14 ARMLEDER TRUCK IS WELL BUILT Many Strong Points Brought Out in This Two-Ton Truck The Armleder Company, of Cin cinnati, Ohio, who are the manufac tures of the Armleder Trucks, are pointing out the exceptionally strong points in the manufacture of their truck, that it is claimed will greatly lengthen their durability and useful ness. One of the strongest features pointed out is that of the patented springs. Each leaf of these springs is made of the finest Vanadium steel, triple heated; lull floating with no *pring shackles; automatically ad justed to light or heavy loads. These springs are guaranteed to be replac ed if broken or remain reflected af ter unloading. Another strong feature is the ra dius rods. These radius rods are swlveled at the front end. All wear ing parts are bushed. They run par-| allel with the propetlor shaft and re lieve the universal joint of end thrust and also keep the propeller shaft from slipping in the universal joint. They hold the rear axle perfectly stationary and transmit the power to the frame in such a way as to pre \ent pushing on the propeller shaft. Armleder frames on the two-ton truck is made of U -inch pressed steel in a channel 6 ,2 inches wide. They are very heavily braced to avoid distortion, known as sheering out of squares. There are in all four cross braces to hold it perfectly true. This is an important factor, inas much as "sheering out of square" is a common occurrance. Backing the wheels against a curb, running into a rut, backing against a plat form and many other unavoidable things help to do this. A Unit power plant is the power equipment which house all moving parts. The fly wheel is not exposed: oil is not thrown about nor can mud Bet on it to throw it out of bal ance. The torque of the frame can not throw it out of balance. The shifting levers are connected to the transmission without the use of rods.! The power plant is mounted on three, points by means of steel cross bars hinged to front of crank case andj bushed. These trucks are made in two I sizes, the 2-ton and 3-ton models, j They can be adopted to any line of, f usiness. Any kind of body can be ].laced on the chassis. They are be ing introduced by Harrisburg Weld ing and Brazing Company, with show rooms at 94-90 South Cameron street. National Auto Show as Year's Barometer Those who look to the New York ] Automobile Show as the barometer of the year's business are comment ing on the showing made by the Hudson Motor Car Company, the re tail sales of the Super-Six exceeding those of last year by 50 per cent, i Close observers have long recog nized the accuracy with which bus iness conditions for the motorcar in dustry are forecast by retail sales at the New York Automobile Show. It—more than any other show in country, unless it be the show at Boston held during the first week in Mareb—is a retail affair and occupies l>at negligible attention so far as dealer Interest is concerned. New cars and new models receive i •their first introduction to the public at New York. The attendance is j made up principally of persons con- j •eerned with the automobile trade . only as buyers and users. Any new | car, any new device, gets the great- | st attention at New York. That i does not mean, however, that new | oars and new inventions receive the | buying support of the New York j public. The New York show draws its 1 from approximately one- I tenth of the population of the coun- I try. The crowds which surge into I Grand Central Palace are not as large proportionate to the population of the territory as attend some other shows. But the individual buying interest is far greater. The car which is given the greatest buying attention is the one that it is safe to conclude will be the one which will receive greatest patronage throughout the ■ following year and in all parts of i \he country. This is the sixth successive year j that Hudson has led all cars in its j price class in actual retail sales at the New York Automobile Show. The! largest number of retail sales for any one show were made two years ago when the Super-Six was first an nounced. The retail sales of the New York Hudson distributer for himself and his then two branches approxi mated 120 cars, and last year Hudson did a surprisingly large business. UNIVERSITY CLUB MEETING The bimonthly smoker of the I'ni verslty Club will be held Saturdav night. Professor H. M. .1. Klein, of Franklin and Marshall College, will speak. University of Pennsylvania Hay will be observed next Tuesdav, when a luncheon "will be served at the club dining rooms, front and Mar ket streets. Professor William Mc- Olellan, of the Wharton School of Finance, and David E. Tracey, presi dent of the Harrisburg Pipe and Pipe Bending Works, will speak. Buy Your Tires at Wholesale Imperial Tires Guaranteed 3,500 miles < Our guarantee back of every tire and tube Prices upon application Witman Brothers ! 40-42 N. 10th St. THURSDAY FVT.NTNG Economy of Hupmobile a Strong Talking Point; The Comfort Car, as it makers des ignate the new Hupmobllo Series R. Is now on exhibition at the Auto .Show, having been announced to the public for the first time November 15. It is a light car although by no means a small one. Its wheelbase is 112 inches, but its tonncau is equally as large and its driving compartment is actually longer than in the pre ceding model. The new car is distinctly a Hupmo bile, yet there is about it such a de gree of individuality that motorists may not immediately appreciate the family resemblance. The windshield has been slanted and a slightly slop ing speed line from back of rear seat to top of radiator is incorporated in the body design. The color is Hup mobile blue, somewhat lighter than In previous models. The hood, fend ers and running gear remain black as before. By means of the perfected "fioeo" process now in use in the Hupmobile factory, an absolutely uni form finish of high luster and ex treme durability has been attained. The term "comfort car" is derived primarily from the unusual degree of riding and drivir # comfort pro duced by Improved cushions and seat construction, spring suspension and unusual case of all control opera tions. But that comfort in thiß case has also a much wider application is instantly apparent. It is needless to emphasize the fact that appear ance, performance, economy of opera tion and durability are all "comfort" qualities when viewed from the standpoint of mental satisfaction. Economy in the new Hupmobile has been worked out along the lines approved by A. C. Bedford, of the Pe troleum Board at Washington, who suggested in a late bulletin a 20 per cent, in the consumption of gasoline as not only a desirable but a necessary mark for all auto mobile makers to aim at during the coming year. Preheating of air be fore it reaches the carburetor, heat ing to insure perfect gasification be tween the carburetor and cylinders, adjustments to obtain the leanest possible mixture and the assurance of a fr.t, hot spark at ordinary driv ing speeds, urc four of the major points emphasized by Mr. Bedford. These points have been amply and adequately covered by the builders of the Series R. A stove for warming the air before it reaches the carbu retor, a completely heat-jacketed in take manifold, an adjustable carbu retor, and the latest generator igni tion are special features of the new llupmobile. These features, combined with the reduction of six hundred pounds in the weight of the car, give slightly more than 24 per'cent. de duction in fuel consumption in the new model over previous models. On the score of durability and gen eral sturdiness of construction, al though the necessary test of time is lacking, it is safe .o say that the Hupp Motor Car Corporation would not put out a car that would fall be low the higli material and manufac turing standards which they them selves bad so much to do with estab lishing in the automobile business. A l."> per cent, better performer on all points than the immediately pre ceding llupmobile model is the some what startling assurance given by the manufacturers concerning the Series R. Yet with the motor show ing a horsepower only slightly less than the previous motor and a car six hundred pounds lighter, increased performing ability is undoubtedly possible. The new llupmobile remains in the same general price class that it has occupied for the last several seasons, but will sell at a figure considerably below that set on the preceding model. Vim Trucks Are in Universal Demand The demand for small commer-1 cial trucks is greatly exceeding the \ supply if all reports concerning j trucks are true. Every merchant in; the United States has given thought to the fact that the automobile is i fast surplanting the horse as a means j of delivery. When taking everything j into consideration, speed, cost of! maintainance, durability, use under: all conditions, and numerous other points, it is plainly seen that in time to come the automobile will play j even a bigger part in our national] business than it does at the present' time. At the end of 1917 there were in l use 4:1,000 Vim trucks. This state-1 ment is backed by the Vim Motor j Truck Co. of Philadelphia. TheyJ manufacture light delivery trucks for: any line of business. Boyd equip ment can be secured to meet any de-! mand that is placed upon it. There are over one hundred and twenty-five Vims now in use in liar-1 risburg and vicinity. Andrew Red-1 mond, the local distributor, is very I enthusiastic in speaking of the fu ture for these trucks. They are be coming better known in Harrisburg each day, and Mr. Redmond predicts! that 1918 will not be a backslider i when it comes to the number of Vims sold. He has on display three I models at the auto show that cover) a number of different business uses. It is only necessary for the pur- i chaser to stipulate the kind of body! desired in order to have a well-! equipped car for his business. MOTOR CLI'B TO MEET The regular monthly meeting of the board of governors of the Har risburg Motor Club, will be held at club headquarters. 109 South Second street, to-morrow evening, at 8 o'clock. $2,524 WORTH OF LIVESTOCK SOLD Adams County Brothers Dis pose of Large Number of Hogs, Lambs and Poultry Gettysburg, Pa., Jan. 31.—Raising of livestock Is a paying proposition with some of the farmers in Adams county as the result of a sale made by rural people disclosed. Pecher Brothers, in Liberty township, sold ninety-six hogs, forty lambs, five calves, twenty-eight turkeys, eleven cockerels, nine geese and three ducks, all born, raised and fatten ed on their farm since February 17 of last year, and received for tho lot $2,524. This represents an average daily meat production of almost $7 for every day of the year. In addi tion to this there were slaughtered on the same farm for home con sumption 1,500 popnds of pork, 400 pounds of beef, thirty-seven chick ens, forty-one rabbits, forty-nine squirrels and nineteen quail. Light Car Vogue Developed by Much Engineering Toil By CHARLES IX HASTINGS Vice-President and General Manager Hupp Motor Car Corporation. Up to a few years ago excess power, riding comfort, the refine ments of fine finish and luxurious upholstery were almost entirely as sociated with tile heavier types of cars. However, as the users of light cars, as well as those who formerly had been accustomed to the bigger cars, began to see many of the ad vantages of the light car over the big car, a demand sprang up for a light car that would include some of the refinements of grace, comfort and durability that had hitherto been a\ailab!e only in the costlier prod ucts. In the meantime the automobile in- ■ rluatry lias been making great strides ■ in the developments of engineering simp' City in the use oi lighter metal and ai'oys, in greater ingenuity of body design, that readily adapted themselves to this new movement in motorcar efficiency. The first result of this new incen tive of refinement ill light - ars v.-as noticeable in bett-.T carbu<-ecin. higher-speed engines, that made the light car more flexible, more able to travel at greater sustained speed, and still further emphasized the economy of light weight in the con sumption of gasoline. Next, the engineers turned their' attention to strengthening the clias- i sis, because they found that the chassis of the light car must be j sturdier in proportion than that of a i heavy car. The cars that have attained the best results in this respect are those which have followed the trend of simplicity in eliminating unnecessary parts. The next step in the development of liglit-car efficiency was the im provement in .'tdms comfort. The engineers of the more luxurious light cars to-day say that it is possible to so spring and balance a light car that it may ride over rough roads and make real touring speed in comfort, where big cars are apt to jolt un comfortably the passengers in the rear seat. They found that the easy riding of a car depended on a low center of gravity and on the correct pro portion of weight, under the springs to the weight above the springs; and that a car did not necessarily need weight to hold it down on the road. They also found that a car with a low center of gravity, namely, with its weight as near the ground as possible, consumed the least power over the same obstructions; in other words, that it would run with less fuel consumptior. -er weight and with less road shock i in other cars. The last and i 'owning effort to ward improving the quality and ap pearance of a refined light car lies in the development of body design. The up-to-date automobile body en gineer has so economized body space, to take care of the shorter wheel base and the relatively smaller size, that it is possible now to get seat room and leg-room .in both the front and rear seats that the rider and driver of former years could look for only in the larger and heavier types of cars. It is now possible to buy a rela tively light car at the lowest price which insures the best in engineer ing, material and workmanship. Cleveland Caterpillar Tractor The New Sensation in the TRACTOR a Duplicate of the British Tank Machine k Harrisburg HurlWrt Auto fn Trucks 4W D h u"! rive AUIU vU I?AimiSBURG YELEGHXPHB Drives Show Car 594 Miles Over Icy, Snowy Roads Arthur Holmoa, president of the Holmes Automobile Company, of Canton, Ohio, drove a car of hla do slgn nearly 600 miloa In ft flrst teat trip, with bad weather, worse roads, and an untried engine, in order .0 j show it in New York, a few weeks ago. The Holmes car, on exhibition for the first time at 62 Vandorbllt ave nue, at Forty-fifth street, passed with flying colors the difficult endurance test. "When I left Canton at 7 o'clock last Saturday morning," said Mr. Holmes the other day, "I was driv ing for the flrst time a completely assembled Holmes car. The engine had been put In the chassis only the day previous, and before instal lation had not even been run on the block. Not a man in the factory could turn over that stiff engine. "There was a bitterly cold wind and mountain climbing was the order of the day as soon as we had passed Pittsburgh. From that city to Union town and from Uniontown to Ha gerstown, we made our way along the heavily drifted slopes and the snowfilled cuts of the Alleghenies. The main traveled ,roads were hard enough, but we lost ourselves be tween Pittsburgh and Uniontown. I Turning into a road so bad that final ly not even our shovels could help us, we had to pull down a fence and make a detour through a field. "It must be remembered that this is a performance of an untried en sine and car. There is one climb near Uniontown seven miles long, with u ten per cent, grade. Yet, we hadn't a particle of engine trouble. There was no sign of overheating. And during the entire trip the only adjustment necessary was that of a valve push rod, which'took hardly live minutes. Of course, we had to adjust the carburetor according to atmospheric conditions. "Yet. the roads wero in such bad .shape that 1 .counted more than twenty wrecked cars and trucks be tween Hagerstown and Philadelphia, which had capsized on the ice. I had to run into the ditch to avoid one big truck, which lay on its side across the mountain grade. "We made the trip in good time for our exhibition hero and reached New York with the Holmes in per fect condition. I was sure we should win." Holmes has the distinction of striking a new note in the automo bile show season. For fifteen years he has worked over the problem of giving the world an air-cooled car satisfactory in appearance and in service. A year and a half ago ho told his associates: "I can build a Holmes car which will be and do certain things." The car represents these promises. This car is handled in this city by the Hupmobile Sales Co., at 105 Market street. Chevrolet Sold by the Driscoll Auto Co. i The Driscoll Auto Company, who J conducts a general service station and ' salesroom in what was the old Ford I salesrooms, in South Cameron street, ! now handle exclusively the Chevro let motorcar. I'. Driscoll and 11. M. Dague are the members of this firm. Both of these men have had a large experience in the automobile field and are very able to serve the owner to his best advantage. Mr. Dague, until recently, was con nected with the Harrisburg Auto Company. While talking to him last night he was asked why he picked the Chevrolet as a good selling prop osition and why it was such a prop osition. His reply was: "1 have chosen the Chevrolet car because it has such a large selling range. With the Chevrolet I can reach the masses-- of people. This car is made in a range of values to meet the x pocket- I book of the workingman. the busl \ nesuman, and the man who is look ing for a first-class touring car. Isn't that reason enough for choosing such a car? It is isn t, I can say to you that it lias power to burn, is mechanically as near perfect as the experience Of one of tile largest au tomobile manufacturers can make it, its riding quality is that of much higher-priced cars, and Its durability can hardly be estimated. The prices range from a little over $(!00 to i $1,475. What do you think of that? j Look over the different models we 1 have on display and tell me if that j isn't a good selling proposition? I "We expect to do a large business I this summer on these cars. We are | going to conduct a service station j for the advancement of the owners' I interest. We will do all we can to | meet the demands of people for this i car. The only other proposition in ! the automobile line that we are going !to handle is the Globe tire. We will be the district distributors for this tire. "The Chevrolet is drawing a lot of attention at the auto show, especial ly the eight-cylinder model. This car is beautifully designed and very strongly built. The price is a sur prise to a good many people who think that it is a much higher-priced I car." MANY INTERESTING 1918 AUTOMOBIL Aftor many conturlos of fruitless! wandering Dlogones haa at last reached the object of hla quest. Diogenes, you know, was a searcher for the honest man. He rambled around to the Auto Show In the Emerson-Brantlngham building last night, threw a quarter over the glass counter to the pretty little loss who sells tickets and heard her say, "Three cents additional for war tax, please!" His world-weary eyes roam ed around the show and finally he met George B. Zoch, who sells the Buick. "Tell me about the Buick," sp.id Diogenes. "Look at the car; it speaks for itsles," exclaimed Zech. "Eure ka," shouted Diogenes. "I have found him, the honest man." Seriously, the Buick is a great pow erful car which has caught the eye of many prospective purchasers. It occupies a prominent place on the first floor of the building. Jovial George Zech is always willing and ready to tell about the line points of tho car, to his many and eager listeners. To-morrow night will be "Ladies' Night," J. Clyde Myton, manager of the show announced that the Cham pion Male Quartet will sing from 8.30 to 10 o'clock. The quartet is one of the finest in the city and a large crowd is expected to hear them. "Big oaks from little acorns grow," runs the old saw. " 'Tis the truth," quoth J. Glen Gehr, of E. Mather and Company, as he pointed out his salesmen, J. L. Nowland and It. W. Knerr, who were playing with Paul Furman's rubber balloons. "Just look at those fellows playing with tho balloons. You will find them as members of the aviation corps some day." Good Kales "Sure we've had good sales," chorused 1. W. Dill and M. T. Sheaf fer, who sell the Republic truck. "These machines sell themselves." Which is the truth, judging from the number of people who buy them. The beautiful Fleetwood runa about, in the exhibit of tho Packard Motor Car Company, is a magnificent car. B. V. Harrington, manager ol' the local branch, exults as he tolls of this really luxurious new model. There are lines of spirited beauty, lines that allure with their grace and sparkle in their free movement in the new Packard. From the stand An Exhibit That Includes Every Desire in Motordom I : SEE TIIEM AT THE SHOW • CHANDLER SIX * If you will choose from among well-known, medium-priced cars, you will choose the alPliii l|r Chandler—for what it is and what it does. / A Seven-Passenger Touring Car, $1595. Four-Passenger Roadster, $1595. Seven-Pas senger Convertible Coupe, $2295. Four-passenger Convertible Coupe, $2195. Limousine, COME CHOOSE YOUR CHANDLER NOW | Sensible ~ Bit" O J™™' '"•'*■"* Andrew Redmond I TEMPORARY OFFICE The cliassis sells for $Bl5. Complete with Open | S,MW " " S " Rca,,y ' s nt U,c Automobile Show. „ sprcss llo(Ij . $913( „. |h Closcd panel $935 Tbira SU | Touring Car S9OO Sedan $llOO Twclve sta,,llnril ,y T>es or body. All prices P. O. B. Roadster SOOO Sedan (Unit Body) 1100 hiladelpliia. Will occupy beautiful new store Roadster ( oupe.sll.">o c oiipc (Unit IVody) 1190 sir, Sales and Service Stations in the United Slates. rooms in the Evangelical Publishing |AT THE SHOW ALL WEEK ARRANGE FOR DEMONSTRATIONS ™" """" " point of style and beauty It la a new creation Just as, two years ago, the iirat Twin Six motor was a new pow er plant. "Ask the man who owns one." The Bentz-Landis Auto Company sells Nash cars, National and Mercer cars, and the Atlas, Standard and Nash trucks. They are carrying a mighty good line, too. John A. Bente says that people everywhere like the line so much that they pay good money to the Arm, for their cars. Proud of Now Cur E. W. Shenk Is very proud of the new Franklin. Ho has good reason to be proud of it. It is a car in which Individuality is a characteristic. Furthermore it is a car of charm, beauty and practical utility, well worth an investigation by the dis criminating purchaser, who cares for quality rather than price. Do you know K. M. Dague? You're missing something if you don't know him. He's an Elk! He's a good scout! He's the sort of a chap who sits at the head of the table, while his com rades sing: "He's a jolly good fellow!" And mdre than that, this R. M. Dague has real taste, which he has displayed in taking the agency for the new Chevrolet. There are models for every purse, models of every class. And Dague told the people about it so effectively and winningly that he had a sale of a Chevrolet Eight, two hours after the opening of the show. A record?? You bet! A Fine Display A man rushed up to A. M. 'Kem merer, who sells Vim trucks for An drew Redmond. "I want one, and 1 want it at once," he puffed, and paused to catch his breath as Kem merer looked him over. "Sure, you can have it, and have it at once," re turned the salesman. Kemmerer is merry and gleeful. You see, lie's sold a large order of trucks in this past week. It's a live salesman selling a good truck. An irresistible combina tion! Charles H. Harner is president of the Kiwanhs Club. Further, he Is manager of the Keystone Motor Car Company. His display is one of the finest on the lloor. His efficient, ever present salesmen have helped him to sell four cars and a O. M. C.truck during the show. That's another rec ord! The firm sells Peerless, Chal mers and Dodge pleasure cars and G. M. C. trucks. Many .Tokos It would be folly to go home with out hearing Arthur L. Hall tell why his insurance should be on your car. Hall represents the Pennsylvania Indemnity Exchange. "We sell pri JANUARY 31, 101?!. " vate pleasure car policies only," he states. Then ho tells you about the details of his policies. All of which goes to show that Hall known his business and knows how to sell it to others. Uoorge p. THlotaon. tha over-pop ular typewriter man, rambled Into the show the other afternoon and told a joke to one of the automobile salesmen. That salesman's been laughing ever since. Do you blame him? Here's the joke, which Tillot son heard at a recent Rotary Club luncheon: "A dog rushed down Market street the other day. People began running and screaming. Finally someone opened the door of Bowman's store and the dog ran in. "There's noth ing wrong with that dog," the man explained when someone insisted it was a mad dog. "Why that dog merely needs muzzlih!" WILL ENTERTAIN CLUB | New Cumberland, Pa., Jan. 31. | The T. W. B. Club will be enter tained at the home of Miss Mar- v Y If you drive a Cadillac, then you know the exhilaration of stepping on the throttle of a fine car that fairly leaps with power. But the great, lasting satisfac tion comes with knowing that the ability is there —although you may seldom need it. CRISPEN MOTOR CAR CO. 311-815 S. Cameron Street I HARRISBURG, PA. guerite Fisher, In Bridge street, to morrow evening. TAG DAY OBSERVED New Cumberland, Pa,. Jan. 31. Tag your shovel day was observed here by the pupils of the school yes terday. / WE REPAIR | RADIATORS I Lamps, Fenders, j | Hoods, Bodies and Windshields J Nuss Mfg. Co. / llth and Mulberry St*. 11AHHISBURQ, PA.
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