diers May Remain
n Army Until They
Get JobsJJaker Orders
rasldngton, Jan. 25. —To solve
problem of unemployed dis
rgod soldiers, the War Dcpart
lt has ordered that no man be
harped from the army against
desire until such timo as he can
tin employment In civil life. .
was announced to-day that or
s had been telegraphed to all
artment and division comniand
j,t Socretary Baker's direction,
etain all men who desire to re
n temporarily in the service,
iout prejudice to theh r subs&-
it discharge to take employ- j
t. I
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us makes that are in first
lass condition and reason
ble in price. Come in and ;
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Goodyear
and Racine Cords
and other makes
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lex Garage & Supply Co., j
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tlartl Roller and Bull J[
Bearings and quite an f \
assortment of Cones and \S. \ J
Races and practically every
tiling pertaining to a car.
We also Handle Used Tires and JL m
Tubes. /I
USED CARS BOUGHT AND SOLD.
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gO Under all weather and road conditions, the Overland Model 90 has
won its present high reputation as a car that is easy to start, easy to run,
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ofM , and economical to maintain. This reputation is founded on ten years
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J'TV, of constant effort to merit the appreciation of the public. The Over- IsOj
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land car today is more deserving than ever of that prestige which has
grown from the enthusiasm of 600,000 owners.
(M . 1 The Overland-Harrisburg Co. ' f||
Pgg 212-214 North Second Street |f*|
BjK? V(tHK SHAXCHi r\ -r- NBWFORT lllt\\tii> ~
*2B-130 Wnt Market St. 1 Open Evenings Opposite I*. H. It. Station .
jjpjjpl Model Ninety Fire rsienee- Tourin, Cr *915 Sedtn. *1495- I. O.k. Toledo.
SATURDAY EVENING,
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| WILLIAMS MOTOR CO. PLACES
. s NEW EQUIPMENT IX SHOP
I j The Williams Motor Co., authoriz
' jed agents in Harrisburg for the Ford
| Motor Co., with salesrooms at 231
, North Second street, and Servlce <
• Station at ISOB-12 Logan street,
have recently remodeled their scrv
. ice station and placed new equip
ment there in order to give the full
I service advertised by the Ford Motor
! Co. This new equipment is in the
' form of modern and up-to-date ma-
I cntnery for the complete repairing
of Ford cars.
Ford repairing has been brought
1 down to a real system by the Ford
• Motor Co., and the various agents
i all dVer the country are being urg
i ed to adopt the methods approved
j by them so that universal service
can be obtained by Ford owners no
j matter whether they are in New
I York or in San Francisco,
t One of the features added by the
1 Williams Motor Co. is a large stock
| room for parts at both their service
i station and at the salesrooms, so
1 that owners can be supplied with
j whatever parts they desire at either
i place. This will be a big saving in
j tune and distance to the Ford own
| or. A complete stock of parts will
j be carried at both places.
And still the stealing of automo
i biles keeps up and more of it. Who's
! doing all this stealing anyhow? Is
' it a gang of boys, as the police were
i loth to think a short time ago, or is
lit some one else? It certainly is a
j sorry state of affairs, no matter i
! who's doing it, and is beginning to ,
I get on the nerves of auto owners, j
i It seems that- the one safe way left)
! to be sure your auto is where you j
j leave it when you come back is to j
' get a big healthy logchain and a
AUTOMOBILE NEWS
TIMELY LOCAL FEATURES OF INTEREST TO AUTOISTS
BY ALFRED P. DAVIES, AUTO EDITOR.
real lock, and then hook it to a
telephone po3t.
NEW FUEL TESTED BY THE
GOVERNMENT PROVES
SATISFACTOR Y
A substitute for gasoline said to
be satisfactory in every respect, to
cost less, to be available in ample
.quantities and to give more power
than gasoline has recently under
gone a series of tests by the gov
ernment at Washington.
The results of these tests by Cap
| tain E. C. Weisgerber have pi oven
I highly satisfactory and a deal is
now under way to commercialize
this product.
Some of the high points in the
test and the ones that will interest
automobile i.owners most, are the
tact that used on a passenger car
tile fuel drove it 17fc miles on a
gallon, against nine miles per gallon
of gasoline, atA increased the speed
of the auto from 47 miles per hour
to 69 miles per hour.
A Garford 3-ton .trufk, weigh
ing 7,373 pounds with its load, av
eraged 10.4 miles per gallon with
Liberty Fuel (as this new substi
tute is called), used two gullons of
water in the radiator, and consumed
2>i quarts of lubricating oil, or
103.1 miles per quart. The journey
was made at a speed of from nine
to 12 miles per hour, some of it
through rain. With gasoline in the
same truck it averaged 6.37 miles
per gallon, used 8 gallons of
water in the radiator, and 4ft
quarts of lubricating oil, and aver
age of 63.5 miles per.quart.
it is claimed that this substitute is
scentless, tasteless, and that its prod
ucts of combustion are cooler thai*
gasoline. It is reported to lie non
corosive. It does not give out soot
oi carbon, according" to reports, and
starts easier than gasoline.
No special apparatus is needed to
use Liberty Fuel. It will ignite only
from flame or spark.
• It has been rumored around that
the present traffic officers are to be
displaced by officers now doing pa
trolman's duty and the traffic men
are to do the patrolmen's work. 1
\\ ho ever thought this out sure did
look into the future (?). The pres
ent corps of traffic officers have had
over a year of experience and are
just beginning to be of real service
to the t ravel infr-public. To break in
a new lot of men to this job is to
RETTBERG BROTHERS,
128-150 X. Front St.
STEELTOX
AUTO REPAIRING, BATTERY
RECHARGING, United ytates and
Goodrich Tires, Mobiloils, Texaco
Motor Oils, Agency Gould Storage
Battery.
HELL PHONE
&X2mi3bCKG tfiSb TELEGRXPfI
welcome more accidents instead of
doing everything to prevent them.
MOTOR WORLD'S EDITOR
GIVES INTERESTING ADVICE
TO DEALERS
Ray W. Sherman, the well-known
editor of the Motor World, writes
an interesting little> story on how
to manage an auto show and the
course of this letter gives some in
teresting information on the plac
ing of cars in an exhibit. Mr. Sher
man sees the auto show from both
sides and is very capable of giv
ing this advice. . v
Speaking of crowding he says,
"All this crowding of exhibits costs
i the exhibitor real money. He gets
!an idea he is losing money if he
doesn't use every possible inch of
! space foi- planting cars, while as
! a matter of fact he is losing money
! by jamming his space so full.
! The dealer's object in going Into
I a show—even if he doesn't know it
—is to get the eye of the public and
make sales and the beginning of
sales. Ills sole object is to adver
tise and get prospects. But how is
I he going to get the eye of the pub
-1 lie and create a favorable want
j to-have-it opinion if he shuts off
! the view of the public and makes
it impossible for people to get into
his space? -
How can a salesman do anything
at all if he has to climb over run
ning-bcards and duck around un
der tops and lead his prospects
through a mystic maze, making it
as hard as possible for the pros
pect to see the (hing he is most in
terested in? Cars can't be sold in
that way. Of course a few ean be
sold, but so can a few of anything
be sold without any effort.
Here's hoping the Harrisburg!
motor dealers have an artistic show,
a real show this year. They have
the space and the inclination. Now
to put it into effect.
A good suggestion for* traffic reg
ulation has come to us from a
farmer in the upper end of the
county. He says: "Why not stop
all vehicular traffic at a street in
tersection and let all pedestrians
pass. Then stop all pedestrian traf
fic and let all vehicular traffic pass?|
In this way the two won't get alii
mixed up and hurt each other. You i
; never can tell which way a car is
j going to turn or whether it is go
ing straight ahead. Let's play
satety first and let one go- through
while the other waits." Good ad
vice. we say. Other citiea do, why
not us? w
MOTOR DEALERS TO MEET
MONDAY EVEXIXGG
A meeting of the Motor Dealers!
Association is scheduled to take
place .Monday evening at 7.30, in
the salesrooms of the Packard Mo
tor Car Co. Important* business is
to be'discussed and reports froht
various committees, especially the
show committee, will be heard.
Everything is moving smoothly
as far as the show is concerned, only
small details are left to be worked
out. ——.
J. J. Conroy, representative of the
Philadelphia branch of the Ford
Motor Co., has*"been spending the
last few days in this city with the
Williams Motor Company, going: over
the Ford situation in this territory.
The Williams Motor Co. are the au
thorized Kord distributors Tor Har
risburg. It is understood that Mr.
Conroy lias been taking up the mat
i ter of Kord repairing with some of
the local garage men. At the pres
ent time the Williams Motor Co.
maintain a service station at 1808-
1810 Logan street, but the Ford cars
have become so numerous in this
territory that additional authorized
service stations are badly needed.
NEW YORK AUTO SHOW
STARTS NEXT WEEK
The annual automobile show held
in New York is 'scheduled to start
next Saturday morning and will be
| held this year in Madison Square
! Garden. Owing to the lack of space
j there will be two distinct shows.
! one for passenger cars and the other
for trucks. The passenger car show
will begin February Ist. and con
! tinue until the Btli. The truck show
i will then begin and continue until
I and including February 15.
j The third annual Farm Products
| Show proved a huge success from
' point of attendance and sales of
| implements. Larger crowds than
j last year attended and every dealer
who displayed tractors and other
! implements claims to have secured
many sales and prospects.
! MAC'S GARAGE BREAKS
RECORD THIS WEEK IN SALES
Ten used Ford cars have been
the record of sales this week for
Mac's Garage. This part of the busi
ness has been ptfshed to the front
recently. Guying up used cars in
large numbers and repairing them
t and placing thegi in llrst cluss con- i
dition for sale is one of the big
ends of Mac's business.
Mr. McMillan and Mr. Cohen are
in Philadelphia to-day with the in
tention of buying up a large fleet of
Ford cars, which they will bring to
Harrisburg and offer for sale. Re
cently they purchased a fleet of sixty
cars in this way and the demand
created for them at that time was
larger than the supply.
REPRESENTATIVES OF
HARLEY-DAVIDSON CO.
TO BE HERE
On February 17 and 18 E. J.
Mueller and Fred. Stierhoff, repre
sentatives of the Harley-Davidaon
Motorcycle Factory, will be in Har
risburg for a conference of Central j
Pennsylvania dealers.
Many important phases of the j
motorcycle bpsiness is to be dis-'
I cussed. One is the new 1919 Sport j
Models, which will be placed on the
market in a short time. Heagy's:
Sporting Goods store, the local deal- !
ers. expect this new model any day, !
and will soon have one on display i
in their show windows ut Third and i
Cumberland streets.
A dinner at tlie Penn-Harris Hotel I
will be a feature of the conference. |
The exceptionally fine weather!
that has .prevailed this winter has i
been the eausd of more sales in au- '
tomobiles than has ever been re- '
corded in any January since the |
automobile business began. Every I
local dealer is reporting anywhere j
from live to twenty sales, and the;
outlook is .the brightest of any sea
son at this time of the year.
REPUBLIC TRUCK COMPANY
INCREASES WORKING
CAPITAL
1. IV. Dill, the ' local Republic
dealer, is in receipt of a letter from
President P.uggles of the Republic
Motor Truck Co., Inc., of Alma,
Mich., to the efTect that the recent
Republic Gold Note Issue had been
oversubscribed many times. The
issue was to secure $3,000,000 more
working capital and that applica
tions for over $14,000,000 had been
received.
This is strong evidence that the
motor truck business and especially
the Republic Motor Truck Co., was
sure to be a "comer." Investors j
are eager to subscribe to this loan
because of its substnntiability.
The Republic Co. is now working
on a peace time basis and will soon
be putting as many trucks on the
market as before the war.
T. C. Black, who recently went
to Akron, 0., where he spent a week
in the repair department of the
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co.,
learning the line points of vulcaniz
ing, has returned home. Mr. Black
made this trip in order to be able
to apply up-to-date methods in his
vulcanizing plant, at Black's Gar
age, on South Seventeenth street.
EASTERN APPERSOX
R E PREMEN TATIVE IX
THE CITY
W. T. Taylor, the eastern repre
sentative of Appeison Brothers' Mo
tor Car Co., of Kokomo, ind., was
in the city yesterday to take up the
question of delivery of a large num
ber of the neij Anniversary Model
with the Keystone Sales Co., the lo
cal representatives. „
Mr. Taylor's headquarters ase lo
cated in Philadelphia. He motored
here from York, coming by the tvay
of Marietta. In speaking of the
roads of Central Pennsylvania lie
did not seem to be very enthusiastic.
He says that the recent bond issue
will be a blessing for the community
as the roads are badly in need of
repair.
He was very enthusiastic about
the coming season for Apperson Mo
tor Cars. The. new Anniversary
Model has been creating much fa
vorable comment and the outlook
for a large number of sales is very
bright. The Keystone Sales Co., un
der the direction of E. L. Cowden,
G. G. Giliing and W. P. Grove, is
planning for a very strenuous cam
paign on this model, and will en
deavor to niake it the popular car
of Central Pennsylvania.
MAGNETO AND SPEEDOMETER
SERVICE STATION OPENS
Arthur P. Meyers bus rented the
second floor of 109 Market street,
and purchased the service stution
formerly conducted by the Front-
Market Motor Supply Co., for Bosch
Magneton and operate the busi
ness as heretofore. He will also do
all kinds of repairing of speedome
ters of all kinds, as well as mag
netos.
Mr/ Meyers is a well-known auto
mobile man, having seen service in
several of the large factories and
recently he has been in charge of
the work at the Front-Market Mo
tor Supply Co.
A detective from Portland has
made the suggestion that a law be
embodied in the regular motor ve
hicular laws of the state whereby
anyone purchasing anything from
an accessory store or garage must
show their ownership card to prove
that they are the owner or driver
of the car they have. If a regular
driver of the car, hp should have
the owner's card to show. Being
unable to display this card on re
quest, it would be considered that
the car was a sto'en one. This sug
gestion is in the way "of eliminating
theft.
MOTOR CLUB GIVES OUT
TOURING INFORMATION 1
Touring information on routes to
any part of the United States or
Canada can be had on application
to the Motor Club of Harrisburg. In
a recent bulletin issued by the club
a route through Virginia that had
recently undergone a course of re
construction was listed. This infor
rtiation tells the conditions of the
roads, whether toll must bff paid,
and many other interesting bits of
information. These bulletin s are
issued quite frequently, keeping the
members informed as to the chang
ing conditions of all nearby roads.
It seems that Pennsylvania is one
jump ahead of a large number of
oilier states on the matter of good
roads. Recently Virginia has begun
talking of a loan of $25,000,000 for
good roads, as well as many of the
western states. Keep the good
work up and by 1925 the highways
of the entire country will be "one
bed of roses" for the touring public.
We carry a
Complete Stock of
Everything For
The Automobile
Tires—Accessories—
Gasoline
P. H. KEBOCH
111 Market Street
Successor to Retail .Dept.
Front Market Motor Supply Co.
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FAST MOTOR
EXPRESS
to and from
New York, Phila. and
Harrisburg 1
Commercial and Furniture
Hauling
General Loeal Hauling
Anytime • Anywhere
All fully covered by insuranee
A. T. Raffensperger & Son
Mala Office Pbtla. Office
MM Market St. 307 Market St
HarrHbara, Pa. Pboa
Pkaae, 85SHJ Market 4439
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f DODGE BROTHERS j
MOTOR CAR I
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i The people who buy this car represent jb
j the substantial class in their own com- U*
munity, and hold fixed ideals of value.
Buying Dodge Brothers car is,, with
them, a matter of business because
| . they seem sure they will get more jjjf
I out of it.
! / j[j
j It will pay you to visit us and examine this oar. jjj
I The gusoline consumption is unusually low. J
j • the tire mifenge is unusually high.
Keystone Motor Car Co.
| 59 S. Cameron St. . |>
. Bell CHARLES' R. BARNER, Mgr. Dial
709 , 6 4454 |
JANUARY 25, 1919.
f Powerful AUy
Prepare for increased business —
the right delivery facilities is the
place to start- Bethlehem Trucks
fill the bill-of-demands.
u can know a Bethlehem by its armored
>e, correctly designed, properly mounted
liator—but that is only the outward sign of
efficiency—Bethlehem owners can count
worth on their cbst sheet and delivery
I receipts—
I It is the make of trucks designed to help
I business —not merely to haul goods—
Bethlehems are clean cut, dependable repre
sentatives of your business wherever they go—
I 4*
They are easy to operate —economical to
maintain without tinkering without
trouble and with prompt engine response and
the continual purr of an even running motor —
There is a right capacity for every line of busi
ness— all models equipped with Gray & Davis
Electric Starting and Lighting.'
IJ4 Ton Chassis 2J4 Ton Chassis Ton Chassis
I $1965 $2365 $3465
U F. 0.8. Allent*;wn, Pa.
Be known for prompt deliveries a Bethlehem
M will shoulder that share of the job.
|§k 11 ( Overland-Harrisburg Co.
212-214 North Second Slreet
YORK lIIJAM Il': linWHOIIT RRAYCH:
WMwflNw 12S-130 \V. Market St. Opp. I*. 11. 11. Station
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