Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 15, 1916, Page 11

- NEW AUTO INDUSTRY Runyan Cushion Wheel Qom- pany Will Market Patented Invention. INCORPORATE FOR $100,000 | Omaha is to have another new in-| dustry. . ai Six men last week filed articles of | incorporation for the Runyan Cush-! ion Wheel company. The offices will be in the Paxton block and the as- sembling plant, to be in this city, will employ forty men to start. The men behind the concern are A. L. Runyan, | F. C. Burlingim, Hermann O. Wulff, | D. R. Sowards, E. r! Conrad and John E. Von Dorn. Its incorporated value is $100,000. Four patents cover the type of wheel that will be manufactured. When A. L. Runyan, the inventor, got word last Tuesday that the last pat- ent applied for had been granted by the federal office in Washington, D. C., he and his backers immediately de- | cided to launch the enterprise. Runyan cushion wheels have been described by scientists in big tire con- | cerns and by engineers as the “last word" in saving repair bills and in| absorbing vibration. The new cush-| ion device combines all the advantag es of the wheel cushion and pneumat- ic tire and can be attached to any | standard tire equipment or any stand- | ard wheel. The cushion itself is 94 per cent para rubber, the most resil- ient and lasting commercial rubber known to science. Reduces the Cost. Circulars of the company state tha. | the comparative cost of maintaining one and one-half-ton trucks fér two years, one with solid tires and the other with cushion wheels, shows that | cushion wheels save the owner $900. | The invention not only is theoret- | ically perfect, but it works well in practice. The rubber cushion on which the inner wheel rides carries! the weight of the truck. This burden | causes the rubber to flow and thus reduces the size of the air pocket compresses the air (giving a pneu- | matic effect) and increases the resil-| iency of the cushion. The eushion is | completely protected from dirt and | moisture by rubber side flanges on| both sides of the wheel. These flang- | es ‘contract and expand with every movement of the cushion, while the steel flanges absolutely prevent any lateral motion. How It Works. By absorbing constant vibration. which weakens the mechanical parts | of a truck, the resilient rubber and air in the cushion cells give practical life insurance to the motive mechan- ism, thus reducing to the minimum | all breakage and repair bills. The six incorporators are optimis- tic about the future career of their company. A gauge of the nation’s demand for something like cushion wheels shows that the Runyan inven- tion will meet a long-felt want in the | auto world. Omaha is invited to| share in the optimism; because the prosperity of the company will mean | the enlargement of the locdl plant and the. resultant prosperity. of -that many more employes, Few Dodge Cars ' Stored for Winter, The “stored for the winter” tag on| motor cars will be less in evidence | throughout the country this year than | ever before, according to the Murphy- | O’Brien Auto company, Dodge Broth- | ers’ dealer in this. city. There are| several reasons. One is the unparall- | eled business activity now in pros- pect, which will require incessant use | of the automobile for business men. | Another is the growing impression | that “the motor car made these days | is good enough in any weather.” Still | another, and perhaps the most im- portant, is the development of winter | cars to the point where cost no longer | conflicts with comfort. | In ather words, the time has arriyed when the average motor car owner will not hesitate between shivering through the winter in an open convey- ance, or investing in year-around comfort by buying a winter car. The motorist has come to regard it as an actual economy. Tucked away in the warmth of an enclosed car on his way to the office, he no longer finds ft necessary to devote the first half hour of his working time to “warm- ing up.” As one has put it: “I find wholesome pleasure even in defying the blustery winds; it puts me in a good mood for the morning.” Hup Party Finds West Capitals Very Far Apart | One-half of the state capitals vis- ited but only one-quarter of the tour completed, was the paradoxical situ- ation which confronted the United America. Tour Hupmobile when it poked its radiator out of the fog of a North Dakota prairie into Bis- mark, the state capital. Between 5000 and 6,000 miles of the 20,000- mile journey had-been ticked off since the party left Washington, D. C., Au- gust 27 on a tour which includes all state capitals. Bismark was the twen- | ty-fourth capital. | L= | ‘Studebaker Service.” | car and roadster, Teaching Owner to Garifgr His Car “There are, in general, two broad | methods of rendering service to the car owners,” sa Max Hagelstine, manager of the service department of the Studebaker corporation. “One of these methods is to lend assistance to the owner when his car needs at- tention. The other is for the manu- facturer to do everything possible to keep troubles from occurring. This second plan, of course, can be made a success only by means of a constant and vigorous campaign on the part of the manufacturer. It is the method followed by the Studebaker corpora- tion.” In elaborating upon the details of the Studebaker plan, Mr. Hagelstine c ntinued: One of the original and aggressive me.hods we pursue to eliminate car trouble. and give the owner the greatest possible service and cconom{ from his automobile is throug pamphlets, issyed regularly. These pamphlets, or bulletins, are called plied to every Studebaker owner. They are written in u simple and di- rect style so as to be clear to the owner, whether he is an expert me- chanic or not. “Each of the bulletins covers a sin- gle subject. quires so little time to read that the owner is rot likely to put it aside ‘for future reference.’ One of the bulletins, for instance, has been on the subject of lubrication, another on tuning up the motor, another on_ignition, still another on proper drizing and its re- lation to economy, and so on. Aside from the helpful suggestions offered in these bulletins, their general ef- fect is to make the owner take great- er pride in his car and better care of it than he otherwise would.” Scripps-Booth Wefi)med Warmly to Omaha Family Although the Scripps-Booth is byt a debutante in Omabha, it is creating a great deal of favorable comment and its local backer, W. M. Clement is exceedingly will pleased with the outlook, The Scripps-Booth is built in a four and an eight-cylinder type touring The body lines are of unique design bearing out. the coveted (class and istinctivenss Lsoughl by so many buyers. % ety low, ‘wivihg The body is built w the appearance of-a racer. However, there 1s ample room for each pas- senger and all the comforts of larger modes are provided. First Batch of Cloverleaf Roadsters Reach Omaha According to C. E. Miller, manager of the Nebraska Glide Automobile company, they are to receive this week their first shipment of Clover- leaf roadsters. Owing to the inability of the factory to furnish sufficient roadsters to supply the demand, this is the first of these models to reach Omaha. Pathfinder Twelve Wins Another Non-Stop Run Word was received by the Toozer- Gerspacher Motor company during the week to the effect that Al Hugh- son, driving a Pathfinder twelve- cylinder car, won the “450-inch piston displacement class” race up Giant's Despair Mill at Wilkesbarre, Pa. This wa¥f a non-stop run. You Cannot Heat Your engine to a point where Pan. hard Oil will not lubricate it. Panhard Uil 15 the on.y ol that will not carbonize in the cylinders Panhard Oil is the only oil that retains its 'vbricating qualities at 1l temperatures. Let us discuss this oil question with you and recommend the wrade best suited to vour ear. POWELL SUPPLY COMPANY OMAHA Automobile Supolies. 2081 F: arnam. TRAOE MARK REGISTERED Watchful Waiting Sometimes it's a good policy, but not when your storage battery shows signs of fatigue. Letus prove the wisdom of prompt action. 2203 Farnam St. Nebraska Storage Battery Co., Omaha Free inspection of any battery at any time Phone D. 5102. They are sup- Each is brief and re- | Afiored M.ottfi)VI:Gar Has Power End Speed The new type of light armored mo- tor car, the only automobile of its kind now in the country, will make its first public appearance at the big Dal- las state fair. Artemas Ward, jr, president of the King Motor Car com- any, has made arrangements with ‘aptain F. A\ Ross of the Armored Motor Car company to comply with the request of Governor James B. Ferguson of Texas to send the car there, so Texas visitors to the big show can see the latest accomplish- ment in war motor car development, The armored car, which is mounted on a standard eight-cylinder King chassis, has just completed an over- land trip from New York City to the Rock Island (Ill) arsenal, where it was sent wtih an army draftsman as observer, It is particularly adapted for scout or skirmish duty and reconnaissance work. It has plenty of power and speed for gcninf to laces where forty-five miles an hour 1S necessary. “Anything You Can Ship,” Is Reo Man’s Stock Order In speaking of the winter car move- ment now on foot in Omaha, J. W. Opper of the Jones-Opper company asserts that they are among the deal- ers who will push winter types of cars. A shipment of the four-cylinder Winter Top Reo will be here soon. Opper states that business is still running at top notch and that the lateness of the season makes no ap- parent difference. The Jones-Opper company have a standing order at the Reo factory for “anything they can ship” bearing the Reo name. This includes fours and sixes, both touring cars and roadsters, trucks and winter models. “We can't get enough of anything,” says Opper. Treat Coughs and Colds at Once. Dangerous bronchial and lung allments follow neglected colds—take Dr King's New Discovery, it will keep you well. All drug- glsts.—Advertisement. No other product of the world’s industry offers such tremendous advantage products a Differences are usually so slight that only experts can determine them. Here they stand out so boldly that they cannot be overlooked. Comparison anyone wh THE _OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBER_15, OMAHA MEN LAUNCH | New Home of the Standard Motor Car Co. | Bert Murphy Pulls Fly Stuff on Woman Whose Car Stalls Bert Murphy is a member of the of Murphy-O'Brien. Murphy- | O'Brien sell Paige cars. Bert Mur- | phy is Irish. You have heard much of Then lend an ear | firm ! Irish wit. ! Bert was piloting a Paige through| the down town streets when he came | 0 an intersection where he held upi o allow a woman driving a rival car | to cross ahead of him. The woman 1150 came to a stop,and in so doing l\lllrd her engine Rert waved her | ahead, but she found trouble in mak- ng the seli-starter work and after a couple of minutes’ toil while Murphy waited patiently, she gave it up and| ! signalled Bert to proceed. Bert| started up and went ahead. Just as" he passed the fair driver in her mo-| tionless car he called, “Why don't | you buy an automobile; get a Paige.” Overland Cars Figure In Flying Fox Hunts| Did you ever hear of a “flying fox drive” in automobiles? such events are not in vogue in the United States. This sport is more Free fo Pile Sufferers Y cons tinont by the famous Pyre myone who sisers from ltehing, bloedin Got a0 cont box today of any sl dra st or 1l coupon for trial. Take nosubstitute '0MPANY, alng., 2o # Free eamplo llo Treatment, in TEreet ciceseessnssiiansesnncnnes It isn't likely that you have, for [ 1916. 11—A ‘hooting expeditions penetrated into the very heart of the Australian scrub, where the cars successfully or less peculiar to Australia, particu- [ 4o the Overland factory at Toledo larly the east coast near Brisbane, | O, of an extended fox drive by Queensland. R | *Overland hunting parties,” in which I'he Overland and Willys-Knight | tens of thousands of these creatures dealer at Brisbane recently sent word | were exterminated. Some of these broke their own roads through vir- gin brush and jungle. e ¥ = Fight Ginder 7-Passenger Touring, $1,350 3-Passenger Roadster, $1,350 5-Passenger Sedan, $1,900 ALL PRICES F, 0. B. DETROIT. Noyes-Killy Motor Co. 2066-68 Farnam St. Distributors. Omaha. : KING MOTOR CAR co.z’mlt.'cn. < TREMENDOUS —Better cooling—you never heard of an Overland overheating. Make your own comparisons with any other car at anywhere near the price. See the Overland dealer today and s over all competing s this Overland. proves a plain case to o cares to know. You get more power—35 horsepower motor—more than 250,000 in use. —More room—112 inch wheelbase —Greater comfort—long, 48 inch cantilever rear springs and 4 inch tires —Greater convenience-—electrical control button on steering column —Bigger, safer brakes—service, 1334 x 2} ; emergency, 13x2}4 get this car. You will get more automobile than $795, or a great deal more will buy in any other car. Samemodel sixcylinder—35-40horse- power—116 inch wheelbase, $925 Willys-Overland, Inc, Omaha Branch SALES ROOMS 2047-49 Farnam Street Douglas 3282 SERVICE STATION 20th and Harney Streets Douglas 3280