... JLF.: OMAHA. .
MARCH
mi.
. First Motor to
X Cross Continent
Wild a Packard
Historic Trip Took ."1 Days
anil Attraiinl tin Altrn
tln f tli Kmire
.Nation.
First to Cross Continent
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'17
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"N'ol long ago, in the roure f
d:fuioti, ilirre tame la my mind
t) intrrritiiif event, oi'Ulr4 Mhll
the crlv i)j o( the autiitiioUile
iiidii.tiy." liii.) 1'. T. Kben, vice
ireilrnf, l'ai'.fil Molur company.
fcIt dtr l.4vk to.lwj wl.cn the
I'jularJ factory tt located in War
ien, O, and f-iU viih tlie adveu
turf of 'Old I'urnic,' a uiif .rvlindi f,
tiiiieliorcpower l'alrd tlul had
trrn coiiiiniioiicd to nute a tram
continental run, Irum San Framicj
In New York.
I "The trt a made from San
rrami.ro. June IH, with l. T. Fetch
4i in rhargc and the lim'sdi took place
hi front oi the Ator lintel, New
,. wk, si days later, Trauicviiti
lC'MUt tr! were jut roininir into
,1s J ue ami road map were a un
l . A lown as arlf-Martrr. I recall that
the only map available fur a great
part of the wciiern half of the jour
ti'y it 1 1'nioii Pacific railroad
man.
-.'OU Pacific 4 the f.r.t ga.o- I
ime-jirrtpfiinl venule to rros the
Nevada sands, Seven day were re
onired to do the job, anil to secure
I v action, everything that human in-
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w atrip of canvas to the lloor hoards
of the car iteli) v called into
play. It was here that a supposedly
xperirnced guide, taken on in San
Francisco, admitted that 'the coun
try was all pew to hint.' Despite
the handicap, however, 'Old Pacific'
won out ultimately.
t.ven muracrs in tnose cavs were
e.f secondary interest to the appear
ance ot an automobile, i Ins was
proved in Carson Citv where a mur
der had occurred an hour or so he
fore 'Old Pacific' made its entrance
to the town. The crowd, on seeing
the first motor car of their lives,
promptly left the seme of the mur
der to witness a sight less common,
"If there are anything more dif
ficult than the desert country of
Nevada, it was the mud of Iowa. On
one particular stretch of road, it re
quired from 5 in the morning until 9
night to travel 20 miles. Today,
the help of the Lincoln hifth
a twin-six successor of 'Old Pa-
can make the 20 miles in about
minutes.
"The crew of the old pioneer had
much to contend with. So much in
fact that in a fit of weakness they
descended to mutiny and announced
that from a certain point forward
they intended to choose their own
. route. When this ultimatum reached
Warren. O.. and was delivered to
S. D. Waldon, then Packard sales
manager pud personally responsible
for the supervision of the transcon
tinental run, it was met with a smile
and a plan. Thenceforward, until
'Old Pacific' had emerged' from the
territory ir question, the route was
dictated very effectively by wiring
expense money only to .those towns
through which the run was too pass.
"Once into the central west, the
jEKoing- became easier and it was only
matter of time until 'Old Pacific'
pulled into New York with an es
cort of some 200 motorists, on their
Whife, steamers. Ramblers, Stearns
steamers,. Pope-Tolcdos, etc.
"So far as the mechanical features
1.' 'Old Pacific'' were concerned, they
ere primitive. Yet they were ad
vanced in those days, and formed the
hasis of Packard quality and depend
ability of today. 'Old Pacific had
nine horsepower, concentrated in one
cylinder, and weighed, ready for the
road. 3,000 pounds. The brakes were
: adjusted automatically when the rear
wheel assembly was moved back to
take the slack out of the chain drive.
i-The clutch consisted of a cast iron
I late that revolved between two steel
r m , , . .
ones, i ne wneemase measurea yu
inches, and a governor limited the
speed to 20 miles an hour.
New Operating Committee
for Bearings Service Co.
A feature of a recent meeting of
the board of directors of the Bear
ings Service company held in New
York was the appointment of an
executive body which will be essen
tially an operating committee. This
committee will hold its main sched
uled meetings at the company's gen
eral offices' in Detroit on the first
Thursday in the months of March,
Julv. October and December.
This committee chosen; from
among the directors of the corpora
tion is composed of Alfred K. Heb-
'tier, president, who will be chairman,
and A. C. Hitchcock, L. M. Kline
dinst, B. G. Koether and II. J. Por
ter. William M. Sweet presented his
resignation from the board of direc-
, tors and William A. Brooks present
ed his as secretary of the company.
Mr. Sweet's vacancy was filled by
the election of A. C. Hitchcock, sales
manager of the New Departure Man
ufacturing company, one of the three
bearing concerns for which the Bear
ings Service company acts as the
service department, Mr. Koether is
to fill Mr. Sweet's place as one of
' the vice presidents of the company.
. JW, J. St. Onge. sales manager of the
fftlicarings Service company, was
x chosen secretary.
Hammering Outfit Shown
at Powell Supply Store
One of the sensations of the east
ern shows was the big hammering
outfit exhibited by the American
Hammered Piston Ring company.
The outfit was kept in actual opera
tion and put the piston rings
through the special operations' used
by the company in the manufacture
of its rings.
Clarke G. Powell, head of Powell
Supply company, distributors of the
product in this territory, secured the
outfit for exhibition at the Powell
store, 2051 Farnam street, during
the week of the show. The outfit
will be in charge of Mr. Fay, dis
trict manager. ' s
It is believed by Mr. Powell that
every dealer yisiting Omaha for the
"., show will be glad of the opportunity
r ' to see this hammering outfit in op
eration. The Powell company will also
have factory representatives of their
other leading lines present during
. the week to explain the uses ami
I merits of their products.' . i
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Patton to Distribute
Rickenbacker Autos
Distributor for
Buicks 13 Years
Ut Huff ?trtf4 Selling 'Km
From lUru Buck in
1903.
T ! teen a diitnbutor ef
automobile for li it utiuul.
'J In it the tecorj of l ee Hull of
the Nebraska lluivk Automnbile com
!4ny, (tailed in Vh
The ornnitHiii cmupotcj
Of Ut Huff, 11. V Sdel and
I'harlri Muart, a'l Kill kctsve in the
f'rni.
I.e Huff narted to ni rhanide
Hmck automobiles in Omaha in I
from a barn at Seventeenth and Cap
itol avenue, At that time Mr. Hut!
Rickenbacker Touring Car.
Vintage of 1909
J0O0 Buick.
Hupmoblle Makes New
Mark for Production
nu.inr.i evonoiiii!t and Ndn
t iiiuiiintoiis ill iing th.it (he t tr
uer lu her ii turned ami that I ti I -ie
it un iu y iMik to lutruul,
I'ut leciiiie thee prominent mm
have iiiiiily hern tlkmg ahoiit the
iiilurr, the puhlie hj iiti (turn 1'ieir
l'iiiniil l,r ciidfiin thiv de-rivrl,
and lu waited ior trtmrrrti ridme
Siuh evidema it now i.i irc in
the remarkable record tf the IIhimi
Motur tar corimratkiii, he Jn
iwrv, hi.ment( were the hit
ft for any Jtnnary in the 14 year
of the rnnipii)"i ritriirr. In Jun
ary, I''.'.', nture than fuiir liuiet u
many lliipiiiohilrt er ti it-l and
told a in January, I'JJI; or luc a
n any at in January, or Jiiiuaiy.
l'lo, or Ihne tmitt at inauv at in
January, I'M1'. From a prmhii tioti
j tauiijiiLiiiit, J tmury t tne of t' l
i li;git iiu'iiiht iHv toiii'tn lut c vi
i fi')"rd.
i At Ihe iiprniiij uf the New i
automobile ti0vk, Llu'ln l. IUJ
, inn!, ii i,i it in iiii.iii(!,.:e tvii
; j . i. I khi rvpi. . f nit nilUl'Irilie
iiif rMili whu'li raulil be tecurrd n
I''.'.', iind uiiiuiiiiiifil he di-f niiii.i
li.ui ( hit uinpinv tj hiih tU
JH.iaW rart in I'i.V. With Jai.
iuiv .iitiii I'tt at 4 n per ir hi
tied, Im hnj'o eem certain of tul
111 'SU M.
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ll'miiur Il.ilijti Army ( Jilrf 1
iitt ( .uiiill.it im lury
iMui.,1 IVtxt ISadutiliii, foiiiui
(I'tti .i ihc li.iliaii arniv, leveinlj
viific i(iioit, Ani"M iiiher poinn
lie iiukiii) mi .,-iuik wat the nc
faitny oi i!u Cadillac Motr com
I'.i"). Iiciiinf the Cadillic, 14
aid' ' I ! C jiIiIIjc ar holdt ju-l
at taiU'i p.i-tti'm in Furope at A
lf 111 Alllriua." i
Cadillac 1 Uffi.ul Car -of
Mexican (locrriunciit
That the pew Mexican .novciti'
ment it very up-to-date in one n -tpect,
at Wat, it indicatfd ly
fact that tiie Cadillac ha bent adopt
ed at the oiiicial t .ir of the k vi in
ment. I'tciden Obregon and the
membert if the cabinet all line
been provided with t'adill.-.
Cadillac Service Slalioii
Appreciated ly Ttitiri-H
Motri.ts who tour iiciot !',c
I'nitcd States rviiort that one of the
great conveniciuet of the trip i the
certainty of excellent tervice at the
various Cadillac tervice Matimi,
which arc maiutaiuvd in all primi
pal cities from coat lo coast.
Bee Business Booster Are Business-Getters.
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"And If Kngdahl Docs It,
lt'8 Done liighr
Auto Tops Seat Covers Upholstering
At your service c usual. Our nituiy ph'.-ird cuhtiinu i:' U your giiartintce. Jut
ak any of your friends whnt they think of the job wi; did on their car.
ENGDAHL'S AUTO TOP COMPANY
Phona DOuglat 5677 1718 Ctt Strttl
The . curtain has been raised and
the mystery about a new automo
bile to appear on Omaha's automo
bile row has been dispelled. The
car is the Rickenbacker and the
dealer who will distribute it is J.
H. Patton, jr. His company will' be
known as the Patton Motor com
pany, of which he will be president
and general manager.
In speaking of the Rickenbacker,
Patton states:
"I have watched the progress of
Capt. E. V. Rickenbacker.
this car for some time and during
the Chicago automobile show I def
initely made up my mind to try for
this contract.
"The demonstration which the
Rickenbacker made was more than
a surprise from every standpoint. In
fact, when the performance of the
car is compared with the price, the
price stems unreasonably low."
Besides Capt. E. V. Rickenbacker,
these men are associated .with this
Lee Huff. '
was the sales manager, service man
agcr, complaint department, trouble
tixcr, and everything' else in coa
nection with the business.
Lee Huff, jr., tells an interesting
story of how he and his father drove
two of the 1909 models shown above
from Lincoln to Omaha in 1909 in
seven hours. So far as they know
this was the record at that time. The
run was made without any mechani
cal trouble.
The Nebraska Buick Automobile
company is reported the largest pn
vately owned automobile distributing
organization in the world handling
a single line of automobiles. '
Edison Owns Cadillac
Thomas Edison is among the great
mm t'ilh art annrrmtirm nt Tin
mechanics, who owns a Cadillac. He
has been an enthusiastic admirer of
the Cadillac tor a long time.
manufacturing plan: Walter E. Flan
ders, Detroit automobile man, well
known through his connection with
Ford, Studebakcr and Maxwell,
chairman of the board of directors;
Barney Everett, old-time associate
ot Glanders, president; t. K. tvan
shas, production manager, and W. J.
Drumpelrqann, sales manager.
TRUCKS
Announcement
The Truck and Tractor Corporation announces to the citizens
of Omaha, Neb., that they are the sole dealers and represen
tatives of the famous "Bulldog" Mack Trucks. ,
In our connection with the International Motor Company of
New York as their representatives we feel that a new and
valuable service is available to owners and prospective pur
chasers of motor truck equipment in this territory.
The MACK is distinctly an engineered truck manufactured
entirely in three great factories located at Allentown, Pa.,
Plainfield, N. J., and New Brunswick, N. J.
Had the manufacturers of the Mack Truck, at any time
divided its interests during its career now in its 22d year,
it would not have been possible to reach the position it holds
today in the Motor Track world. . . ;
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The most important result of this far-reaching achievement
through years of specialization is the creation of a firm bond
of confidence between manufacturer and owner a bond
that could not otherwise possibly exist. '
Detailed specifications and a thorough description of its many
exclusive features are given in Catalogs Nos. 15 and 41,
which can be had by applying to the address below.
Capacities IV2 to 7l2 tons Tractors to 15 tons.
Truck & Tractor Corporation
1310 Jackson Street
Omaha, Nebraska
Beautiful Home of the Nebraska Oldsmobile Company
a
Sales und Service
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Seu)
Models in Cars That A re Designed
to Meet All Requirements.
$1145 00
F. O. B.
Lansing, Michigan
tiJiJiJinjTJiJiJiJTJiJi
Touring and Roadster, $1,145; Coupe, $1,645; Sedan, $1,795, with Cord Tires." F. O. B. Lansing.
If you were to estimate the cost of the four
cylinder Oldsmobile models by the beauty of
their lines the excellence of their construc
tion or the luxury of their interior appoint
ments you would naturally decide upon a
figure far above their actual purchase prise.
Over size and surplus of power in the
Oldsmobile four open models that will
carry you through any emergency of
road or traffic and the town car has
actually as much space as some seven
passenger cars.
The reason is that the Oldsmobile lout
was designed deliberately for the aver
age American family who like a moder
ate priced car of size and power beyond
what they normally need.
SPECIAL NOTICE Impossible to show our complete line a"
the Automobile Show as a consequence we will greatly cr
preciate your presence at our showrooms 18th and Howaiv
streets.
NEBRASKA
Des Moines
V
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CHAS. A. Tl'CkER, Pres.
Omaha