PROPER CARE OF ALL INNER TUBES Goodrich Company Gives Suggestions That Will Give More Life to Tires Ways and means of procuring the ingest service from inner tubes— an appurtenance of the automobile's mechanism that is most neglected— the theme of an educational cam paign instituted by The B. F. v Good rich Rubber Company in the inter ests of war economy. Many unex -Tcted outbursts from air-contain ers originate from "sins of omission" ;ind "commission" and by emphasiz ing the more glaring ones the Good rich company believes it can save the motorist dollars that otherwise would pour into the abyss of waste. Undue haste in replacing a-punc tured or blown out rune Is respon sible for a multitude of these "sins." The most common mistake Is pinch ing the tube. The tube is inserted in an uneven or twisted manner. This causes it to overlap or wrinkle with the result that in a short time it will cut through where it has been over lapped and we have a leak. The same trouble is also caused some times by * putting a new tube into the tire just as it is taken from the box. When the tube if applied after mounting, there is sucn an Inrush of air that It will often buckle up the tube, thereby forcing a tiny section beneath the bead spreader. Especially will this occur if the The Only Track Attachment tint Include Unit. Cab and Body ill ooe Job at one Frio> j Saves you f I . HggTfrk v\ to SI2S OR body I ■ J equipment. I j| / ... ...... V P.tyrtH Pod; Miller Auto Co., Inc. 50-68 S. Cameron St. Bell 4119 Dial 3660 VELIE THE NEW 1918 TOURING MODEL Bigger, better, more power. Body strikingly different. The j leader in the Light Six field. The . name insures the quality. Phone ! us for demonstration. 5-Passenger $1265, t. o. b. factory j .VELIE-HARRISBURG CO. Sixth iind Ilerr. x I Willard Service is More than Battery Service Our business is more than repair- be done, we do them as only experts ing and selling batteries. It's main- can do them, and provide you with taining a continuous personal inter- a rental battery so that your car is est in you and your battery. Helping not laid up. in every way we can to assure you of reliable starting, lighting and When at last you need a new bat ignition. tery, we can supply you with the We show you how to take care of fineß *^ il, ? rd . P J^ uct ~ your battery and helf> you do it. the Still Better Willard with Thread - This keeps it on the job, and the ec * Rubber Insulation. / battery keeps your car on the job. This is more than battery service When repairs or recharging must —it's insurance of car-use. The Only Official Willard Service Station in Harrisburg Front-Market Motor Supply Go, 109 Market Street Official Willard Storage Battery Service Station SATURDAY EVENING, valvo stem is not pulled out to its proper position. The operator should proceed slowly when apply ing the tube. Before putting it into the casing it should he given a couple of "shots" of air. then it should bo applied carefully, the in side—the side on wnlcn the stem occurs —being always kept inside. When it is in the casing it should be "talced" carefully and the fingers forced all 'around the tire to make sure that the talc has been evenly distributed, and then, before the loose bead is applied, the tire should be given a little more air—enough to round it out nicely and prevent pinching. The motorist should be cautined against using too mucn uuc. There are several powders procurable for keeping the tube from sticking to the casing, among these being soapstone, graphite and talc, but the use of too much of any of these proves disas trous and a collection of substance in one place eats into the rubber. If, on the other hand, no powder be used, it will only be a short time before the heat generated will cook the tube. Under-intlation is equally injurious to lubes. When the under-inflated tire passes over a stone both casing and tube are jolted against the rim and sooner or later a leak will de velop. All tires should be inflated to the standard prescribed by man ufacturers. If a tire deflates suddenly the car should be stopped immediately, as continuous running means that the casing must slip circumferentially, ripping the valve stem out and tear ing the tube. • Sand in a casing is another cause of th ruination of a tube. It very often happens that a motorist, while repairing a punctitrfe on the road, permits the tube and casing to pick up particles which create a friction later and eventually tiny holes, which will scarcely show when tha tube is submerged in water, assert themselves. Then the motorist runs to the dealer and charges him with selling a porous tube. Putting undersized tr.les in cas ings is a common fault. .This strains the tube, makes the expansion ail one sided—on the tread side of the tire—and generally results in a so norous blowout in No Man's Land. Sunlight is a natural enemy of in ner tubes. The Sunlight and any bright light lor that matter, dries out the tube and makes it battle and un elastic. It is then known as a "maca roni" tube. A cool, dark place is the proper refuge for the reserve tube. The effect gf grease and oils on tubes is well known. I A habit of motorists to carry tubes ! unprotected in tool boxes is often re sponsible for much subsequent trou ble. Tools are being bounced against it as the car bounds along, its sides are chafed and become worn. It is weakened before it is even inserted in the casing. All tubes should be carried in a waterproof bag or well wrapped in newspaper. Use of space under the seat near the battery box for reserve tubes has its penalties, too, Acid from the battery frequently spjashes over and douses the tube and from that moment on deterio ration starts. , PILOT "The Car Ahead." sl293—"Double Cowl," 5-pass. Touring and "Get-Chummy" Roadster. Unhesitatingly the choice of exclusive buyers, who demand in dividuality and personality in their possessions. Ensminger Motor Co. I Green & Cumberland Sts. i v HARD COAL RISE UP TO PRESIDENT; 45-CENT ADVANCE I New Scale Would Increase Miners' Pay 15 to 44 Per Cent. I* i j Washington, Dec. I.—The propos ■ ed increases in wage scales for an i | thracite miners were referred to , I President Wilson yesterday by Fuel i Administrator Garfield. The increases which, if sanctioned ! by the President, will boost the pay of Pennsylvania hard coal miners 1 from 15 to 4 4 per cent., were agreed ' upon by the conference committees of anthracite miners and operators on November 17. They were drawn ' conditional to higher retail prices 1 which would absorb the proposed • wage advances and keep the oper -1 ators in pocket. This would mean about 45 cents 1 a ton additional on present anthra ' cite prices. Profound secrecy as to the recom mendations concerning the increases ! made to the President by Dr. Gar ! field was maintained .by the fuel ad -1 ministration. Action on them is now ' expected before next week. • When the new wage table was ; presented, the fuel administrator said (lathy that no increases in wages 1 could be sanctioned unless definite ; proof was forthcoming that this fur ' ther drain on the consumers' purse 1 is justifiable. For the last two weeks officers of the fuel administration I have been examining all available data of the trade to determine if this . I is the case. I By decree of the President, bitu minous prices were recently increas "[ed to cover a new wage scale for soft I ! coal miners, agreed upon in October. , Bituminous prices had, however, teen severely cut in the original price fixing order, while anthracite remained at about the same level. " It is generally believed that, the forthcoming wage scale will be a pretty even compromise between present wages and those demanded " by the miner's ajid conditionally agreed to by the hard coal operators. Americans Unfurl Service •j Flag For Twelve Members M Newport, Pa., Dec. I.—On Thanks * giving evening Newport Council No. , 611, Junior Order of Americans, un furled a large service flag in honor ? of its twelve members who have gone into war service. B The men for whom star? have been x ; placed on the flag are Chester A. I Uatchford, J. Cloyd Manning, C. M. j Shelley, John 13. Anderson, William e ! H.. Saylor, H. M. Plickinger, George " Rudy, Roy Gutshall, C. B. Crist, Roy .| A. Wagner, Raymond Fisher and h j "John W. Carl. SIB,OOO a Year Will Be Spent on Two Children Riverside, N. Y„ Dec. 1. —Jean Stewart, 5 years old, and her sister, i Miriam, a little older, are to have j SIB,OOO a year spent on them, the I application to make this expenditure, j filed by Martin Taylor and Leander L. Chance, their guardians, before I Surrogate Selah B. Strong to-day be- I ing granted. The two girls are the children of John B. Stewart, the inventor, of I Centerport and Chicago, who died last year. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH CHALMERS MODEL PROCLAIMED BEST Distributors at Factory See Tests of Hot-Spot En gine Efficiency Distributors from big cities scat tered through forty states, of widely varying local conditions, have by let ter, telegram and in a majority of cases on personal visits to the hum ming factory, declared the now cur rent Chalmers the greatest e""ine and best automobile ever turned out by the Chalmers Motor Company. Such praise is not founded on mere selling hopes and expectations but the story of the individual own er transmitted through respective Chalmers distributors an organiza tion of thrifty reliable businessmen. Thousands of these cars are now being driven by motorists heretofore the owners of high priced automo biles. A great percentage are oper ating in the clutches of winter. Hut all, irrespective of otner conditions, have been subjected to the low grade gasoline problem of the pres ent hour. It is on this score of Chalmers triumph that the dealers are turn ing in their praise, of something al ready accomplished. For it is di rectly due to the Ramshorn Mani fold and the Chalmers Hot-Spot, his tory makers in the world of auto mobiles; that low grade gasoline is now being converted into high-grade power by thousands of Chalmers owners. Reports without number are tell ing' of the hot-spot success In the coldest kind of weather, rainy nights and frosty mornings. How at one place in the middle west, a promi nent doctor, with a roadster only forty-eight hours old, left his new car in the open driveway, where it was covered with ice and snow. And yet when roused by a four o'clock sick call the famous hot spot engine shot him off into the night without a moment's wait. Referring to summer and its ac companying heat; Chalmers engi neers have emphatically proved the hot-spot as effective in a zone of heat as in the belts of ice and snow. The purpose of the hot-spot, located at the throat of the carburetor, Is to beat and crack the incoming gas and pass it on in a thousand par ticles through the easy air bends of the famous "ramshorn manifold." Primarily, this unique device, is to overcome the trouble in starting and picking up speed when the ther mometer is down to cold and freez ing. Rut even in cities, Chicago, for in stance. where seasonal changes show an average variation of 100 de grees in the thermometer, the hot spot is equally effective summer and winter. Even if such a variation ob tained generally throughout the country, engineers point out that a difference of 100 degrees or even more, on the exterior, is not to be compared with the terrific heat on the manifold interior. It is estimated that 95 per cent of owners run their cars with the throttle twenty-five per cent open,, and when thus used, the prevailing slightest difference. In summer heat, supposing the throttle were allowed to stand wide open, a greater flood of gas would naturally be admitted, thus raising the flame to a fearful heat. But, at the same time, the velocity of the Wis then rushing past the hot-spot is so lightning-like in its speed, that the heat is absorbed in relative pro portion, and only up to a degree an ticipated by Chalmers engineers. Consequently the thermometer may soar to 130 degrees in the shade, or drop to zero, without the slight est effect on.the great Chalmers en gine. A point so scientifically work ed out, after months of laboratory work, that the Chalmers stands to day as one car that gives high power from low grade gasoline—36s days in the year. Such a thing as a gauge or visi ble control is absolutely unnecessary, for the reason that the heat of the gas against the hot-spot is automatic and either increases or decreases, ac cording to the power required. Ac cording to the extent of the throttle opening. Maxwell Trucks Used to Advantage on Farms There are two important invest ments necessary to success in the agricultural Held according to Robert M. Mueller, a leading farmer resid ing in Dakota county. He has made both investments and found them paying propositions. The chief in importance is the purchase of a farm —a hcyne for the family and the means of earning a livelihood. The next financial in vestment should be a motor truck to obtain economical transportation of farm products to a market. "I feel as if an unexpected inher itance had fallen to me because the Maxwell truck I purchased last Fall is making a pleasure of the work which was formerly a drudgery," Mueller says. The Minness a farmer found that the one-ton Maxwell truck mate rially increased the time at his dis posal for both work and recreation. This gain was made although Muel ler was farming on a larger scale than ever before. "Marketing my farm products by motor car has dispersed all my doubts about the advisability and practicability of such transportation service," is the final judgment of Mueller. "My horses were in much better shape, than for the past few years, for the fall plowing. The long hauls to the city in previous years had worn-out my teams, which slowed up the work of the horses in the field. Mueller states that he has found the easy starting and the handling of the Maxwell truck has so lighten ed his hauling work that farm life appeals more and more to him. He uses solid tires for equipping the Maxwell to avoid any worry about tire trouble, but the truck provides an easier riding vehicle than the large, heavily loaded wagons which formerly tired him. "I consider the money paid for the Maxwell truck the best investment I made since the purchase of my farm," declares Mueller in his en? thusiasm over the relief from wagon riding weariness. "I have not tried to test the Max well to its utmost capacity but know that I can go along with a load of a ton and a quarter or a ton and a I half anywhere with perfect e|ise," •said Mueller. He alleges that the truck possesses sufficient reserve power and cites in stances of the pulling force of the motor. Mueller runs his Maxwell truck on high gear, uphill, and slows down almost to a stop and then goes right along up the hill without shift ing the gears. 213 CHILDREN AT DINXER Waynesboro, Pa., Dec. 1. Two hundred and thirteen children from town enjoyed a bounteous Thanks giving dinner, provided for them by the people of Waynesboro. De Palma With Twin-Six Engine Breaks Record Officials of the A. A. A. are mak ing up their formal report on the record-breaking achievements of Ralph De Palma on the Sheepshead Bay Speedway, November 16, In his aeroplane Twin Six car. Meanwhile, congratulatory messages are pouring in on De Palma and the Packard en gineers. According to the figures which there is every reason to believe the A. A. A. will certify as official, De Palma averaged more than 109 miles an hour for the entire six hours, de spite stops, for tire changes, oil and gas, aggregating more than 13 min utes. De Palma's speed car is equipped' with Packard Twin Six engine, avia- j tion type, of 300 cubic inch dis placement. Both engine and chassis were built in the Packard experi mental shops. The records he broke were held by Dario Hesta, Gene Chassagne and Lee K. Guinness, who alternately drove a Sunbeam car on the Brooklands trark, London, 506 miles. The Sunbeam was of 600 cubic inches displacement. The rec ord, established October 1, 1913, was not even closely approached until De Palma tackled it. He drove the entire distance himself. The Sun beam averaged 97 miles per hour. The first hour De Palma covered 112.96 miles; second hour, 112.45; third hour, 109.85; fourth hour, 110.14; fifth hour, 107.14; sixth hour, 105.52. Those who saw the steady grind, pronounced the run the most re markable exhibition of speed and en durance on record and warmly con gratulated De Palma. De Palma's face was badly whip ped by the 110 mile gale and his mechanician, Jimmy Stees, was ex hausted and half-frozen at the end of the run. De Palma used Good year tires which gave a splendid ac count of themselves. The right front tire went 447 miles' before it was changed, and was by no means worn through. Small Sedan % Get This Necessary Out-Door Home CHRISTMAS offers a logical There is a dome light in cefl opportunity to equip your ing, three silk roller curtains, family with this all-weather, all- parcel pockets at both sides of purpose Model 90 Overland rear seat, foot rail, windshield Sedan. wiper, and 'nickel handles to With it you are enabled to close doors from the inside, keep up your activities during The entire top and sides are the bad winter months. decorated with gray and black Its service is indispensable in striped cloth. Every inch of countless ways. the floor is covered with thick ~ ■, .. - .. , carpet to match the walls and It provides the five essentials cciline for complete satisfaction as in no other car— Appearance, Per- Thc Brewster Green formance, Comfort, Service and v " t * l black top. Price. It has 4-inch tires, non-skid , The windows drop into the ! T . ar: wheelbase; Auto sides of the body and doors, and . e , nc starting and light can be quickly opened or closed ing ' an< * vacuum fuel system, as desired. Order at once! THE OVERLAND-HAKRISBIJRG CO., DIST °I>CII EVENING 212-214 North Second Street BOTH PHONES Service Station and Parts Department, 20th & Perry Sis. Ncwiwrt Branch York Branch "pp. Railroad Station 128-ISO W. Market St. This Timely Warning May Save You Money "With so gueat a share of the na tion's commercial burden to carry, the automobile, now more than ever before, must be kept running regard less of weather conditions," says P. priscoll, distributor of ( Studebaker cars for Harrlsburg and vicinity. "The success of our arms abroad,! and those of our Allies, depends| much upon our ability to keep every I channel open for the quick trans-j poration of foodstuffs, munitions,! etc. To relax our energy in this di rection, because of the severity of the weather, would be literally giv ing aid and comfort to the enemy. "Jack Frost is no respecter of per sons —he will go out of his way to pay his respects to an automobile radiator. The water jackets of the cylinders are his especial favorites— it is no trouble whattever for him to quickly congeal the water therein. Not only is this Frost person to be feared because of the uncomfortably large repair bills he is capable of •causing—but, most of all, he is liable to put the owner's car or truck out of commission entirely. Too much •depends upon the motorcar these days to risk such an occurrence. "Take warning now, Mr. Motorist, and provide yourself with a few gal lons of denatured alcohol, and when the weather turns in a decided man ner feed a little into the radiator, thus insuring yourself against dam age that surely will come otherwise. The proportions depend upon the temperature. It will require a 5 per cent solution of alcohol to pre vent freezing at 25 degrees, and a 23 per cent solution will take care of the water system down to zero. As low a3 10 below the solution should be 30 per cent, and if the mercury happens to drop to 15 de grees below the percentage will bo 35 per cent of alcohol, whereas ten more degrees below will require a i4O per cent, solution. At present j prices elvcerine is out of the question j as an anti-freezing agent. "Cover your radiator when car Is j allowed to stand idle, and if it is to j remain in the cold for any length of j time let it face the wind and not back up under it. If left in the lat- I ter position the wind has a clear DECEMBER 1, 1917. passage under the car and above the drip pun to the motor. "It really requires no more effort to do things correctly and painstak ingly than It does to do them in a careless, slip-shod manner—and you owe It to your country to exercise every precaution that will keep your car in service all year 'round.' " Edgar Apperson Succeeds Brother as Manager Edgar Apporson is now General Manager of the Apperson Bros. Au tomobile Co., of this city. He suc ceeds to the place so successfully filled since the organization of the Corhpany, by his Elmer, who has. been forced retire from active participation in the business because of failing health. However, Mr. Elmer Apperson still remains at ihe head of the company as presi dent. Edgar Apperson is one of the pio neer manufacturers of tlio automo bile industry. He has been an offi cial of the Apperson Company since its inception and has been largely y Pennsylvania Indemnity Exchange 1 PHILADELPHIA | | "RECIPROCAL AUTOMOBILETNSURANCE | Harrisburg Branch, A. L. Hall, y Patriot Building Manager j| For the Car Owner Who Knows How to S&ve Sjßg&wwiK i mm A Man's Gift From a Man's Store ® Wm. Strouse jff instrumental in its rapid and sub stantial progress. Many of the early achievements of the industry are his. He it was who won the lirst speed contest given in America at the Charles Power Park Track, Boston, , in September, 1897. In August, 1889. he made the first long overland journey to be taken by an American made machine. This was from Ko komo to New York City, a distance of 900 miles. In February of the same year, he won the Pasadena-Al tadena Hill Climb at Los Angeles. Again in April, 1901, he drove the first car to run in a non-stop con test of over 100 miles. Mr. Apperson needs no introduc tion to American sportsmen as h® Is n. true lover of the great outdoors. Whether it be In the wilds of Nor thern Wisconsin, where he has his hunting camp, or on his ranch down in Arizona, his gun is always his con stant companion. That the Apperson Company will not only continue to expand and prosper under his man agement, but will actually become a bigger factor than ever in the auto mobile industry, is what his friends —and they are legion are pre dicting. 11
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