4 FORECASTS AUTO TOURING IN 1919 Motorists Told How Easy It Is to "See America First" Be fore Visiting Battlefelds Tli* outstanding feature as re gards the probable motoring condi tions far the coming season, relates ito the eer vincreasing tendency on the part of the motoring publlo to go father and farther afield in search or Interesting things to see. The slogan, "See America First," is at last be ginning to bear fruit in the greater increased demand for information relative to touring conditions throughout the entire western por tion of the country. The inability of motorists of means to take their cars to Europe, as was the almost uni versal custom prior to the outbreak of the war, has made it necessary for them to confine their touring to this country. As a result, thousands of motor car owners are beginning to realize at last that America has no peer as a scenic playground. Not only can this country duplicate practical ly everything in the way of moun tains and lake scenery which is to bo found in the Alps or the High lands of Scotland, but also it has many features which are peculiar to itself. Where, for instance, is it pos sible to find a replica of the far fam ed Petrified Forest in Arizona, or the prehistoric Cliff Dwellings which dot that section of the country? The Grand Canyon of the Colorado river certainly needs no introduction to any one who has studied his school geography, while nearly every one has either seen depicted in Yellow stone Phrk, and the glaciers in Gla cier National Park. Without attempting to go further into details in this connection, the demand for information about the motoring possibilities through the Far West is increasing to a large degree. There exists in the minds of a great majority of the tourists an un reasoning dread of what has been unfortunately designated the Great American Desert. Secretary W. D. Rishel, of the t'tah State Automobile Association, has very aptly said: "The average motorist has visions of miles and miles of sand, with almost unbear able heat, through which he must push his way to reach the Pacific ocean. He has read columns and columns of press agent 'slush' where this car or that truck made the trip after hardships worse than could be found on the western front, and that the driver came through alive due only to the strong construction of the particular car he drove or the make of tires the car had on or the kind of lubricating oil he used. "Now, what are the actual con ditions? The tourist may follow any one of the central routes and have a bed to sleep in under a roof every night. He can sit down to a table to eat his three meals a day. He will lind gasoline, a garage and automo bile supplies at frequent intervals, or as often as he needs them. The lighter he is equipped the faster time he can make. Instead of heat he will nfid an overcoat comfortable if he drives at night, and he will encounter more sand at the old river bed crossing near his farm in the mid-continent country than he will encounter .between the Rocky Moun tains and the Pacific coast. "Whenever water can be turned on the so-;called desert land, he will see crops of wheat and potatoes, fruits and vegetables, that will far sur pass the yield per acre of his eastern farm. And, what is more, he will scarcely ever be out of view of an other automobile occupied by a man and his family traveling to see the country." Jt is not the Intention to give the impression that such trips are free from difficulties, but merely to con very the idea that such difficulties are not nearly as overwhelming as many believe to be the case. Bad stretches will be found in various places, but there are a surprising number of good roads also, and much additional road improvement is being contemplated for the com ing season. Active highway depart ments have been formed in practi cally all of the western and middle western states. Such improvements will, of course, take time, but the satisfying features lies in the fact that a beginning has at least been made. As regards the touring in the eastern states, there is little which can be said at this time having a direct bearing on the situation. This is mainly the result of the lack of activity in highway improvement due to the exigencies of war require ments. The state and county engi neers have as a rule contented them selves during the past year in main taining the trunk roads in a fairly presentable state. This has been by no means an easy problem as a large number of motor trucks have been traveling over these routes during the past twelve months. In view of the existing situation, therefore, it would be wise for all tourists who are contemplating trips, of no matter what length, to secure up to the minute information about ihe roads over which they propose to travel. Otherwise they will most certainly come to grief, for they will ilnd that roads which they suppose to be in excellent condition, have been literally cut to pieces since they last traveled over them, while other roads which formerly they would never have dreamed of using, are now th? only one available. —A—MIIIIIMII III! ■■IIIIIIIMMMMMHMMMMMM—— x,9 V.O o\lJ ;11 „ |.lStorage |H3fTBBI H llldl U Batteries U HH J__T ™ ™ B OPERATED BY Emmmm serwce station MOTORISUPPLY Half Square From the Square-Seven South River Avenue COMPANY SATURDAY EVENING, PEERLESS CLOSED MODEL ■ ' ■ Ell w Kg Pointer on When to Renew Your Storage Battery Storage batteries wear out, and be cause they wear gradually there comes the time when every car own er must ask himself this question: "Shall I have my battery repaired or buy a new one?" The average battery man will tell you that the storage battery has a life from 15 to 2 0 months. This means that given a moderate amount of care and freedom from abuse, the storage battery will last approxi mately two seasons. Granted that the car owner starts the season with a new battery and takes advantage of all the service that is offered —such service as the Willard Storage Battery Company offers—he may reasonably expect that battery to run the first year and give complete satisfaction. Now if the car owner is battery wise, he will put it in the hands of a battery expert at the beginning of the sec ond season and have it reinsulated and generally overhauled. This will allow him to start the second season with a battery thoroughly efficient, perfectly sound "in the wind and limb." None the less, it is a year old. A battery is primarily a chemical apparatus. It will wear out in time in spite of all the care that can be given to it, however good the care. It wears out because the chemical elements intering into its make-up gradually lose their power of reac tion. When, therefore, the battery starts on its second year of life it has lost a certain amount of "come back." It may not hold the charge so long. It may not turn the start- T STEPHENS Sa a&"< J = it S you ride in a Stephens Salient Six, uncon |§ / \ acioualy comparing it with other cars you = M mmm niinll meet you are filled with a happy sense of == 3VI* *1 'N\f) P in y° m possession. For the Stephens is the = . 1U li I mil fy finest cars that tread the highway, in appearance, performance and refinements, ss The Stephens Salient Six Four-Passenger carries = especial fascination, by virtue both of its advanced || == ~TW u n™t wbiA style and the many unusual novelties of its equip- = = b ankWr ment The top is a special semi-Victoria design, = H ' • with beveled French plate glass mirrors in the rides = and rear. A walnut paneled robe compartment is §§ = built into die double cowl, and a touring kit, com- = H plete with brushes, trench mirror, etc, is concealed = in the right hand front door. = The Stephens engine is a perfected over-head = valve design that is a marvel of flexibility and = = power. It is especially designed to burn low grade p §| gasoline, developing full fifty-seven horse power on == t fi e poorest fuel, with rigid economy. ul .1 iTonfc. The Stephens Salient Six invites comparison MoW am at every point. Inspection at your pleasure. == | J. S. SIBLE, Jr. = DISTRIBUTOR • = | 1 Third and Cumberland Sts., Harrisburg. . = BELL 1003 ■— = MllHiiiiLiiiiUiiiUUiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiißiiiHtiiUlliiiiiilliHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiniiinir Tnmrnß lng motor over with its accustomed vim. Gradually it becomes worn down and it is at this point that the car owner is faced with the problem of having it repaired or buying a new battery. Naturally, however, far gone the ba. ery is it can be repaired. New plates can be put in, new insulation can be put in, new battery box sup plied, but the cost of these. repairs, one after the other, is more than the price of a new battery. When, therefore, a car owner has had from 18 months to two years of steady service from the battery and then is called upon to take it to the service station for definite re pairs, he may be sure that his bat tery is nearing the point when it ought to be pensioned off. A bat tery does not last forever and there comes the time when the cost of constant repairing will amount to far more than the cost of a new bat ter}-. Black's Garage to Feature Vulcanizing at the Show Black's Garage, whose large vul canizing plant at 205 S. 17th street, has been turning out vulcanizing jobs will feature certain kinds of vulcanizing work at their booth at the Auto Show. One of the main features will be retreading tires. They will also make demonstrations on repairing the large pneumatic truck tires. Special equipment has recently been added to their shop to take care of the increasing work on these large pneumatic truck tires. This equipment is all special and has been added to their regular equip ment for taking care of all kinds of vulcanizing work. HXBXUSBTTRG CtiSSt TFT.FGKAPH How First American Motor Car Was Built By S3 wood Haynes It' waa during the delay in the work of constructing the pipe line for the Indiana Gas and Oil Com pany at Greentown, Ind., that it oc curred to me that some better means of locomotion over the high ways than the horse and buggy might be procured, so I accordingly laid plans for a mechanically oper ated vehicle. In the fall of 1892 I moved to Ko komo, and the following summer had my plans sufficiently matured to begin the actual construction of a machine. I ordered a one-horse power marine upright two-cycle gas oline engine which weighed 'lBO pounds. When . the gasoline and battery connections were installed the'mo tor, after considerable cranking, was started, and ran with such speed and vibration that it pulled itself from its attachments. Luck i ily, however, one of the battery wires was wound about the motor i shaft and disconnected the current. In order to provide'against vibra- I tion I was obliged to make the 1 frame of the machine much heavier than I first intended. The "horse less carriage" was built up in the form of a small truck. The frame work in which the motor was placed consisted of a double hollow square of steel tubing, joined at the rear corners by steel castings and by malleable castings in front. At that time no figures were ac cessible for determining the tractive resistance to rubber tires on ordi nary roads. In order to determine this as nearly as possible in ad vance, a bicycle, "bearing a, rider, was hitched to the rear of a light buckboard by means of a cord and spring scale. An observer seated on the buckboard recorded as rapidly as possible the "drawbar" pull regv istered by the scale. The total weight of the machine when completed was about 820 pounds. July 4, 1894, when ready for the test, it was hauled into the country about three miles behind a horse carriage and started on a nearly level turnpike. It moved off at onoe at a speed ol| about seven miles per hour and was driven about one and one-half miles into the country. It was then turned about and ran all the way to the city without making a single stop, and thus America had its first suc cessful motor car. Packard Company Resumes Making of Passenger Car Models The day after the armistice was signed the Packard Motor Car Com pany resumed work to get under peace time production. Under the new production the 3-25 and 3-35 models are. continued and the first of the new lot will soon be ready for delivery. Every third series Pack ard has for its power plant the if jff it The Best Passenger Car Value, We Believe, That Has Ever Come to Harrisburg That's a strong statement, perhaps But This means not only prompt service, but it's one that we make with full confidence; and lower costs, we believe you will agree with us when you, too, have thoroughly investigated the car. ' The Briscoe Twenty-four has made a Why We Chose the Briscoe world-wide reputation in the two vital factors We wanted a car on which we could stake econom y a*"* performance, all our reputation—back of which we could The gasoline mileage is astonishing for a confidently put every effort of our sales car of its power. Twenty-five to thirty miles organization. to the gallon is not unusual. And with the Many cars were offered to us, and we in- present high cost of gasoline, mileage will be a • vestigated the merits of each. vital factor in influencing buyers. The Standing of the Company Power. Too Some passenger-car concerns considered We tried out the Briscoe on hills, in sand; ihoroughly established, were so weakened by in mud —under every conceivable condition of war conditions that their survival now is doubt- use. We put it through harder tests than you ful. Some, on the other hand, were strengthen- will ever give it. And we found always a ed —and the Briscoe Motor Corporation was a ♦ reserve of power ready to carry the car leader among these. Possessed of millions of - triumphantly through every test, dollars of resources, it devoted the war period to making its great plants more efficient than - Fw -v n<>9irable Feature • <* 4 . m MmA V Cljr QUIw * ever before. So when these plants were _ _ . released by the Government they were, we In beauty line, in comfort, in roominess, in believe, more efficient than any in the world all the little refinements that make motoring building high-grade cars. satisfaction, we found the Briscoe dominant. ' And so we offer the car to you, confident Service to Briscoe Owners that if you will subject it to the same thorough We have had our troubles, in the past, in and severe tests you will endorse it as thor getting spare or replacement parts promptly oug yaswe °* on cars which were merely assembled. Weeks _ _ _ ... might elapse before the factory could get ODen House All Week action from the parts maker. Come in and get acquainted with the So it was a great pleasure to find that in the Briscoe. Compare it with your ideal car, and 43-acre Briscoe plants, 99% of the car was with any others you have seen. We're content produced from the raw materials. . to let it sell kself on your own judgment. See the Briscoe at the Show or at Our Salesrooms. M. Brenner and Sons Motor Co. Third and Hamilton Sts. Cash or Deferred Payments. Price $BB5, F. O. B. Factory, liiiiiiiM twin six motor of twelve cylinders. The power impulses overlap each other so as to produce the smoothest most agreeable action known to mo to dom. Wide range of ability ie another, characteristic of the twin six engine, it will throttle down to two miles an hour in trafflc'and from that walking pace pick up with re markable rapidity to any desired speed. On either rang£ of speed it operates with a smoothness and si lence that marks a perfected mechanism. There is a marked fuel economy MARCH 15, 1919. of the twin six resulting from its ex cellent carburetion and uniform com pression thermostatic control of en gine temperatures and scientific ar rangement of gas passages. It gets maximum results from the present low gravity gasoline, its smoothness of action results in low cost of up keep, also a particularly economy on tires. Perhaps it is only natural that the power, distinctiveness and comfort of the Packard twin six qualities, most apparent to the casual ob server, have tended to overshadow its value as an investment In trans portation. From every investment we look for returns and this applies to the automobile to-day as much as to another business outlay. Packard owners are not the type to be en ticed by the charm of comfort and beauty unless backed by insured performance and absolute reliability, in other words, the purchaser of a Packard feels positive of securing the highest possible returns on his investment.
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