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In a few weeks the Blue Birds will sing and the
Spring Buds will be on the trees and everybody will
want an Automobile, then the good cars will be hard
to get.
Place Your Order Now and Take Your
OVERLAND
as soon as you can get it. There is not such a value
in any Automobile on the American market as found
in the Overland ll4 wheelbase, 4-inch tires,
floating rear axle, Timpkin rolling bearings, electric
lights, SSO speedometer, clear vision ventilating wind
shield, deep cushions, mohair top with top cover, robe
rail, foot rest.
35 Horse Power Motor Cylinder
I Cylinders cast separate, with 5-bearing crank shaft
I and natural cooling. Delivered in Harrisburg for
$985.00
And With Gray and Davis Electric Self-
Starter, $1,110.00
Compare these specifications with any other auto
mobile and you'll cash the Overland.
Roadsters, Touring Car and Delivery all the same
price. Send for catalogue.
Andrew Redmond
Third and Boyd Sts. |
HARRISBURG, PA. I
Distributor Tor Dauphin, Perry and Cumberland Counties.
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That 1912
"Ths Car That Put the Start in Starter"
IJBy the way, those are good cars yet.
<][ Every man who ever owned one has the highest regard
for them. The Electric lights and starter is very satisfac
tory. More so than many now used 011 other cars.
These cars have been sold practically as fast as they were
traded in. We have made several more trades, which will
give us some additional Cadillacs of this model.
||You cannot get equal value in any new near the price.
And remember they are Cadillacs. Have Cadillac features.
Have the Cadillac guarantee, and entitle to the benefits of
the New Cadillac Service House.
IJ See us early and get the pick of these cars.
Crispen Motor Car Co.
413-417 S. Cameron St.
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SIMFLEX
Shock Absorber For Automobiles
PEIt Here at lnxt IK a lotv-prleed xhock absorber thnt onii
PtHt \ \ depended upon to do the work.
o£r-\ \ Tl i e SIMPLEX has been proven the simplest and
- - Cj# 1 " lost efficient shock absorber In the market. Absorbs
abcer**- Sri ■■; ;■ ] both vibration and shock. No wearing part to tret
__J "" t of 01c,p| - Friction parts case hardened. A de
— mm pendable shock absorber is a necessity in the pre-
H SPT servation of your car. SIMFLEX is dependable. Half
WKITL. Ml to one-third the cost of others.
PHONE bM ciuri Ell « , ' ct "? *! v^ - you " trial oC the SIMPLEX.
HI. Money back if not Nattstled. Price, (120.00 per pair put
or CALL || on.
INFOH-
Eureka Wagon Works, Agts.,
MATION A. 11. UAILI2Y. llell Phone 1.140 J. 614-18 North St.
AUTO PAIINTIINO
Wagon and Auto Delivery Body Building
Repair Works a Specialty
During the next month or so your automobile will be almost idle
Save that month's storage bill, and more, by having us naint ami
varnish it to look like new.
Get in before the rush .starts. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Eureka Wagon Works
A. H. Bailey. Bell phone 1310 J. 614-16-18 North St.
MILLER K TIRES
Grip the Road Like a Cog-Wheel
STERLING AUTO TIRE CO. 1451 Zarker St.
VULCANIZING
SATURDAY EVENING,
NEW JEFFERY CIR
IT W. E. GWE
J. A. Bentz and Charles Beshore
Join C. H. Conrad in Sale of
Well Known Car
j The Jeffery Four is an absolutely
new car; modern and so handsome in
appearance that it commands admi
■ ration whenever the graceful outline
l of the car is to be seen. Associated
with C. H. Conrad this year in the
selling; of the Jeffery'are A. J. Bentz
and Charles Beshore two well-known
local men. The agency will remain at
the West End Garage at 1808 Logan
street.
The Jeffery car is backed by one of
the strongest companies in the country,
the Thomas B. Jeffery Company wl/li
forty years manufacturing experience
and five and one-half million dollars
In assets. The Jeffery motor is among
the greatest high speed light motors in
the country. The Jeffery engineers
took to pieces every successful motor
in Europe and America before deciding
upon the present, high speed monobloc
design. From all these they took the
best features combined them with
their own ideas and the result is a
remarkable motor, powerful, light and
I economical.
This high speed monobloc motor is
compact and simple. It develops, at
2,200 revolutions per minute, forty
horsepower. The cylinders, 3%-inch
bore and 5%-Inch troke, are formed in
one remarkable solid casting, together
with the valve sets and water jackets.
This makes it strong, without vibra
tion and easy to cool. It can travel
forty miles per hour on second speed
and you will be surprised how quietly
it runs. The power of this motor can
not be figured on paper from the diam
eter of the cylinder or the length of
the piston stroke. It takes motor
speed to make power and. when deliv
ered to the rear axle through mechan
ism which is almost entirely free from
friction, the result is wonderful.
The Jeffery has the U. S. L. electric
starting and lighting system, said to
be the most expensive made and pro
tected by exclusive patents. The Jeffery
Four can be provided with five differ-:
ent body styles. The standard five- ,
passenger touring car selling at $1,550, I
including complete equipment.
The Jeffery Six is the newest model
and comes in a five-passenger touring
car at $'.',250, a six-passenger touring
car at $2,300, a two-passenger roadster
at $2.2!">0, a fl ve-pnssenger Sedan in
side drive at $3,2. r >o, and a five-passen
ger Limousine at $3,700 The closed
style bodies of the Six, as in the Jeffery
Four are so fitted that touring or road
ster bodies can be substituted as the
season demands
Reo Motor Truck Ousts
The Old Army Mule
The quartermaster's department of
the State of Michigan has definitely
discarded mule-drawn vehicles in favor
of those motor driven. In the event of
the mobolizatlon of the troops of the
State for war or for any other pur
pose, the vast amount of hauling' made
necessary would be done with gasoline
Instead of with horseflesh.
Colonel Walter G. liogers, the quar
termaster-general, lias been using a
lfeo motor truck since its purchase for
his department June 1. The truck lias
proved itself at Lansing, at the Calu
met strike duty camp, and on the State
military reserve at Grayling.
It is a two-ton vehicle which does
the work on an average of four teams
and wagons every day sometimes
more than that, hardly ever less. The
daily cost of operation, figuring depre
riation, tires, repairs, gasoline, driver,
interest on the investment aiul all other
possible costs is $8.70. Four teams with
wagons and drivers, cost S2O per day,
to hire, not to own. The proprietary
cost, when feeding the horses is con
sidered, is much higher.
There are some steep hills about
Calumet and Houghton, hut the truck
hauled tentage and supplies from one
end of the district to the other day
after day without faltering. At Gray
ling, it was used for weeks hauling
brick and lumber and other building
material over soft, sandy roads. It is
five miles from Grayling to the reser
vation, and the truck was kept busy.
Michigan In purchasing a Reo truck
for its quartermaster's department Is
ahead of many other States, and of
the army as well. Though the army
has a few trucks which are used in
cities where there is good pavement,
it still sticks to the army mule for the
long, serious hauling over broken coun
try.
The Michigan truck is now in daily
use in Lansing,and has. it is estimated,
saved at least half Its original pur
chase price—sl,Boo In draying since
June 1.
PORTER BUILDING BURNED
By Associated Press
Philadelphia, Feb. 14. —One of the
buildings of the C. B. Porter Com
pany, manufacturers of tinware,
located near the Delaware river front,
was destroyed by fire to-day. The loss
is estimated at SBO,OOO. About two
weeks ago two other buildings of the
Porter plant were damaged by Are to
the extent of about $7 5,000.
Reo Truck
I*A to 2 Ton
New Price ( Chassis)
SI6SO
Loadening Space
10 to 12 Feet
Reo-Mack-
Chase Truck
Reo-Stevens-Duryes
Pleasure Cars
Harrisburg
Auto Co.
Third and Hamilton Street
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A.ID - WINTER PRICES]
—ON—
Used Automobiles
Here's a tip for you, Mr. Wide
awake. Do you know that real
money held under a dealer's nose
these dull winter days will buy more
automobile value thefn can be had
when the Spring sun begins to peep
through the clouds. We have a
number of used cars that we will
let go at Interesting figures.
CRISPEN MOTOR CAR CO.
413-417 S. CAMKISON ST.
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Auto Storage
KEPAIItS A.Nf) SUPPLIES
PAUL D. MESSNER
A Kent for Stanley Steamer Cara
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
AUTOMOBILE FAMINE
HEADED WAY
So Predicts A. I. Philp, Sales Man
ager of the Studebaker
Plants
That tlio Spring and summer months
| of the present season will see a repe
tition of famine conditions In the sup
) ply of new motor cars Is definitely pre
dicted by Sales Manager Arthur I.
Phllp, of the Studebaker Corporation,
I who has just returned from a trip of
ithe middle west. Mr. Philp's personal
observation Is also supplemented by
the reparts of Studebaker representa
tives in other parts of the country and
in the foreign field.
I The Studebaker arrangement with
i dealers is based on a definite schedule
of deliveries for the entire year. This
schedule consists of carload lots, so
arranged that as often as possible they
i may be conbined into trainloads each
of which will go direct from the load
ing platform in Detroit to a certain
territory. This schedule is then pass
ed along for guidance of the produc
tion department.
"I do not recall a winter in recent
! years which has so tested the elasticity
:of our delivery schedule," Mr. Philp
! declares. "Energetic dealers who know
by experience how to estimate their
local conditions, have been urging In
creased allotments and have been beg
ging us to advance their deliveries to
include in February cars scheduled
for delivery as far ahead as April and
May.
"The comparatively open winter has
undoubtedly Influenced this unusual
demand to some extent. The fact that
all our cars are fitted with a built-in
electric starting and lighting system
which makes cold weather motoring
easy and feasible is another consider
ation But the demand springs from a
source much deeper than Immediate
sales and is based on the belief of
these dealers that the winter purchas
ing is only an indication of what will
happen when the sun gots to shining
on both sides of the street.
"To a certain extent we began pre
paring for a limit production several
months ago. Our plants are able to
build 200 cars daily with an occasiona
spurt to 225. We know that we shall
be able to advance our schedule to
some extent. But we are sure that
we shall never be able to satisfy the
demand of the motoring public.
"Look out for the famine that is on
the way! It will strike the market in
April and will increase in degree as
the season progresses."
Hudson Six Holds Record of
Farthest North in America
E. Alexander Poweii ana party, rep
resenting Sunset Magazine, have re
turned to California after their trip
through British Columbia to the Alaska
line. Mr. Powell made this trip in the
interests of Sunset Magazine and in
connection with the good roads move
ment on the Pacific coast. Botl lie and
Mr. Kuhn, his traveling companion, re
turn ardent admirers and great boost
ers for the Hudson car. The car went
back to California under its own power
In practically as good condition as
when it left San Francisco with the ex
ception of a scratched body, bent fen
ders and other ordinary road damage.
Mr. Powell liked the car so well that
he has had it repainted and slightly re
paired where necessary and is keeping
it for his own personal use.
The gentleman who went along as
Mr. Powell s gue t Is a retired capital
ist of San Jose, Cal. He has always
been a strong booster for another car
of which he has owned several. Since
his return, however, he has been thor
oughly converted to the six-cylinder
idea and one of the first things he did
upon reaching his home was to place,
his order for a Hudson Six 54.
I Mr. Powell Is the well-known travel
I writer who was in Africa with Itoose-
I velt. He has added to his experience
! by this trip In an automobile from the
I Mexican line south to San to the
j southern boundary of Alaska near
Hazleton, British Columbia. His ac
count of this trip will be brought out
In a forthcoming book, but will appear
first serially In the magazine.
The latest letter from Mr. Powell
read as follows: "Here we are almost at
the end of our journey to the nearer
north, 250 miles from the nearest rail-
I way and far beyond the end of the
1 Caribou Trail, where civilization quits
I work and the wilderness begins. I have
| seen bad roads In Quebec and in Vir
j glnia, in East Africa and In Honduras
j and in Turkestan, but I never dreamed
I of anything remotely approaching these
British Columbia highways, and I cer
j tainly never dreamed that a car was
i built capable of negotiating them. But
'we have the satisfaction of knowing
: that we went farther north than any
j automobile has ever gone on this con
tinent on Its own wheels, and that
three tenderfeet, all strangers to the
country and unfamiliar with its condi
tion, succeeded in driving a two-ton
six-cylinder Hudson car across British
Columbia, a feat which everyone along
the route warned us could not be ac
complished with any automobile. We
carried a little silk American flag on
the bonnet and at all the construction
camps and towns through which we
passed we received most hospitable re
ceptions."
Colossal Growth of the
Motorcycle Trade
"Very few people outside the in
, dustry have an accurate conception
j of the colossal growth of the motor
cycle trade in the past few years, or
of its potential possibilities of devel
opment," points out the West End
Electric & Cycle Co. "The extraor
dinary production of automobiles has
had a tendency to distract the public
from the great strides being made
by the motorcycle, but nevertheless it
haß been coming up strong and to-day
is one of the most prosperous and
stable industries in the country.
"Since the motorcycle projected it
self on the public eye after a long
struggle for recognition, it has re
mained in the spotlight, and won de
votees by the thousand because of the
manifold advantages it possesses both
for business and pleasure pursuits.
The 1913 output was 75,000 machines,
while for 1914, material contracts
placed indicate a total output of at
least 110,000, which will be built by
twenty concerns.
"It is interesting to note that just
as a well-known car has maintained
production leadership for several
years, the condition prevails in the
motorcycle field, where for fourteen
consecutive years, or since the birth
of the industry in this country, the
Indian has been the most popular ma
chine. 'Count the Indians on the
Road' is not a mere advertising
slogan, but a statement of fact, proven
by statistics. For instance, 29 per
cent, of the 1911 output were In
dians, while 1912 saw 35 per cent, of I
all the motorcycles built bearing the
Indian name. In 1913 the 35,000
Indians manufactured constituted 41
per cent, of the total volume, and the j
1914 schedule of 60,000 Indians will
represent 50 per cent, of the total
output.
"As thai inexorable business law,
| 'the survival of the fittest' upplies to
i motorcycle manufacture equally
i strong, it must be admitted that this
\ sustained supremacy has been pos
sible only by the maintenance of lead
| ership in mechanical development,
sales methods and Service to the
owner. The values offered each year
| in the new Indian models have ap
! pealed so strongly to motorcyclists as
. to completely absorb the total output
| and in fact overtax the capacity of
i the factory. On the other hand." this
j widespread appreciation of the Indian
j features has made it possible for the
i manufacturers to offer to riders each
1 succeeding year such attractive mod-
I els as to practically submerge oompe-
J titiou."
hi >ll >nt mi v»w-t-ivunu i).
I | I J |
II Some Food For Thought j
Do you know of a motor the equal of the GENUINE CONTINENTAL? j j
|| Do you know of a transmission superior to the WARNER?
;! Do you know of universal joints better than SPICER?
!: Do you know of any bearings that will even compare with TIMKEN? ';
Don't, Do You?
WELL all these STERLING features are embodied in the ABBOTT
j! CARS, and MANY more besides, to say nothing of the refinements that go i|
|i to make up the PERFECT Car. ij
If you are TRULY interested in getting REAL car value, be sure to ex- j;
|| amine the "BULL DOG LINE," IT'S THE LINE. NOT MADE TO l|
j | UNDERSELL, BUT MADE TO EXCEL. Let us prove it.
: : We have both four and six cylinder models, and each model has built in it, ij
|| SATISFACTION. ' jj j
DO NOT FORGET this is a DIRECT FACTORY BRANCH. Our ser- ji !
I! vice department will doctor your sick car. Give it a trial. Free air for inflat- ! j
11 ing your tires in front of our salesroom. jj |
HARRISBURG BRANCH ;
Abbott Motor Car Co.
|j 106-108 S. 2d St. Harrisburg, Pa. ij s
ij BELL PHONE 3593.
■ COST OF LIVING
MID US ■
j
Improper Cultivation of Farm
Lands and Unused Acreage
Chief Factor in Cost
BY S. S. MORTON
Mechanical Expert Morion Motor I
Truck Co.
"Having spent all my life in con- i
nectlon with modern farm machinery, j
in upward of a dozen foreign coun-1
tries, qualifies and places me in a po- J
sition to discern the difference be
tween the old and new method of
farming. I am amused at the ideas i
advanced by the lecturer and writers ,
on the subject as according to my way'
of thinking they fail to set forth up- j
to-date ideas In order to produce suf- j
flcient products of the farm land to
reduce the high cost of living. For •'
after all the only solution for this 1
high cost of living is to t obtain greater l
results from the cultivation of the !
soli. Owing to the increased popula- 1
tion it is necessary to take proper
steps to produce modern machinery
which will encourage and induce the
young man and woman to stay on the
farm and accomplish more and better ,
results by way of food products with i
less expense and by the elimination ;
of hard manual labor for the ease'
and comfort of sitting upon a cush-1
ioned seat, controlling the machinery ;
by levers, ranking in the class with
the luxury of the automobile.
"It is an undeniable fact that the
horse is an expensive quantity owing
to the fact that he must be kept the
year around for about four months'
work and eats too much of the grain
and hay which should be used to feed
meat and wool producing animals and
fowl.
"The writer is prepared to explain
the plan in detail and demonstrate in
part that the work can be done by
power, without any consumption of
the grain supply, which method will
accomplish the results at a reduction 1
of 50 per cent. A detailed descrip
tion of the cost and plan of operation ,
of raising and handling the products i
will be furnished on request.
"It is an interesting fact to note
the effort made to reduce the light
cost of living by removing the tariff
on certain articles inviting the for
eign trade which takes our gold for
every bushel of grain which comes to
this country when in fact America
should be producing the supply by
cultivating the countless acres unused
and use many which are poorly
farmed.
"In my opinion there is no justifi
able reason why this country cannot
with this modern farm equipment
produce results equal to the cost of
foreign grain after the transportation
has been paid."
Improvements Almost
Complete at Abbott Co.
Alterations are practically com
pleted at the local factory branch
of the Abbott Motor Oar Company
and a decided improvement Is notice
able even to a casual observer pass
ing by in South Second street. The
new paper is on, the painting is now
being finished, after which the sea
son's newest models will be displayed
to better advantage than heretofore.
New catalogs are in process of
printing and C. D. Stewart, eastern
representative, with headquarters in ,
this city, is making every possible ar- !
rangement for an aggressive cam- j
paign in behalf of the new Abbott-1
i Detroit models.
FEBRUARY 14, 1914.
AS A HILITcU
the METZ "22" has no superior. It will climb hills as fast »„v
made, regardless of its price. The METZ engine develops more than
| one horsepower per 60 pounds of weight, hence its great reserve power!
1 ~" lUI4 Improvements
METZ "22" $475
WINPfEH OF THE GIJDDEX TOUR
A remarkable example of low price and minimum coat of upkeep
: combined with the essential features of the strictly up-to-dato car A
thoroughly practical car. The ON'.Y oar in the Gltdden Tour that
held a PERFECT SCORE for the entire eight days of the rao*.
all and investigate, or Phono oi Write for Catalog
i MONN
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