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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 22, 1922)
( 4-C TIIK UKK: OMAHA. SUNDAY, JANUARY 22. 1922. 'i Daring Scheme of Decorations for Auto Show Tietry PhiicIi in Chicago ColUrum to DqiUt the CroHth ami Importance of Motor Cur. s ' itlnlic oiicning of the 2.M amiiM ! Cltcaso national auionmlitle how I only a f-w Uv away, many tti Ihe i til uunuUi'turrra ( panrngrr cart lrcady have ifiti on thnr rxiniiiu, i iom roiuinii from ihe New Yor I ivrnt. which cloJ recently. Oiherj are bring thipptd on directly (row iiir facloriri. I Thia jreatrit of the world' lulus' t-ial fxnoutioni oitrn haturiUy. Jan usry 28, and clow Fthruary 4. Ten i thoutandi of vitilor will be lire. rt from all pari of the United itatn and Canada. All furmrr attempt at tlrcoratinn ' ; a vtbt cale have been urpnJ ! tiiid when Ihe door of Ihe Lulitnim, ibe Coliiruni annrx and the First J'cgiment armory are thrown orn J be interior will rt a new note i I trimming and trapping of a ttrik iir.g nature, j ' Daring Scheme. I, 'Charles J. Tietzcl. famous artit i had charge of decorating many .iJhe country biggest events, aii'l gam ha been entrusted with the j is'ijrantic. tank of converting these toted (tructure into bowers of beauty. Those who have een th ( Ion of trimming have pronounced I them remarkable reproduction of the f i'lrmisli-Moorikh renaissance period ' For this yrar'a show, Mr. Tictrei J.n attempted a daring scheme, and the striking note. of the whole decorv t!ve edect will be a series of tapestry panels depicting the growth and im portance of the automobile in this country. These panel will hati; aong Ihe balcony front of the Col iscum. Stories of Panels. . . These panels, which will measure Z4 feet wide and 9 feet high, will por. tray the following scenes, and will tell, in a brief story, what each indi cates: "A steamer loading automobiles "We exported $294.89 1, 74- worth of automobiles in 1920. . A prosperous farm; other farms In distance: "United States farmers own .5,080,910 automobiles." Railroad station and freight shed. passengrr cars and trucks deliver ing: "Two great Interdependent in dustries." Stable, doctor emerging leading Iiorsc; instrument case in hand, bug' vy standing outside: "Who wants a doctor who is unsanitary and slow jcnough to hitch up a horse?" ' Red Cross and Y. M. C. A. cars '''In the Red Cross and Y. M. C. A. service. War scene: "The ' automobile ;made the world safe for democ racy." I Colorado Flood Scene. r .Colorado flood scene: "As a life- Having device the automobile is set ond only to- wireless .telegraphy." jr Tourists, en route, with , trailer ''Seeing America First." ' Tourists, encamped for the night: "Seeinr America First." - ' i Harbor with many boats: "The known oil deposits would float all the Icstiips of the world." i ; Nineteen hundred, bad road, poor --house; 1920, good roads, same house in good condition: "Annual increase iii farm values, since advent of au- " -tomobiles, $1.300,000,000." ! Entering New York by bridge rand boats: "154,700 cars, carrying 418,000 persons, enter New York .daily." i t Cars in U, 5. Service. Old and new buildings, labeled j"school": "Before and after the ad ?vnt of the automobile." , :Bus, arriving at school: "97,000 gather their children by automo bile." -"Rural motor express wagons, large and small, on country roads, or at store:- "There are 2,949 rural motor express routes in the United States." Cars in government service: "State governments operate 30.000 cars." Rubber plantation: "Annual rub ber production, 403,000- tons; tires, 40.000,000." The color scheme will be of car mine, green, white, gold, lavender " and bronze. Overhead the. vast ceil ings will be covered with curtains, blending in color and effect with the remainder of the decorations. On the floors the various makes of cars will be divided off into booths by' magnificent pillars bi tapestry ef fect, bearing clusters of lights at the '.top. , Storage Battery Company, Announces Cut in Price Elmer Rosengren of the Nebraska Storage Battery company has an nounced a new price reduction on batteries and repair work effective immediately. "This is but another adjustment of prices to the changing cost of raw materials, and a reduction in repa;r prices are made possible by increased efficiency in our repair department," says Mr. Rosengren. "This reduc tion will not change the standards oj TBaliry for which the Wiltard battery has been noted. Nor is the quality of service that goes with that battery to suffer any change. We believe that a battery's reputation depends largely t pon the care it receives, and we ex ptct to. continue to help our customers-take care of the batteries they buy from us." New Jewett This' is the new Jewett Light Six. which, it was announced at the New York ahow, wfll sell at $1,065 f. o. b. Detroit City Purchases Cadillacs Again After Many Tests -rf iio ; According to J. If. llanten of the J. If, Hantrn Cadillac company, the "city dadk" have again selected the Cadillac ear a the official car of the city of Omaha, by jut purchasing two new type til Cadillac touring car, alter thoroughly trying out and testing many car. Cut Is Made in Price of Haynes Trunk and Trunk Hack of Im proved Design Among New Features of Car. The llajnes Automobile company. k'okomo, Ind, ha announced lower rice for the new, improved Haynci 55 and 75 models, effective January 1, 1922. Not only have wc lowered our prices on an Haynes moods, cc dares Alton G. Scibcrling, vice presi licnt and general manager of the ompany, "but we also have added fome very important improvement to our new models. These improve ments, in reality, constitute a further lowering of our prices than tnc dual figures show. Noteworthy among the improve ment on the 1922 Haynes car are the moleskin-covered trunk and im- iroved design trunk rack on the Haynes 75 touring car. tounstcr, sedan and suburban, six nickel- lated ornamental protection bai laced at the back of the 75 touring tar, sedan and suburban add to the npearance of these new cars. All of the new, improved Haynes 75 models, with the exception of the pecial speedster, have the new fash ionable three-quarter length running board, iwo extra tires carriers, Mounted on each side at the front. are included as standard equipment. For those motorists who desire a ighly economical, lightweight, med ium price enclosed car, the Haynes utomobile company has produced the new Haynes 55 three-passenger coupelet. The coupelet has a single, 52-inch seat, allowing the three pas sengers to ride side by side. The interior is finished in hand-buffet! leather and durable fabric. Indi- idual steps and fendejs lend distinc- c.n to its appearance. Ihe Haynes 55 coupelet, which will sell at $2,295. ill be exhibited to the public for the first time at the automobile show. Digest Illinois, Iowa., Kansas, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas, the seven leading states in the value of farm products' and the number of motor vehicles owned'., by;;. farmers, are prominent in the construction a vast - mileage of permanent roads. , . The average cost for the registra tion of all classes of motor vehicles the United "States is $11,-"'The average, in Arizona, ! Kansas, .Louisi ana, South Dakota and South Caro- na is $5,57, while two other' states. have fees that average ; more than $20 for each car : in those states.' Of the 40,191 cases tried by the traffic court in New York City-.dur-ing 1921, 1,020 chauffeurs were sent to jail on straight sentences, and 1,880 drivers, went-to jail, in default of payment of fines.- Since " the court was opened in 'June, 1916, the fines collected have totaled $1,389, 180. ',.:. "- ; ' " ; ' ' -. , ' London has a -Ladies' Automobile club. ' Among the member are: Duchess of Beaufort, . Viscountess Churchill. - Lady ' Buchanan-J.nrdine, Lady Sybil Codrington. Lady Trou bridsre. Lady -Musgrave, y Lady Young, Lady Bruce-Porter,. Lady de 'Isle and Dudly, JLady Louise Loder and Mrs. Loeffler. , Miss Garland of Bridgeport, W. Va., has just been awarded a $4,000 university scholarship tor having written the . best . essay on "Good Roads and; Highway Transport." The contest was conducted by the good roads and highway transport education cetnmittce of Washington, C, and the contest was open to all high school pupils.- , Light Six T-Sfib" 1 Mcrrok "The e'tv now own i good many Cadillac both in the police and fire department,'' (aid Mr. Hantrn. "and they have found them completely dependable." The fire department of the city of Lincoln ha alto purchased Cadillac car from the Hansen company. Durant Closes 56 New York Dealer s Many Nebraska Dealers Com ment on Car to Be Handled by Murpliy. I lie announcement of the new Durant car to be handled by Andrew Murphy & Son, Inc.. brought forth a considerable amount of comment from dealers throughout the state and several of them came to Omaha last week for the purpose of secur ing a dealer franchise in their terri tory. , Wherever the Durant has been announced dealers have evidenced much interest in it. In New York city 56 dealer were closed in the metropolitan district, AQW. Bothwell ar.d R. W. Stine baugfi, two veteran automobile sales men have gone with the Murphy company during the past week and will travel the territory adjacent to Omaha. Bothwell has been with the Oakland people for the past four years and Stinebaugh has been asso ciated with the Van Brunt Automo bile company for the past five years. O. A. Wilson of Andrew Murphy & Son, Inc., who has been in charge of truck sales will take charge of the sates of the Durant and his for mer position as truck salcsmanagcr will be filled by J. L. Hcfues, who has been in the truck department of Andrew Murphy & Son for several years. ' LaFayette New York Sales Total $78,000 LaFayette Motors company re cently wired to R. W. Hayward of the LaFayette Hayward Motor com pany, Omaha distributors of the La- rayette that the Lafayette had been unequivocally accepted ' by New York's "motor buying public as one of America's finest cars and an out standing investment value. According to a report lrom Jcw York city, sales to customers during the New York show amounted 'to more than $78,000 and the car's suc cess in New York city is now as sured. LaFayette Motors company feel that with success assured in New York city, and with the recent price reductions, the public in general will accept the LaFayette in much' the same spirit.' Belgium has seven manufacturers of motor cars. . . . One First Hansen Replies to Criticism of City Auto Deal Hard Senit-e of l'ulu-c Can Cutiie Lower ylue Tban Mac hine in I'm ate IV, He Sayt, "An interview puulnilied recently rcjsaidiiiij the city' purchac of fad iliac autuiiibbilr U very inUlcading to the liquet al public," Md J. II. Hansen uf the J. II, llannen Cadd lae company voterdjy. "Tin article state that we fold a certain type of car to ihe Omaha tire department for a much larger consideration than that allowed by ti for the amc model taken in from the Oinuh;i police department on an exciunuc for two new car "In all fairnet to the reputation we have eitallihed for fair and lion- ct dealing, we wish to state that any experienced automobile man, be he dealer or tuer, were he to examine the respective cars, would readily M-e the tat difference iu valuation between the Iwo. It i true that the model are the tant. both car being maitiiMcturcd in 191V, but one car ha hrni in private use, limited use at that, and ita been kept in per tret rendition. "The police cars, purchased and ued through a former police admin istration and up to the present time, have (ecu an entirely different clans of service. They are not driven as a in private life, they are used in emergency runs when fast driving is absolutely necessary. Under these condition it is impossible to avoid wreck and exceptionally severe usage, such as few automobiles will stand. Why, one car taken from the police department carries four bul let holes, the result of a 'run in' with bandits in a recent safe robbery. "The renewed Cadillac purchased by Mr. Ziiuiiian for the fire depart ment was an exceptional value in view of its wonderful condition and will give the city of Omaha perfect service tor year to come. . Lee Huff, jr., to Head Buick Retail Sales Lee Huff, Jr. Lee Huff, jr., who for the last 10 vcars has been connected with the Nebraska Buick Auto company re cently has been made retail salcs nianager of that company. Mr. Hutf is a pioneer in the automotive indus try and is an authority on the sales policies of this organization. Unlike the general run of sales- managers, he is an engineer as well, and is thoroughly familiar with the technical and mechanical features of automobile construction. IBB of the I There was a time when an automobile dealer considered the sale of the car as his entire responsibility to his customer. But in the nature of things it developed that the automobile owner needed more than a new car to be entirely happy. We are proud of the fact that we were among the first to recognize and accept the dealer's responsibility for the satisfaction of the owner. '-HUDSON and ESSEX" MOTOR CARS GUY L.SMITH - , . rjCRVICC FIRST 2663-5-7 FARNAM STREET .Omaha, US. A.; PHONE DOUGLAS 1970 ' SEE THE ESSEX COACH AT BUILDING SHOW Reo Exhibit Attracts Attention at -Road -Show The movement for good road is receiving further impetu at the IJth annual meeting of the American (iood Road Builders aiociation in Chicago, according to Mr. J. M, Op per of the Joncs-Opper company, lie state that a Keo speed wagon, equipped with a road floater and dump body, is one of the most inter esting exhibit and a display which 1 attracting unusual attention. In speaking of the job, Mr. Oppcr lays: A speed wagon equipped with a road floater will replace up to six teams of horse in doing tint class of work. It ha demonstrated its ability to do better and faster work Unusual Value in Gardner Car Company Increases Quality of Auto While Lowering Price, Says Dealer. "Jn the new Gardner car at the present price," said Charles R. Han- nan, jr., president of the Western Motor Car company, "we have un doubtedly one of the best values ex isting in the automobile field today. The automobile industry is probably the first to realize that the buying public are now demanding 1UU per cent quality in merchandise at ( minimum of profit to the manufac turer and middle man. It does not take a person of experience in the construction of an automobile to realize that at the price of $895 purchase of an automobile secures a maximum of value for his money. "While we do not anticpate the same volume of business which ex isted up to 1919, we do feel that with the present price adjustment it is not unreasonable to expect a consistent hpalthv business. "Some manufacturers accompuish- cd their price reduction by cheapen ing their car. :-Instead of this the Gardner Motor company has in creased the value of its car in their manufacturing methods and at , the same time has reduced the price. This has been possible only through readjustment of, manufacturing costs and methods. Hansen Company Sells 14 Cars Since Price Cut 'So far - -the. year o -1922 . looks vcrv promising, for us," says J. H. Hansen of the j, H. Hansen Cadillac Company. Since January 1, when the. announcement . of the-Cadillac substantial price reduction ' was made; we have delivered 14 ' new Cadillac- cars, and, many thousands of dolars worth of ' good,: rebuilt Cadillacs. At a recent, sale in Lin coln, Neb., $14,000 worth, of used cars were sold to satisfied purchasers in three days."- : Sp Waon quipped With Dump Body, end Read Hotter than horse-drawn equipment. It uill handle gravel at a speed of from 10 1 to IS mile an hour. At this speed it will spread the gravel more evenly and fill up all the little cupj and rut. It ha proved equally effec tive in maintaining the ordinary type o( dirt road." The floater, or leveling anparatut, can le hung on either tide of the peed wagon. It i adjustable to dif ferent preurei on the road. With a dump body the speed wagon will carry practically a yard of gravel, "floating' the road as it goes along. The floater can be easily removed and the truck used fcr other pur poses. Oakland Company Enlarges factory New Addition to Plant Adds 200,000 Square Feet of Floor Space. The Oakland Motor Carx company has just completed an addition to the motor plant at a cost of ap proximately $500,000. This new ad dition has added 200,000 feet of floor space for manufacturing: purposes. In all plants of the company there is a total of 1.27O.50O square feet of floor space. This area com poses the entire floor space of the eight plants of the company at Pon tiac and extends over a plot of land of approximately 28 acres. The Grand Trunk railroad runs through the center of this plot of land, offer ing excellent facilities for shipping. The company started manufactur ing automobiles in 1907 and in 1912 started the manufacture of six-cylinder cars. In 1917 the six-cylinder cars were standardized on and since that time all Oaklands have been six cylinder models. " The entire plants and ' machinery have' been modeled and designed for the large production. This activity for big production is in line with the recent statement of P. S. ,du Pont, president of the General Motors cor poration, that the Oakland Motor Car company will be developed and expanded to its full possibilities along with the other units of Gen eral Motors. ' -: . A Rotary Garage. .'In cases where the' era race is so placed that. installation . of . a' turn table is impossible, it is possible to place the entire building .on, a big turn table and give it two doors, front and back, so that after the car has ' been driven in the Karaee is i swung and the vehicle may be driven I out forward instead of backed out 1 THE NEW (F. O. B. DETROIT) Effective January 16, 1922 Chassis - ' - - - $285 Runabout - - $319 Touring Car - - $348 Truck Chassis - $430 Coupe - - - - $580 Sedan - - - - $645 Tractor - - - $625 These are the lowest prices of Ford cars in the history of the Ford Motor Company. Orders are coming in fast, so place yours promptly to insure early delivery. Authorized Omaha Ford Dealers McCAFFREY MOTOR COMPANY. . . .15th and Jackson Sts. C E. PAULSON MOTOR COMPANY, ,20th and Amea Ave. SAMPLE-HART MOTOR COMPANY.. 18th and Burt SU., UNIVERSAL MOTOR COMPANY 2562 Leavenworth St ADKINS MOTOR COMPANY. 4911 So. 24th St. GALBREATH MOTOR COMPANY. . . .60th and MUitary Ave. . "PRESENT FORD PRICES ARE THE LOWEST EVER QUOTED" Responsible Dealer ' Item in Car's Value AVht nuke a ear g nyaP nil Guy L. Simith. "It Un'f the g4t, tliogrtlier, lrcaue a n of gi- oIim can'l travel. We know, of toune, lhal jl'i Ihe different part of the car functioning perfectly that re lull in pcrformaute, "The consideration of the dealer a one of the force assuring rontinu out and satisUrtory road perform ance i indicated when anyone look at the fact squarely. "The responsible dealer today keep in toik att the part Ihe r may reuuiie. H Include in h on gauiiation all the knowledge nrcrs- The very substantial reduc tion in Cadillac prices, we be lieve, has established a new standard of motor car value. J.H. HANSEN Omaha LOWER THAN EVER For a few days, and in order to clean up for spring business, we are making these exceptionally low prices lower than ever before. Every car or truck offered has been thoroughly over hauled and is in fine condition mechanically. Most of them LOOK LIKE NEW. . ,. - 1 1917 490 Chevrolet Touring 1 1920 490 Chevrolet Touring 1 1921 490 Chevrolet Touring 1. 1920 490 Chevrolet Roadtter ....... 1 1922 490 Chevrolet Touring 1 New 490 Chevrolet Sedan.... 1 1918 490 Chevrolet Sedan 1 1920 490 Chevrolet Sedan 1 Practically New FB Chevrolet Sedan. . . 2 One-Ton Chevrolet Trucks, each....... 2 One-Ton Chevrolet Trucks (almott new), 1 1920 Ford Touring ........... ...... 1 1919 Dodge Delivery .....,........ 1 1920 Dodge Delivery (screen body) . . . It will cost you nothing, and will pay you, to come in and look these over. '-, . , , v - ' . ( Easy terms to responsible parties. '; ' . " Chevrolet Motor Co. 2659 Farnam Street UNIVERSAL CAR PRICKS .ty to serv inlllik-cn!y and ITk iirntly every need ol ih ur and its 0nr, "It i really up ta him to prui.e the r serve lore tshkb naU'e any ear lo perform caimsirnilv, utoni i isttrr wioiitli and yea' titer jesr. v U lira one tre a drprmlable ear unc i usually set the prolut ol a R't niauufac-turer which reached i" owner ihrounH a good dealer," Cold Weather Starting. Durin old weather Iht batttry fall off In efficiency, and the iur owner tan hrlu hi battery coiiid erbly by turning over the cnxiif a lew lime with Ihe ttarting ciink, before throwing Ihe Marling motor into operation, 1 lie cranking pv hand serve to break tolidlicd oil around ihe piston. CADILLAC CO. Lincoln 93.00 275.00 300.00 200.00 . 400.00 850.00 350.00 450.00 1,300.00 400.00 600.00 ' 200.00 400.00 450.00 . . . . Phone HA mey 7280 j i r V !