the Chicago concern. . '. C. R. Smith, secretary of the Cham. ' . ber,' says that a tentative agree l '. nient has beeA signed and a com . itiittpe has been in Chicago to in- Mmiir a rAmni f lira Iv t tiaur (nnA 1 V: Cadillac is already the home of the Acmtf , truck and Kof-Ben V Wheel able '. 60,000,000 One-thlri unexpended balance, . . v gtnta anil fnimtif hntirl m11M . previously avnllahle 45,000,0ff' Available from now bond ls8Me.-100,QOQ,000, Total . . . i . . . . .'. J633,O00,OOO s The $6?3,00d,00 anntJViuceds ap propriated does not include the great volumeof smallvtpwnshjp and roau district appropriations, wnicn, in the opinion of H. G. Shirley, sec couu- nore than $1,0(X),000,000. Roads Saved France. , The gteat ( development xof. tlie gooHcads, movement, iost leaders believe, has come about s, a result of war lessons. It is 'gcneraljy con ceded that. France was saved by its rsaas. , J- . Wfllys-Ovelrland, co'mriiry with the Overland 4 and the new Willys Knight well equipped for its share of, the business that will result from the enlargement of the automobile field notonlj from - a production standpdint bu from ..the standpoint of ears designed and constructed for present-day needs. - ' . Western Motor Gir ' , Cbmpaiy Building On - Farnam, Is Cbmpleted 1 ' The new $500,000 home of the Western MtorCar company, Far liam, at the boulevard, is now com pleted and in readiness, to show their Enclosed Cars Are Now Being Built for Beauty and Strength Xie style " and appeafance of in closed cars must meet a two-fold test, since 'two' seemingly anlagon istic oualities must'be combined well known Maxwell, also Maxwell , the-'latest fashionid body lines and and International trucks,. Chalmers, Peerless and Locomobile lines to the public. N t ' " ; L A' beautifully decorated salesroom, large enough to display a complete line of cars and aeroplanes, when illuminated at night will rffake this ne of the, show places on west Far nam street. - The shop is completely equipped 'to handle repair- work of any na- vc, even to rebuilding any make 'of t$r. By- maintaining '24-hour service, offc piay leave their car at night and call the next morning ten find the car ready for use. "Storage' facilities considerably above par( offer you pick-up ancUjle livery .service, ' safe and careful drivers, insuring carefuT handling of youf car, with the Western Motor Car company assuming entire re, spQnibility without any wrangling for any damage to your, car while in- its care'. ' ( ; - 'A paint shop; etfmplete in ?very detail, employing only, experienced factory caintors, using the highest .gxade.of materials, turning out work a good taste. dt design which should be far longer lived tlcan one season. Naturally the purchaser ekpects in an inclosed modef to find those refinements of design and appear pearance which make a car distinc tive. But 1 "distinction. gained by odd body lines and radidal design should not be. confuted with the ele ments'of permanent good taste. (Particularly among inclosed cars is there need for a permanence of beauty, since cars of.that body type are not subject to change of ownership- as frequently as open models. With these" essentials in mindT Hupmobile body designers and mas- teh craftsmen 'have provided in losed cars 6f 'two type's-a five,pas- 'senger ' sedan and four-passenger coupe. - JL with the same beauty and luster they originally had when shipped from the factovy. , This new modern home will be open to -the nublic each afternoon and evening-the entire Week of the Auto. Show, March 1 to 6. y aaaaaa " . I ' ' ' "vOers PriIt I Latest News of the ' Automobile World From All the World v t By F, ED SPOONER. , R. Ward Macey, veteran amonff veterans, has become sales man- j agei- of the Zenith Metal cOrnpany,j Indianapolis, ot which trnest L. Jacoby is vice president.. , josepn seymour, -prominent as a driver of racing cars in early, davs of the Vanderbilt race on-Long Is-' land and at savannah, is now con-j.) neciea wnn ine wncjiesaie depart ment pf the L. H. ,Rose Chalmers company at ban rrancisco. 1 i . "Jack" Alspa-ugh of Cleveland representative of Motor for about 10 years, is reported to have joined the staff f the Class Journal com pany for whom, it is said, Jie will open an office in thar south. H. C. Bradfield of Detroit was the choice of the National Association of Motor 'Truck Sales managers as their executive Secretary. ' Had) Mr. Bradfield accepted1, the honor De troit would have been' the headquar ters, of the association. , i s i J. . Henry r Smith captured vthc Lafayette car for Chicago, accord ing to nnounce;menjts made by D. McCall White and E. C Hdward. Associated with "Mr. Smith will be Harold M. ' Plamondon. .-The new distributing company is now Peek ing a location. N . Fred M. Randall -company, ad vertising agency with offices in De troit and Chicago, have been re tained as advertising" and sales counsel by Dan A. Burke, Chicago. Mr. Burks was recently made presi dent and general manager of, one of the newer, large subsidiaries of the uenerSrl Motors , corporation, and "will shortly place , upon th market a ' complete line of motor cars, plans for which- have not yet been make known-to tne trade. Mr. Burke' has for many yj?ars been the Chicago distributer for Buick cars. . '' Announcement is made that Llod J. Bohan, who for the past three years' has" beej connected with Ihe Gurney-Ballbearing company, of Chicagovhas joined tne Torbensen Axle, company to act as sales rep resentative in Chicago and western territory. . i - ' There is coufirtnation now of the taking over of the CraneSlmplex company by the Mercer Motors company interests, but all facts are hot available. Mercer, with the Locomobile also under control of the Elmen S. Hare' interests," is gathering' together a mighty organ ization for the east. It takes a strong' position in the field of- higher-priced cars with the three lines. Henry Lansdale, at Jew York, first intimated that the Simplex had'-been added to the group. r - . Frank C. Miller, Michigan Vepre sentative of the Otis Steel company, Cleveland, Q.. vhose temporary of fice is at the HotcJ Statler, left for a trip-- to' the mills Saturday, January 31. ' 1 . , Head of Auto Firm , To Handle the New . ' Lafayette1 Car Here Blackbirds and Pussy -; Willow Herald Spirng -'Lexingtcn, Mass., Feb. 21,-A "flock of blackbirds, harbingers of an Uarly spring, was seen in. East Lex ington by Patrolman W. l-rankltn Fletcher ojf the Lexington police department. And the first pussy willows. of the season were picked by some of the ' iumfrou 4?.o' shoers. . . . , Record Price for Sow ' Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 21. All world records for the sale of pure strain sows are said to havebeen broken here a few days agojwh?11 "Fashiod Girl" brought $17,200 at an auction at the stock yards here. ' The ireviou record price, ac cording to hog raisers, was $6,100. Boston Doctors Indose . Universal Army Training Boston, Feb. 21. The universal military training bill now before congress was formally endored by. ever 4,000 doctors, all members of the. Massachatetts Medical society and the MassachasetU Horaoeptthic society, when the ocieti joint committeemen state and national legislation sent to the Massachusetts representatives in Washington tele grams announcing their action. s 1 IT'S BETTER TO BUY. A 4 For Its Comfort ?; .-if The delightful comfort with which five ,dult persons ride iri, the Cleveland Six touring car appealed to buyers everywhere. The wide, soft-cushion 5 seats, upholstered m genuine hand-buffed plaited leather, are cozy as cozy can be. And the Jow underslung spring construction; a feature of the Cleveland 1 vSixchassis subdues the road-shock' long: before it can.'reach the cushions. Marjy unusual qualities Nuch as these are ,- ; perienced in trie use of motor ars have &en : 'fest winning friends for the. Cleveland; Six. generous in their expression of approval an3 Among light weight sixes it stands out dis- - admiration for, the entire desim and rvW -tinctly; - ' . ' struction'of the Cleveland chassis Thl ' , v At alt the Prmciparautomob shows 'this-sevetalutiful stySTbody Wiedn f , season k has attracted extraordma crowds.- this one chassis, have metTateTrom : Mm ft-mprhflnifl intrrMtn . arA mn - s j , ... 1 U1 praise irom - - . , ....-.... ...l( tiucu ouu women amce, ' J -. '.v v Wken you see or drive ' the Cleveland Six, you want it. v touring Car Jf jie Pasenjerj $1385 ' Roadster (three Passen.ers) $13M Sedan (hv Pwaengen) y ? 13495 , Coupe (Four Passenjerlj $21W Llncolm, 1732-3 . O St, ADAMS MOfOR CO. Dutrfltutota Omaha, 242 Faniam . CARD-ADAMS CLEVELAND CO., RetaiT-iSale 2421 Farnim. 4QL4ftAI"'M O B COMPANY, V" CLEVELAND, OHIO Entries for the first -JJational Motor truck , reliability contest to start out of Omaha probably the first Monday in June, will close May I, according to General Manager Charles P. Root, who left Chicago Tuesday, February , to visit im portant points on the' 2,5.00-mile route, where arrangements to ac commodate the participants in the great . contest must , be made and 'where ehamblers of. commerce have asked for the visit of a representa tive of the contest.. Arrangements for the tour cover a mass of details all of which Mr. Root plans' to have done long before the start of the pathfinding trip in May. i J. E. Morehouse, whowas-"tnan-ager of the Detroit branch of the Scripns-Booth ATbtor Gar company, is no assistant to-William O'Neill, general manager of the Stromberg Motof Devjces company, Chicago, and will make' his home in the Windy City. W. MacKay White has disposed of his railway supply business, ini Chicago and - Iws been 'appointed' manager for the western states for the Colombia (Machine Works and Malleable Iron company of Brook lyn. . '.,- ' J' " 1 ' ;:.L---- ''L ' ; Harr Qaldwell received shortly after the annual banquet of the Na tional Automobile Chamber of Com merce the' offer of a theater, for show week of 1920 for the pr.esehtation of any pky prepared, by himself and Fred Dayton far the benefit of the people at the show. The playlet "Old King Colev made a-hit with( a theatrical man who was a guest of the evening. . C. A; Coey, veteran, has returned to Chicago's automobile row. after ato absence of five years spent vas a successful farmer. Thelure of , the motor car in business would not- dgyrn'and Mr. Coey v took on the- aistnoution ot tne lempiar cat, and is again in harnessi less debhair than of old as would be natural after five , years i of farming, but ready to once more makA his name' and business , nationally known. In easting round for a referee for the first National Motor Truckle- liability contest to be run ,out of Omaha next June Captain Eddie V. Rickembacker became the universal . i .i.-i .1. . nnoice ana mai ine capiain..jjnay ac cept tne rronor seems certain now. As-a referee , America's v Ace "of Aces has been a success at the In dianapolis 500-mile rice " and in other cjpntcts herdbn the Pacific roast.' . Charles E.v. Baker1, of the Baker Fisk. company, distributors ,oT Lib erty cars, is now-in southern Cali fornia. T4ie pagt commander of the Detroit Automobile' Dealers' asso ciation1 win fbere meet George Franklin, '.another past commander, who himself made purely pleasure trip ta-'the land of sunny Nsonthern California and,, fell in love with the land. Mr. franklin is general man ager of the Sectrrity'Anto company. Mr. Baker has had slripped.tr him for his use in ( California a sdan and will mal;6 quite a stay.' r- , R. C. Hupp, whose activities in Detroit had to do with ' the Hnpp Motor Car ' company, the R-C-H corporation aitd the? MonarchAuto mobile company, nas aesignerj a car which, he is, preparing to manufac ture. Mr. Hupp has not decided whether tlie car will be a fcrur or six cylinder and when that jdecision has been reached he will start manufact A 1' ;;&t YpV-A g Thanto Always Wih You Had Hi VICTOR, H. ROOS ' V i feftW' "2701-3-5-7 LeavenWorth 1 Street, :x RyrduwdlT x, ' W.. . . ; 0maha Ne' . j ' .. .- f t --- - - - $ v;r I''-, -r? meiAl W lS -VI - f fplil , ' VVi, .AH1BIT AT THE OMAHA AUTQ SHOW , " Bff! I imk A And have on display at our .new salesrooms a complete line H ' t I 5t of the new 1920 models. - ' 1 i J I Mm ' v Maxwell Peerless ' i ' , W ' ' HB0i ) Chalmers Locomobile I . J ' WlSi ' ' Curtiss' Aeroplanes if I C , ' Maxwell Trucks ; International Trucks fcl M " ' ' WESTERN MOTOR CAR COMPANY l v "i , Mm-A s Farnam at the Boule(var '11 - iPa THE .HOUSE OF EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE SjjI , ,- 6 ; L-r r i M I We can equip Patriot Trucks with any kind of body you want. MOTOR TRUCKS ' Whenever a prospective truck buyer's investigation! goes far enough r when he digs deep enough for real proof he nearly always chooses the ;. ' Patriot.,' V - - - i " " . ' Patriot Trucks are not sold on promises they aye sold on the unusual-, . v service records they ,a"re makjrig in the hands of thousands of users s v all over this Western Cototry. Before you select your truck it will"be . -' to your advantageo come to' us and find out-just whatPatriot Trucks ' are doing for others with similar haruling problems right here at honie. -x Patriot Trucks are designed and built for hard jobs rough work - ( severe service, v Thej' are sturdy, strong, tough. Plenty of power to, f plow right through mud, sand, drifted snow pbenty of power for " NBteep, slippery hills. If yours is hard trucking "job one that re quires unusual strength and4power and above-the-average economy and -r dependability, a Patriot will be your best investment. ' ' . . .-, ' You will find this drganization completely equipped to give. Patriot owners 'and Patriot dealers the highest type of service. We have had --j long experience in the truck business. We feel that we are selling :; the-best truckever Jbuilt for this territory and we are equipped to give 1 v prompt delivery and quick service. The, Patriot factory is located in . , Lincoln, Neb., within a fw miles of every Patriot owner in our ter- t -. ritoiy. This means a lot in these days of uncertain railroad transpor tation. N 'v" ' K i , - , - Come in and lejj us tell you the whole story aroout patriot. ' Omaha Patriot Motor Co; DISTRIBUTORS OF PATRIOT TRUCKS 2010 Farnam St. Omaha. Neb. I m uring, probably in the east