8 BUY CAR NOW IS STUDEBAKER HINT Last Big Manufacturer An nounces Increase Effective September Fifteenth Right now is the time to buy a car that may exist for several years," says P. Driscoll, local distributor of Studebaker cars. And, considering Mr. Driscoll's close relationship with everything pertaining to the market ing of motorcars, there's every rea son to believe that he speaks au thoritatively. The low prices that purchasers have enjoyed during the last few years were made possible only by jeason of enormous quantity manu facturing," continues Mr. Driscoll. The future may not permit such vast quantities to continue. Present au tomobile prices are largely based on the cost of materials contracted to previous to the soaring increase in the price of raw materials. "Studebaker is the last big man ufacturer to announce an increase in prices. Due to huge purchases of raw materials, over a year ago, and long-term contracts, Studebaker has been able to maintain present low prices. Practically every other au tomobile maker has raised prices since January first. Some manufac turers have announced a second in crease since the first of July and a majority of them are now prepar ing to make further advances. "Take the six-cylinder Studebak er for instances This car now sells for $1250 but it is not a J1250 car. All you need to do, to prove tho accuracy of this statement, is to compare the Studebaker "Six" with any other six-cylinder car that equals it in power, size, quality or any other essential necessary to motor satisfaction. "Studebaker occupies an unique position in the industry. Due to over sixty-five years of successful business experience. Studebaker pre pared for just such an emergency as now exists and made abnormally large purchases of raw materials. As long as cars could be produced from these materials, Studebaker has been able to maintain really sensa tionally low prices. NOW, however, with their huge reserve stocks of materials becoming exhausted, even Studebaker will be forced to make new contracts ot the higher prices. Hence it is obvious that Studebaker must advance prices of all cars. "To-day's motors and designs are practically perfect. Few and only minor improvements are likely to appear. Present engineers are the best in the world —they have made the American car the magnificent piece of mechanism it is to-day, and many of them may be withdrawn from automobile designing to do more important national work here: and abroad. "The car that you buy to-day is sure to be selling at higher price •in the future—not only saving you money on the purchase made now, but making it worth more as a used car, after you have had it for a year or more. "Until September 15the we can sell a Studebaker four cylinder tour ing car for ?985. and a six-cylinder touring oar for J1250. After the fif teenth of next month this same "Four" will be increased to SIOSO and the "Six" to ?1355. So. if you buy your Studebaker car now you'll not only enjoy it this fall and save a goodly portion of the price that it will cost you after September loth, but you'll save a mighty big part of the price it is likely to cost you next year. Packard Sales Show Substantial Increase The Packard Motor Car Company of Detroit. Michigan, announces an increase of 19 per cent, in motor carriage sales in the past four weeks covering the new series Packard Twin Six over the same period last year. The year of August Ist. 1916 to August 1, 1917, was the greatest in fne history of the company. B. B. Harrington, Manager of the Packard Harrisburg Branch, states that he believes the increase in bus iness is due largely to the warm re ception the motoring public has giv en the new series Packard Twin Six. "When war was declared," said Mr. Harrington, "the Packard Com pany did not curtail their purchases of supplies or alter their manufac turing schedule, but instead prepar ed for a larger growth in business that would be natural under the con tinuance of normal times. For this reason they have been able to meet the opportunities which have been offered'in the motor carriage and commercial car field." Packard dealers have enlarged their sales and service staffs, and the whole organization has devoted Itself vigorously to getting ready for more business. A concrete example of this expansion is evidenced in Philadelphia by the company hav ing practically completed an addition to their old establishment, which Is now more than doubled In size and facilities. The new remodeled Packard Har risburg establishment is another striking example of the Packard Company's expansion. Mr. Harrington says that all cir cumstances considered, he feels that the increase In Packard business is a genuine compliment to the new series motor carriages. The new fuselage body lines of the Packard together with the splendid Twin Six chassis, meet the most exacting de mands of the motorist. Rex Garage and Supply Co. 1917 North 3rd St. HARRISBURG, PA. The largest Garage in the city is the logical place to house 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 Bell 4170 Dial 5438 SATURDAY EVENING, . HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH SEPTEMBER 8,1917. What State? Know Cars by Their Tags A list showing the color of the 1917 license tags of a majority of the United States follows: Alabama, light gray background, dark blue letters and figures. Arkansas, black background, yel low figures. California, white background with dark blue numbers and yellow poppy. Colorado, pink background, black numerals. Connecticut, white background, blue figures; commercial markers are the reversb colors. Georgia, blue ground, white fig ures. Indiana, blue ground, yellow fig ures. Idaho, black ground, yellow fig ures. lowa, Pullman green ground, with cream figures. Illinois, black ground, white fig ures. Kentucky, white ground, black letters: 1918, black background with orange letters. Kansas, apple-green, black fig ures. Maine, white field, blue figures. Missouri, yellow ground, black figures. Mississippi, white ground, black figures. Michigan, black ground, white fig ures. Minnesota, aluminum plates, red numerals. Massachusetts, dark blue ground, white figures. New Jersey, blue ground, white figures. North Dakota, white ground, black figures. 1 New York, olive green ground, white numbers. Nebraska, yellow ground, black figures. North Carolina, white ground, dark blue figures. Nevada, deep blue ground, silver numerals. New Hampshire, white ground, dark green figures. New Mexico, orange ground, black i numerals. Ohio, yellow ground, black flg uies. Oregon, light green ground, white ' figures. , Rhode Island, white ground, black numerals. South Dakota, dark brown ground, cream numerals. South Carolina, yellow ground, black figures. Tennessee, blue ground, white fig ures. Utah, pearl gray ground, dark blue embossed letters. Virginia, dark green ground, cream figures. Vermont, cream ground, navy blue figures. Wisconsin, olive green ground, white figures. West Virginia, black ground, yel low numerals. Washington, black ground, white numerals. Cadillac Costs Less in Farm Products According to data collected by the Cadillac Motor Car Company, the price, of its cars is relatively lower to-day than it ever has been. While the materials entering into the car have advanced in cost from 50 to 100 per cent., and in some cases more than 150 per cent., to say nothing of Increased labor cost, tho price of the car has not been ad vanced even on a scale with the mini mum increase before mentioned. The data shows that whereas it took about 1,750 bushels of wheat to buy last year's car. it now takes only about 1,200 bushels. Last year 2,700 bushels of corn would buy a Cadillac, while this year 1.400 bushels will do it. Last year 30 bales of cotton bought the car: this year about 20 bales'serve the purpose. And so on. down to the line—po- I tatoes, pig iron and eggs; beans, i leather and cheese: onions, lumber and lard; it requires one to two thirds less in these products to per form the service they did a year ago. Resigns Federal Post to Aid Suffragists Washington, Sept. B.—Dudley Field Malone, collector of customs at New York, tendered his resignation to President Wilson in protest against the failure of the President to advo cate passage of the Federal suffrage amendment and because he permitted th Imprisonment of women for picket ing the White House. In quitting the office of collector oi the Port of New York. Mr. Malone leaves one of the best paid places in the Government service. i The Cadillac Victoria 1 is the most useful motor-car )j , you can buy. Ample room for three passengers and an ! I extra disappearing chair for p the unexpected guest. The H i body is convertible at a mo- J I ment s notice from an open J] runabout to a snug, cozy, Jj ! weather-tight coupe and j best of all—it s a Cadillac. CRISPEN MOTOR CAR CO. ' i (Ml i 311-815 S. Cameron Street 3 HARJEUSBURG, PA. CARE: AND REPAIR j OF AUTO TIRES Additional Hints by a Fire stone Expert That Will Keep Down Tire Expense Attention should be given, to punc. turts, cuts, snags and other injuries, I even though they may appear !.o be trivial. Small Injuries of seem ing unimportance often grow Into serious consequences. It is advis able to have the repairs made by an experienced workman. As a usual l thing, the amateur does not rein force the injury, when needed, and ! is apt to vulcanize the rubber too! long—this not only* makes it hard and brittle, but burns the materials | around the repair. Some repairmen are not as ex pert as they should be in the hand- | ling of rubber and fabric. Pieces ofj fabric of different sizes placed in-! side of the tiro, regardless of the weave of threads, will wrinkle, sep arate and not afford any appreciable strength of reinforcement. All fab rics. for every stylo of repair should be cut on a bias in the same man ner that the fabric Is .cut for the! original construction of tires. Re-! pairs that are hard and bulge are | generally a result of cutting the fab ric straight with the roll, 1. e., length wise and with the warp. R*l>air of Cord Tires The same method of tearing down and building up fabric cases can be used in the repair of most cord tires, | including Firestone cord cases. For ] the repair of other cord tires an; expert repairman is necessary. i The cord fabrics can be obtained | from the manufacturer just as the; regular fabric is obtained and is ap- I plied In the same way. It Is pos-) sible to build up sectional repairs [ with regular fabric, but the repaired section will be stiffer and less elas tic than other parts of the tire, and there is some danger of the repair bumping and loosening in service. The new cord layers should be ap plied so that the cords will run parallel with the cords of the layer removed, putting the new material up tightly against the old material. It is then rdvisable to apply a thin, narrow strip of cushion gum over the joints. The same breaker strip fabric and chating strip fabric is used as in the repair of fabric cases. No special equipment is necessary for the vulvanizing of cord cases. If tire users understood the con struction of inner tubes, and things which contribute to their wearing out, it would be easy Indeed, to se cure more and better service. Spare tubes should not be carried In cardboard boxes as furnished from the dealers' shelves —there is danger j of the tubes being chafed. Tube bags can be secured for this purpose. If the car is equipped with smaller tires on the front wheels than on the rear wheels, an extra tube should be secured for each size. The cross sections of Inner tubes are made a little smaller than the normal air space inside of the cases. It is not advisable to use a 4% inch tube in a 4-inch case. This usually wrinkles and creases the rubber with bad results. Do not use a 4-inch tube in a 4%-lnch case for any length of time. When this is done the rubber is required to stretch too much and the effect of heat and ac tion due to displacement of air in the tire quickly uses up the life of the tube. Lubrication is most important to conservation of the tube, but it is a matter that is given least atten tion. Practically all tire manufac turers treat the inside of cases with a white solution to prevent tubes from sticking to the adhesive "fric tion" of the fabric—a good lubri cant, however, should be used. Some customers neglect dusting soapstone inside of the case when changing a tube —• others use the soapstone so sparingly that it does but little, if any good, or they may use so much that it does more harm than good. If a quantity of it be dumped into the case it will collect at one point, and during the hot weather will heap up to such an ex tent as to burn the rubber of the tube, making it very thin, brittle and lifeless; this can be recognized by the honeycombed appearance. Soapstone ; is the lubricant most used for tires and it is quite satisfactory, but not lasting; therefore a fresh supply be put into the tires at least two or hree times during the season. Powd ered mica has proven a more durable ! lubricant than soapstone and quite ; as effective as graphite, as well as | more pleasant to handle.. Pinching of an inner tube usually I occurs from oversight or careless ness in application of tire to rim. I Illustration shows how the tube may be caught underneath bead of case. This may occur from putting too much air in the tube before application or from not using care i to keep tube away from rim until beads of case have been properly en gaged in clinches of rim. This may also occur from using a tube of wrong size. For example, a 4 ',4 inch tube in a 4-inch case. If flap works out of position when the tire Is being applied to rim, tube may be, injured by flap or beads or case. When a tire is ridden soft there is a tendency for the beads to lift up at the toes due to the Inernal pres sure and weight of car and some times permit tube to work under bead. This Is aggravated when the tire has been continually ridden soft and beads have been cut and broken by rim. Don't crowd a tire ot wrong size on a rim simply because you j are able to do so by physical force. I It isn't economy—aside from the I injury to tho beads, much annoyance i can be expected as the result of I tubes being pinched. Deterioration, contrary to the gen- I eral impression, is not necessarily a I result of age but Is largely influenc ed by the conditions under which i tires are held in stock. Tires should not be kept in.a warm : place for any great length of time, as light and heat will cause the sul phur to come to the surface and make tho rubber minutely porous. A dark, dry room at a temperature of from 40 to 60 degrees is most favorable for retarding chemical ftc ' tlon. _ .. When the car is laid up for tho II winter, or for either reasons is not used for several weeks, the stale air should be removed from the tires. Partially inflate with fresh air enough to round out the tires and rover them with muslin or other ma : terial to protect from the light. The weight of the car should be sup ' I ported by blocks or jacks, so that ; there will not be any weight on the tires. Nash ModeTWiiTße Announced Shortly Formal announcement of the new I Nash car will be made September 15. While recent developments at Ke ■ nosha have indicated that the new ■ Nash car was practically ready for 1 the market, not until last week's an ' nouncement was any official assur l ance given by the Nash Motors Com • pany that a new Nash car was on . its way. No public announcement as ' yet has beoh made as to the type, ' price or specifications of this new I car, but It Is a known fact that the > new car Is strictly a Nash product ' from the ground tip and will be made 9 3 per cent, complete within ■ the walls of the great factory at ' Kenosha. ; It is also a known fact that the • type of motor that Is being manu i | factured for this new model repre i sents a step forward In motor con i! structlon. Those who have been " fortunate enough to secure inside ! information state that the engine is •! remarkable for Its simplicity of con •j struction; while it represents a stand i j ard type of motor now in general 1 use rather than anything radical, yet it is enough different to set new de • sign of construction. 2 The production in the mammoth i r \ Price List of Tires Not damaged or seconds, Sec > omls ore Not Guaranteed. These > Tires Are Guaranteed 3500 Miles. I 28x3 $7.25136x4 13.75 ! 30x3 7.701 32x4 % 14.50 ! | 30x3% 9.50 34x4% 14.50 ( 32x3% 10.50 36x4% 15.50 3 34x3% 12.75 37x4% 15.80 s 30x4 11.00 3 5x4 % 15.70 " 31x4 11.50 35x5 16.70 "I 32x4 12.75 36x5 17.00 1 ( 33x4 12.75 37x5 17.40 5 ' 34x4 12.75 Add $1 extra "j 35x4 13.75! for Non-Skid. 0. E. STRIKE Open 8 A. M. to 9 P. M. 251 Cresceat St. D al Phone 4001 I >_ > / A r 6-Passenger Touring $725 sj 3-Passenger Clover-Leaf f7OC H Roadster # £3 Ensminger Motor Co. THIRD nnd CUMBERLAND STS. Bt1l Phfne 3515 plant Is being pushed In order to finish up a quantity of these new cars so that they will be In the hands of the big motor car merchants dis tributing the Nash product by Sep tember 15. The new car was unveiled before the organization of Nash distributors at the factory in July. It was re ceived with the immedlata approval of this new distributing organization which was gathered around the Nash Motors Company by General Sales Manager C. B. Voorhis in record time. The fact alone that the new i'ar even surpassed the expectations of what this distributing organization believed the Nash Motors Company would be able to produce practically assures the immediate acceptance by the public of the value repre sented in this car. Although these distributors so far have not been able to have a new car on hand to show to prospective dealers, thoy nevertheless have gath ered around them a large group of the best automobile dealers in the country, which is another indication of the confidence the trade places in the future of he Nash Motors Com pany and their products. Studebaker Dealer Gives Final Warning "The time for quick action is here," says P. Driscoll, distributor of Studebaker cars for and vicinity, 'and I urge all intend ing purchasers of a motorcar to im prove their time this week and place their order lor a Studebaker. And this Isn't a seltlsh proposition eithor. "On September 15th, at the close of business, the prices of all Stude baker models will increase in price. This gives Intending buyers, and those who have just been "putting it off," only slv more days in which to place their orders at the old prices. "The uncertainty of the market for steel, copper, brass, aluminum, and all other metals, for leather, rubber and cotton, by reason of the government's demands for these ma terials in the successful prosecution of the war not only means another rise in prices but may produce a shortage of most and a scarcity of Only SIX days more in which to buy a car at the old prices. SEPTEMBER 15th ,r at the close of business, the prices of Studebaker cars will increase— The FOUR touring car SQQC $1 AC A will increase from *7 O O JL vl O V/ f-m-K . 1 "V The SIX touring car $1 9CH will increase from XMIO V/ XO O O Large purchases and long term contracts Jfor raw materials made a year ago enable Studebaker to delay this advance in prices long after all other manufacturers of cars in Studebaker's class have made an increase. i Order your Studebaker car NOW —and save money Four-Cylinder Models Six-Cylinder Models sr Aiifn w Roadster . . . 985-51025 lvCUll /\UIO \ .fl Roaditer . $1250-91338 _ • Touring Car . . 1250 1385 Touring Car . . 985-1050 . Touring Sedan . . 1700- 1850 Every-Wpather Car , . 1185- 1250 14l 7 ©4 Coupe .—. . . 175- 1850 1 3t. Limousine . . . 2600- 2750 Att prices/, o.k. Detroit All price,/. o. b. Detroit many raw materials for motorcar construction. It is only natural, too, that the riso in prices will have a tendency to still further decrease buying and thus add to the pro duction coat of each car. "Automobiles are not going to be cheaper at any time soon, 1 doubt very much if there will ever come a time again when cars can be bought at such low prices as right now. You probably never will have another opportunity to purchase an auto mobile of such power, size and qual ity as either the Studebaker "Four" or "Six" for so little money. "Those who buy their Studebaker car this week get the advantage of present low prices. Late buyers take their own chances. They put off buying at their own risk. "We were fortunute enough to re ceive our full quota of cars previous to the price increase announcement. Although the notice from the factory that prices would advance on Sep tember 15 has depleted our stock 'tremendously, wo still have enough cars of all models, to take care of all orders placed this week. "Some of the Studebaker models now on our floors are finished in a number of handsome and distinctive | color combinations, and litted with I the novel and striking gypsy top. | Early buyers will have their choice i of a Studebaker car in either chrome green, battleship gray, purple lake or auto blue, with running gear in con trasting colors. "Cut six days Is a very short time, especially so when one considers the money-saving advantages of acting before tho expiration of that time. And early buyers, naturally, will avoid disappointment." Overland Light Four's Enviable Touring Record Samuel Bullman, theatrical man ager, of Dallas. Texas, arrived in St. Louis, Mo., the other day with a remarkable story about the touring efficiency of the Overland light four. On May 28, with his wife and daughter, Bullman left Dallas and up to his arrival in St. Louis, on his return home, he had traveled ap proximately 9,000 miles over treach. [ erous roads without having lifted the hood of his car except for oiling pur poses. Bullmnn's tour took him through Te'.'as, New Mexico, Wyoming, Mon tana, Yellowstone Park. North and South Dakota, Minnesota, lowa, Illi nois and Missouri. His car, without trouble, climbed the famous liat 800 EASY USED CARS PAYMENTS TO CHOOSE FROM. ARRANGED. WE BELIEVE our cart reach the acme of perfection. The steady perform* ance of a "RELIABLE" will exceed your greatest expectations. Every make of car from the powerful Stutz to the more couerr*" tin models are here. Perfect from MOTOR TO REAR AXLE, ready for immediate service. PACKARD Twin 6 Touring; 1916 BCRTPPS-BOOTH Roadster: model 1-36; like now; big re- costs little to run; extra wlrs ductlon. wheel and tire. 1917 MITCHELL Touring; 7- 1917-16-16 PAIGE Tourings; all pass.; very powerful; attractive. light 6'a and In cracker Jack 1917 CHANDLER Touring; run condition. 2000 miles; 60% off Mat. 1916 STEARNS-KNIGHT Tour- PEERI.ESS Touring 6-cyl.; late lng; original prlco *1750; our model; A-l condition. price $675 1917 HUDSON Town Car; shows 1917-16-15 BRISCOE Tourings; no wear whatever; bargain. all will give good service, aa H. C. S. Speedster; very attrac- low as $260 tlvo and fast; extra equip. 1916 CHEVROLET Roadster; 1917-16-16 DODGE Roadsters and Amsbury special; attractive; Tourings: some like new ..S4OO up bargain. 1917 RUICK 6-cyl. Touring; only 1916 BUICK; big Touring; very slightly used; 5 good tires. powerful; perfect from atart to 1917-16-15 CHEVROLET Road- finish. aters and Tourings; very eco- 1917-16-16 OVERLAND Tourings nomlcal to run $276 up and Roadsters; all have start -1917 STUDEBAKHR 6 Touring; ers S3OO np run :<OOO miles; txcellent shape. 1917 81TFKR-BIX HUDSON 1916 OLDBMOBILE 8 Touring; Speedster; also Roadster and also 4-cyl. Roadster; both like Touring; great values, new. 1916 EMPIRE Touring; good hill 1916 COLE 8 Chummy Roadster; climber; used two months. 4-pass.; owner will sacrifice. 1916 COLE 8 Touring; all up-to -1916 CHANDLER Coupe; 3-pass; dato equipment; snap. all year round car; reasonable. FORDS; all modols; low prices. RELIABLE AUTOMOBILE COMPANY (All That the Nnmt Implies) 249-251 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Agents Wanted. Send for Free Bulletin. Open Sunday. toon Pass, which rises 12,000 feet at a distance of twelve miles. In one day It had to ford eighteen creeks and small rivers. Timc after time. Bullman said, h had to turn out for other makes of cars which were in distress, and more than once he aided much larger and more powerful machines.
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