Omaha daily bee., 1907-05-12
CAR OWNERS PLAN LONG TRIPS
Country Tours Peooming Popular Way Of
Spending Vacation Season,
MRKsNDALL MAY GO TO NEW ENGLAND
Fred Hamilton organizing Party to
Take Run 20 Trnnsmtssissippi
Golf Tournnment-ReaI Es-
tate Men Using Motors.

Several of Omaha's automobile owners
are planning extensive trips for the sum
mer months and several bought their new
machines this season with special refer
ence to taking jaunts through the coun-
try. The large machines have numerous
conveniences for long jaunts and are
equipped with extra tires and extra
wheels, so that long delays viii not be
necessary in case of accidents As the
machines are being made larger and larger
each year, there is accordingly more and
more room TO carry the little necessaries
which go to make touring trip pleasant
Fred Hamilton is organizing a party to
run over to the Transmississippi Golf
tournament at Rock Island in June. He
will take some of the leading golfers of
both the Country club and the Field club
as his guests and the men are looking
forward to a most pleasant trip. Hamil-
ton has the largest machine in Omaha
and little things like hills and bad roads
have no terror for him. with his giant
auto he can NOV down the miles like an
express train and with good roads can
make the trip to Rock Island in short
order
Plans Trip Through New England.
f. p. Klrkendan is planning for a trip
through the New England states. and
what more pleasant could be ina gined
than TO take a leisure trip through the
slightly districts of New England, going
Just as far as you like each day and put
ting up where night ovcrtakcs Won q
w. wattles says he would like to take
touring trip but he doesn't know whether
he can so arrange his business affairs to
spare the time.
Last season L. c. Nash made several
extensive drives one to KeOkuk and Min
neapolis. and he is preapring for several
this summer. prefering that form of va
cation to any he knows Several have
made trips from Omaha to Denver and II
is nothing for Emil Brandels 70 run out
to Grand Island and back via Lincoln.
j. J. Deright is a great hand for the long
runs and has fished in one place In the
forenoon and II the fish did not bite he
would go TO some place 100 miles away TO-
the evening fishing.
Mr.. Louk of the firm Of Louk & Conn
ton dealers in the Maxwell. returned Fri
day from Chicago. where he went 10 secur,
some extra machines. his firm having solo
all the machines they had contracted TO
at the opening OF the season. lie secure
the cars.
Big Machine Causes Comment.
Scooung around Omaha the latter part o.
the week was the most Impressive machin.
which has yet struck this burg. 1t is the
new 50-horse power Pope Toledo runabou,
belonging to c. W. Hull. Having a mos,
racy appearance Il compelled a second
look from its very powerful appearance
Fifty horse power for two people seems
| like II might be aplenty and probably Is
but Mr. Hull says he doesn't like 70 have
too much dust put In his eyes and wants
10 have something that Will carry him
past the dust. While he win not use Il
| for racing. it would be able to 90 some q
the occasion demanded
D. V. sholes was added to tie list OF
real estate men owning automobiles for
the purpose Of showing their lots. Nj
sholes bought an Auburn. complete viii
top. for the purpose Of showing some OF his
! suburban property which he is now 80 ex
tensively advertising. Time was when thS
most successful real estate dealer IN
Omaha had the fastest horses and could
whirl the prospective buyers 70 the suburbs
/ in the shortest order, but the auto Is win
ming out with this class Of men.
Dick Kimban is getting into the harness
since his return from a winter spent In ths
south and is looking after the automobile
business OF his firm. Two carloads OF auto
mobiles were received By the Kimban com