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
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CHANDLER SIX
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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.
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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
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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. '
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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.
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Motor Truck Dept., Bin Walnut Street Q BQ Fl flO
Harris burg, Pa. \
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