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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 16, 1920)
V.'. V"-!'v V 'W ' 1 . - r'"" - THP OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MAY 16, 1920. 3 C PNEUMATIC TIRE FOB TRUCKS CUTS DOWN UPKEEP ( v Permits Twice the Speed Wjth safety That Own ers Get, Out of the v Solid Rubber Tire. Pneumatic tires for motor trucks cut highway transportation 'cost in half by permitting twice the speed, with safety, that solid tires permit, i.i the assertion of, pneumatic tire builders. It is a1so4laimed they ex tend the life of the vehicle by pro tecting it from roadshocks and vi bration and save gasoline and oil by providing better traction at all times. These are a few of the arguments made for the pneumatic tire in the ' "Ship by Truck" movement by the most prominent engineers in the tire-building industry. With 'solid tires from 10 to 15 miles is the maximum speed attain able with safety and the average speed is little better than 10 miles per hour. The truck equipped with pneumatics may be driven at from 20 to 35 miles per hour, or at pas senger car speed. So skillfully are these tires made and so rigidly have they been tested . by the produoers that the truck oWner gets the maximum .service from pneumatics. An illustration of 4ow carefully these tires are pro duced is to be found in the heavy duty cord tire department of the Miller Rubber company at Akron. This company several years ago de- , ciding to produce truck pneumatics, built experimentaj heavy duty cords and placed them on trucks which were then heavily loaded and driven thousands of miles until worn out. Every, type of road was traveled every test and rough usage conceiv able was tried, and every perform ance studied by experts. When the tires had been worn fagged the fabric, cord and. rubber were care- , fully examined and when Miller went into production with the heavy duty cord tire the makers profited by the experiences gained in these tests. , Dr. Shaw Memorial . V I W'K f 'Mk&ff.C.SUMNET Probably no public. figure in the country, or in the worW, stands out before, people so whole, so self continuing, as does Dr. Anna How ard Shaw. She was in her life a great many things besides a suf fragist, she wasi a pioneer woman wage-earner; . she had blazed her own trail .to college; she had won her degree as a doctor of medicine; she had been a doctor of divinity; she had been a famous temperance lecturer; she was an advocate of the reform of marriage into a higher and liner socfal institution; and when she stood before the vast audiencft thai were Wont to hang exultantly on her words, those audiences got her intact. Usually fhe was speaking for suffrage, but always there was reflected from her versatile! capac ity that made her so many in one. The winning of, the franchise was never to her the end, it was but the means. Women had abilities. All avenues of expression must be opened to those abilities. . There wat a great world waiting to use them. Women must be freed from the crippling traditions that held them back from taking their right ful part in that waiting world so ran her simple creed, the while she earned wages, won degrees, ad vocated reforms, held the multitude in thrall by her eloquence herself the living proof oi all she claimed for women. ' 4 It is no wonder that she was a great leader, or that: in her death ' the thousands o( women who loved her in life sougfht to provide a memorial to her. At tWe Chicago convention of suffragists . it was voed to . establish a chair in pre ventive -medicine at the Woman's Medical college oi. Pennsylvania, and a chair in- political and social science at Bryn Mawr. Nebraska's, ouota toward these memorials is $5,000 and Mrs. H. C Sumney, Fontenelta hotel, Onaha, is charged with,the responsibility of collecting the amount, being state chairman for the fund. Voluntary contributions are already coming in from various parts of the .state and the full amount is anticipated by fall. ' ...... s .IV; . Little Things Are Really Big Ones for Auto Owner Improvements and refinements in motor cars, while they have come rcpidly, at the same time have been more or lelss gradual so that per sons who have driven cars for a few years scarce realize them. ' Take for example some' of the many things, smalt in themselves perhaps, but- big when measured by the extent to which thev relieve the X. . ., - i . . - ffi&xuctfficperAux THE popularity of the CheVr rolet "Four-Ninety" Coupe is well deserved. It has the lux ury, comfort arid conveniences usually associated with more expensive models. Itiseasytov handle and economical to main-v tain. The first cost is also low. CHEVROLET MOTOR CO. OF NEBRASKA RETAIL STORE 221$ FARNAM ST. OMAHA IB I IB " . I qpv I driver of the. necessity of constant attention. "Among the number, 'of these found in the Cadillac, may be mentioned the automatic leaning de vice on the carburetor, " which in sures a correct mixture under prac tically all conditions, and doing away with the hand' operated con trivance which demands personal at tention. , Another is- the liquid condenser in which water vaporized from the radiator is condensed and drawn back into,. the circulating system, making frequent replenishment un necessary. This condenser is espec ially valuable and enconomizing when alcohol is Used in the anti freeze mixture. Cooper Motor Company Has Bought Lincoln-Snyder Co. The Cooper Motor Company 'of Kansas City has taken over the bus ines of the Lincoln-Snyder Motor Company. The business ill be op erated at the same quarters, 2406 LeayenworthsJtreet. C. . Norris formerly of Kansas City will be general manager. E. Woodruff fori merly on the city sales with the Lincoln-Snyder . Motor Company I will be in the same position with the cooper Motor company, c u. Ferry manager of the service de partment with the old firm will still retain the same position with the new firm. r i T H. Cooler, president of the Cooper Motor. Company is also sec retary and controlling director of the Gary Motor Truck Company of Gary Indiana. The Cooper Motor Company is a branch of the Gary Motor Truck Company and handles eight states ffor the' factory. The Omaha house will be a direct branch of the factory the 'same as Kansas City, and will contr61 the entire state of Nebraska and part of Iowa. This .will give all Gary truck users direct factory service. u . j The Gary truck is. not new in this tcritory,. but a very active, campaign will be' instituted immediately by this branch to fully organize all the territory under its control. Wagons must carry lights at night in New York state. 1 mm Ti yia Kjyj i mi II iLUffUpiji An O'Brien-Davis-Qjad Rebuilt era ebBro THBR5 5EDAN 9 9 is a credit to our efforts in reclaiming used Dodge Brothers cars. All working parts havey been refitted or replaced with new most alf evidence of use, has been-obliterated through' our rebuilding'operation. We are proud of our ability to make the' Sedan both pleasing and serviceable to its new owner. It is really better to be safe than sorry in your purchase of a car. Making known to u jrour interest is to your a distinct advantage DBerSu&Dsss Auto Gi tlftAHX NEBRTj 1-tf-a FARMAM f TjP TYICA.ISJU ft DUNGCBLUFF5TIn 103 SO. MAIN STC .n m ifli y.., . L.. , Travel Transport Topics Conducted iy Goodrich Io spite of the combined efforts of an unaccommodating weather man and a backward spring, the roads leading from Omaha are gradually becoming more passable. Our latest reports are as follows: King -of Trials. To Sioux City Muddy, but pass able. Lincoln , Highway. Omaha to Fremont Military road west to Elk City. Go north to Ar lington atnd take bee line to Fre mont. ' ' V ' . . To North PUtte Wett but fair. To Grand Island Good. From Grand Island to - North Platte gratting two miles east of Cozad and two miles eastf Over ton, detour south to avoid grading. Detours good. Divide from Big Chapell good. ,- .Road to Red Oak, but passable. Upper Trail best. I Road to Oakland Muddy. Road to Plattsmouth and Ne braska City From paving to La Platte, grading is being renewed. O. L. D. Trail. 'To Lincoln Fair, but slippery. A ittle soft just north of the Platte iver. i iiL&35 i DyS.P.L&Duc Springs to la. Muddy, Blue Grass Among the stepSy taken for the further improvement of the Lincoln highway was an authorization for expending $15,000 for permanently marking the route from Omaha to New York. The directors estimated that not less than $11000,000 will be spent during this season on ira-J provements to the Lincoln high way. ; 1 Sheridan Auto New Member Of General Motors Group The Sheridan is the name of the new car manufactured at Muncie,, Ind., by the Sheridan Motor Car Co., of which. D. A. Burke is presi dent and general manager. This is a new division , ot. tne uenerai Motors corporation. This announcement clears , a de gree of mystery w.hich surrounded several statements made months ago when it became known that Mr. Burke had resigned from the organ ization of the Buick Motor Co. to take on a new line of work with General Motors. ; Mr. Burke was then in charge of the Buick business n the Chicago territory, including portions of five middle-western states. Before that time he had held several other of ficial positions with the Buick or ganization, i Demand fpr Lightweight Motorcycles Increasing; LightweigTit motorcycles are be coming increasingly popular.' For merly it was the tendency of motor cycle manufacturers to keep adding weight and power to the machines. However; with the introduction of the two cycle motor and the worm drive, the lightweight motorcycle has grown rapidly in popular favor. The leading exponent of the light weight motorcyle is the Cleveland, according to James Van Avery, manager of the Nebraska Motor cycle and Bicycle Co. of 624 South Sixteenth street. So sturdy and re liable is the Cleveland lightweight motorcycle that the United States government adopted it for dispatch service wfth the American expedi tioniiry forces and . thousands of Clevelands were used on the western front during the war. , The demand for Clevelands in Omaha has been very large., this spring and the Nebraska Motorcy cle and Bicycle Co. report greater Cleveland sales than ever before1, myself. ! Began as Foreman and Is Now High Executive , George H. Layng, manager of manufacturing of the Cadillac Mo tor Car company, has been appoint ed vice president and director of the company. - He will continue in charge of the manufacturing de partments. .'. Mr. LayngY connection with the building of Cadillac motftr cars be gan fifteen years ago in the single cylinder 'days, when .he entered as foreman of the chassis department. Marked mechanical and executive ability resulted in successive promo tions to the post he now holds. Dur ing the periiod of production diffi- j A nail V 90 to 10 it would havt punctured the inner tube ha J it not been for the INRGARD for INRGARDS prevent, 90 of all punctures and. absolutely eliminate' blowout CiatiibuUd by McCord-BradyCo. Omaha Nebraska Locked Ceh. When. the drive wheels of a car are locked4 through breakage in the differential or in the universal joint, the car can be placed in position to be towed home" by removing the keys that hold the rear wheels to the axles, allowing the wheels to turn freely. . Burning Out Coil. When the spark gap of a plug is too great, so that the current cannot jump the gap, there is danger of burning out the secondary wire of the coil through heat caused by the great resistance. Leaking Valves. Loss of power", is not the only trouble that is caused by leaking valves. The hot flame 'which es capes past the valves distempers the valve stem, softens the valve spring, corrodes the stem bearing and forms a sediment that preyents free action. False Economy. Imperfect cores and caps in tire valves frequently lead to extensive and ' expensive injuries to casings and inner tubes, ft.is unwise to try a'nd fix these small parts; the better way is to carry a supply oi spares and replace doubtful ones with new parts. , , , ' Overheatiig. Most drivers realize now that overheating is a long step on the wayto an expensive replacement. 1 the ground for ignition current is made by soldering a copper wire on top of the rear cylinder, just as soon as heat enough develops to melt the solder the engine will shop without any attention on the part of the driver, jf . Motor Speed Per Mile. The crankshaft of a Ford car makes 2,400 revolutions in a mile, and when running at the rate of 22 miles per hour it turns over 897 times per minute. Aid Valve Leaks. When a tire gradually softens it is reasonable to suspect an air valve leak. In this case turn the wheel so that the stem points downward, remove the cover, but allow the cap tp remain on. Hold, a tumbler of fiter against the rim so that the lve stem is immersed in the water, there is a slow leak at the valve bubbles will show. Next remove (he cap and try the same experi ment. Ford Gaskets. Carelessness in replacing mani folds -of the Ford car so that the small gasket collars do not make airtight joints, is a cause of trouble often overlooked. It is well to fasten these gaskets in the boles in thn manifold by using small pieces of paper to we,dge them in and then adjusting the manifold to the holes in the' cylinders. This plan obviatesl dropping them or getting them, out of true. Krug Park Draws Big Crowd at Opening of Season Despite Cold Under none too favorable weather conditions Krug paTk opened the 1920 season Saturday evening and it is estimated that upwards of 15,000 pepple passed through the turnstiles to make merry on the dance floor of the pavilion and to enjoy the rides encircling the main walks within the gates. Promptly at 8:30 some hundreds of couples gathered on the dance floor for the grand march, which formally opened the park for the season. The pavilion in its fresh coat of patut and decorations of fruit and foliage drew much favor able comment from those ac customed to enjoy the summer eve nings at this most popular resort. While the weather was extremely cool for the outdoor rides, never theless large numbers were con tinually entering them and defying "old man" weather. The manage ment reports some 20 odd societies and organizations have arranged to hold their annual outings -at the park this summer, while a number 4 ethers are trying to secure dates that will not conflict with those al leady booked. Welding Costs. Before sending in a broken part ti be welded, the car owner ought aP ways to get an estimate, otherwise the repair is, not unlikely to cost more than a new part. The Welders always have an expjanation of the excessive "charge, but that doesn't help the payer much. New Hampshire has 33 projects in road building for the coming season, ranging in cost from $10,000 to $80,000. ' nl!!Lnllll!lii!l!llll!Unl!lllilnlllllllll!!!j ir Built According to the Farmers' Specifications . Reo folks were just a step ahead of the rest. They went out among the farmers and took their measure for a truck.- Then, just like the tailor, they went back to the shop and built a truck to fit the farmer. . , , t Ask any good dealer to fit you out with a true?, Mr. Farmer," and see if he don't give you a Reo culties following the .armistice, his practical knowledge was largely re sponsible for the rapid restoration jf the Cadillac factory to a peace time basis. . Originally a New Englander, from a family steeped for genera tions in the fine traditions of-New England craftsmanship, he started to learn his trade at the age of 13, as an apprentice. in a machine shop. - 1 A. H. Jones Co. Hastings, Neb. Diitributor for' Southern and Western Nebraska Richards-Christiansen Motor Co. 50-52-Main St. , Council Bluffs, It. Jones-Opper Co. ' Omaha, Neb. , Diitributor for Eastern and Northern Nebraska and Western Iowa- 11 M fp nrjLji fii JjezH-trirrfl fl L .i'il r lill!l!lllli:lllll!l!ill;ll!lllll!1ll!llllnlllli:llllllllllll!IMIW THE Silhouette is simply a frank expression of an other Jordan ideal a deter mination to meet the demand 'for a high-grade car, perfectly balanced, comfortable, econom ical and yet light in weight, compact, and with rare ability to perform. After all, the building toward an ideal has been the keynote of Jordan popularity. ' Both men and" women who have natural appreciation for - comfort, poise and atmosphere. have fount this Jordan Silhou-, ette irresistible in its symmetry of line and beauty of color. The chassis, of finished me chanical excellence, is the light est on the road for its wheelbase. This Silhouette weighs only ,2,800 pounds. Its entire move- ' ment is forward. . No racking sideway or continuous bouncing ' so conspicuous in the cars of yesterday. No wonder the Jordan has found such instant favor among the motor wise. PETERSON MOTOR CO, 2047 Farnam St, Omaha, Neb. 'JORDAN MOTOR CAR- COMPANY, Inc.. Cleveland.' Ohio i