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THE NEW REO SIX
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HarrLshtirj; Automobile Co.. (icorp 1 G. McEartand, Managt r.
Big Traction and Power
Co. Buys Nine Paige Cars
The Rochester Hallway and Light
Company, a large railway and power
corporation in Rochester, X. Y., has
Just closed contracts with the Seneca
Motor Car Company, Paige distribu
tors in that city, for the purchase of
nine Paige cans, eight Glenwood Fours
and one Paige "Six-46," which will be
used by this company for various pur
poses in the transaction of its busi
ness.
The sale was consummated only
after a prolonged and exhaustive in
vestigation and series of tests in which
cars of nearly every standard make
were represented.
To determine its selection for its
new fleet the company put all com
petitors to the severest tests it could
devise to bring out economy of op
eration and maintenance, using its own
machines for this purpose, and finally
turning over each competing car to
an engineer, a well-known member
of the Society of Automobile Kngi
neers. Questions of fuel consumption,
tire wear, weight in relation to dura
bility and economy, power, reliability
—in fact ail the big and little points
that are involved in such a matter
were brought out in a thoroughly prac
tical manner.
And the result was that the Paige
won —'' won out over all others on
economy and durability—and got the
order for the nine cars, a victory
which Paige executives feel is a pecu
liarly telling endorsement of their as
sertions that Paige cars have value
represented in economy, power and
durability that is exceptional.
Lack of Knowledge on
Batteries Causes Trouble
F. E. Watts, chief engineer of the
Hupp Motor Car Company, is author
ity for the statement that 90 per cent,
of battery and ignition trouble experi
enced by motorists during winter is
due to carelessness and negligence on
the part of owners. Mr. Watts be
lieves that owners have not been prop
erly educated on battery maintenance.
Much of this, he says, is due to the
fault of the owner himself, because
he has given little or no attention to
battery instructions.
"The trouble is," said Mr. Watts,
"that owners do not pay enough atten
tion to care and operation of. batter
ies. This is due to the fact that battery
education has been sadly neglected by
motorists. Most people look upon the
storage battery as a 'mystery box,"
and believe the less attention It is
given the better.
"This is absolutely the wrong atti
tude. If there Is one thing that re
quires a man's attention in the winter
it is the stoiage battery. The bat
tery is the life of a car. It is the
It'* *ll in r-ttiny them started
rieat. CON KEY'S regulate* and
strengthens the sensitive organ* and makes
\ the chicks thrifty and itrcuf. < »et a Pail or A
7 Package and feeti it a.i tEe tune. f* - - I
/ CONKEY'S STARTING FOOD . /
P it a wonderful aid in getting v • -
VjL lQ « chick* started. Fee<! it
HARRISBt RG AND EVERYWHERE
We Can Hatch
40,000 HEN EGGS
In lots of 150 each or more. Send
Eggs to
Stouffer Poultry Farm,
WHITE HILL, P.V,
Or Write to
C. A. STOUFFER
Box 22-1, Harrisburg, Pa.
and
CHEVROLET
Motor Cars
At the Automobile Show
Kelker St. Hall
Hottenstein & Zech
FRIDAY EVENING. HAKRISBURG TELEGRAPH MARCH 19, 1915.
source from which the engine derives
Its life. If the carburetor, as has been
said so often, is the lungs of a mo
tor. then the battery is the heart. Con
sequently It should be given constant
care and attention by the owner.
"The Hupmobile service department
has had special instructions printed
for the caro and maintenance of bat
teries. One caution that owners are
given is to keep the battery fully
charged. A second caution is against
the allowing the water in the cells to
drop below a certain definite level.
If the owner gives this his care and is
sure that these two Important Items
are properly taken care of he will ex
perience no trouble at all."
Cadillac Goes Through
Drifts as High as Itself
Th: winter has probably not shown
the snow-bucking ability of the Cadil
lac Klght so well, as it was displayed
very recently at Omaha. Neb.
; The city awoKe one morning to find
; all -affic blockaded and the streets
i deep under the drifts of a snowstorm
1 that would have done credit to the inid
| die of February. Trolley cars were
! helplessly blockaded for hours, and au
| tomobiles were nowhere visible. Busi
j nessmen and workmen stayed at homo
j or reached their places of employment
as best they could.
It appeared to George Reim. of the
j Cadillac Company, of Omaha, to an
opportunity to try out the eight-cylin
-1 der car with a test more severe than
I any that had been imposed locally. A
| telephone message was sent to a man
i known to the company, and who was
! marooned in a trolleyless suburb, and
ihe accepted the invitation to ride
: downtown in the Cadillac. ,
i Half an hour later the Cadillac was
at his door, and within an hour or a
little more, he was at his office. Fre
uently the snow was piled higher than
the radiator ahead or the car, and It
I repeatedlv ploughed through drifts al
most as higli as the car top. The per
• formance resulted In an order for a
I Cadillac on the spot.
1 The car was kept going about the
! streets of Omaha all day and its per
formance caused no end of comment.
It 'vas practically the only car that
I ventured outside the city limits that
day. To give traction and make steer
| Ing possible In the deep snow, two
antiskid chains were used on each
; wheel.
Mitchell Chassis Is
Like Car in Famous Run
I The two Mitchell models are much
sought and talked about at the show,
! for they have been a sensation of the
■ I motor world during the last four
■ ; months.
■ I The light four on exhibit here Is a
stock model, a flve-passenger touring
car. while the six-cylinder is the light
I six-passenger touring car.
, i The light four chassis is an exact
! duplicate. :n every particular, of the
1 car that in thirty days covered 7,518.4
' miles, an average of 250 miles per day.
' making an American record for en
i durance and consistent work, never sur
passed by any car at any price. This
was a sealed-bonnet test under the
strict rules of the racing board of the
A. A. A., and during the journey
through twenty-three States, the
drivers, Messrs. Zlrbles, Barnet and
Hasley. never made an adjustment of
anv kind. None of the three slept in
a bed from the start of the run till
i the finish, taking their rest in turns on
the bark seat while the others drove,
i It was necessary to avoid stops in order
ito make the high mileage. The ma
chine turned in a splendid record of
I economy, and the United States tires,
I with which it was equipped, did ad
: mirable work.
The light six is noted for possessing
all the advantages of the highest prices
i six-cylinders at a lower first cost and
I more economical scale of operation.
This car is a great hlll-cllmber, has a
most flexible action, is easy on tires
and gasoline, and can go anywhere,
under anv conditions, that any other
i car will travel.
Overland New Six Among
Season's Newest Models
"The average buyer of a six-cylinder
car usually is moved by other consider
ations than those of mechanical superi
ority and smoothness of operation, the
principal features of such motors." de
clared H. H. Beeman, of the Wlllys
, Overland Company, at the automobile
I show last night. "In a great many
leases the desire for a 'six' is prompted
! by the 'sporting blood' of the prospec
tive purchaser. He wants a 'six' be
; cause his friends are driving sixes, or
for the prestige he believes the owner
ship of a 'six' will give him.
"It is this class of car owners that
manufacturers of higli grade curs must
protect If they desire to give their
product a lasting popularity. In de
i the new Overland six-cylinder
! car we have not traded on this tend-
I ency of the buyer to overlook me
chanical and construction qualities. We
have endeavored to produce the per
fect car. Just as hard and just as con
| scientlously as if each purchaser were
a mechanical expert who would null our
car to pieces In the search ror flaws.
) "We would welcome such dissection
on the part of the public. We have
' made the Overland 'six' as good as is
' possible with the modern machinery,
j the most expert workmen and design
ers and the best material the market
affords."
I The new Overland Six Is being.shown
for the first time at the Redmond ex
hibit on the stage In Arena. It Is a
big powerful seven-passenger touring
car. "'ombinlng the inherent advantages
lof six-cylinder design, with Overland
Ideals of quality In construction
Seeing America First
Intent of Chalmers Owners
M.-itb has motorized the gentle art of
| taking vacations. Hugh Chalmers,
I president of the Chalmers Motor Com
| pany, of Detroit, declares that his mail
bags are Jammed with letters from car
] owners who assert that Instead of tak
; ing their annual trips to Europe this
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| tisement
H Have You Ordered I
| That Reo of Yours? B
WE DON'T LIKE to "keep dinning at you. Seems incon- today. 90 per cent of the men who make Reo cars own
sistent too when all the world knows that we don't need their own homes —are self-respecting, respected, inde
to worry about selling all the Reos the factory can give pendent citizens.
us - ... MAYBE THAT ACCOUNTS to some extent for the
IN FACT THE DEMAND is, according to advices from superior quality in Reo cars. Undoubtedly does.
SSEJSLS" ** made ' m ° re th " n fOUr ANYWAY THE FACT THAT INTERESTS you is that
the demand for those cars is tremendous and that
JUST THINK OF THAT! If there isn't food for opti- thousands —yes tens of thousands, are bound to be dis
mism we don't know. If business is slack anywhere, it appointed this year. Can't possibly get enough cars to
isn't with Reo. And the Reo demand, which is just as go around. Late comers will simply have to wait or
great in California as in New York .State and just as accept "substitutes."
excessive in Minnesota as in Texas, indicates that THAT'S WHY WE ARE keeping up our advertising
thmgs must be pretty fair everywhere. schedu]e lf had t0 seU cars _ vre don - t
HERE'S A 25-ACRE PLANT running full force and want you to blame us if you are late and can't get a Reo.
over-time trying to meet a demand for automobiles — It is bad to have too little business, but past experience
and orders every day more than four times the possible with Reo over-demand makes us feel it is almost as bad
output. to have too much- Buyers blame us for their own
OF COURSE WE CANT SAY that all automobiles tardiness.
enjoy such a demand. Reo is unique among motor SO —THIS IS FAIR WARNING —orders that come at
cars for many reasons. Reo cars have always bet n once can be filled and with fairly early deliveries while
good cars —honest cars —dependable cars —and cars of those who delay ordering will surely be disappointed.
such low upkeep cost that every Reo owner insists cn THERE ARE TWO REOS this season—and one of them
his friends buying Reos in preference to any others. is the most popular automobile in America. We can't
THERE NEVER HAS BEEN a time since the first Reo for the life of us tell which at this juncture.
■ was made that the big Reo plants could supply enough SUFFICE IT TO SAY the demand for the New Reo Six
cars for all who wanted Reos. j s more than four times as great as the factory capacity
AND THERE NEVER HAS BEEN a time when the —and for Reo the Fifth it is also hopelessly in excess of
bricklayers and carpenters were not building additions our ability to produce.
to that great plant. Never a time.' They are always AND NO WONDER: The New (1915) Reo The Fifth,
building at Lansing—a year between visits and you'd "the Incomparable Four" at $1050; and the New Reo
hardly recognize the place. Six, "the Six of Sixty Superiorities" at $1385, represent,
■ 25 PER CENT OF LANSING'S population <40,000 peo- «", ch » its .P° wer P ri « ciass-the greatest automo
■ pie) derive their st-tenance from the Reo pay-roll. And b,le value world has ever seen "
Lansing is one of the most prosperous cities in America ORDER YOURS NOW —that's the only way to be sure.
H HARRISBURG AUTO COMPANY H
Third and Hamilton Streets
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Di Reo The Fifth SIOSO f.o.b. Lansing, Mich. The New Reo Six $1385 f.o.b. Lansing, Mich. E
Pm "The Incomparable Four" "The Six of Sixty Superiorities" D
year, they are going to have a look
at America from-the tonneaus of their
touring cars.
"The ignorance of America on the
part of some of these prospective tour
ists," observed the Detroit motor mag
nate with a chuckle, "is something
pathetic. Many of them look forward
to prowling about among American
motor trails back of the steering wheel
with all the naivette and artlessness of
children about to cross the threshold
of some fairy land.
"They will find their homespun va
cationing on the Great American Play
ground all and more than they are
looking forward to. Judging from
the floods of mail I am receiving, not
only most of those who usually go
abroad for summer touring, but many
of those who usually spend their vaca
tions at Inland summer resorts or on
the seashore, are planning to go cross
country touring instead this year.
"The democratizing Influence of the
motorized \Acation," continued the
Chalmers head, "will prove great. It
is one thing to whirl across the'con
tinent in the seclusion of a Pullman.
It Is another thing to cross by easy
stages in your car pausing to dicker
for grub, gasoline, or a lodging for
the night at a farmhouse, ranchhouse,
or some crossroads inn. Every mo
torist who crosses the continent In his
car for a visit to the exposition on the
Pacific coast will return home an In
comparably better American for hav
ing undertaken the jaunt. Democracy
is a matter of getting acquainted."
The many questions with which
Chalmers owners are deluging the De
troit factory regarding motor trails,
costs of various tours, service stations
and accommodations along different
routes, indicate an unprecedented
touring year In this country.
A good many Chalmers owners will
go caravanlng from coast to coast,
camping by the way where attractive
camp spots lure, and crawling Into
their sleeping bags to slumber beneath
the stars. Instead of making an ef
fort to reach hotel accommodations
each night.
Europe's war has brought the simple
outdoor life into the greatest vogue in
years, according to the testimony of
hosts of Chalmers owners.
Trend of Motor Cars
Is Toward Simplicity
"The trend of the automobile Indus
try is toward simplicity," declared C.
E. Hoin, of Roberts & Hoin, dis
tributors for Haynes, one of the ex
hibitors at the Kelker Street Hall. "It
Is an axlotn that a simple machine will
outlive a complicated one, and this
has been the keynote of the 1915 sea
son automobile design. The number
of parts has been greatly reduced froin
that of former years, with the conse
quent result that the points of wear
have been correspondingly reduced.
"It Is a revelation to inspect the
motors in the new cars. Where there
was once a maze of wires and clut
tered-up accessories there is now a
neatly arranged system of conduit-
Inclosed wiring and compact auxiliary
units/ Everything is clean cut. The
streamline body prevails mainly on ac
count of Its simplicity of lines. It la
at once pleasing and serviceable. The
one-man type top predominates and
carries the Idea of simplicity a step
farther in fastening securely to the top
of the windshield without the aid of
straps and rods. Even straps have
been eliminated from the tire carrier
and a simple means of locking the tire
substituted.
"The idea that a great amount of
weight is necessary for easy riding has
given way to the fact that it is more
a question of the proper distribution of
the weight to the front and rear axles
that affects the riding qualities. A
glance at the chassis designs shows a
greater tendency toward simple con
struction. The greatest change no
ticeable here is the absence of the
torque bar and radius rods. The
torque of the rear axle Is taken through
the rear springs. Using the springs
for flexible torque bars has long been
a practice abrioad, but It is only within
the last year that American designers
have realized its possibilities.
I "The running boards are kept clear
and the storage battery is either under
the front seat or swung In the chassis.
A great step toward reducing the num
ber of accessory units on the car is the
replacing of the magneto with the
generator-storage battery system of
Ignition."
AUTOMOBILE NOTES
Business conditions in Canada have
revived to such an extent that the
Studebaker automobile plant at Walh
erville has had to increase its force
by 200 men In order to take care of
new orders for machines.
Registration figures In California
show 13,363 Studebaker cars sold last
year. The nearest approach by any
other make of car selling for more
than S6OO Is less than 9,000. Callfor
-1 nia has been a Studebaker stronghold
for many years. California, with moun
tain roads that test the strength of a
car, has proven Studebaker's worth.
As thirty pounds of hair are re
quired to upholster a Studebaker auto
mobile, to supply the entire annual
output of Studebaker machines re
quires the hair front 1,900,000 ani
mals.
Owing to the great influx of 1915 or
ders, the Ktudebaker automobile fac
tories, Detroit, are now working over
time. The company la employing
many inen as the capacity of the plant
will permit, and even with this large
force finds it r.ecessary to work severul
hour* each evening.
Stanley Steam Cars
6-PASSKXGKR SO H. I*. TOIKING
THE NEW STANLEY.
A large, roomy, comfortable. 5-passenger, 20-horsepower touring car,
with 120-Inch whcelbaHu, 150 to 200 miles on a filling of water, hand-made
aluminum body, deep upholstery, one-man top, clear vision, raln-vlslon
windshield, crowned mudguards, clear running bourds. electric lights
with dynamo and storage battery. No clutch to work. No change
speed lever. Entire control Is governed by the brakes and a single,
little throttle lever on the steering wheel. #11(75 f. o. b. Newton. Maas
PAUL D. MESSNER
1118 JAMES STREET /
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