Harroun Output For Five Years Is Sold Motorists and the automobile trade are equally Interested In the an nouncement from Detroit that the Harroun Motors Corporation has, in less than four months, completed the advance sale of the entire product of Its big plants at Wayne, Detroit's western suburb. The contracts Involved in this sale cover not alone the current year, but Ve next live years, including all pro duction expansion. 'this new basis of factory-distri liutur alliance makes the llarroun achievement the largest in the his tory of the automobile industry and Involves a car value of more than $100,000,000, according to the esti mate of J. J. Plath, Harroun direc tor ot merchandising. According to the-llarroun plan, the country was divided into territories surrounding the 75 chief trading venters. The buying power of each territory was determined by census statistics which, when compared to the nation's total buying power, gave Satisfied Owners Endorse The Jeffery Six Jeffery Six combines dependability, power and comfort. Consequently the nation's list of sat isfied Jeffery owners is steadily growing. The Jeffery Six Motor, 53 horsepower, insures all the power and speed you can use. It accel erates on high gear from two to sixty miles per hour without effort. The straight lines of the Hammock-slung body have found wide favor. Both tonneau ana driving compartment are comfortably lafge, accommodating seven passengers. You'll find this car exceptionally strong: value at 5i465. Bentz-Landis Auto Co. 1808 Logan Street DODGE BROTHERS CLOSED CAR The number of those who prefer the Sedan for use throughout the year is steadily increasing. The reason is easily understood when you consider how adaptable it is to the frequent weather changes com mon to all parts of the country. Almost instantly it can be changed to accommodate itself to heat or cold, rain or shine. Tt will pay you to visit us and examine this far. ' The gasoline consumption is unusually low. The tire mileage is unusually high. Touring Car or Roadster, $835; Winter Touring Car or Roadster, $1000; Sedan or Coupe, $1265. (All prices f. o. b. Detroit) KEYSTONE MOTOR CAR CO. 57 to 103 S. Cameron St. HARRISBURG, PA. C. H. BARNER, Manager SATURDAY EVENING, the percentage basis on which cars ; were apportioned. Contracting was a simple matter j as Mr. Plath ijind Sales Manager Ma cey already held formal applications I from more than 900 distributors re questing more than 250,000 cars for I 1917. Permanence Assured Of the 7 5 territorial centers, the Harroun Motors Corporation has j closed contracts and accepted cash j deposits from 73. The seventy j fourth contract lias been accepted and awaits only the final formality. Motorist interest in the Harroun j plan centers on the unique assurance j of permanency in distributor repre i sentation. Not only will the Harroun j line be sold by the same distributor, year after year, but service arrange ! ments will also remain in the same I hands. A similar arrangement will also I hold true with the dealers who dis i tribute Harroun cars in the cities and t villages tributary to the centers which maintain direct factory rela tionship. E. W. Shank, of this city, has been selected at the Harroun | representative for this district and i has received assurance of having the demonstrator. PROSPERITY TO BE GREATER Manager of Local Packard Branch Reviews Reasons For Optimism "The impetus which the great war crisis has given to intensive farm- promote the prosperity of America far more than any adverse influences of the struggle can depress that prosperity," said B. B. Harring ton, manager of the Harrisburg office of the Packard Motor Car Company, of Philadelphia, in a review of the business situation with reference to truck production and distribution. "This means more grain, more of every kind of farm products. Agri cultural communities will thrive, and there will be increased hauling be tween tl>e country centers and the farms, and between the large cities and the farming communities. "For this increased traffic, for bor der defense, and for other purposes, there will be much road-building done this season. City dwellers who suddenly have hnd tt imperssed on them that agriculture is the basic industry are also learning rapidly that this industry cannot be raised to anything like efficiency without an improvement in me roads. So on road-building as well as on farm ing we shall see close co-operation between city and country. Even without road building for military purposes, here is a field of contract ing that will be full of activity this summer. "Shipyards that have been idle for years are reviving under the ener getic action of General G. W. Goe thals, as he sets about his program of a thousand 3,000-ton wooden ships a year to carry food to Eng land and France. This means not only reviwil of business in all other phases of shipbuilding, but a big stimulus to all lumbering operations. "Then there is all the transporta tion for a million armed men to be taken care of. Everything they use will have to be hauled, by rail, by boat, and over longer or shorter hauls, by motor truck. As we think of the job this will be, we can thank the Mexican border situation for having brought out sojiie good res suits, chief among them, perhaps, the reliability of our motor truck manufacture. "All these activities are interlock ing. Everyone, in every line of pro ductive endeavor, is touched by them in some way. Big business cannot take a contract for a. million pounds of bacon or a half-million tents without little business having its part to do in the supplying of the order. "No doubt it is natural that the vrst feeling 6n the outbreak of a great war is one of uncertainty. But when we have had time to survey the strength that is in our prosperity, that uncertainty gives way to a re turning confidence that is stronger than ever. That famous quotation from the wisdom of the late J. Pier pont Morgan carries even more force to-day—'Nobody can afford to be a bean on America!' " HAKRISBURG TELEGRAPH MAXWELL MILAGE ECONOMY TEST Prizes in Cash to Bo Given to Dealers in National Contest To substantiate among motorists everywhere their claim of the Max well's championship of the industry in low operating upkeep, upward of -.000 Maxwell distributors and deal ers will next month carry out in every state in the union and through out the eight provinces of Canada a public and wholesale demonstration of the Maxwell's ability to stretch its fuel into the greatest known mix of gasoline and motorcar distance. Five thousand dollars in cash prizes are to be given away among the deal ers, it Is made known, together with an award of the National Maxwell Economy Championship Cup. The cup is to be the trophy of the Maxwell dealer who attains the highest mile age to be recorded In the event and with it he will also capture a sub stantial award in gold. The public and widespread demon stration is to be known as the Na tional Maxwell Economy Proof Day, and the wholesale contest is to take place on Wednesday, May 23. Owners' cars are to be used en tirely, the rules providing that each dealer entering agrees to arrange for the use of two Maxwell five-passen- ger touring cars now in owner serv ice. These he will borrow for the day. In each car there must be, ac cording to the rules, four full-grown passengers, the driver and three of ficial observers. In each town and city the two cars will make the run together, each carrying Its observers, who thus will check not only their own mount, but the other as well. Results will be unofficial, it is stat ed. if the dealer participant fails to arrange for his observers to be either newspaper men, motor club or board of commerce representatives or well known public officials. Two one-gallon gasoline cans are to be provided each deaie'r participat ing. These will attach to the wind shield. Instructions mailed broadcast by the Maxwell Motor Sales Corpora tion, Detroit, point out that the rec ords will be disqualified unless the gasoline used is measured into the can on each of the two cars by one or more of the official observers ar ranged for. In each instance the report of the dealer and his observers as forward ed to the Maxwell general offices in Detroit must bear the affidavit of the three observers. Otherwise it will not be accepted as official by the Maxwell company. Prizes are to be given under five dealer classifications. The top award in each classification is S2OO in gold, with a second prize of $l5O In gold. The third, fourth and fifth prizes will be SIOO in cold each. Then follow two $75 and three SSO awards, making: ten in all for each of the five groups. Since announcement of the prize of fer, the return of the company's of ficial entry blanks has been such as to indicate the demonstration will be almost unanimous amotiK the thou sands of Maxwell representatives. It already has been made certain that the event will outstrip any similar undertaking in the history of tho in dustry. What economy attainments will be necessary to capture the prizes are understood throughout the entire Maxwell organization, for the dealers are familiar with the marks of 44 miles, in Michigan, and 45.6 miles, in California, accomplished by Ray Mc- Namara, while only recently a Max well in Southern California captured a cup and hung up the record of 46.5 miles on one gallon of fuel as far as the Maxwell offices in Detroit have record. Stevens Guards Are Anxious to Do Their Bit The Stevens Memorial Guards, of the Stevens Memorial Methodist Church, have offered their services to help feed earth's hungry children. At this time of world crisis they are asking for an uncultivated lot anywhere within the city limits or close to it for the purpose of raising food for hungry people. The supply will be given to the city or State tor distribution. If any patriotic man haa a lot of ground to offer for a task of that sort he can let it be known to Dr. Clayton Albert Smuek er, 1311 Vernon street, Harrisburg. More than two hundred and fifty boys belong to the Guards and are ready to "do their bit" in this way for the nation. , General Petain to Be French Chief of Staff mm*. CEK. PETAIN General detain, who commanded the French army defending Verdun during the critical stages of tin- bat tle in February and March, 1916, is to be appointed Chief of Staff at the Ministry of War, according to dis patches from Paris. The post of Chief of Staff was discontinued srmio time ago but is now about to be re vived. Strategic Roads Are Mapped For Government Akron, Ohio, May 5. ln a tele gram from its Los Angeles branch the B. F. Goodrich Company has been advised of the arrest of a man who had applied for touring infor mation and road maps, but was later proved to be a German spy. His ar rest was made on this charge and he is being detained pending a thorough investigation. This startling development fol lowed closely upon the offer of the complete resources of its National Touring Bureau to the Government by the B. F. Goodrich Company and has caused both Goodrich and Gov ernment officials to guard very close ly the distribution of road maps and other touring information. With every important road in the United States carefully mapped, log god and guide-posted this Touring Bureau has immediately available for Government use the most essen tial factor that could possibly be used in the rapid transportation not only of supplies but troops as well. In confirming the reported arrest of the man charged with being a German spy, one of the Goodrich offi cials said:, "We have for some time realized th'e importance of the infor mation which our Touring Bureau lias gathered for the free use of the American motorist. With this point in mind, this department was some weeks ago made available to the Government coincident with our offer of its services. This not only includes all maps, road logs and other strategic information but also embraces the use of our fleet of motor trucks and their crews who have been erecting guide-posts throughout the United States during the past several years. Like all of the other departments in this huge organization, the facilities of the Na tional Touring Bureau have been so enlarged that the Government can use it to the fullest extent, without interfering with its services to the American tourists who are right fully entitled to the information which it has been giving out." AUTO STORAGE— First class, fireproof garage, open day and night Rates reasonable. Auto Trans. Garage Free Special Car Leaves the Square Every 40 I Minutes, SUNDAY, May 6, Afternoon, For LAND SALE J Safety in Numbers Big Four /$ I <895 \ 35-Horsepower Light Fours If you are undecided which car to Willys-Overland dealer-con- Tourine.... t6 9 s buy for your family — tracts call for 200,000 cars this || rZt'r^ciub' ' til". If you are not a mechanical expert y ear influence you to choose an and are unable to discern the Overland. Ihe weight of these great difference in materials and numbers is convincing, construction — And there are more than 4,000 Big Fours And, if your pride demands a car dealers and factory branches at of beauty, style and comfort as your service. Coupi .... Suso well as utility — What greater endorsement can you stdan .... ti4so Then you can safely place your find the public s preference confidence in the company that f° r anf l pride in Overland cars has earned its leadership by sat- than our growth from 405 cars Lignt Sixes isfying people exactly like you. in 190S to 142,507 cars in 1916? Tourint .. . hoi 3 There is safety for the single buyer Come in and let us show you the cnut>" r ''' 17 * n Overland's sum-totaled pro- most comprehensive line of mo- Sedan .... fijSj duction of 200,000 cars this tor cars ever built by any one year; in the millions Overland producer. saves through economies possi- Consider especially the remarkable Willys six ble only with our great volume. value offered in the Overland louring ~ . 31413 There is safety for you in the size Big Four at $895. The building and integrity of The Willys- of over 300,000 similar Over- Overland Company, withitsmorc lands has contributed directly than s6B,ooo,oooassets, itshighly to the development and perfect >s n ' B specialized factories, its efficient ing of this model —consider the r°Z cZ'!"' methods that make possible bet- elempnt of safety there is for Four sedan . . S,q SO /£r cars for less money. you in all this. Eithl Touring . t'oso You can wisely let the fact that Come in and see the car, Jsrsrisi. The Overland Harrisburg Co. Both Phones 212 NORTH SECOND ST. Open Evenings Protect Tire by Proper Care of Valve-Stem Quite often the motorist finds that one tire becomes soft and that it is necessary to inflate it every day or so which causes the motorist a great deal of annoyance and inconvenience and quite often he blames the tire maker for a poor product; while this condition may be due to the fact ? 1 Where Would You Go | | For a SIOOO Cadillac? \ | IgM Providing you use judgment and discretion you will ||gfl| doubtless secure good value in any used Cadillac no matter >t §. 11 Iff where you buy it. But the logical place to purchase is from the Cadillac dealer, <1 gjj iSii The Cadillac dealer is interested in the Cadillac car and gIB gill in the Cadillac purchaser. It is to his interest to see that 5 §§| HI U Cadillac users get the best service and satisfaction from their 52 |§j Hnj car. It is to his interest to see that a used-car is in first class 51 §jf H|H condition before turning it over to the buyer. It is to his in gl gS terest to see that you are not disappointed when you buy a Ej |gg & used Cadillac. H [9 The Crispen MERIT Cars which we offer for sale are all \['-M known to be thoroughly reliable and better value than can be iffl HI gpgl I bought in any new car at the same price. The cars are not |Q §| g-jjW ordinary used cars. They are dependable cars which will |99 |jg| give satisfaction long after to-day's new cheap cars are on H B | jj| the scrap heap. 9 §§ 1 gjjl Which do you think will yield the greatest returns on your I |l|n investment, a car built to sell at a low price or a high-grade || car wor th twice as much and now selling at your figure? i iglH Come in and see the Cadillac which you can buy at your 8 111 I pjw price j I Crispen Motor Car Co. ]| 111 311-315 S. Cameron St. || 111 Harrisburg jj| 'g * Send a post card for 3f US j| j£| "Crispen's Merit Maxims." 'BiH [BBMBMiMBIHMMgMMiiBiiiiJ MAY 5, 1917. that the valve-stem in the tube is not properly taken care of. An offi cial of the Klsk 1 lubber Company says it may be that the locknut at the base of the valve-stem is loose and should be tightened, or It may be due to a loose or wornout valve plunger. By valve-plunger la meant, the little air check on the lnnerslde of the valve. The small rubber wash ers and delicate spring arrangements that make up this plunger become worn from continued use .no allow the uir to leak slowly from the tuue. It is well if your tire becomes de flated without uny apparent cause to unscrew the old plunger and repiaco It with a new one. The va }\ e cf *P a reversed forms a tool for this pur pose. These valve-plungers are very inexpensive and should be replaced occasionally, as a leaky valve means short life for casing and tube. 11
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