Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 8, 1915, Page 9

THE OMAHLA SUNDAY AUTO MEN HAYE AN OUTING Jackson Conpun_;_n_mribnun Take to the Michigan Woods for a Few Days. TWENTY-SIX IN THE PARTY Tanned and weatherbeaten from their week's sojourn In the northern peninsula of Miehigan (wrntves X d stributers and officlale of the Jackson Automoblle com- pany rolled Into Jackson last week after a most su convention In the north woods. Since leaving the Jackson factory a week before, the dealers comprising the party had traveled close to 1,00 miles over every sort of road from conorete highway to corduroy tote tralls; had wit- nessed the performance of the new elght and rcylinder models, just announced by the Jackson company, under the moet trying conditions; fished the trout stroams and lakes of upper Michigan and, In short, had mada the most of an ex- cellently arranged program in which busi- ness and pleasure had equel parte Sales Manager Howard Matthews and his assistant, ex-Senator Frank Newton, share the credit for originating the plans for this years oconvention. Both are members of Camp Newton, & spacious and well equipped hunting clud, located in the heart of Michigan's north woods. ‘The camp is sixty-eight miles from the lake oty of Manlstique and is reached by mere logging tralls and tote roads. Firat Oar tn the Woods. When Howard Matthewa at the wheel ot Model 6, the new Jackson elght- cylinder car, drove up to the front en- trance of the camp it was the t time a motor car had ever been seen in that vicinity. Closely following Mr. Matthews came five of the new high duty four- cvlinder Jacksons, which have been termed the Model 34s. Probably no Stiffer test was ever put to the springs of & motor car than the shooks administered by traveling over the corduroy roade. The logs laid across the voad furnished & ocontinual hammering at the springs. At mo time were the famous full elliptio springs on Jackson cars more self-evident than in their abil- ity to take up the shock without damage to themselves or discoffifort to the pas- sengers. The dealers who accompanied the party were 80 enthusiastic over the perform- ance of the new eight and four-cylinder cars that they talked of little else the day following thelr entry into camp. The pulling ability of the small model 34 with the high duty four-cylinder motor in heavy sand and on long grades was re- markable. On several smooth stretches of road as high as fifty miles an hour was attained by these cars and the total lack of vibration was surprising. The eight-cylinder model, of course, more than fulfilled the many predictions made for it, both as to power and speed. Plan for Campaign. Wednesday morning, the second day in camp, the first business meeting was called to order by Sales Manager How- wrd Matthews. Plans for the sales cam- palgn of the coming year were discussed, and the big dlstributers from the metro- politan centers showed keen interest in the two new eights and the new four- cylinder models which Jackson will shortly announce. In addition to the sales talks, technical Information on the new models was furnished by Chief En. gineer Gunn of the Northway Motor com- pany. Thursday was given up to further busi- ness sessions and fishing expeditions were carried out by various members of the party. Not the least interesting de- velopment of the day was the placing ot orders for hundreds of Jackson cars by the dealers in attendance. Starting for home Friday, the party followed & somewhat different route, passing through Cadillac, Lake View, Belding, lonia and Lansing, arriving at Jackson on schedule time. [owa and Nebraska Roads Very Good Ever since early spring the public s been reading that transcontinental tourists have found travel through the middle western states extremely aiffl cult in the matter of roads. Such state- ments are flatly contradicted by the men in the moving picture party now filming he great cross-country route, Those in the Studebaker car accom- sanying the expedition say that not once have they encountered roads impossible o get through. Even at Marshalltown, la., storles of stalled cars’ were heard, but on going forward these reports were not verified. At Omaha stories of dozens of machines mired along the road were neard, yet no difficulty at all was en- :ountered and not a single car was seen stuck. Hearing similar reports of cars which could not get through, some motor- ists have become alarmed and shipped thelr cars by rall, and probably told other people that the roads are impas sible. Perh shortly after rain, parties might find the roads slippery and soft, but in from three to six hours after a storm the roads are normal again, due to the quick-drying qualities bt the soll throughout the middlewest. ' PILOTLESS PAIGE STARTLES WITH NEW DEMONSTRATION A six-cylinder, seven-passenger touring car without a soul aboard, but calmly ambling up one of the principal thor- oughfares of New Haven, Conn., threw the Inhabitants of the celebrated home of Yale university into a state of consid- erable excitement & few weeks ago. Be- fore the mywstery had been solved trolley car conductors, pedestrians, automobile drivers and even the chief of police vol- unteered for a role in the little drama, only to discover that no assistance was necessary. The car that stirred New Haven was a Palge “Six-46" and it was turned loose o its own devices. It rolled along at about two miles an hour with the sales- | Motorists’ G(;;sip 3 Heard at the Omaha | | i Auto Club Rooms) “'Speaking of good rosda [and Nebraska,” remarked | Packham, Boston, Mass., who stopped off in Omaha last week, “we made the | trip trom Chioago to Denver In just five days and & few minutes and considering | | the mileage, 1,88, and the froak weather | | we have had, I consider this ood going." | | P. A Walls, the club counsel, reports | | that the olub has paid six ¥ rewards in | | the last two weeks to police officers for, |the arrest and convidtion of persons | throwing glass on the public streets. “A | |tew years ago,’ remarked Mr. Wells, | “before the olub took up this important | feature of sateguarding punctures to mo- | torists, it was not uncommon to mee our streets littered with broken glass, even on the downtown etreots.” ‘‘We are aimply jubliant over the aplen< did support the club is recelving from | the motorists,”” said President J, 1 George, when asked what growth had been made. ‘“The applications are liter ally coming in swarma' P. A, Wella, the club counsel, will mo- | tor to his summer home on the shores of beautiful Crow Wing lake, Minnesota, the latter part of the coming week. Eastern tourists passing through Omaha have heard rumors that Harry Thaw is motoring toward Omaha, but they could give ne definite news whete he waa last seen. Dallas, Tex, Jitnoys are no more. The new license stopped the nickel get- ting. W. E. Taft of Crystal Oity, Tex. go- ing through te Cleveland, O, has a faith- tul companion called “Wateh,” a mi slve Great Dane, who, while he hasn't learned to drive the oar, can keep anyone but his master from driving it “‘Watoh Ilkes the trip fine. When he gots cramped be hops out and chases a rab- bit and hikes on ahead, He takes quite W few detours that I can't possibly fol- iow. No, I'm no relation to the former president, and never even saw him, but my name is Bil." {Studebaker Ca f Climbs Boston Hill! A 1016 six-cylinder Studebaker holds the record of climbing the ateep Incline of Boston's Corey hill, in high gear. Just to show that it was not merely a one time, or lucky feat, the car was made to repeat the test, performing with the same ease as marked the first| ascent. This was but one of & serles of ,difficult performances shown by the car in one afternoon, without its hav- ing undergone any preparatory adjusts ment, The insistent demand on the part of automobile buyers for increased power, coming with the more extended use of automobiles for touring purposes, has been met by Studebaker in the new mod- els, as the Boston and reports of other tests made over the country can be con- sidered to conclusively show. Not only in hill climbing, but in negotiating rough and rain soaked roads, have the new Studebakers realized the ideals of the deaigner, and the suocesstul demonstra- tions are pronounced by witnesses as speaking volumes for the car's ability. FIRESTONE EMPLOYES ENJOY ANNUAL OUTING Employes of the Firestone Tire and Rubber company and their families, to the number of 15,000, enjoyed their an- nual outing at beautiful Sliver Lake park, near Akron, on Saturday. There was never a dull moment from early in the morning until late in the evening. Two of the big thrills of the day were produced by Barmey Oldfield racing in his 100-horse power Fiat Cy- clone, and De Lioyd Thompson, the aerialist, who exhibited his hair-raising feats of ‘“loooping the loop™” and flying upside down. Oldffeld 1s a long-time friend of the company—driving all his races on Firestones. On Bunday, August 1, at the Randall, O, track, he made a new world's record—driving a mile In 0:48%. The best previous record on dirt cireular track was 0:46%—held by Oldtield. A base ball game in the morning between the factory and general office depart- ments resulted in a scrappy contest for the coveted prize of $80 to the winning team. Mrs. J. P, Those Three-Year Contracts, through lowa y |leave for | starting, the official word was given by | | Mayor Marx of Detrolt and away they | wont, with 106 dealers and agents driving Men from Near and from Far Drive to Their Home Towns in Their New Cars. Demand for Its New Cars is Something Enormous DETROIT MAYOR THE STARTER §ALES ARE To renew the stocks of more than 2,00 Recently the Saxon Motor company | €alled 1ts ngents Into the Nome off16e And | merchants who two weeks ago had abso PIant at Detroft, Mioh. There they Wers | jutely nothing to well, and to do it in the entertained in royal style, being ban- | snortest possible time, s the task with - queted and given trips about the City. | whioh the Maxwell Motor company Is Conferences weres held and for several days there was a regular sonvention, at which shop talk and the handling of business was discussed. When the Saxon agents got resdy to | their respective homes, each | car, driving | distance. In now engaged. Ita efforts In large-quan motor industry. man started out In & new the route, regardless of eral weeks entirely sold out oars. Their salesrooms presented in the aggre ot space, unoccupled by rolling stock any sort. 106 new Saxon Sixes. A rain that lasted most of the night | and well into the forencon did not Gampen the ardor of the partioipating | dealers. Bach man knew his car lndf bad confidence In it. Not & one feared the prospect of driving over heavy roads. All day long from early morning to h ders for them They had nothing to show or to demon strate, “It we had a pioture it would help.” one blg dealer wired the factory. ‘But bled a | O can't make a plcture climb Main in the afternoon the stroats resem i6d & | sireat hill on high koar.” fot of racing camps before & big &pes Presldent Flanders' groduction But b A e !mm #tole & march on his sales and ad Tuning Up Mow vertising aildes by getting the Maxwell Each dealer spent soveral painstaking | plants here and at Dayton and Newcase hours tuning up his J0b done to his entire eatistaction, ho | before the cars were formally announced covered it up carefully and kept it veiled Thg date of the announcement found the up to the time of starting. Confidence was in the air. Bvery dealer | 4qy Ghipments were already on felt sure of capturing the big honor and | way to the firm's largest dealers. Now | proving Saxon “Six" economy and rell- | {he ghining, handsome cars of the new abllity to the whole nation. lmnrlfl, with the heart-shaped radiators, nounced that other considerations in 8d- | pery pecessarily limited on account oll consumption, mileage, road conditions, | paek gver thelr feat of new model build- report following, | manas, b e Lightness in Auto [for the many forms of locomation. ¢ | pleasure to those who desire to indulge toward simplicity and lightness,” says E. | yummer. The free moving pictures that be hailed with delight by many automo- | ,..m of the spectators. A five-minute for this year's selling harmonise with the | % 08 O TS transition from the cumbersome, Chinese- shows this trend to a higher degree than stant—and off slips the tire. After the tire expense, this simplified type comes cesaful selling season.” closed the biggest July in its sales his- company. ‘“The books for July show on a greatly increased basls with the running night and day, we have been Seaton, the Tip Tope' star pitcher, who continues to be the softest kind of a | mark, still draws that $8,600 salary. | President Ford, together with & cOm-| gne_man top, demountable rims and other mittes of Detroit newspaper men, acted | ymprovoments are on view at virtually aition to economy would be noted, and | {he wide scope of dlstribution. he urged every contestant to make & fhe production men have not, however, weather and average speed maintained. o on thiy record-breaking basis. Ap- Mr. Ford requested telegrams immedi-| poarance of the new cars has stimulatod, At the Detroit meeting Omaha was PReL Sl aoer represented by H. B. Noyes, who hore |QInES ARE THE POPULAR 2 P | Krug park. The ‘“rides” continue to set Wheel Rim a Th]ng | on the tallest pedestal of the popularity iled with Deli Hailed with Delight e, s, s e —— Dancing and picnicking have proven to R. Hall of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber | arg ghown out of doors, have a large company's engineering department. | tollowing, and that the interesting plays blie manufacturers, tending as it does, 0| oy gervice has been Installed om the reduce car weight and tire expense. The | ... yno Cars transter to any part of principles sought by many car makers. ' “It is the consensus of opinion among pussle rim with its many complicated parts, to the simplified type, will soon y 80 far displayed. The side ring and the l0cking flange are combined and tire is replaced the side flange snaps into place without effort. Following as it does | at & most opportune time. This rim design also gives to rim sales that alr Chalmers Company | Has B Year| tory,” is the statement made by C. A. Ptetfer, vice president and assistant gen- an increase of ncarly 30 per cent over July, 1914, 1916 cars,” added Mr. Pfeffer, “but even with our increased building facllities, our unable to keep pace with our orders. In spite of our efforts we have fallen as judges Of the contest. Mr. Ford an- g4i| the trading centers, though in num. complete report, Including gasoline and | pegn allowed to pat themselves on ately upon arrival and a detalled wriften | \uiher than allayed, the salesmen's do- has the agency for the Saxon car. Exhilarating and exciting are | column, and continue to furnish much | ‘“The trend of automoblle rim design 18 /e the popular entertainments of the ““This development toward lightness Will | gy gpopeciated 1s shown by the enthy rims now being placed before the dealers ., = ¢ity, which avolds any inconvenience dealers and manufacturers that the be effected, Our quick detachable rim can be snapped off the wheel in an In-| & period of economy tests to determine of newness that is so essential to a suc- “The Chalmers Motor company has Ju-tg eral manager of the Chalmers Motor “‘Chalmers production is golng forward enlarged factory force and our machinery behind In our deliveries.” Do what It stands for vice and work tee behind it. remember that. MCcINTYRE Douglas 2406 mark stands for? It will pay you to _ Agents Proposition Great Asset . You Remember that little trade experience, ser- with a guaran- AUTO CO. 2427 Farnam Street N, BEE: AUGUST s DEALERS AT SAXON FACTORY | TO HUNDRED GARS PER DAY RALPH HITCHCOCK IS BACK | Maxwell Company Finds that the RECORD BREAKING tity production of the now 1918 cars form one of the most interesting phauses of the When the new Maxwell was announced the company's dealers had been for seve gate hundreds of acres of polished floor | || of The dealers knew the new cars were coming and had been booking or- but the sales were made || on the basis of Maxwell reputation alone, mount;" then, the | tla into full swing of work several days the ¢ the termes | Socure this valuable agency for your territary at on Noyes-Killy Motor Co. Distributors 191 Knight In the experimental station In | 1910 and has, in addition to a mechanical HANDLING THE KNIGHT CAR | training in Towa schools, a vers —— thorough, practical experionce along the Ralph Hitehcoek has again turned to [ mechanical trail. Heo will act as sales Knight motors after a short absence of | man for the Melntire Auto company that thirty days. He says handle the Stearns Knight cam and Since 1810 T have been learning all 1| claims that the old homesick feeling ha an about Knight motors, as well as|!eft him since he has placed his feet on thers, and I'm satiafied with my first | the floor over the Stearns Knight motor " Hitcheock started with the Moline Rent rooms quick with a Bee Want Ad e —— CE mont, Nebraska. to the American Farmer. | | | MILWAUKEE, WIS. R ng ne th or dreamed It would cause the stir The first “Six” under *1,000 The Saxon “S8ix” is the car that brought “sixes” out of the high-priced class. Today, when you read “announcements” of other cars at or near the Saxon price, remember that Saxon brought out its new “Six” three months ago. In this car the Saxon Company scored a double “beat” on the entire motor car industry. For not only was this the FIRST “SIX" under $1,000; it was the FIRST of the new season’s cars to be placed in owners’ hands. Saxon “Six” is the fastest system; Atwater Kent ignition; ;zx"p::':m“?rbi?‘ l:l is a hotieycomb radiator; Cantilever 3 is also & new springs; dry plate clutch; 112-inch end up-to-date car. It is as much wheelbase; 32x3)4” tires; genuine shead of others in design and con- . streamline body, beautifully finished and upholstered—and in all vital parts materials of the sume specifications as cars selling at §$2,000 or more. When you can get so much in a Saxon “Six’’ don’t be satisfied with less. Come and see why this great car is selling so rapidly., Saxon Motor Company, Detroit Telophone today. struction as it was ahead in g on the market, i Consider the features of this car; high speed and Conti- nental manufacture; Timken rear axle; Gray & Davis electric starting and e Douglas 3646, 2066-68 Farnam St., Omaha, Nebraska ur husine 1 Motor of denler Light Fe % At the tor a e REGAL CAR MAKES BIG GAIN IN SALES increased this season far beyond my expectation ‘el ¥ ales manager of the company, to & gather factory. 1 knew model at 880, with ifs would be a winmer, but WAt e [D]ON'T fail to see the new #) method of plowing dem- onstration of the new Allis-Chal- mers soil tilling machine and farm | et s smemernos Sent 0 | tractor which will be given at Fre- The Rotary tiller has been active in different Euro- pean countries for the last three yearswith best results. Entirely new Come and get full particulars Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. I\ il