Studebaker Models Will
Not Change This Year
R. T. tllodgkins, sates manager of
the Studebaker Corporation, is
authority for the sjateraent that
Studebaker does not contemplate a
change in models this year. In mak
ing public this information Mr.
Hodgkins says: "In our opinion
Studebaker engineers have reached a
point of near perfection In the Series
18 cys. Our engineers have been
concentrating on the one basic de
sign now for the past four years and
have, naturally enough, been able to
constantly improve and refifie our
product. They have taken advantaga
of the splendid opportunity to ob
serve the performance of 300,000
Studebaker cars in the hands of
owenrs, in every part of the world,
and through this experience of ac
tual service the Scries 18 Studebaker
cars have been evolved. Personally I
believe that our engineers have given
us one of the best cars in the world,
regardless of price. There's really no
good reason why we should ann
ounce new models at this time. In
fact I can say definitely there will bo
no change in models this year.
"Prospective buyers of a motor car
purchase a Studebaker car now with
the assurance that no sudden change
in models will discount or depreciate
the value of their purchase.
"Each day our sales reports from
all over the country continue to show
that the motorcar buying public is
quick to recognize, and always to
give its support to an honest, well
made product, the value and service
of which have been proven in actual
performance. The increased cost of
materials and labor may force us to
make an advance in prices most any
time but, even at an increase, I feel
that the public will stilt be getting
the best "buy" for the money. Due
to tremendous stocks of materials
on hand, purchased before the rapid
upward trend of prices, Studebaker
has been able to sell its cars at the
prices that are hundreds of dollars !
less than other cars that give as 1
much.
"Upon my recent trip throughout
the Middle West I interviewed many
dealers and found everyone of them
enthusiastic about the prospects for
sales to farmers this year. I have
never heen so impressed with the
prosperity of the faris>r as I was on
this last tour through "the bread
basket of the world." They have not
had too much rain out there and, ap
parently, weather conditions are
ideal. I have never seen such a won
derful stand of corn ns there is in
lowa to-day, and as a former lowan
I took more than passing interest in
the country through which I trav
eled.
"I remember whet* n lowa far
mer was highly sattsned if l>e re
ceived S4O for thre*. "logs, so you
can imagine my surprise when I
actually witnessed a farmer out
there have so much money that it fs
literally sticking out or the windows.
And within the next sixty days i
look for an unprecedented demand
for medium priced automobiles from
this territory. If lowa and the
Middle Western territory has no
weather set-backs there will be the
greatest automobile shortage this
year that the industry has ever seen.
"With enough farm products be
tween North Dakota and New Or
leans to feed the entire world, and
with the automobile becoming more
of a necessity to the farmer each day,
ami the prominent part the automo
bile is playing in the Business world
the "saturation point" to my mind is
a long ways off.
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SATURDAY EVENING,
Emergency Patch Should
Not Be Made Permanent
Tlie importance of the emergency
blowout patch as a part of the motor
ing equipment is understood by all
experienced motorists. When*;the mo
torist discovers a clean-cut fabric
break, stone bruise or a small cut
entirely through tread and faibric, he
simply applies the patch. Inserts and
inflates the tube and continues his
trip. ' /
"But It must also be understood by
the tourist," says Mr. Mosher, man
ager of the local branch of tjie Plsk
Rubber Company, "that this patch Is
for emergency, not for permanent re
pairs. At the end of a trip, during
which an accident occurred necessi
tating the use of the emergency
patch the tourist should soe that'
the patch Is taken out and the' casing
lepaired properly at any vuloianlzing
shop. In this way the emergency
patch will have served Its purpose
and the mileage-giving qualities of
the casing are not impaired.
"On the other hand, as the tire
causes him no further trouble, the
motorist is likely to forget the patch
he applied for emergency purposes.
The result of this neglect would be
that by the natural Hexing and bend
ing of the tire the patch is forced
ii to the cut or break, wedging the
fabric apart until it becomes too weak
to resist the inside air pressure, and
a blowout occurs, ripping the fabric
apart to such an extent that it is be
yond repair. With careful treatment
the emergency fabric patch has saved
the life of many a casing, but It has
also brought more than one casing to
death by thoughtless neglect."
Rubber Stands Strain
Better Than the Steel
Three sets of chains were worn out
between the road bed and the tires
on the Pilot Car of ne San' Fran
cisco motor caravan, is reported of
remarkable trip made to the St.
Louis Ad. Men's Convention, by San
Francisco Automobile and Advertis
ing men.
Four survivors of the original
party of fourteen cars arrived in St.
Louis on scheduled time after un
dergoing one of the hardest tests
driver, machine and tires ever stood.
A series of snow, sleet and rain
storms preceded the plucky San
Franciscans in their severe test. Four
days of rain in eastern Nevada and
Western Utah played havoc with the
roads and put several of the cars out
of running. The Studebaker pilot
car became so clogged with mud,
early on the trip, it was necessary to
chop the mud guards from the car.
Three of the Goodrich Safety
Tread, Tires, which equipped the
Studebaker Pilot Car. driven by
Chester N. Weaver of San Francisco,
finished the trip filled with San
Francisco air. The fourth tire was
punctured when about fifty miles
from St. Louis. Next to the enthus
iasm of the San Francisco men over
landing the next Associated Advertis
ing Clubs of the World Convention
{or San Francisco in J9lB, is their
praise of Goodrich Tires stamina.
Mr. Weaver's car was the only one
in the caravan that didn't experience
tire trouble in the long grind. The
four cars to win the struggle with
elements were a Chevrolet, two
Studebakers and a Butck. The mem
bers of the party were R. C.
Durant, A. D. Plughoff, G. A. Buck
ingham, Fred Connors, James Houli
han, Mr. and Mrs. Bernstein and
Chester N. Weaver.
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Paige Establishes Record
From Seattle to Vancouver
The motorcar record between
Seattle, Wash., and Vancouver B. 0.,
Jong a bone of contention among
automobile men in that section of
tho country, was substantially low
ered by a Paige roadster in a recent
attempt In whibh the Paige car camo
through in impressive style.
The Paige, aj 1915 model that had
already accumulated a mileage in
excess of 32,000 in transcontinental
traveling, was ( driven oy George M.
Price of Seattle and covered the dis
tance of 167 miles m three hours
and 4 2 minutes running time and
four hours arid 36 minutes elapsod
time.
The first record over this course to
gain attention was scored in 1911,
the trip being made at that time in
six hours and 15 minutes. Not long
ago a driver covered the route in fivo
hours and 57 minutes. These record
makers however, ran from city limits
to city limits, while Mr. Price In es
tablishing the new mark drove from
a point within Seattle which made
his route nine inilcs longer.
Mr. Price made nls remarkable
record in spite of the fact that 30
minutes were lost at the two cus
toms houses which had to be cleared
start at 3.53 a. m., and from Seattle
to Blaine, the latter he bordek city,
at the Canadian border. He made his
averaged 37 miles per hour. In spite
of the 30 minutes lost in the customs
houses Mr. Price could have done
even better than he did had it not
been for the severe traffic and speed
regulations encountered after cross
ing the border.
When Everett, Bellingham, Blaine
and other important points were
reached, the time of the arrival and
departure was - entered in a book car
ried for the purpose and attested
by responsible parties. A newspaper
man was carried as passenger and
reported that "The old Paige just
laid her 'tummy' to the ground and
ran like a scared deer for the entire
distance of 167 miles." One tire was
changed at Blaine and no water was
taken on at any time after leaving
Seattle.
Chicago Gets More
Willys-Knight Taxis
The Willys-Overland .Company has
just furnished the LaSalle Hotel Tax
icab Company of Chicago, with five
more cars, the new equipment con
sisting of Willys-Knight Four tour
ing cars.
On January 1 this company In
stalled a fleet of 50 Wtllys-Knlght
Four limousines. So satisfactory has
been the service of these sleeve-valve
motored cars that when the LaSalle
Company decided to add several open
oars to its equipment more Willys-
Knights were ordered.
Tt requires skill to repla.te
gold, silver an.d metal that will •
give lasting satisfaction.
Our skill, experience and facili
ties are unexcelled by any other
similar concern in this city.
The refinishlng of chandeliers,
brass beds and automobile
work a specialty.
We are always pleased to
call and give estimates.
Phone us or drop us a card.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
Trail Blazer Opens
Road in Mountains
In addition to blazing the trail for
the proposed National Boundary High
way over the Cascade Mountains east
from Spokane, the Saxot.> Roadster
trallmaker broke the way for sum
mer motor traffic across the moun
tains. '
Two feet of snow, the tall-end of
the winter's covering, was encoun
tered in the mountains and the road
ster was the first car to pass It, mak
ing the narrow, treacherous paths
without difficulty.
Now that the Saxon trail blazer has
turned eastward it is expected that
exceptional time will be made in map
ping the boundary highway along the
Canadian border. Summer weather
should make Ideal motoring conditions
and the drivers of the car do not an
ticipate the slow travel that bad
roads caused in the early stages or
the trip this spring.
The next point of Importance In the
car's Itinerary will be Helena, Mont.,
which will soon be reached. From
there the car will proceed eastward
and probably will strike the region
of the Great. some time In
July. The trail blazer was one of
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balance. combined with its light weight, Six is from the standpoint of easy
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the features in a patriotic parade In
Seattle, having the honor of being
the only motorcar in the procession.
Factory Arrangements
Affect Car Quality
Only a comparatively small per
centage of America's motor wise
public has any Idea of the bearing
which the arrangement of a motor
car factory has upon the ultimate
price of the car. Next to equipment
and purchasing power, factory layout
is probably the most important fac
tor in determining the price at which
the manufacturer caii place his car
upon the market.
The cardinal principle In the ar
rangement of a motor car factory—
or any other factory—ls to make it i
possible for the raw material to en
ter at one point and travel In as
straight a line as possible through
the various processes of manufacture, i
Only a short time ago the Lehigh ,
Valley Railroad built the Tunkhan
nock Viaduct at a cost of $12,000,000 |
to shorten the tracks only three miles I
and to reduce the curvature in the j
roadbed. On the same principle pro
gressive motor car manufacturers arc
spending thousands of dollars in re-j
arranging the position of their ma- i
Cadillac "Eight" Offers
Real Accessibility
It is to be doubted whether th
much-sought feature of the acces
sibility In connection with automo
bile motors has ever been more com
pletely worked out than by the en
gineers who designed tne V-type mo
tor of the Cadillac Eight.
As a rule, such things as car
buretor, ignition source, etc., are
placed on one side of the motor or
the other, sometimes so low and with
so little free space that inspection
and adjustments are proportionately
difficult and inconvenient.
Having its cylinders arranged in
I V-form, at right angles to each
other, the Cadillac Eight offers an
opportunity that was not overlooked.
I Carburetor, electric generator, start
| ing device and ignition distributor
, are all set in the space between the
cylinder blocks. Thus any one of
| them is easily and conveniently at
I hand for inspection and adjustment.
In addition, the removable valve
covers face each other, each being on
! the inside of the blaoc whose valves
| it protects, and consequently easy to
remove.
JUNE 30, 1917.
chlnery and installing eonveyors in
order that the raw material may
travel the path to completion in as
straight a line as possible.
Time is not tne only factor to he
considered, h >wever. The cost of
trucking has assumed such propor
tions in most ractories that experts
are putting forth much effort to re
duce it to a necessary minimum. In
Dodge Brothers Worxs, at Detroit,
for example, a complete industrial
railway has been installed to reduce
trucking costs.
The system which is of the narrow
gauge type, practically encircles the
huge plant and runs through most of
the ground floor departments. Al
most 8,400 feet of track-have been
Installed and 5,000 more will be laid
as soon as several new buildings are
completed. The rolling stock con
sists of three locomotives and 108 flat
cars, all of which were manufactured
in Dodge Brothers Works.
After testing and discarding sev
eral plans, and finding It impossible
to, -adopt the electrical system due to
the presence of a large number of
traveling cranes, Dodge Brothers de
cided to employ a locomotive of their
own design. They installed a Dodge
Brothers engine, an exact duplicate
of the one used In Dodge Brothers
Motor Car, and by a simple gear ar
rangement made it possible to drivo
[ the locomotive forward and back#
i ward at t hreo speeds.
The locomotives are equal tb heavy
I tasks. In one Instance 17 caxs of
curled hair, aluminum eastings, aoH "
steel products, welghipK a trifle over ?
90,000 pounds, wfere moved 'from j
standstill without any indication of .
great effort. ■;
The locomotives run ou regular
schedules and transport an en6rr *
amount of material each 4ayl fl
cost of much lower than is poriL ■
by hand or feveo electric trucking ■
—the efficiency car.
More miles
Less gasoline—
More comfort—
Less weight—
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