14 SAXON "SIX" A Big Touring Car For 5 People The power-flow developed by the Saxon "Six" motor •is 98 per cent, smoother than that of the best known "four" in its price-class. That is why Saxon "Six" picks up faster, is more flexible, and is capable of far greater pulling power. Saxon "Six" Is $865 f. o. b. Detroit Specifications: New body design, larger body, new finish, 12-inch brakes, 41%-inch full cantilever type rear spring, 2-inch crankshaft, tilted windshield, new style top with Grecian rear bow, new style fenders, instru ments mounted on cowl dash, chrome vanadium valve springs, new design carburetor, 112-inch wheelbase, light weight six-cylinder high speed motor; 32x3%-Inch tires, demountable rims, two unit starting and lighting system. Timken axles, full Timken bearings, and twenty further refinements. Saxon Distributing Agency 1139 Mulberry St. L. H. Hagerling PACKARD TWELVE MOTOR IMPROVED Removable Head Attached to Each Block of Cylinders Is Marked Change Distinctive lines, detail refinements and trustworthiness are marks of the Packard Twin-Six exhibit at the Au tomobile Show and in our own show loom. About eighteen months ago, the Packard company created a big sen sation by placing before the public the Twin-Six, on which it had been work ing quietly for several .'ears. The new 2-25 and 2-35 Twin-Six cars are the result of an added year's ■ experience, study and research. The most noticeable improvement, says Mr. B. B. Harrington, manager of the local branch, is the removeable head at tached to each block of cylinders. This makes for greater accuracy in manufacture and for greater conven ience in t keeping the motor well Kroomed. Greater efficiency in the use of the low-grade gasoline which has been on the market for some time, has been accomplished by the improved ar rangement of the gas intake passages and by locating the thermostat at the outlet of the water-circulating sys tem, where it controls more definitely the temperature or the engine. The 12-cyJinder idea has triumphed in the eighteen months it has been in use. The uniform torque, the great er power, smoothness and flexibility of the Twin-Six, together with character istic Packard durability, has left no iloubt in the minds of users that the 1 2-clinder engine is the greatest auto mobile motor ever built. For the owner who delights in splen did mechanism, the Twin-Six motor BUY J Kelley-Springfield Tires FROM A. H. Shaffer - 88 S. Cameron St. vmimnMUM ! !*******************>■■ WIIWWMWniHiK || To Truck Operators ij' We carr y a complete line of Goodrich Truck Tires always in j! stock. Our modern Hydraulic Press equipment operated by j[ skilled workmen makes possible our very efficient tire service j! to tire operators. ij De Luxe—Goodrich—Regular Truck Tires Eureka Wagon Works jj A.H.Bailey. , 614-618 North St, SATURDAY EVENING, is a masterpiece. For him who "doesn't want to know there is a mo tor in the car"—who just wants to go and go, fast or slow, according to his whim, and in perfect comfort and silence, the Twin-Six also is a revelation. For it provides travel free from all consciousness of engine ef fort —motion without the sense of ex erted power. The new cars are lower than the previous Packard models, with a slightly more flowing line. Cushions are lower and easier. The new plait ed upholstery is smoother, handsomer and easier to keep clean. The choice of bodies is wide enough to satisfy almost every taste and re quirement. There ore over forty styles of open and enclosed bodies, includ ing a number of special custom-made build especially for the Packard chassis. The 2-25 and 2-35 are identical ex cept in size, the former having a wheel base of 26 inches and the latter 35 inches. There is no difference in quality and the unit power plant, com prising motor, clutch, and transmis sion is interchangeable. Tbo Packard car is built throughout in tlir Packard shops. No other auto mobile is so thoroughly a factory prod uct of the company whose name it bears. Practically all steel forgings are especially heat-treated under the sup ervision of expert metallurgists in the Packard heat treatment plant—one of the safeguards which makes your fam ily safetst in the Packard. Every Twin-Six is jealously watched through every step of its manufacture and assembly, but Packard vigilance does not. cease when the car has been delivered to the purchaser. Packard dealers throughout the country are required to maintain a service de partment, an adequate service stock, and an organization that will look to the wants and needs of Packard own ers at all times. RUBBER BANDS I,V TOX LOTS. More Goodrich rubber bands are sold through stationers than those of any other manufacturer In the country. Or ders for Goodrich bands are sometimes placed in ton lots, and contracts have been made for five tons on a single order. JACKSON HAS NEW WOLVERINE EIGHT New Scries Has Racy Lines With Ferro-Jackson Engines in Four Model Designs By Howard A. Mnthenra (Treasurer Jackson Automobile Co.) The feature of the Jackson Automo bile Company's exhibit at the show this week is the "Wolverine Eight," a model entirely new in engineering and body design. Of this model, which we believe is our masterpiece, the Jack son Company has concentrated its manufacturing organization. Entering upon its fourth year In the building of eight-cylinder cars, and with fifteen years' of experience in the building of high class motorcars, the Jackson company feels that its efforts have reached their culminating point in this eight-cylinder car, which, the officials of the company declare, dem onstrates conclusively that an eight cylinder car of quality can be market ed at a moderate price. There are four body designs In the "Wolverine Eight" series, the five-pas senger touring car, the five-passenger sedan, the four-passenger cruiser and the roadster. Just a hint of raclness Is conveyed by the lines of these new Jacksons. This Is especially true of the roadster and the cruiser. The latter car has been the object of much attention, being particularly snappy and distinctive, with sloping tonneau, neat seating ar rangement and wire wneels as part of its regular equipment. In the new Jackson two characteris tics stand out—motor smoothness and ease of riding. The motor is a Ferro- Jackson, and Is first of the American "V" type, valve-in-tlie-head design. It Is of perfect balance and practically free from vibration at even the high est speeds. Front and rear full ellip tic spring suspension and deep uphol stery give the new model, to a greater extent than usual, the proverbial Jack son virtue of ease of riding. The new product is a light weight car of medium price, and is said to be , remarkably economical, averaging 17.7 miles to the gallon of fuel, a very high mileage for an eight-cylinder motor. With an A. E. A. M. rating of 28.8 horse power, the motor shows in factory tests 50-horsepower at 2,400 revolutions per minute—a fact that speak volumes to the motor wise. One of the first companies to manu facture an eight-cylinder car, entering that field three years ago when the practicability of the eight-cylinder mo tor seemed dubious to many, the Jack son makers have been In a position to give the "Wolverine Eight' the advan tage of three years of ceaseless ex perimentation with Jackson eight cylinder engines in addition to the long general experience of the company years in which it lias achieved fame for tiie dependability of its product. The eight-cylinder motor is shorter and more compact than a "six' of the same power, and is very accessible, differing in this respect from most eikht-cyllnder engines. The cylinder heads are integral with the cylinder blocks, making the valves to get In several respects the Jackson American "V" type motor differs from the same type motor of the European style of construction, and possesses re finements and qualities which are lack ing in the European style engines. The cylinders are of the "1" head instead of the "L" head construction, and are cast integral with the case instead of in separate blocks as in the European type. The valves are In the cylinder heads instead of being pocketed at the side as in the European "V" type con struction. There is an individual cam to each valve, while in the European type the valves on opposite cylinders are operated by a common cam. The crank case is integral with cylinders instead of being of separate aluminum cylinders as in the European build of engines. The Zenith automatic carburetor is of the "twin jet" type, the advantage of which is that it supplies two sepa rate outlets of gasoline at the same time to the two sets of cylinders, and never requires adjustment. The ignition is single Reray with hand spark control. The Willard storage battery has a six volt capacity. Other noticeable points are: Auto-lite gene rator, ammeter instrument board, and oil pressure dial on dash. The stock equipment is very complete, Including a one-man top of Dreadnaught rubber ized cloth made in the Jackson factory, a sloping rain vision, windshield, dash lamp and electric horn. The starter and unit power plant is equipped with a Borge and Beck light operating disc clutch, operation of which requires a minimum of muscu lar exertion. The rear axle is genuine full float ing type with ball and roller bearings throughout, and the weight of the car carried entirely on the axle housing through Ilyatt high duty roller bear ings. The axle driving shaft Is free from any load whatever, and may be removed from the axle by merely tak ing off the hub cap. The wheelbase is 118 Inches, said by engineers to be the most sensible wheelbase length for all purposes insuring smooth, easy riding with the ability to turn without difficulty In narrow city streets. HAYNES TRIPLES OtJTPCT "While a good motorcar Is good fop twenty years if it's treated right, very few people take such care of their cars, so the life of a car is usually five years," Don L. Watson, assistant general manager for the Haynes Company, said yesterday. "This re quires many replacements. "We folks at the Haynes factory are keeping right on doubling and redoubling our facilities. In 1917 we will build three times as many thou sands of cars as we did last year And they are mostly going to be sold by our present dealers, whose de mands will be two and three times as great as in 1916. We shall have to add very fe\y new Haynes dealers. "Wo are sure there will be more than enough purchasers." WARNS AGAINST PETROMORTIS Adequate ventilation of garages Is urged upon motor owners by Director of Public Health Krusen, as a precau tion agajnst petromortts, a disease caused by inhaling gasoline fumes from engino exhausts. Dr. Krusen cites the death of Oswald J. De lioussee, who was asphyxiated In that manner In his garage at Wlssahlckon avenue and Cliveden street, Monday. The Director's warning also says "lncomplete combustion of the gas al lows obnoxious odors to lill the atmos phere, and when inhaled give rise to headache, dizziness, and, if prolonged even unconsciousness. This may occur more especially In small, u-nventllat ed garages. It Is, therefore, essential that every workshop and garage have adequate means to carry off the ac cumulated gases and to permit n i supply of fresh air," HARRISBUHG TELEGRAPH CARLOADS PASSE'; TRAINLOADS NOW G. G. McFarland, Reo Distribu tor, Cinches Argument in De mand For More Cars Have a heart! 1 want to enjoy ray vacation. Promise you will ship us a trainload next week sure," plead J. L. Fawkes, Reo distributor at Min neapolis. "Waddyamean, enjoy your vacation —do you call selling a trainload of automobiles a holiday?" asked the Reo sales manager. • "No, but Mrs. Fawkes and I are on our way to Florida where we will spend six weeks and I want to know .that the boys back in Minnesota will not be short of "Reos while we are gone. Ship a trainload and I'll leave with an easy mind." "Now what do you know about that!" exclaimed the Reo sales head. "A trainload order Is just a vacation filler-in. "A single car used to be the unit and an order for a carload indicated the shipping point as a metropolis; nowadays less than a trainload pro claims the destination a mero vil lage. • _ "Why, Hastings, Nebraska, used to be satisfied with one Reo out of an occasional carload we would ship to Omaha, but that was before Arthur Jones took Hastings and the Reos in hand! As Arthur was with Fawkes when he wheedled that extra shipment out of me, of course I had to even things up and wire the factory to ship 'Jones of Hastings' a trainload, too. Why, it seems as if I had heard noth ing all week but that word 'trainload!' It is a positive relief when some dealer from out in the 'Sticks' says he will be satisfied with a carload or two— 'now that wo are In the midst of the dull season.' "George McFarland, of Harrisburg, Pa., isn't going to take a vacation right now, he says, so he insisted on two full 50-car tralnloads this month! When I told him we'd be glad to let him have the' Reos if we could only get freight cars, he pulled a surprise on me—by introducing a railroad rep resentative whom he brought along to clinch- the argument he anticipated would ensue. "When one considers that Harris burg used to be satisfied with one car load a year, and will take 350 cur loads of Reos between now and Au gust 31st, you get some idea of the increased demand. ."By the way, I wonder what the ex perts would say ought to be a 'Point of Saturation' of a city of 100,000 population—Hartford, Conn., for in stance? Well, I don't know what it ought to be, but I do know that Hart tord sent Russel Taber as an emissary and he insists his constituents will be only half nourished by the trainload wc have promised him. "Trainloads are nothing new with Taber —he claims to hold the basic patent on the trainload idea. But a trainload a month—that's going some for a city the size of Hartford. "This particular shipment is a Janu ary extra too. What will the spring demand be when it arrives in full I force? "Wichita, Kansas, got a trainload Tuesday; Stapleton, of Oklahoma City, is here, and he never wants less than a trainload. I'm hoping he'll let us off that easy this time. "It's a dull day when we don't get at least one trainload order —but this week has been a really busy one for us Reo folk." [ Th e Aluminum Six with Magnetic Gear Ship: 1 A MAN who has driven many, many motor cars is always the most appreciative of Premier—the more 1 | - familiar you are with "classy" cars 1 the surer Premier is to surprise you. 1 Aluminum motor; the Cutler-Hammer mag netic gear shift—you shift gears with push buttons; I bullet" body lines; a short turning radius, shorter than any other full-grown-seven-passenger car; and literally showered with niceties, refinements and comfort these are Premier's peculiar advantages. But you must see for yourself. Then you will ask the ques- B: tion of thousands: "How do they do it at $18951" Ask H for a demonstration. PENN-MAR AUTO CO. I 1135 Mulberry Street, Harrisburg, Pa. Bell 2696-J M . K Thompson, Mgr. in y | □ „nr in in REPUBLIC INTERNAL GEAR DRIVE MOTOR TRUCKS! 11l 111 / ______ ' JD EPUBLIC INTERNAL GEAR DRIVE TRUCKS are setting new marks for long service and low upkeep. Service up to 30,000 miles with no repair expense are Republic rec ords, not matched by any other make. All your hauling, all the time*, at less cost, is the Republic idea of quality. Five sizes. Republic Dispatch with express body canopy top, curtains, glass front, electric lights and horn $750; with solid panel body $775; 1-ton with stake or express body and bow top $1095; I^2-ton $1275; 2-ton $1675; Penn Mar Auto Co. Representing REPUBLIC MOTOR TRUCK CO., Alma, Mich. Dealers and Service Stations in over 600 Principal Cities M. K. THOMPSON, Manager FEBRUARY 10, 19l£. '
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