10 JGHT CHANGES IN THE PEERLESS w Second Scries Model 50 Shows Very Few New Characteristics 'ery slight changes have charac- Ized the Peerless Model 56, sec -1 series, according to W. It. ickland, chief engineer of the Brless Motor Car Company. All of Improvements are made from ie t6 time during the year so that y will not interfere with produc n. These changes have been made er tests covering a period of three irs and are based on the research Don't Worry Afccut anything when yon take a pleasure spin up tho river road. STAHLER Keep* nil Klbds of Anta Acmiaorles, Tires nnd Tube*—Atlantic Gasoline. Oil* and Grease. Everything Guaranteed. Stahler's Auto Repair Shop Ft. Hunter, Pa. DIAL. I'IIOKE ibile Insurance ation shows the remains of sixty-two >tly paid for seven of them. covers in any place that a car may be ornia, and an Aetna agent is always at f service. :over not only for fire, but for all haz juring persons; damage to property of eft; injury to assured; and loss of use. Ed right here without loss of time and ly sort :st and best. S. Essick teral Agent n Trust Building D U PL E X Equal to Any Emergency Duplex-Adler self-locking differentials make practically impossible the stalling of the Duplex 4-Wheel- Drive Truck under most adverse weather and road conditions. ' ' IC U P' CX ' iau ' s capacity loads through mud and snow, and over Ul PVI * cc coverCfl highways—wherever one of its four wheels can find . * traction. 11th YEAR _ J ...... Operation under such conditions is possible because the Duplex- Adler differentials automatically prevent spinning of the wheels and divert all motive power to the wheel or wheels .having a "footing." The Duplex-Adler self-locking differential is but one of the many exclusive mechanical features of the Original 4-Wheel Drive Truck features that nipke the Duplex equal to any emergency. The Duplex 4-Wheel Drive principle makes possible the reduc tion of gasoline consumption and increases'tire mileage. The Duplex X \ lowers haulage costs to the absolute minimum. HARRISBURG AUTOMOBILE CO. Fourth and Kelker Streets Cleveland and Beeman Tractors Reo Hurlburt Trucks DUPLEX TRUCK COMPANY - Lansifag, Michigan hhhi 4 * - /, SATURDAY EVENING, HXRRISBXJRG TEL,EGKXPH '/' APRIL 20, 1918. work which Is carried on constantly at the factory. "In developing the present eight cylinder Model 56, the keynote has been, as it was originally, the pro duction of a light car by proper pro portioning of all parts," said Strick land, "so that, like the 'One Hoss Shay,' every part is equal in length of life to the other, all being design ed with great flexibility to resist the shocks of touring the roughest roads. Our wonderful success in gasoline mileage, tire economy and low-cpst up-keep is the result of placing every ounce of metal in the best relative position, therqjiy securing the light weight with the flexibility to resist the severe strains to which the chass is of the automobile is subjected. "Combined with this extreme lightness and flexibility, is the won derful performance of the Peerless two-power ranger; extremely econo mical in its loafing range and speedy and powerful, in its sporting range. This ntakes the Model 56 Peerless the embodiment of lightness, flexibility, economy and power. "In body design, the same general seating capacity and dimensions are retained. The windshield, however, Is slanted and the Marshall type of up holstery is used throughout. As pre viously, the Peerless body work is of the most substantial character, con sisting of body framework built up in a skeleton form as a basis for the application of steel pressings, which supplement the strength of the framing to a greater extent than on the bodies of most cars. This is ac complished by using steel pressings and fastening frame strips on the inside to brace it very securely. "The great popularity of the Peer less two-power range eight is Justly traceable to the many points in which careful planning and great in genuity have made it a car not only attractive but thoroughly practical." HORSES SHIPPED ABROAD; MOTOR TRUCKS BOUGHT Duplex President Says War Forces Purchase of Com mercial Vehicles "Demand for motortrucks is in creasing daily," aserts H. M. Lee. president and general manager of i the Duplex Truck Company, of Lan | sing, Michigan, who eays that the number of inquiries received from prospective purchasers, who have been content to use horses and mules for haulage work In the past, is greater than ever before. "One of the reasons for this con dition." continued Mr. Lee, "undoubt edly can be attributed to the fact that horses and mules tire playing an important role In the war, and this country has supplied a vast number of the animals. "During the past three years end ing In October of last year export figures show that a total of 1,490,- 000 horses and mules have been ex ported from the United f-tates. "During the first year and ending in August 375,000 horses and mules' were exported. The third yea- and ending in October, 1917, saw 645,0p0 shipped. Of the total amount oi 1,490,000, seventy-five per cent, rep resents horses. The value of horses sent to Europe during the first sev en months of 1917 is approximately $25,500,000. -Since August. 1914, and up to the end of July, 1917. the value of horses exported was $215,000,000 and that of the mules shipped was $66,000,000. The average value of the horses exported during the first year was $221 a head; in the second year $205, and in the third year $215 per head. Mules averaged $193. s2oi and $206 per head, respectively, dur- these years. "It is said that a majority of the mules and horses shipped abroad have come from the southern and weati-rn states, and it is also true that the bulk of the inquiries received from prospective motortruck buyers at a also coming from these two sections of the country. "More motortrucks are being sold to contractors, lumber operators, mining companies and roidbui'.ders than ever before and these various fields of industry—many of them forced to motorize in self-defense le cause of scarcity of mules and horses —are finding that motortrucks are enabling them to materially reduce their haulage costs —often s much as fifty to 100 per cent. "Then, too, one truck will often re place from twelve to twenty mules or hcrses and with the prevailing high prices for the animals a m >.>rtruoic costs no more than the quadrupeds replaced and released for work with the armies in France." Don't Hide License Plate in Carrying Spare Tire Motorists should be careful that the spare tire on the rear of the automobile does not hide a part or all of the number on license plate, advises the B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company. Owners of automobiles should also see that the plate is properly lighted at night. The police in many sections are rigidly enforcing the law and motorists will find that paying a fine is an expensive way to learn of such mistakes. SCHWAB "MOVIE" STAR; 1,000 PERSONS WITNESS Washington, April 20.—Charles M. Schwab in his new role of govern ment official, had his first public ex perience late yesterday when he faced a crowd of nearly 1,000 per sons who blocked the street in front of the shipping bdard building to see the new director general of ship building photographed for motion pictures. He took the ordeal good naturedly. Purchase of Automobile an Investment Rather Than an Expense "You know fifteen men 'over here' are necessary to feed and equip one man 'over there.' How well are you doing your part as one of the fif teen-.'" asks E. C. Ensminger, Dort distributor. "Look about you and you will find that those who are doing most to help keep Uncle Sam's soldiers heal thy and efficient are men who drive automobiles. Not only are they the backbone of all direct activity in con nection with the war, but in their private pursuits they are perform ing their work more speedily and better because of their cars. "Those who subscribe most liber ally for Liberty Bonds and for Red Cross, Y. M. C. A., Knights of Co lumbus, and other war philanthro pies, are the same folks. The means they contribute are in part, the divi dends they . dijaw from the motor car in health and the ability to do things quicker. "I believe that a x census would disclose a predominant percentage of car owners able to show a large amount of valuable time saved and applied through the employment of their cars. Therefore the purchase of a car in these times is to be looked upon as an investment rather than an expense." Optimism Keynote of Auto Industry, Says Redmond America is at war for the first time since the motorcar proved itself a nractical vehicle, but the automo bile 1s too important and essential a factor in our daily life to be garaged for a single minute in these days of uncertainty and stress. This is the verdict of the 1918 au tomobile shows, according to Andrew Redmond, local distributor for the Oakland Motor Car Company, manu facturers of the Oakland "Sensible Six." "There are many reasons to be optimistic over the future of tho automobile industry," he said. "The demand for the efficient, economical car is greater than ever, with the unusual times putting a premium on manpower and precious hours. This was conclusively proved by the at tendance at the automobile shows held in New York, Washington, Phil adelphia. Cleveland, Milwaukee. De troit and Chicago, and by the large numbw of orders for immediate de liveries that were booked at these large distributing centers. "And not only are there thousands of prospective purchasers with money to buy cars; but the oil wells of the country are furnishing the gasoline with which to run them. All petroleum output records were shattered last year, when the produc tion totaled 341,800,000 barrels, an increase of fourteen per cent, over the yield for 1916, and there is no probability of a gasoline shortage, for the surface reserve of crude oil at the first of the new year was es timated at 153,000,000 barrels. "The automobile manufacturer and dealfer, in fact, have only one serious problem to solve. That is the problem of deliveries, made more acute than ever before by the freight congestion on the railroads, the shortage of cars, the priority orders of the government and the paraljz ing blizzards of December and Jan uary. The manufacturer can build the cars and the dealer can sell them if they can he brought to the point of distribution. "Present transportation problems have put the wonderful resourceful ness of the automobile industry to the acid test, but- the resourceful ness of the automobile industry has yet to crack under the most severe strain. Hardly a day passes in the Oakland plant but a new and novel means of moving automobiles is de vised and deliveries are being made in the face of the worst obstacles. "There is a train of three box and twenty-seven flat cars running be tween Kansas City, Omaha, Minnea polis and the factory at Pontiac, Mich. The equipment was leased from a wild west show while the circus is idle in winter quarters. An other train of thirty flat cars, doubled-decked to double their I carrying- capacity, is operating con tinually between the factory at Pontiac and Chicago, the Oaklands being unloaded at Elsdon, twelve miles outside of the city, to avoid the congestion and . delay in the main freight yards. "On the first of the year, a train of fifty new automobile cars," built in Chicago shops for the Northern Pa cific railroads started on their maid en trip with a cargo of 250 Oaklands, consigned to Seattle, Spokane, Port land and other distributing points of the Pacific Northwest. "Such resourceful means of ship ping cars is a guarantee to the Oak land dealer that he will have "Sen sible Sixes" to sell and assures the prospective Oakland buyer that he will have his automobile to use with a minimum of delay. Dent Taken Out of Side of Car; Looks Like New A few days ago while visiting the | C. A. Fair Carriage Works, the writer I was shown a piece of work on | straightening out the sido of an nu-J tomobile that had been in a wreck." This particular car had been struck square in the middle and a large hole i pierced in the metal side. To mike it look anywhere like new, the ave rage person would have thought that an entirely new side would be neces sary, but when the mechanics at the carriage works were through with It, just a small piece of new metal was put in and the Job was an exceptionally good one. In fact it was necessary to be told that a new piece had been put in. The same thing occurred with a large Packard car, with the excep tion that the top and windshield were badly bent and broken, and the same good results were' obtained in putting this car back in condition. All the mechanics at this establishment are experts in their lin4 of work. Dur ing ttye past week two additional men were put on in the wood work*- ing department and the top repair ing department. Both are men who have been in the business a number of years. The amount of work com ing in in the past month made it netftessary to place a large force of men on the job. Conservation along all lines, in making itself apparent, especially in this line of work. Heretofore a good many automobile owners left their tops and curtains go so long that they were beyond repair, but the order of the day now seems to be "a stitch in time saves nine." This is a good practice for a little money spent in general repair work make many a car look 100 per cent, better and gives it longer life and better aerv-' Ice. Besides top and body repairing, commercial bodies of all kinds are built and blacksmithing and general auto painting are also done at the Fair Carriage, Works. EXPLOSION KIL/IX I, INJUKF-S 7 Onmcy's Point, N. J., April 20. One man was killed and seven in lured in an explosion yesterday at the Dupont Powder Works here. The man killed was Russell Ettler. of Penns Grove, N. J. TRACTOR READY BEFORE THE WAR Plays Big Part in Production of Food So Necessary at This Time When a democracy long educated to the habit of peace enters a war, it is expected that a certain lack of preparation will be encountered. However, in some ways America was fairly well prepared for her tre mendous task. As it gradually came to be appreciated that the food sit uation was critical, the farm tractor rose to a position of prominence in public thought. Many city people, unacquainted, with recent farm de velopments, hearing of the tractor for the first time, have considered it something new, designed especially to meet the vast needs for more food. The tractor is not new. It is only its general appreciation which is new. It did not take this war to produce the tractor, but it did re quire some such crisis pro duced by the war to make the whole civilization of the Allied countries fully appreciate the importance of the farm tractor. New tractor companies are being organized so rapidly these days that It is hard to tell which ones are actually selling tractors and which ones are just getting ready to build them. One thing is sure, that with more than 200 tractor companies now in existence, it is safe to assume that there were considerably more than 100 companies actually manu facturing and selling farm tractors at the time this country entered the war. Most of these companies are fairly new at the business, but sev eral have had long years of expe rience with the tractor industry. The International Harvester Com pany, for instance, manufactured its first farm tractor in 190G and has been gradually increasing its tractor operations during the last twelve years. The Harvester Company now has three immense factories, two in Chicago and one in Milwaukee, cov ering a total area of 135 acres, which are largely devoted to the manufac ture of farm tractors. From the time when it operated only on gaso line and was built on a scale provid ing a great number of horsepower and selling for a price within reach only of the large farmer or ranch man, the tractor has been developed to the point where now it operates successfully on kerosene and is adaptable in size and price tp the everyday needs of the average farmer. In England and France, of course, the special war need for tractors has been even more urgent than it thus far has been in the United States. If the Amiyican tractor industry had been as new and undeveloped as most of our other war industries, we could not have gone to the res cue of our Allies so readily as we have been able to do. For more than eight years American manufac turers have been sending tractors abroad that foreign farmers might gradually learn to use them. Since 1908 the Harvester Company has shipped thousands of farm tractors into Great Britain, France, Italy, Holland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Australia, New Zealand and at least fourteen other foreign countries. It is due to the fact that the Amer ican farm tractor industry was pre pared and that the European coun tries had been given a chance to learn the use of American tractors that so much has already been ac complished in so short a time to ward keeping up food production in the countries of our allies. Largely through the assistance of American-made tractors. Great Brit ain dUring 1917 was able to increase her normal cultivated area in the British Isles something like 790,000 acres, and by the help of American tractors already in Great Britain or on the way she expects to bring enough additional acres under culti vation during 1918 to raise the in crease above normal to a total of 3,000,000 acres. The tractor industry is well devel oped and well prepared, the princi pal need now being a sure and guar anteed supply of raw materials. "Let the Government encourage and promote the* making of farm trac tors as a war measure," said a re cent editorial In the Chicago Amer ican. "We appeal to the Govern ment with all Its worries and re sponsibilities to find a few minutes' thought and an efficient immediate plan for supplying the iron, steel and other necessities to those who man ufacture farm tractors. "Farm tractors take the place of men. They take the place of horses. "They save all the grain and fod der that the horses would eat, re leasing the grain and fodder to feed cows that give milk and butter, and cattle and hogs slaughtered for food. One farm tractor saves enough grain and fodder to raise and fatten ten steers." Luckily, in this war we do not have to depend on any new Industry to furnish food for the world. Give the industry which has already been developed plenty of raw materials, and It will give the world plenty of tractors. FIRE AT BRECKINRIDGE, PA. Pittsburgh, building and a number of smaller buildings of the plant of the Taren tum Glass Company at Breckinridge, Pa., Were destroyed by fire yesterday. The loss is estimated at $150,000. | 6-Passenger Touring $865 S-Passonger Clover-Leaf OQCIS Roadster 3>ODD Ensminger Motor Co. THIRD uiul CUMBERLAND STS. Bell Plionc 3515 i ■ i / AUTOMOBILE STORAGE ALL ACCOMMODATIONS UGHT-HEAT—FREE AER R.\TES REASONABLE Hoffman Garage Seventh anil Camp Sts. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT United States Rubber Co. Buys New Plant in R. I. Pressing need for much greater space in which to manufacture United States solid truck tires, which have had such huge sales that the output has more than doubled in quantity in the past two years, is the reason given by the United States Rubber Company for its recent pur chase of the large manufacturing plant of the American Locomotive Company at Providence, R. I. The property immediately adjoins the Revere plant of the United States Rubber Company, where the com pany has concentrated its solid tire activities. The new plant will be part of the Revere unit which thus becomes a dominant factory in the country for the manufacture of solid truck tires. The enlarged organi zation of the unit will remain un der the direction of H. W. Waite,the factory manager of the Revere plant, whose successful administration in his present position is thus recogniz ed. In addition to manufacturing solid truck tires, the factory will give considerable space to the de velopment of its business in pneu matic cord tires for commercial ve hicles. 'The enforced use of auto trucks in order to meet the transportation problems brought on up by the war," according to a recent statement by J. N. Gunn, president of the United States Tire Company, "will give the businessmen such a taste of the sat isfactory results to be obtained by the use of these trucks that I see nothing but a tremendous business in prospect for our truck tire manu facturing department." In centering its truck tire produc tion in Providence, the United States Tire Company believes it has adopted a wise bit of business strategem for as yet the heaviest truck sales are on the Atlantic seaboard. Provi dence is admirably situated as a dis tributing point for this territory and offers excellent transportation facili ties especially by water routes. For its output of tires for passenger cars, the company centers Its efforts at De troit, the greatest car producing city in the nation, and at Indianapolis, with a large eastern factory at Hart ford. The American locomotive plant, I with aa floor area of 245,848 square feet, is on a tract of ten acres with a river frontage and with a siding con nection with the main line of the! New Haven road. It is equipped! with a large power plant and a niod-j ern sprinkler system, has an up-to date humidifying plant and is gen-1 erally considered one of the finest! manufacturing units in New Eng land. It is in the heart of the city's industrial district and has such well known neighbors as the Nicholson File Company and Browns and Sharp. The buildings are in excel lent condition and ready for imme diate use. Paige Erects Three New Buildings at Their Plant The steady growth of tho Paige- 1 Detroit Motor Car Company, together, with the extra demands made by the! war and the addition of a new Paige truck department, has necessitated greater facilities, both in the manu -: facturing and the executive end of! the business. As a consequence there | are now under way three new build-i ings that will add 66,000 square feet! of floor space and general manufac- 1 turing and production purposes. | These three buildings are being | constructed on the extensive vacant I property directly across the street! from the main plant of the Paige! Company and will comprise units of the central groups. There are sev-l eral other units in another part ofj the city. Two of the new buildings will be used for temporary storage! r CHANDLER SIX J famoiis For Its illarvclous Motor. Right Car 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 sicceeded, year after year, in this aim. The Chandler for 1918 offers real motor car worth approached only by other cars selling for hundreds of dolla/s more. The Chandler leads all Sixes—indeed all medium-priced high-grade cars—because it offers so much more for so much less. SIX SPLtNDID BODY TYPES Seven-Passenger Touring Car. JIS9S Four-Passenger Roadster, 51593 Four-Passenger Dispttch Car, SI67S Convertible Sedan. 5229S ConvertibleVoupe. S2J9S Limousine, $2899 (4.11 prices f. o. bjCleveland) • Come Ghooße-Ymr Chandler Now Andrew Reimond, Distributor Third and Reik Streets, Harrisburg BOTH PHONES. CHANDLER MOTOR CAR COMPANY, CLEVELAND, OHIO \ "purposes for Paige products in tran sit from finishing rooms transpor tation platform. The third itcw build inH will be entirely a construction plsht. The new structures will be bitflt of brick, steel and steel sash, ( providing abundance of light. ' In addition to these new building^ AMERICAN SIX \ . f THE CAR OF THE f FOR AMERICANS / AMERICAN SIX M Few beauty, comfort and economy, this car is the in.rii'al car With its light weight, high tire mileage \ M and small gas consumption are y or Kiitislleti owners swear by the AMERIC AN. ~R BUTIMIIWI I ; , I \ II . 1)IATK JJKIJVKRIKS M AMERICAN SIX A Designed anil Built BY LOUIS CHEVROLET AMERICAN SIX BELL PHONE 2850-J DIAIi PHONE 6956. AMERICAN AUTO CO. REAR FRONT AND C. A. Slougli, Mgr. ▼ FORSTER STS. Don't Let This Happen to You Always be able to control your car at all times; see that the brakes, the engine and all working parts are in perfect con dition. Accidents will happen, but you can rest assured that everything is in first class condition if you have your car overhauled at the Rex. We are equipped to give you service on any kind of car—four, I six or eight cylinder. We have expert repairmen and we | do no guess work. SERVICE STATION FOR King—Chandler—Oakland—Jackson—Vim Trucks I Distriluters for PORTAGE TIRES, Guaranteed 5,000 miles Dealers Wanted. Rex Garage and Supply Company 1917 N. Third St., Harrisburg Paige is preparing to add two j units to its extensive building which i f _ will increase the space by 50 per cent, and which will provide for the j;| requirements of the new Paige truck .1 department officials as well as for other purposes caused by increased business. "
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