Auto Town Goes Over Top in Liberty Loan Drive Rat ino. Wis., May 4. —That the automobile industry is squarely be hind Uncle Sam not only In mak ing munitions and supplies for his boys "over there" but also in help ing to pay the bills is indicated by the fact that Racine, Wis., the home of the Mitchell Motors Company, Inc., makers of Mitchell Sixes, has won the gold star by going over the top with more than double its quota in aboiK half the time alloted for the Third Liberty Loan drive. In no other industry, perhaps, is loyalty to our country so clearly shown as in the automobile held. In the mammoth Mitchell plant, for In stance. the thousands of workmen employed bought bonds to a man. Incomplete returns from this l/ant indicate that its subscriptions alone will pass the sldo,ooo mark which is far ahead of its record in previous loans. Other car and accessory plants In Racine report similar conditions and H BOD Y' IVU'A((|j |AirroVi[ATOߥj CHANDLER SIX $1595 * ! First Quality Has Put Chandler in First Place WHEN men talk now of fine cars selling at me dium prices they speak first of the Chandler. Because, for five years, the Chandler has been such a good car, so well built, so dependable in its ser vice on the road. And because now, so distinctly, !| . it offers extraordinary value. The most distinguished feature of the Chandler Six is its marvelous motor—Chandler-designed and Chandler-built—which, through five years of re finement without radical changes, has been devel oped to a point approximating perfection. The life, pick-up, power and endurance of the Chandler motor have been a revelation to thou sands of experienced motorists. The Chandler motor is mounted in a really great chassis, and Chandler bodies offer an attractive range of choice. *' - c*■ * *, SIX SPLENDID BODY TYPES Seven-Passenger Touring Car, 51595 ' Four-Passenger Roadster 51595 Four-Passenger Dispatch Car, SI 675 Convertible Sedan, 52295 Convertible Coupe. 52195 Limousine, 52895 (All prices f. o. b. Cleveland) COME CHOOSE YOUR CHANDLER NOW Andrew Redmond, Distributor Third and lieily Sts. Harrisburjl, Pa. Bell 2133 Dial 4616 | CHANDLER MOTOR CAR COMPANY, CLEVELAND, OHIO > . I mfMk PERFECTION V Asbestos Protected Tires 7> r r, \ HS| \ Perfection Asbestos Protected Tires have everything ■■■ ■ that other high-grade tires have in their construction, ml tt nl% U \ ■ I | and in addition thereto, have a complete outer ply of r&Ji p r-~J ' !7 \ wk choice long fibre Asbestos fabric of our own weaving |l!|i li f~ \ if 1 9R and an open weave Asbestos Breaker Strip. Pi 1/ - I-' ii m With our open weave Asbestos Breaker Strip and the Kb Ho m ! ■ complete outer ply of Asbestos fabric, protecting the lay jM[:if ■ ers of cotton fabric, we are able to subject our tires in ■P i .W II ■ the cul ' inK Process to the degree of heat necessary for a xM' J r~$l !' ■ thorough cure J.o the rubber. Therefore, our tread rubber sgti hi?. I: 9 has a tougher wearing road-resisting quality than cora fc-J II B | monly used, anif at the same time retains ail of its elas *fr if ji a ( ticlty without the heat having injured the cotton fabric. §s§; r "fa It "SI The Asbestoß ls a further protection to the cotton fabric Pi? l ITI li ■ I carcass, being unaffected V' moisture, acids and grease SKi l~." ■ | and Particularly by heat generated from road friction |Kk ,_•* Jt< B I It also prevents Kim Corrosion. nbti C * mli 9 I Th y are built by the careful hand-made process, by lE&fl f st 1' Mm i expert tire-builders, uffder critical supervision, at all W& U Ulf ft S ' !! mes Thus - we can offer the world a masterpiece in ffiFjl r. ; Of 'I ,he a tire; one that is absolutely reliable through- Wit Urirk \\ I m Li 2 u f- we i l w Pfthy Of its name. Perfection. It is properly 555 tl J?M U / M fj balanced and resilient, yet tough enough to resist the U B r Wea l °i rouKh roadß> built ,n ever y wa y for a career of n / Kevstonp Perfection Guarantee Fo rdsi2 e £ la \ T ~ fBSIIm sSfv / lilies CjO Nonskid 7,500 miles SATURDAY EVENING, the local Liberty Loan Committee does not hesitate to say that the au tomobile Interests of Kacine are do lus: their share—and more than their share —In putting over this drive in the biggest possible way. The manufacture of automobiles ami automobile supplies and acces sories forms a large part of the busi ness of Racine. The city's excellent showing in the drive indicates a de gree of prosperity in these lines which many people did not believe existed. As a matter of fact the au tomobile business is in a healthier condition than ever with sales boom ing and plants working to capacity. The Mitchell Motors Company, Inc., reports that it is employing more hands than ever before with night shifts helping to speed Up production to meet the demand. This condition is general throughout the industry and they are proud to show this record of how they are sharing their prosperity in helping to carrv the load. Story From Spain Tells of Gasoline Shortage There From Valencia, Spain, comes a story of gasoline shortage which makes any possible reduction which we might have to suffer in this country seem like good news J. L. Ryrne, a Hupmobile distributor in Spain, In writing to the factorv last week says that the stock of gasoline in his country Is practically exhaust ed. The little left has been requisi tioned by the government with an absolute prohibition against supply ing any for passenger car use. This applies event to doctors anil other individuals whose service to the community Is largely dependent upon automobile transportation. Alcohol is being used as a substi tute, and poor as It is. It Is the onlv substitute available. Its cost Is near ly double that of gasoline and the quantity required for a given amount of service is nearly double. In prac tice it is found that alcohol as a fuel in an internal combustion en gine gives sufficient propelling force to do the work, but the total ab sence of oil in its composition leads to frequent stalling of the motor. Mr. Byrne said: "That in the use of gasoline substitutes American mo tors were far superior to European makes and that the Hupmobile, among others, took first rank among American motors. He names as prime essential for a motor using this particular gasoline substitute an extremely reliable lubricating sys tem, valves operating in an oil bath, and a control capable of tine gradu ation for supplying air to the car buretor." People inclined to become excited i and see in experiences such as above I a prophecy of what we in this coun ! try may come to. should remember | the following facts: Spain, like ! England. France and Italy imports j all of her gasoline. It is not an ac ■ tual shortage of the product that is ! causing the difficulty, but the im possibility of importing it when ocean transportation is needed so much more for food and other ne cessities. The United States enjoys the privilege of being at, or near, the source of the world's greatest gasoline supply. This supply, ac cording to expert advice from Washington, gives every evidence of being more than ample for the world's needs. Furthermore, trans portation of gasoline, as far. as this country is concerned, is largely taken care of by extensive pipe lines, which means that supplies can be widely distributed without seriously interfering with the transportation of other things. Authorities state positively that there is no likelihood of a gasoline shortage in this coun i try. HXRJFUSBTJRG QMW TELEGRAPH DUPLEX TRUCKS AID IN HARVEST Pacific Northwest to Use These Trucks in Gath ering Whetit Duplex four-wheel drive trucks will aid in the harvesting of millions of bushels of wheat in the Pacific Northwest during the coming sum mer. Fifty trucks have been ship ped since January 1 to Portland to be used on wheat ranches through out Oregon and Washington and ad ditional trucks are leaving for the West every week. "Duplex trucks are most popular with the wheat growers of the West and are assisting greatly in reducing the cost of harvesting grain by low ering haulage costs to the very minimum." said H. M. Lee, presi dent and general manager of the Du plex Truck Company, of Lansing. "Because the soil is so tine —being almost like powder during the hot." summer months—only four-wheel drive trucks have been found prac tical for work on the great wheat ranches of the West." continued Mr. Lee. "The soil is so powdery and fine that an ordinary motor tru<*k will sink to the hubs and bliry itself in the soft earth even when unloaded. "We tried out Duplex trucks in the harvesting work last year, and they were used with such .success that ranch owners have been bom barding our western distributors and insisting on early deliveries ever since." Mr. Lee says the grain Is taken by truck to elevators from a traveling hopper which receives the threshed grain from a combination binder separator that cuts and threshes the grain in the field. • One truck is used with each threshing outfit and hauls' 130 bush els per trip to nearby grain eleva tors. Mr. Lee says the wheat Is han dled in bulk, tile Duplex being equipped with a small elevator, constructed on the same principle as those in the large grain elevators. Power for the elevator is delivered from the truck engine through an auxiliary shaft and belting. It is but a matter of minutes.rtor all the wheat to be transferred from a hop per into the truck. Government officials encourage the use of four-wheel drive trucks for hauling grain in the West. Mr. Lee says, because the cost of hauling the wheat to elevators is reduced fifty to seventy-five per cent. Then, too, there is a shortage of horses in the West, and the wheat growers undoubtedly would be greatly handi capped during the harvesting season were they unable to obtain motor trucks that can haul capacity loads under the conditions found on the western ranches. "Our soldiers and our Allies' ar mies in Europe must have food — millions of bushels of grain—and the Government is doing everything pos sible to insure an adequate supply of wheat." said Mr. Lee. "We are, indeed, glad that our trucks will play an important role in marketing the grain which will later feed the sol diers across the ocean." Larger Trucks Will Be Replaced by Smaller Type That the three-quarter ton pneu matic-tired truck will eventually supplant the one-and-a-half and two ton types in the work they have been doing: that the two-ton truck in turn will supplant the five-ton in the service it has previously been con sidered best adapted for: and that the five-ton truck will, save in a very restricted sense, take the place of all heavier types, is the startling asser tion made by Sales Manager P. H. Akers of the Keo Motor Car Com pany. "I base this assertion on obser vation of work that our trucks are doing in all parts of the country and in all kinds of business," said Mr. Akers, "and on the tendency that la unmistakable on the part of buyers? to renew their equipment with the lighter types instead of the former heavy ones they consider best. "The answer is simple. In only a small percentage of cases does the, load equal the capacity of. let us say, the two-ton truck. And in an equally small percentage of cases is the entire load to be delivered to one place. "In other words, the loads can just as well be split up into two or three smaller loads and thus render pos sible use the lighter, speedier truck? with tfte result that two or three trips can be made in the time it would otherwise take to make one and at a lesser cost per ton mile.' "Now if these smaller loads are to go each to a different point or to be distributed in small 'lots or packages to several points on a long route, the saving of time and fuel is still great er. "We used to think that If, on oc casion, the load would amount to two tons or thereabouts, we must have a truck of not less than that capacity. Experience proves this theory to have been wrong in fully ninety per cent of cases. "There used to he another theory that has been proved equally erron eous. namely, that pneumatic tires were not suitable for truck service. "That old bugbear, the puncture, was always uppermost in buyers minds and they did not stop to rea lize that in city service the percent age of punctures is so small as to be practically negligible. "The thing that has brought the pneumatic tire to the front is the tre mendous saving effect in the chassis by mounting it on air instead of on solid rubber. There has never yet been found any substitute so cheap or so resilient as air and that, of course, is the basic principle of she pneumatic tire. "To-day many tire experts con tend that everything up to five tons will ultimately be carried on pneu matic tires and I find they agree with me that the five-ton truck will be the maximum capacity required save in certain restricted classes of work such as hauling coal or stone. "Just as the *i-ton truck is rapid ly supplanting the 2-ton vehicle in service which the 2-ton truck former ly performed, so the 2-ton truck is now supplanting the 4 and 5-ton truck in the heavier service. "The same principle holds—smaller loads delivered in quicker time and at lesser cost per ton mile. Private Owners as Well as Dealers Drive From Factory It is not alone dealers that are driving away cars from the automo bile factories, according to a letter received from the Dort Motor Car Company, by E. C. Ensminger, Dort distributor. ' •Do not hesitate to recommend to your customers that they take de livery at the factory," advised Gen eral Sales Manager Mansfield. "Many are doing it and with uniformly sat isfactory results. Incidentally they are able to see the- plant and meet the men who 'build the car. This es tablishes n friendly relationship that often counts in later years. . "A buyer taking delivery at the factory has a better opportunity to try his car out on the road than he would ordinarily take If at home. , Besides the trip makes a beneficial vacation to him." Use McNeil's Cold Tablets. Adv. PERFECTION TIRE | COMES TO TOWN Keystone Sales Co., at 108. Market Street, the Distributors The Perfection Asbestos Tire has: come to Harrisburg. These tires are being distributed by the Keystone Sales Company, a new tire and ac-, cessory house just opened at 108 ! Market street, under the management! of Mr. G. G. Golling. I In speaking of the Perfection Tire Mr. Golling says. "These tires are built with quality paramount. It is quality in a tire that counts in the long run and quality has been the embodiment of Perfection Tires. It is a boon to the user and an everlasting monument to the producer. A satis- I tied customer for every sale we make is our aim and our stronghold." _ "In Perfection tires an asbestos fabric is used to protect the cotton fabric, both In the curing process and from the friction of the road. This asbestos fabric is placed be tween the tread and the fabric and the breaker strip is also made of this asbestos fabric. The asbestos, both in the breaker strip and the outer Ply of fabric being very fabrous and I of kindred mineral qualities to the mineral qualities in the rubber, forms; a perfect union with the rubber,! thereby eliminating the most common ailment in the ordinary tire, Blisters and tread separation." "These tires are guaranteed 6.000 miles, which is only a safeguard to the skeptical buyer who has not found by experience that when the 6,000-milestone has been reached that the tire has only warmed up to the job. ' . """*!? Keystone Sales Company also handle the Ajax and Kelly-Spring held tires and a complete line of mo ""d greases and gasolene. \\ hile just opening they are in a po sition to make immediate deliveries on all their products. "13" Lucky Number in Sale of Apperson Eight "13" is generally an unlucky number and many are superstitious aibout the fate associated with it. But this is not true of the Apperson Bros. Automobile Company, of Koko mo, Ind., as "thirteen" must be their lucky number. At least the officials of this pioneer company are disposed to think so since hearing of a demonstration made recently with one of the new Apperson Eights in Fall River, Mass. One day last week Walter S. Beers, of the Kokomo factory went to Kali River from Boston with an Apper son Adaptable Sedan to show it to a prospective buyer. Arriving in the mill town he found that his buyer was an elderly couple, both over seventy years of age. They both ex plained to Mr. Beers that they didn't want speed but rather a car that would run thirteen miles per hour. Why thirteen was selected Is not known. But the fact remains that for three full hours the Apperson Eight was required to travel up hill and down and never at a speed ex ceeding the thirteen mile per hour gait. It stood the test and the sale was made. This well demonstrates the extreme flexibility of this new Apperson engine "the 8 with 80 less parts." Cadillac Car as an Outdoor Pulpit Indicating the trend toward motor transportation is the specially fitted Cadillac car of David Goldstein, which left San Francisco recently. Mr. Goldstein is a representative of the Catholic Truth Guild of Bos ton and is engaged in mission work. Bis specially fitted car gives him an outdoor auditorium in a way. The forward part of.the body is so arranged that the top can be ad justed to form a soundingboard for the speaker who talks out in the open. Mr. Goldstein is now touring Cali fornia. but will eventually cross the country, finishing his trip at Boston in the fall. SEl^N^^^S are big: powerful trucks of massive construction, built for POWER, STRENGTH and SER VICE. They are constructed to withstand the hardest kind of service, day in and day out. In comparison with other trucks of the same rated capacity, they are bigger and better in construction, possess greater strength, greater hauling power and greater speed in operation. Thousands of satisfied owners will testify to this. OUR SPECIAL LIBERTY BOND OFFER UNTIL MAY 4, 1918 is still in effect. We are desirous to do all we can to help the sale of Liberty Bonds, and we are therefore offering to devote 20 per cent, of each and every sale of Selden Trucks to the Pur chase of Liberty Bonds. I The above cut is not a strange sight to anyone acquainted with congested traffic. How often we see a team delayed by just such an accident. The horses are crippled and have to be shot. Think of the expense, the delay. A truck is gliding by. Such accidents ijever happen to them. They are expense savers, time savers, and give dependable every day service. • See us for a demonstration at your convenience I SELDEN TRUCK DISTRIBUTORS 904 MARKET STREET, - - HARRISBURG, PA. Hauling V "THERE are timee when you can profit by the other fel * low's experience Big concerns with facilities for get- ting at the facts often point a safe pat hfor others to follow. Most large concerns buy motor trucks on the basis of known, proved low-cost hauling. Steadiness in operation, durability, low fuel and oil cosi*, low upkeep and depreciation, prompt service these are the . points that count. The initial cost is only considered in relation to the service that a motor truck gives. Concerns that know and are able to determine the truck that provides low-cost hauling are buying more and more INTERNATIONAL MOTOR TRUCKS every year. Does not this justify you in getting the facts be- fore you invest in motor truck equipment? jwA In the International line of motor trucks there are 7 models to choose W from—a size to meet almost every requirement—at prices y|llFj|| IJr ranging from $1,450 to $2,550 for the chassis (cash f. o. h. |i|!> factory), with suitable bodies for every business. y See the International Motor Truck at the showroom of our locui dealer. Telephone or write to the nearest Company branch listed below for full information. Economical tVansportu- Jw/m Wn tion is the topic of the day. There is no obligation involved ISwj/L 3 ' in getting the facts from some member of our organic itio'l. j, j I I 7"j International Harvester Company ■ :-ULd J] 3 gjj. ~Jt±r rica ' A |i a stis|!f Motor Truck Dept., Bin Walnut Street Q BQ Fl flO Harris burg, Pa. \ Hell Phone 235 Independent 2351 j/W/f \ B BQSQS B I!! I' l HItAXCH HOUSES AT Baltimore, Md. • I.lniii-u, K. V. Pittsburgh, Pa. Parkersburg, W. Va, •jL Philadelphia, Pcnna. MAY 4. 1018'. 9