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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MAY SO, 1920.
BUYING AUTO IN
ENGLAND MATTER
I OF TIILFUTURE
America Is Showing Its Ability
, In the Production of
Motor Cars This '
. Year.
By J. F. RICHMAN,
(Maftctorin Manacer, Tb Allen Motor
Co., Columbui. O.
The man who purchases a motor
car in New York, Chicago, or any
other American city, very likely
doesn't appreciate how fortunate
he ii.
Americans have a way of getting
what they want when they want it,
and this is largely-due to the fact that
American manufacturers have a way
of getting out the products in spite
rf almost insurmountable difficulties.
Th public generally, probably
dees not know how hard it has been
to get materials for motor car manu
facturers during the past six months.
The car makers have competed
with each other to get units from
the parts makers who were wrest
ling with labor difficulties and ma
terial shortages.
For months it has been an endless
fight to keep sources of supply open
and to counteract the effects of labor
tieups at this point and that. But
the American public has been mod
erately well served in spite of 6b
norrnal manufacturing conditions.
Of course, the whole situation has
tended toward increased prices,
which I believe will still further in
crease. Manufacturers have fought
to the limit against advances and
have only increased their lists when
costs made no other course tenable.
Just how much better off the buyer
is here than in England, for in
stance, is shown in a London des
patch which states that buying a car
in the British Isles is largely a mat
ter of futures of paying big options
on machines not yet built.
At an auto show just held in Lon
don there were more people in at
tendance and fewer cars than ever
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before. It is recounted that $5,000
premium was paid for the option on
a chassis which itself listed at $15,-
000.
We are not coming to that in
America, but I confidently expect to
see a shortage of cars and prices
censiderably higher. '
Ford Plant Selling x
Benzol as Fuel Oil;
Better Than Gasoline
Five thousand gallons of benzol,
a by-product of coke, used for mo
tor fuel, is now being daily extracted
and refined at the Ford Motor com
pany's blast furnace coke ovens near
Detroit This fuel, which is more
highly combustible than gasoline,
is now being sold at a public station
at the above named plant, and has
proven highly satisfactory. The
price at present is about the same
as that of gasoline.
While the Ford Motor company
it ;not the first to discover or use
this fuel for motor cars, still the
public station is the first ever
opened to sell benzol exclusively for
motor car consumption. This filling
station carries a supply of 25,000
gallons- of benzol on hand all the
time. To date some 300,000 gallons
have been sold and used by car and
truck drivers in Detroit. Particular
ly during the recent strike there was
an exceptionally large demand for
this product.
Smith Closed Monday
Guy L. Smith announced that his
place of business would be closed
Monday, May 31, to observe Decoration-day.
Travel
Transport
Topics
Conducted by Goodrich
ERA OF EXTENSIVE
USE OF THE MOTOR
IS BUT JUST BEGUN
Many New Uses Are Found
and New Faces Seen
Back of Wheels.
Allen Touring Ctr, f
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A Finer Type of Service
The ideal of the makers of the
Allen is to build into a moderate
sized car all the finer automotive
qualities which until now have
been obtainable only in the high
priced, fbig-car field.
Quality, rather than size, is the
Allen keynote.
And h many respects a fine,
medium sized car is the most de
sirableis more economical,' is
easier to drive and control (there
fore safer) and it costs so much
less to buy and maintain.
For the average American fam
ily, the Allen represents the finest
type of motor car service.
Always glad to demonstrate, t
LININGER IMPLEMENT CO.-
Distributors in Nebraska, Western Iowa and Southern South Dakota
IXTH ANDPACIFIC STS. OMAHA, NEB.
Wondetfal
Power
The Allen Motor Company
COLUM3US. OHIO
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You Will Select
an
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Rebuilt
odge Brothers
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MOTORCAR
For several, reasons: principally among. which
lies the economy in your judgment. First cost
is much less than a new car is just as de
pendable in service and still has the appearance
of a new car.
It is really better to be safe than
sorry in your purchase of a car.
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,The few moments time spent in investigating
an "O-D-C Rebuilt Dodge" is time -well in
vested. ,
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qim.imium.
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COUNClUBLUFFSTIn
103 SO. MAIN ST., ,
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OMAHA ROADS,
Lincoln Highway.
West, wet. Omaha to Fremont,
take Military road to Elk City;
north to Arlington; west to Fremont.
Wet but passable to brand island
Fair from Grand Island west, to
Colorado and Wyoming. Grading
operations continue near Overton,
Cozad, Sutherland and Chappell.
Detours good.
O. L. D.
To Lincoln, wet but passable.
Soft near Ashland. -
Road to Red Oak. Ia,
Fair, wet in epots. From Red
Oak to Stanton, la., bad, almost
impassable.
Road to Plattsmouth.
Fair; grading in Sarpy county.
Road to Nebraska City good.
Road to Oakdale, Ia.
Mjiddy, passable.
K. T. to Sioux City, Ia.
Wet in spots; passable but slip
pery. Washington Highway.
North, slippery and muddy.
Public Opinion Approves
The Lighter Motorcycle
Public opinion has placed the
stamp of approval upon the light
weight motorcycle. Business men,
professional men, workers and peo
ple of all classes are turning to the
lightweight motorcycle as the ideal
means of transportation for busi
ness or for pleasure.
"The Cleveland motorcycle has
been the pioneer in the lightweight
field," says James Van Avery, man
ager of the Nebraska Motorcycle
and Bicycle company. "When the
tirst Cleveland motorcycle was in
troduced ysome five years ago, peo
ple were inclined to be skeptical re
garding their ability to stand up
under hard use, but now that the
government has given them a most
rugged test people don't appear to
be quite so skeptical."
Automobile Blue Book
For Year 1920 Is Now Out
Annually, however, even since sea
planes began pacing the swallows
north, the Automobile Blue Book's
blossoming anew has been really the
first chapter of the touring season.
mis year the volumes, which are
"While the number of automobiles
in the United States today may
seem large, their universal se has
only just begun, says A. W, Cook
of the Chevrolet retail store.
"The outstanding features of pas
senger and commercial car' sales in
the past year is the number pur
chased by those who have never
owned cars before.
"The merits of both the truck and
delivery, car were generally recog
nized, but many business men
failed to see how they would be di
rectly benefited by their use.
"The tremendous impetua given to
commerce by the end of the war and
the corresponding need of transpor
tation facilities to keep goods on
the move have caused many a busi
ness to experiment with a truck.
They have found its convenience and
economy a decidedly profitable in
vestment. Others have been influ
enced by their experience, with the
same result. In consequence truck
sales are increasing ever more rap
idly. "Passenger cars are selling ac
cordingly. Many who have always
wanted cars, but who thought they
could not afford them, are now in a
position to buy them for the first
time. .
I "They are finding out the many
ways in which a motor car is a dis
tinct saving. They are finding that
their many advantages make their
cost negligible. They are passing
the word along."
present location at 606-8-10-12 South
Fourteenth street, where they con
tinue to expand.
Their original force of salesmen
consisted of three in Nebraska and
two in Iowa, which force has in
creased to 22 regular territory sales
men covering the states of Nebraska,
Iowa, Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming
and South Dakota, besides two spe
cial salesmen.
The officer of the company are
Leonard C. Kohn, president and
manager; M. L. ("Bud") Cohn,
treasurer; F. E. Thomas, vice-president
and credit manager; Walter C.
Bouton, second vice-president; Wil
liam M. Wilson, house manager,
and C. F, Harkness, sales manager.
All of these men have verv thor
ough business training and most
have had a considerable experience
in the automobile accessory business.
Traveling at the rate of 11579
miles an hour ii the new world's
record for motorcycles.
Big Wholesale, Auto
Supply Business Is
Developing Fast
In March, 1915, the United States
Automobile Supply company was
organized, and, while starting small,
has developed in the short time in
which it has been in business into
the largest and most successful
wholesale automobile supply and
equipment business in the city of
Omaha. While this was new, it Can
hardly be, classed as a new concern,
as they took over the automobile
supply business of the oldest auto
mobile supply house in the city, and
was really a continuation of their
business under a new corporation.
As the ideas of the officers of the
United States Automobile Supply
company were to do a strictly
wholesale business, they did not
deem it necessary to adhere to the
policy of starting their business on
automobile row, but secured the
east one-third of the building of the
Baum Iron company in the whole
sale district.
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thirteen, and include volume Tde. . u""8 ' ,nr 1 r vears 01
,.t.A ,;.,,.;.,h.. . :tr .their lite, their Dusiness grew so
voted principally to transcontinental
routes are radically new because
road improvement assumed such tre
mendous proportions during the sea
son tust ended.
Even the most casual inspection of
the 1920 volumes shows how wide
spread has been the new highways'
development. There are more maps,
for one thing; hundreds more. And
last years maps are completely re
vised. So, too, are the voluminous
details in the logging, and to own
one of the new books is to be thor
oughly familiar with every step of
the route one is taking, which way
to turn and when
Many Stolen Hudson and
Essex Cars Returned to Owner
Ceaseless vigilence on the part of
the owner is the only absolutely sure
protection against the automobile
thief, declared a police official re
cently. Locking devices he said are
useful because they render the work
of the thief more difficult but they
are not an absolute protection.
"When a Hudson or Essex car is
reported stolen at the factory a com
plete description together with all its
numbers is sent to all its distributors
and dealers and to police and insur
ance officials all over the country,
This has resulted in the recovery by
their owners of an average of four
cars a day.
All Dolled Up.
"Sam the Indian Man" is certainly
proud of his new front and from all
appearances he has a right to be.
The old bicycle corner at Sixteenth
and Chicago streets is now a fine
looking place with the big new
windows which brightly illuminate
the interior and a wide entrance
door.
"Everything . seems to happen at
once," says Mr. Boord... "Saturday
we got our carload of Indians in,
which we have been expecting for
some time, and it was just last week
when they finished remodeling our
building," he says.
Motorists are paying more for
gasoline in New York City than in
any other part of the United States.
The retail price is 37 cents a gallon.
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inner tube had it
'not been for the INRGARD
for INRGARD5 pr.v.nt.
00 of all punctures ana.
. Absolutely eliminate
blowouts
Di.tubut.d by
McCord-Brady Co.
. Omaha, Nebraska
rapidly that they were compelled to
look for new quarters, and in
August, 1917, they secured their
uwnsrs whose expe
rience includes many
cars tell us that Hup
mobile low after cost
is one of its most no
table characteristics.
Victor Motor Co.,
2523-25 Farnam St.
Omaha, Neb.
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An Old Reliable Institution
There are many. , advantages in dealing with an old
established firm and from time to time they come to
light in a most forceful manner
Our thorough acquaintance with the automobile indus:
try, coupled with long experience, has made possible
building a permanent organization. We operate largely
on our own money. We have established definite
service policies and definite sales policies.
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These policies remain intact year in and year out.
There is no time when our sales policies fluctuate or
change. Long established business principles have
made us sure our system is not only right but per
manent. -
We stand ready to serve you the same today and tomor
row as we have in the past. v . '
Good Automobiles
Courteous Attention
OUR ASSETS
Good Service
Complete Stock of Parts
Liberal Terms for Time Payments on New or Used Cars
Van Brunt Automobile Co.
PHONE HARNEY 353
Omaha
Council Bluffs
man could look at . a yVestcott
v , without gaining, instantly, full confi
dence in its thorough-going quality.
There are plainly visible so many evi
dences of high class parts, equipment
and workmanship, that you just in
1 x stinctively know that its construction
is good all the way through.
STANDARD MOTOR CAR CO.
CARL CHANGSTROM, President and General Manager
2020 Farnam Street, Omaha
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