SAXON ROADSTER MOST COMPLETE Four Has Made Enviable Rec . ord Among Low-Priced Cars, Says Hagerling People to-day want completeness in their automobile. They want com fort, convenience and luxury, and arc willing to pay for these features when they are of the right sort. "One of the reasons accountable for the big sale of Saxon Roadsters," said L. H. Hagerling, "is the fact that the Saxon Roadster is the lowest priced, complete car made. When T say,complete-, I mean equipped with those features which work for ease and pleasure of operation, such as a starting and lighting system and de mountable rims and other improve ments which a car must have to be strictly modern. "Prior to the coming of Saxon Four, motor cars with luxury and appoint ments for the complete comfort of the motorist had been for the wealthy alone. Like the opera, the telephone and other things, the motor car was first a luxury. Th>en the designers of Saxon Four conceived this car as ;n automobile for the man of moderate means, yet one with every refinement possible. 'True there were those who doubted it would accomplish Its purpose but Saxon Four demonstrated that It was the motor car which had solved the problem. Owners of Saxon Fours liave found that average driving on average roads, not boulevards or paved streets necessarily, can be ac complished with Saxon Four on >tn average gasoline consumption of a gallon to every 30 miles. They tiave found that the light weight of the car ' gives them an average mileage of from 12,000 to 15.000 miles on a single set of tires and at the same time they have found that replacements and repairs have been much less than had heretofore been expected of a light weight motor car. "it has been touted in motor car circles that economy of operation and ■upkeep, together with a low initiul cost, are the fundamentals for a highly successful automobile. To this some have added the qualifications of beauty and refinement. The Saxon Motor Car Corporation has always adhered to the priclple that the automobile purchaser has the right to demand as many conveniences as the purchase price could possibly afford without a sacrifice of quality in mate rials and workmanship. "Saxon Four has demountable rims, starting and lighting system and other improvements, generally found only in motor cars of a much higher price. Its body designs and springs have beeu w-orked out for the highest com fort and owners are unanimous in de claring that they are never fatigued i from riding in Saxon roadsters. "All these things have combined in the success of the Saxon Four and they have found a means to demon strate themselves in the service which the thousands of roadsters are giving to-day and have given in the past. Not only have Saxon roadsters showed clean slates at the end of the most grueling tests a motor car can be -sub jected to, such as transcontinental journeys and difficult hill climbs, but they have covered miles and miles of rough roads day in and day out. in every part of the country, without a § single hitch. And that, in the last analysis, is the best test." Maxwell Crosses Florida Swamp in Remarkable Run Taking a route that involved the risk of sinking out of sight in tho great Withlachoochee swamp in cen tral Florida if his motor stopped Percy W. Gibbs, Detroit automobile driver, this week established a re markable new motor car speed ar.d endurance record for the 276 miles between here and Jacksonville and attained the distinction of having been the first man to cross Florida's second greatest bog locality in an automobile. Riding in the car with Gibbs was Byron West, proprietor and editor of the Florida Times-Union, one of the foremost good roads workers in Flori da. who asserted here after the run had been finished that the trip open ed up the possibility of developing in the swamp the greatest adventure field in America for motorists. Gibbs used a Maxwell touring car on the run and he carried three pas sengers beside himself. In addition to the newspaper editor there was another Jacksonville newspaper man in the car and a representative of the good roads committee of the Jacksonville chamber of commerce. The route through the 25 miles of cliee swamp cuts 25 miles off the distance between the two largest Florida cities. Gibbs left Jacksonville at 1 a. m. and %as in Tampa at the start ot the business day. The total distance covered was 276 miles and this his car negotiated without car or motor stop. His avemge for the run was approximately 40 miles an hour. The route through the 25 miles of swamp was made with the aid of a Seminole Indian native and guide, who piloted the car front high spot to high spot and whose final caution to the driver was to avoid allowing the car to stop at any point within the water logged district. Frequent ly the car was in water holes two inches deep, while water stretches axle-deep often continued a half mile or more. There is no sign of life in the jungle other than the alligators, their native reptile com panions and the tropical birds. The Withlachoochee swamp lie 3 northeast of Dade City, above the Withlachoochee river, and the dis trict is second only to the Ever glades as an impentrable bog dis trict- Gibbs crossed the swamp in darkness, using two extra regulation headlights attached to his windshield to light up tho trail the Indian had marked out. It was asserted that a still higher speed average could have been at tained had it not been for the smoke banks frequently encountered in tho orange and grapefruit localities dur ing the night, these arising from smudge fires maintained by the cit rus growers to protect against re currences of recent frosts. t*ie Standard of Value and Quality Fairfield "Slx-46" seven-passenger. Fleetwood "Six-38" five-passenger. E. L. COWDEN It. J. CHURCH, Salesnianager 108 Market Street —— * it3T Good Line Cuts The Telegraph Printing Co. SATURDAY EVENING, Veteran Cycle Rider Enjoys the Motorcycle . - iC - * TJI M ,? "" *yv > v ? ***** ■ "..' $ -'-.: *■ | *' Although actively interested on the board ob various -cor porations. M. M. Beldings, Jr., president of the Belding Brothers Company, finds time to ride his daily bit on his Harley-Davidson motorcycle. Mr. Belding's enthusiasm for the two wheeled sport dates back to 1881 when he started riding one of the old 52-inch "roadsters," or Itigh wheeled safety bicycle. He piled up a record of 20,000 miles before the modern style bike came into existence and then he switched his allegiance to the mount that carried its rider closer to the ground and with much less ef fort. Mr. Belding is one of the charter members of the League of American Wheelmen and for three years was New York State chief counsel. He began riding motorcycles in 1912 and his motorcycle mileage approximates that of the old roadster. The riding suit worn by thi million aire sportsman has unique historical interest. It is made of the old L. A. W. official color and weave and it is said that Mr. Belding bought the last bolt of this material from Browning, King & Company who. in the early days, werethe official clothiers to the L. A. W. Mr. Belding's garage contains be side his motorcycle a touring car, a limousine and two roadster type of automobile, so it can be seen that his motorcycle enthusiasm from the love of the sport and his spirit of independence. He has a membership in the old Boston Bicycle club, the first club of wheelmen or ganized in America, in 1879, besides numerous other athletic clubs in the East. Parent-Teachers Organize at Camp Hill School Camp Hill, Pa., March 3. At a meeting attended by sixty residents in the high school building yesterday afternoon a permanent Parent-Teach ers' Association was organized. Rob ert L. Myers, president of the Lemoyne Trust Company was elected president; Mrs. William Denison, vice-president; George Cook, secretary, and Prof. Fred Rockey, freasurer. President Myers will appoint pro gram and membership committees in the near future. A constitution and by-laws was adopted. This constitu tion was drawn up by Prof. Rocked, Mrs. William Denison, Mrs. George Cook. Mrs. Co.rl Deen and Mrs. G. W. Ensign. CAMP HILL DEBATE Camp Hill, Pa., March 3. The affirmative side was victorious in a debate, "Resolved, That the govern ment has treated the American Indian more cruelly than the American Ne gro." at a meeting of the Camp Hill Higk Literary Society yesterday. The debaters on the winning side were: Miss Rebecca Kilborn and Edmund Good; negative side, Miss Catherine Smith and John Basehore. MARRIED AT Hl MMI.LSTOWN Hummelstown, Pa., March 3. The Rev.'J. Paul Hummel last evening married Miss Elizabeth Snavely, of Mechanicsburg, and William Wood, of Enola. The ceremony was performed at the home of the minister. I' Announcement I \ to Ford Owners I The Ford Sales Company, having discon tinued the sale of the Ford car, will con tinue to render the prompt and efficient service to all Ford owners, and will carrv a full line of Ford parts at their present location, 147-155 South Cameron street. This will also be the Home of the Studc baker Pleasure and Business car and the Brockway Truck for this territory. The business will be conducted under the name of the Driscoll Auto Company, com |, posed of Patrick Driscoll, Martin L. Mum ma and Wade 11. Driscoll, the same as heretofore. They thank the public for past business and wish to solicit a continuance of your patronage. The Driscoll Auto Co., 147-155 S. Cameron St. I wmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm H Jackson Uses First "American" Eight Motor j Although the eight-cylinder V-form motor was first applied to automobile use eleven years ago, the first distinct ly American type of eight-cylinder motor to oe used Is the Ferro-Jack son engine in the 1917 Jackson model, the "v*oiverinu tight," according to H. A. Matthews, treasurer or tne Jack son Automoone Company. "Most persons tnniK mat the eight cylinuer motor is omy about mree years old, and spcaiung irom the standpoint 01 wi'ue use in pleasure cars 1.1 tnis country they are rignt,' says Air. iviatthews. juid it is niter-* esung to Know tnat, until the advent of thu l-'erro-Jacason motor, this year, ail eignt-cylinder engines lollowed a distinctly European style of ueslgu. "Tnis is natural, tor the manufac turer of the first eight-cylinder motor was a Frencn firm wluch, in lUO6, alter the aeroplane had demonstrated tne possibilities ot the "Kignt,' built eight-cylinder motors of the type tnat has since come into wide use in Am erica. fix cars each of the four, six and eight-cylinder types were built and sent out on the road for 10,000 miles ot experimental worn. Compar isons anu teats muue ut clusipn of tne experiments, oy w0..- famed engineers, and their decision I was unanimously in favor of the j e.ft.il-i_,V...uw freedom from vibration. Since then this French manufacturer was built eight-cylinder models exclusively. Various engineers have that the eight-cylinder type engine will be the ultimate choice of all the automo bile industry outside of the motor truck field. We believe this is true; I we ate equally confident that it will be tho American "V" type that will predominate. "lu several important respects the Ferro-Jackson ' type eight-cylinder motor differs from similar motors of European .design, and possesses re finement and qualities which are not-, ably lacking in the European models. "For example, the cylinders of the Ferro-Jackson Eight are of the "1" head instead of the "L" head con struction, and are cast integral with the case instead of in separate blocks as in tho European type. Valves are In the cylinder heads Instead of being pocketed at the side as In the Euro pean "V" type construction, and there is an individual cam to each valve, while in the European type, the valves on opposite cylinders are oper ated by a common cam. The crank case is integral with the cylinders m stead of being of separate aluminum cylinders as in the European build of engines. "All these features combined mean greater simplicity, economy and ac cessibility on the part of the American type and explain why the Jackson Company, with its record of pioneer ing in the four, six and eight-cylinder fields, has finally arrived at the con j elusion that this type of motor was to I be preferred above the common type." Lake Traffic Will Relieve Car Shortage E. C. Horse, vice-president and general manager of the Chalmers Mo tor Company, has issued a notice of a meeting of Chalmers district men and traveling representatives to be held at the Detroit plant during the first three days In March. Among the big problems which will be discussed at the meeting is the freight car shortage, which has now reached an acute stage with Detroit automobile manufacturers. Although Chalmers cars are being delivered to dealers on their own power, by express and on flat cars, over 1,000 orders for im mediate delivery are still uncared for at the big Detroit plant. With the opening of navigation between De troit and other lake ports, in April, some of the freight congestion may be partially relieved, but it is doubt ful if the freight car shortage situa tion will be materially improved for some months ahead. At the meeting ot the Chalmers salesmen, business sessions will bo held twice a day and will be addressed by E. C. Morse and W. J. Drumpleman, assistant sales manager. XED 'STEEL MILL OFFICIAL Lebanon, Pa., March 3. John L. Swayze, for several years general man ager of the Reading plant of the Am erican Iron and Steel Company, has been appointed a department superin tendent at the American plant of the Bethlehem Steel Company here. HXRRJ3BURGTELEGRAPH Thirty-Eight NeW Stores For Goodrich Company The opening of thirty-eight new stores throughout the United States has just been announced by W. O. Rutherford, general sales manager of the B. P. Goodrich Company, of Akron, Ohio. Two of these, Altentown, Pa., and Atlantic City, N. J., will come under the jurisdiction of the Philadelphia Branch and serve to greatly increase the importance of the local dlvisior. of the Goodrich Sales Organization. In announcing this important mo\e Mr. Rutherford said: We have ftelt for some time the necessity of adding to the facilities of our Philadelphia branch and this extension is not oniy due to a substantial growth of our business in these cities but rather to the optimistic view of our company with reference to the i'oture of the automobile and rubber Industries. This is In keeping with our well dellned policy to be as close as possible to tho final point of distribution of our pro ducts." In commenting upon this announce ment, Wm. F. Mower, local man ager, said: "While these stores are intended to act only as a source of supply to the various dealers in their territories, they will at the ttame time give these dealers and their cus tomers the advantage of that close contact with the factory organization that is so necessary to promote und maintain absolute satisfaction. All of the thirty-eight managers and their assistants have just completed an eight weeks" course in our Educa tional Department at the factory un der A. Koehler, and tho Instruc tion they have received covers every detail in our established methods of doing business as well as to familiar ize them with our various products and the sales policies that apply to them." In the Philadelphia branch terri tory t,hese stores will have as man agers and assistants Wm. Schllpf and J. E. Dulaney, at Allentown, and B. E. Wiggins and Pierce Ireland, at At lantic City. Mulford to Guide Hudson Super-Six Racers This Year Ralph Mulford, who will hold tho star racing wheel for the Hudson Mo tor Car Company's team this year, In addition to his place as driver, occu pies also a unique, though unofficial position in Ills connection with the company. Mulford Is an ambassador of fact to the realm of theoretical mo tor engineering. In his hundreds of big contests the daring driver has seen with the vision that vivid moments of excitement bring, where mechanical constructions are at fault, where some thing failed at a crisis, where the supreme moment found out a weak ness that theory would never have detected. Mulford and other members of the Hudson racing team keep constantly In touch with the engineering depart ment of the company, and many of their suggestions have proved of value. This year will be the first that the Hudson has entered the racing game on a large scale. At leas{ five super sixes will be in the flotilla that will meet the motor world in every big speed contest during the coming year. Arthur Hill, late of the Peugeot team, will be the manager, and pilly Chand ler. who has given lip active racing, has been appointed master mechanics and will be In charge at the pits, where many a race is won or lost. I : 1 | Cars §' i ' a I | { I The Sedan 1 Light Fours _ _ || ! Tourint . . JMi 1 ■ 1 M I **•• k and the Loupe 1 - I •jft Big Fours $g % rZZLut '. '. JSJJ We are selling more Sedans and will understand when you see them. ;.i* £??* • • • \'i } ° Coupes this spring than we sold , ' ' ' last winter. Consider carefully which type of car ;J .... will really serve you most accept- M Side windows and uprights fold away ably the year-round. $P M Light Sixes . entirely when you do not require || RMdlllr JSS ' their protection. Like many another you may conclude M $1 COHPI . full , ... . . that the Touring Sedan or the ki fifes,-,• \ou may have either the or Touring Coupe isafter all the ideal 1 • • "* Coupe body on either the Big Four 'round car for you. | or Light Six chassis. m ' 1 .„ c . , , One advantage you have in consider- '1 Willys-Knights They are beautifully finished ansto- ing thig m | tt^r with our help and l,i F rol''" 1 s'fo crauc cars " advice —you have the widest range Four Svton ! treso They share proportionately in the °f selection. Our only interest in t'lVso economies of our huge production your choice is that it be the car & Si of the most comprehensive line of that will give you the greatest cars ever built by any one producer. satisfaction in the long run. M AU pricts /. o. b. ToUio So they are splendid values as you Come in and see us and talk it over. Subject to c'tange without notut | The Co. I OPEN EVENINGS 212 NORTH SECOND ST. BOTH PHONES Tourinc Sed*n The Willys-Overland Company, Toledo, Ohio Touring Coupe* || - Ovarland BicFw WW Manufacturers of Willys-Knight and Overland Automobiles " 'law '|| Spring Touring Trips Will Soon Be Popular Pastime No longer-does the x chirp of the robin presage Spring. Cock Robin, the time-honored harbinger of that season, has lost his job. To lapse Into the easy vernacular of E. C. En sminger, who spends the best part of every working day boosting the Dort car 'with tho enthusiasm of the successful car merchant, "The News paper Touring Bureau and the motor ing journal have beaten Cock Robin to It." And so the case seems. Cock Robin can still dig his worms in the front yard, and the Spring" poets can im mortalize his lay; but it s tho Touring Bureau that tells us to-day if the West Road .is good and wiiere we have to detour, and what we can expect to find on the road between "here and there." April 6 seems to be the date set by a number of the motor publications for their Spring Touring Numbers. ■ 1 i • i t The Universal Car ANNOUNCEMENT f We have been appointed the authorized Ford agents for Harrisburg and vicinity and are ready to accept orders and arrange for deliveries of all models. Cars on display at our show room 120 Market Street I I At our temporary service station, Court and Cranberry streets, we will endeavor to extend to all that service which lias put nearly two million Fords in daily use. Williams Motor Co. j|j y MARCH 3, 1917. This Is httrdjy a month'away. If you have had the "Elttle Old Year's Car" laid up In the garage this Win ter, now is the time to think of get ting It out and having it overhauled. It will run better for a thorough going over', a grinding'of the valves will put new "pep" into it and a new coat of paln(> will make it Ifiok better to you. *• Prepare for Spring. If you can af ford a new car, buy one. If you can't, fix up the old one and make "her" do: -but.be ready when the bugle blows a month from now to take a trip. Get out in the country. Health First is Safety First every time. SUKS FOR 910,000 Sunbury, Pa., March 3. George B. Phillips, of Milton, was to-day made tho defendant in a suit for $lO,- 000 damages brought by Valentine Fratterolo, of Point township, North umberland county, as the result of an automobile accident on the road from Northumberland to Milton, oir November 28. Fratterolo's leg was broken. APPOINTED CONSTABLE Hummelatown, Pa., March 3 Ja cob Thomas have been appointed Con stable by Judge MoCarrell on petition of the borough council to All the un finished term of Kobert S. I,ower. Mr. . Thomas formerly served as constable. r 6-Passenger Touring $695 3-Passenger Clover Leaf Road ster $695 Ensminger Motor Co. I THIRD AND CUMBERLAND STB. Bell Phone >515 lv ' 13
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