t Prices are lowest now—every clear day
will start them soaring upward.
1916 SCRIPPS-BOOTH: usel **ry lit- MERCER speedster: good tires; >£](.
tie: at a hlc reduction 1916 STEARNS touring car; A 1 rae
-1916 PULLMAN tourlnn <*r: practl- chsnioai condition; low price.
OAlly brand new; oxtrn equipment. FORD tour.ng car* and roadsters, from
1916 HUP roadster; run 80(# miles; at _ lIM UD . .
a snap. THOMAS speedster; very faat; at a
IM* CHALMERS touring car; light ... bfj*?'";
Six- 2 extra tires 1915 STXDEBAKBR touring: extra
1916 KINO touring car; 8 slightly "res; thoroughly overhauled; $450.
used a* demonstrator; bargain 1916 DODuE tol L r '"*- *iellent cond.-
1915 Imperial roadster; Terr attractive ™; *' _ */' ®J: ..
and powerful ear: great value. '916 KBIT roadster, slip cover*, extra
1916 Maxwell touring car: owner >*lll Ure; IITS.
sacrifice. PACKARD "18 touring car; extra
1915 COLE tourln* car; 1 paasenger; "?'->J > *r f * < ' t i cond,t,o ? : ~o°
a'tv covers: 55. MOON tourins car; , passenger;
1915 MITCHELL tourln* ca: 7 pas- *. q .J >ment f',
s-ntrer; thoroughly overhauled: >914 81. ICK roadster, thoroughly over
j4so hauled and repainted.
1916 PAIC.E tourins car; used very lit- BUICK touring car; very attractive;
tfe: xtra equipment*. run
-1915 • S-ST" BUICK touring: A 1 con- I >< CHALMERS touring car; bumper,
ditlon: r-asonaljie prfco. | demountable rims: slip covers;
1915 "C-84" BUICK roadster: run loo# > 1876.
miles: big bargain. 1915 PART IN -PALMER: electric lights
1916 CHANDLER touring: all equip- i nn.l starter; S4OO.
ments: lust like nrw 1914 HUDSON: excellent condition; can
1914 STUTZ roadster; very class*. I be bought right.
We Specialize on Trucks and Delivery Wagons
GORSON'S AUTOMOBILE EXCHANGE
238-240 North Broad Street, Philadelphia
Bargain Bulletin FYee As<nt Wanted Id All Ix>c&lltle*
Six Thousand Hupp
Service Stations by May
At the start of the present aulomo- i
bile selling season which began, with |
most companies, in the mddle of last |
summer, several plans w?re adopted j
to give better service to the automo- j
bile owner.
The Hupp Motor Car Corporation!
started out with its Seriei "N" Hup- !
mobiles with a definite guaranteed
service system which it has now main- '
tained for ten months and has met!
with uniform success in ill parts of ;
the country. The Hupmobile Nation- j
wide service plan has probably been j
the greatest innovation which that
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ENSMINGER l
MOTOR CO.
THIRD AND CCMBERLAXD STS
Distributors.
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5-Passenger Touring 5(565
Roadster Type $540
Ensminger Motor Co.
THIRD AND CUMBERLAND STS.
Bell Plione 3515
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AUTO STORAGE—
First class, fireproof garage
open day and night. Rates
reasonable.
Auto Trar.3. Garage
FRONT-MARKET
Motor Supply Co.
are now taking care of their oil and gasoline
customers at their new location.
109-111 Market Street
Opposite Former Board of Trade Building
Entire stock will be moved by Monday
evening.
\ Recharging and Repairing •:
[i OF ALL MAKES OP * ?
STORAGE BATTERIES
£ Consult Us About Our Revised Prices. ;!
Excelsior Auto Company i
!; 11TH AND MULBERRY STREETS, HARRISBURG, PA. J
;j Distributors For "Exifce" Batteries
T^ECIPROCAITAUTOMOBILETNSURANCE
LOWKIIIVU VA.ll COST M>K Vt'TOMOBII,K INSURANCE
Pennsylvania Indemnity, Exchange, Philadelphia
Ask For literature l. HA IX. Agt., l'ntriot Ithlg. [
SATURDAY EVENING, tT i TtTTTTTITTTTn flfljjftj TTT T~TT ft F T APRTL 1, 1916.
[ live concern has made in several sea
| sons. It is the first time thut an
owner of an automobile has been
guaranteed any definite and stated
■ are of his car. Individually deal-
I era in various section of the country
i have done this in the past, but it was
[the Hupp Corporation which first
I grasped the opportunity to make this
system universal. By the Hupp plan
I an owner is given fifty hours of -free
service divided over ten months. This
! service may be secured at any of the
! Hupmobile service stations through
out the United States and Canada.
These service stations are being in
; creased every week. The corpora
tion started out with a thousand sta
| tions in the early summer and has
steadily increased until the number
is now over 3,500 and a campaign
lis on to make this 6,000 by May Ist.
This will guarantee to every Hupmo
bile owner a station in any section of
the I'niteil States and Canada in
which he is likely to tour this sum
mer.
Another addition to the Hupmobile
service plan was recently added. This
was a Hupmobile touring guide for
| the use of Hupmobile owners, which
contains a list of service stations ar
ranged by States. The use of this
book gives a Hupmobllist "en route"
information as to where he can re
ceive attention for his car. The tour*
j ist guide also gives valuable informa*
j tion in regard to tires, roads, etc. This
book has become so popular that a
second issue is now being prepared.
"The Car of Xo Regrets"
The King is the second oldest auto
mobile in the United States; 1916 !
model sllsO
"-Passenger Touring .. $1330
Good Territory For Live Dealers
King Car Sales Co.
80 S. CAMERON* ST.
Mi
Ensminger Motor Co.
Third & Cumberland Sts.
DISTRIBUTORS
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JESS WILLARD IN CHALMERS SIX-30
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Within a few minutes after concluding liis fistic argument with Frank
Moran Saturday evening, Jess Willard and his manager, Tom Jones, stepped
into a Chalmers Six and were whisked away to their hotel at 3,400 r. p. m.
During his stay in New York. Willard has had constant need for a car,
but experienced some trouble in securing a machine with sufficient space
behind the steering wheel to accomodate his huge frame. Manager Geo.
Stowe of the New York Chalmers Branch came to his aid with the offer of
a new Six. and the car has been at his disposal for several weeks past.
Willard is an expert driver, having owned several well-known American
cars. He is planning a cross-country tour for the coming summer and in
tends to make the trip in his own Chalmers Six-30.
SPRING WEATHER
MOTORIST'S JOY!
Real Elixir of Touring Found
ill Week-End Journeys, Says
Official of Pullman Co.
With the arrival of Spring, motor- |
ists everywhere are turning their at
tention to touring, for that's the life, 1
once a motorist has the taste for it.'
A few years ago a man and his
family who made a hundred-mile trip:
i in their car gave their friends some
thing to think about—in fact a trip of
any distance over twenty-five mile
I was considered a novelty. Today,
i however, city drives and boulevards
' with constant and ever-increasing dan- j
; gers of congested traffic, lose their j
charms once a man has taken to the
country, despite its dust and heat.
W. H. Ilayden, vice-president and
general manager of the Pullman Motor
Car Company, of York, Pa., believes ,
the real elixir to be found In motoring
is in a week-end journey to some de- ,
lightful watering place where sunlight ;
and air are in abundance and where |
reasonable speed may be endured i
without Interference from traffic or
motorcycle policemen.
"Owing to the continuance of the j
war in Europe," said Mr. Hayden, j
American motorists are planning for!
touring during 1916 on the Ameri-I
can continent alone. On all of the j
well-known routes of touring prep-1
arations are being made to entertain I
a record-breaking number of visit- j
ing motorists.
"Judging from the hundreds of fav- '
orabie letters which we received dur- j
ing last season from Pullman owners 1
they were delighted with the excellent j
service our line gave them in touring j
over all kinds of roads and conditions
of highways. Today, we are receiv- i
Ing orders doubled, and in fact, tripled 1
over those of last year from localities i
which have been caught in the na- j
tional wave of prosperity which has j
brought its presure to bear upon State [
officials for improved roadways.
"The Pullman line, embracing the!
Clover-leaf roadster, the two-seated |
roadster and the touring car, all of j
the four-cylinder type, have proven I
themselves capable of the hardest i
kind of touring, producing more mil
eage on the long run than any other |
make of car sold under $1500."
Courtesy First at the
Chalmers Motorcar Plant
"Life Is not so short but that there
Is always time enough for courtesy,"
reads a small card in the visitors'
waiting room at the Detroit plant of
the Chalmers Motor Company.
Of late months, this sentiment has
taken on a new meaning through the
efforts of vice-president and assistant 1
general manager, C. A. Pfeffer. Pass
ing through the waiting room on his I
way to his office, Mr. Pfeffer noticed
in the past that solicitors and busi
ness representatives of outside con
cerns were sometimes kept awaiting
from twenty to thirty minutes before
obtaining an Interview with the man
to whom they had sent in their cards.
The majority of these callers were
highly paid salesmen, who were com
pelled to meet the same wearisome
delays in every factory they visited,
mainly because of thoughtlessness on
the part of the men they came to In
terview.
To eliminate unnecessary waiting
Mr. Pfeffer ordered special cards
printed, on which the attendant in
the anteroom notes the names of call
ers kept waiting over ten minutes.
After that period of time has elapsed
the name of the party responsibje for '
the delay, and the name of the call
er, are noted, and a complaint made
to the vice-president's office.
The cards have already worked
wonders in the way of cutting down
useless waiting, and have been caus<; i
of much favorable comment among
visitors to the Chalmers factory. "I i
have about fifteen factories in mind. <
to which I intend writing a note about <
your excellent plant," said one pleased
visitor, recently, and his sentiments i
have been echoed by th scores of
others who visit the factory during i
the course of a week.
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Packard Used Cars
PACKARDS
"2-38" —7- Passenger Touring Cur
"13-48" —7-Pas. Touring Car. 911)00
"10-30" —5-Pas. Touring Car, *SOO
MISCELLANEOUS
1913 Chalmers Touring Car, Offers
Martin Truck Chassis S3OO
2-ton .Morton Truck Offers
All Cars and Trucks For
Immediate Delivery
B. B. Harrington i
107 MARKET ST. I
Harrishnrg, Pa. <
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GOOD ROADS OF
BENEFIT TO ALL
President of Overland Company
Tells of Progress Made and
the Many Advantages
i Among those particularly interest- j
ed in the outcome of many of the I
i good road hills now in the hands or,
various committees at Washington is i
John N. Willys, president of The Wil- !
lys-Overland Company, of Toledo. Mr. j
Willys always has been a staunch sup- |
j porter of the good roads movement j
in this country and has contributed j
most generously towards its advance- |
ment.
In commenting upon the subject he I
was enthusiastic over the progress
made throughout the United Slates In
■ the last few years and gave his opin- ;
lion that 1916 would break all records
iin the amount of good roads work -i
accomplished.
"Judging by the numerous approp
riations for good roads which are be
ing considered by Congress and the
different State legislatures, it would j
seem that 1916 will go down in history
ias a record year in the advancement!
of improved highways," says Mr. Wil
j lys.
"The whole country is stirred as
i never before relative to their great !
! question of highway improvement. If
1 there is anything in the world that a I
good citizen who loves his State and j
' has civic or State pride delights in, it
! is to have the city and State reputa-
I tion maintained.
| "A commonwealth's reputation for
'enterprise, progress and all that goes
|to make it worth living for, is deter- j
; mined to a great extent by the char- j
lacter of its roads. And if these arter- j
j ies. through which flow the business
j and pleasure life of a State are ne- j
I glected, travel is diverted sooner or
j later to other channels and the chief
I sufferers are the townspeople and j'
. formers who live along the neglected
i highway.
"Whenever a farmer loads his de
i livery car or wagon for market, he
i has in mind the road over which he
has to travel. H.e knows that its 1
worst hill or mud hole limits the size
of the load ho can move. And be
cause this is so, the maximum ef
ficiency of a stretch of highway does
not exceed the maximum load that
a man can haul over the poorest spot
in it.
"Most of the opposition to road im
provement work, that any one time,
was almost universal anion; fanners,
has disappeared now that he auto
mobile is in common use In the
country. The objection formerly rais
ed by the farmer was that the city
I tourist benefitted mostly by the good
roads work which he, the farmer,
was taxed for. But the city man also
contributes toward the fund. His
automobile tax goes toward tho cost
of SFate roads and he pays for a good
share of the maintenance expense.
"The rapid increase in the sale of
small, light model Overland cars is
evidence of the universal appeal good
roads make to all classes of people.
And while the perfecting of the small
light automobile has been the
country's greatest factor in securing
better highways, the motorist is not
the only one to benefit by them.
"Every man. woman and child who
lives in a community where good
roads prevail, has a hundred and one
advantages over those who are sur
rounded and hemmed in by poor
roads. In fact, 1 believe good roads
to be essential to all phases of our
commercial and social Intercourse
and development.
"The Importance of good roads in
time of war has been demonstrated
forcibly by the armies in Europe.
Hundreds of thousands of men have
been transported back and forth, by
automobile and motor truck, over
roads that, have been kept in good
condition for years. Other reports
tell us. how whole armies have been
delayed for days and weeks owing to
the poor condition of the highways in
some parts of the territory."
Tour 3,000 Miles
With Two Parrots
Three thousand miles over good,
bad and indifferent roads, carrying a
load of 1,200 pounds, without giving
a suggestion of trouble is the record
of a flve-passengcr Pullman that pass
ed through Fort Worth, Tex., recently.
The car was driven by Ed. Yount,
a farmer of Bridgeport, Okla., who
with Mrs. Yount and four children,
and their two parrots, left home Oc
tober 24. They drove to Palacios, be
tween Corpus Christi and Galveston
and remained there for some time.
Houston was the first stop on the re
turn trip. Galveston, Waco and Mid
lothian followed. They spent one
night at the home of a farmer near
the last named town.
From Fort Worth the homeward
tour took them to Henrietta. Temple.
Byers, Lawton, Anadarko and Bridge
port.
"We didn't touch the engine with
a wrench except to take out the spark
plugs for cleaning." said Yount, "and
we had but one puncture."
Yount said- that he managed to
travel over the most impossible roads,
his Pullman negotiating the worst
spots imaginable, at the same time
showing a remarkable high mileage
gasoline record, according to word re
ceived by the Pullman Motor Car Com
pany, of York, Pr
I Spring Is Now Here I
Get your order in for your new Dodge car. Last year we had to rcUU'tt i? deposits on ppj
Dodge cars because we could not make delivery. 02
ran But this year we have them and can make early deliveries.
To-day is the first of April and we are delivering 17 Dodge cars. Why not join the
BH Dodge family?
W The car that runs 20 miles on one gallon of gasoline.
its* The car that runs 200 miles on one quart of oil.
The car that runs 6000 to 8000 miles on one set of tires. A tire for the Dodge car sells j||
33 for $13.00. The price of the Dodge car is $785, F. O. 8., Detroit, for either five-passenger j||
touring car or three-passenger roadster.
1 SPECIFICATIONS I
ijj MOTOR 30-35 11. P.. 3-point suspension, GASOLINE TANK Cylindrical; hung at TO
a unit power plant. 4-cylinder cast in block rear of chassis. Fitted with gasoline ||g
|jj with removable water-cooled head. 3J- gauge. Capacity 15 gallons. Stewart [§|
5a inch bore by stroke. vacuum feed. 9
3 OILING—Pump and splash feed. Eccen- STEERING GEAR—Hardened steel worm j|j|
S9 trie pump, driven by spiral gears from and wheel, on left side of chassis, 17-inch raj
|!} crank shaft. steering wheel. Jn]
j|j COOLING—Water. Capacity 2Y\ gallons. WHEELS—I 2 Hickory spokes, front and ran
Tubular radiator. Centrifugal pump. rear. Fitted with Standard Welding Com-
33 CARBURETOR—Stewart—special design pany's demountable rim No. 21. Extra jsß
;n automatic air valve type. rim furnished. Each wheel supported on TO
H IGNlTlON—Eisemann G-4 high tension, two Timken bearings.
|| water-proof magneto. Simplified breaker TIRES—32x3I all around. Plain jjl
sjj box. tread front. Non-skid tread fear.
$ INSTRUMENT BOARD 6O-mile speed- BODIES—Five-passenger Touring and H
1 onieter. driven from transmission. Total two-passenger Roadster. All pressed M
j| and trip mileage recorder. Oil pressure ste el with special enamel finish. HI
{S3 gauge. Locking ignition and lighting np • T -, , , , ... , , , , TO
I switch. Current indicator. Carburetor " 1
-PI dash contiol. Clo\e locker and dash lamp. TTPI IHT CTTTT?V* n I . . . I^l
|B STARTING SYSTEM—I 2 Volt North East 1 °; 1 E T I f f'• ICather ' Stuff " W
unit tartr>r w ii ill .. c( ' with natural curled hair.
batterv FENDERS Pressed steel, attractive M
I CONTROL-Levers in center of car crowned design. Linoleum covered, alu- M
| mounted on transmission case. Controi T ZLT *' 1 i
g lever on ball pivot with locking for each lui.iA rn , re \, W
su speed inches. (60 inches for South.) HS
I TRANSMISSION - Selective sliding gear vtmUhu!,' - L ° ~ visi ° n> rai " vision ' 1
pj t >'P e affording three speeds forward and TI)P OUP imn t-VN* „,;n, i;.r -i ftU
1 one reverse. All gears Chrome Vanadium 1 Vains and dust food 3 * CUI " 1
steel, heat treated and hardened. r \\[}>s Klo tnV- i* i ir i m
1 C K CII h T Al " mi r" co " c * l ™-
B REAR'MS' horn; rail; |
| bevel gear differential. Gears Chrome S-Tnol brack . ets ' P'P; i
\ anadium steel throughout, heat-treated fble'rim. "' " ca,ller Wlth dcniolmt - j|j
TO ;in( ! hardened. Eight 1 iniken bearings SHIPPIY(. W'FiniT \ • lsJ
S3 used. * iim • WEIGHT Approximately gy
i S 'S.7 a,r °' nC V " nadi '"" S,CC '- Sdf " P iSk S E| O y RI^ G I CA R OR ROAD- 1
Ea ' SI ER—f- o. b. Detroit. j§|j
Call or 'phone for Demonstration. Showroom open evenings until 9pm H
||jj Garage open all night. *
0 Both Telephones- KEYSTONE MOTOR CAR CO. i
1
jjg C. H. BARNER, Manager
Enormous Mail Output
of the Overland Co.
Writers of all kinds, especially
newspaper reporters, frequently make
use of tlie expression "swamped by
mail;" cartoonists, too. dearly love to :
picture persons buried chin deep In
The wonderful performan
PEERLESS EIGHT i
will excite the admiration of the experienced owner of
any make
I
r -B TET us demonstrate; name your own test. In the absence of standard- *
A—' ized trials for speed, acceleration, and pulling power, figures are mis-
SJ leading. Collect your own data, by a trial trip.
The new Peerless Eight has the Peerless-built eight-cylinder motor,
to which more painstaking attention has been devoted than to any other
•J power plant developed in the Peerless factories.
0 ' ias P eer l ess ~built body, superb in surface and line, cozy, roomy,
comfortable, exquisitely finished and appointed. Its equipment is the last
®j word in quality and completeness.
Characteristics: PEERLESS V-Iype Eight- Weight 3500 pounds; Complete Splendid
Cylinder Motor, Cylinders 3}xs; Force Feed Equipment, including Cord Tires, Extra Rim,
Oiling; 125-inch Wheelbase; 35x4 j Fires; Moto-metcr and every needed accessory
Touring SIB9O Roadster §IB9O
Keystone Motor Car Co.
1019-1025 Market Street
C. H. Barner, Manager _ Both Phones
mail of all descriptions. But in
reality such happenings are a rarity.
Yet an actual occurrence of that
phenomenon has been taking place in
Toledo for the past few weeks, postal
authorities of that city declaring that
they are literally buried under the
tremendous amount of mail being
sent broadcast by the Willys-Overland
Company.
Each day load after load —veritable
mountains of mail —arc sent to JfH
Toledo post oft Ice on Overland t rue's.
On Friday, February 20, a new pos
tal record was established, when P.-
426 pieces of mail were sent out of
the overland plant. Of these but 40.-
000 were folders, circulars and cata
logs. The remainder was composed
of letters to all parts of the globe, on
Overland business.