Changes Made in
Distribution of
Motor Cirs Here
J. T, Stewart Will Handle
IIujiuiolile Autos Pierce
Arrow Ageucy Taken hy
Fred G.UU1 Co.
Two very important deals were
concluded list week affecting the
distribution of Hupmobile .ami
Fierce-Arrow automobiles.-
The Hupmobile branch, which was
.established here in March, 1916, will
be discontinued February 1 and tin
distribution w ill be taken . over by
J. T. Stewart.
The contract covering the disyv
but ion of Fierce-Arrow automobiles
and trucks wi!l be taken over by the
Fred C. Hill Motor company.
J. T. Stewart has been in the aulo
niobile business (.sinct 190fiand is
one of the senior dealers here. He
, has been instrumental in the ac-
association since its organization and
is considered one of the most suc-
-ceiisful dealers on the "row."
Through' his efforts the Pierce
"Arrow, the fMitchell and the
Chajmcrs automobiles have ad
vanced to positions of importance m
tho minds of Nebraska motorists.
. Although the Hupmobile has been
a "favorite in this community for a
number of years, the company evi
dently feels satisfied . that the or
ganization of the J. T. Stewart
Motor; company will be a roost
satisfactory connection from every
standpoint, and accordingly has
given him the t entire territory
formerly controlled by the Omaha
branch. This territory includes the
state of Nebraska, approximately
two-thirds of South Dakota and 20
counties in Iowa. Considering'the'
popularity and prestige of the Hup
mobile line, this is an fxtenstre ter
ritory. . !
Fred. C Hill, who has taken over
the Pierce Arrow contract formerly
held by the J. T. Stewart Motor
company, has been associated wjih
Mr. Stewart as general managertor
the past six years, during which
vtime he has devoted a major por
'time of his time to the Pierce
Arrow sales. This experience has
fitted him admirably for the work
which will be undertaken in behalf
of the Pierce-Arrow factory..
Will Make One Chassis
The -Pierce-ArrowT contrast cov
ers Nebraska and western Iowa and
includes the operation of the ser-
vice station located at Twenty-first vanced tj,e;r jrjee following the re
and Leavenworth streets. ductions which were made some
ine fierce manuiaciurcr fcwui-
ly announced their intention to con
centrate on one' chassis. Although
len different iody designs are -available;
the uniform chassis idea is an
, advance- " tet which will simplify
'the repair problems of the owners.
Geo. H. Houliston, formerly
manager of" the, Hupmobile com
pany of Nebraska, will remain with
the Stewart organisation ' until
March 1. Houliston plans to move
toi. California immediately after then.
Tire Firm Solves, v
''Buyers' Strike"
Advertising Manager of Kan
sas City Company Hjedicts
Shortage by July., ' f
According to-E. F. Billings, ad
vertising manager for the A. J. Ste
phens Rubber company. Inc., Kansas
City, Mo., who spent the latter part
of the week in Oniaha, the Stephens
people have found the secret of over
coming the "buyers' strike" which
seems to be affecting the tire mar
ket in this territory
Mr. Billings asserts that the rem -
edv is simple and that red
reduced prices
will turn the trick lor other mer
chants just as they have for the Ste
phens company. Mr. Billings fur
ther predicts that there will be an
actual tiit shortage by the first of
July, due to" the fact that there is an
acute shortage of long staple cotton,
used extensively in the making of
high-grade tires.
"The surplus stocks of cotton now
on hand at the factories will be
used vtp- in a short time w hen the
manufacturers get back to normal
production." said ,Mr. Billings.
"When this condition comes about
it will be very near impossible to
get certain popular-sired tires."
The Stephens-.company is arrang
ing to put on a night shift to catch
up on orders for ponular-siied tires.
Mr. Billings- states that it is from oO
to 90 davs behind on these tires, re
gardless' of the fact that it is turn
ing; out approximately 600 tires a day.
Care in Use of Auto
Battery v' Cuts Down
Operating Expense
"In figuring the operating cost Of
au automobile." said Elmer Rosen
gren of the "Kebraska Storage Bat
tery company, "how many men ever
include the electrical current .which
they consume for starting their en
gines and operating their ligh,ts?
"A storage battery, like tires and
gssoline, is a regular operating cost
it needs careand attention, has to be
charged occasionally and some day,
sooner or later, depending upon the
care given it, will have to be re-
' pteced. , . '
"Batteries, like tires, wear out.
' Batteries, like tires, last longer iu
proportion to the care which they
rrreire. But rOp?r!y- cared for, bat
teries give you longer service at les
cost than either tires or gasoline. I
"Economy the use of electrical
current, like economy in .the pse of
gas, cuts the operatinj cost of your
machine. '
Steering Knuckle Trouble.
The front wheel spindles upon
which theoheeis mounted turn
on the kinsr holt or pin. There are
brome pin bushings to take the
wear but due to the lack of lubrica
tion the bolt often "freezes m the
bushing end then the bolt turns
round, causing wear where-there
no renewable 'bushing. In a'
' of this kind She king belt should be
, removed by first removing 4he cas
. JcHated nut' at the boVton. .After
cleaning the bolt and the part it
fts into, oil copiously and replace.
-Tighten the cut well
Sale of Cord Tires Jumping
In Omaha, Declares Dealer
Manager of Kelly-Springfield
Branch Here Says
Demand Exceeds Ex
pectations. '
According to Henry C. Swearin-
j gen, who was appointed (manager ot
the Kelly-priniitield Umaha brancn
in September, his company has en
joyed a greater share of the tire
business in this section than thty
had anticipated. He attributes ,this
to the fact that there- is a marked
inclination'toward buying better
grades of tires and the fact that cord
tires are growing in favor daily.
TireViaiiufacturers at one time es
timated that their production s-hould
be the equivalent of five new tires
per year for each automobile regis
tered. Recently this estimate has
been reduced to three. .This qbange,
according to Mr. Sweariugen, is due
to the fact that all manufacturers
are building better tires and most
motorists now favor the cord tire.
Even the farmers who have been in
clined to buy inexpensive 'tires are
now inclined toward cords. A con
siderable amount of the Kelly
Springfield cord business in this sec
tion can be traced directly to cars
being operated in rural' districts.
The caterpillar cushion solid truck,'
tire brought out sometime, aeo by
the manufacturers of the Kelly
Springfield is also gaining in popu
larity at a very rapid rate. In sev
eral instances, entire truck fleets are
Dealer Reports
Improvement m
Used Car Market
Head of Cadjllac Branch At
tributes Stimulation ta
Price Advance of Stand
ard 'Make Autos.
According to J. H. Hansen of
tle J. H. Hansen Cadillac company,
there has been a definite improve
ment in rfie used car market during
th oast few days.
. Hansen attributes this in part to1
the fact that buying of all kinds
J has picked up considerably since
the first of the year and'that several
'standard makes of cars have ad
time aeo.
"It has been our policy, asserts
Mr. Hansen, "to hold our used cars
at the old prices, regardless of the
advances which have been made in
the price of. certain cars. These
adj-ances, however, have msde a
distinct impression upon the minds
Of those who have felt that further
reductions in 'prices would follow.
Cadillac price has remained un
changed during the price adjustment
because it represents the actual
manufacturing cost plus, a fair
profit. - ' . v
4,CondItidr.s in the east nave mi
proved materially, according to re-
1 po'rts from various eastern dealers
who -visited the JsewMork show
The money market shows an im
provement and manufacturers are
again beginning to produ?- goods
for shipment"
While attending the New York
show Mr. Hansen heard a talk by
Francis H. Sisson of the Guarantee
Trust company of New York City.
This well known 'man admitted thai
every modern banker of today real
ized the good automobile is no
longer a luxury, but a vital, economic
iactor in every part of life.
7Mr. Sisson pointed out that the
actions of brobd-minded bankers in
the last few months has actually
brined toestablish more bermanent-
1 lv the deserving auiomonu mar. ne
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: mowed jnai int aaiuuiuuiic u'viusuj
had not been aione in leeiing incci-
feet of deflation.
He also pointed out the importance
of the automobile industry in creat
ing new wealth by placing billions ot
dollars in circulation when the man
ufacture of automobiles was again es-
Lttbhstred on a large scale, ine in-
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custry also gives work" ana goou vy
to millions throughout the entire
He showed where' restoration of
production in everything wnjld off
set the enormous losses the entire
rr1(4 ctlktaineri durinir the war.
Mr. Hansen believes thaf the most
e ncouraging "part of his trip east is
the realization that the puttiic is
ceasine to talk about hard times and
everybody is trying to get down 1o
business, working haivd-m-haaid with
each other.
Head of IL S. Auto
C. of C. Here Monday
.i ,
.Alfred Reeves, general manager
of thrt National Automobile Cham
ber dt Commerce cf Xew York, win
address the Omaha Automobile
Trade association in the main din
ing room of the Chamber of Com
mcrce Monday night.
His subject will be t'ie "Future of
the Automobile Industry." Mr.
Reeves is probably the best-posted
man in America on this subject, ac
cording to Omaha automobile men.
He is in close tcuch with automo
bile manufacturers, the Federal Re
serve bank and other large financial
institutions. A large audience is ex
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APVEBTISKMEXT
"No-To-Bac" has helped thousands
to break the costly, nerve-chattering
tobacco habit Whenever you have a
loneme for a cisrarette. ciear. pipe.
or for a chew, just place a harmless
No-To-Bac tablet in your mouth ti-
i - ... i ., . r .1 .
Sicaa, to neip relieve inai awiui uc-sire.-
Shortly the habit may be com
pletely broken, and you are better off
mentally, physically, financially. It's
so easy. to simple. tt a box of No-To-Bac
and 1i it doesn't release you
from all craving for tobacco in any
form, your druggist will refund your
money without question.
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changing from giant pneumatics to
the caterpillar truek tires, t
The Omaha branch of the Kelly
Springfield Tire' company controls
the "distribution of these tires in Ne
braska, western Iowa, southern
South Dakola. and northern Kansas.
The retail distribution in Omaha is
being handled by Lionberger Tire &
Service company.
New York Mayor
In 1897 Hayne?
Causes Near Riot
Gotham Residents Stare in
fonder as Two-Cylinder
Model Chugs Toward
'A ' Auto Show.
.New York, Jan. 22 The business
section of New York City witnessed
a unique spectacle whe the second
oldest Haynes automobile, carrying
as passengers Mayor Hylan of New
Yorfc, Alton G. Seiberling, vice pres
ident and general manager of the
Haynes Automobile company, Ko
komo, Ind., and Col. Elmer Thomp
son of 1 he Automobile Ciub of
America, chugged its way down the
main thoroughfares of the metrop
olis. .
Thousands of busy New Yorkers
stared in open-mouthed amazement
at the sight oft the ancient horseless
carriage conveying the highest offi
cial of Gotham from the city hall to
the Grand Central Palace, where the
automobile show was in progress.
Amazement turned to laughter and
laughter to cheers as the significance.
oCthe event dawned on the specta
tors. I-or this same riaynes car.t
ytars ago, threaded its more or less
uncertain way over the same streets.
anH iinHnnbtedly caused as much
commotion then, as it did yesterday.
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It was a great sight The old au
tomobile, with its surrey top, its
high, wagon-like wheels, its queer
seats, its sputtering two-cylinder
motor and" its .antiquated radia
tor, caused a furore m every block
of its triumphal, resurrectioaal
march. Crossing policemen dubi
ously scratched their chins, not
knowing whetherao arrest the thing
or not, ana men,-seeing mcir mj
chief in the Iront seat, saiutea
stiffly-. . . i.
Arriving at the ftuto show, mayor
Hylan thanked Mr. Seiberling tor
the ride and then went inside the
Grand Central Palace to look at Uie
new 1921 cars. V
r)fsnite ths increasing popularity
of the automobile, horse stealing still
orcimies an jmoortant place in
criminal records in the state of
Pennsylvania.
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From five to twenty-five
miles per hour iij. nine
seconds, flat that is
standard performance of
"Glenbfook" model.
V
Take just one ride in this
car and you
diately appreciate the
difference betweeaKold
school mechanics" and
.strictly modern science.
Glenbrook "6-42" Ftv PaueBtw Teurlnr Car.
. Ardman "-2" Fmu- Piunfir Sport Model.
Lena "-42" Roadster Two Paaacnger.
.' Coup "-42- Four Patten grr.
Sedan "6-42" Five Paaaenfer.
At miid ma S (mKMaii.
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PAIG E.DETROIT MOTOR CAR CO.. DETROIT
jTaaaKlwar Pat ITeMr Can eai if Mar Trmlt
Nebraska
R. M. Aim
27TH and HARNEY STS.
THE MOST BEAUTiriU." CAR,
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Letters From Home-Made Father toHis Son
On Panics Stocks Ma Fall.
But
Prices Stay Up.
Dear Son: The power of the press
is a! wonde rtuH thing, as the man says
when he got caught in the subway
iarfcM never tnougni roucii aoum im
till" the other nisht I picked up a pa
per an found e was in the middle
of a business" panic. "Here'we are,"
says I, "in the middle of a paruc art
me livin along as calm as a cucum
ber. In the days before newspapers
was di&pvered, an a man bad nothin
to do at brekfast but argue with his
family, he might have passed
through the whole tning vviinom
ever knowin what a muddle he was
m.
ccorduI to the world's gteatest i
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writers on economy, not to menuou
Pnnrk Krkhre. lianicS come with
great unexpectedness at regular in
tervals.. An they always follow a
pi-riod of-prosperity, in that they
remind 'me of your mother. When
ever she feels extra pert an chipper
fcr a long sptll she gcts'fidgetty
about it an ends up by runnin to see
old Doct Slingsbce who'd have Jack
Demsey in a sanitorum if he ever got
his hands on him. She comes home
with a kind of "I told you so," set to
her-mouth, goes to bed and stays
there till she's consumed everything
lia the corner drug store, then gets
i.iv an cttrt an over aeen.
As a matter of fact there's two
things a man'll always f knock oS
work fcr. One is to make folks be
lieve that he aint very well an the
other is to perdict his own ruin. That
is. of course, pervided he's reasona
ble certain1 that neither of them is
true. , If everybody in. town owed
these davs. the only ones
I'd be worried about .was the ones j
. . i .1. i :MAf c M-oe firct rate.N
fcnat saia meir uuu" ,
It don't seem to me that most men
theirselves asL
has much laith -m meirseiv
nronhets. The more they perdict
hings the more, they're surprised
whenNhey happen. .V
around six nights week telhn folks
what's comin to. him if he donl merd
his ways. Then when it comes he H
start writin letters to the papers
blamin it on the Democrats.
N- We're Never Ready.'
' I' suppose we'll have, panics
though, as long as man's a "on;
in animal. We been told about the
day of judgement every -Sunday
we been old enough to see
over the Tiew. Yet when the trum-
""" i-'V ,: - ,i thp
net blows I cant exactly see the
fn,. ;n town lavinK down tne ,
' ;t an savin
"Sarah, did I hear a horn? I de
clare, this must be the day of judge
ment. S'pose you slip upstairs an
put a few things in the' grip whil
I go out on the piazza an watch ter
the fcecordih Angel." . . "
An in the same way just before
the flood Noah, havin been tipped
off in advance, went round warmn
folks about the coram wet spelt.
Bein a kindly soul he ottered em
all a bunk on ' board his private
boat. But thev all , just thanked
him an allowed how-he'd caught em
right in the middle of their busy
season. Upon which they went
rifftrt on about their affairs sajin
what a terrible thing the flood was
goin to be an how they'd heard that
Og. the s6n of Basin, warent gettin
along very well with his wife.
All Noah could get to come
aboard was a few head of live stock
belongin to a wuthless- neighbor
who thought he saw an easy way
to get era fed fer nothin through
the winter.an half a dozen poor -relations
who figgered it was a good
way to sponge some free board.
Then come the flood. Right away
everybody got panicky an swum out
to. the Ark to shake their fist t
Noah an allow he was a cussed old
crook not to have give them decent
warru'n when he knew right along.
What makes a panic? What makes
100 sheep jump into the river an
drownd theirselves v because 'one's
fool enough to do it? What makes
Alfia Briggs give his wife a gran
pianner fer Christmas when she
couldn't play a juice harp? The
man what finds the answer was
bornvwith a platnum soup spoon-in
will imme
Paige Co.
tin, Can. Mgr.
OMAHA, NEB.
IW eAMElUCA
his mouth. I sometimes think P.
T Hirnnni hail it. "
There aim uothin so alluriu to the
average folks as high prices. The
only Americans what don't turn up
their noses at low priced foods is
them What ic preventedby nature
from so dom.
In walks prosperous times. T.ie
price of everythin from clothespins
to oil stocks rises politely. By. the
time things costs twice what they'rr
worth folks, what never thought of
stocks except as som'ethin to be kept
in. the barn, begin talkin about se
curities. A security bcin a place
where you put your money so se
cure you can't get it out egain.'
Minnvhaha Steel juivps from 10
dollars'a share to a hundred an
torty. tveryDouy sees ai me srtuic
time how they owe it to their family?
to eet in on a sure tiling. T h? bnby s
bank is busted open, the granfather
clock i raffled, an I'ncle Jabe gets
a letter from his faveriie ucphew tell
in what he'll do with his money if
he can ever get his hands on it.
i Then come rumors of breakers
anead to sav nothin of brokers. Bat
the. holders 'of Minnvhaha pat thjfir
selves on: the back fcr havin some
thin that can't go down. The com
pany's got odcrs enough on their
hooks to keep em busy fcr 10 year.
Besides which any fool can see the
country's goin to reed steel no
matter what comes. , The only thins
Ttiard times can do isHo make prices
lower. "So let em harden.
Then all of a sudden everythin but
hia-h nrices comes down like a kite
in a calm. The postman strams his
back bringm letters to the Minynana
Steel company permittin em to use
their unfilled orders fer lightin fires.
Startin from 200 a share the stock
retires into its hole wi".h the dignity
of a scared tack rabbit. An you open
jDurself to assalt an battery by tryin
The stock market begins-to look
like the Boston tea party, i he loyal
rooters fer Minnyhaha cuss the out
fit fcr a hunch of crooks an sell out
to their local paw n . brokers. They
tt Viaf'c 1pft frnm the wreck back
hank, moreaire the
Ford an start savin fer another AO
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M-ears till tnuigs gets nign pni-cu
enough to make it wonn wnire icr
them to buy again.
It's a sight to wring iears from a
tii'-hin rrtt to see the canitalist
whoV watched his fortune actin like I
a cake of ice on a hot stove.
"See that man?" says mv good
iriena, jveni nauiaway as a jmc in
limosinc sweeps proudly
. ,
friend, Kent Hathaway as a fine ma
across our toes.
"Who is it?" says I "chairman of
the board" ot aldermen, or. some
member of the royal family travelin
mmagneto?
It. none of em, says Kent. Its
poor old Lummins. a monin ago
he was the richest man in the state.
Then the slump come an he lost
- -n tin
Willard
Plus
Plus longer life
Plus freedom from
battery worriesr-
Plus the protection
of Threaded Rubber
Insulation -
'Plus Willard Serv
ice' . It always pays to
look for the Willard
Threaded Rubber
Trade-mark on the bat
tery you buy, and to
be sure you ge it
Nebraska Storage
Battery Co.
20th and Harney Sts.
Tyler 2920
Batteries
aloia(Ee&5
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Maffl
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They fV he's down an j
every cent
out."
1 is another man s food as the blunt
it's terrible, an yet 1 ! min MVs when he drunk the wood
Of course
sometimes feel bow if 1 could live aiCohol." While the Kansas farmers
iike a miliouair what's dowu an out,, js CPyin over the price of wheat
it's all I'd ask f the world. they're celebratin the drop tn cotton.
It's
a mmfortin an amazm fact
,TAn
V That the lightiessV the Business ;' , II " jl
xCir is united to great strength f s II
is proven by the splendid semce II ' ;j
i it is renderins everywhere under - . II . i!
II rtAAaSv vsrtnna rwifinn. - , till 'i
II! eas and oil costs down, and its- 1
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11 sound construction renoers repairs jii r
I ' infrequent. , , j
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in . - ..-'"- in . '
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CAD ILL
J. H HANSEN CADILLAC CO:
OMAHA
though, trTat we live through pretty
near anytain in spue ot an we can
do to the contrary. An if it lasts
suppose we would to hangin if it
didn't kill us o quick.
Besides, what's one man's poison
all that keeps the cottomieuows
The lightness of the car keeps the ll j
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OMAHA NEB. ' COUNCIL BLUFFS lA. 91 v j
.. VNrw.ncx. ma so. main ST. Sill ?!
rrtSf wuNOLBUirri E3, III! A
Men and women, the world
over, are irresistibly attract
ed to the Cadillac jirst, last,
arid most of all, because of
its everlasting and unvary
ing dependability.
New cars come and go but
the Cadillac still remains the
"Standard of the World'
from commitin suercide is the price
of wheat An f er 'the first time in
his life the fellow what never had a
nickle is happy cause he-can't lose
nothin no matter what happens.
All of which leads me to say that
I'm cuttin your allowance $3 a
month.
Depressedly yours,
AMOS IL AMESBY,
Fath.
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