Our Competitors Don't Like Us, But Our Customers Do JF the best is none to good for you, examine the Abbott-Detroit line of pleasure cars. They will stand any test any car will stand, regardless of price. N© car has a clearer or better record, and the company behind them is RIGH T, financially and otherwise. THE BULLDOG LINE" is admired and appreciated by the thousands of owners and thoroughly disliked by its competi tors. There's a reason, ceme to us and let us tell you all about it. The story is instructive as well as very interesting. HARRISBURG BRANCH Abbott Motor Car Co. 106-8 South Bell Phone 3593 :: :: :: - :: Harrisburg, Pa. orcycle Expert Arrives at the Excelsior inifred P. Stratton, of Chicago, is at the Excelsior Cycle Company harge of the repair department. Stratton comes direct from the CRISPEN MOTOR CAR CO. f 413-417 South Cameron Street i nrKQnIM *** ,<N ° T ° 9 steep -1 No Sand Too Dwp" What Is YOUR Definition of the Right Car ? 1 Is it what thousands of careful, shrewd buyers have demanded and found in Jackson Ipj cars? If your definition of the RIGHT car means [P AN ESTABLISHED REPUTATION OF THE MANUFACTURER, 11 A HIGH STANDARD OF QUALITY REASONABLY PRICED, in DEPENDABLE SERVICEABILITY AT LOW UP-KEEP COST If] then you too will find it in any one of the models of the Jackson 1914 line. |fj THREE MODELS COMPRISE THE 1014 LINE. EACH POSSESSES QUALITIES AND FBA. G33 TIRES THAT MAKE IT A LEADER IN ITS CLASS. tS "Olympic Forty" $1385 "Majestic" SIBBS "Sultanic" $2150 §§ ••cylinder GH CENTRAL GARAGE 334 Chestnut Street | P. H. KEBOCH & DeWITT A. FRY, Agents. j|j SATURDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG t&Sfjllß TELEGRAPH MAY 9, 1914. Excelsior factory and has had the traininpr and passed the examination required for their efficiency depart ment, which is said to be a severe mechanical test. The Wheeling (W. Va.) Motorcycle Club is arranging to have larger quar ters this Fall. Stewart-Warner Service Station Will Open Here Ross C. Barrett, of the Front-Mar ket Motor Supply Store, will take a course of instructions at the Stewart- Warner offices in Philadelphia in or der to qualify with the expert knowl , edge required in the management of ! a service station for Stewart-Warner ; speedometers, which will be a fea ! ture of the Front-Market Supplv Store. ; One section of the store will be devot j ed to the adjustment of speedometers I only, thus eliminating the necessity of ! sending the speedomoters to the fac- Itory for adjustment. This department will be at the service of all automobile I dealers and other supply stores as I well as for the individual owner. 1 ! wamrrißJi a VARIOUS PHASES OF SIXES DISCUSSED Manager of Keystone Motor Car Company Emphasizes Numerous Advantages Claimed For Six Beyond doubt, the moat discussed single phase of motor construction at the present time is the question of "six" and "four." With the adherents of either side lined up strongly for their particular type, the buyer is quite likely. If he is not wary, to become hopelessly confused In a maze of con flicting claims. That a four-cylinder car may be a ! pood one cannot be denied. The public has bought and used "fours" for a long time. Their worth Is conceded I even by builders of "sixes." On the other hand, there Is no question but what the "six" has made wonderful progress. When leading manufactur ers in every-lncreasing numbers add "sixes" to their lines, and finally drop the older type for "sixes" exclusively, one is forced to the conclusion that the "six" at least merits the serious con sideration of every buyer. "Despite the many hectic and often unreasonably biased claims advanced by adherents of both fours and sixes, there are some fundamental facts about the two types which the intend ing buyer can easily learn for himself," says Robert L. Morton, local Chalmers dealer. "The wonderfully Increased production of sixes from just a few hundred cars four or Ave years ago to many thousands for this season is not an accident or the whim of manufac turers who have more money than brains. The ever-increasing demand for sixes is the result of experience. "Users of sixes since the first Ste vens-Duryea and Wlnton cars of that type were built have learned, not that the six is necessarily faster than a four; not that it will climb a given hill any faster than a four of equal power; not that it will travel any more rap idly through sand or mud than a four of as great motor size. But they have learned that the six will do all these things easier, with less fuss, with less vibration, with less gear-shifting—and consequently with less wear and tear on the machine and on the driver. "I think that all any builder of sixes should ask Is that the intending buyer find out for himself if these things are true. This can be proved by experi ence. Claims have nothing to do with it. Any man who will ride 100 or 50 or even 20 miles behind the wheel of a six, and the same distance over the same road in any four will know when he leaves the car why 37 of the 42 leading builders of this country have made sixes their leading models. "It has been said that the six !s simply a fad. It doesn't seem quite reasonable that American buyers in ever Increasing numbers shouid con tinue to indulge In a fad as costly as the motor car if they derived no ma terial benefit. People just don't have that kind of Tads. No do manufac turers—the biggest and strongest in the country spend vast fortunes changing their entire equipment and production plans, staking the whole assets of their companies on a fad. Xo, the six has had to prove itself jjust as the four once had to. ' I "The most frequent plea one hears for the four Is 'it is more economical than the six." Why, I wonder. The reason for the supposed greater econ omy of the four I have never seen clearly stated. Meanwhile, actual ex perience shows that a well-built six will travel any given number of miles or for any given period of time on just as little gasoline and oil as any four of equal motor size and equal car size. "It has been my experience that weight is the biggest factor in econo my. And the six is not heavier than a four of equal size. For instance, one four I have in mind is not as large as the Chalmers Model 24. yet it weighs between 300 and 400 pounds *nore. Surely the four-cylinder motor, which has to work harder to move this extra weight is '- ore extravagant of fuel than the six which has 400 pounds less dead weight to carry. Again, ex perience proves this to be a fact. "-We hear frequently, too, that Eu rope doesn't build sixes. The fact here is that European engineers don't know how to build good sixes. They are just learning. More than half the leading factories in England, France, Germany and Belgium are experi menting with sixes. As fast as they learn how to build them, sixes are being produced, by the leading Euro pean manufacturers. "And Isn't it about time we stopped worshipping this European fetish. America owes a great deal to Europe. But we have outgrown our early ig norance of automobile engineering. The United States is to-day the great est motor-building nation in the world. We built ten times as many cars as Europe. And In every market of the world, In competition with the best Europe produces, we outsell Eu ropean cars ten to one. We have gone ahead of our one-time teacher. We are showing Europe the way now —and most assuredly on sixes. "Nor yet do I wish to be classed among those who decry fours as worthless. I have sold a great many fours; more than 35,000 Chalmers fours are now in use. And they are good fours. Of the earliest Chalmers fours Just as great a percentage are running to-day and giving satisfaction as of any cars built at the same time. But actual experience has proved to me, as it is proving to new thousands each year, that the six Is mechanically the superior. The whole trend of the automobile demand is toward sixes among cars of $1,500 and over. Among the lower-priced and very light cars, the four is likely to remain pre dominant. But I sincerely believe I ♦hat the next two years will find all loading cars over $1,500 built In sixes only." Hup Wins South American j Run by Six Hours Lead j P. S. Steenstrup, now in Buenos! Aires, as resident export representative for the Hupmoblle in South America,' reports an interesting reliability run in which the Hup was victorious over a field of fifteen entries, many of : which were French cars of high pow-1 er. The run was of exceptional sever ity on account of the frightful road conditions and the difficulties caused by rivers and other obstacles. Not the least interesting feature of the event was the resourcefulness displayed by the Hup driver, Senor Sanchez. The run was from Buenos Aires to Mar del Plata, a ditance of 400 miles The roads in some places were so heavy it took hours to go a single mile and the strain on the cars was a thorough test of their durability. At one point the contestants had the choice of making a long detour across the river San Porondon or a bridge or being towed across the river, which at this place is 500 feet wide. The Hup driver, however, accepted neither alternative. Mr. Sanchez wrapped the carburetor and magneto In oil paper and plunged Into the water, driving across the stream safely and tri umphantly under his own power. In this way the Hup gained about one hour on its competitors and It finished the 400-mlle run six hours ahead of iall others aimers The Master "Sixes > J_,' € R*»ei\ger Touring Car $2275 You Can't Afford to Buy Any Car Until You Have Seen the Master "Six" We claim there is no car—either "four" or "Six"—within SSOO of its price that is the equal of the Chalmers Master "Six" in quality of materials, perform ance or good looks. On the truth of this claim we stake our business reputation, and the capital we have invested in Chal mers cars. If what we say is true you want a Mas ter "Six" in preference to any other car under S3OOO. That's only business sense. Make Us Prove Our Claims Now, we don't ask you merely to take our word for it. But we do ask you to prove for yourself whether our claims arc true. Yes, we even go so far to say you can't afford to buy any car at any price until you have seen the Master "Six" and made us prove its worth. The Chalmers Standard Road Test is the proof we offer. This is not the ordinary kind of demon stration ride. It is a real test which shows you in deeds—not words—what the Master "Six" can do. You see with your own eyes IIOAV this Master car will creep along 011 high gear at two miles an hour; and at a touch of the throttle speed away like a hare. You feel with your own body the ab sence of vibration which only such a "Six" can give; the comfort of the 132- jrrli wheel base, the big tires and the undcrslung rear springs. Keystone Motor Car Company 1019-1025 Market St. Robert L. Morton, Manager Electric Starter and Generator on the Abbott A special feature of Abbott-Detroit cars is the electric self-starter and lighting system, in speaking of its merits, C. D. Stewart, manager of the local branch, said: "The Auto-Lite starter and genera tor was originally built exclusively for Abbott, cars, and from the very be ginning it has been a success. This season we have incorporated every de sirable Improvement, and now nay without fear or contradiction that it has no competitor. "We hae subjected this starter to unusual tests during the months of January and February, 1914, On a number of occasions our cars have been in zero weather for four and five hours .and then have been started right off. "This started will spin our six-cylin der motor 140 revolutions per minute for thirty consecutive minutes. None other has this power or the capacity." son, ethese selections give assurance City Auto Supply House Agency For Diamond Tires Having assumed the distributing agency for Diamond tires for Harris burg and vicinity the City Auto Sup ply house this week received an un usually large stock of this make. This phase of the supply business has be come such an important factor that it requires the service of an additional man to keep in touch with subdealers In nearby towns. JOKES I ! Mileage guarantee on tires is a joke. Empire tires are guaranteed 100 per cent, efficient. MONDAY ONLY TZS... P " IN .. $lO-53 Tr«d 3 ' 4 P ' ain . $13.18 T r* P,ai ".. $15.08 Tread" PUi ".. $21.20 34x4 Plain $22.92 tW, Plain ■ $30.56 s3l-50 Tr«d... Plai .".. $37.76 We will accept all orders at these prices on this day for im mediate or later delivery. Front-Market Motor Supply AT MAHKCT STRKKT BItIDUK HARRISBURG Non-Stallable; We Prove It This test shows you the simplicity and power of the Chalmers-Entz one motion electric starter. It proves to you that the Master "Six" motor is non-stallable. By actual performance it demonstrates the safety in giant brakes that will stop the car in its own length. I f you are a driver, take the wheel your self. Actually experience the flexibility of a car that will start "on high" without a jerk or jolt; that will go'from a stand still to 25 miles an hour in ten seconds. Challenge Other Makes These and a dozen other wonderful features of performance that no car can surpass and few can equal, the Chal mers Road Test will prove to you. Then look at the Master "Six" and see for yourself if anv other car is more beauti ful. So let us take you out on the Chalmers I est Ride. '1 hen challenge any other car in the class of the Chalmers to dupli cate its silence, smoothness and flexi bility; challenge any other car in any class to show equal value at the price. You are tinder no obligation except to yourself—and you do owe it to yourself to buy the best dollar-for-dollar value you can get in a motor car. fhalmpra banter "Six"—2, 4. or 5 pniacngrr. thnliuern M»»«er "Sl*"—n ptMrnvrr Irnr, #2275 (fully equipped f. o. I». Detroit) RE O The Popular Car That Sells HAYNES NATIONAL REO AND CHASE TRUCKS Harrisburg Auto Co. V y T v y v t v v TfWftVt » ¥ GET OUR NEW PRICES ON AUTO TIRES You will always find here a complete stock of Goodyear, Imperial and United States and Kelly- Springfield tires—fully guaranteed: No delay— Get the Tire You Want When You Want It Tire Special 36x4 NON-SKID »7 1 2 IMPERIAL TIRES #J. I .AO GUARANTEED 3500 MILES BOWMAN'S—Third Floor. 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