Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 1, 1916, Page 19

THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 1916. New Year Greetings And Predictions for 1916 Made by Prominent Omaha Auto Men We Wish Our Many Friends and Customers A Happy, Prosperous OMAHA TIRE REPAIR GO, HENRY NYGAARD, Omaha’s Exclusive Tire Repair House 2201 Farnam Street. Goodrich and Goodyear Tires. Prop. OMAHA. whaft; Electrlo dash 1ight; full tool equipment. speedometer driven from portable 11 der hood; five aemounnh L. E. Distributors. Chevrolet OHEVROLET “FOUR-NINETX" Specifications Powerful valve-in-head motor. Cone clutch. Sliding selective transmission. Three-quarter floating rear axle. 102-inch wheel base. Bprings—Cantlewer. Equipment-—Mobair top, curtains and dust hood, wind shield; electric horn; tool equipment. Blectric lights and starter $60 extra. Price $490 F. O. B. Factory, THE OA perity this year. and there is no reason why land. A Happy New Year Oakland 32.6 Cylinder .. Oakland 38-4 Cylinder Oakland 50-8 Cylinder .. BAKER was never records and I extend to son’s greeting, A Happy HE OAKLAND has enjoyed its share of pros- It materially swelled the an- nual sale of automobiles in Nebraska, and on this day makes* happy ‘the hearts of hundreds who drive it. We are doing business right along during the winter car at a reasonable price should not drive the Oak- W. H. HEAD, Secretary Lininger Implement Co. STUDEBAKER HE ASCENDENCY OF THE STUDE. during 1915, The demand for this remarkable car exceeded our most enthusiastic dreams. Dur- ing 1916 Studebaker cars are going to break all E. R. WILSON ~[AUTO MEN LOOK KLAND ["rop GREAT YEAR IN THEIR TRADE All Indications Point to Enormous Demand for Cars All Over the Territory Tributary to Omaha. FARMERS TO BE BIG BUYERS Dealers Look for Banner Season Be- cause This Section Has Plenty of Money. NEW CARS SOON ON MARKET everyone wishing a géod to all. The automobile dealers ot Omaha are enthusiastic over the volume of their business in the closing weeks of 1915, and the prospects of an enormous Increase beginning with the new year. Indications are such that there will be & record-breaking demand for automo- biles in this section of the country. Crops last year were excellent and the prices obtained made the farmer a happy indi- vidual, and consequently he is right now planning to celebrate by the purchase of car. The manager of one concern said that his increase in 1915 over the year previous was 300 per cent. Few, If any, of the dealers have fafled to record a substan tial gain in 1915 over 1914, and In many cases the business has doubled trebled. The 1916 models are arriving now and some of the distributers are busy supply- ing their small town dealers througheut Towa and Nebraska. Bvery distributing agency has all it can do to take care of more pronounced than Omaha owners the sea- New Year, The Mcln BEOMARS e We Wish You the Season’s Joyeus Greetings And We Want You to Come In Next Week And See the New Eight Cylinder Knight It is a Grand Car and You'll Want One When You See It. tyre Auto Co. 2427 Farnam Street. the orders that are pouring in, while many a ‘ar behind because the facory cannot supply the demand. - Small town agents are showing a great degree of confidence by making bigger contracts than they ever have made, and they are making them early in anticipa- tion of trouble in delivery later when the factories cannot keep pace with the de- mand. - The number of agents is also in- creasing. coming in from a “water tank” station and making arrangements ror a “full car- load” for immediate delivery. War conditions, according to the deal- ers, are making the manufacturing cost of all automobiles higher than ever be- fore and it will be a remarkable thing It the price of every car on the market |@oes not raise later in the year. To a certain degree this fear is the cause of the early speeding up by the small dealers The public to the conditions, which have red in the press over and over NEBRASKA ere is a general bellef among the dealers that there will be'a shortage of while in 1914 there were 244, who passed the requirements. Statistics for the two years by quarters are as follows Applications for Positions in Navy . Appli Rejec- sh B Boom 1916, cants tions. ow a Big R e it % Second quarter 151 18 Third quarter 24 162 There was & big boom in the number of | Fourth quarter i » boys from this land-locked locality who PR LW -l want to tread the decks of battleshipa| ' 1914 = ang sail the raging main, as is indicated Sfl’,;"d‘“:' - agse . ¥ . gat by the annual statistics given out by |Third quai % | - Aeutenant T. M. Tipton, in charge of the | Fourth quarter s local recruiting station for the navy. Total - During 1915, 79 lads sought to enter the navy at this station while in 1914 only €79 applied for enlistment. But the ratio of successful applicants was larger In 1914, than in 1915; for enly %8 passed the examinations this year Sour Stomael Lgestl Your stomach and bowels need cleaning out. Dr. King's New Life Pills give uick relief. - Only All druggists. —Ad- ertisement J While bls mother is &, cars among the well known makes. Tt COOK GOES TO HELP THE ‘n.;l I:o‘l‘l!lht that :hr r.;mnea have n BAPTISTS IN CELEBRATING equate preparations for the enormous business now indicated of cars may also have some effect on the Sergeant H. J. Cook, formerly of the |Drice, although the manufacturers are not police force, left for Nebraska City |inclined to increase the price because they | this morning on a mission as pleasant as it is unique. He goes In response to an cannot make thelr cars fast enough Tires, 80 the dealers say, are expected invitation from his mother to join with [to advance before the end of January. her in the observance of the sixtieth |Fere, again, the European war is given | | anntversary of the establishment of the |the credit in conjunction with the enor- | first Baptist church in Nebraska, Mrs. [mous demand for cars in the United Cook is the survivor of the original mem.- | States. bership and will be the guest of honor at the celebration 1o be held tonight. Sh One dealer does not give the crops or | the fact that the people have money Wrote to her son that as he was presen with her on the original occasion, she credit for the big demand. He sald the people just naturally had to have auto- would like to have him with her to- |mobiles. They were a pleasure, of course, night also. Sergeant Cook was 2 years old |but more than that they were & neces- when . the church was founded He is now a grizzied veteran of two and sixty, sitv. Anyway, they all agree that the coming year will be the banner season in auto- COOL, radiator, it Remy wystem. EQUIPMENT quick adjustable side curtains, : hood and curved radiator WISHING YOU A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR DOTY «(INC) 2027-9 Farnam Street, Omaha and Velie Motor Cars and | One dealer tells of an agent | is also more or | This shortage | $2-In.x4-In. front ix_cylinders. Removable oyline 3% -in. bore, 44-in, stroke, HYRTEM- Honeycomb Centrifuga’ with automatio spark head. ING N-—=Remy elie dry plate cluten L pe. - Three u ever RIC Lighti and Starting. Two One-man top and envelope or: shield; electric horn un- rain-vision wind coat rail; foot rail; Full five passenger The 3400 R. P. M. engine ing second choice. W. L. engine speed ever developed in an American stock car. choice with most buyers. Place your order NOW with your dealer to insure against tak- Our pay as you ride plan with small payment down and balance easy will make you A Happy New Year THE 1916 e MAXWELL Is complete in every detail—electric starter and lights—demountable rims—one- man top—graceful lines—full five-pas- senger body—everything that the high- priced car has—and you buy it and Pay As You Ride C. W. Francis Auto Co. - 2024 Farnam Street Phone Douglas 853 Omaha, Neb. New Chalmers Six $1050 gives this car unequaled performance. This is the fastest This new Chalmers will be first “Quality First” is not an advertising slogan—it is a Chalmers principle of constraction. Huffman Auto Co. Distributors for Nebraska, S8outh Dakota and Western Iowa. moblles and that the people who want to buy cars in the spring better get their bids in early or they'll be disappointed Fifteen Thousand Persons Arrested in Omaha in 1915 Chiet of Police Henry Dunn makes public the following annual report of | activities of the Omaha police depart- ment Accidents reported . . | Arrests made . ! Assaults reported Bulldings secured, being ruunn open Burglars frustrated Cutting affruys reported “ Dead bodies reported and taken to morgue . Destitute pt-rlonl cared lor Heat prostration Fires attended Insane persons cared for. Lodgers accommodated Lost children cared for...... Murders ... ances and dead animals reported mber of calls for patrol wagon umber of miles traveled by patrol wagon 1,7 Number of meals furnished prison- ors, ete %, Prisoners taken to county jail.. Prisoners taken to workhouse. Shooting affrays Sick and injured taken home | Sick and injured taken to hospital Bick and injured taken to station 53 “o 4 and cared for Stray horses taken up... o | Stray teams cared for “ Suicldes reported ... “ | Suicides attempted 62 Turned over to juvenile officers 162 | Amount property reported stolen..§:0,56.52 DR. ALBERT JOHANN WILL TALK TO WOMAN'S CLUB Dr. Albert Johann of the University of Nebraska, recognised to be one of the | best authorities on school hygiene, has lic meeting to be given ton, Mo, where he was spending his vacation. Dr. Johann cut short his va | cation to come to Omaha to mddress tha | ;bu-n secured as & speaker at the pud- If you are a Harley-Davidson rider this is a Happy New Year. If you are not a Harley-Davidson rider become one and it will be a Happy New Year. To All Motorcyclists and Friends we Extend “THE SEASON’S GREETINGS” VICTOR H. ROOS Distributor and Dealer in Harley-Davidson Motorcycles and Bicycles. Phone 2703 Leavenworth St., Harney 2406. Little Glrl is Ma.kmg Plucky Fight for Life Although her intest! sixteen times when a passed through her Monday st the | Woman's club. Mrs. K. R J. Edholm reached Dr. Johann by telegram at Can- were punctured caliber bullet little 10-year- club | public mothers and members of Mothers' upon hygienlc conditions in the schools. | 0ld Ida Stroud, who was shot by a wateh- |man at the city dump a week ago, has Six-¥ d Had Crowp. |a chance for her life. Physiclans at St. Joseph's hospital de- 1 have a little girl 6 years old who mu clare that the little girl has been making & great deal of trouble with croup,”|a herolc fight for her life and that if writes W. E. Curry of Evansville, Ind.|she continues to exert the same amount ‘I have used Foley's loney and Tar,|of mental force that she has showed in obtalning instant rellef for her. My wife|the last £ days the probabilities are and 1 also use it, and will say it is the |she will bear up through the eritical best cure for a bad cold, cough, throat|stages. trouble and croup that I ever saw.” Those terrible coughs that seem to tear one to| A “For Sale” or “For Rent™ Ad ” pleces yield to Foley's Floney and Tar.|in The Bee will accomplish s Sold everywhere.—Advertisement. | posa.