10 Business Better Predicts Premier Sales Manager "Disregard specifications and shoot forward all the cars you can get, re gardless of .model." I This, in a word, >8 about what,P. D. Stubbs, generaf •alesmanager 'of the Premier Motor Corporation, is getting from his deal ers mil along the line. • • The ifact is that he can not hope to meet the demand for Premier cars during 'the present selling months, and as nearly as can be told this far In advance, it looks as If the fall months were going to be very heavy selling months for the new Premier Aluminum Six with magnetic gear shift. "■War," says Salesmanager Stubbs, "Instead of thwarting the motorcar business, will, I believe, stimulate it. In the first place, the motorcar in dustry is going to play the most Im portant role among all American in dustries. In many instances machin ery which has been used in the mak ing of motorcars will be transferred to munition making, but that will merely mean more new machinery— besides, the government will need, for its own purposes, enough machines of practically all types, to make up for • any possible shrinkage in retail sales. England's motto of "Business as Us ual" will unconsciously be adopted over her, especially among motor makers." P. D. Stubbs, Premier's salesman ager, while an Englishman by birth, is heart and soul with America, and especially from a commercial stand point Is he particularly pleased over America's decision to associate her strength and her resources with those of the Allies. "The fact that America will sit in on the readjustment after the war will mean everything to American ex port business of the future. While we are not thinking of commerciaj welfare just now, it is reassurins to know that things have takeu such a turn that America in general and our automobile industry in particular is not to be discriminated against." Cadillac Eight Easily Foils a Wily Farmer The crew of the twenty-four-hour Cadillac Eight, which the Detroit fac tory keeps on the road in a continu ous test, had an experience recently which filled their hearts with delight. An enterprising farmer near De troit was seized with the Idea of creating a college-education fund for his boys. Motorists were to be the unwilling though helpless contribu tors. The farmer saw several score of them pass his place every day. Just around a bend in the road was a yellow clay mudhole. At the curve he placed a "slow down" sign, provided himself with a suitable tow ing rope and waited. An approaching automobile would reduce its speed to three or four miles an hour, turn the bend, slough down into the mud that reached to the hub caps, and be done. Then the farme- would appear, and for a mod est consideration—up to J25 —would have h'.s team pull out the mired ma t chine. One c ay a desirable-looking oar ap- peared up the road. It was the twen f ty-four-hour Cadillac, but the farmer I didn't know that. He drove his team (down through the orchard, to be ready j when help was needed. * The Cadillac slowed down at the sign, entered the yellow splotch in the road, sank to the hubs, as per sched ule. But it didn't stop. It merely hesitated, moved on through the mud to solid ground and was gone about its business. The farmer slowly drove his Percherons back to the barn. Will Photograph Ruins of Art Throughout France By special permission of the French Government, the first pleasure car to enter France since the beginning of the war will be a Dodge Brothers convertible sedan. The car was pur chased by Comtesse Regina de Regis de Olivera and will be used in France in motion picture work when the art ruins of the war, including the ca thedral at Rheims. Solssons and Ypres will be photographed under the direc tion of Rodin, the greatest living sculptor. The pictures will be shown later in this country for the benefit of the Committee for American Aid for the Restoration of French Monuments of Art, of which Mrs. Cecelia Sartoris, granddaughter of General Grant, Is the American representative. The committee Itself has a list of notable members, including Theodore Roose velt, Jules Jusserand, Robert Bacon, Myron T. Herrick, Cardinal Gibbons, etc. In the collection of the fund for the restoration of France's works of art this American-made motorcar, now on its way to France, will play an Im portant part. NEW PASTOR AT BETHEI, The Rev. 11. H. Cooper, D. D., of Philadelphia, who has just been as signed to the 'Bethel A. M. E. Church by the Philadelphia annual confer ence. will preach at both morning and evening services. HUPMOBILE Touring Cars With Elec tric Lights and Starters S4OO a u n P d We Have Given Up the Agency Ensminger Motor Co. Green and Cumberland Stfl. v i —the efficiency car. More miles Less gasoline— More comfort— Less weight— ,v , E. W. Shank J 107 MARKET ST. AUTO STORAGE— First clan, fireproof garage, open day and night. Rata* reasonable. Auto Trans. Garage SATURDAY EVENING, JAPANESE TROOPS REPORTED LANDED IN FRANCE , ■ | ' ' v ''^ JAEANXSE MACJHXNE GU.NS According to unofficial reports received from Paris, Japanese troops have been landed in France and now will Sf,.l „ alO i!.*j de . *■? Eneiish and trench for t;he llrst time. It Is also said that a number of Japanese warships e armed at Marseilles to aid in the war on German submarines and convoy allied merchantmen. Stability of Maker Is Important to Car Buyer "Prospective buyers of motor cars could see a fine object lesson In what industrial stability means if they were to go into the office of the Jack- A. Matthews, treasurer of the Jack son Motor Car Company, at Jackson, Mich." says P. H. Keboch, district manager. "On the wall he has a large sheet upon which is printed the names of the motor companies which have been formed, built cars and died during the fifteen years Jackson cars have been on the market. There are just 241 of them. And as you go down the list, every letter In the alphabet Is represented except U and X. "These cars now bear the title of •orphans'. And there are to-day thousands of them running around giving very good service. But when anything happens to one of them it is then that the owner learns the value of permanency in the motor industry. He has to go around here and there looking for a part because there is no dealer, no salesroom, no service station. "It is possible to get a spare part somewhere. But when he finds out where the place is he has to send out for it. Then there is the long wait and the uncertainty as to whether he can get it or not. It is sent him C. O. I>. Here comes the awakening. The price he has to pay may be much more than he ex pected. "He has very little choice. If he refuses to accept it his car is tied up. So he generally takes the part. Then he puts it in and right away I he tries to sell the car so he can get one Chat is not an orphan. Here I again he has to learn another lesson. I The car gives fine service; it looks good, and Is apparently all right. "However, no one seems to want i it. Ordinarily, it is worth as much as any other used car of its power and size In the owner's mind. But I not so the dealer. The price he is offered for it gives him chills. It is a very effective lesson to such buy ers, and so the next cat they get is one that is not likely to become an j orphan. "That is why the buyer of a Jack son Eight to-day gets real value for his money. He is sure of a cashing in value just like that of a life in surance policy. The Jackson com pany Is a permanent organization I that has lived through panics and ! rear-panics and kept right on mak- | ing cars for the last fifteen years, j and is going to continue doing so. j ||| What Will You Get When $ I p| You Buy Your Car? | 1 The actual value of an automobile is deter mined by the service it will render. You can y B buy a car at almost any price you wish to pay, BiW but a high-grade car which has been used a |1 year or two will give better service than any ! P j|j cheap new car. Crispen MERIT Cars are cars which we §|§l| know to be reliable. They are cars which E B @ have been carefully gone over, overhauled I ''' y ||lß where necessary, repainted in most cases— 1I i cars which we know to be better value dollar I |jj g for dollar than any new car which could be I 'it bought at the same price. $ !j US Many satisfied users of exchanged cars bought from us will testify to their reliabil- H ity. Come in to-day or to-morrow and see II the cars which are on our floor. There is a good MERIT car here at the price you want to pay. iS |j I Crispen Motor Car Co. [!| [IE 311-315 S. Cameron St. || | Harrisburg Swid a post card fop J!! ' | ■ , " n '' S| "' n ' R M ° r " Max,n,s " • j Tho company has built models to . meet the public demand so that they r are popular everywhere. And a Jack -1 son Eight owner is a satisfied motor ist who needs never fear that the i value of his car is going to drop 90 per cent, over night through the makers going out of business." Intensive Farming Is Taught by Firestone Co. Practically every foot of available land about the Firestone Tire and j Rubber Company's factories at! Akron. Ohio, is under cultivation and more than 350 of its married em ployes are receiving instructions in ] intensive farming. H. S. Firestone, president of the' company, is supervising the work | personally. Air. Firestone spent his boyhood on an Ohio farm and has I always taken a keen interest in agri culture. For several years he has been promoting a movement to stim ulate interest in farming among school children, offering valuable gardening prizes annually. Realizing the importance of Presi- Cars For Sale The following cars have been taken in trade by this com pany for new Packard cars. They are ready for delivery and are offered for sale at attractive prices: 1914 Hudson Touring Car $4.0 1914 Chalmers Touring Car #4OO 1913 Chalmers Touring Car #3OO 1914 National Touring Car SSOO 1914 Pullman Touring Car #3OO Morton 2-ton Truck and Chassis and Body, SI,OOO Used Packard Cars of all Models Packard Motor Car Co. OF PHILADELPHIA 101 Market St. Harrisburg, Pa. Bell 'Phone 2694 HXRRI6BURO TELEGRAPH dent Wilson's appeal for more Inten sive farming among city folks, Mr. Firestone ordered seventy acres of : land the Firestone factories plowed up, divided into garden plots and offered to the company's mar ried employes for cultivation. With in forty-eight hours after the offer was made every plot had been ap plied for and there was a large , waiting list. • To insure the cultivation of every foot of ground, a time clock has been installed within the garden tract and each gardener must reg ister a certain number of hours work each week or forfeit hVs plot. The company furnishes the seeds and an expert gardener has been employed to instruct.the men and insure max- I imum production. The gardeners I choose their crops and the larfd is allotted according to the adaptabil ity of the soil. It is expected that sufficient po tatoes, beans, cabbage and other gar den crops to supply more than 350 families will be raised on the Fire stone gardens. Motor Cars Needed to Carry Troopers What can I do to show my patriot ism In a thoroughly practical and ef fective manner? Men In the motor car industry, llko thousands in other lines, have,been asking that Question desiring, so far as they are Individually con cerned, to convert the wave of patriotism that has swept tho coun try into something more useful than mere flag waving. Motor car manu facturers have already come forward with offers of their factories for gov ernment service. While it is not likely that many of these factories will be transformed into munitions plants, yet the motor car and the motor truck will unquestionably bo a vastly important factor in military operations. Dealers and distributors, however have not tho same opportunities as the manufacturers and most of them will have to devise other ways of do ing their bit, but what that bit shall be Is tho problem. One of the most important men In the Paige Held or ganization has hit \ipon a plan that promises excellent practical results. This distributor is C. L. Sturtevant, SAXON u y / \ Chummy Roadster 'LP Is Here ]t is now on display in our showroom. The body is unusually comfortable and roomy. This car is the only car selling for less than one thousand dollars that has a Continental Motor. Saxon Distributing Agency 1137 Mulberry St. L. H. Hagerling The Studebaker SIX Tested and Proved S T S?S^ E * h u 9 , P rodu L ced and 80, d more than D ' e 2°t California, and Yuma, Arizona; drove through the w 30M00 Automobiles. This volume of sales is pos- sandy, rutty trails of New Mexico and Western Texas, sible because Studebaker cars stand up and give the to El Paso, thence to New Orleans. From New Orleans service. he went to Atlanta, Norfolk, Washington and New York; This is proved by the performance of Studebaker cars, through Rochester to Cleveland, to South Bend, the not on tracks or on specially planned factory trips with " orne ° Studebaker. trained servicemen at every "control " but in the hands When he arrived in South Bend his Studebaker was in average owners on the average roads of America. perfect running condition —ready for the remainder of the trip. The 1000 Mile Reliability Run In the famous Studebaker Reliability Run of November, Studebaker Leads in California 1215; ™ C JTI re 2 ? tudc^ er Cars takcn greedy fr °m In California, where the climate permits continuous use states tn nfrTTnnn m"? u ™ of a *** twelve months in the year, motorists probably fi h f WT. Their bu V neatest numbers those cars that stand up and average time was 36.6 hours for 1,000 miles, their aver- give the service age speed 27.73 mdes per hour 8 service. n --. . . | l ' . O" January Ist. 1917, official figures, compiled by the ' a * f" d r VLV* ® nowdnftß . Motor Vehicle Department at the State Capitol in Sacra- SJ k " 3 COV l ered " ' tota! , of 101.565.66 miles men to, showed more Studebaker cars registered in without showing a single mechanical trouble California than any other car selling at over SSOO. Pike'.s Peak Climb . . . r . . _ t i , A , C . _ _ _ r* Studebaker Leads in Detroit On July 16th, 1916, one hundred and fifty Studebaker . . cars driven by their owners, participated in the opening n uetrolt where 80 J of all automobiles are manufac of the Pike's Peak Highway. Every Studebaker climbed turcd - where people know the materials and worWnan to the summit, 14,150 feet above the sea, and returned sh,p that K ° 1040 car8 ' and the organizations behind them, without the least difficulty. Their performance was more Studebake'' B registered than any other car satisfactory. selling at over SSOO. Owner Circles United States Studebaker Goodness Proved by Owners Early tjiis Spring Mr. George C. Jones, a well-known Studebaker value is shown by Studebaker's leadership merchant of Wenatchee, Washington, started from San in every test where the performance of the car in the Francisco to circle the Unhed States —a very unusual "hands of the average owner is the real criterion, trip. His Studebaker had already run mofe than 8,000 miles. " you want a car that will stand up and give you service follow the example of those who know by actual He crossed the Sierras and the deserts between service —buy a Sttfdebaker. t * Four-Cylinder Models v A ____ ~ Six-Cylinder Models SESV-.: S DRISCOLLAUTOCO. iSS&L; :"is FOUR Landau Roadster . 1159 SIX Touring Sedan . . 17M FOUR Evcry-Weather Car 1185 +Am SIX Coupe 175# All prices/, o. t. Detroit 147 S. CamCrOII St. MX .I. Dr'U president of tho Paige-Toledo Com pany. Mr. Sturtevant's plan has nothing to do with cars, trucks, armored ve hicles or munition*, but is a contri bution to the solution of the per plexing food problem. Being the owner of a good-sized piece of land only twelve miles from Toledo he de termined to make It not only produc tive, but useful to as many Indivi duals as possible. The soil Is rich and well adapted to the raising of garden vegetables and fruits. it occurred to Mr. Sturtevant that many of his employes would be glad to spend a portion of their time dur ing the spring and summer raising vegetables and fruit for the coming winter. lie offered therefore any member of his staff who was willing to work the land all he could raise! on an acre. The proposition was eagerly accepted and the land was quickly allotted among the Sturte vant salesmen, territory representa tives and employes of the service and stock departments. The Paige-Toledo Company plows and prepares the land for the crops free of charge. Each man Is given a day off each week to work his pjot and he is also given transportation in Paige cars to and from the gardens. These men will therefore not only add to the production of food and help solve their own living problems, MAT 26, 1917. but will Also have the benefit of a very healthful activity. Here la one example of practical patriotism and undoubtedly there are many other men throughout the country who can profit by this Paige distributor's ex ample. BIBS FROM KIO KO FHORSR Marietta. May SB.— After suffering' for five years from Injuries caused by tho kick of a herse, Samuel A. Koser, aged 45 years, died at his home at Milton Grove, Thursday night. He Is survived by his wife and several children. The Only Auto That Has Kept Up Quality and NOT Advanced Price 4-cyl. Touring and Roadster $875 6-cijl. Touring and Roadster $1250 Harrisburg Auto Co. IIKTI'HXED PASTOR TO PRBAC9K The • uev. Dr. W. A. Ray, who I** been attending the Philadelphia aal Baltimore Conference of the A. It. B. 3510n Church, at Philadelphia, has been returned to the pastorate of the' Wesley Union Church for anotnet* year. Tills Is the beginning of bla fourth term here, and he will flir his pulpit both morning and eTen* ins. KSMK\OL'H-HICKER WEDDING Marietta, Pa., May Berth* M. Ricker, of Progress, was marrle<t to Mosheim Eshenour, of Elisabeth* town. Thursday, by the Rev. M. P. 1 locker, of Middle town.
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