8 REPUBLIC MEN HAVE BIG TIME Two Hundred Get Together at Factory and Hear Pros perous Report I. W. Dill, distributor lor Republic trucks in central Pennsylvania, re turned yesterday afternoon from Al ma. Mich., where 200 dealers as sembled at the factor}*. It wa the first of a series of deal ers' conventions which the company has planned to hold. With more than 900 dealers covering every state, it was deemed better to hold the meet- j ings in sections, rather than to make one big national convention, in the smaller gatherings the sales organ ization has a better opportunity to become acquainted, there is more op portunity for a general participation In the discussion. Judging by the success of the first, the Republic has stirring times ahead In these "get-togethers". Enthusiasm of the good old-fashioned spontan eous kind ruled the affair from the coming of the advance guard on Sunday to the departure of the last visitor. Territorial divisions were not observed in this first meeting. The visitors came from the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, from Louisiana, and Texas, as well as Illinois and Michi gan. The Republic factory repre sentative for Australia and New Zealand, W. Crowle. came from Ade laide for the meeting. More than 90 per cent, of all trucks sold in Aus tralia and New Zealand are Re-, public. The affair was under the general ship of Sales Mauager Holmes in which he had the heartiest co-opera- \ tlon of President Frank \V. Ruggles, assistant general manager, Lafayette 1 Markle, and every member of the ad- j ministration offices. The Republic Motor Truck Band which ,hits_gajned national , fame in ito tours of the country was present : —45 pieces strong, under the leader ship of F. J. Major. This band which I is made up of employes of the Re public factories has elicited high praise from the critics of the large cities. It has just returned from the south and east, including New 1 York, where it scored brilliant suc cesses. Its park concerts have had audiences numbering as many as 30,000. A far western tour is now planned beginning with Chicago, where the band's schedule marks July 23rd. 24th and 25th, under the management of the Chicago Repub. lie Truck Company, W. C. Vliet, President. In co-operation with local Repub lic dealers the band gives concerts in parks and auditoriums, and leads Re public truck parades. The event is heralded by the newspapers and by billboards for which the Republic, has a fine stand of lithographs show ing the entire organization. The turnout of gaily decorated trucks in the cities makes a fine show. Re public owners vie with each other in i the get-up of their trucks for the procession—and usually every avail able Republic Is in line. It is an im- 1 pressive showing of the spread of the Republic market, and the en thusiasm of the owners is a striking tribute to the "strong right arm of Republic Service." The band paraded and played at the hotel, opera house and rrk in Alma, its .programs ranging all the way from grand opera to the latest dance music. Monday was given over to the re c.-ption of visitors and social sessions. Tuesday morning the visitors were | taken through the factory plants Nc.J 1. 2 and 3. Many of the vistors saw the factory for the first time. Evtn j those who \ isit the factory occasion- 1 ally -were impressed with the re markable growth of the institution. 1 It has never ceased expanding from the year Republic trucks were first mafketed. They saw the new motor s plant-i-its armored radiator plant, its construction and assembly depart-1 ments housed in the finest factory; buildings of steel and reinforced con-1 crete—the buildings, testing tracks, j shipping yaids and platforms cover-; ing nearly 25 acres. All the models were reviewed. • These include the New Republic: dump bodies and equipment and the " =1 Rex Garage and Supply Co. 1917 North 3rd St. HARRISBt'RG, PA. The largest Garage in the city is the logical place to . touse your car. Live stor age includes cleaning your car daily delivering to your house and calling for it. Goodyear service station— ! a full line of Tires, Tubes and accessories. Agency Hassler Shock Absorbers for Ford Cars. Atlantic and Mobiloils. Distributors Portage Tires. Guaranteed 5,000 Miles. NEVER CLOSED Gas Supplies i Bell 4170 Dial 5438 I Bell 2360 Dial 4914 New Five and Seven Passenger CARS FOR HIRE Special Rates by- Day or Week Day and Night Service Unequaled City Garage 116-18 Strawberry Street Rear Union Trust Bidg. Market Square SATURDAY IE VERTING, new No. 8. a one-ton chassis. The present model 10 one-ton Is not dls-' placed by this new model. There are now two Republic one-ton models. I In all, six chassis were shown, rang . ing from -ton to capacity.' with the Republic bodies of every type for every work, trom expresses nnd solid panel for delivery to hoist. and dump for the heaviest construe • tion—for farm work as well as city work—a ccyiipleta line, with the in- j . ternal gear drive and all the Repub ; lie features which have made the j remarkable service records of the . Republic. Talks on the truck inove . ments were made by the Republic , engineer, Cecil Taylor and assistants. A demonstration of Republic five 1 trucks completely equipped with the! latest pumping apparatus was an in teresting feature. At 6 p. m. Tuesday, the vistors went to St. Louis, Mich., three miles from Alma, in a special train. A concert, chicken dinner, smoker and cabaret features at the Park hotel made vip the program and the convention returned to Alma, where . the visitors were entertained by the Republic Motor Truck company, at a good vaudeville bill in Oenesta the . ater. Screen slides showing cartoons of many dealers in their character- , > istic occupations, advertisements and sayings evoked hearty laughs. On Wednesday discussion was re sumed on all models at the rark, led by Engineer Taylor. Lunch was served In the Repub , lie's fine new restaurant, at the fac tory, the occasion marking its open-; >; ing. It is an up-to-d instttutionar . restaurant of the a.ost approved 1 type. President Ruggles welcomed ! the visitors. Informal talks followed! In which dealers and members of thfe factory organization all took a lively part. It was a good fellowship from start' to finish. The outlook in truekdom' for the coming year was surveyed' with optimism in every quarter. Over 23,000 Republic trucks are now in operation in the hands of the owners I and the factory expects more than to double this number in the next twelve months. Packard Receives Large Order For War Trucks / . ' An order for I.SOO chainless Pack ard trucks, representing a money value of 15.046.550. was received yes i terday by the Packard Motor Car i Company from the War Department j of the United States. The order spec- | ifles the standard three-ton unit which ' I is being widely used for commercial purposes. Deliveries start in two ; weeks and are to be spread over a j period of several months. "The Packard Company and every ; man in the organization justly feels j proud that our product is among the very first to be selected by the War Department in its task of equipping ' a huge army for service abroad," said 1 Alvan McCauley. president and gen eral manager. "The commercial as pect of the matter is overshadowed by the splendid opportunity to per form a real service by supplying to 1 ; the Government the kind of equip- I ment which may be regarded as es- I sential to the successful prosecution ' of the war. "We feel sure that every one of ] - 'I these 1,800 Packards will do Its indt- i vidual bit in army service, and do It ! just as efficiently as the hundreds of 1 Packards that went down to Mexico ! or those now being operated by the allies from Calais to Salonika and along the Russian lines. The trucks used along the Mexican border were • subjected to the most violent al e. 'I due to terrible conditions of the roads. Some of tbose used abroad have been burdened with antiaircraft guns and | per hour and then picks up to [' full speed swiftly, smoothly I . and with ease. Price is $935 f. o. b. Detroit. II SAXOX SALES AGEXCY 11\ Harrlbtirg, Pn.. 1137 Mulberry. Bell 1390. / I \\ Auorlutrd Droleri! / i Vk P. E. Kline. Enoln, p a .) W. W. Stannk, Her- /J M 5^ Mley, p4 J - k :v - 1 Pn.| Swab ( 54 j /M wix . with the previously purchased and placed In different " divisions of Government ( service, will mako In all a total of . 5.050 PacUards owned and operated by the Untied States. Dollar Buys More Motor Car Value Than Ever "A dollar has considerably greater j purchasing power to-day, so far as , the automobile industry is concern- j ed. than it had six or seven years j ago." savs Harry M. Jewett, presi- j dent of the Paige-Detroit Motorcar Companv. "This seems like a c°n ' tiadictlon of well-known facts. It is commonly supposed that as the cost of labor and of most commodities is j i high, purchasing power is low. "Bu when it comes to motorcars this is not so and I make this state ment in spite of some recent raises in the price of cars. As a matter of fact these advances have been re markably small, thanks to the prog ress made by motorcar makers in | scientific management and manufac • turing methods. "A glance backward will serve to show how much more the buyer of ! ears to-day gets foe his money than he could purchase a short time ago. When he bought a car, say seven ! years ago. what did he get? He got ! little more than a chassis with an un -1 equipped body. He got a car that would run fairly well, but before he I could secure real motoring comfort. 1 utility and service he had to make many additional purchases. The cars jof that day did not have a self starter. They did no* have wind shields or tire carriers. They were not even equipped with tops and headlights. To-day the buyer expeots all these things as a matter of course and he not only gets them but also a hun dred and one other things in the way of equlpment'and refinements that add immeasurably to the com fort and to the service he gets out :of his car. Has the price of cars in ; creased proportionately as these j things were added? Moat emph&ti j cally it has not. As a maler of fact the purchaser buys far more mo —L It requires skill to replate gold, silver and metal that will give lasting satisfaction. Our skill, experience and facili ties are unexcelled by any other similar concern in this city. j The reflnlshing of chandeliers, brass beds and automobile work a specialty. We are always pleased to i call and give estimates. Phone us or drop us a card. Bff g niiAidluiiaMtiflß HAHJRISBURG TELEGRAPH torlng utility, aervice and comfort for $1,500 to-day than ho could buy for >3,500 seven years ago. "While the purchasing power of the dollar haa Increased wonderfully in the motorcar Industry it has di minished considerably in other fields of transportation. Railroad mileage has greatly increased in cost, in some instances as much as 100 per cent. In the last few years. And it is per factly fair to compare these two methods of transportation because the motorcar Is no longer a luxury. Its utility has placed it among the necessities." MRS. SAMUEL SHU MAX BURIED Blain. Pa., July 21. —The funeral of Mrs. Samuel Shuman was held to day with interment In the Stony Point Cemetery adjoining the church property, the Rev. W. E. Smith officiating. Mrs. Shuman was the widow of George Hess and for merly before her first marriage. Miss Kate Bernhelsel. She was about 68 years old. 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, S3 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 strong value at 51465. Bentz-Landis Auto Co. 1808 Logan Street Famous Two-Power-Range Eight Will Drift with the Zephyr or Race with the Gale tt The n WELL-NIGH unbelievable contrasts in 6( The „ &O&flFtf?~ performance give the Peerless Eight its St^OJT'fiitQ' f?ri7JtTf* distinctive charm. tfrwwitrJP Two power ranges make it at once an eco- H\>A£,J§^* \Z. In its "loafing" range the nomical, ideally soft, smooth, lively car for g u j. j n o pen stretches Peerless Eight will drift with ordinary driving you can race with the gale in the zephyr. — or a brute of a car for power and speed J 1 " 3 ®^ n ? e soft ' smooth Peer " Lil a feather on a fitful i_ ~1 ~, , .. i less Eight. Mimmtr hreeze it ™n n au.o when you "have the road" and the need or __ . , summer Dreeze it will pause , . * , You have only to open your and drift or dart this or desire to burn it. throttle wider to utterly that with the changing cur- Let us show you why the Peerless Eight change the character of your rCl j! tr ° has come to be the choice of the country's car * Its "loafing range suffices . _ ~ OM . „ for all ordinary driving. most exacting motor car buyers. ..„ To see ,, perform m a j • • .i 1 , I sporting" range, you would And in its 'loafing ' range Seven Passenger Touring thihk she was built for tre it consumes fuel so sparingly /f\ mendous speed and prodigious as to shame many a six of v M ffl a || g feats of power without regard much less power even many for the gentler virtues which a four. _ - so distinguish the "loafing" Eighty horsepower—yes— Roadster t2090 Sedcn f2g9g Sp° Tlin v RoadtUT but with real economy. Prices /. o. b. Cleveland—Subject to change without notice Same Car. KEYSTONE MOTOR CAR CO. .57 to 103 S. Cameron Street ' HARRISBURG, PA. C. H. BARN'ER, Manager The Peerless Motor Car Company, Cleveland, Ohio I MRS. SUSAN BAKER DIES Halifax, Pa., July 21.—Mrs. Susan Baker, widow of George Baker, died at the home of her daughter. Miss Sara Hawk, in Armstrong street, yes terday afternoon after a long Illness. Mrs. Baker was SO years old and Is survived by those children: Oliver and Daniel Hawk, of Halifax: Mrs. Albert Neader, of Mlllersburg; Mrs. John Neader, of Halifax, and Miss Sura Hawk, at home. Funeral serv ices will be hold on Tuesday morn ing at 10 o'clock at the home, con ducted by her pastor, the Rev. J. C. Pease, of the Halifax Reformed Church. Burial will be made in the Cemetery, near Klsher vtlle. MARYSVILLK CHURCH SERVICES Marysvllle, p u ., July 81.—"Pleas ing God" is the subject of the ser mon of the Rev. Ralph E. Hartman, pastor of the local Trinity Reformed Church, for his Sunday morning service. The Rev. J. F. Wiggins, pastor of the local Church of Ood. will de liver sermons both morning and evening with "The Ministry of Cheerfulness" and "The Valuo of Character as his respective sub jects. No preaching: services will be held ill | mini | in in | CHEVTRapBr Each Chevrolet car is built ac- II f j cording to this formula: * r Study mechanical construe- | I ||[|pllllllHll lHlll|}[||[[[[Jl | tion without unnecessary j ,< f weight; safety; comfort; con- |[ venience; appearance all very lIIIIL I j important features to look for . 5535 f.o.b. Flint in the purchase of a car. | [ ||lllllllfc *][ We have a good reason for |R everything we do. I j *J We have leanied many things fTTTTIIITT^n^MM.',mI,'IiiiittTTITITI jS ! 1 during our manufacturing ex- * ppillllllllllllllllll j j perience in automobile build- . | Wfr ing and each Chevrolet pur- If II chaser profits by it. $875 f.o.b. Flint ! j jit DRISCOLL AUTO CO. |f|ffl^^ 147 S. Cameron St. 1 1' j Mich.; St. Louis, Mo.; Oakland, Cal.; Oshawa,' I 1 i t|j fl Canada; Fort Worth, Texas; Bay City, Michi- I llTlTTlTTTrmiii ' ■ gan; Toledo, Ohio .' | DISTRIBUTING BRANCHES J|pilP 11,1,,,r " N >UUU|||{|||||| | Atlanta, Ga.; Kansas City, Mo.; Minneapolis, ||| fp' — —i lill | !j I | JULY 21, 1917. In the Zion Lutheran Church, the pastor, the Rcrv. S. L. Rice, being on vacation. To-morrow's services In the Unit ed Evangelical Church will he the last before the pastor, the Rev. 1, A. Fuhrman, leaves for his summet vacation. He will be gone a month, but his pulpit will be occupied mos] of the time.