10 DUPLEX PLOWS THROUGH MUD Remarkable Haulage Feat in Oregon Canyon and on • Snowy Mountain Reports have been received by President H. M. I<ee, of the Duplex Truck Company, of Lansing, of a remarkable haulage feat accomplish ed by a Duplex truck, which during March pushed through the Pass Creek canyon, Oregon, which had been impassable to all vehicle traf fic since the rains last fall. The highway is never open to traf fic until early in the summer, and predictions were made that the truck would become buried in mud. However, the Duplex, according to Pdrtland newspapers, pushed through oceans of mud and then negotiated a narrow snow-banked road from 6-Passenger Touring $865 3-Passenger Clover-Leaf COCC Roadster JJOOO Ensmineer Motor Co. THIRD and CUMBERLAND STS. Bell Phone 3515 Official Willard Service Station Neglect will ruin the finest Stor age Battery made how have you been treating yours? When did it have water last (distilled) and how is it acting? It will pay you to have us test your battery regularly for we're competent experts,in the CHARG ING and REPAIRING of ALL MAKES of STORAGE BAT TERIES. First-class service at reasonable charges. DUPLEX 4-WHEEL DRIVE TRUCKS Built to Accomplish Out-of-Ordinary Haulage Tasks Sturdy and dependable, with irresistible reserve power, Duplex 4-W heel Drive Trucks begin their notable haulage tasks where other types of commercial vehicles leave off. 0 Exclusive application of the Duplex 4-Wheel Drive principle nia^es h possible for Duplex trucks to haul capacity loads under || If conditions that prevent the operation of any other type of heavy haulage vehicles. 11th YEAR g ui i t for year-'round service, Duplex trucks are on the job spring and summer, fall and winter —12 months of every year— pei forming satisfactorily under extreme weather and road con ditions. They are opening up new territory to motor truck trans portation hauling raw and finished products overland from city to city—giving never-faltering service. ••• Duplex Trucks are built especially for contractors, road builders, manufacturers and jobbers—for out-of-ordinary haulage work—and are delivering capacity loads at lowest ton-mile cost. HARRISBURG AUTOMOBILE CO., 4th& Kelker Sts. Cleveland and Beeman Tractors Reo Hulburt Trucks DUPLEX ' TRUCK COMPANY Lansing, Michigan SATURDAY EVENING, ftAHJRISBTJRG TELEGRAPH! "MAY IS. 1918 Grant's Puss to Cresc lit City, which was declared to be a boulevard com pared to the Pass i'reek canyon highway. This road is never used before May. according; to the news papers, the mail being taken over the mountains meantime on horse back. A Portland newspaper reports this part of the truck's journey as fol lows: "A Duplex four-wheel drive truck has again wiped the word 'impossi ble' out of the road vocabulary of Oregon. The same Duplex that plowed through the mud of Pass Creek canyon completed its journey across the Coast Range mountains. "Its long trip from Portland end ed March S, when it was delivered in good condition to the County Com missioners- of Curry county at the town of Brookings, after a run of nine days and approximately 458 miles. "Across the mountains the truck had to follow a narrow mountain road covered with snow two to four feet deep, and with such sharp turns that several times it was necessary to stop the. Duplex, back it and go ahead again before it could nego tiate the snow-banked roads. "Once one of its rear wheels miss ed a culvert on a curve, hidden by the snow. Down dropped the wheel over the edge of the culvert until the axle bumped on it. In this emer gency the power in the two front wheels pulled the truck out of dif ficulty in a moment." EAGI.ES VOTE A WAR TAX Sunbiiry. Pa., May 18.—A special war tax of 50 cents a member was decided upon at the state convention of the Knights and Ladies of the Golden Eagle here. This will be used to pay the death benefits of any members killed in the service of their country. The per capita tax for this year was reduced from 54 to 50 cents. Wilkes-Barre was chosen as the place for the next meeting. SAXON PLACES 531 CARS IN HALF DAY Spring Orders Surpass Those of Same Period in Former Years The' marked increase in motorcar sales which characterized the mid winter season of the Saxon Motor Car Corporation has been followed by an opening of the spring season even more propitious. Although the warm days of the year have been so few to date that tliey can be readily counted, dealers in e\ery section 'of the country report big jumps in sales. w'Hile the orders at the factory indicate a mammoth season to come. A week ago a new record for a half-day's business was established on Saturday morning, when the fac tory received requests for 531 six cylinder cars between opening time and noon. The orders did not come from a single distributor nor. were they from a single locality. On the contrary, they came from various sections of the country, in dicating a most healthy demand for Saxon motorcars all over the United States. The extreme eastern sea board, the southern states, the great middle west and the northwestern grain country were all represented in the orders. Daily since this huge order of 531 cars was received the factory has been deluged with calls for cars in \ariouS other quantities, making in all a grand total that will necessi tate top-speed production to supply in the short time which the dealers say they can allow if the cars are to be placed In the hands of waiting patrons for the spring driving sea son. With the factory output kept at full speed all winter by the nev er-ceasing demand for Saxons, re gardless of season or Weather, the problem of increasing production to met this much larger spring busi ness is not a small one. However, the Saxon Motor Car Corporation Is prepared for it. Since the first of the year some changes and additions have been made to the factory's quarters and equipment, which insure a much larger production than has hereto fore been possible, and these inno vations have now been completed. The factory is running at full strength and to date is able, by this method of operation, to keep the un filled orders down to a fair num ber, although the quantities in which the new orders keep arriving re sults in a continual list of requests for cars which are awaiting their turn to be supplied. Sunshine Garage Busy at New Location Automobile activities have not j decreased in the least, according to .1. 1.. Rigglo, proprietor of the Sun ( shine garage. This firm recently ! moved to larger quarters and has | been crowded with all kinds of re • pair work, with no prospect for a | letup for some time to come. This ; shop is one of the best equipped in j Central • Pennsylvania for general au j tomobile repairing. Father Finds Missing Son Dead in Trunk Brookville, Pa., May 18.—Jammed In a trunk in the second floor of a stable, Lee Heiscel yesterday found the body of his 11-year-old son, Har ry. who had been missing since last Sunday. The body was found by ■accident after a search for the boy lasting all week had been unsuc cessful in finding any trace of him. The father, desperate after a fruit less hunt for his missing son, looked in the trunk by accident and found the doubled-up body of the boy. Though the hair and clothing were wet, a medical examination es tablished that the boy had not met death by drowning. The Status of the Light Car Used For Deliveries The process of educating the av erage merchant of to-day is going on rapidly and the task has been made easier by reason of the enormous amount of publicity that has been given the motortruck. Scarcely a newspaper or magazine in the coun try has failed to deal with the sit uation more or less at length in the past few months and not a few have gone Into a detailed discussion, war ranted by the size and importance of the industry. It has not been so very long ago that merchants, looking for speedier delivery and a way to secure more business than the now antiquated horse-drawn equipment could fur nish, began to experiment by putting commercial bodies on a chassis 'built primarily for carrying passengers only. Many of these makeshifts an swered their purpose for the time being and really did succeed in sav ing a great deal of time and in se curing a great deal of new business. But, like all other makeshifts, these devices had to give way to the deliverycar so designed and con structed as to bear the strain and overload that are always inevitable. Most of the users of such devices found that, whereas they gained in time and in new business, they were losing money in operating costs, chiefly because of the tremendous re pair bills that had to be met. It stands to reason, and most mer chants are learning if they have not already learned, that if their deliv ery is to be an asset rather than a liability they must use equipment de signed for the purpose. One sees very few heavy trucks used' for pleasure jaunts through the park and countryside, and also one sees very few passengercars used for de livering coal, though there might have been some few during this past winter. The horse has now entirely yield ed his place as a factor in the eco nomic situation of to-day and the merchant who lias any delivery worthy of the name is in line for a deliveryear. But if he wishes to gain the maximum of efficiency at a min imum cost he will have to invest in a deliveryear built for the purpose— a car built to withstand the pound ing and Jars of the road, as well as the strain of axles, springs and other parts, and if he realizes this at the beginning he will save himself a great deal of money and annoyance. Having realized this, he must next bear in mind that he must adapt Ilia delivery unit to the size of his business and secure a truck whose capacity is such that it will enable him to carry a full load rather than a constant underload or a constant overload, because when he begins to use his truck for burdens not adapt ed to it he begins to lose money. And. in the final analysis, most peo ple are in business for other things beside their health. American Built Military Roads to Endure "When tlie history of this war has been written," says D. O. Skinner, In ternational Motor Company, "it will be more fully realized what a vital part good roads have played In the great struggle. At the start motor trucks leaped to the front as the modern pacemaker of flexible trans portation and ever-increasing war needs have demanded new roads and better roads as most necessary for the proper backing up of fighting forces. "Motortrucks by the thousands will contribute an enormous advantage to United States road engineers en gaged in. new construction back of our lines. It is estimated that 1,200 miles of highways will be built in 1918 by American road engineers in the rear of the firingllne in France. To the special road-building battal ions is delegated the important task of keeping lines of communication constantly open, and Mack trucks working in conjunction with modern American road machinery will help to build new strategic lines and keep communicating roads in constant repair. The Mack fleet will be com posed of several thousand dump trucks, hot road oilers, pressure sprinklers for making waterbound macadam, gasoline tank trucks, printing press trucks for printing blueprints, instructions, plans, re ports, etc., machineshop. trucks, blacksmith and tool-repairing trucks. "Although France is particularly well endowed with good roads, it is often necessary for military reasons to construct many new lines. An estimate places the present mileage of French roads at one mile of road for each one and one-half square miles of ground surface. The tre mendous task of keeping these roads in perfect condition and building new ones at the same time can well be imagiped when it is realized that so far as wear and tear are concerned war traffic is ten times as great as that on Fifth avenue, New York. "Most of the roads of France are built of waterbound macadam. The peculiar nature of the French soil, which is of limestone formation, lends itself readily to compaction un der the roadroller and makes a very good road-building material, although , it requires constant maintenance. \ The British, however, the j tarred surface road and an increas- ] ing mileage of that type is found j back of the British lines. One of the principal objections to the water bound macadam road near the front is the dust, which rises from it in dry weather under heavy war traf fic. Clouds of dust draw artillery flre from the enemy, and for this reason United States engineers in planning road construction and main tenance near the American front will probably utilize large quantities of tar coating, which is freely obtain able in France. "Of course, the pressing object of American road construction Is to provide for the immediate needs of our forces, but the work carries witfi it both utilitarian and historic val ue. When Caesar's legions poured through Gaul and into Britain and returned to Rome again they left In their wake military roads so care fully constructed that many sections remain to-day as permanent monu ments of their presence. American system and modern methods likewise promise to contribute many enduring benefits to France. Our road-build ing battalions are going about their work scientiflcally and with an ob ject fully as far-reaching as the work of Caesar. All is not destruc tion that comes out of war and many American-built highways will remain to become of immeasurable value to France In conducting her commercial and social intercourse." 83, IS DIVORCED FROM WIFE OF 13 Harrlaon, Ariz. —Marshall Willis, S3 years old, has been given a flnal decnee of divorce from his girl wife. The Chancery court ruled that he Bhould pay her (300 and also decreed that he should not marry again with in a year. Willis was marcled more than year ago to Miss Pearl Car pahan, then 14 years old. PEERLESS MODEL IMPROVEMENTS Past Year Has Seen Many Im portant Changes Made Although the later reerless mod els are practically the same in all essential features that have charac terized their general makeup and are entering their third season, there have been many Improvements made on the sturdy chassis which have made it more convenient and effi cient. When this Two-Power Range Kight was first shown at the New York Show at the beginning of the 1916 season both the officials of the com pany and the public were so strong ly impressed with its possibilities that during the following seasons there has been no necessity for mak ing any marked changes in either chassis or design. However, the en gineering department has been at work during the succeeding seasons, adding every improvement that would tend to increase the comfort of the motorist or the economy of opera tion. To provide for the better carbure tion of low-grade fuel now in use. the gas- mixture is heated by passing it through the exhaust manifold. This heating process quickly vapor izes the gasoline as It passes Into the intake manifold and results in getting the full force of the explosive mixture even with the lower grade gasoline. Looking at the purely technical changes which have been made In the past season, the most note worthy is the elimination of the rocker arms in the valve operation and the substitution of straight-lino valves and push rods. This mini mizes wear, gives greater clearauce and makes the action practically noiseless. Another improvement has been the change in the camshaft and cam de sign. This change produces a slow and constant speed lift at the time of contact. This makes the valve adjustment an easier matter. It also adds greatly to the power. Atwater-Kent closed circuit system of ignition is used instead of the open circuit system. This type of system is used on account of its sim plicity of design and dependability at high speeds. These changes have been made after two and a half sea sons of laboratory tests, but the Peerless is in all its main points the same car whose great popular ity was evident from the start and whose performance since that time has. been up to the high standard originally set for it by its designers. Upholds Boy's Right to Peek Into Circus Xfw York. May 16.—The inalien able right of every red-blooded kid to steal a feck under the flap of a circus tent is an item of such ancienl and honorable standing that County Judge McDermott, who presides in Brooklyn, may rest assured, after yesterday, that the gene ration of Brooklynese, masculint gender, not to mention a few high spirited so-called tomboys, is with him to a man. Judge McDermott frowned down from the bench when John Douglas, a circus hand of the Barnum & Bailey forces, was arraigned on a charge of assault. The assault, it was alleged, consisted of administering a soun thumping with a broomstick to that ' ipart of the anatomy of Robert Rus sell. of the circus age 11, whose home is at 564 Vanderbilt avenue, which the boy did not deem it" necessary to drag inside the big canvas enclosure when he was stealing his peek. Doug las pleaded not guilty and then listen ed to this pronouncement from the kid loving Judge: "I appreciate the fact that these young lads sometimes become annoy ing to their elders, but under no cir cumstances does that in the least justify an assault. Moreover it can not be proved to me that when the cir-cus comes to town it is a crime for a little lad to steal a look under the tent. To beat a boy found doing so is the act of a cowardly bully." Saying which. Judge McDermott held Douglas for trial. Harrisburg Auto and Tire Repair Company Under New Management The Harrisburg Auto and Tire Re pair Co. has recently changed hands and will be under a new manage ment. The present proprietor will conduct the business along progres sive lines, handling a complete line of all kinds of tires and accessories and will do a general auto repairing and tire-vulcanizing business, be sides maintaining a large storage garage. HIUHI-A.VD SCUT AOROtSD . Buenos Aires. May 18.—The Nelson liner Highland Scot, 7,604 tons, is aground on the Brazilian coast, sixty miles north of Rio Janeiro, and Is considered to be a total loss. -The passengers were saved. Use McNeil s Cold Tablets. Adv. If you have plating or polishing work to be done, phone us or drop us a card, or, better still, drop in and see for yourself the quality of the work we turn out. Brass beds and chandeliers made to look like new. Jew elry and silverware replated. Automobile work a specialty. Our prices are as low as flrst . class work can be secured for anywhere. Pershing's Request Interesting Example "Although General Pershing has asked for 7,000 skilled automobile repairmen, only 1-0 of these are spec ified as tire vulcanizers and experts," comments A. G. Partridge, general sales manager of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, of Akron, O. "This small percentage—only 1.7 to the hundred—is a high tribute to the builders of modern passengercar and motortruck tires. It is proof that even the grUeling work of rush ing munitions to the front-line trenches, of literally dashing fhrough barrage fire with a load of wounded, of meeting shell craters, devastated roads, wrecked bridges and the like as a matter of course cannot make American-made tires quit. "And this is all the more note worthy when one considers the high development of salvage in modern warfare. It is no longer a case of "off with the old, on with the new" when a tire, a rifle, a hat or even a shoestring is concerned. It is in stead 'save everything you can.' "These tire experts are being re cruited to rejuvenate the .thousands of tires worn out in the strenuous service of the world war. I regard it as one of the highest tributes to American manufacture and American ideals of quality that so few are demanded." Germans Claim Napoleon As One of Themselves . Amsterdam. Having already claimed Shakespeare as a German, the Berlin newspapers have now discovered that Napoleon Bonaparte was also one of them. The claim to Napoleon is put for ward on the authority of a Prussian anthropologist, Professor Otto Mauser, who notes among other "proofs" that Napoleon had blue eyes and cinder-colored hair, which are "called characteristics of the German race." Napoleon's patronymic, he adds, was "Cadolinghi,"taken from the German word Kadeling. and his mother belonged to the Ramolini, '.'which is a debasement of Ram melein, an essentially German name." _ - - ' " " 1 """" (emu- •my mi w % |M4Sks IIIHIIII Ull 111 immilMHn—— All Cars Go to Fair's —Sedans, Limousines, Touring Cars because they get first class service on any kind of work—top trim ming—curtain making—repairing wrecked bodies or fenders —woodworking, painting, etc. First class repairmen in all departments give personal attention to all details. Top trimming—woodworking—blacksmithing—painting Com mercial bodies made to your specifications. C. A. FAIR'S Carriage and Auto Works 1135 Mulberry Street Bell Phone 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 tires is commonplace among Chandler owners. Chandler owners and Chandler dealers say that the service upkeep of *the Chandler car is much less 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 ot 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. t SIX SPLENDID BODY TYPES Seven-Passenger Touring Car, SIS9S Four-Passenger Roadster, $1595 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 Reily Streets, Harrisburg, Pa. Bell 2133 Dial 4616 CHANDLER MOTOR CAR COMPANY, CLEVELAND, OHIO g ===== iosatoso C/ldvancod SncfiriQQring K hc Note the Wider Seats In the New Series Marmon The scats in the New Series Marmon are 49 inches wide, the sides unusually deep, allowing the passengers to sit well down in the body. Three pas sengers can ride in the rear seat without crowding. The auxiliary seats in the followed in ordinary cars, tonneau are also large and com- Yet this sought-for roomi fortable. The whole arrange- ness has not been secured at the ment allows sufficient leg room sacrifice of lowness. Marmon to insure the comfort of the rear engineers have been able to scat passengers as well as those retain this feature and add who occupy the auxiliary seats. these important improvements. The front scat also is spa- To learn what extra com cious and comfortable. It gives fort these extra wide and deep the chauffeur much more seats mean, arrange with us to driving room than the method see the Marmon, and ride in it. 136-Inch Whetlbaie—lloo Pounji Lighter THE OVERLAND-HARRISBURG CO. 212-214 North Second St. Open Evenings
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