Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 29, 1916, Page 10

CLOSED CAR SALOK- OPENS THIS WEEK First Event of Its Kind Ever Held in United States Starts Wednesday in Omaha. . Hudson Tourinng Sedan ONLY WINTER CARS SHOWN P The sovereign achievements of the | master coahman’s art will be arrayed | before the collective gaze of all| Omaha when the first annual Omaha | Closed Car salon opens \\'('(lneétla)" morning at 8:30 in the Brandeis | stores. Thirty models of craftsmanship will be on display. There will be limou- sines, laundlets, broughams, coupes, cabriolets, sedans, the height of lux-| ury in automobiles. The first annual Omalia Closed Car saion will be the first event of its| kind ever held in the United States. The Omaha Automobile Show asso- ciation, ‘which is staging the exposi- tion, is paving the way for all of the | other hig cities of the country and | New York and Chicago, where the great national automobile shows are annually held, will have to follow the | lead of progressive Omaha when they | decide to hold expositions of winter cars. Franklin Brougham Has”Another Distinction. The Closed Car salon has another distinction. It is the first automobile display ever held in a mercantile store. It will be held in the Brandeis stores, with the machines exhibited along the main aisle of the main floor, extend- ing from the entrdnce at Sixteenth » and Douglas streets to the rear of the store, west of Seventeenth street, This is said*to be the longest mercantile aisle in the world. The salon will be held Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week. It will be opert from 8:30 in the morning until 9 o'clock in the evening each day. The exhibits will be limited to clos- .ed cars, cars for winter driving. No touring . cars, roadsters, sportabouts, - speed machines or the tike will be ex- hibited. It will be an exclusive salon. Omaha Has Two New Pleasure Automobiles During the last two weeks two new f!nsur: cars have been added to the ist of pleasure cars sold in Omaha, making the fotal sixty-four. This ould indicate that Omaha is grow- i *Qo be “some automobile town.” The latest arrivals. are the Elgin and the Peerless, The Elign is a moderate-priced car manufactured at Elgin, 11l. The Elgin will be dis- tributed by the Motor company, with M. J. Cavanaugh, jr, as manager. % This car is a distinctive looking madel / and although new to this'field has quite a circle of friends in Chicago, where it was first introduced, The Peerless, an eight-cylinder car manufactured in Cleveland, O.,. will be distributed by the Hause-Bartlett Auto company. The Peerless is quite well known in this section and the new model, according to Tom Hause, is without a peer in its class, Auto Man Willing to , Report to One Woman . R W. Craig, local Chalmers dis- trlamr“ found today that there is a “r nnfhy some men prefer to take a v during John Ford, one of Crai[f} office men, has been looking forward to his vacation for some time and just be- fore he departed he “cased up” to the boss and “broke the news.” Craig 8 “Good! Who is the lady?” but John di‘?fl ‘ly. He just "broke the news” that he was going to be mar- ried and then “ducked.” Scripps-Booth Distributer Orders Carload of Coupes «W. M, Clement, local distributer for the Scripps-Booth, returned Thursday from a trip to Indianapolis, Chicago and Detroit, which embraced a visit to numerous automobile fac- tories. While in Detroit, Clement pllgdk tion in the fall instead of hot summer months, an order for a carload of Scripps- Booth coupes. This model is a cleyer- \\ looking job and it is hoped that khe shipment will reach Omaha in time to exhibit at the Closed-Car Salon, to be held November 1 Brandeis Stores. to 4 in the Latest Models of Autos to Be Shown |Omaha Auto Supply | At Closed Car Salon Here This Week| Co. THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBER 29, 1915. f Signs With the | Michelin Again effect that they have signed with xhe‘ Michelin Tire people again and that | they have doubled their contract. “The Michelin tire has been qnite | a popular seller since we have been connected with it,” says Eisenhardt, “and the factory has been with us at every turn in the road. Their ad- ‘vertising campaign has been a great help to us in establishing the tire.” el e Little Attention is f All Automobile Needs “False economy and neglect causes more people to curse an automobile and its ignition .system than any one | factor,” says R. C. Smith, Delco- Exide’ dealer. i “If we battery men could only im- press motorists with the necessity of paying a little attention ot the bat- teries, they would be saving money instead of letting their batteries run down to such an extent that they are hopeless. “If a motorist doesn’t know what attention when applied to a battery | means, he should go to some battery man and let him explain. It costs nothing to ask questions and we are all glad to help the motorist if he will give us a chance to inform him.” e e T g Closed Caf: -Efa isilIare To Stay, Says King Car Man| tor, has added himself and his en- | advocates, a speedy conversion of| Omahans to the use of closed cars. Mr. Killey asserts that the closed | car models will be the only thin in a few years. “The rattles have al[r¢ Announcement has just been made by R. J. Eisenhardt, manager of the | Omaha Auto Supply company. to the ' |8 W. L. Killey, local “King” distribu- ‘E = thusiasm to the “Closed car fans,” and | = been done away with and closed cars | “Our business on closed cars is in- | many conveniences which they of- of today are so arranged that it takes | creasing rapidly and we find that in- | ford and the perfect ventilation sys- only a moment to convert them into [ stead of asking prospects to looXk :tem is dispelling all doubt regarding open cars with the top up,” said Mr. [ at the closed car models, they arelthe wisdom of such a purchase from Killy. requestifig us to exhibit them. The |the minds o motorists. F R P Bl my Office and Showrooms 2415 Farnam Street. THE MGSFQR co. . OMAHA Distributors Elgin Six g Built Like a Watch The Sensational Six of Sixteen Long Distance Phone Douglas 713. ' The Price $845 Factory Some choice territory still open. See this car - before signing up for the coming season. DEALERS S T i 0 E| g g | = e * Announcement of Advance in Price HORSE POWER Specifications that Make . The Regal-4-Thirty-two The Biggest Car in the Light Weight Class | \ THE MOTOR— Has uered every hill LONG WHEELBASE—Is the all-important dimension 3 x 43" nmn. Pln'. ang ; n.!l_l;; 108 inches in a light car. It dictates the amount of room and com- sands of Michigan were another 1 passengers 1‘ test which proved the 32 horee- I:fllml:-ll!:-‘i‘h;’t';-m no i power ~of our _motor. In means take up all the avallable .maowyda &mmdodm: car ‘:-n ’ room. is extra room is own dgage Walk without changing & gear, T Initndy tad ‘TO DEALERS—We have - the best money-making proposition to dealers that THE AXLES— And Cantilever Spring are \ m iR - Full Floating designed to relieve ali t! t L. g age @ b at Rear 88 to the condition of. the roads. o Mazimum tire mileage ls also coversd |with cork - obtal~-1 because of this per- | which des sure footing. fect alance. May we demon- Four 'y entrance. strate to you} > t ~ ‘THE BIGGEST CAR IN THE LIGHT WEIGHT CLASS | | Mclntyre-Hayward Motor Co., 2427 Farnam St. D. 2406. Omaha, Neb. is open today. Get in touch with us at once, as territory is going fast. On January first the price of the Cole Eight will be advanced. Since ou}‘ previotis announce- conditions. ; ment tHere have been enor- ; mous increases in the cost of Present prices, however, will pre- materials. { vail on all cars delivered prior to January first. Practically\ every material and B e L - manufacturing: cost has gone up. Consequently the price of the Cole Eight,will be advanced 2210 Farnam Street, Omaha, Neb. D ...;.mu|lulninmllm\ll\\\““ Cole ‘Motor Car Company, Indianapolis, U. S. A. ’ the in- proportionately with crease in the cost of manu- facturing it under prevailing PRESENT PRICES 7 Passenger Cole Eight Touring Car....... $1595 4 Passenger Cole Eight Roadster. ......... $1595 Seven Passenger Cole-Springfield Foursedan, $2195 Four Passenger Cole-Springfield Tourcoupe, $2195 All prices f. o. b. factory TRAYNOR AUTOMOBILE COMPANY