8 MOTORISTS WEL COME EXTRA HOUR Daylight Conservation Meas ure a Boon to All Autoists "Considering the complete suc cess of the new daylight saving plan, I often wonder that it was not put Into effect years ago," says B. F. Baker of the Miller Autq Company, local Oldsmobile dealers. • "Incidentally, It is remarkable ■ STORAGE AIX ACCOMMODATIONS LIGHT —HEAT—FREE AIR RATES REASONABLE Hoffman Garage Seventh and Camp Sts. OPEN DAY AXD NIGHT Will Sudden May You Unprepared? Will your top and curtains be in good shape to withstand a heavy downpour? Our Refinishing and Retrimming Dept. Does First-class Work in This Line. Our other departments are just as efficient in WOODWORKING BLACKSMITHING #>AINTING, ETC. We Make Any Kind of Commercial Bodies Make Your Car Look Like New By Having It Done Over By the C. A. FAIR Carriage and Auto Works 1135 Mulberry St. Both Phones CHANDLER SIX $1595 • Unusual Economy Without Sacrifice THE Chandler Six has always been famous for its economy of operation —economy without the sacrifice of reserve power, without the sacrifice of roadability, without the sacrifice of beauty of design. Thousands of Chandler owners all over America tell of gasoline mileage of fifteen % to seventeen miles per gallon. Tire mileage of seven thousand to nine thousand miles per set of tire's is commonplace among Chandler owners. Chandler owners and Chandler dealers say that the service upkeep of the Chandler car is muchness than that of other good cars which they have owned or sold. In the ownership of a Chandler Six you will possess a really great automobile—great not merely from the standpoint of economy of operation and maintenance, but, even more important, from the standpoint of mechanical excellence and daily performance. The Chandler motor, designed and built in our own factory, distinguishes the Chandler chassis, marked throughout by its simplicity and its sturdiness. The life, pick-up, get-away and endurance of this motor will astonish you quite as much as it pleases you. Bodies of most attractive design and of unusual comfort are mounted on the Chandler chassis. SIX SPLENDID BODY TYPES Seven-Passenger Touring Car, $1595 Four-Passenger Roadster. 51595 Four-Passenger Dispatch Car, 51675 Convertible Sedan, 52295 Convertible Coupe, 52195 Limousine, 52895 (All prices f, o. b. Cleveland) COME CHOOSE YOUR CHANDLER NOW Andrew Redmond, Distributor Third and Reily Sts. Harrisburg, Pa. ' Bell 2133 Dial 4616 MOTOR CAR COMPANY, CLEVELAND, OHIO SATURDAY EVENING, how easily and freely the entire' na tion made the change. It Is quite a stunt to got a hundred million peo ple to do the same thing at the name time. There was opportunity for much confusion, misunderstand ing, railroad accidents, etc., but It all moved off as smoothly as the pro verbial clock work that it was.' "While it is, of course, primarily a great industrial conservation mea sure, it will also serve to add much summer months." "Automobile owners are especial ly enthusiastic. And they have good to everybody's enjoyment of the reason to be, for it means more to them than anyone else. They will now be able to get out into the open for a long ride during the most en joyable part of the day. Even though their business hours happen to be unusually long, they actually gain sixty good minutes for recrea tion.' "This applies to all three seasons, spring, summer and fall. At this time of the.year, for .instance, even after a line day, the evenings are apt to be decidedly chilly so that under the old time, it would hardly lip worth while to take the family for a drive. Now, however, the extra hour provides ample time for a tine, exhilarating ride —the most healthful as well as enjoyable rec reation for the whole family." "In the summer time the advant age will be even greater. Then the twilight will last well Into the even ing and It will be possible to make fairly long tours before dark.' "Everyone with whom I have talked, and I have made It a point to speak to a great many people about It, are thoroughly pleased with the arrangement. Many of them have been quite emphatic in i stating that they hope to see,a bill ' passed that will summer daylight conservation a permanent affair." SELDEN TRUCKS WIN PRAISE Prove Efficiency on Short Hauls or Cross Coun try Runs The many owners of Selden Trucks all over the country and big business men in the commercial world, are speaking words of praise these days in appreciation of the tine performance of these machines un der all kinds of strains and the sev erest running conditions. The sturdy build of these trucks are standing them in good stead, proving the assertions of the manu facturers that they are built extra heavy, in order to withstand all the tests they are put to. In times like the present, efficiency is the key note to success in all lines of endea vor. In the motor truck world, a new departure of cross country hauling brings out the salient points of any car, owing to the many bad roads and the severe strains of long traveling and extra heavy loads. The trucks that stand this strain proves effectively that they are the logical truck for any kind of business. The Selden Trucks have been en gaged in cross country hauling for some time, in fact were among the pioneers in this work and are liv ing up to the reputation of years. A large number of big business firms using them is a silent testimonial to the thorough service rendered by the Selden. In Harrisburg these trucks are handled by Selden Truck Distri butors who during the early part of next week will occupy new and large quarters at 1021-23-25 Market St. Several Big Garages in Course of Construction This month will witness the com pletion of several large garages in this city. During the winter months fire destroyed three of the largest and they are being rebuilt, while several others are being enlarged and a few additional ones added to the ever increasing number. One of the largest under the course of construction is that of the Harrisburg Automobile Company at Fourth and Kelker streets. This gar age will occupy the square with Fourth street on the west side, Kel ker street on the south side, Fulton street, on the east and Dauphin street on the north. The salesroom ! and offices will face Kelker street, ! while the old Kelker street market | house will be used for dead storage and repairing. M. Brenner & Sons are rebuilding the old Harrisburg Auto Company's garage at Third and Hamilton streets, and are enlarging it so that it will occupy salesrooms and offices facing Third street. Andrew Red mond, whose garage was one of the ones that burned down recently, ex pects to occupy his new salesrooms in the Evangelical Publishing Com pany's new building at Third and Heily streets. S. A. Fisliman is build ing a large garage at the corner of Fourth and Chestnut streets, that will be one of the best equipped in Central Pennsylvania. C. L. Conover is enlarging his garage at 1334 Howard street. This is now in the course of construction and will comprise a large storage quarters as well as salesrooms. An other large garage is about complet ed on Third street, south of Chest nut and it is understood that one of the well known automobile men of this city will occupy it. J. S. Sible is turning the old Ludwig and Sny der livery 'stable at James and Cumberland streets into an up-to date garage. The work on most of these garages will be finished in the next month or two. ttOIWISBURG TELEGRAPH EXPERT TELLS OF THRIVING WEST San Francisco Chalmers Dis tributor Docs Million Dollar Business Despite War Detroit, Mich., May 11. While wages and general business condi tions throughout the east received a sudden boost with the first wave of war orders, the tide of prosperity in the western States has been grad ual but positive until, now in the role of a clearing house re ceives continual reports of the un questionably and growing prosperity on the Pacific. The California edition of the Chal-. mers Monogram just issued here is replete with convincing figures of Coast conditions as they exist to-day with the United States thirteen months at war. In San Francisco the L. H. Rose- Chalmers Co., a distributing organi zation that started in to market Chalmers cars in 1915 with but a single country dealer, has to-day close to fifty; and in a territory that measures three times the size of Bel gium, every dealer is contracting for more cars than in any previous sea son. In the year preceding the appear ance of the Rose-Chalmers organi zation there had been but sixty-eight Chalmers sold in the entire state of California—whereas In the twelve months just closing, with all the problems of actual wartime, this same company has marketed more than a million dollars worth of Chalmers cars—in northern Califor nia alone. South of the famous Te h#chapi Mountains, embracing Bos Angeles and all of Southern Cali fornia the Greer-Robbins Co., have established a record equally remark able. Their success with the beau ties of the moving picture world has been especially evident with the re sult that the Chalmers, always dol led up" in special tops and rainbow tints, has become the mascot of Movie Filmland. "A unique situation has developed in the Pacific Coast zone" remarked Geo. Pearson, Jr., Pacific Coast rep resentative recently a factory visi tor in that we have the rather amus ing spectacle of motorists and auto mobile dealers in a general scramble for Chalmers cars. ' "The astonishing work of the Hot Spot and Ramshorn manifold in the eastern states, during the severe winter, has done much to revive a spirited Chalmers following through the west. "Chalmers sales, have not only been in the ascendancy for the past six months, but we have added one hundred and eleven now dealers since January first, and this is the finest criterion of motorcar pres tige. The private owner merely buys an automobile whereas a dealer ob ligates himself by contract and in vestment to 'see it through' and the fact that new organizations and old established houses, to the extent of one hundred eleven dealers, have been willing to back Chalmers Cars with their last dollar, is the most convincing proof of Chalmers standing: in the zone of the Pacific Coast. Man Must Have "Chummy "Roadser For These Girls That the Apperson Brothers of Kokomo, Indiana, were the origina toYs of the Chummy roadster type of body for motorcars is a fact con ceded generally by the automobile industry. To Elmer Apperson, pion eer motorcar builder, belongs the honor of first thinking of this four passenger body which achieved fame and became universally popular seemingly overnight. That it is popular Is well attested by the answer of two out of six high school girls down in Dallas, Texas, the other day when asked to explain the kind of husbands they wanted. Here are the six answers: "He must have a Chummy road ster and earn $5,000 a year, and be must be literary inclined."—Louis Boli. "My man must earn $7,000 a year. He must have a Chummy roadster and not belong to any clubs." — Gladys Finks. "He must be good looking and a fine dancer and earn at least $lO,- 000 a year."—Jewell Root. "I want an ambitious man; his looks and earning capacity do not matter."—Cecile LaTaste. '"My man must have refinement and good morals; the rest can take care of itself." —Hortense Henen berg. "I won't marry unless I can have a lieutenant or a captain."—Rieta Bishop. A motorcycle rider of Jersey City, N. J., was recently awarded $2,000 damages in a suit against the muni cipal water company of Hackensack for damages sustained when he ran iiUo an excavation which had been left unguarded and unlighted. The rider was seriously injured and his mptorcycle was badly damaged. June 22 and 23 are the dates the Federation of American Motorcyclists has set for the 1918 Gypsy Tours. Last June 22.000 motorcycle rid ers turned gypsies for two days and took part in the first annual Gypsy Tour. With the greatly increased interest manifested in motorcycles since >he United states entered the war, there is no doubt but that 25,000 to 30,000 riders will participate in the Gypsy Tours this year. It is not necessary to be an F. A. M. member to take part in the Gypsy Tour, rtnd anyone interested in the tour, whether a member or not, can obtain detail ed information by communicating with any one of the motorcycle manufacturers or with T. R. Thom as, secretary of the Federation of American Motorcyclists, Akron, O. T. E. Thomas, secretary of the Federation of American Mottor cyclists, announces that during the war the F. A. M. will pay the dues of all members while they are in the Army or Navy. This is probably the first organi zation of its kind to do this, and it is a commendable move, to say the least. "Tried and found perfect" is the general comment on Jordan's Motor cycle delivery by the up-to-date peo ple of Portland who have called this new delivery into their service. Al though the new Idea has only been In existence two or three weeks, the demand upon the outfit is bocomii>u greater every day. TALK ON WAR AND TIRE INDUSTRY Sales Manager of the Miller Tire Co. Tells of Their Relationship Recently before a body of leading tire dealers, Frank C. Millhoff, Sales Manager of the Miller Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio, used for his theme "War and the Tire Industry." Among other phases he discussed the direct effect that wartime condi tions have had upon the quality of tires. "The war, undeniably, is making better men and women of all of us. We are making everything go the farthest and we are doing everything thjft we can do the best we know how. The product of industries must then be lifted higher in quality— provided, of course, that quality Is really being striven for. But the problem of tire manufacturers has been vitally more than good fabric, and good rubber and ample knowl edge of tire making methods. It has been a problem of men. "Several years ago wo discovered that tires vary in mileage about as the men building them differ in their work. Eliminate these variations in vital operations we should have uniformity in making and uniform mileage from the tires out on the •road. We put ourselves to the task of training men to be uniform. We kept scientific records. Those who could linally pass the test remained. Those who could not were sent else where. And so to-day, only picked squads build Miller Tires. Their average personal efficiency is 96 per cent. Of all the tires they build less than 1 per cent ever calls for adjust ment. "And the war has made us con scious that the field had grown nar- | row from which to pick men and i train them. Only exceptional men) will do. Even to-day only about one i motorist in lifty can be supplied with j Miller Tires. But we propose to goj on just the same and though we mas#] not be able to increase our output in j proportion to the demand for Miller j Tires, we shall have the satisfaction j of knowing that, every tire that we j build is uniformly built and conse-1 quently will give Uniform and Max-j imum Mileage." Car Shortage Has Not Had Its Effect on Auto Prices "It is a rather remarkable tribute ; to the fine spirit of the automobile j business that in the face of the most j serious shortage of cars the industry | has ever known, no manufacturer j even thinks of applying the old I remedy of boosting prices to put | down demand," was the statement j recently made by Vice-President R. C. Ruesehaw, cif the Mitchell Motors! Company, Inc., of Racine, Wis. "The) j j|jfi 'j IBe a r liIIE marked beauty and demonstrated power of this new ji; jjl =| = JL Oldsmobile Sportster have won it immediate recognition Snlji .-4: J : !Iff Ijl as the Outstanding Car of its class. 1111111 l t-jffll I The long; trim, graceful lines of this sportster design —the rakish ly lowered j;;.:;:;;:::: uS II ,£. ■ Il+ slightly narrowed body, suggests its speed and instantly responsive jtj: "tl'-Jijijß I pow'er. Cradled on long underslung springs, it provides unusual comfort s|; (ft :±:3fip!±fe l 111 ■ Built on the well known Model 15-A chassis, its powerful .perfected |y!:: ;1 i! Hj : "?•' j [h | 8-cylinder motor has a txeo-phase or dual poicer. |j j t j An Idling Pace —A Thrilling Speed ±i-|r 111 i are thus available at the will of the driver. It is a remarkable mechanical if:: jj: j jjj: '-■£ : jjj] ||| | achievement that merits your investigation. * "I""'""" 5 i ± || Price 91550.00, f. o { b. Lansing -s;;||| I OLDS MOTOR WORKS .1 LANSING MICHIGAN : i:: + g |j: 5 fe. ::: H|| I Miller Auto Co., Inc. 58-68 Scuth Cameron St. jjjjj j nil mm ill rttmttin Mechanicsbur g Branch Lebanon Branch 111 C ' Gu y Myers, Manager H. Harkens, Manager I t s|| |!i| very reverse is, in fact, the case be cause we are all fighting tooth and nail against the inevitable price in creases forced by rapidly increasing manufacturing costs. "For a long time the material sit uation has been a hard nut to crack. With steelmakers and other sup pliers boosting their production to meet wjy--time requirements it has been hard enough to get any kind of material. But when you consider that in building a car like the Mitchell only the highest grades of materials can be used you will be gin to get some idea of the difficul ties of laying in a supply of -raw materials and the prices that must be paid for it. "The labor situation hasn't made the job any easier. You can't take a million and a half cr two million of our young men away from the work ing forces of the country and not feel a sharp shortage all along the line. In the Mitchell plant, for in- GUARANTEED 6000 MILES Every Perfection Asbestos protected Non-ski<{ tire is guar antccd 6000 miles, (Ford size is guaranteed 7500 miles) and p when the tire has reached the (3000 th milestone, it is only begin- rnTO ning to warm up to its work. Asbestos Protection I'fgfymmk means that the tire has an asbestos outer fabric and breaker j.'t mi I V HIS strip which insures a more perfect cure and entirely prevents j I jflf I U that old bugaboo—"rim cuts." rSf I j flla! More Miles and Easier Riding Comfort is an assured fact || Is *1 iBl when your car is equipped with PERFECTION tires. Less j IB |j| | J PH gas consumption and a perfect roadibility of motion arc a few 1 jj KHI ;|lm more features which Perfection-equipped car owners enjoy. 1 | IpQ " Come in and see these tires to-day. 1 n Keystone Sales Co. Itl|\ |Sf 108 Market Street. Phones PERFECTION TIRES ÜBF MAY ir, 191& stance, we have found It is cheaper to employ good men at good wages. Step by step, piece by piece and car by car, it actually costs less to build an automobile with alert intelligent men than with the lower and cheap er grades of labor. Therefore as the quality of the men available sinks the labor cost rises and It is becom ing harder to get good men at any price. "With such reasonable excuses as backing there is scarcely an industry on earth that would not relieve a shortage of merchandise by an arti iicial price boost. Indeed, with a live ly demand and a short supply the old law of supply and demand would inevitably bring about such an in crease in price without much assist ance from the manufacturer. "But in the automobile industry we are standing firm. Prices must In crease, of course. We can't tell when such increases will hit us. But so long as we are able we are holding prices down. When the raise comes it will be no false or artificial one, arbitrarily made to increase profits and relieve the market will be due to no longer escapeable increases In every manufacturing cost." Don't Worry Abcut anything when yon take a pleasure spin up the river road. , STAHLER Keepn nil Klitda of Aato AcceHMorieft, Tire* and TubtM—Atlantic (-nnolinc. OIIm itml <*rcue. Evcrythlns tiu urn ii teed. Stahler's Auto Repair Shop Ft. Hunter, Pa. DIAL I'IIONE
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