10 We have no fences to mend oefore asking you for sl£ '.diamond Squeegee Tire preference. This tire's record in 1914 was so BfSfiKtfi/ clean—so thoroughly satisfying to 99 * out of every 100 users that it stands out as the bright spot in the haze of > aHMT x tire argument. And bear in mind the above men- / / iffiBHPA tioned figures are not ours, but repre- \ sent the testimony of hundreds of tire / ffSSfh \ dealers covering the sale of over 500,000 P'*Kik\ I Diamond Squeegee Tread Tires. , nfjfir l \ ■ - "What is more, this volume of / I undeniable tire evidence will be placed Jlljfl, 1 in every tire user's hands free for the ✓ gig if I asking. |||K I Diamond Squeegee Tires lllftf j are sold at these jliJ) I I "FAIR-LISTED'' PRICES: / ililV vMI lasss «■» ' 30x3 $ 9.45 34 z 4 f20.35 , ' /✓ 30x3J4 12.20 I, 32x3% 14.00 |! 37*5 33.90 / 'ttlWf *// 33 x 4 20.00 jl 38 x 5% 46.00 . J ' PAY ISO IUOH>: PLANK-WERNER TIRE CO. Di>tribiit«r< DIAMO ND TIRES Territory 4th and Chestnut Streets In Advanced Design In Suitable Materials In Accuracy of Workmanship In Price—sl,97s f. o. b. Detroit In Simplicity—with ease and nicety, absolutely unapproached. Crispen Motor Car Co. 413-417 S. Cameron Street j SIMFLEX v tfejßiLj Automobile Shock Absorbers t |M] The >' do all that » n - v Other absorbers do at from one-half ■ to one-third the cost. BE FAIR TO VOIR CAR! Give it' & InSj ,onger life - Ride ln comfort and ease. Simflex will allow it. 1 S Aek us about them. V | Eureka Wagon Works, Agents ( 11 Republic Model F, %to 1 Ton, $995 Complete; 2 Tons, $1,575 I The First High Grade Truck Sold at a Popular Price i| SPECIFICATIONS j Continental Motor, Bosch Magneto, Stromberg Carburetor, Dry Plate i 11 Clutch, 124-inch Wheelbase, Demountable Tires, Internal Gear Drive. ' || NO CHAINS TO STRETCH AND RATTLE OR RUN OFF SPROCKETS j "A Truck For Every Purpose" Sold by I. W. DILL, At the Hudson Agency 1 mwuwmMwn SATURDAY EVENING, Eight Cadillacs Carry State License Tag No. 1 The well-known reputation of the Senate of the United States as the most exclusive body ln the world seems to have been Rained before the Holders of the Xo. X Tag Society came Into existence. The latter is the term applied to motorists whose cars are adorned by the tag No. 1. Indicating that the motor license bears the most coveted and most sought of all the numbers issued by the several States. Xot more than 43 cars ln the I'nited States can carry this number, because two of the States. South Carolina and Texas, have no State registration, and in lowa, Maryland, New Hampshire and Tennessee, the registrations do not begin with the numeral 1. Out of the 43 cars, so distinguished by the 1915 tags, eight are Cadillacs, according to data gathered by Motor Age. This is a greater number carrying Xo. 1 tags than any other single make. The next highest is three, there being five makes which have that quota of Xo. 1 repre sentatives. Three others have two each, and 18 have one each. The States in which the Cadillacs head the license number list are Ala bama. Idaho. Illinois. Maryland. Xevada. Xorth Dakota, Rhode Island and Utah. Tn Xevada and Maryland the Cadillacs are of the eight cylinder model; and the one in Maryland car ries Xo. 4000, that being the first num ber on the 1915 registration list. Cadillac owners whose cars are marked above all others in their re spective States are B. G. Brown, Bir mingham, Ala.; Charles K. Koelsch, Boise. Idaho; Sidney S. Gorham, Chi cago: H. M. IJUZIUS, Baltimore, Md.: P. Y. Glllson, Reno, State distributor for Xevada; G. 11. Russ, Bismarck. X". D.; Dr. R. R. Robinson. Wake field, R. L, and Dr. Harry X. Mayo, Salt Lake City, Utah, the first man to drive a motor car in the Utah capital. Dr. Mayo has been driving cars for 13 years, and has carried Xo. 1 license plate for the last five years. Mr. Gor ham, of Chicago, was awarded the Xo. 1 tag because of his having framed the motor laws of Illinois. Mr. Koelsch, of Boise, received his as a reward for similar work in Idaho, while a member of the State ture. pfCaxYvfeUj yßo^stey Price fully equipped $670 with 17 new features The biggest automo* bile value ever offered for less than SI,OOO. One of the sweetest running Roadsters in the world. Holds the road at 50 miles an hour. The easiest car to drive in the world. The greatest all around hill climbing car in the world. Electric starter $55 extra E. W. SHANK Distributor 334 Chestnut Street Central Garage HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH WAR HAS! EFFECT ON MOBILE SALES Biggest March in History of Com pany Necessitates Increased Capacity at Factory That the war, domestic financial dis turbances, and other causes which contributed to the recent uneasiness, have not affected the automobile in dustry is well proved by the reports of some of the Detroit manufacturers. In a statement just issued to Us dealers, the Hupp Motor Car Company states that the month of March Just closed was the biggest March in the history of the company. Shipments showed a twenty-two per cent, in crease over March, 1914. And in ad dition to the shipments actually made the Hupp company reports more im mediate shipment orders on hand than ever before. To increase its capacity beyond its normal it was necessary to work the Hupmobile factory over time in a number of departments from the early part of March. In the latter part of month the daily output averaged seventy -five cars a day. The Hupp Motor Car company is be ginning April with an incerased aver age daily cutput for the month of 80 cars a day. This is at the rate of more than 2,000 cars for the month, but at the rate orders are pouring into the factory Hupmobile officials stated that shipments of SO cars a day will not supply the demand. "These heavy March shipments are in no sense an unusual boom," says President J. Walter Drake of the Hup mobile company, "throughout the win ter our business has shown a steady increase. The heavy demand for cars is in no way concentrated. We have more than one thousand distributors and" dealers throughout the United States, and the demand seems to come equally from all parts of the country. We find improved business conditions and a steadily increasing confidence in the future in all sections. In the South where it was anticipated that the cotton situation would retard buying, we are enjoying as large a sale of Hupmobiles as we have ever had. The Pacific coast is taking cars in large quantities. Since the Boston Automobile show, New England has been buying rapidly. The New Eng land States all show material gain over last year. The automobile business in Now York is brisk even for that city. The great agricultural districts of the Middle West are buying cars in larger numbers than ever befefre. Foreign sales are extremely good: and would be materially better but for the un certainty regarding boats. | "1 cannot say positively whether or not business, as we find it, is exception al for this company. This year it Is true we hail a particularly successful car; but it is my understanding that none of the manufacturers of the bet ter known cars are suffering front want of orders. "There Is little likelihood that we are going to be able to fill the demand for the 1915 Humobile to the end of ihe season. The March demands have forced us to capacity production, and we are increasing our facilities as rap idly as is possible in an eort to effect an increase of at least 33 1-3 per cent, in our normal capacity. If this de mand continues throughout the Spring months, in spite of our efforts to secure additional raw material, there will be a shortage of Hupmobiles. Rain and Bad Weather Regulates Reo Shipments "Thank heaven, it's raining in Ne braska—now we can let California have a few extra carloads," exclaimed R. C. Rueschaw, exultantly, as he glanced at the weather map and saw that the State of Nebraska promised to be wet for a few days at least. "I have gotten in the habit of pray ing for rain—anywhere I am not par ticular as to locality, just so long as it rains enough to muck up the roads for a few days and relieve the situa tion,' says the Reo sales manager. "Dealers are about driving me daffy with their demands for cars and we've learned to look for a let-up in the tele grams only when rain makes the roads impassible in some favored section. "It is a lemarkable condition. In all my experience—and I'd hate to say liow long 1 have been in the automobile business, for few people realize the busines is as old as that-—I have never known such a demand for cars. Seems as if there is no end to it. "This mornine when I got down to the officp I was surprised to find Nor man DeVaux. our California distribu tor, there waiting for me. DeVaux had wired twice a day for weeks beg ging for more cars. We were shipping his full quota regularly, but he said that didn't relieve the situation. "Why, that doesn't take care of the sales to customers who just drop in and buy— what are my salesmen to do without work? I can't fire them—they have been with me too lung. Resides, I don't believe they'd quit If 1 did fire them. They wouldn't know how to sell anything but Reo cars. "DeVaux's story is the story of every Reo dealer. 'Demand six times the supply, can't you ship us a few extra carloads?" "Of course, under those circumstances we can't expect any dealer to release any of his allotment or to consent to a delay in delivery. So I've hit on the weather reports as a solution. If 1 see bad weather scheduled for a certain section. I figure we can safely ship nn evtra carload or two to some less fa vored section where the sun is shining and the demand is aggravated, and we cladden the hear of the dealer there with a wire to that effect. Just now Nebraska is helping out California— and saving me from wrath of DeVaux." Chainless Drive a Feature of Republic Construction "The internal gear drive is not a new or experimental feature. This type was originated by the DeDion- Bouton Company in France and has always been used by them." says I. W. Dill, local representative for Republic trucks. t"A number of American makers have been using this imported type satisfactory, but have sold them only at high prices, listing at two or three thousand dollars and it remained for the Republic Motor Truck Co. to of fer the first car of this type at a pop ular price. The enclosed gear drive Is of as much importance as Is the enclosed valves on the motor, and has added much to the life and satisfac tion of motor service. "Almost every person is familiar with the construction of the heavy buses used on Fifth avenue, New York. These are one of the examples of satisfactory use of the axle construc tion used on the Republic truck. The demand for the Model "F" has caused the company to install the same type of drive in all of the models and their heavy trucks are now coming through In chainless construction. Only the highest grade specifications are used. Continental motor. Bosch magmeto, Stromberg carburetor, with Ruggles governor and chainless drive are ex amples. "Mr. Ruggles of the Republic Motor Truck Co.. is a man of matured ex perience and an inventor of note gain ing his first experience in the' earlv day in the building of the well-known Knox product. Visitors at the Alma factory find It to be one of the busiest j>laats in tlie automobile belt,*' Hupmobile CAR OF! THE AMERICAN FAMII.V Ask the Woman Who Drives « One woman who drives a Hupmobile, spoke for all others I 1 "I when lam driving the Hupmobile, as though I were \ \L_ I a P art t^ie car —° r as it were a part of me." V She meant, of course, that the Hupmobile responded im i mediately to every impulse or direction she gave it. She meant that it is always as easily and completely under , " her control as her own movements ' She meant that she always feels safe and sure and secure, because she always knows exactly what the Hupmobile will do under any and all cir . cumstanccs. A woman knows, for instance, that the Hupmobile motor will not stall— and because it can not, therefore it's safest. She knows the turning radius of the Hupmobile is remarkably small for a i , car of its length. That makes it easy to handle. Y\ it h a wheelbaseof 119 inches, the Hupmobile will circle in a 40-foot street. The motor is so flexible that she gets along with a minimum of gear shifting. The steering is so easy that a child can guide the car almost without effort, r The driving scat is made with a scientific regard for her comfort —with a ; high, restful back, and the scat cushion tilted at precisely the right angle. She gives no thought to emergencies which might require repairs, because she knows that repairs are so few and far between that they can safely' be forgotten. The Hupmobile is always a source of pleasure to the J woman who drives—or the woman who rides. •«> * That's why in every Hupmobile home there's a woman i who is a Hupmobile enthusiast. Gp Let us give the Hupmobile merit-test at your convenience. ° ! ENSMINGER MOTOR CO. 4L (A ft DISTRIBUTORS *£ s Salesroom Third and Cumberland Streets W/ BIOI,I, I'IIOM: JIAIJ VJ IW RAPID GAIN IV 01.1>SM0BII,E , SAI.KS The Oldsmoblle Company is enter- j ing its seventeenth year in business] | and, unless signs fail, its best year. I Sales continue to show the same! healthy increase which prevailed since i the introduction of Model 42 on the! The Brockway Is the Economical and Dependable Way Brockway Trucks are known fqr Dependability and Stability. Built and backed by a concern of sixty-two years' standing in reliable vehicle construc tion. You are assured of quality in every piece of material and the highest en gineering skill in designing. The name Brockway on your truck stands for ex perience and not experiment. A close inspection or a delivery demonstration will soon convince that it is not simply built to sell, but to give service. A long list of leading commercial establishments who have used these trucks for many years, will be submitted on request. Repeat orders attest the value of the Brockway Trucks in their business. What it can do for them it will do for you. # SPECIFICATIONS Expert service is essential to the truck Brockway Trucks are constructed of owner. As we are specializing in motor highest standardized units throughout, such , . , , , as Continental Motor—strong as the nation. trucks and have had fifteen years of per- Brown Lipe Transmission—practically in- sonal experience on motor car construction, destructible. Bosch Magneto standard you are assured of every attention possible, of the world. David Brown English Worm not on ly in the solution of your delivery 2T C ~ Europe ' S best " Ve , rtical Fi ? n ' d problems, but in the inspection and care of Tube Radiator guaranteed not to leak, . . . . _ the life of the truck. Sheldon Axles and the truck after proper installation. Our ser- Springs—none better. Body building, pain- v i ce organization is back of every Brack ing and finish—Brockway Quality. ** way truck that we sell. Two Models, 2500 Pounds and 4000 Pounds, Worm Drive. Three Models, 1500 Pounds, 2500 Pounds, Chain Drive Commercial Car Company THIRTEENTH AND WALNUT STREETS £. J. Cavender, Manager. Both Phonet APRIL 10, 1915. I market, with every indication of a I year of unparalleled achievements, ac | cording to J. V. Hall, sales manager J of the company. A remarkably large flow of trade | has been experienced during the first i throe months of 1915, owing to the j popularity of the light weight four i which is in bigger demand than even 'the manufacturers had counted on. During March, Hall asserts, they out sold their record for March, 1914. by 128 per cent., this increase figured on a basis of gross business done. During January they accomplished an in crease of 74 per cent, and during Feb ruary 93 per cent, over the same months of last year.
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