Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-30


ers Of the Bic Pleasure Cars.
J. d. Bartlett and family Of Toledo, o..
paused through the city Thursday on their
way to San Francisco. They were driving
Buick model a." and had come from
Ohio without a puncture or adjustment OF
any kind. There we're five in the party.
and they carried camping equipment with
them. having a bed arrangement that they
put across the top Of the seats. which with
the top and curtains on made a very pleae-
ant sleeping apartment. They expect to
spend the winter in California and return
to Ohio in the spring.
T. NJ. Bromwell. manager OF II. e. Fred
rickson Co., received a postal card from
Louis Storz yesterday picturing his new
Chalmers go and telling of a couple Of
Pierce-Arrows he saw on the streets Of
Munich the day before causing a slight
feeling OF inconsistencies.
George REIN is expected to return to-
day after a two weeks western trip in his
Cadillac.
While in Denver last week Mr.. Corkhill
OF the Apperson Automobile company, had
the pleasure Of a ride in new Matheson
aeroplane. He is very enthusiastic over
the trip. saying IT is the most wonderful
experience Of his career
The Marion Automobile company of which
Mr.. Mcdonald is proprietor, reports a
brisk demand for their cars.
Denise Barkalow is in a quandry how to
get more Packard trucks. The demand is
SO great that he cannot fill his orders.
Frank Furay and Bert Murphy made
trip last week to Sterling, Colo, and re-
turned in Murphy's Hupmobne They sent
kilograms to several friends asking who
did the driving OF course the answer was
that, Murphy Did It." They attracted
considerable attention on account OF the
sign attached to the back of their car.
In immense letters were the words
Around the World" but upon close in
spection, one found in small letters the rest
of the story completing the sentence as
follows: rs an awfully large way. so we
are not going"
Lewis Covell and Orton Doty were in
Omaha Saturday enroute to Denver in a
Hupmobile. Their speedometer showed
over 800 miles and up TO this point they
had come through without trouble OF any
sort
II. E. Sides. general manager OF the
Nebraska Buick Automobile company,
spent part of the week in Omaha as the
guest of Lee Huff, local manager of the
company.
Driving from Cleveland, o.. TO Pittsburg,
Bedford Springs. Harrisburg and Gettys-
burg, Pa thence to Cumberland, Nd, and
back to Cleveland. one Of the new Stearns-
knight models, recently completed one of
the most strenuous mountain runs ever at
tempted. During the three days the car
covered 1856 miles, $50 of which were noun
tain running. Five men and 400 pounds of
luggage and camping materials made up
the load. No attempt was made to break
speed records, the object of the trip being
TO test and prove the car and engine in
every conceivable way
OF twenty-four which started in
the recent one-day reliability run under
the auspices of the St Louis Auto club.
not one, finished with as high a score as
did the Mitchell model T, 1911 car. which
won in the touring car class over q large
number of entries. Most of the run Of 1Ss
miles was made in a steady downpour
that followed a long week of wet weather
and in consequence there were no perfect
time scores. The Mitchell. however finished
with 99S points. which was six points bet
ter than the next car in the touring class
and one point better than the winner in
the roadster class.
Moraa n r1otorlat NJ San Dfa0O
Cal. had so many experiences with under
powered cars in the deep sand OF the
American desert that he imposed rigorous
test In satisfying himself OF the capabi-
fly OF cars. He asked demonstrators in
Los Angeles TO drive their cars through
the deep sand Of the Los Angeles river
bottom. After he had driven through hub
deep sand and up the sides Of the steep
river embankment In Columbia, he pur-
chased the demonstrating car. saying II
was the best performance he had ever seen.
after going part way up to Pixies Peak
! in a large four-cyiinder car and seeing the
difficulty with which II got over the
ground. realize more than ever the
traordinery character OF the feat of the
Brush runabout that assembled and de-
scended this mountain in record time"
said Frank Briscoe. During a trip through
the west from which he has just returned,
Mr.. Briscoe visited the scene OF Fred A
Trinklos triumph in runabout. when the
climb up Pixies Peak was made in eight
hours and the journey down in the same
time. The Brush was the only car to
make either trip In less than two days
Many machines have given 1t up and 9TH
ers have required as long seven days
This climb is seven miles long with a rise
OF three-fourths of a mile.
The Peerless Motor Car company OF
Cleveland has just received a beautifully
engraved certificate from the management
Of the Appalachian exposition. held in Knox
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