10 ENGINEERS TEST LIBERTY MOTOR Cadillac and Simplex Experts to .Watch Tests anjl Make Suggestions With thie object of making the Lib erty airplane engine meet tho high est possible standards, the aircraft board has appointed a supervisory committee of expert engineers to watch the tests and suggest refine ments and improvements. The two members of the commit tee whose names have been made known are D."McCall White, vice president of the Cadillac Motorcar Company, and Henry M. Crane, vice president of the Crane-Simplex Com- Sterling Tires and Tubes "Custom-Made" GUARANTEED 5,000 MILES Phis', FREE REPAIRS MARKER'S 1000 MARKET STREET I What is the Final Answer To This Truck Question? ISN'T IT UPKEEP—cost of operation, repairs and replacements—tires included —from year HI WELL THEN, if that is the case, what justi fication is there for a truck of no greater capacity and costing several hundred dollars more in the first instance, unless that truck can, after years of use, prove that its upkeep is sufficiently less to offset the difference in first cost? THAT IS THE THEORY on which most buyers act when they pay SI6OO to S2OOO for a truck II rated at 1500 pounds normal load. II HAVE YOU EVER investigated this matter to see if such trucks prove up on that basis? p J Well you ought. M J THERE ARE SOME SURPRISES in store for those who do. FOR OBVIOUS REASONS we cannot publish II figures—because business ethics forbid us to publish names of competitors. I BUT ANY REO DEALER can show you comparative data, kept by big concerns, of this 1500-pound Reo doing the same work, aide by side with others of well known makes costing 50% to 100% more —and in every case the Reos show lower upkeep cost! * I SO, WHILE THE REO IS PAYING back, in efficiency and economy, its total first cost, the other isn't even making good on its promise I I to pay back the difference. HOW CAN WE REO FOLK make a truck of this quality and sell it at this price? SUMMED UP IN A FEW WORDS it is this: The Reo product has been standardized for longer and it was the result of riper experience I to begin with. ADD TO THAT our superior manufacturing facilities and our cash purchasing power and you have the reasons for our lower factory cost. AND THE OVER DEMAND which Reos always enjoy cuts our selling cost down to a percentage that is the marvel and the envy of the industry. ITS ADAPTABILITY is practically limitless. CONTRACTORS, Coal dealers, Builders supply houses, Furniture dealers, Grocery, Fruits — !H9| BUT WHY TRY TO ENUMERATE? There , IHI seems to be no limit to its adaptability. GASOLINE consumption is comrrfonly reported by users as averaging 10 to 12 miles per gallon linl W. —depending on number of stops when motor II I w is running and using gasoline, but speedometer isn't recording. AND TIRE MILEAGE—due to the sturdy i[l J construction of the chassis and wheels, (a flimsy car is ha r d on tires, you know) is also a revelation to owners. J J BECAUSE OF THE OVER DEMAND it is ,j jl necessary that you order now if you'd have a ' reasonably early delivery. Today won't be a minute too soon. HARRISBURG AUTO CO. oupicx Four-Wheel Drive llurlbtirt Trucks Cleveland and Beeman Tractors Fourth and Kelker Streets • Reo Motor Car Company, Lansing, Mich. Pricm is f. o- b. Laming and the epeciat Federal tax most be added (12J-30) | 1 I |hh| y\ || THE OOLP 3TAKDABD " —.n Ol' VAL*UK(I -JSWMWWWiWBIiB., 1 pany, both designing engineers of International reputation. A third member of the committee will be named by these two. D. McCall White, of the Cadillac Company, is probably the foremost authority in this country on the V type principle of design, .embodied in the Liberty engine. He came to this country from England to design the eight-cylinder V-type Cadillac engine, the sensational announce ment of which was made in 1914. Before coming to the United States Mr. White was chief engineer of both the Daimler and the Napier. The Napier cars which he designed held several world's speed records and were conceded to be the finest automobiles built. The six-cylloder power plant on which the Crane-Simplex Company has established its reputation for me chanical excellence, is the result of H. M. Crane's engineering genius. Before going to Simplex his ability was widely recognized. Construction of Liberty engines is now going forward in. the Cadillac shops In Detroit along with the build ing of passenger cars. Seven-passen ger Cadillac cars, painted olive drab and intended for use overseas, are constantly leaving the Cadillac fac tory. SERVICE FLAG UNFURLED Landishurg, Pa., March 30. Sheaffer's Valley Church of God has unveiled a service flag in honor of four of its members, who are. Nay Lightner, Bowman Lightner, Robert Lightner and Robert Wingert. The program included: Opening song, "All Hail the Power of Jesus Name;" prayer, the Rev. Mr. Strine; song, "America;" unfurling of the service flag, Peter Lightner recitation, "When the Women Knit," Donald Lightner; recitation, "The Wrist Watchman," Foster Weller; select reading, Mrs. F. R. Lightner; reci tation, "The Red Cross Nurse," Edna Morrow: song, "Tenting on the Old Camp Ground;" address, the Rev. Mr. Strine; solo, "Star Spangled Banner," Mrs. B. Morrow: recitation. "Paul Revere's Ride." I'se McNeil's Pain Exterminator—A. Government Proves Feasibility of Motor Postal Service vS 2SS .... .. The tremendous importance of good roads and motor truck delivery were graphically emphasized by the U. S. Post Office Department Wed nesday, March 20, with a special parcel post run from Lancaster, Pa., to New York City. The run of 18<> miles was covered by a regular par cel post trutk, loaded with eggs, butter, honey and day-old chicks, In actual running time of ten hours be tween the two points. The truck, a one-and-a-half-ton Autocar, made byvthe Autocar Co., Ardmore, Pa., left the Lancaster post office at 4.15 a. m. It drew up at Thirty-third street post office. New York City, at just 4.17 in the afternoon and by 5 o'clock the ship ments had all been delivered to the consignees. This brings within a daily shipment of New York City all farms within a radius of 180 miles. J In telling of the trip at a din ner of the Motor Truck Club, New York, Wednesday evening. Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Blake slee declared that this event was the lirst time in the history of the coun try, by freight, express or majl, that a shipment had been made from pro ducer to the consumer in one day, over a distance of more than 100 miles. "It is an epoch in the history of the United States and of the world," said Francis M. Hugo, Secretary of State of New York, in discussing the achievement at the same dinner. "Just consider," he said, "the marvelous significance of making every producing town within 180 miles of the city a real suburb in close and practicable shipping dis tance." He pointed out how much it would help in solving the feed ing problems not only of New York, but of all big industrial centers and also the tremendous benefit it would give the rural population thus put in such close contact with tlje con sumer. Mr. Blakesleo said the Post Ofllce Department had found by experience in many sections of the country that a motor truck could profitably col lect and deliver mail. Including furm produce, from points fifty miles away, within a day of twelve hours. He estimated that 1,560 such trucks could perform this service twice within each twenty-four hours on the 156,000 miles of improved road in the United States. The cost of operation would not exceed twenty cents per mile per truck. On such a basis the cost per annum would be $19,531,200. The earnings o£ each truck would exceed S7O per truck per day or $34,179,600 per annumV This estimate is based on the pres ent rate of postage and the earnings of the one and one-half ton trucks now in operation in exactly this type of service. The truck used on the special test run from Lancaster to New York was an Autocar that has been mak ing daily trips from the Baltimore post office for the past two months. f s BIG CAR BARGAINS 18 SERIES STUDEBAKER 7-passenger, 6-Cylinder Represents the Greatest Automobile Value on the Mar ket. We Have a Few to Sell at the Old Price. DRISCOLL AUTO CO. 147 SOUTH CAMERON ST. "EIGHT" With 80 Less Parts When you get this great motor under your control on the road you'll be sold. There is no resisting the appeal of boundless power without vibration, at low cost for gasoline. Let us prove this the simplest of "8" Motors by demonstration. E. L. COWDEN Distributor 108 Market St. It was driven by the regular postal department driver, S. David Mc- Kneil for the entire distance. Total stops of two hours and two minutes wej-e taken up in the de livery of letters from the Mayor of Lancaster to the Mayors of Philadol pnia, Tr§nton, Brunswick, Elizabeth, Newark, Jersey City and New York City, a stop for refreshment and two stops to take on gasoline. t The truck carried in addition to the driver, a checker and 1,920 pounds of mail. The total distance dt 180 miles was covered with twen ty gallons of gasoline. The run was made through the actual traffic conditions, passing through the heart of the business districts of all towns and cities on the route between Lancaster and Philadelphia and from Philadelphia to the Twenty-third Street Ferry wharf in Jersey City and from there to the Thirty-third street post office in New York City. Many Prominent Harrisburg Firms Use Sterling Tires In an interview this week, V. W. Marker, tho local distributor for the Sterling tires and tubes at 1006 Mar ket street, said in regards to the merits of the product he sells: "Since the Sterling tires and tubes have been introduced to Har risburg there has been a steady in crease In tho number of satisfied users. These tires and tubes are above the average in material and make. They are a costum made tire; that is each one is made under a separate process, inspected sepahate ly and made entirely individual. "The Standard Baking Company have contracted to use Sterling tires exclusively as has the Harrisburg Electrical Supply Company, the Fleischmann Yeast Co., and sev oral other big users of automobile tires. They have picked these tires for several reasons but namely for their good staying qualities and the fact that t"he first cost is the last cost. "With Sterling tires • there is a guarantee' of 5,000 miles and free re pairs. Should a tire blow out or be punehered tli£ first day out or after •six months <jr a year of use it will be repaired free of charge. This is a big item for the repair bill of a tire is considerable during the life of the tire. And in these days of'strenuous economy, it is necessary for busi ness firms and private owners alike ,to see that they get tho biggest re turn for their money." MRS. ANNA NUNKMAKJDD DIES Ijoysvillc, Pa., March 30. —Mrs. Anna Bell Nunemalter, widow of the late John Nnuemaker, of Kennedy's Valley, died on Thursday, aged 79 years. Funeral services will bfe held to-morrow morning, the funeral cor tege leaving the house at 9 o'clock and proceeding to the Sheaffer Val ley Church of God. Seven children survive. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. Keep in Touch With Their Men at the Front A practical method of keeping In touch with its men who are now in their country's service, either In France or in the various Army can tonments throughout the country, is the one that has been adopted by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, of Akron, Ohio. Nearly 2,500 men have gone out from this great or ganization in response to the call of the nation. The plan which the company is carrying out is that of having each department manager send a letter once a month to all former members of his department now in the ranks. Recognizing that all soldiers ap preciate letters from home and friends, this company is endeavoring to keep in touch with them by fur nishing the important news of their city and the activities of the particu lar department of the company in which they were employed. These men are engaged in prac tically every kind of military service that the war has developed. Some of them are serving under the flags of our Allies, having entered the Cana dian, British and French armies be fore the United States entered the war. Goodyear men are serving in every part of the world. Letters are constantly being received from them i'rom all Allied fronts. Including the far eastern and the African flelds of operation. All of these letters breathe a cheery spirit and show that the Allied soldier, the world over, is confident of ultimate victory for the cause of democracy. Another method which this com pany usesto keep Its soldier boys In touch with the scenes of their for mer endeavors is the practice of mailing Its two house organs to them at the or to the canton ments. These two periodicals are full of newsy items that are of great interest to them. They contain many letters written by soldiers on the dif ferent fronts and permit a world wide exchange of experiences. Farmer Taking Auto For All Kinds of Use "If there are any persons who still doubt the automobile iB an essential factor in modern 1 He, they should question the merchant of the agricul tural district, who has become one of the staunchest. champions of the motorcar in the past decade. This is the sound advice of Andrew Redmond, local dealer in Oakland Sensible Sixes, which are sold in large numbers annually to the farmers of the United States. "There may have been a time when the merchant in the small country town looked upon the automobile with hostile eyes, realizing that the motor car had made it possible for the farm er to travel three or four times as far to make ills purchases as he could when he had to depend on his wagon and team for transport and thinking that the rural motorist would take advantage of thiß oppor tunity to trade in the cities, he said. , . , "That day. however, Ib past and times has proved that both the farm er and the country storekeeper have profited from the adoption of the au tomobile as an essential piece of farm equipment. Statistics show that the farmer makes at least sixty per cent, of his purchases from the country storekeeper, who has found the threatented competition of the city merchant to be not only the life of trade but a spur to mercantile pro gressiveness but has improved the appearance and stock of his estab lishment in order to hold the patron age of his agricultural clientele. "The r automobile, in fact, lias dot ted the agricultural regions of t.he country with a new type of cross road and small town stores and in stilled in the rural storekeeper the progressive ideas of the city mer chant. The country store of other days, often inexpertly conducted and poorly stocked is now almost an ob solete institution, found only where roads are poor and the ratio of auto mobiles to population correspondingly -°"With two million farmers driving automobiles at the present time, the necessity of the farmer ordering ated arid the small town merchant ated and the small otwn merchant has profited greatly as a result, the inhabitants of the rural communities being able to patronize home mer chants without inconvenience and loss of precious time. . 1 "The continually Increasing de mand for Oaklands throughout the great Middle West and other rich centers of agricultural production il lustrates very clearly the greater de pendence that Is being placed on the automobile by the farmer as an econ omical and efficient means of trans port between his acres and the neigh boring towns." Knowledge of Motorcycle Useful in Aeronautics In an article written for Motor Life, John Edwin Hogg, of the U. S. Naval Aero Corps, dwells most in terestingly on the assumption that tho nature of his training is in valuable in the making of an aero naut of tho modern motorcyclist. Hogg states that "the motorcyclist of any extensive experience has ac quired in a very high degree that delicate sense of balance without which no one could possibly qualify as an aviator. The very first ex amination that is given to applicants seeking.to enter the United States aero service is the test of this sense of balance and stability. Various machines are used for the test, and if the applicant fails he Is rejected immediately. Education or the most I perfect physical qualifications count for nothing if the sensd of balance and equilibrium is in any way lack ing. "At a government aero base the writer recently, witnessed the bal ance test-of ten applicants. Five of the men had undergone extensive motorcycle training. The other Ave had no such experience. The five motorcyclists qualified with an aver age Ume of Ave seconds each In ad justing themselves to an even keel after being put through the tests. Of the other five men three were re jected, while the average time of the two successful applicants in adjust ing themselves to the test was fif teen seconds each. "Most motorcyclists have thor oughly familiarized themselves with the operation and upkeep of their motors and have thus acquired the fundamental knowledge without which a thorough schooling in me chanics would be necessary. The tiny little motorcycle motor is in reality a sort of Lilliputian aircraft unit. Technically t bears a greater simi larity to the airplane motor than any other type of internal combus tion engine. FNTERTAINH FRESHMAN CI,ASS Mechiinlcsburg, Pa.. March 30.—Miss Violet Surface entertained the Fresh man class of the high school, of which she Is a member, at her home, near town, on Thursday evening. The young people spent a merry time play ing games, after the business session, and refreshments were served to: Miss Kathryn Haselet, Miss Mildred Gar rottßon. Miss Audrey Cocklln, Miss Miriam Orris. Miss Florence Simmons, Miss May Shopp. Miss Kathryn Whit comb, Miss Rthel Balsh, Miss Minnie Oner, Miss Kathryn Hupp. Miss Prls eilla Surface and Miss Violet Surface; Harry Mohler, Vance Nailor, Frank Uirlch, C. K. Morrett, John Fahs, Mer vin Keller, John Brougher. John IJentz, Clyde Rider, David Coover, Arthur Hponsler, Wayne Wrighstone and Har ley Surface, of Cumberland Valley State Normal School. DISTANCES CUT BY AUTOMOBILE Opens New Paths to "Outside" Posts by Cutting Down Time in Traveling "If there had been automobiles in Saint Patrick's time, it would not have been necessary for him to drive the snakes from Ireland—they would have left of their own accord," says E. C. Ensmingor, Dort dlstribut.otr. i "The motorcar has spread civiliza tion to all corners of the earth. It has made remote regions accessible, cioared wildernesses, extended cities, and built villages. Creatures of thC swamp and forest have had to move on to make way for good roads, new homes, gardens, and fruit trees. "It Is now pretty generally ac knowledged that the perfection of the automobile introduced a new standard of action. The importance of a mile depends upon how quickly It can be traversed. It has been made com paratively unimportant by the auto mobile. "And so the great work of expan sion and development goes on, in creasing as the number of automo biles Increases. Real estate has mul tiplied In value to many times the amount of money invested in motor cars. since motorcars came. "These things the automobile did for us in normal times. We are now learning what it means to uS In war times when the utmost effi ciency Is essential, and the lack of it a crime. Men now find extra bur dens thrust upon them. More must be done. It is imperative. "It is a matter of primary mathe matics to figure out the difference between the productive time of one man who uses a car and one man who does not. It is then a case of mere multiplication to arrive at the collective timesaving value of the some three million cars now in serv ice in America." Studebaker Commercial Car Prices Take Upward Slant R. T. Hodgklns. general sales man ager of the Studebaker Corporation, in announcing a revision In the pres ent prices of ail Studebaker commer cial cars, makes the following- com ment In justification of the new prices: "Everything in connection with the manufacture of automobiles—passen ger cars and trucks—has greatly In creased," says Mr. Hodgkins. "And in view of .the advancing costs which j the manufacturer has had to face. It' is only natural that retail prices I should advance correspondingly. "Studebaker, I believe, is practi- j cally the -last manufacturer of com mercial cars to increase prices, pur \ Immense reserve stocks, unlimited j purchasing power and long-time contracts made it possible for us to continue to offer a line of light ttucks at prices hundreds of dollars] below the average for cars of equal j power, sturdiness and dependability, i To maintain the high quality of Studebaker cars, the advance in price | has become absolutely necessary. Un- | der no circumstances would we sac- j riflce quality to price. "The materials which enter Into I the construction of Studebaker com-} mercial cars have advanced on a far | rapid scale than the finished I curs themselves have. Frame steel, for instance, which cost $1.25 peri hundredweight in 1910, now costs us j st.oo, an advance of 220 per cent. I Sheet steel, which cost $2.75 per hun- i dredweight, now sells for $7.00, an ] advance of 155 per cent. Aluminum j castings, which were bought by j Studebaker at 28 cents a pound, now ! cost 50 cents a pound, an advance of j seventy per cent. Cast iron, for j cylinders and other engine parts. 1 used to be bought for $13.25 a ton. I It now costs us $43 a t\n. In addl- I tlon to these, leather has gone up | CHANDLER SIX Famous For Its Ma There's New Style and Beauty In this New Chandler Model NO other model of any make of car has ever prompted greater enthu siasm and more widespread admiration than has the new four-passenger Chandler Dispatch Car. Many makers are offering models of this general type and style but you may search the whole market and not find in any other car such grace of sweeping line, such complete harmony, such striking beauty of design and color as characterize this new Chandler. And in no other, of course, will you find the marvelous Chandler Six motor; powerful, quiet, fast. The demand for this new model is greater even than anticipated by the Chandler Company—a company accustomed to success. You will do well to place your order with us now. SIX SPLENDID BODY TYPES Seven- Passenger Touring Car. SIS9S Four-Passenger Roadster. SIS9S Four-Pass. Dispatch Car. 1/675; Five White Wire Wheels. SI 10 Extra Convertible Sedan. 5229S Convertible Coupe. S2I9S Limousine. 52895 l Alt prices f. o. b. Cleveland) ANDREW REDMOND, Distributor Phones SKA'S Third and Reily Streets CHANDLER MOTOR CAR COMPANY, CLEVELAND, OHIO forty per cent., cotton fabric for tires 160 per cent., rubber seventy-five per cent., wheels eighty per cent, and copper 100 per cent. "This by no means completes the list. There is not a nut, bolt or screw of the Studebaker commercial car that has not Increased. Material price increases, however, are not the MR. FARMER, DO YOU KNOW THAT The Cleveland Caterpillar Tractor Will Save You 50% on Your Labor! Will Do Three Times the Amount of Work That One Team Will Do. Will not only Plow but will do Belt Work, Hauling and many other useful things. * LET US TELL YOU HOW If You Have a Truck Farm Ask Us About BEEMAN GARDEN TRACTORS For Small Farms WRITE FOR CATALOGUE Harrishurg Auto Co. Fourth and Kelker Streets Duplex 4-Wheel Drive—REO—Hurlburt Trucks AUTO TOPS, COMMERCIAL Bodies and Springs MADE-TO-ORDER AND ON SHORT NOTICE C. A. Fair Carriage and Auto Works HAST END HITLBBRnV STREET BKIDGE only factors in th Increased prices of cars. The steel working tool® ar® mora expensive by far than they were a year ago. Labor is scarce, and consequently mechanics and ma chinists generally are getting more money. And, too. It costs more for coal and power to keep the machin ery running."
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