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Ex-Officers Make
$100 Per Week
Begging in London
Such Is Charge Now Doing In
vestigated ly Officers' Asso
oition; One Mendicant
Imprisoned.
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London, March 1'). The scandal of
pensioned cx-olTicers who are said to
be nuking a luxurious living by pa
rading barrel organs in the London
streets is being investigated by the
police authorities arjd the Officers'
association, Grosvenor square.
"Public sympathy and generosity
i grossly "'abused, " said an official
of the association.
"There is no need for any ex
officer whose dislress is genuine to
adopt the barrel organ game.
Make $100 a Week.
"Our inquiries Miow that spme of
these men have collected as much as
100 a week, and are able to live at
expensive hotels. Tfiey start early
in the morning and then make a tour
of fashionable shopping centers.
"The public, particularly women,
.ire drawn to the masked victims, and
demonstrate their sympathy by gen
erous donations.
j "Some of the barrel organ ex-officers
when interrogated have given
false addresses, and it was ascer
tained - that others had previously
been assisted by the association."
The Officers' association has found
positions for a considerable number
of pensioned men, and at the same
time have given financial aid to en
able them to set up in business.
Corner at the Automobile Show
Every human being is a poten-'
tial sportsman or sportswoman. v
That is the principal reason why
our New Series "Glenbrook 6-44"
has won so many frierids.
This smart five passenger car is
the very next thing to a living,
breathing companion. The
smooth, even flow of power is
almost magic in effect as it
accelerates from five to twenty
five miles per hour in ninex ;
seconds flat.
Steep hills, of course, are mere
play and you wHl return home
- after a day's journey refreshed,
relaxed and gloriously exhila-
rated. Such is the "Glenbrook"
a surprise and revelation to.
the most critical motorist.
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Mnnmeiurtri Ptin Ktttt Ctrl tmi XtUr Track.
i Nebraska Paige Co.
R. M. Austin, General Manager
27th and Harney Sts. Omaha, Neb.
THI MOIT BtAttfffUt CAH.S IK ,'AUS JUOA
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corner at the auto show, showing the,Hudson and Essex display arranged by Guy L. Smith.
Omaha Gets 187,000 Head of
Live Stock by Truck in 'Year
Battery Economy a
Simple Matter When
Proper Care Taken
MOTOR.
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In Stockholm, Sweden, there are
four motorcycle "speed cops'" to
regulate and enforce traffic laws.
Coal is being hauled directly from
the mine to the consumer in Terre
Haute, Ind., by motor trucks.
Philadelphia has 98 horse-drawn
-re-fighting machines, and 106 pieces
of motor-driven apparatus.
Seattle, SSpokane, Portland and
Taconia and the extreme northwest
ern part of the United States are
alive with motor truck transport
companies.
In England the official automobile
license tag must be kept in a small,
circular holder attached to the car
and displayed" near the windshield.
Tony Tommy, chief of the Florida
Seminolcs, who still wear the garb
of their forefathers, is the first of
his tribe to buy and operate his own
automobile.
' "Billy" 'Sunday, the base ball
evangelist, is in favor v the use
of automobile riding on Sunday for
health and recreation and to get in
touch with God's out-of-doors.
American-made passenger autonxv
ilcs, exhibited in various motor
shows throughout the union, rang
in price front the cheapest at $1,000
to the most costly at $11,000.
Because of a foiling olf in the de
mand for baby carriages manufac
turers in Chicago are experimenting
on a new type of motor perambula
tor operated by storage batteries.
Brooklyn, N. V., issued permits
for 3,617 garages, 3,157 dwellings
and 10 churches last year. The es
timated cost of the garages was 30
times that of the churches.
. Lieut. J. D. Glick, in command of
the submarine chaser Eagle 40, has
special permission from the Navy de
partment to carry his passenger au
tomobile on the vessel he commands.
The total number of automobiles
imported into Brazil from Jantiarv,
1907, to June 30, 1020, was 24,475.
representing a value of $24,723,430.
Of this number the United States
furnished 15,109 cars.
Study C) Under lilwks ,
I. a l-'ajiette cylinder blocks after 50 -000
miles of testing have not shown
wear in excess of one-half thou
sandths of an inch, factory officials
report. The ordinary cylinder block
needs reboring" at 10,000 miles, they
assert.
Automobile Owners
Attention!
Will allow $10 for your
old battery on exchange
for a New Chain Battery.
Made in Omaha. Two
year guarantee forgone
week, beginning Mon
day, March 21.
Service Station
2816 Leavenworth St
Phone Harney 4452.
Farmers Use 79,000 Motor Trucks, 10,000 More Thau "Battery ecemomy.r-economy in
Mvt XUoLflcf riooa ,vP fWiiafc TToo Ttt I electrical current, means nothing
Transporting, Live Stock Has Bib
Economic Advantage.
By GEORGE M. GRAHAM,.
Membrr, Nnllofnl Mutur Truck Compnny.
Today the farmer is in greater
need of the motor truck than he has
ever been before. The prices ob
tained for many classes of products
by the farmer depend, to a large ex
tent upon his ability to place them
on the market in good condition at
the right time. The ordinary meth
ods of marketing farm products do
not take promptness into considera
tion. Great quantities of food are
wasted because farmers cannot
profitably get their products to mar
ket. The number of motor trucks now
used by farmers is 79,000, or 10,000
more than the next nearest class of
users, manufacturers. The total
number of farms in the United States
is 6.361,502, of an average size of 140
acres. It has been stated that any
farm of 80 or more acres can profit
ably use a motor truck. Adding a
factor of safety of 75 per cent to
this estimate, it is concluded that a
farm of 140 acres can economically
support a motor tructr. It is; there
fore, reasonable to assume that if
every 140 acres of farm land 'will
support a motor truck, the possible
number of motor trucks that may
be sojd if 6.361.502. f
Our wealth lies in our soil,, but
so lone as urban population increas
CAD1UAC
Cadillac Leadership
Is Evident This
Year As Usual
The number of Cadillac Automobiles
sold at the Automobile show this year
is only "The proof of the pudding."
proof that real quality and depend
. ability are the things which buyers are
seeking today. - - - i
fl Buyers who held off until the Automo- '
bile show to make their selection
again paid fine tribute to the Cadillac.
During the show week, March 14 to 19,
six Cadillac automobiles .were sold to .
. residents of Omaha, and five to out-of-i
town visitors:
If Now is the time to order your Cadillac
v and insure delivery when you want it.
J. H. Hansen Cadillac Co.
OMAHA
LINCOLN
cs at the expense of our rural sec
tions, and we neglect our opportuni
ties in failing to provide transporta
Jion beyond the belt of communities
built up arourtd our railroads, we
cannot expect to extract enough of
our raw products to care for the in
creasing demands of an ever-cn-croachimj
'consumer population.
Oftentimes strikes or a congested
railway system will cause disastrous
losses to the farmer and to the con
suming public. This is the point
where the farmer's motor truck
proves a real investment, for he over
comes the loss by carrying his cattle
or his farm produce through to desti
nation where a" ready marlrct awaits
them.
The use of the motor truck fot
transporting live stock has a big eco
nomic advantage. It 'prevents shrink
age in the weight of the animals to
a vlarge degree. This is especially
important in "farm to railroad siding
to yards" delivery. After a car is
ordered, it may not be spotted for
several days. With the motor truck to
depend upon, the producer can keep
his stock pn his' farm until a few
hours before the car is set for load
ing. This avoids lonjj waits in the
loading pens, which are never help
ful to slock. In the case of a direct.
"farms to yards" haul, the truckmen-
ables the producer to get his stock
to the yards when the market price
is nighest.
Good Roads Stimulate.
Think of 6,800 head of hogs, valued
at $200,000, being hauled into the
Indianapolis stock yards in one day
by 500 motor trucks, which traveled
2,500 miles. This' if not the only
point receiving live stock direct from
the farm by motor truck. St. Joseph,
Mo., is receiving 2,500 per day, while
Omaha received over 187,000 in one
year, and these records are increas
ing at a great rate, year byyear.
Good roads are a great stimulation
to the business of raising live stock.
The increase in the, number of hogs
which 'go to market via the motor
truck over the highway is proof of
this. The use of motor trucks with
the farmer may be said, therefore, to
be developing just as rapidly as the
farmer is learning to think jn terms
of road mileage. When he ceases to
think of transportation wholly in
terms of horse power and can com
prehend the cost per mile a pound
regardless of the power used, then
the sale of motor truck's will be
geatly increased.
Farmers within a radius of 25 or
30 miles oL South St. Paul are turn
ing more and more to the use of
trucks for delivering their stock to
market. Roads leading into South
'St. Paul ia a.11 directions are now
being used by hundred of farmers,
large and small, some of them com
ing from as far as the Lake Minne
tonka district, while others come
from the section near Northfield, and
still others from Washington, Da-'
kota and Ramsey counties.
The development of the truck has
brought on a new phase of orchard
ing. .- The rapid transportation qE
large loads increased the business
facilities in cities and made profitable
locations that had for centuries been
considered impossible The same is
true of the country. Land that was
good in all ways, but too far from
the railroad, has now taken on an
added value, and greater 'areas can
be devoted to the production of
agricultural crops. Particularly is
this so in the growing of perishable
crops, such as iruits. 1 he crop that
has the largest monetary value may
be grown at a profit at a greater
distance from the shipping points
than those' of low value, provided
the perishable crop can be got to
the railroad at a reasonable figure.
Good toads and the truck practical
ly put all forms within reach of the t
market. . I
The fruit grower who has a haul
to the loading station cannot con
sider the question of affording to
have a truck; the real problem i.s
that he cannot afford Ao be without
one.,The truck has become a part
of the equipment of all large and
progressive orchards; it is as nec
essary a the horse and wagon used
to be. and. as a matter of fact, can
in most instances take the place of
the horse and wagon. It does all
the fetching and carrying about the
place, bringing the fruit from, the
fields to the packings sheds- and
transporting the baskets back aifcain
to the fields. It gives a rapid means
of 4akin2 labor from one part of
the place to the other or for bringing
it out from trTe centers of popula
tion to the orchards and taking it
back again at night or at the end
of the week.
j more or' less than taking care of the
i battery," says Elmer, Koscngrcij of
! the Nebraska Storage Battery Com-
pany. "In the care of your auto
mobile, battery qare is really tbe
simplest of all. If means that once
a week in summer and twice a week
in winter you will fill your battery
with distilled water. That, before
you do this, you take the test of the
battery with a hydrometer syringe
to see that it is kept in a fully
charged condition.
"Your car, in all probability, !s
equipped with an ammeter. It . has
a definite, useful purpose. At regu
lar intervals t-ike comparative am
meter readings' to see if your gen
erator is returning to the.- battery as
much energy as is being used. 1
you do not know how to make these
tests your service station man will
show you how."
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One trip behind the wheel of A Westcott will convince you that driv
ing such a car is not "work." It give? you a new'version to motoring.
STANDARD MOTOR CAR CO.
CARL CHANGSTROM, Prei.
2555 Farnam St OMAHA 4 Quality Lars and
Phone Doug. 1705 . Sauare Deal'ms"
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Special Auto Show
For the benefit of the many thousands who were at
the show, we are gofng to hold a, Special Shtfw all
this week at our salesroom.
We will have on exhibition all;the Special Cars we
had at the show, together with all the models our
, factory produces.
The crowds at the Auditorium were so large that it
was impossible to give everyone the personal atten
tion that they deserved. v t
We want you to come to our show this week and
let us show you ther Hudson and Essex in detail,
where you will have the oppportunity of looking
them over carefujly.x t
We know we can satisfy you with either a Hudson
or an Essex, as the case may be. Our past perform
ance and records, together with 100,000 Hudson and
50,000 Essex owners, prove the merits of our cars.
Let us help you select your new car. Let us show.
you what fair and square automobile dealing is.
We know , you wiH want a car that will give you
-Service, Reliability and Economy our, cars will do
this, we know. We want to show you.
Buy a car backed by the Best Service -in the city
-.where the customer's interest is first consideration.
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GUY L.SMITH
2S$S57 Farnam St.
-SERVICE FIRST
Omaha, U S A -
Open Evenings Till Nine
Phone: Douglas 197QJ
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