10 DRIVEAWAYS ARE PRACTICABLE Driving Cars From Factory Because of Car Shortage Has Its Advantages The 4,103 driveway shipments of motor cars made from the factory of The Willys-Overland Company, at Toledo, in the early months of this year furnished convincing evidence of advantages of that method of automobile delivery from factory to dealer, according to Carl Hanson, of the Overland-Harrisburg Company. In January, 903 Willys-Overland cars were driven overland to the dealers; in February, 1,053 were transported in this way and the driveway shipments increased to 2,- 14 2 in March. With reasonably good roads on which to deliver the new cars. It Is said that the driveway method is a most desirable substitute for freight delivery and that it will be common practice in the future, irrespective of freight conditions. "Up to a few weeks ago, the drive away method of delivering automo biles was regarded as simply the only alternative in getting the cars to the dealers when freight cars were not available," said Mr. Han son. "To-day, the leading manufac turers have awakened to the fact that there is often a distinct advan tage in the overland system of de livery and many of them will con tinue to adhere to it long after the freight car shortage is relieved. 'ln the first place, the overland delivery of a new car furnishes an | ideal warming-up process for the, new motor. Actual service on coun-1 try roads, in the hands of experl- j enced drivers, is the best sort of, treatment for the motor fresh from the factory. All of the working parts j thereby are fitted for the task which they are to perform and when the j tar is delivered to the buyer they j work more smoothly if possible than on the day they left the factory. "In the second place, overland de livery is much quicker than shipping | by freight.. When the car leaves the factory you know approximately just i when it will reach its destination, i There will be no annoying delay in i congested freight yards and, furth ermore, there is no danger of rough handling of the car in loading and [ unloading. "Poor roads alone stand in the wav of overland delivery of automo biles. With good roads campaigns as suming sreater proportions each vear. it is reasonable to hope that the time soon will come when the road situation no longer will be an obstacle In the direction. Besides the State and county good roads sup port. there is the ever-increasing aid given the movement by the Federal government. "In 1916, there were built under the supervision of Federal authori ties approximately 561 miles of road 13 feet in width, according to the an nual report of the office of public roads in the Department of Agricul ture. The roads included In the total are experimental roads, county roads and roads in national parks and i forests. "This is more than double the j work of any previous year and still | greater progress is expected in 1917. "With good roads on every hand, the driveaway will no longer be an unusual feature of motorcar dellv-1 ery. It probably will be the ordinaryi thing." 1 Where Right Made Might Light Fours Overland success is so eclipsing rDue to its gigantic facilities The Tourint .... ty one might take it as a matter of Willys-Overland Company hoAuiter # . . . &>So —. * • • coHHiryciub. . t7oj course. effects millions in economies; But make it have a personal ap- has never founcl necessary to plication to you, skimp or rob a car of value in Big Fours . r . order to compete; but is able to r,„ the cost of any car is Rive surplus vaUle throughout Roadster . . . $ BSo too much money to be carelessly the entire car fo ' r j ar ]css m couf, .... i, 3S o spent. - J 4 Stdan .... fiiso s gjjj There need be no confusion in Might may not make right, but I selecting the sound value at right h&s made Overland might. Light Sixes the sane price —make compari- Tourim .. . fiojj sons and see if Willys-Overland The experience of building over tsr m ; ; ; does not spell the answer with 300,000 similar four-cylinder stda, .... tissj mathematical Correctness. cars has directly contributed to Do not miss the significance of the l ' ,e development and perfection Willy.si* overwhelming production that . . le , erland Big Four. ' , makes it possible for The Willys- Think what concentrated value ! s has enabled us to P ut lnto cars at lower prices. ls car * More than 400,000 owners have Come in and see the Willys-Over- I F°OZ IZ? ' \\Z° been guided to Willys-Overland land Motor Cars —the Big Four 7 • v E Four Sedan . . S'93o by their desire for beauty, com- and the most comprehensive umourintvtio fort and luxury in addition to line of cars ever built by anv b.\ghl Touring . jiojo m.+Zll+mt j utility. one producer. The Overland Subject to thange without nnttft O Open Evenings 212 NORTH SECOND ST. Both Phones SATURDAY EVEN IMG, MEN ARE PAID TO WEAR OUT TIRES Large Tires Manufacturer Adopts Unique Plan to Test Motorcar Tires I Here is a new job,that will at once arouse the envy of the average motor- I Ist, although It has been created for ! his ultimate benefit. Imagine your • self a tire-iester, being paid to do j nothing but drive a big fine car, tour i the country and wear out tires. It j doesn't sound quite reasonable until I you consider that a tire manufacturer has no other real means of learning what his tires will stand, for he can not acquire this knowledge in the lab oratory. Nor will the rigid examina tion of each process of manufacture insure the long mileage that the tire buyer expects. To the tire-user, the actual fundamentals of a good tire are strength and wearing qualities and the only logical method of deter mining these is through actual ex perience In the service tfiat motor car drivers give their tires in bound ing over roads, good and bad, in all parts of the country. While this method of testing tires is not by any means new to the B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company, Its im portance is reflected in the recent ad dition of five more units to tlve com pany's original tire-testing fleet of cars, which, for the past several months, has been making its head quarters at Chattanooga, Tenn. The original fleet of fourteen cars 'bad made Akron its headquarters un til early in February when the of ficials decided to move it south. It was only recently that orders were received by this fleet to dispatch one of its cars immediately to each of the five new territories to form a nucleus for the additional fleets which were created, numbers of new cars had already been purchased to bring each unit up to its required quota of five cars. The Pacific fleet will cover all roads on the Pacific coast and learn what the motorists there have to contend with in tire wear. The Mountain fleet will climb the rocky trails of Yellow stone and Glacier parks. The Prairie fleet, with its headquarters in Kansas City, will scour the roads of Missouri and Kansas. The I*ake fleet will fight the sand stretches of Minnesota and Wisconsin. The original fleet, now designated as the Dixie fleet, will con tinue to cover the South with Chat tanooga as its base, and the Atlantic fleet will cruise among the hills and valleys of New York and Naw ling land. This is the manner in which the wearing qualities of the tires will be measured over every type of road in the United States. With each of the cars in all SIXM fleets are two drivers, each spending eight hours a day on the road. The remaining eight hours are utilized by mechanics in noting the effects on the cars as well as the tires and looking after their upkeep. Each driver keeps a detailed report of where he has been and what has hap pened. It must not be assumed that these drivers maintain excessive speed for they are obliged by their employers to not only observe the motor regula tions of their respective territories, but to remember all the courtesies of the road in meeting or passing other motorists. "Safety first" must be their watchword. During 1916, with but one fleet op erating, the total mileage covered amounted to 4,688,412 miles, or six hundred and thirty round-trip* be tween New York and Frisco. In gas oline alone these cars consumed close to a half million gallons for the light est as well as the medium and leavy cars are used. Dr. W. C. Geer, chief of the Devel opment Department of the Goodrich Company, says: "We are firm In the belief that these big fleets of tire testing cars are real factors In good and better tire building for they en able us to know accurately the serv ice that Goodrich tires give to the consumer in each section of this coun try and it Is all part of the Goodrich program which gives to the consumer the highest possible service value, not by guess work but by knowledge. The Goodrich Company In every article that it makes, .follows the "principle of designing the article to give the maximum service to the consumer. The test-car fleet Is simply following out in tires the same principle 'that for nearly fifty years has been fol lowed out In all other articles, In cluding tires. In this particular case we are now making a much more broad and close study of tire service conditions In all parts of the country so that when a Goodrich representa tive makes a statement regarding what a Goodrich tire will do the con sumer will know that that statement is based on actual knowledge." Saxon Boundary Car Finds Patriotism Everywhere Patriotism is in the air of the southland and everywhere that the Saxon roadster has. journeyed on its trip around the boundaries of the country, the observers have found city, village and countryside rallying to the flag to support the nation in its hostilities with Germany.' While the Saxon roadster's mis- j sion in blazing a trail along the rim j of the United States was a peaceful j one and designed to give the adven- ! turous motorists a new roadway, the trail also has special military signi- i ficances. This, together with the j general awakening of the country to i defense is creating unusual Interest in the journey of the roadster wljlch now has progressed along the boun dary from Washington to a point on the Texas State line somewhat be- j yond Galveston. Everywhere the car has been re- j chived with greatest hospitality and special pains have been taken by many communities to furnish the trail blazers with accurate road data! and to lighten if possible the task | of marking out a new route of tjiis j kind. This data, some of which un- j doubtedly will be of value to the j government, in event of any consid- j erable troop movements along the Atlantic seaboard, south of Chesa peake Bay-, will be turned over to j the olficials and the car is endeavor- ' ing to co-operate in every way it can with the Federal authorities. Thanks to the work of the army; on the border and to the Texas of- j licials. the border paths are fairly well charted and in many places 1 military roads have been construct- j ed. These, when hostilities have | ceased will form ideal motoring j paths, although the observers say | that the present situation precludes; any pleasure in a trip along the frontier. I From Texas the oar will follow j westward to the Pacific roast and it w;ill then travel the Pacific hishway i up the western boundary to the 1 Canadian line* HAFRISBURO t&t&X. TELEGRAPH PREDICTS GREAT WAR PROSPERITY President of Great Overland Factory Foresees Continu ance of Good Business By JOHN N. WILLYS. [Mr. Willys Is president of the W r illys-Overland Company, of Tole do, Ohio, second largest automobile factory In the world, which is expect ed to produce nearly 200,000 motor cars fhis year. He is also ranked as one of the industrial giants of the decade, whose business sagacity de veloped a factory with assets of $58,- 000 to a manufacturing plant with assets of $68,000,000. Mr. Willys can well be styled an authority on business conditions. —Editor's Note.] Automobile manufacturers throughout the country are being deluged by letters, telegrams and verbally with queries as to what ef fect America's declaration of a state of war existing with Germany will have on business generally, and par ticularly on the automobile indus try. It seems to be that the unprece dented era of prosperity of the past two years must be continued." In addition to the enormous busi ness now being handled by this coun try, the United States Government has just passed a war budget of seven billion dollars. Three billion dollars of this fund will be advanced as a loan to the allies —who will spend It in the United States. The remaining four billion dollars will be used to put our own army and navy on a sound war footing. Every cent of this money will be spent in this country. Every pro duct that is raised or made in this country will be purchased in larger quantities than ever. Every sec tion of the country will benefit — every class of people. Some of the money will go s uth to buy cotton. A big share will go to the western States and to the coast for grain, meat and other food stuffs. Some of it will go to Penn sylvania lor steel and coal. New England will get a share in exchange for shoes. The factories of the Cen tral States will get a share. There will be more money in circulation than ever before. In Canada in spite of the handicap of the war Willys-Overland dealers have since January 1 booked more retail orders than the total Overland AUTO STORAGE— first class, fireproof garage, open day and night Rates reasonable. Auto Trans. Garage sales in Canada for any previous twelve months. The demand in the Dominion for Willys-Overland cars Is far in excess of the supply. Prior to the war in Canada money was very tight. The per capital wealth across the border was only $65. At the present time Canada is In better shape financially than ever before; Its per capital wealth Is now said to be $92. The United States to-day has more money than ever in its history. A recent statement published by United States Comptroller Williams showed that United States banks had assets of Blxteen billion dollars, exceeding by two hundred and ten million dol lars the previous high water mark of five months ago, and an increase of five billion dollars In four years. The total national wealth, according to authoritative estimates, Is given out as $260,000,000,000. with a na tional debt of only $8,000,000,000. The estimated combined wealth of Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy and Germany Is $275,000,000,000, while their total national debt Is $60,- 000.000,000. There seems to be no cause for pessimism. We can safetly look for ward to a continuance o£ good busi ness right here In our own country. Automobile Men Turn to Daily Newspapers "Advertise in newspapers. Use the newspapers in preference to all other forms of advertising at this time, for the burden of the newspa per message of to-day is closer to the people's hearts." This is the message that has gone out from the Hudson Motor Car Company to its several hundred dis tributors and dealers throughout the United States. "The minds of the people are turn ed toward daily happenings and, therefore, toward the dally newspa- If we can not please you when ' It comes to Hie repairing and retlnishing of your lamps, wind shields, radiators, and other brass and nickel plated fixtures about your car, no one can. We have the finest equipped plant in Harrisburg and vi cinity for replating and retln ishing of all metal work, also gold. Jewelry and silverware. Give Ps a Trial Both Phones Harrisburg:, !>>,_ Valve-in-the-Head I B "No Hiii too sucp— Here is the first valve-in-the-head Eight, m \ar No Sand too Deep j eve ] 0 p S more power per cubic inch of piston displace- |r ment, or more power per pound of weight, than any other motor built. lu It's a valve-in-the-head motor —and it's an Eight —that's why. 'tjjjPi You know that valve-in-the-head means power —the utmost power from a given cylinder area. You know that eight I Clllllili **flexibility—flexibility undreamed of a short time ago, flexibility impossible in any motor with a less number || *|j 'm-m ill To say that in this Jackson Eight you can go at a "creep" or speed up 1 r to&mile-a-ntinute just faintly expresses it. It tells you nothing of 1 1H I TBi iil l | the elimination of "vibration"—it tells you nothing of the steady, un broken etream of power that makes this EIGHT different from any ll| \\ Others make claims—Jackson realizes them. That's why we say do not buy any car till you have had a ride in the Jackson Eight—the IU one valve-in-the-head eight. You are after the biggest possible VALUE lln for your money. Jackson gives it to you. Jackson doesn't simply 11 1 V "type Biqht with talk about it—Jackson puts it in the car. You get it NOW! IIU overhead valves You want beauty, you want economy—owners of this car average 17.7 II miles to the gallon of gas—and four full elliptic springs make it one jy of the easiest riding cars in the world—one of the easiest on tires. Come see this car —come, ride in it—come, sell it to yourself. Five Beautiful Body Styles to Choose From Five Pattenger Touring Car •••••••• $1399 Two-Paaeenger Roadeier $'39S Four-Paeeenger Cruiser, including fige wtrm wheel* . . SI49S (Wood wheel* SIOO lees.) Five-Pa**enger Sedan (Demountable Top) including regular top $ 160S IIU O Seven-Pa**enger Springfield Sedan • s2o9s II R All price* f.o.b. factory. fr>Tl Order Now— don't wait. We can promise immediate deliveries Now! ||| Four -full elliptic sprinas make. Jackson Motor Car Co. || 5 South FourthHarrisburg, Pa. Jackson Automobile Company JLJ Jackson, Mich. ml j 1g per. Newspapers are the dominant interests of the nation. "Millions of eyes searCTi its col umns. Edition after edition, filled with history making reports from <ll parts of the world, come all day long from the newspaper presses. And all are eagerly read. Therefore Hud son advertising should appear in them more than ever. "The hotel guest nears the newspa per falling through his transom in gray dawn. . Formerly he let it lie, until he was dresaecr. Now he Jumps up to read it. Tho householder eag erly seizes the morning paper. He reads the last edition before retiring ||—^sgr|| I THE SEARCHLIGHT WITH IHE WONDERFUL BRACKET I Light instantly on the spot you want to / ■ Pr jSrsir * lowe Searchlight turns as easily as you point your finger I a ' not up or down ' then right or left, as with right angle joints but I W a direct, one way turn, both joints moving at the same time. Bfi' ll W VI3S This free, easy turning at any angle is made possible by the ex- I elusive Howe Universal Joint Bracket, a radical improvement over I I jgSfgSr Sap'' ? 7 tape Joints, swivel or friction disc brackets. This wonderful bracket I 1 HEpl# la controlled by two coll springs that take up wear and hold the I I.' lamp in a firm unyielding grip. BluwlH T)le jj owe Searchlight never I SQUARE DEAL AUTO SUPPLY I 1408 North Third Street Roll Phone 3027 I MAY 19, 1917. at night. Newspaper circulation has jumped by thousands. And readers no longer turn first to the comics and sport section. World events more thrilling than any fiction the magazines can buy have captured the primary Interest of the public. "The newspaper right now is the most effective medium possible to tell the Super-Six story. Readers now turn to magazines not for stim ulation, but for a mild digest of news they have already learned from the newspapers. Their minds are not receptive but digestive, satiated. The Hudson story will reach them when the intellect is sparking. "Hitherto the Hudson newspaper advertising has not employed Illus trations. Type has been used to tell the story, and with truly wonderful results. But In these Intense times the dramatic appeal is particularly opportune, and from now on Hudson will employ dynamic illustrations — illustrations with a dramatic inter est, picturing stirring scenes of Super-Sixes in some of the record breaking accomplishments of the past year."
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