Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-25
Along Auto Row
what Automobile Deal
ers Are Doing. Sales
Heavier Than Ever,

Despite the windy weather dealers did
thriving business on automobile row yes
terday. Sales were good all week w. l..
Huffman reports the sale OF several Inter
states last week. The wallace Auto com
pany sold a seven-passenger seventy
horsepower stearns to George A. Hoag-
land. Sweet Edwards had a big week last
week. Their sales into the country was
larger than at any time since they began
business. Fredrickson was busy with the
Chalmers. and Guy Smith delivered his
usual number Of Franklins.
Owning an automobile is one OF the
great pleasures OF this life. The other
day q young business man who Is to be
married In June became so enamored OF
a spanking new Hupmobile at Huffmans g
Now he is not at all sure whether he Will
go on and marry or take the car.
The crew OF the Chalmers 80" path
finding car OF the American Automobile as
ISOLATION. have just about lost all the love
and admiration they ever possessed for
that noble animal the horse, after passing
through Kentucky and Tennessee where
the equine race is supposed to attain it's
perfection. horse or q mule is encoun-
tered every 100 yards through Kentucky
and no man can predict what any one Of
them will do when he catches sight Of
an automobile. When the driver or rider,
and horseback is the favorite method OF
locomotion. holds up his hand It means
that the motorist must stop. This is the
law and, besides, certain gentlemen in
this section of the country have such a
high regard for legality in this respect
that they are willing to use a double
barreled shotgun to enforce it
Omaha Auto company received the fol-
lowing from Denver:
I'VE came through with no accident
whatever; not even a punctured tire We
stopped at Cheyenne about p. m, and
had brakes relieved, as we had bad hills
out from Cheyenne. Come through lots
of sand One place. east of Julesburg, that
they said we were the only ones that had
gone through without help. The car run
fine all the way through, and we consider
it dandy car. We had very pleasant
trip. and all feeling well.
ARCHIE M. ANDERSON"
Guy Smith said that new record motor
travel between Omaha and Kansas City
has been set by Captain Fred E. Buchan
Of the Judge advocate generals staff of
the United States army. He made the trip
of 246 miles in eleven hours with a Franklin
of twenty-eight horse power.
A. . new bridge over the Platte river at
Louisville allowed him to go by way OF
Nebraska City, Falls City. Hiawatha, At
Gibson and Leavenworth, route different
from that employed when tourists were
compelled to cross the Platte elsewhere.
Captain Buchan had no trouble with
either engine or tires and stopped only
for gasoline during the run.
One Of the cars to win a perfect score
in the recent 175-mile endurance run of the
Savannah Oa) Automobile club was the
Hupmobile, The run was over roads Of
wretched condition, between Savannah and
Jacksonville, Fla, occupying two days. The
Hupmobile was in. competition with cars
of much greater -wSight and horsepower
Word has been received Of a rather re-
markable record made in Minnesota with
a Hupmobile. ]. B, Keller drove a Hup-
mobile from Minneapolis to Breckenridge.
The distance of 25O miles was made in
twelve hours, and the gasoline consumed
was only ten gallons-an average of twen-
tumble roads.
r. R. Kimban has returned from Florida,
where he spent the winter He said that
Florida is enjoying a great boom. More
people are becoming citizens of that state
than ever in its history. Mr.. Kimban de-
voted himself to golf instead of to auto
mobiles, but he said that in Daytona and
Ormond more cars are TO be seen than
any city their size in the United States.
Manager Lee Huff is in his new garage
now and is doing one of the largest busi-
nesses in the history of the agency.
H. e. Sdles, general manager of the
Buick agency in this state, spent last
week in Omaha.
Work began on the new garage for the
Paxton, Mitchell company last week. The
building will be ready for occupancy
about June To-
william Drummond spent several days
last week in western Nebraska Drummond
reports a glorious outlook for the White.
Henry H. vanBrunt returned from the
east last week WncIS no ClOSeu announcer
large contract for the Overland.
President Willis OF the Overland com
pany and his wife were guests OF Henry
II, Van Brunt of Council Bluffs last week.
Mr.. Willis was on his return trip from
California He was delighted with this
section Of the country and spoke In the
most complimentary terms of the business
done by the Van Brunts.
Among the cars sent out by the Sweet
Edwards Auto company last week were a
Parry roadster 10 DR.. Bowles. of Auburn
and a Parry touring car TO ]. J. Brown
of Lincoln.
The Moon 80 came in for several orders
Among the points to which shipments were
made are Cedar Rapids and Lincoln.
ATTACKED BY COL0RED MEN
James Stuppee Comes From Elm
Creek 90 See the Town and IL
Robbed.