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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 3, 1920)
4C THET OMAHA SUNDAY ""BEE:: OCTOBEK 3. 1920. (J ' if ti; 1 Paige Announces Reduced Prices J t Cuts Ranging From $155 to $250 a Car Are Already r In Effect. ( Announcement is made by Harry IT. Jewett, president of the Paiae ' Detroit Motor Car company, of imV mediate price reductions on all Paige models, the tuts ranging from $155 to $250 i car. The new list price's went into effect at midnight, Sep tember 27 and all Paige distributers were so notified by wire. "There are no economic grounds to justify these reductions in price," said Mr. Jewctt. "The price of Paige cars has always been based on the cost of first-class materials, ex ' port workmanship and a fair profit. Materials from which cars arc now being made were, of course, pur chased months ago, There has been no reduction in cost since then. In fact, basic, factors, like steel trans portation and coal, have gone up. "However, to support what seems at this time a worthy movement and to contribute a telling blow to the high cost of living,, thef Paige is willing to make its own sacrifices; and, at the new price' we are an nouncing, will cheerfully accept a M-ss-" '.'' , . , jThe Taige lwe consist of eight Models, five built on the smaller or "o-42" chassis and three built on the larger or "6-66" chassis. A41 these models are new from stem to. stern and had just been announced. The new prices wijl be as- follows: . ' Glenbrook five-passenger, touring ear, $1,770; Ardinore four-passenger sport tnodvl, $1,990; five-passenger, four-door Sedan. $2,645; four-passenger Coupe, $2,525; Lenox road ster, $1,770; Lakewood seven-passenger touring car, $2,795; Larch itiont II. sport model. $2,895; scen pissenger Sedan, $3,750. Traveling Mechanic . C Gives Service to Buyers . h . -'' , To extend Cadillac ' service'! to owners who do not live close to Omaha or Lincoln, or in the ter ritory of a Cadillac dealer, the J. H. Hansen Cadillac Co., has organized a 'system of service by which Cad illac owners have their new cars inspected"frequently by an expert mechanic S. J. Alexander,' who has for several years been an executive in the repair department of the J. H. Hanson Cadillac Co., has been selected by Mr. Hansen as best fitted for this service. Mr. Alexander has had several courses of technical training in the Cadillac factory in Detroit, and is thoroughly compe tent to handle this service in a com prehensive manner, besides being capable of teaching the owner the fine points of the cafv and how to make small adjustments which are sometimes necessary and not so easy to obtain for an owner who liM. in th.owntry as Ut...is,not always conveienMi drive to Oma i?,orXffiooTo,"lQt., &eryfee.vThts--1$ juai ouci uiui c wd; -w ivs owners in 'a Satisfied "state '"of mind and to keep Cadillacs constantly in Use economically. Paige Mounts Pikes Peak . . Over Ties of , Cog Railroad The new Paige, "6-66" seven-pas senger stock model tourine car, wit1 Ralph Mulford at ,'the vflieel, 1;; week climbed PikesPeak, fusing tlv cog railroad as its route, feat th had never before been accomplish' by ' an automobile and which hu been presumed to.,fcuiosi)assibIc. The extraordinary difficulties o the climb lie in the faitf "that the car Was not only obliged .to run on 't1u ties and over trestles? cattle guards, cog switches and rocks, but was forced as well to conquer a grade that in some sections mounte'd as high as 25' per cent. The climb is declared to be the highest, steepest md most difficult, ever made Jiy an intoniobile; and because of ithar- Scter it is believed. tiy thjTaige esigners to demonstrate the cat's power and stamina, n a manner-so dramatic as to arrest the attention of the motor world. No" other cog road in the world, is half so high and no other vehicle, except a sjje ially built Baldwin cog locomotive, had ever mounted this road.' Even - Son-of-a-Gun hill, ngarly a two-miU.'.! stretch of 25 per cent grade, was j made with ease. j : ;; - Pierce-Arrow Motor Co. . ? ; Announces Price Increas" Increases in the price of its pas tenger car models ire amiouttirert today by sthe Pierce-Arrow -Motor Car company, of Buffalo. N. Y. i The new price of, the ,48 H. P. dual Valve touring, car. will be $8. 000, while the 38 W P.'touring car rill be $7,500. ' The closed car prices pill be raised proportionately. -'In connection with this announce ment. Col. Charles Clifton, chair ma of the board f directors of !ne Pierce-AroWc. Motor Car com pany, makes the1' following state ment: i'This increase in price is dictated folely by our determination to make uo sacrifice in the quality of, the Pierce-Arrow car. "We have made this new sched ule operative October 15, 1920, in order that present orders covered by contracts can be filled." Packard's of Current Model ', H Will Not Be Cut In Price The Packard Mjotor Car company Of ;Detroit wired their Omaha s-..r-Aeetion yesterday' to the effect that txisting conditions would permit no Reduction in the -price or current fcodels of Packard passengers' cars fer trucks. ' 7; This same telegram guarantees frotection to distributors on all un filled orders until' July 1, 1921. which fa an indication that there is 'no re jection in price;, contemplated at Resent . Good Mileage Record R. A. Troop of Plattsmouth, Neb., frove his seven-passenger Apperson tar to Yellowstone park and return, fee car making a'perfect score. The load carried, consisted of six pas lengers and pulling r trailer which freighed over 1,000 pounds. The tasoline consumption im. 11 miles per gallon for. the round .trip. This fc was not a test by the Apperson fac i try or by an Apperson distributor, stni'k'y merly.a pleasure, tr taken Lynch, I. 1 roop.'flifowner of ne car. rirs: Hlldt , ' . :4 Nebraska Buick Dealers Ship'Cars on Own Trains The above picture is a picture of tfie first trainload of 55 carloads of automobiles' received, by the Ne braska Buick Auto company ' over the Chicago & Northwestern ' rail road on 'their own railroad equip ment ' Mr. Sidles of Lincoln jand Mr. Huff of - the Nebraska. Buick Auto company' bought from the General Railroad Equipment v company of Cleveland, O., in July, ' 110. railroad ears, making two complete trains of .5 s' 55 cars each, on which they expect to ship their entjre aflotment 'from the factory this coming year. This was made necessary on account of the shortage of railroad equipment, it- being,necessary to do this in or der to avoid having the Buick deal ers drive the cars from the factory. They were advised by the "railroad companies operating in this territory that they, would be unable to supply sufficient railroad , equipment for their business this coming year.s , , The Nebraska Buick Auto com pany. is recognized by the auto in dustry over the entire country ai A . . . . .iv. ist Cars i. '' P-AI G D E T R O I -.-r ; , , , , - 1824 being one of the largest and best au tomobile sales organizations in the United States. This .i company was incorporated 12 years "ago by !Mr.'H. Sidles and Charles -Stuart of Lincoln and I'-.H. Collins of .Kansa City, .who. is now. president and general man ager of the Cadillac Motor Car com pany, and Lee Huff of Omaha. Thev .first opened a house at Lincoln, the company buying out the business which Mr. Sidles 'formerly owned. That same year they opened a house in Omaha, with Lee Huff irt charge, and' the next year opened one in Sioux City and Des Moines. They were the first automobile company to buy automobiles in trainload lots agd were the first to rent railroad equipment to ship their automobiles into this territory, and now are the first to use their own railroad equip ment. Besides this, they have built and own the most complete build ings for their business in each of the cities in which they operates Bee want ads arc business getters. i'i,: Ahnouncingf Reduction in Prices prices of the were reduced The new schedule follows: lGlenbrook (ye-pasnger 642) - - $1770 "Ardmore" (4r passenger sport model 6-42) 1990 Sedan (five-passenger 6-42 chassis) Coupe (four-passenger 6-42 chassis) "Lenox" (three-passenger 642 chassis) ' - - - - "Lakewood" (seven-passenger 6-p6) "Larchmont" II (four-passenger ' sport model 6-66) - -- -- Sedan (seven-pas&enger 6-66) - - -. - - - These price reductions range from $15ito $250 v per model and all are based F. 6. B. Detroit 'At the outset we would like to emphasize the fact that there is no economic justification, for the price reductions .which we have quoted above. The cost of materials, expert workmanship and a ' fair, legitimate profit has always determined the price of our cars. The new schedule, therefore, represents not lonly a complete sac rifice but a very substantial loss by4his-ompany.- We cheerfully make this sacrifice in the interests of a very! worthy movement to decrease the excessively high costs of living which now prevail. . In taking this action we do not pose as philanthrop ists or sentimentalists. We me rely; recognize the necessity for action radical and sweeping and we are ready to do our part. T MOTOR CAR - . j .. . , Manufacturers of Motor Nebraska-Paige Company , DISTRIBUTORS Douglas Street Omaha; Neb. Elect Haryey Jones f President of Dort Auto Sales Company , The Dort Sales company, newy appointed distributer of Dort auto mobiles, elected Harvey H. Jones' as its president and general manager; only after careful survey of compe tent and high grade men, who could effciently' lilt -tnis responsible posjJ tion. '. .. , -v. ' ' ; . From1-1912 to" 1916, Ijones was ai sociate.d with the John Deere Plov coirma'uy of New &ork,?as resident manage of ' their Lincoln, Neb., plant. t; This- responsible position , he filled in a ;tlvoruihiad competent man'tVcr,' bnildjffih nis territory an eliviablet teprita'ti5'n W a progressive executive. -, "-' .'.! , In Scptember,'-19I9Jones formed a partnership with- John Lionberger of this city, known as the Lionberger Tire and Service company, one of the largest tire service companies west of Chicago. The excellent and jii stant success of this firm is well known- ' .;, Mr. Jones' has strengthened the Dort Sales company througjh ap pointment of F. W. Meis, jr., as Omaha' branch manager." Mr. Meis has been connected with the auto mobile industry as a sales executive during the past five years. . , At Des Moines, la.,' JohniJ. Laughn'n has been elected resident manager. Mr. Laughlin has also been connected with, the auto trade for ,a number of years. . ' i. In Switzerland motor cars' will not be allowed to run during day light hours on Sunday from May 1 to September 30. This regulation is intended to enable people who do not ow automobiles to take their holiday excursions without being annoyed by dust. entire of on 2645 2525 1770 27 2895 3750 roadster - .St. t September COH PA NY, DETROIT, MtcHtgdn y ,.r - '. ' ' ' .... - - ' Cars and Motor Trucks ' - - MOTOR Digest France. .and England" surpass the United States ' in , the , operation ot motor, bus lines. ' ' . In.38''c6unties' in New York state there ,are6,118 motor, trucks , in use onnfarrns ,.; ..... 'tv- .. -".'..; '." .; 'Passenger, cars.outrtumber motor trucks-by more than' 10 to one in the Ved''Siatei.V.;. .;.'.'-v.;'.Vn '." Tnere ate -23 states -in -the union With a registration vbf .more .than iw.uw motor. venicies. , The forrric Prince ' August W'il- a ' ' l e . .. . , . e lie mi or t russia -is worKiug ior an automobile cotfeern in Germany. ' . ,Thes number of motor vehicles in crea$,e'd'l97? per 'cent in .the period trow I9U. to January v,. lyu. ; The osfober- olvautomobUes in use im thel3hUed States-by the end . of this year'jst.estimskted. at 9,983.848. Aulomo'blleji'are doing no less than twic.t 'aS 'nuch'passenget traffic as rne rancpans mime united siaics. A 'myitor hospital which visits "re motedfstricts . to treat patients, vis operated by the health department in : More than 3;000 women are study ing motor nieiphanfes'. nf 'tHe Knights of Columbus ' vocational' schools throughout the country. ' " With the completion of the sup plv of motor apparatus.' the public department of Philadelphia will Paige 28th. v .1- V.'. 0 I liuve 3i auto patrols and three po lice motor ears. ' The department is to be 90 per cent motorized. It is estimated that it will take no less than six years for automobile manufacturers in France to catch tip with their orders., There are no less than 37S.OOO motor trucks in the United. State equipped with pneumatic tires,-and 375,000 running on solid tires. - ' A baby was born to Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Mahoney of Nottawast, Ja maica", N.. Y., in their automobile whije enroute to a hospital. ; . Motor vehicles have been trans ported across the Delaware river, between Philadelphia, Pa., and Cam den, N. J., at the rate . or 640 an -houiy: , .- t. , " . ; A pushcart garage is a new kind of institution established in New York ity , through the growth of the pushcart markets' on- the lower East Side. . '" 4 ':.-: -. -y..'; . On account of labor, shortage p, country districts throughout the United; 'States ' motor trucks and tractors' are. becoming a necessary factor -pn farms. .. , , ; Sttmtot " Boies Penrose of, Penn sylvania is an. enthusiastic motorist. His car Is a larsev". specially, con structed vehicle,, painted and uphol stered in bright red.'t ; .. OC the:70f: 'different. dimming de vices for headlights tested- bye the prtw Jersey Motor Vehicle .Depart New Jordan Prices THE JORDAN MOTOR CO. has from the beginning maintained a policy of constant improvement in its product, aiming at a high degree of service to Jordan owners. : ' " :- It will continue to be the Jordan policy to command the respect and confidence of the public: by adhering to this permanent r;idea-:of 'service; knowing.this to be the only guarantee of success In of the pres ent world-wide demand for service at low er costri :..the Jordan Co. makes its contribu tions to thisustifiable public demand. , Fojlowing is the schedulebf new Jordan prices, effective in) mediatbly: - ' ' Silhouette Five, $2650 Playboy, $2650 Silhouette Seven, $2875 Silhouette Sedan, $3700 Silhouette Brougham, $3700 ALL PRICES F. O. B. CLEVELAND JORDAN Make Compare the specifications of a DOUGLAS TRUCK with, any other truck. See how miich larger and . better DOUGLAS TRUCKS are than other trucks of same rated capacity. ' Our factory is right here in Omaha no delay for repairs. We will, haul you in free of charge in case of accident. Can repair your truck over night. Prices effective October 1st: lton,ModelG .$2,050.00 I 2 ton, Model H. ............ . .$2,650.00 V 3 ton, Model I. . . . . . $3,250.00 If you have need fpr a truck you can not overlook the fact ', that these prices are from $200.00 to $800.00 less than those of other trucks in the same; class! Douglas ment only, 60 have been passed by the commissioner. An indirect tax on gasoline amounting to $200 annually is paid by motorists in France. This sum is based on cars driven on an aver age of 20 miles a day. Motor equipment' for. 18 divisions has been set aside bythe War de partment for the v new National Guard ' organization now being formed in the United States. A new record was established for March in the exportation of motor vehicles, when 17,887 cars and trucks, valued at $20,600,000, Jeft the United States for foreign countries. Between 1,500 and 2,000 farmers recently attended a motor tractor demonstration at Knoxville, a little town in , Iowa. Fifteen tractors weret entered and 13 completed the plowing. ' . . Ww York state has a "Healthmo bile," a large motor truck designed to carry educational health cam paigns into isolated rural districts. The car carries an electric storage battery equipment and a large mo tion picture machine. . Believinsr that sufficient power could be obtained from rivers to il luminate highways and make them feasible for night travel is consid ered the next development in the automotive industry; According to the International Association of Police Chiefs, which .. (INC.) ; MOTOR , CLE V E LAND, OH I PETERSON MOTOR Distributor .Farnam Street at 28th Omaha, Comparisons Motors Corporation OMAHA met recently , at Detroit, Mich., to consider the regulation of automo bile traffic, there is- throughout the United States a "craiyquilt of laws" tbat would take a man a lifetime to master. Liberal appropriation lor the ctf.' struction of good roads was men tioned in the text of the platform . a t ... it V .! I aaoptea oy me repuoncan national convention at Chicago. Tourists with automobiles may enter Japan bjr paying the required import duty with the understanding that it will be refunded if the car is re-exported by the owner within three months. , To catch up with belated spring planting, farmers in New Jersey are operating motor tractors night and day. Night plowing is made suc cessful by the use of high-powcrrd, electric lamps fitted to both the' front and rear of machines. A community service kitchen is operated in Denver, Colo., that serves food ready to eat by motor truck. There are steam tables for keeping food and dishes warm, a ranpe for cooking short orders and an expert chef who prepares the food. A scheme for minimizing acci dents by posting placards at differ ent points where accidents have oc curred is being tried in Detroit, Mich. The signs direct .attention to the fact that "a person was serious ly hurt here recently drive safely walk right." r CO. O CO. Neb. ill IBM I .-VU-A'iJ: v'