scale ucigiii. coiixistiiiK of lry
goods, sent by the M. E. Smith com
pany of Omaha to Denver Dry
Goods, company, Denver.
The start was made from a West
ern Union office. Twenty-fourth and
Farnam streets, at 6:03 p. m., cen
tral time Friday, August 13. The
truck arrived At Denver at 1:34 p. m.,
mountain time, Saturday, afternoon,
August 14. Both the start and fin
ish were officially checked by the
Western Union Telegraph com
pany. The total distance covered
was 60() miles and the distance was
covered in 20 hours and 30- minutes,
which is almost passenger train
speed.
Road conditions were fair over the
entire distance, although a serious
handicap was encountered owing to
the fact that nine hours of tls driv
ing was done at night and a consid
erable delay was caused when the
truck went through Lincoln during
the early evening, when there va
much driving along the road.
Reo Truck Makes Fine
Record Run Between
This City and Denver
A Reo Speed Wagon made a rec
ord between Omaha and Denver.
This truck carried 2,535 pounds, city
"PACKARD PUP"
HAS HIGH POWER
IN SMALL SPACE
Tiny Auto Designed in Salt
Lake Causes Sensation
By Its Remarkable
Performances.
New Truck To Be Built Here
Experiments made with the six-
'wheeled motor trucks for the trans
jportation of heavy loads is 'shown
j to he easier on both the tires and
; roads.
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What is believed to be the small
est high powered automobile in the
vorld has recently been finished in
alt Lake City and is causing a
icnsation there by its remarkable
performances. It will out-demon-itrato
any car in the city in a hill
'limbing contest, according to Mr.
v Hurst, president of the Packard
Omaha company.
This car is known as "Peanut
Piftro's Packard Pup."-and is in
act a tiny Packard. It was built
in the shops of the Sims company,
'he Salt Lake Packard distributers,
Nnu a design by C. IX SpraRue of
ihrr staff. It is a runabout, seat-
ng two persons comfortably. The
iwnrr, Peanut Pirtro, is a national
syndicate writer, with articles run
ning in more than 75 papers the
rountry over.
"The Packard Pup has been
thoroughly tried out and proved its
power," said Mr. Hurst. "It has
shown a speed of 58 miles an hour,
will go up a hill like a fly up a
wall, can beat Ty Cobb's time
around the bases, cannot be tipped
over, and can turn around on a
dime and have a nickle left."
The car has a 42-inch tread, a 75
inch wheel base, and is Mi inches
high over all. It uses 26 by 4-inch
lirplane tires, has a two-speed trans
nission, and a six and one-half gal
on gas tank. Plans are being made
o have Peanut Fietro take the
Packard Pup on a tour of the
-.ountry.
Auto Tires Cheaper
Now Than Ten Years
Ago, Says Goodrich Co.
How many things can you name
pff-hand that cost less today than
they did 10 years ago?
Clothes cost much more than they
ever did before, food has jumped
almost out of siht, building mate
rial' have advanced by leaps and
bounds in fact, just about every
thing has skyrocketed in cost beyond
all reason, lowering the purchasing
I rice of a dollar to just about one
rulf of what it -ised to be.
Rut there is one remarkable ex
ception to the general H. C. h. rule,
says the R. F. Goodrich Rubber
company. That exception's the au
tomobile tire. Not only Is the tire
no more expensive than it was 10
years ago, but it is actually cheaper,
20 per cent, less in fact, and of a
much superior quality.
Separate highways for the use of
motor' trucks is forecast, due to the
tapid growth of motor freight trans
portation everywhere in the United
States.
Omaha will soon be the 'home of
another motor truck. This one a
four wheel drive truck capable of
turning up records on the open road.
This truck is to be hiilt by F. L.
Freeman and will be known as the
Security truck. It will be pneu
matic tired with disc wheels.
Another feature is eight" forward
speds and reverse making a total
of niiie speeds. The gear ratio will
range from 72 to 1 in low to 7 to
1 in high, and ought to provide as
many ranges of speeds as any driv
er will ever require.
Recently Mr. Freeman drove one
of these trucks from Cleveland to
Omaha in three days, averaging 19
miles per hour for the entire dis
tance. Owing to manufacturing
facilities the first few were con
structed in Cleveland, but it is the
plan of Mr. Freeman to build these
i trucks in Omaha.
Two Essex Cars Make
New Records In Drives
Across the Continent
On August 9 an Essex five-passenger
touring car reached New
York from San Francisco, covering
the distance of 3, .147 miles in just
four days,,14 hours and 43 mimvtes.
beating the best previous record of
another car by 12 hours and 48 hiin
utes. At the s;mie time an Essex travel
ing from New York to San Fran
cisco made the transcontinental run
in four days 19 hours and 17 min
utes, beating the best time this way
by over 22 hours.
Two other Essex cars also made
the run. one from San Francisco to
New York in four days, 21 hours
.-.ml 5( minutes and the other from
New York to .an Francisco in live
days, six hours and 13 minutes. Roth
if these cars, however, encountered
heavy rainstorms and deep mud in
the west.
The cars were not driven at -any
point by professional drivers. The
entire trip was supervised by Essex
distributors and dealers along the
route and they fiirnislred drivers
from their own organizations.
More Cars Built During
Stow Months Than Before
Investigation among automobile
manufacturers of Indianapolis shows
that in spite of a .slowing up n sales
during July there is a greater volume
of business during the "slo.w"
months July and August than
ever before.
As, for instance, one of the largest
factories that of the Nordkye &
Marmon company, where the Mar
mon car is made is producing and
shipping cars in greater quantities
than at any period during previous
years, and wiihin 25 per cent of the
average during the big spring
months of 1920.
Pelton Does Not Agree
With the "Business
Is Poor" Cry of Some
H. Pelton, Marmon and Franklin
distributor in Omaha, wants to
know who the fellow js who says
automobile business is poor.
Pelton maintains that there have
been a few adverse conditions con
fronting automobile men th's year,
but he is not willing to say that
business is bad. In fact, according
to Pelton, -their sales on Wednes
day, August 18. amounted to $20,200.
They sold a M.irmon touring car,
Marmon coupe, a Franklin sedan
and Franklin toil' ing car.
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FREE
Road Conditions In
And Out of Omaha as
Reported by Goodrich
Lincoln Highwty.
West Rough but passable. De
tour around Elkhorn very rough.
East Fair.
O. L. D.
Fair to Gretna. Very rough to
Ashland with a very bad place at the
river. Ashland to Lincoln, fair.
Washington Highway.
To Plattsmouth, rough but pass
able; to Nebraska City, fair.
.orth Rough.
Plattsmouth-Lincoln Rough.
Blue Grass Trail.
To Red Oak, la. Rough but pass
able. White Pol Trail.
Very rough, wet in spots; pass
able. King of Trails.
Sioux City Fair but rough.
Automobile manufacturers are
planning to standardize hub sizes to
any and all wheels.
ONE of the things that makes
'theHupmobile so well thought
of is the fact that it so sel
dom requires expert attention.
Hupmobile Company of Neb. .
2523-2525 Farnam St.
Omaha, Neb.
G. H. HOULISTON, Mgr.
mm
Pi
Prices out in half. The
excellent service they'll
give will make you one
of the thousands now
ucinR SPAULDING
TIRES exclusively.
Guaranteed
6000 Miles
Speeinh'oublatrend tires built
On new iniH-miK.-rj' K' vm-w
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blnwouta.
Price Inelod Tin nd Tukt
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A mighty big tnr-
283 34x4 $11.35
30l3 7.18 334 12.50
30X3HS.X5 13.00
32i34 8.95 3514 13.28
3114 10.20 381413.78
32l4 10.55 3Ex5 14.50
33x4 11.00 37xS 14.90
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Bvery tira guarantasa). Send $2.00 Be- b
DosiC on every nn onjweu, w ucuuci
discount If full amount accompanies order.
We'll ship suojeel to your Mammalian.
Btnto straight side, el. plain or non-skid W.
desired. Prompt shipment ardor today,
Hupmobile
A 90 to 10 shot
against punctures
a 100 to 0 shot
against blowouts
INRGARDS are inner
armor for Automobile
tires. They absolutely
prevent blowouts and
eliminate 90 of all
punctures. iThey will
double the mileage ol
any tire in which they
are used. The cost is
surprisingly low.
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Distributed by
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McCord-Brady Co.
Omaha, Neb.
La FAY E T t E
Not until you have actually driven a
LaFayette will you have true gauge
of its merit. Then you will under
stand why we have stressed repeatedly
the car's competent engineering.
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FARNAM AT 28TH STREET, OMAHA
Lafayette Motors Compjst
tl Marl Hill, lnduiuflu
OmahaHastings--Denver
606 Miles in 20 Hours and 31 Minutes
THE REO SPEEDWAGON
shown in the center, carried its load of 2,535 pounds from Omaha,
Nebraska, to Denver, Colorado, a distance of 606 miles, in a total
elapse time of twenty hours and thirty-one minutes, and is proof positive
that HEO quality is in-built. The average per hour for the qntire trip
was 29.55 miles, and nine hours of the trip was night driving. The total
elapsed time covered the trip througn cities and towns enroute, without ,
previous traffic arrangements having been made, and also covers the
time used in two tire replacements, as there were two punctures on the
trip, also the time used in taking on gasoline and oil at five points on
the'way. There was no mechanical trouble of any nature, which is
positive proof that there is nothing experimental about the Speed
wagon. To compare this REO SPEEDWAGON with other vehicles of
this type is to compare the real with imitations. REO fame comes from
serving well.
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THE REO SPEEDWAGON
is especially adapted to the every day uses, of which there are many,
whether for merchant or farmer for this SPEEDWAGON has carrying
capacity and quality in all its mechanical parts. It represents the most
ideal farm truck, for it will handle such loads of wheat, corn, oats, hay,
hogs, cattle, etc., as the farmer is accustomed to haul. Then, again, it
will handle the merchants', wholesalers' and produce dealers' bnsiness
in an efficient manner, because it is dependable and offers a quick
method of delivery; and since time is big item injbusiness, it reduces
the expense, whether in the city or, on the farm. We maintain that
there are more REO SPEEDWAGONS in use in Southwestern Iowa and
in Nebraska than any other make of truck of this size; and for thia
reason suggest to you that you ask your neighbors or friends, who no
doubt are owners of these trucks then ask us. There will be no obliga
tion on your part.
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'v The FARMERS'
for the driver, and
big time saver, for, as equipped above, it provides protection in winter tiwe
throughout the year provides eight styles of body in one.
REO SPEEDWAGON
The above cut shows Reo Truck No. 45189 with a load
of 2,535 pounds ready to -make the start for Denver, Colo
rado. This load is made up principally of dry goods from
the M. E. Smith Company of Omaha, to be delivered to their
customers, the Denver Dry Goods Company of Denver. This
load was weighecLon the Omaha city scales, and a certificate
as to the weight of the load is in our possession. The start
was made from the Western Union Telegraph Office at 24th
and Farnam, insOmaha, at 6:30 P. M., Central Time, on Au
gust 13, 1920, andSve hold a certificate from the telegraph
office as to the serial number and engine number of the
truck and time of leaving. The trip was made in a total
elapsed time of twenty hrfurs and thirty-one minutes and cov
ered 606 miles and was checked in by the Main Office of the
Western Union Telegraph Company in the central part of
the city of Denver, at 1 :34 P. M., Mountain Time, on Satur
day. August 14th, 1920. We also hold a certificate from the
Western Union Company's Denver office, certifying as to the
serial number and engine number and the time of arrival.
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The MERCHANTS' big money-maker, for it delivers in record time, and stays at work eight,
teh or twenty hours per day, as the need may be.
REO CARS AND TRUCKS ARE THE GOLD STANDARD OF VALUES
A. H. JONES CO., Hastings, Neb. JONES-OPPER CO., Omaha, Neb.
"distributors Western Nebraska and Northwestern Kansas
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Distributors Eastern and Northern Nebraska and Western Iowa