Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-21
AUTO In TIE RURAL UPLIFI
Thousands Of Machines in Use Amuns
Nebraska Farmers.
SOME EXAMPLES OF ITS UTILITY
Many Of u Users Are Real Fnrmerm-
Nhile the others Have Close
Connection with the
SENS of soil


Connection with the
SENS of Sell
RECORDS IN the office Of the secretary Of
staze OF Nebraska show that owners Of 45p
automobiles have registered and taken out
liuenseE Returns by aHsessorE Of the va
raons counties have accounted for only liza
on this number Douglas county is credited
win 2s and Lancaster county has 17X. This
leaves L2a2 OF the AsseasorF' total scattered
Through eighHy-eight counties, and the num-
Der OF machines unRccounted for by nsses-
sors in any way totals 2.Zk, or as many
again as the assessors found, and lna2 be-
SIDES. Somewhere, somehow, a Eood many
sur1ebodieE are getting away scot free OF
personal tax on their bubble buEEies. Ap-
Iaarently. The value Of almost 1890 auto
mobiles must be quite heavy. even arerRg-
ing the three regiments Of p~lunEers not on
the enlistment rolls at 3 modest figure.
distinguished visitors to any ordinary
town or village in Nebraska quickly dis
lover that some local booster can offer for
their use a machine OF late pattern, with
an the luxurious fittings that are oonsid-
cred necessary TO my machine" Some OF
these are nn the Rssessors' lists, but more
are not
Let a convention meet in any city Of fairly
respectable size In the state and an auto
mobile trip for the delegates is an essential
feature. sumner or winter, unless the
weather is sxecrable 10 q degree Gasoline.
steam, electric-an methods Of propulsion
WIZ be represented in these entertainment
prsoesEicnk.
Useful m Polftien.
Enuw~ot-a-m
democratic headquarters last fan, They're
coming TO the meetings IN automobiles"
II Was no uncommon sight to see six 10
twenty Of the horseless hurry-ups grouped
about q crossroads schoaIhouse wherein
q political meeting was being held. While
not al q the machines belonged TO far
nerE, a fair proportion did.
As a rule. the farmers who buy nutos
are men with a mechGnicai twist of mind.
tor whom mastery OF any machine has o
cer1inuing fascination. Then there are
others az a progressive disposition who
figure out 10 their own satisfaction that
a machine VIII be a time ana money saver
FOR them. Carrying Of milk and cream TO
town Is becoming moro and more q task
Ter automobiles. whare the volume Of bust
ness is growing and quick delivery is an
rtsert.
Travelling saIesmen Appreciate Them.
The trade OF travelling men who make
interior towns ss a big source Of revenue
With alert livergmen, for the travelling
shinsnen demand the best methods Of get
ling about. always. A great deal OF run
ning cross country Is therefore done by
mach'ne today, where yesterday two old
'pelterE" and q blackboard sufnosd. And
the ~eonpetftaon is quite AZ keen regarding
merits uf the rival machines as used 10 be
the case with the prize road teams. Tn
result is there are TWO kinds Of livery
today IN a number OF the i've towns of
central ana western Nebraska: ana It is
mol Always easy 70 EBt either a RIG or an
aUto even under this condition Of things
New garages are going Up all the time and
st Hnne 81 the best q man can have a
choice Of machines
For the w3rk Of tire travelling salesman.
machines have a Distinct advantage. They
DO not tire, and after a stretch Of thirty
OF forty miles can be turned about for
Rnoshsr drive OF the same length without
giving siKn Of fatigue. AZ night the
headlight makes the way Clear. and IN case
OF Blsrm the covered tonneau is a mug
berth.
Coo Roads FIN sIshL.
Good roads agitation has HAD the effect.
very largely, ~ making pAasahis ~furnaIkes,
ana local machine owners are becoming
iutelligenty persistent IN their Eppeals 10
city councils and town boards 10 have
has spots promptly attended TO. Generally,
the owners 81 autos are men Of Influence
and pushers for their several communities,
ana when they set their minds 10 accom-
plishtng a particular thing they gel re-
suits.
It IL true, TOO. that many sections Of
Nehraska have very good natural roads.
Nbere there are ne roads worth mention
Ing the unhroken prairie sod IL NOT hAls
bad because in those sections fences are
few and far between.
Taking q q two weeks NIP through
Custer county. one caEnIaign speaker SAID:
about every town Of BOO inhabitants OF
over, and some times Al smaller places,
there woule be several auto owners OFFER
ing their services 10 take as ACROSS coun-
Try. some for the good Of the cause, ana
some for pay. Trips that used 10 consume
the better parT Of a day IN other CAM
pAignE were made last fan IN an hour or
two Another blasssa quality Of the
machines Was. you could set bach 10 town
after the school house meetings ana sci
the benefit Of a fair nights Elsep.
Where q man had 10 make Hrternoon
and night speeches. the machines were
almost a necessity. PreEident-elsct an
has ridden In automobiles owned by rural
NehrhEkEns several times. and al the hlg
guns Of the two parties had choice Of
many machines Al about every place they
0rated.-
II was this same man who reported that
the presence % automobiles ownsd BY
farmers Al msetings IN country school
houses PIT q erinp m many a populistie
howl Enent the oppressed hEraeulturast
There were not q few dsn1pOp speakers
via were totsd about the country in this
kDa q oonr1FzncA
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