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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)
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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
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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.
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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."