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MOTOR CAR
It depends on what you look for in a Motorcar.
If you're looking for long-lasting, continuous
service—service that embraces not only easy,
comfortable riding, but low gasoline consump
tion, low tire expense and small upkeep, then,
let us demonstrate Dodge Brothers.
A car ready to go where
you want to go - - - -
When you 're ready to go.
Keystone Motor Car Co.
CHAS. BARNER, Manager 1019 to 1025 Market Street
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Saxon Company to Share
Prosperity With Employes
Each office employe, who has been
with the Saxon Motor Car Corpora
tion for a period of longer than ninety
days, will receive a bonus of 5 per
cent, of the salary received during
the year or for the term of employ
ment if less than one year, but more
than ninety days.
Each factory employe will share on
a like basis with those in the office
departments except those who have
been paid on a premium of piece
work basis and who will receive a
bonus of 3 per cent.
The payment of these bonuses will
be made on September Ist, 1916.
President Harry W. Ford, in com
menting on this act of the company,
said: "The payment of a bonus at this
time does not bind the company to a
policy of bonuses each year; however,
the management feels that in years
when the prosperity of the company
is such as to enable it to make a re
turn to the shareholders, it will also
be disposed to pay some form of
bonus to employes. It is hoped that
the payment of this bonus will en
courage each employe to study his
work to the end that each one may
lncre.-se his efficiency.
"For the payment of this first
bonus It seemed wise to ns to use a
fair percentage to all employes with
the exception above noted,
"In the future, however, a record of
each individual employe will be taken
Into consideration, Punctuality, care
fulness, obedience to all Company
rules and regulations, loyalty, willing
ness to co-operate with the desires of
the management at all times and in
every way, will be taken into consid
eration in payment of any bonus that
may be decided upon in the future,
and each employe will share in 'such
fund in proportion to the quantity and
quality of the service he renders.
"The real object of this Institution
is to sell Saxon cars at a profit, and
the ability of this Company to main
tain itself In a prosperous condition
depends In the long run upon the
goodness, serviceability and reliabil
ity of the cars we build.
"The ideal of this company is to
build good cars—to give the public
the best dollar for dollar value on
the market.
"If we can do this we can always
have a good and prosperous business.
Bonuses depend upon earnings; earn
ings depend upon good cars; good
cars depend upon the employes.
"If we can enlist the interest, skill,
care and earnestness of each and ev
ery employe, the quality of the prod
uct of our Company can be maintain
ed at the point where it should be,
and in that way we can win and hold
the confidence of millions of people
all around the world—and successful
trade rests upon confidence.
"The Company is not one thing and
the organization of employes anoth
er. The company and the organiza
tion are one thing and their interests
are mutual. The company furnishes
capital, equipment and management
—the employes furnish intelligence,
labor and skill.
"We are partners and we will share
alike."
Amateurs Make Notable
Drive in Cadillac Eight
A little group of motorists in Mar
ion, Ohio, was recently discussing the
possibilities of a non-professional
drive from Marion to New York city.
Lewis H. Guthery made the statement
that he believed amateur drivers
could make the trip in 24 hours.
Then, to learn how close his ©e
timate had been, Mr. Guthery and
Dr. Carl H. Sawyer started for New
York the next evening at 8 o'clock,
driving a seven-passenger Cadillac
Eight. They reached Cadillac head
quarters in New York the following
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Ensminger Motor Co.
Third & Cumberland Sts.
DISTItIULTOUS
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ENSMINGER
MOTOR CO.
THIRD AND CCMBEBLAND STS.
Distributor*.
SATURDAY EVENING,
evening at B:SS, having covered 693
miles in 24 hours 35 minutes.
The two men were the sole occu
pants of the car. They had neither
chauffeur or mechanician, and dur
ing the entire trip were not obliged
to delay on the road for so much as a
tire change. It was necessary to cross
three ranges of the Allegheny moun
tains, about one-third of the trip was
made in the dark, and a great part
of the journey was made in rain. In
spite of these facts, the average speed
was better than 27 miles per hour,
this time including stops for gasoline,
meals, etc.
Resta Wins Big Chicago
Classic Against Field
What was promised as a speed duel
between Darlo Resta and Ralph De
Palma turned into a merry march to
victory for Resta when the calm pilot
of the Silvertown equipped Peugeot
Saturday ran away with the Grand
Prix at the Chicago Speedway, cap
turing the final 50 mile heat of the
classic in 29 minutes, 62.49 seconds
at a pace of 100 miles an hour.
De Palma and his Mercedes went
out of the race in the first qualifying
heat during the third lap.
The classic established the suprem
acy of Resta and his Peugeot. The
victor of the race was never in doubt.
Rest?, won his first heat epslly in 11
minutes, 42.61 seconds. With the ex
ception of a few seconds when Dave
Lewis driving a Silvertown equipped
Hosklns Special, held the lead, Resta
had the final heat all his way.
The Grand Prix classic was notable
for the consistent performances of
the car that finished. Of Resta who
captured the Grand Prize of $5,000,
and Lewis with his Hosklns, Buzane
in his Dusenberg, Galvln in his Sun
beam, and D'Alene in his Dusenberg,
all of whom were equipped with Sil
vertown tires, there was but one stop
for tire trouble.
Complete Equipment of
75-B Overland a Feature
"Has John Willys accomplished, in
the manufacture of his New Series
Model 75-B Overland, his one biggest
aim in the manufacturing business?"
is the substances of a question heard
frequently these days around the
huge Willys Overland plant in To
ledo, Ohio, where a thousand Over
lands are being turned out every day.
Ever since Mr. Willys began the
manufacture of motor cars, he has in
timated to his friends that one of his
greatest ambitions has been to turn
out an absolutely fully equipped car
at a medium price.
When asked pointedly if he felt that
he had finally accomplished his prin
cipal aim, Mr. Willys replied: "De
cide that for yourself. I have always
wanted every Overland buyer to feel
that his car was equipped with all the
essential parts which go to make up
the high priced automobile. It has
been a hard battle because we were
selling our product for about half
the money asked for competing cars
in the same class.
"There was but small margin for
profit for us and had it not been for
the satisfied buyers who recommend
ed our car to their friends and con
sequently increased our production,
I'm afraid the price of Overlands
would have necessarily remained
much higher.
"As our manufacturing costs were
reduced by quantity production, how
ever, our business continued to in
crease and we were enabled to lay
in huge stocks of material which re
lieved the sting of the recent advanc
ed cost of materials and our selling
prices were kept down.
"We knew there would be a big de
mand for a car like our New Series
Model 75-B. selling around S6OO, so
we spent money almost recklessly in
fitting It out. And the people are
clamoring for it Just as we expected.
Indeed, why should there not be a
big demand for it? Before its intro
duction, who ever heard of a stream
line car, fully equipped with every
thing from electric lighting and start
ing appliances to four-inch tires sell
ing at anywhere near the same figure?
"Glance at the car yourself. Note
the two unit, six-volt electric starting
and lighting system, with head, tail
and dash lamps and head light dim
mers; the ammeter to register the
erectric current; the one-man mohair
top and top boot; the curtains which
fasten from the inside; the built-in.
rain-vision, ventilating type of wind
shield; the magnetic speedometer;
the revolving oil indicator; the gaso
line guage; the electric horn; the
combination tail light and license
bracket; the hinged robe rail; the foot
rest; the tire carriers in the rear; the
extra demountable rim; the full set
of tools. Oh, I could call your atten
tion to its unusual features for an
hour and then not mention them all.
"In a word its whole appearance
and equipment rank well with that of
the most costly cars, the only real
difference being that the car is small
er in size.
"Yes, I'm satisfied, but for the time
being only. As the world progresses
we will progress. While we may be
proud of this model for five years to
come, some day an added improve
ment may appear on the market and
we will not hesitate to make good use
of such opportunities."
PEERLESS MARES
REMARKABLE RUN
Record Trip in Yosemite Valley
in Half the Time Usually
Required ,
Against Ithe advice of friends and
contrary to the past performances of
any motor car, C. L. Butler, of Ber
keley, California, in a Peerless Eight,
manufactured by the Peerless Motor
Car Company, of Cleveland,_ Ohio,
has made a record run in Yosemite
Valley, which is the envy of all au
tomobile men. In spite of dangerous
turns, tricky roads and rigid driving
laws, Butler with a companion made
i the round trip from Oakland, Cal., to
Yosemite Valley and return, a trip
which ordinarily takes two days each
way, in 19 hours and 5 minutes.
Butler's record was the result of
efforts on the part of the Oakland
Chamber of Commerce to convince
the Oakland citizens that the trip
to Yosemite Valley could be made in
two days, one day for going and one
day for returning. With full confi
dence in the Peerless Eight, Butler
announced that he was going to go
both ways the same day. Several
newspapermen and others who had
been over the route advised him not
to attempt the making of a record
on his first trip. They said it would be
Impossible for him to accomplish any
thing extraordinary because he was
not acquainted with the roads, the
crooked turns and dangerous hills.
Anxious to make a real record,
however, Butler decided to make the
attempt. Leaving Oakland at mid
night, he had 154 miles of State high
way before him which he made, in
! eluding two stops totalling 15 min
utes and two misjudged roads which
cost him about five minutes more, in
the elapsed time of three hours and
50 minutes. The car ran consistently
and comfortably at 54 miles an hour
except over rough roads, grades and
culverts. The end of this stretch
brought Butler and his companion to
Madera at which point they left the
highway for the rough country.
The grades become steep and rough
and the turns were sharp, but Butler
sent the sturdy car through as rapid
ly as possible, saving the machine
from the %vicked and perilous chuck
holes wherever possible.
Bven with his careful driving, he
said the Peerless Eight seemed to
be on the axles much of the time.
Between Madera and Raymond, he
Tan out of gasoline, but luckily he had
a can of the fluid with him which
kept him going until Raymond was
reached. At that point, ten mlnute3
were lost while Butler and his com
panion attempted to awaken the
garage proprietor. Water, oil and
gasoline were taken on and the car
sped away toward Wawona, a resort
Just outside Yosemite National Park.
They reached Wawona about 8
o'clock. Ten minutes were spent in
registering and getting their record
signed and they were on their way
again with the first government
cheeking station as their objective
point. Another five minutes were lost
i there.
At this point the trip became most
exciting because they had to base
their driving scWedule on the rules
of the government checking stations,
which permit cars to move in only
one direction at a time on the roads
to and from the floor of the valley.
They had to reach the second check
ing station between 9:20 and 9:25. If
they arrived before 9:20 they would
have violated the speed regulations of
the park; if they did not reach there
until after 9:25 they would have to
wait until the next checking in at 11
a. m.
Not knowing definitely where the
next station was, they had consider
able difficulty in arriving on sched
ule. To overcome this disadvantage,
however, they drove the car up to
within a short distance of the check
ing station where one of them went
ahead as scout and, waiting behind a
bend in the road from 9:10 to 9:20
Butler drove the car up to the line
exactly on time. Five minutes more
were used up here while they had
the ranger sign their record books.
From Wawona to the floor of the
Valley each car must take 30 min
utes, although the distance is but
three miles. Much to their own dis
pleasure they had to follow the ruling.
At the foot of the grade, they check
ed out again and ran, under regula
tion. at the rate of 15 miles an hour
to Yosemite Village, arriving there at
approximately ten o'clock. There they
were checked by W. B. Lewis..
Crane Flats, the boundary of Yose
mite park on the Big Oak Flat road,
was reached in good time and after
checking for the last time, they
headed into the worst roads of their
entire trif. From Crane Flats to
Chinese Camp, about 50 miles, the
grades and turns are bad and the
roadbed is even worse. Dust,' ruts and
chuck holes prohibit even moderate
speed and approaching mule freight
teams, heavily laden, made fast time
an impossibility. In the neighbor,
hood of four hours were spent be
tween these points. "When they reach
ed their destination, however, they
had made the trip into the Valley
without mishap, without even using
the low gear except for starting and
without boiling the water in spite of
the fact that the grades, tooting and
turns placed an enormous strain on
the ear itself.
They checked out of the Valley at
1:39 on the.Big Oak Flat road, which,
by the way. was the only concession
Kiven them by the Park Rangers. On
the way up. the last car should have
left at 10:25. In order to help mat
ters they crowded the car up this,
their steepest grade, so that they
might catch up with the 14 minutes
the Rangers had given them and not
impede incoming travel at the top.
Soon, after leaving the Chinese
Camp, they struck a graded, although
unpaved, highway. This road was
good for more than 30 miles. From
Oakdale into Oakland most of the
roads were paved and they made just
as fast time as they dared, in the face
of the police. Except for a 15-min
ute stop at Chinese Camp, they came
through from Crane Flats to Oakland
without delay, arriving at the Oak
land hotel at 7:14 p. m. In spite of the
fact that Butler had made a most
admirable record, the whole trip cost
him nothing except tire wear, gaso
line, oil and the regular toll in the
Valley. No repairs had been made on
the c%r; no replacements were nec
essary and, as Butler said. "It was
more of a wearing test than the aver
age car would get in its entire life."
When Butler was asked to de
scribe some of the most interesting
incidents of the trip, he said:
'"We got considerable of a thrill
while we were running down the pav
ed hlfchway at 50 miles an hour in the
dark. Knowing that the road was
open and the surface excellent, I was
driving with absolute confidence Sud
denly the road ahead looked black
I judged it was road oil and kept up
my speed. But when we hit it, It was
like a diver heading into a breaker.
It happened to be water, about a foot
and a half deep and 100 vards long
the result of a break in a nearby irri
gation ditch. Once in It, there was
nothing to do but sit tight. We came
out the other side In the center of
the highway, still traveling but some
how surprised."
Since making the record run to
Yosemite, Butler accomplished an en-
HXRRISBURG TELEGRAPH!
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For Eight Months
No Unsold Peerless
Devoted exclusively to the produc- the production of this model The car throughout is a super
tion of motor cars of super- before the end of another half quality product exemplifying
quality, year. • « experience, skill, taste and un
—Custodian of many of the in- -Such is the power of super-quality swerving adherence to the
dustry's most creditable tra- almost unheralded for we highest ideals.
ditions, have never yet had an unsold r n •- . , .
. ' • Peerless Eight to proclaim. In appearance it denotes ultra
—Cherishing a good name of price- refinement which marks it even
less worth, Balanced greatness is responsible among cars of the most dis
. .. j « for the supremacy of the tinguished design.
—This organization presented the
latest and greatest Peerless for Eit?ht amnnL f It: is a gentleman's car ready con
public approval at the first of 31110116 rar3 of dtßtmCtlve clusively to answer either his
this year. ' social or his sporting demands.
■ ~ , , Specifically the motor, Peerless
It has upheld and advanced motor designed and Peerless built, t " e anc * energy of the en
car quality traditions. performs with graceful agility tire Peerless organization is
Tf •, ~ and smoothness consuming fuel now devoted exclusively to the
It has pyramided Peerless prestige. at SQ low a ratfi as tQ m | ke it production of this one com-
It has outsold Peerless production the envy of many a six—even pletely developed chassis,
steadily for a longer period than jany a four and it has two Bod types are furnished in var .
any previous model. drstmct power ranges. iety-both opened and cteSd
It will be continued as improved Superlative smoothness, get-away * n stan dard or special color.
and refined. and flexibility are conceded Increased production enables ua
without argument by all who £ . IJ„ \ ua -
It has impelled us to double our drive this latest and greatest announce
output and we are increasing development of motor effi- Prompt deliveries,
at a rate that will again double ciency. See us at once.
Three passenger Clover Leaf Roadster . SIB9O Seven passenger Touring Car % fIB9O
Six passenger Touring Sedan . • $2750 Seven passenger Limousine • • • $3260
All prices f. o. b. Cleveland
Keystone Motor Car Company
1019-27 MARKET STREET
Bell Phone 1859-Cumberland 397-Y C. H. BARNER, Manager
The Peerless Motor Car Company, Cleveland, Ohio
PEERLESS EIGHT'
viable gasoline test in the Peerless
Eight, with top and windshield up,
carrying five passengers over ordinary
roads. He went from Berkeley to Sac
ramento, a distance of 108.9 miles on
six gallons of gasoline, or an average
of more than 18 miles to the gallon.
Canadian Officials Select
Twenty More Chalmers Cars
Following up the original order for
41 cars placed with the Chalmers Mo
tor company of Canada, Limited, at
Walkervllle, Canada, the department
of Militia and Defense of Canada hat
registered a repeat order for 20 more
3 400 r. p. m. Chalmers for the use of
army officials. This brings the total
to 61 Chalmers cars now owned by the
Canadian government.
Before selecting any cars for army
Before selecting any cars for army
service, government engineers expert
mented with various makes of cars
on the Canadian-market. Chassis were
torn down and svery part was sub
jected to a gruelling test. The 3400 r.
p. m. Chalmers was chosen at the end
of these experiments because it quali
fied best as to all-around perform
ance, fuel economy and excellence of
workmanship.
The first order for 41 ears was dis
tributed among trie different conoen-
I tration camps from Halifax to Vic
j toria, individual cars being placed at
Halifax, Victoria, St. John, Quebec,
Montreal, Valcartler, Ottawa, Toron
to, London, Seward, Winnipeg, Niag
ara-on-tho-Lake. Camp Borden. Re
glna, Calgary, Vancouver, etc.
After six weeks in active service
the officials were so well pleased with
the performance of these Chalmers
that a repeat order has been placed
with the Chalmers Motor Company of
Canada, Limited, for 20 more, present
Indications point to an eftrly call for
additional cars in substantial quanti
ties.
The Chalmers Motor Company of
Canada. Limited, is now in a position
to make prompt deliveries and the
large factory at Walkervllle ia work
lag on full schedule. ,
"AUGUST 26,1916.
Haynes Co. Finds Old
"i Gear Driven Model
A dark horse cam* into the race In
the Haynes Automobile Company's old
car contest, and the Haynea Company
has two old surries of 1897 to decide
between before making the award. The
newcomer among the old cars belongs
to James E. Howard, of a Jefterson
vllle, Ind., shipbuilding firm. Mr. How
ard came to the Haynes factory in 1897
and purchased the car from Elwood
Haynes.
The Howard car was the first auto
mobile in JefTersonvllle, and also pre
ceded the advent of any motorcar In
Louisville, Ky.. which Is just across the
Ohio river from JefCersonvllle. It Is
one of the old surrey models, with the
motor In the rear of the car, a water
tank on either side, and the gasoline
tank in the dash. Motive power is
supplied by a Haynes two-cylinder op
posed motor, that the Haynes Company
originated and brought out in the last
months of 1896. The car is equipped
with a carburetor that Elwood Haynes
designed, and spark plugs which at thai
time were raado in the Haynes factory.
The JeffersonvlUe Haynes car ana
the old Haynes car located at Bouna
Brook, N. Jr.. differ only in one major
item. The former is driven by gears >
direct from the transmission to th«
axle, while the Bound Brook machine
is chain driven. It is also distinguished
by the use of wooden plugs for cover
ing the oil holes. In the later ma
chines the lubricants were supplied by
grease cups, but in this survivor of the
days of five-cent gasoline the olltn*
places are protected against foreign
matter by T-shaped pieces of wood. Ac
cording to the statement of Its owner,
the original wooden plugs are still on
the car.
Mr. Howard made his trip to the fac
tory to purchase the car in 1897. Ha
has had the old automobile in hi* pos
session since that time. It was run
continually since then, but its servlcea
have lately given way to a more mod*
em automobile.
TO KEEP THE WIXDSHIEIjD
CLEAR
Before you go out into a rain-storm
wet a piece of waste with kerosene or
better still glycerine and rub it on a
small portion of the windshield. You
will then find that the water will run
over the part so treated evenly with
out forming drops and clouding It.
There are preparations on the market
that are much more effective for thia,
purpose than the fluids mentioned.—
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