10 AUTO LICENSES ARE ADVANCED Buckman Bill Carries Many Changes in the Motor Ve hicle Regulations Automobile license fees are in creased and the authority of the State Highway Department in issuing licenses is extended in the amend ments which were made in the Sen ate public roads committee to the Buckman automobile bill, which took the place of the Mearkle bill, which \vas passed in the House. The bill now presents the appearance of a revenue raiser and it is estimated that it will add thousands of dollars to the State's annual income if it passes the Senate, where opposition to it has developed. The fee from a pneumatic-tired ve hicle of less then ten horsepower would be $5; between 10 and 25 horse power $10; between 25 and 35. sls; between 35 and 50, S2O, and for over 50, $25. These figures are all higher than in the original bill. Solid-tire machine licenses are also made high er. The discretionary power of the Highway Commissioner to issue a li cense in less than a year to a per son whose license has been revoked because of drunkenness or speeding is taken away by an amendment. The principal changes In the bill follow: The term "motor vehicle" is to in clude, in addition to all wheeled ve hicles operated or propelled by any form of engine, motor or mechanical power, "vehicles operated by power received from any sources other than from engine, motor or mechanical powej forming; part of such vehicle." The size of the figures on the regis tration tag are increased from four to Ave inches in height and those on motorcycles from three to three and one-half inches. The number tags on vehicles equipped with solid tires would bear in the corner or corners a star or stars indicating the classifica tion of the vehicle. The fee for a motorcycle is left at $3 and a motorcycle with a sidecar attached. $5. Under the present law when a license is issued after July for a motor vehicle the fee is cut in half. The amended bill changes the date to September and increases the rates. The proposed law would read as follows: The fee for the registration of other motor vehicles (motorcycles ex cepted) equipped with pneumatic tires, except as provided for in the dealers' class, when registration is issued prior to September of any year would be $5 for a vehicle of less than 10 horsepower; $lO for 10 and less than 25 horsepower: sls for 25 and less than 35 horsepower; S2O for 3a and less than 50 horsepower, and $25 for each vehicle of 50 horsepower or more. The original fees in the bill were: $lO for any motor vehicle of less than 35 horsepower; sls for 35 and less than 50 horsepower; S2O for 50 horsepower or more. The fee for motor vehicles with solid tires have been changed as fol lows: $lO for each vehicle of less than 3,000 pounds gross maximum weight of load and vehicle; sls for 3.000 and less than 4,000 pounds; $25 for more than 7,000 and less than 15,000 pounds and S3O for 15,000 and not more than 24,000 pounds. The rates in the original J9ill for the solid tire vehicles were: $5 for 4,000 pounds; $lO for 4,000 and less than 5,000 pounds; S2O for 10,000 and less than 15,000 pounds, and $25 for 15000 pounds and not more than 24,000 pounds. These two provisions have been added to the bill: "Motor vehicles, either solid or pneumatic tire, used for hauling freight over a regular route and on a fixed schedule, shall be $2,50 per ton capacity in addition to the regu- ; lar fee for registration. "Motor vehicles, either solid or pneumatic tire, used for transporting passengers for hire over a regular route and on a fixed schedule, shall be $1 for each passenger seat in the motor vehicle in addition to the regu lar fee for registration. The fee in the dealers' class in the original bill was slo and, has been raised to sls. The fee for dealers in motorcycles remains at $5. The min imum number of sets of tags that would be issued to one dealer would be two. Electric motor vehicles used for pleasure purposes would be registered in the pneumatic tire class and ac cording to horsepower. The State Highway Commissioner is given authority to "refuse to issue a license to any applicant who, in his estimation, is an improper person to operate a motor vehicle." The following provision is also in serted: "No person who is mentally or physicaly incapacitated shall be per mitted to operate a motor vehicle on the public highways of this State. Any person who has lost one hand or both, or who has lost the use of one hand or both, or who has lost both feet, or who has lost the use of both feet, or whose eyesight is so impaired that with the aid of glasses he cannot distinguish objects clearly at a distance of 150 feet, or who shall have less than 20 per centum of nor mal vision, or who shall have lost within two per centum of normal hearing, shall be considered physical _the efficiency car. More miles Less gasoline— More comfort — Less weight— E. W. Shank 107 MARKET ST. """ii" TiTiimmiim— t~ —wrfr"~ d ~ £ *?'ffl If we can not please you when it comes to the repairing and refinishing 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 refin ishing of all metal work, also gold, jewelry and silverware. Give tTs a Trial Phones llarrlaburg, SATURDAY EVENING, ly Incapacitated, and if any euch per son shall have obtained a license, it shall be void. Provided, that the Highway Commissioner may at his discretion Issue special licenses to persons otherwise disqualified under the terms of this act to operate spe cially constructed motor vehicles." The application for an operator's license must "clearly set forth any physical defect or disability, which might disqualify the applicant from operating: a motor vehicle." The fee for a paid driver's license U increased from $2 to $3. The orig inal Muck man bill did not require an owner, desiring to operate his car. to have an operator's license. The amended bill takes the owner out of the exempt class, lie must have had at least thirty days' experience in the operation of a car. Expect 15,000 Riders in Gypsy Holiday Tour Intrest in the National Gypsy Holiday Tour projelt being promoted in motorcycle communities all over the country has grown to proportions far in excess of the fondest expecta tions of the educational committee, Motorcyle and Allied Trades accp ciation, orginating the idea. It is safe to say that there will be more than 15,000 riders, with a big per centage of sidecar outfits, taking part in these tours on June 16 and 17. Every rider successfully partici pating in a local Gypsy tour will be | awarded a handsome medal, and it is ! proposed to make the Gypsy tours an j annual event, riders taking part in j succeeding tours to receive a bar that can be hung underneath the orginal medal. New riders each year will re- ! ceive the Gypsy fob. Be Careful About the Home Says Dixon State Commissioner of Health ! Samuel G. Dixon to-day declared I that the people back home must take heed to sanitation if the efflci- | ency of the army and navy are to j be kept up. Commissioner Dixon is- j sued a statement addressed to the I people of the State in which he said: j "We must devote ourselves more than ever to promote the personal and public health that our army and navy may be kept up to full effici ency. To keep this high standard the home conditions must also be healthful that they may be strong and fertile sources upon which those at the front may depend. Fortu- j nately, the people in Pennsylvania, j through education, have learned to appreciate how modern scientific and j sanitary methods will bring them | health and strength. It is now that this power will be the salvation of the central government that the United States of America has been I drawn into." Igf There Is a Cadillac to 1 j | | Fit Your Pocketbook \ 11 Bm Any Cadillac whether a 1915 or 1916 8-cylinder or a jj mK four-cylinder model of the years before, is worth more t |§ than any new car which could be bought at the same When we say worth more, we mean it will give better jlj IS]jl service, year after year, than a cheap new car. jl "Sn The superior features which distinguish a high-priced H car are not obliterated by age. A cheap new car may be H m new, but a high-grade Crispen MERIT car will give Hjl B much better service because it has in it high-grade de- H §1 sign, materials and workmanship. A Crispen MERIT M U H BK ( at S2OO or $2000) is better value than any new car t S IB HI •at the same price. ja H I ■! v < EE m HI Every car is a used car after it is on the street for a p . ;|m few days. Newness fades almost over night. When I \ you buy a Crispen MERIT Car you will get satisfaction, Mn economy and long life—more of all three, per dollar, \ m than in any other car you could buy at the price. \ H |j Crispen Motor Car Co. || || 311-315 S. Cameron St. || jj (if Harrisburg i ■ k Send a post card fop = 2 ; "Crispen Merit Maxims." I i m Social and Personal News of Towns Along West Shore Mrs. Louise Baker, of Keedyville, Md„ and Harry Martin, of Waynes boro, left their homes on May SO and motored to Hager&town, where they were married. They continued their wedding Journey by automobile, arriving at the home of the bride's aunt, Mrs. C. N. Baker, at Wormleys burg, where they will spend a few days before returning to their home. Mrs. Thomas Glfcssner, of West Fairview, visited her paretns, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Keffer, at Worm leysburg. Mrs. Frank Morrett, ot HaTisburg, visited her sister, Mrs. H. G. Knier, at Wormleysburg. Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Baker, of Wormleysburg, entertained J. C. Thomas, of X. C.; Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Walters and Dr. and Mrs. I„ink, of Wilkes-Barre, X. C., during the week. Mrs. Grover Mackey and children, of Lemoyne, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Myers at Wormleys burg. Miss Clara Xaylor, o* Harrisburg, visited Mrs. Foster Wingert at Worm leysburg. Mr. and Mrs. Ira Bishel, of Har risburg, and Mrs. B. M. Pcffer, of Washington Heights, were guests of I When Three Wheels Slip, 1 I . One Will Pull You | | Through 1 [*Mj When the wheels of an "brdinary truck hits a soft or slippery spot it spins 'round and 'round because the "com- yO ma pensating" device comonly used directs the power to pi II whichever wheels offers least resistance to the turning bm The Duplex Self-Locking Differential operates on ex- yD actly the opposite principle. It diverts the power from m yy the wheel that moves easily to the wheel that offers MOST njl |P resistance—in other words to the wheel that still has road m ffi traction. ' . as A booklet will be mailed you on request with photo rrl graphs and detailed information regarding the Duplex 4- Wheel Drive Truck. RARRISBURG TELEGRAPH! Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Rishel at Worm leysburf?. Mrs. Willlnm Rapp, of Washington Heights, visited Mtb. I. V. Klster at Wormleysburg. Miss Addle Gore, of York, Is visit ing Mrs. John Witmyer at New Cumberland. Mrs. J. R. Hutchinson, president of the Bunday school missionary so ciety, will make an address Sunday morning In Trinity United Brethren Sunady School. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Bixler and son John, of New Cumberland, were at New York this week. MRS. HARRY FINK DIES Mechanicsburg, Pa., June 2. News of the death, after a lingering illness, of Mrs. Harry Kink, at her home at Philadelphia,, reached here yesterday. She was a former resi dent and aged about 4 8 years. The body will be brought to the home of William Fink, where fune 'al serv ices win be held Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Burial will be made in the Mechanicsburg Cemetery. Mjs. Wiley, of Harrisburg, is a sister. BOOSTING LIBERTY BONDS New Cumbenana, Pa., June 2. A meeting was held Thursday night to organize for the boosting of the Liberty Loan. G. W. Heffleman was appointed chairman and G.~ F. Bobb, captain. A meeting will be held on Monday evening, when committees will be appointed and work assigned to them. Mechanicsburg Juniors Hold Reception For Seniors Mechanicsburg, Pa., June 2. Last evening the annual rfeceptlon given by the junior class of the high school to the senior class was held in Franklin Hall. The program in cluded: Piano solo. Miss Minerva Coover; address by Junior president, Lewis Anderson; vocal solo. Miss El ma Senseman; reading. Miss Rose Bowman; impromptu speeches by directors; piano duet. Misses Doro thea Baum and Catherine Sheffer. Refreshments were served and the remainder of the evening was spent with cards and dancing. Music was furnished by the Braxton Orchestra, of Harrisburg. The board of school directors and faculty of the high school were guests. Patronesses were Mrs. M. M. Dougherty and Mrs. H. C. Brown. IJU t-i Wpii OUR DETERMINATION TO PLEASE g A BUYER, REGARDLESS OF MANY SACRIFICES ON OUR ffi i PART, HAS PROVEN ITS WISDOM BY MAKING US HUN- 11 J DREDS OF SATISFIED CUSTOMERS. WE HAVE A MOST COM- E ; PLETE ASSORTMENT OF CARS FROM WHICH TO MAKE E : YOUR SELECTION. J[ \ 800 USED CARS TO CHOOSE FROM E j f 1017 APPERSON 8-cyl. Tourin*. 191(1 CHALMERS 6-cvl. Touring; m ■ equal to new; used very little; a used only a abort time; 7-pase.: ■ J ■ una p. low price. L ■ 1917 CHANDLER Touring; tip-top 1916 SAXON alx Tourine; fln? con- ■JJ condition: splendid equipment. dition. 1 1917 MITCHELL small six- used 1917 STEARNS - KNIGHT 8-cyl. Z 1 onlv 3 months; 2 extra tires. Touring; aa good as new; will n* 1917 PULLMAN Touring; splendid sacrifice. * i familv car; run only 1100 miles. 191 d OVERLAND Roadster; tli>- F J 1917 DODGE Tourine; mechanically top condition 1375 1 ■ Al; fullr equipped: a bargain. 1016 IyBO Touring; 4-cyl.; shows no pi ■ 1910 OLDSMOBILE Touring cars. 4 wear; bargain. L ' and 8-cyl.; splendid shape; as low 1916 MAXWELL Touring cars and as 1500 Roadsters; fully equipped; as low I ■ 1917 PAIGE 6-40 Touring; slip COT- ax $325 ■ 1 ers: wire wheels; Al condition; a 1916 DODGE Roadster; tip-top f bargain. hnn: s wnap. fti 1917 OVERLAND 6-cyl. Touring: Bt'SS. 20-PASS.. REO 1016 MOD- f S Jii „„„. i EL; tiptop mechanical condition; ■ to new Touring, equal electric llgtata and starter; big f 1917 COLK 8-crl. Touring: run only bargain. fc 900 miles. 1810 CHEVROLET Touring: excel- f 1918 HUPMORILE Touring; T- lent condition: Bahy Grand model $425 ■ pnsa.: n bargnln. 1916 SCRIPPS-BOOTH Roadster; r 1917 STt'DERAKER Tonrlng 4- terr ininpT $450 1 cyl.: Al condition $575 191 ft CHEVROLET Ameaburr Sne- p 1 1916 GRANT alx Touring: Al clal: very claasy: a bargain. L ■ "bane $475 SITPRRPIX HUDSON Touring _ FORD Touring Cam and Roadsters earn. Roadsters and Cabriolets; all models, from $l5O up. excellent condition; low prices. J | EASY PAYMENTS IF DESIRED [ | RELIABLE AUTOMOBILE COMPANY S (All that the name Implies) 1 24D-251 NORTH BROAD STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA. | Open Sunday 9to 2 Agent* Wanted ■ The Studebaker Car Economy is a Factor ECONOMY is simply wise buying. For this reason Studebaker cars are probably It does not mean unnecessary sacrifice. ( th ® re , at f, st values on the automobile market % today, dollar for dollar of their prices. Economy is the very opposite of hoarding. The Studebaker FOUR js the on]y 40 Horse For the very term "economy" presupposes the Power, Four Cylinder, Seven Passenger car purchase of necessities, of conveniences, of those selling for less than SI,OOO. things that make for business and personal r™ c . , . , CTV „ efficiency. Studebaker SIX is the only 50 Horse Power, Six Cylinder, Seven Passenger car selling Automobiles are necessities with many of us — for less than $1,500. professional men find them well-nigh indispens- T . ~ . . . a bl e In ratio to power Studebaker cars are very c, . ~. , , _ , economical in their consumption of gasoline. Salesmen in various lines of business often find their efficiency greatly enhanced by the use of a In ratio to weight and carrying capacity, they motor car. * are very economical in tires —Studebaker owners To the family it means health strength and Mo ° l ° 10 '° 00 mB " ° D * added vigor —it means increased happiness. ° . a xi • .i „,, . . Studied accessibility reduces adjustment and Anything that means all this is an economy. repair co sts lo a m ; n i mum . Therefore, the question is one of what auto- nation-wide organization of thirty mo le to uy. two direct branches and 6,500 dealers, assures Studebaker is the largest producer of fine auto- your permanent service satisfaction, mobiles in the world. Therefore, economy being a factor—if you want Studebaker's great resources, Studebaker's great to buy wisely and well, it will pay you to in volume enable Studebaker to produce a better vestigate Studebaker before you decide what car car at a lower price. to buy. Four-Cylinder Models IM\ V /1/lAV * A Six- Cylinder Models FOUR Roadster . . . $985 |lO|C| , f|¥ ¥ A ¥ f* f\ SIX Roadster . . . . SUM UKIotULL AUIU LU. szar&i,: : st? FOUR Landau Roadster . 1150 SIX Touring Sedan . . 17M FOUR Every-Weather Car 1185 SIX Coupe 17M AU prion/, e. 4. Detroit 147 S. CdmerOll St. SlXUm ?u'£L'/.iDL*' ; i 1 Boundry Car Averages 20 Miles to Gallon In the first 6.000 miles of the journey of tho Saxon Four roadster which is blazing a route for the National Boundary Highway, the average mileage on a gallon of gaso line up to the present time has been twenty-six miles. This remarkable record of econ omy in fuel consumption has been made day in and day out for the last two months over some of the rough- est roads in the country and under the worst weather conditions. The car left Washington at inauguration time and has been going south and west along the rim of the United States, reaching Los Angeles only recently. The trip to date has cov ered the southern mud roads, the sands of Florida, the alkali of the Mexican border and the mountain trails over the Sierras and the gaso line consumption has been recorded and averaged for every foot of the way. Aside from its fuel economy the roadster has proved economical in JUNE 2, 1917. ' operative costs of all kinds. The car. a stock model, has carried a super load of two drivers and a large amount of baggage without trouble. There have been minor adjustments necessary, but the trip has not been delayed through any fault of the car. One thing that has made the first part of the trip difficult are the roads that have been encountered. Spring freshets have made many miles of n>ud travel, often hub deep. In one place sand forced the car to come tr. a halt until strips of canvas were laid In front of the wheels to travel on. Several times the car has 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 and driving compartment are comfortably large, accommodating seven passengers. You'll find this car exceptionally strone value at 51465. Bentz-Landis Auto Co. 1808 Logan Street plunged ahead against the advice of local motorists and has broken a path through mud that has been lm passatilo for motor cars for weeks. .Now that California with its splen did roads has been reached, the trail ,' azers expect to make speed until the northern boundary line Is reached and the return trip along the Ca nadian line is started. The trip has shown wonderful possibilities for mo toring in the South and Southwest and also has given the trail blazers a large amount of data which will be useful to the government from a military standpoint.
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