Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-18

Philippines.
The Electric Garage has secured the
agency for the Packard and will show
seven Dos and three ISIS, models 1910, within
the next two weeks. The Packard has
never been handled in Omaha, although
there are six machines on the streets.
The Electric Garage will be in its new
home, 22ls Farnam, August l. Mr.. George
Redick has become a member of the firm
and the business will be pushed vigorously
for a record breaking season.
w. L. Huffman g. Co. moved into the
garage formerly occupied by the Colt Auto
company, on Farnam street. Colt now oc-
cupies the new garage up the row in the
next block, alongside of Guy Smith. The
new Electric garage, in process Of con-
struetion, will be finished within fifteen
days. 1t Is across the street from Guy
Smiths new garage. Tt is not known now
whether the places which Smith and the
Baker people leave will be used for auto
mobile purposes or not. It was announced
some time ago tina the T. q. Northwall
mpa might bring the Brush runsbout
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definite is known Of such an arrangement
General Manager Rees of the Interna-
tional expects to receive his new models
uring the next sixty days. The Interna-
tional is a high wheel car and has made
strides throughout sections OF Ne
braska and Iowa where II has been tried
out.
Fredrickson received the following tele-
gram yesterday from Los Angeles: Bert
Dingley driving Chalmers-Detroit 30, on
the greatest road course in America won
Shelter trophy for light cars. 22 miles;
8 hours, Ss minutes and IS seconds; aver
age, 65% miles per hour, defeating all com
peutors-Western Motor Co."
To be sure of the roadway for the Gid
den tourists into Council Bluffs, Messrs
Van Brunt, Keline, Scarf, Haeffers and
Bierre of the Council Bluffs club, rode
over the grounds yesterday, taking with
them supervisor Of Roads Baker, and
Roadmaster Kelly. At Honey Creek they
were met by four cars carrying roadway
men from Missouri Valley. Together they
returned to Missouri Valley, where lunch
con was nhQ, ana plans ldlu LOT uTdBBllS
the road and otherwise improving it.
George T. REIN, manager for r. r
Kimball has returned from a trip to the
Cadillac factory, and expects to bring out
the largest shipment of Cadilacs ever
brought to Omaha, REIN is especially
pleased with the 1910 model, and thinks
that 1t will be the Identical thing for the
west.
the contest running out Of Boston to Bret
ton Woods, N. H., and return. 1t was a
Neutrality-suspicious. sealed bonnet contest, in
which the motors were not permitted to
stop running. Frank e. Wing, with the
same Marmon Fifty hat came through
the Glidden tour perfect, laid out the
route with the committee of the Bay State
Automobile association, making the round
trip of S6 miles in record time. The con-
test itself took place under trying weather
and road conditions. VIM again made a
perfect score and was also awarded, by
vote of the observers, a gold watch offered
as a prize to the driver who held closest
to the schedule and did the most con-
sistent driving.
One OF the prettiest and most graceful
cars seen in Omaha at all, is the HERE
schoff, brought out by Drummond yester-
day. This is designed by the famous