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International Motor Truck
The new models ''E" and "M"' are now on exhi
bition at the International Motor Truck Department,
619 Walnut St., and a cordial invitation is extended
to all parties to look these sturdy models over.
In addition to the heavy-duty motor you will find
the sealed governor, which prevents over-speeding; a
one-lever control; 110 stripping transmission gears;
roller bearing transmission: large counter shaft equip
ped with roller bearings; heat treated I-beam front
axle; artillery wheels with side flange; detachable
tires, and many other features of vital interest to ef
ficient service.
International Harvester Company of America
(Incorporated)
Motor Truck Department, 619 Walnut St., Harrisburg
Also other branch houses at Pittsburgh, Philadelphia. Baltimore,
Klmirn and Pttrkersburg.
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1 Side Curtain
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The Paige Four "36" is a car that created a record for excess value
from the first day of its announcement. This year it retains every ex
cess value feature at a price S2OO less than last year.
The Falge "i>ix-<l6" lias the most distinctive and artistic body design
in America: Continental motor; cantilever spring suspension: Gray &
Davis lighting and starting system; Bosch magneto: multiple-disc; cork
insert clutch and Raylield carburetor. "The Standard of Value and
Quality."
RIVERSIDE GARAGE
HEI.I, FHONF. 3781H
GEORGE It. BESTI.EY, Proprietor
MILLER
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Add the "Class" Mark to Your Car
STERLING AUTO TIRE CO., I*sl Zarker Street
THE VULCANIZERS
SATURDAY EVENING,
■MOBILE NIMHR
IS YEW OPTIMISTIC
Results at Big Shows Exceed
Expectations of Commercial
Manager Harris
That the New York and Chicago
shows have been more successful from
a business standpoint than any previous
exhibits, is the opinion of F. A. Harris,
commercial manager of the Hupp Mo
tor Car Company. Mr. Harris has at
tended motor shows in an executive
capacity wince the beginning of the in
dustry, and has been closely connected
with the business side.
"From a business standpoint, the 1915
•hows have been the greatest success
that I have ever seen," said Mr. Harris.
"This is graphically shown by three
main facts: First, the number of ex
hibitors; second, the big attendance
which smashed all previous records:
and third, the extraordinary amount of
business done.
"Chicago was probably the most suc
cessful. Of course. Chicago draws
dealers and prospects from all over the
country and this year, was very strong
with the farmers of the West, who
proved to be, as a class, the biggest
buyers of automobiles.
"Hupmobile dealers and distributors
were in attendance from all parts of
tho country. Dealers were drawn to Chi
cago from California to Maine; and
from the Gulf to the remote parts of
Canada. Everyone without exception
was enthusiastic on the outlook for
the coming season and almost every
distributor left orders for the immedi
ate delivery of a large number of cars.
The big amount of business done at
(he Chicago show, clearly Indicates
great possibilities for the coming year.
"People all over the country are be
ginning to buy cars. Now that the
first shock of the war is worn off and
the wonderful resources of this coun
try have proved sufficient to withstand
the European conflict, they are becom
ing more confident and rapidly going
ahead with business.
"Jt seems to me, after reviewing
both motor shows, that prosperitv for
the year of 1915 is assured. We'have
all of us been awaiting bigger and
better things. Now that Spring is
here and the buying public have shown
their confidence in conditions, I look
forward to good business 'n all lines.
"Certainly, the Hupp Company's busi
ness was never so sound with prospects
so good. The outlook is that we shall
beat all Spring selling records."
Motor Truck Indispensable
Today For Distribution
"The constantly increasing demand
for motor trucks of light and medium
capacity has necessitated the establish
ment of a new department, hereaftor to
he known as the International Motor
Truck department, now located in our
a ,'"l well equipped quarters at No.
619 Walnut street." says C. J. Stevens,
manager of the truck department of
the International Harvester Company.
"The International Motor Truck is
backed by a manufacturing experience
of more than seventy-fVve vears, and
hundreds of service stations'are main
tained for the protection of Its patrons.
Iliis Harrisburg branch stands for ser
vice and square dealing, as evidenced
by out constantly increasing trade. The
expressions of satisfied customers and
repeat orders make this International
Motor Truck Department a pleasure to
its owners and employes. To the mod
ern businessman this motor truck is
as indispensable as tho telephone and
daily papers.
"Making comparisons between the
motor truck and tho horse, we are in
clined to place motor truck transpor
tation in direct competition with horse
transportation, totally ignoring the
motor truck's superior flexibility, its
business-building possibilities and its
utility in ways for which tho horse is
entirely unfitted. When considered in
this broader scope, and the motor truck
giveu full credit for all its advant
ages, the comparison takes on the same
aspect as the comparison between the
efficiency of a horse car and a modern
trolley car: in other words, the motor
truck belongs to a new era. It is the
result of the demands of modern busi
ness for a hotter, faster and more.ef
ficient means of transportation."
Dee Hoel, a rural mail carrier of
Cottonwood Falls, Ivan., has converted
his motorcycle into a bobsled, thereby
making it possible for him to cover
his route every day with the two
wheeler.
Diamond
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the haggle out of tire liuylng; for
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I 32x8% I 13.35 | 14.00 | 2.SQ 1
I 33x4 ' 10.05 | 20.00J_3.1M1 I
I "34x4 1 19.40~~20.H5 j 4.00 I
I 35x4 1 20.20 1 21.20"| 4.10 I
I 36x4 20,50 | 21.55 4,20
I 35x4'/j . . 27.00 28.35 5.10
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for Foril Cars
Coupe, *54.00. Minouslne, *05.00.
The "Off an On" Tire Tool
For Clincher Tires #I.OO
Makes complete Tire change In 3
Minutes.
Skid Chains. Auto Supplies, Brake
I.lulng. Ford 30i3 1 /j wheels, *2.00
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ENSMINGER
MOTOR CO.
THIRD AND CUMBERLAND STS.
Distributor*.
gXRRISBURG TELEGRAPH
DROP FORGING A
MIRACLE PROCESS
Revolutionizes Making of Strong
Light Cars; Makes Quantity
Production Possible
To a great extent the tremendous
production records attained by the
larger American motor car factories
in the past few years have been ac
complished through the rapid strides
made in the development of the art
of drop forging.
From the very beginning of the
automobile industry, engineers have
sought r means of obtaining maximum
strength in the parts subjected to
heavy strain, without adding useless
weight to the completed car. Drop
forging and the use of high grade
chrome Vanadium steel proved the
solution of the program, and to-day
the manufacturer who builds the ma
jority of the parts used in his car,
counts an efficient forgo shop as one
of his most valuable possessions.
Our old friend, the village black
smith, was the first drop forger. Some
fifty years ago, a member of this
brotherhood evolved the scheme for
using a steam hammer on the larger
forcings he had to make. Hut in order
to achieve the desired result, he was
compelled to work out the material
almost to the desired shape by hand,
then with the aid of portable tools
which were used In conjunction with
his crude steam hammer, the forgings
were finished to size. With this
method, much depended upon the
skill of the smith, and uniformity was
more or less a matter of guess work,
fhe human element, was strong.
The railroad blacksmith took up the
methods of his predecessor and im
proved upon them, and the experts in
the big sewing machine, shoe ma
chinery and harvesting machinery fac
tories added inventions and improve
ments which still further simplified
the process.
The automobile manufacturer, how
ever, has brought the art down to its
greatest point of efficiency, and men
who understand the principles of mo
tor oar construction are inclined to
measure the longevity of an automo
bile by the number of drop forgings
entering Into its construction.
Prom the fact that drop forging is
nowadays purely mechanical, thus
eliminating the human element of skill
and artisanship formerly acquired by
the smith, the methods used are ex
tremely simple and effect a wonderful
reduction in the cost of production and
in addition, uniformity of product is
absolutely assured. In some cases the
production cost is reduced on a ratio
of about 40 or 50 to J. Forgings can
be made in greater variety, and those
which were most difficult and .even im
possible to finish over the anvil, arc
now formed with apparent ease under
the drop hammer. There Is almost no
limit to design; any shape from a
cocked hat to a frying pan can be
formed. In addition, the work is ac
curate and finished.
As pioneers in the manufacture of
parts for automobiles, Dodge Broth
ers, who have just placed their own
car on the market and seen at. the
Palace, rapidly grasped the advantages
of drop forging, and their forge plant
in Detroit is pointed out as typifying
all that is best in the business. The
huge steam hammers with their fall
ing weights, as heavy ,as two to three
tons, are almost constantly in opera
tion, turning out parts for the new car.
Here the visitor can see the stand
ard steel stock, heated to a white glow
and then placed under the hammers,
coming from them magically formed
into front axle, connecting rod, crank
shaft, camshaft, 6r any kind of a hun
dred and one parts. There is a spe
cial set of dies for each part, the ham
mer head receiving onc-hulf and the
bed of the machine the other. The
ilrst set breaks down the stock into
the general shape required, while the
second set shapes it accurately. Some
times both sets are in one hammer, if
the part is small enough to admit two
sets side by side. Often break down
and finishing hammers are separate.
To the visitor making his tirst trip
through a forge shop, it is a source of
considerable wonder as to how the
men in charge of the hammers stand
the terrific heat from the white-hot
metals. The answer is found in the
type of building erected by Dodge
Brothers to house the forge shop. This
is typical of the big modern manufac
turing institutions or me kind. The
ouildings are long and narrow, of steel
and concrete construction, and built
*o that during the summer months it
s possible to open practically all sides
of the structure and admit every par
cle ot air.
Loss of Car Should Be
Reported to State Police
Considering the large number of
automobiles that are stolen every year,
the Department of State Police have
sent out the following notice: "The
operations of organized bands of au
tomobile thieves throughout the State
of Pennsylvania have become so ex
tensive that it is necessary to bring
the attention of automobile owners
to the importance of immediately
notifying the State Police upon the
loss of a car.
"The information should be trans
mitted by telephone or telegraph, to
the Department of State Police, Har
risburg. Pa., or to "The Commanding
Officer" of any of the four troops:
"Troop "A" State Police, Greensburg,
Westmoreland county; Troop "B"
State Police, Wyoming, Luzerne coun
ty; Troop "C" State Police, Pottsville,
Schuylkill county; Troop "D" State
Police. Butler. Butler county.
"When giving the information the
State Police should be notified: When
and where the car was lost, name of
owner, license number, manufactur
ers' number, year of model, color of
car, style of car and any further in
formation that might be of use in
making search for the lost car.
"Prompt and intelligent co-operation
on the part of automobile owners will
result In the recovery of stolen cars
and the prevention of such crimes in
the future.
"Automobile clubs are requested to
have copies of this notice published in
automobile Journals.
"JOHN C. GROOME,
"Superintendent."
HIM FIRST
My lirst sermon was delivered when
I was 18 years old and In a country
farmhouse in Shropshire, Kngland, anil
in the shadow of the stately Wenlock
Abbey. The kitchen in which this
august event took place was lined with
a generous supply of hams and flitches
of bacon, with strings of onions strung
from the ratters.
The audience consisted of about fif
teen farm hands, five or six of their
employers, and the miller of the little
hamlet. I addressed them with what
I thought to be considerable effect for
about fifteen minutes, and no words of
mine can describe the trepidations
from which I suffered during this short
interval.
At the close a husky plowman asked
me if I was the son of my father, wljo
was also a preacher, and upon my re
plying that I could claim that honor,
he strongly advised me to send my
father the next time and avoid such
h catastrophe as I had inflicted upon
them that Sabbath afternoon.
Thus began my career as a preacher,
and I walked the eleven Intervening
miles to my home a sadder and a wiser
youth.—The Rev. S. Parkes Oadman,
n. P.. Pastor of the Central Conugrcga
tional Church, Brooklyn, in the Ciiris
itian Herald.
Maxwell
J&u) 1915 Model
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The easiest car in the world to drive. The greatest all around hill
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E. W. SHANK
DISTRIBUTOR
Central Garage 334 Chestnut St.
SPIE WHEAT IS
TO BE WIDELY SOWN
Farmers Are After the Increased i
Prices That Will Prevail
During This Year
Officials connected with the State
Department of Agriculture declare
that a larger acreage of Spring wheat
will be sown in Pennsylvania this
year than known for decades. This
Is attributed to the high prices of
wheat prevailing because of the war
and to the prospect that there will be
a big demand during the late summer
and early Fall. Practically all of
the wheat sown in Pennsylvania in the
last dozen years has been winter
wheat, and but little Spring wheat
has been raised. The acreage sown
with winter wheat now is probably
larger than ever known in the State
and the crop report of the Burreau of
Statistics of the State Department of
Agriculture is to the effect that at the
end of the year the condition was 96
per cent. as compared with an
average and that a notable improve
ment bad been noticed since Novem
ber. This is due to the heavy Fall
rains and to the fact that in many
parts of the State snow have covered
the ground since the cold weather set
in during December.
The sowing of Spring wheat will be
started In the southern counties as
Howry & Son
Wagon Works
Wc build wagons and sell
direct to the consumer and
saving you the retail profit.
Also build auto truck bodies,
paint and trim auto cars.
Shiremanstown Pa.
FEBRUARY 6] 1015. n
soon as the ground can bo prepared
and efforts to raise a big crop will be
made. This wheat should be ready
for cutting not very many weeks after
the winter wheat is cut.
Preliminary reports also show that
| there will be a large acreage in corn
land that there is a demand for it
which may result in cutting down of
the amount which might be fed on the
I farms producing it during (he winter.
I The 1914 crop of corn was exception
ally fine.
MOTOHCVCMO .VOTES
Dodge City is planning to hold the
Kansas annual 300-mile motorcycle
race this year on July 3.
A new sport has been inaugurated
jj WE WANT YOU TO |i
I '<Ql& SEE THE NEW 1915 :?
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Touring Car
ii F. O. B. Harrisburg
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]! Streamline Body Unit Power Plant
ij Electric Lights Four Cylinders
j; Electric Starter Motor, 334 bore
j| Turkish Upholstery Stroke, 4J/2 inches
I! Concealed Hinges Non-Skid Tires
i; i Roll Crown Fenders On Rear Wheels
DEMONSTRATOR NOW HERE
Penbrook Garage
jj Penbrook, Pa. £§?£& j!
in Altoona, Pa.—motorbob contests. A
number of riders who have converted
their motorcycle** into motor sleds
have been staging some very exciting
competitions.
The annual endurance run of the
Newark (N. J.) Motorcycle Club will
be held this year on May 30-31, an.l
will be to Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and re
turn.
A motorcycle race meet will be held
at Santa Ana, Cal., on February 7.
June 20 has been selected as the
date for the second annual endurance
run of the Yonkers Motorcycle Tour
ing Club.
A 200-mile endurance run is among
the many events planned for the sum
mer by the Arrow Motorcycle Club of
Hudson County, N. J.