12 DODEE BROTHERS WINTER. CAR Protection from the weather with real comfort and Con venience has been the prime consideration. Of standard limousine height, it affords ample head room. Entrance and exit is facili tated by doors which open easily and wida Perfect ventilation is at the passengers' command by a ' simple adjustment of the door glasses, with clear vision on all sides. Designed to continue the graceful lines of the car, each body is fitted individually at the factory. In the Spring it may be quickly changed to an open touring car or roadster. The motor is 30-35 horsepower The price of the Winter Touring Carfor Roadster, complete, including regular mohair-top, it $950 (f. o. b. Detroit) Canadian price $1335 (add freight from Detroit) DODGE BROTHERS. DETROIT Keystone Motor Car Co., 1017-25 Market Street KHJffTf.i"" C. H. BARNER, Mgr, Stand the Pullman five-passenger at the curb beside any car in its class or out of it and it retains its own air of snap and distinction. It is heavy enough to hug the road at any speed—light enough to save tires and gas. The roomy luxury of the Pullman sets a new standard for cars at anything like the price- Two, Three and Five-Passenger Models SPECIFICATIONS: 114-inch wheel base, 32 H. P. four-qyilnder mo tor, 3% by 414 non-skid tires all four wheels, cantilever rear springs, Independent electric starting and lighting system, separate high ten sion magneto, Mayo radiator, one-inan top, full floating rear" axle, extra large body to accommodate seven passengers if desired. ANDREW REDMOND, T B H o'?g £?£ BEXTZ-LAXDIS ALTO CO., DISTRIBUTORS 1916 WISE $1295 A central location has been arranged where we will display the new -1916 model to the best advantage, and where literature or other Infor mation may be had on request. This beautiful model commands the admi- . ration of all who pass the window of Bretz Bros. Hardware Store. . 109 Market Street RIVERSIDE AUTO CO. UEORGE K. HEKTI.EY, Bell Phone 3731 -11. Dealer. % i SATURDAY EVENING, 'Terrific Test That Motor Car Can Be Subject To ■ A most unique test of tlie endurance | . and stability of OveHand construction 1 occurred recently aton-g the Florida ! coast, when a Model 83 Overland tdunr | .Ing car, after being? buffeted about ail ; ' night in n raging surf,' was found to i .be only slightly damaged when'reacucd' j the following morning.', • j ! The owner of the car, together'! jvKh a party of lour ' people, .was! driving along the beach at low tide when he ventured too-close to the { water's edge. The drst inklipg. lie had •!• |of impending danger wats when , the car slowed up suddenly and begun to settle the fear. Then he realized | that he ha<l driven Into a pocket pf ' quick sand and- the .party barely had j lime to jump for safety before the' | water surrourrded the can | The incoming tide and the danger j connected-with the Work, made it tm- • j possible for a rescue party to render, [ ' much assistance, By thp "time it grew ..dark, the surf was breaking over the I top of .the Overland. i | At the Cull height'of the tide, the : ' car was in ton-feet of w liter with : the waves pounding; :m<l beating it from j one side to the otlier. The breathers would smash "iiUo It and stand it . on end, leaving it sometimes on two wheels. sometimes on Ite side find at other times completely.upside down, • with the body and radiator' into the I sand. < I I The following morning at tow tide I p wrecking crew managed to haul the • , car up on'the beach. After the tend, I seaweed was cleaned out of it, i the owner began an investigation .as, jto the extent of the damag'e. He was i , amazed to find tha't with the exce'p- j tion of' a ' broken, top. smashed ' , windshield and loss of paint, the car h j was as good as ever. I The terrific pounding'it had been ! subjected to durihg the nieht had not j. even bent the fenders. The radiator! i was not damaged and with the ex- j ception of sand scratches the body j was in excellent shape. In fact If the magneto had not been soaked, he. could have driven the car home iindei* j ! its oWn power. , ! Spectators d-eclare that the manner | in which the Overland' withstood the ; buffeting of t-he high seas, left no i doubt to the ruggedncss of its con- j I struction, ' . I. . ■ Hugh Chalmer's Anniversary Celebrated in Fit Style During the Chalmers Sales Conven- | (ion just closed in Detroit. Hugh Chai- j liters celebrated the .eighth anniver- ! sary of his entry into the automobile' I business. On November 16. 1907, .lie | reached Detroit, ' having just pur- j I chased an interest in the .Thomas-De | troit Motor Company. At that time the Thomas-Detroit' Company was capitalized at $160,0,00 and employed a force of 200 men. One year later, the'company be- I came the Chalmers Motor Company. Tp-day Mr. Chalmers is at the head and in financial control or one of the world's larerest automobile' factories, employing 5,000 men and with a real estate and machinery value t>f SB.- 000,000. Detroit was given a striking. Idea of the extent to which this business has grown in the past eight years by the gathering 0f.600 Chalmers deal ers in convention and the placing of orders for over $22,000:000 .worth of cars in less than 40 minutes' time. The salaried position which Mr. Chalmers left In Dayton, 0.. was worth $75,000 and many wondered at a man giving up such a position to encounter the uncertainties of starting a new business. Those people" must still wonder to-day 'at his genius as well as his courage. Cadillac Eight First Car Over Mountain Road Until a Cadillac Eight recently nizjde toe trip from Ferndale to Lily mine, Humboldt county, California, boasted a road that no motorcar had ever tra versed. Consequently, the whole counts - for a week has-been discussing the feat of the Cadillac in surmount ing heights hitherto impossible for an automobile. Not only are the grades between the two points exceptionally heavy, but the road rises steadily throughout the entire distance. The gradient on some portions of the. road varied from 37 to 41 ' per cent. These and the steady upward pull had always proved the defeat -of ambitious motor car owners, find F. W. Wetmore was told t.hat he could not make the climb with his Cadillac Eight. But Mr. .Wetmore! was not deterred. Tie. drove the ear and cabled five-other men. the combined weight of the pas senger load being 1262 poitnd-s. One. of the men in the car had been over the road in a wagon a few days before the motor trip, and he laughed at. the mere idea of an -automobile-going the I entire distance. This the Cadillac did, 1 however, without a single stop—much to the gratification of all in the car. ■ Ensminger Motor Co. Third & Cumberland Sts. DISTIUUI'TOItS \ / —\ 1 ~arofth*An*rrcjm ENSMINGER MOTOR CO. THIRD AND CUMBERLAND STS. Distributors. '!■ ' - ■» <"»tt 14t4"H l H I IM H < ' 1 < 4* i! i Prospective Automobile i > ;; Purchasers Take Notice! | . ; Two Attractive Offers $ ;; 1914 CADILLAC-TOURING CAR * i , —Condition excellent; 'mnie-- ... '' diate, deliver)'. I ;; 1911 CHALMERS TOURING T ■ • .CAR—Very good condition. I j | A. H. SHADER J ! ! 107 Market St.. Harrlsburj;, I*n. | V»M H l++4 > KM I 1 »♦♦♦♦■> »"»♦ : HARRISBURO TELEGRAPH yBmgSKK JR Hr I Want You to Take This Car Now Ride in it—take the family out every Sunday—really enjoy the many fine days right now for " ' auto riding. And i have arranged that you may buy this 1916 Maxwell—the biggest auto • • value on the market—by A Small Down Payment—Balance Easy .. The 1916 Maxwell is complete in every detail electric starter and lights demountable rims—one-man top—graceful lines—full five-passenger body everything that the high ' priced car has—and you can buy it and Pay as You Ride. ' _ E. W. SHANK ; Bell 366 Open Evenings Talk It OvbT Cumberland 195-X Distributor anc j Sundays With "Shank" 120 Market Street \»fM»cliite Dealer#—B. S. Welffle, Nev. Cumber land; l.ykenn Motor Car Co., . . Lykeiin; S. I'. Ulllcr, IIUIIIIIK SprliiKM* W in. !tl. llttMdiore, Shlpi>liiKNliurK< TRAVELS BY AUTO PRAIRIE SCHOONER Trveling with all the comfort and convenience that can be found in the hotels along the highways and enjoying the thought that this service Was theirs to command at any .hour of the day or night! A. C. Sharkey, of I-.o» Angeles, and Mrs Sharkey, have just completed a month's tour from Los Angelas up the coast route to Sah Francisco and the Sierras, and return. ISnroute they camped several days, in the Santa Cr.uz mountains, and visited the California Redwood Plirk. Having the opportunity of securing a Chandler "Six" that had been burn ed to the bare steel of the chassis, Mr. Sharkey .bought the car and fitted it out according to what his ideas of an all-around touring'and camping car should be, "My car," he says, "is so arranged that to make up my bed all I have to do is to release a screw and turn down the mattress from the rear. The bed is a full-sized and. comfortable one, too. I have an extension cord to furnish light to read by and side curtains to make the sleeping quarters cozy. "My stove is a small gasoline range, which sets in the tool box, on the run ning board of the car. The commissary js located in the rear of the car, in the center of the. spare tire case, out of the way and easy of access." The photograph reproduced will make many a man wish for a prairie schooner like Sharkey's. Packard Has a Large Force on Payroll k The Packard Motor Car Company now eriiploys 10,179 people at its De troit. plant. More than 500 of this number have been added since No vember I,' and the great mass of workers that surge from the forty factory buildings every afternoon at 5 o'clock, would make up an jrmy of formidable si/,e. . The Packard employment depart ment is still Working at top speed, hlfing men to supply ihe demands for workers in nearly every division of the factory. ' Incoming material',' which, has been idelaye'd by the wan and various other reasons, Is arriving m trainload's daily. • Traffic Manger Charles Shaar says that- 477 carloads of material and Used Car Bargains Our used cars include: 1914 Chalmer's ''Master Six." 1913—'Hudson "Big Six." 1014—Hudson "Light Six." 1914—Michigan 5-passenger. 1912 —Overland 5-passenger. Also rebuilt Cadillacs of all models. Crispen Motor Car Co., 413-417 S. Cameron St. 3,273,560 pounds. In leas than earlpaci j lots, were received during October. A vigorous 'effort is being made to ! prevent any further postponement of j deliveries of Twin Sixes. The delay | in materials has been responsible for the lateness in supplying the new cars to customers —many of whom are anxiously waiting. The Packard payroll for October was $773,879. For November, the fig ure will be ' considerably more than JBOO.OOO. On the basis used by the United States Government, the aver ago wage-earner in America directly supports 2.5 persons. As less than 300 of the Packard employes are women, and as at least halt of the men are heads of families, this ratio is too low. Authorities say that three to one is a very conservative figure for Packard employe, and on that basis the Packard institution supports a community of 30,537, not including grocers aind meat dealers, clothing merchants, physicians, druggists and the' hundreds of others who supply the wants of a community of this size, and who would be a part of it. The company has an extensive wel fare department, operating night schools for foremen and assistant foremen and a school for apprentices, who are trained to become foremen and expert mechanics. Allen Company Tells Why They Build Own Motors "T.he motor is by far the most im portant point to consider by the "ros pectlve purchaser of an automobile. Kaid W. O. Allen, in a letter to George B. Zecli. Allen dealer, pf Har risbiirg. Pa.. -11« Strawberry street. Mr. Allen went on to say: "As the i heart is credited with'being the cen- I ter of vital life to the human body, so f the motor Is the mechanical force that i vitalizes the whole automobile. The j motor if. the 'foundation unit' in the j construction of Allen motorcars ! "di'eat care has been exercised in 'maintaining a power plant in our cars I that would respond to every desire of I the purchaser. Manufacturing our own | motors us do. the owner of one of I our cars is assured plenty of power and a .111100111, qui£t running motor that Is only found 111 the highest grade auto mobiles, "L. A. "Sommer, originator and de signer of the motor lias spent eight years in perfecting the points of re finement in the Allen engine. He is at i present factors; lyanager of our coni- I pany, and takes great Interest to see that every motor Is properly Installed Into pacli chassis, and that it Is run ning at Its highest efficiency before j leaving the factory." NOVEMBER 27, 1015. BROOM -COMPANY'S PLANT' BURN S Special to The Telegraph Reading, Pa., Nov. 27.—The Read ing Broom Company's plant at Blan don was destroyed yesterday by a fire which started in the boiler room, en mi;ll ini 'njiiij urn innrn—uTrruiiMimiiw—wmi— irnmwn -n f \Thank your lucky ff§|plS||§| stars if you feel that way about it when you get good '/a®*? service from your tires, but there is a deeper and more under standable reason. The tire that you and every other motorist undoubtedly want most is not V Some great factory has gone to ' nHRr s%\ the limit in & ivin & y° u the best that a human ingenuity can produce, and ' mIIk ' ■ * stakes its reputation on the result. J 'lf ft I! That's how Diamond Tires are built !j I If) ; and the great factory behind them is the larg m 9 est rubber factory in the world. tII at I The horse-shoe was all right to nail I mu? [ I over the barn-door, but for the garage four I Sill H Diamond Tires on the wheels of your car con ll!«5r ■ stitute the best omen of good luck we know 'ftllifl If I anything about. nllltSOj wmi I DIAMOND •« FAIR-LISTED " PRICES: ✓ iSrtirtJ WW?! /' 1, Diamond ~ Diamond mVUfwrW*/ / Slz« Squeegee 5126 Squeegee f y 30x3 $ 9-45 34x4 S2O 35 Wifc*? V" // 30 x 3V$~ 12.20 36 x 4'/2 28.70 / „ 32X3>/ 2 14.00 37x5 33.90 / " 33 x 4 20.00 38 * 6'/2 48.00 J. C. Werner Tire Co. w Distributor For Diamond Tires, Gasoline, Oils and Accessories 5 We Make Old Batteries Young 5 Storage Battery Service is our busineaa. We can show you how to keep a young bat- C ~ tery in good condition and give an old ona W Says Liiih Am ft: Thm Will*rd Station in Your TowtU C Jof a'willard Battery J. G DUNCAN, JR., CO. 5 r Xai" '< North Pa. C tailing a loss of $20,000. Two car loads of broom corn and about 500 dozen finished brooms were burned. George Schmeck, of this city, was president and general manager of the company.
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