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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-04-13
Highway
Costing $10,000,000
To Be Built in Canada

Winnipeg, Man, April 12.-(Spe-
ciaD-A bill of interest to the
motorists of Canada and the United
States will be introduced at the pres
ent session of the dominion parlia-
ment, asking an appropriation of
SlO,O0O,O00 to build an automobile
road to be known as the Canadian
highway across Canada from coast
to coast. This project is in addi-
ton to the road building program
which will open vast new areas in
northern Ontario, the Peace river
country and Central British Column
bia to settlement and rapid develop
ment through immigration.
The Canadian highway, according
to plans mapped out two years ago
by the Canadian Automobile asso-
citation, will extend from Glace bay
near Sydney, N. C., to Cape Scott
on Vancouver island. From the
Nova Scotia coast It will run to
Monitor, N. B., west along the south
ern bank Of the St. Lawrence to
Quebec and then, on as direct a line
as possible through Ottawa to Win
nipeg.
The Canadian highway will con-
meet at Quebec with the new At
lantic highway from Miami, Fla, and
at Winnipeg with the Jefferson
highway from New Orleans.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-04-13
Trend Of Times is Toward
The Lightweight Car

= That war time conditions have left
a lasting impress and completely
revised peoples ideas of automobile
value, is the opinion of George S.
Waite, sales manager of the Grant
Motor Car corporation. "The de-
mand today" said Mr.. Waite, "ac-
cording to our conception, based on
contact with dealers all over the
country, is for a light weight car
which combines ample power, dig
nifty and ease of riding with econ
omy OF operation and low initial in
vestment."
From California to New York
dealers who have specialized on the
sale of tremendously high priced
cars, and catered almost exclusively
to the ultra rich, are combining
such lines with car like the Grant
six, which meets the needs and de-
sres of the average man."
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-04-13
Marmon and Franklin
Distributor Puts On
Big Used Car Sale

Monday, morning will mark the
beginning OF the Victory Sale" of
used automobiles which is being
staged by H. Pelton, Franklin and
Marmon distributor, in his Farnam
street salesroom.
Pelton's plan for handling used
cars is distinguished from the usual
plan by the fact that he attempts to
make no profit in the handling of
these cars. On the other hand his
idea is to aid those who wish to
dispose of their used cars in order
that they may buy later models.
Among over 800 Franklin and
Marmon owners in this vicinity
about Is are DESTROYS OF purchasing
few models. Most of them are plan
ring on buying enclosed cars. 1t is
Pelton's plan to help them to dis
pose of these cars without profit to
himself in order that they may pur-
chase the new model which they
have decided upon. All expense
necessary to making satisfactory de-
livery will be taken care of by the
present owners.
Almost New Cars.
Among this list of bargains will
be found four or five nearly new
Franklin and Marmon demonstra-
tors. These cars have been driven
by the statesmen in demonstrating
the quality of the car and, of course,
have been kept in excellent condi-
ton. The fact that they have been
used, however, makes it necessary
to sell them at a sacrifice. In real
ity they have been used just about
enough to take out the stiffness.
1t is the plan to extend this priv
ilege to all automobile owners who
are in the market for Franklin or
Marmon automobiles. Therefore, if
you have decided to buy Franklin
or Marmon. Mr.. Pelton will help
you to dispose of your automobile
without cost to you.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-04-13

IA such a weakened
,srnsss state that physi-
s3k clan told him that
~ unless, he went
to Arizona he
would not be long
for this world.
He did not heed the advice of the
physician; instead, he came to Oma-
ha and got on the police force. He
weighed 1877 pounds, and he looked
it.
Out to Carter Lake he went and
built bungalow. He followed a
daily course of training, took fire.
quent plunges in the lake, kept in
the sunshine and the result has
been that today he weighs l62
pounds, although he looks as lank as
a beanstalk. ."a|
Just Count EN-.
He can direct traffic for eight
hours every day a la Billy Sunday
and think nothing of it. During
the days work he makes nearly
10000 arm movements.
when l started my traffic work
and showed my speed, some of the
boys down at headquarters remark
ed that would not last week at
that gait, but / have been at it for
i've months and l feel stroner than
ever" he commented during an in
terview. "The faster they come, the
better l like it." he added.
His Fame Spreads.
The fame of Officer Dudley has
spread to other cities and his work
is being initiated by others.
That's the stuff; best l have ever
seen," was a commentator offered
last week by Kansas City man who
was standing at Sixteenth and Far
nam streets, watching Omaha grow.
Officer Dudley was a patrolman
in Omaha for II years before he
took up traffic work. His ambitions
will have been realized if people will
take him seriously by believing that
he is sincere; that he enjoys his
work and wants to obtain results.
He also explains that motorists
respond more quickly to positive
movements of the arms, than they
do to lackadaisical, half-hearted di-
rectionS.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-04-13
BY EDWARD BLACK.

Traffic Officer J. ]. Dudley, the
human semaphore at Sixteenth and
Farnam, the busiest street intersec-
ton in Omaha, wants the whole
world and his brother to understand
that his calisthenics
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-04-13

Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker Of the
oath aero pursuit squadron and
recognized as Americas greatest
ace" is booked for a lecture ap-
pearance at the Auditorium at an
early date IN May.
Captain Rickenbacker, who wears
the Distinguished Service Cross,
with four oak leaves, the Croix de
Guerre and the decoration OF the
Legion of Honor, will tell his own
story of his adventures in the air
during which he downed> 20 Hun
planes. =.
He is looked upon as Omaha's
own and will undoubtedly receive
a most enthusiastic welcome from
the home folks when he comes.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-04-13
LIBERTY AUTO
CROSSES ANDES
AT $4,000 FEET
Goes Where No Motor Vehicle
Ever Went Before in Max.
ing Remarkable Trip
to Tin Mines.

Every motorist in the country is
familiar with some difficult climb or
other which they consider a hard
test for any automobile. However,
p. V. St. Clair, well known Los
Angeles automobile man, recently
returned to that city with an ac-
count of a motoring trip in Bolivia
which took him over a pass in the
Andes 10000 feet above sea level.
and he declares that in comparison,
most of the grades in this country
would be considered merely patch
of raising ground.
No motor vehicle had ever nego-
tiated this particular trip before"
said St. Clair is describing his unit
sual motor journey. Il was in that
section of Bolivia to determine the
possibilities of replacing llamas as
ore carriers from the tin mines with
modern motor trucks, and this par
ticular journey was made over the
rough trail to the rich tin mines near
the Andes summit where hitherto
the only travel had been either by
horseman or the trains of llmas
bringing the rich tin ore down from
the mines.
lo,000-Foot Elevation.
From Orura, Bolivia, where this
journey began, it was los miles over
the Andes to Uncia, where the tin
mines are located. The road, if you
can call it such, crossed summit of
10000 feet and dropped again to the
mines at uncia at an elevation OF
10000 feet.
Il have made three round trips
between Los Angeles and New
York, so have pretty good idea of
what rough roads and grades mean
in this country, but have never
seen anything in North America
that remotely approached the con-
ditions of that trip. Hour after
hour the Liberty Six that | drove
plugged along in low gear, over
rocks and sand and heart-brea king
grades. As we approached the
higher SUBMITS, the water i'll the
radiator boiled constantly, but you
could take off the radiator cap and
put your finger in the boiling water
without the slightest discomfort, so
low is the temperature at which
water boils at those attitudes.
Car Shows Its Power.
ITO get an accurate idea of what
the trucks would have to do, / had
an engineer with level and barometer
with me. Consequently there is no
guess work about the statement
that the Liberty negotiated one
\ grade of Fl per cent at an altitude
of $4,000 feet. In view of the alti-
tude, it was the most remarkable
exhibition of power that l ever seen
in any car.
However, it was not merely the
power of the Liberty that impressed
me. The way the car withstood the
fearful punishment of the rough
trails and the constant application
of the utmost power was astonish-
ing. After four days on the road
between Orura and Uncia and back,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-04-13

lights and the starter when neces-
sary.
This is especially true among the
class of car owners who drive short
distances daily, using their starting
motor considerably and not putting
back into their motor the same
amount of current they take out.
Then they drive their car at night
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-04-13
0pPER SEES NO
REDUCTION ION
COST OF TRUCKS
No Chance Of Motor Trucks
Being Cheaper During
the Present Year; Labor
the Big Item.

"After the arinistice was signed,
and for a period of two months,
hardly a day passed without this
question being asked me, ME- the
prices of motor trucks coming
DOWN." stated ]. M. Opper of the
Jones-Opper company, distributor
for Stewart" motor trucks.
Invariably l have replied, there
can be no general reduction i'll prices
made by motor truck manufacturers
for 1919. In fact, it would not SUR
prise me to see prices increase some
what. You must not forget that
motor truck manufacturers, with
the exception of one or two instanc-
es, did not increase their prices to
the same extent as passenger car
manufacturers. The government
considered motor trucks an essential
industry-the passenger car people
were notified to discontinue January
/, 1919. Therefore, what passenger
cars could be turned out last fall
were turned out at high prices. This
is the reason why so many reduc-
tons have been made in passenger
car prices. The price of motor
trucks will not drop to any extent
until labor, freight rates and taxes
drop.
"In the final analysis the cost of a
motor truck is IS per cent labor, re-
curing skilled mechanics. The
Stewart factory at Buffalo even now
has trouble getting sufficient skilled
mechanics, but, of course, has no
trouble getting unskilled help.
Never have we paid such high
freight rates-they continue-may
go higher; the government is now
losing money.
Our federal taxes will be high for
time. A man earning $4,000 in
1917 paid the government tax of
$50. The same man with the same
salary for last year will pay tax
of $3.50, and next year tax of $l20.
Now, with high taxes, high freight
rates. high labor rates, the farmer,
merchant, manufacturer and every
one must add these extra costs to
his price in order to leave profit"
Many car owners employ a paste
made of flake graphite and linseed
oil to rub on the inner surface of
the rim, before the casing is put in
place. This prevents rust forming
on the rim and eliminates sticking
by the casing.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-04-13

l wrote in my diary. "The Liberty
car is wonder" and | certainly
meant it. too.
IF anyone is inclined to COM
plain over the cost of their new
automobile license here, they should
try Bolivia for while. Besides
stiff license fee for the car the
drivers license there costs $50, and
that is only good for daylight driv
ing. If you want to drive at night
you must have still another license
and pay good price for that"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-04-13
Har|ey-pavidsQn Sales
Are Still EXPANDING

Two brand-new Harley-Davidson
sub-agencies have recently been
added to the list of agencies under
the jurisdiction of Victor H. Roos,
who is distributor for this territory.
The Fryer Cycle company of Coun-
Gil Bluffs and the South Side Cycle
company, this city, both former
agencies of other makes, are the
latest dealers to take on the Harley
Davidson as a salss ornnnsition.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-04-13

with the lights burning and often
times let their car stand at the curb
with the motor dead and the lights
still burning and using current iron
the battery.
Every car owner must remembei
that it is necessary to drive at Is or
20 miles an hour to generate enough
current to effect the battery to an,
extent.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-04-13
Lubricating Springs.

The job of lubricating the leaves
of an, automobile spring is not an
easy Aask as it is usually carried
out with leaf spreader. By plac-
ing two jacks under the frame of
the car and lifting the end up, the
weight of the vehicle is removed
from the springs, so that it is easy
to work grease and graphite in
among the leaves by means of a
hacksaw blade or similar tool.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-04-13
Auto Must Be Driven at
Least Is Miles an Hour
To Affect the Battery

The owner of a modern motor car
is often heard to ask, "How can |
keep my battery charged? My
lamps burn dim and the starter is
weak"
| ma great many cases this COM
plant is due to the fact that, the
owner does not drive his icar suffi
GENTLY without the lights burning
or the starter being operated to gen.
crate enough current so that the bat
terry will supply the demand of the
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-04-13

tive, as we'll as my arms. I do the
thinking for the traffic. put all
there is in me into the job. My
ambition is to direct traffic"
Robert Cowell happened along the
other day and stopped for a few
minutes to watch Dudley. That man
takes real interest in his work. He
works as if he meant it," said Mr..
Cowell, who straightway went to his
office and inserted a complimentary
reference to Dudley in one of his
store ads.
Eleven years ago Officer Dudley
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-04-13

world and his brother to understand
that his calisthenics
are not done for show,
but that they reflect su,u,,,,6(
his natural being.
II know that some -
people are inclined
to believe that my arm move
ments are performed for show pur-
poses, and in reply | would remind
you that as man thinketh, so is
h" said this animated director of
traffic. Il direct traffic just as my
mind works, and that is the whole
story" he added.
Attracts Much Attention.
Officer Dudley has attracted much
attention during the five months he
has stood at the intersection of Six
teenth and Farnam streets and di-
rected traffic in a somewhat differ
ent manner from the usual methods.
The psychology of it is that if you
are in a position to give commands
you must give your commands as if
you meant them, and also have your
commands so clear that none may
misunderstood them. None but
blind person would fail to under
stand just what Dudley means when
he throws out his arms in this or
that direction.
Every Little Movement"
Every little movement has a
meaning all its own" facetiously
quoted an Omaha matron as she
crossed this intersection.
when you are in earnest about
anything" continued the officer,
Others get the spirit Of it, and in
the matter of traffic direction they
respond quickly when the traffic Of
ficer puts little pep into his work.
"You will observe that | don't
crook little finger and beckon the
motorists to move this way or that
way. | throw up my arms in posi-
tive manner and thus indicate the
direction that traffic should move.
It's His Ambition.
II throw my arms out as if |
were throwing a base ball. | put all
of the energy l have into the work,
and yeti find that this is an easier
way than raising the arms up and
down mechanically. My mind is &C
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1919-11-21
ROAD
BUILDING
BOND ISSUE IS BIG PROBLEM
Best Means to Pull Counties Out OF
Land of Mud--Make All Improve
ments Permanent.

The biggest single issue before the
people today is good roads; biggest
not alone of itself, but biggest be-
cause the prompt and satisfactory So
luton of a permanent road system In
every state will help to solve a half
dozen fundamental problems and In
directly affect for good, as well as In
dollars and cents, almost every phase
Of farm, social and industrial life In
the state. We cannot expect to have
real system of roads unless 1t is
based on large units and this is best
accomplished by accepting the county
and state basis with few experienced
and responsible men in charge in each
case. We must have roads that begin
and end somewhere.
Many counties are presenting to the
taxpayers the question Of bond issue
for the improvement of their high
ways. The bond issue for public
Improvement should be governed by
the same considerations which govern
bond issue by any business organiza-
issues bonds, the money raised Is
placed in permanent Improvements IN
the plant, which will last far beyond
the life of the bonds, or else no in
vestor would purchase the securities.
Bonds for municipal purposes or for
public Improvements are not always
subjected to this acid test, and III
stances are numerous in this country
where bonds for twenty years have
been issued for the construction of
public roads. where the type of roads
built with the proceeds Of the bond
issue could not possibly last more than
ten years, and even then expensive
maintenance is continually necessary.
In some instances history shows that
during the life of such bond issue
the original road has been worn out
and rebuilt with different material,
and with the proceeds Of subsequent
bond issues as many as three times,
and still the original bonds are a liza
bility on the community.
Bond issues for better roads are the
best means to pull counties out of the
Land of Mud. But it must be certain
that the road Improvements will last
the life of the bonds. This can be as
sured by securing expert and unpreju-
diced engineering advice on the best
kind of roads for the soil. The bank
err can perform yeoman service in this
connection.
In the state of Iowa the man who be-
gan with nothing and now owns $780,
900 farm, believes in paying as he goes
when building road, but he will bor-
row money from an insurance company
with which to buy more land, and he
has not yet seen that when he builds
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1919-11-21

You're bilious. sluggish, constipated.
You feel headachy, your stomach may
be sour, your breath bad, your skin
sallow and you believe you need vile,
dangerous Calomel to start liver and
bowels.
Here's my guaranteed Ask your
druggist for a bottle of Dodson's Liver
Tone and take a spoonful tonight. If
1t doesn't start your liver and straight
en- you right up better than Calomel
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1919-11-21

and without gripping or making you
sick want you to go back to the store
and get your money.
Take Calomel today and tomorrow
you will feel weak and sick and maui
seated. Don't lose day. Take a
spoonful of harmless, vegetable bod
sons Liver Tone tonight and wake up
feeling splendid. 1t is perfectly harm
less, so give 1t to your children any
time. 1t can't salivate.-Adv.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1919-11-21
THE MOST DANGEROUS
OF ALL DISEASES

Get some GOLD MEDAL HARLEM
Oil Capsules at once. They are an old,
tried preparation used all over the
world for centuries. They contain only
old-fashioned, soothing oils combined
with strength~giv:Ig and system cleans
ing herbs, well known and used by ply
sicians in their daily practice. GOLD
MEDAL HARLEM Oil Capsules are inn
ported direct from the laboratories in
Holland. They are convenient to take,
and will either give prompt relief or
your money will be refunded. Ask for
them at any drug store, but be sure
to get the original imported GOLD
MEDAL brand. Accept no substitutes.
In sealed packages. Three sizes.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1919-11-21
Offended the Herring.

In the fifteenth and sixteenth cen
turtles Helgoland was a center Of the
North sea herring fisheries. Then the
herring veered back to Scotlands
coast and the islanders handed down
a tale of the impiety by which they
forfeited the boon. Yearly they would
form in procession to march about the
island to invoke the coming OF the
fish. One spring, when they had gone
but half the route, the herring were
sighted. They abandoned the rite and
made for the boats The herring new
er came again.-National Geographic
Magazine.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1919-11-21
CHILLS, COLDS,
FEVERISHNESS
Black Draught Is Used by Virginia
Lady for Colds, Fever and
Other Troubles With
Fine Results.

Rocky Mount. va.-Mlss Mae Chit.
wood, Of this place. recently stated: ~
have used Black-Draught for colds and
stomach trouble and certainly have
found 1t very satisfactory.
When would feel bad and fever
fish, as though was taking a fresh
cold, I would make a good cup. of
BIack-Draught tea and It would soon
set me all right.
I can recommend 1t as a splendid
laxative and gladly do so. You may
publish my statement"
When you feel chilly, tired. fever.
ish, headachy and fear that you are
taking cold, take good dose Of the
old, reliable, liver medicine you have
heard so much about-Thedford
Black-Draught. 1t is made from
purely vegetable ingredients, acts in
gentle, natural way, and by helping
to drive out poisonous waste matter
from your system, it will often, if
taken in time, prevent chill from de-
veloping into a cold.
Thousands Of people, during the past
70 years, have found Black-Draught of
benefit in such cases.
Try it, the next time you chill or
Sneeze.-Adv.