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A MAN'S capacities are determined
by several factors, chief among
which is the fiber of the stuff he is made
of. Like all of Nature's most potent :
: forces this is invisible, and being so, it
| secures its expression in effects and
results. Competency, energy and hon
' esty —these qualities constitute greater -
IF worth. And their development creates j
character. |
Motor cars, too, have character. It t
is injected and molded by the hand of
I man; its presence is conspicuous when |
put to the test.
I Maxwell Motor Cars, for example,
gain character and individuality by
reason of experience, care and skill with
H which they are made. Every operation
must strengthen the final result and
thus the ability to give abundant and
satisfying service is correspondingly
fc \ increased. 3
ill As we specialize in the manufacture
of light weight, standardized auto-.
I mobiles, we can and do concentrate our 3
entire attention on those details that I jjj
make for better motor car character.
I One chajsU; fire body styles
3 Two-Passenger Roadster, . . . $635 "
Five-Passenger Touring Car. . . 655
Touring Car (with All-Weather Top), 710
Two-Passenger Cabriolet, . . 865
Six-Passenger Town Car, . . . 915
IFull equipment, including Electric Starter
and Lights. All prices F. O. B. Detroit Z
MOTOR COMPANY, DETROIT MICHIGAN |
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MAXWELL MOTOR CARS
art- sold in Harrisburg by our distributor
E. W. SHANK
107 Market Street BeU Phoue 386
Test Your Old Carburetor
Before Discarding For New
"Before you let someone substitute
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CYLINDER
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"The Car of Xo Kojreis"
The Kins is the second oldest auto
mobile in the United States; 1916
model sllsO
7-Passenger Touring . . $1350
Good Territory For Live Dealers
King Car Sales Co.
80 S. CAMERON ST.
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Ensmioger Motor Co.
Third & Cumberland St» #
DISTRIBUTORS
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SATURDAY EVENING. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH APRIL' 15, 1016,
another for the carburetor on that old
■ ar of yours—the one the maker put
on—just do a few things that the
salesman of the other will insist upon
doing any way before he 'proves' what
his carburetor will do," says Horace
T. Thomas, chief engineer of the Reo
Motor Car Company.
"Mind you, I don't say that there may
not be a better one—for the world does
move and xreat improvements have
been maue from time to time in earbu
retort.
But before you discard the old
tiust> one do these things: Clean the
cylinders—remove the carbon an,l run
kerosene through to loosen up the rings
wnicn may have become gummed. That
will restore the compression. Now
grind the valves and in putting them
back adjust them carefully as vour in
struction book tells you. Adjust all
motor bearings, too. and see that your
clutch is in good condition. Oh. ves. a
clutch may have a lot to do with the
performance of a carburetor. Also look
!<?.. J; he . , Ignition system—clean the
plugs, adjust the points and see that
the sparks are accurately timed. Nor
forget the cooling system—if radiatoi
or cylinders have become clogged with
."?i? °J ot " er deposits, temperatures
will change so rapidly It .will be im
possible to maintain any carburetor nd
justnient—that which seemes all right
for the moment will not do after a few
miles, A good boiler compound will iv
mo\e the deposit and restore the cool
regularity 1 l ° the former efllclency an.i
"The Wise carburetor salesman in
?' s „ ts °n doing these things before trv
!H i ? netter' carburetor—if vou
insist on proof before buying. And. of
course, the. new broom' sweeps clean.
chance" °" e friven llle
i^ his ta,k about the high
co. t of gasoline and short mileage per
ul i 7u. Uld tease If owners did those
simple things more frequently—and it
will stop anyway with the war. for
i'vl\ return to their normal
level while the increased efficiency will
continue.
MAXWELL HAS NEW
MILEAGE RECORD
Local Distributor Tolls How
Stock Car Made 44 Miles
to Gallon
Many automobile owners ar® watch
ing- the rise in the price of gasoline
with feelings akin to dismay, but this
particular phase in the high cost of
living is causing Maxwell owners but
I little concern, says E. W. Shank, Max
well distributer here.
Mr. Shank Just received word from
the Detroit offices of the company
[that an economy test conducted April
j7, a Maxwell stock touring car hung
up another Maxwell record by clip- j
ping off 44 miles to a gallon of gaso-I
line. This test, made under discourag-1
ing weather conditions, and other j
similar tests about the country, are,
proving a source of satisfaction to all I
Maxwell owners.
The day on which the Detroit test
was made was cold, the thermometer
• registering only a few degrees above
the freezing mark, when the start was
made. At the beginning of the run.
there was a strong head wind and the,
finish was made along several miles of
rough gravel road. With these ad-:
verso conditions eliminated, the Mnx-|
well undoubtedly would have added
several nules to its total.
A stock touring car was used, with |
standard equipment and loaded with
driver and three passengers, the to
tal weight carried, including passen
gers. car and accessories, being 2,780
pounds.
The start was at Birmingham, in
Oakland county, and the tirst part ol
the Journey was made down .Wood
ward avenue into Detroit. The North
Grand Boulevard and other streets
were followed to Michigan avenue,
where the road led straight out to
Ypsilantl.
A persistent head wind threatened
the success of the test and four miles
east of Ypsllanti, the gravel road be
gan. The going was extremely rough,
but the entire length of the gravel |
road was encompassed, the engine
stopping just as the front wheels
touched the asphalt pavement of j
Ypsilanti's main street. Th last drop
of the one gallon of gasoline upon
which the test was made, was con
sumed.
The car in which the test was made
has a remarkable history, which gives
added value to the test. It has a total
mileage to its credit of 23,000 miles, j
being the tirst 1916 Maxwell turned out
of the factory. It had the honor of;
establishing the Indianapolis record,
beating the train schedule between lie- j
troit and Indianapolis by almost two I
hours. It made a trip across the con-j
tinent from l.os Angeles to Detroit. ■
The test was observed by Detroit
newspaper men.
Eastern motorists were Interested in
an experiment made recently in j
Brooklyn, when a Maxwell was driven
5.2 miles on one and a quarter ounces
less than a quart of gasoline. This is
an average of 31.12 miles per gallon.
Just as in the Detroit experiment, an ;
auxiliary tank was used for the test. ;
The Bureau of Weights and Measures!
certified that the tank held less than
a quart. The car used was a regular
stork five-passenger touring mode!
and carried five passengers, weighing
approximately S»0«> pounds.
Reo Truck Orders Are
For Domestic Use Only
"Yes. we did get a big truck order '
last week." replied R. C. Rueschaw, !
sales manager of the Reo Motor Truck
t'onipany, in response to a query. I
"But it wasn't a foreign order as the <
stock brokers reported. 1
"Our order came from the good old i
' t". S. A., and while it wasn't all writ- i
ten on the same order form, it did : ;
come in the same mail Monday morn- J
ing. Neither was it from Washington.
It was from everywhere—and you'd ,
never guess where the biggest part of
it came from. I
"When I looked over the morning's
orders 1 exclaimed, 'What are they:,
to do, move Richmond, Indiana, '
across the border into Ohio, or what?'
I For Richmond, Indiana, had sent us
an order for twelve 2-ton trucks in
one batch.
"That's the kind of orders we Reo 1
folk like." continued Mr. Rueschaw—
"orders from Richmond, Indiana, and
Warren, Ohio, and Fort Atkinson.
Wisconsin, and other similar metro
politan cities of which there are thou
sands and which, in the aggregate, ab
sorb about 80 per cent, of the Reo
product. And it is our pride that the |
Reo motor truck factory Is running
day and night and that we have or- j
ders for forty days ahead of the fac
tory output and that every one of
those orders is for domestic use and
I tor peaceful purposes.
"We turned down two big orders t
from the war zone recently, and, while
we are throwing no bricks at those t
who have accepted them, we art
preening ourselves and strutting a bit
with pride that our own country ab
sorbs all the Reo trucks we can
1 make."
Hupp Shows 69% Increase
Over March of Last Year
"The consistent Increase in the sales
and production of Hupmobiles con
tinued during March, when the Hupp
| Corporation broke the big February
' record and made the month of March
the largest In its history," says E. C.
| Knsminger, distributor for the Hupp
I Motor Car Corporation. "With the in- I
creased facilities, production of cars
at the Detroit plant was per cent,
larger than for the same month last
year.
"The success the Hupp Corporation
has had with its Series "N" has been
one o fthe most remarkable ever en
j Joyed by a motorcar concern. From
the time the model was first put out
1 last June the Hupmobile factories
have been unable to produce cars fast
enough to meet the demand which
j has steadily increased, so that the eon
-1 oern is now farther behind in orders
j for immediate delivery than it has
been at any time during the present
| selling season. This condition exists
; despite the fact that the production
iof cars has steadily increased each j
i month, and during March the best
' production of the year was made.
"For the first quarter of 1916 the
I Hupp Corporation enjoyed the best
! three months of its history, with a gain
of 70 per cent, over the same quarter
of 191 n! The most pleasing fact to
the Hupmobile officials is the steady'
I growth in both orders and produc- :
tion. There has been a consistently
large demand for cars of the Hupmo
bile type alt season, and orders at the
factory have not been receive!# in a*
spasmodic way. Every distributor and
dealer in the Hupmobile organization
shows a big increase for bis territory
| over the same period of last season.
1 In other words, the whole country is 1
> buying mute cur* Ihau ever before, i
vs/ vs; " \*j <•)
it \,The New Case 40-SIO9OI [£(<
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X/ie Car o/ |j
rvy Only the long sweeping lines of the new
-J L Case 40 are straight. All other lines have _[G
7(5 been molded into curves . All corners are
gone. This plastic modeling—this collection ZfL
V}_ of unbroken lines —give an air of distinction (0
found only in cars of character.
<r- The unmistakable be only too glad to help'
y beauty and many distin- you study the new Case IQ
7/ J guishing characteristics of 40 point by point. At r
V? this new Case make men SIO9O this car, with 120- *))
spot this car and admire inch wheelbase, three- *7 *
1— it —envying one's owner- piece steel body and many Iv!
7(j ship. You will enjoy driv- refinements, cannot be !
ing a "different" car—one duplicated &at its \ price. -w
i) ) that stands out in quiet May we expect you today I?
- dignity from others. or tomorrow? Or shall
U'®! 7) Why not begin your in- we send illustrated de- f)j
-x r fill vestigation now? We will scription by mail? ill ->
' J Conover & Mehrlng Sole Distributors for Central Penna. M\ <j
frkx 1713-1717 N. Fourth Street Bel ' p s h ° ne Harrisburg, Pa. K&f
6 / IS Kxc tiV" ,ce •* Slc th.' nc " / /
fl World OTer World or#r
Facilities For Building
1,000 Overlands Each Day
The present plans of the Willys- j
Overland Company calls for a great-1
ly Increased production schedule to I
meet the unprecedented demand for!
Overland and Willys-Knight cars. Last |
year the factory turned out approxl- j
mately 100,000 cars.
At the present time the Overland
plant is producing cars at the rate of
more than 800 per day. Their out
put for 1916 will total close to 200,-
000 cars.
With the completion of new factory
additions the Overland will possess the
facilities for building 1 1,000 motorcars
every twenty-rour hours. This daily
production is more than double the
number of cars that were produced
durinsr the entire year of 1907 when
the Overland car first made its appear
ance.
The phenomenal growth of the To
ledo concern is attributed largely to
the high-quality system of quality
production methods, which have been
in vogue at the Overland since its
inception. By producing cars in large
numbers they have not only reduced
manufacturing costs to a minimum,
hut they have been able to offer popu
lar-priced cars of a fineness of work
manship which the public has come
to associate with cars of far higher
price.
AUTO STORAGE—
First class, fireproof garage,
open day and night. Rates
reasonable.
Auto Trans. Garage
5-Pa.ss< riger Touring SMS
Koadster Type Sold
Ensminger Motor Co.
TMIIID AXI) CIMBKRI.AND STS.
Bell I'hone 3515
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ENSMINGER
MOTOR CO.
THIRD AND CUMBERLAND STK. j
Distributors.
Hudson Super-Six Ascends
the Lookout Mountain
The first Hudson super-six demon
strator to arrive at the salesroom of
the Hudson distributor there, Tom
Botterill, was given its baptism of fire
by being pitted against Lookout Moun
tain. This is one of the many peaks
near Denver. It is thirty-five ihiles
from Denver to the top of the moun-
This New
PEERLESS EIGHT
confirms the value of long experience
~7p A/tORE painstaking attention, through a longer period of time, has
IV± been given to the Peerless Eight than to any other model pro
® J dueed in the Peerless Factories.
-pf 'i*- — 7 In performance, it is superior to the sixty horse power $6,000 "sixes" that
jh —were a regular feature of the Peerless line for many years. Reduction in
• J weight to 3500 pounds has nearly doubled the mileage per gallon of
gasoline, while the per mile cost of tire replacement has been cut to less
than one-third.
-£-~ This new eight is a characteristic Peerless achievement in ease of
riding and in beauty, qualities that have always made PEERLESS Motor
•J Cars notable among the few great makes which dominate the quality market
in A merica.
Characteristics: PEERLESS V- Type Eight- Weight 3500 pounds; Complete Splendid
Cylinder Motor, Cylinders 31x5; Force Feed Equipment, including Cord Tires, Extra Rim,
Oiling; 125-inch VVheelbase; 35x44 Tires; Moto-meter and every needed accessory
Touring SIB9O Roadster SIB9O
Keystone jMotor Car Co.
1019-1025 Market Street
C. H. Barner. Manager A Both Phones
tain and back again to the city. The
super-six turned the trick on high gear
with three passengers. The roads were
iin poor condition for travel. The road
to the top of the mountain has an
average grade of 6 per cent, for more
I than four and one-half miles, winding
upward from an altitude of about
5,200 feet at Denver to 7,200 feet at
the top of the mountain. There was
no apparent consumption of water in
, the radiator. The entire trip, with
• stops for pictures and return test for
grade, was made at an average of
! about twelve miles to the gallon.
The California Grays, San Fran*
Cisco's select military organization,
have recently purchased a Hudson
through the H. O. Harrison Co., of
San Francisco. On special order t«
the factory, it was finished in a beauti
ful pearl-gray. It is one of the hand-*
soinest cars ever brought to that city,
i Robert 11. Morgan, chairman of tlia
I committee making the selection, states
I the Hudson was chosen for its good
• | name.
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