Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-08

country. No city with the same population
boasts the annual sales Of Omaha. The
Interstate people have posted the in
formation that w. L. Huffman, agent here.
is one OF four agents in the entire country
whose sales have been Unprecedented.
II. II. Rooklidge, president Of the Kan
sas City Automobile association, Is looked
upon as one OF the most wide awake and
progressive men in the west. He is largely
responsible for the rousing success Of the
association in Kansas City and was instru-
mental in making the reception Of the
Glidden tourists last week one OF the most
brilliant ever given automobile men. MI.
Rooklidge is connected with Maxwell-Bris-
coe company Of Kansas City, and, along
with w. S. Hathaway, the district man
sger, has made the Maxwell, one of the
most popular cars in the west.
w. 8. Hathaway, western district man
ager Of the Maxwell, was in Omaha last
week perfecting arrangements for the
opening of the new Omaha agency. Lewis
+. Doty, formerly Of Lincoln, will handle
the Maxwell here, and the announcement
of the new home will be made within d
few days. The Maxwell has sixteen branch
houses, all of which are conducted as the
Omaha house will be.
John P. Davis, manager Of the Pioneer
Implement company, received the unique
offer from a business nan OF Iowa last
week to lake over its state fair exhibit
next September in Des Moine
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry H. Van Brunt left
last week for a tour OF Europe.
Freeland Bros. & Ashley will exhibit at
their garage this week the Mason & Mid
land automobiles which were in the Gid
den tour. These cars will be in the en-
durance run scheduled for the 18th.
william Drummond entertained q party
of business men at luncheon at Manawa
last week. The trip was made over into
Iowa in one Of the new White Steamers
which have just arrived.
w. L. Huffman spent several lays last
week touring western Nebraska in an Inter
state.
George Van Brunt returned yesterday
from a trip into Wisconsin. He discovered
a great field for the Overland in that
state.
w. D. Hosford received a telegram yes
terday afternoon that the velie. three of
which were entered at the Algonquin hill
climb yesterday. had won scores. Two
were given first place and one second
place. The Velie is a new car in the west,
and the managers have just invited an
to demonstrate it's endurance.
reliability and ability to climb hills. The
VeIies performance was remarkable. The
Algonquin hill Is even worse than the
Giants despair hill at ~Pittsburg," said Mr..
Hosford. and we are very much pleased"
c. L. Herring. president of the Atlantic
Automobile company, Is receiving the oon-
gratulations of his friends In Iowa and
Nebraska over the beautiful behavior of
the Premier in the Glidden tour. The cars
made plenty of perfect scores.
DR.. Petrovitsky made the trip in a
Franklin to and from Cedar Rapids, Ia.
to Denver last week in five and one-hslf
days. He stopped going and coming at
Guy L.. Smiths garage for slight repairs,
John Drexel, who drives a Franklin, ran
into Guy L. Smiths new garage the other
evening to escape the storm and acct
dentally demolished the new time clock.
THAT is smashing the record all right"
said Smith, picking up a spring here, and
a wheel there
The announcement lie made tina Colonel
Deright will get a dozen Locomobiles
for Omaha this season.
Did YOU hear how Huttig held UP the
California limited the other day." said
Tom English, a prominent business man
of Kansas City last night.
"Huttlg is secretary Of the Western
Sash and Door company. and is the son of
a banker OF Kansas city. E.
Accompanied by his wife and Hart Hut
tig, assistant cashier Of the National bank
Of the Republic and Leo Crabs, secretary
and treasurer OF the Union Bank Note
company, he made the trip in a stoddard-
Dayton to Denver. Returning. they ran into
mud near Dodge City. and couldn't be
pulled out. Night overlook them and
they were without shelter. There was
nothing TO do but to stop the train and
get into town. They tagged IL and when
the indignant crew found out that it was
only tranded automobile people, they
were In doubt about permitting them TO
get on the train.
THE Huttigs- had taken the p~recaution
to travel in real western style, and when
they threw off their coats displaying a
six shooter" In each pocket, the crew
moved on about something else, and the
sutomobilists turned into berths."
X. +. Fredrickson, who has been in
Europe several months. is expected in
Omaha this week.
The purchase OF q Packard car by Don
NJ. Daugherty last week is another evil
dence Of the hold that automobiles has on
the people. Mr.. Daugherty has chung to
horseflesh all along, but the best to be
obtained cannot give the luxury and com
fort OF the new models.
A. s Avery. from the Omaha Automo-
bile company, who has resided all along in
Iowa, has taken a home at HOS South
Twenty-ninth and has moved his family
over.
Freeland Bros, & Ashley received the