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FREE BATTERY INSPECTION
The life of a Storage Battery depends upon it being sup
plied with pure water and electricity in such quantities as to
maintain the proper Specific Gravity of the Electrolyte. Our
Free Inspection Card, which is reproduced below, may be had
for the asking and is good for any make of battery.
Electric Storage Battery Service
EXCELSIOR AUTO CO.
Eleventh and Mulberry Streets, HnrrKburg, Pa.
HARRY L. MYERS, Manager
This Card entitles the holder to FHEE filling and Inspection of the
Storage Battery in hi* car.
Issued to
Date 191
INSPECTION RECORD
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EXCELSIOR AUTO CO.
** Eleventh & Mulberry Sts. Harrisburg, Pa.
SERVICE HARRY L. MYERS, Manager
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I CAR OWNERS
i ATTENTION
! We are closing out our ONE line of Automobile and
i Motorcycle Tires and offer you the following stock at
; a 50% saving:
Auto Tires I.ist Our Price
1 -30x3' £ S.S. Plain 811.60 85.80
! 2-30x3'. Clin. Plain Sll.dO 55.80
' 3-30x3 > 2 Clin. Non-Skid $12.20 56.10
! 1-31x4 " Clin. Plain 817.95 88.97
! 3-31x3% Q.D. Non-Skid 815.65 87.83
1 1-33x4 S.S. Plain 819.05 59.53
! 1-33x1 Q.D. Plain 819.05 89.53
( 1-34x4 »?.D. Xon-Skid 820.35 810.18
| 1-84x4 Q.D. Plain 819.40 89.70
> 1.35x4 Q.D. Plain 820.20 SIO.IO
! 1-35x4 Q.D. Non-Skid 821.20 810.00
These prices subject to r>ilor sale.
Motorcycle Tires
| 1-28x2' a 87.25 83.83
! 2-29x2=4 88.00 81.00
; 1-28x3 88.80 81.40
This is the only time this ad will appear, so take
! advantage of it at once.
E. Mather Co.
204 Walnut St.
The Largest. The Finest. Tht M#st Modern Garage in City
Shaffer's Garage
Fireproof, well heated and lighted. Main floor, 21,000 feet.
Two drive-ways. Modern in every respect. A safe and convenient
place to keep your car. Rates reasonable. Phone Bell 3303.
Drive your car in here occasionally for a good wash and polish.
Prices reasonable.
46-78 S. CAMERON STREET R. D. LA TOUR, Manager
The AUTOCAR TRUCK
has the Capacity, Power, Simplicity of Control Accessibility and
Ruggedness of Parts—Gives Efficient Service under all con
ditions, even when subjected to overloading or other similar
abuses.
IT PAYS TO INVEST IN
THE AUTOCAR
For Business Expansion
Andrew Redmond, Distributor Third and Boyd Sts.
»■
$950 to $1485, and 6ui c k
Trucks with Delco starter,
j|| Chevrolet. SSBO to S7BO.
Al/E. Pit ICES F. O. B. FACTORY
HOTTENSTEIN&ZECH SJ.T Y ,
HARBISBURG TELEGRAPH
Hupmobile's Remarkable
Growth in Seven Years
"Quality cars produced In quantl
i tie* is the aim of the Hupp Motor Car
i Corporation," said President J. Wal
ter Drake of the Detroit concern.
"From the inception of the Hupp
j Motor Car Corporation we have al
ways exerted our efforts towards put
tins on the market a car of quality,
iWe have sacrificed the big profits
which we might have had for the sake
i of building a car of the highest type.
IWe have always wanted to build a
car with a reputation and from our
flrst model to our present aeries "N"
; we have succeeded in doing so.
"The flrst runabout produced early
]in 1909 was the first low priced car
! into which were put the high grade
, material and parts used in only the
I most expensive cars. In fact some of
the parts used in our first cars were
adopted from the foreign makers and
I other American manufacturers fol
j lowed our lead. As in the flrst model
! so in every one since, we have used
; only the best materials. We have al
| ways spent a great deal of money in
j experimental and development work
' i and have done elaborate testing of our
J cars before we put them out. We have
always been on the lookout for those
things which might improve the qual
ity of the car. We have always stood
for modernizing and making the busi
ness conform to the best possible prac
tice.
"Our financial policy together with
the business policy has been not to
make large profits per car but to put
the money into the car Itself and giv
ing the purchaser more for his money.
"We feel that we have been amply
repaid as we have met with unusual
success and our business has shown a
steady and healthy growth. Each
year has shown a big Increase in busi
ness over the preceding year. We
turned out something like 500 cars
our flrst season and this has steadily
increased until the present time. We
have now reached a point where our
estimated production of 15,000 cars is
too small and we will build at least
20,000 and perhaps 25,000.
"One of the peculiar things about
the growth of the Hupombile business
has been our inability to keep up with
the orders. Ours has always been a
production problem. From the time
we first started with the small cap
italization of SII,OOO until even our
present company of $8,000,000. We
have been unable to properly gauge
the demand for our cars. Our esti
mates of the number of cars we could
sell has always been too low and we
face the same difficulty to-day. All
summer long life has been made mis
erable by the demands of our dealers
for more cars but we have been un
able to keep up with the demand. We
are more than a thousand cars behind
the orders for immediate delivery
right now in the middle of winter
when companies with big productions
like ours ordinarily begin storing ma
chines for the big Spring rush.
"And our big business cannot in
any way be contributed to war orders.
Although we have a big foreign trade
which extends to every part of the
globe and which was developed before
the war broke, we have never taken
any orders for machines for war pur
pose."
Oldsmobile Officials
Predict Big Export Trade
Light cars of the luxury class will
have great vogue in Europe after the
war is over, according to officials of
Olds Motor Works, of I-ansing, Mich.,
who have recently made an exhaus
tive investigation of the European
situation. As proof of their argument
they cite a recent inquiry received
| from Germany, offering spot cash if
the company would store fifty of its
eight-cylinder models, and hold them,
until transAtJantic shipping between
Germany and the United States had
! been reopened. The wealthy Euro
pean is extremely fastidious in the se
lection of a motorcar, state Olds of
ficials, more so than the average
American. Accustomed to the best
workmanship and the highest finish
in both chassis and bodies, he has
previously paid very high prices for
| his machines. Now. however, with
I the production of luxury models in
quantities of a ver" advanced design,
such as the Oldsmobile Eight, he real
izes that it will be to his advantage
to buy abroad rather than at home.
Oldsmobile officials, through their
export department, are making prepa
rations to take advantage of this turn
In agiiirs. The war will have used up
practically every car of merit by the
time it is over, and consequently there
will be a terrific demand for high
class machines. Being able to furnish
a product fully on a par. both in de
sign and finish, w'lth the most ad
vanced foreign machines, and selling
the same at a considerably lower
price, they anticipate a record busi
ness.
The inquiry for fifty cars for Ger
many, incidentally, was shelved, the
models being needed for home con
sumption. The new Eight, with its
light weight, high-speed motor, un
usually well balanced chassis, and
beauty of exterior line and finish, has
; struck so responsive a chord in the
| hearts of American buyers that the
! factory is unable to keep up with the
I demand. Foreign buyers will have to
wait until they are In shape actually
to use luxury cars, they saj*.
Meanwhile, however, no time is be
ing lost expanding the facilities of the
plant with the export market, espe
cially that of Europe, in view. A per
manent and profitable business lies in
store for the company, state the offi
cials. merely for the asking. European
manufacturers will have to exert
every resource at their command,
adopting American methods of quan
! tity production, if they would have
even a show to regain their former
[ markets. That there will be numer-
I ous instances of failure in this conec
tlon seems well established.
Dodge Brothers' Engineer
Heads Engineer Association
At the recent meeting of the Society
of Automobile Engineers, the great or
ganization of the men who have de
veloped the motorcar. Russcl Huff,
chief engineer of Dodge Brothers, was
chosen president for the ensuring year.
Mr. Huff is one of the best-known en
gineers engaged in the automobile
business. Previous to taking the posi
tion as head of the engineering de
partment of Dodge Brothers, he was for
15 years with the Packard Motor far
Company and before this association
wss engaged in experimental work.
Mr. Huff Is responsible for rnanv of
the Important developments in motor
|car making.
I xrlnatvelr Mw« For 1916.
Five-passenger 6-88 selling for
$lO 60. Seven-passenger 6-46 selling
for $1295. Cabriolet SI6OO. Coupe
SI7OO. Sedan SI9OO. Town Car
$2250. Limousine—yes, but let us
tell you about the finishing touches
yet to be put on. See the 6-46 at
109 Market street.
Riverside Auto Co.
HEAR 1417 X. FHOST STREET
G'«r«« R. Hntirjr, Dealer.
Ten Thousand Grants
Demanded by Public
The Grant Motor Company of Find
lay, Ohio, is on a tremendous wave of |
prosperity. Ever since the company,
was organized two years ago, its fac- '
tory has been rushed to its maximum j
capacity. Just recently additions to !
the factory exceeding -5,000 square feet
w ere announced. At all the auto shows j
Its product is making a great hit.
When the first Grant six-cylinder'
car was announced for the then ex- j
traordinury low price. 1795.00. it was
said that a car with sucn specifications I
could not be built for any such price
and the manufacturers continue in
business, but the Grant Company, which
is actively directed by President David
A. Shaw, assisted by Vice-President
George A. Salxman and George S. j
Waltc, general sales manager, not only j
made a success of its six-cylinder car 1
the first year it was announced, but '
in Its second year is manufacturing
these on the basis of ten thousand cars
a year, bringing it up Into the front.
ranks of the big producers.
The Grant Company made money the |
first year it was in business, and has
the reputation of enjoying extraor
dinarily low overhead cost. It is the j
theory of the officers of the Grant j
Company that excessive overhead i
usually begin in the ofTice with large ;
salaries paid to officials of the com- |
pany. "In the Grant Company every .
executive Is a stockholder in the com- '
pany," says Sales Manager George S.
Walte, "and these men are willing to,
and do work for small salaries, pre
ferring to earn their money on the i
dividends after they have actually
made it. The idea of the Grant or- ]
ganization la the 'happy family' Idea
—a group of men working together
with a common purpose with mutual j
interest and respect for each other. 1
aiming at a common end to build
the best car in the world for the
money."
"We need no argument, however, to
prove the success of this policy," con
tinued Mr. Waite, "because the Grant
Six for 1916 is a practical expression
of the possibilities of the idea. The
fact the public are demanding Grant
Sixes at the rate of ten thousand cars
a year, clearly Indicates wide appre
ciation of Grant value." •
The Grant Six is built completely in
the company's factory. The motor Is
of the high-speed, overhead valve type
of exclusive Grant design. It has
notable records for hill climbing and
fuel economy. It is equipped with a
Rayfteld Carburetor, an Allls-CVialmers
starter and generator, and every detail
is high grade.
Conspicuous features of the car arc
its full floating rear axle, cantilever
spring suspension and the complete
ness of Its equipment. The body, which
is of the modified flowing line effect,
is exceptionally large and roomy, and
beautifully trimmed and upholstered.
Europe Is From Missouri;
Must Be Shown Records
Should Eddie Rickenbacher, the fa
mous Maxwell pilot or any of the
other speed demons of premier fame —-
celebrate the first race of 1916 by roll
ing 300 miles in two hours, or some
such revolutionary figure, the result
could not be nothing more than an
American record. No such thing as a
world's record can be successfully
claimed, when the feat is accomplish
ed In the United States, under the sanc
tion of the American Automobile As
sociation.
This strange and anomalous condition
arises from the fact that, with charac
teristic European aloofness, the auto
mobile judiciary across the sea rec
ognizes no performance in America as
really authentic.
Despite the fact that many recent
American records excel those on the
books of the automobile clubs of Great
Rritain and France, recent compilations
of European records placidly ignore
them and still refer to venerable Euro
pean feats as world's records.
The American Automobile Associ
ation. after vainly trying to secure
mutual recognition which would re
sult in a real table of world's records,
has temporarily given up the battle and
modestly refers to all marks estab
lished under Its jurisdiction as Ameri
can records only this and nothing
more.
One immediate effect of this condi
tion is to rob the endurance champion
Maxwell touring car of the technical
right to claim a world's title.
The Maxwell a stock touring car—
recently completed, under A. A. A. su
pervision. a run of 22.022.3 miles with
out a motor stop. The best prior Ameri
can record was less than 13,000 miles.
In Europe the best prior mark was
less than 17,000 to the credit of the
Kolls-Royce. Yet the Maxwell can
qualify merely for an American rec
ord and the stolid Britons will doubt
less continue to regard the Rolls-Royce
as the world's endurance champion un
til its record is beaten in the limits
of their tight little isle.
Were reciprocal rules in operation,
the Maxwell would undoubtedly be
granted a world's record certificate.
Under its present policy, the A A. A.
can. however, grant merely American
certificate of record.
In the meantime, however, there is
no occasion for American sportsmen to
feel symptoms of peeve. Regardless
of the technicalities, they have the sat
isfaction of knowing that the Maxwell
—a popular-priced American car—has
handily ecliosed the best record of the
one partic ar car on which Europe
has relied for exemplification of motor
endurance a car of the highest price
and one which bases a large share of
its reputation on a nonstop feat, high
ly creditable but herewith rendered ob
solete.
Girl Makes 9,000-Mile
Trip on a Motorcycle
"Miss Effie Hotchkiss. of Brooklyn,
the first girl to drive a motor ve
hicle across continent and back
again, is typically American in her love
lof the outdoors," says Heagy Bros.,
Harley-ITavldson dealers, 1200 North
Third street, "and some day hopes to
leave her position in a Wall street
broker's office to become a successful,
practical farmer. She and her mother
lust completed a 9.000-mile trip with
their Harley-Davldson three-speed mo
torcycle and sidecar that was a thrill
er in the number and variety of inci
dents experienced.
"A crark shot with an automatic re
volver as well as an expert motor
cyclist, the transcontinental trip had
no terrors for Miss Hotchkiss. 'Mere
man' did not enter ihto their plans—
unless he may have been considered
somewhat when Miss Hotchkiss includ
ed her 32 caliber automatic in the
equipment. They started across the
continent last May with no more fuss
than if they were going no farther than
the corner grocery for the day's mar
keting.
"Their experiences In the mountains,
on the plains and in crossing the Mo
jave desert going west and the Nevada
and Utah deserts on the return trip
reatls almost like fiction. Many nights
they slept out under the stars, rolled
up in their blankets and feeling as
safe, they declare, as in their home at
6900 Fourteenth avenue, Brooklvn.
"Miss Hotchkiss, a slim, tali, well
muscled girl, knows how to handle rod
and gun equally weil. But it is with
her 32 caliber automatic that she ex
cels. She kept in practice on the 9,000-
mile trip shooting coyotes and rattle
snakes, frequently astonishing west
erners by her marksmanship. Through
out their entire trip they were treated
with courtesy and from everv stand
point enjoyed the outing so much that
they already are making plans for
another big trip."
DAUPHIN BRIDCiEMAX FALLS
Special to the Telegraph
Dauphin, Pa.. Jan. 29.—Word has
been received by William Irwin that
his brother. Charles Irwin, a former
resident of Dauphin, had fallen about
sixty feet from a bridge on which he
was working in Camden, N. J. Mr
Irwin is now In a hospital at Phila
delphia. but Just how badly he is in
jured is not known.
GREENHOUSE BOILER EXPLODES
Special to the Telegraph
AbbeyvtUe, Pa., Jan. 29.—A boiler
explosion at the greenhouses of H. A.
Schroyer yesterday afternoon caused
considerable damage. The glass in the
buildings and many plants were de
stroyed. There Is a loss of {1,600.
m? S
Re© The Fifth. *B7* W W MA W 4-Cyl. Roadster.
f. o. b. Lansing. Mich. * f. o. h. I.annliiit, Mich.
We Sell Reos Only
We have been in business fourteen years.
Our business has increased from one car a year to about a thousand a
year.
\\ e have handled sixteen different makes of cars during these fourteen
years.
\\ e guaranteed every make of car we ever sold.
\\ e started a cost sheet for every car as soon as it was sold and at the
end of the year this cost sheet told us whether we had made or lost money
Now we only handle the Reo car.
The Reo is the only car we have handled for years.
The Reo is the only car we will ever handle.
One reason is that the cost sheet and the guarantee on the Reo car was
the lowest of all.
Another reason is Reo owners came back for other Reo cars.
1 lie same Reo owners told other people how good the Reo was.
Some newspaper advertising and a lot of satisfied customers added to
the trick.
Our costomer told his friend that we played the game straight.
Our customer has, by telling his friend that we were right, got the bene
fit of a more liberal guarantee by saving us expensive advertising.
\\ e deserved these recommendations because we had lived up to our
guarantee.
\\ e want you to be one of our customers.
\\ e have 311 customers already for 1916 and will make it a thousand if
we can get the cars.
\\ e guarantee a Reo car a year free of repairs,
A\ e live up to our guarantee.
We go beyond our guarantee.
W e have seventy-seven carloads stored to take care of your wants in the
Spring.
1 his is not nearly enough but will help some.
\\ on t you be one of our customers?
HARRISBURG AUTO CO.
THIRD AND HAMILTON STREETS
Rw lM six, WW 2-Ton Truck, *lOl5O
f. o. o. l.anslng, Mich. t . o. b. I,mixing, Mich.
Rancher Says Roosevelt
Is Chock Full of Sand
New Orleans, La., Jan. 29.—Howard
Eaton, native of Pittsburgh, but now
a ranch operator at Wolf, Wyo., said
here that Theodore Roosevelt had
more sand than any other person in j
the United States; that his grit was j
wonderful, and by way of illustrating j
he told the following story:
"The first time I ever saw Roose
velt was in 1882, when he came out to
stay at my place." related the ranch
man. "He ivas a pale, slender young
fellow with sandy sideburns. I'll never
forget the first time he started to ride
one of those bucking bronchos. It
tried to use him to make a hole In
the ground, but that didn't daunt
Teddy. He'd jump up, shake his head,
grind his teeth and take another try.
I never saw a fellow with so much
Special to the Telegraph
MRS. K. A. PFIiIEGER BVRIE1)
Special to the Telegraph
Dauphin, Pa., Jan. 29. Funeral'
services for Mrs. Edward A. Pflieger, j
who died on Tuesday at her home in j
Williamsport, were held yesterday at j
the United Brethren Church at Rock- 1
ville. The Rev. Clyde Lynch officiated
and several selections were sung by the J
rholr. The pallbearers were Mr. !
Shatto. Alfred Cristman, Mr. Aikens, j
William Straw, John Turns and Cyrus j
Xovinger. Burial was made in the
Heckton Cemetery. j
The Garage that has thrown away the
key—Open Day and Night.
KEYSTONE MOTOR CAR CO.
The Keystone Motor Car Co. operates a complete Repair Shop. This is an organiza
tion of several departments manned by experts and equipped with all the latest machin
ery to completely repair and overhaul any motorcar.
f PAINT 1
REPAIR 4
Wei up retop er Autos
| REBUILD
I RESTORE .
Complete Repair Shop
The departments arc under the management of C. H. Burner. Each department is
directed by a competent head. Ihe Keystone Organization is therefore able to handle
any business in the automobile line, from the furnishing of high-grade pleasure cars and
serviceable commercial machines to repairing minor parts, in a quick and business-like
manner
CALL AND GET AN ESTIMATE
Keystone Motor Car Co.
1019-1025 Market Street
Chalmers Dodge Bros. Detroit Package Wagon
"POOH MAN'S LOAN"
SUGGESTED FOR DEFENSE
Special to the Telegraph
Washington, D. C., Jan. 29. A "poor
man's loan" to raise funds for an army
and navy capable of defending the
country in any emergency was proposed
yesterday in a statement by Perry Bel
• font, a director of the Navy League
iof the United States. Mr. Belmont sug
j gests that bonds be issued in denomina
j tions as low as S2O, so that the im
perative demands of national defense
may be met immediately.
MARSHALL FURNACES IN BLAST
Special to the Telegrapl\
Newport. Pa., Jan. 29.—After being
idle for several years, the Marshall fur
nace, located here, has been placed in
blast and is now turning out large
quantities of Iron. 1
I
| Crispen Motor Car Co.
413-417 S. Cameron St
!
Indian Chief Tomahawks
boy in Boston Street
Special to the Telegraph
Boston, Mass., Jan. 29. ln sight of
a number or persons who breathlessly
watched the operation. Blue Sky, an In
dian chief, tomahuwked Paul Quirk, an
eight-year-old boy, inflicting several
scalp wounds, which may prove danger
ous.
The chief stated that he had been at
tacked by a large number of children
who were pursuing him, and in an ef
fort to get away from them he used
his tomohawk. Blue Sky says that he
lost control of himself, and even at
■ that, he had no desire to harm the chll
' dren.