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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 ,
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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.