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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 26, 1920)
V. THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER "-6. 1920. J ( OraaKa Man Goes ToNYorkFoi; Rubber Company T. J. Needham, Manager for i Local Firm, Put in Charge ' I of Branch Store - Sales. i " , ' , v. ' T. f Needham, for nearly two years manager of the Omaha branch - of the United States Rubber com ' pany. has been appointed manager of branch store sales of the com pany, with headquarters in New York City. In the promotion - tendered Mr. -Needham the Company has recog nized in him a man of extraordinary ability. His services with the com- pany began when he was a lad, in the Des Moines' Vanch, at that time known as the Des Moines Rubber company. He started there as a ' stock boy, and by loyal and per sistent effort gradually rose to man ' ager of the branch He joined the Omaha organiza tion in January, 1919. as manager and since that time this branch has increased its business to such an ex tent that it is the targest branch of the company today. Mr. Needham's new duties wilt 'give him jurisdiction over the 47 '" branch stores of the company. - He will leave for New York to as sume his new duties shortly after r if - c New Omaha Manager Of U. S. Tire Company October 1.' His family will not ac company him" at that time, but will follow a little later. ' v Mr. Needham will be succeeded in Omaha by John J. Meacham, former manager of the St. Louis branch of the company, and one of the big men in the branch store organization of the concern. MaroK, Digest Red is the brightest color at night, and can be seen. farther than any other color on night lights. The'state of Kansas is construct ing more than -$9,000,00(1 yVbrth pt A special permit must be secured by motorists who contemplate a 30 day tour through Canada. The state of Illinois has one mo tor vehicle for every 45 yards of its vast network of rail lines, i 'i "Motor vehicles in the "'United States represent a total valuation of approximately $6,357,594,580. It is estimated that there will be no less ' than 12,000.000 motor ve hicles in the United States in 1921. Detroit, Mich., is reputed to be the fastest traffic city in the United States and an elysium of reckess driving. '' V "L-- '. In Canada 25,000 motor1 tractors are owned by farmers uu the pro vinces of Alberta, Manitoba, and Sas katchewan. , v The main street of Zion City, 111., is covered with deep sand to pre vent automobile speeders from an noying the town, ' ,- - Passenger automobiles, it is esti mated use ri an average of 300 gJ- Ions of gasoline each year, and mo tor trucks 1,500 gallons. In Germany automobile tires cost 12,000 ma,rks, and a litre of gasoline is. tow, -worth as muchvas a litre of champagne was before the war. " Forty thousand motor transport vehicles tisedon the western front during war-time have been absorbed by industries of .Great Britain. More than 3,000 motor cars are registered in San Paulo, Brazil. Of Apse 140 are used for commercial purposes, and the - remainder for, passenger traffic. , ' , There; are nine different types of motor apparatus in use by the Balti more fire- department in; Maryland. Some of the machines cost as much a. $11,000 each, t 'Tested for -endurance, a three-ton motor truck recently made the trip from . Los Angeles to New York- 3,451 miles in ' 13J-S days. The average mileage was 260 miles a day, or miles an hour. The best previous record was 17 days and three hours. . To increase highway facilities, due to the1-huge growth of, vehicular traffic between " Akron, i ; Cleveland and. Youngstown, it. has been pro posed that the' old Ohio canal be filled and converted into' a highway for motor vehicles - V " ' The world's greatest scenic Xuto mobile, highway, whicn the United States government soon is to start hewing' across the big range in Glacier National, park, will enable tourists to make a trip of 68 miles over the. roof of the Rockies, rising to an altitude of 9,000 feet. Permits to drive autornobiles, along with the preliminary examina tion of applicants hy police officials,. will be discarded iu Franco. It is suggested bythe council of state that those wlio consider 'themselves capable of drrving cars should do so under their own responsibility. Automobile guide maps are fur nished free by the .National Park service of the Department of theln terior. The maps are printed ' in colors and show all the roads and trails in the national parks, the ho tels and camps, free public camp grounds and other information of interest to motorists. James H. Lipp, an enterprisinjr, plumber in Chattanooga. Tenn.,has served notice on the public that the standing joke About plumbers charg ing $1 and "more an hour "to go back after their tools" does not ap ply to him.- He carries a complete plumbing shop, to every job on a specially constructed business car. i A record city parking title for au tomobiles is claimed by Sydney Ful ler of Philadelphia, ra who has al lowed his four-cylinder touring car to -stand in front of his house for eight months without turning a wheel. .The only attention . which Mr. Fuller paid to his champion car was to start the engine regularly every two weeks. ' '' v Since, the warf horses have been so difficult to obtain end man power is so scarce in Soain that an order lior immediate deTTVery is being placed ior UO tractors, 5U0 motor trucks, and farm machinery in pro portion. "An armored motor truck is to op crate between St Paul and Minne apolis for the conveyance of valued securities between banks in the two cities. . The danger of hold-ups of messengers in making the trip makes such a step' necessary. , of JLSVS1.1.VI.VSJL& aNo car, says The Motor feet, and none ever will be; but the Model 59 Cadillac approaches that ideal asT closely as any other price or size xcar on me ;;mKec;Tesai:u5vUf i Extract from an editorial article published August 4,1920, in The Motor, the National This remarkable tribute from a na tion which never lightly bestows approval) but in a spirit of sports- manship always admits and admires real feeling in the matter to go on record for all time:- : : If it was never proven before, we a superior achievement, releases uV firmly believe the last three years we feel, from a reticence which has have demonstrated, beyond the always governed bur references to the Cadillac. The truth of the matter is that we have never expressed to the Amer ican people our qwn deep and in nermost convictions concerning, the Cadillac if " "-' ' " - ' ",)".' ' -" ' , - .. We have refrained, from a sense of decent restraint, i, and because we have always felt that the Cadillac possibility of doubt, that, regard less of price, the Cadillac is the best car in the world. Day after day, throughout these , three years in fierce competition with the worlds best in the world's war traveling side by side with the very flower of French, English, Italian, and American manufacture here at hpme, month' after month in tens of thousands of hands was its own most eloquent exponent the Cadillac has proven that money , cannot duuq or Duy a Deiier car. ; But we feel, now, that we owe it to more than a hundred thousand American owners of the present- type of Cadillac, to share this tribute .this conviction. set down, once and for all. ah honest We share it beHef concerning it, which we are certain they share with us. Weo build the Cadjillac have never wavered for a moment in We share'' it now, with our friends, because we are sure that they, too, will , derive from this unparalleled V-! M European tribute, at least a little Heretofore, we may have seemed to f the deep satisfaction which it consent, by our silence, at least, to the suggestion that a car equaling the Cadillac might possibly be bought at a considerably higher price. Resting on the generous admission s to us. It will be our pleasure" to quote, fur ther from , European comments on the CacliUac in subsequent announce ments, and to give you some of the of our English friends, we want our reascms for the faith that is in us. r S CADiW-AC yyWOTOH CAR C O APANY 0ETR QIX-MIC HI C A&f Road Condition King of Trails To Plattsmouth, Nebraska City and south. Rough to Fort Crook. Fair to Platts mouth. .Jjood, from Plattsmouth south. From Plattsmouth to Lin coln good. Better through -Mur-dock.. Inquire rout? at the bridge. O. L. ,D. To" Lincoln, cood, but some rotigh places. To Denver fair. An excellent road to Lincoln is by a detour through PapilKon. Go south on 24th, west on "Q" to one mile of Ralston, and south4 through Papillion. ' . ,.. Lincoln Highjway. West - Good. Go west on Dodge, to third -cross road beyond pavement and straight north into Elkhorn. From Elkhorn West,,' excellent. Follow markings. Washington Highway. To Blair ad north. Rough for. five miles out of Florence. From there on, gocd. " . White Pole Trail.-J-Oakland. Ia., Atlantic and Des Moines. Fair to Oakland. Good from there east through Iowa. . , Blue Grass Trail. Red Oak.' Ia. Very good. Some rough '. places. North and south from Red Oak, fair. Custer Battlefield Highway. Fair to Sioux City. s Some rough places. Nothing serious. Y: Plans New Route f"h:.r!c P Rnnt of Chicaco. re. ceiitly passed through cfmaha, cn- route to L6s Angeles, Cat., engagedj the car or disconnected unless in the task of laying out a new Chi cago to Los Angeles motor route for the Chicago Motor club. This route will be marked as soon as the entire route has been decided upon. According to Root the probable route yiU be as follows: Chicago Motor club route No. 7 to Daven port, River to River Road to Des Moines, White Pole route to Onia-' ha. O. L. D. to Denver. Then south ro thesSanta Fe trail and west along this trail. ;, . Root is making this trip in a Lex ington car, which he purchased re cently. Kerosene in Engines. After flushing "out the crank case with kerosenej which should be done; when the oil is changed, it is a good plan to allow the engine to tand idle for a day wi,th all drain cocks open, to permit the kerosene to dry out thoroughly. ' In San Francisco, . underground tubes "are to be built in the main shopping district to keep people from crossing the busy thorough fare on the surface of the streets. These tubes will cost $17,000 each Small rooms for bootblack stands. baber shops, etc.; as well as public comfort stations are to be installed Look Out "for the Genera The engine should never bi when the storage battery is ou 1 i generator has first . been re inoperative. Whenever the gener ator is being run it is delivering current to the battery, but if the battery is not there to receive the current the glnerator simplyspiles up a voltage that shortly "damages or; burns out the windings, not to men tion what it may do to the com mutator and brushes. The engine can be run if the field windingiof the generator is first disconnected. In some instances, where the gener ator has thermostatic control, the device may ue short circuited across the terminals. - Sraighthening Wire ' v Stray pieces of copper wire have many uses, but it is often neces sary to straighten out wire that has already been used before it can be employed again. See that there aie no shrp bends or kinks in the wiie and straighten out by hand any A these which are lound. Fasten a: tnd of the wire to some firm an chorage, grip it in the viseJf nec essary. Loop the other enJof the wire around a hammer handle or similar instrument and then pull out the lengfh of wire. Repeat th!.s operation as often as necessary. If the wire is of soft copper it will stretch a little, which improves it. J0 -s ' HMs ; , n? 'Vs .', - - V v , te U4LU44Lei, r 7Cf PC-, , r '. . .' '" .. " ' ."'.. ." ' ' - " ' i i ' ' ' II", ' 1 ' '- . 1 ' I - ' ; ' - I