Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-15
Omaha Auto Club
Motor Notes

The Omaha Auto club has donated
$500 toward employing an attorney
for the prosecution of auto thieves,
Rotary, Chamber Of Commerce, As
so.iated Retailers and others will con-
tribute.
Gould Dietx has besa appointed =
member on the national committee
of the American Defense society.
"Carless Sundays" in the east are
great and patriotic success. Michi-
gan avenue, Chicago. looked like a
deserted village town Main street.
Pro-Germans and others who had the
unpatriotic nerve to drive on Sunday
were treated roughly.
President w. B. Cheek spoke be-
fore the Rotary club on Wednesday,
giving short history Of club work
and what we have been up against
in achieving results. Enthusiastic
Rotarians promised the club Is new
members.
Black Hills Trail officials will
shortly tour the route from Omaha
to Winner, S. D., in an inspection
and logging trip.
The Auto club will hold a big club
picnic on Friday, September 40 at
the beautiful club picnic grounds,
Club Park No. I, on the Bellevue
boulevard. Hot coffee, hot wieners
and big buns will be served aplenty
to accompany your individual basket.
Members are requested to call Sec
rotary Smyth and advise if they will
be there so we can order. wisely.
c. c. Winningham, chief OF the gas
oline division of the United States
fuel administration, writes as follows
to the club: "Advise motorists that
unless wasteful methods are stopped
the government will have to enforce
drastic demands" Here are some oil
the wasteful methods: Running your
engine with car idle at curb. Wash.
ing and cleaning with gasoline. Run.
ming with too rich a mixture, adjust
your carburetor to as fine q mixture
as possible. Taking on two gallon.
when your tank needs eight or ten
Every time you take on gas yor
waste liz of a pintl Cut out the
frequent trips to a filling station. :
Omaha to Valley. fair to rood. wallis,
70 Central City. poor to fair. with scms
GOOD stretches. Central City to Grand Is
land and Kearney. fair to good. Kearne,
70 North Platte, fair, with some bad spots
North Platte TO Cheyenne. fair 10 rood
read work in progress between Bushnell
and Pine Bluffs Cheyenne to Tie siding
Encsrnpment to Rawiins. rutty. travel de-
touring off main road and taking Encaup
meat rcute). Rawlins to Rock Springs
road very bad. almost impossible In places
Rock Springs to Lyman, fair TO Evanston
road work. TO salt Lake. road good
Omaha to Dsnison, chucky; heavy aus
between the Bluffs and Missouri Valley
Denison TO Carroll. fair. Carroll to ceda,
Rapids. fair TO good Cedar Rapids /,
Clinton. fair. with some bad spcts
Waite Pole Route; stili the beat sArouxi
route across Iowa. Some short stretche,
Poor. bat averages up good.
Rivsr-to-River Route: CouncaI Bluss, 4.
Nicola. recent grading, poor 10 fair. Necls
to Dcs Moinex. fair to good.
Blue Grass Route: Reported good on tn.
average to Burlington. some chuck,
stretches. Pioneer Trail (marked with REL
Indian headl between Bluffs and Corning
seonnecting with Blue Grassl, best road.
OLD Route; oRaha to Ashland. fair
70 Lincoln. fair 10 good. lincoln TO Hast,
lngs. fair TO good, with some chucky spots
Hastings 70 McCosk. fair to good Nccooi
to Sterling. some very bad stretches.
Washington Highway. Omaha TO Plstts
mouth. poor 10 fair between La Platte ant
Pisttsmonth. Plsttz1aosth south TO Kansa,
City averages fair 20 good. Omaha e
Lyons. fair 20 good. then chucky strstche.
through indian Reservation.
King Trail Peer TO fair frem Blasf.
e Missouri Valley. then mostly seed q
Sioux Ctr.
Black Hits Trail Omaha 70 Fremont,
fair 70 good Frsmoat To Norfolk. averages
COED. Norfolk 10 Winner. 81 ~. fair %
Reo1. with some bad stretches srouna Craig
nsrth and south. ard seEns poor bridges.