10 VALUABLE HINTS FOR LONG DRIVES Hupp Motor Car Corporation Tells How to Care For Cars on Cross-Country Runs With freight equipment scarce, and with every one determined to give the government absolute right of way ; on our railroads, automobile drive-] aways are the rule instead of the ex ception. Not only are these drive- j aways being conducted by groups of dealers, but prospecUve owners find it pleasant to make up a party and j come to Detro't and drive away their' own cars. It would seem timely, then, to give a few simple instruc tions to these amateur pilots, somo of whom have had very little experi ence in driving at all. and most ofj whom have had no extensive experi- i ence in cross-country driving over strange roads, especially in parties or j squads. These suggestions are drawn from the experience of the Hupp Mo tor Oar Corporation in supervising scores of drive-awavs In the last two months. • First. as to the car itself. Re gardless of the rigid inspection given cars before they leave the factory, each driver should assure himself l>y personal inspection that the crank ase is filled with lubricating oil, the gasoline tank filled with fuel, the radiator filled with water, and the ;re properly inflated. If the motor s a type that lubricates under pres sure. he should see that the oil .■angel is registering properly. If '.he car carries a reserve compart ment in tbo gasoline tank, as nil <-rs should the driver should make sure that ho is not driving on the reserve when he starts out. Once on t h<: road, the driver | Announcement jj | The Sunshine Garage jj 82 S. Cameron Street | WILL MOVE MAY Ist | To Larger and Better Quarters i| 27-29 North Cameron St. 11l One Square North of Market St. ! We will have a completely equipped machine shop for !| | all kinds of automobile, machine, ignition and carburetor ! repairing. !> ! Your patronage is respectfully solicited <and satisfaction is !> ' guaranteed. ;! i J. L. RIGGIO, Prop. j| The Cleveland Catapillar Tractor Not Only Plows, but Does any Kind of Towing. Belt Work, Stationary Engine Work AT MINIMUM COST AND MAXIMUM SPEED Ask Us About Them Harrisburg Auto Co. Fourth and Kelker Sts. REO—BEEMAN TRACTORS HURLBURT TRUCKS DUPLEX -wheel DRIYK — • |! || jj I HAD MY CAR COMPLETELY OVERHAULED AT i| The REX !> Doesn't she spin along nice? Well, I'll just bet she does. !> 11 Say, they certainly have SOME mechanics at the Rex. They j | ; i sure can make a car run right. Believe me, the Rex for mine ;! ;! when I want my car fixed.'" J! ij SERVICE STATION i King—Chandler—Oakland—Jackson—Vim Trucks ii DISTRIBUTORS FOR PORTAGE TIRES ;; Guaranteed 5,000 Miles Dealers Wanted ;! | Rex parage and Supply Company || 1917 North Third Streets . ii ]; BOTH I'HO.VES HARRISBURG, p.\. ! [ inimiii —ITI — . SATURDAY EVEXTNG. Habbisburg TELEGRAPH - "APRIL 27. 191$. [ should rigidly refrain from driving ' faster than twenty mile? an hour for! : the first two hundred miles, and fas- j ter than thirty miles an hour there after until at least the live hundredth ! mile. Nothing will ruin a motor] quicker than driving it at excessive ! speeds when new. If there is a party driving away,! one driver, preferably the most ex-1 perienced. should be chosen as the; i leader, and after the .oute has been I j determined, the other drivers should | follow this driver conscientiously.' Cars in line should be driven in , of each other, especially where there I are many forks and turns in the road j likely to lead stragglers astray. Aj few moments spent in waiting for the | car behind at such points save hours j I spent in locating lost members of j j the party. Many pilots find that it j saves time to carry a bag of confetti I • to be scattered along the right road; at double points. At night a ball of > waste, soaked in kerosene, lighted land thrown in the middle of the road, serves the same purpose. If possible, in every drive-away j party there should be one nechani-| , cian. In large parties. this expert should have nothing to do but ride | in one car after another throughout; the trip. Frequently he can makej on the spot minor adjustments which, if neglected, might lead to serious | trouble. Every driver should be on j the lookout for any unusual behavior in his car or its motor. Upon the appearance of anything of this kind he should immediately stop and tfe that the attention of the mechanician is called to it and ;ho trouble cor rected before proceeding. It adds to the pleasure of a drive away if. is far as possible, the dis-j tance to be covered each day is ore-1 determined and arrangements made by telegraph for accommodations at, the end of each day's run. There are many other things which n T*ilot in a drive-away will pick up as his experience increases, but the [ suggestions given above are the most important, and. if carefully heeded. > will make drive-aways not only i ' pleasant but actually beneficial to the] cars thus driven. ADOPT SIZE OF CAR TO BUSINESS Delivery Problem Demands Careful Consideration and Utmost Attention Andrew Redmond, local agent for ] ! the Vim Motor Truck Co., made the j I following very interesting remarks about delivery the other day: j "So much has been written and : said concerning the motortruck an 4 t the delivery car that most general discussions have no real value to their readers. The place of the corn mercial \ enlcle is no.w too firmly ' i fixed and too certainly assured of a I successful future to call for any in- , I dulgence iu generalities. The first: thing that any purchaser of a motor- i truck should find out is just what | | is the average volume of his busi- ' J ness or at least just what is the i volume of his business that requires , delivery. The small merchant looks at his problem from the viewpoint i of daily delivery, whereas some big businesses look at tile problem from I a standard of two or three deliveries weekly. Each, of course, gets a dlf j ferent view because his business re quires a dlstanct standaftl. "It would, of course, be quite ab surd for a businessman to expect a 1 1 half-ton truck to make satisfactory ] j end constant delivery of a number ! of pieces of merchandise weighing 1 j five or six hundred pounds each, and ( it would be equally unsatisfactory for the average retail grocer to make his deliveries in a two-ton i motortruck. In either case would | there be economy or efficiency be- ] j cause one man would wear out his Ititick by forcing it to carry a bur den for which 'it was not designed, and the otltei mould be constantly ending out his tttick carrying only h:il' a load cr less "Consequently, a businessman must 1 look at his delivery problem with ' eyes for his business alone, but must find 1 out, if he makes daily deliveries, approximately what is the volume of ; merchandise carried on each trip. It 1 will be easy enough for him then to <?eterinine just what delivery unit la best suited to his needs. "Overloading is not economy. Al most all manufacturers of trucks provice for the inevitable overload, f but they do not encourage the prac tice, rs it tpnds to shorten the life : of, the. vehicle and impairs its effi • cicncy. Occasionally it is unavoid- . ' able, but constant overloading will I sooner or later compel the owner of j ; a truck to pay for its abuse. I "If tne volume of merchandise per j trip ranges from two or three hun- I j dred pounds to cjeven or twelve hun- j ] dred pounds, then the merchant's j needs will be best met by a half ton delivery car because that is the '.ir.it that will operate most econom- : j ica'.lv and efficiently for that vol-, urne of business. If he finds that each load will weigh from 1,500 to! 12.300 pounds, then he must have a heavier delivery unit, but he should r.ot Invest in a truck that is designed j to carry a constant load of two tons, j because he will be paying for oper- ! ating expenses for which he is re- ; ; coving no return. The research or j : traffic engineering department of any reliable motortruck company 1 will be glad to co-operate with any I merchant and help determine what bis needs may be. Only in this way can the motortruck fulfill its whole i duty tc- its owner." Motorcycle News I The contest committee which has ; charge of the National Motorcycle j Gasoline Conservation Trials to be j j held May 4 and 5, has just an- j nounced the list of prizes. A gold medal will be awarded the motorcycle rider making the best I mileage in each class in each local j Conservation Trial when there are : twenty or more entries in that class. A silver medal will be awarded the rider making i o second best per- I fornarce. and a bronze medal for the rider making the next best showing.! : A minimum entry of five riders is re qvired for any one class ana if less than twenty riders are entered a sil- j \ei medal will be given as fiist prize untf a bronze medal as second—there will be no gold medal awarded un- | : less there are twenty or more riders entered. There are four classifications o motorcycles. Class 1 consists of ( three-speed motorcycles having a.' piston displacement of more than forty-five inches. Class 2 includes > i three-speed motorcycle-sidecar com binations having a piston displace ment of more than forty-five cubic, inches, the sidecar carrying a pas aenger weighing at least 120 pounds. ] Class 2 takes in solo motorcycles having a piston displacement ot forty-five cubic inches or less, but i not including motorized bicycles as defined under class 4. Class 4 takes care of motorized bicycles of stand- ; i ard make, and bicycles propelled by ■ S motor wheels or motor attachments.! In addition to the gold, silver and bronze medals offered for each local j | trial, the Federation of American | : Motorcyclists has put up three beau-: I tiful honor trophies—silver loving j cups—to be presented to the three j motorcycle clubs having thg largest' ! entry lists in the National Conser-1 vation Trials. ' If there is no local motorcycle club j la town, any group of riders can ; gee together and organize a Gasoline ! | Conservation Trial by getting In J j touch with the contest chairmen for i ] their territories, who will send them ! entiy blanks, pamphlets of rules and \ regulations and all other necessary ,• material without cost. All that is ; required is a minimum entry of five ! riders for any one class. \ A rider does not have to be a 1 member of the F. A. M. to compete Ii in this economy test. If a conserva [ tion trial is not being organized 10-1 1 : cally now, write the nearest of these ! i contest chairmen: W. H. Parsons. | ! 450 Fourth avenue. New York City; i J P. J. Bailey, 538 South Clark street, ! ! Chicago; J. J. O'Connor. 845 Broad | ! way. Los Angeles, Cal., or W. M. i Gladfish, care W. Gagnier, Ltd., Rlch ! mond andSheppard streets, Toronto, | Canada | Pennsy Engine Inspectors Rush to Buy Liberty Bonds ! Employes at the locomotive in ! spectors' shanty of the Pennsylva- nia railroad at Maclay street almost E mobbed J. Adams yesterday when he | called for Liberty Bond subscrip i tions. The men had been anxiously | awaiting his arrival and lost little [ time in signing up. This was one | of the first units coming under en [ gine house No. 2 to reach 100 per | cent. The inspectors Include the | following: j W. H. Kepford. gang leader; R. P. [ Wailower. J. F. O'Sulllvan. J. R. E Hall. M. S. McKadden, E. H. Myers, | A. Yingst, W. C. Fox. T. Fiiby, A. F. [ Speese, L Felker, Charles Smith. W. | H. Mininer. Charles Johnson, P. f Schlick. sponger; H. K. Linviile. i hostler, and H. Snodgrass, keyman. ARMLEDER TRUCK "GOING THROUGH" || The above reproduction shows an Armleder truck on a national High way "somewhere in Ohio." The foreground resembles a plowed field and very ably illustrates the adverse conditions through which the dealers of the East have ■to go First Motorized Artillery t Thrills Camp Custer Chiefs By CHRISTY WALSH Camp Custer, Mich., April 25,(de-! i l&yed).—All dressed up in regulu- ! tion camouflage, and capable of j going into position while under tire, j the tlrst motor-hauled battery ot i tield artillery in America, and per-1 ! haps the world, chugged itself past i | General Kennedy and staff on the | parade grounds here this week. The : event was the first brigade review i in honor of General Kennedy, new | commandant at Camp Custer. The first ear in line was a famous Hot Spot Chalmers equipped with ! wireless standards and other rccon- I ! naissanee attachments. The other! ears, including tractors and trucks, ' were covered with heavy rooting pa ; i er in such a cunning manner as to , perfectly simulate the armored tight- • :mg car. Improvised periscopes and) , ugly rifle muzzles prodded their way j through the open turrets, and the | general impression as observed by! | the alleged correspondent was one lof genuine terror. But terror was I not the only suggestion, for the sight !was a tribute to the great American automobile industry, and indeed a noted accomplishment for the far-1 sighted and progressive energy of ! Colonel H. E. Cloke. commanding' , the Three Hundred Thirtytieth Field : Artillery, and acting commander j ■of the One Hundred Sixtieth Bri -1 gade. Although the experiment has been j in progress for nearly ninety days, I the brigade review was the first ofti-J : cial appearance of a model motor- j ised battery completely armored and rapable of moving forward in trench warfare as do the famous British i tanks. So practical have been the ] results and so startling the possi-1 bilities that it is generally conceded this pioneer unit may be a definite I step toward permanently sweeping! the stalement trench system into a j swift moving conflict of automotive | artillery. Notwithstanding it is generally ad-1 mitted that it costs the United States' Government more to support one horse than it does to sustain a fight - | ing man and despite the miracles al i ready performed by motorcars in (battle, three-quarters of our Arniy • officers are still skeptical and in : clined to place little confidence in , the motor-hauled battery, and espe | cially of one of such a tvpe pro i posed. 22 Cadillac Cars Used at One Movie Studio Motorcars long have been an im ] portant part of the equipment of mo tion-picture production studios, and i f the individual film-folk, but as a ! rule the cars in use at studios some times represent a dozen different makes. The exact opposite of this is ; tr.if at the Hollywood (Cal.) studio of the Famous Players-Lasky Com pany, where twenty-two Cadillacs are cwred by the company and vari ! oil* executives and stars. Motion picture people have an ex- I client opportunity In their daily j work to observe the actual perform ance of cars other than their own. Their trips to locations where scenes : are filmed are frequently hard runs, and they can see how their own cars and the others behave. The fact that so many Cadillacs have been put into j service at the Hollywood studios, ! both by the company and the play- ' ers themselves, is a testimonial to ! the car s efficiency in the exacting j and continuous service demanded, j The latest Cadillac added to the j fleet at Hollywood is a sage green j impelial limousine for Cecil B. De Mil!e, the producer. Other Cadillac owners at the same studio include Mary Pickford, Jack Holt. Allan Da>vn. John Fairbanks, Sessue Haya kiwa, Julian Eltinge, Jack Pickford j and James Toung. j The Cadillac has a vogue among motion picture people in other quarters, as evidenced by the fact that a list of owners Includes Edna Mayo, Olga Petrova, Dorothy Kelly, Sidney Drew. June Elvidge, Emily Wehlen. Earl 'Williams, Henry B. Walthall, Clara Kimball Young, J. Stuart Blackthorn, Thomas H. Ince, Hobart Bosworth, Oliver Morosco. Blanche Easky, Donald Crisp, Mrs. D. W. Griffith, Robert North and the Eesanay Film Company. Don't emvy your friends who have such bright, new looking ' brass beds. chandeliers, in their homes. At small cost ire can replate and rtflniah your old pieces so they will defy the most critical examination—they will look like ; new. We replate gold and silver ware, also repair and reflnish auto lamps, radiators, band in struments, etc. Harris burg, P*. in bringing trucks and touring cars ] "overland." This picture was taken ! :i couple of weeks ago when a largo fleet of Armleder Trucks were brought to llarrisjburg by R. G. Dan ner of the Marrisburg Welding and Brazing Co.. the local distributors i i for the Armleder. Blue Books Tell of Many improvements to Highways j That good-roads development had ; ( I a great impetus during 1917 is evi- 11 dent from a statement by the data t ] department of the Automobile Blue Hooks, whose experts compiled the j i i road data for the 1918 volumes — t | now ready for the motor tourist. i i New roads, the reconstruction of ! old ones, and the reclamation of I many others that formerly were im-ji | passable, compelled the redrafting j l j ef 167,103 miles of roads for the 11 new Blue Book. 1 The magnitude *of the vast im- I j provenient on these roads is better ' I understood when it is brought ton [ mind that affiliation of federal anel j .state governments was responsible i | for the expenditure, of almost $l2O.- , j 000.000 for highways betterment! • I last year. Besides this, the estab-' lisliment of many National Army ;.nd National Guard cantonments ;v-as followed almost immediately by . the construction of additional hun- j dreds of new highways direct to the camps. ) Special routes to all of the canton- | ments have been included in the new j volumes. The logging of these roads j I , was in most cases made from cities ] nearest to which the camps are 10-I I cated, so that the tourist who plans j to visit any of them need only take | his Blue Book way to the large city; i near the cantonment to find in the same volume detailed guidance to. : the camp which has his particular ] interest. j The new books total in excess of I 11 .i.OOO miles of minute roads data. 1 charts and maps. That graphic de. i j tail which tells the motorist at what i ! speedometer mileage he should turn 1 right, cross railroad, pass stone i I church on left, or continue straight- ; j way past yellow schoolhouse is more , informative than even the previous i intensive effort of these pathfinders lias made it. Points of interest notes have been > increased threefold. Whether local : • beauty, historic interests or sports will induct his spending anv con- 1 siderable part of his time in a town t I may readily be learned by the mo i torist long before he starts on tour iby reference to this department, which are more comprehensive than over. These notes are so keyed that in each instance they are on the < I same page as that on which the route thrown a town is given. The maps have been completely j revised. Hundreds of new ones have ! been added and besides the redraft ing of old ones, most of them have been enlarged, new detail added and 1 larger area covered. I I i i * * ISelden Models Massive Construction in a Truck means ITon Power—-Strength—Ability 2"T on 91 / rp to give long, dependable, economical service—ability to do a hard day's work with i/2-ion ou t s t ra i n> SELDEN TRUCKS . I Worm and Internal are big. powerful trucks of massive construction. All their parts are standard and D r j ve of the highest grade—made from the best material obtainable.. Immediate Selden " In-Built Quality" ■ Deliveries ■ trucks will keep on rendering profitable service when others give out. Special Offer Until May 4th # 1918 ■ We are desirous of doing all we can to aid the sale of LIBERTY BONDS and in order to do so we will devote 20% of each and every sale of a SELDEN TRUCK, ■ during this present drive, (until May 4th) to the purchase of Liberty Bonds. When you arc buying a truck, it is not necessary to experiment, choose the Sel den for good, solid EVERY-DAY service. W & Come to our salesrooms and see the different models wt have on display; con vince yourself. I I, r.y-.• ■ ■ - vl V '.'-V 1 I'" U'j SELDEN TRUCK DISTRIBUTORS mOWKM MM 904 MARKET STREET BELL PHONE Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. Subscribes to Bonds Through Local Branch The local Liberty Loan committee were pleased to receive a telephone | call from the Firestone Tire & Rub- ] ber Company of this city, asking i that a representative call for an in- | tervlew. J. H. Dutch. local manager for the Firestone Company explain ed that his Company has always gone "over the top" on every oc casion where the Government and people of the United States required co-operation and in an effort to help the City of Harrisburg reach its 3rd ] j Liberty Loan quota the Firestone Company yesterday* morning sub-I j scribed $5,000. ! This amount, added to the sub- i | scriptions of SGSO. received from the ' employees of the Firestone Compa- I ny's Harrisburg Office, aided mate- , riatly in reaching the city's quota ' and is an excellent example of the ' I spirit of the entire organization. ' Mr. Dutch further stated that the ! j Harrisburg Branch has given three i |of their local boys "to help Uncle i I Sum lick the Kaiser." Sunshine Garage Will Move to Larger Quarters May Ist When the Sunshine Garage and Repair Shop removes on May 1 from ' their present location, 82 South Cam eron street, lo 27-29 North Cameron t street, they will have one of the : best-equipped repair plants in the! city. • l'p-to-date In every respect. 1 modern equipment, every facility to] take care of all kinds of repair work ] —and expert mechanics to do the I work—the Sunshine will be better j able to care for their rapidly Increas ing business. The proprietor, J. L. Riggio, Jr., knowns the automobile thoroughly and from a long experience is able to diagnose and remedy the many j little troublesome things that by na- i ture occur to this modern vehicle of ] 1 travel. He has eliminated guess- ! work from his in>portant branch of ! the automohilo business. The motor car owner to-day, as a ! rule, does not have time in the rush of business to look after liis car when adjustments are necessary and relies upon the experienced automo bile repairman to take care of him. In this respect the Sunshine Garage is amply able to look after the big as well as little jobs requiring ex-] pert service. I Use McNeil's Pain Exterminator—Ad. I 1 Commercial Bodies Auto Tops of All Kinds Refinished and Made to Order Retrimmed WRECKED BODIES AND FENDERS STRAIGHTENED Woodworking & Blacksmithing C. A. FAIR Carriage and Auto Works 1135 Mulberry Street —— jl Cadillac Supremacy i M ore Secure Than Ever. \i Aj During these times when substitutions and make- 11 shifts run rampant everywhere, it is refreshing to find an example of increased excellence. War does more than weed out the weak and un worthy, it searches out strength and stability. Only I the strong can meet the super-strain that is imposed. I The test of war-time conditions has only served to I assert more forcibly than ever the supremacy of the / / CADILLAC. For fifteen years cars have i| been built with painstaking precision. The present \ ' car is the best ever produced by the Cadillac Company. /j Every component part is the work of a specialist, and each part, especially designed and adapted to bring about perfection in the whole, makes the Cadillac fit test to withstand the daily demands upon your motor car. Weak points, inherent with any car of the latt decade, have been long ago eliminated, hence repairs J are reduced to a minimum. ! The Cadillac can be handled with the greatest ease. I It is a favorite among women who drive. The manv i 1 points of Cadillac superiority can be seen best through a personal demonstration. (\v N May we expect you at the showroom? "jJttSi \ Crispen Motor Car Co. South Cameron St. A
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