Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-17

BY reason of the smoothness of the road
and few curves the Williamsport (Pa-) club
Is hoping for a new worlds mile record for
nil climbing at its contest June g.
A steel-tlred automobile is being built by
NJ. w. Hazleton of Oneonta, n. Y, who
declares the day will come when they will
be as plentiful as steel-tired wagons.
Motorists OF Montclair. N. J.. viii lend
their cars to the promoters OF fete on
June IL 10 raise money TO aid church
and purchase a site for a gymnasium.
Judging from the registrations already
made, IL is believed that there will be more
than 2OO00 cars registered In Pennsylvania
this year, about 700 more than in 1907.
Upon completing the St. Petersburg Mos
COW race organized by the Automobile
Club Of Russia. on May 81, the contestants s
will proceed 10 the Moscow exposition,
The Pennsylvania Motor federation will
ask the next legislature OF that state 10
require all vehicles TO carry lights at night
and for an appropriation Of S5O.OOo,C0O Tor
roads.
AS an example Of the severity of the new
French motoring law, which seems likely
TO be passed, a man may be imprisoned on
second conviction for allowing his car 10
emit smoke.
d. Wort of Kearney, Neb.. and NJ. Scrog-
gins OF the same place, each bought a
two-eylinder Rambler lSOS touring cars and
had same shipped home Wednesday over
the Union Pacific.
Since the first of the month cars equipped
tires have been barred from roads con-
trolled by BOstOn's Park commission, under
penalty OF so fines.
New York importers have abandoned
their ldea OF having separate show next
winter, and will participate in the exhibi-
tion OF the independent" dealers the first
week in the new year
Louis Putnam Strang winner OF the
Briarolff race, is but 3 years old. He
began life as typewriter, and is said 10
be a descendant of General Israel Putnam
OF Revolutionary fame
The Portland (Ore.) Automobile club now
hopes TO see the proposed highway from
Portland 10 Astoria completed before the
end OF the season. The club Is raising
$4,000 toward the cost.
A delegation from each OF the twenty
four state organizations OF the American
Automobile association will attend the ma
tional good roads convention at Buffalo,
n. T., June 6, and S.
A new record from San Francisco to os
Angeles has been established by a thirty
horsepower steam car, which covered the
47s miles in II hours. II minutes-56 minutes
better than the old record
Finding that the motor driven chemical
wsgon was beating him TO fires. Chief Ed
ward Mooney of the Bridgeport (Conn.)
I fire department. demanded and received an
automobile for his own use.
The highway bill passed by the New
YORK, YORK legislature Just prior 70 adjournment,
statute all legislation Of that character
enacted in that state since l7s7.
-Four cylinder Rambler S5-horse power
| touring cars were delivered last week tC
/ ii. ]. Lee, Fremont, Neb., president OF the
I Les-GIass-AndI eeson Hardware company
also TO Robert Mckenzie OF Mineola. Ia.
c. II Wilson OF the O'Keefe Real Estate
/ company, Omaha. and Charles Beaton
/ Omaha, have placed their orders with the
Rambler Automobile company for one OF
| the leS two-cylinder Rambler touring cars
| The Automobile club OF ST. Paul Is ar
ranging a track meet TO be held durina
/ the ShrineSr convention this summer, iI