Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-21

car TO a customer of Mr.. Barkalows, man
ager Of the Electric garage. The party will
. camp along the route. and take observa-
tons on the conditions of the road
for the use Of tourists who may make the
trip afterwards
The Fiat 155-horsepower racing car was
sent to Sioux City Friday to its owner,
Cy Seymour Of the International aviators,
who we're the attraction at the Speedway
two weeks ago. The big racer has been In
the garage OF the Wallace Automobile
company for the last week undergoing
adjustment. 1t is of the French racing
type, with a 6k-inch bore and 7h-inch
stroke. II was the winning car in the
Grand Prize race Of the National circuit
at Savannah last November
The MacIntyre Auto company delivered
Oakland cars the last week to Mrs. Carrie
Paul and A. l. Pettingill.
An unusually prosperous business for the
last week is reported by the H. e. Fred
rickson Auto company. Mr.. Fredricksonl
states that buyers at this season OF the
year have been numerous and that the
next few months will see a great ship
ment Of motor cars from Omaha as a dis
the Hudson Motor company in Detroit two
weeks ago., Mr. Fredrickson ascertained
that dealers ali over the country were
asking for larger allotments Of cars this
year than In any other year past.
While demonstrating a REQ roadster on
Thursday afternoon Miss ]. T. Boice OF the
II. n. Kimbal company was arrested on
the charge Of speeding. At the time she
was arrested she was showing the merits
of the car to Robert Froberg
The r. r. Kimball company disposed OF
the following cars during the week past:
stevens-Duryea IA, to G. H. Brown; two
Reos to Mr. Slama of the Slama Auto
company of Humboldt Neb.; Stanley
steamer to Robert Garrison OF Guide Rock,
sNeb.. and REQ to Olson Bros. Of Ithaca,
.Neb.
william T. Lewis. chairman OF the board
Of directors of the Mitchell-Lewis Motor
company of Racine, Wis. accompanied by
Mrs. Lewis, has just returned from a tour
OF nearly a whole year in the British Isles
and through Europe. Both Mr.. Lewis and
his wife sought this means Of taking a va
cation, and their mileage reached the total
OF $3.50 miles.
The Ford Motor company has compiled
figures which show something Of the g.
gantic business done by II In It's eight
years of existence. They estimate that
every fifth car sold In America Is a Ford
that in Nebraska there are two FordsI
for every car of one make; every
fourth car in Iowa is a Ford, and
every third one in Alabama The stats
tics also show that the agricultural class
are leading in the purchase OF motor cars
In 1910 the farmers OF Iowa bought slightly
more than half of the cars sold in the
Hawkeye state.
The United States Tire company is
preparing TO invade South Africa with
the products of its five factories and to
this end has appointed J. B. Richie of
Johannesburg its South African repre-
sentative Mr.. Richie considers the out
look for American motor products in South
Africa particularly brilliant.
The Metzger Motor Car company manufao-
turers OF the Everitt 80" have just Sc
cured a valuable acquisition TO their sell
ing organization In the person OF L. L.
Barnes. one OF the best known statesmen
In southern automobile circles
Detroit gets still another automobile fac
tory and the latest addition TO the list Is
the largest organized in the last year.
II Is the King Motor Car company. with a
capitalization OF $4,000 The company gets
its name from the man who designed its
product.
Ten years ago the automobile was the
subject OF sneers and der. sion" says Henry
NJ. Leland. advisory manager OF the cadil-
lac Motor Car company Of Detroit, To
day II ranks as one OF the fastest methods
OF transportation or travel. The rapidity
OF the growth Of the industry has sur
passed that OF any other business in the
worlds history Today the automobile has
ceased TO be the rich mans hobby-it is
the worlds necessity
The Michelin Twins two Broodinglan
manikins. twisted and disported themselves
before wondering crowds in the show win
dows Of the Nebraska Buick company on
Friday evening and Saturday of the week
past. While an advertising feature solely
for the Miehelin Tire company. the twins
are so out of the ordinary that their APP
pearanee in the large cities Of the country
has been the occasion Of numerous press
notices.
The figures, which are about twelve feet
tall, are made OF rubberized silk and are
seated in mammoth seats on an improvised
platform Ia the window OF the automobile
company. Underneath the platform are ar
ranged electric air pumps which keep the
manikins inflated. BY means OF cords and
partial deflation Of the figures they as
sumo some very grotesque positions and
keep the spectators roaring with laughter
The manikins were first shown in Paris.
the home OF the Meehelin company Later
they were sent for exhibition purposes TO
several OF the capitals OF Europe and fin
ally 10 this country. The figures are repli-
cas- OF the familiar effisies seen In the ad-
vertisements OF the company. apparently
made OF rubber tires OF different sizes.
Goggies and huge cigars complete the illu-
sion created by the twins"
Reports from Atlantic City, where the
postoffiee authorities discarded the las,