FEAT OF OVERLAND "SIX" SURPRISES LUMBERJACKS
The logging camps of the Northwest
ire numbered among the few remain
ing places in this country where the
automobile is more or less of a
stranger.
It is only on rare occasions that the
lumberjacks of the north woods have
an opportunity of seeing a motor car
perform in their midst. The corduroy
roads that lead to their camps are
natural barriers to the motorcars's
progress.
That is why the appearance recently
of an Overland Six touring car in a
Washington logging camp was the
signal for all hands to stop work and
crowd around It in wonder. The car
had been driven into camp over the
cross ties of a makeshift railroad that
was used for hauling carloads of logs
from the forest to a sawmill a few
miles away.
The boss of this mill was numbered
among the prospective buyers of &
motorcar, and a nearby Overland
dealer had driven out to see him with
the object in view of taking him for a
Reduce Doctor Bills
by Riding Motorcars
"One of our salesmen hit the nail
on the head the other day, when he
Fald to a prospect, "Swap your doc
tor bills for a ear,' said E. C. Ensmin
ger. local distributor for the Dort.
"The driver of an automobile and his
family travel the royal road to health.
No other form of amusementi offers
equal pleasure, recreation advantages,
fredom from household care and busi
ness worries and the unlimited supply
of piure fresh air, that the automobile
gives to Its devotees.
"Until the automobile came into gen
eral use there were few of us who
really knew what the country was like
for more than forty miles around. Now
even the young lads of twelve and fif
teen can tell you all about the road,
the drives and the places of interest
In the three surrounding States, and a
trip of 150 to 200 miles is looked for
ward to by them as just as ordinary
Sunday or holiday occurrence. No one
will deny that our children to-day are
more healthy, better informed and hap
pier for the automobile.
"Then take the grown-ups; have you
noticed the very busiest of them are
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Quite a Number of Good Serviceable Cars of
Older Types
$125 UP
Nothing Misrepresented
Must Be Sold Within A Few Weeks
No Reasonable Offer Refused
2 Packards Haynes Chandler
5 Chalmers Everett Mitchell
Overland National Regal
Rambler Pullman Electric
Several rebuilt Cadillacs.
Crispen Motor Car Co.
413-417 S. Cameron Street
SATURDAY EVENING.
I ride and selling him on the merits of
! the Overland.
"I haven't any time to monkey |
around in an automobile to-day," said
the boss. "I've got to hoof it over to
camp right away and see what is left
of that engine of ours. The boys just
'phoned me that it jumped the track ;
this morning and we've got a carload (
of logs that must be brought out'
I before night."
The dealer sympathized with him
and was about to leave when the
thought struck him that he might be '
of some assistance. He told the boss
to jump in the car and he would drive
him to the scene of the accident. No j
other way being open, they had to fol- 1
low the railroad, and in the course of
an hour or so came to the place where
the engine had left the tracks. It
had toppled orevontl reafiaxsetaoln
one look convinced the boss that it
would be impossible to right it again
without the aid of block and tackle.
I "That load of logs will have to stay
j where it is to-day and I'll try to get a
| buying cars? Have you noticed too
how they enjoy them, how the automo
bile has Improved their dispositions and
made them better fellows:
| "These men realize the value of a
; ride in the evening after a nerve rack
ing day at the office. They realize too
what the evening ride means to wife
and the kiddies. The swift speeding
through the country at dusk, the ex
hilarating crisp air is for them all a
better tonic than any doctor can pre
scribe. For them the automobile stands
for "preparedness," a preventive meas
ure. or whatever you choose to call it
—the thing that keeps the doctor away.
In fact you will find that the doctors
themselves are among the automo
bile's most enthusiastic supporters."
"Only yesterday a woman came ot
me and said, I wish you'd have that
Dort touring car my husband bought
of you delivered just as soon as you
can. Since he sold his other car we
| are simply lost wimout an automobile.
We used always to take a ride Just
; before bedtime and you have no idea
; how well the fresh air made the chll
i dren sleep. Since our car has been
j gone they are restless at night and
I Irritable in the daytime. Please hurry
our car up."
' wrecking crew out here the first thing
to-morrow morning," he said.
! In the meantime the dealer had
been sizing up the load and the lum
berman seemed to think he was Jok
ing when he offered to haul car, logs
and all back over the route he had
; just taken.
| "The motor you've got there is
pretty powerful," said the boss, "but
I guess you don't know much about
the weight of timber. Why, If you
hooked that machine up to that car
i load of logs you would either smash
your motor or tear out the whole rear
| end of your car."
But the dealer was Insistent and
said he would assume all responsibil
ity for the car. The result was that
they coupled the two together, threw
on the power gradually and with little
apparent effort moved off toward the
mill while the crowd of lumber Jacks
cheered them on.
j The run was made without a mis
hap. Needless to add, the boss of that
sawmill Is to-day the proud owner of
i an Overland Six.
Reo Not Interested in
Various Merger Rumors
In a letter to George G. McFarland,
distributor for this district, the Reo
Motor Car Company says:
"Our object In writing this letter
is to establish in the minds of our
dealers that this Company has and
will stand apart from any possibility
of a merger. The air has been charg
ed with rumors of big Interests merg
ing various automobile factories into
.1 combination due to financial reasons.
Wall street manipulations and other
mysterious moves, and the Reo Motod
Car Company has often been mentlon
edas a part of these mergers.
"We want our good friends to know
that we have taken no part in these
propositions or have we any Intention
or do we desire to become affiliated
with any other maker. This Com
pany was formed with the purpose
in view of maintaining its present per
sonnel to manufacture REO cars and
trucks at the old stand, build up a
growing and lasting business by pro
ducing good, honest cars and giving
the public full value, allowing the
dealer and ourselves a fair profit.
That is the purpose behind the REO
organization. That we have succeed
ed is evidenced by the tremendous
demand for REO cars and trucks and
the splendid satisfaction they are giv
ing the owners. Making as we do,
nearly every unit that goes into the
construction of REO cars, we are able
to save the assembler's profits, fur
thermore, put in that sterling quality
that has gained for the REO the repu
tation as being the best cars in their
class.
"Our manufacturing facilities, as
every dealer knows for making strict
ly high-grade cars are unexcelled.
The equipment is the best and most
expensive that is made. The work
men employed are above the average.
Over sixty per cent, have been with us
for the last five years. Many of the
workmen have been with us ever
since the Company was incorporated.
They have become specialists in their
work. Every one thoroughly under
stands his particular line. Our engi
neering building is one of the most up
to-date and complete In the business.
We have spared no expense in equip
ping it with everything that is up-to
the-minute. Experiments are being
carried on at all times and whenever
we discover anything that is practical
it is added, thus keeping our product
right up to concert pitch. These and
a great many other things in connec
tion with the manufacturing and con
ducting of our business are too well
known to every one of our REO deal
ers so it is unnecessary to repeat or
bear down on it in this letter.
"What we want our friends to know
is that we snail continue to carry on
our business Independently regardless
of what other makers do. With our
financial strenth, our manufacturing
facilities and the reputation of our
goods and the organization behind it,
there is every reason to look forward
to greater and more profitable busi
ness, and those dealers who are hand
ling KEO cars and trucks can rest as
sured that they can well afford to put
their undivided efforts behind the line
and build up for the future. The fi
nancial standing of the Reo Company
is the second strongest in the industry.
The standing of KEO dealers is prob
l ably in as good or better jinancial con
| dltion than the dealers of most any
! other manufacturer, and the bankers'
I all over the country, knowing the sta
| bility and sound footing of the Reo
i Company, have always shown a dis
! position to extend favors to the REO
dealers. We are heading into a time
j right now that means bigger and bet
ter business than at any time in our
history and we hope every one of our
dealers will take advantage of the
situation with the assurance that we
| will do our level best to take care of
orders and give service that spells
j success."
Goodrich Distributing
Valuable Book on Trucks
A man who is planning the purchase
of a motor truck and who would like
to have an opportunity to compare
I the essentials of the various makes
with one another, without having to
peruse a great mass of literature and
without being continually called upon
by truck salesmen, will find "Motor
Trucks of America" to be exactly what
he wants. This book of 144 pages is
issued annually by the B. F. Good
rich Company, makers of Goodrich
Wireless Truck Tires.
It is announced that the 1916 edition
Is ready for distribution. It contains
photographs and brief descriptions of
the Important features of all the im
portant motor trucks made in the
j United States. It Is a very easy mat
ter to compare one make with an
: other and to decide on several makes
i that are worthy of consideration.
The detailed specifications given in
I tho book are furnished by ttie manu
-1 fnoturers themselves. "Motor Trucks
j of America" is regarded as the most
! authoritative compendium of infonna-
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HARRISBURG (££& TELEGRAPH
\folume Kises: Price Drops
Quality Stands
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—have built up one of the most gigantic industries of a
gigantic time on this bedrock principle of QUALITY. TV®
Steaaily—by the support of the motoring public—the fe/ \l§|
volume of Firestone sales has gone up —up. Note this: A JSg^i§fcf
record of 257 per cent increase in sales for the five years |Eli|iPfca Makers
since we moved into our new, enormous factory— of the
| $7,462,581.17 in 1910—525,187,884.33 in 1915 |s||jS|jj Track
Add to this unprecedented Emphatically, the Firestone ffljjjljil T^ eS
growth the increase of 38% Organization must continue Then«>d
so far for our 1916 fiscal to deserve the enormous pat- jlfil'Bp iw-Io
yean This, automatically, ronage of those who KNOW. HRfilia
brings the cost down —down. SBijiliSl voium*
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Look again at the illustration patronage in the low Firestone WfMmm U /i i
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Homer George, In the Chalmers Six-30 with which he lowered the Atlanta-Chattanooga road record, beat
ing the best time of the Dixie Flyer between the two points.
A new feature this year is the
descriptionand illustration of a num
ber of devices which have been found
extremely efficient in handling loads in
all classes of business. Truck owners
ore just beginning to realize what ex
cel'ent investments such mechanical
aids are. It said that there is practi
cally no class of merchandise which
connot now be handled better by their
assistance, whether it be coal, lumber,
dry goods, hardware, steel or any
thing else.
Various interesting and valuable
directions are also given as to more
efficient ways of loading, carrying and
delivering.
These devices heeve Deen described
from time to time in various periodi
cals but the collection of them in con
venient form in "Motor Trucks of
America" under the heading, "De
vices That Make For Motor Efficiency"
has added considerably to the value |
of this year's volume.
The B. F. Goodrich Company has
also incorporated some excellent data !
regarding its Goodrich Wireless Truck
Tires, which are furnished by manu
facturers of over ninety per cent of
the motor trucks made in this coun
try.
Cadillac Beats Train
55 Times in 4 Days
Various parts of the country have
reported again and again how the
Cadillac Eight has beaten trains in
races between gasoline and steam. But
none of the previous feats has been
quite so unique—or caused quite so
much comment in its immediate neigh
borhood —as that Just performed by
the car in lowa. This car beat a train,
too —not once, but 55 times in a four
day period.
The Commercial Club of Waterloo,
lowa, was making a "get acquainted"
tour In a special train, visiting 56
towns. C. A. Morris, the Cadillac
dealer at Waterloo, arranged to ac
company the train in a Cadillac over
the entire route. He arranged with a
bank or a newspaper In each of the
towns to send with him to the next
town to be visited someone familiar
with the road.
The result was that the Cadillac,
though leaving fßch town at the time
the train pulled away, invariably ar
rived at the ftijxl stPpplnji place before.
the train reached it. Several times
members of the club rode in the Cadil
lac from point to point; and through
out the trip the motor car was the
chief conversational topic, not only
aboard the train, but in the towns
visited.
The engineer of the train took it as
a personal affront that the Cadillac
should be such a consistent winner and
on one stretch of about six miles, the
last day of the tour, opened up for a
gait of 65 miles an hour. But the
Cadillac leaped to the same speed and
beat the train, a*: usual.
Farmer Prefers Super-Six
to Higher Priced Cars
"A farmer with a fortune near the
million mark has Just bought a Super-
Six from me." says L. H. Hagerling,
' Hudson distributor for this territory.
I "This farmer has owned about eight
different makes of cars, and they have
! all been high priced ones. This Spring
he decided to purchase a new car.
Agents for a couple of the high priced
cars were hot on the trail of my
farmer prospect and gave him dem
onstrations. Then he came to me and
said he'd like to see what a Super-
Six was like. I demonstrated the car
to him and got his order.
"I feel pretty proud of this sale, as
the farmer in question has the means
to pay as much as he wants to for
a motorcar and is reputed to have
owned several cars of the $5,000
class."
Military Drills Among
U. S. Tire Co. Employes
The United States Rut>ber Company,
one of the leaders In practical pre
paredness among the great corpo
rations of the United States, has taken
still another step to Insure peace.
The employes of the executive offices
of the United States Rubber Company
In New York have, on their own
Initiative,, formed a war-strength com
pany of infantry, which is now drill
ing twice a week in the armory of the
Twelfth Infantry, National Guard of
New York.
The operating council of the United
States Rubber Company has granted
an extra half-hour at lunch twice a
week for such employes u desire to
JULY 8, 1916.
take up military instruction.
Colonel Clurence F. Wadsworth.
commanding tha Twelfth Infantry, has
offered the use of his regimental
armory for this purpose. The services
of a former officer of the National
Guard have been secured as instructor.
The remarkable regularity of at
tendance, the enthusiasm shown for
the work and the coroperation of the
operating heads of this great corpo
ration show only too clearly how
keenly business men to-day feel the
necessity of adequate preparedness.
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Australian road recordß were
smashed recently by Australian rid
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| the Harley-Davidson, when they took
the fastest circuit prize of the Victor
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of 102 miles in 97 minutes, and also
winning: the Canberra club 50-mile
road race at Gouiburn.
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