OAKLAND SIX HAS
POWER TO BURN
In Hill Climbing Contest It
Shows Remarkable Abil
ity to Get.Tbere
Andrew Redmond, the local dis
tributor of the new Oakland Sensi
ble Six, In an interview the other
day, tells how this car performs on
a hill. He says:
"There isn't a hill around Harris
*ars hut what this little car will go
over the top on high gear. And
there aro some hills. The horse
power rating is exceptionally low,
enabling the owner to get in on the
lower rate for his license, yet when
you get behind the wheel, you only
realize just what this car can do.
It only weighs 2,100 pounds fully
equipped, and with the small sized
tires it takes it makes an excep
tionally economical car.
In beauty of outline it is the equal
of many of the higher priced cars.
The clear-cut, graceful lines of the
hood sloping back to the sloping
windshield, bring out the distinctive
features of the bettor car. From,
the front doors to the back end of
the carv every thing is made not only
for good looks but tor comfort und
service. The large, roomy seats both
in the rear and the front are alll
that can be desired. The upholster-1
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ILomfort
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j; The Truly Economical Car.
Until now, the owner of a high-priced car owned a large
! car, expensive to operate. And the owner of a small car
owned a cheap car—also expensive to operate.
| The New Hupmobile is not merely light in weight, and
! moderate in size, it is also superlative in quality, and
therefore inexpensive to operate.
! It is luxuriantly comfortable, This "Comfort Car," and it
! has a smooth, lively, powerful motor, ITupmobile built,
| which gives this quality car quality performance.
[ . It is the rich man's demand:—Quality and Economy.
! It is the poor man's need:—Economy and Quality.
! A gratifying certainty of Marked Economy, not onlv in
| gasoline but in tire mileage.
; We invite you for demonstration, no obligation to pur-
I chase.
j HUPMOBILE SALES CORPORATION
> Q B 103 Market Street
! Igsli/ SALES AND SERVICE
[ R. J. CHURCH, Manager.
CHANDLER SIX
Famous For Its Ma
at Right Price;
Chandler Leads
THE Chandler Company has striven for five
years to give the public the best Six at the
best price . And it has succeeded, year after
year, in this aim.
The Chandler for 1918 offers real motor car
worth approached only by other cars selling for
hundreds of dollars more.
There is no inflation in Chandler price. And
Chandler quality is maintained in every detail.
SIX SPLENDID BODY TYPES
Seven-Passenger Touring Car. SIS9S Four-Passenger Roadster, Siß9s
Four-Pass. Dispatch Car. $1675: Five White Wire Wheels. sllO Extra
v Convertible Sedan. 52295 Convertible Coupe,\S 2195 Limousine. $2895
(All prices f. a. b. Cleveland)
Come Choose Your Chandler Now
ANDREW REDMOND, Distributor
Phones Third and Reily Streets
CHANDLER MOTOR CAR COMPANY, CLEVELAND, OHIO
SATURDAY EVENING, HARRISBURO TELEGKXFH MARCH 23, 1918.
ing is of the best, soft and com
fortable. •
Extraordinary popularity has
marked the history of the Oakland
Six since its advent into the market
of moderately priced cars—a popu
larity based on an unusual com
bination of characteristics which Is
to-day more strongly in demand
than ever before."
Auto Radiator Repair
Co. Opens New Estab
lishment in 11th Street
During the past week a new Arm
entered the field in the automobile
repair business. K. Sherman, who
is well known in this city and who
has been connected with a large ra
diator repairing concern, has estab
lished tho Auto Radiator Repair
Company at 125 South Cameron
street in the same building with the
General Auto and "Machine Shop.
These two firms under the same
roof cover all kinds of auto repair
ing. Any kind of radiator, femler,
lamp or body repairs are taken care
of by the Auto Radiator Company
and general auto repairing and ma
chine work is done by the General
Auto and Machine Shop.
TO UTILIZE LOTS
Vacant lots and iields in Harris
burg will not stand idle this sum
mer, according to present indica
tions. They are being taken by ama
teur gardeners even more rapidly
than last year and the aumber of
gardeners has increased. Some of
the lots are leased and others are
let without charge, the owner being
sufficiently repaid to have the weeds
and grass kept down.
Motorcar Aiding in
War Sayings Activities
"I christen thee Ginger Special,"
said Harry Lauder as he smashed a
bottle of sparkling Ringer ale, with
fitting ceremonies, over the radiator
cap of a new six-cylinder Stude
baker touring car. And- the famous
Scotch comedian, known the world
over for his inimitable songs and
stories, .but saddened now through
the loss of his "first bairn" in the
great war over there, could not hide
the pleasure that was his in per
forming the rites on this occasion.
For here was to be a demonstration
of another way the motorcar can be
a help in winning the war —and
hasn't Lauder given up fame, fortune
and his only son in doing his bit to
accomplish this result?
The Studebaker car, christened by
the Scot and consecrated to the
cause that is foremost in every loyal
American's heart, was the gift of the
Los Angeles Studebaker branch, to
be used by the state committee on
war savings and thrift stamps. It is
a high powered, vividly hued, pa
triotically decorated machine and
has already attracted widespread at
tention on the coast.
At present the manager of the
state bureau of advertising of the
war savings and thrift stamps com
mittees, with her staff—for the man
ager is one of California's brilliant
public women—is making weekend
trips to the outlying cities in the
"Ginger Special," spreading the gos
pel of patriotism and thrift broad
cast throughout the land. In each
town there is a local committee and
it is the aim of the travelers to visit
the various chairmen and put "pep"
and "ginger" into their workers.
So far the "Ginger Special" has
1 exceeded the expectations of those
I in charge of the great war savings
I drive. It has seldom failed to startle
the inhabitants of the country towns,
who are curious to learn what these
city folks are doing with a firey-red
I car decorated with all manner of
advertising banners and flags.
Thousands of Southern California
people have been enlisted in the
cause and a steady flow of silver has
been turned into Uncle Sam's com
modious pockets. Everybody has he
gun to roll up his sleeves and, ac
cording to the pilot of the Stude
baker thrift car, it will be but a
"short time before Southern Califor
nia's federal allotment of $25,000,000
\vill be raised.
New York Artist Wins
Overland Design Contest
Mary R. Cornwell, a student of the
New York School of Fine and Ap
plied Arts, has the distinction of
winning the unusual contest of
Willys-Overland, Inc., for the most
effective and artistic combination of
car and top design.
A few weeks ago when tlie contest
was announced, students of the fol
lowing schools qualified as entrants:
The New York School of Fine ond
Applied Arts; the New York School
of Applied Design For Women:
Church School of Arts, of Chicago:
Pennsylvania School of Industrial
Arts, of Philadelphia, and the Art
Institute of Chicago.
Each student in the foregoing
schools had the privilege of sub
mitting three designs and James H.
Henry, Director of Art of the New
York City Public Schools, and Mrs.
James W. Parker, chairman of -De
partment of Art of Illinois Federa
tion of Women's Clubs, were selected
as judges.
Besides the first prize, awarded to
Mary R. Cornwell, a second prize
went to Geraldine Eggers, of the
Church School of Arts, and a third
prize to Anna G. Gallagher, of the
School of Industrial Arts.
Winning Wars With
Miles and Minutes
"There are many problems, and
grave ones too that have coipe with
America's entrance into the great
world conflict but none more import
ant than the great factors of time
and distance," said S. M. Williams,
Sales Manager,of the Garford Motor
Truck Company, at the plant in
Lima, Ohio. We must produce more.
And to produce more we must link
every industry closer together. Again
we find these two requisites to speed
ier production looming tip.
"Time and distance must be over
come. They must loose any former
! significance that we have ever placed
upon them and be measured by
■ newer standards which are on a
plane with the gigantic tasks wo
have before us. There are two potent
factors which enter strongly into
putting production on a war basis,"
declared Mr. Williams. "These are
the open road and the motor truck.
Better roads mean more miles in
fewer minutes and motor trucks ply
ing regularly over these great high
ways, dependably relieving freight
congestion equally well in both win
ter and summer, mean the speed
ing up of industry.
"This newer epoch in the demands
upon industry is evidenced by the
congestion at railroad terminals
which has come as a direct result
of the greater load which must be
borne by the manufacturer. The
government is doing everything that
is humanly possible to correct this
condition but there is a question
whether any great relief may be
expected for some time. In the
meanwhile, trucks are patriotically
and speedily assisting in the nec
essary relief.
"As the importance of mechanical
transport becomes impressed upon
the American people, then the mat
ter of better roads and highways be
comes a more vital factor," con
tinued Williams. "For the highways
of this country will become as nec
essary as the railroad right-of-ways.
"And just ,as the railroads have
spent time and effort to lessen dis
tances between points by straighten
ing out their routes so that they
would represent a bee-line between
cities and have established grades
which mean easier hauls, just so
will the great highways be planned
and improved to facilitate motor
truck traffic.
"The old Romans appreciated the
great importance of the military
roads and many of these marvels
of engineering skill are still in evi
dence: lasting monuments to their
prowess. Had the Old Romans been
possessed of the modern motor truck
transportation, they could have sub
jugated the whole world.
nut we, today, are preparing
through war for peace. The war has
but served to open our eyes to our
needs in highway transportation."
Present Demand For
Cars Unprecedented
"The present demand for cars is
the greatest and the most insistent
in all my experience," reports Henry
Krohn, sales manager of the Paige-
Detroit Motor Car Company. "I
have known some bis selling seasons,
but nothing like what we are now
experiencing. The call for Paige
cars is no£ coming from any special
section of the country. The demand
Is fairly universal and there is no
part of the United States in which
the market is not active a,t this ime.
"Last fall, after an extensive trip
through the country anif a close
study of conditions, I predicted that
the dull period which then prevailed
would be followed by a rising mar
ket which would develop into a great
spring drive and I advised and
warned our dealers to prepare for it.
There were sound reasons for such a
prediction. The present demand,
however, is beyond anything that I
anticipated, and it has tilled me with
amazement.
"The reasons we gave last fall for
the belief that spring would see a
great demand for cars were big
crops, high prices, consequent abund
ance of money among the farmers,
and the general prosperity every
where duo to the placing in circula
tion of the billions raised for war
contracts.
"With the return of confidence and
business optimism, the demand that
might normally be expected has been
increased by the addition of buyers
who were in the market last fall but
because of the uncertainties that
then prevailed postponed the pur
chase of a car.
"There is also this fact to be con
sidered and we are just beginning to
realize its full significance. The mo
torcar is now an indispensable util
ity. In these days more than at any
other time, with the extra demands
the war is making on us, time and
energy must be conserved so that
everyone can Increase his production
to the utmost. The- motorcar has be
come a necessity and men of affairs
tlnd they cannot be without one. This
realization of the practical utility and
dally service of the automobile is a
b'g factor in the present insistent
demand.
"The situation has also been ma
terially effected by the curtailment
of production so that the probable
shortage of cars combined with the
excessive demand will doubtless re
sult in creating two buyers for every
available car.
"We are doing everything in our
power to meet this situation and,
while freight conditions are bad. we
are supplementing our regular ship
ments with dally drive-aways so as
to get the cars to their markets as
fast as possible. The Paige dealers
who are co-operating with us are
going to have their biggest year."
Captain Stine Elected
Head of City Reserves
Captain Henry M. Stine. for many
years a National Guard member, and
only recently Invalided home from
activa duty, was elected major com
mandant of the Harrisburg Reserves
last night, when members of the or
ganization desiring _to see It con
tinued assembled in accordance with
a call Issued last week.
Major A. M. Porter, whose term
as major commandant expired, was
elected a member of the board of
directors. Other directors are Ben
jamin Strouse and Henry B. McCor
mick. Mr. Strouse presided at the
meeting. All the members voting to
continue the organization pledged
themselves to be present at the drills.
Major Stine will take charge of
the drills next Friday night. All com
panies will be abolished and he will
reorganize.
Penbrook Woman Hangs
Herself While 111
Despondent over a lingering ill
ness, Mrs. Sarah M. Ludwig, 2725
Main street, Penbrook, last night
hanged herself from a rafter in her
home. She was found by her hus
band. After an Inquest Coroner Eck
inger declared that death was due
to strangulation at her own hands.
She is survived by her husband.
Ludwig, two daughters and
one son.
New Bureau to Relieve
Transportation Perplexity
Raymond. Beck, director of the
B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company's
national touring bureau, nnd now
Chief Engineer of the highway trans
port committee of the Council of
National Defense, declares that tho
planned establishment of Return
Loads Bureaus in all cities east of
the Mississippi river will materially
relieve the transportation perplexity.
Fourteen of these bureaus have been
in operation in the state of Connect
icut for the past six months and
have proved so successful, declares
Mr. Beck, that they will probably
be retained as a permanent insti
tution. Their function is to bring
the mover of goods and the shipper
of goods to a thorough understand
ing of each othfer's problems and
needs.
When all established, the bureaus
will work directly under the guid
ance of the various state Councils
of National Defense. .
Tills is the plan: In as many cen
ters as possible will be established
a bureau whose function will be to
expedite the use of the automobile
in hauls. It is felt by officials at
Washington that the empty truck
should be put to advantage wherever
possible, or, in other words, a truck
should be loaded both ways, so as to
obtain the maximum efficiency. In
communities where many trucks are
engaged in short hauls, it Is believed
reciprocity will solve the question.
Once a truck operator has delivered
a load la a certain center he is
supposed to telephone the bureau
located there, which is generally the
local chamber of commerce, and ad
vise them that if any shipper has
a consignment, of goods destined for
the spot to which he is returning,
or a way town, he will be glad to
accept It. The same practice should
be followed by the shipper or opera
tor befriended when the latter has
carried a load to another commu
nity. Th!s system gives the small
shipper or operator greater breadth
of operation, and decreases the up
keep cost for the large operator in
performing the same service to him.
According to Mr. Beck the high
way transport committee is compil
ing maps of highways showing tlia t
location of probable Return Loads
Bureaus. The state headquarters of
the bureaus send out postal cards
to all truck owners, requesting in
formation as follows: the number
of trucks operated by the owner;
whether or not the trucks are avail
able for overland hauling; the sizes
of the trucks; what they can best
carry; and the routes they usually
run over and bow often. From this
information a ille is compiled which
is sent to each of the local bureaus.
The routes are numbered and in
this manner each bureau knows
exactly what trucks are available
for each and every route in the state.
Thus a shipment from one town can
be routed to almost any other sec
tion of the state. A record is also
furnished the truck operators of
the firms desiring short haul service,
the character of the goods to be
carried and the approximate size of
I the shipments.
I "Aside from the inter-city hauling,
our comihittee is making an effort to
add to the efficiency of both horse
trucks and motor trucks in their
work on city streets," said Mr. Beck.
Oil Preparation Protects
Cars on Drive-Aways
During the automobile shows
throughout the country, now draw
ing to a close many visitors who ad
mired the spick and span beauty of
the Paige Larchmont and other
members of the Paige family, were
much surprised to learn that—in
many instances —the cars had been
driven from the factory to their
show destination. Not a mark or
blemish of the minutest kind mar
red the original beauty of the cars
which had been driven through
slush and mud hundreds of miles
over the worst possible roads. The
wondering visitors were informed
that the .secret of the matter was
very simple, merely the application
of a well known product—white
parafin oil.
As the Paige, like many of the
other big factories, has been doing
its utmost to help the government re
lieve the freight congestion by de
veloping the drive-away to its ut
most possibilities, the employment of
some means of protecting the glossy
new bodies of the cars was inevi
table. White paraffin oil serves this
purpose admirably. Purchased at any
drugstore, a gallon of it when ap
plied with a cloth covers the body of
any car. If, however, it is sprayed
on—as is done at the factories be
fore a drive-way—a gallon will be
sufficient for four cars.
The spray of white paraffin oil
forms a protecting iilm over the
tyjdy of the car and catches- the
mud and dirt of all kinds which can
no longer be absorbed by the body
finish. When the car reaches its
destination a thorough washing is
sufficient to remove all signs of trav
el, the oil causing the dirt to scale
off. A thorough cleansing with warm
water and a good car soap, a cold
douche and a rub down with a pol
ishing chamois leave the body of the
car as fresh- and unscathed as when
it left the hands of its makers.
The success of this treatment has
done much to enthuse dealers over
the drive-away idea and they are
now flocking to the factories and
driving their cars away by the hun
dreds.
,000 BOOKS COLLECTED
More thajn 6,000 books for soldiers
were collected by the Boy Scouts un
til last evening. To-day J. 11. Stine,
scout executive, will announce the
total number of books collected.
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Formerly with Nuss Mfg. Co.
125 S. CAMERON ST.
BELL lift;! DIAL 4154
5-Passenger Touring $865
S-Passenger Clover-Leal
Roadster O>ODD
Ensminger Motor Co.
THIRD and CUMBERLAND STS.
llcll Phone 3515
HBG. AUTO CO.
GETS BIG ORDER
Places Several Trucks "With
Harrisburg Banama &
Fruit Co.
During the past week the Harris
burg Auto Company has landed sev
eral large orders in both trucks and
tractors.
One order placed with this com
pany by the Harrisburg Banana and
Fruit Company at Second and Chest
nut street, consists of two three
quarter ton Reo Speed Wagons and
a Reo Model J two-ton .truck. One
of these three-quarter ton trucks
will be delivered at once and the
other three will be delivered as soon
as the Harrisburg Auto Company can
get them, which will be some time
in April.
This makes a fleet of six Reo
trucks (three 2-ton and three %-
ton), that is required to do the de
livering for this progressive whole
sale produce house.
Big Traccor Sales
In addition to doing a booming
business in automobiles the Harris
burg Auto Company has sold a
large number of both the Cleveland
Caterpillar and the Beeman Tractors.
These two tractors are creating a
sensation in the farming world. Tho
tractor on the farm is iis much in
advance of the old slow horse meth
ods of doing the work as the pres
ent day binder is over that of the
days of cradling wheat. How many
farmers use the cradle or scythe to
harvest their crops to-day? Not
very many. And the farmer is cs
progressive as any one in the busi
ness world. They realize the golden
opportunities in motive power on the
farm and are taking to the tractor
as a duck takes to water.
There are hardly any uses that
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the front on the left and the base; Auto-Lite starting and
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