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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
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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 <a&no h4
| USL Starter Batteries j
with Machine-Pasted Plates |
I* are made for every automobile
—no matter what model.
1
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USL Batteries are backed by a 15
months' Guaranteed Adjustment Plan.
Free inspection of your battery at any
time regardless of its make.
Standard Auto Supplies Co.
113 Market St. Harrisburg, Pa.
USL Service Station
others with tremendously heavy
1 trench-digging machinery."
President Macauley's first inkling
of the Government's order came in a
j telegram from C. R. Norton, general
1 sales manager of the company, who
; had been in Washington for some
time, keeping in close touch with de
velopments. so that the factory might
be Instantly advised of the Govern
ment's requirenien $ ,
These 1,800 truc>. 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
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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.
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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 |
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$875 f.o.b. Flint ! j jit
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147 S. Cameron St. 1 1' j
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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.