Motor Cars Needed to Carry Troopers When It comes to matters military, little Visalia, Cal., Is not only patrio tic but strictly modern. A short time ago the recruiting officers in that town were informed that a ma chlnegun company was needed in a hurry by the Second California In fantry. A rapid-fire recruiting campaign produced the men in 24 hours and then a dozen businessmen of Visalia, who own Dodge Brothers motorcars offered to set the new recruits at the Presidio at San Francisco in record time. This was the first attempt at mov 6D:MSv~ sl2o ° M "Double Cowl" & . . _• Touring Cor. CAR AHEAD' "Get Chummy" v, corimoHt. wt. Four-PoMmjer ft LOT MOTOR c* COMMM> Hoadslrr Season after season, for seven y?ars, Pilot Motor Cars have retained an individuality or personality which has elevated them above the common run of cars and made them the unhesitating choice of exclusive buyers. Ensminger Motor Co. Green and Cumberland Streets |9!r | One Smith For m-3 -Truck | V will haul as much as y our ■! |j Two Best Two-Horse Teams., S| •J MOW sell all your horses—except those you need for work £l hm 1 in the field. If you use horses for hauling, you are losing 2* fiZ money—delaying farm work. One Smith Form-a-Truck win 5| haul twice as much as two teams. And at half the cost Yet Smith Form-a-Truck costs no more than a team and harness —$350. S|^ Save Like This 6000 to 8000 miles per set of tires. ®J TT -.X , 1- And repair costs are practically fJ Use it for hauling milk—gram— nothing. and farm products to town. Haul ?2 manure, hay, fertilizer, feed, crops, Amazing Invention—7 9k Z lumber, coal—everything. . g _ , £ W, —o-in-1 farm Body J4I jiff —2? Less Time . An exclusive Smith Form-a- A U 10 tOW S in T -dlet fe^ r oneo S reg y ht P cl 1 S r & to li • e 7o£ n £S 1200houre • 120 days $240 pay. < b , flat rack scoop board down, t' r . m.l • tln M ... IHI change from one type to an- #■ gf 9 8 S Nothing While Idle otner in an instant—without tools. m 4 .Y 0 " horses are devouring prof- Now for These Cars f! its in feed whether they work or $ J not Sundays and holidays are * Now attach Smith Form-a-Truck Jl mF feast days for them. ... v to a new or used Ford, Maxwell, JJ A{ Smith Form-a-Truck costs noth- Dodge Bros., Chevrolet, Buick or ■J ing while idle. The minute the Overland chassis ?nd you get a fully JJ ► engine stops, its cost stops. guaranteed, powerful, strong one- PC fij ton truck. *5 fef §£ Per Ton-Mile Don't put up with costly horses jS M lO , 1D „ , any longer. Come in at once, for Wm 1Z to 18 miles per gallon of gaso- you can make for bigger farm prof* 9 2 line—l 2to 15 miles per hour— its with Smitft g CAMP CURTIN GARAGE k 7th and Camp Streets Bell 1093-J SATURDAY EVENIN&, ing troops long distances by motor 1)1 the San .Joaquin Valley and It was watched with much interest by mili tary men. The 230-mile run was made in eight and one-half hou£S, with an average speed of 27 miles an hour. The first half of the trip was com pleted with a 35-mile average, but rain and slippery roads cut the aver age to 27 before the ferry at Oak land was reached. While the number of men moved In this particular was small, the run demonstrated that the num ber of troops It would be possible to rush to a given point would depend wholly on the number of motorcars available. * The only delay reported on the en tire trip was occasioned by five punc. tures. The performance of th Dodge Brothers cars aroused higl praise from the officers who accom panied the recruits on the trip. Saxon Economy Run to Be Held July 18 dealers in every part of the country will hold their.third annual economy test Wednesday July 18, when a 300-mile run will be staged with accurate attention paid to fuel and oil consumption as well as wear and tear on the cats. It is estimated that around 1,000 dealers, each driving a Saxon "Six" will be entered in the contest and every dealer must furnish a complete table of expense Including gasoline consumption, oil consumption, tire expense, If any.; also a statement from the observer, an outside party, who will note other features of the particular car's performance. These records will then be compiled nnd an estimate of depreciation al lowed so that the average record, made will be an accurate estimate of Saxon operation costs. The Saxon Motor Car Corporation has continually supported the state ment that Saxon Is the most econom ical of light Sixes and lias In other years arranged tests which have demonstrated its contention. Only last year 206 dealers averaged 23% miles to the gallon In a 300-mile nonstop run. This year's contest will not be nonstop, however, it be ing the belief that such a contest does not approximate actual running conditions as much as p. run where stops are permitted. The light weight of Saxon which has been responsible for Its economy of upkeep and tire cost will figure in the run. The estimates on tire wear and depreciation are designed to fur nish additional data on this point. WENT TO .TAUIi FDR MCENSE Sunbury, Pa., July 14. Miss Agnes M. Harrold, of Milton and Dallas M. Huntingdon, of West lUI - surprised Warden Barr of tne Northumberland county prison by applying there for a marriage li cense. "Nothing doing in that line here," smiled the warden, "we get some of the husbands afterwards," and then he sent them to the court house. The wedding took place at Milton, when the Rev. V. R. Adams, ot the First Methodist Episcopal Criurch, tied the knot. BARRISBURG TELEGRAPH ARMY OFFICERS SET NEW RECORD Exhaustive Tests of Import ant Highways by War De partment Officials A great deal of significance is at tached to the activities of the War Department, not only in adopting the road maps and logs prepared .by the National Touring Bureau of The B. F. Goodrich Hubber Company,, but in conducting military tours of the strategic roads which will be avail able in quickly transporting sup plies. One of the most recent tests was made by Captain O. R. Bird, Q. M. Department, U. S. A., who shat tered all Los Angeles to Salt Lake City records in his dash, over the new Arrowhead trail in the remark able time of 34 hours and 14 minutes. The Sllvertown equipped Oldsmobile driven by C. H. Blgelow contained Captain Bird, a sergeant and a cor poral, constituting a regulation mil itary patrol, and again proving the new Arrowhead Trail is the shortest route between Salt Lake City and Los Angeles. The old record of 55 hours held by Barney Oldfield was made over another route. Since the War Department has de cided to purchase 7U.U00 trucks for the transportation of troops and sup plies, military officials are busily en gaged choosing the best available routes between advantageous points. With every important road in the United States carefully mapped, log ged and guide posted by tnem, the Goodrich National Touring Bureau l'ecently offered the government com plete access to its resources. Cap tain Bird s test is a result of the of fer and the satisfaction over the run is best told in Captain Bird's own words, the following,is a part of a signed statement issued by the army officer: In all my experience on military test runs and cross-country record runs, I have never seen road or weather conditions more adverse than those encountered upon the trip made by the Military-Goodrich-Olds mobile between Los Angeles and Salt Lake City when the round trip rec ord was broken by more than thirty eight hours. "We were very materially helped over the trail by the sign posts, which have been very advantageous ly placed by the Goodrich National Touring Bureau. There is no chance for the tourists on record breakers to go astray on theitrail, and the Good rich Company is' to be highly com plimented for signing this road, as before very long it is bound to be come one of the most traveled cross country routes." Trucks Convenient For Moving to Summer Homes 'Never before have transfer and storage firms been confronted with truch a large number of household moving jobs from the great centers of population to the smaller towns as this year," said C. I* Guyman, as sistant truck sales manager of the Packard Motor Car Company. "This business combined, with the usual hauling of household furniture to summer cottages, is opening a great field for the motor truck. "The Allor Storage, of Detroit, only three months ago bought a two-ton Packard truck for long-distance haul ing of this kind. In that short time It has traveled 2,100 miles and has made trips varying from ten to sev enty-live miles to points outside the metropolis of Michigan. "Those places Inside the fifty-mile circle are easily reached, and the re turn trip made in one day. This in cludes loading and unloading the fur niture. The truck made a complete trip to Ann Arbor and return in only seven hours, an average of nearly twelve miles for the eighty-mile run. "Those who have freight or house hold furniture to transport for dis tances of twenty-five, fifty and up to 100 miles, are turning more and more to the motortruck to solve their prob lems in these days of railroad freight congestion. Even where the rate for truck service is a little higher than that of the railroads the element of time often is the deciding factor. A truck can do in one day what it often takes the steam roads three days or a week to accomplish. And in moving household goods by motortruck, the labor and expense of crating are al most entirely eliminated. "Lack of good roads in certain dis tricts is all that confines the activi ties of motortrucks, yet despite this handicap Packard* are hauling goods from 100 to 800 miles." Jap Salesman Head of Sales in Los Angeles One of the most sought-for passen ger car and truck markets in Califor nia is the Japanese trade, and ac cording to John Troy, president of the Troy Motory Sales Company. Nash dis tributors in Los Angeles, the success of this company in securing a goodly share of the Japanese business may be attributed to the principle of talk ing to the prospect in his own tpngue. All of the Japanese sales are ' handled through George Kosugi, a native Jan, who has led the selling force in number of actual sales during the past few months. His field con sists mostly of the truck gardeners about Los Angeles, where most of the market gardening is conducted by Japanese farmers. The Oriental has been <iuick to grasp the economic need for trucks in speeding up deliveries and is rapldlv discarding the horse and wagon as un.nrogresslve. Mr. Kosugi does not specialize on any special unit, but sell them all, passenger car and truck alike. He has also solved the problem of get ting in the money, In proof of which the Troy Motor Sales Company has just sent a picture to The Nash Mo tors Company at Kenosha. "Wisconsin, showing —r. Kosugi delivering to R. F. Chesley, cashier, the list price of the Nash Quad in gold and silver which he had Just collected. ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED Mechanicsburg, Pa., July 14. Tiny cards attached to a spray of ping roses announced the engage ment of Miss Orea Zora Miller and Howard Benton Burritt, of Philadel phia, at a party given Thursday evening at the home of the bride elect, in South Walnut street. The guests werte entertained with a reading by Miss Watts, of Harris burg, and a vocal solo by Miss Mil ler. Refreshments were served. A talented musician with a beautiful voice, Miss Miller Isi the vocal in structor at the PennsyJvanla Insti tute for Instruction of Blind, at Phil adelphia, and is a graduate of the Elizabethtown College. She is a daughter of the late Harry Miller. Mr. Burritt Is a graduate of the University of Philadelphia, and is a son of the superintendent of the blind Institute. BOY MAY BE BLIND Sunbury, Pa., July 14. Keller Haut>t, three years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Haup, may be blinded as the result of being struck in the eye b ya companion while playing "horse." The Haupt boy was "horse," and when the other shout ed "glddap," he struck him in the eye with a switch. MARRIED AT SUNBURY Sunbury, Pa„ July 14. William R. Teltsworth, of Lewlstown, und Miss Ruth M. Eisenberg, only daugh ter of Councilman and Mrs. Harry Eisenberg, were married at the homo of the bride by the Rev. Dr. R. c. Auckerman, of the First Presby terian Church and the Rev. C. E. I Roth, of the First Reformed Churciu 1 Cadillac Eight Leader in War Work in France Private Cyril Hartley, of the Can adian Army Set-vice Corps, on duty in France, has written to friends in this country of the work being done in France by the Cadilac Eight. Private Hartlev is an American, who drove a Cadillac in Los Angeles. He is now in the motor division of the Canadian army, and his letter is the first information received re garding the great number of Cadillac cars which are In active service. His letter says that the Cadillac Eights are standing up better than any of the cars they have over there. There are a great many of them, mostly 1916 models, in service in England and France. They are used principally for ambulance service. He says he cannot describe the hard usage they get. The hardest desert work is nothing to compare with the things these Cadillacs have to do. The Cadillacs always get the most important work and every day they are showing their superiority over all other makes. They average, Private Hartley says, from twelve to fifteen miles on a gallon of petrol, which is considered very good in this work. New Closed Car Models in the Velie Line Several new and superior closed car models are now being shown by the Velle Company. The summer Sedan with concealed windows and adjustable seats is perhaps In great est demand as it serves the entire family the year round. There then is the Doctors' Special, a roomy cab riolet wide enough for three with large side windows. Then My Lady's Coupe, seating four, wonder fully finished and equipped and sim ply controlled and finally a Town Car or Brougham developed upon the request of many owners of large private stables who appreciate the advantage of the lighter and less costly vehicle in these times of neces sary economy. The new Velie closed car line is well worthy of Inspection and shows the strides made In fine body design this past year. v 1 a—!-. America's Only Smart Utility Sport Model This is the only car built in The individual front seats, with America today that combines the aisleway between, are adjustable smartness of the sport model.with forward or back, to suit the reach economy and utility. of the driver and his companion. It is a strikingly smart, stylish car, entirely original-looking with a _ The is roomy for two. design all its own. Front and back, four large people . , ride sociably in real comfort. Extreme measures have been taken to give it a most exquisite It has four-inch tires and can finish in a rich gray, trimmed with tilever rear springs—buoyant riding! black enamel and brightened with an occasional flash of polished The motor is powerful, it is sur nickel. prisingly economical in the use of A fashionable dash of color'is gasoline as compared with other added to its striking lines by the C3rS ° f SUndar ElZe ' red wire wheels. ' Let us show you the car* now. s Country Prxaf.o.b.ToUto M 1 * M Including Pit* Win Whtdt UUb M *1 SubjKt to ikomi* wilhomi mio THE OVERLAND-HARRISBURG CO., DIST. OPEN EVENINGS 212-214 NORTH SECOND ST. BOTH PHONES Service Station and Parts Dept., 26th and Derry Sts. The factory will issue a new price list affecting certain models possibly during July and certainly not later thafi August first $15,000,000 Trade Made by Maxwell Co. A $15,000,000 automobile deal has just been closed by the Maxwell Mo tor Sales Corporation, of Detroit. The contract is with The Harry Newman-Stratton Company, of Chi cago. The company is one of the four largest automobile distributors in the world. The contract was signed Monday by Harry Newman, of the Chicago company. It is one of the largest automo bile transactions In the history of the industry. The new Maxwell distributors pos sess one of the biggest selling forces in the automobile trade. Arrangements have been made for The Harry Newman-Stratton Com pany to occupy the former Maxwell salesrooms '.in Chicago. They ajre the finest salesrooms devoted to the automobile business in the world. The salesrooms are located at Michi gan avenue and Twenty-fifth street. What will be the largest electric i display sign in Chicago is being 1 erected by The Harry Newman-Strat ton Company at Michigan avenue and It requires skill to replate gold, silver and metal that will give lasflng satisfaction. Our skill, experience and facili ties are unexcelled by any other similar concern in this city. The reflnlshing 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. JULY 14, 1917. Randolph streets. The sign will ad vertise the Maxwell cars. Cars of every make produced by the Maxwell company will be handled by the Chicago firm. The famous I U.S.LIGHT si HEAT CoßPorwmoTi I The Starter Battery with j the 15 Months Guaran teed Adjustment Plan | | i ' S a ' TVJO matter how old your car is or what make or model starting or lighting system it has —we have an improved machine-Pasted plate U S L battery that will fit it. I Impartial tests by motor car makers and competent electrical engineers have proved that the U S L starter battery stands up longer = and gives more power than any other. Why not have the best—it costs no more. Free inspection of any battery at any time," regardless of its make. Bring us your battery repair, charging and renewal work. Standard Auto Supplies Co. ? 113 Market Street Harrisburg, Pa. (U S L Service Station) | iine-ton trucks will be distributed through the progressive Chicago company. The contract calls for thousands of cars. 9
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